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we are going to dive into this whole brendan
swordsby thing which is turning into quite a
a soap opera all among itself big 12 met yesterday
everybody except oh my goodness The Texas Tech
wasn't at the table. Everybody else was there.
So it was the Big 11 talking about this whole
Brendan Sorsby eligibility and are they going
to play? Everybody's puffing their chest out.
I think the chest puffing is what I take exception
to. I absolutely believe in redemption, right?
So in this country, we love building people up
and then tearing them down and then building
them up again. The young man made some really
bad choices. So Think as a young adult, he's
not a kid. You need to have the consequences
of those choices and unfortunately And I'll just
throw it out here before we get into it George
Reister is gonna join us on the program and I
love I know I'm gonna love George's take on this
because I've already seen some of it He's from
the unafraid show. He does the college football
apostles He does talking ducks with Aaron Fentress
from the Oregonian and you can follow him George
Reister He's George Reister the third but George
Reister on the old socials will have him about
20 after the hour is there has to be consequences.
Now, if you're truly in the throes of addiction,
part of the recovery from that is making amends
and facing the consequences of your actions.
This wasn't just an isolated one or two or 10
times that he bet on not just college football
or his own team, but all across athletics. It
is the one cardinal rule across most Sports at
the amateur and at the professional level you
do not wager and especially not on your own team
thousands of bets people Understand this it was
not just a couple it was thousands of bets for
tens of thousands of dollars and If he has recovery
great But you just cannot slap him on the wrist
for two games and allow him to play you can't
know No, I think the legitimate fabric of college
football. I don't know what the actual phrase
is. Is it is it being searched for it? You'll
find it. Is it being undone? I would say it's
crazy. I mean, literally, it doesn't make any
sense to have him be able to play. And it's like
you said, it's a cardinal rule. I mean, how many
it makes me think of how many scandals there
have been in college football over the years.
I mean, you're talking about like Reggie Bush,
you know, had his husband taken away. Okay, you
know, yeah retroactively things certainly happened
in the in the abstract after But there's an opportunity
here and the NCW and we talked about this the
other day Rarely have we agreed with the NCAA
and how they approach things on this I don't
think there's any argument unless you are a Texas
Tech fan and apparently Cody Campbell came out
Who is like the uber booster for Texas Tech and
now I'm hearing this secondhand and he basically
said This is not right. So if you've got the
the biggest booster and the guy that's supposed
to be helping fix college athletics coming out
and saying This isn't good. So here so Brayden
bazillas one of my dear friends. I'm just I'm
and I'll let you guys jump in here I know I'm
kind of hijacking conversation. There are three
things you don't bring into sports You don't
bring in religion. You don't bring in politics
and you don't bring in gambling Because that
is our escape for two hours. We can put all that
other stuff aside and we can just root as fans
for a team I don't care what your religious or
your political persuasion is and such but I can
root with you I can be your brother or your sister
For those two and a half hours three hours, whatever
it is You don't bring those three things into
athletics. That's what is the joy of watching
a sport or participating in a sport and he broke
one of those there has to be a Dire punishment
because what precedent are we setting for anybody
else? All right. I have an addiction. I'm going
to rehab Okay, you can do whatever you want.
It's Begging for forgiveness rather than asking
for permission, right? Okay I think so clear
this up for me. What's the deal with the judges
or the the retired judge and then the in Tarrant
County, which is Lubbock basically. I mean, which
is where Texas Tech is retired judge, right?
He's a retired judge. So this is not uncommon.
You'll get a retired judge that will hear a case
out of docket. You know, it's it's a special
circumstance and such. Now people will say, well,
you know, he graduated from University of Houston,
but he's still a Texas judge. And I'm not gonna
get into the whole dark hole of well somebody
greased his palm so they could do that Nothing,
there's nothing in basis of fact that you can
say anything like that except for He looked at
the facts and said that the young man was gonna
be irreparably harmed that he would not and listen
give it up to the defense attorneys give it up
to the the guys who are his legal staff made
apparently a compelling argument to this judge
the other part of this that just winds me up
is that the the the trial quote -unquote for
on the appeal Isn't going to be heard until after
the NCAA championship game is played in February
So how how do we get so quick to give an injunction?
But then we don't hear the merits of the case
long before the season's over. It's a moot point
by that time So I hope the big 12 does something
about it and they have an opportunity to do just
that Well, how about for the appeals court that?
