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Sports Eugene. Portions of this show are recorded.

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Strap in and be prepared. I love growing the

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game. I can guarantee you, any other West Coast

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team that's watching this, I'm sure USC is gnashing

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their teeth right now saying, how come we couldn't

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have thought of this first? Interesting guests.

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Kelly Graves, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waszkowski,

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Melissa Lombardi, Max Torres, El Toro, joining

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us. Sharp opinions. I think if you're a supporter

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of the NBA, that you should at least have some

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level of interest in the WNBA because the things

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that interest you as a NBA fan should still interest

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you as a WNBA fan. That's just my opinion. And

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some smiles. Can you guess what position I played

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in football? Left out? No, I did not. Yeah, exactly.

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I did think about that for a second, but yes,

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actually I did not play. I was not big enough.

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Goose tried to kill me today on the golf course.

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Advanced warning was given. It just apparently

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was not heard. I will dispute that in a court

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of law. It's Danny Havel. If you're driving and

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you're trying to do this in your head, pull off

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the side of the road. I don't need any accidents.

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Justin Grossweiner. I love to hear Coach go,

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we're going to focus on that bad four game stretch

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the rest of the season. We will never do that

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again. That may be a good point. I don't know.

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Maybe you can do that. Maybe that's another strategy.

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Danny and Justin starts now on Fox Sports Eugene

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and Fox Sports Newport. Hello. Welcome hi top

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ears on a home day Wednesday good show for you

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again The first time this week, we're not going

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to have multiple guests, so we actually get to

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breathe a little bit and postulate on the World

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Cup. We'll do that in this first segment. We're

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going to have the old stitch head, Eric Sorensen

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from D1 Baseball is going to join us live from

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Omaha, Nebraska, as he is covering for us and

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the rest of the world, the College World Series,

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which is going to be down to the final two. The

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championship game will be set after tonight with

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Georgia taking. On I got it right here. I'll

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get it right. I'll get it right Oklahoma To see

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who takes on North Carolina for the championship.

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We've got some Oregon baseball news some good

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news from our quaskowski squad a little men's

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basketball news as well for the University of

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Oregon an award for the Oregon men's and women's

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track programs But we will start first with the

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World Cup as we welcome in You to the program.

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I'm doc over there is you know, we love them

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Our tag -team partner Justin Grosswiner. We call

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him baby J. What a boy. Well, you know me Yes,

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you have known me over the last couple years

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and you know that i'm a guy that i'm I'm not

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like the most optimistic i'm not necessarily

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like what you consider like the most joyful person

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I have I think I think you have cautious optimism

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nothing brings me more joy than watching Incredible

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sports and watching lino messy yesterday just

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filled me with actual like joy like watching

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this happen and watching what he's doing it it's

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so exciting to me like i love watching this so

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much it like it means the world to me like no

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pun intended to just see what's happening right

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now and to be experiencing this moment in in

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in football soccer history we call football it's

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european game but it's here in the states and

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the the rise of the world cup especially if the

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northern hemisphere, northern America, can witness

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it in real time instead of having to get up at

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3 a .m. to watch matches, I think is advantageous

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for the fandom here in the states. And so like

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right now, you can watch World Cup, you can watch

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some great action. It's England and Croatia right

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now going at it, right? And it's tied at two

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at halftime. We've got it on here in the studio.

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And yeah, you were watching Messi, and I was

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on the golf course at Lower Wood with General

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and a few of our friends. And you're texting

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me as we're playing. I just have to hold it up

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to General. I go, look, and it's the one you

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sent with Messi with his arms raised. So yeah,

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I like that you have that kind of joy. And I

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think it's shared throughout the country. I think

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so. And I think the thing about it that I appreciate

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the most is it The things that feel like finite,

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the things that feel like we're not gonna see

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this again, the things that lead up to these

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moments are irreco - What's the word? Irreplicatable?

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I don't even know if that's an actual word. Irreplaceable?

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Not irreplaceable, but you can't replicate what

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the circumstances are coming into this world.

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Just trying to help you. I know, you did a good

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job. But it's been fun. You saw yesterday that

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he was messy had a big day. You had holland had

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a big day killing and bop a had a big day So

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those stars rose, but there have been already

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some shockers I at cape verde is one and and

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others and so my question would be and I can

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postulate this is that is this going to even

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out because it seems like the superior athletes

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of the superior programs the ones with at least

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one or two like we'll still see renaldo here

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coming up one or two you played this morning

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oh you did oh sorry no no goals by the way okay

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one one tie okay so the That that the cream is

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gonna rise here that those opening matches could

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be a little rocky They've jumped up a lot of

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time zones these players not necessarily used

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to that by the way and they had adjustment and

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then Playing in on a pitch that they've never

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seen before a lot of these pitches are indoors

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Which for a lot of these players as well, they're

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playing out in uncirculated air and I'm not saying

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those are factoring into these things But they're

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you know the strategy you can catch a team for

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the first match but then as we start diving into

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this a little bit more, I think it's gonna even

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out. I don't think we're gonna have as many of

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these, I don't wanna say upsets, but these. Sometimes

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a tie is an upset. These quizzical results that

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we're getting. I think you're right. I think

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that some of it. Looking no further than the

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last World Cup when Saudi Arabia beat Messi and

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Argentina in their first match Mm -hmm obviously

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went on to win the rest of the matches in the

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World Cup and win the World Cup did Argentina

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But it happens right and even in the game yesterday

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against Algeria There was an offside that was

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called on a goal for Algeria and it looked like

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Messi in the Argentine team would have a really

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bad start and they reversed the call obviously,

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but You never know. It's the thing about sports

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is you just really never know. I think part of

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what's happening, what you're picking up on,

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though, too, is the fact that there's a lot of

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groups in this particular World Cup. They expanded

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the World Cup. And so I think there are more

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matches between teams that are further apart.

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And if you're playing your first match in World

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Cup, I think it kind of evens things out. I think

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as things go along, we'll see some of these really

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big matches. We saw a couple already. But for

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the most part it has been sort of imbalanced

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and we've seen some positive results for some

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teams like Germany with Curacao But then we've

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also seen some press surprises like Spain and

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Cape Verde, which is awesome So I do you know

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where Cape Verde is? I had no idea. Isn't that

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on the the bottom part of Africa? I'm mistaken.

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No, I'm just telling you I don't know so you

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could tell me anywhere and I go. Okay, sure So

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I think what we're gonna do on Friday because

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we're gonna so today again We have one guess

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and and we love that we have stitch head on especially

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with College World Series reaching its pinnacle.

