September 8, 2026 • 41 mins
RICK NEUHEISEL (CBS Sports) What were Coach Neuheisel’s impressions of week one in college football? How big of a blow were the Huskies dealt by losing Jayden Limar and Quaid Carr in week 1? What did Coach think of the Michigan/Western Michigan fiasco? Who do we need to keep an eye on in week 2? The game of the year is happening on Saturday between Ohio State and Texas- how does Coach see that one playing out? :30- It’s time for a new game inspired by Hugh Millen- Not Zero! We preview tomorrow’s game and this Seahawks team and gauge our areas of concern- i.e. secondary, run game and more. :45- We wrap up the show with one last thing!
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Speaker 1 (00:19):
Oh, that's aggravating. I'm going to tell you what, it's
not important. I'm just aggravated right now. And everybody should
know that. That's important. I'm going to have to do
this later. Well, hello. Great morning to you. Nine o'clock
hour here on this Tuesday. My name is Chuck Powell.
Ashley Ryan here as well. Coming up a little bit
(00:41):
later on this hour, we'll close out the show with
one last thing. We also have a brand new game
called Not Zero, inspired really by Hugh Millen, to be
quite honest. So we're going to play that for the
first time today, Ashley and I. at 9.30 this morning.
And then in a matter of moments, we will be
joined by our college football insider for a second week
(01:02):
of the brand new college football season. And now he's
got all of this information at his fingertips. He's watched
every single game in America. And now he's got a
firm grasp on what's about to happen in our lives
over the course of the next few months. It's former
UW head coach. It is CBS Sports, let's face it,
(01:23):
best analyst Rick Neuheisel joins us here on the radio show.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Hi, Coach. Oh, you embarrass me, Chuck. You embarrass me.
How the heck are you, man?
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Doing great. What did you think of that crazy first week?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
You're 1-0. The Huskies get rid of a pesky Cougar
squad that just wouldn't quite go away.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Give me your first read. I mean, I frankly feel, Coach,
and this goes to both the National Football League and
college football, that... the sport now because you don't really
tackle and practice anymore and preseason football and National Football League,
they don't really play games. I think it's hard to
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come out of the gates looking like you should look.
And it seemed to me that every coach in America
that won over the weekend is Their post-game interview was
something like this. We got a lot to clean up,
but we're glad we won. So I don't know if
I can even ask you for your first blush opinion
on the Washington Huskies because it's colored by the fact
(02:24):
that we know that's not going to be what they're
going to be a couple weeks from now.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
You just can't afford to practice fully live football. You
just can't afford to do it. Uh, as, as Jed
found out after his running back room took a major
hit over the weekend, he loses both Quade Carr and
Jaden Limmer. Uh, and, and I mean, when you lose
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two guys that are, you're counting on to be, uh,
big producers at that position, that is a head scratcher
and then some. So, uh, I feel bad, uh, for
the two kids. Hopefully they'll be back before, uh, long, but, uh,
It just reminds you why you can't tackle as often
as you'd like in practice.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Yeah. And look, I think what they're doing now is
the right thing to do. But if you're going to
practice that way, you're probably not going to be your
sharpest on week number one.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Is that fair? That's absolutely fair. Absolutely fair. You just
need to make sure that what the lone exception to that,
you know, is is Boise State over the weekend. Boise State,
I guess, decided because last year they were one of
the worst tackling teams in the country that they were
going to tackle live in practice. And it certainly showed up.
(03:47):
They gave Oregon everything they wanted and largely because they
were so good at open field tackling.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Um, before we get off of the Lamar Carr topic
with the Huskies running back, I mean, what does that
do to you as a college coach already? Not the
greatest room for Jed Fish. I mean, you're starting, um,
a freshman, um, uh, in, in week number one, and
now you're down to your third string running back by
week number two. How, how big of a blow is
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that to, to him and the program?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Well, you're having to start to rethink exactly how you
go about cobbling together your offense. Obviously, your quarterback, DeMond Williams,
needs a running game to go along with him if
he's going to be at his best. So you're trying
to figure out exactly how many times can you have
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DeMond carrying the ball so that you can help these
other running backs play. uh, be in position to, uh,
be productive and, and help the team, but you're missing
Jonah Coleman and Adam Muhammad. There's no question about it. Uh,
because that was such a luxury from a year ago. Uh,
so you're absolutely now trying to cobble together a plan
(05:05):
that you, you don't put too much on demand, but
you certainly understand that, uh, for us to be good,
Trey Cooley and company have to be, uh, Count it off.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Yeah. Obviously, the defense is very impressive. We don't know
how good the Cougs' offense is. And yet, they stifled
them for four quarters. And yet, a lot of really
dumb penalties in the game. So, do you chalk that
up as a head coach to just over-emotional? Rivalry game
(05:38):
to start the season? I mean, that's just a lot
on the emotion meter. Or do you worry that you
got a little problem on your hands here?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Well, I mean, when you start to look at that
you held Washington State 0 of 9 on third down,
you got to feel good about that. When you held
them to 142 yards passing, you got to feel really
good about that. They only had 100 yards rushing. Certainly,
you don't like 12 penalties, but as long as you
break down penalties, are they lack of concentration penalties or
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are they effort penalties? And so that's going to be
the focus between now and the second time you play.
Get rid of those focus penalties, but continue to play
as aggressively as you showed you can.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Rick Neuheisel is with us. Our college football insider is
going to be joining us again this year at 9
o'clock every Tuesday. Thanks to delicious, delicious, delicious taco time.
All right, let's talk about that Michigan game. Awesome. How
out of your mind would you be if you're Western
Michigan's coach?
Speaker 2 (06:47):
I think this is the first week that I really
have appreciated social media. I really appreciate the different things
that I've seen out there. Just trolling Michigan in this wind.
Did you see the latest video where Harbaugh comes out
of his, the ghost of Harbaugh comes out there with
a bag of money to give to the official? That's
(07:07):
an AI-generated deal. You've got all, I mean, it's incredible.
The sign, welcome to Ann Arbor, please set your clocks
back one second. That's a beautiful one. It's on and
on it goes.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Did you see the one where somebody posted, prior to
Western Michigan, college football teams were 110,352-0 when leading after
the end of regulation.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Since 1869. Yeah, exactly. Listen, it can't happen. I don't know.
What clock are we watching? Why in the world would
we not be watching the actual clock? This was FIFA.
(07:55):
This is extra time. I mean, like it was my
biggest complaint of watching the summer's, you know, extravaganza here
in the States. And what are we? We're just going
to play until the official decides it's enough. I mean,
why can't we put some clock up there so we
actually know when the game is over? And yet we
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can't do it ourselves now. It is a gap. If
you go back and you see nine seconds or eight seconds,
whatever was on the clock when he started to play,
and you count it down yourself, you still get to zero.
It's a tough one. And yet maybe the most disregarded
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element of the whole fiasco is the unbelievable class with
which Western Michigan handled it. I mean, the president, the
head coach, they were absolutely first class with their remarks
and dealing with what had to be an incredibly gut-wrenching loss.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
But was that the right play? I mean, would you
have lost your mind? Should you have lost your mind?
Should you still be fighting it to this day, considering
how controversial it was?
Speaker 2 (09:13):
It lends itself to another conspiracy theory, Chuck. It lends
itself that they must have been promised another game because
that's a big money game. And that's probably a couple
of million bucks to go and play in that place.
And that's a budget paying game, right? And I wouldn't
be surprised if somebody went and said, look, I know
(09:35):
this is a tough one. You handle it the right way.
We'll make it up to you. I don't have any idea.
It was unusually poised for the situation that we just watched.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
I do know, and you know, every football fan knows this,
that the official clock is the one that is kept
by the officials, right?
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Maybe there is an extra second. It's just hard for
any of us to believe that in the year 2026
with all the technology— So we.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Had Bruce Feldman. We had Bruce Feldman on our— air yesterday,
and he had talked to Mike Pereira, who's like the
guru of officiating right for Fox, and comes on and
explains rules and explains replay and so forth, even though
Mike was wildly wrong in a couple of renegade games
in the UFL season. He usually... A good source. He's
(10:30):
usually a good source of information. And he said, had
this happened in the NFL, they would never have changed
the outcome because what the public saw is too important.
You can't have the public seeing something and then it
not be accurate. He said that had happened in the NFL.
