1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: No from the Star Rentals Sports to us your ninety 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: three point three KJRFM sports headlines. 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 2: Happy Friday, everybody, Atmospheric River is on the way. 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 3: Is that like one of those terms that we never 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 3: heard growing up at all? Almost used to be called 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 3: the Pineapple Express? Yeah, well I like that better. Now 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 3: that's code for smoking dope? Is that right? By the way. 8 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 2: Headlines are brought to you by our friends at Frostbreued 9 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 2: Corus Light. 10 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 3: Choose chill, baby, get nothing, you lose good days. That's 11 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 3: what Steven Ross said to Chris Career. Good day. You're 12 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 3: fired GM of the Dolphins. 13 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 2: Canned by Miami after the Dolphins got hammered by the 14 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 2: Ravens last night. Fired after twenty six years total with 15 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 2: the organization. Head coach Mike McDaniel will finish the year 16 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 2: with the Dolphins, and then who knows? 17 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 4: Would you want to take that job when that quarterback 18 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 4: has one hundred million dollars in dead cap. 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 3: If I've never been to GM, sure, yeah, I'd take it. 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 3: Of course, you take it. 21 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 2: If he called you up and said, come be the 22 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: GM of the Dolphin, you'd say, no. 23 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, I can't take it too much, making too 24 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 3: much money at the end. 25 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 4: De Andre Swift ruled out for the Bears this weekend 26 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 4: with a groin injury, meaning their first and third string 27 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 4: running backs are both out for the Bears, leaving just 28 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 4: rookie Kyle mcnung guy. 29 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 3: Remember Kyle mcnung. 30 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: Guy, Huckers, Rutgers Andrews. You fired up for the NBA 31 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: Cup brought to you by Emirates Airlines. 32 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 3: That would be no. 33 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 2: It starts tonight Hawk's Pacers four o'clock, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Cleveland, 34 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 2: as the NBA Cup Group play stage is about to 35 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: be underway. 36 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 4: ASU quarterback Sam Levittz gonna miss the remainder of the 37 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 4: season with an injury, and the forgettable season for Travis 38 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 4: Hunter continues. 39 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 3: He is headed to the ir with a knee injury. 40 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 4: The number two overall pick has twenty eight catches and 41 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:46,919 Speaker 4: one touchdown seven games. 42 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 3: Cracking have a day off. 43 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 2: Back at it tomorrow against the Rangers six thirty pre 44 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 2: game seven o'clock. Faced off on the Seahawks Commanders on Sunday. 45 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 2: Bobo's out, Julian Love is out, Christian Haynes is out, 46 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: Cooper Cup Jaron Reid are questionable. Devin Witherspoon Spoon ready 47 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 2: to go on Sunday in DC, where Jayden Daniels will 48 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: start by the way for the Commanders, a champion in 49 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 2: his own rights, Yes, will join us at four twenty 50 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 2: on the radio show. 51 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 3: I wonder if the text. 52 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: Line can guess who it's going to be and what 53 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 2: championship he won? Four nine, four five one? Who will 54 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 2: join us next segment? And what does this man a 55 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 2: champion of? So stick around you'll find out. I just 56 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: got an email from my friends at Pro Footballfocus dot com, 57 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 2: of which I am a customer. By the way, they 58 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: have their weekly power rankings that came out, and I'm 59 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: gonna just keep reading and you can stop me when 60 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,119 Speaker 2: you feel like you want to jump in and ask 61 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: what the hell they're talking about. Okay, Kansas City's number one, 62 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 2: Green Bay number two, Lions number three, Buffalo number four, 63 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 2: l A Rams are number five, Baltimore Ravens are number 64 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 2: six now with Lamar back, Philadelphia number seven, Denver number eight, 65 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 2: LA Chargers number nine, the Houston Texans are number ten, 66 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 2: and the Seattle Seahawks or number eleven. Didn't we just 67 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 2: beat those clowns? Well, they're ranked ahead of us. In 68 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: the pro football focused power pole. I love power poles, man, 69 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 2: I'll tell you why I love power poles because people 70 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 2: like me freak out and just eat them up. 71 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 3: And this is exactly what they want us to do. 72 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 2: Yes, when they do these power poles, they say one 73 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 2: team purposely, they just say, look, guys, if we do 74 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 2: this in actual, like common sense order, nobody's going to 75 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: talk about him, No one arkas, Let's put one team 76 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: in there that's going to piss off one fan base. 77 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 2: So at least a couple of morons and talk radio 78 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: somewhere we'll talk about it. 79 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 3: We are the morons. We are the morons that are talking. 