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Tomorrow we'll have Isaac Streeter live here

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in the studio, which is gonna be a treat for

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us. And then on Friday, we're gonna have Chris

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Burkhardt to talk about the Blazers, talk about

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Tom Dundon, talk about the off season and who's

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gonna be the next coach? Could we have Mike Onori

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named as the head coach by Friday? Good. I don't

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know it's possible. It's very well possible So

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all that for the rest of the week But I think

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we should play a game on friday and maybe we

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get goose involved in this if he can come in

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a little early on friday And I pick like six

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countries And i'm gonna make them fairly i'm

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gonna give you a couple easy ones, but i'll make

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them some obscure obscure And i'm gonna ask you

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to name the capital of that country Okay, I think

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I'd be like okay at it. I think but I'll give

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you like I'll give you like a multiple choice

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So I'll give you three Answers and one of them

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is gonna be the correct one by the way Kate Verde

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is west of it's an island off the west coast

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of Senegal Now see those those African countries

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who have been really good Really? I mean they've

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been really good Morocco went to the World Cup

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semi -final last year or last time I say keep

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on saying last year. Let's do that Let's do name

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the capital name the capital from a World Cup

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country. I'm down. Okay, I'm down do that. Okay,

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so We've got that by the way off the pitch and

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I know you want to get more on the pitch because

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actually you know What let's let's stay on the

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pitch first Because one of the concerns that

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came up, by the way, you're listening to the

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Danny and Justin radio program, Eric Sorensen

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from D1 baseball. We're going to fly out over

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to Omaha and find out what's going on. We are

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in the final stages of the College World Series.

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We'll talk a little portal as well. with with

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Eric and we always love his perspective because

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he covers D1 baseball from top to bottom and

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if you haven't been to the D1 baseball site it

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is literally an encyclopedia and it should be

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your Bible if you love college baseball so that's

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what we're going to have coming up in about 10

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minutes from now and then we've got some Oregon

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news that we're going to flush on out at the

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end of the program and get you all up to date

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on what's going on with baseball basketball and

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track as we've got news from every one of those

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areas The World Cup stretches things out. So

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this is literally going to be a month's worth

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of competition. And I think you brought up a

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very valid point, because in the US, good, bad,

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or indifferent, we are an instant gratification

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society. We want, man, if we want to consume

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something and we're attached to it, we want it

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hard, fast, and no stops. I'm not gonna I'm not

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gonna pause. I just want to keep going man. That's

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that. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go So now the

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USA comes out has a 4 -1 win for one victory

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in their first match a lot of buzz Although there

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is some questions about one of the best players

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on the US who was pulled off the pitch Midway

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through the game. He didn't come on second half,

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right? Okay. So yeah, so We'll see. Yeah, we'll

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see you a pulse egg if he's gonna Start in this

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next match, but the gap in between you were you

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were just mentioning so I'd like you to expand

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I think I think I was thinking about it more

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the gap in between matches USA played Friday

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Which was I think day three of the competition

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I think so and now they're not playing again

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until this coming Friday. So the whole week All

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the momentum is gone of sitting there, but do

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you really think those the momentum is gone?

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Recovery can be sparked again. It feels like

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it take a just it's all the tinder is there anticipation

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of the next match I just like let's just get

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it here. I think that after last match it was

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sort of one of those like man I want to go again

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one and then there's a little bit of a break

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and you kind of You have to kind of just wait

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it out But I think that one of the benefits of

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having more teams and more spacing out of these

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games is that there I mean, there's four matches

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every single day and there's gonna be for a long

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time and There's just so much happening and it's

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all during the day. So us Americans we can watch

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it, but I do think that Think they'll be fine

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in terms of the actual team like they're prepared

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for that I think that there's plenty of situations

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or teams are playing once a week It's not like

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an unprecedented thing, but I do think as a fan

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and just as somebody that's watching I just oh

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England has scored in the first minute of the

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second half. That's unbelievable Three goals

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in basically a little over half. That's pretty

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that's pretty good. That's that's exciting That's

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what the Americans want as well. We don't want

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this one nil stuff or nil nil so Bellingham Yeah,

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and there was another shot on goal there, too

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But I think the interesting thing to me I was

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talking my uncle and you tried to call me during

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the middle of that conversation So luckily I

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didn't I didn't answer your call, but so my uncle's

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about your age. I'm 31 I think there's a big

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difference between and my uncle's a really big

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sports fan like baseball He is and but my point

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is there he has no concept of like watching soccer

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really because when he was growing up Didn't

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exist really the the foundation of the game and

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the interest of it grew I think during my lifetime

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So I can always remember there's the 1992 world

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cup and then there was the 2002 world cup where

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the united states made a run and got to the quarterfinals

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So in my lifetime, I can always remember interest

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in the world cup, but I think there's a lot of

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people out there It was a good reminder to me

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that Just based on the history of the United

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States and the how much it's grown recently that

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there are still a lot of people out there that

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They're just not tuned in and I think it's a

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bit of a shame. So the the it was after a World

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Cup where Pele was Like the best player in the

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world and he was a an incredible ambassador For

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the game in the United States, right and in the

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United States as well So that is where the first

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I think alliteration of an American soccer league

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came about because Pele signed with the New York

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Cosmos back in the day and he was you know and

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it failed miserably because again it even goes

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back to the you know 60s 70s when it started

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70s is when it started is Americans want gratification

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they want runs they want goals they want touchdowns

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they don't want to sit there for 90 minutes and

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watch teams pass it around and maybe take six

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shots of the entire game. That's that I don't

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get that and I think that there's you know The

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criticism is that you see a lot of one one games

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or a lot of one nil games And you're not gonna

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see a lot of three two in the middle of the second

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half But I think the more that the United States

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became a bigger melting pot with people emigrating

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to our country To this country not our country.

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It's all of our country emigrating to this country

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and bringing their culture and bringing their

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love for the games and more of the games and

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Again, we are in the United States, we're kind

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of in a vacuum. People still need, and I think

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they're smart enough now, I think we are smart

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enough in this country, soccer worldwide is the

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most watched sport by far. It's not even close.

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There is like, you could put the whole of American

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sports on the pin of a needle in comparison to

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soccer worldwide. And the numbers are... in every

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other country. And that's kind of where the Roger

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Goodells and the Adam Silvers and the others

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that are American based sports want to get into

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the European market. That's why you're seeing

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games for the NFL into Europe and into Mexico

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and others because they know that there's an

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opportunity to grab what could be a rabid fan

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base that supports soccer the entire worldwide.

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So again, Every time we have a World Cup, and

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especially if the U .S. can be relevant and get

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into this round of 16 and such, that is going

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to keep increasing the fandom of it. Because,

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I mean, I played soccer when I was young. It

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was one of the sports you could play because

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it was almost like I wasn't good enough to play

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basketball, you know, collegiately or whatever.

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But you did play tennis. I played tennis. OK,

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but soccer, like at the local Y, everybody played

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soccer. Right. Did you play it? Well, no, but

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you ran around you got exhausted you had a go

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-gurt and then you went home No, I think that

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that is something that is so the game is so accessible

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you can play it anywhere even when Before if

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you know the international appeal was established.

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I think that everybody just like played soccer,

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right? I think that the lack of scoring though.

