WEBVTT - 10-22-25 Lance with Scott Springer

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's head to Kansas City where it's day

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<v Speaker 1>two of Big twelve basketball media day. Yesterday the women,

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<v Speaker 1>today the men. My next guest is all over it,

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<v Speaker 1>on the scene and covering it all for the Inquirer

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<v Speaker 1>Cincinnai dot Com. Always a pleasure to welcome in, Scott Springer.

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<v Speaker 1>How is Kansas City?

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<v Speaker 2>Wonderful? The sun's out, it's maybe about seventy was thirty

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<v Speaker 2>nine this morning, So a brisk walk over to the

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<v Speaker 2>T Mobile Center. But I just walked back and very

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<v Speaker 2>pleasant now. But I had to walk back because they're

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<v Speaker 2>dismantling the place because somebody named Kat Williams and then

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<v Speaker 2>maybe Tate McCrae. I don't know. These people are coming

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<v Speaker 2>to the T Mobile Center and they didn't want me there.

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<v Speaker 2>They had things to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Understood, understood, Yes, Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>We finished up. Yeah, good eventful day.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Let's talk about this Bearcat team. And West has

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<v Speaker 1>always been an intense guy himself. I was struck by

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<v Speaker 1>I heard him use the term competitive edge about his

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<v Speaker 1>guys a couple of times today. That seems like an

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<v Speaker 1>important part of the DNA. He likes about this basketball team,

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<v Speaker 1>the edge they can play with.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and that's one of the reasons he recruited the

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<v Speaker 2>kerkkrisa who comes with a lot of edge. And there's

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<v Speaker 2>a dude you got to get on the radio. That

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<v Speaker 2>guy's funny from Estonia, a great personality and a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of news today. Maybe there's a chance he could have.

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<v Speaker 2>How about this Welcome to the New Era a seventh

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<v Speaker 2>year possibility. Yeah, so he's played five, this is six,

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<v Speaker 2>and there may be seven though. I don't know the loophole,

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<v Speaker 2>but it has to do something with his freshman year

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<v Speaker 2>at Arizona, which was the twenty one season. He played

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<v Speaker 2>eight games, played nine games last year of Kentucky due

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<v Speaker 2>to injury. So I don't know how it works or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're remember Day Day, Thomas got an extra year

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<v Speaker 2>because they decided the junior college years don't count, which

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<v Speaker 2>gave UC an extra year and the keid to winning anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>You hear all these coaches saying it is to be old.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it used to be you know they were

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<v Speaker 2>the one and done. Were these high school kids coming

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<v Speaker 2>in and then going to the league, And now they

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<v Speaker 2>want to be old, and heck, now they're reaching into

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<v Speaker 2>the G league and pulling guys back into college so

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<v Speaker 2>whatever applied doesn't apply anymore. It's kind of like gambling

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<v Speaker 2>in sports.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, Scott, I wonder what a guy like

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<v Speaker 1>Kerr with in personnel, do they have the ability to

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<v Speaker 1>pace wise push it more than maybe they have in

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<v Speaker 1>the past.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and that's what he really likes. And Dayda Thomas

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<v Speaker 2>likes that Kerr likes to push the ball. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you watched when they made their run against Michigan there

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<v Speaker 2>in the first half, they were pushing the ball and

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<v Speaker 2>they're really excited about that first half. And that's something

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<v Speaker 2>that some of the guys on staff I was talking

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<v Speaker 2>to that they think that that's what they're about. They

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<v Speaker 2>want to do that. And if you really look at

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<v Speaker 2>that second half, Misigan's trying to win that game. They

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<v Speaker 2>played their guys, they played the Lindenborg played thirty one

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<v Speaker 2>or the forty minutes, and the Bearcats kind of kept

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<v Speaker 2>to their mo and split the time month. I think

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<v Speaker 2>Chom played twenty six, but you know, halveen Zella played

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen minutes. Typically in a game against the number sevent

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<v Speaker 2>team in the nation, that's not happening. So now let's

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<v Speaker 2>not get ahead of our ski as we go back

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<v Speaker 2>to last year at Ohio State and everyone thought, oh

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<v Speaker 2>my god, what four here we come. People were booking

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<v Speaker 2>hotel rooms and that might have been the best game

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<v Speaker 2>they played. It went down hill.

