Examining Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth's chances at the PGA Championship

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ian Cameron Parker filling in for Craig Way. Here today
with Craig and Keith Morlin on their way up to Norman, Oklahoma,
As Texas Baseball will finish out their regular season against
the Oklahoma Sooners with a Thursday Friday Saturday series. Texas
holding on to a two game lead over Arkansas and
the SEC standings, and hey, Texas can win the series,

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take two out of three or sweep the Sooners, they
will take the regular season SEC championship outright and be
the number one seed in the SEC Tournament next week.
Look at that and a lot things more on today's program. Again,
glad to have you with us. Of course you want
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have it, you can leave a message on the free
talk back feature that red little microphone button. On today's program,
No Craig Way, but well, actually Craig will call in.
Craig and Keith actually next segment about two fifteen, two
twentieth they're going to join us from the road get

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their thoughts on Texas baseball. You know, I want to
get their thoughts also on a road trip. You know,
I'm curious. I've been on road trips to craig Way before,
but I've not been on road trips yet with Keith Morlands.
So curious to see what a Keith Craigway road trip
is like. Of course, inconceivable on a Wednesday afternoon. Got

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a fun contribution from Max Truce as the Cavaliers. Inconceivable
to win what sixty two sixty four games and not
even make it out of the second round, not even
win more than one game in the semi finals, That
could be inconceivable. But I got some other items for
y'all as well. Hour two in parts of hour three
ran a preview the PGA Championship. That's right, quote hollow baby,

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the second major championship up the year. Some storylines galore.
Can Jordan's speed capture the career Grand Slam? Can Scotty Scheffler,
who last won a tournament he was in the Byron
Nelson two weeks ago. Can he go back to back
and capture his second major champ or sorry, capture his
third major championship of his career. How about Roy McRoy?

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Can he go back to back in major championship? How
about Bryce in the Shamo, he's been lurking the big
golfer was in the final group at Augusta a few
weeks ago, coming off some great results at the Live
Golf Tournament. Is Bryson lurking behind? So some storylines is well?
Going to hear from Scotty and Jordan on their media availabilities.
Jordan asked a lot about chasing this career Grand Slam.

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Scotty asked a lot about Hey, are you back? Remember
he had both guys actually coming off of a surgery.
So Jordan a little bit more severe wrist injury where
his I don't know how to describe it, but his
wrist will dislocate by picking up his kids or using
the toaster. Got it repaired and has shown some life
in Scotty, of course, who got his palm making.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Ravioli with the wineglass.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
Yep, that actually happened, and he actually missed parts of
the season, but hey, he's rounding in the form. Has
not had a finished outside the top ten his last
four appearances on the PGA Tour, So good Skytie Scheffler
being lined for a good victory at Quillhall.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
I'm gonna plive you that as well.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
Also, Craig visited with Kendall Rodgers from D one Baseball
yesterday and the interview was so darn good we decided
to Hey, we're gonna run it back for you in
the three the four o'clock hour rather as Texas still
the number one overall seed and D one's Baseball's field,
the sixty four Projections, despite having lost their last two series,
won the Florida and one to Arkansas, So we'll see

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what happens this week in Oklahoma go long way to
the long Horns to win the series or even sweep
the Sooners as they head into the SEC tournament. But hey,
you know, not being number one seed isn't the bl
nd all because since the College World Series witch of
this format, only two times has the number one overall

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seed one at all, and actually the second time was
last season Tennessee when they came from behind to beat
Texas A and M.

Speaker 2 (04:06):
So it won't be the end of the world.

Speaker 1 (04:07):
But we do know Texas will be hosting a regional
which is awesome, awesome considering where the team was at
last season, and hey, going into this season, I'm not
sure anyone really expected Texas to be a top eight
national seat. Nonetheless possibly the number one overall seeds. So
we'll hear from Craig and Kendalls well. Also, Jim slast

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Angele appeared on the Morning kickoff this morning, going to
bring you some of that conversation with Mike carge In
Mark Henry as well. But last night the Dallas Stars
Game four against the Winnipeg Jets on home ice, got
it done with a hat trick. And here is the
radio highlights for the Dallas Stars three to one victory

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over Winnipeg.

Speaker 3 (04:53):
As it starts and feeds it back for Granlin. Their
Sagan Marchman coming in the Stars shoot and score Mkyle
Granlind He just took it himself right down Main Street.
This is as simple as it gets and it is

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Angora soft. I mean, he basically just navigates through the
middle of the rink. He sends a wrist shot like
a warm up wrist shot, sailing past the glove of
Connor Helibach's Stars could break in with numbers. It's Granlin
with hints Grandler right circle.

Speaker 2 (05:31):
He scores.

Speaker 3 (05:37):
Make it to tonight from Mikyle Granlin. Well, there have
been a few times in this series where their defensemen
have tried to stay up ice and been caught. There's
been no forward hell that was the case this time.
The only guy back was Samberg. Pretty much couldn't play
it much worse than he did is he just sort
of did a twisty mcphisty, gave the full shooting lane

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to Grandlin, and Granlin nailed it. Haskin it holds it
in right side.

Speaker 2 (06:05):
What tim score?

Speaker 4 (06:07):
It's Makyle Granland hat trick.

Speaker 2 (06:11):
Let them fly.

Speaker 3 (06:17):
Third of the night with just three seconds to go
in the double minor. He basically it's said Miko Ranton,
and you take the night off. I got this.

Speaker 1 (06:31):
So with Grenlan's hat trick last night, the Stars are
the fifth team ever in NHL history, in the first
since nineteen eighty seven to record hat tricks in three
different games over a five game span. The latest comes
from Grantland, who, by the way, was a mid season
trade acquisition. Of course, a lot will be made of

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the uh Mico Ranton in trade, who, by the way,
with good reason, but Grantlin's trade earlier this season from
the sand Sharks. It was Grandlin who came along with
Cody Checchi and you know, kind of under the radar
first round draft pick and a conditional third round pick
for Grantlin, and then of course, you know when the

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rented In trade happened. I mean everyone was kind of
more so focused on that. But but Grantlin, who may
be a little bit more quiet to the Stars fans
because of all of the praise given to ranton In,
has been fantastic and was excellent last night. Three goals,
uh two in power plays, a second go by the way,
that two on one, just an excellent finish. He's been spectacular.

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And my biggest concern with Dallas in the first couple
in the first round was hey, it's all been ranting in.
Can can we see something else from the supporting supporting cast?
And there it was from Grantland, the guy who's been
a rock besides ranton In Audinger. My goodness, the first
period Winnipeg was just pelting him. Was shot after shot

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after shot after shot, and you're watching him thinking, okay,
this game could be two nothing, it could be one nothing.
He had a ridiculous save after ridiculous save, thirty one
saves on thirty two shots. The only goal he gave
up was a beautiful no look in the five hole
from Winnipeg that really, I'm kind of like on a
trick shot almost really kind of fold to everybody, including Oudinger.

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But besides that, he was absolutely spectacular. And it's a
series going in that between Hellabuck and Audinger. It was
a lot of was made on the goalies in that, Hey,
this will come down to who's going to be the
better goalie, and a lot of people thought, Hey, it's
going to be gonna be Hellabuck in Winnipeg, but no,
it's actually been Audinger. And there was a huge point
in the third period. It's two to one Dallas. Right

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Dallas on their four minute power play, the Jets end
up getting a great look, Oudinger denies it, makes the save,
and it goes from Hey, it's a two to two game,
Winnipeg scoring on a Dallas power play. All of a sudden,
the momentum completely flips, but instead Andrew makes the save
and then Grantland scores a few moments later, a few

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minutes later, and it's three to one Dallas. That is
playoff hockey in the Dallas Stars all of a sudden
find themselves up three games to one and now have
a chance to advance to the Western Conference Finals with
a victory. They can hold off Winnipeg Thursday night eight
thirty pm Central Time. But I'll tell you what, Dallas

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is playing some incredible hockey right now. And of course
the big news Hayskinen. He's back and look good, looked excellent.
I think a lot of people were hoping, hey, can
we put him back in Game seven against the Abs?
Can you just put out there as a decoy? Have
about games one or two? And you know, we're not
in medical tent, so I can't tell you what's happening.
But it does appear that holding off Haskinen until last

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night was the right call because he definitely had an
impact on the ice, definitely garnering a lot of attention,
as was Ranton, but it was Grantlin the other mid
season trade a quisation that really stepped up for Dallas,
and now they have a three games to one lead.
NBA talked from last night. Cleveland Cavaliers gone eliminated. Bye bye.

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Season over after one of the better regular seasons in
NBA history, won the Eastern Conference sixty four games sixty
four and eighteen nine and a half point differential, second
best in the league only behind OKC able to sweep
their first round opponent, get to the second round and

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just outplayed by Indiana over and over again. And the
weird thing here, looking at games one through five, Cleveland
led in every game in this series, which is so weird.
You look at their halftime lead when they were up.

Speaker 2 (10:57):
Let's see at halftime Game one.

Speaker 1 (11:01):
Actually they trailed in Game one, excuse me, but ended
up coming back and led by four points at one
point in the third quarter, and then Indiana just pulled
away in the fourth quarter.

Speaker 2 (11:12):
Okay, you know it's game one. That's fine.

Speaker 1 (11:15):
Game two, Game two, where Cleveland did not have Darius
Garland or Evan Mobley or believe it was DeAndre Hunter.
They had three starters that were out. Yeah, hunterd not
playing that game. Mitchell went absolutely observed forty eight points.
They led by I think twenty at one point in

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this game before Indiana came from behind one member, Cleveland
giving up two offensive rebounds, had a five second violation
in Tyrese Haliburton hitting the three pointer that put Indiana
up to nothing. Game three, Cleveland no problems there, winning
by twenty two points. And then Game four, a game

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where you know they get the starters back, but in
you know, just got blown out of the water, trailed
by I think forty points at one point in the
in the third quarter, so you're thinking, okay, you know,
Game five must win, You're at home, it's got to
be Cleveland. And came out led after the first quarter
by double digits. And then Indiana just did what they

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did and just found a way to come back and
ended up pulling away in the third and fourth quarters
to win. And now Cleveland enters an offseason that we'll
have a lot of questions. Do you run it back,
do you blame the injuries to Garland and Mobley and Hunter,
or do you just try and go in a different direction.
So definitely a tough offseason ahead for Cleveland. My thought

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is you just go ahead and run it back. They
are a pretty pretty young team outside of Donathan Mitchell.
So Cleveland eliminated Indiana now takes the series in five
games where they await now the winner of New York
in Boston. By the way, Bason Tatum undergoing surgery, successful surgery,
so he will be out for imagine probably the twenty

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twenty five to twenty TwixT season. So now it comes
down to can New York close out Boston at the
Garden tonight six o'clock tip off time. We're looking at
a bossible rematch of some of the best finals, best
playoff matchups in the nineties. Pacers Knicks looking forward to that.
So ken New York closed out Boston and then Golden
State Minnesota. Can the Timberwolves close out Golden State tonight? No,

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Steph Curry are unlikely. We see Steph Curry Minnesota up
three to one, they are at home tonight. I expect
the t Wolves to get it done. And of course,
my OKAC thunder Boy, that was a game last night.
I hope you guys watched that. That was some of
the best fourth quarter basketball I think we have seen

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all season long. Okay, see entering the fourth quarter, they
trailed by twelve points in this game at home, a
must win game five, you go down three to the
Denver going back to Denver, I think the season is
over with it. Talked about Cleveland's offseason. It's gonna be
a long offseason for OKC, who won sixty eight games
this year, broke the NBA record for point differential, and

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he just lost in the second round to Denver, a
team that just fired their coach like a month ago. Yeah,
a lot of questions there in your MVP the league
out in the second round, But in the fourth quarter,
this might be it was gonna be the lou Dork
game because he came in in the fourth quarter just
ice cold, ice cold. I think he was one of

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four from three, maybe less than that, and hit three
out of four to three pointers in the span to
bring OKC back within two points, got it down ninety
two to ninety Denver. Like, I love you, Russ Westbrook,
You're one of my favorite players. You can't be airball
in threes in the court, Denver. Just there was no
reason for him to even be out there on the floor.

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Adalman came out with Jokic starting the fourth quarter. He
needed every second he could get out of Jokic, and
boy did the Joker the forty four minutes, forty four points,
seventeen to twenty five, five to seven from beyond the arc,
five of five of the line, fifteen rebounds, six offensive rebounds,
five assists in two steals. He was incredible. One of

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the best games I've seen from a basketball player in
my lifetime. But okay, see Denver going back and forth
and SGA looked like the MVP because he had a huge,
huge role in the fourth quarter. Had a big bucket
to put OKC up by one, a spinning layup over

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Christian Braun, came back to the other end, located Hartenstein
on an alley of to put OKC back up, and
then hit the three pointer, the dagger three pointer that
put OKC up six. It was a huge, huge closing
time for OKC, who have struggled in clutch time games,
as we have talked about on this program this season.

