WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:04.980 Portions of this show are recorded. Strap in 00:00:04.980 --> 00:00:08.279 and be prepared. Room for error is much slimmer 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:09.980 in basketball. You lose one player and it changes 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:12.000 your entire team. It's not like that in football. 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:14.259 It's just not. It's not. Interesting guests. 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:17.480 Kelly Graves, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waskowski, 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:20.059 Noah Eagle, Melissa Lombardi, Kenyon Barnard, 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:22.800 Jonathan Stewart. Sharp opinions. Dana Altman 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:27.500 probably earned a pass for a down year after 00:00:27.500 --> 00:00:31.719 almost 20 years. of what he's done for Oregon 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:34.719 basketball. And some smiles. Guys, I was stuck 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:36.179 in a car wash. Sounds like an R. Kelly song. 00:00:38.020 --> 00:00:40.799 It's not an R. Kelly song. It's Danny Havel. 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:43.700 I can't remember, and I've been doing this for 00:00:43.700 --> 00:00:46.189 longer than you've been alive. which is really 00:00:46.189 --> 00:00:48.469 horrible that I have to say that, but it's the 00:00:48.469 --> 00:00:52.070 truth. It's like the saying in Alaska that you 00:00:52.070 --> 00:00:54.049 don't have to be faster than the bear. You just 00:00:54.049 --> 00:00:55.990 have to be faster than your friend. Danny and 00:00:55.990 --> 00:00:59.289 Justin starts now on Fox Sports Eugene and Fox 00:00:59.289 --> 00:01:08.900 Sports Newport. Hello. And welcome. Hi, top of 00:01:08.900 --> 00:01:11.459 the Delta Triad, the Crystal Palace, the Fox 00:01:11.459 --> 00:01:13.760 Sports, Eugene, Fox Sports, Newport Studios, 00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:17.400 the number one sports station in the Valley. 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:22.879 This is the Danny and Justin Radio Program. And 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.379 away we go for a Friday. Hey there, friends. 00:01:25.540 --> 00:01:28.260 Well, the weather. Are we going to get snow next 00:01:28.260 --> 00:01:30.900 week? Are you kidding me? We might be getting 00:01:30.900 --> 00:01:33.590 snow next week. We've got a big show for you 00:01:33.590 --> 00:01:36.349 as well. Of course, Big Bets to wind out our 00:01:36.349 --> 00:01:38.870 week like we always do. Goose will come into 00:01:38.870 --> 00:01:40.950 the studio a little bit later. Steve Mims will 00:01:40.950 --> 00:01:44.709 join us as he sits on top of the mountain through 00:01:44.709 --> 00:01:47.650 almost a month of the second installment of Big 00:01:47.650 --> 00:01:51.010 Bets. We'll go through all the rules when. We 00:01:51.010 --> 00:01:53.469 do that segment at the end. Travis Demers, the 00:01:53.469 --> 00:01:56.170 voice of the Trail Blazers, and our good friend 00:01:56.170 --> 00:01:58.170 the mayor of Rip City will join us about 2 .20. 00:01:58.269 --> 00:02:00.450 The Blazers on the all -star break now officially. 00:02:00.549 --> 00:02:03.969 That will be coming up this weekend. And we also 00:02:03.969 --> 00:02:06.209 have a lot of things going on on the field, on 00:02:06.209 --> 00:02:09.750 the court. Oregon, Oregon State. Right now, Oregon 00:02:09.750 --> 00:02:13.189 State men's baseball. They are in Surprise, Arizona. 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:16.800 As they take on Michigan, it's 2 -1, top of the 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:19.280 fourth. Michigan at the bat. Oregon State with 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:22.159 the lead. Right over there, sitting in the producer's 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:25.539 chair, it's intern Blaze. I am Doc, Danny. And 00:02:25.539 --> 00:02:27.659 over there is Justin Grossner. We call him Baby 00:02:27.659 --> 00:02:30.419 J. Happy Friday. What up, boys? Happy Friday 00:02:30.419 --> 00:02:34.379 the 13th. Have you ever? Yes. Oh, we've got some 00:02:34.379 --> 00:02:37.039 stuff for that. We've got some music. Have you 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:40.020 ever been to Surprise? I have, actually. You 00:02:40.020 --> 00:02:42.360 know I lived in Arizona for like three years. 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:45.020 I did not know that. Yeah. I was hanging around 00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:52.159 in the Casa Grande, Pinal County, that area. 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:55.159 And then that was just a little bit south of 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:56.960 Phoenix, and then I was in the Phoenix area. 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.400 And so I traveled all over, Sedona, Flagstaff, 00:03:00.539 --> 00:03:04.400 Yuma. And so I do know where Surprise, Arizona 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:06.960 is. And all those little spring training areas 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:09.810 are like right there. And they're awesome. Have 00:03:09.810 --> 00:03:12.270 you ever seen Little Wrigley Field and Little 00:03:12.270 --> 00:03:15.689 Fenway Park down there? Is it near Sloan Park? 00:03:17.189 --> 00:03:19.650 I think they're all grouped. They're all together, 00:03:19.830 --> 00:03:22.449 right? I don't think I have, but I've been to 00:03:22.449 --> 00:03:25.930 Cubs spring training a couple times. Great experience. 00:03:26.210 --> 00:03:28.030 I recommend to anybody that's a baseball fan 00:03:28.030 --> 00:03:31.789 to do it once. It's great. Honestly, you get 00:03:31.789 --> 00:03:34.189 to have the experience of watching a ball game. 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:37.439 You get to see a bunch of players. I would recommend 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:39.199 maybe not seeing the first couple games so you 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:41.300 can see your guys in there for about six innings 00:03:41.300 --> 00:03:43.740 instead of maybe three. But really great experience. 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:45.719 Obviously great weather as well. We'll have our 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:50.639 Olympic update. We'll also have a rundown of 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:52.919 Oregon women's softball, which we can probably 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:54.860 just get that, take care of that business right 00:03:54.860 --> 00:03:59.180 here. Dive right into it. As the Lady Ducks. 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:01.360 Take care of business. Get back on the winning 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:03.500 track after losing two in a row, which they did 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:05.759 not do all of last year, as Saul Gallagher told 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:09.080 us earlier this week. And they defeat Cal State 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:12.080 Fullerton. They had to adjust the schedule down 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.340 there for the Cardinal Classic. Oregon was going 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:16.899 to play two games today, two games tomorrow, 00:04:17.060 --> 00:04:22.519 and then a single game on Sunday. And they've 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:25.420 adjusted that schedule. But Oregon wins 7 -3 00:04:25.420 --> 00:04:28.529 over Cal State Fullerton. Elisa Kolsky. gets 00:04:28.529 --> 00:04:31.170 the win, four and two -thirds innings. Taylor 00:04:31.170 --> 00:04:33.990 Spencer and Matty Milhorn clean it up, both pitch 00:04:33.990 --> 00:04:38.149 two -thirds of an inning, as Elyse strikes out 00:04:38.149 --> 00:04:40.430 five, doesn't walk anybody. Okay, but the weird 00:04:40.430 --> 00:04:42.290 thing about this game, and if you look at the 00:04:42.290 --> 00:04:45.089 box score, you'll see it, is that it was a six 00:04:45.089 --> 00:04:47.449 -inning game, and the Ducks were the home team 00:04:47.449 --> 00:04:49.610 and got to bat in the bottom of the sixth inning, 00:04:49.730 --> 00:04:52.350 and once that inning was over, they declared 00:04:52.350 --> 00:04:55.329 the game over. Which is so weird. I've never 00:04:55.329 --> 00:04:58.329 seen this. So what happened, just for the listening 00:04:58.329 --> 00:05:01.709 audience, unless you go to the GoDucks website 00:05:01.709 --> 00:05:03.709 and you take a look at the news releases and 00:05:03.709 --> 00:05:07.089 such, they're not quite done with the new Stanford 00:05:07.089 --> 00:05:10.009 softball stadium. So they had to move them to 00:05:10.009 --> 00:05:11.949 alternate sites, and they're playing in Santa 00:05:11.949 --> 00:05:13.730 Clara. They're not even actually playing on the 00:05:13.730 --> 00:05:16.430 Stanford campus. So that was the adjustment in 00:05:16.430 --> 00:05:18.829 the schedule. And they started the game at like 00:05:18.829 --> 00:05:21.750 9 a .m. I've just never seen a team bat, get 00:05:21.750 --> 00:05:23.829 a run, and it wasn't a run rule, and then the 00:05:23.829 --> 00:05:26.189 game is over. We might need to call Saul and 00:05:26.189 --> 00:05:29.009 ask him. Because I didn't get to listen. I didn't 00:05:29.009 --> 00:05:30.009 get to listen to the game. I got to listen to 00:05:30.009 --> 00:05:31.230 the very end of the game, and he was kind of 00:05:31.230 --> 00:05:33.689 just like, I guess that's over. Yeah, that's 00:05:33.689 --> 00:05:35.629 literally what it was like. It took him by surprise 00:05:35.629 --> 00:05:38.850 as well, huh? Yeah. Interesting. All right, so 00:05:38.850 --> 00:05:42.149 the Ducks will get back into action. Their schedule 00:05:42.149 --> 00:05:45.610 will continue with Kentucky now and a couple 00:05:45.610 --> 00:05:47.250 of games against Kentucky. They were supposed 00:05:47.250 --> 00:05:50.589 to play Kentucky today. starting at 12 .30, but 00:05:50.589 --> 00:05:51.990 now they're going to have a doubleheader tomorrow, 00:05:52.110 --> 00:05:59.269 and then they play Stanford on Sunday, and then 00:05:59.269 --> 00:06:02.810 they come back home for a second, and then they 00:06:02.810 --> 00:06:05.389 head back down to Cathedral City in the Mary 00:06:05.389 --> 00:06:07.629 Nutter, where they'll face Auburn, Texas A &M, 00:06:07.649 --> 00:06:10.730 South Carolina, and Cal State Fullerton. So again, 00:06:10.910 --> 00:06:12.629 they play Cal State Fullerton in two different 00:06:12.629 --> 00:06:17.050 tournaments. That's pretty odd, isn't it? You 00:06:17.050 --> 00:06:19.050 got big plans for the weekend? I'm going back 00:06:19.050 --> 00:06:21.310 up to Portland. Man, you're just a traveling 00:06:21.310 --> 00:06:23.209 man up and down I -5, aren't you? My mom is going 00:06:23.209 --> 00:06:25.910 to be returning to the Midwest, potentially to 00:06:25.910 --> 00:06:27.689 be there for my sister to have a surgery, which 00:06:27.689 --> 00:06:29.490 we don't know if she's actually have yet. So 00:06:29.490 --> 00:06:31.790 she's kind of going and doesn't know if she really 00:06:31.790 --> 00:06:33.629 needs to go yet. But, yeah, so I'm going to take 00:06:33.629 --> 00:06:34.889 her to the airport and just hang out with her 00:06:34.889 --> 00:06:36.509 another time because I don't know when she's 00:06:36.509 --> 00:06:38.850 going to be back in the West. So it'll be a good 00:06:38.850 --> 00:06:40.550 time hanging out with my mom again. Okay. Well, 00:06:40.670 --> 00:06:42.189 we'll have to find out what Goose. Goose probably 00:06:42.189 --> 00:06:46.430 has some exciting plans. Let's do our Olympic 00:06:46.430 --> 00:06:50.769 update as right now USA Hockey is in the third 00:06:50.769 --> 00:06:54.009 period over Italy. Women's Hockey, they're up 00:06:54.009 --> 00:06:59.069 6 -0 over Italy. American women are still undefeated. 