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<v Speaker 1>That ye're right, yet every point.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a slippery slope from there. So I think

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<v Speaker 2>this team is better personnel wise looking at it. But

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<v Speaker 2>the pundits, you know, they're a little bit snake bit.

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<v Speaker 2>The John Rothstein's who he was there today, all the

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<v Speaker 2>famous people, Seth Davis, I got the pressures with greatness. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just a guy that snuck in somewhere. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>fun talking to all these guys. The fran threw Shield

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<v Speaker 2>is them all. But but you know, I think Rostein

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<v Speaker 2>has them forty in his forty five and everyone's saying

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<v Speaker 2>NC double air bus and there there's something to that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but you wonder it's like everyone that put them, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>top twenty last year, they're going, well, I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to do it this year because I got VI. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're every bit is good. But that's the

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<v Speaker 2>reason they're not ranked. And maybe sometimes it's better than

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<v Speaker 2>not being ranked. You go back to the final four

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<v Speaker 2>team in ninety two. I don't think they were even

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<v Speaker 2>ranked till mid January.

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<v Speaker 1>Scott Springer checking in from the acquire Cincinia dot com

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<v Speaker 1>covering the Bearcats for a Big twelve media day in

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<v Speaker 1>Kansas City. Jalen Hayes big man out indefinitely. What do

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<v Speaker 1>they lose in his absence or and who might gain

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<v Speaker 1>opportunities in his absence?

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<v Speaker 2>Finding Tyler McKinley is the one that could get the minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>and he got some there against Michigan. Came in, got

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<v Speaker 2>some big boards. He's a great rebounder, and he's somebody

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<v Speaker 2>that they would have played last year as a freshman.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he blew his knee out so he had

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<v Speaker 2>to wait. But you know, he hit a three. They

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<v Speaker 2>had a lot of guys hitting threes. Charm hit a three.

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<v Speaker 2>So right now your front cord is Chom Baba Miller

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<v Speaker 2>who everyone loves. Frank Traschilla loves Boba Miller says he's

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<v Speaker 2>the best NBA prospect right now. And then McKinley, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know you miss with with Haines. It's a wide

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<v Speaker 2>body dude that you know, if your old school like me,

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<v Speaker 2>you like that guy that can discove his button to

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<v Speaker 2>the post and get things done, but I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if they're going to have him back by the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the year or there will be a medical red shirt.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're exploring all those possibilities, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think he's going to play anytime soon now. Jalen Celstein,

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<v Speaker 2>who did not play against Michigan, is supposed to get

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<v Speaker 2>some minutes Friday against Arkansas. And he's another if you

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<v Speaker 2>remember the UC Baylor game that was at fifth Third Arena,

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<v Speaker 2>Celestine started at a decent game and he's another you know,

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<v Speaker 2>six seven guy that can play a lot of spots.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the so called positionless basketball is kind of

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<v Speaker 2>what they're geared for anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>What are your impressions to this point of the much

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<v Speaker 1>hyped in balleyhood freshman shot A baiev.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. I saw him at Overtime Elite last year in Atlanta,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was right before the night before that UC

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<v Speaker 2>played Georgia Tech, So we got down there and were

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<v Speaker 2>able to go to Overtime Elite. Now, Overtime Elite is

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<v Speaker 2>not like Anderson High School or any other place with

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<v Speaker 2>wooden bleachers or you named the high school. It is showtime.

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<v Speaker 2>They got lights, they got big scoreboards, so that atmosphere.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's used to that. And you know, chrystl

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<v Speaker 2>Arena had ten thousand plus in there the other night.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think he was faith now will he v faith?

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<v Speaker 2>And some other games? Who knows? That man? He looked

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<v Speaker 2>like the dude that I saw playing against the high

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<v Speaker 2>school kids that night. And he base's a six' eight point.

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<v Speaker 2>Guard he can do a lot of.

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<v Speaker 1>Things you you ran across talk TO, u so you

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<v Speaker 1>tweeted about the Former Bearcat Dan. Skillings, obviously last season

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<v Speaker 1>with The bearcats did not go as he or anybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Wanted how how does he seem now and how does

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<v Speaker 1>he feel about this new. Opportunity seems, happy you.

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<v Speaker 2>KNOW i guess the change of scenery might. Help they

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<v Speaker 2>wanted him and Against Grand, CANYON i think he had

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<v Speaker 2>a double double in their first. Exhibition they brought him

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<v Speaker 2>to media, day so they must think a lot of.