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They've not played well in the clutch time against Denver
games five, in game in game five, in game four,
have really pulled it out in the clutch time against
Denver Nuggets, which is huge.

Speaker 2 (16:11):
Also.

Speaker 1 (16:12):
Jokics, by the way, did you guys see his purou
weet three pointer over chet Holmgren the call from Kevin Harland.
By the way, fantastic, Jokers wild, he said on the
broadcast last night on T and T uh fantastic, fantastic
from Nikola Jokic. But what a game for OKC. Is
they pulled out one to twelve, one oh five, and

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now the series will head back to Denver for Game
six and a chance for the Thunder to clinch. Okay,
that's on my NBA Talk out of my system. Up next,
gonna visit with Craig Wait and Keith mollan on the
road as The Creig Way Show continues after this. It's
fitting that this opening segment we are joined by not
only Craig Wait, but also Keith molin on the road

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up to Norman, Oklahoma, as Texas Baseball will take on
the Oklahoma Soon to close out their SEC regular season
a Thursday Friday Saturday series. You can listen to all
three games on thirteen to the Zone on Saturday and
Thursday and Friday on one O three one FM. You know, guys,
I think I would if Amazon released like an eight

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episode series of Craig Way and Keith mollin on road trips.

Speaker 2 (17:20):
I think I would watch that. Good afternoon boys, how
you guys.

Speaker 5 (17:22):
Doing, Thanks, We're doing fine.

Speaker 6 (17:28):
That that Steely Dan album Galcho is one of my favorites.

Speaker 5 (17:31):
Keith and I were just talking about Steely.

Speaker 6 (17:34):
Dan and how we both have this common bond that
really liking to see some of the classic and and
yes aging yacht rock and rock and roll stars of
the sixties, seventies and eighties that are that are kind
of doing their thing and going back around. But it's
a it's a nice hot day to be on the road.

Speaker 5 (17:56):
I'll tell you something things.

Speaker 7 (17:57):
That happened on the road, Cameron, that we.

Speaker 6 (18:01):
Probably don't do that much of at home, A little
bit more experimentation. For example, I brought up and I
know you're coming up on Inconceivable next segment, and we
always do a fast food chunk food update whenever possible.
Oh yeah, And I brought this up several weeks ago
that Doctor Pepper was adding this new BlackBerry flavor and
you had shown absolutely zero interest, none in trying it because.

Speaker 5 (18:26):
You're a Doctor Pepper guy.

Speaker 6 (18:28):
And when we were at SEC media Days, you and
I had everything they offered there, the strawberries and cream,
the cherry that other than the.

Speaker 5 (18:38):
Zero I don't like the diet drinks.

Speaker 6 (18:39):
Or whatever, but you had you had no interest in
this BlackBerry that came out a couple of months ago.

Speaker 2 (18:43):
Right, Yeah, I'm guessing you found one somehow some way.

Speaker 5 (18:48):
Yeah, yeah, he did.

Speaker 6 (18:50):
Well, we stopped at and this ought to make you happy,
Oklahoma City thunder fan that you are, sir. We just
stopped at a love We stopped at the loves Uh
Travel Center because they're you know, you can't throw a
rock without hitting one.

Speaker 5 (19:04):
In the state of Oklahoma.

Speaker 6 (19:06):
So we're between Ard Moore and Paul's Valley on I
thirty five. To give people who know such thingings about
being in Oklahoma a little bit of travel about that.
So we stopped at one and there was and I said,
you know what, I'm gonna try this. So it did,
and I will tell you the front door taste of

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it is really good. You taste the BlackBerry, you taste
the doctor pepper. It's got a good taste to it.
But it's got a little aftertaste. And you know me,
I don't like aftertaste. That's why I don't drink diet
so this because I don't like the aftertaste. So it's
got a little bit that hangs on there. So I
think the key is you just got to keep drinking
it over and over and over, just just kind of

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flood yourself with with front door taste.

Speaker 5 (19:52):
But it's not bad, it's all right.

Speaker 1 (19:53):
So we get to Atlanta the season for the SEC
Media Days, and remember last year they had every flavor
of Doctor Pepper under the sun, including coconut, strawberries, and
cream diet regular.

Speaker 2 (20:06):
I'll try the BlackBerry. I'll try it for you, Okay, good, good.

Speaker 6 (20:11):
I'm curious to see what you think I've forgot about
the coconut. I kind of like that coconut flavor. But
you'll have to, Yeah, you'll have to give it a
shot and see what you think, because it's, like I said,
the front door, and I think this is what the
reviewer said, the front door rush of flavor of the
BlackBerry to Doctor Pepper and he hits you run out
of the gate.

Speaker 5 (20:30):
That's pretty good.

Speaker 6 (20:31):
But then it's got a little lingering back bite that
I'm not too crazy about. But I might drink it
again another time somewhere or someplace.

Speaker 5 (20:39):
Something like that.

Speaker 1 (20:40):
I got a feeling that Keith Rowland did not get
the Doctor Pepper BlackBerry flavor when you all stopped give me,
give me.

Speaker 6 (20:47):
Give me ten, two and four, just regulars, the regular
Doctor Bell.

Speaker 1 (20:53):
You mentioned you guys bonding over your love of you know,
classic music, classic rock, and you know, I'm sure you
guys have talked about Tom Jones.

Speaker 2 (21:02):
Craig, can you confirm that.

Speaker 1 (21:03):
Keith was not throwing his underwear on the stage at
Tom Jones last week?

Speaker 2 (21:07):
Just want to confided.

Speaker 5 (21:08):
I did not. I did not.

Speaker 6 (21:11):
I promise you I did not.

Speaker 8 (21:12):
He wasn't there.

Speaker 6 (21:13):
He wasn't there, but he's well acquainted practice. It happened
when my parents saw Tom Jones and the Greats were
Coliseum in nineteen seventhy. Each stage was literally littered with
women's underwear.

Speaker 5 (21:28):
Now last Wednesday night at the ACL Moody.

Speaker 6 (21:31):
Theater not littered, but there were five or six pairs
I think there were, like there was like one broad
like four or five sets of you know, underwear, under
underpants that were that were on to the stage. And
probably and I said this to Linda, I said, you know,
probably at least one or two of those women who
did that probably did that fifty some odd years ago,

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so you know, just's I looked at it as like
keeping a tradition, like if you go to an NHL
aim in Detroit and they throw the octopi on the ice,
if there's an octopus on the ice, or with a
hat trick, throwing the hat trick, you know, like last
night right with Branlin.

Speaker 5 (22:10):
With my hat trick for your Dallas Stars last night.

Speaker 1 (22:13):
I'm sure Keith is used to girls throwing underwear at
him on on the baseball diamond, right, Is that that's
how it worked.

Speaker 6 (22:19):
That that didn't hurt, that did not happen, so that
you can be you can be the but I have
I have seen. I have seen playing for the Tigers
and going to one of those games. I have seen
that those some of those look stinky bad.

Speaker 5 (22:35):
Too, and they get the ice there at Detroit.

Speaker 2 (22:38):
Yeah, they don't look good.

Speaker 6 (22:39):
Can you imagine smuggling that in and then getting it?

Speaker 5 (22:42):
I love that one.

Speaker 6 (22:43):
Uh that one commercial I guess for ESPN or NHL
or whatever, where the guys going in and the and
the dude that security knows he's got an octopus in there,
and he lets him go go.

Speaker 5 (22:55):
Ahead enjoy the game because he knows are gonna throw that.

Speaker 6 (22:58):
They're gonna throw that octopus onto the ice at some point.

Speaker 1 (23:01):
Keith, I'm sure during your time playing baseball you've seen
some weird things being thrown on the baseball diamond, right.

Speaker 6 (23:11):
Well, the weirdness was going to Arkansas and playing football
at Arkansas because what was coming out out there wasn't
you wear your helmet because it was rather it was
made out of glass and it holds somewhere between eleven
point seven at eighteen point nine outs.

Speaker 5 (23:28):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (23:29):
Yeah, that's why you said be careful, you know, with
the liquor bi And of course you know the story
cam when we went there in four and Keith and
I were doing the game.

Speaker 5 (23:38):
That and we're walking up the hill there to the
press box.

Speaker 6 (23:41):
That's where I just missed getting hit by a flying
pamenaite sandwich.

Speaker 5 (23:44):
Yeh, I got through and it was splat right on
the walkway. You're right in front of it. Because they knew.
Somebody said, well, they know you from Texas since you
were wearing.

Speaker 6 (23:52):
A full suit of clothes. So that's why they knew
that you work for Arkansas or something.

Speaker 1 (23:56):
I guess you weren't wears to the booth right, that's
on you, on you.

Speaker 5 (24:02):
I was not. I was not wearing George.

Speaker 9 (24:05):
I was not.

Speaker 2 (24:06):
Well, hey, let's talk a little Texas baseball.

Speaker 1 (24:07):
You guys are on your way up to Norman, Oklahoma,
and yeah, let's Keith Craig, let's get your thoughts on
this series Texas, you know, kind of limping into Norman.

Speaker 2 (24:15):
But hey, there's still number one of the SEC.

Speaker 1 (24:17):
Still can control their own destiny in terms of winning
the outright championship in the regular season and getting the
number one overall seed in the SEC tournament next week
in Hoover, Alabama.

Speaker 6 (24:29):
You know, I think there's a lot of things to
talk about. I mean, everybody seems to be oh, oh,
woe is me, but everything's still right out in front
of them. If any of us that cover this and
watch this sport would have thought that they'd have twenty
victories a SEC play at this point of the year,
forty victories overall, and projected they're going to.

Speaker 5 (24:49):
Be a top eight national seat. You know, would it
be number one?

Speaker 6 (24:52):
I don't know, but they're going to be a top
eight national seed. They're going to be a UFC or
dishbunk field for all the playoffs. So you try to
get things right. I know they would like to get
a good start out of Ruger Riojas.

Speaker 5 (25:09):
That is very important.

Speaker 6 (25:10):
Whether he wins the game or not, it may not
be as important as get him back on track. He
hasn't got out of the third inning and two starts,
so you need to get him back, get his pitches right,
get him back in line. And that just sets up
the rest of this team because when you have to
and Craig knows this as well as anybody, if you

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have to go to your bullpen in the third inning
of the first game of a weekend series in the SEC,
it's gonna be a long weekend. I don't care what
anybody says. You've got to have that first guy to
get it done. So tomorrow night it's going to be important.
They're going to be facing one of the best pitchers
in the nation and Kyson Winterspoon, and I'm you know,
it's going to be a fun balk.

Speaker 5 (25:51):
I'm excited to see that. Now, over the course of
the weekend.

Speaker 6 (25:54):
The next thing I would like to see probably is
getting back offensively. Offense doesn't necessarily mean, uh, getting hits.
It's about scoring runs whatever way possible, taking good pitches,
taking your walks, moving runners in their scoring position, doing
the little things to score and runs. They got to
find out a way to get better offensively and scorse

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and runs. And and Keith can tell you this ballpark,
Old Dale Ballpark, it can be a real hit or
friendly ballpark when winds coming out of the south like
it's been in the past, we.

Speaker 5 (26:29):
Had a deal.

Speaker 7 (26:30):
I guess, uh maybe it was last year.

Speaker 6 (26:32):
I don't know, uh, when Ty Harrington and I were
up there were maybe it was another time when Roger
was out there with me where there was real fire
danger and they had to smoke all over the place
and we had and and that kind of held things
up a little bit. Keith and I have been there
when when it was pouring rain we were uh you know,
uh we remember uh when uh uh when when uh

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Nathan Thornhill uh at during a two more range that
wrapped up his arm really warm. He came back out
out of the rain delay and finished a complete game
in that movie for Texas. There's been some funny things here.
Keith and I did a did a Friday night game
here where a storm blew in and knocked out the
communications tower, knock us off the air.

Speaker 5 (27:18):
We had to do any passing a cell phone.

Speaker 6 (27:21):
Until we could get the communications lines set back up.
So it's a it's it's been a funny thing.

Speaker 5 (27:28):
And keep this ballpark like that. There's a reason it's.

Speaker 6 (27:31):
Four hundred and eleven feet a dead center because when
that wind blows from behind, the ball will travel here. Yeah,
and it's supposed to be hot as well as Austin.

Speaker 5 (27:39):
I know y'a are well over one hundred there.

Speaker 6 (27:40):
It's ninety six or ninety seven on the road here.

Speaker 10 (27:43):
On the way.

Speaker 6 (27:44):
So when you have hot days in Oklahoma, blows out
of the south, the ballpark blows.

Speaker 10 (27:48):
That's dead out to left field.

