October 30, 2025 • 34 mins
Husky head basketball coach DANNY SPRINKLE joins the show ahead of Monday’s start to the season. How is Sprinkle feeling about his team & how tough was last year on the Coach? :30- MIKE SANDO (The Athletic) joins the show with the latest from around the NFL, including are Lamar Jackson and the Ravens on track for a comeback? :45- We close out the show with one last thing!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Another thing that we want to break down as we
are just four days away from the start of the
college basketball season and the Washington Huskies have a lot
of new faces taking the court under second year head
coach Danny Sprinkle this year, and so joining us here
on our radio program, Coach Sprinkle is with us.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
How you doing, coach doing great? Man? How are you
guys doing? We are terrific.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
By the way, I got a great Halloween costume idea
for you around the office. Jetfish those jetfish for Halloween. Danny,
I'm sure you do.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I'm sure you do.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
No, it's that time of year and that means this
basketball season.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
That's the best thing about it.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Well, let's talk about your team. Obviously, last year you
coined as unacceptable a thirteen and eighteen record, four and
sixteen in conference play.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Even though I think a lot of.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Husky fans were perfectly willing to let you get your
legs underneath you as first year head coach, you just
were at a right here on our radio waves that
that's just not going to be Washington basketball. We got
to get better, and get better immediately. So what is
the big lesson you learned from year number one? And
tried to apply in the off season.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Yeah, you know, obviously, you know, you learn how good
the Big Ten is. Uh, you know, it's obviously the
best basketball conference in the country. And you know, you
even look at it this year, you know, there's probably
seven or eight teams ranked in the preseason top twenty five,
including three in the top five with Purdue, Michigan and UCLA,
and so you know you're competing against the best night
after night, and it is you know that the Big
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Ten schedules a bear, you know, like we had a
we had a solid non conference, you know, you know,
we tripped up a couple of games, but you know,
we we played pretty well in the non conference, but
then once once conference hit, our depth, our depth got exposed,
you know, especially at the big spot. You know, we
had some injuries, you know, with Big Frank, you know,
he only was able to play the last you know,
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ten eleven games, and just by that time Great and
Willhelm where they were just worn down. And it's not
a league where you can play small against very many teams,
and so really attacking the recruiting from a depth standpoint,
you know, just in getting the best guard play you
can get, you know, I was really happy with Zoom
his freshman year and the progress that he's made, but
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I know he needs help too, like you know, and
obviously Tyler and Mackay, you know, they finished the year,
you know, very strong, and obviously they are at different
institutions now, but we had we had to stockpile some guards,
and I really like the crew that we brought in.
They all kind of bring different things, but it's just
kind of a fresh start. And I love the personality
of this team, like they're fun to be around. They
have good energy every day.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
Danny, you guys, I mean the basketball seasons here kind
of snuck up on me, with the baseball season and
football season and stuff going on, and yet I did
end up catching part of your guys, is a little
tune up against UNLV where you kind of dominated in
the paint. And the newcomer, the young kid, Hans Steinbach
just starts off as his career in purple with a
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double double.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
What's this kid all about?
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Yeah, you know, he's he's six or eleven. He's tremendously
skilled for you know, being you know, he just turned nineteen.
You know, he's he's still a young pup. But he's
he's got he's got extreme talent. Uh, he's he's a
great worker. He's he's one of the smartest players I've
coached from a standpoint of like we can correct something
on the floor and it could be like a scout detail,
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it could be how we're guarding a different action. And
he never screws it up twice, like he may screw
it up the first time you correct him and then
he's got it. And so his his processing is elite,
you know, which that's why he's a he's an elite player.
And he's on draft board right now and things like that.
But he he really rebounds the ball. It's almost like
he's got magnets in his hands, Like literally the ball
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just comes to him, and uh, you know, and he's
he has a chance to be a special player.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Are he and Detla Trump getting together for Schnitzel and
brought worst the routine?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
You know it, you know it, you know it.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Hopefully hopefully you can have the career that lived.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Yeah, that'd be nice. That'd be good for Danny Sprinkle.
I'll tell you that.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Danny Sprinkle with us right here on checking Buck in
the morning.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Uh, let's talk about that pipeline that you had with
the USC Claude and Yates just exactly uh what a
boon it was for you in your program to be
able to lure both of those guys into uh Seattle.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Yeah, I mean, obviously we're very fortunate.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
You know, with Wesley, you know, once he went into
the portal, you know, he he was obviously here his
freshman year, and so he had a lot of friends
here and and and he loved it here, and to
be honest, he didn't want to leave in the first place,
you know. And then after I think that year he
just he missed it and and so he was actually
pretty easy to recruit, you know. And then obviously, you know,
a couple of weeks later, Uh, obviously Quincy Pondexter joined
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our staff and that's his cousin, and so that, uh,
you know, that was a bonus. And obviously getting Quincy back,
you know, just a former Husky that has a tremendous
amount of pride and uh in the program, and he's
just he's a great developer on the court. Like with
his experien sperience and all that, he's been tremendous for
our guys. And then with Desmond Claude, you know, to
be honest, and I've said it, you know, numerous times
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on record. You know, we recruited him right the day
he hit the portal. We jumped in hard, just like
everybody in the country. You know, everybody thought he was
going to Florida. I don't know what happened there. Then
everybody thought he was going to Alabama. Don't know what
happened there. Uh, and then it kind of came down
like it was crickets. For about a month recruiting him,
we didn't hear from him, his dad, nobody for about
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three and a half weeks. And so I actually tried
to call him twice to tell him like, hey, like
we're out, you know, like we're done, you know, and
thank god, he didn't pick up the call or answer
the text, and so I didn't even get a chance.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
To tell him.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
And uh and then he uh, he called us back.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
You know, I think some things fell through with you know,
Tennessee and Oregon and uh in Alabama. And uh, obviously
you know, I may look dumb, but I'm not stupid.
I'm not going to pass up a great player.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Yeah, how is it gonna work with Zoom coming back,
and then Claude and Yates and Peterson. How are how
is the playing time at the guard and wings gonna
work between those guys the balance?
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yeah, No, they like they've they've gotten along since day
one in the summer. They actually play really well with
each other. It's fun having two guys that can really
get the ball to the paint, you know, Zoom and
Desmond can really drive the ball, you know, and get
to the rim, you know. And then you got guys
like Wesley and Camari who can really shoot the basketball,
you know, and JJ our other freshman point guard who's
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you know, tremendous. And then a kid Bryce and Tucker
a six to seven wing from Indiana's had had some
great moments, you know, and and really getting him to
be aggressive and really you know, hunt his shot and
hunt offensive rebounds and so like, like I said, like
our guard play, you know, I think I can play.
We can play four guards at times and you know,
and be dynamic and play really fast. But I think,
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you know, they're really playing together and sharing the ball,
and they all have to realize, like they're not gonna
all average seventeen and ten in twelve or fifteen. Whatever
they have was last year because there's only one basketball
and so that's we have to we have to share
in each other's success and we'll go as far as
our guards take us.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
Well, Bryceton Tucker was who I was wanting to ask
you about. What is it about his aggressiveness that you're
talking about. You're wanting him to hunt and shoot his shots.
He looked good in that tune up in that tune
up game, So what is it in particular you were
saying that you really want him to work on to
where he can be an explosive player for you.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Yeah, I mean the biggest thing I want him to
work on is just his his defense, his physicality and
rebounding because he is he's probably our best fast twitch athlete,
you know. I mean he's six seven and he can
run like the wind, and he can he can really jump.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
You know.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
I think he caught a lob actually against It might
have been against UNLV, it might have been the other Scrimmish,
but he he's a tremendous athlete. But now it's him
exerting his force on the game, you know, Like I
don't want him to kind of float around I always
want him driving with some force, going to the offensive
glass with because when he does, like, he's really really
hard uh to guard. Uh. And offensively, he's he's an
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unbelievably talented mid rain shooter, you know. And even though
a lot of people don't do that nowadays, he's he's
so talented at it, whether it's in the short corner
or getting to the elbow and raising up and shooting
over guys. Uh, that's kind of one of his gifts
and uh, you know, it's something that you know, we
want him to shoot.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Danny Sprinkle is with US head coach of the Washingtonusky
basketball team program. They're gonna debut on Monday against Arkansas
Pine Bluff. And you've been dealing with some injuries. So
how healthy are you gonna be by Monday and maybe
more importantly by Sunday against Baylor.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Yeah, you know, I mean hopefully by Monday, you know, hopefully.
