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Portions of this show are recorded. Strap in

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and be prepared. Room for error is much slimmer

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in basketball. You lose one player and it changes

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

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

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Kelly Graves. Mike Parker. Coach Mark Waskowski.

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Noah Eagle. Melissa Lombardi. Kenyon Barnard.

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Jonathan Stewart. Sharp opinions. Dana Altman

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probably earned a pass for a down year after

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

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basketball. And some smiles. Guys, I was stuck

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

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

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

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longer than you've been alive, which is really

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

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truth. Justin Grossweiner. It's like the saying

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in Alaska, that you don't have to be faster than

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the bear, you just have to be faster than your

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friend. Danny and Justin starts now on Fox Sports

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Eugene and Fox Sports Newport. Hello, neighbors,

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and welcome high atop the Delta Tri at the Crystal

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and relive it or any of our programs that you've

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missed like yesterday when we had Eric Skopel,

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the great Skopel Dalmas on. Today, it's the mayor

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of Rip City, Travis Demers, who is going through

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a road trip that ends in Memphis. And oh my goodness

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gracious, the Blazers, they're struggling right

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now. We got to talk about that. We got to see

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if we can fix everything. We'll have Travis on

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at about 20 after the hour. But we're going to

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talk Oregon, Oregon State baseball, the Civil

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War at PK Park. We're going to talk Oregon men's

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basketball, Oregon State men's basketball in

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wildly different parallel universes. And you'll

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understand how I'm going to pull that all together

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when we talk about them in this first segment.

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But first, I'm Doc, right over there. You know

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him, you love him. Justin Alexander Grossweiner,

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otherwise known as Baby J. What up, boys? That

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is my middle name. Very good on that. I'm excited

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to go to a baseball game today. We're going to

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teleport over after the game. You're not going

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to have a beverage. After the show, I mean. After

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the show. That's what I meant to say. 3 -0 -5

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first pitch for the first of three. Both. No,

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one neutral site and one at each home park. So

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it should be spread out over. So there'll be

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a gap between the next time these two teams play,

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because next time they will play after today.

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will be up at the Hop Stadium in Portland on

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April the 14th, and then they have a single set

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at Goss Stadium, I think, April 22nd, something

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like that. So they'll still get – they played

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four times last year. They only play three times

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this year. And, you know, a lot of that's scheduling.

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But the Ducks are 10 -1 in the season thus far,

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and Oregon State's been – they've been shuffling,

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but they've played a lot of good competition.

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Yes. They're 6 -4. Neither coach, sorry, got

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a little froggy in my throat here. Neither coach

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has said who their starter's going to be. So

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there's a little chess match going on. You tried

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to ask, too. Oh, I asked Waz yesterday. He's

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like, no, what can I tell you? I said, Waz, it's

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me. I'm not going to tell anybody. He says, nope,

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not going to say it. And when you get the game

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notes and such, normally it has the starters

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down. Like for a weekend set, you'll know who's

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going to start. All the way through the weekend,

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they've got the lineup set. Nope, both teams.

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TBD on the starter. I love it. I think it's great.

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I'm going to throw it down. I think it's going

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to be Colin Clark against Dax Whitney. Colin

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Clark for the Ducks, Dax Whitney for the Beavs.

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I think they're going to go with the Aces. I

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think it's interesting. I think that if you're...

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No, but what do you think? I think that you could

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do Dax. I mean, I think it'd be four days rest.

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So it'd be a little bit sooner. And it depends

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on how much you value this, I guess. If you really

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value this matchup, I think I could make an argument

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that it's more important for the Ducks. To beat

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the Beavers. Really? I don't know. I mean, they're

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in the Big Ten. I feel like the overall schedule

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for Oregon State, so far at least, has certainly

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been better. Can we hold this debate to the last

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segment while we really dig into this? Because

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I think this is interesting on who, at this point,

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who it's more important for. Because I think

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we disagree a bit. And I want us to both make

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our cases for it, and then we'll let the fans

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decide. So it'll be fun. And folks, I'm just

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going to tell you right now. And I know, it's

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an early afternoon and such, but man, the weather's

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going to be okay. It's not going to be frigid.

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Get out there, because I'm just going to say,

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the Oregon State faithful travel pretty well.

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And I know there are some open seats still available.

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And if you haven't already gotten tickets, make

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sure you're there. And I'm just going to say,

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go to lunch and tell the boss, I'm coming down

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with something. And then head out to the ballpark

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for happy hour. which starts 45 minutes before

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first pitch up until first pitch. Coming down

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with duck fever. Or beaver fever. Or beaver fever,

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whichever one. $5 beverages. I'll let you know

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what the beverages are. $5 beverages up until

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the first pitch. It's happy hour. Mark Waskowski

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pushed for this. In fact, he told us at the Oregon

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Club yesterday, he wants to push for free food

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for any kid under 12 that shows up to the ballpark.

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Really? Yeah, and I think that's a fantastic

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idea. I do, too. Did you see that the Cardinals

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are doing some sort of package for $29 or something?

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All you can eat, hot dogs, sodas, and such like

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that when you're going to the ballpark. So it's

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trickling down. You have to. Man, it's spending

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the money on the tickets and then all the food

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and beverage and the prices are accelerated because

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you've got vendors that have to pay for it. They're

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bringing the stuff in. I'm not going to knock

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on anybody. Some of it gets ridiculous. You can't

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knock on somebody trying to make a dollar or

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two to keep—don't gouge people, but keep people

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employed. You worked in a restaurant. The margins

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are incredibly thin. People don't realize the

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margins are incredibly thin. Food and labor are

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the biggest costs. It's so funny. I was talking

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to Brian Beban, our co -host on Friday Night

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Live and Game Day, and we were literally talking

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about this, where he was talking about his other

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job where he was saying how much did they make

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per— Club? Per club and stuff like that. The

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margins are razor thin. Yeah, it was crazy compared

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to what I was wearing at a restaurant. It was

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a couple thousand dollars a day. I mean, you're

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looking at like a $2 ,500 day was good. And so

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selling a few golf clubs is going to be more

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than that. Yeah, but the margins as well. They're

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really, really close. All right, so we're going

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to talk Oregon State. So John Canzano. who you

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used to hear here on Fox Sports, Eugene, Fox

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Sports in Newport. I'll get it out. The BFT has

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been on hiatus since December, and John's working

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on bringing it back, but he still does his johnconsano

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.com, The Bald Fates Truth. He does YouTube videos,

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and he had a sit -down with Wayne Tinkle yesterday,

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and we're going to have some excerpts from that.

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And we're going to discuss the exit because Oregon

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State's still playing basketball. They're number

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four seed in the WCC. They're going to be playing

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on Sunday for the elongated tournament that is

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the WCC postseason. But there are some interesting

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comments about the departure and what Wayne Tinkle

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thinks Oregon State needs to do. So we're going

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to hear at least a little bit from Wayne Tinkle,

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and we'll discuss that in a second. But closer

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to home, Oregon men's basketball finishes off

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their last... road trip of the regular season

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as they go to Champaign, Illinois. Six o 'clock

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tonight, they'll be on Peacock, and they take

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on the Illini, who leads the all -time series

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five games to two, including a 109 -77 win in

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Eugene last season in the first Big Ten Conference

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game between the two teams. Oregon making their

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first trip to the lovely Champaign, Illinois.

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Not spelled like regular Champaign, but with

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an I. Oregon fell just short. against Northwestern.

