Hunley Huddle Ep. 7, Rob Gronkowski

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Legendary takes from Wildcat greats Ricky Hunley and Lamont Huntley
with Steve Rivera all things Arizona football. This is the
Honley Huddle, power by Nova Home Loans.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Hey, good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Hunley Huddle.

Speaker 3 (00:15):
What a groom.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
I'm here with Ricky, I'm here with Lamont, and I'm
Steve Rivera. Go ahead, missed you guys. It's been a while,
more than a month. It's been that long. October eleventh,
the last time we were here. It's good to be
almost a month.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
Good to be missed. Life is boring without.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Us, Okay, okay, but I tell you what.

Speaker 4 (00:35):
It was exciting this morning. I drove by the stadium. Okay,
and the tailgates are enforced. They all already started. I
mean it's gonna be exciting. No, that's great, that's great.

Speaker 5 (00:45):
Well, I think it started a few weeks ago, a
month ago. I was on the Zoom last Sunday and
Brandescendons and Brandon Sandon. He reported, we going to have about
two hundred and fifty alumni football alumni Bay.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yeah, they had a hell of a party last night
at the playground to.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Oh dude, they a lot of signings, autograph sitings. Okay,
you just heard the news that basketball game. Yeah, excuse
be a good boy. Yeah, okay, okay. In fact, we're
gonna hear from Tommy Lloyd later in this show about
getting people out there.

Speaker 6 (01:15):
That's good.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
It's a nice little shout out, Ricky Hey, since we've
seen you last. They're just one went away. Six wins
the power of six today for two teams. Does Zerra
have enough to do it? Oh?

Speaker 4 (01:28):
Absolutely, you know, I mean you still you look at
the full body of work that's been presented. Okay, you
lose and double over time to the top rated team
in the Big twelve and probably top ten team and
top Weddy number seven b y u h. You lose
the last second field go to Houston and uh, you

(01:50):
know they've had one loss and uh you know, we
all know about the Iowa State game where we didn't
get off the bus. But you know, we've lost to
quality opponents. And if you had to lose, and you know,
going down the stretch, every team that's on our schedule,
I mean we match up.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (02:12):
And you put on top of that too, it's homecoming,
you know, so now and they're coming to us. So
it's a homecoming game. I mean, you're bringing alumni back,
you bringing that environment back, You're bringing that you know,
you know it's gonna be a fan fail opportunity to
get that six win, to be bo Elder.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
When you guys played, Did you guys have that second
urge to do well? Like who's you know?

Speaker 4 (02:36):
I spent the day yesterday with a gentleman who actually
was coached by Larry Smith. Okay, he played on the
gym young He was actually steered here by Fred Snowton, Okay,
and he played linebacker and he's seventy three years old.

Speaker 3 (02:55):
His his name is David Reeves.

Speaker 4 (02:57):
Awesome guy, you know, turning back in Detroit and he
looks forward to coming back every year. Took him on
a tour of the facility. Man, you thought it was
the greatest day of his life. But that's how passionate
Wildcat fans are and alumni are about this place.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
Given your title with the team, have you been busy
kind of being that guy?

Speaker 3 (03:18):
Yeah, but it's fun, you know, I enjoyed you know.

Speaker 5 (03:21):
Yeah, Well last night they had a in which I
didn't go You mentioned the playground, but they also there
was a group that about thirty or forty guys. They
met at a Mexican restaurant on the east side of town,
and you know, and that's that's one of the big
things they talked about. I think Donnie Salem was one
of the guys that was part of that group just
as well. You know so, and it was not just

(03:43):
one generation, it was multiple sures from you know, the fifties. Well,
you guys were family. You guys were family. I think
we've proven that on the show. We had a lot
of guys call in come by, you know, the Tunny
Cliffs of the World and the guy from Denver who
was the guy Utah last week, Brad Anders fantastic.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, it was just that was a great show. By
the way, so you know the guys show that you
guys are failing, Yeah, which is key. By the way,
who do we have on later?

Speaker 6 (04:12):
Gronk?

Speaker 4 (04:13):
Everybody loves Gronk. I mean the guy. I mean, he
is just the Darling of National Darling. I mean, uh,
you know I think that you know the commercial that
he does, he's always he's lobbying. He's always lobbing to
be to get that insurance. Yeah, they should just give
it to it. You know, he's not military, but they should.

(04:36):
They gotta wait till you get a little older.

Speaker 6 (04:37):
First.

Speaker 5 (04:40):
He is, he is, he's everywhere, Yes, everywhere. And he's
a wildcat. That's the the whole thing. He loves the wildcat.
And you know, and and like I'm saying, I'm sure
last night he was, you know, in the studio getting
prepared for his show tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (04:54):
So we're gonna get a clean gronk.

Speaker 2 (04:58):
That's good.

Speaker 3 (04:58):
That's good.

Speaker 2 (04:59):
We need a So let me ask you how much
do you think they had to buy? Right? So, how
much do you think that big win over Colorado helps
them propel forward?

Speaker 4 (05:09):
I think it's tremendous when you just look at the
defense alone, eighteen turnovers this season, that's the most two
thousand and twenty three, I mean, tied for six most
in the nation. I mean, when you're getting turnovers like that,
you're giving the offense opportunities. When you give it the
offense opportunities with a quarterback like a North alfieda man,

(05:29):
I mean, this sky is the limit. And so I
mean I get chills thinking about because this guy can
break every passing record that yeah, right, you know, and
you know, and then our running game. It just comes together.

Speaker 3 (05:42):
You know that.

Speaker 5 (05:44):
This is the best example of complimentary football that I've
seen for Arizona football in a long time. I was
going to use that same word you just use we
could compliment it. As far as a balance. Offensively, we
have been very bad. I am, I am, you know,
I know going with that, and I have I have
gone over to the nor Okay side right now.

Speaker 2 (06:05):
But he proved that you've you've been very skeptic.

Speaker 3 (06:08):
And I'm sure other.

Speaker 5 (06:09):
People who was in that mindset sees it now. But
you know what not about us. Nor knew, No, he
understood where he was at and and look at him now,
you know. And and a lot has to do with
the confidence that he has gained with his receivers and
the offense.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
He's only went three away, three away from breaking the record.
It's like he just got here. To me, I don't
know if you feel that way, but it seems like
he just got here.