Speaker 6 (27:49):
So it's gonna be a weekend or you're gonna have
to find a way to score some runs and match.
And that's just something that Texas did so well early
in this season. They matched whatever it needed to whatever
it took to win the game, and they're gonna have
to get back to that. I don't think there's anything
wrong with this team.

Speaker 5 (28:07):
I think they've had their lull of the season here
right now.

Speaker 8 (28:11):
But you can change that.

Speaker 6 (28:12):
Get this crown underway, put that trophy up in front
of you and get that done, and then head to
Hoover next week. And everything's in front of this team,
So I think you got to put the last two
weeks started behind you and go forward.

Speaker 1 (28:26):
Keith, you mentioned the importance for Ruger Jojas to get
out to a good start. His last two starts against
Arkansas and Florida, of course, coming in after Jared Spencer
went down with that season ending shouldier injury. Rio also
has given up fifteen earned runs in those two games.
Are not getting out of the first in and against
Florida last Friday? Do you, if your Jim's loss angle,
think about adjusting your Friday starter at all?

Speaker 2 (28:49):
Or do you wait till after this weekend? You wait?

Speaker 1 (28:50):
Talk to the tournament. You know what goes into that
thought process. Keith h we made lost them guys, got
us Craig.

Speaker 5 (29:07):
And we we were going through the r buckles.

Speaker 6 (29:11):
Here you're getting the state, so you pass through Honey
Creek Pass and and you got Turner Falls and you're
going and we're near the Chickasaw National Recreation Area.

Speaker 5 (29:20):
I know absolutely none. None of this means absolutely nothing
to you. Can I understand that?

Speaker 10 (29:25):
But it's a.

Speaker 6 (29:27):
Little drops are not I think you were asking considers
adjusting the rotation?

Speaker 5 (29:35):
Is that correct?

Speaker 2 (29:36):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (29:36):
If you're slows, do you even think about it at all?
Or do you wait and see?

Speaker 10 (29:44):
No?

Speaker 6 (29:44):
I think you go with with Bruger. He's been your
guy that you made that move. You know it's after
Jared went down. He really did a great into that
Friday night rotation. He has just struggled for two weeks
in a row. He is some most Here's the other
part of that is you're late in the season. He
is the most rested pitcher because he's had struggles and
hadn't thrown a ton of pitches in his last two outs.

(30:08):
We're weekly again, so you look at me a day
early because and we haven't seen a couple of guys
out of the bullpen. You can see a different guy
on Sunday, but I got a Saturday. Excuse me, Uh,
but uh, I think the first two games, the guys
that are that are normal are going to go in

(30:29):
there in their slots and in this hope they can
match and again, uh, tomorrow night will be an interesting
ball game. Chris, Folks, if you get a chance to
see this young man pitch bro Oklahoma, he's a good one.
He's got as good at command as any anybody in
college baseball, and he's got stuff to go with command.

Speaker 5 (30:45):
So uh, it is fun to watch.

Speaker 6 (30:48):
I know as a hitter, I always I feel like
I can step up when you're facing really good pitching.
It makes the competition. See if you can come out
and be good as a hitter and see if the
long Hunch respond to that.

Speaker 5 (31:04):
I think they're gonna have to.

Speaker 6 (31:05):
Yeah, Kyson with us and Keith knows. This is projected
as a first round draft pick, so he's going to
be a chance.

Speaker 5 (31:11):
Now.

Speaker 6 (31:11):
I will tell you this also, Cameron, there's a chance.
There's a chance we'll see.

Speaker 5 (31:16):
And we won't know more until we get up to Norman.
We might see Max below this weekend. There's a chance
of it.

Speaker 6 (31:24):
They've been he's uh in the cage and he's been
taking swings and things like that. There's tim but if
it doesn't happen, I think it'll be for the SEC tournament.
I would also say this depending on the length of
what Ruger.

Speaker 5 (31:39):
Ri Ohas can give them tomorrow night.

Speaker 6 (31:42):
If he's back on the bean, he's going five to
six innings, then whichever picture of these two that you
do not see, If Ruger can give them, say five
to six innings, and then you see either either and
Axe Grobs or Thomas Burns, whichever those two you do.

Speaker 5 (32:04):
Not see, you may see as your Saturday starter. There's
there's a chance of that.

Speaker 6 (32:09):
I think they're still evaluating what they want to do
with the Saturday game. Clearly, Luke Harrison will start the
Friday night game.

Speaker 1 (32:18):
Last question for you guys before let you guys go
on your trip up to Norman. Uh what what's your
stop for dinner in Norman? Craig and Keith, where are
you guys going this week? Looks question?

Speaker 5 (32:31):
Right off your feet?

Speaker 6 (32:33):
No, that's probably gonna knock This is probably gonna knock
you off your feet. The team is practicing late this afternoon,
all right, So we're gonna go over to the ballpark
and get the bootset up. Keith also has a meeting
with some of his ESPN people that he'll be working
with for the regionals, because they're working the softball regionals

(32:54):
at at Love's Park. I guess it's called the softball
park because Hope, like the Logborn softball.

Speaker 5 (33:01):
Team is hosting a regional this weekend.

Speaker 6 (33:04):
So he is a meeting with some of his ESPN
production people, and I'll be setting up the boot.

Speaker 2 (33:09):
And then we're meeting with our good.

Speaker 6 (33:10):
Friend David Garrett who lives up here and going to
hang out with us. We're going to a place that
the three of us have been to David's been many times.
Keith and I have been a couple two three times.
It's a Japanese restaurant. It's a good one in Oklahoma
City and it's really good. So I know you didn't
expect me to talk about going to a Japanese restaurant, Nope,

(33:32):
in Oklahoma City. But it's a really good one and
we're probably going there for dinner tonight.

Speaker 2 (33:37):
Oh man.

Speaker 1 (33:38):
Well, I look forward to hearing more stories from from
Craig and Keith, and hopefully Amazon will greenlight that docu series.

Speaker 2 (33:46):
Going Forward.

Speaker 1 (33:46):
Texas Oklahoma six fifteen airtime tomorrow. You boys, save traves
and talk to you soon.

Speaker 6 (33:53):
Have a going can and.

Speaker 5 (33:54):
We'll visit with you tomorrow afternoon on the show.

Speaker 2 (33:56):
All right, see you guys. Craig wa Keith Wollen.

Speaker 1 (34:01):
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(34:21):
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(36:35):
of sixty four Texas currently holding on to the number
one overall seed according to Kendall Rodgers and d one
baseball game. Of course, they have a great week in Norman,
a sweet perhaps, and a good weekend in Hoover at
the SEC title next week, then Taxes may end up
as a number one overall seed. Who would have thought?
Who would have thought? But you can all hear that
next hour, But real quick wanted to get to some

(36:57):
comments from from Murray Malcroy. Of course, he won the
Masters this year, completed the career Grand Slam, and a
lot was made of his final pairing with Bryce in
the Shambo. Of course, Bryson, live golfer, big golfer. You
know he's been anti PJ. Torri's kind of like anti
Rory in some aspects this, you know, not being a

(37:20):
good driver of the golf ball, that's for sure. That's
very Rory, Yes, But of course, last season the US Open,
Bryson and Rory going head the head, Rory missing two
putts inside three feet, Bryson up and down of the
bunker in eighteen to win the US Open. Spectacular theater
end up being paired in the final round at Augusta.
Remember after after two holes, Bryson was leading by a

(37:44):
stroke before Rory just turned it on. Bryson just did
not have it. After the round after Roy won, you know,
Bryson was asked about being in the final pairing and
Bryson said, Hey, Rory didn't talk to me once all day.
He went and talk to me. He was just like
just being focused. I guess it's not me though. Bryson
wan to talk Rory uh huh and his his uh
mental coach I think is bob Ra Teller. Doctor Barbara

(38:06):
Tella said that, hey, it was our game plan going
in was for Rory to just focus on Rory. So
Roy today a news conference at Quohala was asked about
his silent treatment of the shamba, and Roy said, hey,
was it personal? I don't know what he was expecting.
McRoy said, We're trying to win the Masters. I'm not
trying to be his best mate out there. Hey, it

(38:30):
worked for Ry, but for Bryson, you know, he likes
to he likes to be bubbly. Bryson likes to perform
for the camera. This week, I think Rory and Bryson
are going to be competing and contending for the PJ.
This is a golf course. I mean Jordan called it
Roy mccroy country Club, uh this past week, Uh the
Jewish Championship because Roy has won Yere multiple times, uh

(38:52):
when it was the Wells Fargo before. Of course, it's
a regular PJ Tour event. And if you like Ry
the week, feel good about him. You're picking him. You're
a fan of Rory. He had an interesting quote today,
you know, he said that he was surprised the course
sets up just like it usually does for the Wells
Fargo Championship. Remember Roy won here last year at the

(39:13):
Wells Fargo. So hey, if it's the same course, look out,
Roy mccroy might be on this way for capturing the
first two majors of the season. Well more golf top
coming up here. As hour two just getting started, some
might be thinking, hey, this is it for Scotty Scheffler.
He's gonna win his third major, his first PGA Championship
this week at Quohala. Others were saying, Hey, this will

(39:35):
be it for Jordan Speed. He's gonna complete the career grandsom. Okay,
I'm probably the only buddy, only one saying that. But again,
I'm gonna preview the PGA Championship here this segment and
possibly the next. As the second major championship of the
year has reached Charlotte, North Carolina, my hometown. At the
Quill Hollow Country Club, Scotty Scheffler enters as the favorite

(40:00):
four hundred odds and in his last four golf tournaments
he has not finished worth than worse than eighth. Won
the CJ Cup, the Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch,
and his last start two weeks ago finished T. Eight
at the RBC Heritage out in Hilton. Had finished fourth
at the Masters and then T two at the Houston
Open right before that, so he comes in in excellent form. Remember,

(40:23):
he had the surgery that prolonged his start this season
after cutting with the palm of his hand off a
wine glass trying to make ravioli. Yep, that's an inconceivable story.
But now Scotty appears to be playing his best golf.
He appears to be rounding into form right in time
for the PGA Championships. So first question the Scotty Scheffler

(40:46):
at his media availability yesterday was well, how are you
feeling coming into this week?

Speaker 2 (40:51):
Yeah, feeling good?

Speaker 11 (40:52):
Like you said, I had a good start a couple
weeks ago in Dallas, got some good rests at home
last week.

Speaker 2 (40:58):
So yeah, excited for the week to get started this week.

Speaker 1 (41:01):
And then yeah, yeah feel fine. Yeah yeah, I haven't
finished worse than eighth. Yeah, I feel good, Scotty cheffer
Man in many many words.

Speaker 2 (41:09):
Okay, so.

Speaker 1 (41:11):
Mentioned you know, Scotty has two major championship, both Masters,
but he has not yet won a PGA Championship. He's
not yet won an Open championship, and he's not yet won.

Speaker 2 (41:22):
The US Open. Sorry forgot for a second there at
the PGA.

Speaker 1 (41:25):
His results so far T eight last year at Valhalla,
remember that was that was right the tournament where he
got arrested.

Speaker 2 (41:32):
Remember that story.

Speaker 1 (41:33):
T two in twenty twenty three, probably his best shot
cut in the twenty twenty two PGA Championship, and then
twenty twenty one finished T eighth and then T four
to twenty twenty member. That was kind of Scotty's coming
out party. He was in the final group with a
Dustin Johnson, you know during COVID. That was the year
Colin moorecala one out in what was that golf TPC

(41:55):
Harding Park, Scotty's first ever real contention and the Major.
So Scuty was asked by this reporter and I'll give
I'll let you hear the the back and forth, because
essentially the question is, hey, how come you haven't won
the PGA yet, Scotty.

Speaker 12 (42:10):
You've got five top eight finish, four top eight finishes
in the last five PGAs, but you haven't put it
over the line. Is there anything you could point to
specific with this tournament or is there is it just
a case of things not working out at the right time.

Speaker 2 (42:26):
Well, I'm not sure I totally understand the question.

Speaker 12 (42:28):
Oh just you know, winning winning the PGA as opposed
to the Masters, or you know, you had a little
more struggles here than.

Speaker 2 (42:35):
An Augusta, like what why haven't I won here?

Speaker 8 (42:40):
Yeah, it's a long way of saying that.

Speaker 11 (42:42):
Yeah, I mean yeah, like you said, just a couple
of shots here and there. You know, I was close
at I was close at oak Hill the year Brooks won.
That was as close as I remember being to win
this tournament. But I mean, it's it's a it's a
good golf for me. You know, we're always playing a
great golf course and same thing this week and a
really good golf course and should be a good test
of golf.

Speaker 2 (42:58):
And I'm looking forward to getting the week one.