You know, Dead Claude's been out with a sprained ankle
here for almost three weeks. You know, Zoom just came
back from a concussion, he was out for three weeks.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Kamari Peterson has been out for almost a month with
a tweaked hamstring. I can go down the list, you know,
Jacob and Maddy. You know, Mady's out for the year.
Jacob's out till you know, mid January. I know I'm
missing somebody else because we haven't been able to practice
five on five until yesterday.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
We haven't been able to play practice five on five
for the last almost months, and so it's been hard
to really like grind them in practice. Like that's that's
where you kind of want, you want to have your
training camp. You know, it'd be like football not being
able to really practice at all in August, you know,
before they first came. And so you know, we'll we
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may be a little bit behind, especially on rotations and
you know, different guys playing time and things like that,
just until we get everybody healthy. But by by Monday,
you know, hopefully at least taking you know, I imagine
Desmond and Camario'll be back. But now it's just getting
those guys into game shape.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
How much more comfortable are you, I mean, just you know,
getting your feet under you kind of you know, I
mean you don't have to get directions probably to your
office anymore. But really as far as just you get
to now it's you're not trying to put your stamp
on the program. It's your program. So how much more
comfort are you feel?
Speaker 6 (09:59):
And going into the this year, it's night and day,
you know, and you know, just you know, fans, everybody,
like nobody knows how hard it is to take another job,
like the energy that it takes to start back up
year one, and it was my third year in a
different program.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
You know, it was emotional leaving Montana State and building
that thing up, then Utah State building up, leaving like
the emotions of leaving players that you care about and
leaving programs and fan bases that you love. Like it's hard,
you know, And it took an emotional toll on me
last year that I didn't even really realize until probably
this June, you know, and like I was spent, you know,
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I just was like you just you just go. You
just get through today, You get through the day, You
get through the day. And then it actually felt like
home probably the end of June, Like honestly, once the
spring quarter got over and kind of had a week
you know, before the guys the new crew came in
for the summer, And once the new crew came in,
it was like I was refreshed. You know. It was like, okay,
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let's go. You know all the lessons we learned in
year one. Okay, I actually feel comfortable here in Seattle.
I know where I'm going, I know where my home is.
You know, I got stuff out of storage, like I'm
not living out of will Disley's house. And you know,
like until like that, that was like the comfort level.
It's like okay, like I can breathe. Let's go, let's go.
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Best of luck this season.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Coach, Thank you so much for your time, and we'll
buggy again real soon.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
All right, appreciate you. Hey, we need the fans do
a last Airlines arena. We got to get displaced rocking
again and make it the hardest place to play in
the West Coast.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Let's do it, all right, Danny Spring come out, Go dogs,
all right, go dogs.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Danny Sprinkle joining us right here on Chuck and Buck
in the morning as he's getting ready for a second season.
That's I don't find that refreshing.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
I really do. I like people that have self.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Awareness and and and also awareness of those around them.
And for him to just say, you know what, I
got to admit I was spent. I mean, it was
an emotional toll leading Utah State trying to catch up
here at Washington. Season didn't go the way that we wanted,
and by the end of the year, I'm not sure
I even realized how broken and beaten down that I
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was by the entire process. So I love that, and
then I also love the idea of it's very clear
that he didn't spend too much time pouting about it,
because you want to talk about going to work, and
I'm sure he had some help in il wise, with
some alums out there, probably even Detlith.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
I have a feeling we got that German young kid
for a reason.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
But he went to work because to be able to
turn the roster over as much as he did and
to have people giving him votes for preseason Top twenty five.
Didn't quite crack the top twenty five, but they're getting
votes for it. They're getting recognized that watch out for
this team if they can put it together. The individual
pieces are good enough to be a tournament team, but
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they got to now put it together and show that
they can play together. I think that's very impressive. I
think that's very encouraging for Husky basketball. Fans out there
that somebody could look in the mirror and say that
season broke me down, but it did not defeat me.
And I needed a little bit of a breather, and
then I went to work. Man, I rolled back the
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sleeves and went to work and rebuilt this entire roster.
And they are in much better position right now than
they were a year ago.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
One hundred sid.
Speaker 5 (13:26):
I mean, whenever you're playing a sport and it's the
same coaching and you you either get told of a
change that's happening in your life or you choose to
make a change. Regardless which one it is, it still
is something is changing drastic, and yet you don't have
the time at that point in time to not only
not worry about it, you just flat out you just
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gotta do what you gotta do. You gotta take care
of business. And it's only afterwards that you realize, oh
my gosh, that was Mayhem. And so I mean to
come from Utah to hear and then try to you know,
you look at what you have and then you're trying
to bring in what you can, and you know, you
bring a guy or two with you, and then, like
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I said, just trying to figure out all the new
names and new places and all that stuff. It seems
it's a daunting task, and yet you don't have time
to worry about it in the moment. It's only afterwards
when you stop and breathe and you realize, Wow, that
was a whirlwind going on around with that entire time.
Speaker 7 (14:22):
I just like how Candidy is when he speaks about everything.
And I really like that he was living at Will
Disley's house.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Yeah, yeah, about that.
Speaker 7 (14:28):
I'm like picturing the two of them as roommates, even
though Disley probably wasn't there, but that's how I'm picturing it.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
I like that.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
I mean they didn't just bring in new parts. I mean,
Desmond Claude averaged sixteen points per game.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
For USC last year.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
I mean that's in the conference that you are playing.
That's a s sixteen points per game score that you're
just adding to your team.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
That's a significant number.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
I know most people usually think a leading scorer on
a team twenty twenty five points. Not a lot of
teams have a leading score that averages twenty twenty five points.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Sixteen. You just added a.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Leading scorer onto your roster that you probably didn't really
have a year ago. I mean, technically you did, but
this is like a legitimate number one score to have
added through the transfer portal for his final year. So
I like that about what he was able to pull
off in this offseason. And so I mean, there's just
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a lot to like right now about the way that
this roster is constructed. And I think it's a feather
in the cap as well. I mean, I don't know
if it's such a great sign that you get done
with your first year and everybody leaves the fact that
Zoom decided to come back and kept Nang decided to
come back. At least there's something there that suggests that,
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you know, there's some sustainability with your coaching and people
want more of it.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
And those are two of the.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Biggest names from last year's roster that had a choice
to stay or go, and they decided to stay, and
then you also killed it.
Speaker 4 (16:00):
In the transfer portal. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (16:01):
Well, I mean, I think the reason why they're getting
some attention, you know, nationally as far as the rankings
and stuff go, is because of some of the moves
that he made, and then also some of the youth.
It's this Hans Steinbach kid I mean big and polished
for being a you know kid that just turned nineteen
years old. He just talked about the Bryce and Tucker,
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how twitch he is, how crazy athletic he is. He's
going to be new to Husky fans. I think that
off all of a sudden. If those guys become good,
really good for being only freshman and a sophomore, and
then they gel together and sprinkle kind of leads them
into what they they're capable of being.
Speaker 4 (16:39):
I think they easily could be a tournament team.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
All right, if we can get Hans's brother Franz, oh man,
I'm going to ump you up.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Oh yeah, I'm going.
Speaker 7 (16:47):
To be I keep playing to call him Hans Solo,
So that's probably not all right.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Joining us next, that's Hans Sando will be with us
our NFL insider to talk about the Thursday night matchup,
and of course the Awk's commanders on Sports Radio ninety
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Speaker 2 (17:03):
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Speaker 2 (17:20):
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Speaker 1 (17:23):
Are you like me one of the many jumping on
the Ravens bandwagon to come back and actually win the
AFC North this year?
