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Portions of this show are 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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It's Danny Havel. I can't remember, and I've

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been doing this for longer than you've been alive.

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which is really horrible that I have to say that,

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but it's the truth. It's like the saying in Alaska,

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

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you just have to be faster than your friend.

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Fox Sports Eugene Fox Sports Newport live for

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On the fastest 60 minutes in sports follow us

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there as Well a bit of an extended program today

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as we will lead you up to the first four of course

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your home for the NCAA March Madness Tournament

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is right here on Fox Sports Union Fox Sports

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Newport. Thanks for being with us friends I am

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doc Danny have a right over there is my tag team

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partner Justin gross winner. We call him, baby

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J Well, I'm enjoying the seven degree 70 degree

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weather we have outside right now, which is amazing

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And unfortunately, I looked later in the week

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and then early next week and it will not be remaining

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in the 70s But I think we're getting a few days

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here. So I'm gonna enjoy so I don't have it.

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So exactly. I'll soak it up So, we're gonna talk

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pro day for Oregon. Baby J was there, present.

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I was supposed to be, could not. Little work

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thing got in the way. We're gonna talk up to

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the first four, which right here on Fox Sports

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Eugene, Fox Sports Newport will be NC State and

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Texas. It's 11 seeds first. And then, no, is

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it 11 seeds first? No, it's the 16 seeds first,

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it looks like. Yeah, it's a 16 seats first. It's

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Howard and UMBC first Yeah, that's what it is

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Here on here on the old radio program and then

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NCC, Texas tomorrow It'll be Lehigh and Prairie

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View and then the Mustangs of SMU and our favorite

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undefeated team Miami of Ohio the Red Hawks no

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longer undefeated. What do you mean? Oh? I was

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concentrating on high school basketball, which

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I was doing three or four games a day. You did

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a great job. They are no longer undefeated. And

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they're a bubble team. And for the one loss that

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they suffered in a tournament, they get to play

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in the first four. Against SMU so Bruce but I'm

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gonna get a lot of people that just are rooting

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for them. I think yeah Well, it's in it and it's

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in Dayton. They're not that far away. Yeah, that's

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true So they should have it's almost gonna be

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like a home game for them you think a bunch of

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people from From Southern Methodist in Texas

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are gonna go on up there for this first four

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game I doubt it on a that'll be tomorrow night

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on a Wednesday night Pasha not gonna happen.

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So we will talk you up to that game to the pregame

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So we'll be on until about 3 15 today. So you

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get a little bonus, you get a little overtime

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Danny and Justin today on the radio program.

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So I do want to talk about obviously a lot about

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pro day. New coaches poll came out for baseball

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and the Ducks are finally showing up. We'll talk

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about where they are and of course do a little

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bit of a sneak preview on Oregon women's basketball.

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We got Ryan T Clark, Ryan Thomas Clark. Saw bones

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as we call them from the Oregonian. He's on the

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road in California somewhere So we had to find

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out what's going on there, but he came out with

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a really stellar article yesterday where he was

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Talking to Dante Moore about his struggles with

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mental health and the letter that he wrote to

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the governor of the state of Oregon so we'll

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talk to Ryan Clark about that and You know pro

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day and everything else is going on on the roll

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up to spring game in late April I had an opportunity

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yesterday to hang out with the softball coaches

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and the O club at the Jane we had a happy hour

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and it was happy got to talk to Melissa Lombardi

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and Sam Martyr and The assistant coaches as well

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that were there and I Don't want to mess up her

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last name So I'm gonna look it up again where

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I had it from my from my notes. The point being

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is we had a good crowd and the enthusiasm is,

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how would I say it? It's not at a fever pitch,

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but we talked about how the start of the season,

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it was kind of up and down, but they were playing

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really elite competition, so not be worried.

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Well, it's back to the fever pitch. Sydney Romero,

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Sid, is actually still a professional softball

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player, and she just got drafted in the expansion

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draft to Oklahoma City. She'll be playing for

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the spark. She hit the game winning home run

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in the last a USL Softball championship game

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and then Alyssa Palomino Cardoza another assistant

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coach had a wonderful time talking to them yesterday.

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It was really really fun. So I Encourage anybody

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who's not a member of the O club now. This is

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the little pitch as Fox Sports is a supporter

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of the O club If you're not go to the website

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and take a look at the membership. It's a hundred

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bucks for a year you can go down to 50 if you

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want but the hundred buck membership is pretty

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cool and you get to go to all these cool events

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after hours at facilities got they got a back

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door tour of the batting cages and the dugouts

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and things like that you went on one for basketball

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it's it's cool to see the behind the scenes stuff

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it is we got to see the locker room for the women's

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basketball team and we got to see the facilities

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in terms of the training room and The they have

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these like uh treadmills that are under water,

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which I thought were the coolest thing that they

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showed us It's like you want to jump in there

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and just start running around How could one not

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want to try one of those things at some point

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in their life? It probably is really good for

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you too running in water and doing yeah put the

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stress on the joints 100 so yeah, I know it's

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cool and it was funny because Coach graves was

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just like a dad that was shown off his garage

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with all this cool stuff all the tools 100 Here's

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where I hang all of my screwdrivers right over

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here. Yeah, come check out this area. This is

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all my cool tools See i'm just telling you that

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kind of experience that you get with the oak

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club is like normally reserved for the big big

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daddy and mommy warbucks, you know donors, so

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That is pretty cool. So we had a great time and

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so the Ladies are off to a midwestern Tour the

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next uh 10 of their 13 games are going to be

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away from the jane So they're not going to be

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around much in for the next few weeks But you'll

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have a couple of opportunities and then of course

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it all balances out when they're away for that

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much Then they get to stay home for a little

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while as well. So they're right in the throat

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of big 10 play now So and they have an odd game

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Just a single game against indiana shoved into

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a couple of three sets when they're on the road,

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so We'll discuss all that as we move closer to

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it. You were at Pro Day. I was. So for people

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who might not know, you're thinking, well, what

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is this? You have the combine. So players who

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are going to be entering into the draft, the

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combine is an invite only. So it's a conglomeration

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of what the teams want to see. And the NFL puts

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it all together. It's like, OK, everyone come

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to Indianapolis or Chicago or whatever it is.

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I think it's Indianapolis again this year. And

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you're gonna run, you're gonna jump, you're gonna

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take tests, the wonder lick, you're gonna...

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Interviews. Interviews with teams and however

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many teams want to interview. All of that. So

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that's invite only. And there were several Oregon

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players that went there for that. And then each

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school will have a pro day. And that's where

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the mountain comes to Muhammad, as it were. So...

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for Oregon i think was 18 players that participated

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today including should i just list them all off

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yeah we can go in rapid fire here noah wittington

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malik benson gary bryant jr kenyon sadik matthew

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bedford alex harkey charlie pickard emmanuel

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pregnon isaiah world brice betcher uh jayden

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canaday theron johnson uh dylan thenaman luke

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basso andrew boil james ferguson reynolds ross

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james and atticus sappington so what i would

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say is that all of those guys were there not

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all those guys participated in everything so

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i don't think dylan theman did much when he was

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there i don't think he needs to do any more than

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what he did i was surprised that we saw kenyon

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sadik actually do stuff because the same thing

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with him with the combine those two were the

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kind of the combine warriors if you will but

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kenyon did went out and ran routes okay so good

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but kenyon sadik did not do a lot of that at

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the combine That was what I heard. He did more

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of the interviews, the testing. He did a couple

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of skills, but he didn't run the 40. No, he didn't.

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Did he run the 40? He set the record for tight

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ends. Okay, apparently running that four three

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nine was one of his goals. Yeah, that was definitely

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a goal I don't want to put it out there because

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I want any expectations really but no, it's definitely

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a goal hit that four three So as soon as I saw

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four four twice in a row man, I was pretty bummed

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out But since they came back with the official

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four three, man, I was really happy because that

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was that was my goal There were other events.

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He did not participate true So he didn't do all

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of the circuit as it were in fact, so that's

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what he did not catch any passes at the combine

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Well, I think it's interesting too because one

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of the things that there has been criticism of

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him And I think if you're an organ fan that watched

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him you're gonna be like that's crazy But people

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are saying this is about his blocking people

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say ah he's kind of undersized He's only six

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three even though. He's a big guy at six three

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He's definitely a tight end, but people have

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had questions about his blocking and he had a

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response to that Yeah, I mean anyone that says,

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you know, I'm not a willing blocker obviously

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doesn't watch any film and there's a lot of people

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on Twitter and stuff like that So I definitely

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made that insisting my game. There's definitely

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parts that are lacking You know frontside outside

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zone those kind of things definitely duck with

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my head getting swam So there's definitely those

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those room for improvement But no, I definitely

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still think I'm one if not the best blocking

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Titan in the class What I'll say about Kenyan

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Sadiq is he is a really nice guy He certainly

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is somebody that if you're gonna buy into someone's

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personality mixed with what their physical talent

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is obviously 100 % go with Kenyan City because

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he's very respectful He clearly is a guy that

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thinks things through so I just really love the

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guy like he I just think he's a great prospect

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I think that he's somebody that Oregon when you

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talk about guys that have popped for Oregon Christian

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Gonzalez Herbert obviously these are guys that

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are major Bucky like these are guys that are

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major NFL players at this point I think I think

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I really do believe Kenyan City is about to be

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one of those guys The Danny and Justin radio

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program live from the Bigfoot Beverages studios.

