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Are we calling baby j? What a boy. Well, just
another day in mr. Rogers neighborhood happy
to be here a beautiful day in the neighborhood
It's not not too bad. It's not raining Much yesterday
man. I had a really funny interaction at the
gym where I was coming in at like eight o 'clock
at night He's coming in late, and it was rain.
I don't know if you remember guys last night.
It was raining pretty hard I was snuggling my
energy in my home and I was just putting away
my stuff in a locker and the guy next to me kind
of notices that I'm dripping wet and he goes
Hey, is it any better outside and I was like
probably worse than you remember He's like great.
I think I looked because we have one of those
gauges. We've got the whole temperature Barometer
on your roof, right? Yeah, stuck it on my roof.
So it has the rain gauges So it tells us how
much it's rained at least at our house. It was
like two point seven six inches in a 24 -hour
period And this morning when I look out like
that much, but it is that's a lot of rain. I
know it is it's squishy Outside as we say all
right kids on the program today. We're gonna
turn our attention more to the beaver beat and
No one better to do it than our good friend Angie
Machado. She'll be joining us. You can follow
her Angie Machado one I'll give that to you several
times and she'll join us a little early interview
segments gonna be a little early so right around
to 14 to 15 we'll have Angie on a lot to talk
about obviously with the Civil War Being put
aside in football It's still going to happen
apparently in baseball and basketball although
basketball women's basketball is a little iffy
as well scott ruik This year did not give a glowing
assessment of having that game With oregon. In
fact, he flat out came out and said I don't need
to play this game right now and I don't know
if there's there's still that angst. They're
still baseball being played And those series
aren't going to go away soccer lacrosse as far
as I know softball all of those in fact oregon
men and women's baseball and softball will be
playing oregon state in the next couple of weeks
i think next week they're playing the first time
and then oregon oregon state will play up in
portland middle of april next month in two months
now because we're still in february right we're
still in february correct this is still the united
states is already 24th this isn't russia we're
still in the u .s okay good glad to have you
along here in the valley at 102 .9 fm 10 50 a
.m and then out there on the coast kncu at 90
2 .7 FM. Thanks for all the ships at sea that
are listening on the coast. Wonder what the weather
is like. And I wonder if there's any wine left
in Newport after Steve and Kim were there with
some friends at the Newport Seafood and Wine
Festival, which I heard was fantastic, and the
weather was pretty good. Weather was pretty good
for part of the weekend. Oh, it happened. It
just seems like the weekends recently has been
when the bad weather has been coming. Yeah, it
doesn't do me any good. I'm trying to get the
last little bit of of late winter early spring
yard work done get ready the garden beds and
stuff because we'll be getting ready to turn
those over you've always got a project going
which is cool i like that yeah let's slow down
once we got the garage done by the way i'm going
to have a rant later on because i even texted
i texted you and goose last night because i and
i should know better to get on my social media
and look And there was something that came up
on a famous Oregon player. I'm not gonna say
who it is You're gonna have to wait till the
end of the program. It's called the tease Tom
Just so you know as the great Marshawn Lynch
once said Danny got got but Danny for half a
second. I did not go ahead Danny Gets more than
he gets got so it's okay. Thank you Thanks for
thanks for rescuing me in that that it and it
works me off So I'm gonna I'm gonna talk about
it. I know you have opinions on it I do always
so let's update you real quick since we're gonna
have Angie on in just a few moments We'll talk
oregon basketball as well oregon state basketball
men's and women's oregon state women's softball
We'll run through that real quick, but let's
start with oregon women's golf. They finished
up in humble, texas And kiara romero She finished
I think eighth Last week as uh tong an won the
medalist honors for the ducks in the first weekend
This weekend, Kiara Romero is the leader in the
clubhouse and the medalist at the Chevron Collegiate
Championships at Humboldt, Texas as the Ducks
as a team finish number two to North Carolina.