They would have gone with what the public saw and
(10:51):
called the game in favor of Western Michigan. He said
there was another clock and the clock did have a discrepancy,
but they would never have done that because of the
amount of attention paid to scores and outcomes.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Well, let's face it, the gambling community, like the people
that had money on that game.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
100%. A money line bet on Western Michigan right there
had to be an exorbitant pay.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
And you just had it taken away from you. Oh, man.
Rick Neuheisel is with us, our college football. insider. And yeah,
we could probably do four hours on that particular issue
right there, but let's try to cover some other ground.
I mean, we've already talked about like Oregon didn't get
off to a great start. I don't think UW really
got going until the fourth quarter. Notre Dame didn't get
(11:41):
going until the second half, but give me a team
out there that really did impress you, or maybe a
player that kind of popped for you in the opening
week that we need to be aware of because there
could be some great stuff coming.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Well, Malachi Toney would be the player. He and his
new quarterback, Darian Menza, were incredible in their opening game
against Stanford, and we'll wait and see how good Stanford is.
There's some questions there, but my goodness, was that an
impressive beginning performance for that little battery of fantastic players.
(12:20):
The LSU beatdown of Clemson was... Epic. I mean, 644
yards of offense on a Clemson defense is eye-opening. But
maybe even more eye-opening is you held Clemson to less
than 200 yards of offense. And you did it on
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defense as well. Lane Kiffin has been all over the news.
The Dr. Pepper commercial will be the most watched commercial
in college football history. Cause he rolls up that window,
just like you would expect lane to roll up that window.
And it is, he's going to make a zillion dollars
on Dr. Pepper ads. Cause they're not going to be
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able to get enough of them. Cause he's so, he's so,
you know, uh, I won't say you love him or
you hate him. He's just so viewable. But that team
looked the part. And I wonder if we're watching the
end of the Davo era. Because as much as he
wants to make us believe in baseball, hot dogs, apple pie,
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and Davo Sweeney, that was a beatdown.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Mm-hmm. And the ACC got beat down in the opening week,
and they didn't exactly have a great year a year ago.
And I get that Miami's in there, and they might
make things really easy on the committee at the end
of this season because they do look like the real deal.
But ACC in trouble? I mean, their reputation and their
status as a big four conference out there?
Speaker 2 (13:52):
I love Miami. I think Miami's a playoff team. I
don't think there's any question about it. SMU, Kevin Jennings
was really impressive last night. I kind of like them.
Virginia is going to be sneaky good because they beat
North Carolina State badly in week one or week zero.
(14:13):
They've got a quarterback that can run in Bo Pribula,
and they don't play Miami. They don't play Clemson, and
they don't play Louisville. So to me, that sets them
as a team to watch. Louisville got beat, but Louisville
was impressive. I'm anxious. And then Mason Heinschel, this quarterback
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for Pitt, threw for well over 407 touchdowns. They get
UCF this weekend. I can't wait to watch that game
to see if Heinschel is the next Dan Marino.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Well, they've got something if he is. I'm just going
to go on record and say that. They've got something
cooking there if he's the next Dan Marino. Rick Neuheisel,
our guest. Well, let's talk about this week. And, of course,
the big one is Ohio State-Texas rematch from a year
ago to start the season. Week number two this year
and this year in Austin, Texas, where it's expected to
(15:08):
be over 100 degrees on Saturday in Austin. So, I mean...
People want that big matchup at the beginning of the year.
These two programs have delivered two years in a row.
How do you see this one going down?
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Well, both are obviously much more experienced than they were
a year ago at the quarterback position. So I think
it can be more of an offensive game than it
was in the 14-7 game that we watched a year ago.
And both coordinators will feel more comfortable taking more shots
down the field, which will be entertaining to watch. You know,
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if you're just judging the statistics, and both teams were
wildly impressive in victories over Ball State and Texas State, respectively.
But if you look at the numbers, it looks to
me like Ohio State has a little bit of a
head start in running the football and defending the run.
Texas gave up more yards than they wanted on the ground.
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Will Muschamp, the new defensive coordinator, is not going to
be pleased with that. They'll be better this week, especially
with the excitement of a game against a team like
Ohio State and the magnitude of the contest. But if
I'm leaning right now, even though they're on the road,
I'm going to lean Buckeyes. Oh, guys. Oh, boy.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
But it's a slight lean. Matthew McConaughey would like a
word with you, by the way. Do you know he
names his jacket?
Speaker 2 (16:37):
He'll say, all right, all right, all right. Let's sit
down and talk about this. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Do you know that that orange, the burnt orange, like,
leather jacket that he wears?
Speaker 2 (16:46):
By the way, by the way, as we're talking, Texas,
did you see Arch Manning run out of the tunnel
last week in the fog machine?
Speaker 1 (16:54):
No, I did not.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
They almost lost him for the year. He literally gets
grabbed by a fan as he's running and he can't see.
And then he trips over something because the fog is
such he can't see it and goes ass over tea
kettle under the ground. And I'm like, oh, my God,
are they lucky that he got up from that? Because
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he doesn't. He doesn't see where he's falling.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Oh, my gosh.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
It is. It's out there in the ether. You need
to look it up. It'll make you. It'll make you.
Holy smokes. How lucky are they? All right.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
So Ohio State, Texas. You got Michigan, Oklahoma on Saturday
as well. Obviously, Michigan's not off to a great start
in the court of public opinion. So do they have
much of a shot here against Oklahoma and the Sooners?
Speaker 2 (17:49):
You know, they do because they have a defense, and
that's Kyle Whittingham's baby. And they're going to have a
Michigan versus everybody mentality again, given what's happened over the
course of this week. Thankfully, they still have those sweatshirts
from a couple years ago, and they'll be ready to
wear them again. I think it's like a 13-10, 13-7 game.
(18:14):
I've got to see John Mateer take over from the
pocket and show that he can throw the ball and
make all kinds of plays. And until I do, I
just think Oklahoma's going to be a little bit pedestrian offense.
They're absolutely blue bloods on defense. Venables is one of
the best in the business, but so too is Kyle
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and his defensive staff. So I think it's a low-scoring game.
And while everybody's going to think Oklahoma's going to blow
them out, I think it's going to be really close
down the stretch.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Mateer's all body-builded up. I don't know if that's exactly...
what you would encourage from your quarterback. But I mean,
he's like Schwarzenegger out there right now.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, I don't know that he has all the throws.
He's kind of, to me, a fastball pitcher, which means
he should come in in the ninth, you know, and
close things out. The Eraldis Chapman of the world. I'm
not sure he's got all the trajectory throws and all
that kind of stuff. But he's a fabulous player, a
(19:19):
fabulous competitor. And his legs, whoever, whichever quarterback runs for
the most yardage might be the quarterback that wins.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Mm-hmm. I think we got to mention Iowa State, right?
The Cy Hawk. What do you think of that matchup?
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Well, it's an interesting one, especially now that Matt Campbell's
not there. But Jimmy Rogers got out of the box
fast for Iowa State. The old Washington State Cougar coach
is now the guy there. They get a nice win
over Southeast Missouri, 38-10. But the way Iowa ran the
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ball and having 500 yards of offense, which is like
unheard of. It usually takes three games for them to
get 500 yards of offense there. uh, is eyeopening. I'm
going to say Iowa by a couple of touchdowns. Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Um, do we know anything about Utah state? You got
anything you can pass along about the, uh, Aggies, the
fighting Bobby Wagner's this weekend that the Huskies face.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
I don't know enough about the Aggies to get this
one in the books for you. I know this, that
Jed isn't worried about Utah State as much as he's
worried about his running game. And that will be the
emphasis this week is how to cobble together a running
game so that they can be ready when Minnesota gets
(20:47):
to town in conference play here at the end of
the month.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
All right. Well, I didn't do your Taco Time Pick
of the Week. I was having mercy on you because
you haven't seen anybody play to this point in the season.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
That was awfully nice of you.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Yeah, and yet people were bothered. They missed their Taco
Time Pick of the Week from Coach Neuheisel, so I'm
certainly not going to miss it today. So give me
that gem of yours.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
We are going to go... We're going to go to
the ACC, I believe. Actually, there's a bunch of inter-conference
games this week. And I am curious to see a
number of them. Obviously, Texas and Ohio State leading off.
You know what? Let's just stay there. Let's just stay there.
(21:32):
I'm going with Ohio State. Ohio State's a one-and-a-half-point underdog.