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We're gonna have Ryan Clark on from the Argonian

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in just a moment for our interview segment. We're

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gonna go to about 315 today folks. You get a

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little bonus coverage here on the Danny and Justin

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radio program as we take you up to the first

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four the NCAA tournament live play -by -play

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tonight on this station. So combining athletic

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ability and smarts and personality is what all

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nfl teams will evaluate it's not just and they

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won't take somebody off the board if they might

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have a few character flaws here or there oh yeah

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okay as long as you have the athletic ability

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you might drop around but yeah you'll be on the

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board that'd be it because those are things that

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nfl teams would be like you know either we can

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accept that or we're gonna help change them okay

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But you have to have the athletic ability. So

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there were certain drills they were doing, vertical

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jumps, broad jumps, the 40 -yard dash. They went

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through some position drills. And like you said,

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Baby J, not everybody participated in everything.

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But what I heard was that there are 31 teams

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that were here for Pro Day. Yes, I was one that

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was told that. So everything that was being reported,

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that was... the conversation that I had heard.

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So yeah, it was everybody except for the Rams,

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which apparently they just like don't go to pro

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days or something like that. They just don't

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go to particularly Oregon's. It just doesn't

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happen usually. So it sounds like every other

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team that legitimately goes. Plus there was a

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CFL team that was there as well. So certainly,

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I mean, it's just Oregon. I mean, you're going

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to have top prospects there. There's going to

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be multiple first round picks from this class.

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There probably could have been five. If you want

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to think about conservatively, I think you could

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have seen five first round picks if if Dante

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would have come out, if the defensive Matteo

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and also with Pancho. I think all three of those

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guys could have been first -round picks. Could

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have been first -rounders as well. So really,

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I mean, you're not going to miss an Oregon Pro

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Day. So Kenyon Sadiq and Dylan Theoniman. Theoniman

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was slated, and a lot of this as well falls down

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to what a team's needs are going to be. But Dylan

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Theoniman was slated in the early second round,

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but now has moved on to plenty of people's boards

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in the first round and that was legitimately

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off of the pro day and how he blazed down on

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the 40. People were shocked by his speed. They

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I think they were and the thing about him is

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people think of him as this guy That's like,

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oh, he's super smart and he reads to play but

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already had that yeah But so you combine that

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with the athleticism that he showed off and has

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and there's something the different between game

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speed and Combine stuff. I think the combine

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where people get mixed up with how that's important

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is guys that don't on Tape show that speed and

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then they go to the combine and they're like,

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oh this guy ran way faster than I thought but

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Dylan did an example of the opposite of that

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in the last couple of years has been Bucky and

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Tez who did not test well at all at the combine

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particularly Bucky and he's gone on and it doesn't

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matter when you go out there and you play at

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game speed and you're one of the fastest guys

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that are ISL us that's more important to me can

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i just say as well that a straight line run can

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give you somewhat of a gauge of speed but it

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gives you no gauge of quickness and there is

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a difference and i asked this question last night

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with some of the softball coaches i said you

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can't you can't make somebody faster necessarily,

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but you can make them quicker. And that's where

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I think it comes into play. And then listen,

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these guys, when they're doing these combine

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drills, they're not in full pads and such. So

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yeah, it's somewhat of a barometer, but at the

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same time, it's not. Yeah, and part of that quickness,

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I think, comes down to the physical. Just you

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can work on drills and stuff like that. But part

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of the quickness, I think, too, especially in

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actual games is mental quickness, because you're

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going to be moving faster if you're processing

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it faster than another person, even if they're

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on paper more athletic than you. So it's really

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tough to judge players just by numbers. There's

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some sort of art to it because it's not a science,

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even though they treat it like a science. But

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it's not where you have to. figure out guys that

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are certain traits and you know there's obviously

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going to be you're not going to see a wide receiver

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running a five 40 time you know like there's

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certain things you have to see unless you're

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six seven and a wingspan like an eagle i think

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a great example is jerry rice Didn't he run like

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a four seven or something like that a four six

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five like and he's the greatest receiver of all

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time Okay, i'll give you nothing to him. I'll

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give you actually even a better example But it's

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going back a ways and it's not the prototypical

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wide receiver anymore. But harold carmichael

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Yeah, was a huge guy. He didn't he did not run

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any thing close to even a five in the 40. He

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was not fast but he was big and tall and he could

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just lean over any corner back they were going

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to throw out there. So Oregon's favorite son

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Bryce Betcher was also participating in this

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and I know you probably heard from him a little

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bit. We did hear from him so I think the biggest

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thing for Bryce is that He's in his last day

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as an Oregon duck and he's a guy that's obviously

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from Eugene. So I think it was a special day

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for him. I enjoy it. You know, doing this is

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way better than, you know, working a minimum

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wage job somewhere out of college like most college

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kids have to do. And that's where I'd be if I

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wasn't here. So, you know, I like the process

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and fun. I think he's going to have I think Bryce

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is going to have an interesting decision to make

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depending on what round he goes. I think he's

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going to get drafted. I don't think he's going

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to go undrafted, but he'll. But he might drop

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down to the fifth or sixth round. To me, he's

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like a Joe Walker type of player. He's not the

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biggest guy. He's not the fastest guy. He's one

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of the strongest guys. But he's going to have

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an interesting decision whether or not he wants

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to go pro baseball or pro football, which is

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a great... I think a great thing to have a choice

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of right. I got a couple things for this So first

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of all, just like standing next to him his arms

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are just gigantic. Yeah, they're huge They're

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just striking. I've been so I think this was

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a good day for him I don't know exactly what

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his time was and neither does he they don't tell

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us this stuff This is all stuff that scouts are

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doing but apparently the evaluation of him was

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that he was a four seven ish guy So it sounds

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like from Bryce that he was in the four sixes,

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you know going into this scouts I think I'm gonna

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run four seven I was a little slower than I actually

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am, but, you know, pre -tested, low four sixes,

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so I feel like I probably meant that today. Do

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you think he wants to go play pro football rather

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than pro baseball? Because I think he does. I

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think he wants to play football. I think it's

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tough. It's tough because in football, you're

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going to get paid right away, even if it's not

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necessarily baseball, long -term money is better.

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But short -term money and the career is shorter

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unfortunately NFL as well, which is a tough thing

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but you're gonna make money faster with a rookie

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contract and I think that he just seems to like

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hit the heap it, you know He just like to hit

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people like the guy just loves football I think

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well and the other thing being is that he's been

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away from baseball for over a year now Yeah,

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there's there's that muscle memory and that body

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trains differently when and he's bulked up a

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little bit So the swing is gonna be different

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and where you move on the field is gonna be different

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And it was interesting because he had some thoughts

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about hey This is the combine testing and what's

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the difference between the NFL combine and the

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MLB combine? It's a little different Baseball,

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you know, you're talking to Scouts before the

00:19:09.789 --> 00:19:12.650
season during the season And then you know, obviously

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you have MLB combine which I was at feel like

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NFL there's a little more time So teams get to

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know you a little more and there's a lot more

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to it, I'd say. But both are cool experiences.

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So again, I think anybody who watched Bryce over

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the last couple of years and what a great story

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it was, the walk on, coming on, playing baseball,

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starting for them, helping lead the Ducks deep

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into the postseason on that, and then switching

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over full time to football. and coming back,

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which was a big deal. That was a cool. That was

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a big deal. There's not a lot of Bryce Betchers.

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I was about to say Bryce Harper. There's not

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a lot of Bryce Betchers that come around. Local

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kid, multi -sport athlete. He's a really special

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athlete that I think is going to be remembered

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around here and hopefully in the NFL for a long

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time. Broke the mold. Broke the mold when they

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had Bryce Betcher come out. Or Major League Baseball.

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Don't dismiss it. All right, we come back. It's

00:20:04.569 --> 00:20:07.230
Old Sawbones. Ryan Clark from the Oregonian.

00:20:07.410 --> 00:20:09.829
We'll talk Dante Moore, Oregon football. when

00:20:09.829 --> 00:20:12.029
we return on the Danny and Justin radio program.

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You got to hear a little bit of the behind the

00:20:14.670 --> 00:20:15.910
scenes when Justin and I are talking about what

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we're going to do next. You're going to hear

00:20:18.109 --> 00:20:22.049
from Bryce Betcher and Malik Benson in the last

00:20:22.049 --> 00:20:25.089
part of the program. We're going until 3 15 -ish,

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so you get some overtime with Danny and Justin.

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In fact, that's what we'll call it. We'll call

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from 3 o 'clock to 3 15 overtime with Danny and

00:20:32.089 --> 00:20:34.269
Justin. Danny and Justin overtime. Extra innings.

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What's it in hockey? Is it an extra period? It's

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:39.299
overtime. It's just overtime? Yeah, it's just

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:40.920
overtime. You know, I really need to get you

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:42.900
to watch hockey a little bit more with me. It's

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:45.000
just tough because... And turn the microphones

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.000
off. It's tough. I think I'd have to be a Blackhawks

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.440
fan, but I miss the glory years. No, you don't

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:50.500
have to be. I'm from Chicago. How can I not be?

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Okay, but I'm just saying you don't have to be

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:56.509
for my sake. Enjoy the game, it's a beautiful

00:20:56.509 --> 00:20:58.670
game. It's a beautiful game. Let's head on over

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to the Oregon Man Clinics hotline at 541 -343

00:21:01.349 --> 00:21:04.210
-5673 and welcome in our good friend from the

00:21:04.210 --> 00:21:06.829
Oregonian, we call him Sawbones, Ryan Thomas

00:21:06.829 --> 00:21:09.130
Clark. You can follow him on Twitter, Ryan T.