Speaker 8 (17:34):
I mean they could because the rest of the division.
I still think they have issues, though I do. I
think they have issues. There's something not quite right with them.
So I'm going to reserve judgment until I see Lamar
Jackson make it through this whole game and play well,
because there's something off with this team to me a
little bit.
Speaker 5 (17:52):
Yeah, well then in that division, I mean, really the
nice thing about them having the injuries and just looking
a little off, because I'm with you on that, even
when Lamar was in there, they didn't look quite as
dominant as they have in the last couple of years.
Do you think that the Steelers are legit? I mean
they are a couple of games on and you think that,
I mean, is it still there or their division to
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go out and win if they can write the ship
a little bit.
Speaker 8 (18:16):
Yes, I do think that. I think it's ripe for
the taking. I don't think Pittsburgh is that great, you know,
and I've had some reservations about it just Rogers making
it through the whole year. It looks like he might.
But there they've got some issues too, and you know
some of that. DK Metcalf Rogers a little back and forth.
It was mostly just Rogers complaining during the game that
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stuff gets amplified if they if it does start slipping away, right, So,
I think I think that the Steelers will be okay
if no one else pushes them. I think if someone
pushes them and it slips away from them, then some
of those things we were wondering about before the year,
about all the personalities and that stuff, I think will
become interesting there.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Well, I'm pretty sure maybe I didn't have you pegged
for a Ravens believer, but you can't like the Dolphins.
So where you're at with Ravens Dolphins tonight? What kind
of game we're going to see?
Speaker 8 (19:11):
Well, it should be you know, it should be the
Lamar Jackson show, you against the defense that really you know,
the Dolphins in their life cycle sort of peaked a
year or so ago. They spent a ton of money,
they pulled back, They've changed a lot of their defense
over the chemistry isn't there the the you know, they're
not as good as the talent is on their defense,
and so Baltimore should be able with Lamar playing to
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have its way a little bit. That's to me the
key matchup in the game.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Now.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
I think Baltimore's offense defense was a little better last week.
They got a couple guys back, So I'm going to
lean towards Baltimore in this game. But maybe it's not
quite the route that it normally would be.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Mike Sander was with us our NFL inside. I just
want to quickly just point out, I mean, I get it,
the Ravens don't look like the Ravens. They haven't all
season long. But they did score forty, forty one and
thirty points against the Bills, Browns, and Lions the first
three weeks, and then Kansas City roughed them up quite
a bit. But all of a sudden, Mike, Kansas City
looks like maybe the best team in the National Football League.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
What do you think? Yeah, I'm with you on that.
Speaker 8 (20:17):
They've had you know, six straight games of really really
pretty good offense. So that's something that they didn't have
as much last year, and it was harder for them.
So I love the fact that their offense is rolling
a bit. I think they've got some confidence. Some of
the guys they've got back have made a difference. Mahomes looks,
you know, like he's having an easier time. It's not
just you know, thirty two play drives, you know, every
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single time. So they've had, you know, I think they
look pretty good. And I've always trusted them to get
a little better as the season went on, and I
think they're in position to do that.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
Sando.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
I mean, the Ravens getting Jackson back is kind of
similar to the Commanders getting Jayden Daniels back. That's through
the Seahawks will face on Sunday Night. How big of
a of a shot to the arm is that for Washington?
Speaker 8 (21:03):
Yeah, I don't feel like it's quite as big as
getting Lamar back. I just, you know, I think Jayden
Daniels is early along in this process. I think there's
still questions about his ability to hold up physically, whereas Lamar,
I mean had a hamstring, but he's been you know,
rolling with the punches for a long time. And when
he and it's such a proven year after year guy
that if the game plan for so, I think Seattle
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likes likes his chances. You know, one of the interest
things about Washington is the way they run their offense.
Like Mariota is not a bad backup. Like I don't
feel like that drop is as big as it should
be based on how much better I think Jayden Daniels
is than Mariota, if that makes sense, just because of
the way they can kind of play. So I like
Seattle in the matchup. I think that they match up
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really well with Washington and are going to be the younger,
more vibrant, more violent team in the game.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Yeah, and after coming off two weeks of rest, far
healthier than what the Commanders are. And even though it
kind of looked like the Commanders were going a role
from the postseason last year right into this year, it
just hasn't happened. Hugh brought up some good data that
I won't go over with with you. But maybe this
Washington team isn't a byproduct of a lot of injuries.
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Maybe they really are just a three to five football team.
Speaker 8 (22:19):
Yeah, they're probably a little bit better. If Jayden Daniels
plays the whole year, you know, they probably have a
better record than they have now, but I'm with you
that there's you know, it's it's gonna be a year
to think of reassessment for them, and maybe they get
hot in the end and maybe they win a playoff game.
But you know, the way they built that team was
to add a lot of older guys and veteran guys
that were familiar with the defensive staff. And I think
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they are going to get to a point at some
point where they, you know, may need to retool that
set of the ball. And the interesting thing about that
is they could get that done. Go young on defense
and then hey, is Cliff Kinkson, We're going to figure
out an offense that's sort of been an issue at
times in the past too. So they're in an interesting spot.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
Yeah, I mean, how concerned are you or would you
be if you run the Seahawks defensive staff about this
Jacory Krossky merrit kid.
Speaker 8 (23:10):
Yeah, I'd be a pretty concern. But I like my
chances the way. You know, our team defends the run
from a Seattle perspective. So I think you're wary of him,
and you know that he's good. But you know, you've
you've played Christian mccaffe, you played some you know, decent
backs before. So I think wary, but not afraid.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
What's going to happen at the trade deadline? We're going
to get a big name? Or is there going to
be a lot of this little nickel dimes stuff we've
been saying there could be one, Yeah, there could be there.
You know, I don't think there's gonna be a lot.
There's always a chance so that there's one. But you're right,
most of these trades are involving seventh and sixth round picks.
Speaker 8 (23:44):
You know that it's rare to have somebody give up
a two or a three or one, but I think
it is always possible. I think you can't say that
it's not going to happen because the dynamics of each
one of these years and trades are are different and
sometimes make teams may get close to doing it and
not do it, but it still can come together. So
(24:05):
I think that I think there's more willing gms and
people willing to make a move that you know, the
deadline is at least worth watching to see if it
does happen.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
And we've seen some you.
Speaker 8 (24:15):
Know, some decent players a Montes Sweat or some guys
like that have to have changed teams to shoot. Leonard
Williams was a very good player who changed teams. So
I do think there could be players like that.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
But no, Miles Garrett, No Trey Hendrickson, No Max Crosby.
You don't see that big of a name going huh.
Speaker 8 (24:30):
Well, I would not, No, I don't think so on
Max Crosby. You know, Trey Hendrickson, I would lean towards not.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Uh.
Speaker 8 (24:39):
And then who's the last one, you.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Said, Miles Garrett? Miles Garrett.
Speaker 8 (24:43):
I mean, you never know with Cleveland, but I think
doing that when they paid him the way that they did,
you know, I think they knew that they weren't going
to be a juggernaut team this year.
Speaker 4 (24:51):
So I don't know that.
Speaker 8 (24:52):
Their playing I don't know that their season is going
any differently than they thought it would when they signed them.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
If that makes sense, all right, Well, I do have
to add, you're going back to Kansas City and Buffalo.
I mean, I mean this might be the regular season
game of the year for goodness sake. Feels like that's
been the case for the last five years in the
National Football League.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
What do you expect in that matchup?
Speaker 8 (25:14):
Well, I would like to see a little bit more
of a pulse from Buffalo. I just feel like they
haven't been on their a game for a few weeks now,
and Kansas City, coming off of buy should really get
their attention. I just, you know, I feel like Kansas
City for once is playing better offensively than the Bills
going into this matchup. So I want to see the
Bills offense. Let's see what they can do and if
they can keep pace, because I don't think they're going
to stop Kansas City.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Isn't it funny?
