October 30, 2025 • 17 mins
KXAN's Roger Wallace joins the program to discuss the latest on Texas' prep for Vanderbilt.
They also discuss the potential playoff implications surrounding this week's HSFB slate, including Roger's game between Hutto and Vista Ridge this evening on KBVO.
They also discuss the potential playoff implications surrounding this week's HSFB slate, including Roger's game between Hutto and Vista Ridge this evening on KBVO.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Here on Thursday afternoon on Sports Radio AM thirteen hundred
of the Zone. On Thursdays, we take the opportunity to
talk football with Roger Walls, my broadcast partner in Long
Worn Football Broadcast and of course sports director at KXAM
where they do their high school football telecast on Thursday
(00:28):
nights on KBVO, which you can see tonight on KBVO
channel fifty one. As Roger joins us, now, I'm completely
throwing you a curveball on this only because it's fresh
in my mind last night after watching the World Series game.
Of course, you know me a Dodger fan, so I'm
all out of sorts, so I'm just flipping around the channel,
and then I remembered that Austin FC was in game
(00:50):
one of its playoff series with LAFC.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
So I turned it on.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
And watched the second half of that, and I just
had a total heartbreaking night all the way around, because
that was kind of tough for SC last night, giving
up that that late Lake goal there for l a f.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
C to win. Okay, quite here, you throw them at Roger.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Uh, Okay, we we might have a muted bender or
tell you what, maybe it may just have to give
Roger call. If it doesn't pop up there on the phone,
I'll tell you what, Roger, We'll try to reconnect with
you on the phone on this.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
But it was.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
It was a tough, narrow two to one defeat, and
that was after FC had fallen behind one deal close
first half. Kind of some bad luck for the Verdium
Black Ryan Hollingshead played a low pass across the six
yard box and deflected in off Brandon Heinzeke and then
(01:53):
Austin responded well at a halftime John Gallagher equalized it.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
But l a f C getting that lead date, Okay,
so rogers with us now?
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Uh, like I said, just it was a bad, bad luck,
bad night for me all around.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
But it was. It was certainly some ill misfortune for
FC last night.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yeah, it's tough.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
I mean, last last team to play in the playoffs.
They've been so anxious to get this going, has success
in their two regular season matches with with l a
f C. And then you know, it seems like about
every other goal you're wondering was there off sides or not?
Speaker 3 (02:27):
But Belongo's goal.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Obviously Austin FC probably thought he was off sides, but regardless, Uh, Yeah,
now they've got to come home and at least it's
a you know, the format changed for years ago where
they get another shot two out of three series, So
Sunday night either the season comes to an end or
where they go back to Los Angeles next week exactly.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
And uh, the you know the fact that I thought
it was a nice response from FC when they got
down one nil on the on that unfortunate goal which
definitely could have had off side call, and there was
a lot of conversation about it, and and then on
the second one it's well, so it's been kind of
interesting to see that. But you pointed out, you know,
FC's done well against LAFC last week night, so I'm
(03:10):
sure this isn't a mental thing or a confidence thing
for them.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
I think they're confident.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
I think the way the season's gone just because they've
had to battle through so many different things.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
And you know, the US Open Cup run was great.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
They got a chance to play for a trophy, but
it kind of took its toll on the front end
and on the back end.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Because of the way they had to manage the roster.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
And then you know, I mean go back to losing
their leading score at Brandon Vasquez in July, and owen
Wolf has emerged. Obviously Galler got the goal last night.
But I think regardless of what happens Sunday night, it's
been quite a first year for a coach that people
weren't sure if that was the right move to get
Nico Stevez and then he had to kind of work
(03:51):
with a patchwork roster as well. So I would say
moving forward regardless, as we now year with the MLS,
you kind of learned that these rosters can can get
overhauled pretty quickly.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
It seems like they have a good base moving forward.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
No doubt about it.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
All.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Right, let's jump to the American football side now I
say that and it's a combination of American football and
Australian rules football, because that was one of the fascinating
things that came out of the Sark or rather the
Clark Lee SEC teleconference yesterday was the fact that the
(04:32):
Gold Coast Suns team from Queensland, Australia watched that Netflix
series The ny Giving Saturday following the SEC teams and
saw the shock the world thing of Vanderbilt beating Alabama
and their head coach so taken by it Damian Hardwick.