80 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 2: It's like when they come out of these graphics on Twitter, 81 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: it's like, here's a map of who the country is 82 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 2: rooting for, and it's always like one state that's like 83 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 2: totally off right whatever. Oh, those people freak out. So, 84 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: I mean, that doesn't make any sense. The Seahawks coming 85 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: off the buy or down three spots the Texans. 86 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 3: They won last week? Right, Houston did, is that correct? 87 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: The beat San Francisco up, They're up two spots, but 88 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: they got the Hawks with a sixty seven percent chance 89 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 2: of making the playoffs. Three percent chance of winning the 90 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 2: Super Bowl, and they are ranked behind the Houston Texans 91 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 2: as the number eleven team in the NFL. I don't 92 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 2: really have a problem with the Seahawks being number eleven. 93 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: I just don't know why you'd put Houston there. And 94 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 2: to be fair, they're probably using some nerdy, dorky algorithm 95 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 2: that pro football focused that I'm. 96 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 3: Not aware of. To be honest with you, well, I'm 97 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 3: just going to be a part. 98 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 4: And really, last week's win against if you count a 99 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 4: win over San Francisco at this point as an impressive win, 100 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 4: that's the most impressive win they've had all season. 101 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 3: Because there are only other two wins are. 102 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 4: Tennessee and at a ravaged Baltimore three four weeks ago. 103 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 4: So I mean, those are the only two wins they've had. 104 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 4: They could rack up three wins here and be legitimate 105 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,799 Speaker 4: at six and four. They've got Denver at home, winnable 106 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 4: Jacksonville at home, and at Tennessee. But then oh, all 107 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 4: hell breaks loose? How about Buffalo, Indy at Kansas City? 108 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 4: Any three week bunch they're gonna go. They could go 109 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 4: from six and four to six and seven in a 110 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 4: hurry and play their way out part of their part 111 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 4: of their formula. 112 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 2: They say the power rankings provide clear tiers, clear tears 113 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 2: as then you're an idiot if you don't agree with 114 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 2: those clear tiers on each NFL team's market assessment, offering 115 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:29,799 Speaker 2: a comprehensive view of team standings and and future prospects, 116 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 2: objecting guess who they have right behind the Seahawks at 117 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 2: number twelve, the Indianapolis Colts. They feel like the Cults 118 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 2: are about to hit a wall. They think the Cults 119 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 2: are overrated, They think the Cults are a bit of 120 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 2: a paper tiger. At this point on, they've got them 121 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 2: closer to the halfway mark of the NFL than the 122 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 2: number one spot of the NFL. 123 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: Right. 124 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: But the reason why I bring that up, and they 125 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 2: may very well be right, The reason why I bring 126 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 2: it up is because you guys know as well as 127 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 2: I we've seen years where like I mean, I hate 128 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 2: to bring up to two thousand and five, but it 129 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 2: was a long time ago. 130 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 3: Anders probably hasn't no idy, what the hell were even 131 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 3: talking about? Yeah, I was a big Seahawks fan during 132 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 3: that time. How old were you in five seven? Okay? 133 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 2: Pittsburgh was the what seed and five when they beat us. 134 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: You remember what seed were they? Like, maybe they don't 135 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 2: help them out. I was thinking fourth or five with you, 136 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 2: I was thinking fourth. 137 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 3: They were the sixth seed. They were the number six 138 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 3: seed in the AFC. 139 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 2: Weren't the giants of sixth seed when they won the 140 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 2: Super Bowl one year? If there's every year where a 141 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 2: team like that could win the title or even just 142 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 2: make the Super Bowl best like Dick right now, the Chargers, 143 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 2: both of us thinking, might be pretty good. They're the 144 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 2: sixth seed. The Rams are the sixth seed in the NFC. 145 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 2: This thing's crazy. 146 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's different than the last few years because the 147 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 4: last few years there's been this small group of elite 148 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 4: teams and to a small group of really really really 149 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 4: horrible teams. Right this year, there's almost like two tiers. 150 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 4: There are playoff caliber teams that are all separated by 151 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 4: very very little and there's like fourteen teams that suck. Yeah, 152 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 4: and if you're and that's why we're I think so 153 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 4: many favorites winning these games because when a Tier one 154 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 4: team plays a Tier two. 155 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 3: Team, there's like nine point. 