October 1, 2025 • 43 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Welcome back our two since he three to sixty, thanks
to our friends at Cincy's Shirt. You're listening on ESPN
fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. Your talkback's coming up in
just a little bit. We have a Zach Taylor press
conference will air at two o'clock this afternoon, Austin, Are
you ready to talk a little basketball?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
You got the fever yet? Oh yeah? College basketball right
around the corner. The North are going to be the
best team in the Tri state area. I feel like
every year college basketball creeps up on us more. Now
we've got Red's playing in October, the NFL season, college football,
and then before you know it, exhibitions are starting. College
basketball season is starting, and we're lucky enough today to
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talk some hoops and scoops with NKU basketball. This is
happening in October seventh next week at Truest Arena, six o'clock.
The door's open. Uh, there's kid friendly games, cheering, dance performances,
team introduction at seven o'clock basketball activities and Austin free
wits frozen custard. Oh so you got an opportunity to
get a schedule, poster autographs from your favorite NKU players,
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and we're lucky enough to have a couple of those
players in the building today. Uh, Tay Dozers here, Donovan
ode is here, Fellas, what's going on? How are you? Uh,
let's start Donovan with you. You guys are transferring in
to n KU and it's a different world of college basketball.
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What is that transition? Like when you're you're out in
the market and you find a new home and a
team and now you've got to come and get acclimated
with not only a roster and a coaching staff, but
a city. How how difficult is that transition? How's it
been for you?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (01:53):
Yeah, man, this is my second time doing it, and
I definitely say I'm better this time. But like, of course,
it's different. You know, it's new personalities, new scenery. You know,
just with me even being kind of far from home
as a Texas kid coming to Kentucky, you know, so
it's different. So just really being able to adapt wherever
I'm at and be able to make friends and be
able to just be myself forever, which is really important
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to me.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
So freshman year at McNee state is there, and then
you go to cal State Fullerton. How early in the
process did you hear from NKU and and what made
NKU the destination ultimately for you?
Speaker 5 (02:28):
Yeah, heard from NKU around the middle to the end
kind of you know, Coach Simon hit me and we
were just had a really good conversation talk to the
head coach, Coach Horn, and I just really felt at
home with the staff, you know, the things that they
were telling me, just what the past success they've had,
and I just felt like it was a it was
a place where I could put my chest in for
my senior year.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
And yeah, I played football the University of Cincinnati, but
being a basketball fan. While UC's arena was being updated,
they played their home games for a year at Truesst Arena.
It's an unbelie area. It's an unbelievable atmosphere. How excited
are you now getting in the city and getting to
play at truest Arena? How excited are you looking for
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for the fans and and everything about this basketball program?
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Yeah, definitely, man True Serena is is really beautiful. This
will be my fourth year in college, so I've seen
a lot of different arenas and truest arenas. Is nothing
short of a P four arena in my opinion. I
feel like it's just a it's a special place where
I feel like the fans will will definitely have a
good time with this upcoming year.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
And yeah, uh, Tay dozers here as well. Tay grad
transfer from Georgetown, But you're a Louisville native, so you're
back closer to home. Same thing for you. What what
was it about n k U in this process that
that made it feel like the right fit for you
to come play college basketball.
Speaker 6 (03:48):
With it being close to home and automatically give it
like a boost to it. And then just seeing the winning.
As Donovan said, just winning matters to me and one
of the like in my last year of college off
of winning.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
So it was perfect for me to have a chance
and nk u's had a chance to play in the
NCAA Tournament. The we we we often joke around here
that it feels like once March comes around, n k
U rises up to the occasion.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
I know you're you're still getting into the system, but
your head coach Darren Horne. What is it about him
that that is going to give you guys the best
chance to play your best basketball in advance in the
to the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 6 (04:28):
Just his experience, Like like I said, him winning, he
holds us to the highest ends. He's not going to
let us have a day off or he like last practice,
he said, that's kind of like we had a slow start.
It's like that's a losing culture. We're not going to
allow that anymore. And just like stays on top of
us making sure it was like the best, especially when
it comes to March.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I've always thought nk u's done a great job scheduling
of playing really top tier competition early in the season
and oftentimes it gets you ready for for league play
to where at the end of the year you're you're
playing at your best. Talk about that, Talk about the
ability to go to NKU and play against some of
the best competition in that non conference and then get
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yourself ready for conference play. How much does that help?
Speaker 6 (05:09):
Like it helps big, Like going out there playing like
some of the top competition. It shows you where you're at,
where you need to be, how to get better, and
just being ready for come March.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
How important are things like what's going to happen with
hoops and scoops for fans and kids especially to come
out to the arena in today's world of college basketball,
because there's so many new faces on a roster. How
important is it to be able to connect with the
fans during an event like that, to to not only
meet them, but to showcase a little bit of what
you guys can do, have a chance to get in
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front of them, so while the season gets here, it
doesn't feel like so many new faces.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
Yeah, I think it's very important to interact Like like
you said, it's like new faces. Oh, fans don't really
know anyone yet, but coming in and interact, seeing how
good of like people we are, how good they are.
I heard crazy things about the fans, just how crazy
they like, how much they love the sports, especially in
Highland Heights. So it's important, very important.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
What what can fans listening now? What what can they
expect from your game individually? What are you bringing? Excitement? Excitement? Donald?
What are you bringing nothing sort of what tastes it?
Really exciting?
Speaker 4 (06:16):
You know?
Speaker 5 (06:17):
But I'm definitely gonna bring I'm gonna bring a lot
of energy, you know, a lot of defense and a
lot of scoring and getting my teammates.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So how how difficult is it? And it's in the
first time you've done it, so much of it. It's
one thing to have good players on a team, but
the culture and being able to play as a as
a group of five, how difficult is that? How much
time does that take? Uh to get on the same
pages as guys you haven't had a chance to play
with as much.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
Yeah, definitely, just with the how things are going now.
You know, like almost every year everybody a lot of
guys chances are getting like with ours race when you
have like what eight nine transfers, So just it starts
in June.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Man, Like just building.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
Those relationships where there's on off the court, I feel
like both are just really important, you know, just really
understanding your brother, understanding the guy next to you, Like
our coach was saying the other day, like he wants
us to know how much siblings everybody has and stuff
like that. So just just really just being able to
understand people more on and off the course. So whenever
we're in the situations of tough situations, we'll be able
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to have each other's backs and stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
So the Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky area, how much have you
guys had a chance to explore it? What are your
what are some of your favorite things?
Speaker 5 (07:27):
Yeah, uh, this is Daddy kind of surprised me from Texas,
you know, from Dallas, live in California for a little bit. Yeah,
I feel like nobody really knows how nice Cincinnati actually is.
It's very slept on place, even the north of Kentucky area.
Very clean area, nice area. So nothing surprising, being like
I'm not too far away. Yeah, you're closing off, but
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nothing surprising. It's been since he's kind of bigger than
I thought. But other than that, nothing really surprised me.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
The the the role of college basketball in today's world,
as we mentioned that, the comings and goings and the culture.
How important is is the locker room? We're talking culture
a lot in Cincinnati sports right now with the Bengals
going through some hard times and and you rely on
that culture that's built in for a school and a
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team as Northern Kentucky has been that is always playing
their best at the end of the year. How much
in basketball do you rely on culture?
Speaker 6 (08:25):
I say it's one of the biggest things, because when
it comes down to it, you get in a tough game.
If you're not connected with your team, you're just gonna
fall apart and you're gonna lose a game. So I
think it's one of the biggest things.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Can I thank you guys enough for coming in? I
know you guys are looking forward to next week. What
is what's happening right now from a basketball standpoint? What
what are you guys doing from practices? When do those
run up to? Because again I know, I think it's
early November. The season is getting underway. You guys head
to Tennessee on November eighth, so this is coming up quick.
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What are you guys doing and right now from a
basketball standpoint to get ready? What are you able to
do with with regulations?
Speaker 5 (09:05):
Yes, so we had our first official practice last Monday,
so us being able to go have longer hours of practice,
being able to play more and just really put ourselves
in game, in more in game scenarios which will help
us obviously for the long run.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Can I thank you guys enough? Man Tuesday, October seventh,
the Truest Arena doors are going to open at six
Awesome for kids. There's gonna be cheer dance performances. The
team introduction start at seven basketball activities. What's that mean?
Is it a little scrimmaging or just more you guys
just showing off a little bit. You're just gonna show
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off a little bit. Free Wits Frozen Custard. Fans are
gonna get a chance to get a poster on autographs,
and everyone in attendance is gonna get a voucher for
a special ticket offer and Wits Frozen Custard while supplies last.
It's Hoops and Scoops again. October seventh, the truest arena guys,
best of luck man, Thank you guys so much for
coming in and we'll be following along this season. Definitely,
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thank you. So there we go. That's Cincy three sixty.
We're just getting started. Our number two Your talkbacks next
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Speaker 7 (10:13):
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Speaker 8 (10:20):
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Speaker 4 (10:26):
A sprinkles.