He and his assistants fly twenty two hours to spend
(04:54):
two days with the Commodoores this week to say, how'd you.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Guys do it? That sort of thing.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
But it kind of reflects an overall national fascination about
this program and how quickly Clark Lee has turned this
group around, doesn't it.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Yeah, it really does. And I may have told this before,
but I was. I was working in Kansas when Bill
Snyder did what he did at Kansas State, and at
the time that was the greatest build people would say
of all time, from Sports Illustrated calling them the worst
team in college football to being a constant contender, and
Vanderbilt maybe even more so because what we thought might
(05:29):
be a you know, limited resources, a school that maybe
didn't have the fan base or the resources for football.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
We know they have resources.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
And then being in the SEC you combine all that is.
It is amazing what they've done. And I think it's
too simple, and I fall into this trap to think, oh,
they got Diego Pavia, they got this pie Piper and
success followed. Do that in basketball a little bit more
than you can do it with one player in football.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yeah, absolutely, and had a good conversation about him last night,
UH with Sark when we were doing the show, and
he said, he said, I want, I want to make
sure that I'm clear on this. He's he's a very
talented football player. He he does some really well skilled things,
(06:18):
especially if you're not locking him down. That said, his
best talent is his attitude and his leadership in getting
everybody to believe that they're that that they're gonna win
every game. Andrew Ali Gretta, their play by play guy,
is on with me yesterday and uh, he said that
he one time said to pave you know, I really
(06:39):
kind of believe that you believe that every game is winnable.
And Pavey said it is. It is and everybody does
believe that. But but beyond that, and I think Sark's
point was Pavey, along with Clark Lee, of course, has
instilled the belief.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Now they've added talent to it. Uh.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
And of course we're all familiar with Ceterac Alexander and
what he did at LBJ. And by the way, is
his record now on the verge of is Crenshaw on
the verge of breaking that record?
Speaker 3 (07:15):
Yeah, we might have it. We might have it. Next week.
I think he needs two fifty.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
Now, the Anderson running backs started at LBJ to get
that AISD record, so he might have it in that
season finale Anderson and weis a week from tonight out
at the field.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Wow, okay, all right.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
So but then in addition Cedric Alexander, you got mk Young,
who's a native Texan.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
He's from Midland Legacy.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
He like pavienn E, likes Towers, transferred in from New
Mexico State. So there's this pipeline from Los Cruises to Nashville.
What does that say about the state of college football
these days? When really good football players are moving from
Los Cruises to Nashville.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
Yeah, and the common threat is Jerry Kill, who is
kind of Clark Lee's right hand man, and you know
he was the one. I think Jerry Kill pretty much
told Clark Lee if the story goes as I remember that,
you need to get this guy. And Clark Lee had
enough confidence in what he said to go get him.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
So yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
I mean, you got a Fairris State transfer leading a
top five team in Ole Miss or a top ten
team in Ole Miss. So yeah, we're way beyond trying
to make sense of oh if they played here, Certainly
that doesn't translate to here that those stories are too
many and we don't know what's going to be the
quarterback situation on Saturday with Texas, But there could be
(08:37):
a guy that was at Gardner Webb and Jacksonville State
and Troy.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Along for Matthew Callwell will be ready at the ready
if needed. I sark I think feels optimistic.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
I guess is the way because Arch has practiced.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
But the way the protocol works, and sark was very
quick to try to help people understand that the way
the protocol works, you can't just declare him ready to go,
you know, just because he practiced on was he first
and foremost he has to practice on Thursday. That's part
of the protocol. So he did go through the practice
(09:15):
this morning. But there's some other cognitive things and some
other stuff he has to go through before he can
be cleared to then be classified as probable or questionable
or whatever. He's questionable right now, but you can't declare
him ready to go for the game until he passes
all those those other tests.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Still, I think Sarkfield's confident.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
And the one that's kind of surprising me is Michael
taff being able to come back and work so quickly.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Yeah, and that would be that would obviously be huge,
depending on how they wrap up that hand, and you
know what they can they can get a soft cast on.