00:06:59.110 --> 00:07:01.230 Italy comes into the game at 2 -2, still in pool 00:07:01.230 --> 00:07:03.689 play. Chloe Kim's bid for a historic third Olympic 00:07:03.689 --> 00:07:05.629 gold medal in the snowboard half fight ended 00:07:05.629 --> 00:07:09.910 with a silver. 17 -year -old Choi Gan from South 00:07:09.910 --> 00:07:12.370 Korea claimed gold with a flawless run scoring 00:07:12.370 --> 00:07:16.089 a 90 .25. I don't know that much about half -pipe 00:07:16.089 --> 00:07:18.769 scoring, but that's pretty good. Madison Shock, 00:07:18.990 --> 00:07:21.050 Evan Bates secured silver in Olympic ice dance. 00:07:21.129 --> 00:07:24.550 Personal best score of 224 -39. Narrowly losing 00:07:24.550 --> 00:07:26.230 gold to France, and there's some controversy 00:07:26.230 --> 00:07:29.389 apparently. Oh, Twitter was ablaze with the controversy 00:07:29.389 --> 00:07:34.290 over the U .S. not getting the gold. So I'll 00:07:34.290 --> 00:07:36.449 leave that right there. And by the way, Ilya 00:07:36.449 --> 00:07:41.410 Malinin, who is like the emerging superstar in 00:07:41.410 --> 00:07:45.899 men's figure skating. He leads as they're going 00:07:45.899 --> 00:07:48.560 into the free skate, and he looks like he's going 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:51.860 to be a lock for gold for the USA. He looks like 00:07:51.860 --> 00:07:54.279 he is literally... Have you seen images of him? 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:56.639 He's doing the backflip and stuff, which was 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:00.259 banned up until a few years ago, and doing quads 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:02.360 and triple toe loops and all that. Yeah, I've 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:04.699 seen a little bit. He looks like he's 15 years 00:08:04.699 --> 00:08:07.699 old. All those figure skaters look like they're 00:08:07.699 --> 00:08:11.120 really young. That's crazy to me. American... 00:08:11.550 --> 00:08:13.370 Pardon me, Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton 00:08:13.370 --> 00:08:16.290 suffered two fractured neck vertebrae in a training 00:08:16.290 --> 00:08:19.029 crash, forcing his withdrawal from the Olympics. 00:08:19.089 --> 00:08:21.990 He remains in stable condition. James Johnstone 00:08:21.990 --> 00:08:24.250 will replace him on the team. Medal count, Norway 00:08:24.250 --> 00:08:27.250 leads with 18 overall medals, 8 gold. Italy, 00:08:27.290 --> 00:08:30.230 6 gold, 18 medals. United States, 4 gold, 14 00:08:30.230 --> 00:08:32.149 medals. And by the way, did you see this? We 00:08:32.149 --> 00:08:33.490 were talking about the skeleton the other day. 00:08:33.509 --> 00:08:38.320 That's where you lay on your back. on like this 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:40.539 really thin board and go racing down the ice 00:08:40.539 --> 00:08:43.820 and everything else. Austin Flornan was penalized 00:08:43.820 --> 00:08:45.720 by the Olympic Committee because he was wearing, 00:08:45.940 --> 00:08:48.039 well, actually there were two things. He wasn't 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:52.960 penalized. There was a luge or a skeleton rider 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:57.519 who had a helmet celebrating the memorializing 00:08:57.519 --> 00:08:59.539 of some of the... They were disqualified, yeah. 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:02.059 Disqualified because of the helmet. Which I didn't 00:09:02.059 --> 00:09:03.980 know. You can't have political messaging, I believe, 00:09:04.059 --> 00:09:05.460 is what the wording was. Something like that. 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:08.299 That's what that was. But Austin Florum from 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:11.480 the U .S., his skeleton helmet, you've got to 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:14.879 go look this up. It's like the head of Venom 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:19.240 with the teeth wide on the top. Like Venom is 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:23.799 in Spider -Man Venom? Yeah, like Tom Hardy Venom, 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:27.500 comic book Venom. Yeah, pretty cool. Okay, let's 00:09:27.500 --> 00:09:29.700 see it. Oh, that is. Isn't that pretty sweet? 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.220 That's sweet. Go look it up. See, I'm going to 00:09:31.220 --> 00:09:34.080 help with the hits there on that. So, Travis 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:35.940 Summers coming up in a moment. Big bets as well 00:09:35.940 --> 00:09:37.840 as Goose will come into the studio. Thanks for 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:39.440 tuning in. Danny and Justin, you can follow us 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.840 on Twitter and Blue Sky, Danny and Justin. And 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:44.700 wherever you do all your social podcasting music 00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:47.120 and all that stuff, you can download us. Like 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:49.000 and subscribe to the podcast. We'll get a new 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.759 podcast up and going right after this program 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:54.299 is done because it'll be this program. That's 00:09:54.299 --> 00:09:58.360 the podcast. Big Ten. Football. circulating an 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:01.240 internal document that lays out a 2014 college 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:03.299 football playoff and what it would look like, 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.200 including, we talked about this, baby Jay, the 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:08.320 elimination of conference championship games, 00:10:08.460 --> 00:10:13.100 a 23 plus one selection model, and an additional, 00:10:13.139 --> 00:10:16.139 like we need more football, an additional week 00:10:16.139 --> 00:10:21.440 of on -campus CFP home games. I'm not objecting 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:23.970 to that part, but another round. is what they're 00:10:23.970 --> 00:10:25.370 talking about. I'm raising my hand. I have a 00:10:25.370 --> 00:10:30.710 question. What does 23 plus 1 mean? Well... Why 00:10:30.710 --> 00:10:33.090 don't they just say 24? I'm glad you asked that. 00:10:33.750 --> 00:10:38.110 It doesn't really explain what the 23 plus 1 00:10:38.110 --> 00:10:40.570 is. No, no, here it is. It's Notre Dame. No, 00:10:40.629 --> 00:10:43.690 here it is. Here it is. It would be the 23 best 00:10:43.690 --> 00:10:47.529 teams and one spot for the group of six. Okay. 00:10:47.669 --> 00:10:49.509 Whatever that is. That seems a little bit... 00:10:49.509 --> 00:10:53.440 Okay. How many people out there, you raise your 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:57.500 hand, know what the group of six is? Right. Okay. 00:10:57.580 --> 00:10:59.580 Tell me what the group of six is. You mean all 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:01.600 the different conferences? Yes. No, I couldn't 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:02.899 tell you every single conference. Okay. So you 00:11:02.899 --> 00:11:04.779 don't know what the group of six is. I don't. 00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:07.559 I'm going to claim ignorance here. I mean, I 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:09.759 would assume it's the Mountain West and the Big 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.659 Sky. AAC. And the Pac -12. AAC. Yeah, the American 00:11:13.659 --> 00:11:16.419 Conference. Sunbelt. Sunbelt. That's five. So 00:11:16.419 --> 00:11:18.899 we just need one more. But, you know, the Sunbelt 00:11:18.899 --> 00:11:22.080 got, they got. James Madison in this year. Yeah. 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:26.700 Right? Correct. They may. So 24 team form. I'm 00:11:26.700 --> 00:11:28.440 glad you, it was the last paragraph. I haven't 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:30.899 gotten there yet. 23 best teams. Now, I don't 00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:32.720 know what they say what the 23 best teams are 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:34.700 in one spot for the group of six. There would 00:11:34.700 --> 00:11:39.039 be no automatic qualifiers. And if the field 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:41.960 grows to 24, the automatic qualifiers would matter 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:44.159 less to the Big Ten. Now, again, this is just 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.440 the Big Ten who's pushing this. The SEC still 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:53.259 has standing Pat. with a 16 -team playoff. And 00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:55.399 in the proposed 16 -team format, there would 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:58.179 be five automatic qualifiers, 11 at -large teams. 