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of this show are recorded. And be prepared. Room

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for error is much slimmer in basketball. You

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lose one player and it changes your entire team.

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It's not like that in football. It's just not.

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It's not. Interesting guests. Kelly Graves. Mike

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Parker. Coach Mark Waszkowski. Noah Eagle. Melissa

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Lombardi. Kenyon Barnard. Jonathan Stewart. Sharp

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opinions. Dana Altman probably earned a pass

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for a down year after almost 20 years. of what

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he's done for Oregon basketball. And some smiles.

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Guys, I was stuck in a car wash. Sounds like

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

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

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longer than you've been alive, which is really

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

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

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

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have to be faster than your friend. Danny and

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Justin starts now on Fox Sports Eugene and Fox

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Sports Newport. Hello, neighbors. Welcome. Hi,

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top to Delta Tri at the Crystal Palace. Live

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from the Bigfoot Beverages Studios, just on Fox

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Sports Eugene today. We are. We're live. And

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if you're streaming us, you can hear us on, you

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know, the Fox Sports Newport web thingy. Pretty

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sure what he came in here was checking like all

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the dials and the buttons things like that ducks

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are playing Maryland in the opening game of the

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Big Ten tournament for the men's side we'll talk

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about that obviously Oregon State women are playing

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in the WCC tournament in the championship game

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against Gonzaga the winner gets the automatic

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bitch the NCAA dance which is coming up we'll

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have selection Sunday on the 15th Oregon baseball

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Oregon softball High school basketball in the

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state of Oregon the big school 6a 5a 4a are gonna

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kick into gear Wednesday and Thursday and through

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the weekend We'll be talking to Thurston highs

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number four ranked OSAA Midwestern League Colts

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head coach Blaine Liberator good friend of the

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program as In his 11th season he takes him back

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to the dance in the final eight at Linfield University

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in McMinnville but first it's an intern producer

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Dom sitting at the controls the pilot's chair,

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as it were, and the co -pilot's chairs, I'm Doc,

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that's Danny, over there to my right. Justin,

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Alexander, Chris Weiner, the first, we call him

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Baby J. I definitely think there's never gonna

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be another Justin Alexander gross whiner never

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never be a second never say no I will never put

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anybody through what I went through as a kid

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Well, you can't change the last name. I well

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you can actually I thought about it. You're not

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no I used to know I always used to go okay if

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I ever became a professional athlete or you know

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became famous Which you know I guess maybe I'm

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kind of on my way to that I don't know, but I

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always said humble beginnings staying humble

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over here i always considered changing my pseudonym

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i guess my you know not actual name but on air

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name my on air name to just justin alexander

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yeah that would have worked it would have worked

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but i think i've already committed Yeah, it's

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too late now. Yeah, I know already said it. Well,

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I'm just baby J Which I people call you that

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I know public they have yeah, they do It's all

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right out in the public Danny and Justin on Twitter

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and blue sky also You can follow us on the platforms

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wherever you do your podcast music Danny and

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Justin. It'll be up here after that So a lot

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to get to today. We're gonna hear from Jamarcus

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Shepherd as well as Oregon State started their

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Spring practices. It's just a quick set. They're

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gonna go Today on the 12th and the 14th before

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they take an 18 -day break for the quarterfinals

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That's winter quarterfinals, which means they're

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taking tests and spring break and then they'll

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resume practicing on the 1st and the 3rd of April

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and They'll have a couple more weeks practices.

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They're gonna have their spring game on April

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25th same Weekend same day that Oregon's gonna

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have theirs. So they're gonna have 15 practices

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We'll hear from the coach here in a little bit

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and of course the enthusiasm abounds in Corvallis

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with the new head coach the new program the new

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look and We'll also talk about Oregon State men's

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basketball as one era one door opens another

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one closes as Wayne Tinkle has coached his last

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game on the beaver sideline They fell to Gonzaga

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in the WCC tournament on the men's side in the

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semi -finals so we'll discuss that and I'm sure

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that you Sure that you heard or saw this is this

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a collective you or literally me. I'm talking

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to you Okay, and other people out there as well.

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I'm sure Dom looked at it as well. If you're

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on social media at all Tress Tinkle Mm -hmm the

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coaches son. I did see this. Yeah sent this tweet

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out I don't know if I want to repeat the whole

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thing, but I'll just say if you go look it up

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if it's true That's a really bad look for the

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athletic director Scott Barnes It's a really

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bad look. I saw a response to that from a shadow

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saying that there were similar sentiment that

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had been heard when Trent Bray had been fired

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from the football team So here's what I would

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say if this is true. And again, I don't unless

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we can to me I will talk about it in Explaining

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it further. I'm sorry. I'm being so cryptic,

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but I'm not the one that wants to spread things

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that could be necessarily not true Yeah, you

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might as well tweet out some emojis on your Instagram

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at this point So is if I hear from several players

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and I would imagine that there would be reporters

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that would be remiss and I'm just talking to

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you James crepia is If you're not asking the

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question of the players Hey, there was a report

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that the athletic director came in and said to

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each player this If that's validated and true,

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I'm sorry. That, to me, would be a final nail

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in the Scott Barnes tenure at Oregon State. You

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can't have an athletic director basically coming

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in and undermining your coach, your lame duck

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coach, when they're playing in a semifinal game

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in the conference tournament. Well, this isn't

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what I talked about yesterday. What is he actually

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rooting for? Is he rooting for the team to win

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at this point? I was rooting for the team to

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win. I was certainly rooting for the I think

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everybody including scott barnes should be rooting

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for the team to win Especially scott barnes should

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be rooting for the team to win doesn't doesn't

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the team get a check? If they keep advancing

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and they get into the ncaa tournament. Yeah,

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they have to yeah probably There's something

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that they get because it's all slicing and dicing

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the tv money. Everyone gets a piece of the pie

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But wouldn't you say the further that wayne tinkle

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went the worse it made scott barnes look 1 million

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percent and that's why i'm Putting some credence

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into what was being reported by the coach's son

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now if this was some rando, you know, yeah, you

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know beaver sledge You know 125, you know a twitter

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whatever it was or you know beaver slide 844

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I would go. Yeah, right. You know, you're not

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in the locker room. You're not inside But when

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it's coming from the now ex -coach's son I think

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there's I think there's something to it. So We

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will see Cuz they're gonna have exit, you know

