November 11, 2025 • 41 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:26):
Here we go one final hour on this Tuesday afternoon
Sincy three sixty thanks to Penn Station. It is the
return of the Cincinnati Bearcats as well this week, coming
off a buy of their own, and the Bearcats will
play host to the Arizona Wildcats at Nippert Stadium. That
game kicks off at noon on Saturday. You see right
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now listed as a six and a half point favorite.
Of course, if you see can take care of business,
if BYU can take care of business on Saturday night,
those two bookend the Big twelve schedule. You see, Arizona
is a noon kickoff and Byutcu is a ten to
fifteen kickoff. If both of those teams win next week
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would create a winner move on scenario with a chance
to control your destiny to play in a Big twelve
championship game. Presumably against Texas Tech. Going into the by
u SEE had their worst performance of the year in
a loss at Utah where all things seemingly fell apart.
They were banged up, they could not get off the
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field defensively, offense, turned the ball over multiple times. Special
teams wasn't great. It was their worst performance as a whole.
The big question now, can this team rebound and get
back to who they were because last year Mulgger's alluded
to this as well five and two and things fell
apart down the stretch. Does one loss send this into
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a spiral or does the bye week allow this team
to get their confidence back and put their best foot
forward against Arizona on Saturday. Here's what Scott Saderfield had
to say, just a bit of go a week.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
It was come at a great time for us after
six straight weeks of conference games, and I thought we
had a great boy week. I Mean, the big thing
about last week was, you know, really a reset for
us and recover mentally and physically, and I thought our
guys did that. We you know, we cut back on
practice last week and allowed them some time to heal
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up and then and also at the same time worked
on some a lot of young guys and let them
play and I thought we had a great time with that.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
That was fun.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
And so it's a good week, all the while knowing
that we had Arizona coming up and and then obviously
breaking them down then had opportunity to watch them play
Saturday and and get ready for this team, a really
good football team. Coach Brnnan has done a great job
there this year. I think obviously a couple of things
stand out by them. But I think first off, defensively,
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new defensive coordinator this year, and they've done it. They've
done an outstanding job, you know, mixing up fronts of coverages.
The guys are playing hard, they're playing physical, creating a
lot of turnovers.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I think when I first front turned on the film,
that was probably one thing that stood out and everybody
talks about for feed and he's a great quarterback, has
done it. I think he started thirty one game, so
he's done it for a long period of time. And
incredible player. Puts pressure on the defense, you know, some
really good wide outs.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Good running game as well. I think maybe the running.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Game gets overshadowed by by the passing game, but I
mean they finished the game off against Kansas by running
the football in the last drive.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
So a really good football team.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
We're excited about, you know, the opportunity that you're sitting
here playing in the middle of November, you know, tied
for first place in the Big Twelve, and and so
we're excited about that opportunity because all our goals are
still sitting in front of us. You know, obviously, got
to have a great week of practice this week, and
our preparation will determine how we go out and play
on Saturday. Yeah, I mean, I think it's more than
just Brendan. I mean I think it's everybody on our offense,
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you know.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
I mean, it starts with the coaches.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
We gotta, we gotta, you know, put our players in
positions so they can go make plays. You know, we
have to do a good job of staying on the
on the sticks and you know, not getting off off schedule.
I mean, that's that's a big piece of it, you know.
And then ultimately, guys, you have to block good up front.
We have to make you have to run good routes
and throw and catch. I mean, so to me, it's
it's everybody has to go out and execute at a
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high level. And you know, when you're playing really good
defenses like Arizona's, you have to execute. If one or
two guys are not executing, then you're gonna have a
much more difficult time moving to football. And I think
we've seen that from Arizona over this season. I mean
that they've they've done some great things on defense and
shut down a lot of good offenses. Well, I mean,
you know, obviously, I think Sawyer was six five and
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Noah's you know, shorter, guy's under six foot and Noah's
got a lot more.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Ability to move with his feet.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
I mean, he does a great job of buying time
in the pocket scrambling. You know, he's a scramble to
throw guy. Also can run. I mean again that last
drive last week, I think think you hit two Q
draws in that drive over ten yards a piece to
go down and score. So he's a much more dynamic
run runner. But that can throw. I mean, I think
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you know, I think he ended up tying for the
most touchdowns in Arizona football history. So I mean, obviously
speaks volumes about how how good a player he is.
They sit they really, I mean, I know people say this,
but they easily could see it be here at eight
to one right now. I mean they're up ten against
BYU with four minutes to go in the game, and
had that game won quite honestly, as I mean not
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obviously by you did a great job of pulling it out,
but if one little thing goes, Arizona was winning that game.
And then also I thought they played great against Houston.
You know, Houston ends up, you know, kicking a last
second field goal to.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
Beat them, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
So you can't get any tighter or closer than that
to sit there being eight and one right now.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
The only game that they really wasn't in was the
Iowa State.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Game, you know, and that was an incredible crowd at
Iowa State white out. I mean, it was an unbelievable
atmosphere for Iowa State. So yeah, I think they are
underrated at six and three. I mean, I got they
got an outstanding football team. They got they have team speed,
they can run, they're physical, they have good plans in
all three phases, you know, So that's the recipe for success. Yeah,
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I mean I think that's obviously a big part of
their success is creating the turnovers, and they've taken care
of the football too on the offensive side, so that
turnover margin, which obviously we all know is a huge
stat I think that's why they've had a lot of
success this year. They just do a good job of
their coaches of putting their guys in position to make plays.
They you know, they do a lot of things on defense.
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You know, a lot of different pressures. You know, linebackers
are walking up, you know, off the edge, blitzing. They're
not scared of you know, blitz a safety or a corner.
I mean, they're gonna they're gonna give you a lot
of different looks to try to confuse the offense. You know,
they got some good tacklers. I mean forty three is
are safety a leading tackler. I mean, he's a really
good player. Number four are middle linebackers and another really
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good one. They have some good d linemen that are
quick twitched that can cause problems when they're one on
one blocking, you know, and I think they give you
a lot of different looks. I think you guys mentioned
they play man, but they do a lot of things
back in the back end. They'll you know, they'll play quarters,
they'll play man, they'll play three they'll they'll jump in
some different looks to try to confuse the quarterback, and
I think that's where quarterbacks have gotten in trouble, you know,
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throwing into.
Speaker 5 (07:20):
Coverage dat on Evan Tywee.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, I mean they're all improving, getting better, you know,
Tywe's I think he's back to normal now. You know,
Evan's making great improvement, you know, and and you know,
we'll see where we're at a by the end of
the week.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
But I'm making great improvement. How important is that run
game for you?
Speaker 5 (07:40):
That they're sticky in past defense, how important will it
be to settle in the run game and get them moving?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Yeah, well, I mean I think this year we you know,
we've been very efficient in the run game and you know,
one of the better, more sufficient teams in the country
running the football. We have to be able to run
the football, and that comes in a lot of different ways.
I mean, you know, it's it's running at the right time,
it's you know, obviously, you know, running a quarterback when
we need to run a quarterback, but also you know,
kind of trying to create some space where our backs
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can have more room to make people miss. And I
think we have to have to be able to mix
all that in. We have to be able to run
the football, control the clock a little bit.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Obviously.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
You'd love to, you know, if we could somehow, you know,
have the ball a little bit more than we've had
it in some of these games and run some more
offensive plays, that would be awesome. But I think for us,
it's just really comes down to execution up front and
starts with our offensive line. They've had a really good year,
but this will be another great challenge for the guys
up front.
Speaker 6 (08:38):
Brendan's only been sacked twice. I think that Noah has
been sacked several times. I think they've got him five
times in the last game. Do you think you can
get to him or is that when he's dangerous when
he's running out of the pocket.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Yeah, I mean you'd love to be able to get
some pressure on him, to be able to get him.
You know, I think Kansas did a great job last week,
you know, looking at that film of getting to the quarterback.
Uh did you mentioned they sacked them five times and
they were back there some more times as well.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
But he is slippery.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
He does a great job of moving around, Like you mentioned,
If you do flush him out. Well, now he's on
a perimeter, he's looking down the field, and if you
lose some cover somewhere, he's gonna make you pay. So
he's a tough guy to cover to defend. So we
gotta do a good job again of mixing it up,
not playing the same defense out there, some of the
same things we talked about.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
Try to get him off schedule.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Yeah, you know, I think that's the biggest thing for us,
and you know, and the guys up front.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
You to have a great.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
Game of Goldie went out of the last game.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
See Okay, Yeah he's good. He had, you know, a
great week last week.
Speaker 7 (09:39):
Obviously, it's been a while since the Utah game, but
after being able to break down that film, a lot
of some people might be saying, like, is the blueprint
out on the Cincinnati offense? Is there anything you would
have done differently or was that just really well schemed
up by their defense?