00:11:58.580 --> 00:12:01.580 The two top teams would get buys, and the opening 00:12:01.580 --> 00:12:03.740 games would go as follows, you know, No. 16 versus 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:06.779 No. 13, No. 14, No. 15, and they'd be played 00:12:06.779 --> 00:12:09.340 on the second weekend of December, likely around 00:12:09.340 --> 00:12:12.120 the Army -Navy game, the traditional Army -Navy 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:14.659 game. Can you imagine the schedule? So there 00:12:14.659 --> 00:12:15.879 would be six second rounds. We're going to end 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:19.240 in March. Right. In the 16 -team format, six 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:21.419 second -round games on campus, four quarterfinals 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:23.820 at the traditional Bulls locations on New Year's 00:12:23.820 --> 00:12:25.639 Eve and New Year's Day. And then be followed 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:27.500 by semifinal games at the Bulls sites. National 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:29.820 title game played mid -January. I'm okay with 00:12:29.820 --> 00:12:31.440 mid -January. I still think they can move it 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:35.480 up to around January 1st. They can. At the latest 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:37.039 January 9th. What was it this year? The 15th, 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:40.980 I think? Or was it the 18th? Really? I can't 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:43.340 remember. It was really late. I mean, we can't 00:12:43.340 --> 00:12:44.620 keep doing this. It was late. It was the 19th. 00:12:44.889 --> 00:12:46.830 The 19th? The 19th. That was a Monday. It was 00:12:46.830 --> 00:12:51.950 the 19th. So I don't mind 24. I know I'm going 00:12:51.950 --> 00:12:53.929 to be shouted down. I don't love it. But if it 00:12:53.929 --> 00:12:56.710 gets you another game on campus, that's what 00:12:56.710 --> 00:12:59.090 I like about it. It gets you another home game 00:12:59.090 --> 00:13:01.309 for a higher -seeded team. Why can't they just 00:13:01.309 --> 00:13:04.429 do that now without adding another 12 teams? 00:13:05.529 --> 00:13:07.049 Because you're getting rid of the bowl games 00:13:07.049 --> 00:13:11.070 then. Good. That's my opinion. Honestly, I think 00:13:11.070 --> 00:13:14.059 there's too many bowl games. But they're not 00:13:14.059 --> 00:13:15.440 going to do that because the bowl games are their 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:18.200 own entities. We've talked about this ad nauseum. 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:19.720 That's the problem with college football is that 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:21.580 all these different parts are their own individual 00:13:21.580 --> 00:13:24.360 entities and there's no overreaching aspect of 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:27.019 the college game. I am okay with no conference 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:30.200 championship games. Me too. And I'm okay if they 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:32.039 then move the schedule up and not have such a 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:34.080 gap. Do you realize, and we talked about this 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:35.679 as well, the Danny and Justin radio program, 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:38.179 thanks for tuning in here on a Friday, is that 00:13:38.179 --> 00:13:41.019 next year's schedule? for the college football 00:13:41.019 --> 00:13:43.059 playoff has them playing the championship game 00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:45.279 on January 25th. We did talk about this. Yeah, 00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:50.059 it's ridiculous. Absolutely. I'm just sitting 00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:52.759 myself looking at that going, who thought this 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:55.259 was a good idea? Well, it's amazing because every 00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:58.379 single conversation going into the last game 00:13:58.379 --> 00:14:01.340 was, wow, this is way too late. And then, of 00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:03.059 course, they make it later. It's like they do 00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:04.919 the exact opposite of what the general consensus 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:07.019 is. It's unbelievable. It is literally longer 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:10.440 than the NFL playoffs. No, it's in Shane. And 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:12.519 the coaches hate it. I mean, Dan Lanning is like 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:14.460 the champion of this stuff. I mean, that's one 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.720 thing that I thought was really cool, seeing 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:18.000 the end of the season, and obviously the bitter 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:20.340 taste for Oregon was there. But Dan Lanning certainly 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:23.019 has become one of the major voices of college 00:14:23.019 --> 00:14:24.860 football, and I think that he is right on the 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:26.279 money with all the things that he is saying. 00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:30.500 He's been listening to us. Well, I hope so. Okay, 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:32.799 you know what? We're not the ones, as you like 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:34.899 to say, not to pat ourselves on the back. We've 00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:36.820 literally been saying this for over a year. We 00:14:36.820 --> 00:14:39.559 have. So you can go back to the archives that 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:42.379 we have been talking about. No conference championship 00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:45.620 games. Get another game on campus. Shorten up 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:48.879 the playoff window. Why do you need 10, 12, 14 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.940 days between games? When the Super Bowl went 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:55.820 to that, I hated it as well. Just keep playing 00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:58.500 them. And it's because it's the roll -up and 00:14:58.500 --> 00:15:00.460 it gives the talking heads to talk about something 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:02.679 and the panel discussions about this, that, and 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:05.299 the other thing. Just play the game. That's all 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:07.980 the fans want, play the game. Start in week zero, 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:10.840 only have one bye per team. I don't know why 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:12.539 we have to have two byes. Scheduling can work. 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:15.860 FCS does it. I've told you before, FCS does it. 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:21.220 The only game that is not on a higher seed campus 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:25.419 site is the championship game in Frisco. That's 00:15:25.419 --> 00:15:28.799 it. Well, the NCAA is not the first organization 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:32.000 to look at a model of something successful and 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:34.529 say, We can't do that. But see, that's not even 00:15:34.529 --> 00:15:36.669 the NCAA, though. It's a separate college football. 00:15:36.990 --> 00:15:38.870 I'm saying they're not the only one to do that. 00:15:39.610 --> 00:15:43.389 There's plenty of countries and, you know, different 00:15:43.389 --> 00:15:45.850 companies that they'll look at a model that works 00:15:45.850 --> 00:15:48.129 and say, for whatever reason, I don't know, it's 00:15:48.129 --> 00:15:49.129 not going to work for us. It's not going to work 00:15:49.129 --> 00:15:51.629 for us. You know, why would we want it to make 00:15:51.629 --> 00:15:56.190 sense? That's so ridiculous. All right. Let's 00:15:56.190 --> 00:16:00.490 take our break. And Travis Demers, he's got some 00:16:00.490 --> 00:16:02.370 time off. I wonder what Travis is going to do 00:16:02.370 --> 00:16:05.009 with his time off. We've got Rip City recap as 00:16:05.009 --> 00:16:07.350 well. We do. Right? Okay. Blazers with a nice 00:16:07.350 --> 00:16:09.750 win over Utah. Utah in a little bit of trouble. 00:16:10.429 --> 00:16:13.009 Right? Just a little bit of trouble along with 00:16:13.009 --> 00:16:14.809 Indiana. Well, they're tanking. Because they 00:16:14.809 --> 00:16:17.990 tank and they get fined. We'll talk about all 00:16:17.990 --> 00:16:19.929 that next with the mayor of Rip City on the Danny 00:16:19.929 --> 00:16:27.500 and Justin radio program for a Friday. That golden 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:29.960 voice of the mayor of Rip City, Travis Demers, 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:32.000 and the Rip City recap as the Blazers coming 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.480 off a nice win over Utah, 135 -119, heading into 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:38.720 the All -Star break. And let's head on over to 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:41.820 the Oregon Man Clinics hotline at 541 -343 -5673 00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:44.039 and welcome in the mayor of Rip City who gets 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:47.019 a few days off. So take us in. We're the camera 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:49.240 in your living room. What happens, mayor, when 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:50.919 you get a few days off? You're not down there 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:53.080 for the All -Star game. You get a little break 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:54.820 along with the players who are not participating 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:57.090 in all the contests. What does the mayor do with 00:16:57.090 --> 00:17:01.330 his off time? Well, when I can, I sleep for sure. 00:17:02.769 --> 00:17:05.930 Legos, coloring, you know, some arts and crafts, 00:17:06.390 --> 00:17:10.069 you know, grilled cheese, get to hang out with 00:17:10.069 --> 00:17:12.130 my kids, which is really what I'm looking forward 00:17:12.130 --> 00:17:15.329 to. And when they're in school and I'm going 00:17:15.329 --> 00:17:17.750 to sleep late and clean my house and do stuff 00:17:17.750 --> 00:17:19.890 like that, really, really exciting things, stuff 00:17:19.890 --> 00:17:22.210 and things. Do Lincoln and Lawson like the same 00:17:22.210 --> 00:17:25.650 thing to eat or is it different? No. I mean, 00:17:25.710 --> 00:17:30.789 Lincoln is so picky. Lawson is far less picky. 