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You mentioned that the Big Boy 29 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 5: Tournament starts Thursday, right next year, when there are six 30 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 5: games on Tuesday and six games on Wednesday, Are you 31 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 5: going to look at that as be part of the 32 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 5: Big Boy or not? 33 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 4: No, because hopefully they'll let us have those days off 34 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 4: so we can carry the games on the radio. 35 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: That'd be fantastic. 36 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 4: I would love to have some games on the year 37 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 4: so we can get the hell out of here because 38 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 4: it's just starting to be golf weather. By the way, 39 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 4: Johnny here at the PNW, so that'd be great timing. 40 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 4: But let's start off and talk about that some of 41 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 4: the other tournaments. Obviously, the college basketball crowd, the nit 42 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 4: I have heard that you dub got invited to both 43 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 4: and turned down both for a couple of reasons. Number One, 44 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 4: they don't have a lot of healthy players right now. 45 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 4: Number two, the College Basketball Crown doesn't take place for 46 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 4: two weeks, so they would have had to have kept 47 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 4: the entire team together. 48 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: For two more weeks. 49 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 4: And the NIT they would have had to have committed 50 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 4: to having a home game, and that could have cost 51 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 4: them a lot of money. So they said thanks, but no, 52 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,839 Speaker 4: thanks to both of them. Did they do the right thing? 53 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: Yeah? 54 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 5: Those tournaments are more and more inconvenient in a lot 55 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 5: of ways. You know, the Crown is specifically designed to 56 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 5: be the week between the Elite and the Final Four 57 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 5: to take advantage of what six days of no basketball, 58 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 5: but it is a little bit of a burden with 59 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 5: the transfer portal in terms of your roster. Now that 60 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 5: I will also say, however, that there is a lot 61 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,119 Speaker 5: of data that shows teams that play in these tournaments 62 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 5: and do well set themselves up for better seasons the 63 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 5: next year. And you know that's been the case back 64 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 5: even when the NI T was a bigger deal. It 65 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 5: gives you it more practices and it allows you to 66 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 5: generate some chemistry with guys that if you keep them together. 67 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 5: So there's a case both ways to play in those 68 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,119 Speaker 5: other tournaments. And to not playing them. 69 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,559 Speaker 6: John, you mentioned that you were impressed by the NCAA 70 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 6: Tournament Committee chair on Sunday a lot more than you 71 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 6: were the College Football Playoff Committee chair when he spoke 72 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 6: to the media. 73 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: Talk about the differences. 74 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 5: You know, I mean, it was night and day. One 75 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 5: of them is. I mean, now, first of all, there's 76 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 5: two things that are different. One is that Keith Gill, 77 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 5: who's the Sun Belt Commissioner and was the chair of 78 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 5: the Basketball committee, just did a much better job of 79 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 5: explaining in lucid fashion, we made this decision and this 80 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 5: decision and this decision, whereas his counterparts at the CFP, 81 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 5: the selection committee chairs over there, you know, it's like 82 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 5: they're a scared to speak. It's like they're hostages and 83 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 5: they don't want to say a word. But the other 84 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 5: thing is that the basketball process itself, regardless of who 85 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 5: the chair is, the process itself has so much more 86 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,279 Speaker 5: transparency because. 87 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: We see all the data puts. 88 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 5: We know exactly what the committee is looking at. 89 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: In basketball. 90 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 5: In football, they are you know, purposefully don't let us 91 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 5: see their data. And they've got the stupid shows that 92 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 5: put them box them into a corner, force them to 93 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 5: be hypocritical. It's just one is a great model that 94 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 5: had a really good share. The other is a terrible 95 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 5: model that has bad shares. 96 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, going back to your point John about 97 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 4: if you play in the NIT or the Crown that 98 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 4: you might improve your chances the next year, I'd like 99 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 4: to see how those numbers stack up recently to the 100 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 4: Portal era when players are leaving every year. I mean, 101 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,239 Speaker 4: if I knew that I had five or six guys 102 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 4: guaranteed to come back next year, I'd feel a lot 103 00:04:58,680 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 4: different about it. 104 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: But I got no idea who's in who's out next year? True? 105 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 5: No, I know that's definitely something you have taken into account. 106 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 5: But like UCF as an example, that they played in 107 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 5: the in the Crown last year and they may have 108 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 5: even won the thing, right, and now they're in the NCAA. 109 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: So how many of their guys came back? Do you know? 110 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: From that team? 111 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 5: I think they had a good percentage of guys back. 112 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 5: And it's all local. I mean, every one of these 113 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 5: decisions is different. And the other thing is that the 114 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 5: portal itself is different. 115 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: This year. 116 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 5: You know it now is an opening until it's like 117 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 5: April seventh or eighth, whereas last year it was already 118 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 5: open at this point and you kind of knew what 119 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 5: you were going to have and not have. It's it's 120 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 5: a mess. 121 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, let me move on from that. 122 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 4: Because nine Big Ten teams made the tournament, right half 123 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 4: the conference, right Nick made the tournament? 