Speaker 1 (43:01):
I mean, he's had five cracks at it and he's
you know, he missed the cut one, but outside of that,
he's top ten and every single one. I mean, that's
a pretty good, pretty good success, right. Just you know,
the game of golf, as we know, comes down to
just you know, make or miss a couple of bots,
a couple of shots here and there.

Speaker 2 (43:17):
That's all it takes.

Speaker 1 (43:17):
Doesn't mean that you're cursed or you just don't have
it what it takes to win a PGA championship. But
I think we all agree that Scotty one day is
going to knock on the door and take a PGA championship. Okay,
So what is Scotty's practice routine like this week coming
into a major championship on a golf course that he
is not all too familiar with.

Speaker 2 (43:35):
It doesn't really matter that much.

Speaker 11 (43:37):
I mean, I think a lot of times at majors
you can eat almost over prepare, So coming in this week,
make sure you're rested. It's a big golf course and
it's pretty well out there.

Speaker 2 (43:45):
But the greens are still staying pretty firm.

Speaker 11 (43:47):
You know, they're still fairly new, and when you get
that new permutera, the greens greens can stay firm, and
so golf course will play long, but it should be
a good testing Now.

Speaker 1 (43:56):
Part of that question also was there's been a lot
of rain in thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday in Charlotte even
I think this morning rained a little bit before the
sun came out. So not a lot of opportunity for
course prep for the players. Now, remember this major championship,
by the way, fields the largest fills, the largest field
in any major championship, with all of the twenty PGA

(44:18):
pros coming in, plus all of the other admissions and
all that, so not a lot of opportunity for Scottie
Scheffer and other golfers to really get out in the
course and be able to play practice rounds and prep
until today. And you know, obviously with everyone trying to
get in before Thursday is opening round tomorrow, course is
probably logjam right now. The next question for Scotty was

(44:40):
Scottie had talked about last season he was hoping to
do a better job of maintaining his rest throughout the season.
If you recall heading into the US Open this past
year at Pinehurst, he had won the week before and
he came in and just did not play very well,
and he said afterwards, yeah, I don't think I'm ever
going to play the week before major championship again, especially

(45:02):
the US opener PGA. Now, he did win two weeks
ago at the Byron Nelson, but he did not play
this past week at the Truest despite it being a
signature event. So Scotty was asked, does he feel like
he's doing a better job of keeping his energy levels
up heading into a major championship.

Speaker 2 (45:19):
Yeah, doing pretty good. I got that extra month off
to start the year.

Speaker 5 (45:25):
Yeah.

Speaker 11 (45:25):
I think a lot of it is managing my schedule
week to week and you know, managing the stuff I
do day to day. You know, I'm a guy that
loves I mean, I really do love to practice, and
a lot of times you get to a great golf
course like this, and the practice facilities are really nice
and there's a lot of space for us to be
able to do our work. It can be, you know,
really exciting to go out and practice, and so I
kind of got to manage myself. It's similar to an
Augusta type week, where when you get to Augusta nationally,

(45:47):
you just want to spend all day there, and you know,
you got to really manage the way I do things,
and most of my prep work is done at home,
and then when I show up here at a tournament,
you know, I feel like I'm ready to go, and
most of it's just getting used to the golf course,
getting used to the bunkers and greens and stuff like that.

Speaker 13 (46:01):
Did you feel like when you were like feeling that
fatigue at the end of the season, did you feel
like those more mental or physical?

Speaker 2 (46:09):
I mean probably more mental for sure.

Speaker 11 (46:11):
I think last year obviously was a great year, and
it was you know, I would be tired for a
variety of reasons at the end of the year, but
like I said, it was a ton of fun.

Speaker 2 (46:20):
I wouldn't wouldn't trade it for anything.

Speaker 11 (46:22):
You know, it was having that mental fatigue from beating
contention a lot, I think is great and you know
I was able to finish off the year the right
way last year, and so I definitely have a lot
of a lot of good memories from last year that.

Speaker 2 (46:31):
I can I can lean on for sure.

Speaker 1 (46:33):
Scotty Tea is off tomorrow seven twenty two am in
a big, big group got Roy McRoy Masters Champion and
then Xander Shoffley who won last year's PGA in Open
Championship along with Scottie Scheffer. So Scotty was asked about
playing in this pairing.

Speaker 2 (46:49):
Yeah, it should be a lot of fun.

Speaker 11 (46:50):
You know, I've seen that pairing before and you know
we'd have a good time out there and it's competitive,
and you know, I think when when I look back
on my career, these will be some of the fondest
memories I have getting to play with some of the
best players in the world and compete to try and
win win tournaments.

Speaker 1 (47:05):
All right, now, let's talk about the other longhorn in
the field, and this one is trying to capture the
PGA Championship to complete the career Grand Slam and enjoining
Rory McElroy as a second golfer to accomplish that feat
this season speak kind of like Scotty coming off an injury,
with this time a bigger injury. Had surgery on his
wrist where he didn't play golf for about half a year,

(47:29):
and it's slowly gotten back into what He's had some
great finishes this year. He finished T fourth at the
Phoenix Open in February, T ninth in Palm Beach in March,
didn't play well at the Players, played okay at the
Fallas Bar then but on a good run T twelve
the Texas Open, and San Antonio T fourteen at the Masters,
T eighteen at the RBC Heritage, finished fourth at the

(47:51):
Byron Nelson with a Sunday round of sixty two, and
last week played alright a T thirty four at the
Jurist Championship. So Jordan, to begin this press conference was, well,
how is he feeling. I think I've been trending really well.

Speaker 13 (48:03):
I had a you know, had an off approach week
last week, which has actually been something that's been I
think trending trending nicely for me. Just made some kind
of dumb mistakes that were multiple shot problems around that
kind of old school course, but.

Speaker 2 (48:21):
Kind of throwing that out.

Speaker 13 (48:22):
I feel really good about some of the stuff I've
been working on, you know, some of the kind of
mechanics and traction of of how I'm swinging the club
or getting more sound and more consistent, and I'm getting
more confident in that, feeling like I can play all
the ball flights that I'd like to.

Speaker 2 (48:37):
And you need that around this golf course because you
got to work it both ways.

Speaker 13 (48:40):
Different heights obviously, the greens, although the course is soft now,
the greens I was I played yesterday in that rain,
and even even as it was raining, the greens were
still firm and they had the subair going. So you're
just gonna have to be a shot maker around here.
And I feel like that part of my game has
been improving as the year's gone on. And yeah, I

(49:01):
mean this is a place I've I've you can't fake it.

Speaker 9 (49:05):
You know.

Speaker 13 (49:05):
There's a number of great golf courses that we play,
and this is one of them, and you'll get guys
shoot five six seven under and you'll get guys shoot
five six seven.

Speaker 2 (49:12):
Over and it's just there's no faking it.

Speaker 13 (49:16):
The roughs up a little more than I think what
we normally see when we come here during the season,
so a little more premium on the fairways. Trying to
find greens regulation will be my goal.

Speaker 1 (49:27):
Especially with all the rain the course has gotten so far.
On Monday in tues Is, they're gonna be a bit
of a slot fest. I'm afraid a lot of mudballs.
So finding the fairway will be of utmost importance, as
it usually is for any golf turm, but especially at
a track like well Hollow. Okay mentioned the Grand Slam obviously.
Roy McRoy joined the exclusive list earlier this season, winning

(49:53):
at the Masters at Up and Down final round, but
joining Gene Sarason, Ben Hogan, Gary player Jack Nicholas in
Tiger Woods as the only golfers to accomplish that feat.
Jordan Speith could do that by winning the PGA Championship.
He's been knocking on the door ever since he won
the Open Championship in twenty seventeen. He comes to PGA
every single season, needed to win the tournament to join

(50:16):
that exclusive list. So with Rory winning the career Grand
Slam after winning his first green jacket, has Jordan found
himself thinking more about the Grand Slam than he might
have in previous years.

Speaker 2 (50:30):
I don't think so, it's it's been more.

Speaker 13 (50:33):
I've been surprised that, you know, there's been a number
of years I've come to the PGA and no one's
really even asked me about it. And there's been some
years where you know, where it was you know, a storyline,
I guess, and I it's funny. I think if Rory
didn't then it wouldn't have been a storyline for me
here necessarily. I mean, it's all I mean, it's always
a storyline if I work my way in, but at
least ahead of time. I've just felt like I've been

(50:55):
asked about it more than you know, other years, including
years where I've come in, you know, I want to say,
twenty two, I came in after winning and then finishing
second back to back, which I would have thought would
be uh, you know, a time where.

Speaker 2 (51:09):
Uh, that would have been one.

Speaker 13 (51:10):
So it's kind of kind of been surprised by the
dynamic a little bit.

Speaker 2 (51:15):
But you know, it's always circled on the calendar.

Speaker 9 (51:17):
For me.

Speaker 13 (51:17):
It's a you know, I guess if I could pick one,
if I could only win one tournament the rest of
my life, I'd pick this one for that reason. And
obviously watching Rory win after you know, giving it a
try for a number of years, uh was was inspiring.

Speaker 2 (51:33):
You know he had to You could tell he was fight.

Speaker 13 (51:35):
It was a harder win than most of the time
he makes it makes it look a lot easier, and
so that that obviously was on the forefront of his mind.
And so something like that has not been done by
many people, and there's a reason why. And but I'd
love to throw my hat in the ring and give
it a chance come come the weekend this week now.

Speaker 1 (51:54):
Doug Ferguson of The Associated Price had a good follow
up an he asked Jordan here, so is he an
assaulted that he's come to the pgaight in years past
and has not been asked about winning the Grand Slam.

Speaker 13 (52:04):
Not really, No, because the years I'm talking about, I mean,
I wasn't in a lot of times, I wasn't.

Speaker 2 (52:10):
In very good form.

Speaker 13 (52:10):
And you know, if you're not in very good form
coming to a major, it's it's I mean, I've had
a chance in twenty nineteen and I was not in form,
and I was in the final group on Saturday with Brooks,
and I was like I know what it's like to
have control of my game. I've played with Brooks with
control of my game. I see what he's doing right
now and I don't have mine, and then let's see
if I can fake it these next two days. You know,

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I feel a lot better now than say I did
and that. But it's very I'm not insulted by it.
I mean, typically there's there's a lot of storylines, and
you know, I feel like for so many years watching
films at the US Open, you know, it was some,
then it wasn't some.

Speaker 2 (52:54):
Then he wins the.

Speaker 13 (52:55):
PGA recently, then all of a sudden it becomes a
storyline again in the US Open. So it's just kind
of bounces back and forth within the noise.

Speaker 1 (53:01):
I guess it has definitely been more of a storyline
this season. I've already seen pieces in the Athletic ESPN.
Jeff Schockraford had a great piece in the quadrilatle about It.
So a lot more focused on Jordan's Beth. This week
at quill Hollow, we'll hear more from Scottie Scheffler in
Jordan'speed as the Craig Way Show continues on a yacht
rock Wednesday, on thirteen hundred The Zone roll on through

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here hour two of today's program. Cameron Parker filling in
for Craig Way here today and tomorrow. Okay, going to
continue our PGA Championship prep in preview the second major
championship of the year with Jordan Speed looking for his
fourth major to clinch the career Grand Slamm and join

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Roy McRoy in that exclusive list with a handful of
other golfers. So I'm going to continue the conversation here,
and Jordan was asked about conversation he had previously had
with a reporter back in twenty seventeen at quol Holla,
the last time the Pace was held in Chatte, North Carolina.
That was on the heels of Jordan's crazy back nine

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where he went on to win the Open Championship at
Royal Birkdale over Matt Coocher. The win is third major
and now he would only need the PGA to complete
the career Grand Slam. And Jordan said in that press
conference that when the PGA would be the hardest one
to win, it wasn't because of the psychological component of
it being the Grand Slam, but he thought it was

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the setup of the PGA Championship. So Jordan was asked that,
knowing of all the offensive head, knowing what courses it'll
be at, what science it'll be at, has his opinion
changed from twenty seventeen to now, Well.

Speaker 13 (54:44):
I think the hardest one, I believe, statistically, for me,
if I look back at all my history of professional golf,
would have been the US Open. But I somehow snuck
that one out, so then the PGA would be second,
because the masters in the Open play a lot more
into my strengths than the other two do.

Speaker 2 (55:02):
So I think that's why I was.

Speaker 13 (55:03):
Saying that, because I'd already won the US Open, because
I snuck it out on a course that's not.

Speaker 2 (55:06):
A normal US Open golf course.

Speaker 13 (55:09):
And so yeah, I would say that had I won
the PGA, I would have easily said the US Open.

Speaker 2 (55:15):
And I didn't win the USO, I would have I
would have reversed that.