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Wildcats hit a shot with just under two seconds

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to play, hung on the rim. You know, if there

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had just been a little bit of a breeze, like

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what happens to Oregon kickers, would have been

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better. But they win 63 -62. Oregon was led by

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Nate Biddle, 19 points, 9 rebounds. Kwame Evans

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Jr., his fourth double -double of the season,

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15 points, 15 rebounds. Drew Carter. career -high

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five assists, six ties, 16 lead changes. It was

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just a gut punch for the Ducks. But they've got

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to bounce back now and not let it beat them twice.

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And listen, they've knocked off higher -ranked

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teams up until that Northwestern game, so I'm

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not going to count them out against Illinois,

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but I would like to see how their energy is when

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they come out against the Illini. This is a good

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team. I mean, Illinois is a good team. They're

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22 -7, 13 -5. They're fighting for seating under

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Brad Underwood, who came from Kansas State as

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an assistant. This is his first head coaching

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job. He's in his ninth season at Illinois, and

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he has a 187 -108 record. His career one Division

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I record is 296 -135. So four more seasons at

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a smaller D1 school. So it'll be interesting

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to see. What do you think? Baby Jane. Well, it

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just sucks because that Northwestern game was

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the one you really wanted to win because it felt

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like they could really win three out of four

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to end the season. And obviously, you have to

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beat Illinois now. And so Illinois, it's a really

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good team. They just lost to Michigan, which

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was kind of tough for them. But Illinois has

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just got... They've got really good size. They've

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got this really good freshman, Keaton Wagler,

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who's going to be a top 10 pick in the NBA draft.

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So it's a tough game. It's a tough ask. It's

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going to be tough for Nate Biddle. I mean, it's

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not going to be an easy game. But they have just

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been a little bit surprising recently. With USC?

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With Wisconsin? Exactly. And they beat Wisconsin

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by 14. That was a wire to wire. Well, not wire

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to wire. I mean, it took them a little bit to

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get into that game, honestly. They won by 14.

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But by the end of the game, it wasn't even close.

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I don't know if Illinois is going to shoot, what

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was it, 46 three -pointers like Wisconsin did

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in that game. But, you know, if they can find

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a way to win this one, it would be huge. I obviously

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have concern because Illinois is a really, really

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good team. But you want to see them win this

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one. I honestly think this became a really important

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game now. So it's pride is what I've talked about

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since the last time Oregon went out and got gut

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-punched. It was like, okay, how are you going

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to finish now? How are you going to finish? Because

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you're not going to the postseason unless there's

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something miraculous that happens. If lightning

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strikes, not once, twice, but five times. And

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tell me the odds of that. That's not necessarily

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going to happen. By the way, the Danny and Justin

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radio program, thanks for tuning in. Fox Sports

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Eugene, Fox Sports Newport. But you still have

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two regular season games and then the tournament

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to play. You're going to be in the tournament

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in Chicago. So you're going to end up going back

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there, although you've got to come back after

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this game in Champaign and play Washington on.

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Senior day. You can just leave some luggage behind.

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Just keep the same rooms and just leave some

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of your stuff behind. But it'll be Saturday night

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at MKA. Honor the seniors, including, you know

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what, boys and girls, if for no other reason,

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get out there for Nate Biddle. Absolutely. And

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give him a raucous crowd against Washington to

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send him off in style because it'll be the last

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time you see him on the MKA floor. playing for

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the University of Oregon. I'm just going to,

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I don't want to plead, but I'm just going to

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say there's no reason. It's Saturday night, 8

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p .m. There's no reason why you can't make a

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night of it and celebrate this Oregon team. I'm

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just going to say it's the right thing to do.

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So I'm going to get off my soapbox. I mean, the

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easiest time to be a fan is when things are going

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really, really well. And the most important time

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to be a fan is when things aren't going well.

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So, I mean, Drew Carter's a senior. Takai Simpson's

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a senior. Desert Glensley. Miles Stewart is a

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redshirt senior, and some of these guys haven't

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seen the floor that much. So why not? Why not?

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Tell me why not. Tell me why. Plus, you're playing

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the Huskies. Is that NSYNC or Backstreet Boys?

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I think it is. We can't pull that up, I don't

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think. No, it's fine. Backstreet Boys. I knew

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it was one of them, one of the boy bands. All

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right, speaking of boys. Unfortunately, it's

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my childhood. Danny, Justin rolls on here. The

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mayor of Rip City, Travis Demers, who's having

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a tough time on the road. We're going to try

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and soothe whatever ails him and maybe the Blazers

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as they just got worked the other night. And

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I believe they're heading to Memphis now. Is

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that the next game? So we'll talk to Travis about

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that here coming up in just a few moments. So

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the deal up north. Head coaches of men's basketball

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programs, the two biggest programs in the state

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of Oregon, were coincidentally under fire this

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season. But I thought Wayne Tinkle, honestly,

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at Oregon State was kind of safe. I did too.

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Fourth place in the WCC, which is the seed they

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got. And he's the one that's let go. near the

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end of the season, decides he's going to ride

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it out for the last few games. They lose in bad

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fashion to San Diego, but they still had the

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fourth seed wrapped up no matter what happened

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in that game. So we'll see what happens in the

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WCC tournament. The only way I think they get

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into the NCAA tournament, no, not think, the

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only way they get into the NCAA tournament is

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if they win the WCC, but they're in the quarterfinals.

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So they basically have to win three games. Yeah.

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Anybody can get hot. Of course. No, and they

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still have their coach. And they still have Wayne

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Tinkle. So, it'll be interesting to find out.

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So, he was on John Canzano yesterday. And he

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talked about why he decided to finish the basketball

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season. As he was informed last week, he will

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not be returning. And as we said, number four

00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:55.159
seed in the WCC tournament. Tinkle, 175 -205,

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12 seasons in Corvallis. He took a team to the

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Elite Eight in 2021. He also, here's the, we

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have the good, bad, the ugly on Mondays. Here's

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the ugly. He had seasons of 5 -27 and 3 -28 in

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that 12 -year run. So he had a couple of really,

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really bad seasons, but the Beavers hung with

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him. And he talked about this. We talked about

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what Oregon State needs monetarily to win, because

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that's been the whole thing, Danny, is that you're

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entering the Pac -12. And it's all been about

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how do you set yourself up to be in this conference

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and be one of the most— The elites. Yeah, exactly,

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and have the most resources. And he talked about

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what they need monetarily. I was on record about

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a year and a half ago saying the year we enter

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the Pac -12, we need $4 million. And that's been

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out there. You're certainly right in the ballpark.

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And we were told two months ago, because, you

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know, you can't wait until the portal opens to

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figure out what you have to spend. And so I was

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told that, you know, this is out there. We were

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going to have $100 ,000 more next year, you know,

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for our first year in the Pac -12. And it certainly

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wasn't going to be, you know, a number that would

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have been able to compete with those schools

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that are joining the league. What's interesting

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to me about that statement is that I was kind

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of on the side of, I don't think this was mutual.

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I think if Wayne Tinkle sat down with Scott Barnes,

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the AD, and Scott Barnes said, you're going to

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get $2 .1 million instead of the $4 million you

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think you need. I think Wayne Tinkle said, well,

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you're setting me up to fail. Well, he talked

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about this in this interview that there was one

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of the first times in a long time that he had

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to think about what was best for him. So I'm

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going to backtrack since I wasn't in the room.