00:21:09.230 --> 00:21:12.009
Clark with an E at the end of it. He is on secret,

00:21:12.109 --> 00:21:14.630
super secret assignment in Sacramento right now

00:21:14.630 --> 00:21:16.960
and we welcome him in. how's the weather down

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:20.400
there guys hey it's a lot nicer down here than

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:23.079
uh than it certainly is up in oh i don't know

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:27.279
what are you talking about 74 degrees Yeah, i'll

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:31.460
raise you 80. So a little note here. Yeah, it's

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:37.220
not a contest ryan It is here It's only a contest

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if you're on that end of it, so oregon pro day

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:43.559
today This is kind of the the second wave of

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:46.619
evaluations for teams and those players especially

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:49.599
that did not get invited to the combine and kenyon

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:52.039
sadik took part in more drills than he did in

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:54.960
indianapolis, so I'll just ask you straight up

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:58.420
does oregon have Now two solid players in the

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first round of the draft, or is it just gonna

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:08.539
be Kenyon Sadik? I think that CNN is that Do

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:13.859
be losing don't know right into the first round

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:18.460
but but I think Sadiq is someone that could be

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:20.279
a really special tight end at the next level.

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:23.680
So I look forward to seeing who takes him and

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:26.480
who benefits from that. As somebody who grew

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.920
up watching the Seahawks, that sure would be

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:31.440
fun to see him head up north with the champs.

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But I think that he's a freak athlete. You guys

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:37.980
saw it on display today when you went to pro

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:41.339
day. And he's going to be able to carry that

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:43.609
into the pros. Yeah, I was a little surprised

00:22:43.609 --> 00:22:46.250
that he actually did things at the pro day because

00:22:46.250 --> 00:22:48.069
he had such an awesome combine But clearly had

00:22:48.069 --> 00:22:50.269
some things he wanted to show good luck getting

00:22:50.269 --> 00:22:52.470
kenyon at pick 32 by the way. I don't think that's

00:22:52.470 --> 00:22:57.609
gonna happen Just for oregon as a program How

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important do you think it is for them that they

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do well in the draft? Obviously you want to get

00:23:01.109 --> 00:23:02.609
the first round picks, but it's not just about

00:23:02.609 --> 00:23:04.869
those guys It's about getting you know guys in

00:23:04.869 --> 00:23:07.410
the second third fourth, etc Just getting guys

00:23:07.410 --> 00:23:08.970
in the nfl. Like do you think that's something

00:23:08.970 --> 00:23:11.400
that? Is really really important for this program

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.960
in terms of bringing in recruits like they're

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:14.660
looking at that stuff Like how important do you

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:17.119
think it is that oregon has a success in the

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:20.420
nfl draft? It's vitally important because it's

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:22.839
part of how you sell the vision with dan landing,

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:26.119
you know He has consistently over his time at

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:30.039
oregon developed guys into nfl players and that's

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:33.960
across positions on both sides of the ball and

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:37.000
throughout his tenure. And they've had success

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.779
when they've gotten to the NFL, too. It hasn't

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:41.180
just been guys that get drafted and they flame

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:43.059
out. A lot of these guys, you know, from the

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:46.200
jump in their NFL careers, they're contributors.

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And additionally, it's about the development

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:51.220
piece for Oregon. And that's what they're going

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:54.400
to continue to sell to recruits, to transfer

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:57.599
portal recruits, is that you can come in here

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as someone who, yeah, maybe you were a moderately

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:03.240
successful player at a Houston in the case of

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:06.619
Jamari Caldwell or a Michigan State in the case

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:09.980
of Derek Harmon. You come into Oregon, you get

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:12.039
the exposure of being on one of the top teams

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:13.740
in the country, but you also become a better

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:16.539
football player. And those guys were two examples

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:19.900
in the prior draft that did, and they got to

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.680
the NSL and were able to start to contribute

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:24.740
right away. That is definitely the selling point,

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:27.359
and it's vitally important for the program. And

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:29.220
Dylan Thiem is already on record as saying how

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:32.420
much he improved coming over in his last season

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:36.000
here in Eugene. We're with proud Cronkite School

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:38.799
of Journalism alum from Arizona State, Ryan Clark.

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:42.140
You can follow him on Twitter, Ryan T. Clark,

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:45.039
and also at the Oregonian Oregon Live. He joins

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:47.960
us on the Oregon Man Clinics hotline here for

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:50.660
a Tuesday. All right, Sawbones. So it's not just

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:52.880
getting drafted, but having success. is important.

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:56.259
So these guys that go in the second, third, fourth

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:58.740
rounds, fifth rounds, for Dan Lanning as well

00:24:58.740 --> 00:25:01.059
on the recruiting trail, it is about development.

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:03.460
And we're going to get into this with the article

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:07.480
that you put out the other day with Dante Moore

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:11.380
and a deeper dive into some of the challenges

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:14.759
he's had off the field. The word that keeps coming

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:17.220
back to everyone is culture and it's culture

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:19.119
this I'm sorry it gets thrown around too much

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:21.539
But at the same time you get a sense with these

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:24.000
guys that are coming out of the program that

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:27.799
are hitting behind a mask That they are being

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:30.259
taught something else besides just football.

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:32.539
Do you get that sense out of Dan Lanning's program?

00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:36.740
Yes, absolutely. I don't think that it's it's

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:38.559
front I don't think it's something that they

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:41.299
are playing up for the cameras for the ducks

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:45.339
versus them Videos on YouTube I genuinely think

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:48.619
that one of the hallmarks of Dan landing success

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:51.920
at Oregon and why you know a lot of experts believe

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:54.680
he will get to that mountaintop with the ducks

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:58.200
in the next few years is that culture piece it's

00:25:58.200 --> 00:26:01.460
it's the separator between those great programs

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:04.460
around the country and the ones that are on the

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:06.559
edge but not quite getting over the hump. Now,

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:10.079
of course, detractors and people in national

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:13.099
media and people on Twitter and all the lovely

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:16.880
platforms that we are forced to be on will like

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:19.180
to say that, oh, well, they haven't won the big

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:21.160
one yet. They haven't won a national championship.

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:24.460
So all this talk about culture is moot. It's

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:27.839
going void. It doesn't matter. It matters. Not

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:30.759
only for the fact that winning a national title

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:34.140
is not the only reason that people play sports,

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:38.059
but two, it is something that can create the

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:41.000
foundation on which you can build a perennial

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:43.460
national championship team. You look at what

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:46.559
Nick Saban did at Alabama, he didn't win his

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:50.819
first title until he was 52 years old. But many

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:53.940
years before that, and Dan Lanning is 39, as

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:57.039
we should note, he built the foundation of a

00:26:57.039 --> 00:27:00.380
culture. And that culture sustained him to win

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:03.319
more national titles than anybody and become

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:06.000
the greatest college football coach in history.

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:10.380
So not saying that's necessarily the exact path

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:13.019
Dan Lanning is set out for, but he certainly

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:16.000
learned from someone like Nick Saban about what

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:19.210
it takes to Build a program culture in a successful

00:27:19.210 --> 00:27:21.829
way. Yeah, not a horrible blueprint, by the way

00:27:21.829 --> 00:27:24.150
No, and he had obviously personal experience

00:27:24.150 --> 00:27:26.549
with him And you know people forget the day landing

00:27:26.549 --> 00:27:28.569
is really early on in his career and that 39

00:27:28.569 --> 00:27:31.230
him winning a national championship at this Point

00:27:31.230 --> 00:27:32.670
of his career would be like eight years older

00:27:32.670 --> 00:27:35.599
than you I know. I know it's crazy. It's crazy

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:37.859
to me to think about that. But anyways, Ryan,

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.680
we got to see Dan Laney. I know you were there

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:42.140
because I was there as well. That was last Thursday.

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:44.180
And so he came out in his sunglasses and he was

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:46.200
looking all cool and stuff like that. But what

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:48.019
were your biggest takeaways from that press conference?

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:50.579
We got to hear him talk about this new twenty

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:52.759
twenty six season for the first time and a little

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:56.430
bit about the end of last season as well. Yeah,

00:27:56.430 --> 00:27:59.170
it wasn't just the sunglasses he genuinely seemed

00:27:59.170 --> 00:28:02.970
loose he seemed comfortable and You know not

00:28:02.970 --> 00:28:05.750
not as tense maybe in those media environments

00:28:05.750 --> 00:28:08.369
as he usually is sure the answers were you know

00:28:08.369 --> 00:28:10.609
short they were to the point and they they hit

00:28:10.609 --> 00:28:13.470
on all the coach cliches that you could check

00:28:13.470 --> 00:28:16.089
off the box from if you're old old enough or

00:28:16.089 --> 00:28:18.670
if you're good enough you're old enough and the

00:28:18.670 --> 00:28:21.670
other you know bits and pieces that landing likes

00:28:21.670 --> 00:28:25.849
to use over the years, but In general, I think

00:28:25.849 --> 00:28:30.009
that there's a quiet confidence about the way

00:28:30.009 --> 00:28:32.450
Lanning is handling himself, the way that his

00:28:32.450 --> 00:28:35.329
coordinators are handling themselves in their

00:28:35.329 --> 00:28:38.230
press conferences, despite obviously the changes

00:28:38.230 --> 00:28:42.509
there and hiring from within. They know what

00:28:42.509 --> 00:28:44.970
they're bringing back. They know the level of

00:28:44.970 --> 00:28:47.650
talent they have and the expectations that are

00:28:47.650 --> 00:28:50.089
coming down the pike for this team. And I think

00:28:50.089 --> 00:28:54.539
they are laser focused on Using the spring to

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:57.799
build that foundation. So Drew Marger being elevated

00:28:57.799 --> 00:29:01.140
offensive coordinator in a solo role He was co

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:03.420
-offense coordinator with Will Stein They combined

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:05.140
on the game plans there same thing with Chris

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:07.900
Hampton on the defensive side So, I mean what

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:10.099
are we gonna expect massive change? I mean, do

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:12.119
you expect massive change? I think there's gonna

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:14.059
be a lot of subtle changes I think there'll be

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:15.619
probably more on the defensive side. They're

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:17.950
gonna be on offensive side Or I might be wrong.