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players are gonna end up being available and

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especially now players are gonna be leaving the

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program I'm sure they're gonna be up front with

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what was said and what was not said Something

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stinks up in Corvallis Danny. It stinks in a

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not good way a beavers fall to the Bulldogs number

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12 Gonzaga 1 by 9 Monday evening or Jorge Diaz

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Graham led the Beavers 15 points 9 boards 4 blocks

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Josiah sake Lake the second who had a very emotional

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press conference because he came on as a walk

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-on and ended up being the starting point guard

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for the Beavers ended up with 8 points 4 assists

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and Isaias I finished the night with 7 points

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8 rebounds a gram ek led Gonzaga with 24 points

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Yeah, and nobody else had double figures and

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they shot 47 % floor. This was probably a gettable

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game except Both offenses really struggled early

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on and the Bulldogs kind of moved out to an 11

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-point lead then they trailed Beavers did by

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12 with five minutes left in the half ended up

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trailing by 14 at the half. They got back with

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a nine They never really threatened Gonzaga.

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So they move on Yeah, they didn't have a Grammy

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gay. No, they did pretty well in him last year

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when Gonzaga came up to Corvallis, but I think

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that team had more length than this current team

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did and so man and just Think it says it all

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I think you know 17 shot attempts versus the

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next player having seven so this game you know

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Talk about just the game itself a little bit.

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I guess you know it just I don't think Oregon

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State had much of a chance in this one based

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on the roster Well all I can say is this the

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Wayne Tinkle era is gonna be marred people are

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gonna look at the two back -to -back Seasons

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where they were under ten wins and point to that

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as being the downfall Think there's gonna be

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several people in Corvallis that will think fondly

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of Wayne Tinkle saying you ran a good program

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He was never in trouble off the court with players

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Never had a sniff of a recruiting violation never

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got a even a secondary violation in the program

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For the NCAA calling attention to him and then

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that magical run that they had now Winning the

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Pac -12 out of nowhere and going to an elite

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eight. I mean that was a crazy run That was a

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crazy year with a mishmash a mash unit of players

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But you can't live off of that forever And that's

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kind of where the it ran out according to Scott

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Barnes. It's ran out and when we hear Wayne Tinkle

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talk about he wasn't getting the commitment that

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I Need four million dollars in NIL money. I'm

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getting two Right and it all compiled exactly

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and that's where I get back to the timing of

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this is So bizarre, even if you were gonna let

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him go. Why do it? two games before the end of

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the one game before the end of the season and

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then put yourself in a position where, like I

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said, the further that he goes, the worse that

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it looks for you. I just don't really understand

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the way that the process worked here. It's something

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we've talked about with with with Dane Altman

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all season long because everybody was calling

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for his head and still people are. And the whole

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time it kind of felt like, well, who are you

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going to move on to that's better? And it's it

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feels the same way with Oregon State and with

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the Beavers. It's like who are you who are you

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going to move on to now? That's going to be putting

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you in a better position with your program where

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it is today You know, you're not getting that

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four million. You're getting the two million

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So who's going to get the most out of two million?

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That's I guess my question Who's that going to

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be? I don't know maybe scott barnes knows that

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maybe he does how he does He's got the weegee

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board and the crystal ball somewhere hidden in

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his office And he just pulls it out when everybody

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else is away I mean in a way though, it kind

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of doesn't it make it about scott barnes now.

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It has to be now I mean he made it that way.

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He's made it that way exactly by doing this.

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It's now his stamp on it. Yeah, and You could

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say the same thing with with the football program.

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Although I think that that one's more I think

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that one is more understandable Well, let's get

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back to football by the way because you got some

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quotes from Jamarcus Shepherd in the post script

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and I'll tell you this if if you want to you

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know, we just kind of Unveiled a little bit of

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we think might be the not -so -great side of

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Scott Barnes in his tenure as athletic director

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with the handling of the basketball program Well,

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he's sitting out of the park with your Marcus

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Sheppard out of the gate I mean this guy was

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enthusiastic comes from an SEC program brings

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an offensive mindset to Corvallis much like you

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know if just in recent history Jonathan Smith

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was another offensive guy and brought Oregon

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State back to relevance again and then it quickly

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faded with Trent Bray, but Jamarcus Shepard says

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the general evaluation of the players and their

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practice was positive in their first spring game.

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Yeah, I thought our offense really started really

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fast, which is one of our pillars within building

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a program. Start fast, the middle eight, and

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then finish strong, you know, and I think our

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defense really actually finished really strong

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in this practice. You know, they came on really.

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ton of energy at the end of the practice and

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that carried them for that last team period.

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I felt like our quarterbacks were completing

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the ball really well down the field today. It

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was good to see some of those balls go in the

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air. I think that's what people like to see.

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But I also thought our running backs did a good

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job of finding creases and holes. I thought that

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was outstanding. I thought our linebackers today

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showed their ability to really plug the holes

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that we need them to be in and be elite at understanding

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their fits I thought that was really outstanding

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and then our edge rushers I thought and we don't

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have a ton of them but the ones we do have they

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held up pretty well so I thought that comment

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at the end there was interesting I mean it's

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true but it just goes to show that there are

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some things still about this program that are

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lacking even though the demarcus shepard's coming

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in when he was able to come in and he wasn't

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coming in to a great situation obviously but

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i do think that So far like you said i do think

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this hire As far as we can tell because the games

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have not been played everything so far I have

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liked with jamarcus shepard. He comes across

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as very likable He comes across as a guy that

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knows what he's doing. Of course that quote right

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there was a lot of platitudes I mean it was a

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lot of coaches saying saying, you know, hey like

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everybody's doing great Which is kind of what

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you want to hear obviously but at the same time

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I do feel like He seems like the kind of guy

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that man if there's some sort of substance to

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what he's doing. I do think they have something

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Well, it's gonna be revealed the first four games

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as well, but jamarcus shepard also discussed

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and i'll challenge anybody who is a Beaver fan

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to name me three players on the defensive side

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of the football, they're going to start. Okay,

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you probably know some of the names on the offensive

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side, but there's a lot of no names. And there

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are some players that have had to play some catch

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up because they're coming in late through the

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transfer portal and such because they're coming

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off of teams that were deep into the playoffs

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or playing a bowl game. And Coach Shepard talks

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about that. These young men have been met with

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love from me and my staff, and that's the key.