Speaker 3 (06:34):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (06:34):
Well, yeah, it seemed like he just got it. But
he's been here with three.

Speaker 6 (06:37):
Or four years.

Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, yeah, I think he does have another one left.

Speaker 3 (06:41):
Yeah, he has another one, and I pray that he stays.

Speaker 4 (06:44):
The guy's got sixty five career touchdown passes three more
and he ties Nick Foles and uh and he three more.
He breaks Nick Foles and Willie to a Tom record. Yeah,
he breaks their record, you know, and he's got another year.

Speaker 5 (06:58):
But then that one that I want to see is
the yardage, you know what I mean? Nick fos ten thousand. Yeah,
and so he has to stay next year in order
to get there. He's right at eight thousand right now, Well,
what is he gonna get that in four games? Two
thousand yards and four I know I'm saying he'll he'll
break every passing record exactly, and that's the last winning

(07:19):
he needs to break, right, and he'll he'll get I
believe he will get.

Speaker 7 (07:22):
So.

Speaker 2 (07:22):
One of the things that I was talking to Ray
before the show, you know, we all know and love Noah,
but he has quality receivers that have made him become
that guy.

Speaker 5 (07:32):
And it's not well, I think the win with Noah
is losing t Mac. Losing t Mac. Yeah, you know,
because last year he was Cam. I mean, he was
focusing on t Mac. Now he has a thruffle of
receivers that he can get the ball to wide receivers,
tight ends as well as the running back.

Speaker 3 (07:50):
That's the win right there.

Speaker 5 (07:52):
And and games to playing more games and getting more
into the season allow him to get to know his
receivers better.

Speaker 2 (07:59):
You were you turned in his pr guy, I am,
I am, but you know.

Speaker 3 (08:02):
But he proved it. You know, he proved it unlike
some of these basketball players.

Speaker 5 (08:07):
That's what he gave to the adventure. Well, it helps
a lot when you got a Tray Spivey. Here's another
homegrown kid who comes back and now he's he's flourishing,
he's having a great look. Look at his stats he
had was seven touchdown but only twelve catches.

Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yeah, unbelievable.

Speaker 7 (08:24):
He does.

Speaker 5 (08:27):
Make people miss yeah, you know, yeah, athletic love strong,
A strong kid.

Speaker 2 (08:31):
I know we're gonna have Brennan here in the in
the second segment here, how has he been. He's maybe
got a little more step to him.

Speaker 3 (08:39):
He is as steady as they come.

Speaker 6 (08:41):
You know.

Speaker 4 (08:42):
I think the only thing that probably phases or or
you know, kind of gets coach a little upset every
now and then, it's just our inconsistency of our fans support. Yeah,
you know, because it's like this is our team, this
is our town. Get behind your team, because when we
go to other they get behind their team, and that's
all we want you. We want that, tweff Man. We'll

(09:04):
see it at night rinking.

Speaker 3 (09:05):
We'll see it.

Speaker 2 (09:05):
Well, let me tell you because you go if we
win too, you go to the games and you see
the support. I don't even know how to ask you
this question, but is it disappointment? Is that this our potential?
What do you think when you get there because you
see those places?

Speaker 8 (09:19):
Yeah?

Speaker 9 (09:19):
Is it?

Speaker 3 (09:20):
We can have this? We should have this.

Speaker 4 (09:23):
We should be as passionate about our football team as
any other city that gets behind their team. Look, we
got a million people in this town, right, we got
forty thousand students. Come on, people with the stadium only
seats fifty five thousand, right, Yeah, do the math, do
the man, Yeah, do the math.

Speaker 2 (09:40):
Well, we'll have some news from telling me about that
as well.

Speaker 5 (09:43):
I'll tell you what. Tellgate people were there this morning.
It's gonna be fun today. And again they're there today.
We win this game, they could be there that next game, right,
and they'll be Bowl eligible.

Speaker 3 (09:54):
And they'd be Bowl eligible. We go whatever, eight and three,
nine and whatever. Next year, we'll.

Speaker 5 (10:00):
See people in the seats. You gotta be a fun
read out today.

Speaker 2 (10:04):
Okay, Okay, that means you and I gotta change shirts.
That's telling all the secrets. Man, I got no, we're
taking pictures. Switch t we got school clothes to don today.

Speaker 6 (10:14):
All right, my shirt?

Speaker 2 (10:16):
I get there. I changed in uniform. Okay, good, good,
good word, I got this. This is all I got.
So we're good. Uh, welcome to the Hundy Huddle. We're back.
We're gonna be talking to Brennan in a little bit,
and we're gonna be talking to of course Gronk in
the final segment of the show. Good things are going
on right now. You know what, tell you what a
big win does. People get optimistic right away. Yeah, they

(10:40):
want to be a part of it. I mean they
want to be a part of a winning opportunity. And
you know what best best time to do it today?
You know, how about them coming?

Speaker 5 (10:48):
How about how about the nice piece last week when
they showed coach Carter?

Speaker 3 (10:53):
Yeah, yeah, you know the hammer time.

Speaker 2 (10:57):
I can see you guys doing that back in the eighty.

Speaker 5 (11:01):
Ricky, Ricky couldn't can't dance, Steve, you can't touch this,
nor do I want to.

Speaker 3 (11:06):
You can't dance. I was pretty good dancing. Ricky can dance.

Speaker 2 (11:10):
Well, well, did you win the little the globe whatever
that thing?

Speaker 3 (11:13):
I won the mirror Ball Trophy with dancing it with
the Star.

Speaker 5 (11:16):
Ricky And hey, Ricky raised money and winning that's a difference.

Speaker 3 (11:22):
Hey, it's for charity.

Speaker 4 (11:23):
It's for diapers, and Steve, when he gets old, he needs.

Speaker 3 (11:26):
When you can write a check and win.

Speaker 5 (11:28):
A trophy, you're writing a check to help the elderly
people and kids who want to go to school get diapers.