00:29:18.329 --> 00:29:20.890
Yeah. Go ahead. No, I agree. I think that structurally,

00:29:21.269 --> 00:29:25.470
what you see on offense is not going to be leagues

00:29:25.470 --> 00:29:28.410
different than what we saw with Will Stein's

00:29:28.410 --> 00:29:31.230
offense. Now, are they going to create more wrinkles

00:29:31.230 --> 00:29:34.710
and change things up not only based on personnel,

00:29:34.809 --> 00:29:37.049
but based on what Maringer thinks might be better

00:29:37.049 --> 00:29:40.609
versus what Stein thought? Definitely. And I

00:29:40.609 --> 00:29:43.650
think that you know, they have the weapons to

00:29:43.650 --> 00:29:46.230
be able to play with stuff like that, especially

00:29:46.230 --> 00:29:48.450
at wide receiver with how deep and talented they

00:29:48.450 --> 00:29:51.009
are there. And on defense, I think there would

00:29:51.009 --> 00:29:53.849
be likely to be more changes on that side of

00:29:53.849 --> 00:29:58.609
the ball. But again, someone who has been in

00:29:58.609 --> 00:30:02.490
the program worked with Tosh Lupoi, you know,

00:30:02.670 --> 00:30:05.269
intimately for the last couple of years and has

00:30:05.269 --> 00:30:08.779
led a group of defensive backs that have been

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:11.539
phenomenal from even early points in their career

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:16.599
with Chris Hampton is going to be a similar defense,

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:19.779
I would say, than we've seen over the last couple

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:22.000
of years, but definitely some tweaks. And then

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:24.240
offensively, I thought it was interesting hearing

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:26.220
Drew Marringer talk about the offensive line

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:28.180
because it's one of the questions people have

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:30.700
had in terms of this team next year. They didn't

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:32.720
get that big left tackle transfer or anything

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.319
like that. They seem like they're going to have

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:36.180
a lot of confidence in a league, Terry, and what

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:37.900
the offensive line has done over the last few

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.680
years. What did you think about Drew Marringer,

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.339
just his response to being asked about that,

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:44.119
having a lot of confidence clearly in his room

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:46.440
and just what that room is going to look like

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:50.440
next year? Yeah, I mean, for a program like Oregon

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:54.470
to you know, try for seat in the portal, lose

00:30:54.470 --> 00:30:59.369
out, of course, to LSU, and not really go a lot

00:30:59.369 --> 00:31:02.190
of other directions with building out its roster

00:31:02.190 --> 00:31:04.869
on the offensive line. It says a lot about their

00:31:04.869 --> 00:31:07.950
confidence in the guys that they have in that

00:31:07.950 --> 00:31:09.630
room, the young guys that they think are going

00:31:09.630 --> 00:31:11.890
to be able to play right away, the freshmen,

00:31:12.049 --> 00:31:14.470
the redshirt freshmen who might even get into

00:31:14.470 --> 00:31:18.000
the mix there. It says a lot about that because

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:21.079
Oregon is fully capable of going out in the portal

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:25.019
and back filling those positions. They've got

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:28.539
the money to do it. So they believe in their

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:31.740
development. This is the ultimate test of that

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:34.660
development. Over the last couple of years, you

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:37.880
know, the offensive lines of the ducks have performed

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:41.859
really well on the whole. But the moments of

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:44.740
slippage, the moments where you sort of question,

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:47.660
is this the team we think they are, have centered

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:49.819
around that offensive line. You think about the

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:52.900
Boise State game two years ago and the early

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:55.859
games of that season where they were underwhelming.

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:58.940
And of course, you're facing a powerhouse. But

00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:03.240
that Indiana game, that was certainly an eye

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:05.920
-opening moment despite the talent along that

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:09.549
offensive line. big test for Ali Perry and and

00:32:09.549 --> 00:32:11.970
the other coaches who will be involved in, you

00:32:11.970 --> 00:32:14.390
know, piecing together and developing that offensive

00:32:14.390 --> 00:32:16.930
line. But they seem to believe in the talent.

00:32:17.049 --> 00:32:19.210
The Argonians Ryan Clark joining us, we call

00:32:19.210 --> 00:32:21.289
them sawbones on the Danny Justin radio program.

00:32:21.450 --> 00:32:24.309
Let's switch gears to Dante Moore and the article

00:32:24.309 --> 00:32:28.549
you wrote about his letter to the governor. and

00:32:28.549 --> 00:32:30.549
his struggles, his own struggles about mental

00:32:30.549 --> 00:32:33.470
health. And so when you first heard that he had

00:32:33.470 --> 00:32:35.210
sent this letter and you kind of dug into it

00:32:35.210 --> 00:32:38.829
and found out more of the behind the scenes and

00:32:38.829 --> 00:32:41.609
why and what the motivation was behind it. I

00:32:41.609 --> 00:32:43.869
mean, it ended up being a story I don't think

00:32:43.869 --> 00:32:47.930
a lot of people have realized was in Dante's

00:32:47.930 --> 00:32:52.079
background. Yeah, it's something that's obviously

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:55.559
important to speak about as a person who's in

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:58.380
a public position like Dante's that went through

00:32:58.380 --> 00:33:01.779
what he went through. But I think he's taking

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:05.259
it a step further in this being an advocacy thing,

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:07.980
right? He's not just saying, oh, you know, I

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:11.440
dealt with depression and he did. He spoke about

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:14.289
how... his freshman year at UCLA when he was

00:33:14.289 --> 00:33:18.069
struggling on the field and his his mom got diagnosed

00:33:18.069 --> 00:33:21.569
with breast cancer, he was depressed. It's not

00:33:21.569 --> 00:33:24.269
just talking about that. It's advocating for

00:33:24.269 --> 00:33:27.970
in this case, you know, added ability for people

00:33:27.970 --> 00:33:32.109
to, you know, access telehealth and, you know,

00:33:32.289 --> 00:33:34.950
utilize online therapy services, something that

00:33:34.950 --> 00:33:38.109
he says he's utilized. And I'll say on air now

00:33:38.109 --> 00:33:41.250
I've utilized and I've, you know, battled. mental

00:33:41.250 --> 00:33:43.869
health challenges in my own life. And to hear

00:33:43.869 --> 00:33:47.269
someone like that, like Dante, who is in such

00:33:47.269 --> 00:33:51.509
a high pressure situation, one that I think we

00:33:51.509 --> 00:33:55.750
criticize far too impersonally and without a

00:33:55.750 --> 00:33:58.630
consideration for the human being behind it.

00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:01.980
To hear him talk about stuff like that is positive,

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:05.079
it's refreshing, and certainly I don't think

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:07.099
should be criticized. Well, and the thing that

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:09.480
we've done on this program before, Ryan, I'm

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:11.860
glad you say it like that, and good on you for

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:14.420
reaching out as well, is that it takes courage.

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:18.400
It's the most disheartening thing you can do

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:21.789
as someone with... a pulpit like we have to have

00:34:21.789 --> 00:34:24.530
to report on a young person deciding that there

00:34:24.530 --> 00:34:27.869
was no way out of their darkness and ending a

00:34:27.869 --> 00:34:32.250
life prematurely. So for someone like any athlete,

00:34:32.489 --> 00:34:35.170
and especially now in this case it's Dante, is

00:34:35.170 --> 00:34:38.539
we kind of put... players and people in those

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:41.000
positions and it's not just in sports it's acting

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:43.519
and others on these pedestals and they become

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:48.079
this faceless nameless you know machine and I

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.559
think people need to understand that they are

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:52.539
human beings and so this to me I like Dante more

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:56.039
before and my my like and now love for that young

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:58.980
man and his courage to come out and say something

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:01.659
because he's taken a chance of being in the arena

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:05.719
of public opinion I think is incredible and should

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:07.630
be applauded it and more people should do it.

00:35:07.670 --> 00:35:11.110
What's your thought? Yeah I agree. I think that

00:35:11.110 --> 00:35:16.449
you know it goes beyond sports but it's something

00:35:16.449 --> 00:35:19.690
that I think can make the conversation around

00:35:19.690 --> 00:35:22.929
sports and around athletes a healthier one. You

00:35:22.929 --> 00:35:25.670
know Twitter is not real life. The people in

00:35:25.670 --> 00:35:28.650
the replies of my article and all the aggregated

00:35:28.650 --> 00:35:31.389
versions of my article that are on ESPN and everywhere

00:35:31.389 --> 00:35:36.309
else Saying he's soft saying that this is weak

00:35:36.309 --> 00:35:40.449
or a sign of a lack of mental fortitude Don't

00:35:40.449 --> 00:35:44.170
know the first thing about Dealing with these

00:35:44.170 --> 00:35:46.610
mental health challenges and I would say should

00:35:46.610 --> 00:35:49.809
look in the mirror and try to address Their own

00:35:49.809 --> 00:35:52.190
challenges because at the end of the day everybody's

00:35:52.190 --> 00:35:54.210
going through something like this everybody's

00:35:54.210 --> 00:35:58.050
got mental health challenges and Life is hard

00:35:58.050 --> 00:36:00.369
even for people who are in prominent positions

00:36:00.369 --> 00:36:03.570
even for people. Yes who have money and these

00:36:03.570 --> 00:36:06.809
college athletes make a lot of money now, that

00:36:06.809 --> 00:36:10.630
doesn't preclude them from being under pressure.