Four of the judges in the appeals court are justices.
I say from Texas to went to Texas Tech Yeah,
they got a recruits they could have to recuse
themselves. It's got to go outside of it. So
we're gonna talk a lot about this with George
Reister Coming up in just about ten minutes.
So and the reason we're talking about this now
is because we're gonna let George talk I say
this tongue -in -cheek because I can listen to
george all day long man. He is entertaining.
He's got great insight and opinion former duck
former nfl player He is all over college football.
So We're really really happy to have george on
the program. So um remiss If we don't mention
right off the top as well, and I know he's probably
listening He's double nickels today our buddy
goose steve mims who cheats on a weekly basis
on Big Bets. No, he doesn't. Yes, he does. I
feel like we have to say that he doesn't. He
does not. He does have strategies, though. Oh,
absolutely. And he's not going to be on Big Bets
this week because he is going to be traveling
back to Des Moines, Iowa to go with a visit with
his son and his wife to... Drake University where
his son's gonna be attending this fall so good
on him So now he's starting that long road of
paying for college Yeah, he was really excited
the other day when he did his last drop off for
high school. Yeah, that was a pretty big moment
It's a pretty cool. I'll get to experience that
last year. Of course. I won't be dropping her
off She'll drive herself to school, but watching
her with the mortarboard and cap and gown for
my Abigail, but happy birthday to goose goose
is 55 years old today and he's gonna hate me
for saying this next so There's gonna be a little
celebration for him down at the sidebar later
on tonight. So right around 6 30 or so if you
want to slide into the sidebar and slam goose
on the butt I Will hold him down All right, head
on down you boys better be there as well. I'm
gonna be there I'm gonna bring Deb down we get
to meet his lovely wife who I've never met yet
So I'm gonna get to meet Kim for the first time
you won. I know She's very lovely Okay. Well,
I hope the all of the the talk beforehand on
both sides will meet expectations So happy birthday
goose. We love you buddy. Happy birthday goose
so Oregon baseball we got some transfer portal
stuff to talk about maybe we talked about that
in the last segment. Yeah, okay NCAA championships
after the bomb scare yesterday They are starting
their meat Tonight 505 preliminary heats of the
4x100 relay And that's one of the featured Men
schedule events tonight Oregon has 15 entries
on the men's side 12 individuals one relay qualifiers
in 10 events on The women's side I'm trying to
scan through this real quick. I think the women's
side has as as many they have 15 entries on the
women's side as well So a lot of ducks in attendance
At Hayward field so you've got that going through
the entire weekend a lot of baseball We'll talk
about in the last segment. So some All -americans
named for Mark Waskowski squad regional honors
as well a Signing out of the transfer portal
for signing infielder But let's jump up north.
How about that, right? Yeah, let's do that. So
Kevin Griffin from Ohio State University who
was more on the business side of the athletic
department there, was named the replacement for
Scott Barnes as the athletic director. He was
introduced yesterday, and you pulled some audio
from him, Justin, off of yesterday's press conference.
And obviously, he's got a lot of work to do.
And the new Pac -12 coming up, and by the way,
this is the Danny and Justin radio program. Thanks
for tuning in live from the Bigfoot Beverages
Studios. Fox Sports Eugene Fox Sports Newport.
Thanks for lending us your ears It's uh Vegas.
It's stock and it's baby jay here with you on
a wednesday So you got to listen to most I i'll
just say I did not listen to most of the press
conference I listened to some what were your
first impressions of uh, kevin griffin, um super
well spoken guy, uh seems like he has The outline
of a plan. I don't know if they have done enough
in terms and I don't mean that in terms of like
Doing a good job, but I just don't know he's
been there long enough to really know the ins
and outs of what he wants to do yet But he does
seem like he has a point in Corvallis in Corvallis
specific Okay, like I think he has a good idea
of the way he wants to run a university clearly
and you'll get some of the audio but I think
that He honestly said a lot of the right things
like I don't think that he said too much that
was like overreaching. Yeah, like he didn't make
any claims that I felt like were like, oh, like,
I can't believe he said that. But he also didn't
say anything that I felt like was wrong either.