The Ducks are third ranked in the country. North
Carolina 16th ranked. North Carolina had an 11
under second round and they ended up winning
by seven strokes. Is it seven strokes? Six strokes
over the Ducks. But Romero, after a sparkling
year last year, almost leading the Ducks into
the national championship in the match play for
the NCAAs. She fires a final round of 69. And
so that makes, I think it was just eight under
or nine under for the tournament. So she wins
medal dishonors. And Tong An finished second
for the Ducks in turn, actually, yeah, second
in the Ducks. She finished in red numbers. Karen
Su, Sophie Han, DeRay Chung, all finished in
the top. 65 in the tournament so ducks They got
one they're gonna be in that Texas swing for
a second then they'll come back home Weather's
not great at the golf courses right now. It is
not so We didn't mention this we were talking
a lot about the Mary Nutter where the ducks were
participating, baby, Jay And Oregon State was
also in the Mary Nutter So I didn't understand
this but now I dug a little bit deeper into it
and the Mary Nutter is like there are multiple
sites There are like pods of teams that play
each other at the different sites. And so There
is I think 16 different teams that play in this
tournament It's pretty cool. And so Oregon State
was in a different pod at the Marion udder So
they were also in Cathedral City last week where
the Ducks were but in a different area the Ducks
had a Great showing I think because of the ranked
teams that they beat although they only finished
three and two but the Beavs Get a no -hitter
a no -no by Bailey Murray and the offense dominated
with 17 runs over Bethune Cookman. They fell
to Cal Straight North with Northridge 4 -3 in
their afternoon matchup, but good for Bailey
Murray. And with that, she was named one of the
WCC Player of the Week awards and also Jaya Butler,
this kid, a junior from Rancho Cucamonga. That's
so fun to say. And she's been dominant at the
plate all season long. She also won WCC. Conference
player of the week for the offensive side pitcher
and an offensive player of the week for Oregon
State and this kid Butler Man, yeah, just I know
you want to read some of her stats really good
numbers. It's it's sometimes when you look at
a team and you can see how much one player is
produced versus the rest of the team or the average
of the rest of the team it's really really entertaining
to me because total bases she has 66 as a team
they have 228 the next best player has 34 but
if you just look at the middle like the median
which i think is a more accurate representation
of the average player the the middle average
sort of player on this team is getting like 12
total bases at this point versus her 66 she has
11 home runs which you said leads the nation
And that's out of their 23 total home runs, which
is, I think, actually a pretty good amount as
a team early on, which obviously she's carrying
that. But very, very impressive. 474 batting
average. I mean, this is the type of player that
you want in the middle of your lineup. And a
kid from last year, she's already surpassed her
entire season home run totals and RBI totals
from a year ago. Which is crazy and I just think
that's how college softball is that the development
of players It is not linear. It has never been
linear We can pretend that we know what's gonna
happen coming into the next season. No clue.
We never do we never know I think it's recency
bias every single year and we trick ourselves
and players like j .f butler and Other players
that we've seen they just always come out and
surprising and that's the fun of sports so Good
on them. We talk a lot about oregon women's softball
and it would be fun because oregon state Oregon
will play each other in softball. I think it's
this week. They play March 4th. Okay, so next
week. Thanks for correcting me I know I was know
it was soon that was coming up So March 4th,
and then they play the second half of a doubleheader
on March 6th at the Jane Sanders classic and
and we'll be talking more about softballs we
traverse through the rest of this week because
again you get to see your first opportunity with
Melissa Lombardi's team at the Jane coming up
this weekend as they host Stetson and Samford
at the Jane, among others. When we come back,
Angie Machado from Beaver Blitz. The schedule
has come out. What about the Civil War game in
football? It's off the table for the next couple
of years. What does Beaver Nation think about
this? We'll talk about that next with Angie on
the Danny and Justin radio program. All right,
my rant on false death proclamations on social
media in the last segment. You are not gonna
wanna miss this. On the Danny and Justin radio
program, stay tuned, friends. We'll also be talking
a lot more baseball, softball, some basketball
in there as well. Some more honors for Oregon
State men's baseball. We'll discuss that in the
last segment. But first, let's head on over to
the Oregon Man Clinics Hotline at 541 -343 -5673
from the Bigfoot Beverages Studios. A bright
ray of sunshine through all the gray clouds and
the rain. To the north we look, and the owner
of Beaver Blitz, part of 24 -7 CBS Sports, it
is the great Angie Machado joining us. Angie,
how are you today? I am great. How are you guys?
We're fantastic. Thanks for hopping back on with
us So some things have been yeah some things
have been happening some stuff's been going on
and the recent announcement that just came out
a day or so ago and Apparently Rob Mullins and
Scott Barnes could not come to an agreement on
scheduling and so no civil war We kind of knew
this was going to happen, but it's now official,
at least for the next two years. No civil war.
2028, possibly. Could be the next time, but it's
nothing definitive. What's the pulse and what's
the take in Beaver Nation been on this? It's
so crazy. When that came out yesterday, I was
looking at both duck and beaver kind of reactions.
It's such a change, right? I mean, I love the
Civil War. I've grown up in Oregonia my entire
life. I went to Oregon State, so I've been around
a long time. So from the 90s, 98 Civil War was
maybe one of the best football games I've ever
seen in person in my life. That game was the
double overtime thriller that it was. So many
great Civil War memories. Although now I think
both fan bases are to the point, they love the
history. They love what the Civil War was. I
don't think it's there anymore. You look at Duck
fans and they're kind of like, okay, it's like
an easy win for us. It's not even really a game
Beaver fans feel that you know, yeah, it's they
love the history, but it's like why why are we
doing this? You know, I think there's still some
bitterness and Beaver Nation of why would we
make it an easy game? You know, they Oregon chose
to be a big 10 school. Let him play Rutgers That
is kind of the pulse around a lot of Beaver fans,
right is is why you know If we're gonna play
a body by game, then let's play it someplace
That's a way better destination than Eugene.