Speaker 1 (25:36):
They could win by a thousand, and the story afterward
will be you's still got to beat him in the postseason.
Speaker 8 (25:42):
But now I know that's truly true for all these
teams in the AFC. Kansas City. Could you know, Kansas
City just is like, you know, its own recognissance, right.
I Mean, they're just kind of you know that they're
probably going to be there in the end, and you
got to beat them when it really matters to to
really prove yourself.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
You as always true to your reputation of being the man.
Thank you, Michael. We appreciate it. Thank you, appreciate it
all right, Enjoy the football. Mike Sando Our NFL insider.
You can follow him at Sando NFL. Of course you
should be. He's got podcasts, he's got all sorts of
little clever stories coming out. You know that, Sando. And
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Speaker 2 (26:31):
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Speaker 4 (26:42):
Nice horns. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
One last Thing's next Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM.
All right, final segment here this Thursday edition of Chuggingbuck
in the mornings, we go around the room for one
last thing.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
What you got? I got a fantasy football question for you.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
I have so this is I don't First of all,
I don't like having as many leagues as I'm in.
Three leagues. It's too many, period. I think two is fine.
One is the best. But this one that I'm in
has you get a point per rush. It's silly, is
that your question. I might, I might get out of it,
(27:28):
but right I'm in it for now, and it actually
is one that pays the most if you want it.
I see, and I wanted the first year I was
in it. So I'm playing with house money at this point,
but it's I have so I loaded up on running back.
I have a Chain Brown, this crosskey Merrit Kid.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
So that's why you asked that question.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
Of course, every question I asked is selfish.
Speaker 5 (27:50):
Good to Bree Hall and Isaiah Pacheco. I need to
trade one or two of these guys because I don't
need more. I don't need five running backs. Pajeco I
think I might hold or I don't know for sure
if anybody really want him. He's kind of the one
that scores the least. He doesn't get a ton of
carries because Patrick Mahomes throws the ball. Clearly your two
(28:11):
favorite ones, yes, I'm asking you, well, my favorite ones
that score Devan A Chain is the probably the highest one.
He's probably like sixth in this scoring is sixth. He
gets always gets a bunch of carries, and he catches
the ball out of the backfield. Chase Brown's is oncoming
in Breese Hall is another one that gets a bunch
(28:33):
of carries and does have some catches as well.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
I'd keep Brown and eight Chin and then I would
trade Hall because he'll get the most for him, and
nobody knows where he's going to be after Tuesday. He
could be sharing a backfield with the Chargers by the
end of next week. Nobody really knows. Okay, he's coming
off a great game. He could probably get a really
good return for him. So you keep your two best,
trade your third, and then you keep the other.
Speaker 5 (28:54):
Two his death merit and okay, ye, good call. That's
actually kind of where I was going. I didn't play
Breese last week and scored sixty eight points in this
league format. Well yeah, I know, yeah, yeah, it's a
stupid rule.
Speaker 4 (29:08):
It really really is a dumber one.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
I'm gonna start a league next year where he snaps.
I'm gonna get a point for every snap. Yeah that's good,
that's good.
Speaker 5 (29:15):
I want to start one where you just start with
one hundred points every week if you have red hair.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
Oh okay, that's about us.
Speaker 5 (29:22):
Maybe a dumber rule, but it's still kind of right there,
same continuum of stupid.
Speaker 2 (29:26):
An all ginger league and then.
Speaker 7 (29:29):
Boys just you and Cam Cleveland and.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Somebody that's not ginger boy. Did they have their work
cut out?
Speaker 7 (29:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (29:34):
Yeah yeah, Ashley, what's your one last thing? It was
all over social media.
Speaker 7 (29:40):
Last night, so I'm sure you guys saw it, but
I thought it was a pretty neat thing that Brad
Marshan was given time away from his team to go
help a friend whose daughter died of cancer, and he
went to coach an eighteen U hockey team to support
his friend who needed to have time away from the
team to be with his family. I thought it was
very cool on Brad's part. I thought it was very
cool on the team's part. Yeah, it was just all
(30:00):
in all, like, I mean, obviously very sad to hear
what happened to his friend's daughter and what they're going through,
but to know that he had the support of Brad
and Panthers and everybody was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
It does kind of speak to like how hockey people
are built, like that was such an important thing for
that guy, even though his.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Life just fell apart.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Yeah, to just remember my players need a coach, and
then to call a favor of an NHL guy, Yeah,
and then he's like, I will be right there. Plus,
mar Shan has so much equity built up in the
league that I mean a rookie does.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
That, He's probably told no, yeah, you don't get to
do that. There's got to be somebody else in the community.
Marshan does that, and he's like, yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
You can kind of do whatever you want. So yeah,
it all worked out that. It was a wonderful little story.
It was, yeah, man, And I'm sure that the players
on the hockey team were.
Speaker 7 (30:52):
You know, at all every time you come back to
the bench just thinking like, oh, what's happening?
Speaker 2 (30:57):
That would be really funny if he was the cruelest
coach ever.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
Yeah, we don't know what made him skate laps afterwards?
Speaker 2 (31:04):
How dare you only score two goals? You have embarrassed me?
Speaker 4 (31:09):
Come here for this?
Speaker 2 (31:09):
What are you taking your skates off for me? Yeah?
Going anywhere?
Speaker 4 (31:14):
How long are we gonna coke?
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Coach?
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Tell I I'm throwing up.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
We're going to practice boarding. You heard that? Yeah? Yeah,
So get ready, skippy. I'm going to close with this.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
Of course, it's the eve of all Hallows Eve, so
it's all Hallows Eve Eve here today. And Buggy didn't
even realize it, Ashley did. I'm freaked out. We had
a ghost story happened right in the middle of our show.
Wed you didn't even notice it, did You don't think
we did?
Speaker 4 (31:47):
Yes, we did.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
Twelve man round table. Huh, we're sitting here.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
We do it on zoom so that Greg and Hugh
can see us, because they always they're very attracted to us.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
They wanted to see us. During the course of.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
The round on table, and at one point, Ashley and
I are watching all four of the boxes. Ashley's was
blacked out, otherwise there'd be five. I heard this all four.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
Of the boxes, and in the middle of Greg.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
Talking, all of a sudden, you hear somebody eating and drinking.
Nobody on the panel was eating and drinking.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Nobody here wasn't. You weren't. I certainly wasn't. Ashley wasn't.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Yeah, And so it was like it sounded like Slimer
from Ghostbusters and the like.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
There's this eating over the top.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
Sounds of grunting, eating and drinking were taking place during
the course of our broadcast of that hour, and it
was not matching up. I mean, you had a little
bottle of like punch or something that he was drinking,
but it wasn't matching up with when he was taking
drinks of it. So there was a ghost Slimer appeared
(33:02):
in the middle of our twelve man round table today.
Speaker 4 (33:05):
I heard what you're speaking of.
Speaker 5 (33:07):
And I first I was watching it as well, and
he was drinking and the breathing part which I heard that,
but yes, he at that time, that's when I looked
to Ashley like his Ashley drinking into a life.
Speaker 4 (33:21):
Mike exactly, and she wasn't. I don't think it was
a ghost. I mean, it was just the video just
wasn't Actually that that sound didn't happen.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
This is this is from the audio. Did you hear
that he said something about the devil?
Speaker 4 (33:42):
Yeah, that sounds scary.
Speaker 7 (33:43):
You can even hear Greg in the background talking right now.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
There was no there was no extra pot up, nothing.
We had a ghost that appeared on the twelfth Man
round table.
Speaker 7 (33:55):
Yeah, and I did not do anything other than just
make that louder so you could hear it. Yeah, that's
it didn't add anything.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
I think it's awesome. Yeah, what are we gonna I'm
not complaining.