124 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: Should Washington every year be one of those teams? 125 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 5: If you are going based on history, Washington should be 126 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 5: in the NCAA Tournament every other year at worst, maybe 127 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 5: two out of every three. I think it's a good 128 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 5: basketball school, it's a good basketball region. They and you 129 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,119 Speaker 5: know the international component. They should be able to recruit 130 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 5: very well internationally on a regular basis. They have underachieved. 131 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 5: There's zero doubt about that. Is it all on Sprinkle? No? 132 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 5: Do I think that next year he needs to make 133 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 5: the NCAA's Yes, but generally speaking, the Husky should be 134 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 5: doing better than they are. 135 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 6: We're gonna get into the nitty gritty or picks in 136 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 6: just a second, John, but you know SOFTI mentioned in 137 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 6: the update that the Seahawks are going to be playing 138 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 6: on Wednesday, and you wrote a little column about the 139 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 6: encroachment of the NFL onto other days other than your 140 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 6: normal NFL days and why college football has been so 141 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,799 Speaker 6: slow embracing Tuesday and Wednesday. Other than maxin they don't 142 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 6: have anything on Tuesday or Wednesday. 143 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: Why is that. 144 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 5: Because the coaches. So many of the problems with college 145 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 5: football can be trace to the fact that the coaches 146 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 5: actually have a vote. They are the people who should 147 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 5: be completely ignored, in my opinion, on a lot of 148 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 5: these decisions because they are looking out for what's best 149 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 5: for their team, which is their job, and not what's 150 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 5: best for their conference or their sport. So the Tuesday 151 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 5: Wednesday thing, it's it is tough because it forces you 152 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 5: to have buys. You can't really play on either Saturday, 153 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 5: so it screws with your you know, a one off 154 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 5: Tuesday or one off Wednesday completely screws with the schedule. 155 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 5: If your whole your whole season is geared toward playing 156 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 5: on those days, then you can adjust the entire framework 157 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 5: and it's easier like the MAC. But you know, the 158 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 5: NFL the Wednesday thing this year is because the calendars 159 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 5: all screwy and they're not allowed to play on that 160 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 5: first Friday because of the sport's broadcasting Act. 161 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: Well, we'll get to your picks and some selections in 162 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: a minute. 163 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 5: Here. 164 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 4: I got to ask you though, because you've also been 165 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 4: covering the Big twelve, that crazy led court, the big 166 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 4: TV that we saw in the Big twelve tournament, that 167 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 4: they finally said enough is enough and they pulled it 168 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 4: for I think the semi final in the final. Was 169 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 4: that one of those things that we're going to talk 170 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 4: about in twenty five thirty years. 171 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: Remember when they tried to. 172 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 4: Have the kids playing a big TV back in the 173 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 4: day thirty years ago? 174 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: Or do they attempt that again and try to make 175 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: it right? You think no. 176 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 5: I think that what's going to happen is that company 177 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 5: is going to go back to the drawing board and 178 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 5: they're going to figure out where everything went wrong and 179 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 5: they're gonna come back. And then in eight or ten years, 180 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 5: those things are going to be everywhere. 181 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: Wow, because they are. 182 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 5: They print money because of the advertising options you have 183 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 5: on those courts. So I actually don't think they're they're 184 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 5: gonna get fixed. This was almost like a beta situation 185 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 5: and they're going to be everywhere. You know eventually the 186 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 5: Big twelves, you know they needed to do what they did, 187 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 5: but it's very Big twelve. You wouldn't see the Big 188 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 5: Ten doing that. The Big twelve has to be kind 189 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 5: of cutting edge because of where they are in the hierarchy. 190 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 5: Your market commissioner has got to try new things, be innovative. 191 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 5: The Big Ten doesn't need to do something like that. 192 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 5: The SEC doesn't need to do something like that. 193 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 6: Well, speaking of Big Twelve, John, I remember when Arizona 194 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 6: and Houston moved into the Big twelve and everybody was like. 195 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: Oh, you better watch out. 196 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 6: You're in a real conference now, Arizona and Houston. And 197 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 6: I'm looking down on my bracket and I see a 198 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 6: one by Arizona and a two by Houston. Why have 199 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,319 Speaker 6: they been so awesome since entering the Big Twelve. 200 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 5: Well, I mean, Arizona was really good for decades in 201 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 5: the Pac twelve, and we're really good at a national level. 202 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 5: And just they are, you know, a basketball factory. Basketball 203 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 5: is the number one sport there, right. Their football program 204 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 5: has been second tier. Houston, They've got a Hall of 205 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 5: Fame coach, Right, That's really what it comes down to. 206 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 5: Kelvin Sampson is just phenomenal. But you know the football 207 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 5: side of the Big Twelve too, ASU won the conference 208 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 5: the first year and this past season, right, I know 209 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 5: Texas Tech won it, but you know, Arizona was really good. 210 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 5: Utah really good? Are you really good? The eight schools 211 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 5: that have entered the conference have done on the whole 212 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 5: pretty darn well compared to the eight leftover. Texas and 213 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 5: Oklahoma were just so dominant, especially in football, that there 214 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,119 Speaker 5: was a vacuum when they left. 215 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. 