So There's I think both sides have a point of
like why why do we continue it when it's such
a rift? It's not even a close You know, there's
not even the chance anymore. So Like I said,
I think it's sad. I think it I think that's yeah
I think everybody's still mourning not just the
Pac -12 Demise, but then the whole college football
in general has changed so much in the past five
six years that Think there's a lot of kind of
like wow kind of missed some of the tradition
But new traditions new hopes and you know, maybe
we will see Civil War played one -off, you know
different years but it is sad that it's not a
yearly thing and You know, it's definitely been
an interesting time for me Joining this industry
over the last few years to see how the all the
changes have gone down But it does seem like
the crux of the game and the especially from
the beaver side and definitely from the from
the duck side, too It's been the competitiveness
like you're kind of getting at. Yeah So if we're
gonna best case scenario it we're gonna say,
okay What's the best case scenario here? Does
that to your timeline if you're gonna sit there
and go? Okay should Marcus Shepard's gonna work
out and the beavers new conference is gonna work
out and you know a couple years of that and you
build up a little bit like is there like a chance
that a couple years from now we might see a potential
game that could be more competitive or does it
just seem like these two programs right now are
just going in such opposite directions that even
a couple years from now it's still going to be
that kind of game where it's like yeah oregon
is probably going to get an easy win yeah i mean
justin i theoretically in your head that's what
you think but um with the portal the way it is
unless there's some changes to the transfer portal
I don't see it happening just because, you know,
Oregon State, you can build all you want and
develop players, but as soon as you develop them,
then you have schools, you know, offering three
to $500 ,000 to come be a backup, you know? So
at that level, Oregon State can't build something
because they're constantly replenishing. It's
constant, you know, replenish mode. It's a, like
I said, unless there's changes to the whole portal
and how many times people, you know, I think
that whole Oregon State Going out finding the
quote diamonds in the rough and building something
I think that's a tough A tough road to hoe just
because you can't build. Um, it's harder. It's
harder to build I shouldn't say you can't it's
harder to build because as soon as you start
seeing success those players are going to be
poached to bigger programs, so um I think it's
just such a hard dynamic right now. Both schools
are clawing and fighting, or say it's clawing
and fighting. I just don't see any, unless massive
changes come about, any kind of a level type
playing field to make it even competitive. Angie
Machado joining us from BeaverBlitz .com. You
can follow her there, but also give her a Twitter
follow if you want. Angie Machado, that's M -A
-C -H -A -D -O with the number one behind it
on the Twitter, and joins us here on the Danny
and Justin radio program. So let's talk about
what we do know, and that's the schedule for
Oregon State football. And this is not an easy
start for Jamarcus Shepherd as he unveils his
era at Houston on September the 5th, and two
home games against Texas Tech and a team in Montana
that... made it to the FBS semifinals or the
FCS semifinals last year losing to Montana State
in a perennially great program and they're gonna
have a new head coach as Bobby Hauck retires.
So talk about how this schedule lays out because
I also want to talk about the end where I think
the Pac -12 did something I believe other conferences
are gonna start doing if they can and we'll talk
about at the end but first talk about this first
three weeks of this schedule. Yeah, the first
three weeks is going to be tough. I mean it to
Marcus Sheppard's not walking into some, you
know cakewalk easy schedule here Yeah, you know
on the road at Houston starting off right on
the road and going to face former Beaver Trent
Walker who transferred in the offseason to to
Houston So a little quick homecoming game for
you know Trent to see his former former teammates
coming to to Texas Texas Tech obviously is one
of those New, new, rich programs, lots of money,
you know, 40 to $50 million roster, it sounds
like from things I've been reading. It just,
you know, a lot on the upswing. And like you
said, Montana, that is that's yes, a lower division,
but always a powerhouse. So I like that two of
those games are at home. I think that's big,
but not an easy schedule at all when you when
you look at how things shape up. And then you
start, you know, kind of digging in another non
-conference with UTEP. And then you dig into
that crux of the new PAC -10, PAC -12 schedule
going on the road to Fort Collins, Colorado State.
And, you know, you look at Oregon State and Washington
State, I'd say, you know, being the lone holdovers
of the PAC -12 that has rebuilt this thing, they're
going to have a target on their backs. They're
the programs that have come in with more money,
you know, historically more money. backing had
those Pac -12 media deals of the past. So, you
know, everybody's going to be gunning for Oregon
State and Washington State who kind of thinks,
I think, of themselves more as the bully on the
block. So go to Fort Collins. Then you come back.