There's something that's legal that he can go out there
and play with, just just having his not only his ability,
but his leadership and a guy that played in that
tough Vanderbilt game last year he had I think he
(10:01):
ended up picking that game as well, So that would
be big both get both six teams back on the
field Saturday.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Yeah, against this Vanderbilt offense that we talked about and
one of the guy, I guess we should give some
credit to old pal tim Back with what he's done
with this Vanderbilt offense, with Pavia, with Alexander, with the
one two punch with Alexander and Young and Stowers of
course being a big time target a tight end.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Yeah, they're scary now. They didn't.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
You know, they weren't great offensively obviously in a seventeen
to ten win over Missouri, so then you go, Okay,
they must have a pretty good defense.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Too, and they do.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
But even last year when we were there, it kind
of felt like Texas took control and you look up
and it's a one score game and Texas needs fourth
down stops and you know, field goals to a big
run and then a field goal to kind of ic it.
But this team, it doesn't go away. It's such a
mirror I think, not not just Pavia, but I think
the way Clark Lee has built the program. Well, so, uh,
(11:01):
you know it's gonna be It's gonna you know, pack
your lunch.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
And your hard hat Saturday for this one for the Longhorns.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Visiting with Roger Wallace, sports director k x A N
and of course I broadcast partner in long Horn football.
Let's shift to high school now, because the telecast you
guys have is a huge matchup tonight and uh. In fact,
uh you even said it last week when you were
talking about games on down the Road. You said, we
(11:28):
we kind of had to take our lumps on some
of those. Uh, some of those games have been lopsided.
But these next two weeks, tonight's game with Huddo and
Vista Ridge and next week with Anderson and Weiss, I
mean they promised to be really impactful games, not only
in terms of the quality of the game, itself, but
what it means to the district races.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Yeah, I mean you look at twenty five six A
and it's five pretty much five for four and Huddle's
in good shape obviously. They they have the five wins.
They have the win over round Rock. They also have
that win over Vandergriff or they lost I'm sorry to
vander it, but they have the win over a round Rock.
So tonight's kind of a pivotal game there Vista Ridge.
(12:10):
If they can get past this one and get to
five and two, you like their chances against Westwood somebody.
A pretty good team's going to be on the outside
looking in in a very competitive nine team district. Round
Rock sitting at four and too, and they still have
to play Vandergriff next week after they play stony On
on Tomorrow night at the Palace.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Well, you know, me, I get into a lot of
the minutia thing and if if I'm gonna if I'm
going to be the one, and I did the other
day to when somebody asked sarka question that was so
it delved into so much minutia, I said it bordered
it was bordering on booger eating status, you know. So
(12:49):
if I'm going to say that about that, I got
to say that about myself as well. But in diving
into this, the thing that I came up with that
just that just kind of really raised my eyebrows. Was
you laid out who had beaten who. Vista Ridge had
beaten Round Rock but lost to Vandergriff and lost to McNeil.
McNeil beats Vandergriff but loses to round Rock, and now
(13:11):
they've got that tough closing schedule, and they were also
upset by Sea to Ridge. And then you have Huddle,
which has the loss to Vandergriff, but they've beaten everybody else,
and then they've gotten these two big games left tonight
against Vista and then next week against McNeil. The shakedown
on all of this stuff is, and you're right, Huddle's
in the driver's seat. If they win the night to
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be the top seed in the Division one bracket, Huddle
of the five contenders, Huddle would definitely be Division one.
Round Rock would be definitely Division one. But round Rock
still us to play Vandergriff if they were to lose
to Vandergriff next week, and if Vista Ridge were to
beat huddo tonight and then Via plays Westwood next week
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and Huddo plays McNeil. If they both get in and
the other two of McNeil and Vandergriff then this the
Ridge goes as the top seed in Division one and
avoids Lake Travis and by District and plays Booie in
a rematch of the game that the you and I
had on back earlier in the season. Now that's also uh,
(14:17):
you know, depending upon Booie beating Austin High. If they
lose to them tomorrow like they did last year, then
it's gonna you know, mess things up again and you're
gonna wind up seeing Westlake back in the D one
bracket again.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
But it's those kinds of things.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
And that's the fascinating thing I always find about six
A is because they don't decide who goes Division one
and who goes Division two, is dounebeying rollments at the
end of the year, unlike all the other classifications. It
does bring that extra element of drama into the final
two weeks of the regular season.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
No doubt. And uh yeah, I was.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
I was thinking the same thing with with Booie and
Austin High and Booey trying to avoid two years in
a row with you know, having the Maroons keeping out
of the play sand creating some certainly some chaos in
uh in six A, Division one and Division two that
you know, twenty six twenty five six as pretty well set.