00:17:31.250 --> 00:17:35.509 And it can be challenging. Like, it really can. 00:17:35.690 --> 00:17:38.150 Lincoln loves toasted butter and buttered noodles 00:17:38.150 --> 00:17:42.569 and pizza. Nice. Lawson is a little bit more 00:17:42.569 --> 00:17:46.019 adventurous. Oh. Vegetables? Have vegetables 00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:48.779 been introduced into the diet? Yeah, they'll 00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:51.660 eat some vegetables, yeah. Cucumbers and things 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:54.579 and peppers. They'll eat some vegetables. All 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:58.420 right, so before we get the on -floor stuff that's 00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:59.839 going on, I guess this kind of relates to the 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:02.299 on -floor stuff. The Jazz, the Pacers were both 00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:05.559 fined by the NBA, saying that they're intentionally 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:08.160 sitting healthy players. Jazz, a half -million 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:11.839 -dollar fine? Pacers $100 ,000 fine. Adam Silver 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:15.059 says that overt behavior, this is a quote like 00:18:15.059 --> 00:18:17.940 this, that prioritizes draft position over winning 00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:20.880 undermines the foundation of NBA competition. 00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:23.740 We've talked about this, Travis, on this very 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:26.779 program several times about how teams might tank. 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:29.559 And now the NBA seems to be stepping in with 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:32.900 some monetary penalties to try and avert this. 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:35.759 So I guess I'll ask you, do you think this is 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:40.420 going to work? Maybe. You know, it's interesting 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:43.680 because you can go back over the last five, six 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:45.960 years, and there have been a number of teams 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:49.559 who have, you know, not played guys who were, 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:53.039 quote, injured, right? You know, we've seen a 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:56.299 lot of that. What Utah did, honestly, I'm not 00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:58.140 too familiar with what the Pacers did because 00:18:58.140 --> 00:19:00.680 I wasn't paying a lot of attention to them. What 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:03.759 Utah did where the league has a big problem with 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:06.309 it is... You know, they've got some star players 00:19:06.309 --> 00:19:08.690 who are playing well in the game and a big lead, 00:19:08.809 --> 00:19:10.630 and then they say, hey, you guys aren't going 00:19:10.630 --> 00:19:12.670 to play the fourth quarter. You've earned the 00:19:12.670 --> 00:19:15.509 rest. And then, you know, they lose. And what's 00:19:15.509 --> 00:19:17.309 interesting is the Jazz did that in back -to 00:19:17.309 --> 00:19:19.089 -back games. They did it – I think it was back 00:19:19.089 --> 00:19:20.930 -to -back games. They did it against Orlando. 00:19:21.190 --> 00:19:23.109 And then Miami. They blew a 17 -point lead and 00:19:23.109 --> 00:19:26.589 lost. Right. And they did it against Miami and 00:19:26.589 --> 00:19:30.869 won. And they held on and won the game. So we're 00:19:30.869 --> 00:19:34.210 seeing this stuff from the Jazz owner who is 00:19:34.210 --> 00:19:37.220 – very frustrated by all this. He's been very 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:39.380 active on social media in the last day or so. 00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:42.759 Him and Bobby Marks have been going at it. He's 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:45.079 like, well, we won, so what does that say? Yeah, 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.859 you did that one time. It was kind of a fluke, 00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:51.140 but you also lost the game before and you thought 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:52.920 you could get away with it again. Now, look, 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:54.700 they're not the only team that has done that. 00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:56.940 There have been a number of teams that have done 00:19:56.940 --> 00:20:04.000 that, but it's become such a public You know, 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:05.440 saying, like, people are paying attention to 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.619 it. If nobody's paying attention, it doesn't 00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:08.740 matter, right? But when attention is called to 00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:12.279 it, that's when it becomes an issue. So that's 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:14.819 why we saw the fine. There's some other conspiracy 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:18.400 theories in there about how, you know, the Jazz 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:20.940 pick will go to the Thunder if it's not a top 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:24.680 eight pick. And, you know, the league wants the 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:26.960 Jazz to win, so I don't know about any of that 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:29.779 stuff. But it's... It's pretty gross, right, 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:32.200 when you've got players that are good enough 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:34.059 to win basketball games, and they are playing 00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:35.640 in the game, and you're winning and winning big, 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:38.099 and you decide not to play them in the fourth 00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:41.220 quarter so you will lose. That's the big problem. 00:20:41.590 --> 00:20:44.150 Yeah, and then they do stuff like shutting down 00:20:44.150 --> 00:20:46.349 Jaron Jackson Jr. for the season, having him 00:20:46.349 --> 00:20:48.390 get a surgery, which, you know, I'm not going 00:20:48.390 --> 00:20:49.950 to sit here and speculate whether it's necessary 00:20:49.950 --> 00:20:52.509 or not, but it does seem like it's sort of in 00:20:52.509 --> 00:20:54.089 that ilk of like, ah, we're just getting, you 00:20:54.089 --> 00:20:55.549 know, if you need a surgery, like, you know, 00:20:55.549 --> 00:20:57.410 why don't you just go ahead and do it now, right? 00:20:58.170 --> 00:21:01.549 But speaking of injuries. I think the injury 00:21:01.549 --> 00:21:03.369 bug has been pretty consistent with the Blazers 00:21:03.369 --> 00:21:05.910 this season, obviously. And I think they've been 00:21:05.910 --> 00:21:09.009 kind of consistently inconsistent and a bit streaky 00:21:09.009 --> 00:21:12.150 as well. They don't win one game and lose a game 00:21:12.150 --> 00:21:13.890 and win a game. They're either winning on a winning 00:21:13.890 --> 00:21:16.130 streak or they're on a losing streak. But do 00:21:16.130 --> 00:21:19.250 you think that it's either the injuries or something 00:21:19.250 --> 00:21:22.130 else that has made this team inconsistent throughout 00:21:22.130 --> 00:21:25.329 the season? Well, I definitely think that's part 00:21:25.329 --> 00:21:27.950 of it. And, like, you can generalize and say 00:21:27.950 --> 00:21:30.710 injuries. But, okay, what does that mean, right? 00:21:30.789 --> 00:21:32.789 What it means is that you've got guys coming 00:21:32.789 --> 00:21:35.769 in and out of the lineup, right? And that's where 00:21:35.769 --> 00:21:38.930 things can get tricky. And because Denny Obdia 00:21:38.930 --> 00:21:42.049 has been so important to this team, when he misses 00:21:42.049 --> 00:21:46.130 nine of 13 games and the games that he did play 00:21:46.130 --> 00:21:51.289 was not at his best, you know, any team is going 00:21:51.289 --> 00:21:54.589 to struggle with that. That's when they had their 00:21:54.589 --> 00:21:58.990 biggest losing streak of the season was in that 00:21:58.990 --> 00:22:00.849 area. Again, some of the teams they were playing 00:22:00.849 --> 00:22:03.049 were tough and all of that. You've got Drew Holiday 00:22:03.049 --> 00:22:04.769 and Jeremy Grant coming in and out of the lineup, 00:22:04.849 --> 00:22:07.650 and you're trying to figure out what's happening 00:22:07.650 --> 00:22:10.029 with your two -way guys and massaging their playing 00:22:10.029 --> 00:22:13.890 time. Scoot comes back, all kinds of moving parts, 00:22:13.970 --> 00:22:16.569 and that's really when the momentum that they 00:22:16.569 --> 00:22:19.549 had built up kind of started to break a little 00:22:19.549 --> 00:22:21.960 bit. But I think they'll get that momentum back. 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:24.579 And, you know, we will talk about this, I'm sure, 00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:26.500 but the rest of the season, the schedule is easy. 00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:30.980 They do not play many very good teams. And they'll 00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:32.759 have some of that continuity with guys resting 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:35.700 and things. So I do think that a lot of it is 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:39.500 the injuries. But when you put it that way, it 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:42.039 sounds like an excuse. Why is that happening? 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:45.069 The things we talked about. The mayor of Rip 00:22:45.069 --> 00:22:47.250 City, Travis Demers, the voice of the Trailblazers, 00:22:47.250 --> 00:22:49.230 with us on the Oregon Man Clinics Hotline, the 00:22:49.230 --> 00:22:51.349 Danny and Justin radio program for a Friday. 00:22:51.390 --> 00:22:54.210 Big bets coming up in the last segment. And, 00:22:54.230 --> 00:22:55.589 Travis, this is something that I think about 00:22:55.589 --> 00:22:57.509 often with teams. I think one of the most important 00:22:57.509 --> 00:23:00.150 things for a team is to have at least one and 00:23:00.150 --> 00:23:02.470 maybe more guys that you can sit there and go, 00:23:02.549 --> 00:23:05.500 hey, when we really need a basket. we're going 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.980 to turn to this guy and he's going to get a bucket 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:08.819 for us. There's a reason why they called it Dame 00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:11.559 time, of course. And down the stretch last night, 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:14.259 it turned into Drew and Jeremy. Speaking of those 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:16.839 two who missed some time going at points of the 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:18.740 season, but they started taking the shots, right? 