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They know without a shadow of a doubt that we

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love them. Had one of them go into Scott Barnes

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office and said, hey, I think I've gone through

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the hardest thing that I've ever gone through

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over this winter. And guess what? I know Coach

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Shep loves me. Well, that was told to me, so

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hopefully. And so no doubt, that's how we start.

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with our program and then that allows you and

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gives you the opportunity to coach them harder

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because you know they know that it's coming from

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a place of love. It's not coming from a place

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of disrespect. Very clear with our staff, you

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know, yeah, we're going to coach them hard, OK,

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but we're always going to coach the the action.

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You know what they're doing versus making it

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personal and about the player. And so yeah, there's

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there's there's some fun times out there. OK,

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there's a lot of energy out there, but it's all

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for a purpose. of letting the player know this

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is the standard, hey, perform at this standard.

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There's a rebuild from the ground up with Oregon

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State, and that's where it begins. So you're

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tearing the entire structure down, you're starting

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from the bottom, and again, you hear all these

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things that Jamarcus Shepard says and the enthusiasm

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behind his voice. I would imagine with the young

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men who are gonna be around the football program,

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they're gonna buy into that. Now, I will also

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just temper that with... They're going to have

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to start producing on the field, and they're

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going to have to keep staying in games. They're

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going to have to win some of those games for

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that enthusiasm, that motivation, that feel good

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stuff to keep continuing. Because this is a show

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me business. It's not, oh, we have the moral

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victory. You always hear coaches talk about,

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I don't care about moral victories. That is very

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true in the arms race that is now going to be

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the new Pac 12. It absolutely is true. You want

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to know the problem with that? Sure. Game one

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is against Houston on the road first four games.

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Yeah game two is against Texas Tech game three

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is Montana at home So that's a tough. It's a

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tough introduction. It's good The steel is going

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to meet the anvil in the first couple of games

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and we're gonna find out How all of that enthusiasm

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and the feel -good and the huggy -huggy and all

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that and I'm not saying it's bad I'm not making

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light of okay. I'm not being sarcastic with that.

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I'm with you, but Then it's gonna be like, okay,

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you get punched in the face a couple of times

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and then how are you gonna react to that adversity?

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I've always said I find the real metal of a person

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and how they react in adversity not when it's

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good times But I could see his sort of attitude

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Being a good one during those times don't disagree

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with that at all. So We'll see how it actually

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goes when the rubber meets the road, but I do

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think that the returns so far have been pretty

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good I do like what i've been seeing blaine liberator

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the head coach of the thirst and colts coming

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up in just a few moments here on the danny and

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justin radio program let's Oregon baseball has

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got a 305 first pitch against xavier. It's a

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that odd mid Week two games set as xavier finished

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off their run in Corvallis a long weekend there.

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Didn't get a lot of those. They lost 7 -2 to

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the Beavs. Beavs neither though a 6 run 7th inning.

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They were down 2 -1 in this game, so they had

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to rally and come back. It did give Oregon State

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a four -game sweep, and they're now 11 -4 overall.

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Xavier drops to 5 -11 as they come. We'll talk

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a little bit more about that game that's coming

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up. Beavers are hitting the road for an eight

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-game road trip starting in San Diego on Friday.

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The Terreros get underway at Fowler Park at 6

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p .m. That'll air on the Beaver Sport Network

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and ESPN+. But we'll talk a little bit more about

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Xavier. Oregon baseball in the last segment,

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how about that? Yeah, we've been talking a lot

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of Xavier, so might as well talk a little bit

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more. And the Xavier mascot is? Oh, I don't remember.

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I lived in an area. Come on, Dom. I'm not even

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looking at this stuff right here. It's the Musketeers.

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It's the Musketeers. Okay, that's a pretty good

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mascot. Old Skip Prosser, the head coach of basketball

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for all those years. When did Skip Prosser coach?

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Oh, it was in the 80s and 90s. Well, there you

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go. I was born in 1995. That's right. That's

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where maturity sometimes comes into my favor.

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All right, let's take our first break. We come

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back live from the Bigfoot Beverages studios.

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It's our dear friend. He gets his nickname today.

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Yeah. He doesn't know this yet. I didn't prepare

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him for this, but Blaine Liberatore, the head

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coach of the Thurston High School coach basketball

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team, will be joining us. We'll give him his

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nickname next on the Danny and Justin radio program.

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WCC women's championship game right now. Baby

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J what's the score? It is 51 to 45 Gonzaga. Beeps

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down by six. Big 10 tournament first round. Not

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a great start for Oregon. Oregon down to Maryland

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15 to 3 with 1122 left in the first. By the way

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that WCC women's championship game is in the

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waning moments of the third quarter. Alright,

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let's head on over to the Oregon Man Clinic's

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Outline at 541 -343 -5673 and welcome in our

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good friend and a returning guest to the program.

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It's the head coach of the Thurston High Colts

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who are ranked number four in the OSAA out of

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the Midwestern League as they head up to Linfield

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University in McMinnville for the 5A Final Eight

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in the quarterfinals and that'll start tomorrow

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and I'll be up there as well. We welcome in Blaine

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Liberator. Coach, how are things? Howdy third

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third time long time See here it is third time

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third time and is the tradition on the Danny

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and Justin radio program We haven't had it on

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a nickname for a second, but we're gonna hand

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one out now coach to you. It's It's the third

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time charm. It's your nickname. You ready coach.

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Yeah, let's do it All right forevermore on the

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Danny and Justin radio program going back to

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your roots got a little help from goose on this

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one Coach, your nickname is Boomer. Oh, yeah.

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That's a nod back to Toledo High School where

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I graduated. That's awesome. I love that. Yeah,

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hats off to Goose for helping me out. I had another

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one. I'll talk to you about it when we're up

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at McMinnville, but it would have been fine as

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well. But I like Boomer better. So there you

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go. It's a good one, man. It's a good one. Toledo

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High School, my alma mater, I think we're the

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only Boomer mascot in the entire country. I have

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to look that up. I think you're right because

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is it like the it was like a boom like a a rocket

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ship, right? So it depends on who you ask right?

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Like the mascot is like this Almost like a mountain

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beaver type thing not a nutria and not a rat

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and not a beaver, but there's like no weird Yeah,

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it's a it's a interesting mascot. Okay, but the

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story i've been told is that when Toledo high

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school originated It was actually outside of

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Toledo city limits Um and was in a small development

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called cannon and so they were the cannon boomers.