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You know, I always think a coach never wants

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to walk away from something. We never say that

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we're the voice of God here. No. We just say

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to our opinions. Thank goodness. Thank goodness

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for that on the Danny and Justin radio program.

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But I do have to say real quick. Yeah. One of

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the most interesting things I heard in that sentence

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was first year in the Pac -12. How weird is that

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to hear? First year in the new Pac -12. I know,

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but it's like. It's true, but it's also just

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like this weird sentence, you know. So go to

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listen to the entire interview with John Canzano

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and Wayne Tinkle. Go to the BFT and download

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it, upload it however you want, and listen to

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the whole thing. There's some really interesting

00:17:28.730 --> 00:17:30.750
nuggets in there with Wayne Tinkle, and we wish

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him the best. I mean, again. Good guy. Never

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hurt. There was never a sniff of any wrongdoing

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in that program on or off the court. If you want

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to spice it, do whatever you want. But off the

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:44.960
court, there was no real issues with that program

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at all. So we wish him the best. All right. Let's

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take our break. When we come back, Travis Demers,

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we'll find out if he got his Portillo's. Yes.

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This is the big question. When he was in Chicago,

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Memphis coming up, the Blazers got blown out

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by Atlanta. By a bunch is what I was going to

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say. It was just like the second time in the

00:18:06.670 --> 00:18:08.809
last five games, Blazers got to run off the floor.

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So let's find out what Travis Summers has to

00:18:11.589 --> 00:18:14.210
ail our wounds when we return Danny and Justin.

00:18:18.390 --> 00:18:23.029
Civil War baseball at PK first pitch 305. Justin

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and I have some. I think differing views on this

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first game of a three -game set that's going

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to be spread out over like a month and a half.

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Who is it more important to? We'll talk about

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that in the last segment on the Danny and Justin

00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:38.579
Radio Program. Thanks for tuning in. Fox Sports,

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:41.259
Eugene. Fox Sports, Newport. Here on a Tuesday,

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:42.920
let's head on over to the Oregon Man Clinics

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Hotline at 541 -343 -5673 and welcome in our

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:48.559
good friend, Mayor Rip City. You hear him, you

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:50.160
know him, you love him. He also does a podcast,

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:53.089
Section 113, that you need to subscribe to. And

00:18:53.089 --> 00:18:57.730
he joins us now from Atlanta, Georgia, as he's

00:18:57.730 --> 00:19:00.930
sitting waiting to head to Memphis to get some

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barbecue. So first question, you were in Chicago

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last time we talked. And you know what I'm going

00:19:08.630 --> 00:19:13.480
to ask you, right? Yeah, I do. You're going to

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be disappointed. Oh, no. You did not get any

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Portillo's? What is wrong with you? I did not.

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I saw it everywhere. They even had some giveaways

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and stuff at the arena. But I didn't have the

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time to Uber over there, and they did not have

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DoorDash available to where I was. You know,

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I have like 20 relatives that live in the Chicagoland

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area. I could have called up any one of them.

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You might have had some Bushmills as well with

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it, but you would have gotten your fertility.

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Where was this information last week? Well, do

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you go back to Chicago? I'm looking at the schedule.

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Do you go back anymore to Chicago? No, we only

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play the Eastern Conference teams once a year

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on the road. Okay. Well, we'll have to check

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in next year, I guess. You know what? Listen,

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there is a great service that you can get any

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of the great Chicago foods, including Portillo's.

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You can make your own at home. Maybe we need

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to do that for Travis. When's your birthday,

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Mayor? October 25th. Okay, that's not going to

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work either. We need to do it for Travis. We

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need to, like, we get it, we make it, and then

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do it for Travis. Okay. All right, we're going

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to make that happen before the end of the season.

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I'm in. Okay, there he goes. I'm in. All right,

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now that we set that aside, what in the heck

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happened in Atlanta? How much time you got? Listen,

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I mean, the Blazers have been on this yo -yo,

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but they have a couple of bad blowout wins. And

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is it the legs? Is it that much of a difference

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with Denny on the floor or not with this team?

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I think it's a combination of a lot of things.

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And I want to preface this by saying I'm not

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making excuses because you still have to figure

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it out. Regardless of what any of those things

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are going on, you have to figure it out, right?

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So, yeah, I do think a part of it absolutely

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is Danny Avdia not being on the floor. I mean,

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he carried them earlier in the season when they

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:04.940
had injuries. I mean, any team that, you know,

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if... If you subscribe to the theory that before

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the season, if they were fully healthy without

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Dame, that they're a 500 team, give or take,

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right? If you take any team that's a 500 team

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and you take their all -star off their team,

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they're not going to be as good. But then you

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take their first and second leading scorer off

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the team. And, you know, Robert Williams III

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was injured last game, second night of a back

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-to -back after a weird early game on Saturday.

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I think all of those things had... you know,

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things to do with it. And, you know, after Atlanta

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got off that super hot start, you know, from

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early in the second quarter to midway through

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the fourth, the Blazers actually were, you know,

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around plus nine in that stretch. But then, you

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know, the wheels kind of came off, a couple of

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things happened, and, you know, Atlanta ran away

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with it in the last five, six minutes of the

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game. And I don't want to make it sound like

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that game was closer than it was because it wasn't.

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I think you watch that game and you look at the

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score, and I think the score felt indicative

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of how that game was. But I think there are a

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:09.660
lot of things that were working against the Blazers

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:13.519
in both of those games. You're on the road playing

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two teams that are around .500 that are playing

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:18.960
really, really good basketball the Blazers don't

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match up against well with. with the things that

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are going on, and those games did not work out

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very well. Blazers are 29 -33 now. They sit 18

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games behind the first place Thunder in the West.

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They are, let's see, what are they, four and

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a half games up on the Grizzlies, who they play

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next for the last play -in spot, right? And that's

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what we still keep looking at. Yeah, but the

00:22:45.569 --> 00:22:49.259
Grizzlies aren't trying. Really? All right, so

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:52.559
let's talk about this. Are the Grizzlies in what

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:56.599
Adam Silver hates, which is tanking mode? Well,

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so here's the thing with that. We've talked about

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this before. With tank mode, I think that word

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:07.059
is overused in a lot of ways, right? Because

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I think you have the situation where teams are

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playing for beyond this year, and then you have

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a situation where teams are... actively, you

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:22.900
know, sabotaging themselves in game. I don't

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:25.519
think that's what the Grizzlies are doing. If

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you're going to sit, you know, role players and

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things like that because you're trying to play

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for the lottery, I really don't have a problem

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with that, right? It's not like, you know, who

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would the Grizzlies be sitting that people are

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:44.960
paying to watch that is not injured? John Morant's

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hurt. Is there anybody else on that team that

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:50.359
anybody's paying to watch? Probably not. So I

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:52.519
don't really think there's a big issue with that.

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The guys that are coming in and out of the lineup

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are Ty Jerome and Contavious Caldwell -Pope.

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Nothing against those guys, but if that's what

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:06.440
tanking is for your team, I don't really see

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:08.940
an issue with it. Where the issue is, you've

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:10.960
got a lead going into the fourth quarter and

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you sit the guys that are playing well. Memphis

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also plays tonight. They're at Minnesota tonight

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and then head back home to play the Blazers tomorrow

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:24.539
night. That's a game that the Grizzlies are not

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:27.319
going to be favored in tonight. So let's say

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they lose. They go in tomorrow. Blazers have

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a five -game advantage. If they win that, they

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have a six -game advantage and a tiebreaker.