San Diego State at home at Reeser, I think is,
you know, I'd rather play them at home than down
in San Diego, although a trip to San Diego in
October would not be a bad day to go. Cougars
at home. So Washington State comes to town and
then it really it gets tough I look at it. You
have Fresno State at Fresno always a tough place
to play Texas State at home. That's a that's
an up -and -coming team, but they're hungry,
you know There are a whole program that's so
focused and then Boise State in Utah State Boise
on the road You know, that's a top, you know,
that's a top 15 program top 20 program kind of
year in, year out. So on the road, Boise is such
a hard place to play in mid -November. And then
Utah State at Reser, who, you know, they're gunning
for top spot as well. So then you talk about
that whole flex game. Yeah. And I agree. I think
that so Pac -12 is being innovative here with
the flex. And it's a way for them to evaluate
toward the end of the season. for matchups that
potentially if you if or if the pack 12 has a
team that's you know right there that potentially
could be in the cfp right making you know giving
those matchups the best opportunity to get a
team in the best opportunity right yeah so um
and then and then matching up you know teams
for for good um you know just a good matchup
beside that so i love the thinking outside the
box here i do i think this is something um other
Conferences even power for conferences will look
at in the future Just because it you know, yeah,
you look at the SEC or ACC big 10 big 12 You
have a flex game in there you you know Position
it right to get yourself two or three players
teams in the in the CFP instead of maybe one
so I think it's big So we'll see we'll see how
it goes different different for you know the
You know oregon state fans know, um, you know
usc's and washington and oregon and on that schedule
But I do think there'll be some quality football
with with this uh schedule So last year dany
and I we were weaver believers We talked ourselves
I think into eight or nine wins each and I think
you were somewhat similar when we talked on the
game day program Yeah, so this year obviously,
I think the numbers would be a little bit lower,
but Last year by the end of it. I think we were
all saying hey, let's just get this season over
with let's get the next season We'll just figure
it out from there Coming into you know, obviously
we're still in the offseason, but coming into
the next season Where is your sort of line of
like hey, I'd like to see you know five wins
six wins Like what's it? What's a good step for
this program this year? Well, I mean new coach
I mean I've been just starting going through
spring previews position by position and It's
taking so much extra time just because this roster
is completely flipped. So a brand new roster,
a brand new coaching staff. Right now, before
spring, before I've seen anything, I say four,
you know, try to get four wins. Double what you
got a year ago. I'm anxious to see, you know,
and it sounds really cliche, but I'm anxious
to see what the culture is like on this team
and what the motivation is. Because Coach Shepard
has such a... energetic, he's a fiery coach,
different than Bray. I mean, Bray had his fire
to him, but I think Coach Bray was one of these
guys that kind of put his head, he's a hard worker,
he puts everything he has into football coaching,
and I think he just expected everyone around
him to be in that same mindset. Shepherd looks,
from what I've seen, appears to be a motivator
and a coach. I don't want to say pray was not
a coach, but you see kind of where I'm going
with that. Totally different. He you know, there's
a different accountability. Workouts are different.
It'll be interesting. I'm anxious to hear if
the things I've heard from from players and family
members is just it's night and day, but you hear
that all the time. You know we always hear in
the offseason. Oh workouts. Everyone's working
hard and everybody's staying and everybody's
working extra moods. Good locker rooms. Good.
I want to see it. I want to see what this mood
is like. But I think for four wins this year,
you know, obviously Beaver fans want to see a
lot more than that. I just think with so much
uncertainty. Now, as we get closer and we get
into August, maybe maybe I'm singing a different
tune and I say, oh, this is a six or an eight
win team. But right now I think four is is where
I'm kind of putting my my ceiling or my floor.
Sorry. Angie Machado joining us from Beaver Bliss.
Last question, Angie, first to comment, and I
agree with you, but this has kind of been a whole
different type of coach than the last few coaches
Oregon State's had. Listen, Jonathan Smith was
not the big yelling rah rah guy, Trent Bray in
the same mold. Mike, even going back to Mike
Riley, I mean, Mike was a very personable guy,
but he wasn't the huge demonstrative guy on the
sidelines as well. I think the last one I can
think of was probably Dennis Erickson. I can
go all the way back that far. to have one that
was really fiery on the sidelines as well. But
speaking of the coaching staff, a big get for
Jamarcus Shepard, and it's on the defensive side
of football. Obviously, he's more familiar as
being a wide receiver coach, an offensive guy.
He brought in somebody on the defensive side
of the football I think can really help this
program. Talk about Mike McIntyre. Yeah, I think
that was one of the things we talked about with
Bray. And you were so right on about the demonstrative.
And yeah, Riley Smith. Trent, all real more mild
-mannered. Gary Anderson was a little more fiery,
but still not on the sideline. Like you said,
Dennis Erickson comes to mind as a fiery one.
No, Mike McIntyre, we talked about with Coach
Bray about being a first -time head coach and
surrounding himself with experience, and he didn't.
He brought in two first -time coordinators in
Ryan Gunderson and Keith Hayward. was something
that kind of stood out, especially for Trent
on the offensive side of the ball. Not having
someone with more experience. Jamarcus Shepard
having that offensive experience, being able
to go out and get someone like Mike McIntyre
comes in. I mean, Mike McIntyre has been everywhere.
He's well respected. He's been a head coach.
He's been position coach. Everyone knows and
loves him. He's got a great personality. He knows
ball and he can also be a sounding board for
Jamarcus. for program -wide things or head coaching
questions you may have. I love the hire. The
whole staff seems really solid in my opinion,
what I've seen and heard from. They get along
really well and I'm excited to see them come
March when the Beavs open up spring ball. As
we will as well. Angie, I know you got to run.
Thank you so much for your time. You can follow
Angie Machado, beaverblitz .com, AngieMachado1
on the Twitter. Have a great rest of your day.
We look forward to our next conversation. Hey,
thanks for having me on guys. You bet. There
she goes. The great Angie Machado from beaversblitz
.com. All right. When we come back, a long last
segment. I'm going to go do some breathing exercises
in the hallway. Trying to calm myself. Get the
blood pressure down a little bit because I was
fired up this morning. If we would have done
this program at 10 a .m., it might be a different
last segment, but we'll see if we'll get through
it. I want to talk about the fake stuff on social
media. Got me all fired up yesterday. We'll also
talk a little bit of basketball and baseball
as well, Oregon. Shame on you. Shame. Shame.