Speaker 4 (11:37):
So Steve, we're gonna make sure you got diapers. You
need diapers, Just give me the check. Let's I guess
who's going to be one of our dancers this year.
I'm not judge Coach Carter.

Speaker 5 (11:50):
Oh yeah, I can't wait to see those.

Speaker 2 (11:55):
Raising money.

Speaker 4 (11:55):
Hey, lay your bets down on him now.

Speaker 5 (11:59):
Hey, he's gonna win the trophy and the money. Yeah, okay,
most money in the troph Okay, but well, the Wildcats
win today. That's what we're here for.

Speaker 2 (12:06):
Their favorite, right, their favorite Kansas is a start of
the year. You think they're gonna be pretty good. They're
not as good as what we thought they would be,
but it's gonna still gonna be a tough game. Offensively,
they're gonna go back and forth.

Speaker 4 (12:17):
I think, yeah, I think you cannot take any team
for granted in this conference. Okay, when you show up,
you got to show up ready to play and play
your best. We we cannot win games by making mistakes.
When we play our best game, we win football games.

Speaker 6 (12:33):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (12:33):
No, obviously the obvious things got to happen again. We
got to control the line of scrimmage, no turnover us.
We got to create turnovers. The offense can't put us
in a situation where we returning the balls.

Speaker 3 (12:45):
I lack to see the special teams get a little better.

Speaker 2 (12:48):
Yeah, there's some factions that need to start getting better.

Speaker 10 (12:51):
You know.

Speaker 2 (12:51):
One of the places I thought that has done really
well since we started to show the offensive line. If
you remember that first game, it was like pedally, pedally, pedally.
It's not so many penalties now.

Speaker 5 (13:02):
And you know what the thing about when you mentioned
that penalies and and and you put on put the
team in a bad situation, particularly last week the Colorado game.
I mean some of the penities that they created that
put up that helped us. And I'm looking at these penalties,
I said, I can't blame the kid.

Speaker 3 (13:20):
I blame those penality on coaching.

Speaker 5 (13:23):
To me, that's bad coaching and bad preparing those kids
for the game.

Speaker 2 (13:27):
Do you think it's pom Do you think it's because
it was early in the season and things needed to
be ironed.

Speaker 3 (13:31):
Out on our part. As far as you talked about
Arizona foot, Yes, it was.

Speaker 5 (13:35):
I mean, and I think a lot was the fact
it was early, getting the understanding of that new offensive
line with the coach himself, but I think he has
put himself in a situation where he's demanding of these
kids to prepare himself and don't these crazy turnals.

Speaker 2 (13:51):
And this is a legit question to both you and
maybe to use Ricky specifically, because you were a coach
when you're at this point in the season, you know,
a few games in, you know on at the tail end.
Is it a sense that you work on your stuff
or you work on their stuff or both? How do
you percentage wise?

Speaker 4 (14:08):
Well, I think you're always working on your stuff, okay,
because you're trying to perfect your stuff and you're trying
to iron out all the bugs to make sure that
you don't make the mistakes that you weren't successful doing
your stuff, but you you have to work on the
other team stuff because everybody's going to give you something different,
and if you're having problems with something, you're going to
see it again until you fix it, you know, like

(14:30):
you know we internally internally, Yeah, yeah, you know, we
kept seeing the quarterback count and we kept seeing that,
you know, after the Houston game, after the BYU gained,
you know, until we can fix that, and you're going
to keep seeing it. Everybody see it today because we
have they we're going against that type of a quarterback
who he's a running threat as well as a passage.

Speaker 2 (14:47):
Okay, so we might see some trouble unless they fixed it.

Speaker 3 (14:50):
They fixed it.

Speaker 2 (14:52):
Okay, what would you say the percentage of that are stuff?
Six thirty percent theirs stuff? How would you do that?

Speaker 3 (15:00):
Obvious?

Speaker 2 (15:00):
Say sixty forty sixty forty our stuff? Okay, Okay, still
a lot to be fixed right or worked on. Yeah,
but you still have to work on it because you
got to perfect it.

Speaker 4 (15:09):
You know, they're working on their stuff too, so they're
gonna be good at doing their stuff, and sure, we
got to be good at our stuff, and so but
win third downs, you know, you got to get them
in the staple. You got to you got to get
him in sucking and long. You got to get it
even third and long. Are you still high on this defense?

Speaker 3 (15:25):
Absolutely?

Speaker 6 (15:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (15:26):
This is one of the best defenses we've had here,
you know, in a while. Okay.

Speaker 4 (15:30):
I love the coach Gonzales and what he brings with
this defense. Yeah, Okay, listen, and the guys have bought in.
They love it TOI Yeah. And that's and that's the
main thing. You know, as the kids buy into what
what he's he's asking of them, they're doing it and
they violent with that.

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Speaker 2 (20:31):
Hey, welcome back to the Honey Huddle. I'm here with
Ricky Hudley and Lamont Hunley. I'm Steve Rivera. Now we're
going to listen to some Brent.

Speaker 16 (20:37):
Brennan Bronal and watching our guys play that game that,
in my opinion, was one of the best football games
are seeing. Production wise across the board. I mean just
we don't want to read some staffs to you. They
had sixteen drives, seven little sixteen. We got touches, you
had Chase, you had tea, you had stokes. All gots
in on sacks minus tick twenty six yards. They have
five quarterback harassments, eight tackle full losses with minus thirty

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six yards, two forced fumbles. We scored on two of
the turnament, three interceptions with ninety eight yards in return.
Dalton had a phenomenal return key interception there ishmael Madi
eighty five yards Averagween twenty eight yards on three carries.
Warren had seven carries and Craig had seven carries. Three
point six production up and down the chart. Geo had

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a sixty yard long, Spivey had a bag tacular fifty
seven yard you know catch for a touchdown. It really
just broke their backs early in the game. Late we
had a thirty four yard catch. White Song had a
great return to twenty seven yards, forty four yards in
return yards, four hundred and seventeen yards of offense, and
we were four for five in the red zone. Oh
what can you say when the guys they worked that
way last week, then they performed like it on.

Speaker 7 (21:41):
The No, we were really excited about it.