156 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 4: Difference between the two, and so all these favorites are 157 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 4: covering favorites one, what twelve and three last week? I 158 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 4: mean it was insane in that two weeks in a 159 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 4: row and the whole year the favorites of the cover. 160 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 2: I'm looking at the point differentials in the NFL on 161 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 2: the Hawks or they're seventh in the NFL and point differential, man, 162 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: I mean they are absolutely right there. 163 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 3: Sorry, no, they are, yeah, seventh in the NFL. 164 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 2: They got a better point differential than Denver, Green Bay, Philadelphia, Tampa, 165 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 2: who is one of the better teams in the NFC. 166 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 2: Now part of that a little bit, a little bit 167 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 2: is the Saints game. But we're starting to get to 168 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 2: a point now where you're seven almost eight games into 169 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 2: the regular season and you can get a real clear 170 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 2: picture of what teams are all about. Like Indianapolis is 171 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 2: just running away with the point differential championship. It's like 172 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 2: not even close. So they're gonna calm down at some point. 173 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 2: But I just don't even know how to handicap this thing. 174 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 2: I think all options are on the table for the Seahawks. 175 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,239 Speaker 2: The running game thing something we'll talk to you about 176 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 2: at five o'clock tonight. Do they just continue to try 177 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 2: and run the ball even though they can't, or do 178 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 2: they just say, you know what, maybe we do give 179 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 2: Kenny Walker the ball twenty times, which we haven't done 180 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 2: one time this year, not one. 181 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 4: Well, and your PFF has quote unquote clear tiers, well 182 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 4: clear clear. 183 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 3: Everybody has to agree. 184 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 4: DVOA certainly disagrees with your PFF clear tiers because they've 185 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 4: got India, Indianapolis one and Seattle two. Who your clear 186 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 4: tiers over there have what eleven and twelve? 187 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 3: Yes, I'm just reading what they said. I mean, does 188 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 3: this not just sound arrogant as hell? 189 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 2: If there's just some computer nerd you can never played football. 190 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 2: I've run the numbers a million times and there's just 191 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 2: no way this is wrong. Clear tiers on each NFL 192 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 2: team's market assessment, offering a comprehensive view of standings and 193 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 2: future prospects. All the information and more can be found 194 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 2: below at PFF. Yeah, man, this is this Seayawk football team. 195 00:08:58,160 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 2: If they can just find a way to run the 196 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 2: all a little bit, they look like they could be 197 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 2: very very very scary, very scary for the rest of 198 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 2: this run in the NFC, and very scary in the playoffs. 199 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 2: I don't know about you, man, there's nobody in the 200 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 2: NFC that really scares me, Not one team that really 201 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 2: scares me. I think there's good teams. I think Detroit 202 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 2: is good, I think Green Bay is good. I think 203 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 2: Tampa Bay is good. I think all those teams are good. 204 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 2: But there's no team that petrifies me. 205 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 3: Not one. Well, No, I was thinking about this the 206 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 3: other day. 207 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 4: If we were to have an NFC championship right now 208 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,439 Speaker 4: on just saying obviously they don't have neutral. 209 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 2: That'd be kind of fun Halloween night NFC title game. 210 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 4: If we had an NFC title game on a neutral field, yes, 211 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 4: the Seahawks would be underdogs to probably three or four teams. 212 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 4: But how much would they be underdogs by neutral field 213 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 4: to gets Detroit a field goal? 214 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 3: Yeah? Three four. 215 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 2: I tell you what, I'd rather have my neutral field 216 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 2: than playing at home where they stinking down. 217 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 3: I mean, honestly, I think they turn the page. You'd think, yes, Okay, 218 00:09:58,160 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 3: well let's find out. 219 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 2: Well, because if they win again this Sunday and he's 220 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 2: eleven and one on the road, then they're coming back 221 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 2: home after that. 222 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 3: I mean, they got Arizona next Sunday. I know that. 223 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 2: And who knows if Kyler Murray's gonna be banged up 224 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 2: or not. But they've got to turn that in a 225 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 2: round because if they don't, if they don't turn it around, 226 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: and I'm being half sarcastic here, obviously, if they don't 227 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 2: turn it around, then they got no shot of making 228 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 2: a run through the playoffs because they'll never ever ever 229 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 2: get home field. 