Speaker 13 (55:17):
But having having been the case, I'm I think I'm
in a position now just because I have faster ball
speed than I did, you know, back then, by a
significant amount. You know, it was really just kind of
the driving statistic that you need at US Opens and
PGA's that would have, I think, held me back. So
there was just going to be certain courses that like
a whistling straits that you could.

Speaker 2 (55:38):
Maybe get away with with it. And I had a
good shot there.

Speaker 13 (55:43):
But some of these big American golf courses with thick
rough which are typically these US more PGAs are played
on those than even US opens. I would have expected
to be more of a challenge than you know, the
other couple of majors. So I think that's now I
think I'm actually maybe have a because because of my

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driver becoming a weapon.

Speaker 2 (56:08):
More than it used to be.

Speaker 13 (56:09):
Uh, you know that that leaves me in a position
where I feel a little more comfortable on these courses.
So having said that, you know, you got to go
out and execute. But a familiar golf course is nice,
you know. I don't feel like I have to learn
where all the pins are and where the misses are
and stuff. You could ask me a whole location on
any green around this place right now and I can
tell you how I'm gonna play the hole and where

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I'm gonna try to hit it. So it's nice to
be at a familiar place this week, and I think
that's an advantage A little bit uh, and then the
fact that it's this big slope Bermuda.

Speaker 2 (56:43):
You know, I grew up on that. So it's a
good opportunity this week for sure.

Speaker 1 (56:48):
None of the previous sites really suit Jordan's game at
the PJA, even even the US Open. Jordan's a player
that he likes to be able to play in fast
and firm conditions out in the elements with wind. That's
why he's played so well at Augusta and obviously so
well the Open Championship, PGA, US Open. A little bit
more bomb and gouge. You gotta be able to hack

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it out of the rough less creativity, especially at a
golf course like Goo Hollow, So no surprise that he
fused it as one of the tougher ones to win
a local element here at the UT Austin Golf Club
and sign a ranch if you've ever been there before
you walk into the facility, even the UT Golf facility,
they have a display a past major champions of course

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Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw and Scottie Scheffler and Jordan
Speed and all the other Texas Longhorns who have won
majors and also have won Ryder Cups and President's Cups
and PGA Tour tournaments, DP ROLD tournaments, all of that.

Speaker 2 (57:49):
So Jordan was.

Speaker 1 (57:51):
Asked about the significance that he is in that display
case and if he wants to update him.

Speaker 2 (57:58):
It's very cool. I mean, I loved going out there.

Speaker 13 (58:01):
I you know, I spent not long enough, but you
know a lot of days going out and and working
on my game out there. They have a really cool,
you know, Majors trophy in the team facility as well.
It's a Longhorned trophy in it and it's every longhorn
that's it's one.

Speaker 2 (58:20):
Of major and what what it was.

Speaker 13 (58:22):
And you know, I think that's that's a pretty awesome
one too. There's a very cool one at the course
I grew up at at Brookhaven in Dallas. So I
mean just places that are close to my heart where
I learned to love the game, got better at the game,
led me to being able to play it professionally and
compete at.

Speaker 2 (58:38):
A high level.

Speaker 13 (58:39):
It's these are very those are a few of the
most special places to me anywhere in the world, to
be honest, And I love going back to ut Club
when I get the chance and planning on doing it,
you know, more often in the future than I've been
able to the last couple of years. Kids get a
little older, it'll be fun to take them and show them,
and but yeah, it's his.

Speaker 2 (58:59):
Uh, it's a very nice thing to do, you know.

Speaker 13 (59:03):
It's moved on to Scotty Is more recently, and I'd
love to step back in there and add to it,
I guess.

Speaker 1 (59:10):
But the way Scotty has been winning, they're going to
have to build a brand new clubhouse facility. With all
the wins Scotty has had so far already in double
digits and shoot, by the end of this year he
might be closer the twenty Okay, back to Jordan's game
on the golf course, how does his preparation differ from

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a standard Tour event to a major championship, not just physically,
but more so mentally.

Speaker 13 (59:38):
I think it's more about the golf courses than it
is anything else. You know, they're just going to present
a little more of a challenge in a different way,
and each one's, each major is different from the next
and what that challenge is. But you know, whether that's
you know, side to miss on on the fairway that
you might get away with in a PGA Tour event
that you don't get away with in a major. It's

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just a little bit of an extra level of course management,
and it's ahead of time. It's a lot of the
course management preparation. That's that's more of kind of the
mental side.

Speaker 2 (01:00:09):
But you know, I mean the.

Speaker 13 (01:00:10):
Crowds are bigger, the grand stands are bigger, that over
time kind of just becomes a blur.

Speaker 2 (01:00:19):
We always have huge crowds at this event.

Speaker 13 (01:00:21):
It's one of the I think one of the in
a lot of amphitheater type seating here at quill Hollow.
So I don't think it'll look as different as maybe
when we go to an unfamiliar place with huge you know,
like Valhalla last year with huge setups. But we don't
know the course very well. So it all just you know,
is a is A is a big thing. This is
this is normal for here things. You know, obviously they're

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not triple decker. They're maybe double decker, right. The PGA,
you know, always throws in some pretty incredible grandstands, whether
it be the PGA Championship or the Ryder Cup.

Speaker 2 (01:00:53):
So it's uh, just everything's just a little bit more heightened.

Speaker 13 (01:01:00):
But I think as you it's more ahead of time,
and as you start to get into it, I think
it's actually a little easier on the mental side to
not easier than than it is ahead of time. It
just kind of settles into more of a normal tournament.
As you start to contend on the weekend, that changes.
You know, you sleep a little uneasy. I mean, majors
have that you know, historical, you know presence to them.

(01:01:22):
You know they mean more to every Every player that's
playing this week will tell you if there was they
were gonna win one of four tournaments, they'd probably pick
one of the four majors. So that settles in, you know,
as you work away into contention, and then that becomes
a little bit of a different animal, just sleeping a
little more uneasy and anticipation.

Speaker 2 (01:01:40):
And I think it's it's all.

Speaker 13 (01:01:41):
It's all the off the course stuff that's harder to
handle mentally than on the course.

Speaker 1 (01:01:46):
Okay, let's transition back to Scottie. It feels like every
tournament he plays, he's either entering as the defending champion
or is coming off a win. And usually when he's
asked about, hey, how does you know winning this event
last year? Coming in off of win help you, And
usually Scotty says, well, you know, just because I went
last year, my starting score is even part just like
everyone else in the field. I'm not at ten underd

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par and the guys who didn't win or even part.
It's a great mentality they have. But of course Scotty
coming off when at the Byron Nelson, so you know,
he was asked, does he feel like he has momentum
coming into this week or does he just scratch anything
forget about his last win and just focus exclusively on
this week.

Speaker 2 (01:02:27):
Yeah, I mean, I think there's definitely a balance.

Speaker 11 (01:02:29):
There would be silly to say that I can't ride
the positive momentum from a good week like that. I
mean to finish off of that tournament to where I
did and have it not really be too close on
the back nine. I mean, I played some really nice golf,
and you know, I talked a little bit about how
I felt like my game was trending, and so it
was nice to see some results from a lot of
hard work to start the year, and I feel like
my game's in a good spot, and so I think

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it'd be silly to say I can't ride a little
bit that momentum going into this tournament.

Speaker 14 (01:02:53):
What were some of those things that you felt were trending.

Speaker 2 (01:02:56):
Well, I just felt like my swing.

Speaker 11 (01:02:57):
Was coming around, felt like my ball striking maybe helped
me back at the beginning of the year.

Speaker 2 (01:03:01):
And you know, I kept the ball.

Speaker 11 (01:03:02):
I drove it really nice last week at the Byron
and hit some really good iron shots and was able
to give myself a lot of looks around that golf
course to what you need to do and was able
to hold some putts as well.

Speaker 1 (01:03:12):
Of course, Scotty coming off the win, but I would
say this, so far this season, it's been the year
of Roy McRoy, right, multiple time winner, including winning the Masters,
completing the career Grand Slim. So Scotty was asked, Hey,
does it kind of add more fuel to your fire
seeing the success that Roy McRoy has been having.

Speaker 11 (01:03:29):
Yeah, I got I got ask that same question I
think at the Byron, and it's it's always motivating when
you see when you just get beat, and in golf,
you tend to get beat a lot like you don't
you don't really get to win that many tournaments. And
Rory's been off to a great start this year, and
you know, he's He's definitely improved and made some changes
in his game from last year, and so, you know,
there's always little things that I'm trying to do to

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get better, and you know, I think that's why I
keep coming back. Golf's kind of an endless pursuit of
getting the best at yourself, and you know, I'm looking
forward to continuing to do that as the year goes
goes on. But like you said, Rory's and been playing
some great golf this year. Just to see it tangibly
how much it meant to win the Career Grand Slam
and the outpouring that surrounded that is that is that
bring into focus.

Speaker 2 (01:04:09):
For a little bit more As a goal. I don't
really set those types of goals for myself. I have,
you know, some dreams and aspirations.

Speaker 11 (01:04:16):
That I think about, but I've always been to my
best when I when I stay in the present, that's
what works really well for me. You know, you have
certain guys that will write down a bunch of goals
at the beginning of the year and that's what motivates them.
But for me, I do my best when I stay
in the present. But it was really cool to see
Rory be able to finish that off and to be
there for that moment. You know, he's he's a good
buddy of mine out here, and so I was very
happy for him and do that tournament and having an

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answer each year, you know, for a guy that's had,
you know, one of the best careers in the history
of the game, for him to sit in here, you know,
week in week out and have to be asked about
one single golf room, and I'm sure it can be
a bit frustrating, and you know, I'm sure that's why.

Speaker 2 (01:04:52):
There was so much emotion coming out of him.

Speaker 11 (01:04:53):
And I mean, it takes a lifetime of work too
to be able to even have a chance to win
major championships, let alone win all four of them.

Speaker 2 (01:05:01):
And so you know, it's pretty cool to see.

Speaker 1 (01:05:04):
So I mentioned that Scotty's never played the typical tour
event at Quyl Hall. Has only played here for the
President's Cup, in which the US won. So does Scotty
feel like he's playing catch up now? I mean, when
you play the President's Cup here, you play so many rounds.
I mean I played four competitive rounds and a bunch
of practice rounds, and.

Speaker 11 (01:05:23):
So getting to know the course I mean, I kind
of knew what to expect coming in, you know, with
the roff and the way the greens are, and most
of it's just getting used to the bunkers and I
guess getting used to the roff stuff like that, and
so I don't feel like I'm playing any sort.

Speaker 2 (01:05:36):
Of catchup getting ready for the week.

Speaker 1 (01:05:37):
By the way, Scotty in that twenty twenty two President's
Cup three and one record uh Owen one and singles
to play Owen two and foursomes and tied in four balls,
by the way, Jordan Speith five and oh perfect week
at quill Hollow. A last thing from Scotty Scheffley here
before we hit the brake. A little bit more on
the actual golf course, a big golf course, a lot

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of water does yet to do anything to change his mindset,
his bag set up, or anything else as he prepares
for the PGA Championship.

Speaker 11 (01:06:07):
As far as bag set up, there is a little
bit of thinking to do whether or I'll use my
five wood or my three iron, But that's pretty typical
for a week, you know. I have felt like I
have two really good weapons there in that part of
the bag, and each week I kind of have to
just pick and choose, and this week maybe more of
a five five wood week, just because, like you said,
the golf course is going to play really long, the roughest, thick,
and the run up areas after this kind of rain
are going to be really soft, and the greens are

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still going to be really firm because they're new. So
you have to be able to land the ball on
the green, can't. You can't really run it up around
this golf course. So that's that's one aspect that you
got to think about. But as far as my approach
to the course, not really. I mean, I know what
my skill set is, and you know, I'll try to
use that to my advantage and you know, hopefully it's some.

Speaker 2 (01:06:45):
Solid shots this week.

Speaker 1 (01:06:46):
We'll have more from Scottie Scheffler next hour, but we'll
be back to close out hour two here on The
Craigway Show on thirteen hundred The Zone Camera and Parker
with you on this yacht Rock Wednesday with Craig Way
and Keith Marlin on the way up to Norman, Oklahoma,
As Texas Baseball will conclude their regular season against the
Oklahoma Sooners this weekend with a chance to clinch the

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number one seed in the SEC Baseball Tournament and an
outright regular season SEC championship in their first ever season
in the Southeastern Conference. Mention, We're gonna hear from Jim
Slosteneigle on tomorrow's program, but also going to bring you
his interview this morning that you may have heard right

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here on thirteen hundred The Zone with Mike Harge and
Mark Henry on the morning kickoff, the weekly interview that
Harge and Henry do with a skipper for Texas Longgorns,
and we'll go ahead and bring you that conversation right now.

Speaker 15 (01:07:42):
Texas finished its home season with a twenty six and
five mark and they are now forty and ten on
the regular season in twenty and seven.