Speaker 9 (10:28):
Oh, come on, it's our favorite and S three sex
stays hosting you play at the backs on your screen
and trying not to sanitize.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Come on, you're running high right now. We just talked
to your men of the Norse. The Mighty Norse are
in the building, and that to me is a calming present.
They're getting ready to go on with Willie after that. Yeah,
I mean good for the nurse. Good nurse, and you know,
people can start paying attention. I wasn't joking when I
told you death Darren Horn in March Yep. It goes
January February Norse, yep. And they will be the best
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of the three. Hey, by the way, in the area.
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tonight during the Reds game, because I feel like that
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might have some special powers. We're gonna need something, need something.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Like Don King said, only in America. Wow, bad business
owners can win barely four out of every ten games
eight plays is in nineteen ninety one and still make billions. Man,
real life is to steal. It's good work if you
can get it. Boys, Let's go Reds.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Turn it around.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Come on, backs against the wall for the cockroaches. Oh boy,
cockroaches on everybody. I know we're down right now. Let's
circle on the wagons. We got a lot of meat
left on the bone. It was a bad matchup last night.
O hell, we scored five run.
Speaker 10 (12:33):
We need't score jack now, diddly squawk back in twenty twenty,
all right, and we had a cy young pitcher that year.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
All right, give one hundred greef some slade, give him
some grace.
Speaker 10 (12:42):
I'm gonna stand up top in the mountain top, I'm
gonna screen.
Speaker 11 (12:44):
Let's go Reds.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Or, as Brett Sooner says, click bad matchup. Think's gonna
be a bad matchup for the Dodgers tonight.
Speaker 12 (12:53):
Yep, Well that was painful back to back days on
the same network our local pro teams getting their tall
hand it to him. Come home, man, Brad, you know
what you got to do now? I had to win
too straight, Tony, I think you need to have a
Jim Morris moment. For those who don't know Jim Morris
Major League Picture has his debut at thirty five after
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some arm surgeries.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Tone, time to suit up being with me?
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Isn't that the Did they make a movie about that?
Is that called the Rookie? Might be? I'm pretty sure
might be?
Speaker 13 (13:25):
Hey, but they're big don Jay, way we do.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
We can't go in there a bit of dodgery.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
We got your big picture.
Speaker 9 (13:32):
Jimp in the U and go be the one and
done in the nights.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
You will have me tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Come on, O gosh, man, thank you Coach Holtz.
Speaker 14 (13:40):
There he is, Hey, fellas, it's finny. What a terrible
game last night? We got beat by the human worm
human turtle? What is that guy? Blake Snow That guy
looks like a math teacher in middle school or something, man,
and he just made us look foolish. Man, I'm tired
of it. Can't we just freaking shock the world and
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win a game against a team gets a good team.
Speaker 4 (14:03):
Man.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Who's to say, we want to tell you every.
Speaker 14 (14:06):
Team, every every SINCINNTY team just just sucks.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
It's not over yet. My favorite tweet that I saw
last night came from Nate Dotson. He said, Blake Snell
is rich. He doesn't have to look like that if
he doesn't want to. Oh, oh, the life of a
Cincinnati sports fan.
Speaker 15 (14:39):
The stronger my expectation all year with the Reds is
they were going to be battling for last place. The
fact that they even went to the playoffs I think
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as a victory in a successful season.
Speaker 16 (15:02):
I know some say, you.
Speaker 15 (15:03):
Know, unless you win the World Series, it's really not successful.
I say, bowl crap. Okay, So my question today, with
elimination day, possibly, why is Ashcraft not pitching?
Speaker 2 (15:18):
He probably will pitch Jim and it is a failure
of a season if they don't advance in the postseason. Yes,
are you watching this Tigers game? I've not turned it
on yet. Guardians Tigers top one. Detroit puts two on,
nobody out Tanner Biby then strikes out the next three.
Man changes the whole thing.
Speaker 17 (15:39):
No, this is the president formerly known as Ronald Reagan.
You can call me prince now, dearly beloved, we are
gathered here today to talk about playoff baseball. Last night's
raspberry Beret is behind us. Let's get this little Red's
Corvette in gear. Oh and let's go crazy on those
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Dodgers and party like it's nineteen ninety five. If not,
doves won't be the only thing praying.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Thank you, Ran. Now you know aus trets those are
print songs, right sure? Okay?
Speaker 18 (16:13):
Triple boogedy Bengals, we all know they have issues, need
fixed QB. What about Josh Dibbs With these athletic aplody
the Pastronauts, he would have to run for his life
and he's capable with our lackluster o line. Red's in
a double boogety situation. Let's go Red Legs, crack them up,
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thank you, Let's.
Speaker 8 (16:39):
Come Hey, guys, Marcus from the groove, bad bad, bad,
bad night last night. You've got to come back tonight.
And you know I don't care about the full day's
rest this of the postseason. You cannot let your season
die on the shoulders of Zaclytel.
Speaker 14 (17:00):
You need to.
Speaker 8 (17:01):
Throw abbit tonight and a must win game.
Speaker 19 (17:06):
It's not that hard.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Season on the line. Zach Lttel Zach Taylor, I'm riding
with our guy ltel man.
Speaker 7 (17:16):
Let's go Yeah, This says coach Zach Taylor, shout out
to Day two who Day Nation. I was trying to
get my call in yesterday, but I guess I didn't
get it in in time. You know, I was hoping
to be a little bit more prepared for this talk
back here today, but I guess I go ahead and
just wing it. Didn't really have a backup plan anyway.
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The guys play their butts off. We're gonna fight like
hectic sweep to get better. And well, I'm just proud
of them who Day.
Speaker 20 (17:45):
And that game was embarrassing last night. That was that
was that was hard to watch, Okay, but deep down
we all know how to know what was gonna happen.
I mean, they're clear, they're just out matched. You watch
the other three games, they are all great games. These
other teams are very good. You can tell there's one
team that just doesn't belong there, and it's the Rich.
And I'll tell you who else has to be thoroughly
embarrassed by watching last night was the Mets. They have
to be thinking, how did we let this happen, and
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that Dodgers bullpen sucks. So I can't give the Reds
credit for walking and not swinging at balls two feet
out of the zone.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
Yeah you can. Yeah, you can get credit for that.
You can give him credit for scoring runs on bad pictures, yep.
Speaker 21 (18:22):
Yeah, he should have pinch hit. Pinch hit South Stewart agree.
Agree on Stevenson. All three of them pitchers pitches were balls,
no doubt about it. It's okay to walk a run
in the Bengals defense against the Lions offense. That I mean,
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that's that's scarier than than Halloween.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Amen, brother, Amen.
Speaker 22 (18:50):
Had no disrespect from Mike from Cincinnati.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
I mean LA.
Speaker 10 (18:54):
But I think you've been out in LA a little
too long there, brother.
Speaker 20 (18:57):
I don't know what you' all smoking, but you got
good stuff if.
Speaker 10 (19:00):
You're gonna come on here since three sixty and try
to spin it where not. Every player on the Dodgers
a billion dollar player and they still got power. And
come on, man, the first five batters in your lineup
made one hundred and seventy million last year. Started lineup
last night and Hunter Green can bine only made thirty man.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Good point, man.
Speaker 23 (19:22):
Also, it's time to be a little honest about the Bengals.
There are maybe maybe ten guys on this roster that
are any good and that would start on a real contender.
So and I'm not saying they're gonna need, you know,
a complete rebuild, because they're never gonna be in a
complete rebuild when you got one of the top five quarterbacks.
But they definitely need some kind of mini overhaul because
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seventy five to eighty percent of this.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Roster is not any good.
Speaker 23 (19:47):
So they need to figure it out. Trade trade, trade,
t get what you can get.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
A lot of moves.
Speaker 24 (19:54):
Just dje DJ, you have a good question at the
beginning of the show, what should the Bengals do? Stand
pat add or start to trade off assets Because of
their record, they won't start trading off assets yet.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
It's gonna have to get a lot worse.
Speaker 24 (20:09):
But I think based on the eye test, the coach
and everything else, I think wholesale changes are necessary and
that's the direction they should go. It's a shame it
just won't happen in time till everything falls apart.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Yeah, I just I'm curious, Austin, how many weeks of
what we've had to watch the last couple of weeks
would be enough. I hate to tee off on you
Mic from Sency, but if you left some low hanging
fruit there for me making.
Speaker 10 (20:36):
That comment on here, brother, I can't just sit back
on my laurels and rest.
Speaker 13 (20:40):
Come on, Sincy three six and Gogs all like that.
Speaker 17 (20:43):
Brother.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
We'll see you tonight, though. Come on, we got game two.
Speaker 10 (20:46):
Hashi Moto's going down, or Ya'm a Moto or you
know what?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Hello Moto, Oh, hello Moto, Hello Moto, Hello Moto.
