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In the second hour, Dave Softy Mahler revisits a conversation with Randy Johnson, who is getting his number retired by the Mariners this weekend, from January 22, 2018, then with Softy at the UW Spring Game, he sits down with the Huskies offensive tackles Kodi Greene, a 5-star recruit, and Drew Azzopardi, plus 4-star recruit Derek Colman-Brusa.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, Jackson, what's the date on this again? Please?

Speaker 2 (00:02):
January twenty second of twenty eighteen.

Speaker 3 (00:05):
All right, so January twenty second of twenty eighteen. I
told you guys yesterday or a couple days ago on
the air that I texted Randy Johnson. I called Randy
Johnson and I asked you if you thought we'd get
a response from Randy Johnson. You said no, and we
did not did not get a response from Randy Johnson.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
So it's possible, as.

Speaker 3 (00:21):
I told you guys on the air a couple of
days ago, that I might be texting the wrong phone number.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
That's possle. I mean, he may have.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
Changed his number in some idiot in Arizona's like, who
is this softy born asking me to go on the
air and talk about my number getting retired. Well, we
went back to twenty eighteen, the last time we had
Randy on the air.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
He was actually in.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
Town that week for the Fred Hutch ceremony to be
the keynote speaker. Jake Diekman I believe, was the recipient
that year, but Randy was on the air with us.
And remember this is before each Yuro got his number retired.
This is before cal Riley. This is before Julio, guys,

(01:00):
this is before a lot of changes in Major League Baseball.
Listen to his reaction when I started off by asking him,
do you believe that we're going to see number fifty
one hanging the rafters or hang at T Mobile Park? Actually,
back then it.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
Was still safeg Field.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
You think we'll see fifty one raised in your honor
one day?

Speaker 4 (01:25):
Once again? Once again? You know, it's been a long
time since I left here. I got traded. I didn't
have a contract offered here in ninety eight, and I
went on and played many more years. I think it
was the diamond the Diamondbacks that really when when the

(01:47):
bulk of my numbers were put up, And you know,
for for a lot of good reasons, maybe the Mariners
thought that my best years were behind me. I was
coming off of a couple of years we moved from
back surgery, and you know, I had a few good
years here as well. And you know, I believe I
was thirty four or thirty five, So they might have
thought that my best years were behind me and didn't

(02:11):
offer me a contract, and I got traded, and you know,
determination hard work and a lot of focus and being
surrounded by a lot of good players in Houston when
I left Seattle and then going on for I guess
it was eight years in Arizona.

Speaker 3 (02:28):
You know your your reaction, Randy, I gotta tell you
when I brought that up about your fifty one getting
retired and the way you laughed, I'm still chuckling about it.
I was hilarious. I mean, it's almost like, would you
be surprised, I guess. Let me ask you a different way.
Would you be surprised if if they retired your fifty one?

Speaker 4 (02:46):
Well, my numbers retired in Arizona, and you know, rightfully
so Dave Neehouses immortalized up here the voice of the
Seattle Mariners, and rightfully so Edgar Is Junior is And
I guess at some point when eachiro retires, he you know,

(03:09):
when I left Seattle, he asked, he asked if he
could wear my number, number fifty one, because that was
the number he wore, and I said sure. So I
think when he retires from baseball, whenever that may be,
I think at some point he'll be obviously inducted into
the Hall of Fame. I think his body of work,

(03:31):
the big numbers he put up were in Seattle, so
he'll probably be inducted as a Seattle Mariner, and the
Mariners will retire number fifty one, and that'll be each
hero's number. You know, I think that it's been a
long time, there's been no word about any that I
don't lose any sleep over that I had have great

(03:54):
memories here of playing in the Kingdome and playing with
the teammates that I played played with, and then doing
the things that I did to preserve baseball here in Seattle.
There was a lot of talk, a lot of talk
when I was playing here that the team was going
to be moving out of town, and I believe it

(04:16):
was ninety five. That kind of rekindled the fan base
and from a political standpoint, kind of kept the Mariners
here in Seattle and got a new field as well.