Speaker 17 (21:42):
I think, you know, I thought that we had great
practice leading up, you know, practice during the bull game, practice,
you know, last week leading up to the Colorado game.
You know, we didn't know because we're going on the road.
Colorado has been playing greatly well at home. It's a
really challenging place to play, and so, you know, I
was really excited.

Speaker 7 (21:57):
Just why how hard the guys liked the production.

Speaker 16 (22:00):
Okay, now we got Kansas this week homecoming. They got
a phenomenal athletic quarterback. You know, they've done a great
job of you know, spread the ball around. They can
throw in the middle of the field. They've been pretty successful.
You're force him to throw a ball to the outside.
They've had a hard time moving the ball. Defensively, they
got some guys that can come off the edge and
bring some pressure. You know, how do we match up

(22:21):
against these guys? Well, I think this is you know,
going to be a really challenging game. I think Kansas
has done a great job. I think this is a
year three or four of coach Leopold building the program.
He's you know, an excellent football code, you know, so
that we know this team is going to be tough.
We know they're going to play hard, and we know
they're well code, and so you know, how do we
match up? You know, when I think about them, and
at least for us offensively, you know, it's going to
be a challenge. The front seven is excellent, right, They're

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big and physical. They do a great job of find
the loading the box and don't want you to run
the ball on them. And so that's going to be
a challenge for us.

Speaker 17 (22:47):
And we're gonna do a great job on the permeter
and a great job with the quarterback and uh, you know,
and then the other side of the ball, you know,
a lot runs through their quarterback, Jalen Daniels. He's an
awesome player. You know, he's been in college. He's been
in college a long time now. He's you know, he's
a mature player. He's been in a lot of football games,
He's seen a lot of stuff. So you know, I
think this is going to challenge us really in all
three phases.

Speaker 16 (23:04):
But Kansas to me, reminds us a lot of ourselves,
very well coached team, and they're going to come in
here and they're going to fight because you got everything
on the line, right, and we're just kind of sitting
in that same position, maybe a notch a bulb. You know,
how do you see this thing playing out? You know,
the ebb and flows of the game.

Speaker 7 (23:20):
Yeah, No, I think this is going to be a
four quarter game, you know.

Speaker 17 (23:23):
I think, you know, I'm optimistic that we're going to
have a great burnout from our fans here in Tucson,
our students of the Zona Zoo, obviously, our alumni coming
back for homecoming, because we need our fans to impact
this game. You know, we need our fans to be
rowdy and on Kansas when they walk in the stadium
and make it hard for them to snap the ball
and all that good stuff, you know, some of that
stuff that we've experienced on the road at other places.
We need that in Arizona Stadium this weekend. But I

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think it's going to be a four quarter game, and
I think it's going to come down to who makes
the least mistakes late.

Speaker 16 (23:48):
And I think, yeah, I like the fact that we're
at home, it's homecoming it's gonna be eighty five degrees.
It's gonna be our kind of weather, you know. And
and the way we started out last week because Kylorado
was phenomenal, know you see of us kind of stand
in that attack mode.

Speaker 7 (24:03):
Yeah, I mean absolutely.

Speaker 17 (24:04):
I felt like we had a great practice today, and
you know, I think the players are, you know, locking,
and they're really excited about the opportunity to play again.

Speaker 7 (24:11):
I think, you know, we we.

Speaker 17 (24:12):
Have the two tough losses, the double overtime loss of
b Yu and the last play of the game at Houston,
and so you know, this is another opportunity for us
to play.

Speaker 7 (24:19):
This team cares about each other.

Speaker 17 (24:21):
They're working hard for each other, and I think on
game be A didn't play for each other.

Speaker 16 (24:23):
Yeah, we we lost some firepower there and with Tray
had his shoulder surgery, but we haven't gods just stepping
up just wherever needed. I mean, Dalton's playing well. You know,
Tia got in on the sack. You know, Chase is
playing well with you, Riley is you know, this is
really the could be a team football. Yeah, absolutely, And
so it gives you a chance to play really complimentary.

Speaker 17 (24:45):
Football, yeah, Aly, you know, and I really believe that
that's how we're going to build a consistent, sustainable, winning
program here at Arizona. I think we're gonna have to
be excellent building great teams, Teams that are connected, teams
that have depth means, that have you know, personnel that
either comes from the portal or high school and through
the process of develop I just think that's.

Speaker 7 (25:00):
Going to be our nigere.

Speaker 17 (25:01):
You know, we're not going to go, you know, outbid
everybody and and buy players all across the country. We're
gonna have to be really strategic with how we build it.
And I think that's one of the things that you're
starting to see. I think this team is coming together.
I think they believe in each other, and I think
that that that part of it is exciting to.

Speaker 7 (25:15):
Watch and that's a lot of fun to watch.

Speaker 16 (25:16):
Yeah, I think that you and the staff have done
a masterful job of developing with what you have and uh,
I think that's going to be the key in this
portal and this transfer toortal Age. Keep getting good players
to come here, absolutely, and I think that's a huge
part of it. I think there's like there's a really
important component of stability. Ability in the coaching apt and
stability on who's going to be coaching these guys when
they get here in terms of the assistant coaches, and

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I'm really believe in our assistant coaches.

Speaker 7 (25:39):
I think we're really fortunate.

Speaker 17 (25:40):
I think we've got great people here, and I think
you know what you see, you know, and what I
believe you're going to continue to see over time is that,
like us, continue to make great voices about who we
were fruit and who we bring in through the portal,
and then also just really be able to demonstrate a
great process of development and watch those layers become better
and better the longer they're part of our programs.

Speaker 16 (25:58):
Well, I'm excited to see homecoming in front of our
home crowd, and I know all of our fans and
our alumni are gonna be excited about it because you've
done amazing job. But what you've had to work with,
I mean, honestly and truly believe that, and I appreciate
you for it.

Speaker 7 (26:12):
The coast we're making progress. Thank you. Let's go get
him bear down.

Speaker 3 (26:16):
Sorry about that.

Speaker 2 (26:18):
So, one of the things that you mentioned or he mentioned,
Ricky was the veteran and both the veteran quarterback you'll
be facing how how crucial is that trying to uh
disrupt him because he is a veteran.