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Oh Very nice. I have not been able to verify

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that but that's the story I was told And that's

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the story I'm sticking with. There we go. Twenty

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and five overall coach on the season. You finished

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eleven one in league in the tough Midwestern

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League who's sending, by the way, three teams

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to the final eight, including yourself, Crater

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and North Eugene. Your eleventh year. But as

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you were starting this season or at the end of

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last year when you made it to the tournament

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as well in the final eight, you were thinking,

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you know, I got some kids coming back, but it

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didn't end up being that way for you. Yeah, we

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look a little different than we thought we would

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at the start of the year. You know, we had a

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really, really good year last year and things

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didn't quite go our way in the state tournament

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for a myriad of reasons. But we're like, hey,

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we got six kids, six of our 11 coming back. We

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feel really good about that. We had a really

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good JV team. We had some really good freshmen

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on that JV team. And so we're like, hey, we feel

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great about things. Three of our kids that were

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all going to be seniors this year ended up having

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season ending surgeries in the off season. And

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so we go from having six returners who were all

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big time contributors. It's only having three.

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And those younger kids who were playing JV had

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to come and step into big time varsity roles.

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And I think that was probably reflected in the

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first seven games of the season when we went

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three and four against a tough schedule. We scheduled

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our non -league really tough thinking we were

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gonna have all those kids back. But I think it

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turned out to be the best thing for us because

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it made us grow up quickly. And those young kids

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have really grown up quickly. You know, you talk

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about Leo Felipe, who starts for us and plays

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center for us and was like second team all state

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defensive end or something like that. And then

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Ridge Lindsey. who is a junior for us and has

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has come in and really shored up, shored us up

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defensively and at our four man spot, which is

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a really pivotal spot for us. And Brody Corrigan

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is the spark plug off the bench. And he's a sophomore

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and played freshman point guard last year and

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comes in and plays two or three different spots

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for us and really gives us a big lift. Rylan

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Sharp is a six, seven post that comes off the

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bench for us. And I think he plays about 12 minutes

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a game or something like that, but leads us in

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blocked shots. So, you know, we've gotten a big

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time contributions from kids that were not varsity

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returners last year. Start season three and four,

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and then we go on a run. We beat West Lynn at

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the Capital City Classic, the last game of that

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up in Salem, really, really cool tournament.

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We go down to the Abbeys tournament in Medford

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and win all three down there. And we're just

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kind of off and running. And I think the statistic

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was 16 or 17 and one or something like that.

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Yeah, 17 out of your last 18, Coach. Yeah, 17

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out of our last 18 with one hiccup against North

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Eugene at home in overtime in a really, really

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good game against a really, really good team.

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So really, really proud with where we're at,

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but We're on to the next goal here and on to

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the next challenge and it's a good one in the

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Summit Storm. Northwest Oregon Conference gets

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a lot of props in Central Oregon as well. The

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conference that features, you know, Ridgeview

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and Caldera and Summit gets a lot of props. But

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the Midwestern League historically has been a

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pretty tough conference when you're talking about

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Churchill, when you're talking about now Crater

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and North Eugene. But in the last few years,

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Midwestern League hasn't really gotten that team

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over the hump into the championship game. But

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I want you to talk about how tough this league

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is, because it steals your team. And I talked

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to Blake earlier today, Blake G from North Eugene,

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about how the conference play, the league play

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really gets you guys ready for what you're going

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to face up in McMinnville. Yeah, I think when

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you look at our league, probably a little undervalued

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at the start of the season. And we haven't had

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a lot of success at the final site. I think a

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couple of years ago, it was Joey Banery when

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he was a junior. That was the last team that

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:12.740
won a first round game up at the final site.

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:15.940
I think that's correct. So it's been a few years.

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:19.559
And so I think everyone kind of forgot about

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:21.779
the Midwestern League. But then this year...

00:25:22.029 --> 00:25:24.289
You look at the non league and there's teams

00:25:24.289 --> 00:25:26.309
creeping up and creeping up north Eugene creeps

00:25:26.309 --> 00:25:28.470
up into the top three craters in the top five

00:25:28.470 --> 00:25:31.710
We're lurking around there Churchill's Churchill's

00:25:31.710 --> 00:25:33.849
messing with the top ten Ashland's hovering around

00:25:33.849 --> 00:25:36.150
there We end up at the end of the season We have

00:25:36.150 --> 00:25:40.490
five teams in the top 16 in 5a in the top half

00:25:40.490 --> 00:25:43.849
of 5a and so our our teams in our league are

00:25:43.849 --> 00:25:48.920
battle tested because there's Not really any

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:51.279
easy sleeper games in our league, especially

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:55.099
when you have five teams in the top 16 so You

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:57.180
had to you had to really be on your game and

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:59.960
be ready to play every single night And I thought

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:02.839
our kids did an amazing job of that You know

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:06.799
our we've we've only allowed more than 50 points

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:11.019
once since December And that was to Ashland on

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:14.819
senior night other than that We held teams in

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:19.839
the mid 40s. We held some teams in the 20s. And

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:22.440
so our team hangs a pat on defense. And I think

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:24.680
if you ask anyone around our league, like what

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:27.640
we're known for, it's going to be being really,

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:29.440
really good defensively, being really efficient

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:33.039
offensively. And I think that was ultimately

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:36.019
our secret to success in winning our league.

00:26:36.650 --> 00:26:39.690
Thurston boys basketball head coach Blaine liberator

00:26:39.690 --> 00:26:42.049
is with us on the Danny and Justin radio program

00:26:42.049 --> 00:26:44.769
And we have newly donned him boomer although

00:26:44.769 --> 00:26:47.670
I think liberator is a pretty cool last name

00:26:47.670 --> 00:26:50.230
if you ask me So I'm a little bit jealous, but

00:26:50.230 --> 00:26:52.920
coach Talk to me about your starting point guard,

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:55.859
Logan Paquette, as a guy that was named the unanimous

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:57.640
choice for Defensive Player of the Year in the

00:26:57.640 --> 00:27:00.319
Midwestern League. Not always a guy that's going

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:02.220
to show up on the stat sheet, but not everybody

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:05.200
needs to. Some players are vocal leaders and

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.920
it seems like he's one of those guys. And it

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:09.160
sounds like he also has a pretty amazing story