I'm taking the Buckeyes.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
All right.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Uh, he's on the record now, the taco time pick
of the week, the first of the year from a
coach new eyes will hear in the mornings. Uh, anyway, uh,
I'll let softy and Fane buggy another time. Um, all right. Uh, well,
thank you, sir. We appreciate it. Have a great weekend.
Where are you going to be stationed this weekend? What
game you got?
Speaker 2 (21:59):
We've got Minnesota hosting Mississippi State, a matchup of two
young quarterbacks that I think names are going to be
pretty popular by year's end. Drake Lindsey for Minnesota and
Camario Taylor for Mississippi State. He's a Battlestar Galactica-looking guy
that looks like he can do everything.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
All right. Sounds awesome.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
Thanks, Coach.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
We'll talk to you next week.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
All right, look forward to it. Take care now.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
The one, the only, Rick Neuheisel joining us here on
the program. And, of course, this segment always brought to
you by Taco Time. Gosh, every time I say it,
I just want some. I saw Ian eating some yesterday.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
I want some fries, tots, whatever. I don't remember what
we're allowed to call them nowadays.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Yeah. But Ian had like this big fat burrito from
there yesterday, and he was eating it right in front
of me. That was rude. Yeah. And I don't think
I've ever had a burrito at Taco Time. Oh, yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
I do recall now seeing the Taco Time bag on
his desk when I came. Oh, it looked fantastic. It
seemed like he just brought it here to rub it in.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Probably.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
He's a jerk that way.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
All right. Coming up next on the program, it's our
first time we're ever going to play this. Maybe the
only time we ever play it. We play the Not
Zero game on KJR.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
I do love him. He's great.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Oh my gosh, is he good. And yet he sings
of nothing but depressed stuff.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
No, it's not happy music.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
No, he's not an uplifter.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
That's like good winter cleaning your house music. It's cold outside,
you're cozy inside, you're doing the last minute chores. cleaning
then you're going to pour yourself a glass of.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Wine interesting that that's where you went i'm pretty much
just that's good pour your glass of wine music.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Yeah that too i just figured i should be productive
before i drink the wine uh.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Yeah uh but he does uh he sings of woe
yeah he does what he does with a scratchy voice.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Woads of woe woads of.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
Woe from ray from way la montaigne But I wanted
to use it as a segment here on the radio
program today, partly inspired by Ray LaMontagne, partly inspired by
Hugh Millen. Two very similar people.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
Yeah. I often think of one when I think of
the other.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Don't you?
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
But Hugh always, you know, Hugh's a math guy, right? Mm-hmm.
And whenever he brings up, when anybody, me or any
other host, asks him about an injury, you worried about this?
Or if somebody's not playing that well, you worried about this?
And usually the response is something to the effect of, well,
it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Yeah. Well, the second I saw the thing and I
was like, I know I've heard that, but I can't
think of a word. Then when he said it was
inspired by Hugh, I was like, oh, yes.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
Right. Right.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah. I mean- What do you think about the chances
that the Huskies have of playing the game on the
moon this weekend? Well, it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
It's not zero.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
We do have the technology. I mean, it's very unlikely,
but it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (24:59):
I'd say that might be zero. This weekend. Maybe now,
if you were asking in two weeks. That wouldn't be zero.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Well, yeah, you're right. It'd probably be hard to put
together by Saturday. Anyway, not zero the game. And so
we've got a few things here prior to tomorrow. I mean,
the game starts tomorrow and we're not 100% locked in
on all this stuff. We got some things to be
concerned about, maybe worried a little bit. Definitely not zero.
(25:29):
So I want to go through a few things. I
know that None of the answers are zero because the
game's called not zero.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
So specifically they can't be.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
Yes. So I need you to give me, and we
can just do the run of the mill one through
ten because nothing can be zero.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Where you are with your worry in some of these areas.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
So let's start with the obvious one we've already talked
about a few times in the last two days. The secondary,
we're down Ty Okada potentially. Looks like we're definitely going
to be down Nicky Manwari for this game. We're down
Bud Clark for sure for this game. DeAnthony Bell suddenly
is going to be probably launched into a very pivotal
role tomorrow against... the runner-up for the MVP at quarterback,
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and his brand-new wide receiver one that he didn't even
have a year ago. And so where are we in
terms of our concern or worry? Because it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
Definitely not zero. I'd say I'm at about a four
because of A.J.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
Brown.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
That's basically it. It's not even necessarily that Drake Mays
throwing to him. It's just A.J. Brown and his size
and his speed and his skill. And, you know, to
be down so much... Against a player like that, I
feel like you'd be naive to not have a little
bit of a concern.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
Well, I have already predicted 17-9. Yes. So that's probably
not going to result in a lot of offense.
Speaker 3 (26:57):
Probably not.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
A score like that from the New England Patriots. And
so I'm not going to put the worry all that
high on this. But if there was one area where
I didn't really want to be deficient. Mm-hmm. This is
probably it. I think they're going to be sloppy. I
think we're going to be sloppy offensively, and that could
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save us in this game. Otherwise, if this is middle
of the season and we're without three of your four
safeties and you're having to face Drake May in a
rhythm with A.J. Brown, then I'm probably going to rank
this pretty high, frankly. But right now, I'm going to
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go even under you. I'm going to put it at
like a three. That's where I am.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
I was debating there, but I didn't want to go half.
So I increased, so I like that. We're about the
same there.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
We're in the same neighborhood. It's not zero, though.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
No, it's definitely not zero.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
I'll tell you that, because there is something to be
a little bit worried about, a little bit concerned about.
Let's talk about the running backs. We have not seen
Jadarian Price get a carry in an NFL game. He
did have an injury earlier in training camp. That's not
an issue whatsoever. Heard from everybody, especially Greg. That's not
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an issue. He was just bubble-wrapped for concerns of something
going wrong in the preseason games that had nothing to
do with a lingering injury situation. George Helani is still
second on our depth chart. Speaking of humility, he doesn't
like it. And then Emmanuel Wilson, who also had injuries,
and we didn't get to see him in the preseason either.
(28:36):
Got to see a little bit of Helani. We haven't
seen anything of Emmanuel Wilson.
Speaker 3 (28:39):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
He's completely off the injury list right now, full participation
in practice. So we do have the three guys we
were expecting to have because we weren't expecting to have
Zach Charbonnet. And yet, you still got to be at
least a little worried about the running back room. It's
not zero.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Nope, definitely not zero. It makes me uncomfortable, honestly. And
it is my biggest... Concern, even over the secondary, but
also my biggest intrigue, because especially with Jadarian Price, I mean, gosh,
it's like looking at a brand new toy that no
one's ever gotten before, and you're going to be the
first one to get it, opening it on Christmas, and
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you don't even know what it is or how it works.
But you know you're the first one to have it.
That's what it feels like, right? You're like, well, this
could be really cool. Or I could run it into
a wall and the whole thing could blow up. I
have no idea, but it's going to be kind of fun.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Don't run him into a wall, Flurry.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
No, let's not. Please, let's not. But I just, yeah,
like that's how unknown it is. So I'm sure that
I'm just being overly cautious or overly concerned about it,
but I'd give it a five.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
I'm at an eight.
Speaker 3 (29:48):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
And it's relative. Like, I'm not worried it's going to
derail the season, but I am worried it's going to
caused the team potentially not to be able to perform
as well as they should be able to perform as
defending Superbowl champions. I mean, there's just something about, I
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was only a career backup in college. I mean, Terrell
Davis was the same thing and look what he did
in the national football league, but there's just something about hand,
you know, Terrell Davis was a pleasant surprise, you know,
Denver Broncos.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
It's true.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Yeah, it's true. That was their greatest mistake.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
Man, I hope we can make mistakes like that.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Right.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
So I'm already a little worried. The skinny legs thing
doesn't make me feel very good. And then already having
had an injury in training camp. I mean, he had
an Achilles issue early at Notre Dame. But after that,
injuries did not plague him during his collegiate career. But
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then again, he wasn't overexposed. And it sounds like he's
going to be the number one running back for the
first time in his life for a professional football team
trying to repeat a Super Bowl champs. And I don't
believe in Helani as a second option. And I'm not
sure I believe in Emmanuel Wilson. So I am worried
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about this group.