Speaker 3 (26:31):
Well, I think the main thing you have to get
him off his spot.

Speaker 5 (26:35):
And this kid, he's he's not only a veteran, but
he can throw the ball and he can run the ball.
And he's similar to the quarterback that we saw in
a few games from Houston. Who's the other quarterback you
mentioned earlier, Ricky the offense, Well, he's a to me,
he's a major run threat. To me, he's a major

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run threat. And I think up front has got to
be very disciplined in their assignments in order to contain
this kid. I mean, because well, if you give him
a little bit, he's going to take a lot.

Speaker 2 (27:08):
And if you don't, it's here we go again, exactly.

Speaker 3 (27:10):
It could be that situation.

Speaker 5 (27:12):
So Kansas State kid, yeah, Avery Johnson, This this kid
means not a kid.

Speaker 3 (27:20):
He'd been around a long time.

Speaker 5 (27:22):
He probably the oldest quarterback in the conference. But he's
very very accurate, throws down the hashes in between. So
that's that's huge, and that's huge, but also that's to
our strength. We got two great safeties.

Speaker 4 (27:36):
Dalton Johnson all right, and you know, and Genesis throw
it down there. Okay, so we got to make sure
he doesn't get those down the middle shots. Make you
have to throw the ball the furthest distance to the
outs to the flat, not as accurate, tougher throw. We
got eyes on the ball, we can reality to the ball,

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we can make plays. And they got a good running game.
You know, they got a decent running game. I mean,
and that's their strength. That's their strength, and and and
so we're gonna have to be gap sound. We're gonna
have to control the run and uh, make him throw
the ball.

Speaker 2 (28:11):
When you guys played maybe individually, what did you This
is a dumb question. I don't know what you're gonna say.
What did you fear most? Or do you say, okay,
spider to the fly, bring it? Because you guys were linebackers.
If they had a running game, bring it. If they
had a passing what do you think when the strength
was passing, for their strength was passing, What do you
think that.

Speaker 3 (28:29):
The team will go on against make them one dimensional?

Speaker 6 (28:33):
What?

Speaker 5 (28:33):
Okay, you always take the run away first. Now in
this case, what you're saying, force in their hand? Okay,
if they ran stop them from running. Just just keep
keep bringing it, bring it, bring the run. In any situation.
If you if you're going to prepare your team, if
the coach is going to prepare his player, he's gonna
prepare from the best situation, eliminate the best situation that

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they can. They do, they do, take it away from them,
take away that they can wait to get good at
it right, and then it makes the game a little
easier for the defense.

Speaker 3 (29:04):
And then we can be.

Speaker 5 (29:05):
Just especially linebackers, we could just flow freely. And that's
why I say that, because you guys are linebackers. You
would be lost without a microphone. We take that microphone
away from you. You're lost. You don't have no idea.
It im lucky you have a typewriter with me? Or
do you still have tears? I still you still miss me?
You have to to what lengths? You don't do that?

Speaker 2 (29:26):
No, Hey, let's get some advice from a guy that
we saw last night.

Speaker 3 (29:31):
So the football game tomorrow.

Speaker 18 (29:33):
The football team's playing great, Okay, I mean, I'm I
don't need to say, you know whatever. There are two
plays away from being whatever the record is and one
but they're right there. It's homecoming. It's a one thirty game.
It's going to be a beautiful day. Get your ass
to that football game and support coach Brandon. He's doing
a hell of a job and he's a great effing dude.

Speaker 3 (29:52):
This community needs to embrace. That's all I got.

Speaker 2 (29:57):
That was enough. That would you see that? When'd you
see that? Y don't use the right word.

Speaker 6 (30:04):
That's my dude.

Speaker 3 (30:05):
Coach man. You know he calls the Spain and Spain.

Speaker 2 (30:08):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (30:10):
Yeah, just like last night at the basketball game. People
show up, you know, and we need to give the
same support to.

Speaker 2 (30:17):
It's funny you were in Vegas. I was in Vegas. Uh,
And I'm thinking during the game, I'm thinking if football
had the same type of enthusiasm, it would be totally different.

Speaker 3 (30:27):
Wasn't it totally different? You feel it?

Speaker 5 (30:30):
It's more and it's more, it's and I guarantee you
Florida felt it.

Speaker 2 (30:35):
I guarantee you right. But they had some too, you know.
They came from a long distance and that's why they
have that.

Speaker 6 (30:41):
You know.

Speaker 2 (30:42):
Uh, b Yu, did you stay for the second game?

Speaker 3 (30:44):
No?

Speaker 2 (30:45):
B Yu was there in forced So with that type
of enthusiasm at football, they could have a little more juice.

Speaker 3 (30:52):
Yeah, I mean we've been saying it from the beginning
of the year.

Speaker 4 (30:56):
Arizona needs to have the twelfth Man.

Speaker 3 (31:00):
And that's the fans.

Speaker 4 (31:02):
That's the fans showing up in forced, That's the fans
that give you that extra energy. Feeling the roar of
the stadium, feeling the ground shape. That's what I miss
when I played, because you'll never forget those.

Speaker 5 (31:15):
Moments, right right, I can't. I mean, I'm just trying
to visualize. How do you make that happen?

Speaker 3 (31:20):
Right for me?

Speaker 5 (31:22):
Yeah, it is because again, we was around that and
you know, I mean we weren't twelve and ten and
twelve teen.

Speaker 3 (31:29):
We was eight.

Speaker 5 (31:30):
We think the most one was eight. But people was there.
You know, people was in the stadium.

Speaker 3 (31:35):
I mean that.

Speaker 5 (31:36):
I mean I look up and you go all the
way up to the top and there was head.

Speaker 2 (31:40):
What's the difference.

Speaker 5 (31:41):
Well, I think what we're gonna do is we're just
gonna bring Gronk back for all third downs and it's
gonna be in the stadium and we're gonna throw him
the ball, and so everybody got to be there to watch.
I mean, you know, he might be in a certain
section of the stadium. You have to be there in
order to Yeah. Well remember he caught the ball out
of the helicopter.