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It kind of reminds me a little bit about baseball

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and how People complain about that right then

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the ball got juice now. They were flying home

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runs out in steroid era and all that I don't

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know what the solution for that would be in there

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is no solution football soccer Yeah, all you

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could do is call more files get more free kicks

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and and that would slow the game down So it would

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make a even though it is a running clock and

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I think one of the things I could be convinced

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like why can't they just do a timer that starts

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and stops like I get it like they have their

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own system But like you know, it's yeah, and

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I'm not sure I'm not sure they haven't saw that

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little fun ways to do this all that in a hundred

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years I don't think they're gonna solve it in

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a couple of days. All right last thing and by

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the way Again, we've got Eric Sorenson coming

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up the old state shed here in a couple of minutes

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We're gonna talk college world series in Omaha.

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So off the pitch And this is you know, you want

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to talk about an economic boon for the states

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With the World Cup being here, billions of dollars

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are flowing into this country. The parent company

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of Sam Adams, the beer, Boston Tap Room ran out

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of the brand's flagship Boston lager over the

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weekend because the Scotland soccer fans that

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are in Boston for the World Cup drank four times

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as much as the bar usually sells. They said,

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this is fantastic. They said in a release from

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Thursday to Sunday, the Tartan Army, Scottish

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Tartan Army drank four times what the company

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normally stocks during a typical four -day holiday

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stretch like the 4th of July. This wasn't a holiday,

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folks, except it was the World Cup. They have

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had to schedule emergency deliveries over the

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weekend and adding extra deliveries this week.

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And he said they've never seen anything like

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it. The White Bull Tavern. They ran out of beer.

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They drank the place dry. All they had was Bud

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Light left. They ran out of everything. So hilarious.

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I mean, I think that settles some debates, right?

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Yeah. Who can handle it? So by the way, Scotland,

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it's the first time their soccer team has played

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in a World Cup in 28 years. I didn't know that,

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actually. But that's what happens when you expand

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the field. I do think this is a really good opportunity

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for a lot of Americans get into the World Cup

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especially because Lino Messi's been in the United

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States for the past yeah with Miami years with

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Miami exactly I'm wearing a shirt right now and

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You get to see a lot of the games the stars are

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all here there. Everything is right here for

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you Yeah, just go watch it. I promise you you'll

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enjoy it. Just watch it So the Ivory Coast I'm

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gonna mess up this name Ellie why he Was arrested

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apparently a couple weeks before the World Cup

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with League one spot fixing which you might ask

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what that is What is that it's betting? And so

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there was a large amount of unusual bets placed

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on a yellow card being issued to him in particular

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Like there's this issue not just in college football

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But around the world with sports betting so I

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just wanted to add that real quick. Okay. Oh

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good on you All right, so we'll be keeping our

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eye on everything. A wonderful save by the Croatian

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keeper there as England's on the attack up 3

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-2. They're in the second half in the opening

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round pool play for World Cup. When we come back,

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it's our good friend, our dear Stitchhead, Eric

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Sorensen, talk a little College World Series

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from Omaha, Nebraska, next on the Danny and Justin

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radio program. The Danny adjusted radio program

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rolls on here for a hump day Fox Sports gene

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Fox Sports Newport Let's head on over to the

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Oregon man clinics hotline at three four three

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He is Filled with beef and cheese in Omaha, Nebraska.

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It's the great stitch at Eric Sorensen from D1

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baseball as he's covering the college World Series

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man You made it back to Mecca again. How's the

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weather? Yeah, this this I tell you what guys

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yeah, this has been the best weather of Since

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I've been covering the college world series since

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I've been working it Which has been since 2000

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this has been the best weather that I've experienced

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here Now today is the first day that it's supposed

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to be a little warm a little see like like mid

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80s Still not triple digit heat indexes. I'll

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go although I'll wait and see but like the temperature

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of the last few days It's been sunny and mid

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70s uh, for the most part, um, for all the last

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few days. So it's been very tolerable. Um, and

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I asked you guys, as I probably told you guys

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before, I'm a real heat wimp. It gets above 80

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and I start getting horny. And I got to stand

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in those photo wells for both games, me and my

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wife both stand in the photo wells on opposite

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sides. And those things are concrete boxes. They

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get pretty hot sometimes when it, when the weather's

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really hot, but it has not been that bad, uh,

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this trip. So I wish I could bottle this weather.

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every year for the college will choose at least

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the first five days. It might again, it might

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get a little steamy today, but it's supposed

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to cool off again tomorrow. Well, you know what

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we did now? We just jinxed it. It's okay, I don't

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believe in Jesus, so I'm alright. That's right,

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that's on the Twitter bio. I talk about no hitters

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going into the 6th, 7th, and 8th inning all the

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time. Attaboy, it's Eric Snorrenson, covers it

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very well. We've had him on now for a couple

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of years here on the Danny Justin radio program.

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Go to D1 Baseball, follow the old Stitch head

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at just like I said, Stitch underscore head on

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the old Twitters. Yeah, thank you very much,

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sir. So let's see how this College World Series

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has played out. I mean, we had, you know, history

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made. with Troy and West Virginia, others that

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make it for the first time. And I think there's

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some really good storylines here. But we started

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with our final four today. And the first game

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is kind of in the books. But we've got the second

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one coming up with Oklahoma and Georgia tonight.

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Has there been a surprise to you? Is Texas exiting

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kind of a surprise with those arms and the power

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that they had coming in? Yeah, a little bit.

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Nothing really shocks you at the College World

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Series. Texas exiting, they won a couple games.

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It's not a big disgrace for them. They had a

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great season. I think Troy coming in here playing

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very competitive, winning a game, eliminating

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Ole Miss is a real feather in their hat. And

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I thought, you know, it's not like I expected

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Troy to go 0 -2, but a lot of those teams like

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the Murray State or Roberts... Stony Brooks over

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the years a lot of those keys get to Oman. They

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just kind of lay an egg. Troy did. Troy played

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really well. I think the other thing that's kind

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of been stunning is the fact that some of these

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pitching performances have come out of nowhere.

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Like Georgia, Joey Volchko. He's a Stanford guy

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who went to Georgia. And he was kind of like

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the nuclear luge of college baseball. When I've

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seen him pitch at Stanford a couple times, he

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would strike out 10, he would walk nine. He would

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hit three or four guys. That's just how his nature

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was. And then he comes here to the College World

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Series, throws a complete game, 15th strikeout

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performance in the opening round. And that was

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just stunning to me. That's the best he's ever,

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it was the game of his life. And then we also

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saw Xander Mercurius of Oklahoma freshman goes

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out there, throws seven innings of great ball.

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Cade Naoki of Georgia also had a great outing

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for them as well against Oklahoma. Mercurius

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did that, by the way, did that against the Georgia

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team that just, you know, they hit everything

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out over the wall and he just was smooth operator.

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So I think some of these pitching performances

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that we've seen in Omaha really kind of go beyond

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:19.859
explanation. It's been kind of a joy to see some

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of these guys step up biggest stage of their

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life. And perform like they have reminds but

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:27.720
we're cub fans, of course So it reminds me of

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2022 when kate horton all the sudden started

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dominating hitters after he added a power slider

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and cut fastball But it just seems like this

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is that part of the excitement of of the college

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world series and of these Players at this particular

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time because they can make that sort of leap

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Yeah, yeah, I mean and when you see it, it's

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kind of a magical thing Last year was it last

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year that Georgia player hit had the no hitter

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in the college World Series. It's just weird

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to see because a lot of most of the time you

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see these guys coming to the college World Series

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and you know they kind of freak out a little

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bit and you know they the nerves get to them.