216 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 4: Well, and plus the travel for Arizona is way different 217 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 4: in the Big Twelve than it is for you DUB 218 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 4: and UCLA and the Big Ten. They don't have and 219 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 4: they got well West Virginia and Central Florida. But that's 220 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 4: pretty much it. Everybody else has smashed in to the Midwest. 221 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 4: But John Wilners with US and John, I don't know 222 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 4: if you've been following this or not, but you DUB 223 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:48,959 Speaker 4: announced a couple of days ago that Alaska Airlines is 224 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 4: going to continue as the sponsor of heck Edminson Pavilion. 225 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 4: I called heck Ed because I'm old, right, But they're 226 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 4: going to stick around the basketball arena. But there's going 227 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 4: to be a new sponsor for Husky Stadium. They're getting 228 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 4: new turf this summer. I think after spring ball they're 229 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 4: going to put new turf in and hopefully that comes 230 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 4: with a new sponsor, so they can't do it competing airline, right, 231 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 4: So Delta whoever would be out, they got to find 232 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 4: somebody else to sponsor Husky Stadium. Any idea on what 233 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 4: that could potentially net for you, dub a Husky Stadium sponsor. 234 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 4: You got the jumbo tron obviously, messages around the stadium, 235 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 4: but they're they're splitting it up now with the football 236 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 4: and basketball arena. 237 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I don't off the top of my head 238 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 5: recall what the the expiring deal with Alaska is for 239 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,719 Speaker 5: in terms of the amount of money, But I mean, 240 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 5: you get a you know, sponsor for the Husky Stadium, 241 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 5: and that's millions per year for the school. They just redid, 242 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 5: if I'm not mistaken about a year ago, they redid 243 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,439 Speaker 5: their multimedia deal right yet. 244 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yep, yep, we're sticking around. 245 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 5: You know, those things are very lucrative and I would 246 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 5: think if you know, if they slap Amazon on the 247 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 5: roof so everybody sees Amazon when you're flying over Seattle, 248 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 5: I mean, that's that's gonna be worth a lot of 249 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 5: money for them, and that every one of those dollars 250 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 5: can help pay for your starting left tackle. 251 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: I like that, John. 252 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 6: Is anything going to come out of that White House 253 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 6: meeting on college sports that they had last week? 254 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: Or was that a photo op? 255 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 5: Mostly a photoop? I mean, you know they didn't have 256 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 5: any players involved, any current players, and most of the 257 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 5: people there don't understand. I mean, it's very complicated the 258 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 5: issues to facing college sports, and really, uh, the only 259 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 5: solution is going to be collective bargaining that I don't 260 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 5: ever think that they're going to get. They've got this 261 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 5: act in front of congruts, uh or is it the 262 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 5: Score Act. It's not going to pass through the Senate. 263 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 5: That it's trying to get anti trust protection. It's not 264 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 5: going to happen. The lawsuits are going to continue. They 265 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 5: have to collectively bargain. But which means that they got 266 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 5: to let the athletes be considered employees at some level, 267 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 5: which I don't have a problem. There is probably somebody 268 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,599 Speaker 5: a junior, a U dub junior is working at the 269 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 5: Husky football office, probably getting paid twenty bucks an hour 270 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 5: for fifteen hours a week, and they are technically an 271 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 5: employee and they're also a student. So why can't the 272 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 5: starting receiver on the football team be considered an employee 273 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 5: and also a student. 274 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, no question about it. John Wilner is with us. 275 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 4: John, before you go, there's really one reason why we 276 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 4: wanted you on because the Windelorean kicked ass during the 277 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 4: football seasons, and we want to know if you're about 278 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 4: to kill We want to know if you're about to 279 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 4: kick ass during the basketball tournament as well. 280 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: What was he fifteen to four whatever? 281 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 4: It was something like that for the football season, so 282 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 4: you knew what you were doing during football. Question is 283 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 4: do you know what the hell you're doing when it 284 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 4: comes to basketball? You want to give us some upsets, 285 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 4: your final four champion, the whole thing. 286 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 5: Go ahead, Sure, yep, Plus I got the Seahawks right. 287 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 5: That was a like that from the start. 288 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: How about that? 289 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 4: I mean, John, you're in the wrong business. You gotta 290 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 4: start a handicapping service. Pall, come on, I can give you. 291 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 5: I have my bracket in front of me. I'll tell 292 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 5: you my final four, and I'll also give you my 293 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 5: best bet for the first round. How's that? 294 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 3: So? 295 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 5: Final four? I've got I like picking up sets and 296 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 5: I like picking the underdogs, but I just had a 297 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 5: hard time not going with the chalk. So I've got 298 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 5: Duke Houston, Arizona and Michigan, and I've got Duke beat. 299 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 5: I got Duke beat in Arizona and that game was 300 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 5: played twenty five years ago in the NA Championship Duke 301 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 5: beat Arizona. You remember who the best player for Duke was? 302 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 5: A boozer? Yeah, his son is now the best player 303 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 5: for Duke. So we could have a little bit of 304 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 5: full circle history there. In terms of best bet first round, 305 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 5: I would I would put a more than a nickel 306 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 5: on Santa Clara against Kentucky. Wow, I think Santa Clara. 307 00:14:58,280 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 5: I think Santa Clair will win that game out right. 