00:36:10.670 --> 00:36:12.829
And if anything, it adds to the pressure for

00:36:12.829 --> 00:36:15.710
these guys. And so the more I think we can recognize

00:36:15.710 --> 00:36:19.130
athletes as human beings, and that even ties

00:36:19.130 --> 00:36:22.730
back into the reason for my traveling down to

00:36:22.730 --> 00:36:25.650
Sacramento, which will remain a secret, that

00:36:25.650 --> 00:36:28.250
is part of this story that I'm working on now.

00:36:28.250 --> 00:36:30.949
And I look forward to sharing with Duck fans

00:36:30.949 --> 00:36:33.719
more. Stories like that focused on the human

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:35.599
beings that they root for we're not gonna give

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:38.440
your your stuff away So we're gonna wait with

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:41.079
everybody else. All right quarterbacks Ryan I

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:43.199
think are interesting and I think the off -the

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:45.179
-field stuff in terms of what he's advocating

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:47.599
for is much more important than the on -the -field

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:51.250
stuff But it also makes me think about how quarterbacks

00:36:51.250 --> 00:36:52.909
you can't just look at them and go well this

00:36:52.909 --> 00:36:56.050
guy he runs a four four and he has got this x

00:36:56.050 --> 00:36:57.929
amount of you know miles per hour in his arm

00:36:57.929 --> 00:36:59.750
or whatever like that like so much of it comes

00:36:59.750 --> 00:37:03.610
down to the mental intangibles if you will and

00:37:03.610 --> 00:37:06.670
when a guy doesn't go to the nfl draft even though

00:37:06.670 --> 00:37:08.409
he might be the number two pick because he doesn't

00:37:08.409 --> 00:37:10.710
think he's ready and he comes out and advocates

00:37:10.710 --> 00:37:12.570
for stuff like this and it's clear that this

00:37:12.570 --> 00:37:14.769
is somebody that thinks about things before he

00:37:14.769 --> 00:37:17.030
says things and that he thinks about things before

00:37:17.030 --> 00:37:20.440
he does things Doesn't that just give you a good

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:22.360
impression about his development as a quarterback

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:24.360
like isn't that the kind of guy you want leading

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:26.440
your college football team and then hopefully

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:29.219
in the future your NFL team if somebody is Able

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:32.000
to not just have that physical talent, but process

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:34.079
process things in a really really healthy way

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.800
Absolutely. I think that emotional intelligence

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:42.239
is itself an asset. You can look at these successful

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:46.099
athletes who have the bravado and the macho man

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:51.300
persona and perhaps a deal of emotional immaturity

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:55.920
and say, oh, because they acted that way, therefore,

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:58.199
that should be the standard. And I don't agree

00:37:58.199 --> 00:38:00.760
with that. I think that there's an opportunity

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:04.099
for this type of conversation to extend into

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:07.179
You know, how valuable can that emotional intelligence

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:10.099
be when you're an NFL quarterback playing for

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:13.760
a crummy franchise and you're facing down, you

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:15.920
know, fourth down late in the game to try to

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:18.440
get in the playoffs for the first time in your

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:21.639
third year? That is going to come into play that,

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:24.239
you know, weathering the storm, dealing with

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:27.739
adversity. I think a lot of young people in my

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:30.179
own generation included because darn it, I'm

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:33.280
still young, I'm 30, I'm not gonna say I'm old

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:36.119
yet. We're still young. We are still young, we're

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:39.980
young. You two are. For sure. But our generation

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:44.539
and younger generations, I think, are at a point,

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:46.780
whether it's because of social media or other

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:51.530
societal factors, where we... Engage in pain

00:38:51.530 --> 00:38:55.969
avoidance and we engage in Trying to build these

00:38:55.969 --> 00:38:59.769
cushy walls around ourselves and in sports you

00:38:59.769 --> 00:39:02.650
obviously can't do that if you want to be successful

00:39:02.650 --> 00:39:06.289
and so acknowledging your feelings having these

00:39:06.289 --> 00:39:09.429
type of conversations is Is a way to break those

00:39:09.429 --> 00:39:11.369
walls down and I think become a better athlete

00:39:11.369 --> 00:39:13.710
now There's a lot of stuff out of your control

00:39:13.710 --> 00:39:16.949
to and acknowledging that it is another step

00:39:16.949 --> 00:39:19.630
when you get to the pros all right ryan well

00:39:19.630 --> 00:39:22.570
we look forward to the next article and good

00:39:22.570 --> 00:39:26.269
job on this one good job shining a light on it

00:39:26.269 --> 00:39:30.769
good on dante as well for the access and we look

00:39:30.769 --> 00:39:32.230
forward i look forward to seeing what you're

00:39:32.230 --> 00:39:34.769
going to come up with next bud absolutely looking

00:39:34.769 --> 00:39:36.610
forward to spring ball a lot of a lot of good

00:39:36.610 --> 00:39:38.489
stories to tell all right well we'll see you

00:39:38.489 --> 00:39:40.510
soon thanks for being on the program as always

00:39:40.510 --> 00:39:43.179
sawbones take care Yep, you too guys. Thanks.

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:45.699
There he goes the great Ryan T Clark follow him

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:48.519
on Twitter there Yeah, you know what? I'll just

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:51.480
tell anybody who wants to take on Ryan in the

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:55.119
comment section Yeah, good luck. Yeah, have fun

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:56.699
with that man. I'll tell you what you better

00:39:56.699 --> 00:40:00.699
be fact -based and not emotional when you right

00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:06.539
Be careful when you open up that curtain, so

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:09.539
when we come back a little bit more Audio as

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:11.900
you heard from Bryce Fetcher Malik Benson as

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:14.659
well and some bonus coverage on the Danny and

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:16.900
Justin radio program getting you ready for the

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:19.260
first four in the NCAA basketball tournament

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:24.099
next on the Danny and Justin radio program If

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:26.579
you missed our conversation with Ryan Clark saw

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:30.639
bones at Ryan T Clark on Twitter you can Catch

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:34.420
back up to it on the old podcast Danny and Justin

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:36.739
will be uploaded shortly after the program. We

00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:39.840
also have some audio there from Kenyon Sadiq

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:43.119
and Bryce Betcher from Pro Day, which was today

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:48.059
at the Mo Center for 18 prospective Oregon football

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:52.280
players trying to get themselves up the boards.

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:56.000
NFL teams some of them realistically all of them

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:58.159
will not be drafted some will be undrafted free

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:59.960
agents That's the goal is to get the attention

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:02.940
of some of these teams and in some cases possibly

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:05.460
move up the board And it's all gonna be a need

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:08.820
based need and want base. That's what happens

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:11.659
in the NFL draft So let's get back to some of

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:13.880
the comments. Let's finish up with Bryce Betcher

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:17.699
and the discussion before we talked to Ryan baby

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:20.079
J was You know Bryce is gonna have a decision

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:22.539
to make When it comes down to when when and where

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:24.659
he's drafted and I might even be situational

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:28.000
in terms of the team he gets drafted by because

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:30.699
Somebody still I should have done this beforehand.

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:34.239
Does he re -enter the mlb draft? No, he's just

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:37.019
the right he the rights are the rights of him

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:41.369
for the astros Okay Kyler murray's rights are

00:41:41.369 --> 00:41:44.610
still with the now las vegas I guess or the don't

00:41:44.610 --> 00:41:46.969
call them sacramento athletics. Maybe that's

00:41:46.969 --> 00:41:49.250
where ryan's in sacramento for he's doing No,

00:41:49.250 --> 00:41:54.250
let's not try and guess His rights will still

00:41:54.250 --> 00:41:57.630
be with the astros until he if basically forever

00:41:57.630 --> 00:41:59.730
as far as i'm concerned He's not gonna go play

00:41:59.730 --> 00:42:02.269
baseball now, but he could though. It basically

00:42:02.269 --> 00:42:05.670
say doesn't work out in the nfl a Three years

00:42:05.670 --> 00:42:07.510
from now. He just decides I want to go try baseball

00:42:07.510 --> 00:42:09.070
out then I think that they would still have his

00:42:09.070 --> 00:42:11.949
rights So, I mean Bryce could if the Astros would

00:42:11.949 --> 00:42:14.050
like to invite him back because they do hold

00:42:14.050 --> 00:42:16.250
the rights to him And I thought it was the Astros.