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:12.059
that I'd love for you to share with us. Yeah,

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:14.960
so Logan is in my opinion the heart and soul

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:18.839
of our team and our program His dad is is in

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:22.299
my opinion a local legend Doug Paquette I call

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:24.259
him the mayor because it seems like everywhere

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:29.140
we go someone knows him and he was the head coach

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:31.900
at Thurston when I came on at Thurston and we

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:34.000
developed a really good friendship and relationship

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:37.119
and And it's kind of come full circle with me

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:39.180
being the head coach and Doug being on our staff

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:44.119
since 2019. And I've gotten to see Logan grow

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:47.200
up ever since I got on at Thurston, and I've

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:49.759
known him since he was just a little kid. So

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:51.940
there's that aspect of it that makes it really

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:54.160
special. He's earned everything he's gotten on

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:57.900
the basketball floor. He's our quarterback. He's

00:27:57.900 --> 00:28:00.019
our vocal leader. He keeps us organized on both

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:03.119
ends of the floor. defensive, unanimous defensive

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:05.700
player of the year. And he doesn't lead us in

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:10.000
steals. He doesn't lead us in blocks. But he,

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.220
I think he gives up something like 4 .2 points

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:15.339
a game to the guy that he's guarding when he's

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:18.019
guarding the ball. He leads us in charges taken.

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:22.039
He keeps us organized. He talks early. He talks

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:24.160
often. He makes sure everyone knows their job

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:26.180
offensively. He makes sure that we're always

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:30.779
in what we need to be in. teams leave him open

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:33.799
a lot of the time because they want to help off

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:35.700
of somebody, they help off of him. He knocks

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:39.339
down threes at a 50 % clip right now. And so

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:42.420
he makes teams pay. And it's all really special

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:45.000
because of what he's gone through really since

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:47.059
his eighth grade year when he was an eighth grader

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:50.450
during basketball season. Was diagnosed with

00:28:50.450 --> 00:28:53.430
a brain tumor. He had really really bad migraines

00:28:53.430 --> 00:28:55.609
and was thrown up and it was so bad They went

00:28:55.609 --> 00:28:57.369
to the hospital one night and they're like we

00:28:57.369 --> 00:29:01.329
have to rush you guys to OHSU And ended up having

00:29:01.329 --> 00:29:04.490
brain surgery to remove a portion of this brain

00:29:04.490 --> 00:29:09.730
tumor at which some of it still remains and There's

00:29:09.730 --> 00:29:12.569
always the threat of it coming back. And so he's

00:29:12.569 --> 00:29:14.809
You know as an eighth grader, he has to miss

00:29:14.809 --> 00:29:17.940
a chunk of his eighth grade year because he has

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:22.259
this surgery. And a year later, he's starting

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:26.180
at point guard for us as a freshman. And he's

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:28.839
had to battle through some issues and residual

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:32.480
effects of the condition. And in the back of

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:34.200
his mind, it's something that's always there.

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:37.980
But you would never know it by talking to him

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:42.759
or looking at him or watching him play. And it's

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:45.059
just a heartwarming. tragic it's like it's like

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:47.299
a tragic but heartwarming story like I feel for

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:50.460
him so much because He's such an amazing kid

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:52.859
and you never want to see someone you care about

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:55.599
So deeply go through something like that But

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:58.480
I'm so proud of him for everything that he's

00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:01.339
accomplished and everything that he's done to

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:04.680
make our program what it is while battling all

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:08.599
of that and I get emotional talking about him

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:11.640
just because of how much I care about him and

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:14.420
his family and how much he's meant to me and

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:18.559
my family. He's absolutely one of the best kids

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.720
I've ever been around and I consider myself really,

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.240
really lucky to be in his life. The Thurston

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:29.799
High School Colts head basketball man, it's Blaine

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:32.400
Liberatore joining us in his 11th season with

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:34.819
the Colts, the Midwestern League champs, 20 -5

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:38.140
overalls. They head into the tournament of eight,

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:42.059
the final eight at McMinnville at Linfield University

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:45.200
as the 5A. Basketball state championships get

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:47.799
underway tomorrow afternoon and into the evening

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:50.160
coach another player that stands out for you

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:52.880
comes from a pretty decent gene pool Matt LaBounty

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:56.200
and Kelly Blair at LaBounty who was an Olympic

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:59.480
athlete She was a heptathlete and of course former

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:02.279
Univou linebacker Matt LaBounty. They had a kid

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:06.720
Lucas who is Midwestern Player of the year again

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:08.819
for the second season in a row averages 25 points

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:11.240
for you. What what is this kid? I mean when you

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:13.920
look at him and I you know you take Pictures

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:16.180
of himself and he's like wow the kids not like,

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:18.359
you know stacked bill I mean no offense, but

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:20.000
it's not like a kid. He's just like wow He's

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:22.460
gonna overwhelm you but he really does when he

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:25.140
gets the ball in his hands He's the epitome of

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:30.299
a hooper. I'll tell you that and Great parents,

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.079
again, great parents. And that's one of the things,

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:34.380
our program is blessed with so many great parents,

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:36.819
man. It's so awesome in that Thurston community

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:39.980
and the support we get from our parents. And

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:44.559
Kelly and Matt are a part of that as well. The

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:46.539
cool thing is Lucas is completely self -made.

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:50.460
And his parents have had a big hand in his journey

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:52.799
in helping guide him, but they've never said

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:55.059
like pushed him in any one direction. They've

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:57.119
just always supported him. And I think they were

00:31:57.119 --> 00:32:00.339
able to do that because of their background as

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:03.299
athletes and saying, hey, like this is how it

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:05.660
worked for us. It's going to work for him too.