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So Memphis would have to win seven more games

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.599
than the Blazers. They're probably not going

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to win seven more games the rest of the season.

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Got it. I don't think there is any concern at

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all about the Blazers falling out of the play

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-in. You said something really interesting earlier

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when you were talking about the Hornets and the

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:51.720
Hawks about how the Blazers didn't match up well

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:53.779
with them. What kind of teams do you think the

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:58.640
Blazers do match up well with? Not teams that

00:24:58.640 --> 00:25:04.240
shoot a lot of threes. Fair. In fairness, the

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:06.299
Blazers actually were staying pretty close with

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:09.490
the Hornets until... the fourth quarter when

00:25:09.490 --> 00:25:11.869
it wasn't just Brandon Miller hitting shots.

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When other guys started to hit shots, because

00:25:14.509 --> 00:25:17.269
the Blazers' offense was rough, but their defense

00:25:17.269 --> 00:25:19.509
played well in the fourth quarter when they started

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to wear down a little bit. That's when Charlotte

00:25:21.730 --> 00:25:24.910
started to hit shots. I think when you look at

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teams that kind of slow the pace down a little

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bit, teams that aren't great rebounding teams,

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teams that... that like to go at the rim, you

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know, things like that. And it's not – I mean,

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:42.880
it's a combination of things, right? Because

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:44.880
when Donovan Clingan's on the floor, we've talked

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:46.819
about this, teams don't attack the rim, but it

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:49.279
opens up teams that are good from beyond the

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:51.880
arm. So I think teams that the Blazers can be

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:54.099
more physical with, that they can, you know,

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:56.980
force turnovers with, teams that are inconsistent.

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.980
You know, like they beat the Warriors a few times

00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:00.680
this year, and they were able to do it by forcing

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:03.519
turnovers and hitting shots. And it's such a

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:05.200
cliche thing to say that Michael Holton says

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:07.059
all the time, but it's true. It's a make -or

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:09.440
-miss league. And you look at this last stretch

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:11.720
of games, the Blazers have not shot the ball

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:15.640
well. And they're not a good shooting team. But

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:18.259
when they play well, it's when they shoot the

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:21.059
ball well, they get offensive rebounds, they

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:24.099
force turnovers, and those are things they haven't

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:27.119
been able to do in the last several games. The

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:30.430
voice of Rip City. It's Travis Demers, the mayor

00:26:30.430 --> 00:26:32.470
of Rip City. You can follow him on Twitter at

00:26:32.470 --> 00:26:35.150
Travis Demers, and he joins us every single week

00:26:35.150 --> 00:26:36.910
during the season here on the Danny and Justin

00:26:36.910 --> 00:26:40.170
radio program. I want to talk more player personnel

00:26:40.170 --> 00:26:43.190
instead of just matchups, but it kind of blends

00:26:43.190 --> 00:26:46.150
into it. Veet Krejci coming in. He's averaging

00:26:46.150 --> 00:26:48.609
almost 10 points a game, 21 minutes. How is he

00:26:48.609 --> 00:26:51.450
folded in to what Tiago Splitter wants to do

00:26:51.450 --> 00:26:53.509
with the Blazers and some of it obviously out

00:26:53.509 --> 00:26:55.829
of necessity with the MASH unit that the Blazers

00:26:55.829 --> 00:26:59.220
have been in the last month? I think he fits

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:01.559
in really well for a lot of reasons. And you

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:06.220
look at the shooting, it's not as good as it

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:08.339
was when he was with Atlanta. And it's also interesting

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:10.140
to note that when he played for the Hawks this

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:13.160
year, he was a significantly better three -point

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:15.599
shooter at home than he was in road games. What

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:17.019
does he do when they get to Atlanta? He hits

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:20.019
his first two threes, right? Is it the comfort

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.940
of being in that arena? Maybe. I don't know.

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:25.140
But also when players switch to a new team in

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:27.460
the middle of a season like that, a lot of times

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:30.160
even really good three -point shooters struggle

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:32.039
for a little bit. I'm not concerned about that.

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:35.740
But the type of person he is, he fits in really

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:39.400
well. The type of game that he has, he moves

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:42.579
around a lot. A ton of off -ball movement. He's

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:46.319
played really good defense. Decent rebounder.

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:51.579
Good shot blocker. Long. athletic. So all of

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:54.220
those things, he fits in as a really good role

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:56.519
player and probably back end of the rotation

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:59.779
type role player, but a guy who is in the rotation.

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:04.079
So I think that the things that he does fit in

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:06.859
really well with this team. And I don't think

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:08.319
that's a short -term thing. He's got a couple

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:10.119
more years left on his deal. And I think he's

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:12.900
exactly the type of guy and the type of contract

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:15.920
that is perfect for this team. Let's get our

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.720
scoot update in here. Not the best three -point

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:20.720
shooting over the last, I don't know, five or

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:22.619
six games, I'd say. He started off really well,

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:25.359
but just thinking about it, is he one of those

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:27.140
guys that, like, there's some players you just

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:29.140
don't want shooting threes because they're just

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:31.240
not going to be good three -point shooters. I

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:33.480
think I could make the argument that Scoot, I

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:35.559
want to see him shooting threes anyways because

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:37.160
he's a young player. You want to see him develop

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:40.099
that in -game, and it's a developmental important

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:42.480
shot for him going forward. Would you agree with

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:44.500
that, or do you think he just is taking too many

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:48.460
threes right now? No, I think he's streaky. Like

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:50.480
you said, he shot the ball well in his first

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:53.259
few games, and it's been historically bad in

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:55.539
his last few games. He went through a stretch

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:57.859
before he hit a three in the Atlanta game where

00:28:57.859 --> 00:29:01.640
he was, what? 0 for 16. Yeah, something like

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:04.579
that. That's bad. He's not a 0 % three -point

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:06.980
shooter, but he is streaky. And you look at the

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:09.599
last 30 games he played in last year, he was

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:11.319
a really good three -point shooter in the upper

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:14.539
30s, I think 38, 39%, something like that. And

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:17.299
again, we're talking about a 22 -year -old kid

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:21.400
who has not played a lot of minutes, right? You

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:23.680
look at his career going into the NBA, he did

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:26.730
not have the same type of... workload and experience

00:29:26.730 --> 00:29:29.529
that other guys his age did coming into the league

00:29:29.529 --> 00:29:31.650
because, you know, he didn't play a senior high

00:29:31.650 --> 00:29:33.349
school, went to the G League. The G League doesn't

00:29:33.349 --> 00:29:35.029
play the same amount of games. He's not playing

00:29:35.029 --> 00:29:37.990
AAU ball, you know, that kind of thing. So he

00:29:37.990 --> 00:29:40.450
didn't have the reps coming into the NBA that

00:29:40.450 --> 00:29:42.930
a lot of guys do. And this year he's missed 51

00:29:42.930 --> 00:29:45.490
games and he was banged up a bit last year. So

00:29:45.490 --> 00:29:48.430
when he started, there wasn't a whole lot of

00:29:48.430 --> 00:29:51.930
rust. And while it was great to see him come

00:29:51.930 --> 00:29:55.410
out hot. At the same time, he's still not in

00:29:55.410 --> 00:29:59.450
a rhythm. And coming into a team midseason, you

00:29:59.450 --> 00:30:01.569
can't just pick up where you left off when you

00:30:01.569 --> 00:30:04.170
haven't played in over 300 days. So I think what

00:30:04.170 --> 00:30:08.750
we're seeing now is the rust. And he's just not

00:30:08.750 --> 00:30:12.730
in a rhythm at all. And that happens. So I'm

00:30:12.730 --> 00:30:15.029
not worried about it. I don't think he's as bad

00:30:15.029 --> 00:30:16.769
of a three -point shooter as we've seen in the

00:30:16.769 --> 00:30:19.789
last week and a half. But I don't think he's

00:30:19.789 --> 00:30:21.710
as good as a three -point shooter as we saw down

00:30:21.710 --> 00:30:23.509
the stretch of last season. I think it's somewhere

00:30:23.509 --> 00:30:25.890
in the middle. I think, you know, probably around

00:30:25.890 --> 00:30:29.049
35%, which right now probably not good enough

00:30:29.049 --> 00:30:31.089
anyway. And that's something he's going to continue