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Yeah? I think, you know, there's a lot of things
involved with that.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
You know, where we played, when we played how they play,
I mean, it was a lot you know, I think
they're a good football team.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
Their their scheme was really good.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
We didn't exploit it, obviously, there are some things we
would do different, I think if we if we played
them again. You know, obviously you got to execute better
as well. We didn't execute great, I don't think in
that game. But a lot of they had a lot
to do with it, I mean, with what they were
trying to do to us, you know. But and they
got good players, man, I mean, you know, so you
put all that together, and I think that's what ended
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up happening. I mean, I think offense, we moved the football,
we had, you know, four hundred and some yards, and
we didn't score enough points, you know, with the way
the game went, you know. And obviously it's a team game,
so you got to play good on both sides of
the ball when you're playing a team like that. But yeah,
obviously we do some do things a lot different. But
I also think you're gonna you're gonna do what you do, like, like,
whatever your your scheme is, like, you're gonna try to
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do that at a high level.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
I don't think you're necessarily gonna try to do something
somebody else did. And you may maybe lean a little
bit more toward maybe that, but.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
You're gonna do what you do. I think whoever you're playing.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
Cyrus is second in the nation and touchdown catches, so
I obviouls see the receivers are a lot better. Back
to Joe, do you see are people just doing things
completely different or is it just the receivers are better
than last year so he's not necessarily the top target
or is it combination of things.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
I think it's a little bit of both of that.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
There's been times this year where we've tried to, you know,
call Joe's number and you look and there's two dudes
on him.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
You know, it's hard to get the ball to him.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
I think the other side of that is, like you mentioned,
I mean, we do have some guys on the outside
that we feel like can win, and they have made
good plays for us this year and spreading the ball
out if you look, if you look at our you know,
distribution of the balls to the to the White House,
I mean it's pretty even. I mean, you know, and
then you get you put Joe in there, you put
some running backs in there, and you obviously want to
run the football. So I feel like our balance as
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far as that has been really good this year because
you don't, you know, you're not necessarily can just to
try to defend one guy. You try to find this
one guy, then we're gonna beat you with.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Some other guys.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
And I think that's probably the product is why he
didn't have as much production.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
All Right.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
That is some of Scott's Adderfield from earlier this afternoon
down in Clifton talking about Arizona, talking about the team
getting healthy as an important role for this team. But
not to overlook this is an Arizona team that is
close and has been close in a couple of their
losses in the Big Twelve this year, as Scott's Saderfield
alluded to a road loss at Iowa State six point
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loss late in which they led against BYU, and then
a three point loss on the road at Houston. Of
course that BYU loss in overtime. So it's an Arizona
team that has some good wins in the Big Twelve. Colorado, Kansas,
Oklahoma State, Kansas State all wins for Arizona this season.
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It's going to be a good test for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
Let's stick with the collegiate theme. Let's talk some college
hoops when we come back. We'll recap the Muskies loss
last night. You'll hear a little bit of Rick Patino
and look ahead to a big night on the hardwood
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Last night of my skis there. College basketball, it did
not go well for the Xavier Musketeers last night at
home against Santa Clara. They trailed at the half thirty
nine to twenty. That nineteen point difference stayed throughout the
second half, although with about two minutes remaining, Xavier actually
trailed in that one by thirty points before going on
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a little bit of a run to finish the game.
They were outplayed in every statistical category, obviously points, They
were out rebounded last night. Santa Clara had more assist
they had more steals, they had more blocks, they had
less turnovers. Santa Clara shot at fifty four percent on
the field, Xavier shot at thirty four percent. They were
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five to eighteen from three to twenty five of thirty
four from the foul line. It was bad on all
accounts last night for the Muskies. And I don't want
to take away anything from Santa Clara because from what
I've gathered, that's a Santa Clara team in the Western
Component or the the WCC with Kenzaga and Saint Mary's
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that I think can win some games. All that being said,
at home, as a four and a half point favorite,
Xavier was bludgeoned last night. Here's what Richard Patino had
to say. After last night's nineteen point loss, well, not
a lot.
Speaker 10 (15:30):
Not a lot of good obviously, you know, disappointed in
my self that, you know, we're putting that on the floor.
Our fans certainly deserve better, and I got to look
myself in the mirror and realize, like we've got a
long way to go, and you know, just told the team,
and we certainly understand that. I don't think this is
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an arrogant group by any means. I don't think we
needed to be humbled, but I think we realize how
hard it's gonna be. We knew Santa Clara's be a
good team. I've obviously got a lot of respect for
coach Sendek and the program and the consistency that he's
built that program, you know. So there's nothing really to
it besides like we got to get back to work tomorrow.
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So very appreciative of the fans, you know, I certainly
never want to see them leave like that. They deserve better,
and we've got to be collectively, coaches, players, everybody, we
got to be better because our fan base certainly deserves
better than that.
Speaker 11 (16:29):
Coach Malik leads to your team in scoring over the
first two games tonight, doesn't attempt a shot in twenty
plus minutes. Was that just something Santa Clarita defensively and
how can you free him up some more?
Speaker 4 (16:40):
Yeah?
Speaker 10 (16:40):
I mean no, nobody was very good tonight. Obviously, Roddy
was terrific in the second half. So you know it's
all connected. It's not just Malik's fault. It's it's screening
to get him open. It's you know, they were picking
us up full court. They were denying Roddy realized that
in the second half obviously, going around guys and getting
to the rim and making play. So it wasn't just myleak.
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I mean, Jovan obviously was oh for seven. All was
old for six. So as I said before, like I get,
I get to help them a little bit more and
certainly won't get a lot of sleep tonight and try
to figure it out and get off the mat tomorrow.
Speaker 12 (17:18):
When you see the points in the paint number fifty
two to twenty two, what what went wrong the most
in terms of that number, I.
Speaker 4 (17:25):
Mean everything went wrong.
Speaker 10 (17:26):
Everything went wrong. There was nothing right. You know, we
just we we just got it. We got to get
back to work in every phase of it.
Speaker 8 (17:37):
You know.
Speaker 10 (17:38):
It wasn't one thing, Santa Clara. Again, they're a good team,
but we just kind of let them do whatever we wanted,
you know. So we're gonna have to do this thing
the old fashioned way, and you know the only way
to do it is not necessarily to talk about it,
but just to pour our blood, sweat and the tears
on the bast on the practice court as best we can.
Speaker 12 (17:59):
We got to see Mer for the first time tonight.
How long has he been back practicing with you guys
prior tonight? And how do you kind of see him
fitting in here over these guys.
Speaker 10 (18:08):
I mean he was, he was back for he was
doing a little bit of non contact stuff. He went
full kind of go the last two practices. Obviously a
tough spot to put him in. But what he does
have is he's got athleticism. He's got the ability to
go by guys. That's where you saw Roddy in the
second half getting the lane, and I think mirror when
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he You know, he's missed a couple of months, but
I think the more he gets his feet under him
and practice, the better he'll be.
Speaker 11 (18:36):
Santa Clara threw the first punch right out of the
gate and that's kind of the third straight game. You're
behind the eight ball early. How do you get this
team to respond from the jumper? Is that just part
of like you mentioned earlier, fixed it?
Speaker 8 (18:47):
Yeah?
Speaker 10 (18:48):
I mean that was certainly different than the other two.
You know, that was they were throwing haymakers for forty
minutes and we weren't responding, So uh that that wasn't
necessarily your first four minutes thing. And again I think
it's our guys.
Speaker 8 (19:03):
Are going to realize.
Speaker 10 (19:04):
Coaches, players, everybody collectively in our group is going to realize.
Speaker 13 (19:09):
You know, we got to fight.
Speaker 10 (19:11):
You know, there were loose balls that we weren't getting,
There was rebounds we weren't getting, and then it just compounds,
you know, and when you play at this place and
you play in front of this crowd, like teams are
going to be ready for you, and you know, our
guys certainly didn't respond the right way throughout the course
of the game.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
All right. That's Richard Patino. After last night's nineteen point
lost to Santa Clara. The Muskies have to rebound quick.
They are on the road at Iowa on Friday night.
As mentioned earlier, today, UK at Louisville is a big
one at eight o'clock tonight, and of course the Dayton
Flyers come into Fifth Third Arena that is a seven
o'clock start. We'll have more on both of those games
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and reactions to those games on tomorrow's edition of sincey
three sixty for now Gears. We bring in another guest
when we come back. Rick Walls, the executive director of
the Red's Hall of Fame and Museum, will join us
to talk the open ballot for eight Cincinnati Reds, two
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of them hope to advance into the Reds Hall of Fame.