Well, he addressed expectations in the press
conference. Our rightful place is atop the Pac
-12 mountain. Let me repeat that. Our rightful
place is atop the Pac -12 mountain and our teams
are going to compete for conference and national
championships. We will modernize our operations
to maximize our brand value on a national stage
and drive long term financial stability required
to compete at the highest level. Earlier today
I was asked what would be one of our largest
challenges in my first year and that was I told
the whole department I'm going to say this, that
we are going to sit atop the Pac -12 and that's
going to put a bullseye on our back. I can only
say that because of the confidence we have in
our coaches and the conferences that without
confidence that we have in the way that we will
operate as an aligned organization. And I'm sure
with the coaches sitting here today, I can look
you in the eye and we're going to do that together.
And I look forward to doing that. So that was
something that I was interested in. And I think
everybody was interested in coming into the situation
was that there was to be a couple of coaches
to Marcus Sheppard, Justin Joyner that were hired
by the previous Scott Barnes. Right. So it sounds
like kind of on the same page there. That totally
makes sense. Sounds like you want to jump in
there. No, no, no, no, go ahead So I think that
the begs the question, right? So he's put a target
on his back Even he said it with hey, we're gonna
be that team in the pack 12 that everybody's
looking up to So how are they gonna get there?
So we're going to do an evaluation of everyone
on our staff and particularly the areas where
they're driving revenue specifically to support
our teams We're going to make sure that that's
addressed right away. So at some point in time,
I'd say in the near future I'll sit down with
the team understand what their what their work
looks like who's in what seat and what changes
we may need to make But we will focus on a couple
of things number one our finances the revenues
that we're bringing in number two the creativity
around that in like a CFO type of role and the
work that they're doing to help us think through
that. And then third, someone who's helping us
lead all of our sports and really projecting
out over the next four to five years of what
excellence looks like. And then we'll sit with
our coaches to understand that as well. So there's
a bit of a skeleton of a plan right now. I don't
want to go too far without spending time with
the coaches and everybody else who's on the ground
before I make decisions. But our commitment is
to do that. And again, I can be more clear about
what President Murphy said. She said win. So
this is our focus. This is what we have to do.
It wasn't win like maybe, it was win. And so
we've got to be able to do that. So having that
support from the university matters a lot. And
so far, I'll be honest, there's been a lot of
folks who are across the university in leadership
roles who have said, hey, I have some ideas that
might be able to help you there. So it'll be
a collective effort, not just inside athletics,
but across campus to unlock resources. Kevin
Griffin who is the new AD at Oregon State now
Scott Barnes is gonna stay in an advisory role
at least for a few months or maybe not who I
mean They've announced that he's gonna do that
the outgoing AD and there was a there was a bit
of a mess to clean up I mean starting in the
football season with the whole the collectives
and the NIL and blueprints and you know, it was
a disaster in the fall and then the football
team didn't perform, get rid of Trent Bray, interim
coach, they kind of cleaned that up. Love Jamarcus
Shepard, love his energy, love Justin Joyner,
love his energy. The whole separation from Wayne
Tinkle and the basketball program left a lot
of donors with a bad taste in their mouth. So
listen, Kevin Griffin's got to go out and kind
of mend those fences first and then he's got
to figure out how he raises money because right
now they're in the middle. or just starting a
$48 million project to raise money for the overall
athletic department. So what is Kevin Griffin's
strategy to fund? Yeah, I appreciate the question.
So first and foremost, we have to spend some
time understanding what more means. And so we
can oftentimes ask for more, but We need to understand,
and then we wait to go get that. So there's some
commercial opportunities that aren't fully monetized
at the moment. One of the areas that we will
focus on immediately is what is our NIL strategy
and what does our NIL staff program look like?
And we'll sit down with our coaches to understand
their needs. And then we will make sure that
we're able to figure out a way to build a roadmap
to support that. Obviously, there's a great corporate
community here that supports Oregon State University,
as well as donors and others who have supported
over the years. So we'll start working on that
immediately. But it comes down to understanding
what truly their needs are, and what will it
take to be competitive to sit atop the Pac -12.
So when you think of Oregon State athletics right
now, you're probably thinking about baseball.