If you missed any of that interview with Andy
Machado from Beaver Blitz, you can go follow
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on the old Twitter. But if you did miss the interview,
we have salvation for you. Just head on over
to the podcast, Andy and Justin. Relive it there
right after the program is over with it'll be
up and We'll have it there for you. So let's
talk a little softball both the Oregon State
and Oregon women are back at home Oregon women
are eight and six overall. They don't start playing
conference until I'm gonna say Gosh, when is
it? I keep scrolling down the schedule trying
to figure out when conference starts. March 13th.
It's late. Against Penn State. So here's what's
coming up this weekend. You get your first opportunity
at the Oregon Classic to see Oregon duck softball
at the Jane. And it will be Stetson at 1230.
Then Idaho State at 330. Also Stetson Samford's
in town. So then on Saturday, it'll be Stetson
at 330 and Samford at 6 p .m. and a lot of softball
a lot of soft because Idaho State Stetson Samford
will also be playing each other in this little
mini tournament and then the single game Will
be March the 4th. It'll be the Civil War on the
diamond as Oregon State And Oregon will face
off, but it will be up in Corvallis and then
the Jane Sanders classic Can I get into this
real quick? Yeah, go ahead. I have thoughts on
this. Nevada against Oregon State, Sacramento
against Nevada. That'll be on Friday, March the
6th. I'm giving you the next two weekends of
action. And then Oregon State and Oregon rematch,
3 .30 on Friday, March the 6th. And then on Saturday,
it will be Sacramento State against Oregon at
6 p .m. And on Sunday, Nevada against Oregon.
Well, I missed one Nevada against Oregon 330
on Saturday the 7th followed by Sacramento State
back -to -back 6 p .m. And then Nevada again
on Sunday and then it's conference play the rest
of the way You want to know what this sounds
like to me? Tell me a lot of expected wins quite
honestly, especially in this upcoming tournament
against Idaho State Stetson Sanford like I don't
get me wrong. I have to do a little more research
on these teams, but These are a lot of games
that Oregon schedule started off very top -heavy
and I would say it was interesting. They had
mixed success. I don't know if anybody really
knows how good this 2026 version 8 team is quite
yet based on what we've seen so far because it's
been a little up and down and we've seen good
against good and bad against bad. Kind of makes
sense like no it makes like that's that last
I got you I'm following you beat the three ranked
teams and the two Unranked teams they lost which
is interesting. I don't think it means anything
quite yet, but I do see a lot of games upcoming
on this schedule I mean again Stetson Sanford,
Idaho State you got to be winning almost all
of these games I know there's a lot of softball
doubleheaders stuff like that, but these are
important games to just win Well that pitching
staff which is four deep for Melissa Lombardi.
They are 40, which is great. I think that goes
in their favor And there are 11 games now in
the next two weeks only one of those are away
from the jane And that's when they just take
the short road trip to corvallis So literally
they can get themselves to 19 wins if they win
all i'm glad you brought up the pitching staff
actually That's a really good point because it
is important to have four deep. Let's not forget
that lindsey grind her 180 innings last year
was a career high and I definitely think that
by the end of the season She showed a little
fatigue for sure and this is a team that I think
they know the path at this point A lot of the
team has been there last year. So they they're
they're setting themselves up for the end of
the season, right? That's that's got to be what
your whole season. You got to get through the
season, obviously, but the whole time you're
trying to set yourself up for the end to do that.
The depth pitching wise, I think is going to
be huge. Not that Lindsey hasn't maybe worked
herself up to that, but I think you want to keep
at least Lindsey. I mean, all these pitchers,
obviously, but particularly Lindsey got to keep
her fresh by the end of the season. Well, Taylor
Spencer and Maddie Milhorn, the last two after.
Lindsey Grine and Elise Sokolsky are going to
come into factor in this. They're going to come
factor all season long, but especially when you've
got the doubleheader games. Especially. And that
was where last year with the pitching staff that
Oregon had last year that was again led by Lindsey
Grine and Elise Sokolsky. Yes. Had the advantage,
I think, over Stanford when they had to play
back -to -back games in elimination games at
the Jane, which was in the region. Which is great.
And it totally changed, the dynamic of the season
changed mightily at that point. Two really good
ones. So we'll see how that shakes out It's gonna
be interesting to see and I'm excited to see
the the girls. I didn't see the person Yeah,
the women I don't say girls the women back here
at home strong young women that are out there
playing softball and representing the University
of Oregon So let's move on over to the diamond
Oregon men are gonna be heading down to Vegas
taking on some stiff competition and that'll
be Thursday Friday Saturday, I believe Oregon
State is Getting back in action. They stay in
Texas They're taking on Houston a game 2 p .m.
In Texas 12 noon Pacific time on Friday The first
of three games in Frisco, so they're back -to
-back weeks in Texas Oregon State right -handed
pitcher Dax Whitney, who we talked about after
his first game down there. He's pretty good.