00:30:31.089 --> 00:30:33.529
to work on. And his age with his experience level,

00:30:33.650 --> 00:30:34.890
I think he's going to keep an improvement on

00:30:34.890 --> 00:30:37.319
that. Voice of the Blazers, the mayor of Rip

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:39.339
City, it's Travis Summers live from Atlanta as

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:41.220
he joins us on the Danny and Justin radio program.

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.900
Let's talk a little bit more roster construction.

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:46.700
And Blazers signed rookie guard Chris Youngblood

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:49.019
to a two -way contract, the last, the third,

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:51.500
and final two -way spot. Javante Cook, Caleb

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:54.380
Love are the other two. But Love's only got five

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:56.839
games left on the active roster before he hits

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:59.220
the 50 -game limit. Blazers have already converted

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:02.960
a contract with City Sissoko. They did that back

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:08.259
in February. So, first of all, how does Youngblood

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:10.059
fit into this? I mean, obviously going to be

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:12.480
a bit player came from the Oklahoma City Thunder.

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:15.759
And the other piece of it is that do the Blazers

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:21.119
convert Caleb Love into a regular deal? So, a

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:23.460
couple of things on that. The first one being

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:26.500
is the way that I have to frame these when I

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:28.259
talk to you guys is that it's reported because

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.960
the team hasn't put anything out officially yet.

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:33.259
Okay, got it. Sure. You can talk about it all

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:36.240
you want. I will frame it as reported. So the

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:40.539
reported signing of Chris Youngblood also coincides

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:43.720
with the reported waiving of Javante Cook. So

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:46.240
what that would mean is that they do still have

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:51.299
an open two -way spot. I haven't talked to anybody.

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:53.480
It's just kind of reading through things a little

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:57.619
bit. I don't see Caleb Love signing a standard

00:31:57.619 --> 00:32:02.279
deal, right? I think they can only do that by

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:06.619
March 6th. A couple of days. Yeah, so there's

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:08.099
only a couple of days left in it anyway. But,

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:10.579
you know, considering that, the only way they

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:12.819
do that is by waiving somebody. And I don't see

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:16.039
them waiving a single player on this team. You

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:18.980
know, the thought before Matisse Babel came back

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:21.579
from a lot of people that was maybe him, it's

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:23.480
not going to be. When he has played, he has played

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:25.099
really well. It's not going to be Robert Williams

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:26.759
III. I don't see them waiving anybody on this

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:30.059
roster. So I don't see. Caleb Love getting a

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:32.720
standard roster spot. There's only about 20 games

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:37.680
left in the season. And Youngblood needs a guard,

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:42.359
right? So that's one less spot for Caleb Love

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:44.740
to be in, in a place where the Blazers have a

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:47.240
pretty good rotation right now. So it's good

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.880
to have him there. He's playing down in the G

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:52.250
League right now. Playing pretty well, but Youngblood's

00:32:52.250 --> 00:32:55.950
a guy who comes in as a rookie and spent a majority

00:32:55.950 --> 00:32:59.430
of the season with the Thunder, played 30 -plus

00:32:59.430 --> 00:33:03.809
games with them. Five minutes, two points. Got

00:33:03.809 --> 00:33:06.829
experience with a championship team, learned

00:33:06.829 --> 00:33:09.329
from great players and a good coaching staff

00:33:09.329 --> 00:33:11.849
around him, learned what it is that the Thunder

00:33:11.849 --> 00:33:15.230
do. And you look at his numbers and you see 31%,

00:33:15.230 --> 00:33:17.349
32 % from three. You're like, well, man, why?

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:19.740
why would the Blazers go bring in a guy who can't

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:22.059
shoot? You can't just look at numbers. He was

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:24.579
a five -year college guy who finished up at Alabama

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:27.440
and was a key piece on their team last year and

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:30.420
shot almost 40 % from three. So just because

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:32.940
his first handful of NBA games he hasn't shot

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:35.319
well doesn't mean he's not a good shooter. Historically,

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:37.740
he has been a good shooter. He's an athletic

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:40.700
guy. I think he started at Kennesaw State, so

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:42.539
he wasn't the most highly recruited guy, but

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:45.720
he has a good work ethic. He has played against

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:47.460
the Blazers this year, but I honestly didn't

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:49.480
pay much attention to him because he was a two

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:53.059
-way guy playing for the Thunder. So if this

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:56.579
reported deal does end up being what happens

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:58.140
and he does end up playing for the Blazers, I'm

00:33:58.140 --> 00:34:00.559
interested to learn about him and see what he

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:03.339
can do because they're not going to go bring

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:06.460
him in in a situation like this if they didn't

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:09.500
believe that he could help this team right now,

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:12.260
and especially coming from a place like Oklahoma

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:17.099
City. where he has learned the way that he has.

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:19.579
That's a good sign. Well, and Travis, just a

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:21.400
couple more for you here. And speaking of that,

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:23.659
let's see if all the reports pan out the way

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:26.019
it's being reported by Shams and others that

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.360
are smarter than us. They usually do in that

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:29.239
kind of report. Yeah, I know. I understand what

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:32.400
you're saying as well. So I'll put it this way.

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:35.719
Are you just yearning for the moment near the

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:37.619
tail end of the season and going into the postseason

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:42.090
that Blazers actually get healthy? No, not anymore

00:34:42.090 --> 00:34:44.610
because I'm not so sure it's going to happen.

00:34:44.829 --> 00:34:47.289
I mean, I'm not saying that to be a Debbie Downer.

00:34:47.389 --> 00:34:49.969
You know, it's tough because I was earlier in

00:34:49.969 --> 00:34:51.769
the season, and I'm thinking, okay, when they

00:34:51.769 --> 00:34:53.550
get this guy back and this guy back, you know,

00:34:53.550 --> 00:34:56.929
barring any other injuries, well, the other injuries

00:34:56.929 --> 00:34:59.329
happened, right? And we were talking about things

00:34:59.329 --> 00:35:02.030
in December about, okay, when Drew comes back

00:35:02.030 --> 00:35:05.389
and we see Scoot and, well, now Denny's hurt

00:35:05.389 --> 00:35:07.530
and Shaden's hurt, and I don't know if he's going

00:35:07.530 --> 00:35:11.170
to come back again this year. I don't know that

00:35:11.170 --> 00:35:13.789
they're going to be fully healthy. And that's

00:35:13.789 --> 00:35:16.469
the hard part is you have to just deal with what

00:35:16.469 --> 00:35:18.789
you got. And, you know, you can get a little

00:35:18.789 --> 00:35:20.809
ahead of yourself. And I do it too. I mean, you

00:35:20.809 --> 00:35:23.530
show up to the arena and you've got the players

00:35:23.530 --> 00:35:28.610
available and that's what you got. And as frustrating

00:35:28.610 --> 00:35:31.570
as it is to say, okay, this team is different

00:35:31.570 --> 00:35:33.489
when this guy is available or that guy is available,

00:35:33.610 --> 00:35:39.039
it's true, but they're not available. To hope

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:41.159
for that and say, okay, things will get better

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:45.179
when. They can't. You can't look at it that way.