Speaker 3 (31:17):
I might go up to a six.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Yeah. And even with Zach Charbonnet, I still don't know
if it gives you a good group. As long as
it gives you a functional group, I think you're going
to have a great defense. I believe in Sam. But
I am worried about this running game. Especially since they're
so committed to it. Like a year ago, it wasn't
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a great running game a year ago. It wasn't until
the playoffs. And yet they just hammered away. And it
ended up working out. But... I think that was a
better room than what we have right now.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
I do think a lot of people underestimate the value
of Ken Walker and what he actually brought. And then
to lose him and to not have Charbonnet. I think
once Charbonnet comes back, we're going to be just fine.
But it is nerve-wracking until we get there.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
All right, last one. Jason Myers is a really good kicker.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:09):
And has been. I mean, in the conversation for best
kicker in the history of the Seahawks.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
But he missed nearly every kick In the preseason. And
I get it. Somebody that accomplished probably just a matter
of an adjustment, but he could have worked on those
adjustments in practice. I'm sure he didn't leave the practice
field any day. Oh, I pushed six right in a row.
I'm sure he stayed at practice until he felt good
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about where he was kicking the football, which suggests to
me that whatever has happened in the preseason was mental.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
It's really surprising that that would happen in a preseason game,
considering how accomplished he is. No, I agree. So, how
worried are you about what you saw from Jason Myers
in the preseason? Because it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (33:03):
It's not zero, that's for sure. And interestingly enough, Palmer
the Great asked me last night if I was going
to draft Jason Myers as our kicker.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
I didn't.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
And I said, I am not. I didn't. And I said,
he has not been good in preseason, and I'm a
little nervous about it. But I would... quantify the little
I am little I'm a little nervous about it I'm
gonna give it a two I do think he'll be
fine I don't I mean history has shown us he
is a good solid kicker that he's not this guy
that misses all of these and I don't think that
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he's gonna continue to be that.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
I'm gonna give it a four something's crept in now
it doesn't mean he can't push it out but that's
three straight games something's crept in and if you like
I said if that's happening in a preseason game which
doesn't even count then are you going to be able
to get that out of your head in time for tomorrow?
Speaker 3 (33:52):
It's a valid question.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
I mean, I think by the end of the season,
he will have figured it out. But the last time
I saw him kick, he had not figured it out.
Speaker 3 (34:03):
Well, I was going to say, depending on how long
it takes him to figure it out, he might not
be the kicker through the end of the season if
he doesn't figure it out.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
That would be shocking if that were the case. So
I'm going to put it at a four. So it
sounds like I'm a little more worried about things than Ashley.
You are. Look at me, the worry wart.
Speaker 3 (34:17):
I'm just over here relaxed and chill. We got this.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
Well, anyway, I think I'm sure all is fine, you know.
I already picked them. My number one pick on the
over-under thing that we did. I'm just saying it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
It's not zero.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
The issues that we have, it's not zero. All right.
One last thing to close out the show on KJR.
All right, final segment of this Tuesday edition of the
(34:53):
radio program. Coming up next, you've got Greg Bell and
Jessamyn McIntyre. It's the captain and Jess right here on
the radio station.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
Like they've always been called.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
Right. I love the idea that they moonlight as a
singing duo. Greg plays the keyboard.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Yeah, in a captain's hat.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
Yes, and Jessamyn, just a stand-up microphone singer. And that
they play in like smoky lounges.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
She's got like a little tambourine that she taps against
her thigh.
Speaker 1 (35:22):
Right.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
And there, you know, he's got like a fake mustache
so that he can remain incognito and not be bothered
by all of his adoring fans.
Speaker 3 (35:30):
Just the captain.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:32):
And, uh, and then Jessamyn, you know, Just smoky voice
in it.
Speaker 3 (35:36):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
You know what I'm saying? That's how I picture them.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
Don't ruin it for me.
Speaker 3 (35:41):
I won't.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Ashley, what's your one last thing to date?
Speaker 3 (35:43):
Well, I don't feel like we always give a lot
of love to the YouTube, and I feel like Jeff,
Tahoe Jeff, went through a lot of trouble this morning
during the ABCs. He did his own entire alphabet of
the Mariners on YouTube. I can't see where the A
one is, so we'll just start at B. B is
for bummer of a season. C is for can't get
their bleep together. D is for dumb managerial decisions all season.
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E is for every day I ask myself why I'm
still watching this team. F is for not a good word.
I can't imagine. Another F is just F. He did
two Fs. G is for good effort.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Not.
Speaker 3 (36:25):
H is for hits. Nah. I is for I hate this.
J is for Jerry sucks. L is for losing is
what we do. M is for my blood pressure is
really over this season. N is for never going to
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win a World Series like this. O is for over
the season. P is for piss poor baseball. Q is
for quiet bats. R is for regression. S is for
bleepy all around. T is for tired of this. V
is for very frustrated. W is for why. X is
(37:09):
for expect the worst. Y is for a year. Every
effing year. And Z is for Zorenzik all over.
Speaker 1 (37:18):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 3 (37:20):
That is Jeff's Mariner's Alphabet on YouTube.
Speaker 2 (37:22):
Jump, Jeff.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
Yeah. There you go.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
Felt like you needed to get a little love there.
Speaker 1 (37:25):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
That was a good effort.
Speaker 1 (37:28):
I didn't hear anything. positive in there if i'm not mistaken.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
Yeah jeff doesn't seem to be too high on them
right now.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
Seems to have a theme yeah to his alphabet yeah
yeah weird all right well thank you jeff.
Speaker 3 (37:43):
I appreciate it thank you for your efforts now i
know if.
Speaker 1 (37:46):
Ever i'm stuck i can just ask you for help
on a letter.
Speaker 3 (37:50):
That's right he's got it down he's got it down.
Speaker 1 (37:54):
You know, just a quick thing. It's not going to
be my one last thing, but yesterday's one last thing
was the thing on Doug Eddings, the umpire who corrected
a pitcher on how he was wearing his hat and
made him change it. And then it started a little
bit of a controversy. And then he ended up blowing
a call and it looked like on purpose. And then
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very demonstrative in the way he acted. I mean, it's
just unacceptable behavior. A little update on that. Major League
Baseball apparently did talk to him and told him and
criticized him, I guess. But there's no report as to
whether or not he was punished. He should be punished.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:36):
And this is not the first time it's happened. This
is somebody that shows up with an agenda. He's obviously
at this stage in his career. And I can understand
why you get there. You get yelled at for your career.
That's what you get yelled at by fans, by coaches,
by players, and you've probably had enough of it.
Speaker 3 (38:51):
There's not a lot of people that are just out
there applauding the umps.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Right.
Speaker 1 (38:55):
It can't be easy. But he has reached the point
in his career where he doesn't have any patience for it,
and now he's acting out like a child, and he
needs to be punished and threatened with his job because
that is, you know what, whatever.
Speaker 2 (39:12):
Whatever.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
Told somebody to change his hat. That's dumb. But blowing
calls on purpose because you're angry at the manager for
yelling at you?
Speaker 3 (39:21):
Yeah, that would get most people fired.
Speaker 1 (39:22):
That should get you fired. Now, I know we have
a replay, and that can correct that, and thankfully it did.
But if you're out... of challenges and the home plate
umpire decides just to blow a call on purpose yeah
i mean come on not good that can't allow and
maybe you can't prove it but come on you saw
it yeah you know what happened uh the last thing
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and rick newheiser wouldn't let me finish this um Did
you know that Matthew McConaughey names that burnt orange leather
jacket of his?
Speaker 3 (39:53):
What is its name?
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Rusty. Okay.
Speaker 3 (39:54):
Well, that sounds about right.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
He's apparently had it for 30 years.
Speaker 3 (39:59):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (39:59):
So, obviously, really good quality.
Speaker 3 (40:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:02):
And he only wears it to Longhorns games and the
big ones.
Speaker 2 (40:08):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
But he has a name for it. Scott Van Pelt
called it Butterscotch. And he goes, Rusty would be really
angry if he found out you called him Butterscotch.
Speaker 3 (40:17):
That's funny. I like that. I like that.
Speaker 1 (40:20):
And it's supposed to be 100 degrees there on Saturday,
so he's not committing to whether or not he's going
to wear it or not. But yes, that jacket of
his has a name.
Speaker 3 (40:30):
It's Rusty. It's Rusty, damn it.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
Yeah, yeah. All right, that'll do it for us. Thanks
for being with us. Talk to you tomorrow at 6 a.m.