Speaker 19 (20:59):
Fellow, it's Adam And look, the Bengals are not going
to win another game this season with any quarterback currently
on their roster. And I'll leave it at that. I
wanted to take the chance to just say, Tony, what
a heck of a job you did calling that game
on Sunday and Austin. If you could call a game,
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what would it be? What would be your strengths? I
could see you doing a Reds game or maybe the
Masters or the Open What do you think?
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Yeah, definitely baseball baseball. I think would be would be
my best by far. Quick double dip Mike has still
butt hurt.
Speaker 13 (21:35):
His dad got fired by the Browns sixty five years ago.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
He's not firing anybody. I don't know if that's true.
I mean, I think they came pretty close to firing
Zach in twenty nineteen, and if you remember, Marvin Lewis
signed a contract extension going into the twenty eighteen season
and then got fired after the twenty eighteen season.
Speaker 25 (21:57):
Hey, guys, throw in Atlanta. Are you guys talking about
how lacking in skills that a lot of our players
have on the Bengals, especially the offensive line. Maybe true,
but what is also very true is that these guys
are undisciplined, unmotivated, and poorly coached, and that rests solely
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on the shoulders of the coaching.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Yes, that's fair. Thanks, that part is fair. We got
no problem with that.
Speaker 16 (22:26):
I've been a fan of my whole life, guys, sixty
years old, I've seen it all. But this episode here
in the last few years, I'm not even embarrassed no more.
I'm just flat out pissed. That's this organization doesn't care
about winning, doesn't care about the fans. What we think,
They're gonna sit back and do nothing yet again and
expect the fans to keep showing up and shelling out
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and supporting. No enough is enough. Something's got to be
done about this. Something's got to be done.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
The hard part here for me is, I don't know
if he's talking about the Bengals or the Reds now.
I know. I don't know that you could. I don't
know that all those are applicable to the Bengals. I
do think the Bengals have put forth effort, more effort
than the Reds have. Yeah, neither one have worked.
Speaker 26 (23:12):
What up, boys, Craig and the Creek Gonna keep it
positive after a rough couple of days. Good to see
McClain have a night after all the hate and veteran
move by Frankcona. If they playing for Littel, you pull him,
put in Lodolo. If they call your bluff and playing
for Lodolo, you just keep rolling with Litzel and h
is the US hurting to field a fencing team or something?
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It is so bizarre the amount of ads for such
a weird sport.
Speaker 11 (23:44):
After witnessing that uh whatever it was on Monday night
football flying him from Denver last night watching the Reds game,
just man one thing after another. YEA, on the weekend
we had big men by the bear Cats, Reds getting
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into the postseason and then back to reality.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, that's I think one of the hardest part of
Austin is the reality that sets in quickly when when
they score so quick last night that well, that was
fun getting here.
Speaker 4 (24:26):
Hey guys, the sheer old pal somebody cares these list time.
I started light up every Kae Glacious, Kim Jung Un
kiton Big Fees on the mound, show me your HEIMI,
Mokey blay a lock and Freddy Brcury reds wind many
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healthy dope.
Speaker 27 (25:01):
The Bengals are the misfit toys of the NFL.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Hmm.
Speaker 27 (25:06):
We got lineman who can't block, corners who can't cover,
man demand, safeties who can't stop the de ball, a
coach that doesn't know how to scheme, and the owner
that's still talking about going to the Super Bowl in
nineteen eighty nine. No vision, that's it.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
Mo al time, I mo.
Speaker 28 (25:27):
Hey, guys, how many more losses like the last two
do you think the Bengals have before Zach Taylor completely
loses the locker room and the guys no longer want
to play with him that they would rather consider themselves
healthy scratches than to go out there with his game. Plan,
Thanks Hudek.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
The current state of the locker room is my biggest
concern right now going forward. I don't know that we're
at that point. Somebody tried to say that today. You know,
when does Jamar Chase start, you know, poinding of a
hamstring injury. This dude's got their money, So I don't
know that they're that sort of flat out rebellion from
the leaders is gonna happen. I don't anticipate that, but
(26:03):
I do think it's worth being concerned about the overall
state of the locker room. My goodness, what was that
TV in here just turned off? I heard somebody's phone
going off. The Norse were in here. Let me tell
you what was that. Professional phones were going off and
it was not even from the Norse. I know, I know.
Lights were going on and off in here.
Speaker 29 (26:23):
Austin Tony, it's he in here sending in another because
yesterday was two filled. But I'm really wondering, are they
trying to lose on purpose because they just want a
high rated first round pick for free, like they won't
spend money on the line to protect Burrow. I mean,
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the blood is all over the hands. It's so ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Emotions are high still, man, after a Monday night. Let
me tell you this, there are people Austin that need
the Reds to win tonight because if not, you go
down to dark path.
Speaker 22 (27:01):
Yeah my next game, managing a big league team movie
my first. But I'm still trying to figure out why
Tito puts South Stewart in for Austin Hayes instead of
Keey Bryan Hayes. But today's another day. That's the beauty
of baseball. You turn the page winner, go home tonight.
Let's get them boys.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Come on, come on, let's go.
Speaker 15 (27:21):
I said Ashcraft when I met Andrew Abbott.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
Ah, it makes more sense, like I think our best pitcher,
that makes more sense to go.
Speaker 30 (27:31):
It's gonna push back just a little bit on it's
a failure of a season.
Speaker 16 (27:35):
As eight all.
Speaker 30 (27:36):
Advance, I think you're allowed to relitigate based on what
we've seen. We know our offense is dog, you know what,
and their first rounds against the Dodgers, who have probably
the best lineup in all of baseball. I want advance,
but I think I can call it a successful season
that they went to the playoffs for the first time
(27:57):
in what fifteen years, No.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
No, first time in years first and foremost Second of all,
they in the off season acquired Gavin Lux, They acquired
Brady Singer. They made moves at the trade deadline to
get Zach Lettel, to get Miguel Andehar. They spent a
pretty decent amount of money, and they spent a whole
lot of money on Terry Francona to get them back
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to the playoffs. And for me, the standard is always
going to be more than just show up in the playoffs.
It's going to be advanced in the playoffs. No team
in North American professional sports has a playoff victory drought
longer than the Cincinnati Reds. That is embarrassing and the
organization should have a much higher standard than that. Yeah,
the conversation around the Reds cannot be well, they made
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the playoffs that successful. The conversation needs to be if
they don't win tonight or tomorrow, the conversation turns to, okay,
they took a step forward, but that should be the
jumping off point as to want to get this year
in and year out. What are they going to do
going forward? Because to me, can't settle. No, it's a
step forward, is it? A success, Austin if you finish
(29:03):
over your last eighty games at forty and forty no, right,
like without and I get that you play to two
different things. And what's your the hand that you're dealt
The Mets collapsed. It wasn't like the Reds won and
you know they won twenty three out of thirty to
get in. They were five hundred over the last eighty games.
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Now again, have they shown resiliency? Absolutely? Is it a
step forward to get there? One hundred percent? But are
you looking back on this year as a success if
they don't make the playoffs next year? Right?
Speaker 19 (29:37):
No?
Speaker 2 (29:37):
The twenty twenty five season is not remembered by the
surge of the Reds. It's remembered by the collapse of
the Mets.
Speaker 30 (29:45):
Our season hopes rest literally in the hands of Zach Lttel.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
In Lttel will we trust?
Speaker 22 (29:55):
Come on, Zach, Zachy Stevenson swinging at bad pitches. Have
you seen the bulls and strikes called this year?
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Fair points?
Speaker 22 (30:02):
Jack's are better trips to win when you stand in
the box. Gotta protect gods?
Speaker 2 (30:07):
All right?
Speaker 19 (30:08):
Then?
Speaker 13 (30:10):
That guy was funny. I can imagine Austin Elmore as
a color analyst on a baseball game and there's a
line driving the right field that'll get down and score two.
Austin chimes in, Yeah, this team sucks. The general manager sucks,
the whole team sucks, the whole organization. Get him out
of there, get a new picture in. He can suck too.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
I don't think I say that very often. I don't
think I say people suck. Somebody text me not on
the air, at least during the first segment today, and
asked me if I knew what Nick Krawl's middle name was,
and they said, makes my skin. I fielded a phone
call last night from my father, Oh and it was
(30:52):
the first time we've spoken since the Monday, and he
proceeded to tell me about a laundry list of people
that he thought were bums.
Speaker 31 (31:06):
HAUTI ton, just gotta leave a talk back here. I
hope you're having a good day. It's a tough day
to have a good day as a Cincinnati sports fan.
Speaker 4 (31:13):
But what are you gonna do?
Speaker 14 (31:15):
Hey?
Speaker 6 (31:16):
Uh?
Speaker 31 (31:17):
He was on Jack Browning's bandwagon right off jump. I
thought he could get the job done. He has proven
me to be absolutely insanely and terribly wrong. The dude
is hot soupy dog water.