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:49.260
They have to be better regardless. And that's

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:53.039
a hard thing as a fan or as somebody who's around

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:56.940
the team and loves the team. It's hard to not

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:59.559
think that way. But it's what you kind of have

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:02.130
to do. Yeah, that's what you got. And you get

00:36:02.130 --> 00:36:05.369
to play with who you have. And so you mentioned

00:36:05.369 --> 00:36:08.590
about 20 games left. And so, you know, it's not

00:36:08.590 --> 00:36:10.550
about how you're playing right now. I think that

00:36:10.550 --> 00:36:12.510
like you said earlier, I don't think there's

00:36:12.510 --> 00:36:14.570
a ton of concern about the Blazers falling out

00:36:14.570 --> 00:36:17.730
of the plane at this point. But at what point

00:36:17.730 --> 00:36:19.889
during like how many games left do you want to

00:36:19.889 --> 00:36:21.429
see them start hitting their stride? Because

00:36:21.429 --> 00:36:23.510
it's all about playing well as the season comes

00:36:23.510 --> 00:36:25.110
to a close in the regular season and playing

00:36:25.110 --> 00:36:28.360
well into the actual. playing so like how much

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.920
time do they have to figure this out before you

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:32.719
want to see them really turn it on a week ago

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:36.900
um okay let's let's get the tardis out and do

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:39.880
a time machine thing yeah can't can we please

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:41.719
does anybody have a delorean i can borrow for

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:47.070
a number of reasons um Yeah, I mean, look, you've

00:36:47.070 --> 00:36:48.949
got about 20 games left in the season. Actually,

00:36:49.050 --> 00:36:50.909
I think it's exactly 20 games left right now.

00:36:51.070 --> 00:36:53.570
And we've heard so much about the schedule and

00:36:53.570 --> 00:36:55.989
how weak it is. Yeah, but you've played in the

00:36:55.989 --> 00:36:57.650
Hornets a couple of times now, just one time,

00:36:57.710 --> 00:36:59.010
and they've been playing really good basketball.

00:36:59.190 --> 00:37:01.190
But you look at this stretch coming up here.

00:37:01.530 --> 00:37:04.750
And with Memphis tonight and then Houston on

00:37:04.750 --> 00:37:08.010
whatever day, two days after tomorrow is, I have

00:37:08.010 --> 00:37:09.789
no idea. Friday, maybe? Friday the 6th, yes.

00:37:09.949 --> 00:37:12.750
Yeah. Then you come home and you get a three

00:37:12.750 --> 00:37:16.389
-game homestand with... Indiana, Charlotte, and

00:37:16.389 --> 00:37:19.289
Utah, all winnable games. Then on the road, Philly,

00:37:19.429 --> 00:37:22.849
Brooklyn, Indiana, a couple of winnable games

00:37:22.849 --> 00:37:25.449
there. Then Minnesota and Denver, tough games.

00:37:25.590 --> 00:37:28.630
You come home, Brooklyn, Milwaukee, Dallas, Washington,

00:37:28.849 --> 00:37:31.929
some winnable games there. The Clippers on the

00:37:31.929 --> 00:37:34.510
road, the Pelicans at home, Denver, San Antonio

00:37:34.510 --> 00:37:36.150
on the road, and you finish up with the Clippers

00:37:36.150 --> 00:37:38.170
and Sacramento at home. There are winnable games

00:37:38.170 --> 00:37:40.590
in there, but there are also some really tough

00:37:40.590 --> 00:37:44.159
games in there. cleaning up some of the things

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:46.300
that they've been trying to clean up for 60 games

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:50.440
defensive rebounding turnovers um you know shooting

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:53.159
the ball a little bit better um at some point

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:55.539
it just is who you are right right but it doesn't

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:58.019
mean you can't improve on those things and like

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:59.840
you said hit your stride and play better they've

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:02.780
been very streaky this season very up and down

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:06.699
and it can turn in the matter of one game going

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:09.920
into the the play -in game if they're on the

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:12.849
road against the clippers You know, it's also

00:38:12.849 --> 00:38:16.150
how the other team is playing, too. So you want

00:38:16.150 --> 00:38:18.550
to see them play well every night. I just don't

00:38:18.550 --> 00:38:21.130
know that it's like, okay, this is where we want

00:38:21.130 --> 00:38:23.030
to be at this point. You just want to play well

00:38:23.030 --> 00:38:25.570
every night because it can change from night

00:38:25.570 --> 00:38:28.489
to night. Well, the excitement of covering a

00:38:28.489 --> 00:38:31.329
team as it heads down the stretch and there's

00:38:31.329 --> 00:38:33.610
always opportunities until there's zeros on the

00:38:33.610 --> 00:38:36.550
clock. So, Travis, all we can say is travel safe,

00:38:36.730 --> 00:38:40.010
get home in one piece, get a win in Memphis,

00:38:40.050 --> 00:38:43.730
which you have no. influence on, but you're going

00:38:43.730 --> 00:38:47.110
to be there. You're telling me that if I don't

00:38:47.110 --> 00:38:50.110
follow my routine exactly because I'm superstitious,

00:38:50.130 --> 00:38:52.130
that has no bearing on what happens with the

00:38:52.130 --> 00:38:53.989
team? I don't know. I am not going to get in

00:38:53.989 --> 00:38:56.429
your head, buddy. Don't take that from me, Danny.

00:38:57.349 --> 00:38:59.909
And if you say something like, this guy hasn't

00:38:59.909 --> 00:39:03.110
missed a free throw for 20 free throws, he's

00:39:03.110 --> 00:39:04.610
definitely not going to miss the next one. I

00:39:04.610 --> 00:39:07.349
only do that with the opponent. The other night

00:39:07.349 --> 00:39:09.409
when Matisse Seibel went to the line, he was

00:39:09.409 --> 00:39:11.889
8 for 8 on the year, and I did not mention that

00:39:11.889 --> 00:39:14.309
after he made both of his free throws. That a

00:39:14.309 --> 00:39:17.050
boy. Good for you. Love it, man. Hey, travel

00:39:17.050 --> 00:39:18.929
safe, sincerely. Look forward to having you back

00:39:18.929 --> 00:39:21.360
home, bud. Appreciate it, guys. Thank you. There

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:24.239
he goes, the great Travis DeMers, the voice of

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:26.139
the Blazers, the mayor of Rip City. It's always

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:29.920
fun talking to Travis. We're going to do that

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:32.000
Portillo's thing. When I get home tonight, when

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:34.079
he gets back home on this road trip, there might

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:36.079
be a window where I'm going to be coming up that

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:39.679
direction. But we've got to both be there for

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:42.739
it, I think. Weekend's good? Okay, we'll figure

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:46.019
it out. When we come back, a debate over which

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:50.000
team is this game at PK Park. That's going to

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:53.099
have the first pitch in about 25 minutes. Mean

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:55.719
more, about 20 minutes now. Back on the Danny

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:57.800
and Justin radio program. We'll solve that for