Speaker 5 (01:07:52):
In the SEC.

Speaker 15 (01:07:53):
Coach, how are you doing? And those numbers sound pretty good.

Speaker 7 (01:07:56):
Don't they?

Speaker 9 (01:07:59):
Yeah? Good morning, Thanks you having thanks for having me on.
Uh yeah, they yeah, they they sound good. They sound great.
I mean there are there aren't.

Speaker 10 (01:08:07):
Very many uh the very many years where you have.

Speaker 9 (01:08:11):
Twenty wins going into the last weekend or uh, you know,
most teams are fighting to stay out are above five
hundred and and make it make a regional but Uh,
we'll take it. It's just, you know, the last two
weeks haven't been what we wanted. Uh, We're we've been
working hard all week to flip that around.

Speaker 16 (01:08:28):
This week, coach, How how's the team doing right now?
I know y'all had a rash of the crowds go
through you.

Speaker 2 (01:08:36):
Uh, I know what that feels like.

Speaker 10 (01:08:39):
How's everybody doing well as of yesterday?

Speaker 7 (01:08:43):
You know, things can change.

Speaker 9 (01:08:44):
I'm just I'm just getting the ballpark now. But as
of yesterday, guys, you know, the guys who were we
had the flu run through the team, and the guys
who were sick lost some weight, and I think they've
you know, they've gotten that back and uh, you know,
hope will you know, got a chance maybe to get
maybe an injured guy back or two this weekend. We'll see, Uh,

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we'll see how they feel at practice tonight.

Speaker 2 (01:09:08):
Coach.

Speaker 15 (01:09:08):
One of the biggest things that have been going on
is not getting timely hits. And you know, and I
know how important that is. In the beginning of the season.
It seems like you were scoring most of your runs
with that two out knock Late in the season is
coming by a little bit harder. What do you attribute
that to is it the better pitching, pitch selection, or

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just those teams have scouted you well enough to understand
what's the strengths and the weaknesses.

Speaker 9 (01:09:37):
Well, I mean it's they're they're all different. But for
the most part, it's a lot of bad luck relative
to uh to the game of baseball.

Speaker 10 (01:09:47):
I think when you look at the when.

Speaker 7 (01:09:49):
You look at the Texas A and M game games,
there's those.

Speaker 10 (01:09:53):
Three games we got the timely hit.

Speaker 9 (01:09:54):
They were all one run ball games, and A and
M had to bet and go ahead run on base
to end the ninethe in eight and all three games.
So some of it that, you know, there are times
where guys will press a little bit because they feel like,
you know, they have to do this, especial if we're

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not scoring a.

Speaker 10 (01:10:15):
Ton of runs.

Speaker 7 (01:10:17):
But at the end of the day, there's no no.

Speaker 9 (01:10:20):
Baseball person that I've ever met has ever been able
to tell me how, you know, how the best practice
that the you know, we put them in those situations
in practice. But at the end of the day, you
just have to go put together good at that and
understand that the pressure is on the pitcher, the pressure
is not on you. And because you can hammer a

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ball and be out, or you can take a brutal swing.

Speaker 5 (01:10:43):
And be safe.

Speaker 10 (01:10:44):
And so you just have to put together good at
that make.

Speaker 7 (01:10:47):
Him, you know, make that guy throw you a good
pitch and if not.

Speaker 10 (01:10:50):
Pass it on to your teammate.

Speaker 15 (01:10:52):
We're talking to the baseball So we're talking to the
baseball coach at the Texas Longhorse, coach Jim Slasnagel, as
they get ready to make their trip to Norman, Oklahoma
for the final regular season matchups and series of the season.
Then we'll get into SEC tournament play and coach, at
the beginning of the season, you made the comment that

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you would take a third seed in a regional in Acreach, Alaska,
and now your team is four seed, four ced. Just
to get into the party is most important. Now your
team is sitting at twenty and seven in SEC play.
The magic number has always been right at that fourteen
to fifteen win mark. Now that you've exceeded that, obviously

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you have more on your play. So going into this
weekend facing arrival, what is the rotation going to be
and how is your team being focused.

Speaker 7 (01:11:49):
When we haven't decided on the rotation, I'm pretty sure LUSA.

Speaker 9 (01:11:53):
Through the third game. I want to wait and see
how one particular picture fields today before we.

Speaker 10 (01:11:59):
Make a choice. I feel good about Ruber pitching, but.

Speaker 7 (01:12:03):
We also want to try and kind of set some
things up.

Speaker 9 (01:12:07):
Or at least take a look at some things before
we get to the inch double A tournament play. So,
but we're going up there to win ball games. We
need to play well. Oklahoma had three close games I
think against Kentucky. We know how good Kentucky is. We're
going to be facing uh, you know, for maybe the
best pitcher in the conference in the one Witherspoon guy

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and then his brother pitches in the third game and
he runs it up ninety six ninety seven miles an hour.
So people in Austin around Texas baseball no Skip Johnson.

Speaker 10 (01:12:39):
And what a great coach. He is great pitching coach,
great all around coach.

Speaker 9 (01:12:43):
And they have a very unique offense that is going
to be a challenge for us as well. So it's
just you know, another week in the SEC.

Speaker 5 (01:12:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 15 (01:12:51):
I was just about to say that because you talked
about some teams are trying to get back to five
hundred and that plays a part into it. Oklahoma sitting
at thirteen and fourteen in the conference play, and you
talked about the Witherspoon brothers. I was fortunate enough to
call a couple of games with those guys early this year,
and you're right, they will both touchney eight ninety nine

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miles per hour. But the main thing is you've got
to be able to get strikes. This past weekend, you
had Senior Weekend. How special was that for the parents
and obviously you wanted to win the series, but then
there were some guys that played their last regular season
home games on the forty acres.

Speaker 7 (01:13:35):
Yeah, it's very special, very special group.

Speaker 9 (01:13:38):
Of people, not just to the program or this year's team,
but to me personally everybody from our equipment managers that
are just the most selfish humans that you ever get
to be around every day, to obviously guys like Kimball
and Luke who have been here for a while and

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seen and they've won, but they've also been through a
lot of adversity, and just to see those guys get
to be celebrated on the field is it is always awesome.

Speaker 10 (01:14:08):
And uh, you know, there's a few of them that
have potentially.

Speaker 9 (01:14:11):
A year of eligibility lead to the left that we'd
like to get back, but they're yeah, just awesome people.

Speaker 7 (01:14:18):
Man.

Speaker 9 (01:14:18):
And you know, we, as I said before, we we
want to continue to raise the floor and the ceiling
of the talent level in this program, but we're not
going to raise You can't get better people than those kids.

Speaker 10 (01:14:30):
You just can't that they're not. They don't, they don't
make them like that very often. So credit to their
parents and families.

Speaker 7 (01:14:37):
And high school coaches. Coach.

Speaker 16 (01:14:39):
With a year like you've had this year, Uh, I
know we're we're still in this year, but I would
be you know, not doing my job if I didn't
think about, you know, what's up and coming. Does this
affect recruiting for you for next year to have a
successful season like I've had thus far and will still a.

Speaker 1 (01:15:02):
Lot to go.

Speaker 10 (01:15:05):
Oh yeah, for sure. I think. You know, anytime you.

Speaker 9 (01:15:09):
Have positive things happening on the field and you see
guys get develop and getting better here, whether it be
a transfer that comes in to get better, whether it
be a guy like a Luke Harrison who had a
you know, career ten something the e r A I
think and now he's potentially at you know, all the
SEC pitcher or incoming players like Valanis and Rodriguez and Jonah.

Speaker 7 (01:15:32):
So you know, I think people pay attention to Texas.
They watch how the players.

Speaker 9 (01:15:35):
Get better winning uh. And then certainly, you know everything
in Austin University of Texas has to offer. So he
definitely can't hurt. But we have a lot of work
to do. We're going to be and depending on how
what what guys on our team want to do in
the draft, and you know we're the transfer portal and
and all the high school recruiting is going to be
super big for us and getting to getting to the

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major league draft.

Speaker 7 (01:15:57):
That's the biggest challenge for us is holding on to
our best players, no doubt, no doubt.

Speaker 15 (01:16:02):
Coach, before we let you go, I'll be remiss if
I didn't ask you about the story that kind of
taking over college baseball Friday night?

Speaker 2 (01:16:12):
Was it Friday night?

Speaker 10 (01:16:12):
Yeah?

Speaker 15 (01:16:13):
Friday Night. Our guy Jonah Williams got a little hype
at the plate. And I've always told people, you don't
if you just watch it in the capsule, you think
of it one way. But if you've been watching all
season long, you see that this is a young man
that is very intense at the plate, focused on himself,

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not thinking, not trying to show up anybody that's involved.

Speaker 2 (01:16:37):
For those that don't know, he is just that way.

Speaker 15 (01:16:40):
What was your takeaway from everybody in the dust up,
so to speak of the situation with Jonah Williams.

Speaker 9 (01:16:48):
Well, first of all, I'm so like literally oblivious to
what's going on on social media because I have.

Speaker 10 (01:16:56):
So many things blocked right smart man. Uh And and
there are some social medias I don't even have or
somebody else runs it for me. So I didn't know
anything what was going on beyond the game.

Speaker 9 (01:17:09):
Until my son texted me and said, you know, Jonah
was getting hit up or beat up or whatever on
on social media, peap me up perception versus reality. I
mean there's there literally, isn't a better teammate than Jonah Williams.
Like he is about one single thing, winning, end of story.

Speaker 10 (01:17:28):
He wants to win. It doesn't matter if we're losing
nine to one, we're winning nine to one. It's tied.
Like he's so into winning. And what you see there
is just.

Speaker 9 (01:17:37):
A youthful confidence and exuberance. He's not trying to show
anybody up. And Mike, you know, you know baseball has
unwritten rules and some of those are valid and some
of them are pretty darn dumb. And uh so Jonah's
going to be just fine. He'll he'll, uh he'll.

Speaker 7 (01:17:57):
Be able to channel that energy continually the rest of
the season.

Speaker 9 (01:18:00):
And I can't wait to see the guy play on
football field, man, knowing what I know about his greatness
as an athlete but also as a human and he's
so intelligent it's uh, I can't wait to see how
that you know falls out on the field over there
at DKR.

Speaker 1 (01:18:17):
First pitch tomorrow will be six thirty pm airtime six
fifteen pm on one O three to one FM, Austin's
eighty station. Craigway and Keith Maulin have a call all
weekend long you can hear Saturday's game actually hold on
Friday's game rather six to fifteen airtime six thirty first
pitch on one O three to one FM, and then

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Saturday's game, the final regular season game of the year
for the Texas Long Horns right here on thirteen hundred
to zone two o'clock first pitch, one forty five pm airtime.
As Texas trying to clinch an SEC championship this weekend
and clinch that number one overall seed in the SEC tournament,
thanks again to Mike Courage and Mark Henry. Great interview

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with Jim Slowsnangle up. Next, going to bring you Craig
Way's conversation with Kendall Rogers of D one baseball dot Com.
As the Craigway Show on thirteen hundred to Zone continues
after this, Cameron Parker filling in for Craig Way, and
as we are on the backstretch of today's program, mentioned
earlier on that we were going to bring you Craig's
conversation with D one's Baseball's Kendall Rogers, of course, the

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man who knows everything about college baseball and D one
baseball dot Com. Their latest projections of the field of
sixty four still have Texas as the number one overall seed,
and a good weekend in Norman would go a long way,
not only for the number one overall seed, but of
course if Texas takes two out of three or sweeps Oklahoma,
they will be the regular season SEC champion.

Speaker 2 (01:19:46):
So without further ado, Craig Way and Kendall Rogers.

Speaker 17 (01:19:50):
So if we talk about legendary Texans, it brings us
right to our hotline visits with a legend in how
he covers college baseball. It's Kenda Rogers at E one
baseball dot com. How you doing today, Kendall, I'm doing awesome.
I'm a you know, I don't know about a legend,
but I am a former Lufkin panther. Yeah see, I

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know you pretty much know every mascot in Texas high
school football, so I forgot to add that in there.

Speaker 2 (01:20:17):
Did you play for the Pack? I did not. Oh okay,
it was not that good. I get it, I get it.

Speaker 17 (01:20:24):
But it's great to have in East Texas legend there
from Lufkin. Joiners says that before we get to talk
about Texas, because people around here you know how it is,
and they get all uncleaned and excited and everything before.

Speaker 2 (01:20:35):
We get to that.

Speaker 17 (01:20:35):
I'm curious to get your thoughts on is this In
all the years you covered not only college baseball in
the SEC, but even nationally, is this has this season
been as ever changing and unpredictable in terms of say
the upper crust of it as you can remember and

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quite some time it really is.