Yeah. Right. Football, basketball, obviously
in new situations that there is some excitement
about, but baseball isn't a revenue sport. Has
been the leader though. it has been the leader
and of course as a program around the nation
Oregon State has looked at for baseball so what
is Kevin Griffin's plan and he was asked by our
good buddy Isaac Mustang Streeter about what
the plan is for baseball because of its importance
to the university but also the fact that it isn't
going to be a revenue sport so how is it going
to be funded? Oftentimes when you talk about
Oregon State athletics around the country the
very first sport people think about is baseball.
It's incredible. So it's a treasure for our university.
So we will continue to work with coach and everyone
else involved to make sure that we are funding
the program at the appropriate level. They have
an awesome momentum. They had an incredible season.
I look forward to seeing what they'll do as we
move into the Pac -12. Baseball is really important.
All of our sports are really important. But it
was this morning driving in, you know, when you
drive past the stadium and you see three national
championships, that's pretty big fun, right?
Like you can see it and it's a point of pride
for the university. So I can't give you all specifics
on how we're going to fund or the amount right
now, but just know that it will have our full
attention. Well, I'm impressed. He's eloquent,
he's articulate, and I think he's exactly the
breath of fresh air, especially from the business
management side. of, and that's what collegiate
athletics are right now, business management.
Kevin Griffin, introduced as the new AD, coming
from Ohio State to core valence. All right, we
come back. Our good friend, the minister, George
Reister. I'm just going to say, get your popcorn
out, kids. We're going to talk about Brendan
Sorsby. We are going to fix some things in college
football. For gosh sakes, George can lead us
to the promised land next on the Danny and Justin
radio program. Oregon baseball news in the wake
of them being eliminated in the postseason but
transfer portal signing for Mark Wasikowski squad
some awards We'll talk about that, and we'll
kind of peek to the roster and say, okay, what
holes do the Ducks need to fill? We'll do that
in the last segment. First, let's head on over
to the Oregon Man Cleaners Hotline at 343 -5673.
Welcome in our good friend, returning guest.
He is the minister. You can follow him, George
Reister III, at George Reister on the old socials.
He is a college football analyst. He hosts the
Unafraid Show Tuesdays and Thursdays, which is
a great watch and a listen. And you need to go
subscribe it on YouTube. And he also hosts a
show in the fall with Aaron Fentress from the
Argonian Talking Ducks. He is our minister friend,
George Reister. So you're just coming off a fast,
George? Yes. Yes, I just came off a three -day
water fast. How did that go? I mean, were you
starting to see things, you know, like... Coyotes
and stuff running across the living room or what?
I Will tell you at the very end I was a little
bit tired and I and then day two you lose a little
bit of mental focus But then day day three it
starts to come back some where a lot of people
on fast Day one is the hardest but sometimes
I intermittent fast already. So day one wasn't
wasn't bad It was day two and three because and
and my son my older son he cooks dinner a lot
of a lot of times like chef quality stuff and
I was just smelling it through the house All
right, George, we love you, man. It was nice
seeing you up at draft night up at the Autzen
Stadium, the O Club up there. It was a great
event. We really appreciate you coming up here
and participating in everything that happens
within the university. But let's let's try and
fix some things here. Brendan Sworesby and this
whole gambling, you know, now he's going to get
a slap on the wrist according to a judge. Big
12 is up in arms. George, let's just lay it out.
What's your take? Oh my gosh, this is honestly
a tragedy how it has played out. And truthfully,
it's actually put Texas Tech in a terrible situation
as well, even though that they were filing an
appeal. But that felt more... ceremonious, right?
That you're supposed to do this because it's
the right thing. Everybody knew the NCAA was
going to deny it. The appeal was going to be
denied. But then it came to the court. And I
believe that Texas Tech believed that the court
would just say, he can't play, gambled on sports,
blah, blah, blah. And then they would be over
it and their hands would be clean. But the second
that he got the injunction, now they're like,
Now a decision has has to be made because if
he's eligible to play Then you're gonna be on
the hook for paying him five million dollars
whether he plays or not It's different if he's
ineligible, then you're not gonna owe him any
money So I think that it put Texas Tech in a
weird spot, but then also it puts it brings everything
in the question about the legitimacy of the games
and the integrity of the games. Because fans
need to be, and people and viewers, they just
need to be able to trust the outcome is not scripted.