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:07.579
So they've certainly provided him opportunities,

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:10.319
but he's seized everyone. Lucas is a special

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:12.670
kid. You know, we knew it was gonna be pretty

00:32:12.670 --> 00:32:14.849
special really growing up and his freshman year

00:32:14.849 --> 00:32:17.369
We moved Logan up because we needed a point guard

00:32:17.369 --> 00:32:19.970
We kept Lucas on the freshman team because we

00:32:19.970 --> 00:32:23.210
wanted him to continue to develop as a dominant

00:32:23.210 --> 00:32:26.509
score His sophomore year was tough. We made the

00:32:26.509 --> 00:32:28.210
state playoffs that year. We shared a league

00:32:28.210 --> 00:32:31.849
title with North Eugene But he had a very limited

00:32:31.849 --> 00:32:34.890
role as a sophomore as a contributor He didn't

00:32:34.890 --> 00:32:38.369
really play a lot and he said in a podcast that

00:32:38.369 --> 00:32:42.490
he did with a buddy of mine That motivated him

00:32:42.490 --> 00:32:45.009
to come back bigger, stronger, faster, and better

00:32:45.009 --> 00:32:47.730
his junior year. And boy, did he ever. He came

00:32:47.730 --> 00:32:51.349
out of nowhere to be the Midwestern player of

00:32:51.349 --> 00:32:54.029
the year as a junior on the number two team in

00:32:54.029 --> 00:32:56.930
the state. And he's come back even better this

00:32:56.930 --> 00:32:58.690
year. Like a lot of people would be like, hey,

00:32:58.690 --> 00:33:01.150
that's cool. Like, I'm just gonna put in minimal

00:33:01.150 --> 00:33:04.349
work and go do it again. Not Lucas. He continued

00:33:04.349 --> 00:33:06.690
to get in the gym, continued to perfect his craft,

00:33:07.210 --> 00:33:13.220
and he's upped his game. this year. So Midwestern

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:14.740
League player the year again for a second year

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:17.980
in a row broke. He's broken our school record

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.900
for scoring in a season. He currently stands

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:23.960
at 607 points and counting with the next couple

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:27.960
games. He's shooting 50 40 90, which is 50 %

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:31.500
from the field 40 % from 3 90 from the free throw

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:34.359
line. He leads us in rebounding leads us in assists

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:39.589
leads us in steals. Um. He had a career high

00:33:39.589 --> 00:33:42.750
on senior night of 41 points, eight rebounds,

00:33:42.970 --> 00:33:46.089
four assists, two steals and a block to really

00:33:46.089 --> 00:33:48.910
just cement his place as the player of the year.

00:33:50.130 --> 00:33:52.230
But I think you said the thing that was probably

00:33:52.230 --> 00:33:54.369
the biggest compliment to him as you look at

00:33:54.369 --> 00:33:57.750
him and you don't see this like incredible athlete

00:33:57.750 --> 00:33:59.569
who's just running by people or jumping over

00:33:59.569 --> 00:34:04.430
people. He is so efficient and so smart on the

00:34:04.430 --> 00:34:07.779
court. He gets to his spots. He converts when

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:11.699
he gets to his spots. He changes speed He he

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:13.619
sees things a step ahead if you take something

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:16.179
away He goes to the next thing and he does it

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:19.400
really quickly He's just and he's an absolute

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:22.539
joy and pleasure not just to coach but to watch

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:24.280
there's times when I just sit back and watch

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:27.519
him and It's just like it's truly like an artist

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:30.019
out there with his with his canvas and his brush

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:33.059
just creating art it's it's so cool to watch

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:35.679
him play and and elevate his game. And I think

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:38.039
the thing I'm most proud of him for is his leadership

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:41.179
skills this year. He's really become one of our

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:45.800
team leaders vocally. And it's needed because

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:47.800
Logan has always been that. But I think you need

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:50.059
two of those guys. And he's done that. And I

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:51.760
think our guys react really well to him because

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:54.079
he never gets too high. He never gets too low.

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:57.239
He's really, really even keeled. He reminds me

00:34:57.239 --> 00:35:01.000
of Kevin Durant and how he can get to his spots

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:03.340
and be so efficient. shooting the basketball

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:06.940
from all three levels. And so he's enjoying a

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:08.500
pleasure to have on our team. We're very, very

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:10.480
lucky to have him, and I'm looking forward to

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:13.659
him in McMinnville. Colts are grab the number

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:15.599
four seed. They'll take on the Summit Storm,

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:18.380
the number five seed, 315. It's not the late

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:22.380
game coach you get the 315 slot and the quarterfinals

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:24.880
They'll play the winner of the crater crook county

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:28.159
game as well If you can get there at 1 30 on

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:30.420
the 13th coach, so final question for you This

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:32.099
is now, you know, it's the final 8 everyone's

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:34.340
at 0 0, you know You at least get two games,

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:37.239
but you want three so talk about how this becomes

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:39.739
now a sprint rather than the marathon of the

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:42.659
season because really It is you can lay it all

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:47.400
out in one game Yeah, so you know, state tournament

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:49.880
is always interesting because you focus so much

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:52.099
on the first game, and then it is kind of like

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:55.199
scramble mode for preparing for the second right.

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:57.820
We've tried to keep our focus really narrow and

00:35:57.820 --> 00:36:00.440
not even like focus on the winning part of it.

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:02.260
Like, of course, we want to win it. But we've

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:04.739
talked about process process process. Like, let's

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:09.239
take care of the process. Um and. We we've scouted

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:11.500
ahead with so many teams. It helps having North

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:16.940
But, you know, we have Crook County film. We

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:19.820
have Summit, a ton of Summit film. We're studying

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:21.940
everybody saying, OK, what are the common things?

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:24.579
We got to be good at things. We got to be good

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:26.300
at defending things that happen a lot. We got

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:28.800
to be good at looks offensively that we get a

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:32.380
lot. But at the same time, like Summit has all

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:34.820
of our attention and for good reason, very, very

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:39.420
capable, very, very good team. Great program.

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:41.179
I mean, they've been in the state championship,

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:44.039
what, four years in a row? Right. One or two

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:46.800
years ago. Yep. Yep, one at two years ago on

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:48.780
a buzzer beater. We're in the state championship

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:53.400
last year They just incredible program With very

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:55.960
very capable kids very good basketball players.

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:57.760
They're long. They're athletic. They shoot it

00:36:57.760 --> 00:37:01.309
well So they have all of our attention for sure.

00:37:01.750 --> 00:37:04.269
But we're preparing for whoever we see next as

00:37:04.269 --> 00:37:06.210
well at the same time. And the cool thing about

00:37:06.210 --> 00:37:09.750
our kids is they show up. And in my opinion,

00:37:09.889 --> 00:37:11.789
we're really, really fun to watch because we

00:37:11.789 --> 00:37:14.730
played basketball unlike so many teams. We're

00:37:14.730 --> 00:37:17.010
the number one defensive team in the state. We

00:37:17.010 --> 00:37:21.570
allow an average of 44 points a game. And Summit

00:37:21.570 --> 00:37:23.710
is the number, I think they're the number four

00:37:23.710 --> 00:37:25.960
offensive team in the state. And so it's going

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:27.920
to be this meeting point of a team who's really,

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:30.159
really good offensively in Summit, and a team

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:31.900
who's really, really good defensively in us.