He's pretty dang good. Had 17 strikeouts in Oregon
State single game record against Baylor last
Friday in a 3 -1 win. He only faced 25 batters,
gave up two hits a walk, and he did hit a batter.
But he was named the National Pitcher of the
Week. The Golden Spikes and D1 Baseball named
him USA Baseball announced that yesterday. So
Dax Whitney and Oregon start collecting hardware.
I guess they give hardware out for this, or at
least a plaque or something. He's just a sophomore.
Can you believe that? Well, people are surprised
he got to campus. That he didn't... That he didn't
just get drafted out of high school. Or grab
some more money somewhere else from an SEC team
that wanted to pay half a million dollars for
an arm. Well, I think it makes sense for Oregon
State to keep him, want to have him, because
they have such good development there. And I
do think there's some more money there than...
than in many programs, I would say, for Oregon
State baseball. But I think the people were surprised.
He was one of those guys that I think there was
a guy. I don't remember his name. There was a
guy drafted this year who was an Oregon State
Commit and Oregon guy. I think he was six, eight.
I think a schoolcraft or something like that,
who basically like those are the guys that they'll
just get drafted and they don't make it to college.
And I think once you get to college, obviously
you're there for a few years. But really, really
impressive and just a great job to get him on
campus and keep them here. Oregon baseball as
I said is on the road as well they're taking
on Arizona this Friday 6 p .m. so you can hear
that here locally or watch it on TV. Let's see
what what TV is on that one's on D1 baseball
isn't it on their site I think so D1 baseball
and then you see Irvine the anteaters Saturday
at noon and then they follow up Sunday against
Vanderbilt before the single -set game on Tuesday
Civil War rivalry game again at PK Park it'll
be a 305 first pitch so take the afternoon off
and go have a happy hour beverage out at PK before
the first pitch as Oregon State comes to town
in the first game of just two this season between
the Beavs and the Ducks. Funny that Oregon State
has played more Big Ten teams so far than Oregon
has. That's and they haven't they haven't I don't
think they've beaten one. Have they well they
lost They lost to purdue, which was an upset
in the making. It was a five three game Well,
they did beat michigan once did they oh, that's
right. That was the first game Yeah, so they've
played man. They played a lot of pack 12 and
a lot of Former pack 12. I mean a lot of former
pack 12 and current big 10 michigan arizona stanford
michigan And then they played purdue the last
game of the round rock classic which by the way
Yes, the Beavers also went one and two in the
Round Rock Classic last year. So nothing to get,
I think, super duper worried about quite yet
for their games against Southern Miss and Purdue,
which were surprising losses, I would say. So
that's what's all coming up on the diamond in
the next week or so. We'll talk a little bit
more tomorrow. In fact, a lot more tomorrow.
Oregon State men. Oregon men are both in action
tomorrow night as Oregon State is hosting Senior
Day against San Diego. They'll honor Jorge Diaz
Graham and Malcolm Christie. Oregon State's 5
-1 against San Diego 3 -0 at Gill. The Ducks
after that huge win for their morale, for their
pride of the program against USC. I would love
to debate about the word huge there, but... I
would say in this mire and muck of a season going
into the Galen Center... And now Dana Altman
squads are 10 and three against USC in a season
that's been like this going seven points in the
last 57 seconds. It's nice to me. It doesn't
really change anything. I guess that's that's
sort of my argument that like I think for most
people it might. Maybe other people are looking
at this and saying, well, hey, you got a big
upset when we needed to see this. Think the situation
has been the same since all these injuries happen
since the downturn started It's kind of in the
same thing this victory has been nice, but we
knew that Dana Altman's a good coach We knew
that he could win a game against the USC did
you see some of the comments after? from Dana
About the about the intensity that gets ratcheted
up and how he said it was nice to see The guys
in the locker room with smiles on their oh, I'm
sure it's great I just don't think it changes
anything I guess is why so you can so it's it's
a I'm just picking at your words a little bit
A little bit. No, it's fine. You can pick away,
but what I think it's interesting I think the
discussion to me is okay this one victory I didn't
obviously the which are against Penn State as
well Like it doesn't really change the way I
view the landscape of what's happened this season
except for this And this is the only way I'll
counterpoint that. When I say huge, it's in the
context of what's gone on. They easily could
have, again, after playing a hard -fought game
up to that point with depleted resources, playing
guys with longer minutes that haven't had a lot
of exposure for the season, they could have folded
like a cheap suit or a lawn chair, and they did
not. And they haven't all year long. And that's
why I say it's huge, because they finally got
one of these. Totally. To me, it's—and I don't
want you to agree with me. I'm just saying. No,
I don't necessarily. What I say is when you take
a look at some of the other games that they've
stayed in, and I'll even go back to being on
the road against Michigan and or Michigan State
or Michigan at home, Michigan State, is they
were in some of those games and then they ran
out of gas. It was like they hit a wall. And
that didn't happen. down in Los Angeles. So that's
why I think it's huge for their confidence. I
think it's huge for the morale. That it's like,
you know what? So what? We're down. We're 3 -13
in conference play. But you know what? We still
have pride. And we've shown now, everyone, we
can go into somebody else's environment and beat
them. And not just walk away with a 15 -20 point
win, which, God Almighty, I wish they would do
that. But... that when the westerns come to town
or going northwestern so when when when they
needed to pick themselves up by their bootstraps
they did it so that's that and they finished
the deal so when they hopped on that plane it
was like we didn't lose another close game right
to me i see a team and i think it's hard to differentiate
for some people sometimes is a team that is still
well coached but doesn't have the talent and
i think there's a very big difference between
a team that's not well coached But does have
the talent. I think that looks very, very differently.