00:39:57.800 --> 00:40:08.400
you next. If you missed any of the mayor of Rip

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:11.159
City, Travis Demers, talking Blazers from Atlanta

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:13.980
as they head to Memphis for a matchup tomorrow

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:16.019
night with the Grizzlies, you can go back to

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:19.429
the podcast, Danny and Justin. Wherever you subscribe

00:40:19.429 --> 00:40:22.710
to that vehicle on whatever platform we're on,

00:40:22.789 --> 00:40:24.489
like and subscribe, and you'll have it in your

00:40:24.489 --> 00:40:27.670
inbox every time we upload a new show. By the

00:40:27.670 --> 00:40:30.190
way, I'm gone. This will be the last show of

00:40:30.190 --> 00:40:32.090
the week for me. I'll be headed to Pendleton

00:40:32.090 --> 00:40:35.889
tomorrow to call the 2A State Basketball Championships

00:40:35.889 --> 00:40:38.289
at the Pendleton Convention Center and High School

00:40:38.289 --> 00:40:41.989
for the 2A ranks. Looking forward to that. A

00:40:41.989 --> 00:40:43.530
lot of my old friends and I go up there every

00:40:43.530 --> 00:40:45.349
year. It's my third year in a row, I think, doing

00:40:45.349 --> 00:40:47.349
it, third or fourth year in a row. I've done

00:40:47.349 --> 00:40:48.929
the 2A tournament, and then next week I'll be

00:40:48.929 --> 00:40:53.170
at the 5A tournament at Linfield University in

00:40:53.170 --> 00:40:55.969
McMinnville, which I think there will be a couple

00:40:55.969 --> 00:40:57.750
of teams there on both the boys' and the girls'

00:40:57.829 --> 00:41:01.849
side from our area in the Valley. Newport, the

00:41:01.849 --> 00:41:05.389
Cubs, they are right now the number one seed

00:41:05.389 --> 00:41:10.250
overall, and they still have a play -in game.

00:41:11.259 --> 00:41:14.360
to get to Forest Grove in the 4A state tournament.

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:16.860
So good luck to the Cubs out there on the coast

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:19.199
in Newport. They've had a great season. So we'll

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:20.719
be following them as well. All that high school

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:23.519
basketball action. And speaking of high schools,

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:27.000
tomorrow right here on this radio program, I'm

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:28.420
not going to be here, but Goose is going to sit

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:30.400
in. You're going to be here, right? I will be

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:32.539
here. Okay. You want to tune in. That's the plan.

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:35.579
Very special guest. First time on the program,

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:38.440
Josh Wilcox. We've had Justin on a couple of

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:41.670
times when I... forgot who he was married to.

00:41:43.210 --> 00:41:46.530
It's okay. He appreciated the sentiment. He did.

00:41:46.969 --> 00:41:49.230
And he was very gracious. He was. He was good

00:41:49.230 --> 00:41:52.170
about it. Bad information. But Josh Wilcock,

00:41:52.230 --> 00:41:54.530
his brother, will be here. Josh. And we know

00:41:54.530 --> 00:41:57.130
he's his brother. Yes, I do know that for sure.

00:41:57.329 --> 00:42:01.769
He will be on the program. And he, the assistant

00:42:01.769 --> 00:42:04.869
to Ty Roshert at Junction City. But he's going

00:42:04.869 --> 00:42:09.230
to have a big announcement. We don't break news

00:42:09.230 --> 00:42:11.070
a lot on this program, but we're going to break

00:42:11.070 --> 00:42:13.090
some news tomorrow. So Goose is bringing the

00:42:13.090 --> 00:42:15.690
heat while I'm gone, and you are going to have

00:42:15.690 --> 00:42:17.610
Josh Wilcox on tomorrow, so you don't want to

00:42:17.610 --> 00:42:19.829
miss that around 2 .20. Is he going to be on

00:42:19.829 --> 00:42:21.269
the regular interview segment time? He will be

00:42:21.269 --> 00:42:23.570
in the regular interview slot. It's around 2

00:42:23.570 --> 00:42:25.190
.20 tomorrow afternoon, so don't miss it. Josh

00:42:25.190 --> 00:42:28.150
Wilcox right here on the radio program. So stay

00:42:28.150 --> 00:42:30.510
tuned for that. By the way, we've got Oregon

00:42:30.510 --> 00:42:34.800
State, Oregon men's. This afternoon, 305 first

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:37.239
pitch at PK. Jess and I will be there right after

00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:38.820
we're done with this silliness. We're teleporting

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:42.280
there. Yes, we have our own TARDIS. Oregon State,

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:45.599
Oregon Softball will play their first game of

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:48.360
the season against each other up in Corvallis

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:51.699
tomorrow. So version 8, go up to Kelly Field

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:54.219
at 6 p .m. So it'll be under the lights. You

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:58.000
can watch it on ESPN+. Beaver Softball got off

00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:00.760
to a hot start in the Judy Garman Classic. 18

00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:04.739
runs over East Texas A &M. And it'll be Oregon,

00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:10.699
Oregon State, all over the place. So, last year

00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:12.059
Oregon State was in the Jane Sanders Classic.

00:43:12.260 --> 00:43:13.820
And I think they are. I don't know if they are

00:43:13.820 --> 00:43:16.079
again this year. We already had the Oregon Classic.

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:18.780
No, we can look at the schedule a bit later.

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:21.300
All right. So, we got some business to take care

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:25.340
of here with Oregon, Oregon State baseball. So.

00:43:26.190 --> 00:43:27.710
I think they're going to announce the starting

00:43:27.710 --> 00:43:30.590
pitching here in a moment because it's a 3 -0

00:43:30.590 --> 00:43:32.630
-5 first pitch. So you're going to see who's

00:43:32.630 --> 00:43:34.130
warming up. We're not going to give it away.

00:43:34.170 --> 00:43:35.929
You need to get down to PK Park. Or you can listen

00:43:35.929 --> 00:43:39.750
to the radio broadcast if you want or watch it.

00:43:39.789 --> 00:43:43.250
I don't know if it's televised. Big Ten Plus

00:43:43.250 --> 00:43:45.630
maybe? Yeah, Big Ten Plus is going to have it.

00:43:46.090 --> 00:43:48.869
So you can watch it on the TV, 3 p .m. But we'd

00:43:48.869 --> 00:43:50.349
like to see you out at PK Park. We're going to

00:43:50.349 --> 00:43:53.619
be there. We'll wave. Say hi. If you see us,

00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:55.559
you recognize us because we have faces for radio.

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:57.860
So what's interesting, Oregon comes in 10 -1.

00:43:58.000 --> 00:44:00.460
They are not ranked yet still, which is crazy

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:03.739
to me. Oregon State is number 18, according to

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:07.940
D1 Baseball. They're 6 -4. Now, you could argue

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:10.880
that Oregon State has played overall much stiffer

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:13.760
competition up to this point in the season. But

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:17.860
Oregon's 10 -1, and they ran through a pretty

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:20.869
good gauntlet down there in Vegas. And if it

00:44:20.869 --> 00:44:23.349
wasn't for a few miscues in the bullpen, they

00:44:23.349 --> 00:44:25.170
would have went 3 -0. They won the tournament.

00:44:25.210 --> 00:44:27.449
They had eight players on the all -tournament

00:44:27.449 --> 00:44:29.889
team. But it comes down to this, Justin. Who

00:44:29.889 --> 00:44:32.190
do you think this game, this, because they play

00:44:32.190 --> 00:44:34.710
three. This particular game. Who do you think

00:44:34.710 --> 00:44:37.269
it's more important for? I think it's Oregon.