Speaker 32 (31:30):
Whoa man just can't use them as qv one hot
soupy dog water. Let me ask you one question about
you can just more than one. If people ask you
a lot about payroll, payroll, payroll, how much do you
put in Like the Yankees right now three hundred million payroll.
The Dodgers are at three point fifty.
Speaker 4 (31:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
Second in baseball is the Mets at three forty two.
The Brewers have a lower payroll in the Red. The
Brewers have a lower payroll in the Red. So to
push back and say, well, it's all about payroll. I
pushed back a little bit on that. It gives you opportunities.
But to your point about this season storyline is more
about the Mets collapsing than what the Reds went and took.
(32:09):
It's because the Mets spent two or three hundred and
forty two million dollars on their team. Correct, That's why
it was like if you look back to last year.
Last year was a fun story because the Tigers were
like middle of the pack in terms of spending and
they had this young, scrappy team that went on a
run and got into the postseason and made a little
(32:29):
bit of noise, and this year it's been the opposite.
They collapsed and it was the young, scrappy Cleveland Guardians
that found their way to go on a run and
get into the playoffs and the National League. It was
the Mets are being paid a lot of money and
they fell apart since June thirteenth, and the Reds were
just there to accept the gift. And it's not about
(32:51):
the surge of a young Reds team with Terry Francona
correct and now internationally the national conversation has started to
zero in on some of the questionable decisions made by
Terry Francona. And I think there's a there's a difficult
balance between the gut and the analytics, and Francona has
made a lot of hay with his gut. I just
(33:14):
don't know. When he was in Boston, he had some
unbelievable players Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Kurt Shilling,
unbelievable players that he could turn to. They don't have
that here and that concerns me about, you know, just
(33:38):
his style of managing and trusting in guys a little
bit more maybe than he should, or not trusting in
a young guy more as much as he should. And
I hope that changes tonight. I hope I feel a
little bit more urgency than I saw last night. Yeah,
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Yeah, welcome back since he three or sixteen. I'm gonna
call at Austin the biggest game in the Scott Saderfield
Air on Saturday. How surprised were you when you saw
the line come out that the Cats were favored? Originally surprised,
I looked more into it. Iowa State's starting corners are
(35:35):
both out. Oh, so there are opportunities of plenty. I
think for the UC offense, what UC did at Kansas
in the second half without Joe Royer in the game,
without Dante Corleone, I thought was extremely, extremely impressive. And
for Iowa State open the season with at the time
a good win against Kansas State. Kansas State since then
(35:56):
has been abysmal. They beat Iowa sixteen thirteen. Outside of that,
I don't think you know much from the Cyclones based
on their record. You see has been tested road game
against Kansas where they came out on top. They played
Nebraska a very tough Week one at Arrowhead Stadium, and
what was essentially a true road game for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
(36:17):
Them being favored against the fourteenth ranked team in the country,
I think shows that there is respect being given, obviously
nationally to the Cincinnati Bearcats. There are people talking Austin
about the Cincinnati Bearcats because by beating Kansas, you set
yourself up. If you win at home, you then go
the week after UCF You'll be favored in that one.
(36:39):
They're gonna be favorites on the road at Oklahoma State.
Then they come home against Baylor, who again middle of
the pack, okay, but not dominating. If you beat Iowa State,
I think you're four and oh going into the Baylor game,
and then you've got legitimate buzz in. What I think
Austin is a Big twelve conference that doesn't have a true,
(37:00):
true dominant team. I think Texas Tech's the best team
in the conference. You don't play them this year. I
think BYU right now is probably the second best team
in the conference. You play them at home late in
the year, you get Iowa State at home. I don't
think you can ask for much more. And oh, by
the way, Bill Connelly of ESPN dot com today ranked
(37:21):
every Power for quarterback one month into this college football season.
And there are good quarterbacks on this list. Austin Julian
Sayan is on this list. He's number eleven. John Mattier
Oklahoma is number twelve. Jalen Daniels Kansas number ten, just
had a great game against the Bearcats defense. And at
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the top right now, Jayden Maya Villa from USC Diego Pavia,
number two, Trinidad Chambliss from Old Missus three, Fernando Mendoza,
who's had a great year so far for Indiana. Dante
Moore Austin. I was unfamiliar with Dante Moore's game until
I watched him against Penn State. I couldn't be more
impressed with him. He was fantastic. But number six on
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this list and all of college football is Brendan Soarsby
total QBR eighty seven point six, one forty three passing yards,
two hundred and thirty eight rushing yards fourteen total touchdowns.
It says this Austin Cincinnati is basically one poor pass
away from being one of the biggest stories of the
early season. Swarsby's underthrown interception cost the Bearcat's potential win
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against Nebraska. He has otherwise piloted what would have been
the most well rounded offense this side of usc and
Indiana on the season, and coming off Saturday's win against Kansas,
it has put Cincinnati and Sorsby square in the thick
of a big twelve race. By the way, Brendan Soarsby
(38:51):
will join this show at twelve thirty tomorrow. Let's go.
How about that? Let's go? What is the word on
Dante Corleone this week? Trending in the right direction? Still questionable.
Scott Saderfield said in his press conference yesterday that he
was very close to going against Kansas. If he's very,
very close against Kansas, hopefully he's able to go against
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Iowa State because Iowa State, unlike Kansas, Austin more old school.
They're gonna run the ball, they're gonna hit play action.
Kansas didn't really have much of a running game, So
I don't know how much Corleone would have changed things
because I thought UC was pretty good against the run.
He will make and can make a big difference against
Iowa State, and if he's not in there, that gives
an extreme edge to Iowa State's offense as well. Yeah,
(39:37):
that's the latest on the Bearcats. We'll wrap up our
two when we come back, and then we'll kick off
our number three. Zach Taylor spoke to the media just
a few minutes ago Austin, and there's already stuff that
are driving me nuts. Things that I've heard that Zach said,
We're going to play that at the start of hour three.
It's almost like I said word for word what Zach
(39:58):
was going to say today before he said it pretty
much did you nailed it. We're gonna play it too,
and then we're gonna react to it after that. It's
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YEWS on ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station.
Speaker 2 (40:30):
Welcome back. Since he three sixty ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati
Sports Station. Do you know what happened Tony on this date,
two thousand and seven? What was it? You're gonna guess?
I don't know. I don't know what happened. Bengals lost
(40:51):
thirty four to thirteen to the New England Patriots on
Monday Night Football to drop to one in three. Oh yeah, okay,
we've already passed that this year. It just stands out
to me because I was at the game. Oh, I
remember it clear, Bengals were orange. That was the Patriots
undefeated season. Randy Moss went crazy. Lost. Yeah, Tigers, Guardians
(41:13):
top three right now, Guardians up one nothing on a
George Valera solo home run that happened in the bottom
of the first inning for the Guardians. And that is
where things stand right now. In the top of the
third rest of the Major League Baseball schedule today, Padres Cubs.
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Kittridge on the mound for the Cubs against Dylan Ceez
who was pitching for the Padres. Andy Kittridge. Is that
his name? Andy Andrew Kittridge.
Speaker 3 (41:42):
Sure?
Speaker 2 (41:44):
And then of course the nightcap tonight, Zach Lttel, this
is what he was brought in to do. Yeah, he
was brought in to this club, Zachy punch out to
pitch Game two of the NL Wildcard Series. That's why
tells here and that's what he's got an opportunity to
do today. That's a big opportunity for Zach Lttel as
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the Reds look to stave off elimination, which Austin it's
felt like they've done about thirty times this year. This
team has staved off more eliminating games, and they get
themselves one more opportunity tonight. If they get it tonight,
what an opportunity tomorrow would be for Andrew Abbott, who
represented the Reds in the All Star Game, to have
(42:27):
a chance to pitch Game three and potentially help the
Reds advance. You got to get past tonight. You got
to get past Yoshiobu Yamyammoto. If you want to do
it tonight, Zach Taylor, He's got a lot of work.
If they want to get it done on Sunday, you'll
hear his press conference. That happened now normally he's happened
on Wednesday, but they played on Monday night and then
(42:49):
they play on Sunday day less, so they combine it.
He spoke today. We'll play what Zach Taylor had to
say when we dame Wednesday. Oh, well that would be it. Then,
does normally speak on Tuesday? No, he normally speaks on Monday,
Monday and Wednesday and Winday. He went back to back
Tuesday winds. So I was confused because yesterday for the
(43:10):
Tony Moe Football Show, we didn't have any Zach Taylor audio.
Right now we have it today and it is Wednesday
Today's Winds. That's good to know. Yep, more of that,
just so you know, like for moving forward, It's Wednesday.
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Welcome back our two since he three to sixty, thanks
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fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. Your talkback's coming up in
just a little bit. We have a Zach Taylor press
conference will air at two o'clock this afternoon, Austin, Are
you ready to talk a little basketball?