I think that's where I agree with what you're
saying. This is confirming that to me that this
is that, you know, Coach Alban has said this,
that there's only been a couple of halves a season
where the effort hasn't been there. They've tried
all season long. I mean, come on, you're you're
coming off a game where you scored forty four
hundred percent. Oh, listen, I was there. It
was it was one of the worst games I've seen.
It was brutal. It was absolutely brutal. But
you could have let that game beat you again.
You didn't let it happen. I think it's interesting
too. You mentioned running out of gas. It's actually
it was quite the opposite of what they did. They
went on a 7 -0 run to end that game. Right. I
think USC ran out of gas and it was what it was
great was it was great to see as we were talking
about with Ryan Clark yesterday. Oregon taking
advantage of spiting a rival who I mean listen,
hey nobody in my lean likes USC and USC is fighting
for That knocked them out of the bubble that
and then now they're first four out in the late
I bet you coach Altman said something about that
I bet you that was a little bit of motivation
for them coming into that game of you know what
we Have a hard time seeing how we're gonna basically
make it through this season and make it anywhere
Unless they win the big ten tournament somehow,
but cause some opponents in pain. Yeah play spoiler.
Why not? So that again, that's that's where to
me I think that again, I don't completely disagree
with you But you have to adopt that attitude
wasn't a huge victory because I think I still
view the thing everything the same Okay, well
it is semantics, but that's fine, but it's worth
a day Danny Justin radio program a few more minutes
left in the program today tomorrow who gonna
have anybody tomorrow Travis is gonna be oh I
just talked to the mayor this morning actually
you're talking about some other things I'm surprised
you didn't mention that We were talking about
wildly different things than that. We didn't
even talk about the show so I've got my rant
coming up here in a second, but I for it Okay.
So did you see the thing that came out of Cleveland
today? The thing that came out of Cleveland.
The general manager of the Browns. I did not
see this. No. So here's. Oh, I did see this.
Andrew Berry. Andrew Berry did not give. He's
the general manager of the Cleveland Browns,
otherwise known as the biggest dumpster fire
in the Midwest. He did not give a timetable for
a decision at starting quarterback But he said
should do her Sanders and Deshaun Watson will
be among those competing to be a starter in 2026
So what's interesting about no, you know what
choices you you know what I say? Thank God for
Dylan Gabriel. You know what cuz he's probably
gonna get traded to a team where he's gonna get
an opportunity to Survive hope so the mess of
what the Cleveland Browns are and I agree I am
fine and I'll people go go on your hands and
knees right now and put your hands together and
look skyward and go thank you because by draft
day or not before he'll be traded for somebody
and he'll get a better opportunity somewhere
else I mean only thing I hope for him is he doesn't
go to the Jets Because that would be the only
worst place that is the East Coast dumpster fire
What's the West Coast dumpster fire the Raiders
the red? Oh, absolutely. They're gonna draft
Mendoza, right? So you don't want to sit behind
him because he's gonna be the star and the heir
apparent to anything that they do So I am and
the Raiders are still just a yeah, they're of
course with the Chargers So I would like to see
I would like to see him go to a team like I mean
I just throw it out there I would like to see
him go to a team like the Rams Where you've got
a great offensive mind I would 49ers 49ers I
mean even like the Seahawks bring them back to
the West Coast sure I think Dylan needs to go
somewhere to develop as a backup I think that's
the way that he's gonna make the most out of
his NFL career He's probably never gonna be a
starter and he'll be competitive enough though.
He'll push everybody in that room Smart and I
think the only thing about Dylan that you can
say is his size. I think everything else I mean,
I don't know if he's got the best arm strength
either but just between the ears Which I think
is such a big part of playing quarterback. I
mean you see what what? The Broncos had to deal
with yeah this postseason. You need to have a
good backup quarterback It's very very important.
You never think it's important until you need
one Hey, listen, that could be a landing spot
for him as well. You think Jared Stenum is gonna
be the backup forever in Denver Listen, I don't
think I don't think I'd want him as my backup
because I know what I just saw from him in that
Really important game where he had to be a backup.