00:42:16.409 --> 00:42:18.730
I hadn't confirmed it. It is the Astros that

00:42:18.730 --> 00:42:21.969
he could go that direction but And and maybe

00:42:21.969 --> 00:42:24.050
when we get a chance and I hope I'm gonna get

00:42:24.050 --> 00:42:26.030
a chance to talk to him on the draft night party

00:42:26.030 --> 00:42:28.250
We're gonna have not me. It's gonna be the old

00:42:28.250 --> 00:42:30.690
club's draft night party at Otzen is Hopefully

00:42:30.690 --> 00:42:32.309
he's gonna be there and then we can ask him,

00:42:32.329 --> 00:42:34.719
you know, hey listen Do you really just want

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:36.300
to play football because I think he's already

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:38.239
stated kind of he he does want to play football

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:40.820
I think he wants to play football. He comes across

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:42.760
as a guy that wants to come on Just declared

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:44.340
now because you know you wouldn't want to do

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:47.940
that options open. Yeah, shut a door silly So

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:49.639
what else do we hear from Bryce? Well, we heard

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:51.880
I think this is interesting because we haven't

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:55.360
heard from him since the hiring of the new coordinators,

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:57.199
right? And he's worked closely with coach Hampton.

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:59.679
So he's talked about hey, what's it gonna be

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:02.530
like for the next team under coach hemp? I think

00:43:02.530 --> 00:43:04.250
it's really good. I mean obviously Tosh did a

00:43:04.250 --> 00:43:05.989
great job while I was here and you know I respect

00:43:05.989 --> 00:43:08.809
the heck out of him but you know Hamp is no step

00:43:08.809 --> 00:43:11.670
down for sure. He knows the defense. He's a really

00:43:11.670 --> 00:43:14.349
good motivator. You know and he has a good sense

00:43:14.349 --> 00:43:16.530
of humor which I think is important too. And

00:43:16.530 --> 00:43:19.269
again I think in the discussion we just had with

00:43:19.269 --> 00:43:21.710
with Ryan Clark from the Aragonian I think there's

00:43:21.710 --> 00:43:23.289
going to be more I think it'll be more subtle

00:43:23.289 --> 00:43:27.010
changes. Maybe more double tight end situations

00:43:27.010 --> 00:43:29.150
in the Oregon offense since Drew Merger is a

00:43:29.150 --> 00:43:31.110
tight end coach But I'm just saying that facetiously.

00:43:31.110 --> 00:43:32.849
I don't think there's gonna be a ton I think

00:43:32.849 --> 00:43:34.670
there's gonna be some tweaks, but I think defensively

00:43:34.670 --> 00:43:36.889
I think we're gonna see some shifts and maybe

00:43:36.889 --> 00:43:39.489
it's the way the team attacks the football I'm

00:43:39.489 --> 00:43:41.170
not saying they didn't attack the football this

00:43:41.170 --> 00:43:43.769
past year or the past couple of years But I think

00:43:43.769 --> 00:43:46.110
coach hamp coach hamp's got this different kind

00:43:46.110 --> 00:43:48.849
of vibe and energy than coach Luke boy There's

00:43:48.849 --> 00:43:51.670
nothing wrong with either. It is a different

00:43:51.670 --> 00:43:54.630
vibe at all and I think the players dig it Think

00:43:54.630 --> 00:43:57.030
so. I mean, I love that. He came out the other

00:43:57.030 --> 00:43:59.090
day and said yeah, we've been good. We're having

00:43:59.090 --> 00:44:01.849
the best I mean you go that's throwing the challenge

00:44:01.849 --> 00:44:03.809
down in it. It's just like challenging everybody

00:44:03.809 --> 00:44:06.110
right off the gate. I love that Alright, so let's

00:44:06.110 --> 00:44:08.110
talk about the last player. We've got some audio

00:44:08.110 --> 00:44:11.110
on and that's Malik Benson And I mean, this kid

00:44:11.110 --> 00:44:14.630
from Lansing, Kansas, he came in as a senior

00:44:14.630 --> 00:44:19.070
6 '1", 195. He started all 12 games at wide receiver

00:44:19.070 --> 00:44:21.329
for Florida State before coming here and much

00:44:21.329 --> 00:44:24.170
ballyhooed. And I'll tell you, it was a bit murky

00:44:24.170 --> 00:44:26.250
for him. But when he had a chance to step up,

00:44:26.289 --> 00:44:29.050
when some injuries hit the Oregon Receiving Corps,

00:44:29.289 --> 00:44:31.449
man, did he come in and spades, especially in

00:44:31.449 --> 00:44:34.590
the special teams. But he's talking about this

00:44:34.590 --> 00:44:37.070
process, right? Yeah. Really, it just taught

00:44:37.070 --> 00:44:40.409
me to never doubt myself. Obviously, when I first

00:44:40.409 --> 00:44:43.130
got in in the spring, things weren't going the

00:44:43.130 --> 00:44:45.650
way that I wanted to go. But not once did I ever

00:44:45.650 --> 00:44:46.949
doubt myself and tell myself that I couldn't

00:44:46.949 --> 00:44:48.809
do it. So really just trusting the process and

00:44:48.809 --> 00:44:50.789
knowing that eventually all my horrors are going

00:44:50.789 --> 00:44:53.309
to come alive. And shoot, they just happened

00:44:53.309 --> 00:44:54.869
to come alive in November when we most needed

00:44:54.869 --> 00:44:59.250
it most. So it was really just knowing that just

00:44:59.250 --> 00:45:01.599
got to. Really wanted to stay in my craft and

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:03.340
just stay in my faith with the Lord and know

00:45:03.340 --> 00:45:05.179
that, you know, he's not going to give me any

00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:07.400
challenge that I can't overcome. So just really

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:08.960
just knowing that once that moment comes and

00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:10.920
when I need to step up, it's time to step up.

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:12.900
Alabama, he had a short stint there at Hutchinson

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:15.219
Community College as well out of the Jayhawk

00:45:15.219 --> 00:45:17.699
Conference. So he bounced around a little bit,

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:20.840
found his home in Oregon, just really would have

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:22.400
wanted him for a little bit longer. That would

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:25.440
have been great to see him grow. But I think

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:27.099
he's got a shot to be drafted. I think he does

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:29.380
too. And I think that last month and a half of

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:32.099
the season and especially into the playoff his

00:45:32.099 --> 00:45:34.920
stock. Went through the roof and he went and

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:37.440
ran speaking of the pro day in the combine He

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:39.559
didn't run here at the pro day. I don't believe

00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:42.119
but he ran a four three eight. So that's fast

00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:43.760
That's fast enough for teams are gonna look at

00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:45.400
you and say, okay. Yeah, no we can work with

00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:46.860
that Yeah, and that's speed and that's where

00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:49.659
that's where the the straight dash down the field

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:52.360
does come into play Exactly. No 100 % because

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:54.780
at the wide receiver position tied to any receiver

00:45:54.780 --> 00:45:56.460
position. That's gonna be a big I think where

00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:59.300
people get trapped and people as in GM's is when

00:45:59.300 --> 00:46:02.440
you have guys that Weren't necessarily productive

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:05.659
in college that just have straight line speed

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:07.460
and they think well we can teach this guy to

00:46:07.460 --> 00:46:10.360
run routes I don't think you can no Ronaldo Nehemiah

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:12.099
is a perfect example of that. That's another

00:46:12.099 --> 00:46:15.639
old -school He was a track star. Yeah I mean

00:46:15.639 --> 00:46:17.920
and he he could fly like the wind and they tried

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:20.460
to put a football Helmet on him and pass and

00:46:20.460 --> 00:46:22.239
it was just like yeah that it worked for a little

00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:25.719
bit Times and it's fine. You see it just reminds

00:46:25.719 --> 00:46:28.260
me to have in baseball I don't remember who this

00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:30.699
was exactly but they put like a sprinter It was

00:46:30.699 --> 00:46:32.179
at the athletics and he was I think he was even

00:46:32.179 --> 00:46:34.719
in the World Series But they put a sprinter on

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:36.500
first base He just became their pinch runner

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:39.460
and he got picked off because guess what you

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:41.659
can't just be fast You actually know how to play

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:43.599
the game and you know how to stay on the bag

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:45.480
and know when to take your lead So it's really

00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:47.860
interesting how there's a difference between

00:46:47.860 --> 00:46:49.900
again I just keep on getting this today between

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:52.340
knowing how to play a sport and being athletic

00:46:52.340 --> 00:46:54.380
enough to compete But then at the next level

00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:55.980
it doesn't really work because you don't have

00:46:55.980 --> 00:46:59.900
the skills. So Great job on the coverage pro

00:46:59.900 --> 00:47:03.059
day. Thank you. It was fun. Yeah, we wish all

00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:06.340
the best for all the players at U of O at Oregon

00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:08.920
State and Across the country that are going through

00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:10.940
this over the next few weeks before the draft

00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:13.519
which comes up on April whoever your team is

00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:15.590
that you're rooting for That's what I said everything

00:47:15.590 --> 00:47:17.630
across the country. So last part of the program.