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:21.259 They were the kind of the go -to guys has with 00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:24.640 the shuffling of injuries. Has there been time 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:27.259 for this team to kind of establish? who those 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:29.299 guys are going to be taking shots down the stretch? 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:32.880 Or has it just sort of been the deferential to 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:35.019 the veterans since they've been back in the lineup? 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:39.240 I think it's the hot hand, to be honest. Because 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.839 what we saw in Philadelphia, too, was a couple 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:45.740 of times when the Blazers were, you know, coming 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.720 down the court and Holiday was, you know, setting 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:49.880 up for something. And then he saw Tumani Kamara, 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:52.519 who was having a career night. He had an open 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:54.859 three and gave it up to Kamara, and he hit it. 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:58.099 And I think... To your point, have they settled 00:23:58.099 --> 00:24:00.740 on anybody? No. Are they deferring to the veterans? 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:04.799 No. I think really it is a game -to -game situation 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:07.700 right now because they don't have that one guy 00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:10.019 who's the, okay, we're going to give him the 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:12.680 rock and he's going to make the play. But what 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:15.059 that also means is that they don't have the guy 00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:20.359 that the opponents are going to focus on defensively 00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:22.200 and put all the pressure on. If Denny's out there, 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:24.299 he's generally going to be that guy. But he has 00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:27.680 not had a lot of late -game situations. Scoot 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:30.400 has had more late -game winners with the Blazers 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:35.920 than Denny has. And I think last night, Drew 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:38.140 was hot. Jeremy was playing well down the stretch 00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:40.039 after he struggled for a bit. And those were 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.599 the guys that really carried things in the fourth 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:44.420 quarter. And veterans generally do that. But 00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:47.079 depending on the night, I think there's a number 00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:50.220 of guys that could be. Caleb Love had two big 00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:53.619 threes after not making a shot. down the stretch 00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:56.700 of that game. So I think in that situation, yeah, 00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:59.119 it was a team effort in a lot of ways. The defense 00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:01.299 also played well in the final five, six minutes 00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:05.460 of the game. But if it's a playoff game and you're 00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:09.759 down one with eight seconds to go and Dame's 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:13.599 not on the floor, who's getting the ball? I don't 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:16.200 think there is an answer that says this is the 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:19.220 guy right now. It's been a season of streaks 00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:21.000 for the Portland Trail Blazers as we're joined 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.720 by the mayor of Rip City, Travis Demers. Six 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:25.680 -game losing streak before this last four out 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:27.660 of five, which the Blazers have won now, albeit 00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:29.940 against Memphis, Philadelphia, Utah, and then 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:32.740 just the bad loss on the road against Minnesota. 00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:34.559 And that's kind of where I want to jump off to. 00:25:37.609 --> 00:25:40.630 Being proven out a bit that the Blazers, although 00:25:40.630 --> 00:25:43.910 they've closed the gap, there is still a wide 00:25:43.910 --> 00:25:46.930 gap between the top six or seven teams in each 00:25:46.930 --> 00:25:49.250 conference in the Blazers and the ones that they're 00:25:49.250 --> 00:25:52.390 kind of middling with the eight, nine, ten seeds 00:25:52.390 --> 00:25:54.730 and below, that the Blazers really can handle 00:25:54.730 --> 00:25:57.089 that business, but there is still a wide gap 00:25:57.089 --> 00:26:01.609 between them and the elite in the league. So 00:26:01.609 --> 00:26:04.309 I think you're right about that, that there is 00:26:04.309 --> 00:26:07.500 a wide gap. But the team knew that, right? I 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:09.259 mean, Joe Cronin said before the season started 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:12.599 that, you know, this team does not have enough 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:16.000 talent to compete. And that's one of our goals 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:18.940 is to continue to upgrade the talent and make 00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:23.319 this team better. I think Denny Avdia has been 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:26.460 better than anybody expected. So I think while 00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:29.839 the gap is still there and the team is not complete, 00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:32.539 I think the gap is smaller than they thought. 00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:36.900 But at the same time, I think there are also 00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:39.859 just some teams that are bad matchups. And Minnesota 00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:43.900 was a bad matchup on that night because even 00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:47.079 though Anthony Edwards was not feeling well and 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:50.400 didn't really do a whole lot, Julius Randle, 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:56.880 who is that 2008 isolation, pound the rock, do 00:26:56.880 --> 00:27:00.339 my thing kind of guy, had a massive night. And 00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:02.940 there aren't many guys in the league that do 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:07.150 that. And on that night, he just was – he was 00:27:07.150 --> 00:27:10.549 a bad matchup. Rudy Gobert was a bad matchup 00:27:10.549 --> 00:27:12.329 for Donovan Klingin that night. There have been 00:27:12.329 --> 00:27:14.849 other games where he hasn't been. Jaden McDaniels 00:27:14.849 --> 00:27:16.710 was on fire. Like, everything that they did was 00:27:16.710 --> 00:27:19.069 great. But I think where the bigger issue with 00:27:19.069 --> 00:27:23.089 the bad matchup comes in is the way that Minnesota 00:27:23.089 --> 00:27:25.829 defended them. I mean, they allowed 43 points 00:27:25.829 --> 00:27:30.849 off of turnovers. Like, that's a lot. And because 00:27:30.849 --> 00:27:35.400 – the way the Blazers were playing, and they 00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:37.039 started to turn the ball over, they started to 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.660 get ahead of themselves and press. And when that 00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:41.519 happens, it all goes downhill and it gets away 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:44.759 from you. So I think some of it is matchup -based. 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:50.400 Some of it is absolutely a talent gap. But I 00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:52.519 also don't think that the talent gap is that 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:56.339 far. Because this team, when fully healthy, we 00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:59.329 don't know what they look like. And Scoot coming 00:27:59.329 --> 00:28:01.589 back has looked very good. Pete Krejci has been 00:28:01.589 --> 00:28:04.609 really good in the games that he's played. You 00:28:04.609 --> 00:28:06.750 know, Denny is still trying to get himself back 00:28:06.750 --> 00:28:09.829 to full strength. So while I think you're right, 00:28:09.950 --> 00:28:12.950 I think it's also a lot closer than people realize. 00:28:13.450 --> 00:28:16.190 So, Travis, I want to jump off on the turnover 00:28:16.190 --> 00:28:18.250 piece because you mentioned it about the Minnesota 00:28:18.250 --> 00:28:20.410 game. And then actually in the postgame after 00:28:20.410 --> 00:28:23.769 a 16 -point win over Utah, Drew Holiday and Tiago 00:28:23.769 --> 00:28:26.089 Splitter, the interim head coach, both mentioned 00:28:26.089 --> 00:28:28.700 the fact that. They need to clean up. The Blazers 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.779 need to clean up taking care of the basketball 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:32.940 and the turnovers. Yeah. And so is that just 00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.799 a lack of patience, or is that, you know, trying 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:37.200 to make the spectacular play and just, you know, 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:40.160 slow it down and run the set offense? Do they 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:42.740 want to keep it, you know, a high level and push? 00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:44.599 Is that what Tiago wants them to do? And so that's 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:46.880 going to kind of be an offshoot of the offense 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:50.119 is going to be some turnovers? You're really 00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:51.839 showing your big brain right now, you know that? 00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:55.720 Well, thank you. To your point. To your point, 00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:58.140 yeah, they do want to push the pace and the tempo. 