We'll talk about that and more with Rick next on
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Welcome back.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
It is since e three to sixty on ESPN fifteen
thirty Cincinnati Sports Station, rolling along our number three Moeger
and quick kits and just a bit. But first, we
mentioned this last week when it came out. The Cincinnati
Reds Hall of Fame ballots are out. Homer Bailey, Francisco Cordera,
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Zach Cozart, Aaron Harang, Mike Leake, Brandon Phillip, Scott, Rowland,
and Edison Valcez. And there's just so much going on
with this, and the Reds have always done such a
great job with the Hall of Fame. They do a
great job with the museum. So we thought what better
way to pair the two than today by talking with
the executive director of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum,
Rick Walls. With everything going on Red's related, Rick, how
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are you?
Speaker 13 (21:42):
That's great, It's a pleasure to be with you both.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Rick.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Let's let's let's discuss the Hall of Fame balloting, the
names that came out, the balloting itself, let's start with that.
How does this work for Reds fans that they're able
to cast a vote and just the process that goes
into this.
Speaker 15 (22:00):
Yeah, there's been you know, over time, the first Hall
of Fame class was elected in nineteen fifty eight, and
throughout the years, they're not an induction every single year,
pretty much every other year. In the last decade, there's
been some variance to that. So when you take a
look at the ballot and who's eligible, you have to
look at players for the modern player ballot that have
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played within the last fifteen years. So there's a veterans
committee looks at candidates beyond fifteen years or more, but
you have to have played at least three years for
the Reds to be eligible. The ballot is created by
our Election Governance Committee. It's part of the Board of
Directors of the Hall that narrow this list down to
in this case, eight players, so looked at a lot
of players, got it down to the eighth that they
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thought that if these candidates were elected, they'd be fine
with going into the Hall of Fame. So the ballot
is created, it's sent out to the fans, to the
median broadcasters, and also to teammates of the players. So
any Reds alum who played here three years or more,
we will get the cast to vote, so we really
field it's important that those three groups are very involved
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in this process that the fans have a third say
and who's going in the same with the media and
the broadcasters who follow the game so closely, and of
course to the teammates, those that have been around the
players for a number of years and probably can gauge
their success and contributions and achievements a little bit beyond
some of the stats that we see. So that's your
modern Player ballot, and we're in the voting period now
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for three weeks.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
Voting period happens now. It runs through November twenty seventh,
and then the two winners that it is just two
players that are selected, those players are announced in December.
Speaker 15 (23:36):
Yeah, so the modern player ballot will produce a two winners.
So two of the eight that are on this list
will be inducted next April. They'll be combined with any
selections that may come from the Veterans Committee. So this
group of about fourteen individuals, it changes every couple of years.
We get new members on the new opinions and they
get to really dive deep into the candidates of players
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and managers and other executives that were involved with the
organization fifteen years ago or more. And that's a pretty
detailed process two three hour meeting so that class will
be elected as one. You know, we'll have them all together,
veterans and the modern player ballot winners. Next Aprils April
twenty four to twenty five, twenty six, we call the
Induction Celebration. They're on field ceremonies on the twenty fifth,
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and then a big gal it's a fundraiser for the
museum on the twenty six at the Convention Center. So
a lot ahead of us now, but we're encouraging people
to vote and take you know, make sure they're vote counts,
so you can vote once per day. Pre email address
at Redsmuseum dot org and really just get involved in
the process. Support the Hall of Fame in your favorite candidate.
Speaker 4 (24:37):
It is.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
It's such a cool process because it's it's the fans,
and that's what makes this sport so fantastic, especially here
in the city of Cincinnati. And you think of the
players on the list and Homer Bailey and the no
hitters and what Coco Cordero was able to provide, and
Zach Cozart is an all star, Aaron Harangu is a starter,
Mike Leak is a starter, Edison Volcz Scott Rowland, of course,
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Brandon Phil Mike Leak. It is it's special. How how
special is it for you being around this organization and
with the Hall of Fame for as long as you
have to see players like this recognize at a level
where they deserve to be recognized from the city and
the team.
Speaker 15 (25:15):
I think it's extremely important to the fans. It's important
to the franchise and these players, even current players they
are playing the game, to see that we are recognizing
and honoring those who contribute time, their energy, you know,
I mean their life to Cincinnati Reds and their dedication
to trying to become a better team and bring championships
to this team. We had some players on this list
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that were part of some pretty solid teams. If you
remember DNN in twelve and thirteen, great years for the Reds,
really really close, but some fantastic performances, record breaking moments,
memorable performances that people probably you know, within the last
fifteen years. A lot of the listeners here have been.
Speaker 13 (25:52):
To those games.
Speaker 15 (25:53):
They remember these players and having them have a say
and who gets in the Hall of Fame. I think
it's extremely important and I wish every team would do this.
Speaker 13 (26:02):
They don't all have Halls of Fame.
Speaker 15 (26:04):
Not every team has a museum, and we're one of
the only to have a large, dedicated museum. And that's
just a tribute to the Reds organization and our staff
here at the museum, who is focused on doing what
we're supposed to do as a nonprofit and that celebrate greatness,
preserve history, and provide inspiration. The museum does that every day.
The pillar of all of that, the foundation, is the
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Hall of Fame and the election process behind it.
Speaker 13 (26:29):
Every player who played for the Reds we celebrate, but.
Speaker 15 (26:32):
These guys will rise to the highest level and they'll
be in the Hall of Fame. Two of the winners
from the modern player ballot.
Speaker 5 (26:38):
I'm curious too about the Veterans' ballot. You mentioned that
that's going to be announced in December as well. Is
there a rough estimate on the number of candidates that
are being debated with that group or is can it
be one person? Is it going to be multiple? How
do you expect the Veterans' ballot to shake out?
Speaker 15 (26:54):
I kind of expect it to be one or two,
but it doesn't there's no mandates that could be zero.
The group could walk out without a consensus, but I
feel like there typically is one that hasn't happened.
Speaker 13 (27:06):
Yet, but there are.
Speaker 15 (27:07):
You're talking about candidates going back into the eighteen hundreds,
and the purpose of the committee is to make sure
no one has been overlooked. If you are on a
modern player ballot and you have to be out of
baseball for five years and then played within the last fifteen,
that means you only have a ten year period to
be on a modern player ballot. And that also means
if we're only doing it every other year, there's only
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five ballots that you could be on. So you can
imagine the ballot changing players going off, coming back on.
You could be a pretty good candidate, but not make
the Hall of Fame on the modern player ballot. And
that's where the Veterans Committee can come in later on
and decide, you know.
Speaker 13 (27:42):
Hey, where you overlooked? Is there a case to be made?
Speaker 15 (27:45):
You know, we now understand the game stats a little
bit better and have a better respect for what you
meant to the game and to the Reds organization, So
they will dive into all of those stats that really
are hard for any one individual to do by themselves.
To determine if we have a great ta ed it here,
and there are some good ones still on there going
back to the eighteen hundreds. The committee has pulled some
great ones in the past. And twenty twenty three general
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manager by the name of Gabe Paul went in and
that was pretty special. And Danny Graves, the old time
Saves leader went in. So it's a great committee serving
a great cause then making sure those that warrant election
are elected.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
It's such a storied organization with a storied past. Rick,
I know, we're in the off season for baseball and
it's a very busy offseason that seemingly never stops. But
for you guys at the museum at the Hall of Fame,
what do you guys have going on throughout the winter
and how can people learn more or maybe find a
way to visit.
Speaker 13 (28:41):
It is a great time for the museum.
Speaker 15 (28:42):
We are gearing up right now for an event in
December cool deck the Hall. You hear about that more
down the road Gate Great chances for our families to
visit the museum and get some.
Speaker 13 (28:51):
Christmas shopping done.
Speaker 15 (28:53):
But Red's Fantasy Camp takes place in January that unfortunately
for those interested.
Speaker 13 (28:57):
It has sold out.
Speaker 15 (28:57):
It sales out in about a week in May and June,
the year before the event even takes place, so we
are so focused in on that and then a RedFest.
We hope to see all the fans out there at RedFest,
and just kind of getting everything geared up for next
year is going to be a fantastic year for the museum,
still celebrating the fiftieth anniversary this time of the seventy
six world champion Red, So expect a lot of those
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players in and now the museum next year. If you
were kind of looking at the museum saying what's going
to happen next year, look at our events schedule. We're
going to have players, alumni, all kinds of events and
activities throughout the year, and Redsmuseum dot org will have
that up to date and active all the time. So
hopefully we'll bring in your favorite player and you get
a chance to meet them.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Rick Man, this is awesome, so much good stuff going
on one more time. The easiest way for folks to
find a way to vote and even learn more about
the museum.
Speaker 15 (29:48):
Absolutely Redsmuseum dot org. All the candidates and their.
Speaker 13 (29:52):
Bios are listed there.