Greg and Jess, I'm in next on KJR. You can't
miss a thing from today's show because we're on demand.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
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Speaker 1 (41:00):
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Speaker 3 (41:03):
Crews finally cleared a long-term accident in Auburn on Westbound
18 at 167.
Speaker 1 (41:07):
Now we're working on clearing out that.
Oh, that's aggravating. I'm going to tell you what, it's
not important. I'm just aggravated right now. And everybody should
know that. That's important. I'm going to have to do
this later. Well, hello. Great morning to you. Nine o'clock
hour here on this Tuesday. My name is Chuck Powell.
Ashley Ryan here as well. Coming up a little bit
(00:41):
later on this hour, we'll close out the show with
one last thing. We also have a brand new game
called Not Zero, inspired really by Hugh Millen, to be
quite honest. So we're going to play that for the
first time today, Ashley and I. at 9.30 this morning.
And then in a matter of moments, we will be
joined by our college football insider for a second week
(01:02):
of the brand new college football season. And now he's
got all of this information at his fingertips. He's watched
every single game in America. And now he's got a
firm grasp on what's about to happen in our lives
over the course of the next few months. It's former
UW head coach. It is CBS Sports, let's face it,
(01:23):
best analyst Rick Neuheisel joins us here on the radio show.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Hi, Coach. Oh, you embarrass me, Chuck. You embarrass me.
How the heck are you, man?
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Doing great. What did you think of that crazy first week?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
You're 1-0. The Huskies get rid of a pesky Cougar
squad that just wouldn't quite go away.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Give me your first read. I mean, I frankly feel, Coach,
and this goes to both the National Football League and
college football, that... the sport now because you don't really
tackle and practice anymore and preseason football and National Football League,
they don't really play games. I think it's hard to
(02:04):
come out of the gates looking like you should look.
And it seemed to me that every coach in America
that won over the weekend is Their post-game interview was
something like this. We got a lot to clean up,
but we're glad we won. So I don't know if
I can even ask you for your first blush opinion
on the Washington Huskies because it's colored by the fact
(02:24):
that we know that's not going to be what they're
going to be a couple weeks from now.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
You just can't afford to practice fully live football. You
just can't afford to do it. Uh, as, as Jed
found out after his running back room took a major
hit over the weekend, he loses both Quade Carr and
Jaden Limmer. Uh, and, and I mean, when you lose
(02:50):
two guys that are, you're counting on to be, uh,
big producers at that position, that is a head scratcher
and then some. So, uh, I feel bad, uh, for
the two kids. Hopefully they'll be back before, uh, long, but, uh,
It just reminds you why you can't tackle as often
as you'd like in practice.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Yeah. And look, I think what they're doing now is
the right thing to do. But if you're going to
practice that way, you're probably not going to be your
sharpest on week number one.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Is that fair? That's absolutely fair. Absolutely fair. You just
need to make sure that what the lone exception to that,
you know, is is Boise State over the weekend. Boise State,
I guess, decided because last year they were one of
the worst tackling teams in the country that they were
going to tackle live in practice. And it certainly showed up.
(03:47):
They gave Oregon everything they wanted and largely because they
were so good at open field tackling.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Um, before we get off of the Lamar Carr topic
with the Huskies running back, I mean, what does that
do to you as a college coach already? Not the
greatest room for Jed Fish. I mean, you're starting, um,
a freshman, um, uh, in, in week number one, and
now you're down to your third string running back by
week number two. How, how big of a blow is
(04:16):
that to, to him and the program?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Well, you're having to start to rethink exactly how you
go about cobbling together your offense. Obviously, your quarterback, DeMond Williams,
needs a running game to go along with him if
he's going to be at his best. So you're trying
to figure out exactly how many times can you have
(04:40):
DeMond carrying the ball so that you can help these
other running backs play. uh, be in position to, uh,
be productive and, and help the team, but you're missing
Jonah Coleman and Adam Muhammad. There's no question about it. Uh,
because that was such a luxury from a year ago. Uh,
so you're absolutely now trying to cobble together a plan
(05:05):
that you, you don't put too much on demand, but
you certainly understand that, uh, for us to be good,
Trey Cooley and company have to be, uh, Count it off.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Yeah. Obviously, the defense is very impressive. We don't know
how good the Cougs' offense is. And yet, they stifled
them for four quarters. And yet, a lot of really
dumb penalties in the game. So, do you chalk that
up as a head coach to just over-emotional? Rivalry game
(05:38):
to start the season? I mean, that's just a lot
on the emotion meter. Or do you worry that you
got a little problem on your hands here?
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Well, I mean, when you start to look at that
you held Washington State 0 of 9 on third down,
you got to feel good about that. When you held
them to 142 yards passing, you got to feel really
good about that. They only had 100 yards rushing. Certainly,
you don't like 12 penalties, but as long as you
break down penalties, are they lack of concentration penalties or
(06:12):
are they effort penalties? And so that's going to be
the focus between now and the second time you play.
Get rid of those focus penalties, but continue to play
as aggressively as you showed you can.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Rick Neuheisel is with us. Our college football insider is
going to be joining us again this year at 9
o'clock every Tuesday. Thanks to delicious, delicious, delicious taco time.
All right, let's talk about that Michigan game. Awesome. How
out of your mind would you be if you're Western
Michigan's coach?
Speaker 2 (06:47):
I think this is the first week that I really
have appreciated social media. I really appreciate the different things
that I've seen out there. Just trolling Michigan in this wind.
Did you see the latest video where Harbaugh comes out
of his, the ghost of Harbaugh comes out there with
a bag of money to give to the official? That's
(07:07):
an AI-generated deal. You've got all, I mean, it's incredible.
The sign, welcome to Ann Arbor, please set your clocks
back one second. That's a beautiful one. It's on and
on it goes.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Did you see the one where somebody posted, prior to
Western Michigan, college football teams were 110,352-0 when leading after
the end of regulation.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Since 1869. Yeah, exactly. Listen, it can't happen. I don't know.
What clock are we watching? Why in the world would
we not be watching the actual clock? This was FIFA.
(07:55):
This is extra time. I mean, like it was my
biggest complaint of watching the summer's, you know, extravaganza here
in the States. And what are we? We're just going
to play until the official decides it's enough. I mean,
why can't we put some clock up there so we
actually know when the game is over? And yet we
(08:16):
can't do it ourselves now. It is a gap. If
you go back and you see nine seconds or eight seconds,
whatever was on the clock when he started to play,
and you count it down yourself, you still get to zero.
It's a tough one. And yet maybe the most disregarded
(08:38):
element of the whole fiasco is the unbelievable class with
which Western Michigan handled it. I mean, the president, the
head coach, they were absolutely first class with their remarks
and dealing with what had to be an incredibly gut-wrenching loss.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
But was that the right play? I mean, would you
have lost your mind? Should you have lost your mind?
Should you still be fighting it to this day, considering
how controversial it was?
Speaker 2 (09:13):
It lends itself to another conspiracy theory, Chuck. It lends
itself that they must have been promised another game because
that's a big money game. And that's probably a couple
of million bucks to go and play in that place.
And that's a budget paying game, right? And I wouldn't
be surprised if somebody went and said, look, I know
(09:35):
this is a tough one. You handle it the right way.
We'll make it up to you. I don't have any idea.
It was unusually poised for the situation that we just watched.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
I do know, and you know, every football fan knows this,
that the official clock is the one that is kept
by the officials, right?
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Maybe there is an extra second. It's just hard for
any of us to believe that in the year 2026
with all the technology— So we.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Had Bruce Feldman. We had Bruce Feldman on our— air yesterday,
and he had talked to Mike Pereira, who's like the
guru of officiating right for Fox, and comes on and
explains rules and explains replay and so forth, even though
Mike was wildly wrong in a couple of renegade games
in the UFL season. He usually... A good source. He's
(10:30):
usually a good source of information. And he said, had
this happened in the NFL, they would never have changed
the outcome because what the public saw is too important.
You can't have the public seeing something and then it
not be accurate. He said that had happened in the NFL.
They would have gone with what the public saw and
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called the game in favor of Western Michigan. He said
there was another clock and the clock did have a discrepancy,
but they would never have done that because of the
amount of attention paid to scores and outcomes.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Well, let's face it, the gambling community, like the people
that had money on that game.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
100%. A money line bet on Western Michigan right there
had to be an exorbitant pay.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
And you just had it taken away from you. Oh, man.