308 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 5: I don't know what the latest. The last I saw 309 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 5: it was like Kentucky minus four. Maybe happen. 310 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not much, okay. 311 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 5: I think Santa Clair will win that game outright. Winner 312 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 5: Claire is a sneaky good team. They've got sized, they're 313 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 5: well coached. That's trouble for the Big. 314 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 4: Blue is that that game's on Friday? Is that correct? 315 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 4: Santa Clair Kentucky? It's Friday at nine to fifteen. So 316 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 4: the question is if they lose to Santa Clara, does 317 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 4: Mark Pope get tarmacked by Kentucky or does he get 318 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 4: fired when. 319 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: He gets back to Lexington, it would be like Alane Kiffin. 320 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 5: Hi, I think that Mark post basketball roster costs more 321 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 5: than Jed Fisher's football roster last year, that would be 322 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 5: my guess. I think Kentucky's roster is like twenty two 323 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 5: twenty three million, and I think that that might have 324 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 5: been a little more than the Huskies and a lot 325 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 5: and more than a lot of football schools. And but 326 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 5: that's it. That tells you it's not just about the cost, right, 327 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 5: You've got to have the right chemistry. You've got to 328 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 5: have pieces that fit together. And some coaches do that 329 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 5: way better than others. Santa rosters like two point five million, 330 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 5: Kentucky's twenty two million, So I think Santa Clair's gonna 331 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 5: beat him. 332 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 4: I am putting Jackson Feltz's Christmas bonus on Santa Clara 333 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 4: to beat Kentucky right now. 334 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: Jackson, do you know you've got a Christmas bonus? I 335 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: haven't done whatever. That is an absolute lie. And you 336 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: know it. By the way, all right, we talked about this. 337 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 4: Keep that between us Man Duke Houston Arizona, Michigan Duke 338 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 4: over Arizona in the final and he likes Santa Clair. 339 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: To knock off Kentucky. 340 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 4: This is a guy that was fifteen and five boys 341 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 4: and girls during the college football season. I would take 342 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 4: his advice. John, you're the man, great stuff, buddy, appreciate it, pal. 343 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 5: Thanks guys. 344 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: All right, Well, what do you think Santa Clara Kentucky? 345 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: You like it? I like it. 346 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 6: I mean it's it's three and a half, so it's 347 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 6: not a huge upset. But I mean I picked Kentucky, 348 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 6: but I went and looked at what Kentucky has done. 349 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 6: They haven't beaten anybody this year. Kentucky has been cleaning 350 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 6: up on the middle of the SEC all season, and 351 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 6: whenever they faced the top end of the SEC, they lose. 352 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 6: The question is is Santa Clara more like the top 353 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 6: of the SEC or is it more like the middle 354 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 6: of the SEC that Kentucky's been cleaning up on. I'd 355 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 6: leave Kentucky, but I have no problem with John's pick. 356 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: What's aever? 357 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 4: Do you like Santa Clara better or Troy better? Over 358 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 4: at okay, good. 359 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: Troy's gonna lose. Absolutely, there's a reason for that. 360 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,360 Speaker 4: By the way, we'll discuss that at five o'clock tomorrow 361 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 4: with Kevin Coogler. All right, we're gonna talk to Mike Benton. 362 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 4: Come up, but an hour or so update on some 363 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 4: of the polls we have out there. USA Venezuela is 364 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 4: about to get underway. More chatter about the tournament coming 365 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,199 Speaker 4: up on ninety three three KJRFM. 366 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 2: Duke Seafood And this hour is brought to you by 367 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 2: Duke Seafood. Why don't you make it at Duke's night tonight. 368 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 2: Reserve your table today at dukeseafood dot com. Now back 369 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 2: to Safti and Dick on Sports Radio ninety three point 370 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 2: three KJR FM. 371 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 4: I got a random question for you two guys here 372 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 4: on the show tuning in right now. I don't know 373 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 4: how many people that is, but everybody else signed up 374 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 4: for the Mariner TV package for twenty twenty six. 375 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, are you signed up? I haven't done it 376 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: yet because the season I started. What do I need 377 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 1: to do? 378 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 4: I don't think you can sign up yet, that's all right? 379 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 4: Point what go to your Fubo account? Okay, tell me 380 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 4: if it's available in the season where season starts in 381 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 4: nine days. Guys, has anybody signed up for this yet? 382 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 4: I mean, whether it's YouTube TV Comcast, Fubo, whatever satellite. 383 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 4: Somebody's got to hit me four nine, four to five one. 384 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 4: Has anybody signed up for the Mariner TV package yet 385 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,479 Speaker 4: for twenty twenty six, Because what I thought was going 386 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 4: to happen is that come March we'd be able to 387 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 4: sign up and have it be ready to go, right Like, 388 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 4: we're not waiting until next Thursday morning to actually go 389 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 4: into our accounts and sign up for this thing. I mean, 390 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 4: don't you think the Mariners would like to have as 391 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 4: many people signed up as soon as possible so they're 392 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 4: ready to rot come next Thursday? 393 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: Against the Guardians think so? So tell me if. 394 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 4: You can go to Fubo and add it on the 395 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 4: add ons page because I see it anywhere. 396 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 6: Look, I'll just sell BtVS there, but I don't want 397 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 6: to pay thirty bucks a month. 398 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: I'll just get to the punchline. All right. 399 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 4: It's not available yet, and I don't know why, all right. 