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:35.980
And we're going to see which Will can win. Well,

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:38.179
coach, we'll be watching closely. And good luck

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:41.099
to you. 315 tomorrow, first tip. It's the second

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:43.500
game of the day. Crater and Crick County started

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:45.780
off at 1 .30 tomorrow at Linfield University.

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:48.820
Boomer, it's always a pleasure reconnecting with

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:50.559
you during the basketball season. We'll see you

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:52.730
up there in McMinnville. Yeah, let's talk soon.

00:37:52.730 --> 00:37:55.610
Go Colts. There he goes. The great boomer, Blaine

00:37:55.610 --> 00:37:58.710
Liberator, the head coach of the Thurston Colts.

00:37:58.929 --> 00:38:00.650
They grab that number four seed. They'll take

00:38:00.650 --> 00:38:04.610
on Summit tomorrow. 315 up at McMinnville as

00:38:04.610 --> 00:38:06.949
the 5 -8 tournament. Just the boys tomorrow,

00:38:07.030 --> 00:38:09.769
then the girls start their action on Thursday.

00:38:10.210 --> 00:38:14.030
Got lots of baseball to talk about. Ducks, Beavs,

00:38:14.369 --> 00:38:19.019
and basketball as well. We'll give you an update

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from the WCC championship game, Oregon State's

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competing and the Big Ten tournament for the

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men as Oregon's taking on Maryland in the opening

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round game back when we take a break to pay some

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bills on the Danny Justin radio program. If you

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missed the newly anointed boomer, Lane Liberator,

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the head coach of the Thurston Colts. boys basketball

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gonna head up to the osa a tournament 5a ranks

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at linfield university you can go back to the

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podcast listen to it really great story this

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the senior point guard logan piquet what he's

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overcome and the hooper lucas slabowney some

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oregon royalty which is dad and his mom don't

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you talk about the gene stock the gene pool that's

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there an olympic heptathlete is your mom An all

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-time Oregon great at the linebacker position

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is your dad. Man, if you're not playing some

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kind of sports, goodness gracious. All right,

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so a WCC championship going on right now. Minute

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53 left in the fourth in regulation, as I always

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like to say, especially if it's not an even number.

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67 -63 Gonzaga over Oregon State. Oregon State's

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line just missed a free throw. Second one on

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the way. That's no good off the heel. Rebound

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down to Gonzaga. Sorry, I'm gonna fall into a

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little play -by -play for a second. I'm gonna

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have enough of that over four days so Oregon

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men right now and just You know when it comes

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to a certain point? It's just let's just have

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this mercifully end if they're not gonna win

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the Big Ten tournament Let's just honestly I'm

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just saying let's just get it over with at this

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point. I hate to say that But it's just like

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you you you you hope and you wish and you pray

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and you do whatever you want make sacrifices

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And it's 31 12 with 59 seconds left in the first.

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Well, you know half first half Let's they've

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scored 12 points with 59 seconds left in the

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first half, baby. Jay. Let's let the game finish

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before Before we have any conclusions, but yes,

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it's not looking good and it has not been a good

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season Look at you. Normally these roles are

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reversed and you're mr. Pessimistic guy and I'm

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mr. Optimism guy. Yeah, you know like maybe they

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close this half strong and then they put themselves

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in position where they can chip away in the second

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half and you never know Okay, okay No, I don't

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know I mean I I understand I understand why people

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are frustrated. It's been a very very frustrating

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season It's been one of the most frustrating

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seasons that I can remember in a long long time

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So let's stay on hoops for a second so you and

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I had the debate before the Big Ten women's tournament

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started That and I think we had agreed that if

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Oregon won at least two games They could possibly

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move themselves up on the seed line And I just

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was looking at projections again this morning

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the latest projections because all of the conference

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tournaments are done All the automatic bids are

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out there now. You're gonna have at large bids

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and such I see oregon now at the seven line in

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a lot of projections Did you see the same thing

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because i've been looking I did if you've looked

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i've looked a little bit. Yeah, and i'm a little

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surprised I could have seen them just kind of

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stick them in that eight nine, but i'm It makes

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sense based on who they've competed with this

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season and they haven't had that like signature

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big win over a top 10 team or anything like that,

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but they've been competing with those teams in

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that seven, eight. six range so it makes sense

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to me. I think beating Maryland twice once in

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the regular season and then in the Big Ten tournament

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kind of vaulted them to that spot and they just

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ran it. Listen, the committee is going to take

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into account that was three games in three days

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against a top ten team and you just ran out of

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gas in the second half. So I believe it's a fair

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seat. You can't hold that Michigan game against

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them. No, that's what I'm saying. There's no

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way you can. And the other thing being is that

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I think that also gives a signal on how many

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teams on the women's side the Big Ten is going

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to get. in the dance and how highly ranked they're

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going to be. I think Michigan might end up being

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on that four line and stay there. I mean, I don't

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see how they can't. So I yeah for Oregon moving

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into the Big Ten for one sport or another It's

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been good or bad and it's definitely been good

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for women's basketball I definitely think that's

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helped them and not every team that they play

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has been ranked but even the teams that aren't

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and such as like a Minnesota they have pretty

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good RPI rankings so I think that that's part

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of the reason why that they're Being pretty successful.

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Obviously last year, you know, they had some

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ups and downs too But I think I think the big

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ten is a very very good women's basketball conference

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And I think that it is helping oregon right now

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selection sunday is the 15th So we'll find out

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where when who why it's my birthday and happy

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birthday It's sunday and you're gonna go up see

00:43:01.849 --> 00:43:04.409
mom. Yep. Okay, so we'll find out where they

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land and Probably not going to be in the west.