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
You got the fever yet? Oh yeah? College basketball right
around the corner. The North are going to be the
best team in the Tri state area. I feel like
every year college basketball creeps up on us more. Now
we've got Red's playing in October, the NFL season, college football,
and then before you know it, exhibitions are starting. College
basketball season is starting, and we're lucky enough today to
(00:53):
talk some hoops and scoops with NKU basketball. This is
happening in October seventh next week at Truest Arena, six o'clock.
The door's open. Uh, there's kid friendly games, cheering, dance performances,
team introduction at seven o'clock basketball activities and Austin free
wits frozen custard. Oh so you got an opportunity to
get a schedule, poster autographs from your favorite NKU players,
(01:17):
and we're lucky enough to have a couple of those
players in the building today. Uh, Tay Dozers here, Donovan
ode is here, Fellas, what's going on? How are you? Uh,
let's start Donovan with you. You guys are transferring in
to n KU and it's a different world of college basketball.
(01:37):
What is that transition? Like when you're you're out in
the market and you find a new home and a
team and now you've got to come and get acclimated
with not only a roster and a coaching staff, but
a city. How how difficult is that transition? How's it
been for you?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (01:53):
Yeah, man, this is my second time doing it, and
I definitely say I'm better this time. But like, of course,
it's different. You know, it's new personalities, new scenery. You know,
just with me even being kind of far from home
as a Texas kid coming to Kentucky, you know, so
it's different. So just really being able to adapt wherever
I'm at and be able to make friends and be
able to just be myself forever, which is really important
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to me.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
So freshman year at McNee state is there, and then
you go to cal State Fullerton. How early in the
process did you hear from NKU and and what made
NKU the destination ultimately for you?
Speaker 5 (02:28):
Yeah, heard from NKU around the middle to the end
kind of you know, Coach Simon hit me and we
were just had a really good conversation talk to the
head coach, Coach Horn, and I just really felt at
home with the staff, you know, the things that they
were telling me, just what the past success they've had,
and I just felt like it was a it was
a place where I could put my chest in for
my senior year.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
And yeah, I played football the University of Cincinnati, but
being a basketball fan. While UC's arena was being updated,
they played their home games for a year at Truesst Arena.
It's an unbelie area. It's an unbelievable atmosphere. How excited
are you now getting in the city and getting to
play at truest Arena? How excited are you looking for
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for the fans and and everything about this basketball program?
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Yeah, definitely, man True Serena is is really beautiful. This
will be my fourth year in college, so I've seen
a lot of different arenas and truest arenas. Is nothing
short of a P four arena in my opinion. I
feel like it's just a it's a special place where
I feel like the fans will will definitely have a
good time with this upcoming year.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
And yeah, uh, Tay dozers here as well. Tay grad
transfer from Georgetown, But you're a Louisville native, so you're
back closer to home. Same thing for you. What what
was it about n k U in this process that
that made it feel like the right fit for you
to come play college basketball.
Speaker 6 (03:48):
With it being close to home and automatically give it
like a boost to it. And then just seeing the winning.
As Donovan said, just winning matters to me and one
of the like in my last year of college off
of winning.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
So it was perfect for me to have a chance
and nk u's had a chance to play in the
NCAA Tournament. The we we we often joke around here
that it feels like once March comes around, n k
U rises up to the occasion.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
I know you're you're still getting into the system, but
your head coach Darren Horne. What is it about him
that that is going to give you guys the best
chance to play your best basketball in advance in the
to the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 6 (04:28):
Just his experience, Like like I said, him winning, he
holds us to the highest ends. He's not going to
let us have a day off or he like last practice,
he said, that's kind of like we had a slow start.
It's like that's a losing culture. We're not going to
allow that anymore. And just like stays on top of
us making sure it was like the best, especially when
it comes to March.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I've always thought nk u's done a great job scheduling
of playing really top tier competition early in the season
and oftentimes it gets you ready for for league play
to where at the end of the year you're you're
playing at your best. Talk about that, Talk about the
ability to go to NKU and play against some of
the best competition in that non conference and then get
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yourself ready for conference play. How much does that help?
Speaker 6 (05:09):
Like it helps big, Like going out there playing like
some of the top competition. It shows you where you're at,
where you need to be, how to get better, and
just being ready for come March.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
How important are things like what's going to happen with
hoops and scoops for fans and kids especially to come
out to the arena in today's world of college basketball,
because there's so many new faces on a roster. How
important is it to be able to connect with the
fans during an event like that, to to not only
meet them, but to showcase a little bit of what
you guys can do, have a chance to get in
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front of them, so while the season gets here, it
doesn't feel like so many new faces.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
Yeah, I think it's very important to interact Like like
you said, it's like new faces. Oh, fans don't really
know anyone yet, but coming in and interact, seeing how
good of like people we are, how good they are.
I heard crazy things about the fans, just how crazy
they like, how much they love the sports, especially in
Highland Heights. So it's important, very important.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
What what can fans listening now? What what can they
expect from your game individually? What are you bringing? Excitement? Excitement? Donald?
What are you bringing nothing sort of what tastes it?
Really exciting?
Speaker 4 (06:16):
You know?
Speaker 5 (06:17):
But I'm definitely gonna bring I'm gonna bring a lot
of energy, you know, a lot of defense and a
lot of scoring and getting my teammates.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So how how difficult is it? And it's in the
first time you've done it, so much of it. It's
one thing to have good players on a team, but
the culture and being able to play as a as
a group of five, how difficult is that? How much
time does that take? Uh to get on the same
pages as guys you haven't had a chance to play
with as much.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
Yeah, definitely, just with the how things are going now.
You know, like almost every year everybody a lot of
guys chances are getting like with ours race when you
have like what eight nine transfers, So just it starts
in June.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Man, Like just building.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
Those relationships where there's on off the court, I feel
like both are just really important, you know, just really
understanding your brother, understanding the guy next to you, Like
our coach was saying the other day, like he wants
us to know how much siblings everybody has and stuff
like that. So just just really just being able to
understand people more on and off the course. So whenever
we're in the situations of tough situations, we'll be able
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to have each other's backs and stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
So the Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky area, how much have you
guys had a chance to explore it? What are your
what are some of your favorite things?
Speaker 5 (07:27):
Yeah, uh, this is Daddy kind of surprised me from Texas,
you know, from Dallas, live in California for a little bit. Yeah,
I feel like nobody really knows how nice Cincinnati actually is.
It's very slept on place, even the north of Kentucky area.
Very clean area, nice area. So nothing surprising, being like
I'm not too far away. Yeah, you're closing off, but
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nothing surprising. It's been since he's kind of bigger than
I thought. But other than that, nothing really surprised me.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
The the the role of college basketball in today's world,
as we mentioned that, the comings and goings and the culture.
How important is is the locker room? We're talking culture
a lot in Cincinnati sports right now with the Bengals
going through some hard times and and you rely on
that culture that's built in for a school and a
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team as Northern Kentucky has been that is always playing
their best at the end of the year. How much
in basketball do you rely on culture?
Speaker 6 (08:25):
I say it's one of the biggest things, because when
it comes down to it, you get in a tough game.
If you're not connected with your team, you're just gonna
fall apart and you're gonna lose a game. So I
think it's one of the biggest things.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Can I thank you guys enough for coming in? I
know you guys are looking forward to next week. What
is what's happening right now from a basketball standpoint? What
what are you guys doing from practices? When do those
run up to? Because again I know, I think it's
early November. The season is getting underway. You guys head
to Tennessee on November eighth, so this is coming up quick.
(08:59):
What are you guys doing and right now from a
basketball standpoint to get ready? What are you able to
do with with regulations?
Speaker 5 (09:05):
Yes, so we had our first official practice last Monday,
so us being able to go have longer hours of practice,
being able to play more and just really put ourselves
in game, in more in game scenarios which will help
us obviously for the long run.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Can I thank you guys enough? Man Tuesday, October seventh,
the Truest Arena doors are going to open at six
Awesome for kids. There's gonna be cheer dance performances. The
team introduction start at seven basketball activities. What's that mean?
Is it a little scrimmaging or just more you guys
just showing off a little bit. You're just gonna show
(09:43):
off a little bit. Free Wits Frozen Custard. Fans are
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It's Hoops and Scoops again. October seventh, the truest arena guys,
best of luck man, Thank you guys so much for
coming in and we'll be following along this season. Definitely,
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thank you. So there we go. That's Cincy three sixty.
We're just getting started. Our number two Your talkbacks next
thanks to Cincy Shirts on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.
Speaker 7 (10:13):
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Speaker 8 (10:20):
Stand and don't keep the thing.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
A sprinkles.
Speaker 9 (10:28):
Oh, come on, it's our favorite and S three sex
stays hosting you play at the backs on your screen
and trying not to sanitize.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Come on, you're running high right now. We just talked
to your men of the Norse. The Mighty Norse are
in the building, and that to me is a calming present.