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They're on the big stage and it's really cool

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to see once in a while or I guess this year three

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times three or four times. We've seen guys step

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up to the rubber and just. just have the game

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of their life. And it's really, it's really fun

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to see. And if you don't really expect that you

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kind of expect the nerves to take over and, and

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you know, the ball supply out of the out of the

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park. But that really hasn't happened this year.

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So if you had to handicap, would you say that

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the Oklahoma Georgia winner has got the inside

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track? Or? I think the two teams started two

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and oh, Oklahoma and especially North Carolina.

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Just I think I think they always have the inside

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track for getting the because you start out to

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know you get in in North Carolina's case, you

00:25:56.359 --> 00:26:00.140
get three days rest before they play. You know

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:02.200
tonight against against West Virginia and to

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:05.920
be honest, North Carolina is is they could go

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:08.539
back. They could go back and start Jason Decaro

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:10.720
their Friday. Their starter back on Friday. They

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:12.799
could actually bring him back today if they want

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:14.099
tonight. If they want to, we'll see who they

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:16.380
end up throwing, but. Yeah, their whole team

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:20.880
is well rested, and I just think you go 2 -0

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:23.380
and you get those extra days. And even if you

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:27.819
lose that first game, you still have another

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:29.720
game in your pocket that you can bounce back

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:33.000
and head to the championship series. So yeah,

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.660
advantage to North Carolina. North Carolina is

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:36.839
probably the one team I thought of the last four

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:39.160
probably had the best advantage just because

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:41.740
of so much rest. and the way they played and

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:43.900
the pitching just lines up so perfectly for them

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:46.680
and they've got a deep staff so it's like win

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:49.319
-win situation for the Tar Heels. Eric Sorensen,

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:52.720
the old stitch head drops the bull Durham references

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:56.019
on occasion here on the Danny and Justin radio

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:58.039
program. He's got a six eight wingspan. Do not

00:26:58.039 --> 00:27:00.519
let him fool him. He is a massive human being.

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:04.299
So Eric, let's let's move to the portal because

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:06.839
D1 baseball covers it really well. And they got

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:09.740
the tracker. And you know, you got double duty.

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:11.980
You're covering, you know, the the greatest show

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:14.500
on dirt in Omaha. And then you also got to keep

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:17.890
your your eye on the portal and the moves. I

00:27:17.890 --> 00:27:19.990
want to start obviously with Oregon because they

00:27:19.990 --> 00:27:22.109
took some hits. I mean, two out of the three

00:27:22.109 --> 00:27:23.990
freshmen thus far, we don't know what's going

00:27:23.990 --> 00:27:28.069
to go on with Braden Jackson, but Luaki goes,

00:27:28.630 --> 00:27:32.130
Laya goes to the portal. Both guys that, you

00:27:32.130 --> 00:27:34.170
know, if you put all their numbers together,

00:27:34.309 --> 00:27:36.809
you know, it's 30 plus home runs. It's, you know,

00:27:36.849 --> 00:27:39.529
a lot of RBIs and slugging percentage and excitement

00:27:39.529 --> 00:27:42.970
as a freshman. And Colin Clark enters his name

00:27:42.970 --> 00:27:45.690
into the portal, but the Ducks get a couple of...

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:50.680
signees. So let's start there. I mean, is it

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:53.660
devastating for a team like Oregon to lose such

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:57.500
talent after just one year? Can it be? Well,

00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:00.140
I didn't know you guys were going to depress

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:03.859
me on this phone call. We're not trying to. We

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:06.559
can't control. Dude, we're living it. Okay, you're

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:11.299
1600 miles away. Yeah, this kind of sucks. Yeah,

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:15.369
I just I'm baseball college baseball just Looking

00:28:15.369 --> 00:28:17.970
at it from 30 ,000 feet, college baseball's never

00:28:17.970 --> 00:28:20.630
been better. It's at its best point right now

00:28:20.630 --> 00:28:24.609
as far as popularity, getting out there, coverage,

00:28:25.890 --> 00:28:30.269
just excitement, the crowds, the atmospheres

00:28:30.269 --> 00:28:32.710
that we saw at the Super Regional, like at Troy,

00:28:32.990 --> 00:28:36.829
7 ,000 fans at a tiny, tiny stadium in Troy,

00:28:36.829 --> 00:28:40.589
Alabama. So it's as healthy as it's been except,

00:28:40.789 --> 00:28:44.289
I think, when it comes to this thing with the

00:28:44.289 --> 00:28:47.750
transfers. You transfer like you're changing

00:28:47.750 --> 00:28:53.109
underwear. And yeah, I got real depressed when

00:28:53.109 --> 00:28:56.069
Matt Garland, who's up there in your neck of

00:28:56.069 --> 00:28:57.869
the woods, Matt Garland is here in Omaha, and

00:28:57.869 --> 00:29:00.269
he's the one that told me that both Maya and

00:29:00.269 --> 00:29:02.549
Lachey were going to the transfer portal. And

00:29:02.549 --> 00:29:05.150
you're right, that's two of the three super freshmen

00:29:05.150 --> 00:29:07.569
they had this year that were freshmen all -American

00:29:07.569 --> 00:29:11.319
guys that... you know, you gotta embrace it for

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:14.559
a year, I guess, and let them go, but, God, the

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:16.900
way this thing's going, it's just like, God,

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:20.119
it's changing. There really should be some kind

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:22.920
of restraint of some sort, because they just,

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:24.799
you know, there's guys that have changed schools

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:27.240
four times that are playing here in the College

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.839
World Series. I can't remember, there's a player,

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:31.380
I can't remember who he is. One of them has transferred

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:35.470
literally four times. But yeah, that's... That's

00:29:35.470 --> 00:29:37.029
the bummer part of the sport. That's the crap

00:29:37.029 --> 00:29:40.609
part of the sport to me, and college sports in

00:29:40.609 --> 00:29:43.910
general, really. That really bums me out. And

00:29:43.910 --> 00:29:49.109
I don't know, it's mixed emotions. You want these

00:29:49.109 --> 00:29:52.569
guys to stay, because it could very well be the

00:29:52.569 --> 00:29:54.609
right move just to stay, but you don't know.

00:29:54.910 --> 00:29:56.890
They see something shiny on the other side of

00:29:56.890 --> 00:29:58.130
the room. They're like, oh, something shiny.

00:29:58.150 --> 00:29:59.730
I'm going to go over there and see how that is.

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:02.859
And and sometimes it works out and sometimes

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:04.539
it doesn't. But yeah, these guys are going to

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:06.539
work out no matter where they go. And I'm really

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:08.960
sad to see them go. It just kind of bumps me

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:11.680
out for for the Oregon fans and for coach Mark

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:14.140
Wojtkowski, who, you know, I'm sure loves these

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:17.059
guys and and doesn't want to lose them. And but

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:19.539
you can't, you know, you flash enough money in

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:22.779
front of them that they're going to take it.