230 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 4: And he should go three and one in our final 231 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 4: four home games. We got Arizona when they've got my 232 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 4: boy JJ mccar down. 233 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 3: There though, the Arizona games down there, right, No, November 234 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 3: ninth is here. I'm talking about the home they already 235 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 3: played it. Are you talking your home games? 236 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 5: Yeah? 237 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 3: Sorry? Sorry? 238 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:39,719 Speaker 4: They should go three and one at home the rest 239 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 4: of the year, Arizona Minnesota, and you split against Indy 240 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 4: and the Rams. 241 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 2: Well, right, yeah, I mean I ran, I ran the numbers. 242 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 2: It's clear they should go three and one in those 243 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 2: four games. My algorithm says it's clear. You don't agree, 244 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 2: then you're just dingbat city man. We're going to break 245 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 2: a champion in his own rights. What kind of chancechampionship 246 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 2: are we talking about? Oh that's a hell of a teach. 247 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 2: You're gonna find out next on ninety three three KJRFM. 248 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: Now back to football frive age sponsored by Tito's hand 249 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: Made Vodka on your home for the NFL Sports Radio 250 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: ninety three point three kjr FL. 251 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 3: All right, we're back here. 252 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 2: Mellon joins us at five o'clock tonight. Rick new heisl 253 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 2: coming up in the six pm hour on the radio program. 254 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 2: But it's not every day you get to welcome a 255 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 2: champion here to the radio program. What kind of champion 256 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 2: are we talking about? 257 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 3: Yeah? Maybe you know what kind of champion we're talking about. 258 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know. 259 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 2: Man. Somebody said to me, hey, man, too bad what 260 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 2: happened to the ms. But isn't it great what Aaron 261 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 2: Levine did? Yeah, it makes him feel better than do 262 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 2: anything for me. But good for him. But he is 263 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 2: a Jeopardy champion. And Aaron Levine joins us right now 264 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 2: on the radio program. 265 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 3: Aaron, how are you? Man? What's up? Champ? 266 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 5: I'm good. Do you realize how guilty and or self 267 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 5: I might have felt had the Mariners made the World 268 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 5: Series and I had absolutely no control over when those 269 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 5: games were going to be played in Games three, four, 270 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 5: and five on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, I would have 271 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 5: felt really bad. I really would have. 272 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 3: Well, let me ask you a question. 273 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 2: If they called you and it was in the middle 274 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 2: of the World Series, would you have said, sorry, I 275 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 2: got a pass, I'm kind of busy, or would you 276 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 2: have taken the invitation Anyway. 277 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 5: Listen, when I originally took the offer, it was the beginning, 278 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 5: It was the end of July, and it was for 279 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 5: a middle of September tape date, and I had no 280 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 5: idea when the air date was going to actually be 281 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 5: until I showed up on set. 282 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 3: Well, and then you imagine the ratings you got. Because 283 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 3: the Mariners weren't. 284 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 4: In the World Series, I don't think a lot of 285 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 4: people would have been watching you. 286 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:41,599 Speaker 3: Otherwise. 287 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 5: We gave people a choice at least, and that was 288 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 5: kind of good. 289 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 2: Well, let let's talk about how this came down, because 290 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 2: again you mentioned that you found this out over the summer. 291 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 2: This was recorded a while back, and the air dates 292 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 2: obviously were We're just this week, so you kind of 293 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 2: had that. Sounds like, maybe keep your trap, shut up 294 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 2: some of this stuff. But talk about how this came 295 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 2: to be and how you became such a Jeopardy nut man. 296 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 5: It's kind of crazy. I mean, listen, I would watch 297 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 5: Jeopardy like a lot of people did with their parents 298 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 5: growing up at the dinner table in Los Angeles, who 299 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,719 Speaker 5: was seven o'clock every single night. And I wanted to 300 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 5: be on Team Jeopardy, but I never got the written 301 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 5: tests unfortunately, So that was that, And when I went 302 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 5: off to college, didn't do any trivia at all, never 303 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 5: watched Jeopardy. In fact, I didn't even really know about 304 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 5: Ken Jennings seventy four wind Streak until maybe years after 305 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 5: the fact. It was really away from trivia or quizzing 306 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 5: in general, and it wasn't until I was living in 307 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 5: gig Harbor and we would go to actually would go 308 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 5: to Cannorwood who has a trivia night every Saturday night, 309 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 5: and if you win the first round, you get a 310 