That this is not the WWE, that this is not somebody
is on the fix. Because we live in a day and age
where already when weird things happen, we got
weirdos talking about that basketballs have magnets
in them in the NBA. And that - NFL games are
fixed. And I'm saying I played in the NFL for
seven years. How did I not know? And they're
like, because because you signed an NDA. So you
won't tell anybody what you think that this is
the way you think that all the people that played
in the NFL and didn't get their careers to go
the way that they wanted it to would have would
have would have agreed to these set of circumstances.
Absolutely not. I would be Tony Gonzalez. Like,
it's craziness. Like, I wouldn't have signed
up to sign the contracts I signed. I would have
signed up for $100 million. That's what I would
have been like. Look, I'm snitching on everybody.
It's a crazy situation, but I do understand why
people are so upset about it from other schools.
And they're trying to put pressure on the conference.
And then the conference put pressure on the TV
networks. And then the sponsors put pressure
on the TV networks. So then that's the only way
that then Texas Tech can really feel pressure
is when TV networks allow people to cancel them.
Well, that's what I was going to ask you. How
should these other schools and the Big 12 handle
this with what power they do have? Oh, I am leaning
on everybody as hard as I possibly can. Because
the pressure is the only way for this to happen.
Because if the TV networks and the gambling partners,
so if the money, right, if the people who are
paying the money, if they are saying, we don't
want him playing, then now, and they can then
say, all right, we will let all of you out of
your deals if you cancel Texas Tech. And then
you can schedule games against each other and
we will keep paying you. Now that will put massive
pressure on them. And I think that that's where
the line is now, is that they're trying to figure
out the legalities of it and what Texas Tech
can sue for and everything else. Because this
is honestly a messier situation that the Texas
courts... actually need to settle. But as we
know, as I've been saying for years, there's
only one way out of this predicament. One way.
Honesty broker, truth teller, Heisman voter.
You can follow him on the socials at George Reister
and also watch his unafraid show every Tuesday,
Thursday at 430 Pacific, 730 Eastern time on
YouTube. It's George Reister joining us on the
Danny and Justin radio program. George, the overreaching
thing as well is I think what's interesting in
the whole discussion that's come out is that
there aren't a lot of people that have agreed
with the NCAA, but the NCAA as an institution
and a body almost seems like they're a victim
in this. But, which winds it back to the point
of how come the NCAA just constantly cannot get
out in front of these type of issues and be able
to be proactive instead of reactive when things
like this happen? This has been two decades of
nonsense. You go back to the Ed O 'Bannon lawsuit.
When it came to the EA games and not the the
name image and like that's where it all started,
right? Yeah, they they they lost that lawsuit
and they knew that they were gonna well and once
it was Decided at that point you needed to immediately
start carving a path to NIL and I'm talking about
real NIL not pay -for -play like we're like we're
experiencing now And then as TV money went up,
then you could have instituted pay for play and
everything else. But the issue was that they
then spent $100 million fighting the Ed O 'Bannon
case, and then another $100 million fighting
Austin versus the NCAA, where they tried to cap
scholarships at the cost of attendance. But now
scholarships that they can pay for computers.
If you're taking an astronomy class, they can
get you a telescope. They can get you anything
that you need for class, right? So they kept
losing and losing. And instead of being proactive,
you had California Institute AB 219 and then
Florida and all these other states institute
NIL policies. And once the government got involved,
the toothpaste was out of the tube. So then at
that point in time, they continue trying to ask
the government for antitrust exemptions. And
I'm going to tell you, like I've told everybody
else, President Trump, Congress, Obama, Ted Kennedy,
I mean Kennedy, George Washington couldn't help
you in the government right now. The only thing
that can stop these lawsuits and stop the situation
is to collectively bargain with the players.
That is the only way, because there's a reason
why, when NFL players get suspended, you know
what they don't do? They don't go to court, except
for Ezekiel Elliott and Tom Brady. And then eventually,
what happened to them? Suspended. Exactly. Because
there is no fighting it. Once there's collective
bargaining, that means that the players that
come in, they sign up for the rules. There's
a governing body. They agree on scholarship limits.
They agree on revenue share. They agree on all
of these things. And players sign up to be a
part of it. And then there's an enforcement agency,
players' appeal. They lose appeals or they win
appeals and that's it. There's no going to court
over these things. But the problem is the Big
Ten, the SEC, the Big 12, the ACC, the Mountain
West, the American, all of these conferences
want to stay in power just like the NCAA. And
instead of doing what's right for college football,
they're all mercenaries acting in their own best
interest. So they will leave a conference. They
will quit a game. They will do anything that
benefits them that doesn't benefit college football.