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.559
And that's the bad. That's the bummer part of

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:27.140
this sport. It's not it's not necessarily NIL.

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:29.740
It's not like they can, to me, I always thought

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:32.940
if a player goes out and signs autographs at

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:34.960
a car dealership, yeah, he should get paid for

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:37.319
that. Sure, sure. If he's got a jersey with his

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:39.099
name on the back, yeah, he should get paid for

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:41.720
that. But the way college sports is now, it's

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:43.900
just the teams with the most money, they throw

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:47.480
money at the player to go there, not to have

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:49.880
his name, image, or likeness being used. They're

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:52.359
throwing money at him to recruit them. The teams

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:54.539
with the most money are going to get the best

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:56.519
players. That's just the sad part of it all.

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:58.779
Well, Stitch Head, and it's not, and I'm glad

00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:00.059
you brought up the money piece of it because

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:01.839
that's exactly where it goes to. And again, we're

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:04.700
not going to begrudge a young man, especially

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:07.380
who is possibly thinking about how he can take

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:09.859
care of his family, a lot of those extended family

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:12.380
type situations. Waz told us that there are players

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:15.240
getting offers that are five times his salary,

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:18.980
basically. Yeah. It's insane. Right. So, but

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:22.420
my point being is that this is not about It can't

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:25.819
be, and maybe this is where we kind of put some

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:27.779
salve over the wound if you're an Oregon fan

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:29.859
especially, it's not about player development.

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:32.480
Do you want to be a big leaguer? Because Waz's

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:34.460
staff, and I think he brought this up and then

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:37.500
I went back and researched it, they have built

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:40.599
through their program the most players that have

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:43.579
gone on to Major League Baseball to the pros

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:46.880
than any other existing program right now in

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:49.579
NCAA Division I Baseball. So it's not about that.

00:31:50.569 --> 00:31:54.670
Yeah, that great some great points and I'll go

00:31:54.670 --> 00:31:57.390
on sorry Yeah, no, it's just yeah, you're right,

00:31:57.390 --> 00:31:59.849
but finish your point. I mean yeah, it is about

00:31:59.849 --> 00:32:02.069
the money, but go ahead Well, I mean, so it's

00:32:02.069 --> 00:32:03.930
it's it's like that when when they're getting

00:32:03.930 --> 00:32:06.210
advice when these young men are getting advice

00:32:06.210 --> 00:32:09.490
It's not about okay. Do you want like you you

00:32:09.490 --> 00:32:12.480
hear? players in football, for example, or even

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:14.380
basketball. I'm going to go to a program because

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:16.680
that coach or that program is going to get me

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:18.380
to a point where I'm going to be able to play

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:20.799
professionally and earn a paycheck professionally.

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:23.579
I'm not hearing that when it comes to this. It's

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:25.819
all about, I'm going to get my money now because

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:29.759
I can go to the MLB draft whenever. You know,

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.700
Ryan Cooney, Maddox Maloney are getting invited.

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:35.380
I think Cal Scaleri is going to tryouts before

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:38.339
the MLB draft. So it's not about that. It's about

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:41.599
getting the check right now. Yeah. Yeah. Immediate

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:44.619
satisfaction is certainly the thing because yeah,

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:46.740
you're right. And if that's the case, if what

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:49.200
you're saying is true, that's an impressive number

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:53.900
for Coach Wazkowski. And, you know, if I'm him,

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:56.319
I'm going to go to Phil Knight and say, hey,

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:58.549
Phil, you know... We got a pretty good thing

00:32:58.549 --> 00:33:00.109
going here in Oregon. How about opening up a

00:33:00.109 --> 00:33:01.990
little bit of the pocketbook for us? You're an

00:33:01.990 --> 00:33:03.849
Oregon grad, right? You're proud of our program,

00:33:03.849 --> 00:33:07.210
right? But yes, that's a really interesting part

00:33:07.210 --> 00:33:10.589
that it's not about the development, it's just

00:33:10.589 --> 00:33:12.750
about the immediate satisfaction. Here's the

00:33:12.750 --> 00:33:15.410
thing I always look at, guys. I always look at

00:33:15.410 --> 00:33:18.730
the players that have been, and Joey Volsko of

00:33:18.730 --> 00:33:23.009
Georgia is a good example, him and Matt Scott,

00:33:23.130 --> 00:33:27.250
both transferred from Stanford to Georgia. Now,

00:33:27.589 --> 00:33:29.890
if you stay at Stanford, you're gonna be able

00:33:29.890 --> 00:33:32.009
to make a million dollars plus with whatever

00:33:32.009 --> 00:33:34.009
you end up going, whatever you end up endeavoring

00:33:34.009 --> 00:33:36.150
into the real world. What if your arm blows out

00:33:36.150 --> 00:33:39.470
in a year in the minors? You have that Stanford

00:33:39.470 --> 00:33:42.650
education to fall back on. Georgia and Mississippi

00:33:42.650 --> 00:33:45.029
State, these aren't exactly highbrow institutions

00:33:45.029 --> 00:33:48.740
like Stanford is. So those things always kind

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:51.319
of get to me is that why do you throw away a

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:53.680
Stanford education or a good education? Now,

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.440
Oregon's a different thing. I'm not sure what

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:57.019
their academic standards are. I'm sure they're

00:33:57.019 --> 00:34:01.980
very good. But yeah, if it's a proven track record

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:05.480
that you can develop professional players like

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:08.989
Coach Wise does, Why would you go someplace else

00:34:08.989 --> 00:34:11.050
just for immediate satisfaction? I guess that's

00:34:11.050 --> 00:34:12.829
your answer right there. That's immediate satisfaction

00:34:12.829 --> 00:34:15.010
But that's how young people are we were young

00:34:15.010 --> 00:34:17.030
and dumb at one time too, right? Absolutely.

00:34:17.070 --> 00:34:21.150
Well still a little bit. So that's okay I hope

00:34:21.150 --> 00:34:24.030
I'm young So the thing interesting to me about

00:34:24.030 --> 00:34:26.289
this Oregon team and maybe the thing that's probably

00:34:26.289 --> 00:34:28.170
the most frustrating to fans is this was the

00:34:28.170 --> 00:34:30.429
type of team that it was pretty young there were

00:34:30.429 --> 00:34:32.269
a lot of guys on this team that you felt like

00:34:32.269 --> 00:34:34.510
hey like this is a team that could develop over

00:34:34.510 --> 00:34:37.449
a couple years and of course What you said earlier

00:34:37.449 --> 00:34:38.949
I think is very true and something I thought

00:34:38.949 --> 00:34:41.090
of yesterday is that you're not going to get

00:34:41.090 --> 00:34:43.710
a junior Angel Laia anymore. You're going to

00:34:43.710 --> 00:34:45.489
get him for his freshman year and he's going

00:34:45.489 --> 00:34:47.510
to take off if there's better money out there

00:34:47.510 --> 00:34:49.909
for him. So I guess what this comes down to for

00:34:49.909 --> 00:34:52.769
me is unless there's more funding from a Phil

00:34:52.769 --> 00:34:55.119
Knight like you're saying or somebody else. Did

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:58.219
Oregon reach their ceiling or is there an is

00:34:58.219 --> 00:35:00.099
there a possibility that they can thread the

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:02.920
needle and they can get a one year team at the

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:05.199
right time to make it to the College World Series?