Speaker 3 (04:29):
Yeah, well, I would just say this Randy, and again
Randy Johnson with us. I think you're right that each
EUROS fifty one at some point will get retired. But
there are a lot of people man up here in
Seattle that also believe that fifty one should be retired
for you as well, and there's teams that have done
the same number for two different players. The Yankees did
it for Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey number eight, so

(04:49):
there's no reason why they can't do it for both
of you guys, And a lot of people up here, Randy,
are wondering and waiting those four years that you had
man in Arizona ninety nine to t amazing eighty one
and twenty seven, fourteen hundred and seventeen k's. You led
the league all four years, and strikeouts thirty one complete games,

(05:10):
led the league in innings twice, led the league in
era three times to four cy Youngs in a row
from ninety nine to two. I mean, if I would
have told you in ninety six, ninety seven, ninety eight
that you were going to have four consecutive years like
that at the age of thirty five to thirty eight, I'm.

Speaker 1 (05:26):
Wondering if if even back then you would have bought that.

Speaker 4 (05:29):
Man, Well, if you would have told me that in
ninety six, I was coming off a cy Young here
in Seattle, and I was eighteen and two. Yeah, So
eighteen and two, winning percentage wise, is still I believe
the best year I ever had eighteen and two here
in Seattle, and I had a few other good years

(05:51):
finished second a couple other times to Cy Young while
I was here as well, once to I believe Roger Clemens,
and once when Jack McDowell won it.

Speaker 3 (06:00):
I'm wondering before you go, there's been a lot of
changes to baseball, and I'm sure some people will ask
you about this. The whole idea of the pace of play,
getting rid of the intentional walk. They want to limit
mound visits and have pitch clocks on on pitchers.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
What do you there? You go again with that laugh?
What do you make of all that? Man?

Speaker 3 (06:18):
I think we just got your reaction, by the way,
but what do you make of all that talk?

Speaker 4 (06:22):
I think the game is changing before our very eyes. Yeah,
I think in an entner five to ten years, who
knows what baseball will look like. I think in some
ways a lot of these things could be good for
the game.

Speaker 2 (06:39):
You know.

Speaker 4 (06:39):
The whole idea is to quicken the game up for
the fan base so they're not you know, there for
four and a half hours watching a baseball game, and
I understand that, I personally don't understand. You know, when
I was playing, you know, the games were two and

(07:00):
half hours long, three hours long, and you know, I
guess they're a little bit longer than that now. I
guess whatever it takes to speed the game up, you know,
a while back then, actually when I was playing, they
were talking about, you know, trying to speed the game
up by having pictures pitch a little bit quicker and

(07:20):
have a hit, or stay in the batter's box and
stop stepping out. But they never enforced that. And I've
seen the pitcher's clock, and there's a reason why someone
can't I believe it's going to be twenty seconds or whatever.
There's no reason why pitcher can't get the ball and
make a pitch in twenty seconds and do whatever he's
got to do and then get back on the mound

(07:41):
and make it better pictures than that time frame. So
I guess only time will tell to see once again
on the players union and the commissioner if they both
agree on moving forward with this. But for sure, the
game is definitely changing before our eyes, and hopefully it
will be for the best of all baseball.

Speaker 3 (08:03):
Well, there's a lot of great moments that come to mind,
Randy before you go, when I think about your career
coming out of a bullpen game five ninety five against
the Yankees, obviously, the no hitter here in Seattle, the
four straight Cy Young's in Arizona. Some people like to
mention the bird in Peoria. Remember that when you when
you blew up the bird in spring training, you ever

(08:24):
look around to make sure that like that bird's extended
family isn't following you around somewhere looking for you.

Speaker 4 (08:30):
Well, I am up here in the Northwest, and there
are seagulls, so I'll probably stay away from the from
the water line over there.

Speaker 1 (08:39):
I love it.

Speaker 3 (08:40):
Randy, you're the man. Welcome back to town. Thanks for
doing this, and we'll talk down the road. Man, appreciate this.

Speaker 4 (08:45):
Thanks so much. Take ging all right.