Just when you look at the the enrollments, you kind
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of know where where they're gonna be, D one, D two.
But to this, to your point about the seating, but yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
It's gonna be.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
It's gonna be a fun finish. And you know, it
was interesting last.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Week, Craig.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
I'm sure you took notice sitting in Tupelow as I
did with what Lake Travis did to Westlake last last
week at Chaperone.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Absolutely and and they look, you know, really really solid
uh so and and Hank Carter's got that team on
the roll. And and I'm sure you're looking forward to
this not only are you know, we we think about
some huge final week of the regular season matchups like
Bashtrop Liberty Hill would be really really big next week.
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Assuming Bastdrop handles its business against Blugerriville this week, that's
one big, one big game. Then obviously west Lake Drip
Springs that's a huge game. And then those other two
matchups we mentioned in twenty five six a round Rock
against Vandergriff and Huddo against McNeil. I mean, all of
those could really really be climactic on the final weekend
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of the regular.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Season, might be better than some first round playoff.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
Games, depending on how they take out. And you know,
as much on the line if you're talking about trying
to get to that first round. So yeah, and Dripping Springs,
I mean that program. You know that they're the other
ones when you think of west Lake and Lake Travis
and Lake Travis and Westlake however you want to just
say it, but man, what a job Galen Zimmern's done
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U in that district to kind of be that third
team and maybe even not.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Just the third team but one of the tops.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
So fun finish, got some great football weather tonight.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
I'm fired up. I mean this better tonight.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Great, there you go, there you go.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
I was thinking, probably we're we'll go with what sweaters
or quarters zips on Saturday morning?
Speaker 4 (16:59):
Whatever you say, I follow your lead.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
That sounds good to me.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Yeah, let's do that. Sweaters re quorters in Sorry, we
just made the decision.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
It's on tape.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Somewhere, yeah or digitally. So Hey, thanks for the time.
I appreciate you. Have a great call tonight.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Thanks, Craig, talk to.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
You all right.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
That's Roger Wallis keep more a little joining for the
call tonight. It would be a lot of fun at
seven o'clock on KBVO Vista Ridge hosting Huddo. That's one
of the marquee matchups of this weekend and it's a
Thursday night er, so that's that's really cool, all right.
Coming up next, we have Inconceivable here on a Thursday
afternoon on Sports Radio AM thirteen under the Zone in
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Here on Thursday afternoon on Sports Radio AM thirteen hundred
of the Zone. On Thursdays, we take the opportunity to
talk football with Roger Walls, my broadcast partner in Long
Worn Football Broadcast and of course sports director at KXAM
where they do their high school football telecast on Thursday
(00:28):
nights on KBVO, which you can see tonight on KBVO
channel fifty one. As Roger joins us, now, I'm completely
throwing you a curveball on this only because it's fresh
in my mind last night after watching the World Series game.
Of course, you know me a Dodger fan, so I'm
all out of sorts, so I'm just flipping around the channel,
and then I remembered that Austin FC was in game
(00:50):
one of its playoff series with LAFC.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
So I turned it on.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
And watched the second half of that, and I just
had a total heartbreaking night all the way around, because
that was kind of tough for SC last night, giving
up that that late Lake goal there for l a f.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
C to win. Okay, quite here, you throw them at Roger.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Uh, Okay, we we might have a muted bender or
tell you what, maybe it may just have to give
Roger call. If it doesn't pop up there on the phone,
I'll tell you what, Roger, We'll try to reconnect with
you on the phone on this.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
But it was.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
It was a tough, narrow two to one defeat, and
that was after FC had fallen behind one deal close
first half. Kind of some bad luck for the Verdium
Black Ryan Hollingshead played a low pass across the six
yard box and deflected in off Brandon Heinzeke and then
(01:53):
Austin responded well at a halftime John Gallagher equalized it.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
But l a f C getting that lead date, Okay,
so rogers with us now?
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Uh, like I said, just it was a bad, bad luck,
bad night for me all around.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
But it was. It was certainly some ill misfortune for
FC last night.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yeah, it's tough.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
I mean, last last team to play in the playoffs.
They've been so anxious to get this going, has success
in their two regular season matches with with l a
f C. And then you know, it seems like about
every other goal you're wondering was there off sides or not?