400 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 4: I know the Mariners are working on it. I'm in 401 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 4: contact with them. They've been great through this whole process, 402 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 4: trying to tell people what's going on. I would be 403 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 4: a little bit concerned if I were them that here 404 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 4: we are with nine days left to go, and I 405 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 4: don't know if anybody's even signed up for this thing yet. 406 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: Man, So it's weird, right, I. 407 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 4: Mean, how many people would forget to do it or 408 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 4: just think they have it and then they go How 409 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 4: many people next Thursday is the game on National TV, 410 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 4: the opening day game against the Guardians. Check that out, 411 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 4: William Jackson. How many people will go to channel six 412 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 4: to seven on Comcast next Thursday to see if the 413 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 4: Mariner game. 414 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: Is there and there's nothing? 415 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 6: Now, I thought though that the channel was going to 416 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 6: be the same for cables. 417 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 4: Yes, it could be, but you still have to sign 418 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 4: up for it, Like if you had it last year, 419 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 4: you would think you just go back and it's there again. 420 00:19:58,480 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 4: But you're still got to go in and make the moving, 421 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 4: which is easy for us because we're Fubo. 422 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: It's very easy. Not so easy for. 423 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 6: Cable subscribes like what am my grammar, my mom and 424 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 6: dad do no idea? They got to call up and 425 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 6: sit on hold for an hour and a half to 426 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 6: try to get the Mariners. 427 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 4: I don't think so, but I would think that for 428 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,479 Speaker 4: people like us that are streaming men now, it might 429 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 4: be a little bit easier. 430 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 7: Okay, So here's so that this opening series is actually 431 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 7: kind of funny to go over here. All right, so 432 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 7: Thursday is not National TV, okay, but the Friday game 433 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 7: against Cleveland is going to be on Apple TV, and 434 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 7: then the Sunday game is going to be on NBC Peacock, 435 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 7: So we're gonna have does not have NBC either, So 436 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 7: we're gonna have that opening series and have to use 437 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 7: three different streaming services? Correct, to kick up that opening series? 438 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: If you're a. 439 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 4: Fubo person, you'll watch the first game on Fubo, second 440 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 4: game on Apple in the third game on Peacock because 441 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 4: NBC is not on Fubo right now. Actually, if it's 442 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 4: on Peacock, it's Peacock, no matter what, like the app 443 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 4: is that correct? 444 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 6: It's not on NBC. I'll be out of town, so 445 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 6: I'll at least only get two out of the three. 446 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 6: Come on, like, what like, what are we doing here? 447 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 6: Three different streaming services for the opening series? 448 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: Come on? Let's see. 449 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 4: So I signed up for Mariners TV through MLB TV 450 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,640 Speaker 4: ninety nine dollars yearly two oh six. 451 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: You can't sign up for it yet. 452 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 4: In fact, Divish was speculating you probably won't be able 453 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 4: to sign up for it until. 454 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,880 Speaker 1: Either the day before or opening day. 455 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 4: Okay, so you gotta go to you can go to 456 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 4: MLB TV and can you. 457 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 1: Add that to Fubo. See, these are the things like 458 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: I don't have. 459 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,959 Speaker 4: There's a lot about this that I still don't know 460 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 4: what the hell's going on. I feel like we need 461 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 4: to get somebody on the air, Greg Green, Kevin Martinez again, 462 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 4: because I this is the way I would approach this, honestly, 463 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 4: and I realized that I'm I'm moron. Okay, no comments 464 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 4: from the Peanut Gallery please, But if I were Kevin 465 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 4: Martinez and I were Greg Green or anybody at the Mariners, 466 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 4: I would say, Hey, you know what, we need to 467 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 4: assume that people are dumb, and we need to go 468 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 4: on the air as much as we need to write, radio, television, print, social. 469 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: Media and explain this in idiot terms. And I'll tell 470 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: you what. 471 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 4: There was something I saw on Instagram the other day 472 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 4: and I said it to Anders. It was great. So 473 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 4: you guys have like TSA PreCheck. By the way, at 474 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 4: the airport, I used to that. So if you've got 475 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 4: TSA PreCheck, they have this new TSA Touch Liss thing 476 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 4: that you can sign up for And so somebody put 477 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 4: an Instagram post out which I really appreciated, and it was, hey, 478 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 4: if you've got this airline, do this, this airline, do 479 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 4: this this. It was like five different swipes for five 480 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 4: different airlines showing you how to sign up on their website. 481 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: And it was awesome. 482 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 4: And if I'm the Mariners, I'm doing the exact same thing, right, Dick, 483 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 4: go to Instagram, Twitter and say, you have Fubo, you 484 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 4: have YouTube, you have comcasts, you have satellite whatever. Here's 485 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 4: a thirty second tutorial. Here's how you sign up, and 486 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 4: here's how you walk through it like you're the dumbest 487 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 4: person walk on the face of the air that it 488 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 4: exactly Yeah, then it will get out there. 