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 5: free appetiser. If you win the second round, you win 311 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 5: a free dessert. You win the third round, you win 312 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 5: a free entree. I'm thinking, hey, this is kind of 313 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 5: cool free food. And so between that and starting to 314 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 5: turn Jeopardy on again, I was looking for something more 315 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 5: product dive in my life as a hobby. I started 316 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 5: not playing golf as much because of an eye condition 317 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 5: I had because of stress, and so I needed to 318 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 5: try and find something to fill that competitive void and 319 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 5: believe it or not, I turn a trivia So started 320 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 5: making index cards, and six and a half years later, 321 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 5: I've got more than twenty twenty five thousand index cards 322 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 5: that I legitimately go through on a regular basis to 323 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 5: try and keep up because I don't have a photographic 324 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 5: memory at all, and I just I have to just 325 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 5: hammer stuff into my brain before it finally remembers it. 326 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 5: So I set a long term goal of when I 327 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 5: turned thirty seven, I said I wanted to feel comfortable 328 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 5: enough to take the online Jeopardy test by the time 329 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 5: I turned forty. It was a three year goal. Two 330 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 5: years later, I felt comfortable enough. On my thirty ninth 331 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 5: birthday tod take the Jeopardy Anytime test for the first 332 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 5: time and got into the contestant pool for the first time. 333 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 5: In July of twenty twenty one. I was in the 334 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 5: contestant pool between zoom audition and an in person audition 335 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 5: in Vegas for thirty seven consecutive months, more than three years, 336 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 5: and did not get the call and timed out. Last August. 337 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 5: Took the test again at a trivia convention in Detroit, 338 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 5: of all places, and then got the second test this 339 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 5: past January and got an email to take a zoom 340 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 5: audition when I was in Arizona with the Mariners in 341 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 5: spring training, and so that's where I did my zoom 342 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 5: audition to get back into the contestant pool for another 343 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 5: two years. Got the call in late July, and then 344 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 5: we taped a month and a half ago. 345 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 4: That is pretty cool, man. It is truly a lifelong 346 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 4: goal and great job. I mean, you mentioned Ken Jennings. 347 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 4: I mean he's from here. Why is this areas at 348 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 4: a hot bed for contestants and champions? 349 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 3: On that game show? 350 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, I guess Ken one said that it's just really 351 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 5: rainy and gloomy here most of the year. Some people 352 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 5: stay inside looking for some sort of topic. And you know, 353 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 5: I will say though, I was studying for most of 354 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 5: the time during the summer when it was beautiful outside, 355 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 5: and it was very tempting to just drop all these 356 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 5: cards and go enjoy myself. But you know, the goal 357 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 5: was the goal, and I didn't want to have any 358 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 5: regrets after that. 359 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. 360 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 2: Well, Aaron Levine Fox thirteen is with us, and not 361 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 2: because of his prowess as a sports news anchor, but 362 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 2: because he is a Jeopardy Champion baby joining us right 363 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 2: here on the radio show. A couple of things that 364 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 2: you just said there. First of all, I had no 365 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 2: idea you were so young. I thought you were like 366 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 2: fifty five years old. Number one. And then number two, 367 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 2: you mentioned you're not playing golf. I mean I would 368 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 2: just start drinking and never mind Jeopardy and you know, 369 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 2: index cards and all that stuff. So good for you 370 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 2: for finding something productive to do because you're not playing golf. 371 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 2: But what was the whole experience like? It looked like 372 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 2: your family was down there with you. Did they take 373 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 2: care of you? Put you up in a five star hotel? 374 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 2: Tell us about it, man. 375 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 5: So actually, when you're contestant on Jeopardy, you have to 376 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 5: pay your own way down there and everything. Now, but 377 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 5: here is the good news that if you ever get 378 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 5: invited back for a postseason tournament, which I have fortunately 379 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 5: there will be going back down there, then they do 380 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 5: take care of expenses for you. And it was worth it. 381 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 5: I mean listen, just ting to get there and you're 382 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 5: gonna I mean, if it's this dream come true, just 383 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 5: to be able to stand on the alexrobekstage and look 384 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 5: around and say, wow, this is what I was able 385 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 5: to accomplish, And yeah, I was able to invite a 386 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 