Speaker 4 (01:20:59):
I was just talking something about this yesterday on a
radio show, and I think if you go back and
maybe time will tell a different story. But I think
if you go back to the last season. Let's just
go back to the College Wood Series last year and
the two teams left standing at the end Tennessee and
A and M. Those two teams, I mean, if you
look at just how they were at the end of
the season, they were both insanely good, and they were

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both insanely talented. I think if you look around college
baseball right now, you know the you know, top to bottom,
there's a lot of teams who had question marks.

Speaker 8 (01:21:29):
So let's just look at this week's top twenty five.
At the top real quick.

Speaker 4 (01:21:32):
I mean LSU really like Kate Anderson, Anthony Jinsen, But
you know, came the bullpen hold up in the postseason.

Speaker 8 (01:21:38):
Florid State has had bullpen issues.

Speaker 7 (01:21:40):
You know Texas.

Speaker 4 (01:21:41):
I feel like the Horns will get over kind of this. Yeah,
I wouldn't even call it a slot, but this little
bump in the road. But again, you know, you lost
year in Spencer. It's like Max Blue is probably going
to come back in the next week or so. But
but again, like how was he going to be you know,
after being out for a month, month or two months?

Speaker 8 (01:21:56):
With a thumb injury.

Speaker 7 (01:21:57):
You just never know.

Speaker 4 (01:21:58):
So I just take this more than maybe the last
couple of seasons. This national championship pitcher is wide open.
Like there's just not a team that you look at
as a slammed up club, even Arkansas, a team that
you know, looked like the twenty seven Yankees against Texas
a couple of weeks ago. I mean, at one point
they had lost three out of four series in you know,
four out of five.

Speaker 8 (01:22:18):
So you just never know.

Speaker 4 (01:22:19):
This year in college baseball, think a lot has to
do with you know, nil movement and things like that.

Speaker 17 (01:22:25):
Yeah, all right, So here's an almost unthinkable proposition. But
I put it to you now, not so much based
on the tournament projections you have the regional projections today, but.

Speaker 2 (01:22:37):
On your rankings.

Speaker 17 (01:22:38):
And I know that the committee have used things in
their own prism, but it would have been, I think,
inconceivable to consider any one other than an SEC regular
season champion to be the number one overall seed in
the region. Given the cannibalization that's gone on, given the
rise of Florida State and even North Carolina and my goodness,

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Oregon and even Oregon State, is it possible you feel
that school outside the SEC still has a shot to
be the number one overall seed.

Speaker 4 (01:23:12):
I think Florida State would probably be the only team
that would fit that criteria. I think they would have
to win the North Carolina Series this weekend and probably
do some pretty big things in the conference tournament. If
Florida State did that, I mean they could potentially be
the number one overall national seed. But right now, I
think it's either Texas LSU, and maybe Arkansas. The Hawks
get on the run and win that Tennessee series this

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weekend and also do pretty well on Hoover, So I
would be very surprised if it's a non SEC team.

Speaker 8 (01:23:37):
If it is, Florida State would probably be the pick.

Speaker 17 (01:23:40):
All right now, let me ask you some questions from
what would be the difficult side of their respective fan base.
Let me start with Tennessee. Since they've been struggling with Lake.
Your projections today have them as a two seed in Morgantown,
and can they change that with a successful weekend in Fayetteville?
Does it also take some work?

Speaker 1 (01:24:00):
And Hoover?

Speaker 2 (01:24:00):
Where do you see the balls right now?

Speaker 10 (01:24:02):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (01:24:02):
I mean the problem with Tennessee is that the balls
is the series this weekend in Vayaville. They will have
lost six of their last seven series. I think we
would all agree. If you look at the Eyeball test
with Tennessee, you're like, this is a really good team.
The problem is that if you're looking at this through
the you know, the prism of resumes. I mean, how
are you going to give a top sixteen host to

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a team that will have finished their season if they
lost that series having lost six out of the last
seven weekends, which, by the way, three of those series
at home. I just don't see how you're a top
sixteen seed even if the Eyeball test is there. So
you know, if Tennessee doesn't host, somebody's going to get
a really, really angry balls team that has the potential
to win a national championship.

Speaker 17 (01:24:46):
I'm glad you brought up the thing about home, and
I'm curious to get your thoughts on this. I completely
understand the perspective of fans around the SEC who look
at Texans and say, hey, look, they're only really tough
series on the rose arkisas they got swept there. So uh,
you know, the the all their their their home. Upon
those weeks of Auburn and Georgia and the series win

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over Lsue those were all at home. My question is this,
how much do you think the committee gives weight to
uh that whether you're winning on the road and RPI
we know is waited that way, But also what does
it say about a team And you just brought up
Tennessee as an example, they can't defend its home field
and and struggles to win series at home.

Speaker 2 (01:25:26):
I mean, I guess there's two ways of looking at that.

Speaker 8 (01:25:30):
They're absolutely is here.

Speaker 4 (01:25:31):
Here is my issue with that whole argument that you
know that texas and accomplishments are diminished because they they
played some of these games at home. Is when Texas
went in the SEC. And I mean you could probably
argue a little bit of the same thing in football.
A lot of people said, well, you know, Texas was
the Big twelve in baseball. The SEC is a different animal.
They're gonna get you know, I would say people thought
they were gonna get their heavy in, but SEC fans thought, oh,

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they're they're in for a root awakening, like they're at
best going to finish seventh three from the conference. So
on one hand, it's either you think this league was
way better than you know, what Texas fans thought it was,
or you know, or you look at the you know,
the games at home and go, well, they don't mean
as much. So I look at it as I mean,

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you know, the core fan and the st thought they
weren't gonna be able to compete with these teams. So
I actually give them a ton of credit because you know,
when people kind of you know, diminish their what they
thought they would do. In year one, they you know,
they lose that first game LSU against Kate Anderson, they
bounced back and when both those games, I thought the
Georgia series, I mean I was at the Georgia Series.

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I didn't think there was a chance really in any
of those games that I thought Texas you know, was
you know, gonna lose. Uh you look at the you know,
the Aubera series. I thought Texas played really well in
they dominated that series. So I don't know how you
can go from from hey, they're gonna struggle in this
league too well. Actually, actually we want you to beat LSU,

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Georgia and Auburn on the road or it doesn't really count,
like you can't have it both ways, which, by the way, Tennessee. Yeah,
would you know argue those teams are pretty good at
home too? They lost series to Kentucky, A and M
and this past week in Auburn all at home, or
two weekends ago against Auburn and then Vanderbilt this past.

Speaker 8 (01:27:14):
Weekend they've lost. Actually four of those six series were
at home.

Speaker 17 (01:27:18):
Yeah, and that Texas road series win in Lexington probably
is aging a little better since Kentucky won Inville and
just got through sweeping Oklahoma last weekend.

Speaker 2 (01:27:28):
Exactly.

Speaker 8 (01:27:29):
I just don't I don't buy that.

Speaker 4 (01:27:30):
I mean, I get it that on paper, people would go, oh, well,
they have the better the better team home. But I
mean at the end of the day, I mean, a
win is a win in this conference. It's it's hard
to beat LSU, Georgia, Auburn all at home. And by
the way, I mean, I know A and M has
struggled in the last week. I mean they took it.
They swept an A and M team that had you know,

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Boxville and had beaten Arkansas on the road, by the way,
and also had just gotten through beating Ella you to home,
So I mean you got to give them credit for
that one too.

Speaker 17 (01:28:03):
Yeah, Yeah, exactly, visiting with Kendall Rodgers for D one Baseball. Okay,
since you brought up Texas, A and M. I know
there's a lot of angst obviously, because after the LSU series,
I think folks thought, Okay, they came off to Texas series,
they took two or three from LSU the.

Speaker 2 (01:28:16):
Back on track.

Speaker 17 (01:28:17):
I remember someone asked you on back what what did
you think it would take for them getting in, and
you said probably thirteen conference wins. What that would mean
now is they'd have to sweep the series at Georgia
to get to that. Do you still feel that way?
I know you've got them in your first four out
and the projections, where do they stand in your mind
right now?

Speaker 4 (01:28:34):
I really think A and M has to win the
Georgia series and probably win a couple of games in Hoover.

Speaker 8 (01:28:39):
I just think that the Missouri series really set them back.

Speaker 4 (01:28:42):
I mean that I have to admit we talked about
this as a stats that's probably the most shocking weekend
series that I can remember in the last three or
four years in college baseball. I mean, this is being
a little dramatic, but I mean it almost reminds me
a little bit of when you know when the Herman
coachman hit that home run to beat Rice when it
when he was at Texas Southern back in the.

Speaker 2 (01:29:01):
Regional few years ago.

Speaker 8 (01:29:02):
But that's how shockingess was.

Speaker 4 (01:29:04):
I actually saw a tweet the other day that had
you put one hundred dollars on Missouri on Friday and
rolled as winnings to the next day to the next day,
you would have won sixty eight thousand dollars. That's how
big of an underdog Missouri was in all three of
those games. So I just think they set themselves back
so much. Twenty four spot dropping the RPI. You know,
the Hampshire will spinning a little bit. I think you

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have to win the series at Georgia, and I think
you need to win a couple of games in Hoover.
And by the way, you know for creating bands who think,
well that's not gonna happen. I mean, this team has
beaten good teams on the road before. And also, let's
not forget last year Georgia played Florida, who, by the way,
they had to win that.

Speaker 8 (01:29:43):
Series get an NCAA tournament. What did Florida do?

Speaker 4 (01:29:46):
They went to Georgia and honestly, kind of with them
all weekend, they get into the tournament, and they end
up in Omaha.

Speaker 5 (01:29:52):
So potentially, you know, history repeats itself.

Speaker 17 (01:29:55):
Let me ask you that you brought up Georgia, you
brought up Auburn. I want to get your thoughts on Georgia, Vanderbilt,
Auburn and even Alabama, which you have as a regional
host now coming off the series.

Speaker 2 (01:30:04):
When how about your thoughts on that?

Speaker 17 (01:30:05):
That's what I was talking about about this cannibalization how
and I think James Flasnik will put it best. A
couple of weeks ago he said, the SEC will take
care of itself, meaning you'll hurt yourself or you'll help
yourself based on what you're doing in the league.

Speaker 10 (01:30:18):
There's no doubt.

Speaker 4 (01:30:19):
I mean, we were talking about this as the Stabis
and we did our projections and just trying to parse
these top SEC teams.

Speaker 8 (01:30:24):
And here's why this is very difficult, and I don't
know how the committee does.

Speaker 4 (01:30:28):
We're actually going to talk to j Rts and Committee
Chairman later today on a podcast just about you know,
how do you parse.

Speaker 7 (01:30:33):
These SEC teams?

Speaker 4 (01:30:34):
But here's an example. You know, Georgia was swept by Vanderbilt.
Georgia swept Auburn, Auburn took a series from Vanderbilt, Arkansas
swept Vandy, but then you know, lost the series to Georgia.

Speaker 8 (01:30:48):
So it's just like, like, how how do you split.

Speaker 4 (01:30:52):
Hairs between those teams who have very comparable league records
and comparable RPIs and they all beat each other. It's
really one of those situations where I think it comes
down to the eyeball test, and I think of all
those teams that in that mix, you probably agree with
me here, but I think of all teams in that
mix outside of LSU Texas, I'm the most bullish in Arkansas.

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I think when Arkansas plays as best baseball, it is
a better team than Auburn, Georgia, and Vanderbilt.

Speaker 5 (01:31:19):
I agree.

Speaker 2 (01:31:20):
I agree with that all right.

Speaker 17 (01:31:21):
Now, let me get your thoughts on some mid majors,
because I know there's a lot of fans in these
parts at the Sun Belt. Can they get three in
with it with the coast to win Southern Miss and Troy?
Or is Troy falling off enough? Where do you see
the sun Belt right now? Does only the tournament champion
get in and or his coast to win regardless yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:31:42):
Coastal is in grati it actually Coastal.

Speaker 4 (01:31:43):
I feel like, if they, you know, win this weekend
and roll through the Sun Belt Tournament, I think they
could end up being the final national seed. I love
the fact that Kevin Schnall and You're one scheduled incredibly
well non conference. If you're a mid major like that,
you've got to schedule well. He did that through twenty
three and four in the league. Up the season series
with Clemson, granted it was midweek. Southern Miss has Troy

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this weekend. You know, Southern Miss winners of twelve straight.
Just kind of looking ato the postseason. Remember the name JV. Middleton.
He's gonnad up being a first round pick. He's had
an incredible year as their Friday night guy. He is
very tough to beat. But then Troy, you know, the
RPI has dep I still feel pretty good about them
getting in the tournament at thirty seven to sixteen. Troy,
by the way, they can't seem to win a Sunday game,

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but they still have not lost a series. At one point,
I think, you know, until the Arkansas series, them in
Texas were the only two teams that had not lost
a series.