Rick Neuheisel is with us, our college football. insider. And yeah,
we could probably do four hours on that particular issue
right there, but let's try to cover some other ground.
I mean, we've already talked about like Oregon didn't get
off to a great start. I don't think UW really
got going until the fourth quarter. Notre Dame didn't get
(11:41):
going until the second half, but give me a team
out there that really did impress you, or maybe a
player that kind of popped for you in the opening
week that we need to be aware of because there
could be some great stuff coming.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Well, Malachi Toney would be the player. He and his
new quarterback, Darian Menza, were incredible in their opening game
against Stanford, and we'll wait and see how good Stanford is.
There's some questions there, but my goodness, was that an
impressive beginning performance for that little battery of fantastic players.
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The LSU beatdown of Clemson was... Epic. I mean, 644
yards of offense on a Clemson defense is eye-opening. But
maybe even more eye-opening is you held Clemson to less
than 200 yards of offense. And you did it on
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defense as well. Lane Kiffin has been all over the news.
The Dr. Pepper commercial will be the most watched commercial
in college football history. Cause he rolls up that window,
just like you would expect lane to roll up that window.
And it is, he's going to make a zillion dollars
on Dr. Pepper ads. Cause they're not going to be
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able to get enough of them. Cause he's so, he's so,
you know, uh, I won't say you love him or
you hate him. He's just so viewable. But that team
looked the part. And I wonder if we're watching the
end of the Davo era. Because as much as he
wants to make us believe in baseball, hot dogs, apple pie,
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and Davo Sweeney, that was a beatdown.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Mm-hmm. And the ACC got beat down in the opening week,
and they didn't exactly have a great year a year ago.
And I get that Miami's in there, and they might
make things really easy on the committee at the end
of this season because they do look like the real deal.
But ACC in trouble? I mean, their reputation and their
status as a big four conference out there?
Speaker 2 (13:52):
I love Miami. I think Miami's a playoff team. I
don't think there's any question about it. SMU, Kevin Jennings
was really impressive last night. I kind of like them.
Virginia is going to be sneaky good because they beat
North Carolina State badly in week one or week zero.
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They've got a quarterback that can run in Bo Pribula,
and they don't play Miami. They don't play Clemson, and
they don't play Louisville. So to me, that sets them
as a team to watch. Louisville got beat, but Louisville
was impressive. I'm anxious. And then Mason Heinschel, this quarterback
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for Pitt, threw for well over 407 touchdowns. They get
UCF this weekend. I can't wait to watch that game
to see if Heinschel is the next Dan Marino.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Well, they've got something if he is. I'm just going
to go on record and say that. They've got something
cooking there if he's the next Dan Marino. Rick Neuheisel,
our guest. Well, let's talk about this week. And, of course,
the big one is Ohio State-Texas rematch from a year
ago to start the season. Week number two this year
and this year in Austin, Texas, where it's expected to
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be over 100 degrees on Saturday in Austin. So, I mean...
People want that big matchup at the beginning of the year.
These two programs have delivered two years in a row.
How do you see this one going down?
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Well, both are obviously much more experienced than they were
a year ago at the quarterback position. So I think
it can be more of an offensive game than it
was in the 14-7 game that we watched a year ago.
And both coordinators will feel more comfortable taking more shots
down the field, which will be entertaining to watch. You know,
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if you're just judging the statistics, and both teams were
wildly impressive in victories over Ball State and Texas State, respectively.
But if you look at the numbers, it looks to
me like Ohio State has a little bit of a
head start in running the football and defending the run.
Texas gave up more yards than they wanted on the ground.
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Will Muschamp, the new defensive coordinator, is not going to
be pleased with that. They'll be better this week, especially
with the excitement of a game against a team like
Ohio State and the magnitude of the contest. But if
I'm leaning right now, even though they're on the road,
I'm going to lean Buckeyes. Oh, guys. Oh, boy.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
But it's a slight lean. Matthew McConaughey would like a
word with you, by the way. Do you know he
names his jacket?
Speaker 2 (16:37):
He'll say, all right, all right, all right. Let's sit
down and talk about this. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
Do you know that that orange, the burnt orange, like,
leather jacket that he wears?
Speaker 2 (16:46):
By the way, by the way, as we're talking, Texas,
did you see Arch Manning run out of the tunnel
last week in the fog machine?
Speaker 1 (16:54):
No, I did not.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
They almost lost him for the year. He literally gets
grabbed by a fan as he's running and he can't see.
And then he trips over something because the fog is
such he can't see it and goes ass over tea
kettle under the ground. And I'm like, oh, my God,
are they lucky that he got up from that? Because
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he doesn't. He doesn't see where he's falling.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Oh, my gosh.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
It is. It's out there in the ether. You need
to look it up. It'll make you. It'll make you.
Holy smokes. How lucky are they? All right.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
So Ohio State, Texas. You got Michigan, Oklahoma on Saturday
as well. Obviously, Michigan's not off to a great start
in the court of public opinion. So do they have
much of a shot here against Oklahoma and the Sooners?
Speaker 2 (17:49):
You know, they do because they have a defense, and
that's Kyle Whittingham's baby. And they're going to have a
Michigan versus everybody mentality again, given what's happened over the
course of this week. Thankfully, they still have those sweatshirts
from a couple years ago, and they'll be ready to
wear them again. I think it's like a 13-10, 13-7 game.
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I've got to see John Mateer take over from the
pocket and show that he can throw the ball and
make all kinds of plays. And until I do, I
just think Oklahoma's going to be a little bit pedestrian offense.
They're absolutely blue bloods on defense. Venables is one of
the best in the business, but so too is Kyle
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and his defensive staff. So I think it's a low-scoring game.
And while everybody's going to think Oklahoma's going to blow
them out, I think it's going to be really close
down the stretch.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Mateer's all body-builded up. I don't know if that's exactly...
what you would encourage from your quarterback. But I mean,
he's like Schwarzenegger out there right now.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, I don't know that he has all the throws.
He's kind of, to me, a fastball pitcher, which means
he should come in in the ninth, you know, and
close things out. The Eraldis Chapman of the world. I'm
not sure he's got all the trajectory throws and all
that kind of stuff. But he's a fabulous player, a
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fabulous competitor. And his legs, whoever, whichever quarterback runs for
the most yardage might be the quarterback that wins.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Mm-hmm. I think we got to mention Iowa State, right?
The Cy Hawk. What do you think of that matchup?
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Well, it's an interesting one, especially now that Matt Campbell's
not there. But Jimmy Rogers got out of the box
fast for Iowa State. The old Washington State Cougar coach
is now the guy there. They get a nice win
over Southeast Missouri, 38-10. But the way Iowa ran the
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ball and having 500 yards of offense, which is like
unheard of. It usually takes three games for them to
get 500 yards of offense there. uh, is eyeopening. I'm
going to say Iowa by a couple of touchdowns. Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Um, do we know anything about Utah state? You got
anything you can pass along about the, uh, Aggies, the
fighting Bobby Wagner's this weekend that the Huskies face.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
I don't know enough about the Aggies to get this
one in the books for you. I know this, that
Jed isn't worried about Utah State as much as he's
worried about his running game. And that will be the
emphasis this week is how to cobble together a running
game so that they can be ready when Minnesota gets
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to town in conference play here at the end of
the month.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
All right. Well, I didn't do your Taco Time Pick
of the Week. I was having mercy on you because
you haven't seen anybody play to this point in the season.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
That was awfully nice of you.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Yeah, and yet people were bothered. They missed their Taco
Time Pick of the Week from Coach Neuheisel, so I'm
certainly not going to miss it today. So give me
that gem of yours.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
We are going to go... We're going to go to
the ACC, I believe. Actually, there's a bunch of inter-conference
games this week. And I am curious to see a
number of them. Obviously, Texas and Ohio State leading off.
You know what? Let's just stay there. Let's just stay there.
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I'm going with Ohio State. Ohio State's a one-and-a-half-point underdog.
I'm taking the Buckeyes.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
All right.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Uh, he's on the record now, the taco time pick
of the week, the first of the year from a
coach new eyes will hear in the mornings. Uh, anyway, uh,
I'll let softy and Fane buggy another time. Um, all right. Uh, well,
thank you, sir. We appreciate it. Have a great weekend.
Where are you going to be stationed this weekend? What
game you got?