00:47:17.710 --> 00:47:19.630
We got some bonus Danny and Justin today We're

00:47:19.630 --> 00:47:22.389
gonna go up till 315 when Westwood one will take

00:47:22.389 --> 00:47:25.230
over the airwaves with the first four from Dayton,

00:47:25.510 --> 00:47:27.769
Ohio But we'll talk some baseball now on the

00:47:27.769 --> 00:47:30.769
balance of the program organs baseball Team with

00:47:30.769 --> 00:47:34.210
a strong start to the 2026 season is now into

00:47:34.210 --> 00:47:37.090
the top 25 in the polls We've been waiting first

00:47:37.090 --> 00:47:39.789
time they've cracked it their number 19 now was

00:47:39.789 --> 00:47:42.889
his team in the USA today coaches poll and they

00:47:42.889 --> 00:47:46.090
cracked into the D1 baseball top 25 at number

00:47:46.090 --> 00:47:48.670
21 ducks are 17 and three overall five and one

00:47:48.670 --> 00:47:51.190
in Big Ten play and they've won now four in a

00:47:51.190 --> 00:47:53.929
row in Big Ten play and the rankings that came

00:47:53.929 --> 00:47:56.670
out yesterday UCLA is still number one Oregon

00:47:56.670 --> 00:47:59.949
State and the coaches pulled is number 16 and

00:47:59.949 --> 00:48:05.989
in the D1 top 25 Oregon State is 17 so ducks

00:48:05.989 --> 00:48:08.489
aren't that far behind the bees up the road be

00:48:08.489 --> 00:48:11.530
they should be higher I think both of them should

00:48:11.530 --> 00:48:12.849
be higher but I think the beavers should be higher

00:48:12.849 --> 00:48:15.340
for sure The Beavs and again, they're gonna have

00:48:15.340 --> 00:48:17.139
to kind of play that nomadic schedule again.

00:48:17.139 --> 00:48:20.320
Yeah, because Portland State tonight, I believe

00:48:20.320 --> 00:48:22.119
Yeah, some of those games are gonna be yawners

00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:23.780
I'm just gonna say because it's gonna be hard.

00:48:23.980 --> 00:48:25.539
It's gonna be hard for them to be scheduling

00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:28.760
the elite talent the elite teams They've done

00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:30.820
that now. Everybody else is diving into their

00:48:30.820 --> 00:48:32.840
conference play and so they're gonna be like

00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:34.840
single dates double dates and I'll things are

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:37.179
gonna be a whole lot of good ball clubs they're

00:48:37.179 --> 00:48:39.099
going to want to play Oregon State unless they're

00:48:39.099 --> 00:48:41.699
on the west coast like a UC Santa Barbara or

00:48:41.699 --> 00:48:45.539
UC Irvine and such so it'll be interesting to

00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:47.460
find out how that works out for Oregon State

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:49.119
and Mitch Canham they got one more year of it

00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:52.300
and then they get back to the Pac -12. So we're

00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:54.059
going to take a break top of the hour first time

00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:56.630
we've ever done this. Well, no, not really. We

00:48:56.630 --> 00:48:58.989
did two and three -hour shows before. First time

00:48:58.989 --> 00:49:01.030
I've been in a studio we've done this, okay?

00:49:01.710 --> 00:49:05.769
I've always been out on the road. We come back

00:49:05.769 --> 00:49:08.869
top of the hour break. We'll return. We're gonna

00:49:08.869 --> 00:49:11.690
talk a little world baseball classic. Baby J

00:49:11.690 --> 00:49:15.469
has been chomping at the bits to talk about the

00:49:15.469 --> 00:49:18.329
WBC, so we're gonna let him loose as we run you

00:49:18.329 --> 00:49:22.800
up to coverage of... The first four from Westwood

00:49:22.800 --> 00:49:25.039
one right here on Fox Sports Eugene Fox Sports

00:49:25.039 --> 00:49:36.940
Newport. Hello, we're still here. It's just subs

00:49:36.940 --> 00:49:40.420
are this seems so odd and you only get us for

00:49:40.420 --> 00:49:43.239
another like 15 minutes or so on the Danny Justin

00:49:43.239 --> 00:49:45.860
extended version. It's overtime with Danny Justin.

00:49:46.269 --> 00:49:48.469
Fox Sports Gene Fox Sports Newport Thanks for

00:49:48.469 --> 00:49:49.989
hanging in the reason we're doing this next couple

00:49:49.989 --> 00:49:53.389
of days is we're gonna be off the air for Thursday

00:49:53.389 --> 00:49:55.130
and Friday this week Thursday Friday next week

00:49:55.130 --> 00:49:57.130
because There's a big basketball tournament.

00:49:57.230 --> 00:49:58.809
There's a little tournament going on. I think

00:49:58.809 --> 00:50:01.329
yeah, I think you've heard of the NCAA March

00:50:01.329 --> 00:50:04.170
Madness Yeah, that's tournaments going on starts

00:50:04.170 --> 00:50:07.369
tonight with the first four UMBC and Howard will

00:50:07.369 --> 00:50:11.750
be playing as well as Texas and NC State and

00:50:11.750 --> 00:50:14.570
then tomorrow will be Prairie View A &M and Lehigh

00:50:14.570 --> 00:50:17.420
and then The Red Hawks of Miami Ohio against

00:50:17.420 --> 00:50:22.239
the Mustangs of SMU and those two teams Or those

00:50:22.239 --> 00:50:24.719
two games for each day will then get slotted

00:50:24.719 --> 00:50:28.840
in the bracket that one will be an 11 seed One

00:50:28.840 --> 00:50:32.639
will be in a 10 seed and then the other two Well,

00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:36.099
the other one will be a 16 seed That's the lowest

00:50:36.099 --> 00:50:39.280
one. So two 11 seeds a 10 and a 16 not the biggest

00:50:39.280 --> 00:50:41.639
fan of the first four I have to say no, it's

00:50:41.639 --> 00:50:43.579
ridiculous because especially that they're not

00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:46.119
like a six all the 16 seeds That would make sense

00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:48.179
to me if it was like, okay, yeah, all the teams

00:50:48.179 --> 00:50:49.800
that are on the bubble, they're not to play in,

00:50:49.840 --> 00:50:51.579
but it's not even like that. They have the 11

00:50:51.579 --> 00:50:53.639
seeds. They should have, if they want to do it

00:50:53.639 --> 00:50:55.400
that way, which I still disagree with, just put

00:50:55.400 --> 00:50:57.940
all the lowest seeds in. I agree. I mean, because

00:50:57.940 --> 00:51:00.679
listen, UMBC and Howard actually won their conferences.

00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:03.340
I know. Why are they playing in the first four?

00:51:03.340 --> 00:51:06.280
I completely agree. Because they're smaller schools.

00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:13.460
Okay. World baseball. The classic. It's among

00:51:13.460 --> 00:51:16.039
us. for the championship game championship game

00:51:16.039 --> 00:51:18.440
tonight two hours from now yeah okay i know what

00:51:18.440 --> 00:51:21.500
you're gonna be doing i will be watching it us

00:51:21.500 --> 00:51:27.940
the controversial us uh mark darosa as the manager

00:51:27.940 --> 00:51:30.900
he got he got raked for what happened with hey

00:51:30.900 --> 00:51:33.019
we're already in they're not knowing that they

00:51:33.019 --> 00:51:35.559
haven't advanced yet and then the controversial

00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:38.659
third strike which Can we back that up a second

00:51:38.659 --> 00:51:40.300
because we didn't talk about it too much? But

00:51:40.300 --> 00:51:42.880
yeah, it it would have made possibly difference

00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:45.280
in the game, but it wasn't like that was what

00:51:45.280 --> 00:51:47.320
Decided the game 100 % but you don't want to

00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:49.039
see it end like that. You don't I just want to

00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:50.639
go back to the mark de rosa thing real quick

00:51:50.639 --> 00:51:53.019
One of the most confusing things to me and this

00:51:53.019 --> 00:51:54.820
is gonna bring in another player Yeah, I guess

00:51:54.820 --> 00:51:56.280
mark de rosa isn't a player. He's an ex player

00:51:56.280 --> 00:51:58.679
but one of the most fascinating things about

00:51:58.679 --> 00:52:00.340
this world baseball classic to me has been the

00:52:00.340 --> 00:52:02.559
fact that Clayton Kershaw has been a part of

00:52:02.559 --> 00:52:06.500
the team and he was until this last Game where

00:52:06.500 --> 00:52:09.039
they actually removed him from the roster and

00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:10.460
they brought in someone else, but he was going

00:52:10.460 --> 00:52:13.159
to be the guy I guess If you're looking like

00:52:13.159 --> 00:52:15.119
this because he just won a world series of the

00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:16.360
dodgers and basically said i'm going to call

00:52:16.360 --> 00:52:18.380
it quits i'm retiring We do that the entire season,

00:52:18.380 --> 00:52:20.440
but then for some reason he's a part of this

00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:23.800
world baseball classic lineup And the only time

00:52:23.800 --> 00:52:25.800
that he's going to get in is basically when the

00:52:25.800 --> 00:52:28.239
u .s Was potentially going to be up so much or

00:52:28.239 --> 00:52:31.059
down so much that it just didn't matter And when

00:52:31.059 --> 00:52:33.619
so the last image that we'll have of clayton

00:52:33.619 --> 00:52:35.760
kershaw as a professional baseball player Will

00:52:35.760 --> 00:52:38.599
be him warming up in the bullpen when team usa

00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:42.070
was down eight to nothing against italy and And

00:52:42.070 --> 00:52:45.510
Mark DeRosa was, no offense, so stupid, and I

00:52:45.510 --> 00:52:47.809
love Mark DeRosa, he's an ex -cub, so dumb that

00:52:47.809 --> 00:52:50.650
he did not realize that they actually needed

00:52:50.650 --> 00:52:53.130
to have runs and the game actually mattered.

00:52:53.349 --> 00:52:55.630
They needed to win the game, actually. So it's

00:52:55.630 --> 00:52:57.829
so weird to me that instead of Clayton Kershaw

00:52:57.829 --> 00:52:59.889
deciding, hey, I'm just gonna like ride off into

00:52:59.889 --> 00:53:01.670
the sunset with my Amazing World series, when

00:53:01.670 --> 00:53:04.710
he decided to have that image be the last thing.