They're getting ready to go on with Willie after that. Yeah,
I mean good for the nurse. Good nurse, and you know,
people can start paying attention. I wasn't joking when I
told you death Darren Horn in March Yep. It goes
January February Norse, yep. And they will be the best
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of the three. Hey, by the way, in the area.
Today's talkbacks thanks to our friends at Sincy Shirts. You
know they collaborated Austin with not only Skyland but Greaters.
Now I saw this. There's the re release coming up
of the Skyline ice cream coming up. It's today, man, Today,
They've got the coolest bowl of Chile in town, available
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But here's the deal with these, Austin. Once they sell out,
they're gone. Oh so make sure you get the Sincy
shirts as soon as possible. Okay, wonderful. I might have
to go across the street to Greaters and get some
of that Skyline Greaters so that I can eat it
tonight during the Reds game, because I feel like that
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might have some special powers. We're gonna need something, need something.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Like Don King said, only in America. Wow, bad business
owners can win barely four out of every ten games
eight plays is in nineteen ninety one and still make billions. Man,
real life is to steal. It's good work if you
can get it. Boys, Let's go Reds.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Turn it around.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Come on, backs against the wall for the cockroaches. Oh boy,
cockroaches on everybody. I know we're down right now. Let's
circle on the wagons. We got a lot of meat
left on the bone. It was a bad matchup last night.
O hell, we scored five run.
Speaker 10 (12:33):
We need't score jack now, diddly squawk back in twenty twenty,
all right, and we had a cy young pitcher that year.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
All right, give one hundred greef some slade, give him
some grace.
Speaker 10 (12:42):
I'm gonna stand up top in the mountain top, I'm
gonna screen.
Speaker 11 (12:44):
Let's go Reds.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Or, as Brett Sooner says, click bad matchup. Think's gonna
be a bad matchup for the Dodgers tonight.
Speaker 12 (12:53):
Yep, Well that was painful back to back days on
the same network our local pro teams getting their tall
hand it to him. Come home, man, Brad, you know
what you got to do now? I had to win
too straight, Tony, I think you need to have a
Jim Morris moment. For those who don't know Jim Morris
Major League Picture has his debut at thirty five after
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some arm surgeries.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Tone, time to suit up being with me?
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Isn't that the Did they make a movie about that?
Is that called the Rookie? Might be? I'm pretty sure
might be?
Speaker 13 (13:25):
Hey, but they're big don Jay, way we do.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
We can't go in there a bit of dodgery.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
We got your big picture.
Speaker 9 (13:32):
Jimp in the U and go be the one and
done in the nights.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
You will have me tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Come on, O gosh, man, thank you Coach Holtz.
Speaker 14 (13:40):
There he is, Hey, fellas, it's finny. What a terrible
game last night? We got beat by the human worm
human turtle? What is that guy? Blake Snow That guy
looks like a math teacher in middle school or something, man,
and he just made us look foolish. Man, I'm tired
of it. Can't we just freaking shock the world and
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win a game against a team gets a good team.
Speaker 4 (14:03):
Man.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Who's to say, we want to tell you every.
Speaker 14 (14:06):
Team, every every SINCINNTY team just just sucks.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
It's not over yet. My favorite tweet that I saw
last night came from Nate Dotson. He said, Blake Snell
is rich. He doesn't have to look like that if
he doesn't want to. Oh, oh, the life of a
Cincinnati sports fan.
Speaker 15 (14:39):
The stronger my expectation all year with the Reds is
they were going to be battling for last place. The
fact that they even went to the playoffs I think
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as a victory in a successful season.
Speaker 16 (15:02):
I know some say, you.
Speaker 15 (15:03):
Know, unless you win the World Series, it's really not successful.
I say, bowl crap. Okay, So my question today, with
elimination day, possibly, why is Ashcraft not pitching?
Speaker 2 (15:18):
He probably will pitch Jim and it is a failure
of a season if they don't advance in the postseason. Yes,
are you watching this Tigers game? I've not turned it
on yet. Guardians Tigers top one. Detroit puts two on,
nobody out Tanner Biby then strikes out the next three.
Man changes the whole thing.
Speaker 17 (15:39):
No, this is the president formerly known as Ronald Reagan.
You can call me prince now, dearly beloved, we are
gathered here today to talk about playoff baseball. Last night's
raspberry Beret is behind us. Let's get this little Red's
Corvette in gear. Oh and let's go crazy on those
(15:59):
Dodgers and party like it's nineteen ninety five. If not,
doves won't be the only thing praying.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Thank you, Ran. Now you know aus trets those are
print songs, right sure? Okay?
Speaker 18 (16:13):
Triple boogedy Bengals, we all know they have issues, need
fixed QB. What about Josh Dibbs With these athletic aplody
the Pastronauts, he would have to run for his life
and he's capable with our lackluster o line. Red's in
a double boogety situation. Let's go Red Legs, crack them up,
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thank you, Let's.
Speaker 8 (16:39):
Come Hey, guys, Marcus from the groove, bad bad, bad,
bad night last night. You've got to come back tonight.
And you know I don't care about the full day's
rest this of the postseason. You cannot let your season
die on the shoulders of Zaclytel.
Speaker 14 (17:00):
You need to.
Speaker 8 (17:01):
Throw abbit tonight and a must win game.
Speaker 19 (17:06):
It's not that hard.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Season on the line. Zach Lttel Zach Taylor, I'm riding
with our guy ltel man.
Speaker 7 (17:16):
Let's go Yeah, This says coach Zach Taylor, shout out
to Day two who Day Nation. I was trying to
get my call in yesterday, but I guess I didn't
get it in in time. You know, I was hoping
to be a little bit more prepared for this talk
back here today, but I guess I go ahead and
just wing it. Didn't really have a backup plan anyway.
(17:37):
The guys play their butts off. We're gonna fight like
hectic sweep to get better. And well, I'm just proud
of them who Day.
Speaker 20 (17:45):
And that game was embarrassing last night. That was that
was that was hard to watch, Okay, but deep down
we all know how to know what was gonna happen.
I mean, they're clear, they're just out matched. You watch
the other three games, they are all great games. These
other teams are very good. You can tell there's one
team that just doesn't belong there, and it's the Rich.
And I'll tell you who else has to be thoroughly
embarrassed by watching last night was the Mets. They have
to be thinking, how did we let this happen, and
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that Dodgers bullpen sucks. So I can't give the Reds
credit for walking and not swinging at balls two feet
out of the zone.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
Yeah you can. Yeah, you can get credit for that.
You can give him credit for scoring runs on bad pictures, yep.
Speaker 21 (18:22):
Yeah, he should have pinch hit. Pinch hit South Stewart agree.
Agree on Stevenson. All three of them pitchers pitches were balls,
no doubt about it. It's okay to walk a run
in the Bengals defense against the Lions offense. That I mean,
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that's that's scarier than than Halloween.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Amen, brother, Amen.
Speaker 22 (18:50):
Had no disrespect from Mike from Cincinnati.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
I mean LA.
Speaker 10 (18:54):
But I think you've been out in LA a little
too long there, brother.
Speaker 20 (18:57):
I don't know what you' all smoking, but you got
good stuff if.
Speaker 10 (19:00):
You're gonna come on here since three sixty and try
to spin it where not. Every player on the Dodgers
a billion dollar player and they still got power. And
come on, man, the first five batters in your lineup
made one hundred and seventy million last year. Started lineup
last night and Hunter Green can bine only made thirty man.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Good point, man.
Speaker 23 (19:22):
Also, it's time to be a little honest about the Bengals.
There are maybe maybe ten guys on this roster that
are any good and that would start on a real contender.
So and I'm not saying they're gonna need, you know,
a complete rebuild, because they're never gonna be in a
complete rebuild when you got one of the top five quarterbacks.
But they definitely need some kind of mini overhaul because
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seventy five to eighty percent of this.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Roster is not any good.
Speaker 23 (19:47):
So they need to figure it out. Trade trade, trade,
t get what you can get.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
A lot of moves.
Speaker 24 (19:54):
Just dje DJ, you have a good question at the
beginning of the show, what should the Bengals do? Stand
pat add or start to trade off assets Because of
their record, they won't start trading off assets yet.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
It's gonna have to get a lot worse.
Speaker 24 (20:09):
But I think based on the eye test, the coach
and everything else, I think wholesale changes are necessary and
that's the direction they should go. It's a shame it
just won't happen in time till everything falls apart.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Yeah, I just I'm curious, Austin, how many weeks of
what we've had to watch the last couple of weeks
would be enough. I hate to tee off on you
Mic from Sency, but if you left some low hanging
fruit there for me making.
Speaker 10 (20:36):
That comment on here, brother, I can't just sit back
on my laurels and rest.
Speaker 13 (20:40):
Come on, Sincy three six and Gogs all like that.
Speaker 17 (20:43):
Brother.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
We'll see you tonight, though. Come on, we got game two.