5: bunch of family members because I knew that ultimately I 387 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 5: wasn't going to have a viewing party down in the 388 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 5: southern California area, So to be able to invite some 389 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 5: of immediate family members to be there with me on 390 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 5: the tape day was really cool, and it was somewhat 391 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 5: settling given the fact that they taped five episodes in 392 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 5: one day. They take a week week's worth of episodes 393 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 5: in a day. So after that first episode, which was 394 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 5: the Monday episode, you back in the green room changing 395 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 5: into a new outfit and then going back out there 396 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 5: fifteen minutes later and pretending like it's a brand new day, don't. 397 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:47,679 Speaker 2: I don't really get comfortable talking to people about how 398 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 2: much money they make because it's their business. But it's 399 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 2: kind of public knowledge, man, how much you want on 400 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 2: Jeopardy because it's right right there on the screen. 401 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 3: It's right there on the freaking TV screen. 402 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 2: You want about what forty nine thousand dollars you know 403 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 2: over the three days in Jeopardy. So dude, you gotta 404 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 2: tell us, because I was asking you off the air, 405 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 2: does Ken just like give you a check. 406 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 3: Does he ask you for your venmo? How does that work? 407 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 2: Man? 408 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 5: Come on? 409 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 3: Slit's see an envelope. 410 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 5: Apparently, after it goes through the California tax board and 411 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 5: ends up with twenty or thirty bucks, you get a 412 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 5: check within ninety to one hundred and twenty days of 413 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 5: your air date. So maybe sometime around the holiday season 414 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 5: New Year's I'll get a check. And you know, I'd 415 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 5: love to be able to take my son on a 416 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 5: ski trip or something to have him learn how to ski. 417 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 5: But other than that, it's going into a college fund 418 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 5: for him and hopefully let that grow for the next 419 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 5: ten years before he goes off to college. 420 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 4: All right, tell me about the highs and the low 421 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 4: is the question that you're kicking yourself on that you 422 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,360 Speaker 4: didn't answer, and the question you were most proud of answering. 423 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 5: Oh, those are easy. XPH I mean a two hundred 424 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 5: dollars category, A two hundred dollars clue baseball? What does 425 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,959 Speaker 5: it stand for? And I just blinked, and I know 426 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 5: it's more of an old school stats term that you 427 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 5: to be in all the box scores. You don't see 428 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 5: XPH as often now, I don't think as we used to, 429 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 5: but yeah, extra base hits. Just not being able to 430 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 5: pull that answer was my biggest regret outside of the 431 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 5: Thomas Jefferson Monticello Final Jeffrey question that I did not 432 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,199 Speaker 5: get right last night that could have extended the streak. 433 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 5: And then to be able to get a daily double 434 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 5: in my second game where the answer was Stanford, Oh wow, 435 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 5: and be able to say and to be able to 436 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 5: say go Cardinal on national TV on Jeopardy, of all things, 437 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 5: was probably one of the coolest moments that I had 438 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 5: up there. Yeah. 439 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 2: No, I saw that clip on social media and then 440 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 2: Ken actually asked you did you go to Stanford and 441 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 2: then cut it off. 442 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 3: So did you give him a chance to say yes 443 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 3: or what I did? 444 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 5: I said yes, and he said, well, you wouldn't want 445 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 5: to you wouldn't want to miss that one. 446 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 3: I was like, no, that'd be pretty damn embarrassing. 447 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: Man. 448 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 3: Purple and gold are the colors of what school? I 449 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,479 Speaker 3: don't know, man, I'm freaking out. And then McAfee did 450 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 3: McAfee give you a shout out? Is that what I 451 00:19:58,400 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 3: saw on his show? 452 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 5: Yeah, he gave me a shout out yesterday. He thinks 453 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 5: he thanked me. First, before you know, going off on 454 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 5: he was just excited that he was a clue on Jeopardy, 455 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 5: of all things, I think anybody would be The very 456 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 5: first clue though of the very first show that I 457 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 5: taped was about the Olympic National Park and Olympic you 458 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 5: know forest, and I was like it said, Washington, I'm 459 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 5: trying to parse the clue. I'm still in a hazen 460 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 5: fog from this being my first game show effort on Jeopardy. 