Speaker 15 (29:53):
To vote once per day per email address, and learn
all about how you can support the museum membership and however,
just visit the museum. It's a great place to come
to in the off season.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
Awesome, Rick Man, this is awesome. Thank you so much
for your time and we appreciate it greatly. Have a great,
great offseason. I know it's busy for you, but enjoy
it and I hope to talk soon. Thanks Rick.
Speaker 13 (30:11):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
That is Rick Walls, executive director of the Reds Hall
of Fame and Museum, spending some time with us today.
Mowager at Oakley Greens will join us to put a
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Speaker 8 (30:26):
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Speaker 2 (31:01):
All right, we got mo He's at Oakley Greens. It's Tuesday,
so he's there this afternoon. You could go see Mo
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he joins us. Right now, what's that Mo?
Speaker 8 (31:13):
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Speaker 12 (31:16):
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Speaker 4 (31:49):
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Speaker 8 (31:50):
Wow, eh yeah, just you have to show, you know,
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Because it's it's a little chilly. Drew ks ride man.
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Speaker 2 (32:02):
Shout out to Drew. Man, that's awesome. Yeah, that's awesome.
Speaker 5 (32:05):
Really giving back to those who have given so much.
Speaker 2 (32:08):
Of course, yes, outside sacrifice, outside of those amazing reasons
to come see you. What do you got coming up
on the show.
Speaker 8 (32:14):
Paul Danner Junior is going to be here in the
first hour of the show, and we're looking forward to
that because there's a billion different Bengals issues to discuss. Also,
Pat Noonan will be on the show, the head coach
of FC Cincinnati is going to join us to talk
about the victory over Columbus on Saturday and what lies ahead.
Some are calling this the biggest soccer match ever on
(32:35):
American soil. Oh by some, I mean me. As FC
Cincinnati gets set's take on Miami next weekend, Pat's gonna
join us at four o'clock. Our guy, Sean said, the
Stats and Scheme podcast and the Stats and Scheme newsletter
is going to be with us. We're looking forward to
talking about I'm gonna talk about Steelers and Ravens with him,
given the fact that those two teams played this weekend
and the Bengals play both over the course of the
(32:57):
next couple of weeks. We'll look ahead to Cincinnati versus Dayton.
The official Uni Flyers correspondent of the Moegger Show is
Drew Wester Heidi and in between parking cars, Drew, He's
gonna preview tonight's game with us. Uh, we'll look ahead
of Kentucky Louisville as well and try to figure out
what that was that Xavier put on the floor last.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
Are you a little disappointed We've not seen the grade
tweet from Richard Patino today. If you're gonna do it
after wins, do you have to do it after a
loss as well?
Speaker 8 (33:27):
Yes, if it's if that's gonna be your thing, which
I love it like I do. If that's if that's
gonna be your thing, it can't just be a thing
when you win. I mean, I don't know what he
would grade positively from that game last night. But if
you're gonna do that like you do it, you know, consistency.
Speaker 5 (33:48):
Matters, right, Yeah, he hasn't been afraid to give out
harsh grades so far, so why wouldn't you do it
again when you lose?
Speaker 8 (33:55):
Yes, it exactly. I mean you know what he could
do is I had a a professor once at the
University of Dayton. I took statistics because you had to
take one math class as a calm major, and so
I took the math class. It was stats, and I
wasn't very good at it. And you went to the
professor's office to get your midterm grade. And I went
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in and he didn't have him posted, but he was
sitting in his office and he looked at me. He goes,
what do you think you got? I go, I don't
think I passed. He goes, I don't think we need
to tell you what you got that And he could
do something similar with the grades for his team last.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Night, What do you make tonight with the Flyers and
the Bearcats? What do you need to see? Friday night
was not great from the Bearcats. I know Dayton did
not have a great tune up over the weekend as well.
What are you hoping to see walking out of fifth
Ard Arena tonight?
Speaker 8 (34:50):
First and foremost to Bearcat victory, because I don't think
that's a given by any stretch of the imagination. You know,
it's cliche, and I keep coming back to it. One
a firmer sense of the pieces fitting for the Bearcats.
I'd like to see them shoot the ball better. I'd
like to see them assert themselves a little bit more
on the glass, because they really haven't in either of
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the first two games, certainly didn't against West Carolina. I
think that's gonna be a little bit of an issue,
but I would like to see that begin to get
rectified tonight. I'd also like to see Seanabayev look more
like we saw him look in the first game as
opposed to how he played the other night. But for me,
it's just a more a better sense of how the
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pieces are gonna fit as the season moves on. I
love college basketball for a lot of different reasons. One
of the reasons is I think it is the sport
where you have the potential to not look like you
did early in the season by the time we get
to the middle of the season, so teams can and
do get better. It's absurd to hand down any concrete
(35:55):
conclusions about any team in November, but let's face it,
year's failures loom over this team because I think it's
being framed the same way. They have good players, Do
the pieces fit. Let's get an answer in November, and
the way you get those answers are by beating the
two name brand opponents. You have this month, Louisville a
week from Friday, and Dayton tonight.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Last night Monday Night football. Not an offensive juggernaut by
any means. Two good defenses in the NFC. I'm looking
at the NFC today, Mo, and you could make an
argument to me that the Eagles can win the Super Bowl,
the Seahawks can win it, the Lions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
the Rams, the Packers can all win the Super Bowl.
Who do you view right now through this week of
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the NFL season as your favorite in the NFC?
Speaker 8 (36:42):
The Los Angeles Rams. I think they have the best coach.
I think right now they have the best quarterback. I
think right now they have a quarterback who would get
serious MVP consideration. I cannot wait to watch Rams versus
Seattle this Sunday, which I think is going to be
a great game. But if there's one team I feel
most comfortable about and have felt the most comfortable with
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as the season has gone on for two and a
half months, it would be the LA Rams. But the
NFC playoffs, like, you might get San Francisco as a seven.
That's a fun team. You might get the Chicago Bears
as a seven, that's a really fun team. I don't
know that we could say something similar about the AFC,
but I think the NFC postseason is gonna be wild.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
Who's your top of the AFC.
Speaker 8 (37:30):
I'll say New England love how they play Big Drake
may guy. Mike Vrabel's a great coach. Now he hasn't
been awesome in the postseason. We saw that up close
with the Bengals when they played there when they were
the one seed in twenty twenty one. But the division
is obviously theirs for the taking. I still really do
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like the Colts. I kind of keep waiting for Daniel
Jones to turn into a pumpkin, but it hasn't happened yet.
They have Jonathan Taylor they can lean on on. New
England has a couple of running backs they can lead on.
Trevon Henderson the other day was terrific. I think New
England's the best team right now. I think if you
asked me that question of the month, my answer will
probably be different.
Speaker 2 (38:11):
Lastly, I talked to a lot of folks with the
UT Bearcats football and everyone is talking about Byu b
Yu b Yu. What about the BYU game? I listened
to Scott Saderfield today and you dive into this Arizona team.
They got beat pretty good at Iowa State, but they
were leading BYU by ten eventually lost in overtime. They
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lost at the Gun to Houston. How much better is
Arizona than maybe folks locally or giving them credit for.
And how much of a test is this going to
be on Saturday coming off a loss and then a bye.
Speaker 8 (38:43):
One at Kansas late which U see did destroyed Colorado,
which you would expect because you know nobody.
Speaker 2 (38:50):
Oh, Dion, Dion, Dion, I not as.
Speaker 8 (38:52):
Many Colorado fans in our lives these days, I've noticed.
I think Arizona's pretty good now. Frankly, and this is
gonna sound really cliche. I think UC's biggest opponent against
Utah was itself. Yeah, like, I think Brendan sores Be
just played really, really poorly. And I don't know that
Utah had a ton to do with that. You know,
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you and I were talking and you mentioned he had
a couple of balls batted down early that may have
had an impact, But I thought just lack of creativity offensively,
I thought Brendan sores Be just playing poorly. They did
a lot of uncharacteristic things, turning the ball over. They
were awful on special teams for the first time all
season long. But I agree wholeheartedly. I think a lot
of folks, I'm not so sure inside the program, but
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I think a lot of us we've talked about beat
BYU well sandwiched around that game, I think is a
more difficult game against Arizona than people realize. Ain't exactly
gonna be easy going to TCU and trying to get
a win the week of Thanksgiving either, So I'm I
could not agree more with anybody who says, look, yes,
you gotta beat BYU, but that game's not gonna matter
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as much if you don't take care of business at home.
In this Arizona game is not one to be taken lightly.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
Without a doubt. You can hear more of that and
so much else coming up on The Moulwagar Show ESPN
fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Stations. Mo is at Oakley Greens,
Drew will park your car if you're a veteran, fantastic
stuff mo Thanks.