Speaker 10 (20:46):
Hashi Moto's going down, or Ya'm a Moto or you
know what?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Hello Moto, Oh, hello Moto, Hello Moto, Hello Moto.
Speaker 19 (20:59):
Fellow, it's Adam And look, the Bengals are not going
to win another game this season with any quarterback currently
on their roster. And I'll leave it at that. I
wanted to take the chance to just say, Tony, what
a heck of a job you did calling that game
on Sunday and Austin. If you could call a game,
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what would it be? What would be your strengths? I
could see you doing a Reds game or maybe the
Masters or the Open What do you think?
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Yeah, definitely baseball baseball. I think would be would be
my best by far. Quick double dip Mike has still
butt hurt.
Speaker 13 (21:35):
His dad got fired by the Browns sixty five years ago.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
He's not firing anybody. I don't know if that's true.
I mean, I think they came pretty close to firing
Zach in twenty nineteen, and if you remember, Marvin Lewis
signed a contract extension going into the twenty eighteen season
and then got fired after the twenty eighteen season.
Speaker 25 (21:57):
Hey, guys, throw in Atlanta. Are you guys talking about
how lacking in skills that a lot of our players
have on the Bengals, especially the offensive line. Maybe true,
but what is also very true is that these guys
are undisciplined, unmotivated, and poorly coached, and that rests solely
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on the shoulders of the coaching.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Yes, that's fair. Thanks, that part is fair. We got
no problem with that.
Speaker 16 (22:26):
I've been a fan of my whole life, guys, sixty
years old, I've seen it all. But this episode here
in the last few years, I'm not even embarrassed no more.
I'm just flat out pissed. That's this organization doesn't care
about winning, doesn't care about the fans. What we think,
They're gonna sit back and do nothing yet again and
expect the fans to keep showing up and shelling out
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and supporting. No enough is enough. Something's got to be
done about this. Something's got to be done.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
The hard part here for me is, I don't know
if he's talking about the Bengals or the Reds now.
I know. I don't know that you could. I don't
know that all those are applicable to the Bengals. I
do think the Bengals have put forth effort, more effort
than the Reds have. Yeah, neither one have worked.
Speaker 26 (23:12):
What up, boys, Craig and the Creek Gonna keep it
positive after a rough couple of days. Good to see
McClain have a night after all the hate and veteran
move by Frankcona. If they playing for Littel, you pull him,
put in Lodolo. If they call your bluff and playing
for Lodolo, you just keep rolling with Litzel and h
is the US hurting to field a fencing team or something?
(23:36):
It is so bizarre the amount of ads for such
a weird sport.
Speaker 11 (23:44):
After witnessing that uh whatever it was on Monday night
football flying him from Denver last night watching the Reds game,
just man one thing after another. YEA, on the weekend
we had big men by the bear Cats, Reds getting
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into the postseason and then back to reality.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, that's I think one of the hardest part of
Austin is the reality that sets in quickly when when
they score so quick last night that well, that was
fun getting here.
Speaker 4 (24:26):
Hey guys, the sheer old pal somebody cares these list time.
I started light up every Kae Glacious, Kim Jung Un
kiton Big Fees on the mound, show me your HEIMI,
Mokey blay a lock and Freddy Brcury reds wind many
(24:59):
healthy dope.
Speaker 27 (25:01):
The Bengals are the misfit toys of the NFL.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Hmm.
Speaker 27 (25:06):
We got lineman who can't block, corners who can't cover,
man demand, safeties who can't stop the de ball, a
coach that doesn't know how to scheme, and the owner
that's still talking about going to the Super Bowl in
nineteen eighty nine. No vision, that's it.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
Mo al time, I mo.
Speaker 28 (25:27):
Hey, guys, how many more losses like the last two
do you think the Bengals have before Zach Taylor completely
loses the locker room and the guys no longer want
to play with him that they would rather consider themselves
healthy scratches than to go out there with his game. Plan,
Thanks Hudek.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
The current state of the locker room is my biggest
concern right now going forward. I don't know that we're
at that point. Somebody tried to say that today. You know,
when does Jamar Chase start, you know, poinding of a
hamstring injury. This dude's got their money, So I don't
know that they're that sort of flat out rebellion from
the leaders is gonna happen. I don't anticipate that, but
(26:03):
I do think it's worth being concerned about the overall
state of the locker room. My goodness, what was that
TV in here just turned off? I heard somebody's phone
going off. The Norse were in here. Let me tell
you what was that. Professional phones were going off and
it was not even from the Norse. I know, I know.
Lights were going on and off in here.
Speaker 29 (26:23):
Austin Tony, it's he in here sending in another because
yesterday was two filled. But I'm really wondering, are they
trying to lose on purpose because they just want a
high rated first round pick for free, like they won't
spend money on the line to protect Burrow. I mean,
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the blood is all over the hands. It's so ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Emotions are high still, man, after a Monday night. Let
me tell you this, there are people Austin that need
the Reds to win tonight because if not, you go
down to dark path.
Speaker 22 (27:01):
Yeah my next game, managing a big league team movie
my first. But I'm still trying to figure out why
Tito puts South Stewart in for Austin Hayes instead of
Keey Bryan Hayes. But today's another day. That's the beauty
of baseball. You turn the page winner, go home tonight.
Let's get them boys.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Come on, come on, let's go.
Speaker 15 (27:21):
I said Ashcraft when I met Andrew Abbott.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
Ah, it makes more sense, like I think our best pitcher,
that makes more sense to go.
Speaker 30 (27:31):
It's gonna push back just a little bit on it's
a failure of a season.
Speaker 16 (27:35):
As eight all.
Speaker 30 (27:36):
Advance, I think you're allowed to relitigate based on what
we've seen. We know our offense is dog, you know what,
and their first rounds against the Dodgers, who have probably
the best lineup in all of baseball. I want advance,
but I think I can call it a successful season
that they went to the playoffs for the first time
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in what fifteen years, No.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
No, first time in years first and foremost Second of all,
they in the off season acquired Gavin Lux, They acquired
Brady Singer. They made moves at the trade deadline to
get Zach Lettel, to get Miguel Andehar. They spent a
pretty decent amount of money, and they spent a whole
lot of money on Terry Francona to get them back
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to the playoffs. And for me, the standard is always
going to be more than just show up in the playoffs.
It's going to be advanced in the playoffs. No team
in North American professional sports has a playoff victory drought
longer than the Cincinnati Reds. That is embarrassing and the
organization should have a much higher standard than that. Yeah,
the conversation around the Reds cannot be well, they made
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the playoffs that successful. The conversation needs to be if
they don't win tonight or tomorrow, the conversation turns to, okay,
they took a step forward, but that should be the
jumping off point as to want to get this year
in and year out. What are they going to do
going forward? Because to me, can't settle. No, it's a
step forward, is it? A success, Austin if you finish
(29:03):
over your last eighty games at forty and forty no, right,
like without and I get that you play to two
different things. And what's your the hand that you're dealt
The Mets collapsed. It wasn't like the Reds won and
you know they won twenty three out of thirty to
get in. They were five hundred over the last eighty games.
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Now again, have they shown resiliency? Absolutely? Is it a
step forward to get there? One hundred percent? But are
you looking back on this year as a success if
they don't make the playoffs next year? Right?
Speaker 19 (29:37):
No?
Speaker 2 (29:37):
The twenty twenty five season is not remembered by the
surge of the Reds. It's remembered by the collapse of
the Mets.
Speaker 30 (29:45):
Our season hopes rest literally in the hands of Zach Lttel.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
In Lttel will we trust?
Speaker 22 (29:55):
Come on, Zach, Zachy Stevenson swinging at bad pitches. Have
you seen the bulls and strikes called this year?
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Fair points?
Speaker 22 (30:02):
Jack's are better trips to win when you stand in
the box. Gotta protect gods?
Speaker 2 (30:07):
All right?
Speaker 19 (30:08):
Then?
Speaker 13 (30:10):
That guy was funny. I can imagine Austin Elmore as
a color analyst on a baseball game and there's a
line driving the right field that'll get down and score two.
Austin chimes in, Yeah, this team sucks. The general manager sucks,
the whole team sucks, the whole organization. Get him out
of there, get a new picture in. He can suck too.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
I don't think I say that very often. I don't
think I say people suck. Somebody text me not on
the air, at least during the first segment today, and
asked me if I knew what Nick Krawl's middle name was,
and they said, makes my skin. I fielded a phone
call last night from my father, Oh and it was
(30:52):
the first time we've spoken since the Monday, and he
proceeded to tell me about a laundry list of people
that he thought were bums.
Speaker 31 (31:06):
HAUTI ton, just gotta leave a talk back here. I
hope you're having a good day. It's a tough day
to have a good day as a Cincinnati sports fan.
Speaker 4 (31:13):
But what are you gonna do?
Speaker 14 (31:15):
Hey?
Speaker 6 (31:16):
Uh?