461 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 5: And thank god I pulled that answer because number one, 462 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 5: I was able to get a daily double on the 463 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 5: very next clue, and number two, had I not, it 464 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 5: would have put me down a very very dark path psychologically, 465 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 5: and I don't think I would have recovered until at 466 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 5: least the end of the first commercial break. 467 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 4: Well, you mentioned you made the playoffs, so congratulations. So 468 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 4: what's the next step when you tape? And when will 469 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 4: we see you again? 470 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 5: I can say soon. We're gonna be taping soon. I 471 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 5: have been accepted into the the postseason, which is either 472 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 5: one of two. It's either a Champions wild card or 473 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 5: the Tournament of Champions. I'm right on the bubble right now. 474 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 5: We have two more weeks of Jeopardy air dates to 475 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 5: air to find out which one I'm going to be 476 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 5: a part of, and then either one. I think they're 477 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 5: both aired in January, so it's a really quick turnaround. 478 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,360 Speaker 5: This week has been incredible in terms of people reaching out. 479 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 5: It's also been a major distraction from my studying because 480 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 5: I'm trying to just focus on doing my best. But 481 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 5: then again, this time around, it's going to be nothing 482 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 5: but icing on the cake. It's more than I could 483 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 5: have ever ever dreamed of, and I'm so excited to 484 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 5: be able to go back out there. 485 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 2: Well, it's very cool. Aaron Levine with us. I do 486 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,919 Speaker 2: have one question for you that did not appear on 487 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 2: the game show. This team is in need of a 488 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 2: right field, a leadoff hitter, and another reliever for their bullpenck. 489 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,880 Speaker 3: What team am I talking about? 490 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 5: Aerin? Yeah, I mean it would be nice if the 491 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 5: Mariners can do that, and has taught to ownership about 492 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 5: maybe extending their wall it's a little bit more and 493 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 5: and locking those down. 494 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 3: Well, what was this was not answering the form of 495 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 3: a question you did not? 496 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sorry that is correct. What was your take 497 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 2: on just the way the whole thing ended made and 498 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 2: I get these just random flashes of just kind of 499 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 2: being in the dumps and thinking about the way things 500 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 2: went in that series. 501 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 3: Man, start filming. 502 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 2: Sorry for myself, Man, that we came that close to 503 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 2: get into the World Series for the first time ever, 504 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 2: How did. 505 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 3: You kind of deal with that emotionally? Man? 506 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,400 Speaker 5: Absolutely heartbreaking, it really was. I mean, by the end 507 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 5: of this run, you want them, they're so close, and 508 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 5: they have two chances to do so in Toronto. Just 509 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 5: get one of those wins, and you're making history. You're 510 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 5: in the World Series for the very first time. But Yeah, 511 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 5: the most point moment to me, and I've referenced this 512 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 5: at least ten times, maybe ten seven times on the air, 513 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 5: is walking into the clubhouse after the end of Game seven, 514 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 5: And it was really just right afterwards, and the look 515 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 5: on Calraally's face. Everybody saw it, his eyes, he'd clearly 516 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 5: been crying, red puffed up, could feel the emotion, and 517 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 5: just my heart went into my throat And it was 518 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 5: one of those very awkward moments because you're there with 519 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 5: the rest of the media and he's there and everybody's 520 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 5: going to go up to him to ask questions, and 521 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 5: I wanted to hang back, like I wanted to give 522 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 5: him more time, because why are we sticking a mic 523 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 5: in this guy's face right away? He's just been through it, 524 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 5: and to have been through Helen back and to have 525 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 5: put his heart and soul into something all of those 526 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 5: guys in the clubhouse, and then to have to talk 527 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 5: about it right away, it just didn't sit right with me. 528 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 5: And yet I give him so much credit in the 529 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 5: world for talking to the media number one and number two. 530 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 5: Having had the experience on Jeopardy, It's just a tiny, 531 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 5: tiny fraction of what these guys had in terms of 532 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 5: the magnitude of being close to a world series. But 533 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 5: in many ways I had a better perspective, I think 534 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 5: than I would have ever had before having been through something, 535 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 5: getting so close to something in terms of like what 536 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 5: happened last night with me, and it's just like I 537 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 5: I my heart went out to them, and you just 538 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 5: you just want to give these guys a big hug. 539 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 5: It's gonna be okay, you really do. And it's just 540 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 5: it's something that I had never really experienced in the 541 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 5: clubhouse before, and it was just something I'll never forget. 