Speaker 8 (40:17):
Active or retired military member. Let's just bring proof. Let's
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Speaker 2 (40:34):
Makes sense, absolutely, mo. Thanks have a great show. I
see all right, We're done. That's Mulager. The Mulwagar Show
is next. This has been since he three sixty on
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Speaker 4 (40:45):
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Speaker 2 (00:26):
Here we go one final hour on this Tuesday afternoon
Sincy three sixty thanks to Penn Station. It is the
return of the Cincinnati Bearcats as well this week, coming
off a buy of their own, and the Bearcats will
play host to the Arizona Wildcats at Nippert Stadium. That
game kicks off at noon on Saturday. You see right
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now listed as a six and a half point favorite.
Of course, if you see can take care of business,
if BYU can take care of business on Saturday night,
those two bookend the Big twelve schedule. You see, Arizona
is a noon kickoff and Byutcu is a ten to
fifteen kickoff. If both of those teams win next week
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would create a winner move on scenario with a chance
to control your destiny to play in a Big twelve
championship game. Presumably against Texas Tech. Going into the by
u SEE had their worst performance of the year in
a loss at Utah where all things seemingly fell apart.
They were banged up, they could not get off the
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field defensively, offense, turned the ball over multiple times. Special
teams wasn't great. It was their worst performance as a whole.
The big question now, can this team rebound and get
back to who they were because last year Mulgger's alluded
to this as well five and two and things fell
apart down the stretch. Does one loss send this into
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a spiral or does the bye week allow this team
to get their confidence back and put their best foot
forward against Arizona on Saturday. Here's what Scott Saderfield had
to say, just a bit of go a week.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
It was come at a great time for us after
six straight weeks of conference games, and I thought we
had a great boy week. I Mean, the big thing
about last week was, you know, really a reset for
us and recover mentally and physically, and I thought our
guys did that. We you know, we cut back on
practice last week and allowed them some time to heal
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up and then and also at the same time worked
on some a lot of young guys and let them
play and I thought we had a great time with that.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
That was fun.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
And so it's a good week, all the while knowing
that we had Arizona coming up and and then obviously
breaking them down then had opportunity to watch them play
Saturday and and get ready for this team, a really
good football team. Coach Brnnan has done a great job
there this year. I think obviously a couple of things
stand out by them. But I think first off, defensively,
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new defensive coordinator this year, and they've done it. They've
done an outstanding job, you know, mixing up fronts of coverages.
The guys are playing hard, they're playing physical, creating a
lot of turnovers.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I think when I first front turned on the film,
that was probably one thing that stood out and everybody
talks about for feed and he's a great quarterback, has
done it. I think he started thirty one game, so
he's done it for a long period of time. And
incredible player. Puts pressure on the defense, you know, some
really good wide outs.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Good running game as well. I think maybe the running.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Game gets overshadowed by by the passing game, but I
mean they finished the game off against Kansas by running
the football in the last drive.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
So a really good football team.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
We're excited about, you know, the opportunity that you're sitting
here playing in the middle of November, you know, tied
for first place in the Big Twelve, and and so
we're excited about that opportunity because all our goals are
still sitting in front of us. You know, obviously, got
to have a great week of practice this week, and
our preparation will determine how we go out and play
on Saturday. Yeah, I mean, I think it's more than
just Brendan. I mean I think it's everybody on our offense,
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you know.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
I mean, it starts with the coaches.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
We gotta, we gotta, you know, put our players in
positions so they can go make plays. You know, we
have to do a good job of staying on the
on the sticks and you know, not getting off off schedule.
I mean, that's that's a big piece of it, you know.
And then ultimately, guys, you have to block good up front.
We have to make you have to run good routes
and throw and catch. I mean, so to me, it's
it's everybody has to go out and execute at a
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high level. And you know, when you're playing really good
defenses like Arizona's, you have to execute. If one or
two guys are not executing, then you're gonna have a
much more difficult time moving to football. And I think
we've seen that from Arizona over this season. I mean
that they've they've done some great things on defense and
shut down a lot of good offenses. Well, I mean,
you know, obviously, I think Sawyer was six five and
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Noah's you know, shorter, guy's under six foot and Noah's
got a lot more.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Ability to move with his feet.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
I mean, he does a great job of buying time
in the pocket scrambling. You know, he's a scramble to
throw guy. Also can run. I mean again that last
drive last week, I think think you hit two Q
draws in that drive over ten yards a piece to
go down and score. So he's a much more dynamic
run runner. But that can throw. I mean, I think
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you know, I think he ended up tying for the
most touchdowns in Arizona football history. So I mean, obviously
speaks volumes about how how good a player he is.
They sit they really, I mean, I know people say this,
but they easily could see it be here at eight
to one right now. I mean they're up ten against
BYU with four minutes to go in the game, and
had that game won quite honestly, as I mean not
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obviously by you did a great job of pulling it out,
but if one little thing goes, Arizona was winning that game.
And then also I thought they played great against Houston.
You know, Houston ends up, you know, kicking a last
second field goal to.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
Beat them, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
So you can't get any tighter or closer than that
to sit there being eight and one right now.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
The only game that they really wasn't in was the
Iowa State.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Game, you know, and that was an incredible crowd at
Iowa State white out. I mean, it was an unbelievable
atmosphere for Iowa State. So yeah, I think they are
underrated at six and three. I mean, I got they
got an outstanding football team. They got they have team speed,
they can run, they're physical, they have good plans in
all three phases, you know, So that's the recipe for success. Yeah,
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I mean I think that's obviously a big part of
their success is creating the turnovers, and they've taken care
of the football too on the offensive side, so that
turnover margin, which obviously we all know is a huge
stat I think that's why they've had a lot of
success this year. They just do a good job of
their coaches of putting their guys in position to make plays.
They you know, they do a lot of things on defense.
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You know, a lot of different pressures. You know, linebackers
are walking up, you know, off the edge, blitzing. They're
not scared of you know, blitz a safety or a corner.
I mean, they're gonna they're gonna give you a lot
of different looks to try to confuse the offense. You know,
they got some good tacklers. I mean forty three is
are safety a leading tackler. I mean, he's a really
good player. Number four are middle linebackers and another really
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good one. They have some good d linemen that are
quick twitched that can cause problems when they're one on
one blocking, you know, and I think they give you
a lot of different looks. I think you guys mentioned
they play man, but they do a lot of things
back in the back end. They'll you know, they'll play quarters,
they'll play man, they'll play three they'll they'll jump in
some different looks to try to confuse the quarterback, and
I think that's where quarterbacks have gotten in trouble, you know,
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throwing into.
Speaker 5 (07:20):
Coverage dat on Evan Tywee.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Yeah, I mean they're all improving, getting better, you know,
Tywe's I think he's back to normal now. You know,
Evan's making great improvement, you know, and and you know,
we'll see where we're at a by the end of
the week.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
But I'm making great improvement. How important is that run
game for you?
Speaker 5 (07:40):
That they're sticky in past defense, how important will it
be to settle in the run game and get them moving?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Yeah, well, I mean I think this year we you know,
we've been very efficient in the run game and you know,
one of the better, more sufficient teams in the country
running the football. We have to be able to run
the football, and that comes in a lot of different ways.
I mean, you know, it's it's running at the right time,
it's you know, obviously, you know, running a quarterback when
we need to run a quarterback, but also you know,
kind of trying to create some space where our backs
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can have more room to make people miss. And I
think we have to have to be able to mix
all that in. We have to be able to run
the football, control the clock a little bit.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Obviously.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
You'd love to, you know, if we could somehow, you know,
have the ball a little bit more than we've had
it in some of these games and run some more
offensive plays, that would be awesome. But I think for us,
it's just really comes down to execution up front and
starts with our offensive line. They've had a really good year,
but this will be another great challenge for the guys
up front.
Speaker 6 (08:38):
Brendan's only been sacked twice. I think that Noah has
been sacked several times. I think they've got him five
times in the last game. Do you think you can
get to him or is that when he's dangerous when
he's running out of the pocket.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Yeah, I mean you'd love to be able to get
some pressure on him, to be able to get him.
You know, I think Kansas did a great job last week,
you know, looking at that film of getting to the quarterback.
Uh did you mentioned they sacked them five times and
they were back there some more times as well.
Speaker 4 (09:04):
But he is slippery.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
He does a great job of moving around, Like you mentioned,
If you do flush him out. Well, now he's on
a perimeter, he's looking down the field, and if you
lose some cover somewhere, he's gonna make you pay. So
he's a tough guy to cover to defend. So we
gotta do a good job again of mixing it up,
not playing the same defense out there, some of the
same things we talked about.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
Try to get him off schedule.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Yeah, you know, I think that's the biggest thing for us,
and you know, and the guys up front.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
You to have a great.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
Game of Goldie went out of the last game.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
See Okay, Yeah he's good. He had, you know, a
great week last week.