Speaker 4 (34:05):
I think it's awesome.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
Yeah, we had a ghost story on the.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Email Friedrich Friedrich Friedrich showed up right in the middle
of our little hour of the Seahawks.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
It was great, it was well, thanks you, Redrick. All right,
we'll talk to you tomorrow at six am.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
Let's see FMJ and Kid can come up with a
ghost on their show. Good luck try to top that
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A crash near Montlake on westbound five twenty. It was
blocking the whole road. It's now just plucking the right lane,
but it's still gonna take
Another thing that we want to break down as we
are just four days away from the start of the
college basketball season and the Washington Huskies have a lot
of new faces taking the court under second year head
coach Danny Sprinkle this year, and so joining us here
on our radio program, Coach Sprinkle is with us.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
How you doing, coach doing great? Man? How are you
guys doing? We are terrific.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
By the way, I got a great Halloween costume idea
for you around the office. Jetfish those jetfish for Halloween. Danny,
I'm sure you do.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I'm sure you do.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
No, it's that time of year and that means this
basketball season.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
That's the best thing about it.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Well, let's talk about your team. Obviously, last year you
coined as unacceptable a thirteen and eighteen record, four and
sixteen in conference play.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Even though I think a lot of.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Husky fans were perfectly willing to let you get your
legs underneath you as first year head coach, you just
were at a right here on our radio waves that
that's just not going to be Washington basketball. We got
to get better, and get better immediately. So what is
the big lesson you learned from year number one? And
tried to apply in the off season.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Yeah, you know, obviously, you know, you learn how good
the Big Ten is. Uh, you know, it's obviously the
best basketball conference in the country. And you know, you
even look at it this year, you know, there's probably
seven or eight teams ranked in the preseason top twenty five,
including three in the top five with Purdue, Michigan and UCLA,
and so you know you're competing against the best night
after night, and it is you know that the Big
(01:35):
Ten schedules a bear, you know, like we had a
we had a solid non conference, you know, you know,
we tripped up a couple of games, but you know,
we we played pretty well in the non conference, but
then once once conference hit, our depth, our depth got exposed,
you know, especially at the big spot. You know, we
had some injuries, you know, with Big Frank, you know,
he only was able to play the last you know,
(01:57):
ten eleven games, and just by that time Great and
Willhelm where they were just worn down. And it's not
a league where you can play small against very many teams,
and so really attacking the recruiting from a depth standpoint,
you know, just in getting the best guard play you
can get, you know, I was really happy with Zoom
his freshman year and the progress that he's made, but
(02:18):
I know he needs help too, like you know, and
obviously Tyler and Mackay, you know, they finished the year,
you know, very strong, and obviously they are at different
institutions now, but we had we had to stockpile some guards,
and I really like the crew that we brought in.
They all kind of bring different things, but it's just
kind of a fresh start. And I love the personality
of this team, like they're fun to be around. They
have good energy every day.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
Danny, you guys, I mean the basketball seasons here kind
of snuck up on me, with the baseball season and
football season and stuff going on, and yet I did
end up catching part of your guys, is a little
tune up against UNLV where you kind of dominated in
the paint. And the newcomer, the young kid, Hans Steinbach
just starts off as his career in purple with a
(03:01):
double double.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
What's this kid all about?
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Yeah, you know, he's he's six or eleven. He's tremendously
skilled for you know, being you know, he just turned nineteen.
You know, he's he's still a young pup. But he's
he's got he's got extreme talent. Uh, he's he's a
great worker. He's he's one of the smartest players I've
coached from a standpoint of like we can correct something
on the floor and it could be like a scout detail,
(03:26):
it could be how we're guarding a different action. And
he never screws it up twice, like he may screw
it up the first time you correct him and then
he's got it. And so his his processing is elite,
you know, which that's why he's a he's an elite player.
And he's on draft board right now and things like that.
But he he really rebounds the ball. It's almost like
he's got magnets in his hands, Like literally the ball
(03:47):
just comes to him, and uh, you know, and he's
he has a chance to be a special player.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Are he and Detla Trump getting together for Schnitzel and
brought worst the routine?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
You know it, you know it, you know it.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Hopefully hopefully you can have the career that lived.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Yeah, that'd be nice. That'd be good for Danny Sprinkle.
I'll tell you that.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Danny Sprinkle with us right here on checking Buck in
the morning.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Uh, let's talk about that pipeline that you had with
the USC Claude and Yates just exactly uh what a
boon it was for you in your program to be
able to lure both of those guys into uh Seattle.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Yeah, I mean, obviously we're very fortunate.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
You know, with Wesley, you know, once he went into
the portal, you know, he he was obviously here his
freshman year, and so he had a lot of friends
here and and and he loved it here, and to
be honest, he didn't want to leave in the first place,
you know. And then after I think that year he
just he missed it and and so he was actually
pretty easy to recruit, you know. And then obviously, you know,
a couple of weeks later, Uh, obviously Quincy Pondexter joined
(04:46):
our staff and that's his cousin, and so that, uh,
you know, that was a bonus. And obviously getting Quincy back,
you know, just a former Husky that has a tremendous
amount of pride and uh in the program, and he's
just he's a great developer on the court. Like with
his experien sperience and all that, he's been tremendous for
our guys. And then with Desmond Claude, you know, to
be honest, and I've said it, you know, numerous times
(05:07):
on record. You know, we recruited him right the day
he hit the portal. We jumped in hard, just like
everybody in the country. You know, everybody thought he was
going to Florida. I don't know what happened there. Then
everybody thought he was going to Alabama. Don't know what
happened there. Uh, and then it kind of came down
like it was crickets. For about a month recruiting him,
we didn't hear from him, his dad, nobody for about
(05:30):
three and a half weeks. And so I actually tried
to call him twice to tell him like, hey, like
we're out, you know, like we're done, you know, and
thank god, he didn't pick up the call or answer
the text, and so I didn't even get a chance.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
To tell him.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
And uh and then he uh, he called us back.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
You know, I think some things fell through with you know,
Tennessee and Oregon and uh in Alabama. And uh, obviously
you know, I may look dumb, but I'm not stupid.
I'm not going to pass up a great player.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Yeah, how is it gonna work with Zoom coming back,
and then Claude and Yates and Peterson. How are how
is the playing time at the guard and wings gonna
work between those guys the balance?
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yeah, No, they like they've they've gotten along since day
one in the summer. They actually play really well with
each other. It's fun having two guys that can really
get the ball to the paint, you know, Zoom and
Desmond can really drive the ball, you know, and get
to the rim, you know. And then you got guys
like Wesley and Camari who can really shoot the basketball,
you know, and JJ our other freshman point guard who's
(06:33):
you know, tremendous. And then a kid Bryce and Tucker
a six to seven wing from Indiana's had had some
great moments, you know, and and really getting him to
be aggressive and really you know, hunt his shot and
hunt offensive rebounds and so like, like I said, like
our guard play, you know, I think I can play.
We can play four guards at times and you know,
and be dynamic and play really fast. But I think,
(06:54):
you know, they're really playing together and sharing the ball,
and they all have to realize, like they're not gonna
all average seventeen and ten in twelve or fifteen. Whatever
they have was last year because there's only one basketball
and so that's we have to we have to share
in each other's success and we'll go as far as
our guards take us.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
Well, Bryceton Tucker was who I was wanting to ask
you about. What is it about his aggressiveness that you're
talking about. You're wanting him to hunt and shoot his shots.
He looked good in that tune up in that tune
up game, So what is it in particular you were
saying that you really want him to work on to
where he can be an explosive player for you.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Yeah, I mean the biggest thing I want him to
work on is just his his defense, his physicality and
rebounding because he is he's probably our best fast twitch athlete,
you know. I mean he's six seven and he can
run like the wind, and he can he can really jump.