00:28:58.240 --> 00:29:00.660 And with that, turnovers are going to happen. 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:04.920 It's just part of it. And veteran players are 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:08.160 making mistakes in turnovers like that. And I 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:10.220 also think with some of these guys that have 00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:15.240 not played a ton of time together, you don't 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:17.460 have the continuity of knowing where guys are 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:19.279 going to be. And some of those turnovers against 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:24.230 Utah were passes looking for somebody. but not 00:29:24.230 --> 00:29:26.329 paying attention to the defense being right there 00:29:26.329 --> 00:29:29.150 and making an easy steal. There you go. And that 00:29:29.150 --> 00:29:34.170 awareness, film study, things like that, those 00:29:34.170 --> 00:29:36.849 things are all really important. And when you 00:29:36.849 --> 00:29:38.529 start to turn the ball over and you think about 00:29:38.529 --> 00:29:42.009 it and then you're pressing, you know, it's the 00:29:42.009 --> 00:29:45.170 unforced turnovers that are a bad pass or just 00:29:45.170 --> 00:29:48.670 dropping the ball or things like that. That's 00:29:48.670 --> 00:29:51.950 the problem, right? It's not like they're getting 00:29:51.950 --> 00:29:53.910 a lot of offensive fouls, and that factors into 00:29:53.910 --> 00:29:57.349 the turnovers. Sometimes they're out of control, 00:29:57.549 --> 00:29:59.849 and I think that is a product of the pace, but 00:29:59.849 --> 00:30:01.829 it's also something that with continuity will 00:30:01.829 --> 00:30:05.130 get better. But right now, the gap between 30 00:30:05.130 --> 00:30:09.269 and 29 is bigger than the gap between 30 and 00:30:09.269 --> 00:30:14.190 18. It is a big gap, and it is absolutely something 00:30:14.190 --> 00:30:17.309 that has to be better. And a guy that definitely 00:30:17.309 --> 00:30:19.450 wants to play fast is Scoot Henderson, and I 00:30:19.450 --> 00:30:21.839 think he's been... Pretty good since he's come 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:23.680 back, and he's obviously ramping up. He had a 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:26.900 solid night last night. Didn't end up in positive 00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:28.740 for the plus minus, but only one player off the 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:31.440 bench did, Veit Krejci. But he did have 15 points 00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:34.779 and two three -pointers, six turnovers. But do 00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:37.579 you think that there's a world where if he ramps 00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:39.859 up a little bit more that because he's, I think 00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:42.579 he's by far the best drive and kick guy on the 00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:44.630 team because of his speed. Do you think there's 00:30:44.630 --> 00:30:45.910 a world where he could end up in the starting 00:30:45.910 --> 00:30:48.470 lineup if he kind of ramps up enough and is healthy 00:30:48.470 --> 00:30:50.190 enough for that? Or is he kind of in that really 00:30:50.190 --> 00:30:52.509 good spot of the bench where he can provide something 00:30:52.509 --> 00:30:55.569 that they just don't have? Yeah, it's really 00:30:55.569 --> 00:30:58.910 interesting because before the injury to Scoot, 00:30:58.970 --> 00:31:02.269 when they traded for Drew, I was certain that 00:31:02.269 --> 00:31:04.849 Scoot was going to start at point guard. And 00:31:04.849 --> 00:31:07.990 we'll never know the answer to that, right? They 00:31:07.990 --> 00:31:09.849 were going to figure it out in camp, whatever. 00:31:09.990 --> 00:31:11.849 But everything that I had heard based on how 00:31:11.849 --> 00:31:14.269 he was doing, what I had seen, I was certain 00:31:14.269 --> 00:31:16.210 he was going to be a starting point guard. And 00:31:16.210 --> 00:31:18.809 I do think that in the big picture, that is the 00:31:18.809 --> 00:31:22.829 plan. But you also need to have some of that 00:31:22.829 --> 00:31:27.309 punch off the bench. And he is more used to coming 00:31:27.309 --> 00:31:31.609 off the bench than Drew is. And with his speed 00:31:31.609 --> 00:31:33.329 and the things that he can do, having that guy 00:31:33.329 --> 00:31:35.769 come off the bench as a sixth -man type, and 00:31:35.769 --> 00:31:38.390 right now they've got a few guys like that, I 00:31:38.390 --> 00:31:42.980 can absolutely see that. You guys know that I'm 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:47.539 a huge champion of Scoot Henderson, and I really 00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:50.240 think that he has the type of future where he 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:54.759 can be the real backbone of this team. And I'm 00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:56.819 not talking about being an all -star or a superstar, 00:31:57.079 --> 00:32:00.779 but just that backbone type of guy. He just turned 00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:05.339 22. So I think he has a very, very bright future, 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:07.339 and someday he will be the starting point guard 00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:11.380 on this team. But I don't... know that that happens 00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.799 this year, and I don't know that it needs to 00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:15.339 happen this year, because he still is going to 00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.940 get the minutes. He's still going to get the 00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:19.279 run. He's playing, what, 18 to 20 minutes a night. 00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:23.839 The passing has been elite. He has not been afraid 00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:25.779 to drive and get to the rim. Yeah, he's turning 00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:28.339 it over at times, and he's making the bad fouls 00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.680 and things like that, and the shooting still 00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:32.839 has to come together, but I think right now, 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:36.559 with a completely healthy roster, and I'm not 00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:39.299 talking about Dane, but when When everybody else 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:43.619 is ready to go, if you have Scoot Henderson and 00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:47.619 Jeremy Grant coming off the bench with Veit Krejci 00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:52.559 and Robert Williams III and whoever else is in 00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:54.920 that rotation, I mean, that's a really damn good 00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:58.779 bench. Right. Another guy that is expected and 00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:01.900 hopeful to be a... backbone of this team is donovan 00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:03.700 clingen and he had a really great game last night 00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:07.099 23 points 18 rebounds seven assists and i think 00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:10.680 i want your opinion opinion on this is what's 00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:12.420 really encouraging you could say hey he's you 00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:14.220 know averaging career highs and that's kind of 00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:16.099 a simple way to put it but to me what's really 00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:18.519 encouraging about his play this season is that 00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:20.700 i feel like he's sticking with his strengths 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:22.880 and his strengths have gotten better but there's 00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:25.259 also been a little bit of pushing to see if he 00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:28.569 can improve and kind of expand his game a little 00:33:28.569 --> 00:33:31.630 bit. Is that what you're seeing as well? Absolutely. 00:33:31.849 --> 00:33:33.869 I mean, yeah, look, he's a great rebounder. He's 00:33:33.869 --> 00:33:37.049 a great offensive rebounder. His three -point 00:33:37.049 --> 00:33:39.470 shot has improved, and he talked about it before 00:33:39.470 --> 00:33:41.390 the season last year that he wants to take more 00:33:41.390 --> 00:33:43.009 threes. He just didn't do it much in college, 00:33:43.029 --> 00:33:45.289 but that didn't mean that he couldn't. We're 00:33:45.289 --> 00:33:49.049 seeing the metrics tell you that teams are not 00:33:49.049 --> 00:33:53.390 challenging him as much, and I think it's half 00:33:53.390 --> 00:33:55.710 as much attacking the rim when he's in the game. 00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:58.259 It also leads to more three -point shots, so 00:33:58.259 --> 00:34:00.079 your perimeter defense has to be better. He's 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:02.059 not a great perimeter defender right now. He's 00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:04.900 got to play in drop coverage, and he gets burned 00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:08.059 out there sometimes. Again, he's 21 years old. 00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:11.280 He hasn't turned 22 until later this month. So 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:15.480 I think with him, yes, those strengths are getting 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:17.539 better. Finishing around the rim is getting better. 00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:19.739 Free -for -shooting is getting better. He's the 00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:23.730 best offensive rebounder in the league. He scores 00:34:23.730 --> 00:34:25.530 more second -chance points than anybody in the 00:34:25.530 --> 00:34:27.269 league. He's contested more shots than anybody 00:34:27.269 --> 00:34:29.550 in the league. And all those things are great 00:34:29.550 --> 00:34:32.409 and really good signs for a guy who's that young. 