Speaker 7 (09:39):
Obviously, it's been a while since the Utah game, but
after being able to break down that film, a lot
of some people might be saying, like, is the blueprint
out on the Cincinnati offense? Is there anything you would
have done differently or was that just really well schemed
up by their defense?
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Yeah? I think, you know, there's a lot of things
involved with that.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
You know, where we played, when we played how they play,
I mean, it was a lot you know, I think
they're a good football team.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
Their their scheme was really good.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
We didn't exploit it, obviously, there are some things we
would do different, I think if we if we played
them again. You know, obviously you got to execute better
as well. We didn't execute great, I don't think in
that game. But a lot of they had a lot
to do with it, I mean, with what they were
trying to do to us, you know. But and they
got good players, man, I mean, you know, so you
put all that together, and I think that's what ended
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up happening. I mean, I think offense, we moved the football,
we had, you know, four hundred and some yards, and
we didn't score enough points, you know, with the way
the game went, you know. And obviously it's a team game,
so you got to play good on both sides of
the ball when you're playing a team like that. But yeah,
obviously we do some do things a lot different. But
I also think you're gonna you're gonna do what you do, like, like,
whatever your your scheme is, like, you're gonna try to
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do that at a high level.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
I don't think you're necessarily gonna try to do something
somebody else did. And you may maybe lean a little
bit more toward maybe that, but.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
You're gonna do what you do. I think whoever you're playing.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
Cyrus is second in the nation and touchdown catches, so
I obviouls see the receivers are a lot better. Back
to Joe, do you see are people just doing things
completely different or is it just the receivers are better
than last year so he's not necessarily the top target
or is it combination of things.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
I think it's a little bit of both of that.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
There's been times this year where we've tried to, you know,
call Joe's number and you look and there's two dudes
on him.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
You know, it's hard to get the ball to him.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
I think the other side of that is, like you mentioned,
I mean, we do have some guys on the outside
that we feel like can win, and they have made
good plays for us this year and spreading the ball
out if you look, if you look at our you know,
distribution of the balls to the to the White House,
I mean it's pretty even. I mean, you know, and
then you get you put Joe in there, you put
some running backs in there, and you obviously want to
run the football. So I feel like our balance as
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far as that has been really good this year because
you don't, you know, you're not necessarily can just to
try to defend one guy. You try to find this
one guy, then we're gonna beat you with.
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Some other guys.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
And I think that's probably the product is why he
didn't have as much production.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
All Right.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
That is some of Scott's Adderfield from earlier this afternoon
down in Clifton talking about Arizona, talking about the team
getting healthy as an important role for this team. But
not to overlook this is an Arizona team that is
close and has been close in a couple of their
losses in the Big Twelve this year, as Scott's Saderfield
alluded to a road loss at Iowa State six point
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loss late in which they led against BYU, and then
a three point loss on the road at Houston. Of
course that BYU loss in overtime. So it's an Arizona
team that has some good wins in the Big Twelve. Colorado, Kansas,
Oklahoma State, Kansas State all wins for Arizona this season.
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It's going to be a good test for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
Let's stick with the collegiate theme. Let's talk some college
hoops when we come back. We'll recap the Muskies loss
last night. You'll hear a little bit of Rick Patino
and look ahead to a big night on the hardwood
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Last night of my skis there. College basketball, it did
not go well for the Xavier Musketeers last night at
home against Santa Clara. They trailed at the half thirty
nine to twenty. That nineteen point difference stayed throughout the
second half, although with about two minutes remaining, Xavier actually
trailed in that one by thirty points before going on
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a little bit of a run to finish the game.
They were outplayed in every statistical category, obviously points, They
were out rebounded last night. Santa Clara had more assist
they had more steals, they had more blocks, they had
less turnovers. Santa Clara shot at fifty four percent on
the field, Xavier shot at thirty four percent. They were
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five to eighteen from three to twenty five of thirty
four from the foul line. It was bad on all
accounts last night for the Muskies. And I don't want
to take away anything from Santa Clara because from what
I've gathered, that's a Santa Clara team in the Western
Component or the the WCC with Kenzaga and Saint Mary's
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that I think can win some games. All that being said,
at home, as a four and a half point favorite,
Xavier was bludgeoned last night. Here's what Richard Patino had
to say. After last night's nineteen point loss, well, not
a lot.
Speaker 10 (15:30):
Not a lot of good obviously, you know, disappointed in
my self that, you know, we're putting that on the floor.
Our fans certainly deserve better, and I got to look
myself in the mirror and realize, like we've got a
long way to go, and you know, just told the team,
and we certainly understand that. I don't think this is
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an arrogant group by any means. I don't think we
needed to be humbled, but I think we realize how
hard it's gonna be. We knew Santa Clara's be a
good team. I've obviously got a lot of respect for
coach Sendek and the program and the consistency that he's
built that program, you know. So there's nothing really to
it besides like we got to get back to work tomorrow.
(16:14):
So very appreciative of the fans, you know, I certainly
never want to see them leave like that. They deserve better,
and we've got to be collectively, coaches, players, everybody, we
got to be better because our fan base certainly deserves
better than that.
Speaker 11 (16:29):
Coach Malik leads to your team in scoring over the
first two games tonight, doesn't attempt a shot in twenty
plus minutes. Was that just something Santa Clarita defensively and
how can you free him up some more?
Speaker 4 (16:40):
Yeah?
Speaker 10 (16:40):
I mean no, nobody was very good tonight. Obviously, Roddy
was terrific in the second half. So you know it's
all connected. It's not just Malik's fault. It's it's screening
to get him open. It's you know, they were picking
us up full court. They were denying Roddy realized that
in the second half obviously, going around guys and getting
to the rim and making play. So it wasn't just myleak.
(17:02):
I mean, Jovan obviously was oh for seven. All was
old for six. So as I said before, like I get,
I get to help them a little bit more and
certainly won't get a lot of sleep tonight and try
to figure it out and get off the mat tomorrow.
Speaker 12 (17:18):
When you see the points in the paint number fifty
two to twenty two, what what went wrong the most
in terms of that number, I.
Speaker 4 (17:25):
Mean everything went wrong.
Speaker 10 (17:26):
Everything went wrong. There was nothing right. You know, we
just we we just got it. We got to get
back to work in every phase of it.
Speaker 8 (17:37):
You know.
Speaker 10 (17:38):
It wasn't one thing, Santa Clara. Again, they're a good team,
but we just kind of let them do whatever we wanted,
you know. So we're gonna have to do this thing
the old fashioned way, and you know the only way
to do it is not necessarily to talk about it,
but just to pour our blood, sweat and the tears
on the bast on the practice court as best we can.
Speaker 12 (17:59):
We got to see Mer for the first time tonight.
How long has he been back practicing with you guys
prior tonight? And how do you kind of see him
fitting in here over these guys.
Speaker 10 (18:08):
I mean he was, he was back for he was
doing a little bit of non contact stuff. He went
full kind of go the last two practices. Obviously a
tough spot to put him in. But what he does
have is he's got athleticism. He's got the ability to
go by guys. That's where you saw Roddy in the
second half getting the lane, and I think mirror when
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he You know, he's missed a couple of months, but
I think the more he gets his feet under him
and practice, the better he'll be.
Speaker 11 (18:36):
Santa Clara threw the first punch right out of the
gate and that's kind of the third straight game. You're
behind the eight ball early. How do you get this
team to respond from the jumper? Is that just part
of like you mentioned earlier, fixed it?
Speaker 8 (18:47):
Yeah?
Speaker 10 (18:48):
I mean that was certainly different than the other two.
You know, that was they were throwing haymakers for forty
minutes and we weren't responding, So uh that that wasn't
necessarily your first four minutes thing. And again I think
it's our guys.
Speaker 8 (19:03):
Are going to realize.
Speaker 10 (19:04):
Coaches, players, everybody collectively in our group is going to realize.
Speaker 13 (19:09):
You know, we got to fight.
Speaker 10 (19:11):
You know, there were loose balls that we weren't getting,
There was rebounds we weren't getting, and then it just compounds,
you know, and when you play at this place and
you play in front of this crowd, like teams are
going to be ready for you, and you know, our
guys certainly didn't respond the right way throughout the course
of the game.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
All right. That's Richard Patino. After last night's nineteen point
lost to Santa Clara. The Muskies have to rebound quick.
They are on the road at Iowa on Friday night.
As mentioned earlier, today, UK at Louisville is a big
one at eight o'clock tonight, and of course the Dayton
Flyers come into Fifth Third Arena that is a seven
o'clock start. We'll have more on both of those games
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and reactions to those games on tomorrow's edition of sincey
three sixty for now Gears. We bring in another guest
when we come back. Rick Walls, the executive director of
the Red's Hall of Fame and Museum, will join us
to talk the open ballot for eight Cincinnati Reds, two
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of them hope to advance into the Reds Hall of Fame.