489 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: It'll get out there in a matter of minutes. You 490 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: gotta do that. 491 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 6: I mean, I don't know, but until you asked, I 492 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 6: was like not even thinking about it. I think most 493 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 6: people's brains are like, we're just gonna turn on the 494 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 6: TV and. 495 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: It's gonna be there next week, and guess what, it's 496 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: not gonna be. 497 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,199 Speaker 4: You gotta gotta pay for it somehow, some way. And 498 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 4: everybody's different now, right with the services they have with 499 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 4: the platforms they got. 500 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 7: I mean this, let's just let's just call what it is. Guys, 501 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 7: this is gonna be a disaster. Might like it might be. 502 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 7: The reality is right now a week and a day, 503 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 7: two days before the season starts, and like people like 504 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 7: I would I would have if it was so simple 505 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 7: to go do what we did Fubo last year, I 506 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 7: would have done that here in the next nine days, 507 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 7: right right. But for most people, you are going to 508 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 7: go into the few couple of days before and look 509 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:51,959 Speaker 7: for it and not I if it's not available. 510 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is this could be a disaster for the man. 511 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 6: I mean it sets up perfectly for the first the 512 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 6: opening weekend tweet of the Mariners get swept. Well at 513 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 6: least nobody saw it, right, Yeah. 514 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: I'd like to go. 515 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go home that I can go to the 516 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 4: MLB app and see if I can get it through 517 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 4: there and if that's available. But you know, look, I 518 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 4: mean what I want to do is I want to 519 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 4: be able to go to Fubo and I want to 520 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 4: be able to bring up my guide and I want 521 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 4: to be able to see it right. I want to 522 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 4: see it right there in front of my face or 523 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 4: YouTube TV I don't want to have to go. 524 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: In and out and in and out and in and out, 525 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 1: and then what we're gonna do for that. I don't 526 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: want to have to do that, right. 527 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 4: I want to have it in one spot and one 528 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 4: little fun package, because an idiot like me needs as 529 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 4: much help as he can get. So if anybody has Fubo, 530 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 4: because we're all look, the three of us are being 531 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 4: very selfish right now, because all of us are Fubo. Guys, 532 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 4: if anybody's got Fubo and you've got the Mariner games 533 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 4: ready to go, shoot me a text and tell us 534 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 4: how you did it at four nine four or five one. 535 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 4: But yeah, I mean guys, opening day is in nine 536 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 4: days from now, nine days, and there's people that still 537 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 4: don't have this thing. So anyway, all right, we got 538 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 4: that going on a couple of dueling polls, by the way, 539 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 4: which we'll get to next segment. Crack in Tampa Bay, 540 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 4: the Devan a Cham We will get to that one 541 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 4: right now, by the way, because I was a little 542 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,239 Speaker 4: bit surprised at how many Seahawk fans are not in 543 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 4: favor of this. Mark Hackman, who works in Miami for 544 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 4: a radio station WQAM, down there, came on the air 545 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,239 Speaker 4: with us, and we cornered him on the air and 546 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 4: we said, if the Dolphins are given Jalen Waddle away, 547 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 4: what will it take to get Devon ah Chan? And 548 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 4: he said, first and a third and a sixth round 549 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 4: next year. 550 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 5: Right. 551 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 4: Just I think he kind of pulled that out of 552 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 4: his ass, to be honest with you, But we'll just 553 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 4: go with it. Seventy two percent say they would not 554 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 4: do it, twenty eight percent say they would do it 555 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 4: for Devon h Chan. And the gap is closing a 556 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 4: little bit, but not very much. Look, guys, this running 557 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 4: back room as it sits right now cannot be what 558 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 4: this thing looks like in September. I'm not overly concerned 559 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 4: about it, but I'm getting a little bit concerned about it. 560 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: It's a bottom five running back room in the. 561 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 6: NFL right now, right now today, I'm super Bowl Championships 562 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 6: might be being generous by the way, maybe, I just 563 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 6: I gotta imagine there's three or four teams out there 564 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 6: with no answer a running At least we have Zach Charboney, 565 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 6: who is at least a touchdown score. I don't know 566 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 6: if he's a really good running back, but he can 567 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 6: get in the end zone. 568 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: A lot of teams don't even have that. 569 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,640 Speaker 6: But it's gotta be fixed by John Schneider, because it 570 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,199 Speaker 6: has to be fixed by John Schneider, and this seems 571 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 6: to be the best way to do. 572 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: It right unless he doesn't think it needs to be fixed. 573 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 7: And that's what it's my He's gone too. I guys again, 574 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 7: I'll say what I said yesterday. I think that John 575 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 7: Schneider right now is is he should be feeling himself, 576 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 7: and I think he is feeling himself and saying, I'm 577 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 7: pretty down and smart and I found a lot of 578 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 7: running backs we can Is that like confident you're talking about? 579 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, that's what the kids say. I didn't know 580 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: what the hell he was. 581 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 7: Talking aboutout It's yeah, that's a person under thirty five. 582 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 6: Okay, sorry, did you get that right away? I just 583 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 6: because I have I have high school kids in exactly anyway. 584 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 6: So I do think that John Schneider right now is 585 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 6: feeling himself. And you look at how he's drafted running 586 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 6: backs in the past. He nailed Chris Carson, he nailed 587 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 6: Thomas Rowles, he Alex Collins ended up being a pretty 588 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 6: darn good back, and I think he thinks, yeah, right exactly. 589 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 6: I think he looks at it and says, I can 590 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 6: get a guy in the fourth of the fifth add 591 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 6: it to the stable right now. Of I mean, gosh, 592 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 6: it really just is all these jags and then let 593 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 6: sharbonay Ll run the backfield when he's back in October. 