Speaker 2 (31:58):
So yeah, that's a secret weapon. And we'll see what happens.
A lot of people today right coming in. Any big
names that you have, Case that you'll know, they'll all
be I mean, they'll be across the board.

Speaker 6 (32:09):
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Speaker 5 (32:09):
You know you know you're anton Cason is the Antonio
Case Antonia Cason.

Speaker 3 (32:14):
He's the captain teen honorary captain.

Speaker 2 (32:17):
Okay, Okay, So what we're gonna do is we're gonna
take a break down. You have a hold of gronk
and probably bes a lot to the final second.

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Speaker 7 (37:25):
Grounk?

Speaker 6 (37:25):
Hey? Hey, what's up, guys. I'm doing well.

Speaker 8 (37:28):
I'm just actually here at Chollette Stadium and I have
a flight out in about three hours. I'm gonna go
hit the two hour pregame show tomorrow for Veterans Day
and all the veterans on the Fox NFL kickoff pregame show.
So everything's great. Football is great, man, life is good.
How are you guys doing?

Speaker 6 (37:44):
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Speaker 3 (37:45):
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Speaker 4 (37:45):
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Speaker 8 (38:01):
And everyone always says that, you know, they're like, yo,
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Speaker 6 (38:55):
Yes, oh, there we go, let's do it.

Speaker 2 (38:59):
How how close do you? How close do you follow
this team here?

Speaker 8 (39:04):
You know, when I got out, when I got out
of Arizona, I filed the team like for a couple
of years, and I got away from it during those dark.

Speaker 6 (39:11):
Years when we were only winning like two three games.

Speaker 8 (39:13):
And then I got back into Arizona football a couple
of years ago, and now this year I'm following closely.

Speaker 6 (39:19):
We're five and three right now. I'm following it.

Speaker 8 (39:21):
So closely that I host the LA Bowl and it's
the Grind Bowl Game, LA Bowl Game, and I'm praying.

Speaker 6 (39:29):
To God that Arizona lands in the.

Speaker 8 (39:32):
LA Bowl Game this year because it's my last time
hosting it this year. And I'm following you guys tightly
every single week and we need that win versus Kansas. Today,
I'm homecoming and get bull eligible and hopefully win a
couple more and come to the LA Bowl hosted by myself.

Speaker 6 (39:49):
Rob Gronkowski. So that would be just a blessing if
that happens.

Speaker 5 (39:53):
Hey, can you can you explain to the audience in
regards to how that situation can can fall out as
far as teams that's.

Speaker 3 (40:01):
Eligible based on record?

Speaker 5 (40:04):
Is it based on you know, you guys picking and
choosing who will come.

Speaker 9 (40:08):
Yeah, so in again, they truly get to pick.

Speaker 8 (40:11):
And choose who comes and who's available to invite what team.
But it's really always it's actually the Las Vegas Bowl.
This is why it made so much sense for me
to host this bowl game because it used to be
the Las Vegas Bowl Game and that's the very first
bowl game I went to at the University of Arizona.
It was the first bowl game we went to in
ten years and we beat Brigham Young in it and

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it was it was a huge win for the program.
So that game, actually the Las Vegas Bowl moved to
LA and it's actually the number one team.

Speaker 6 (40:42):
In the Mountain West Conference.

Speaker 8 (40:43):
So if the know, if the number one team in
the Mountain West Conference doesn't go to the playoffs, then
they go to the lost the LA Bowl. But if
the number one team does, then you take the number
two team out of the Mountain West Conference. And then
since all the conferences got you know, all switched up,
you used to be the number five for number four, five,
six slot, you know, in the Pac twelve. But now

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everyone you know went to Big ten. Uh, you know,
went to the Big twelve that we're in now. So
we have the option to choose like the fourth or
fifteen in either the Big Ten or in the Big twelve.
And we're hopefully, we're hoping, you know, that we can
grab Arizona this year. And that's how that situation could
fold out.

Speaker 2 (41:25):
Ricky Root, Ricky still wants you to be eligible. They
need a tight end to get to throw the ball to,
and you know they throw all the time.

Speaker 4 (41:31):
I really feel like the secret sauce is the tight
end play. With Norm Fefeeda and you and Noah together
as a combination, you could take this thing to a
whole new level.

Speaker 8 (41:45):
Hey, if you guys saw anything like I did at
the Red and Red.

Speaker 6 (41:48):
And Blue Game or the Red and White Game.

Speaker 8 (41:50):
The Arizona basketball scrimmage. I came out as Rockey Grinkstone.

Speaker 9 (41:54):
I put that wig on, I put that dash on, and.

Speaker 6 (41:56):
I was I was totlly eligible. You know.

Speaker 8 (41:58):
I didn't waste any years of eligibility, you know, being
that guy. So guess what I can come over a
Rocky Gronkstone and be the tight end for no one.

Speaker 6 (42:07):
Let's do it.

Speaker 9 (42:08):
You guys be great having a ball on this Saturday afternoon.

Speaker 6 (42:11):
I love it.

Speaker 2 (42:12):
So let me go somewhere to non football. So when
you were an eighteen year old you land on in Tucson,
did you ever even a dream of becoming the guy
you are today? And I'm not talking football, I'm talking
just personality in the real world.

Speaker 8 (42:26):
No, definitely, not to this level, Like I don't think
anyone could possibly dream of it to like this level that.

Speaker 6 (42:32):
It's at now.

Speaker 8 (42:33):
But I had one big goal in my life and
it was to make it to the NFL, you know,
And that was my ultimate goal.

Speaker 6 (42:40):
And in my mind, I was like, if I.

Speaker 8 (42:41):
Played three, four years, five years in the NFL, I'm
satisfied with, you know, my career. I'm satisfied with what
I did in my legacy of being an athlete, So like,
I didn't think it was going to come to this level,
and then I started noticing that it was coming to
this level and either two in the NFL and your
three in the NFL, and how it just kept growing

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and growing.

Speaker 6 (43:03):
So it's just a blessing. Man.

Speaker 8 (43:05):
I'm thankful every single day with you know, what has
been presented to me on the table, everything that has
come my way.

Speaker 6 (43:12):
And uh, you know what I what I'm.