Speaker 2 (21:59):
We've got Minnesota hosting Mississippi State, a matchup of two
young quarterbacks that I think names are going to be
pretty popular by year's end. Drake Lindsey for Minnesota and
Camario Taylor for Mississippi State. He's a Battlestar Galactica-looking guy
that looks like he can do everything.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
All right. Sounds awesome.
Speaker 2 (22:21):
Thanks, Coach.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
We'll talk to you next week.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
All right, look forward to it. Take care now.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
The one, the only, Rick Neuheisel joining us here on
the program. And, of course, this segment always brought to
you by Taco Time. Gosh, every time I say it,
I just want some. I saw Ian eating some yesterday.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
I want some fries, tots, whatever. I don't remember what
we're allowed to call them nowadays.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Yeah. But Ian had like this big fat burrito from
there yesterday, and he was eating it right in front
of me. That was rude. Yeah. And I don't think
I've ever had a burrito at Taco Time. Oh, yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
I do recall now seeing the Taco Time bag on
his desk when I came. Oh, it looked fantastic. It
seemed like he just brought it here to rub it in.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Probably.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
He's a jerk that way.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
All right. Coming up next on the program, it's our
first time we're ever going to play this. Maybe the
only time we ever play it. We play the Not
Zero game on KJR.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
I do love him. He's great.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Oh my gosh, is he good. And yet he sings
of nothing but depressed stuff.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
No, it's not happy music.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
No, he's not an uplifter.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
That's like good winter cleaning your house music. It's cold outside,
you're cozy inside, you're doing the last minute chores. cleaning
then you're going to pour yourself a glass of.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Wine interesting that that's where you went i'm pretty much
just that's good pour your glass of wine music.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Yeah that too i just figured i should be productive
before i drink the wine uh.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Yeah uh but he does uh he sings of woe
yeah he does what he does with a scratchy voice.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Woads of woe woads of.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
Woe from ray from way la montaigne But I wanted
to use it as a segment here on the radio
program today, partly inspired by Ray LaMontagne, partly inspired by
Hugh Millen. Two very similar people.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
Yeah. I often think of one when I think of
the other.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Don't you?
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
But Hugh always, you know, Hugh's a math guy, right? Mm-hmm.
And whenever he brings up, when anybody, me or any
other host, asks him about an injury, you worried about this?
Or if somebody's not playing that well, you worried about this?
And usually the response is something to the effect of, well,
it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Yeah. Well, the second I saw the thing and I
was like, I know I've heard that, but I can't
think of a word. Then when he said it was
inspired by Hugh, I was like, oh, yes.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
Right. Right.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah. I mean- What do you think about the chances
that the Huskies have of playing the game on the
moon this weekend? Well, it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
It's not zero.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
We do have the technology. I mean, it's very unlikely,
but it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (24:59):
I'd say that might be zero. This weekend. Maybe now,
if you were asking in two weeks. That wouldn't be zero.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Well, yeah, you're right. It'd probably be hard to put
together by Saturday. Anyway, not zero the game. And so
we've got a few things here prior to tomorrow. I mean,
the game starts tomorrow and we're not 100% locked in
on all this stuff. We got some things to be
concerned about, maybe worried a little bit. Definitely not zero.
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So I want to go through a few things. I
know that None of the answers are zero because the
game's called not zero.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
So specifically they can't be.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
Yes. So I need you to give me, and we
can just do the run of the mill one through
ten because nothing can be zero.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Where you are with your worry in some of these areas.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
So let's start with the obvious one we've already talked
about a few times in the last two days. The secondary,
we're down Ty Okada potentially. Looks like we're definitely going
to be down Nicky Manwari for this game. We're down
Bud Clark for sure for this game. DeAnthony Bell suddenly
is going to be probably launched into a very pivotal
role tomorrow against... the runner-up for the MVP at quarterback,
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and his brand-new wide receiver one that he didn't even
have a year ago. And so where are we in
terms of our concern or worry? Because it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
Definitely not zero. I'd say I'm at about a four
because of A.J.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
Brown.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
That's basically it. It's not even necessarily that Drake Mays
throwing to him. It's just A.J. Brown and his size
and his speed and his skill. And, you know, to
be down so much... Against a player like that, I
feel like you'd be naive to not have a little
bit of a concern.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
Well, I have already predicted 17-9. Yes. So that's probably
not going to result in a lot of offense.
Speaker 3 (26:57):
Probably not.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
A score like that from the New England Patriots. And
so I'm not going to put the worry all that
high on this. But if there was one area where
I didn't really want to be deficient. Mm-hmm. This is
probably it. I think they're going to be sloppy. I
think we're going to be sloppy offensively, and that could
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save us in this game. Otherwise, if this is middle
of the season and we're without three of your four
safeties and you're having to face Drake May in a
rhythm with A.J. Brown, then I'm probably going to rank
this pretty high, frankly. But right now, I'm going to
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go even under you. I'm going to put it at
like a three. That's where I am.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
I was debating there, but I didn't want to go half.
So I increased, so I like that. We're about the
same there.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
We're in the same neighborhood. It's not zero, though.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
No, it's definitely not zero.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
I'll tell you that, because there is something to be
a little bit worried about, a little bit concerned about.
Let's talk about the running backs. We have not seen
Jadarian Price get a carry in an NFL game. He
did have an injury earlier in training camp. That's not
an issue whatsoever. Heard from everybody, especially Greg. That's not
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an issue. He was just bubble-wrapped for concerns of something
going wrong in the preseason games that had nothing to
do with a lingering injury situation. George Helani is still
second on our depth chart. Speaking of humility, he doesn't
like it. And then Emmanuel Wilson, who also had injuries,
and we didn't get to see him in the preseason either.
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Got to see a little bit of Helani. We haven't
seen anything of Emmanuel Wilson.
Speaker 3 (28:39):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
He's completely off the injury list right now, full participation
in practice. So we do have the three guys we
were expecting to have because we weren't expecting to have
Zach Charbonnet. And yet, you still got to be at
least a little worried about the running back room. It's
not zero.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Nope, definitely not zero. It makes me uncomfortable, honestly. And
it is my biggest... Concern, even over the secondary, but
also my biggest intrigue, because especially with Jadarian Price, I mean, gosh,
it's like looking at a brand new toy that no
one's ever gotten before, and you're going to be the
first one to get it, opening it on Christmas, and
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you don't even know what it is or how it works.
But you know you're the first one to have it.
That's what it feels like, right? You're like, well, this
could be really cool. Or I could run it into
a wall and the whole thing could blow up. I
have no idea, but it's going to be kind of fun.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
Don't run him into a wall, Flurry.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
No, let's not. Please, let's not. But I just, yeah,
like that's how unknown it is. So I'm sure that
I'm just being overly cautious or overly concerned about it,
but I'd give it a five.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
I'm at an eight.
Speaker 3 (29:48):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
And it's relative. Like, I'm not worried it's going to
derail the season, but I am worried it's going to
caused the team potentially not to be able to perform
as well as they should be able to perform as
defending Superbowl champions. I mean, there's just something about, I
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was only a career backup in college. I mean, Terrell
Davis was the same thing and look what he did
in the national football league, but there's just something about hand,
you know, Terrell Davis was a pleasant surprise, you know,
Denver Broncos.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
It's true.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Yeah, it's true. That was their greatest mistake.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
Man, I hope we can make mistakes like that.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Right.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
So I'm already a little worried. The skinny legs thing
doesn't make me feel very good. And then already having
had an injury in training camp. I mean, he had
an Achilles issue early at Notre Dame. But after that,
injuries did not plague him during his collegiate career. But
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then again, he wasn't overexposed. And it sounds like he's
going to be the number one running back for the
first time in his life for a professional football team
trying to repeat a Super Bowl champs. And I don't
believe in Helani as a second option. And I'm not
sure I believe in Emmanuel Wilson. So I am worried
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about this group.
Speaker 3 (31:17):
I might go up to a six.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Yeah. And even with Zach Charbonnet, I still don't know
if it gives you a good group. As long as
it gives you a functional group, I think you're going
to have a great defense. I believe in Sam. But
I am worried about this running game. Especially since they're
so committed to it. Like a year ago, it wasn't
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a great running game a year ago. It wasn't until
the playoffs. And yet they just hammered away. And it
ended up working out. But... I think that was a
better room than what we have right now.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
I do think a lot of people underestimate the value
of Ken Walker and what he actually brought. And then
to lose him and to not have Charbonnet. I think
once Charbonnet comes back, we're going to be just fine.