And that's why you need one entity governing
college football with the commissioner whose
sole purpose is not to do what's best for Oregon,
do what's best for Alabama, do what's best for
Michigan. It's to do what's best for college
football as a whole. And that means pooling media
rights. Everybody will make more money, but you
know who doesn't want to pool media rights? Ohio
State, Alabama, Georgia, none of the other top
schools. Notre Dame. Texas. Yes. And the reason
why is because that means that Rutgers... Vanderbilt,
Maryland, that they then have the same amount
of TV revenue as you. Like, yes, you'll sell
more jerseys. Yes, you will all of this stuff
for your bigger brands and still have more money.
But instead of it being like, you know, the small
guys getting $20 for every $100 you get, it'll
be like, for every $100 you get, they get 90
or 80. And that, they do not want that. We call
him the Minister George Reister III. You can
follow him on the socials, George Reister. He
is a truth teller and we love having him on the
program. Former Oregon Duck great and former
NFL great as well. And he joins us here on the
Danny Justin radio program. So I mean haven't
we kind of brought this on ourselves a little
bit george with uh the opening up of and i'm
just talking about gambling itself is with fan
duel and draft kings and now it's legal everywhere
and so the temptation is there for somebody sitting
on a bench just you know what I it seems innocuous
to me it's a five dollar bet that i'm going to
throw out there you know whatever it is i'm going
to make 12 on it if I if I win I mean haven't
we kind of brought this on ourselves a bit A
little bit. I mean, and here's the thing. You
know, we have normalized gambling so much and
it's such a part of the culture that it then
becomes a, like, how can you say that it's been
wrong, right? Right, we're desensitized to it,
right? Correct. But there also are things for
people who are inside of industries. Prime example,
if you own a casino, guess what you can't do?
Gamble in a casino. There you go. Right. Like
there are many industries that have standards
that are different. Like for instance, like alcohol
is legal, marijuana is legal in some states,
but if you are a pilot, a bus driver, a truck
driver, any of those, guess what you're not supposed
to do? Drink or smoke? Yep. Exactly. So while
things are legal, that doesn't mean that people
in every single industry get to participate in
those. And sacrifices have to be made. It's like
if you want to play college football, here are
the rules. If you want to play in the NFL, here
are the rules because the integrity must be paramount.
And yes, yes, it is 100 % hypocritical. But Do
you want these hypocritical checks or do you
want? Absolutely. Well, and you kind of laid
it out. I mean, there's a bunch of individuals
here. Even you can. I don't even think we've
mentioned the bowl games like these are individuals
that are fighting for their own individual goals.
The NCAA, the Big 12, like all of these different
schools. So can it even if you want oversight,
you want this collective bargaining? Can I even
be the NCAA at this point? Does it need to be
some other sort of organization that comes in?
Dude, the NCAA is in over its head. It's like,
don't tell mom the babysitter's dead. Like, the
inmates are running the asylum now. And the inmates
are the schools. The inmates are the ADs and
everybody else. And you got all these people
trying to blame NIL and the transfer portal.
I'm pretty sure the transfer portal is leaving
your conference and going to another one. Sure.
despite it being geographically not desirable
for Stanford and Cal to be playing in the ACC.
It's not, it is, you know, paying a coach heavy
buyout money when it doesn't make any sense.
Those are the things that originated in these.
So yes. Yes, the transfer portal is a big deal.
Yes, it needs to be fixed. But you know what
needs to get fixed first? Is the calendar. We're
talking about adding additional up to 2014. For
what? The championship is already on January
25th this year. That's two weeks in front of
the Super Bowl. What are we doing? and the registration
date for for game for schools is already passed
for most schools like the the last day to register
for classes so and then the transfer portal the
end of the season it makes no sense they want
to do all this other stuff instead of fixing
the problem that's staring you right in your
face all right so we're gonna wrap it up with
this george gonna let you go because you got
family time you got to have another bowl of matzah
ball soup So, should Brendan Soresby play this
year? Yes or no? Absolutely not. No. No way.
No how. Stop it. So what damage... Sorry. This
is the last question. Classic interview technique.