Speaker 3 (08:47):
That was clearly edited for length and to reflect to
the topic of this weekend. That was Randy Johnson eight
years ago. You said, January right of eighteen. Jackson, Every
twenty January of eighteen. He was in town as the
keynote speaker that week for the Fred Hutch ceremony. And
that's the last time. I think, I think that's the
last time we had him on the air. Our archive

(09:09):
system is just poop at this radio. It pisses me off.

Speaker 2 (09:13):
I can tell you that that is the last time
our show had him on.

Speaker 3 (09:15):
Okay, well yeah, I mean I may have caught up
with him at some other point in time, but I'm
too old to remember, and I don't really care. I'm
just saying that was the last time we had him
on this show, right, was in twenty eighteen, and he
was great.

Speaker 1 (09:26):
I mean, you're kind of laughing about that.

Speaker 3 (09:28):
And knew back then, right that eachi Ro was likely
going to be the first guy to get fifty one retired,
and I think he was. I don't know about you.
Maybe I'm just getting sucked in, but I felt like
he was kind of cool with it. He's like, hey,
I became Randy Johnson, the legend, Randy Johnson, the first
ballot Hall of Famer in Arizona.

Speaker 1 (09:46):
You know when I won four cy youngs.

Speaker 3 (09:48):
I mean, he blew away his time in Seattle and
his accomplishments by what he did in Arizona. So he
actually was understanding I think Jackson of the idea that
eachi Ro was going to go first, and it sound
like he was cool with it.

Speaker 2 (10:01):
I think I do remember. It was some press conference
or something that each Ro. I think it was the
press conference at Teamobile Park when each Ro got confirmed
to be in the Hall of Fame, and during that
press conference, he was asked about his communication with Randy Johnson.
And I do remember each Ro making a comment about

(10:23):
the great relationship that they have and Randy being totally
cool with him going in last year, and it all
and just and their great bond that the two of
them had, and it sort of just a you love
as a fan because you always want your foreign players
to be all cool with each other, but also just
it shows you the kind of person that Randy Johnson
is to be. Like nah, I mean, like, like, come on,

(10:45):
like we're talking about maybe the greatest contact hitter of
all time. Yeah, okay, he can get his number first,
and I know I'm getting mine down the road.

Speaker 1 (10:53):
That was cool.

Speaker 3 (10:54):
I mean there was a point in time, honestly, guys,
where there was a thought that maybe he didn't want
to do this, that the that the relationship with him
and the franchise wasn't where it had to be.

Speaker 1 (11:02):
He was a little salty about stuff.

Speaker 3 (11:04):
But the way things ended, and you know, even hearing
him talk about, hey, his back he was coming off
back surgery and Mariners to offer me a contract, you
know what the hell.

Speaker 1 (11:11):
I mean, what do you have stayed here? I don't know.
I mean, I don't say.

Speaker 3 (11:14):
The guy was building a house in Arizona before all
that stuff even came down with that trade to Houston.
So I always felt covering him. And I had only
been here Jackson when that happened. I had only been
here for three years, four years on the on the
on the radio station when all that went down, when
he got sent to Houston. But what I remember thinking
back then is that he doesn't want to be here,

(11:36):
that Randy, He's he's building a place in Arizona. He
wants to get out, and then shocker, he gets traded
to Houston. And then he immediately becomes a free agent.

Speaker 1 (11:45):
And what does he do. He signs with Arizona.

Speaker 3 (11:47):
Right So that that didn't surprise anybody that that went
down the way that it did. There's people that think
he tanked and mailed it in at the end of
his career in Seattle. You heard Larry Stone talk about
that Wednesday. He doesn't that that is what was going on.
I think there's a real chance if you look at
Randy Johnson's numbers at the end of his career in Seattle,

(12:08):
before the trade deadline to what he did then with
the Astros and what he did with Arizona. He was
just a totally different player. And I think it may
have been subconscious by him that here he is, he
knows he's not getting a deal, he knows he's gonna
play for somebody else, he knows there's a pretty good
chance he's gonna get traded. That would wear on a
lot of different players and a lot of people, and

(12:29):
I think it got to him. Do I think he
purposely went out there and tanked and gave up No.