00:34:32.630 --> 00:34:38.010 What I want to see from him is the continued 00:34:38.010 --> 00:34:43.530 development in being able to have teams have 00:34:43.530 --> 00:34:46.849 to adjust to you with the matchup instead of 00:34:46.849 --> 00:34:49.730 you having to adjust to them. Jared Allen was 00:34:49.730 --> 00:34:52.360 a bad matchup for him. we've seen some athletic 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:54.920 centers that are just not a great matchup for 00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.579 him. And he's had some games where it's just, 00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:59.579 you look at the numbers and say, where'd DC go? 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:02.639 Because I think he's still learning how to play 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:06.360 against everybody. And that's one of the marks 00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:10.059 of truly a great big in this league. We've seen 00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:11.880 it with Rudy Gobert at times, that in the playoffs, 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:14.519 he's unplayable because of the lineups that are 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:17.000 on the other side of the floor. And he's not 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:19.380 a guy who takes threes, but it's not just about, 00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:21.869 you know. spreading the floor offensively and 00:35:21.869 --> 00:35:23.510 being able to shoot. It's about being able to 00:35:23.510 --> 00:35:26.530 defend the perimeter and not having to play drop 00:35:26.530 --> 00:35:28.449 coverage. Robert Williams III right now is so 00:35:28.449 --> 00:35:31.309 valuable and has blocked, I think, more threes 00:35:31.309 --> 00:35:33.610 than any other center in the league this year 00:35:33.610 --> 00:35:37.949 with much fewer minutes because he can get out 00:35:37.949 --> 00:35:41.429 there and do that. And Donovan Klingin is not 00:35:41.429 --> 00:35:43.750 as athletic as Robert Williams III. Few humans 00:35:43.750 --> 00:35:47.710 are, right? It's not a knock on D .C. But for 00:35:47.710 --> 00:35:50.219 him, I think that the... the biggest area of 00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:53.739 development in his game is being able to play 00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:56.139 and stay on the floor regardless of the matchup. 00:35:57.059 --> 00:36:00.920 Well, Mayor, we'll be watching with keen eyes 00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:03.599 the continued evolution of this Blazers team 00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:05.699 throughout the second half of the season and 00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:10.510 also how Pete Krejci will... fold into this, 00:36:10.570 --> 00:36:12.650 and maybe we'll leave that for next week's discussion 00:36:12.650 --> 00:36:14.309 when they come back from the All -Star break. 00:36:14.389 --> 00:36:16.289 I'd love to talk about V. I love that, dude. 00:36:16.469 --> 00:36:18.750 Yeah, we'll give you a whole segment on it. How 00:36:18.750 --> 00:36:20.449 about that? Take care of yourself, take care 00:36:20.449 --> 00:36:22.329 of those kiddos, and have fun with all the mac 00:36:22.329 --> 00:36:24.309 and cheese you're going to make. Thanks, guys. 00:36:24.369 --> 00:36:29.869 Always appreciate it. The mayor of Rip City. 00:36:30.809 --> 00:36:33.150 Sorry, I had to pause there for a second. 3 -1 00:36:33.150 --> 00:36:35.349 now, Oregon State men over Michigan down in, 00:36:35.389 --> 00:36:40.179 surprise, Arizona. Surprise! Oregon women will 00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:43.619 be taking on Cal State Fullerton again tomorrow 00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:46.239 morning after their 7 -3 win today. That'll be 00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:48.559 9 .30 tomorrow morning. Then Kentucky in the 00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:50.679 doubleheader at noon, and then they finish up 00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:54.699 with Stanford on Sunday. 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You guys ready to go? Always. 00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:25.000 All right, tiebreaker game is going to be the 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:26.760 Michigan State -Wisconsin game, which is tonight. 00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:28.300 It's the only Friday night game. All the rest 00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.860 of them are Saturday starts. Starting in the 00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:32.900 Big 12, Kansas and Iowa State. Blaze, by the 00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:34.320 way, is also picking games today, the intern 00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:38.420 Blaze. Let's start with Blaze. With Kansas and 00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:41.559 Iowa State, Blaze, who do you like? I'm taking 00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:44.579 Iowa State. I can't trust Darian Peterson. Give 00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:48.539 me Iowa State at home. Okay, Goose. Kansas coming 00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:50.559 off a big win. Iowa State coming off a big loss. 00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:53.219 That means Kansas is going to be high. Iowa State 00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:55.880 is going to come back and win it. Okay. Iowa 00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:58.119 State, by the way, is the home team. Yep. Baby 00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:02.019 J? I'm going to say Darian Pearson plays, and 00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:04.940 therefore Kansas will win. Okay. I'm going Kansas 00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:08.239 as well. Coyne says Kansas. I think Kansas, they 00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:11.039 played well without him. Surprise, surprise. 00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:15.320 Danny picks Kansas. I do. Okay. Wait a second. 00:40:16.409 --> 00:40:19.969 E -M -A -W. I'm a wildcat, not a Jayhawk. Purdue 00:40:19.969 --> 00:40:24.949 -Iowa, another game in the Big Ten as Iowa's 00:40:24.949 --> 00:40:26.710 at home against Purdue. Purdue's been up and 00:40:26.710 --> 00:40:29.610 down. Baby J, we'll start with you. I think they 00:40:29.610 --> 00:40:32.289 bounce back and get a big win against Iowa at 00:40:32.289 --> 00:40:36.829 Iowa. Okay. I will also – no, I'm going with 00:40:36.829 --> 00:40:39.670 Iowa at home. I think Purdue stubs their toe 00:40:39.670 --> 00:40:42.869 yet again. Goose? Purdue at home. Excuse me, 00:40:42.869 --> 00:40:46.570 Purdue on the road. Blaze? I think the frontcourt 00:40:46.570 --> 00:40:49.090 will dominate Iowa. I don't think Bennett Sturtz 00:40:49.090 --> 00:40:52.190 will do enough for Iowa against Purdue. Give 00:40:52.190 --> 00:40:54.530 me Purdue. All right, I called my shot. I was 00:40:54.530 --> 00:40:56.070 the only one to take North Carolina against Duke. 00:40:56.190 --> 00:40:58.150 I'm the only one. The coin also takes Purdue 00:40:58.150 --> 00:41:01.630 in this game. Gonzaga -Santa Clara, big WCC matchup. 00:41:01.650 --> 00:41:03.679 This is a... Three and a half points spread. 00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:06.000 I was kind of surprised. Santa Clara at home. 00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:08.559 But I like Gonzaga on the road. I think they 00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:12.400 figured out how they can cure their road woes 00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:15.139 at Gill Coliseum after the disappointing loss 00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:19.300 up on the heights of Portland. So I'm going to 00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:21.880 take Gonzaga in this game. Goose? Give me the 00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:25.440 Broncos. Of course. Are you just playing a game 00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.960 here? Are you trying to play chess? No, I don't 00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:29.000 like Gonzaga right now. I think this is a worst 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:31.539 -than -usual Gonzaga team. All right, Blaze. 00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:35.280 Shout -out to head assistant coach Ryan Madry 00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:37.400 of Santa Clara, but I got to take the Zags on 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:41.559 this one. Gonzaga for intern Blaze. Baby J. You 00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:45.900 know what? Sorry, Vims. I'm going to go with 00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:48.199 Santa Clara as well. I'm leaning Gonzaga, but 00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:50.380 I'm going to go Santa Clara. Coin says Santa 00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:54.519 Clara. Louisville -Baylor. This game is at Baylor. 00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:56.579 It's a five -and -a -half point spread in favor 00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:59.500 of Louisville, and we'll start with you, Blaze. 00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:03.059 Give me Louisville. I think Baylor's a great 00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:06.320 team, but Louisville offensive firepower is just 00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:08.329 going to be too much for me. Goose. It's odd 00:42:08.329 --> 00:42:10.269 timing for a non -conference game. So odd that 00:42:10.269 --> 00:42:11.849 I actually had to double check to make sure Danny 00:42:11.849 --> 00:42:13.510 didn't screw it up and have the wrong game, but 00:42:13.510 --> 00:42:15.530 he didn't. It is an actual game, so give me Louisville. 00:42:16.030 --> 00:42:19.630 All right. I'll go ahead and take Baylor then. 00:42:20.590 --> 00:42:22.110 I don't have a great read on this game. You're 00:42:22.110 --> 00:42:24.610 killing me here. I'm going to take Louisville 00:42:24.610 --> 00:42:28.570 as well. I like it. Coin takes Baylor. All right. 00:42:28.590 --> 00:42:30.690 Last game, Michigan State -Wisconsin tonight. 00:42:31.030 --> 00:42:35.590 It is our tiebreaker game as well. I'd say 147 00:42:35.590 --> 00:42:38.210 .5 total points. So we want total points first. 00:42:38.269 --> 00:42:41.750 The winner, I will go first. And I will take 00:42:41.750 --> 00:42:45.929 Tom Izzo at Badger Court. I know everyone's going 00:42:45.929 --> 00:42:48.170 to smile now. And I am also going to go. I think 00:42:48.170 --> 00:42:49.289 that's going to be a little bit higher scoring 00:42:49.289 --> 00:42:54.610 game. I'm going to go 157 points. Baby J. You 00:42:54.610 --> 00:42:56.989 think it's going to be 157 points? I don't know 00:42:56.989 --> 00:42:58.809 about that. I think that it's going to be a low 00:42:58.809 --> 00:43:00.250 scoring game. I mean, Goose is going to pick 00:43:00.250 --> 00:43:03.630 like 47. I'm going to take my Badgers. Okay, 00:43:03.630 --> 00:43:08.949 and I'm going to go with 105. Wow. Okay, so 55 00:43:08.949 --> 00:43:12.829 -50. Yes. All right. I like it. I knew you would. 