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<v Speaker 2>Him AND i don't KNOW i heard him well since he's.

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<v Speaker 2>Gone he told somebody that maybe he should have redshirted last,

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<v Speaker 2>Year SO i don't. Know i'm not a medical expert

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<v Speaker 2>to us. ALL i, think let's be, honest it didn't

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<v Speaker 2>look like he was into. It some games When Dan

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<v Speaker 2>skillings is into, it he's as good as he wants to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be AND i just that's WHAT i couldn't figure out it, say,

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<v Speaker 2>man here you. Are you should be on the floor

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<v Speaker 2>and taking. Command and for a guy that was recruited

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<v Speaker 2>for his rebounding with the, link there were some odd

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<v Speaker 2>games where you, know you only have like two. Rebounds

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<v Speaker 2>and so if he gets his head, together which he's

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<v Speaker 2>a great, kid you, know don't get me, wrong, wonderful

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<v Speaker 2>pleasant to talk to. Today he said all the right,

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<v Speaker 2>things AND i hope he does. Well he will be

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<v Speaker 2>back at fifth Third Arena january twenty, eighth fully expecting

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<v Speaker 2>to be. Booed BUT i think he realizes that his

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<v Speaker 2>girlfriend on if he's engaged yet or, not but she's From.

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<v Speaker 2>Cincinnati she was on the dance, team so he Likes.

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<v Speaker 2>Cincinnati even mentioned that this is Someplace i'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>come home and you, know lay my head and start a.

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<v Speaker 2>Family so he may be back around town at some,

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<v Speaker 2>point but for right, now he's In. Baylor and it's

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<v Speaker 2>so funny you go back To april And skillings was

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<v Speaker 2>the first guy that jumped into the portal and then next,

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<v Speaker 2>thing you, know the whole team is out and everyone's

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<v Speaker 2>going as their. Team what's? Happening guy's, falling and then

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<v Speaker 2>here come these other, guys here comes The, calgary it

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<v Speaker 2>comes more in and it's so odd anymore because when

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<v Speaker 2>you WERE i were growing, up it was you knew

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<v Speaker 2>the players on the teams and you knew who'd expect.

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<v Speaker 2>Back and now it's just so. Different you don't. Know

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<v Speaker 2>and The Senior days are meant for guys that have

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<v Speaker 2>been around for six months and hold a black.

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<v Speaker 1>Up for those who are following, along who want more

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<v Speaker 1>on The, bearcats who are wondering what's going on In Kansas.

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<v Speaker 1>City tell everybody what you, have what you have in the,

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<v Speaker 1>works what you've, posted and what will be.

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<v Speaker 2>Posted well posted today's. Stuff yet the women's the media

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<v Speaker 2>day stuff was up, TODAY i. Believe also did two

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<v Speaker 2>football stories yesterday WHILE i was here covering women's basketball

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<v Speaker 2>because he had A scott sanderfield presser davedr ANDAs. PRESSER

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<v Speaker 2>i covered that. Remotely so a couple of things out

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<v Speaker 2>on and of course it's a big football Game saturday

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<v Speaker 2>for homecoming four. O'CLOCK i did A baylor podcast, Today

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<v Speaker 2>so my head's spinning about like yours. Here you're all

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<v Speaker 2>over the place with every. Sport so, UH i just

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to be Like lanceford. Day it would be really,

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<v Speaker 2>busy but it was a lot of things coming, out

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of things going on and HOPEFULLY i can get.

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<v Speaker 2>HOME i got. Here my plane that took, off it

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<v Speaker 2>slammed on the brakes going To chicago and the engine

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<v Speaker 2>blue and we had we had to go Through dulles

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<v Speaker 2>to get. Here and there was a woman as we're

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<v Speaker 2>getting rebooked and she's saying to the. Attendant she, goes,

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<v Speaker 2>well AM i going to get compensated for? THIS i,

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<v Speaker 2>Said i'm your compensation it is you are? Upright what

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<v Speaker 2>do you?

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<v Speaker 1>Want he Is Scott springer Of The Inquiry cincinnati dot

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<v Speaker 1>com and he's on x at S Springer. Sports appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>you Making tom and a busy. Day you always enjoyed the.

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<v Speaker 1>Conversation thank, You thanks very, much.

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<v Speaker 2>Sir all, right there there you, Go.

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<v Speaker 1>Scott, springer got to cover for you. Today let's do.

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<v Speaker 1>This take a time out of come back