Speaker 6 (07:43):
You know.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
I think he caught a lob actually against It might
have been against UNLV, it might have been the other Scrimmish,
but he he's a tremendous athlete. But now it's him
exerting his force on the game, you know, Like I
don't want him to kind of float around I always
want him driving with some force, going to the offensive
glass with because when he does, like, he's really really
hard uh to guard. Uh. And offensively, he's he's an
(08:06):
unbelievably talented mid rain shooter, you know. And even though
a lot of people don't do that nowadays, he's he's
so talented at it, whether it's in the short corner
or getting to the elbow and raising up and shooting
over guys. Uh, that's kind of one of his gifts
and uh, you know, it's something that you know, we
want him to shoot.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Danny Sprinkle is with US head coach of the Washingtonusky
basketball team program. They're gonna debut on Monday against Arkansas
Pine Bluff. And you've been dealing with some injuries. So
how healthy are you gonna be by Monday and maybe
more importantly by Sunday against Baylor.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Yeah, you know, I mean hopefully by Monday, you know, hopefully.
You know, Dead Claude's been out with a sprained ankle
here for almost three weeks. You know, Zoom just came
back from a concussion, he was out for three weeks.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Kamari Peterson has been out for almost a month with
a tweaked hamstring. I can go down the list, you know,
Jacob and Maddy. You know, Mady's out for the year.
Jacob's out till you know, mid January. I know I'm
missing somebody else because we haven't been able to practice
five on five until yesterday.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
We haven't been able to play practice five on five
for the last almost months, and so it's been hard
to really like grind them in practice. Like that's that's
where you kind of want, you want to have your
training camp. You know, it'd be like football not being
able to really practice at all in August, you know,
before they first came. And so you know, we'll we
(09:24):
may be a little bit behind, especially on rotations and
you know, different guys playing time and things like that,
just until we get everybody healthy. But by by Monday,
you know, hopefully at least taking you know, I imagine
Desmond and Camario'll be back. But now it's just getting
those guys into game shape.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
How much more comfortable are you, I mean, just you know,
getting your feet under you kind of you know, I
mean you don't have to get directions probably to your
office anymore. But really as far as just you get
to now it's you're not trying to put your stamp
on the program. It's your program. So how much more
comfort are you feel?
Speaker 6 (09:59):
And going into the this year, it's night and day,
you know, and you know, just you know, fans, everybody,
like nobody knows how hard it is to take another job,
like the energy that it takes to start back up
year one, and it was my third year in a
different program.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
You know, it was emotional leaving Montana State and building
that thing up, then Utah State building up, leaving like
the emotions of leaving players that you care about and
leaving programs and fan bases that you love. Like it's hard,
you know, And it took an emotional toll on me
last year that I didn't even really realize until probably
this June, you know, and like I was spent, you know,
(10:37):
I just was like you just you just go. You
just get through today, You get through the day, You
get through the day. And then it actually felt like
home probably the end of June, Like honestly, once the
spring quarter got over and kind of had a week
you know, before the guys the new crew came in
for the summer, And once the new crew came in,
it was like I was refreshed. You know. It was like, okay,
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let's go. You know all the lessons we learned in
year one. Okay, I actually feel comfortable here in Seattle.
I know where I'm going, I know where my home is.
You know, I got stuff out of storage, like I'm
not living out of will Disley's house. And you know,
like until like that, that was like the comfort level.
It's like okay, like I can breathe. Let's go, let's go.
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Best of luck this season.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Coach, Thank you so much for your time, and we'll
buggy again real soon.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
All right, appreciate you. Hey, we need the fans do
a last Airlines arena. We got to get displaced rocking
again and make it the hardest place to play in
the West Coast.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Let's do it, all right, Danny Spring come out, Go dogs,
all right, go dogs.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Danny Sprinkle joining us right here on Chuck and Buck
in the morning as he's getting ready for a second season.
That's I don't find that refreshing.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
I really do. I like people that have self.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Awareness and and and also awareness of those around them.
And for him to just say, you know what, I
got to admit I was spent. I mean, it was
an emotional toll leading Utah State trying to catch up
here at Washington. Season didn't go the way that we wanted,
and by the end of the year, I'm not sure
I even realized how broken and beaten down that I
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was by the entire process. So I love that, and
then I also love the idea of it's very clear
that he didn't spend too much time pouting about it,
because you want to talk about going to work, and
I'm sure he had some help in il wise, with
some alums out there, probably even Detlith.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
I have a feeling we got that German young kid
for a reason.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
But he went to work because to be able to
turn the roster over as much as he did and
to have people giving him votes for preseason Top twenty five.
Didn't quite crack the top twenty five, but they're getting
votes for it. They're getting recognized that watch out for
this team if they can put it together. The individual
pieces are good enough to be a tournament team, but
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they got to now put it together and show that
they can play together. I think that's very impressive. I
think that's very encouraging for Husky basketball. Fans out there
that somebody could look in the mirror and say that
season broke me down, but it did not defeat me.
And I needed a little bit of a breather, and
then I went to work. Man, I rolled back the
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sleeves and went to work and rebuilt this entire roster.
And they are in much better position right now than
they were a year ago.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
One hundred sid.
Speaker 5 (13:26):
I mean, whenever you're playing a sport and it's the
same coaching and you you either get told of a
change that's happening in your life or you choose to
make a change. Regardless which one it is, it still
is something is changing drastic, and yet you don't have
the time at that point in time to not only
not worry about it, you just flat out you just
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gotta do what you gotta do. You gotta take care
of business. And it's only afterwards that you realize, oh
my gosh, that was Mayhem. And so I mean to
come from Utah to hear and then try to you know,
you look at what you have and then you're trying
to bring in what you can, and you know, you
bring a guy or two with you, and then, like
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I said, just trying to figure out all the new
names and new places and all that stuff. It seems
it's a daunting task, and yet you don't have time
to worry about it in the moment. It's only afterwards
when you stop and breathe and you realize, Wow, that
was a whirlwind going on around with that entire time.
Speaker 7 (14:22):
I just like how Candidy is when he speaks about everything.
And I really like that he was living at Will
Disley's house.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Yeah, yeah, about that.
Speaker 7 (14:28):
I'm like picturing the two of them as roommates, even
though Disley probably wasn't there, but that's how I'm picturing it.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
I like that.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
I mean they didn't just bring in new parts. I mean,
Desmond Claude averaged sixteen points per game.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
For USC last year.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
I mean that's in the conference that you are playing.
That's a s sixteen points per game score that you're
just adding to your team.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
That's a significant number.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
I know most people usually think a leading scorer on
a team twenty twenty five points. Not a lot of
teams have a leading score that averages twenty twenty five points.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Sixteen. You just added a.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Leading scorer onto your roster that you probably didn't really
have a year ago. I mean, technically you did, but
this is like a legitimate number one score to have
added through the transfer portal for his final year. So
I like that about what he was able to pull
off in this offseason. And so I mean, there's just
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a lot to like right now about the way that
this roster is constructed. And I think it's a feather
in the cap as well. I mean, I don't know
if it's such a great sign that you get done
with your first year and everybody leaves the fact that
Zoom decided to come back and kept Nang decided to
come back. At least there's something there that suggests that,
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you know, there's some sustainability with your coaching and people
want more of it.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
And those are two of the.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Biggest names from last year's roster that had a choice
to stay or go, and they decided to stay, and
then you also killed it.
Speaker 4 (16:00):
In the transfer portal. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (16:01):
Well, I mean, I think the reason why they're getting
some attention, you know, nationally as far as the rankings
and stuff go, is because of some of the moves
that he made, and then also some of the youth.
It's this Hans Steinbach kid I mean big and polished
for being a you know kid that just turned nineteen
years old. He just talked about the Bryce and Tucker,
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how twitch he is, how crazy athletic he is. He's
going to be new to Husky fans. I think that
off all of a sudden. If those guys become good,
really good for being only freshman and a sophomore, and
then they gel together and sprinkle kind of leads them
into what they they're capable of being.
Speaker 4 (16:39):
I think they easily could be a tournament team.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
All right, if we can get Hans's brother Franz, oh man,
I'm going to ump you up.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Oh yeah, I'm going.
Speaker 7 (16:47):
To be I keep playing to call him Hans Solo,
So that's probably not all right.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Joining us next, that's Hans Sando will be with us
our NFL insider to talk about the Thursday night matchup,
and of course the Awk's commanders on Sports Radio ninety
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Speaker 2 (17:03):
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Speaker 1 (17:15):
Joining us every Thursday at this time to talk some
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Speaker 2 (17:20):
Good morning, Michael, Good morning. How are you a We're great?