594 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 1: I fear that John actually thinks that m I'd. 595 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 6: Be okay with that if Zach Charboney were healthy and 596 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 6: he actually was gonna get a boatload of carries in September. 597 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: Guess what He's gonna get zero carries in September. 598 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 4: I just think, I think I don't have any doubt 599 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 4: saying that he likes George Halladi more than we do. 600 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 4: I think he likes Vellis Jones and cam Akers more 601 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 4: than we do. I think he likes Emmanuel Wilson more 602 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 4: than we do. I think he also prides himself on 603 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 4: finding nuggets where nobody else can find nuggets. And so 604 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 4: there's a part of me that understands what Jackson's talking about, 605 00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,959 Speaker 4: right that I think sometime, I mean, look, John Schneider 606 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 4: has an ego. He has to have an ego. He 607 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 4: can't survive in the NFL without an ego, all right, 608 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 4: And that's not a negative. By the way, people hear that, 609 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 4: they think, well, that's a criticism. No, it's not a criticism. 610 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 4: You need to have confidence in yourself to do what 611 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 4: you think is right and not diddle daddle about it, 612 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 4: because that's when you get screwed, right, Like in Draft Day. 613 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 4: I know we use the analogy of Kevin Costner in 614 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 4: Draft Day. He's going along this process, he's pissing everybody off, 615 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 4: but he's got a plan and he's stuck with his 616 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 4: stupid plan and it worked, at least in the movies 617 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 4: it did, right, So I think what is going on 618 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 4: in his brain? I have no idea. That's ridiculous to 619 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 4: try and figure that out. But I do think that 620 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 4: he's higher on the draft, on the running back room 621 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 4: right now than all of us are. And so the 622 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 4: question is we get to now see between now in 623 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 4: the next six months, how much does he actually add 624 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 4: to it and how much can he add to it? Right, 625 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 4: there's not a lot of options left besides making a 626 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 4: big trade like a trade for ah Ch and we're 627 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 4: going out and finding a stud in the draft that really, 628 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 4: let's face it, not a lot of people are talking 629 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 4: about We're got a break blood where. 630 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: It's Northwest wants to send you to Maui. 631 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 4: By the way, donate blood in February and going to 632 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 4: win round trip airfare for two in a luxury stay 633 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 4: at the Waileia Beach Resort Marriott. Book your appointment now 634 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 4: with bloodworksnw dot org slash win. There is some Husky 635 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 4: football news that we haven't gotten to today. On the 636 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 4: radio show you dubbed getting a I think he signed already. 637 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 4: Trey Cooley, who is a running back, Trevion Cooley. 638 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: His buddies call him Trey. He's now going to be 639 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: on his fourth team. 640 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 4: By the way, began at Louisville, went to Georgia Tech, 641 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 4: transferred to Troy, and he got hurt before the first 642 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 4: game of the year and missed the entire season for Troy. 643 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 4: So never played for Troy. But he's coming in here. 644 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 4: His best year was his freshman year at Louisville. Ran 645 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 4: for fourder and thirty yards on a touchdown. He's got 646 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 4: over a thousand yards and four years in college football 647 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 4: six touchdowns total. Look, the numbers aren't much. Obviously, he's 648 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 4: now a Husky and apparently he has signed on to 649 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 4: compete for playing time. Now that Adam Muhammad is playing 650 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 4: for Cal. 651 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 6: Do you think many Husky fans are aware at how 652 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 6: much Jed Fish is kicking ass in recruiting, particularly in 653 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 6: twenty twenty seven, but even in twenty twenty six, where 654 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 6: he's ranked twelve. Right, twenty twenty seven he's ranked fourth. Right, 655 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 6: this coming off the best recruiting class the Husky's have 656 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 6: ever had. I mean he's stacking. He's stacking classes three deep. 657 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 4: Now, Yes, I would say the answer to your question 658 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 4: is probably no. 659 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: I think there's a reason. 660 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 4: For it, though, because I think high school football recruiting 661 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 4: is less important now than it's ever been. 662 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: It's all about the transfer portal. 663 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 4: I don't think high school football recruiting is as important 664 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 4: as it was ten years ago. 665 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: That's fair. 666 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 4: Remember on signing day we'd go crazy and like, these 667 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 4: guys are all going to be locked in here for 668 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 4: four or five years and they're not going anywhere. And 669 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,479 Speaker 4: I just say this that if I'm a big booster 670 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 4: dick and I'm spending money on a player, I'm saving 671 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 4: my money for the portal to get established guys that 672 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 4: have already been coached up Right, Like, why would I 673 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 4: give a bunch of money to an eighteen year old 674 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 4: kid who's going to walk in a year or two 675 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 4: and go play somewhere else. 676 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: If I were. 677 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 6: To choose, though, you can have a high ranked transfer 678 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 6: class like you did in twenty twenty four r in 679 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,719 Speaker 6: a very low ranked recruiting class, or you can have 680 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 6: it the other way around. 681 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 1: I'm still taking the other way around. That's I am still. 682 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 6: Taking because you have to establish the foundation of your program, 683 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 6: and you do that through high school kids and then 684 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 6: you supplement through the transfer portal. 