542 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 3: I'm gladfully you. 543 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 5: Know that'll only Hopefully it'll only motivate them to do 544 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 5: even better last year and get a. 545 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 2: You further, that would have been weird if you gave 546 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 2: calla hug by the way, Yeah, good on you for 547 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 2: not doing that. 548 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 5: Yeah. 549 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 4: Well, so, which feeling is stronger watching the way this 550 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 4: World Series is going with the Blue Jays on the 551 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 4: precipice of winning this thing is the encouragement that you 552 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 4: feel like, my God, like, not only could we have 553 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 4: gotten there, we could have won and you know, bearing 554 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 4: maybe even the next year kind of how you feel 555 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 4: versus just the ticked off nature of if we would 556 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 4: have got there, we could have won. 557 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 5: Oh, It's it's a combination of both of them. There's 558 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 5: no question. I thought that if the ma owners can 559 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 5: make it to the World Series, they would have a 560 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 5: really good chance to beat the Dodgers. I really did, 561 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 5: and everybody was kind of crowning the Dodgers ahead of time. 562 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 5: Well we've now seen what the Blue Jays have been 563 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 5: able to do, and we know the Mariners were locked 564 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 5: up with the Blue Jays the whole way in that series. 565 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 5: So yeah, I mean it's there's definite regret, for sure, 566 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 5: but you know, there is hope that they can do 567 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 5: what you just said and lock down certain guys. And 568 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 5: you also have a really young, talented cores and that 569 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 5: are gonna be motivated next season start in spring training. 570 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,640 Speaker 2: Well, the question, Aaron before you go, Aaron Levine, Jeopardy Champion? 571 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 3: Is it with us? On the radio show? 572 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 2: By the way, from now on, he will be addressed 573 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 2: as Jeopardy Champion Aaron Levine on the program. I'm going 574 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,479 Speaker 2: to change your contact on my iPhone to Jeopardy Champion 575 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 2: Aaron Levine from now on, so I can see that 576 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 2: every time you call, which is not often, but when 577 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,959 Speaker 2: you do, I appreciate it. Do you trust this ownership, 578 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 2: you know? I mean they got to make some changes. 579 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 2: We just kind of joked about needing maybe a right fielder, 580 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 2: leadoff hitter, getting some help for the bullpen. I mean, 581 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 2: I'm motivated, but I've been doing this for you know, 582 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 2: in this town for fifty two years, You Dick the 583 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 2: same thing. You've been around long enough now to know 584 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 2: that this is something that we desire tremendously. How much 585 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 2: you think John Stanton's desire has improved or increased after 586 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 2: that gut wrenching series loss. 587 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,959 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's about the fifty million dollar question right, And 588 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,440 Speaker 5: I would say could go one of two directions. Either 589 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 5: they look around and they see, oh my god, look 590 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 5: the magic that this team had, the playoff run, the 591 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 5: incredible crowds, and the volume at Tea Mobile Park. We 592 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 5: want to do this so badly that we are willing 593 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 5: to spend. Or the opposite, and I worry that this 594 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 5: might be the case, is that they say, see, we 595 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 5: were right. We can still do this with the fifteenth 596 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 5: largest tay roll in baseball and still treated like a 597 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 5: mid market team and strike gold the way we did 598 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 5: this year, and we can continue that going forward. So 599 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 5: it's fifty to fifty in my mind, and I'm very 600 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 5: interested to see how it goes from here. 601 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,719 Speaker 3: Byron Levine thirteen. Listen, man, great stuff. 602 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 2: Just do us a favor now that you're a Jeopardy champion, 603 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 2: my friend, Just remember the little people, all right, Remember 604 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 2: what got you here, Remember your pals, remember those that 605 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 2: stuck with you from the very beginning, and stay humble man, 606 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 2: all right, pal, Hey. 607 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 5: Of course, you guys, do me a favor. Just don't 608 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 5: give me too much of a hard time. When I'm 609 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 5: studying index cosan press box and there. 610 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 2: We'll see, we'll see, all right, Aaron, great stuff. Congrats again, man, 611 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 2: we'll talk down the roads. 612 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, thanks lucky, all right, Aaron 613 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 2: Levine with us Fox thirteen Jeopardy Champion textimonials coming up 614 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 2: four forty five on ninety three to three KJRFM