Speaker 2 (01:32:34):
All year.

Speaker 4 (01:32:35):
Obviously Troy stiill just that one team now, But again,
I think you get rewarded if you can go through
the whole season and not lose a single series. So
right now, I think this is a three big league.
And remember this was eleague last year that you know
got five bits, Like they were very deep last year,
just not in the cards this year. You know, Louisiana
a team that Texas fans saw on college station last

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year just twenty five and twenty seven, and their fourth
place in the SUT this year, so tough.

Speaker 17 (01:33:01):
You're in the SBC in the Southland, you have UTRGV
at the top of your last four ends. So are
you saying they're in even if they don't win the
Southland tournament, say a Southeastern Louisiana wins it, or a
McNeese wins or even a Northwestern state, do you have
the Vacaro's in the field or does it depend on
you know, when they go out in that unique conference

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tournament format they have in the Southland.

Speaker 4 (01:33:25):
Yeah, absolutely, it is really unique in a sense they
have like two split tournaments and then they play a series.
I do think they need to get to that championship
series to get in. I think if they do not,
it's going to be it's a touch sell. I mean,
I have a lot of respect for Darren Matt Locke. Again,
if you're going to BMN Major, you have to go
out and schedule. You know, was it two weeks ago
they went on the road to Love It and played
a two game midweek series. I give him a lot

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of credit for doing that, even if take isn't that
great like late in the season, playing a two game
road series like that where you're driving to Lovick from
the Rio Grand Valley. I mean, that's a brilliant road trip.
So I actually would love to see them get in.
I think they're really good club. But again, as Southland
team with a fringy RPI, you know, if they get
knocked out of their side of the bracket in that

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tournament this weekend and do not make the championship series,
it's a very difficult sell for me in my opinion.

Speaker 17 (01:34:12):
Okay, all right, Big twelve and jumping back into majors
off of mid majors, Now, that's kind of been confetti
during the course of this year with Virginia West Virginia
Tom until they dropped the series over the weekend in
Arizona's been up and down in Arizona State has kind
of popped up, and Kansas is green and falling, and
TCU's at its moments.

Speaker 2 (01:34:30):
How do you see the big twelve right now?

Speaker 8 (01:34:32):
Yeah, I mean the Big twelve right now is pretty set.

Speaker 4 (01:34:34):
I mean you've got West Virginia, Arizona State, Kansas TCU.
By the way, Dan Pistreiel, the former dB assistant's done
an awesome job at KU.

Speaker 8 (01:34:41):
They've got thirty nine wins.

Speaker 4 (01:34:43):
TCU, Arizona, Kansas State all looked to be in really
good shape. Cincinnati's kind of that one team I think
going into the weekend they need to take care of business.
They're game over five hundred in the league, the nine
to twenty two overall, and Jordan Bischell's done an awesome job.
But you just don't want to go in the conference
tournament with a losing league record or a five hundre
league record. You want to you want to improve that
a little bit. The team that I'm really fascinated to
see over the next you know, not only this weekend,

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but also in the conference Urnaman is Oklahoma State. Yeah,
there are another one of those teams that is supremely
talented with Nola Schubern in company. Yet they're twenty four
and twenty two, they're just five hundred in the league.
They don't have a very good RPI. So you know,
if Ocali State goes on a run in that conference tournament,
who wins it? I think it knocks someone like a
Cincinnati or potentially even in Kansas State out of the tournament.

Speaker 17 (01:35:27):
Okay, all right, and then the last thing I want
to ask you is, speaking of curiosities, I have a
close friend who is a graduate of Oregon State University,
and what in what a unique situation that some might
use different terminology with regard to them, that, you know,
a team without a conference, but the way that they've

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been able to schedule and going on the road and
winning at Iowa. You have them right now as a
as a regional host.

Speaker 8 (01:35:56):
Absolutely, and they could actually still be a top eight.

Speaker 4 (01:35:58):
You know, the quad one record still a little problematic
for them, but I love the fact that even in
a year where I mean they've been basically had what
four months to put together schedule. You know, they played
twenty road games at Oregon State this year, which tekal
a pretty big deal. I mean, that's a great home atmosphere,
so to go on the road for twenty games. They're

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thirteen and seven, the RPS sitting at six their non
conference RPI four through non conmerce to schedule twenty nine,
I mean, that's a heck of a job at Michigano
to put together that schedule. And again, they're a club
that can definitely get to Omaha. I mean, I've our Kett,
who's a premier draft prospects, one of the best players
in the country up the middle. It's short if you
look at the AUTPHA Gavin Turley's a premier player, Dax

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Whitney a freshman writing for them, one of the best
freshman arms in the country along with Valantis.

Speaker 2 (01:36:44):
You know, that's a really good baseball team.

Speaker 17 (01:36:47):
And would it be safe to say that the committee,
which always has that sense of irony and we all
talked about I think everybody on the earth saw coming
that Texas was going to send the college station last year.
You just know they've already done in softball where you
could see Oregon State host with a former Pac twelve
now Big ten team being sent to court Vallas. You've
got Southern California in that category.

Speaker 4 (01:37:08):
Yeah, absolutely, And I mean a couple of weeks ago,
you know, when Oregon hadn't gotten on a hot streak,
you know, we actually had the Ducks going to court Vallas.

Speaker 8 (01:37:15):
So the committee loves the storyline.

Speaker 2 (01:37:17):
I mean, you can bet.

Speaker 8 (01:37:18):
I mean, we didn't have it this.

Speaker 4 (01:37:19):
Week because they weren't in the field, but you can
bet if A and M finds a way to get
the tournament, we'll probably get to selection Monday and go,
oh shocking that they're in the regional across from Texas.

Speaker 17 (01:37:32):
Yeah, Kenna Rodgers does fabulous working in the staff at
D one Baseball and you can go to d one
baseball dot com for your own subscription as well. Hey Ken,
it's always great to see you. I know I'll see
you down the postseason.

Speaker 4 (01:37:43):
We'll see it in regionals more likely. I plan on
being in Austin for that one. It should be nice
and fun. Is scorching high of course?

Speaker 17 (01:37:49):
Yeah, of course it wouldn't be June in Austin without it, right. Yeah,
that's back to everybody says Texas baseball is getting back
to where it should be. That includes the weather. I
guess all right, all right, I appreciate it. All right,
that's Kendall Rogers d one Baseball dot Com. So there
it is Craig Way and Kendall Rodgers.

Speaker 1 (01:38:06):
If you missed any of it, I want to go
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All right, some sound from Jordan Speith and Scotty Scheffler
at the PGA Championship at quill Hell up next, as
The Creigway Show continues on thirteen hundred the Zone. I
wanted to get to the last couple of sound bites

(01:38:28):
I had from Scotty Scheffler in Jordan Speith at the
PGA Championship, the second major of the year at quill Hollow,
or Scotty Scheffler, who is your favorite at plus four
hundred per fanuel to win the tournament looking for his
third major championship. And then Jordan Speith, who's trying to
complete the career Grand Slam. He's at plus six thousand odds.

(01:38:50):
So let's start off with Scotty Scheffler. Scotty was asked
about recovering from the surgery had that delayed the start
of his twenty twenty five season, and now if he
looks back on it as something that may have been
more difficult to overcome and get used to playing with
than he initially thought.

Speaker 11 (01:39:08):
I always focused so hard on my preparation when it
comes to showing up to tournaments, and showing up to
that first tournament Pebble, it was not my normal preparation.
I'd only been hitting balls for less than a week
probably since the since I had surgery, and you know,
I'd put in a lot of hard work in the
off season to make some improvements to my game, and
then all of a sudden, you kind of lose those
when you have to go a month without being able

(01:39:29):
to spend time at the gym and being able to
do my normal practice. And so I definitely started off
the year a bit more challenging than I would have
expected to go to the off season, just because you know,
of the injury, and so was it more difficult than
I thought?

Speaker 2 (01:39:42):
I don't think so.

Speaker 11 (01:39:43):
I think I had, you know, pretty fair expectations of myself,
and I knew it wasn't going to be super easy.
But at the end of the day, you know, it's
stuff happens.

Speaker 2 (01:39:52):
Life, happens.

Speaker 11 (01:39:52):
You know, I don't regret anything that I did. It's just,
you know, it's just one of those deals that happens
in life. Sometimes you get hurt and you know, I
can't can't live in a bubble.

Speaker 14 (01:40:01):
And you talk about being able to stay in the present.
Do you think that just comes naturally to you or
do you do certain things to keep yourself in the
present or do you feel like things creep in ever
that you just try to block out.

Speaker 11 (01:40:13):
Well, No, I think I think it's always a battle
to try to stay in the present. I think when
I was in college, my my college coach did a
really good job of helping me kind of learn that skill.

Speaker 2 (01:40:21):
You know, he really preached on when you're at the
golf course, you're at the golf course.

Speaker 11 (01:40:25):
When you're in class, you're in class, and you know,
when I'm out with doing stuff with my friends, Like,
I don't want to be at home hanging out with
my wife thinking about my golf swing. You know, I
don't want to be out here at the golf course
thinking about being at home. Like we have certain time
throughout the day, and I think when you're in the present,
you try to make the You're able to make the
most of those situations, whether it be you know, enjoying
them to the fullest or getting the most out of

(01:40:46):
the work that I put in when I'm at the
golf course. So I think it's a constant, constant battle.

Speaker 1 (01:40:52):
Of course, Scotty's college coach, John Fields at the University
of Texas preaching to take it one at a time,
and man, I think that's what makes Scotty Cheffer such
a great golfer. He's able to push the bad shots
out of his mind and just focus on what's at stake.
Last thing from Scotty Scheffler, he has not played at

(01:41:14):
quilll Hollow that much in his PGA career. In fact,
he's never played in a regular season tournament. The only
time he's played at quil Hollow was the twenty twenty
two to twenty three President's Cup, in which the US
defeated the international squad. So Scotty was asked if he
relies more on his caddy Ted Scott to help trot

(01:41:35):
him around quilt Hollow.

Speaker 2 (01:41:36):
Yeah, there's I would say.

Speaker 11 (01:41:38):
There's certain golf courses on tour that there's really a
lot of There's a big strategy component to I mean,
you think of a course like Hilton the Head, where
you know, each time you step on the t box
there's a thought into what club you're going to hit,
just based on wind direction and pin placement and stuff
like that. On this golf course, with it being so big,
it's a little bit easier just to step on a
T box, and like pretty much every hole is a driver.

(01:41:58):
Outside of that, off the tee, there's no really a
bunch of strategy stuff you can do. But I relied
very heavily on Teddy week to week. I mean he
does all the prep work on the golf courses. And yeah,
I've I've played them time to time or year after year.
But at the end of the day, like Teddy is
the guy that I listened to. He knows where the
good spots are, he knows where the bad spots are.
And you know, one year we come to a golf
course and the rough maybe light over a green in

(01:42:20):
a certain area, and the pitchot's really easy. And then
the next year we come back and for some reason,
the grass is totally different and now it's.

Speaker 2 (01:42:24):
A really hard shot.

Speaker 11 (01:42:25):
And so Teddy is the one that does all that
prep work for me, and I rely on him pretty
heavily week to week.

Speaker 13 (01:42:30):
I know you said there's not much you have to
think about for this course of it when you're not
on the tee, but yeah, well just just off.

Speaker 11 (01:42:35):
The tea specifically, I mean, it's pretty much a driver
on each hole, and it's pretty much Yet.

Speaker 2 (01:42:40):
What hole do you have to put the most thought
into for how to how to attack it?

Speaker 5 (01:42:43):
Here?

Speaker 2 (01:42:44):
I'd say probably that that drive a one on the back.

Speaker 11 (01:42:46):
I think it's you know, fourteen or fifteen fourteen, I
would say, depending on the pin position, that.

Speaker 2 (01:42:52):
Would be the one that takes the most thought.

Speaker 11 (01:42:54):
But most of the other holes off off the tee,
I mean, you're just trying to get the ball in
the fairway, really, and get the ball in the fair
probably as far as you can down there, just so
you can have a shorter club into the firm greens.

Speaker 2 (01:43:04):
And I think going into the greens will.

Speaker 11 (01:43:06):
Be a lot of strategy, especially as they firm up,
just based on you know, what pins you're able to
attack and where your misses are supposed to be.

Speaker 2 (01:43:12):
I think there'll be a lot of strategy. I think
going into the greens, just not as much off the team.

Speaker 1 (01:43:16):
Scottie Tee's off tomorrow's seven twenty two am Central Time
with Roy McElroy the Masters champion and Xanderschoffley the defending
PGA champion. We are up against it here against the break,
so we're going to come back and wrap up Wednesday's
program here on thirteen hundred The Zone

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