00:43:12.889 --> 00:43:16.349 It's a challenge bet. Come on, let's go. I am 00:43:16.349 --> 00:43:19.690 worn out and tired of Tom Izzo. He is pontificating 00:43:19.690 --> 00:43:22.570 constantly. He's got a point guard that kicks 00:43:22.570 --> 00:43:24.309 everybody in the groin, and he keeps defending 00:43:24.309 --> 00:43:27.050 him, and I'm worn out by Tom Izzo. Give me Wisconsin 00:43:27.050 --> 00:43:32.179 and 135. 135. Blaze. Wisconsin coming off a great 00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:34.079 win against Illinois in an overtime victory. 00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:36.500 I'm going to have to go with Michigan State, 00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:38.960 though. I think they're just the better team, 00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:40.500 and I think it's hard to come off a win. All 00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:43.530 right, points. Points, 137. It's going to be 00:43:43.530 --> 00:43:45.449 a low -scoring game. Great defensive fundamental 00:43:45.449 --> 00:43:48.309 game. He priced right you right there. Maybe 00:43:48.309 --> 00:43:50.730 I'll just go 5 -0 and the tiebreaker won't matter. 00:43:51.010 --> 00:43:54.090 Coin goes Michigan State on 148 points. Phone 00:43:54.090 --> 00:43:59.110 is open for you at 541 -343 -5673. That's the 00:43:59.110 --> 00:44:00.809 Oregon Man Clinics hotline. We've got time for 00:44:00.809 --> 00:44:03.510 maybe three callers if we go fast. And remember, 00:44:03.650 --> 00:44:06.289 here's the game. You've got to bet against us. 00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:08.900 To try and win, let's head right over to the 00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:10.699 phone. Our good friend Steve is there. Steve, 00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:14.500 you are ready to go, my friend. I just turned 00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:16.659 the radio on. I have no idea what I'm picking, 00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:18.579 but yeah. Okay, well, here you go. This is best 00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:22.199 for us then. Kansas -Iowa State basketball. Iowa 00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:26.760 State's at home. Kansas. Purdue -Iowa. The last 00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:28.719 team I say will be the home team, just so you 00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:31.260 know the rest of the way. Purdue -Iowa. Purdue. 00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:37.940 Gonzaga's at Santa Clara. Gonzaga. Louisville 00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:40.760 is at – well, it's actually a neutral site. They're 00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:42.840 playing in Fort Worth or whatever. Of course 00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:46.719 it is. Louisville -Baylor. Let's go Louisville. 00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:49.659 Okay. And then the tiebreaker game is Michigan 00:44:49.659 --> 00:44:54.260 State -Wisconsin. That's tonight. Let's take 00:44:54.260 --> 00:44:57.360 the Badgers. Okay. Total points. No, I take that 00:44:57.360 --> 00:45:00.099 back. Let me take Michigan State. All right. 00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:02.079 No takesie -backsies again. All right. Michigan 00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:08.820 State. And then total points, buddy. I'm 147. 00:45:10.279 --> 00:45:13.179 147, right under the coin at 148. Thanks for 00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:15.280 listening, bud. We appreciate you. Oh, I didn't 00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:17.659 hear that. Okay, thanks. Thanks. There he goes, 00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:19.860 the great Steve. All right, phone line open at 00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:23.920 541 -343 -5673. That's how you do it. What are 00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:26.599 you doing this weekend? Are you taking your wife 00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:28.780 out for— No, my wife has friends who have an 00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:30.440 annual Valentine's Day party. Normally it's on 00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:31.739 a different day than Valentine's Day because 00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:33.320 it's always on a Saturday. This time it's on 00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:35.480 a Saturday, so we're going there. Good for you. 00:45:35.619 --> 00:45:39.760 Yeah. I'm going to watch 28 Years Later. 28 years 00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:44.239 later? Is that like an apocalyptic... Zombie 00:45:44.239 --> 00:45:48.320 movie. Perfect. It's a sequel to the very famous 00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:51.940 28 Days Later. Okay. And it is about the fourth 00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:55.019 in the saga, but it's gotten great reviews. I'm 00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:58.500 a big horror movie zombie guy fan, so that's 00:45:58.500 --> 00:46:00.599 what I'm into. By the way, if you can't reach 00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:03.809 us via the phone... You can go ahead and go to 00:46:03.809 --> 00:46:05.969 BiggerBets on the Twitter and put your picks 00:46:05.969 --> 00:46:09.469 in before the first tip at 5 p .m. Michigan State, 00:46:09.510 --> 00:46:11.210 Wisconsin. Back over to the phone in Junction 00:46:11.210 --> 00:46:14.190 City. It's our good friend Chris and Steve's 00:46:14.190 --> 00:46:17.170 best friend. Chris, you ready to go? Oh, you 00:46:17.170 --> 00:46:19.250 know, I'm just driving by the Viking Inn right 00:46:19.250 --> 00:46:21.530 now. I love it. I love it. You got to pull and 00:46:21.530 --> 00:46:24.610 take a left turn. Kansas at Iowa State. Who do 00:46:24.610 --> 00:46:28.949 you like? Kansas. Purdue is at Iowa. Oh, Purdue. 00:46:29.929 --> 00:46:34.239 Gonzaga is at Santa Clara. Gonzaga. Louisville 00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:38.699 and Baylor. Louisville. Michigan State, Wisconsin. 00:46:38.739 --> 00:46:41.739 That's the game tonight in total points. Wisconsin. 00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:47.880 And let's go 133. 133 just underneath Blaze. 00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:49.900 Thanks, Chris. Hold down the fourth there in 00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:53.119 JC. Go Tigers. All you know. Atta boy. There 00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:55.659 he goes. 3 -1 still Oregon State over Michigan. 00:46:55.820 --> 00:46:58.659 Top of the sixth. We have time. Do we have time? 00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:00.699 Yeah, we got time. We can squeeze one more in. 00:47:00.780 --> 00:47:02.300 Yeah, we can squeeze it in real quick. If you 00:47:02.300 --> 00:47:05.000 come fast, you got to come in the next 15 seconds 00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:09.039 at 5, 4, 1, 3, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7, 3. I know Brad's 00:47:09.039 --> 00:47:11.880 sitting out there, maybe Coach Mark. So maybe 00:47:11.880 --> 00:47:13.579 somebody's out or somebody else, maybe a new 00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:15.639 one. As everyone's trying to cram in, I know 00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:18.860 phone line gets busy. That's fine. Again, I'm 00:47:18.860 --> 00:47:20.480 going to give you about five more seconds. You 00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:22.940 got to hop in. Otherwise, you got to go to the 00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:26.679 bigger bats on Twitter. and put your picks in 00:47:26.679 --> 00:47:29.559 there before 5 p .m. tonight to be eligible. 00:47:30.019 --> 00:47:33.519 Yep, 3, 2, 1, we're out. Okay. Well, that was 00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:36.559 good. We got a few picks in. The coin takes Kansas, 00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:38.900 Purdue, Santa Clara, Baylor, and Michigan State. 00:47:39.219 --> 00:47:41.159 The highest point total is what I threw out, 00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:44.780 157. The lowest point total is Baby J this week 00:47:44.780 --> 00:47:47.460 at 105. That's pretty low. Are you out of your 00:47:47.460 --> 00:47:49.880 mind? You know, I've watched a Wisconsin game 00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:51.440 or two in my lifetime, and I feel pretty good 00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:53.320 about that. Yeah, I'm sorry, Coach. Go ahead 00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:55.920 and hit us up on Twitter. We're just a little 00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:58.559 bit too late. Let's do dad joke. Oh, a joke. 00:47:59.559 --> 00:48:01.780 I got fired from the bank today. A woman asked 00:48:01.780 --> 00:48:03.800 me to check her balance, so I pushed her. Dad 00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:06.079 jokes. All right, we're going to let the button 00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:08.219 do it today, okay? Turn my mic up a little bit. 00:48:08.260 --> 00:48:11.400 Here we go. What do you call a fat psychic? A 00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:16.360 four -chin teller. You might want to check those 00:48:16.360 --> 00:48:18.920 before. That was very nice. Okay, that's the 00:48:18.920 --> 00:48:22.699 first one that kind of skates on the edge. We 00:48:22.699 --> 00:48:24.940 are peering over the edge. Kids, we're not on 00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:26.960 the program on Monday. We're going to take President's 00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:29.599 Day off. I will be in Orlando for the first part 00:48:29.599 --> 00:48:33.489 of the week. It'll be Dom, intern Dom, and Baby 00:48:33.489 --> 00:48:36.210 J in the chair on Tuesday. And Goose, you're 00:48:36.210 --> 00:48:38.429 back here. I'm back Wednesday with Baby J. Love 00:48:38.429 --> 00:48:40.690 it. And I'll be back on Thursday. Hold the fort 00:48:40.690 --> 00:48:43.230 down. Everybody have fun this weekend. Go out 00:48:43.230 --> 00:48:46.230 and enjoy yourself. For the entire crew, God 00:48:46.230 --> 00:48:47.710 bless. Put a smile on your face. Someone else's, 00:48:47.750 --> 00:48:50.150 they deserve it. So do you. For Goose, Baby J, 00:48:50.409 --> 00:48:52.530 Blaze, I'm Doc. Peace.