I'd rather have a guy like Malik Willis Who I
think is he get paid a lot this offseason. Yeah,
I think he's gonna catch somewhere basically
Well, he showed that he's progressed in the he's
the great packers back He had to get pressed
into service because Jordan loves been hurt the
last couple of years Exactly, and he played really
well and that just goes to show he played for
Tennessee for a couple years It looked really
bad for him. You couldn't even almost see the
potential at times and even though he has traits
But he goes to Green Bay and he's remade his
career in two years Well, and I nf was as long
as we're talking about backups and we can relate
it back to Oregon as well Marcus Mariota is gonna
get paid again as well He really stepped in when
Jane Daniels went down He kept Washington together
and almost in every single game. Their defense
was just horrific Hence while what a bad year
for that coordinator It was just an odd year
after last year where they played so well, they
were the darlings of the NFL Yeah, they were
the darlings. I mean I rose up for ten years
Super Bowl and then right back into the dumps
reality. That's the NFL though. That certainly
is all right. We got a few minutes I'm trying
to limit the time because I could really get
fired up. We could do some other things on the
back end. No, we'll be fine. Alright, so I'm
just gonna make the cautionary tale to everyone
out there because it's happened now not just
once, twice, it's happened several times. And
I think it's happening all over the country in
different spheres, but out here, it started weeks
ago and I've heard a lot of other crazy ones,
okay? One was, well, one that Jerry Allen and
John Conzano both had passed away. That went
on social media. It was on Facebook and or Twitter.
And apparently, I don't know if they're bots
or whatever they're doing. OK, there was one
that Dan Lanning's wife Sophia Lanning was with
child. I didn't see this. Oh, there's I like
one into a dark, deep hole and asked, you know,
questions, not real stories, not real story.
This is all fake. So last night and I I don't
know why it stuck with me that it was true, because
I think I just. And I think this is why they
did it. It was like it came it looked like it
was coming from the Chargers organization. Oh
And I was I'll find then was it just like one
letter was off Well, the thing was the thing
was is that it didn't mention anything about
San Diego In it and it was like Dan Fouser was
never a part of the Los Angeles Chargers Did
it say Los Angeles Chargers and all that? So
that's where you can kind of probably from tell
me Artificial intelligence. Okay, here we go
I'm just saying but stop it with this stuff.
And so it wasn't just me I saw it and I Texted
both goose and baby Jay last time looking at
Dom right now And I was just like and and you
guys No one came back to me and said dude. I
researched this a little bit. It's it's false
You were probably I was right in the middle of
my workout. Yeah, and then after that you played
a video games You didn't correct bother looking
it up, but I didn't get any believed you I didn't
get any pushback But here is what started it
for me was a couple of my friends not just one
three different texts from three different individuals
Texted me to tell me that Dan Fouts had passed
away So they were reading the same thing And
that's when I and now if you go on right now,
you won't even probably be able to find And I
think it was Facebook that it was on so I'm not
so Tom. Are you finding it? Are you looking at
it right now? You do you seeing it? I tried to
find it earlier today, and I could not find okay.
It enrages me when stuff like that happens Because
I mean, Jerry Allen told me the story that his
wife went to a store, and I'm sure he's not going
to mind me telling the story. His wife went to
the store after the whole thing came out, and
Jerry had no idea what was going on. And she
was getting weird looks from this person who
would normally, like, you know, come up and hug
her, one of the people who worked at the local
grocery store that they go to. And when his wife
came back, she said, you know, I had this weird
interaction at the grocery store, and I'm paraphrasing
it, obviously. So Jerry went back in a couple
of weeks later, and the same person came up and,
like, gave a big hug and everything else. I thought
you were dead. Yeah, I think it just goes to
do you find it I found it it was Chargers blue
zone on Facebook posted February 22nd at 540
by 44 p .m. Breaking news farewell to football
legend Dan Fouts iconic figure of the Los Angeles
Chargers and Pro Football Hall of Famer has passed
away at the age of 74 seeing that was the key
Yeah, that was Los Angeles Chargers. He wasn't
ever a part of the Los Angeles ever seen in glorious
bastards Yes, you know the part where he's in
the bar and he orders a drink and he holds it
up the wrong way Yeah, yep. That was it right
there. Yeah, they put a link to the post and
when you click on it It's kind of a weird website.
I've never seen the US now daily 24. It's weird
website It's a bot. It's a as Justin said it
says in when you click on the post Yeah, farewell
to football icon Dan Fouts dies at 74 after a
long battle with liver cancer Is that even his
age false? I think it is his age. Okay I think
this is a great lesson and seriously trust not
even fair news the first thing we have to do
as anybody accessing the internet now is Basically
being able to tell is what I'm seeing a real
story are the sources correct? It's the most
important thing right now. I have a love -hate
relationship with the internet Because when I
grew up there was no such thing as the internet.
That's true Okay, there was no such thing as
a cell phone. There was no such thing as a phone
on a camera. I know And I'll just say I have
learned a very, very serious lesson as well.
Think before thou speak. Okay, I'll do my dad
joke though. Wow, just keep the music. No, no,
it's fine. Keep the music. It's fine. So this
is on our review, Baby J. Okay. What do frogs
use to track their exercise? What do frogs use
to track their exercise? I don't know. This is
honor of me. The exercise thing. I don't know.
Fit rivets. I have a Fitbit, so there you go.
Fit rib bits. All right, kids, tomorrow on the
program, the mayor of Rip City, Travis Summers,
will join us. By the way, Minnesota is wearing
uniforms tonight against the Blazers in honor
of Prince Lavender, baby. Let it purple rain
for the entire crew.