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Are you like me one of the many jumping on
the Ravens bandwagon to come back and actually win the
AFC North this year?
Speaker 8 (17:34):
I mean they could because the rest of the division.
I still think they have issues, though I do. I
think they have issues. There's something not quite right with them.
So I'm going to reserve judgment until I see Lamar
Jackson make it through this whole game and play well,
because there's something off with this team to me a
little bit.
Speaker 5 (17:52):
Yeah, well then in that division, I mean, really the
nice thing about them having the injuries and just looking
a little off, because I'm with you on that, even
when Lamar was in there, they didn't look quite as
dominant as they have in the last couple of years.
Do you think that the Steelers are legit? I mean
they are a couple of games on and you think that,
I mean, is it still there or their division to
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go out and win if they can write the ship
a little bit.
Speaker 8 (18:16):
Yes, I do think that. I think it's ripe for
the taking. I don't think Pittsburgh is that great, you know,
and I've had some reservations about it just Rogers making
it through the whole year. It looks like he might.
But there they've got some issues too, and you know
some of that. DK Metcalf Rogers a little back and forth.
It was mostly just Rogers complaining during the game that
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stuff gets amplified if they if it does start slipping away, right, So,
I think I think that the Steelers will be okay
if no one else pushes them. I think if someone
pushes them and it slips away from them, then some
of those things we were wondering about before the year,
about all the personalities and that stuff, I think will
become interesting there.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Well, I'm pretty sure maybe I didn't have you pegged
for a Ravens believer, but you can't like the Dolphins.
So where you're at with Ravens Dolphins tonight? What kind
of game we're going to see?
Speaker 8 (19:11):
Well, it should be you know, it should be the
Lamar Jackson show, you against the defense that really you know,
the Dolphins in their life cycle sort of peaked a
year or so ago. They spent a ton of money,
they pulled back, They've changed a lot of their defense
over the chemistry isn't there the the you know, they're
not as good as the talent is on their defense,
and so Baltimore should be able with Lamar playing to
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have its way a little bit. That's to me the
key matchup in the game.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Now.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
I think Baltimore's offense defense was a little better last week.
They got a couple guys back, So I'm going to
lean towards Baltimore in this game. But maybe it's not
quite the route that it normally would be.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Mike Sander was with us our NFL inside. I just
want to quickly just point out, I mean, I get it,
the Ravens don't look like the Ravens. They haven't all
season long. But they did score forty, forty one and
thirty points against the Bills, Browns, and Lions the first
three weeks, and then Kansas City roughed them up quite
a bit. But all of a sudden, Mike, Kansas City
looks like maybe the best team in the National Football League.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
What do you think? Yeah, I'm with you on that.
Speaker 8 (20:17):
They've had you know, six straight games of really really
pretty good offense. So that's something that they didn't have
as much last year, and it was harder for them.
So I love the fact that their offense is rolling
a bit. I think they've got some confidence. Some of
the guys they've got back have made a difference. Mahomes looks,
you know, like he's having an easier time. It's not
just you know, thirty two play drives, you know, every
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single time. So they've had, you know, I think they
look pretty good. And I've always trusted them to get
a little better as the season went on, and I
think they're in position to do that.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
Sando.
Speaker 5 (20:50):
I mean, the Ravens getting Jackson back is kind of
similar to the Commanders getting Jayden Daniels back. That's through
the Seahawks will face on Sunday Night. How big of
a of a shot to the arm is that for Washington?
Speaker 8 (21:03):
Yeah, I don't feel like it's quite as big as
getting Lamar back. I just, you know, I think Jayden
Daniels is early along in this process. I think there's
still questions about his ability to hold up physically, whereas Lamar,
I mean had a hamstring, but he's been you know,
rolling with the punches for a long time. And when
he and it's such a proven year after year guy
that if the game plan for so, I think Seattle
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likes likes his chances. You know, one of the interest
things about Washington is the way they run their offense.
Like Mariota is not a bad backup. Like I don't
feel like that drop is as big as it should
be based on how much better I think Jayden Daniels
is than Mariota, if that makes sense, just because of
the way they can kind of play. So I like
Seattle in the matchup. I think that they match up
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really well with Washington and are going to be the younger,
more vibrant, more violent team in the game.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Yeah, and after coming off two weeks of rest, far
healthier than what the Commanders are. And even though it
kind of looked like the Commanders were going a role
from the postseason last year right into this year, it
just hasn't happened. Hugh brought up some good data that
I won't go over with with you. But maybe this
Washington team isn't a byproduct of a lot of injuries.
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Maybe they really are just a three to five football team.
Speaker 8 (22:19):
Yeah, they're probably a little bit better. If Jayden Daniels
plays the whole year, you know, they probably have a
better record than they have now, but I'm with you
that there's you know, it's it's gonna be a year
to think of reassessment for them, and maybe they get
hot in the end and maybe they win a playoff game.
But you know, the way they built that team was
to add a lot of older guys and veteran guys
that were familiar with the defensive staff. And I think
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they are going to get to a point at some
point where they, you know, may need to retool that
set of the ball. And the interesting thing about that
is they could get that done. Go young on defense
and then hey, is Cliff Kinkson, We're going to figure
out an offense that's sort of been an issue at
times in the past too. So they're in an interesting spot.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
Yeah, I mean, how concerned are you or would you
be if you run the Seahawks defensive staff about this
Jacory Krossky merrit kid.
Speaker 8 (23:10):
Yeah, I'd be a pretty concern. But I like my
chances the way. You know, our team defends the run
from a Seattle perspective. So I think you're wary of him,
and you know that he's good. But you know, you've
you've played Christian mccaffe, you played some you know, decent
backs before. So I think wary, but not afraid.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
What's going to happen at the trade deadline? We're going
to get a big name? Or is there going to
be a lot of this little nickel dimes stuff we've
been saying there could be one, Yeah, there could be there.
You know, I don't think there's gonna be a lot.
There's always a chance so that there's one. But you're right,
most of these trades are involving seventh and sixth round picks.
Speaker 8 (23:44):
You know that it's rare to have somebody give up
a two or a three or one, but I think
it is always possible. I think you can't say that
it's not going to happen because the dynamics of each
one of these years and trades are are different and
sometimes make teams may get close to doing it and
not do it, but it still can come together. So
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I think that I think there's more willing gms and
people willing to make a move that you know, the
deadline is at least worth watching to see if it
does happen.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
And we've seen some you.
Speaker 8 (24:15):
Know, some decent players a Montes Sweat or some guys
like that have to have changed teams to shoot. Leonard
Williams was a very good player who changed teams. So
I do think there could be players like that.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
But no, Miles Garrett, No Trey Hendrickson, No Max Crosby.
You don't see that big of a name going huh.
Speaker 8 (24:30):
Well, I would not, No, I don't think so on
Max Crosby. You know, Trey Hendrickson, I would lean towards not.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
Uh.
Speaker 8 (24:39):
And then who's the last one, you.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Said, Miles Garrett? Miles Garrett.
Speaker 8 (24:43):
I mean, you never know with Cleveland, but I think
doing that when they paid him the way that they did,
you know, I think they knew that they weren't going
to be a juggernaut team this year.
Speaker 4 (24:51):
So I don't know that.
Speaker 8 (24:52):
Their playing I don't know that their season is going
any differently than they thought it would when they signed them.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
If that makes sense, all right, Well, I do have
to add, you're going back to Kansas City and Buffalo.
I mean, I mean this might be the regular season
game of the year for goodness sake. Feels like that's
been the case for the last five years in the
National Football League.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
What do you expect in that matchup?
Speaker 8 (25:14):
Well, I would like to see a little bit more
of a pulse from Buffalo. I just feel like they
haven't been on their a game for a few weeks now,
and Kansas City, coming off of buy should really get
their attention. I just, you know, I feel like Kansas
City for once is playing better offensively than the Bills
going into this matchup. So I want to see the
Bills offense. Let's see what they can do and if
they can keep pace, because I don't think they're going
to stop Kansas City.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Isn't it funny?