But it is nerve-wracking until we get there.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
All right, last one. Jason Myers is a really good kicker.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:09):
And has been. I mean, in the conversation for best
kicker in the history of the Seahawks.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
But he missed nearly every kick In the preseason. And
I get it. Somebody that accomplished probably just a matter
of an adjustment, but he could have worked on those
adjustments in practice. I'm sure he didn't leave the practice
field any day. Oh, I pushed six right in a row.
I'm sure he stayed at practice until he felt good
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about where he was kicking the football, which suggests to
me that whatever has happened in the preseason was mental.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
It's really surprising that that would happen in a preseason game,
considering how accomplished he is. No, I agree. So, how
worried are you about what you saw from Jason Myers
in the preseason? Because it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (33:03):
It's not zero, that's for sure. And interestingly enough, Palmer
the Great asked me last night if I was going
to draft Jason Myers as our kicker.
Speaker 2 (33:09):
I didn't.
Speaker 3 (33:10):
And I said, I am not. I didn't. And I said,
he has not been good in preseason, and I'm a
little nervous about it. But I would... quantify the little
I am little I'm a little nervous about it I'm
gonna give it a two I do think he'll be
fine I don't I mean history has shown us he
is a good solid kicker that he's not this guy
that misses all of these and I don't think that
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he's gonna continue to be that.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
I'm gonna give it a four something's crept in now
it doesn't mean he can't push it out but that's
three straight games something's crept in and if you like
I said if that's happening in a preseason game which
doesn't even count then are you going to be able
to get that out of your head in time for tomorrow?
Speaker 3 (33:52):
It's a valid question.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
I mean, I think by the end of the season,
he will have figured it out. But the last time
I saw him kick, he had not figured it out.
Speaker 3 (34:03):
Well, I was going to say, depending on how long
it takes him to figure it out, he might not
be the kicker through the end of the season if
he doesn't figure it out.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
That would be shocking if that were the case. So
I'm going to put it at a four. So it
sounds like I'm a little more worried about things than Ashley.
You are. Look at me, the worry wart.
Speaker 3 (34:17):
I'm just over here relaxed and chill. We got this.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
Well, anyway, I think I'm sure all is fine, you know.
I already picked them. My number one pick on the
over-under thing that we did. I'm just saying it's not zero.
Speaker 3 (34:32):
It's not zero.
Speaker 1 (34:33):
The issues that we have, it's not zero. All right.
One last thing to close out the show on KJR.
All right, final segment of this Tuesday edition of the
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radio program. Coming up next, you've got Greg Bell and
Jessamyn McIntyre. It's the captain and Jess right here on
the radio station.
Speaker 3 (35:02):
Like they've always been called.
Speaker 1 (35:03):
Right. I love the idea that they moonlight as a
singing duo. Greg plays the keyboard.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
Yeah, in a captain's hat.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
Yes, and Jessamyn, just a stand-up microphone singer. And that
they play in like smoky lounges.
Speaker 3 (35:19):
She's got like a little tambourine that she taps against
her thigh.
Speaker 1 (35:22):
Right.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
And there, you know, he's got like a fake mustache
so that he can remain incognito and not be bothered
by all of his adoring fans.
Speaker 3 (35:30):
Just the captain.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:32):
And, uh, and then Jessamyn, you know, Just smoky voice
in it.
Speaker 3 (35:36):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
You know what I'm saying? That's how I picture them.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
Don't ruin it for me.
Speaker 3 (35:41):
I won't.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Ashley, what's your one last thing to date?
Speaker 3 (35:43):
Well, I don't feel like we always give a lot
of love to the YouTube, and I feel like Jeff,
Tahoe Jeff, went through a lot of trouble this morning
during the ABCs. He did his own entire alphabet of
the Mariners on YouTube. I can't see where the A
one is, so we'll just start at B. B is
for bummer of a season. C is for can't get
their bleep together. D is for dumb managerial decisions all season.
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E is for every day I ask myself why I'm
still watching this team. F is for not a good word.
I can't imagine. Another F is just F. He did
two Fs. G is for good effort.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Not.
Speaker 3 (36:25):
H is for hits. Nah. I is for I hate this.
J is for Jerry sucks. L is for losing is
what we do. M is for my blood pressure is
really over this season. N is for never going to
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win a World Series like this. O is for over
the season. P is for piss poor baseball. Q is
for quiet bats. R is for regression. S is for
bleepy all around. T is for tired of this. V
is for very frustrated. W is for why. X is
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for expect the worst. Y is for a year. Every
effing year. And Z is for Zorenzik all over.
Speaker 1 (37:18):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 3 (37:20):
That is Jeff's Mariner's Alphabet on YouTube.
Speaker 2 (37:22):
Jump, Jeff.
Speaker 1 (37:23):
Yeah. There you go.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
Felt like you needed to get a little love there.
Speaker 1 (37:25):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
That was a good effort.
Speaker 1 (37:28):
I didn't hear anything. positive in there if i'm not mistaken.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
Yeah jeff doesn't seem to be too high on them
right now.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
Seems to have a theme yeah to his alphabet yeah
yeah weird all right well thank you jeff.
Speaker 3 (37:43):
I appreciate it thank you for your efforts now i
know if.
Speaker 1 (37:46):
Ever i'm stuck i can just ask you for help
on a letter.
Speaker 3 (37:50):
That's right he's got it down he's got it down.
Speaker 1 (37:54):
You know, just a quick thing. It's not going to
be my one last thing, but yesterday's one last thing
was the thing on Doug Eddings, the umpire who corrected
a pitcher on how he was wearing his hat and
made him change it. And then it started a little
bit of a controversy. And then he ended up blowing
a call and it looked like on purpose. And then
(38:15):
very demonstrative in the way he acted. I mean, it's
just unacceptable behavior. A little update on that. Major League
Baseball apparently did talk to him and told him and
criticized him, I guess. But there's no report as to
whether or not he was punished. He should be punished.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:36):
And this is not the first time it's happened. This
is somebody that shows up with an agenda. He's obviously
at this stage in his career. And I can understand
why you get there. You get yelled at for your career.
That's what you get yelled at by fans, by coaches,
by players, and you've probably had enough of it.
Speaker 3 (38:51):
There's not a lot of people that are just out
there applauding the umps.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
Right.
Speaker 1 (38:55):
It can't be easy. But he has reached the point
in his career where he doesn't have any patience for it,
and now he's acting out like a child, and he
needs to be punished and threatened with his job because
that is, you know what, whatever.
Speaker 2 (39:12):
Whatever.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
Told somebody to change his hat. That's dumb. But blowing
calls on purpose because you're angry at the manager for
yelling at you?
Speaker 3 (39:21):
Yeah, that would get most people fired.
Speaker 1 (39:22):
That should get you fired. Now, I know we have
a replay, and that can correct that, and thankfully it did.
But if you're out... of challenges and the home plate
umpire decides just to blow a call on purpose yeah
i mean come on not good that can't allow and
maybe you can't prove it but come on you saw
it yeah you know what happened uh the last thing
(39:43):
and rick newheiser wouldn't let me finish this um Did
you know that Matthew McConaughey names that burnt orange leather
jacket of his?
Speaker 3 (39:53):
What is its name?
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Rusty. Okay.
Speaker 3 (39:54):
Well, that sounds about right.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
He's apparently had it for 30 years.
Speaker 3 (39:59):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (39:59):
So, obviously, really good quality.
Speaker 3 (40:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:02):
And he only wears it to Longhorns games and the
big ones.
Speaker 2 (40:08):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
But he has a name for it. Scott Van Pelt
called it Butterscotch. And he goes, Rusty would be really
angry if he found out you called him Butterscotch.
Speaker 3 (40:17):
That's funny. I like that. I like that.
Speaker 1 (40:20):
And it's supposed to be 100 degrees there on Saturday,
so he's not committing to whether or not he's going
to wear it or not. But yes, that jacket of
his has a name.
Speaker 3 (40:30):
It's Rusty. It's Rusty, damn it.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
Yeah, yeah. All right, that'll do it for us. Thanks
for being with us. Talk to you tomorrow at 6 a.m.
Greg and Jess, I'm in next on KJR. You can't
miss a thing from today's show because we're on demand.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
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Speaker 1 (41:00):
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Speaker 1 (41:07):
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