Speaker 1 (12:35):
But the guy went from a four to three to
three er to a one point.

Speaker 3 (12:39):
Two eight er and went ten to one down the
stretch for the Houston Astros and was a totally different
guy once that whole thing got settled. So I do
think subconsciously it got.

Speaker 2 (12:51):
To him, you'd think, because you just base off the numbers,
and it's one of those things where only the guys
who were in the locker room at the time, who
may have heard, you know, the truth come out of
his mouth slip up whatever, right, only he would he
would never say it, but only they would really know
and have the power to say it. But all we
as fans are left to do is kind of just

(13:13):
look at the evidence. And it's sort of like, you know,
as somebody who at that time was like five years old,
I just kind of hear the stories and I look
at the stats and I say, gee, that seems pretty
obvious to what you just.

Speaker 3 (13:24):
Said, right right, Well, again, I think there's a difference
between a guy going out there and saying the hell
with it on purpose, I don't give a damn and
the guy going out there and having all this stuff
in the back of his head.

Speaker 1 (13:35):
Where am I gonna live, where am I gonna go?
What's my wife gonna think?

Speaker 3 (13:38):
Blah blah blah, and not being focused because of that's
I tend to give him a little bit of a
break because of what he meant to the franchise.

Speaker 1 (13:46):
I mean, guys, here's the thing. We mentioned this the
ore day.

Speaker 3 (13:48):
For as much as we believe that Randy Johnson and
it's obvious, I mean, the guy won four Cy Young's
in eight years and won the World Series with Arizona.
He was here for longer he was He was a
Mariner for ten years. I mean, this is where he
spent the majority of his Major League career, and I
hope he gets a phenomenal reaction tomorrow when he comes
out to get that number fifty one retired. You need
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(14:10):
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more for tomorrow's game. That pregame ceremony starts at six.
All right, we're at you, dub for the annual spring game.
We're gonna come back and hear from Drew as a
party right tackle and two freshman hotshots, Man Derek Coleman Brusa,
who's now playing mostly defensive tackle. I mean, hell, you

(14:31):
heard Ryan Walter say earlier that the guys to ninety
five we just got too big to be an edge rusher.

Speaker 1 (14:36):
He's gonna be.

Speaker 3 (14:37):
Starting at the age of eighteen as a defensive tackle,
and Cody Green at the age of eighteen playing left tackle.

Speaker 1 (14:42):
Here from all three of them as we continue.

Speaker 3 (14:44):
To get ready for the Dogs after dark game tonight
with Tony and Kam at six on ninety three three KJRFL.

Speaker 1 (14:50):
Now back to Softie and Dick on your home for
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Speaker 3 (15:00):
All right, boys and girls, we are back on a
Friday night right here on ninety three to three kJ IRFM.

Speaker 1 (15:06):
Lot's going on.

Speaker 3 (15:06):
Randy Johnson getting his fifty one retired yesterday.

Speaker 1 (15:10):
We'll chat more about that, obviously.

Speaker 3 (15:12):
Hugh Millen coming up with five talks, the NFL Draft recap,
the Hawks draft picks. Get ready for the spring game
with you Dub Dogs after dark, although it won't be
dark until maybe until the.

Speaker 1 (15:23):
Game is over.

Speaker 3 (15:24):
But joining us right now on the radio program, a
guy that I am sure glad decided to return for
his senior season of college football, right tackle Drew as
a Party is with us. I always like to say,
there's no party like a Drew as a party.

Speaker 1 (15:38):
Drew has a party. Don't stop.

Speaker 3 (15:39):
Come on, he's with us right now on the radio program.
You've heard that before, haven't you.

Speaker 1 (15:43):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (15:44):
I've definitely got a lot of those going up.

Speaker 1 (15:45):
Yeah, I love it.