Speaker 3 (02:27):
But Belongo's goal.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Obviously Austin FC probably thought he was off sides, but regardless, Uh, Yeah,
now they've got to come home and at least it's
a you know, the format changed for years ago where
they get another shot two out of three series, So
Sunday night either the season comes to an end or
where they go back to Los Angeles next week exactly.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
And uh, the you know the fact that I thought
it was a nice response from FC when they got
down one nil on the on that unfortunate goal which
definitely could have had off side call, and there was
a lot of conversation about it, and and then on
the second one it's well, so it's been kind of
interesting to see that. But you pointed out, you know,
FC's done well against LAFC last week night, so I'm
(03:10):
sure this isn't a mental thing or a confidence thing
for them.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Oh.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
I think they're confident.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
I think the way the season's gone just because they've
had to battle through so many different things.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
And you know, the US Open Cup run was great.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
They got a chance to play for a trophy, but
it kind of took its toll on the front end
and on the back end.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Because of the way they had to manage the roster.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
And then you know, I mean go back to losing
their leading score at Brandon Vasquez in July, and owen
Wolf has emerged. Obviously Galler got the goal last night.
But I think regardless of what happens Sunday night, it's
been quite a first year for a coach that people
weren't sure if that was the right move to get
Nico Stevez and then he had to kind of work
(03:51):
with a patchwork roster as well. So I would say
moving forward regardless, as we now year with the MLS,
you kind of learned that these rosters can can get
overhauled pretty quickly.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
It seems like they have a good base moving forward.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
No doubt about it.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
All.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Right, let's jump to the American football side now I
say that and it's a combination of American football and
Australian rules football, because that was one of the fascinating
things that came out of the Sark or rather the
Clark Lee SEC teleconference yesterday was the fact that the
(04:32):
Gold Coast Suns team from Queensland, Australia watched that Netflix
series The ny Giving Saturday following the SEC teams and
saw the shock the world thing of Vanderbilt beating Alabama
and their head coach so taken by it Damian Hardwick.
He and his assistants fly twenty two hours to spend
(04:54):
two days with the Commodoores this week to say, how'd you.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Guys do it? That sort of thing.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
But it kind of reflects an overall national fascination about
this program and how quickly Clark Lee has turned this
group around, doesn't it.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Yeah, it really does. And I may have told this before,
but I was. I was working in Kansas when Bill
Snyder did what he did at Kansas State, and at
the time that was the greatest build people would say
of all time, from Sports Illustrated calling them the worst
team in college football to being a constant contender, and
Vanderbilt maybe even more so because what we thought might
(05:29):
be a you know, limited resources, a school that maybe
didn't have the fan base or the resources for football.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
We know they have resources.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
And then being in the SEC you combine all that is.
It is amazing what they've done. And I think it's
too simple, and I fall into this trap to think, oh,
they got Diego Pavia, they got this pie Piper and
success followed. Do that in basketball a little bit more
than you can do it with one player in football.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yeah, absolutely, and had a good conversation about him last night,
UH with Sark when we were doing the show, and
he said, he said, I want, I want to make
sure that I'm clear on this. He's he's a very
talented football player. He he does some really well skilled things,
(06:18):
especially if you're not locking him down. That said, his
best talent is his attitude and his leadership in getting
everybody to believe that they're that that they're gonna win
every game. Andrew Ali Gretta, their play by play guy,
is on with me yesterday and uh, he said that
he one time said to pave you know, I really
(06:39):
kind of believe that you believe that every game is winnable.
And Pavey said it is. It is and everybody does
believe that. But but beyond that, and I think Sark's
point was Pavey, along with Clark Lee, of course, has
instilled the belief.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Now they've added talent to it. Uh.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
And of course we're all familiar with Ceterac Alexander and
what he did at LBJ. And by the way, is
his record now on the verge of is Crenshaw on
the verge of breaking that record?
Speaker 3 (07:15):
Yeah, we might have it. We might have it. Next week.
I think he needs two fifty.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
Now, the Anderson running backs started at LBJ to get
that AISD record, so he might have it in that
season finale Anderson and weis a week from tonight out
at the field.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Wow, okay, all right.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
So but then in addition Cedric Alexander, you got mk Young,
who's a native Texan.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
He's from Midland Legacy.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
He like pavienn E, likes Towers, transferred in from New
Mexico State. So there's this pipeline from Los Cruises to Nashville.