Speaker 8 (43:14):
Really, you know, contributed to is you know, I great
people around me, very successful people around me that help
contribute to my game as well on the field and
off the field. And just sticking to who you are.
But you know, you'll grow up. We gotta we got
to put this question to you. Are you looking forward
to word that gold jacket?

Speaker 6 (43:33):
Oh? Man?

Speaker 8 (43:35):
You know, I don't really like to hype it up myself.
You know, I learned to be humble whatever. But whenever
you got cocky in the game of football, I'm telling you,
the game of football will come and swipe your legs
right out underneath you. I don't care what type of
player you are. If you're the best player in the NFL,
best player in college or.

Speaker 6 (43:52):
Or you know, you're having a fantastic year.

Speaker 8 (43:55):
The second you get a little bit too cocky in
the game of football, it comes.

Speaker 6 (43:58):
And just knocks you right back down.

Speaker 8 (44:00):
So I'm hoping one day, you know, I get that
gold jacket, but I'm not.

Speaker 6 (44:04):
I'm not gonna, you know, overhype it.

Speaker 8 (44:05):
You know, I'm gonna let it play out the process
and when it comes, man, and if it does, you know,
I'm gonna probably be cheering up because that would be
just phenomenal.

Speaker 6 (44:14):
Grunk.

Speaker 4 (44:15):
Just continue to be your authentic self and it will
come and we'll do all the hyping for you because
you've earned it.

Speaker 3 (44:21):
You deserve it. You're a great player.

Speaker 4 (44:23):
You were a great player in the NFL, and things
that you've done will probably never be matched. And you're
one of the greatest Wildcats of all time.

Speaker 3 (44:31):
And we love you.

Speaker 8 (44:33):
Hey, guys, I appreciate that. I love you too. I
had a blast coming back. What was it two or
three weeks ago? We whooped Oklahoma State, but that was
well expected.

Speaker 6 (44:41):
Oklahoma State.

Speaker 8 (44:42):
It's not so good this year, but that's okay. We'll
take any win possible. But love coming back to the
University of Arizona. Love too soon overall, and it'll always
be family to me for the rest of my life.

Speaker 2 (44:52):
What does the things I saw grunk? Maybe a month
ago or so, you were doing things outside of New
England too. I think you started a parking in New
York helping the youth out there, is correct me if
I'm wrong? And what gave you the reason to do that?

Speaker 6 (45:07):
Well?

Speaker 8 (45:07):
You know, now, I'm glad you just brought that up, man,
because I'm actually here at j Lette Stadium because we
just had a memorial service for the lady that passed
away from a very severe cancer. And she actually ran
every single one of my charities. You know, she ran
my boss and Marathon Bibbs. She actually's the one who

(45:28):
put together the whole entire Crank Playground that you were
just asking about. So that will carry her legacy, Susan Hurley,
you know forever now she's not here on earth with us,
but she's looking down on us now and we celebrated
her today. I'm at the memorial service, So this couldn't
have been a better question that you just asked, And

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just amazing and thankful for what she has done for
my charity and so many other charities.

Speaker 6 (45:54):
And also what she has.

Speaker 8 (45:55):
Done for the city of Boston with the Crank Playground
as well, that so many kids are play on every
single given day, you know, since it's since it opened
a month ago.

Speaker 2 (46:06):
Yeah. Nice. I was gonna say, you gotta lead more
commercials to like the other the real people, because you've
got them all, got them all.

Speaker 6 (46:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 8 (46:14):
I actually see Shack every once in a while, and
I'm always like, yo, let's fight right now because we.

Speaker 6 (46:19):
Got to get to the bottom of this. Who has
more commercials?

Speaker 8 (46:22):
So if we fight right now, whoever wins, that means
whoever has more.

Speaker 9 (46:26):
That means that person has more commercials.

Speaker 6 (46:28):
Whoever the winner is.

Speaker 8 (46:29):
So you love Shack and we're always we're always being
silly about that stuff, and you know, we just we'll
love to do it. We love to just be silly
and be on commercials.

Speaker 3 (46:39):
You just set the stage for the La Bowl. You
and Shack. I know who has the most commercials?

Speaker 6 (46:46):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I do it. I got I gotta.

Speaker 8 (46:49):
I got a Thanksgiving commercial coming out that I just
shot last week. Uh it's for Walmart. You know, I'm
gonna spill the bean. And now I have a Super
Bowl commercial. Actually I'm shooting next week as well with
a couple other fellow tight ends that would be in
the Super Bowl commercial.

Speaker 6 (47:04):
I was doing the Kick of Destiny with Fan Duel.

Speaker 8 (47:06):
I'm not sure if we're going to do that again
this super Bowl, but man, it just keeps rolling in.
The blessings just keep adding up, man, and you just
got to be thankful for them all and you just
got to keep it going.

Speaker 6 (47:15):
Man. I love said to stay busy.

Speaker 8 (47:17):
I also love some downtime and uh, I love staying
active as well too.

Speaker 3 (47:22):
What about it?

Speaker 4 (47:23):
What about a movie a remake of a step brothers
You and Shaq?

Speaker 8 (47:28):
Actually, hey, if that was presented to the table, that
that would be Shaq is great to work where Shaq
has always bringing the energy in the last.

Speaker 6 (47:39):
Of the table, so I would be I would listen
to it.

Speaker 8 (47:46):
Hey, I'm not going to be on the bottom, but
he's like, he's about one hundred more pounds of me
that top one for a break and all of a sudden,
I'm gonna have shack and a fricking a bag full
of wood going through my body real quick.

Speaker 2 (47:57):
Because you know, I cover the team. I've covered the
team from time and they asked me these guys that
come through. What makes some good guys And I'm thinking
the ones that are great guys, I'd like the Huntleyes
and like Gronk, the parents. If you have good parents,
you turn into good people in addition to good players.
Could you talk to that, maybe your parents and they
how they steered you. Chris has been on the show

(48:19):
a time or two.

Speaker 8 (48:20):
Oh my gosh, man, my parents did a tremendous job
growing you know, not just my celf up, but also
my four other brothers. I mean, my mom was all
over the place. She was the manager. I mean she
had a drop one of us off at practice, bring
the other one to the game, have lunch ready for us,
have dinner ready for us. So without my mother, we
would just would not be here. Just the way that
she directed and organized everything for us was just so phenomenal.