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.860
Because it's been a long time since they've been

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:11.920
there. Yeah, well here's yeah. The thing about

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:15.099
with Oregon it is they've been to the to the

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:16.659
Super Regionals three in the typing three of

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:18.320
the last four years. Three last five years when

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:20.800
let's do. So it's proven that they can get there.

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:22.760
Coach was and his staff have proven they can

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:24.679
get there. Yeah, they're going to take this hit.

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:26.960
And they're going, I think they'll recover. I

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:31.199
mean, they've got a lot to offer for really good

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:32.900
baseball players. They've got a lot to offer

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:35.139
at the University of Oregon. So I'm not worried

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:37.460
about them not being competitive. It's just depressing

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:39.719
that you have these great players for one year

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:42.179
and then they move on. You know, those things

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:44.420
happen. So yeah, I'm not going to say that they're

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:46.880
never, you know, it's not like they can't compete.

00:35:47.210 --> 00:35:49.650
with the big boys of college baseball, because

00:35:49.650 --> 00:35:52.590
they've proven they can. But yeah, I'd love to

00:35:52.590 --> 00:35:55.230
see them make that one little next step. I was

00:35:55.230 --> 00:35:57.289
kind of hoping for that the last few years. But

00:35:57.289 --> 00:35:59.349
yeah, I think it's just one of those things that'll

00:35:59.349 --> 00:36:02.369
happen. It'll just take a while. And yeah, these

00:36:02.369 --> 00:36:05.469
roster turnovers, that's the way we are in college

00:36:05.469 --> 00:36:07.110
baseball. That's where we are in college baseball

00:36:07.110 --> 00:36:09.650
now. The coaches just kind of have to adjust.

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:13.239
Well again, I brought it I bring up the word

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:15.920
depressing it really is kind of it really is

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:17.420
kind of a drag that we're not to see some of

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:19.920
these guys wearing the the green and gold next

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:22.320
year. Well, let's try and turn it around Stitchad.

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.360
We'll pull you out of your depression after we

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:27.179
have our little hug it out session and let's

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:29.519
let's talk about something that is a bit more

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:32.440
positive. The revival of Pac -12 baseball next

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:35.699
year as Mitch Canham squad who's had their own

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:40.179
hits and Rich Dorman moves from Oregon State's

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:42.840
pitching coach to Florida. He took Trey Morris

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:46.659
with him. That was announced yesterday and that's

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:48.630
going to be a little bit of a hit but Let's talk

00:36:48.630 --> 00:36:50.630
about the excitement of bringing more West Coast

00:36:50.630 --> 00:36:53.630
baseball back and the Pac -12. This is going

00:36:53.630 --> 00:36:55.650
to be a really competitive conference. I know

00:36:55.650 --> 00:36:58.230
you've looked at it a little bit. Sure, sure.

00:36:58.369 --> 00:37:01.489
Yeah, and I'm well versed with Dan Hefner at

00:37:01.489 --> 00:37:03.949
Dallas Baptist. I think that's going to be great

00:37:03.949 --> 00:37:06.750
to have him play some games out West and Texas

00:37:06.750 --> 00:37:09.909
State. Coach Trout has done a great job with

00:37:09.909 --> 00:37:12.579
them and they've been. in the NCAA tournament

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:14.599
a couple times the last few years. I know that's

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:16.880
kind of far -flung coming from Texas to be playing

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:19.840
in the Pac -12, but I'm excited about it. And,

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:22.079
you know, I'm glad for, like Coach showed up

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:24.760
at Washington State. They've got a better conference

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:27.079
to play in. Now it's not quite the old Pac -12,

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:29.239
but it's going to be better. And, you know, you've

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:31.500
got teams like, what is it, like Fresno State

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:34.780
and San Diego State. They've got a lot of potential,

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:38.449
obviously. And Gonzaga is part of it too, right?

00:37:38.550 --> 00:37:41.429
Yes, absolutely. Yeah. And they've been really

00:37:41.429 --> 00:37:43.329
good. Coach Macdolph has had them play in really

00:37:43.329 --> 00:37:45.969
good baseball the last few years. So yeah, this

00:37:45.969 --> 00:37:48.369
is kind of cool. I'm glad that it's happening.

00:37:48.550 --> 00:37:50.849
I wish it was the old way. But of course, nothing

00:37:50.849 --> 00:37:54.269
you can't put the toothpaste back in that tube.

00:37:54.889 --> 00:37:57.210
But I think this is going to be a really good

00:37:57.210 --> 00:38:01.920
conference with the potential. to be really good.

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:03.780
It's not just going to be good. I think it has

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:06.980
to be really good. We get Oregon State back into

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:09.119
a conference again, which, you know, they've

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:11.139
they've started to put it together really good

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:13.340
schedules last few years, but that's tough to

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:16.800
do. And now it'll be a little bit easier. So,

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:19.420
yeah, this is going to be good. I'm looking forward

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:21.300
to seeing how it turns out again. You know, a

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:23.099
little more air miles for some of these teams,

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:26.369
but. That's OK. That's going to bring good baseball

00:38:26.369 --> 00:38:28.889
and more. Another good conference out to the

00:38:28.889 --> 00:38:32.230
West Coast. I'm happy about it. It's a must have

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00:38:48.929 --> 00:38:51.670
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00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:08.599
you know what i'm not i don't want to talk about

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:10.000
brendan sorosby anymore so we're gonna talk about

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:13.079
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00:39:44.969 --> 00:39:49.309
for another video Coming up soon tomorrow the

00:39:49.309 --> 00:39:51.590
program Isaac Streeter will be in studio well

00:39:51.590 --> 00:39:54.610
last to talk about Beaver Athletics with Kevin

00:39:54.610 --> 00:39:57.989
Griffin and the new athletic director what he

00:39:57.989 --> 00:40:00.650
has to face Texas Tech still gonna rear its ugly

00:40:00.650 --> 00:40:02.309
head because Oregon State's supposed to play

00:40:02.309 --> 00:40:06.289
Texas Tech at home week two and if they want

00:40:06.289 --> 00:40:08.190
to get rid of that game which there is serious

00:40:08.190 --> 00:40:10.170
discussion about them not even though the whole

00:40:10.170 --> 00:40:13.929
Brenton Soresby thing is kind of now put aside

00:40:13.929 --> 00:40:18.079
there are still Conferences and schools that

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:21.480
are going to try and enforce this Righteous high

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:23.800
ground they try to get away with it by saying

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:25.760
we're not gonna schedule Texas Tech Yeah, like

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:27.320
Michigan's already canceled their volleyball

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:29.760
match with Texas Tech this upcoming see really

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:32.760
yeah Well, I guess my first question and I don't

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:34.639
know if anybody I mean we have sort of talked