What does that say about the state of college football
these days? When really good football players are moving from
Los Cruises to Nashville.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
Yeah, and the common threat is Jerry Kill, who is
kind of Clark Lee's right hand man, and you know
he was the one. I think Jerry Kill pretty much
told Clark Lee if the story goes as I remember that,
you need to get this guy. And Clark Lee had
enough confidence in what he said to go get him.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
So yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
I mean, you got a Fairris State transfer leading a
top five team in Ole Miss or a top ten
team in Ole Miss. So yeah, we're way beyond trying
to make sense of oh if they played here, Certainly
that doesn't translate to here that those stories are too
many and we don't know what's going to be the
quarterback situation on Saturday with Texas, But there could be
(08:37):
a guy that was at Gardner Webb and Jacksonville State
and Troy.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Along for Matthew Callwell will be ready at the ready
if needed. I sark I think feels optimistic.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
I guess is the way because Arch has practiced.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
But the way the protocol works, and sark was very
quick to try to help people understand that the way
the protocol works, you can't just declare him ready to go,
you know, just because he practiced on was he first
and foremost he has to practice on Thursday. That's part
of the protocol. So he did go through the practice
(09:15):
this morning. But there's some other cognitive things and some
other stuff he has to go through before he can
be cleared to then be classified as probable or questionable
or whatever. He's questionable right now, but you can't declare
him ready to go for the game until he passes
all those those other tests.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
Still, I think Sarkfield's confident.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
And the one that's kind of surprising me is Michael
taff being able to come back and work so quickly.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Yeah, and that would be that would obviously be huge,
depending on how they wrap up that hand, and you
know what they can they can get a soft cast on.
There's something that's legal that he can go out there
and play with, just just having his not only his ability,
but his leadership and a guy that played in that
tough Vanderbilt game last year he had I think he
(10:01):
ended up picking that game as well, So that would
be big both get both six teams back on the
field Saturday.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Yeah, against this Vanderbilt offense that we talked about and
one of the guy, I guess we should give some
credit to old pal tim Back with what he's done
with this Vanderbilt offense, with Pavia, with Alexander, with the
one two punch with Alexander and Young and Stowers of
course being a big time target a tight end.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Yeah, they're scary now. They didn't.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
You know, they weren't great offensively obviously in a seventeen
to ten win over Missouri, so then you go, Okay,
they must have a pretty good defense.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Too, and they do.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
But even last year when we were there, it kind
of felt like Texas took control and you look up
and it's a one score game and Texas needs fourth
down stops and you know, field goals to a big
run and then a field goal to kind of ic it.
But this team, it doesn't go away. It's such a
mirror I think, not not just Pavia, but I think
the way Clark Lee has built the program. Well, so, uh,
(11:01):
you know it's gonna be It's gonna you know, pack
your lunch.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
And your hard hat Saturday for this one for the Longhorns.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Visiting with Roger Wallace, sports director k x A N
and of course I broadcast partner in long Horn football.
Let's shift to high school now, because the telecast you
guys have is a huge matchup tonight and uh. In fact,
uh you even said it last week when you were
talking about games on down the Road. You said, we
(11:28):
we kind of had to take our lumps on some
of those. Uh, some of those games have been lopsided.
But these next two weeks, tonight's game with Huddo and
Vista Ridge and next week with Anderson and Weiss, I
mean they promised to be really impactful games, not only
in terms of the quality of the game, itself, but
what it means to the district races.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Yeah, I mean you look at twenty five six A
and it's five pretty much five for four and Huddle's
in good shape obviously. They they have the five wins.
They have the win over round Rock. They also have
that win over Vandergriff or they lost I'm sorry to
vander it, but they have the win over a round Rock.
So tonight's kind of a pivotal game there Vista Ridge.
(12:10):
If they can get past this one and get to
five and two, you like their chances against Westwood somebody.
A pretty good team's going to be on the outside
looking in in a very competitive nine team district. Round
Rock sitting at four and too, and they still have
to play Vandergriff next week after they play stony On
on Tomorrow night at the Palace.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Well, you know, me, I get into a lot of
the minutia thing and if if I'm gonna if I'm
going to be the one, and I did the other
day to when somebody asked sarka question that was so
it delved into so much minutia, I said it bordered
it was bordering on booger eating status, you know. So
(12:49):
if I'm going to say that about that, I got
to say that about myself as well. But in diving
into this, the thing that I came up with that
just that just kind of really raised my eyebrows. Was
you laid out who had beaten who. Vista Ridge had
beaten Round Rock but lost to Vandergriff and lost to McNeil.