(48:44):
It was a full time job for her, and she
did an a plus job doing that full time job
with five sons, five maniac sons that is at all
played sports.

Speaker 6 (48:52):
And then my father as well.

Speaker 8 (48:54):
You know, you know, introduce us to how to get better,
you know, how to work hard, how to practice, how
to get strong, you know, lift in the weight room.
You got to train hard, you know, and introduced us
to that. So the combination of having both parents and
my brothers as well in my life to always have
someone to compete against definitely has gotten me to this
stage where I'm at now.

Speaker 4 (49:14):
Now I'm shock you're ron. Coach Lloyd came on and
he challenged our fans to show up and show out.
I mean, because you know it's our place, you know,
and you like myself. I mean, playing in Denver, I
mean it's a sold out stadium, playing in New England.
The fans just tell these people how much that twelve

(49:36):
man means to the to the players.

Speaker 8 (49:39):
Yeah, man, it means everything. When I was at the
University of Arizona, man all I cared about you know.
I mean, I cared about playing well on the field.
But at that age, man all, I cared about, you know,
what type of play I was going to.

Speaker 6 (49:50):
Make so the Zonner Zoo could go crazy. Man.

Speaker 8 (49:53):
I wanted to see the stadium sold out so I
could get everyone off their seats.

Speaker 6 (49:57):
I wanted to wow everyone. So everyone coming out the
twelve of Man.

Speaker 8 (50:00):
That's important to everyone, that's important to the organization, that's
important to it to just that's what it's all about
is impressing the crowd.

Speaker 9 (50:07):
Because if you're impressing the crowd, that means you're.

Speaker 8 (50:09):
Making great plays and you're doing great things for the team,
and most likely you're going to be winning the end
of the game.

Speaker 2 (50:14):
Then if I said the mount rushmore of guys, ex guys,
I think you're on there, Steve Kerrz on there, Sean Elliott.
Maybe Ricky finds his way on there.

Speaker 3 (50:25):
What do you think?

Speaker 6 (50:27):
Yeah, Ricky, you're on there.

Speaker 3 (50:28):
Man, come on, we all know you're on there.

Speaker 7 (50:33):
About that.

Speaker 3 (50:33):
He's so excited he gets to say those words out
of his mouth, and not just for you.

Speaker 6 (50:41):
Know, while you're playing, man, you're you're always there.

Speaker 8 (50:44):
You're still around the organization, coaching all that good stuff,
leading these kids in the right direction now. So we
appreciate everything you do for the program.

Speaker 2 (50:52):
Thank you well, Gronk. We appreciate your time. Fantastic to
talk to you. Guys.

Speaker 8 (50:58):
Yes, guys, thank you very much for having me on
and go wildcast, bear down.

Speaker 6 (51:01):
Let's get that win today versus Kansas. We got it.

Speaker 3 (51:04):
Let's get to your bowl game. Let's do it.

Speaker 8 (51:06):
Let's get to the l a bullhoused by yours truly
grond nasty.

Speaker 6 (51:12):
Thanks.

Speaker 5 (51:12):
I guarantee you that place will be sold out. His
whole family, thanks a bunch, appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (51:21):
That was great stuff. Gunk, grunk nasty. No, Arizona has
to be nasty. You got about two minutes that was
grounk polite. Yeah, we didn't have to hit the buzzard
from Ricky or Grunk.

Speaker 23 (51:36):
He must have slept very well last night. He's a
professional man, he is. You get the opportunity to do
that many commercial Yeah, he is a commercial walking around.

Speaker 2 (51:47):
But no, no, what an opportunity.

Speaker 5 (51:49):
That's beautiful and you know, and that's a good statement
for the universe Arizona two.

Speaker 4 (51:52):
Yeah, who we are? Keeps him out there? Name about
the great guys out there going doing good stuff.

Speaker 5 (51:59):
Bruskie Yep, Well we gotta get these guys to do
some good stuff this this afternoon with his football game,
and you know, I just I'm looking forward to see,
you know, a valid game with our defense to get
out there and step up and create the turnovers, get
the ball to the offense and and let nor do
his thing.

Speaker 2 (52:15):
Give me a give me a score of prediction thirty
eight sixteen. Arizona absolutely no, no, no, I'm just a making sure.

Speaker 4 (52:26):
No no, no, no, don't flinchinch.

Speaker 2 (52:29):
No, I gotta hear, we gotta this is officials. Now,
he's just don't throw a number out there?

Speaker 3 (52:33):
Are you betting this number?

Speaker 2 (52:34):
No? No, no, god no. Thirty eight sixteen. That's a
pretty good, pretty good game. Lo mon, well, I'm gonna
say thirty two. I don't think they can score that
much against us.

Speaker 5 (52:47):
Wow, I don't I think our defense going to you know,
keep the ball away for them.

Speaker 3 (52:51):
Thirty two twelve.

Speaker 2 (52:53):
Wow. I see a shootout. I see a shootout. First
one to twenty eight wins. But that's not a shootout.

Speaker 3 (52:59):
Twenty eight to twenty.

Speaker 2 (53:00):
Seven, fifty six points. You got thirty eight points, but
still not a shot six points. I mean a shoot
in the sixties or the seventies. Come on, I'll tell
my story, you sell yours if you.

Speaker 3 (53:11):
Just repeat those plays last week to start the game.

Speaker 2 (53:13):
Sure, we're up three touchdowns, Sure if that happens, But
how often does that happen?

Speaker 6 (53:18):
You know?

Speaker 3 (53:18):
It's a good time to start.

Speaker 6 (53:20):
Well.

Speaker 2 (53:21):
From your your your voice to God's ears.

Speaker 7 (53:24):
Here we go.

Speaker 2 (53:25):
So no good, good show today, great great grunk again.
It was fun it was fun, another fun show. We'll
see you in a couple of weeks. Yes, let's hope
that they held tours. I mean the football game is later, later, later, Okay,
thanks guys, seeing you at this stadium right