We'll talk about that and more with Rick next on
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Welcome back.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
It is since e three to sixty on ESPN fifteen
thirty Cincinnati Sports Station, rolling along our number three Moeger
and quick kits and just a bit. But first, we
mentioned this last week when it came out. The Cincinnati
Reds Hall of Fame ballots are out. Homer Bailey, Francisco Cordera,
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Zach Cozart, Aaron Harang, Mike Leake, Brandon Phillip, Scott, Rowland,
and Edison Valcez. And there's just so much going on
with this, and the Reds have always done such a
great job with the Hall of Fame. They do a
great job with the museum. So we thought what better
way to pair the two than today by talking with
the executive director of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum,
Rick Walls. With everything going on Red's related, Rick, how
(21:41):
are you?
Speaker 13 (21:42):
That's great, It's a pleasure to be with you both.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Rick.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Let's let's let's discuss the Hall of Fame balloting, the
names that came out, the balloting itself, let's start with that.
How does this work for Reds fans that they're able
to cast a vote and just the process that goes
into this.
Speaker 15 (22:00):
Yeah, there's been you know, over time, the first Hall
of Fame class was elected in nineteen fifty eight, and
throughout the years, they're not an induction every single year,
pretty much every other year. In the last decade, there's
been some variance to that. So when you take a
look at the ballot and who's eligible, you have to
look at players for the modern player ballot that have
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played within the last fifteen years. So there's a veterans
committee looks at candidates beyond fifteen years or more, but
you have to have played at least three years for
the Reds to be eligible. The ballot is created by
our Election Governance Committee. It's part of the Board of
Directors of the Hall that narrow this list down to
in this case, eight players, so looked at a lot
of players, got it down to the eighth that they
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thought that if these candidates were elected, they'd be fine
with going into the Hall of Fame. So the ballot
is created, it's sent out to the fans, to the
median broadcasters, and also to teammates of the players. So
any Reds alum who played here three years or more,
we will get the cast to vote, so we really
field it's important that those three groups are very involved
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in this process that the fans have a third say
and who's going in the same with the media and
the broadcasters who follow the game so closely, and of
course to the teammates, those that have been around the
players for a number of years and probably can gauge
their success and contributions and achievements a little bit beyond
some of the stats that we see. So that's your
modern Player ballot, and we're in the voting period now
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for three weeks.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
Voting period happens now. It runs through November twenty seventh,
and then the two winners that it is just two
players that are selected, those players are announced in December.
Speaker 15 (23:36):
Yeah, so the modern player ballot will produce a two winners.
So two of the eight that are on this list
will be inducted next April. They'll be combined with any
selections that may come from the Veterans Committee. So this
group of about fourteen individuals, it changes every couple of years.
We get new members on the new opinions and they
get to really dive deep into the candidates of players
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and managers and other executives that were involved with the
organization fifteen years ago or more. And that's a pretty
detailed process two three hour meeting so that class will
be elected as one. You know, we'll have them all together,
veterans and the modern player ballot winners. Next Aprils April
twenty four to twenty five, twenty six, we call the
Induction Celebration. They're on field ceremonies on the twenty fifth,
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and then a big gal it's a fundraiser for the
museum on the twenty six at the Convention Center. So
a lot ahead of us now, but we're encouraging people
to vote and take you know, make sure they're vote counts,
so you can vote once per day. Pre email address
at Redsmuseum dot org and really just get involved in
the process. Support the Hall of Fame in your favorite candidate.
Speaker 4 (24:37):
It is.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
It's such a cool process because it's it's the fans,
and that's what makes this sport so fantastic, especially here
in the city of Cincinnati. And you think of the
players on the list and Homer Bailey and the no
hitters and what Coco Cordero was able to provide, and
Zach Cozart is an all star, Aaron Harangu is a starter,
Mike Leak is a starter, Edison Volcz Scott Rowland, of course,
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Brandon Phil Mike Leak. It is it's special. How how
special is it for you being around this organization and
with the Hall of Fame for as long as you
have to see players like this recognize at a level
where they deserve to be recognized from the city and
the team.
Speaker 15 (25:15):
I think it's extremely important to the fans. It's important
to the franchise and these players, even current players they
are playing the game, to see that we are recognizing
and honoring those who contribute time, their energy, you know,
I mean their life to Cincinnati Reds and their dedication
to trying to become a better team and bring championships
to this team. We had some players on this list
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that were part of some pretty solid teams. If you
remember DNN in twelve and thirteen, great years for the Reds,
really really close, but some fantastic performances, record breaking moments,
memorable performances that people probably you know, within the last
fifteen years. A lot of the listeners here have been.
Speaker 13 (25:52):
To those games.
Speaker 15 (25:53):
They remember these players and having them have a say
and who gets in the Hall of Fame. I think
it's extremely important and I wish every team would do this.
Speaker 13 (26:02):
They don't all have Halls of Fame.
Speaker 15 (26:04):
Not every team has a museum, and we're one of
the only to have a large, dedicated museum. And that's
just a tribute to the Reds organization and our staff
here at the museum, who is focused on doing what
we're supposed to do as a nonprofit and that celebrate greatness,
preserve history, and provide inspiration. The museum does that every day.
The pillar of all of that, the foundation, is the
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Hall of Fame and the election process behind it.
Speaker 13 (26:29):
Every player who played for the Reds we celebrate, but.
Speaker 15 (26:32):
These guys will rise to the highest level and they'll
be in the Hall of Fame. Two of the winners
from the modern player ballot.
Speaker 5 (26:38):
I'm curious too about the Veterans' ballot. You mentioned that
that's going to be announced in December as well. Is
there a rough estimate on the number of candidates that
are being debated with that group or is can it
be one person? Is it going to be multiple? How
do you expect the Veterans' ballot to shake out?
Speaker 15 (26:54):
I kind of expect it to be one or two,
but it doesn't there's no mandates that could be zero.
The group could walk out without a consensus, but I
feel like there typically is one that hasn't happened.
Speaker 13 (27:06):
Yet, but there are.
Speaker 15 (27:07):
You're talking about candidates going back into the eighteen hundreds,
and the purpose of the committee is to make sure
no one has been overlooked. If you are on a
modern player ballot and you have to be out of
baseball for five years and then played within the last fifteen,
that means you only have a ten year period to
be on a modern player ballot. And that also means
if we're only doing it every other year, there's only
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five ballots that you could be on. So you can
imagine the ballot changing players going off, coming back on.
You could be a pretty good candidate, but not make
the Hall of Fame on the modern player ballot. And
that's where the Veterans Committee can come in later on
and decide, you know.
Speaker 13 (27:42):
Hey, where you overlooked? Is there a case to be made?
Speaker 15 (27:45):
You know, we now understand the game stats a little
bit better and have a better respect for what you
meant to the game and to the Reds organization, So
they will dive into all of those stats that really
are hard for any one individual to do by themselves.
To determine if we have a great ta ed it here,
and there are some good ones still on there going
back to the eighteen hundreds. The committee has pulled some
great ones in the past. And twenty twenty three general
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manager by the name of Gabe Paul went in and
that was pretty special. And Danny Graves, the old time
Saves leader went in. So it's a great committee serving
a great cause then making sure those that warrant election
are elected.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
It's such a storied organization with a storied past. Rick,
I know, we're in the off season for baseball and
it's a very busy offseason that seemingly never stops. But
for you guys at the museum at the Hall of Fame,
what do you guys have going on throughout the winter
and how can people learn more or maybe find a
way to visit.
Speaker 13 (28:41):
It is a great time for the museum.
Speaker 15 (28:42):
We are gearing up right now for an event in
December cool deck the Hall. You hear about that more
down the road Gate Great chances for our families to
visit the museum and get some.
Speaker 13 (28:51):
Christmas shopping done.
Speaker 15 (28:53):
But Red's Fantasy Camp takes place in January that unfortunately
for those interested.
Speaker 13 (28:57):
It has sold out.
Speaker 15 (28:57):
It sales out in about a week in May and June,
the year before the event even takes place, so we
are so focused in on that and then a RedFest.
We hope to see all the fans out there at RedFest,
and just kind of getting everything geared up for next
year is going to be a fantastic year for the museum,
still celebrating the fiftieth anniversary this time of the seventy
six world champion Red, So expect a lot of those
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players in and now the museum next year. If you
were kind of looking at the museum saying what's going
to happen next year, look at our events schedule. We're
going to have players, alumni, all kinds of events and
activities throughout the year, and Redsmuseum dot org will have
that up to date and active all the time. So
hopefully we'll bring in your favorite player and you get
a chance to meet them.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Rick Man, this is awesome, so much good stuff going
on one more time. The easiest way for folks to
find a way to vote and even learn more about
the museum.