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They'll probably end up going back to the east

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coast somewhere or the south I would hope that

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they would think, you know, you put them in that

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region like the south or whatever, that you would

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at least give them a west coast game. You know,

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stick them up in Seattle. I don't even know where

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the regionals are. I know Portland's got a men's

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regional again, but the way they do it geographically

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is they'll put like a southern team, they'll

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stick them out west, even though they're not

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playing in the time zone. You understand what

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I'm saying? Is that you'll have a south regional

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that'll be in Portland, Oregon. It's just like,

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that's the way they do it. Because of geography,

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they're trying to keep teens from not jumping

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a ton of time zones. But it's still gonna end

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up happening. I think Oregon, like they did last

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year, had to go to North Carolina, right? And

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they won one game, then they lost the second

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game. So hopefully not a quick exit. Under a

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minute left, Gonzaga now leads 69 -64 of Oregon

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State. I think the Oregon State women are in

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as well. It would have been better if they would

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have got the aq the automatic qualifier to win

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the tournament But at 23 if they lose this game,

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they'll be 23 and 11 out of the wcc. I still

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think that gets them a bid I they're not i'm

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a little concerned. I have to say okay i'm a

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little concerned I think getting to the championship

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game was the lock for them because aga is going

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to go to 24 and 9 if they win this game looks

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like they it's going to take a herculean effort

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as The Beavs are down by six now under a minute

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left need to stay within two possessions here.

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Okay, so Oregon baseball 305 first pitch and

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They've got two against Xavier in the middle

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of the week ducks are 12 and three Overall two

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and one in the big ten Xavier is now five and

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ten after dropping four straight to Oregon State

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and Then Oregon will continue the home standby.

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There's a long home stand a big ten conference

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play continues for the Ducks after this two -game

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set as they'll welcome in the Hoosiers of Indiana

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and then Northwestern on back -to -back weekends

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so they get a nice rest between Sunday and the

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following Friday when Northwestern comes down

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but Indiana if the weather holds should be a

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nice weekend for Duck Baseball. Yeah I saw somebody

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I don't remember where they were calling Xavier

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like a decent baseball program Just don't see

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it based on what they've done early so far this

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season They have they have to lead into the sixth

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inning against the Beavs in the getaway day I

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understand and they played some tough teams.

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They've played Arkansas they played I believe

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Auburn they obviously played the Beavers and

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the Ducks are obviously a good team, too But

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man, you want to know what their team ERA is?

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Well, I know you're gonna tell me go ahead. It's

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eight It's over eight. It's eight point one five.

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That's not good. They don't have a player batting

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300 their top innings Pitcher It has a 450 area

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number two is 350. So like even their best guys

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are not spectacular But I think we talked about

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it yesterday with uh with Isaac Streeter from

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the Portland Tribune They have like 18 pitchers

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or something like that So you have to have that

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many pitchers if you're gonna do as many games

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as they're gonna do in as few games Ducks ducks

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rpi is 30 To your point, Xavier's RPI? Anyone

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want to take a quick guess? Is it triple digits?

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Yes. 103. Oh, I was right on the money. 103.

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So Ducks are coming off a series win on the road

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in West Lafayette against Purdue, where the Bats

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came alive on Sunday after losing a tough, just

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a brutal game. Colin Clark threw BBs against

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the Boilermakers on Saturday and the Bats just

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were not there as produced to pitching staff

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was equal to the task and the Ducks lost that

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one 2 -1 after winning by one the day before

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and they had to hang on for that victory. They

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were up like 7 -1 in that game and ended up winning

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by a run and then the Bats came alive. Angel

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Lyke parks a couple out and a really good outing

00:46:59.059 --> 00:47:01.980
by Cal Scalari on the hill and the Ducks get

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the 12, I think 12 -4 win. Mark was kowski's

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team. I mean 15 for those 15 for sorry. Yeah,

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they run ruled him That's why yeah, did I say

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12 for mm -hmm? I don't know why I said that

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so okay. I Don't know it was a good win. It was

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a good one for the Ducks So we'll watch that

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as well. Okay, anything else you got on your

00:47:20.980 --> 00:47:24.920
mind. Did you see the? Speaking of Cal the Cal

00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:28.539
Raleigh and Randy a Rosalina thing no Yeah, Randy

00:47:28.539 --> 00:47:31.000
a Rosalina tries to give him a fist bump when

00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:35.929
Mexico is playing the USA and man Cal rally and

00:47:35.929 --> 00:47:38.570
so it was randy rosa reyna was not happy with

00:47:38.570 --> 00:47:40.809
not getting a fist bump And these guys are teammates

00:47:40.809 --> 00:47:42.889
by the way on the mariners, so we'll see what

00:47:42.889 --> 00:47:45.750
happens there Okay, so oh, I didn't tell you

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this is before we go to dad joke. I know you're

00:47:47.489 --> 00:47:51.230
ready to thank you. I appreciate you is Demers

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Travis Demers the mayor texted me the other day

00:47:53.250 --> 00:47:56.500
when he was on the road trip He got to talk to

00:47:56.500 --> 00:47:58.699
Kyle Schwerber for a few minutes. Oh, I knew

00:47:58.699 --> 00:48:02.900
you so cool. I knew you fanboy I told him I said

00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:04.920
you didn't get an autograph for baby Jay, and

00:48:04.920 --> 00:48:07.099
he says no I didn't realize he was that big a

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:10.280
fan I said wow he is he is a Schwerber possibility

00:48:10.280 --> 00:48:16.219
fanboy even said that I love him Very cool by

00:48:16.219 --> 00:48:17.980
the way Travis Demers is gonna be on the show

00:48:17.980 --> 00:48:19.519
tomorrow, okay? You got to ask him about it,

00:48:19.780 --> 00:48:22.320
so I will give him Kay and he said Danny told

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:24.869
me that you met and talked to for a while and

00:48:24.869 --> 00:48:26.670
you didn't get me an autograph. What's up with

00:48:26.670 --> 00:48:28.849
that, dog? All right, let's do our dad joke.

00:48:29.010 --> 00:48:32.230
Oh, a joke! I got a fire from the bank today.

00:48:32.590 --> 00:48:34.550
A woman asked me to check her balance, so I pushed

00:48:34.550 --> 00:48:43.929
her. Dad jokes! Hmm. Tick -tock. Why was Cinderella

00:48:43.929 --> 00:48:48.550
so bad at soccer? Oh, something about a shoe.

00:48:48.730 --> 00:48:50.309
Something about only having one shoe. She kept

00:48:50.309 --> 00:48:54.099
running away from the ball. Oh, no, you shouldn't

00:48:54.099 --> 00:48:57.440
do that. That's a good one. Okay. There you go.

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So the mayor tomorrow on the program? Yeah, mayor.