00:44:38.010 --> 00:44:40.570
I really do. I think that Oregon, you know, I

00:44:40.570 --> 00:44:43.469
get it. That tournament, the Live Like Lou, Las

00:44:43.469 --> 00:44:46.429
Vegas. College baseball classic. It was more

00:44:46.429 --> 00:44:48.710
competition than we had seen the first couple

00:44:48.710 --> 00:44:51.530
weekends. That being said, Arizona, I think they're

00:44:51.530 --> 00:44:53.730
like one and nine now. They're not good this

00:44:53.730 --> 00:44:55.789
year. UC Irvine and Vanderbilt, good programs.

00:44:55.969 --> 00:44:57.030
I don't want to take anything away from those

00:44:57.030 --> 00:44:59.269
two games. And UC Irvine, like you said, you're

00:44:59.269 --> 00:45:00.929
a couple pitches away from getting a win in that

00:45:00.929 --> 00:45:05.429
one. I just think that my sense is for Oregon

00:45:05.429 --> 00:45:09.110
that there's still a sense of just like you need

00:45:09.110 --> 00:45:11.309
to prove it against the Beavers because the Beavers.

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:13.559
They've been the standard for a while. Exactly.

00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:15.599
People just kind of believe in the Beavers. There's

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:17.320
this outside sentiment that the Beavers are a

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:19.420
good program, which is all true. And I think

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:22.320
for the Ducks, last year, think about it. I mean,

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:24.380
did they sweep that series with the Beavers last

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:27.059
year? They won all four, yes. Yeah, it was so

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:29.159
big for them. And obviously they didn't do what

00:45:29.159 --> 00:45:31.460
they wanted to in the regional. But that was

00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:33.619
such a massive prove -it series for the Ducks.

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:35.980
That was a pivotal series for the Ducks to get

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:37.960
the seeding they wanted to to host a regional.

00:45:38.199 --> 00:45:41.639
Absolutely. So I think that, to me, The schedule,

00:45:41.800 --> 00:45:43.719
it gets a little bit tougher for Oregon down

00:45:43.719 --> 00:45:46.840
the stretch. They play USC. They play UCLA, Washington.

00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:49.159
But just overall, I think that it's going to

00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:51.199
be more important for Oregon to get these wins

00:45:51.199 --> 00:45:53.280
over Oregon State. I think Oregon State, people

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:55.820
are going to believe in them. So I agree with

00:45:55.820 --> 00:45:58.280
everything you just said. However, I will say

00:45:58.280 --> 00:46:01.260
Oregon State, even though they're hanging on

00:46:01.260 --> 00:46:03.900
in the rankings, they're 6 -4, playing a non

00:46:03.900 --> 00:46:07.340
-conference schedule. They need to get themselves

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:13.159
back into... The picture. So I think this is

00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:16.519
an important game. I want to say more important.

00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:19.320
It might be just by a sliver for Oregon State

00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:21.079
because they're struggling right now. They're

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:23.280
6 -4. They're only two games above .500. They

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:26.300
lose this game. They're now 6 -5. They'll drop

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:29.880
out of the top 25. And so I think for different

00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:32.239
reasons, I say it's equal importance probably

00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:34.980
for both teams, but for different reasons. Totally

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:38.039
different reasons. Oregon State, they need to

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:40.280
get a better signature win. Because they have

00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:41.659
not been able to string. I don't think they've

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:44.420
won back -to -back games this year up to this

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:47.639
point. They won Michigan and Baylor. That was

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:51.619
like four days apart. Actually, they won three

00:46:51.619 --> 00:46:53.280
in a row. Stanford, Michigan, and then Baylor.

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:55.500
So that even makes it worse as far as I'm concerned.

00:46:55.820 --> 00:46:59.460
Four in a row, sorry. Okay. Are you going to

00:46:59.460 --> 00:47:01.000
Bob Barker me and just keep going up? I'm sorry.

00:47:01.099 --> 00:47:03.260
I keep on going up in the schedule. Oh, they

00:47:03.260 --> 00:47:05.659
won that one too. I didn't have it in front of

00:47:05.659 --> 00:47:07.119
me. I've got Oregon scheduled for me and out

00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:08.780
of Oregon State. Okay, so that even makes it

00:47:08.780 --> 00:47:11.840
worse. Okay? They won four in a row, and they're

00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:13.699
6 -4. So that means they had to have a three

00:47:13.699 --> 00:47:15.579
-game losing streak in there somewhere. They

00:47:15.579 --> 00:47:18.760
had to have. So, I mean, that's the problem to

00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:23.260
me, is Oregon State, they're looking for something

00:47:23.260 --> 00:47:25.019
right now they need to grab. That's fair. No,

00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:26.940
totally fair. And they need a hit. I think that's

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:28.539
the biggest thing is that they just, I mean,

00:47:28.579 --> 00:47:30.579
they got seven runs against Alabama. They ended

00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:32.320
up losing that game. Of course, the one game

00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:34.599
that they're pitching hasn't been... Pretty stellar.

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:36.940
I guess Southern Miss as well. But they need

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:38.840
to hit. I think that's the biggest thing. The

00:47:38.840 --> 00:47:40.940
pitching clearly is there. You love the arms.

00:47:41.099 --> 00:47:42.860
It feels like the bats are just behind right

00:47:42.860 --> 00:47:45.380
now. I want to see also a little bit more on

00:47:45.380 --> 00:47:47.219
the base pads, I think. I think that, you know,

00:47:47.219 --> 00:47:49.559
the kind of story coming into this team was just

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:51.460
the fact that they're going to be, you know,

00:47:51.460 --> 00:47:53.579
stealing bases and, you know, being aggressive

00:47:53.579 --> 00:47:55.599
like that. And I definitely think we haven't

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:57.300
seen as much of that yet as we should. All right.

00:47:57.320 --> 00:47:59.280
So we'll see you out there. 305 first pitch.

00:47:59.780 --> 00:48:03.059
Oh, a joke. I got fired from the bank today.

00:48:03.550 --> 00:48:05.510
A woman asked me to check her balance, so I pushed

00:48:05.510 --> 00:48:10.670
her. Dad jokes! What did one Dorito farmer say

00:48:10.670 --> 00:48:13.929
to the other? Oh, man, this sounds like idiocracy.

00:48:14.730 --> 00:48:17.789
Have you ever seen that movie? I have. What'd

00:48:17.789 --> 00:48:23.590
they say? I don't know. Cool ranch. That wasn't

00:48:23.590 --> 00:48:26.030
the best. All right, kids, I'm going to leave

00:48:26.030 --> 00:48:29.269
you in the trusty hands of Dom Blaze, Baby J,

00:48:29.530 --> 00:48:32.360
and Goose. I might call in from Pendleton. I

00:48:32.360 --> 00:48:34.539
might not. I'll call in for Big Betts or at least

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:39.559
Memorexit on Big Betts. So I think we're about

00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:41.619
done. Yes, we are. We're about done here. Yeah,

00:48:41.619 --> 00:48:45.119
we are. I think so. All right, kids, take care.

00:48:45.699 --> 00:48:47.440
Put a smile on your face. Someone else's. They

00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:49.519
deserve it. So do you. For Baby J, I'm Danny.

00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:53.300
I'll talk to you next week. Take care of yourselves.

00:48:54.460 --> 00:48:54.820
Peace.