00:53:04.789 --> 00:53:07.289
Okay, but I'll just say this, and it'll sound

00:53:07.289 --> 00:53:09.780
like I'm defending Mark DeRosa. but when you've

00:53:09.780 --> 00:53:12.699
played a game for as long as you have, and you're

00:53:12.699 --> 00:53:17.019
still a professional, coming down to... It needs

00:53:17.019 --> 00:53:19.420
to be it's like soccer. It's this tiebreaker

00:53:19.420 --> 00:53:21.420
and it's that tiebreaker and it's about runs

00:53:21.420 --> 00:53:24.320
against and runs for and runs before So listen

00:53:24.320 --> 00:53:27.280
to know I know that but i'm just saying it's

00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:29.579
not one person that needs to know that it's him

00:53:29.579 --> 00:53:33.500
It is not in their muscle memory. I think that

00:53:33.500 --> 00:53:38.139
way Go ahead because he's not a manager He doesn't

00:53:38.139 --> 00:53:40.219
manage anywhere else and he's not doing a very

00:53:40.219 --> 00:53:42.940
good job at doing an audition for so but he's

00:53:42.940 --> 00:53:45.800
not listen He's not the only coach or or He's

00:53:45.800 --> 00:53:48.539
not the only coach on the team. So where are

00:53:48.539 --> 00:53:50.519
his all of his other assistants to coach him

00:53:50.519 --> 00:53:52.860
up and say if he didn't agree So what let's not

00:53:52.860 --> 00:53:56.139
use him as the guy on the guillotine for this

00:53:56.139 --> 00:53:57.900
whole thing No, you're making a good point. This

00:53:57.900 --> 00:54:00.960
is a stain I think on the USA team and program

00:54:00.960 --> 00:54:03.639
in the world baseball classic which has had people

00:54:03.639 --> 00:54:06.780
question whether people in the US program are

00:54:06.780 --> 00:54:10.170
serious. Yeah Then this amplifies that as far

00:54:10.170 --> 00:54:13.070
as how can it not so Bobby Witt jr. Bryce Hart

00:54:13.070 --> 00:54:15.150
look at this lineup How is the United States

00:54:15.150 --> 00:54:18.230
even not just blowing somebody out every single

00:54:18.230 --> 00:54:21.070
game? Because it's baseball and if you look at

00:54:21.070 --> 00:54:23.389
the lineup you say well Bobby Witt jr. Bryce

00:54:23.389 --> 00:54:25.269
Harper Aaron judge. You know what Bryce Harper

00:54:25.269 --> 00:54:27.170
hasn't played very well I actually don't look

00:54:27.170 --> 00:54:29.150
at this and go ah, this is a team that's playing

00:54:29.150 --> 00:54:31.110
really well Alex Bregman I don't think he has

00:54:31.110 --> 00:54:33.489
a hit or maybe he has one hit he's batting fifth.

00:54:33.510 --> 00:54:35.800
He's batting tonight the Part of the lineups

00:54:35.800 --> 00:54:37.739
wouldn't doing really well actually has been

00:54:37.739 --> 00:54:41.059
a Roman Anthony. He's in the six spot or seven

00:54:41.059 --> 00:54:42.800
short work out short He's been doing all right.

00:54:42.820 --> 00:54:44.760
He's been finding great terrain has been doing

00:54:44.760 --> 00:54:46.500
really well actually in that eighth spot And

00:54:46.500 --> 00:54:47.840
then they're not having him in the lineup tonight,

00:54:47.860 --> 00:54:51.619
but PCA has been unbelievable He'll be in pretty

00:54:51.619 --> 00:54:53.500
quick. I know but I don't understand. This is

00:54:53.500 --> 00:54:55.599
another thing with the Rosa He has bright or

00:54:55.599 --> 00:54:59.039
Byron Buxton in centerfield Why I guess maybe

00:54:59.039 --> 00:55:00.599
it's because of the matchup with Eduardo Rodriguez

00:55:00.599 --> 00:55:02.219
I don't know the numbers between those two guys,

00:55:02.280 --> 00:55:05.230
but to me it makes no sense to have He's a worse

00:55:05.230 --> 00:55:08.650
fielder. I know that Byron Buxton is a great

00:55:08.650 --> 00:55:10.730
fielder, but he's older now. PCA is the guy to

00:55:10.730 --> 00:55:12.889
me. He's been playing well. This is the thing

00:55:12.889 --> 00:55:14.960
about baseball. You can look at all these names,

00:55:14.980 --> 00:55:16.599
but it's all about how they're playing recently.

00:55:16.599 --> 00:55:18.400
It's like that type of sport That's why you play

00:55:18.400 --> 00:55:20.820
a seven game series which makes it's so interesting

00:55:20.820 --> 00:55:22.880
that it's a one game with venezuela because you

00:55:22.880 --> 00:55:25.940
look at venezuela ronald de cunha jr louisa rise

00:55:25.940 --> 00:55:30.400
ianio suarez gilbert torrez, uh, they have um,

00:55:30.500 --> 00:55:31.820
I believe they have the contrarious brothers

00:55:31.820 --> 00:55:33.179
as well. That looks like they're not in the starting

00:55:33.179 --> 00:55:36.039
lineups But a salvo perez jackson churrio. I

00:55:36.039 --> 00:55:38.019
mean, that's a really good team as well venezuela

00:55:38.019 --> 00:55:40.619
has actually been really surprising to me I really

00:55:40.619 --> 00:55:42.619
good team. I thought japan would make it to the

00:55:42.619 --> 00:55:47.159
final or the Dominican Republic. But man, Venezuela,

00:55:47.280 --> 00:55:48.760
you look at them, you're like, all right, yeah,

00:55:48.820 --> 00:55:50.400
they're really good. I know you'll be watching

00:55:50.400 --> 00:55:52.119
it. Some people will be watching it. I don't

00:55:52.119 --> 00:55:53.739
know how many people will be watching the first

00:55:53.739 --> 00:55:57.420
four from Dayton. I think people will. I think

00:55:57.420 --> 00:55:58.800
they're going to start to tune into it. All right,

00:55:58.880 --> 00:56:00.820
so let's take a quick break. When we come back,

00:56:00.820 --> 00:56:03.920
we'll have a dad joke. We have an Irish dad joke

00:56:03.920 --> 00:56:07.159
for you today on St. Patrick's Day. Tried it

00:56:07.159 --> 00:56:09.360
out this morning from my work colleagues and

00:56:09.360 --> 00:56:11.400
everyone gave a thumbs up So I'm gonna lay it

00:56:11.400 --> 00:56:13.199
all out for you guys as we continue and wind

00:56:13.199 --> 00:56:16.019
up the program here overtime With Danny and Justin

00:56:16.019 --> 00:56:18.639
winding you up to the first four right here on

00:56:18.639 --> 00:56:22.119
Fox Sports Eugene Fox Sports Newport After him

00:56:22.119 --> 00:56:25.340
why my wife has a golf lesson. That's enjoy the

00:56:25.340 --> 00:56:28.440
what yes And there's a reason why they call it

00:56:28.440 --> 00:56:32.059
a stroke And then yeah, we're just gonna have

00:56:32.059 --> 00:56:34.820
a calm. I think my wife put a roast on so we're

00:56:34.820 --> 00:56:37.760
gonna have a nice Yeah, calm night at the Hubble

00:56:37.760 --> 00:56:39.840
household. Probably watch some Walking Dead or

00:56:39.840 --> 00:56:42.539
Scrubs or something like that. Scrubs is so good,

00:56:42.539 --> 00:56:44.599
there's a new season of Scrubs on. Can you believe

00:56:44.599 --> 00:56:46.719
that? Wait, it's still going or is this like

00:56:46.719 --> 00:56:50.280
a reboot? No, it's a lot of the same characters

00:56:50.280 --> 00:56:52.539
as well, which is fantastic. All right, let's

00:56:52.539 --> 00:56:55.960
do our dad joke. Oh, a joke! I got a fire from

00:56:55.960 --> 00:56:57.860
the bank today. A woman asked me to check her

00:56:57.860 --> 00:57:03.940
balance, so I pushed her. Dad jokes! Okay, baby

00:57:03.940 --> 00:57:09.679
J. Okay. Hey, what do you call a fake Irish stone?

00:57:10.440 --> 00:57:13.480
What do you call a fake? I don't know Oh, you

00:57:13.480 --> 00:57:17.980
call it a shamrock. Oh Don't you know? I? Didn't

00:57:17.980 --> 00:57:22.800
know that one the shamrock shamrock Maybe I'd

00:57:22.800 --> 00:57:24.360
love to get a shamrock. I think someone just

00:57:24.360 --> 00:57:27.380
I think someone just fell over in the front office

00:57:30.510 --> 00:57:32.329
All right, kids. Tomorrow, we'll do the same

00:57:32.329 --> 00:57:35.469
thing. Same bat time, same bat channel. First

00:57:35.469 --> 00:57:37.969
four is next here on Fox Sports. Eugene Fox Sports,

00:57:38.070 --> 00:57:39.389
Newport. Put a smile on your face, someone else.

00:57:39.449 --> 00:57:41.090
They deserve it. So do you. God bless. Thanks

00:57:41.090 --> 00:57:44.690
for listening. For Baby J, I'm Doc. Back in 23

00:57:44.690 --> 00:57:49.409
hours and or 22 hours and 45 minutes. Peace.