McNeil beats Vandergriff but loses to round Rock, and now
(13:11):
they've got that tough closing schedule, and they were also
upset by Sea to Ridge. And then you have Huddle,
which has the loss to Vandergriff, but they've beaten everybody else,
and then they've gotten these two big games left tonight
against Vista and then next week against McNeil. The shakedown
on all of this stuff is, and you're right, Huddle's
in the driver's seat. If they win the night to
(13:33):
be the top seed in the Division one bracket, Huddle
of the five contenders, Huddle would definitely be Division one.
Round Rock would be definitely Division one. But round Rock
still us to play Vandergriff if they were to lose
to Vandergriff next week, and if Vista Ridge were to
beat huddo tonight and then Via plays Westwood next week
(13:56):
and Huddo plays McNeil. If they both get in and
the other two of McNeil and Vandergriff then this the
Ridge goes as the top seed in Division one and
avoids Lake Travis and by District and plays Booie in
a rematch of the game that the you and I
had on back earlier in the season. Now that's also uh,
(14:17):
you know, depending upon Booie beating Austin High. If they
lose to them tomorrow like they did last year, then
it's gonna you know, mess things up again and you're
gonna wind up seeing Westlake back in the D one
bracket again.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
But it's those kinds of things.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
And that's the fascinating thing I always find about six
A is because they don't decide who goes Division one
and who goes Division two, is dounebeying rollments at the
end of the year, unlike all the other classifications. It
does bring that extra element of drama into the final
two weeks of the regular season.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
No doubt. And uh yeah, I was.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
I was thinking the same thing with with Booie and
Austin High and Booey trying to avoid two years in
a row with you know, having the Maroons keeping out
of the play sand creating some certainly some chaos in
uh in six A, Division one and Division two that
you know, twenty six twenty five six as pretty well set.
Just when you look at the the enrollments, you kind
(15:12):
of know where where they're gonna be, D one, D two.
But to this, to your point about the seating, but yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
It's gonna be.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
It's gonna be a fun finish. And you know, it
was interesting last.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Week, Craig.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
I'm sure you took notice sitting in Tupelow as I
did with what Lake Travis did to Westlake last last
week at Chaperone.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Absolutely and and they look, you know, really really solid
uh so and and Hank Carter's got that team on
the roll. And and I'm sure you're looking forward to
this not only are you know, we we think about
some huge final week of the regular season matchups like
Bashtrop Liberty Hill would be really really big next week.
(15:53):
Assuming Bastdrop handles its business against Blugerriville this week, that's
one big, one big game. Then obviously west Lake Drip
Springs that's a huge game. And then those other two
matchups we mentioned in twenty five six a round Rock
against Vandergriff and Huddo against McNeil. I mean, all of
those could really really be climactic on the final weekend
(16:13):
of the regular.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Season, might be better than some first round playoff.
Speaker 4 (16:18):
Games, depending on how they take out. And you know,
as much on the line if you're talking about trying
to get to that first round. So yeah, and Dripping Springs,
I mean that program. You know that they're the other
ones when you think of west Lake and Lake Travis
and Lake Travis and Westlake however you want to just
say it, but man, what a job Galen Zimmern's done
(16:38):
U in that district to kind of be that third
team and maybe even not.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Just the third team but one of the tops.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
So fun finish, got some great football weather tonight.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
I'm fired up. I mean this better tonight.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Great, there you go, there you go.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
I was thinking, probably we're we'll go with what sweaters
or quarters zips on Saturday morning?
Speaker 4 (16:59):
Whatever you say, I follow your lead.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
That sounds good to me.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Yeah, let's do that. Sweaters re quorters in Sorry, we
just made the decision.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
It's on tape.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Somewhere, yeah or digitally. So Hey, thanks for the time.
I appreciate you. Have a great call tonight.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
Thanks, Craig, talk to.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
You all right.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
That's Roger Wallis keep more a little joining for the
call tonight. It would be a lot of fun at
seven o'clock on KBVO Vista Ridge hosting Huddo. That's one
of the marquee matchups of this weekend and it's a
Thursday night er, so that's that's really cool, all right.
Coming up next, we have Inconceivable here on a Thursday
afternoon on Sports Radio AM thirteen under the Zone in
(17:35):
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