685 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: That's I mean, Jed said that. Many other coaches have 686 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: said that. 687 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 6: That's the goal, right, and so if the goal is that, 688 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 6: then I would think that the priority of the ranking 689 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 6: should be should follow that as. 690 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, I just I don't know if I don't know, man, 691 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,240 Speaker 4: I mean, I can see I'm not saying you're crazy 692 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 4: at all, but I don't know if I believe that anymore. 693 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 4: And I'd have to go back and I'd have to 694 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 4: look at some research and crunch the numbers and let 695 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 4: this thing play out for the next maybe four or 696 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 4: five years. Like if this is going to be the 697 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 4: way it is that kids can just walk whenever they want. 698 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 4: I want to establish dudes, right, I mean, can you 699 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 4: build a championship contender through the portal? And when I 700 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,959 Speaker 4: mean through the portal, and I mean like every player 701 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 4: like twenty two starters, that's not what I mean. 702 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: What I mean is. 703 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 4: Can you add the majority of your roster Like Indiana, 704 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 4: for example, wasn't the majority of their roster transfer guys 705 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 4: that won the championship for Signetti? Yeah, and they weren't 706 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 4: even high right forget, but they were coached up. By 707 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 4: the time they got there, they were ready to roll. 708 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 4: I would just love to go back to like twenty 709 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 4: twenty one, twenty two. I know it's different because it's 710 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 4: Kaylin versus Jed and all that stuff. How many of 711 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 4: these guys stick around? Like maybe there's some data on that, right, 712 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 4: how many? How many high school players actually hang around 713 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 4: today versus ten years ago? So I don't know if 714 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 4: I would want it to be the high school would 715 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 4: be the foundation. I would think that getting established dudes. 716 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 4: I mean, how many quarterbacks, for example, have played in 717 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 4: the final four, played for a national championship that were 718 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 4: homegrown dudes in the. 719 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 1: Last three or four years? 720 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 4: Almost none, right, almost none of them, And I just 721 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,480 Speaker 4: wonder about the rest of the roster, Dick, Because for 722 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 4: years and years and years, I would never debate what 723 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 4: you just said. Ever, I would say, you're a thousand 724 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 4: percent right. You got to do high school recruiting. That's 725 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 4: where it's got to start. The old throw the fence 726 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 4: around the state of Washington, Don James, blah blah blah. 727 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 4: But now we got guys that are coming in and 728 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 4: they're leaving after a year or two, and you're paying 729 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 4: them money at a high school and they're gonna take off. 730 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 1: So why would I do that? 731 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 4: Why wouldn't I spend my money on guys that I 732 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 4: know are ready to play, Guys like Carver Willis for example, 733 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 4: the game in at left tackle, or Ephesian's Price Sock 734 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 4: or Tacario Davis or Joanna Coleman, right, players like that. 735 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 4: Every now and then, ya, you'll get a guy, a 736 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 4: couple of guys that'll pop maybe six, seven guys, whatever 737 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 4: the number is that I'll stay with you through the 738 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 4: entire cycle. But I, to me, it's a great debate 739 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 4: because I don't know. I don't know the numbers, Dick. 740 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 4: I got to check them out and see where this 741 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 4: all lands. But I do wonder if we're getting to 742 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,399 Speaker 4: a point now where the portal's more important in high 743 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 4: school recruiting. 744 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 6: I'd still say me, where you know, five ten years ago, 745 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 6: you're right, it'd be ninety five percent to five percent 746 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 6: right recruiting versus the transfer portal. I still think it's 747 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 6: sixty five thirty five, though sixty forty. I mean, I 748 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 6: just I just think if you pulled one hundred college 749 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,360 Speaker 6: football coaches and said you can have a kick ass 750 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 6: recruiting class and an okay transfer portal, or a kick 751 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 6: ass transfer portal and an okay. 752 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 1: Recruiting class, I just think they'd picked the recruiting class. Still. 753 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,319 Speaker 4: Well, I'll tell you this, and this may not mean 754 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 4: anything because I'm just cherry picking an example. I'll totally 755 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:56,879 Speaker 4: admit that. But I'm looking at the SEC this last year. 756 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,359 Speaker 4: By the way, let me go to the right page here. 757 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 4: I always go to the wrong page. Where did Texas 758 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 4: A and M finish this year? They were eleven and two. 759 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,280 Speaker 4: They had the number one recruiting class in college football 760 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 4: four years ago. Now, how many of those guys were 761 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,760 Speaker 4: on that team? I don't know where they transfer guys 762 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 4: that got to eleven and two? Were they high school 763 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,280 Speaker 4: guys that got to eleven and two? I have no idea. 764 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 4: Is it different in the SEC because they can pay 765 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,240 Speaker 4: guys to stay there, Like how many guys are leaving 766 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 4: the SEC versus coming into the SEC. I think it's 767 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,320 Speaker 4: a great debate, and I'd love to see some evidence 768 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,840 Speaker 4: that shows that it's still better to have the better 769 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 4: high school recruiting class. I mean, it kind of feels 770 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 4: like you're gonna have more guys in your high school 771 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,279 Speaker 4: class than you will your portal class because you're kind 772 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 4: of dictated by scholarships and how many openings you got. 773 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,760 Speaker 4: But I don't know, man, I mean, show me the numbers. 774 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,320 Speaker 4: I'd love to see him, Dick, We'll get a break.