Speaker 31 (31:17):
He was on Jack Browning's bandwagon right off jump. I
thought he could get the job done. He has proven
me to be absolutely insanely and terribly wrong. The dude
is hot soupy dog water.
Speaker 32 (31:30):
Whoa man just can't use them as qv one hot
soupy dog water. Let me ask you one question about
you can just more than one. If people ask you
a lot about payroll, payroll, payroll, how much do you
put in Like the Yankees right now three hundred million payroll.
The Dodgers are at three point fifty.
Speaker 4 (31:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
Second in baseball is the Mets at three forty two.
The Brewers have a lower payroll in the Red. The
Brewers have a lower payroll in the Red. So to
push back and say, well, it's all about payroll. I
pushed back a little bit on that. It gives you opportunities.
But to your point about this season storyline is more
about the Mets collapsing than what the Reds went and took.
(32:09):
It's because the Mets spent two or three hundred and
forty two million dollars on their team. Correct, That's why
it was like if you look back to last year.
Last year was a fun story because the Tigers were
like middle of the pack in terms of spending and
they had this young, scrappy team that went on a
run and got into the postseason and made a little
(32:29):
bit of noise, and this year it's been the opposite.
They collapsed and it was the young, scrappy Cleveland Guardians
that found their way to go on a run and
get into the playoffs and the National League. It was
the Mets are being paid a lot of money and
they fell apart since June thirteenth, and the Reds were
just there to accept the gift. And it's not about
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the surge of a young Reds team with Terry Francona
correct and now internationally the national conversation has started to
zero in on some of the questionable decisions made by
Terry Francona. And I think there's a there's a difficult
balance between the gut and the analytics, and Francona has
made a lot of hay with his gut. I just
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don't know. When he was in Boston, he had some
unbelievable players Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Kurt Shilling,
unbelievable players that he could turn to. They don't have
that here and that concerns me about, you know, just
(33:38):
his style of managing and trusting in guys a little
bit more maybe than he should, or not trusting in
a young guy more as much as he should. And
I hope that changes tonight. I hope I feel a
little bit more urgency than I saw last night. Yeah,
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Speaker 2 (35:15):
Yeah, welcome back since he three or sixteen. I'm gonna
call at Austin the biggest game in the Scott Saderfield
Air on Saturday. How surprised were you when you saw
the line come out that the Cats were favored? Originally surprised,
I looked more into it. Iowa State's starting corners are
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both out. Oh, so there are opportunities of plenty. I
think for the UC offense, what UC did at Kansas
in the second half without Joe Royer in the game,
without Dante Corleone, I thought was extremely, extremely impressive. And
for Iowa State open the season with at the time
a good win against Kansas State. Kansas State since then
(35:56):
has been abysmal. They beat Iowa sixteen thirteen. Outside of that,
I don't think you know much from the Cyclones based
on their record. You see has been tested road game
against Kansas where they came out on top. They played
Nebraska a very tough Week one at Arrowhead Stadium, and
what was essentially a true road game for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
(36:17):
Them being favored against the fourteenth ranked team in the country,
I think shows that there is respect being given, obviously
nationally to the Cincinnati Bearcats. There are people talking Austin
about the Cincinnati Bearcats because by beating Kansas, you set
yourself up. If you win at home, you then go
the week after UCF You'll be favored in that one.
(36:39):
They're gonna be favorites on the road at Oklahoma State.
Then they come home against Baylor, who again middle of
the pack, okay, but not dominating. If you beat Iowa State,
I think you're four and oh going into the Baylor game,
and then you've got legitimate buzz in. What I think
Austin is a Big twelve conference that doesn't have a true,
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true dominant team. I think Texas Tech's the best team
in the conference. You don't play them this year. I
think BYU right now is probably the second best team
in the conference. You play them at home late in
the year, you get Iowa State at home. I don't
think you can ask for much more. And oh, by
the way, Bill Connelly of ESPN dot com today ranked
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every Power for quarterback one month into this college football season.
And there are good quarterbacks on this list. Austin Julian
Sayan is on this list. He's number eleven. John Mattier
Oklahoma is number twelve. Jalen Daniels Kansas number ten, just
had a great game against the Bearcats defense. And at
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the top right now, Jayden Maya Villa from USC Diego Pavia,
number two, Trinidad Chambliss from Old Missus three, Fernando Mendoza,
who's had a great year so far for Indiana. Dante
Moore Austin. I was unfamiliar with Dante Moore's game until
I watched him against Penn State. I couldn't be more
impressed with him. He was fantastic. But number six on
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this list and all of college football is Brendan Soarsby
total QBR eighty seven point six, one forty three passing yards,
two hundred and thirty eight rushing yards fourteen total touchdowns.
It says this Austin Cincinnati is basically one poor pass
away from being one of the biggest stories of the
early season. Swarsby's underthrown interception cost the Bearcat's potential win
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against Nebraska. He has otherwise piloted what would have been
the most well rounded offense this side of usc and
Indiana on the season, and coming off Saturday's win against Kansas,
it has put Cincinnati and Sorsby square in the thick
of a big twelve race. By the way, Brendan Soarsby
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will join this show at twelve thirty tomorrow. Let's go.
How about that? Let's go? What is the word on
Dante Corleone this week? Trending in the right direction? Still questionable.
Scott Saderfield said in his press conference yesterday that he
was very close to going against Kansas. If he's very,
very close against Kansas, hopefully he's able to go against
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Iowa State because Iowa State, unlike Kansas, Austin more old school.
They're gonna run the ball, they're gonna hit play action.
Kansas didn't really have much of a running game, So
I don't know how much Corleone would have changed things
because I thought UC was pretty good against the run.
He will make and can make a big difference against
Iowa State, and if he's not in there, that gives
an extreme edge to Iowa State's offense as well. Yeah,
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that's the latest on the Bearcats. We'll wrap up our
two when we come back, and then we'll kick off
our number three. Zach Taylor spoke to the media just
a few minutes ago Austin, and there's already stuff that
are driving me nuts. Things that I've heard that Zach said,
We're going to play that at the start of hour three.
It's almost like I said word for word what Zach
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was going to say today before he said it pretty
much did you nailed it. We're gonna play it too,
and then we're gonna react to it after that. It's
since he three to sixty right here on ESPN fifteen
thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. Thanks to CINCI shirts, you've.
Speaker 33 (40:09):
Been listening to football in the NATI on ESPN fifteen thirty,
the official home of the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaker 1 (40:20):
YEWS on ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station.
Speaker 2 (40:30):
Welcome back. Since he three sixty ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati
Sports Station. Do you know what happened Tony on this date,
two thousand and seven? What was it? You're gonna guess?
I don't know. I don't know what happened. Bengals lost
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thirty four to thirteen to the New England Patriots on
Monday Night Football to drop to one in three. Oh yeah, okay,
we've already passed that this year. It just stands out
to me because I was at the game. Oh, I
remember it clear, Bengals were orange. That was the Patriots
undefeated season. Randy Moss went crazy. Lost. Yeah, Tigers, Guardians
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top three right now, Guardians up one nothing on a
George Valera solo home run that happened in the bottom
of the first inning for the Guardians. And that is
where things stand right now. In the top of the
third rest of the Major League Baseball schedule today, Padres Cubs.
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Kittridge on the mound for the Cubs against Dylan Ceez
who was pitching for the Padres. Andy Kittridge. Is that
his name? Andy Andrew Kittridge.
Speaker 3 (41:42):
Sure?
Speaker 2 (41:44):
And then of course the nightcap tonight, Zach Lttel, this
is what he was brought in to do. Yeah, he
was brought in to this club, Zachy punch out to
pitch Game two of the NL Wildcard Series. That's why
tells here and that's what he's got an opportunity to
do today. That's a big opportunity for Zach Lttel as
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the Reds look to stave off elimination, which Austin it's
felt like they've done about thirty times this year. This
team has staved off more eliminating games, and they get
themselves one more opportunity tonight. If they get it tonight,
what an opportunity tomorrow would be for Andrew Abbott, who
represented the Reds in the All Star Game, to have
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a chance to pitch Game three and potentially help the
Reds advance. You got to get past tonight. You got
to get past Yoshiobu Yamyammoto. If you want to do
it tonight, Zach Taylor, He's got a lot of work.
If they want to get it done on Sunday, you'll
hear his press conference. That happened now normally he's happened
on Wednesday, but they played on Monday night and then
(42:49):
they play on Sunday day less, so they combine it.
He spoke today. We'll play what Zach Taylor had to
say when we dame Wednesday. Oh, well that would be it. Then,
does normally speak on Tuesday? No, he normally speaks on Monday,
Monday and Wednesday and Winday. He went back to back
Tuesday winds. So I was confused because yesterday for the
(43:10):
Tony Moe Football Show, we didn't have any Zach Taylor audio.
Right now we have it today and it is Wednesday
Today's Winds. That's good to know. Yep, more of that,
just so you know, like for moving forward, It's Wednesday.
Doc Taylor on the ESBN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports station
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