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:36.679
about this but the Brennan Sworsby situation

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:39.440
Who's he being a quarterback now? So if there's

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:42.340
a kid last name Hammond look him up that he was

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:45.760
injured Indiana No, he's not from Indiana. Do

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:49.340
you have that song? I Have like an archive somewhere

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:51.659
absolutely forever. We'll have to bring that

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:54.760
up next time. So go look it up Yeah, there is

00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:57.280
a kid who was injured and end of last year. He

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:59.800
said he's gonna be ready So they're like not

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:01.940
worried so they can plug any quarterback in there

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:03.699
and it'll be fine You know, they're still gonna

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:06.559
contend and they're still favorites in the big

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:11.619
12 network It's kind of Big 12 net will Hammond

00:41:11.710 --> 00:41:13.909
wilham see i knew i had the hammon right so will

00:41:13.909 --> 00:41:18.610
hammon not from indiana but you know what's interesting

00:41:18.610 --> 00:41:20.809
is that there is another national network that's

00:41:20.809 --> 00:41:24.510
basically funded by bett mgm That's making comments.

00:41:24.550 --> 00:41:26.989
It's like, you know, this whole thing is you

00:41:26.989 --> 00:41:29.429
know, just horrible with Brendan Sorsby and by

00:41:29.429 --> 00:41:39.030
the way the odds Starting quarterback Let's get

00:41:39.030 --> 00:41:42.010
back back to Eugene I know we didn't want to

00:41:42.010 --> 00:41:44.809
talk about Brendan We kind of went around Brendan

00:41:44.809 --> 00:41:47.210
Sorsby not the situation itself, but it's gonna

00:41:47.210 --> 00:41:48.969
come up with Oregon State So, let's see if it

00:41:48.969 --> 00:41:50.630
is gonna be an issue, but I want to talk more

00:41:50.630 --> 00:41:54.260
about the Pac -12 Their commissioner has gotten

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:57.199
a new contract. So Teresa Gould is going to be

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:59.380
around for a while for the Pac -12, and we're

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:02.139
going to have Pac -12 football, basketball, baseball,

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:05.579
softball all next year. So it's going to be around.

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:07.400
It's going to be really exciting, honestly. It's

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:08.000
going to be a blast. I think it's going to be

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:09.820
really interesting to see how that all works

00:42:09.820 --> 00:42:12.380
out. And geographically, obviously, the Pac -12

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:14.519
has expanded. They're deep in the heart of Texas

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:17.980
now. Oregon Men's Basketball program has added

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:20.699
former Texas A &M strength coach Brandon Kuhn

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:23.380
to its staff. and the higher may carry a little

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:25.019
bit, but this is from the press release, carry

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:28.539
more weight than they initially realized. Kuhn

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:31.760
comes to Oregon, two decades of collegiate experience.

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:35.139
Last year he was at Texas A &M, Aggies reached

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:37.000
the second round of the NCAA tournament. You

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:39.019
would think strength and conditioning more for

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:41.500
like football. Maybe even baseball. You wouldn't

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:43.239
think for basketball. You were like, what happened

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:46.019
to the football? I was like, what happened to

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:48.360
Wilson Love? And then I had to read a little

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:50.960
further. It's like, oh, it's the basketball program.

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:54.260
Well, this is a part of investment into the program,

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:58.500
isn't it? I mean, Goose was either support Dana

00:42:58.500 --> 00:43:00.760
Altman. Now, this is kind of adjacent to that.

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:04.599
But it all comes into what a kid's going to need

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:09.280
to excel. So stops for Kuhn include Miami Saint

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:12.619
Johns, South Alabama, Manhattan Coppage, and

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:15.539
Coppin State, along with Texas Tech and Texas

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:17.880
A &M. So he's been around. He's one of the most

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:21.099
respected strength coaches in all of college

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:26.099
basketball. He was named in 2025 a Route 66 honoree.

00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:29.179
That's Roots 66. It's an award that recognized

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:32.559
most of the most impactful coaches, administrators,

00:43:32.659 --> 00:43:35.119
and leaders in the industry. So good on him.

00:43:36.610 --> 00:43:38.969
Let's we'll wind up with baseball because there's

00:43:38.969 --> 00:43:41.849
some movement for Oregon baseball in a positive

00:43:41.849 --> 00:43:44.829
way after all of the Stuff we talked about the

00:43:44.829 --> 00:43:48.809
other day, baby. Jay, but Oregon and today. Yeah,

00:43:48.809 --> 00:43:53.389
Oregon men and women the track and field teams

00:43:53.389 --> 00:43:57.250
Have garnered one of the most prestigious awards

00:43:57.250 --> 00:44:00.510
announced by a coaches association the this is

00:44:00.510 --> 00:44:04.489
really long USTF CC a division one program of

00:44:04.489 --> 00:44:10.489
the year The award started in 2008 2009 They've

00:44:10.489 --> 00:44:15.050
won this award 18 times 12 of them by the women

00:44:15.050 --> 00:44:19.309
6 by the men both the men and the women Win the

00:44:19.309 --> 00:44:23.010
award this year and it's based on national finish

00:44:23.010 --> 00:44:25.630
and the three championship meets during each

00:44:25.630 --> 00:44:28.349
academic year Oregon outlasted Arkansas on the

00:44:28.349 --> 00:44:31.329
men's side Oregon outlasted, Florida on the women's

00:44:31.329 --> 00:44:33.710
side and a bunch of first teams We don't have

00:44:33.710 --> 00:44:35.599
enough time to go through all of them We're gonna

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:37.539
see some of these athletes. I think possibly

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:42.039
at the pre so Good on them Fantastic. All right,

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:44.420
so you want to talk positive for Oregon? Yeah,

00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:49.199
let's do well if there is some Jake books Who

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:51.219
I don't know if they was highly coveted, but

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:54.460
he is a strong player coming from Tampa He's

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:57.579
a graduate student and he signed on to mark waskowski's

00:44:57.579 --> 00:45:00.630
team. He's an infielder He's got a year of eligibility

00:45:00.630 --> 00:45:04.110
left, but he blasted eight home runs 58 RBI stole

00:45:04.110 --> 00:45:08.230
six bases played some first base and batted 338

00:45:08.230 --> 00:45:11.730
with a 545 slugging percentage also was at Coastal

00:45:11.730 --> 00:45:17.250
Carolina and That conference pretty good pitching

00:45:17.250 --> 00:45:22.550
so that could you know possibly be You know look

00:45:22.550 --> 00:45:27.079
at Ryan Cooney is going to the MLB I guess you

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:30.440
would call it like the combine. It's the pre

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:33.639
-draft workouts for the MLB draft down in Arizona

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:35.920
along with Maddox Maloney so that your middle

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:38.519
infield is going down there to get looks to see

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:41.860
if they could possibly have enough stock to get

00:45:41.860 --> 00:45:44.659
drafted by an MLB team. Right -handed pitcher

00:45:44.659 --> 00:45:49.320
Cal Scaleri is also going down. So this kid,

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:53.070
Jake Books, Doesn't hit a ton of home runs But