Speaker 15 (29:48):
Absolutely Redsmuseum dot org. All the candidates and their.
Speaker 13 (29:52):
Bios are listed there.
Speaker 15 (29:53):
To vote once per day per email address, and learn
all about how you can support the museum membership and however,
just visit the museum. It's a great place to come
to in the off season.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
Awesome, Rick Man, this is awesome. Thank you so much
for your time and we appreciate it greatly. Have a great,
great offseason. I know it's busy for you, but enjoy
it and I hope to talk soon. Thanks Rick.
Speaker 13 (30:11):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
That is Rick Walls, executive director of the Reds Hall
of Fame and Museum, spending some time with us today.
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to come see you. What do you got coming up
on the show.
Speaker 8 (32:14):
Paul Danner Junior is going to be here in the
first hour of the show, and we're looking forward to
that because there's a billion different Bengals issues to discuss. Also,
Pat Noonan will be on the show, the head coach
of FC Cincinnati is going to join us to talk
about the victory over Columbus on Saturday and what lies ahead.
Some are calling this the biggest soccer match ever on
(32:35):
American soil. Oh by some, I mean me. As FC
Cincinnati gets set's take on Miami next weekend, Pat's gonna
join us at four o'clock. Our guy, Sean said, the
Stats and Scheme podcast and the Stats and Scheme newsletter
is going to be with us. We're looking forward to
talking about I'm gonna talk about Steelers and Ravens with him,
given the fact that those two teams played this weekend
and the Bengals play both over the course of the
(32:57):
next couple of weeks. We'll look ahead to Cincinnati versus Dayton.
The official Uni Flyers correspondent of the Moegger Show is
Drew Wester Heidi and in between parking cars, Drew, He's
gonna preview tonight's game with us. Uh, we'll look ahead
of Kentucky Louisville as well and try to figure out
what that was that Xavier put on the floor last.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
Are you a little disappointed We've not seen the grade
tweet from Richard Patino today. If you're gonna do it
after wins, do you have to do it after a
loss as well?
Speaker 8 (33:27):
Yes, if it's if that's gonna be your thing, which
I love it like I do. If that's if that's
gonna be your thing, it can't just be a thing
when you win. I mean, I don't know what he
would grade positively from that game last night. But if
you're gonna do that like you do it, you know, consistency.
Speaker 5 (33:48):
Matters, right, Yeah, he hasn't been afraid to give out
harsh grades so far, so why wouldn't you do it
again when you lose?
Speaker 8 (33:55):
Yes, it exactly. I mean you know what he could
do is I had a a professor once at the
University of Dayton. I took statistics because you had to
take one math class as a calm major, and so
I took the math class. It was stats, and I
wasn't very good at it. And you went to the
professor's office to get your midterm grade. And I went
(34:18):
in and he didn't have him posted, but he was
sitting in his office and he looked at me. He goes,
what do you think you got? I go, I don't
think I passed. He goes, I don't think we need
to tell you what you got that And he could
do something similar with the grades for his team last.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Night, What do you make tonight with the Flyers and
the Bearcats? What do you need to see? Friday night
was not great from the Bearcats. I know Dayton did
not have a great tune up over the weekend as well.
What are you hoping to see walking out of fifth
Ard Arena tonight?
Speaker 8 (34:50):
First and foremost to Bearcat victory, because I don't think
that's a given by any stretch of the imagination. You know,
it's cliche, and I keep coming back to it. One
a firmer sense of the pieces fitting for the Bearcats.
I'd like to see them shoot the ball better. I'd
like to see them assert themselves a little bit more
on the glass, because they really haven't in either of
(35:11):
the first two games, certainly didn't against West Carolina. I
think that's gonna be a little bit of an issue,
but I would like to see that begin to get
rectified tonight. I'd also like to see Seanabayev look more
like we saw him look in the first game as
opposed to how he played the other night. But for me,
it's just a more a better sense of how the
(35:34):
pieces are gonna fit as the season moves on. I
love college basketball for a lot of different reasons. One
of the reasons is I think it is the sport
where you have the potential to not look like you
did early in the season by the time we get
to the middle of the season, so teams can and
do get better. It's absurd to hand down any concrete
(35:55):
conclusions about any team in November, but let's face it,
year's failures loom over this team because I think it's
being framed the same way. They have good players, Do
the pieces fit. Let's get an answer in November, and
the way you get those answers are by beating the
two name brand opponents. You have this month, Louisville a
week from Friday, and Dayton tonight.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
Last night Monday Night football. Not an offensive juggernaut by
any means. Two good defenses in the NFC. I'm looking
at the NFC today, Mo, and you could make an
argument to me that the Eagles can win the Super Bowl,
the Seahawks can win it, the Lions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
the Rams, the Packers can all win the Super Bowl.
Who do you view right now through this week of
(36:38):
the NFL season as your favorite in the NFC?
Speaker 8 (36:42):
The Los Angeles Rams. I think they have the best coach.
I think right now they have the best quarterback. I
think right now they have a quarterback who would get
serious MVP consideration. I cannot wait to watch Rams versus
Seattle this Sunday, which I think is going to be
a great game. But if there's one team I feel
most comfortable about and have felt the most comfortable with
(37:06):
as the season has gone on for two and a
half months, it would be the LA Rams. But the
NFC playoffs, like, you might get San Francisco as a seven.
That's a fun team. You might get the Chicago Bears
as a seven, that's a really fun team. I don't
know that we could say something similar about the AFC,
but I think the NFC postseason is gonna be wild.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
Who's your top of the AFC.
Speaker 8 (37:30):
I'll say New England love how they play Big Drake
may guy. Mike Vrabel's a great coach. Now he hasn't
been awesome in the postseason. We saw that up close
with the Bengals when they played there when they were
the one seed in twenty twenty one. But the division
is obviously theirs for the taking. I still really do
(37:50):
like the Colts. I kind of keep waiting for Daniel
Jones to turn into a pumpkin, but it hasn't happened yet.
They have Jonathan Taylor they can lean on on. New
England has a couple of running backs they can lead on.
Trevon Henderson the other day was terrific. I think New
England's the best team right now. I think if you
asked me that question of the month, my answer will
probably be different.
Speaker 2 (38:11):
Lastly, I talked to a lot of folks with the
UT Bearcats football and everyone is talking about Byu b
Yu b Yu. What about the BYU game? I listened
to Scott Saderfield today and you dive into this Arizona team.
They got beat pretty good at Iowa State, but they
were leading BYU by ten eventually lost in overtime. They
(38:32):
lost at the Gun to Houston. How much better is
Arizona than maybe folks locally or giving them credit for.
And how much of a test is this going to
be on Saturday coming off a loss and then a bye.
Speaker 8 (38:43):
One at Kansas late which U see did destroyed Colorado,
which you would expect because you know nobody.
Speaker 2 (38:50):
Oh, Dion, Dion, Dion, I not as.
Speaker 8 (38:52):
Many Colorado fans in our lives these days, I've noticed.
I think Arizona's pretty good now. Frankly, and this is
gonna sound really cliche. I think UC's biggest opponent against
Utah was itself. Yeah, like, I think Brendan sores Be
just played really, really poorly. And I don't know that
Utah had a ton to do with that. You know,
(39:12):
you and I were talking and you mentioned he had
a couple of balls batted down early that may have
had an impact, But I thought just lack of creativity offensively,
I thought Brendan sores Be just playing poorly. They did
a lot of uncharacteristic things, turning the ball over. They
were awful on special teams for the first time all
season long. But I agree wholeheartedly. I think a lot
of folks, I'm not so sure inside the program, but
(39:35):
I think a lot of us we've talked about beat
BYU well sandwiched around that game, I think is a
more difficult game against Arizona than people realize. Ain't exactly
gonna be easy going to TCU and trying to get
a win the week of Thanksgiving either, So I'm I
could not agree more with anybody who says, look, yes,
you gotta beat BYU, but that game's not gonna matter
(39:57):
as much if you don't take care of business at home.
In this Arizona game is not one to be taken lightly.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
Without a doubt. You can hear more of that and
so much else coming up on The Moulwagar Show ESPN
fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Stations. Mo is at Oakley Greens,
Drew will park your car if you're a veteran, fantastic
stuff mo Thanks.
Speaker 8 (40:17):
Active or retired military member. Let's just bring proof. Let's
go and if you get here for the show between
three and six, Drew will park your car. And by
the way, no tipping aloud. Love it, love it. I'm
gonna shake you down for money if you send in
our country.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
Makes sense, absolutely, mo. Thanks have a great show. I
see all right, We're done. That's Mulager. The Mulwagar Show
is next. This has been since he three sixty on
ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station.
Speaker 4 (40:45):
Have a great rest of your.
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