So what damage does it do to the game if he does
play? If this plays out the way it's... on paper
right now, which is there's not going to be a
hearing until February. The Big 12 does nothing,
because I think they have some teeth, but they
might not enforce it because of the perception.
So I'm just saying, what happens if he does play?
What message are we sending? I mean, that you
can make your own rules, and that you can go
to court, you can get an injunction, you can
kick the can down the street, and everything
will be okay. That's the message it sends. Actually,
it's not even the message it sends. That's reality.
So I do believe that this appeals process, that
the appeal is going to be heard prior to the
season, and that is going to be the litmus test
for how honest and fair that the judicial system
in Texas wants to be. All right, George, you
know what, man? We love you to death. I look
forward to seeing you during the season, breaking
bread with you. You're a big teddy bear. We love
having you on the program. Love gonna be able
to talk college football with you this fall,
man. We haven't talked about the Ducks yet, but
that's coming up here in a couple of months,
so stay by your phone, brother. All right, cool,
thanks. All right, there he goes, George Reister.
You can follow him on the socials, George Reister.
I didn't realize he was a Heisman voter. I didn't
either. That's new. Is that new? Yeah, that is
new. He was not a Heisman. We'll have to get
in his ear a little bit. He's not going to tell
us what his ballot is. All right, we come back.
Transfer Portal is open for baseball. Mark Weskowski's
squad got an infielder and a pretty good one.
You're going to like this when we come back.
But we'll also take a look at the rest of the
roster. What holes need to get filled? There's
a few as we talk of the seniors and others that
might go in the MLB draft when we come back.
back to wind up the show on the Danny and Justin
radio program. Fox Sports Eugene, Fox Sports
Newport. Fox Sports Newport as well. Thanks for
tuning in friends. Last few minutes of the program
Dad Joke coming up. Tomorrow on the program,
Matt Dompe. Godfather is going to be in. Eugene
Emerald's clinched the first half championship
in the long season single A Northwest League.
They are in the championship. Final at the end
of the season so they got it wrapped up Done
and so they will let everybody else battle it
out So here's the thing though about that. We'll
talk to the godfather tomorrow about this It's
like if you win the second half, it's like you
don't get the crown. You still have to play in
the series so To me if you win both halves just
give them the crown. Don't worry about a postseason.
So does the second place get it? How does that
work? Well, yeah, so if you win the second half,
the second place team would be the other team.
So here's the thing that they wrapped up, especially
now being the first winner, and I'll confirm
this with Matt tomorrow, is that they get to
host. They get to be the home team in this whole
Northwest League Championship Series. So get
on them. So we'll talk about that tomorrow. Let's
stay on baseball. The NCBWA. I'm not going to
say what the acronym means. Tanner Bradley, first
team All -America pick. Bradley put together
one of the best seasons in the country by a relief
pitcher for the Ducks. The sophomore finished
the year with a 5 -1 record, 1 -6 -6 ERA, 31
appearances, a program record 0 .82 whip. Or
as Stewie would say, whip. He found 84 hitters
in just 54 .1. I like that you like that. Yeah,
I love Family Guy 54 and a third innings of work
allowing 12 runs 10 earned 25 hits just 14 walks
So if you want to take a look at the all -time
Oregon All -americans, here's I'm gonna read
a few names. You're gonna know these Mason Neville
last year first team Grayson Grinsel or Grinsel
third team Jacob Walsh third team last year going
back to 2021 Aaron Zavala first team Colby Summers
third team 2017 David Peterson first team Kenyon
Yelvan first team so Pretty cool. Also Oregon
infielders Drew Smith drawing Cooney name to
the ABC a Rawlings all region West team Smith
claiming first team honors at third Cooney getting
second team recognition at second base, so We
already talked about the NCAA Championships going
on at Hayward, so let's stay on baseball so transfer
portals open guys and Because why wouldn't it
be why not it happened for the seasons over?
I mean when we talked to was before they headed
down to Texas it's like hey guys transfer portals
open today It was like I was the one to let us
know yeah, June 1st. It was open so for Oregon
State They're in the market for some players
and They already have players that have entered
the portal So Clark Gregory is in the portal
left -handed pitcher Bryson Glasgow and infielders
in the portal Ryan van der Brink in the portal.