00:45:53.070 --> 00:45:55.150
he could be an answer up the middle for either

00:45:55.150 --> 00:45:57.510
one of both those positions if Cooney and or

00:45:57.510 --> 00:46:00.610
Maloney are gonna get drafted Do you know go

00:46:00.610 --> 00:46:02.869
on no if they but by the way they both could

00:46:02.869 --> 00:46:04.769
come back they could eat Cooney and Max Maloney

00:46:04.769 --> 00:46:07.110
both could come back And I think I've said to

00:46:07.110 --> 00:46:10.070
you I predict yes will come back. Yes, and Cooney

00:46:10.070 --> 00:46:11.969
will leave okay I don't know where Cooney has

00:46:11.969 --> 00:46:13.550
to prove to be honest with you at this point

00:46:13.550 --> 00:46:15.130
unless he just really wants to be an Oregon baseball

00:46:15.130 --> 00:46:17.050
player Well, just possible here's the thing Drew

00:46:17.050 --> 00:46:22.690
Smith Came back again. It's true He also had

00:46:22.690 --> 00:46:24.769
a better season than he did the previous year.

00:46:24.789 --> 00:46:26.409
I don't know how much better Cooney can play.

00:46:26.710 --> 00:46:28.670
I mean, he's just been good. He's been so good.

00:46:28.829 --> 00:46:30.590
Except you want to say, you know what? I've been

00:46:30.590 --> 00:46:34.389
to two super regionals and got the bad taste

00:46:34.389 --> 00:46:36.449
on my mouth the last couple of times I was there.

00:46:36.469 --> 00:46:39.389
I want to get to a College World Series. That

00:46:39.389 --> 00:46:41.289
to me would be the only prize. It's kind of like

00:46:41.289 --> 00:46:43.690
Dante Moore saying, you know what? Yeah, I could

00:46:43.690 --> 00:46:46.789
have been a number one or two draft pick. But

00:46:46.789 --> 00:46:48.849
I want to come back and do something with this

00:46:48.849 --> 00:46:50.710
program and get to a national championship game

00:46:50.710 --> 00:46:52.809
if not win the whole thing I guess he has to

00:46:52.809 --> 00:46:55.429
weigh the option of well if I do come back What's

00:46:55.429 --> 00:46:57.230
the the worst possible thing that could happen,

00:46:57.250 --> 00:46:58.849
right? I mean, that's always you have to think

00:46:58.849 --> 00:47:01.090
in mind. You can ensure you have a horrible season

00:47:01.090 --> 00:47:02.769
He's not gonna have a horrible season Do you

00:47:02.769 --> 00:47:04.969
by the way know where the University of Tampa

00:47:04.969 --> 00:47:07.929
where conference they're in I would say I'm gonna

00:47:07.929 --> 00:47:14.539
say it's either the Sun Belt or the AAC It is

00:47:14.539 --> 00:47:18.019
the Sunshine State Conference. Okay. Yeah, whatever.

00:47:18.199 --> 00:47:21.539
In Division 2. Oh, it's a D2 school. Yeah. Okay,

00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:24.019
but I mean, again. But that's also the kind of

00:47:24.019 --> 00:47:26.360
thing that I don't look into that too much. There's

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:29.119
a reason why they want them. Yeah, you got to

00:47:29.119 --> 00:47:32.659
trust the process. How much time have we already

00:47:32.659 --> 00:47:34.320
spent talking about trust the coaches, trust

00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:36.869
the room? Actually, you can't read too much into

00:47:36.869 --> 00:47:38.230
it. It's like I'm not there in practice. I'm

00:47:38.230 --> 00:47:40.010
not breaking down the film I'm not evaluating

00:47:40.010 --> 00:47:42.769
that something in him. I mean what? Waskowski's

00:47:42.769 --> 00:47:45.530
the lead the leader in putting players to major

00:47:45.530 --> 00:47:47.730
leagues now the right hello is gone right and

00:47:47.730 --> 00:47:50.130
the manager of the Giants like they obviously

00:47:50.130 --> 00:47:52.409
see something in this guy It's like whenever

00:47:52.409 --> 00:47:54.570
Oregon football recruits a three -star. It's

00:47:54.570 --> 00:47:57.610
like all right like what do they see in this

00:47:57.610 --> 00:47:59.889
guy because the star sometimes doesn't really

00:47:59.889 --> 00:48:02.860
matter Yeah, I agree with that. So and and this

00:48:02.860 --> 00:48:04.599
process is just starting by the way There's still

00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:07.840
what 14 more days 13 more days left in the portal

00:48:07.840 --> 00:48:11.059
before it closes off So we don't know who's it

00:48:11.059 --> 00:48:14.280
go in still I get like her fingers crossed on

00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:17.219
who goes in But who Oregon can go pluck out there

00:48:17.219 --> 00:48:19.440
and you know was when we had him on earlier this

00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:21.239
week It was like I got a recruit on campus and

00:48:21.239 --> 00:48:22.539
that's the other thing. They're also still recruiting

00:48:22.539 --> 00:48:24.699
at the high school level And so they're not going

00:48:24.699 --> 00:48:27.039
to know anything until after the draft in mid

00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:29.039
-July, whether some of those players get drafted

00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:31.599
and they decide they want to go to major leagues.

00:48:31.900 --> 00:48:33.039
But even though they've already committed to

00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:34.659
it, that's the tough thing. You can't sit there

00:48:34.659 --> 00:48:35.860
and say, hey, there's going to be opportunity

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:38.480
for you, Mr. Freshman Recruit. And you just don't

00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:41.079
know until after the draft. Right. So all right,

00:48:41.139 --> 00:48:44.300
Mr. Dad Joke real quick. Oh, a joke. I got fired

00:48:44.300 --> 00:48:46.199
from the bank today. A woman asked me to check

00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:50.179
her balance, so I pushed her. Dad jokes. Why

00:48:50.179 --> 00:48:53.900
are balloons so expensive? The balloon's so expensive,

00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:56.280
Baby J. Ah, this is something like the price

00:48:56.280 --> 00:48:58.019
ballooned or something like that. I don't know.

00:48:58.280 --> 00:49:00.539
Well, you're kind of out of the track. Inflation.

00:49:00.980 --> 00:49:03.380
Inflation. Yeah, see, I knew it. I knew it was

00:49:03.380 --> 00:49:05.440
something like this. You were very close. There

00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:07.139
was a glint in your eye that was like, I got

00:49:07.139 --> 00:49:09.000
this one. No, I don't got it. I got it, I got

00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:10.460
it, I got it. No, I don't got it. I never get

00:49:10.460 --> 00:49:13.219
them. That's a goose and a Vegas thing. Yeah,

00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:16.699
it is. or Dom, or Dom will come in and answer

00:49:16.699 --> 00:49:19.460
it right away. Exactly. All right. Back on the

00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:20.980
program tomorrow with Isaac Streeter. Put a smile

00:49:20.980 --> 00:49:22.440
on your face. Someone else's. They deserve it.

00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:23.860
So do you. God bless. Thanks for listening.