Speaker 1 (25:36):
They could win by a thousand, and the story afterward
will be you's still got to beat him in the postseason.
Speaker 8 (25:42):
But now I know that's truly true for all these
teams in the AFC. Kansas City. Could you know, Kansas
City just is like, you know, its own recognissance, right.
I Mean, they're just kind of you know that they're
probably going to be there in the end, and you
got to beat them when it really matters to to
really prove yourself.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
You as always true to your reputation of being the man.
Thank you, Michael. We appreciate it. Thank you, appreciate it
all right, Enjoy the football. Mike Sando Our NFL insider.
You can follow him at Sando NFL. Of course you
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Speaker 2 (26:31):
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Speaker 4 (26:42):
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Speaker 1 (26:44):
One last Thing's next Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM.
All right, final segment here this Thursday edition of Chuggingbuck
in the mornings, we go around the room for one
last thing.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
What you got? I got a fantasy football question for you.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
I have so this is I don't First of all,
I don't like having as many leagues as I'm in.
Three leagues. It's too many, period. I think two is fine.
One is the best. But this one that I'm in
has you get a point per rush. It's silly, is
that your question. I might, I might get out of it,
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but right I'm in it for now, and it actually
is one that pays the most if you want it.
I see, and I wanted the first year I was
in it. So I'm playing with house money at this point,
but it's I have so I loaded up on running back.
I have a Chain Brown, this crosskey Merrit Kid.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
So that's why you asked that question.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
Of course, every question I asked is selfish.
Speaker 5 (27:50):
Good to Bree Hall and Isaiah Pacheco. I need to
trade one or two of these guys because I don't
need more. I don't need five running backs. Pajeco I
think I might hold or I don't know for sure
if anybody really want him. He's kind of the one
that scores the least. He doesn't get a ton of
carries because Patrick Mahomes throws the ball. Clearly your two
(28:11):
favorite ones, yes, I'm asking you, well, my favorite ones
that score Devan A Chain is the probably the highest one.
He's probably like sixth in this scoring is sixth. He
gets always gets a bunch of carries, and he catches
the ball out of the backfield. Chase Brown's is oncoming
in Breese Hall is another one that gets a bunch
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of carries and does have some catches as well.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
I'd keep Brown and eight Chin and then I would
trade Hall because he'll get the most for him, and
nobody knows where he's going to be after Tuesday. He
could be sharing a backfield with the Chargers by the
end of next week. Nobody really knows. Okay, he's coming
off a great game. He could probably get a really
good return for him. So you keep your two best,
trade your third, and then you keep the other.
Speaker 5 (28:54):
Two his death merit and okay, ye, good call. That's
actually kind of where I was going. I didn't play
Breese last week and scored sixty eight points in this
league format. Well yeah, I know, yeah, yeah, it's a
stupid rule.
Speaker 4 (29:08):
It really really is a dumber one.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
I'm gonna start a league next year where he snaps.
I'm gonna get a point for every snap. Yeah that's good,
that's good.
Speaker 5 (29:15):
I want to start one where you just start with
one hundred points every week if you have red hair.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
Oh okay, that's about us.
Speaker 5 (29:22):
Maybe a dumber rule, but it's still kind of right there,
same continuum of stupid.
Speaker 2 (29:26):
An all ginger league and then.
Speaker 7 (29:29):
Boys just you and Cam Cleveland and.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Somebody that's not ginger boy. Did they have their work
cut out?
Speaker 7 (29:34):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (29:34):
Yeah yeah, Ashley, what's your one last thing? It was
all over social media.
Speaker 7 (29:40):
Last night, so I'm sure you guys saw it, but
I thought it was a pretty neat thing that Brad
Marshan was given time away from his team to go
help a friend whose daughter died of cancer, and he
went to coach an eighteen U hockey team to support
his friend who needed to have time away from the
team to be with his family. I thought it was
very cool on Brad's part. I thought it was very
cool on the team's part. Yeah, it was just all
(30:00):
in all, like, I mean, obviously very sad to hear
what happened to his friend's daughter and what they're going through,
but to know that he had the support of Brad
and Panthers and everybody was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
It does kind of speak to like how hockey people
are built, like that was such an important thing for
that guy, even though his.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Life just fell apart.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Yeah, to just remember my players need a coach, and
then to call a favor of an NHL guy, Yeah,
and then he's like, I will be right there. Plus,
mar Shan has so much equity built up in the
league that I mean a rookie does.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
That, He's probably told no, yeah, you don't get to
do that. There's got to be somebody else in the community.
Marshan does that, and he's like, yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
You can kind of do whatever you want. So yeah,
it all worked out that. It was a wonderful little story.
It was, yeah, man, And I'm sure that the players
on the hockey team were.
Speaker 7 (30:52):
You know, at all every time you come back to
the bench just thinking like, oh, what's happening?
Speaker 2 (30:57):
That would be really funny if he was the cruelest
coach ever.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
Yeah, we don't know what made him skate laps afterwards?
Speaker 2 (31:04):
How dare you only score two goals? You have embarrassed me?
Speaker 4 (31:09):
Come here for this?
Speaker 2 (31:09):
What are you taking your skates off for me? Yeah?
Going anywhere?
Speaker 4 (31:14):
How long are we gonna coke?
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Coach?
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Tell I I'm throwing up.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
We're going to practice boarding. You heard that? Yeah? Yeah,
So get ready, skippy. I'm going to close with this.
Speaker 1 (31:29):
Of course, it's the eve of all Hallows Eve, so
it's all Hallows Eve Eve here today. And Buggy didn't
even realize it, Ashley did. I'm freaked out. We had
a ghost story happened right in the middle of our show.
Wed you didn't even notice it, did You don't think
we did?
Speaker 4 (31:47):
Yes, we did.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
Twelve man round table. Huh, we're sitting here.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
We do it on zoom so that Greg and Hugh
can see us, because they always they're very attracted to us.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
They wanted to see us. During the course of.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
The round on table, and at one point, Ashley and
I are watching all four of the boxes. Ashley's was
blacked out, otherwise there'd be five. I heard this all four.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
Of the boxes, and in the middle of Greg.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
Talking, all of a sudden, you hear somebody eating and drinking.
Nobody on the panel was eating and drinking.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Nobody here wasn't. You weren't. I certainly wasn't. Ashley wasn't.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Yeah, And so it was like it sounded like Slimer
from Ghostbusters and the like.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
There's this eating over the top.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
Sounds of grunting, eating and drinking were taking place during
the course of our broadcast of that hour, and it
was not matching up. I mean, you had a little
bottle of like punch or something that he was drinking,
but it wasn't matching up with when he was taking
drinks of it. So there was a ghost Slimer appeared
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in the middle of our twelve man round table today.
Speaker 4 (33:05):
I heard what you're speaking of.
Speaker 5 (33:07):
And I first I was watching it as well, and
he was drinking and the breathing part which I heard that,
but yes, he at that time, that's when I looked
to Ashley like his Ashley drinking into a life.
Speaker 4 (33:21):
Mike exactly, and she wasn't. I don't think it was
a ghost. I mean, it was just the video just
wasn't Actually that that sound didn't happen.
Speaker 2 (33:34):
This is this is from the audio. Did you hear
that he said something about the devil?
Speaker 4 (33:42):
Yeah, that sounds scary.
Speaker 7 (33:43):
You can even hear Greg in the background talking right now.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
There was no there was no extra pot up, nothing.
We had a ghost that appeared on the twelfth Man
round table.
Speaker 7 (33:55):
Yeah, and I did not do anything other than just
make that louder so you could hear it. Yeah, that's
it didn't add anything.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
I think it's awesome. Yeah, what are we gonna I'm
not complaining.
Speaker 4 (34:05):
I think it's awesome.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
Yeah, we had a ghost story on the.
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