He's a catcher Jase Miller outfielder. He's in
the portal There I haven't seen any ducks Enter
the portal. Have you I have not seen any ducks,
but here's what's interesting me. So here's what
gunners got to replace and This isn't easy But
you know, you've got players like Drew Smith
senior Okay, he's gonna graduate. So he's done
Ian Umlaut who If he wanted to come back, I think
he was injured pitcher all year long He didn't
play if he wanted a red shirt medical red shirt
He could come back, but he probably might go
to the bigs if he can get drafted Also as you
run down, you know the list Dominic Hellman.
Yeah Dom Mayo that really sucks honestly because
Injuries caught up to him hundred percent. He's
a senior. So he's gone writer Edwards Devin Bell
Devin Bell So, I mean there are some other guys
I think are eligible as well are Sounds like
Maddox Maloney Ryan Cooney Probably in the area
also because you have to be 21 or a junior They're
gonna have to make decisions right on whether
or not so and and but so it's good good bad indifferent
Whatever you want to say with Mark Wasikowski
squad is so can you offer them enough money to
keep him or? Keep them here Or or if they go
through a minor league contract, I mean almost
unless you're gonna be a first or second rounder
The money is not going to be great going to mlb
And you have to decide can I increase my value
by coming staying back? And I do think that there's
a lot coming back man I think there is I completely
agree with you and oregon has enough momentum
where I don't think you look at oregon as this
sort of ah Well, you know going back to oregon.
I'm not sure how much more I could increase my
value like listen oregon's I think kind of a
A rising star here in the west coast especially
so while we haven't heard about Anybody from
Oregon entering the transfer portal Oregon's
already made a signing out of the transfer portal
And it's a kid who's got some ties already to
Oregon and baby J. You're reading it right now
I am reading right now. Did you need it? No,
no, I gave it to you. That's why you know, so
he already does have a Sister it sounds like
on the Oregon dance team right at gerson So it
his name is Carter Johnstone Carter Johnstone
from Vanderbilt. That's right. He spent his first
season at Cal State Fullerton, and he batted
344 with a 966 OPS 7 home runs. He didn't play
a lot for Vanderbilt. He only played in 18 games,
had a batting average of 143 with an OPS of 455.
So you're not getting him. Based off of that
you're getting it based off the previous season
also the fact that vanderbilt obviously is a
very good school Had kind of a down year this
year, but their credentials are there if vanderbilt's
interested in this game in the sec And they're
like a really good sec team in baseball So I
think it's interesting. He is a second baseman
can play multiple positions It feels like if
ryan cooney's gonna be back, then I think he's
gonna be at second base They do need a third
baseman drew smith's gonna be gone. So it does
feel like okay. Can he play third base? I'm not
sure if he's a If he's being touted as a second
baseman, that almost sounds like a guy that doesn't
have a huge arm. I'm not sure, but usually guys
that are not short stops that are moved to other
positions don't have the biggest arms. So I would
be interested to see actually where he fits into
the diamond, but he does seem like a guy that
it's a good at. Can we just say that, although
it was disappointing that Waz's team did not
advance, the Ducks did not advance out of Austin,
that if you put it in context, This is still
relatively a really really young team. Oh, this
is absolutely a really young team So holding
them together and that's going to be the key
because they're going to be some players like
a Milwaukee And an angel Maya and others that
believe me somebody's gonna be waving a check
at them They're it's gonna happen. It's gonna
happen and they might lose one or two those guys
But I still think that there's enough there and
they haven't lost most of those guys whenever
they've had players that have the opportunity
to go they've mostly stayed and If you get drafted
if there's somebody that's drafted like that's
another decision altogether I think where you
have to make your decision on when you want to
go pro and when is right for you We're efforting
to get was but of course, he's beating the trail
really hard Re -recruiting gotta be the biggest
week. Oh, absolutely re -recruiting his players
and then going out and trying to figure out Okay,
who can we go get in the portal? So there we
go. Let's do tension real cool a joke. I Got
fired from the bank today woman asked me to check
her balance. So I pushed her dad jokes Why did
Mozart sell us chickens? Because they kept saying,
bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop,
bop. Uh -oh. Bad allegiances there. All right,
kids. Tomorrow on the program, we'll have the
godfather, Matt D 'Ampe. Thanks for tuning in.
God bless. Put a smile on your face. Someone
else's. They deserve it. So do you. We appreciate
you. Love you, kids. Peace.