Speaker 3 (15:46):
We'll talk about this man. This is now year three
for you. All of a sudden, it just feels like
yesterday you showed up. You're transferred to you Dub You're
the new guy starting at right tackle for a offensive
line that's getting rebuilt in twenty twenty four. What if
he's like, couple of years been liking how different are
things now for you versus two years ago?

Speaker 5 (16:04):
Yeah, I mean it's crazy. I feel at the time
has flown by. I mean every freshman that goes into
college are always told by the older guys like, embrace
it. It goes by super fast, and I'm like, it's going
to feel long. But now I'm here in my fifth year,
and I mean coming to UWS the best decision I've
ever made. Yeah, and these last three years with the
guys in the room have been great. And yeah, I'm

(16:25):
so fired enough to be back here for another year.

Speaker 3 (16:27):
You know, Drew, I remember in twenty twenty four, and
there's a chance that I may have imagined this. I'll
admit that, all right, I'm fifty two years old. That
happens a lot. It'll happen to you. Yeah, But I
remember in twenty twenty four, I was working a game
on the sidelines and I think I was standing in
this end zone right to your right shoulder there, and
I swear to god, there was a drive where we
had guys playing multiple positions on the offensive line on

(16:50):
the same drive. Yeah, flipping positions including you could I
imagine that or did that really happen?

Speaker 5 (16:56):
No, that really happened. It's Weaver State game, right, Yeah,
it was. So we ran a toss crack play to
the right side and I was supposed to be at
left tackle that drive and coach BC Brendan Carroll at
the time, our O line coach, he was like, look,
you take this one out right tackle and then the
next play go to left.

Speaker 3 (17:14):
Do you ever remember before that doing that in a game,
playing different positions on the same drive.

Speaker 5 (17:20):
No, I've never done that before in my life. But
I mean it was pretty cool to be able to
do that. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (17:23):
Well, I mean, honestly, man, because we see it like
it's obvious that the offensive line has grown tremendously since
that year.

Speaker 1 (17:30):
What have you seen growth wise since that season?

Speaker 5 (17:32):
Uh, just the maturity in the room. I mean that
twenty twenty four year. It was. It was tough because
we had we had a new coaching staff obviously, and
a bunch of guys on the line that have never
played together and we're all just brought in in the
summer to try and be the most successful group on
the field there. And I mean, now, after that season.
Just bringing some older guys in last year with Carver

(17:53):
and Gary, and then having some young guys step in
like John last year and Cody this year. Yeah, I
mean it's a great mix.

Speaker 3 (17:59):
For the group.

Speaker 5 (18:00):
A lot of veteran guys coming back, a lot of
snaps being played in the past coming back, and I
mean I can't wait to get after it.

Speaker 3 (18:05):
Yeah, Well, drew as a party with us and year
three for you at you dub obviously your last year
we think in college football, but these days you never
found me. Well, Garren's in year seven for God's sakes, right,
So who knows how long you'll be around four? But
how have you grown? I mean, how were you a
different player than you were just two years ago?

Speaker 1 (18:22):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (18:22):
I mean two years ago was my first time being
a full time starter. Previously at San Diego stayed in
twenty three, I only started six games, and then coming
here being a full time starter in the Big ten,
obviously it was an adjustment. I had a lot of
room to grow as a player and as a man
during that time, and I feel like last year really
helped me with that. I took a big step, I
feel like, and I mean, like I said, coming back

(18:42):
here for another year. It was a no brainer, and
I'm so happy to be back for a fifth.

Speaker 3 (18:46):
Yeah, you said no brainer. Was there any thought at all? No,
even for a minute. Have you either taken off to
go play for somebody else or maybe trying to head
to the NFL.

Speaker 5 (18:55):
It wouldn't be taken off to go play for someone else.
It would have been going to the NFL after last year.
I mean I got told some information of where I
would go, my projections, and maybe thought about it for
a day two days, but then really I realized, like,
this is a spot I want to be at for
next year.

Speaker 3 (19:09):
Right, Well, drew as a party's with us and you
never got a chance to play for Washington in the
Pac twelve obviously, right, So talking about pack twelve defensive lineman,
pack twelve defensive fronts versus Big Ten, you don't have
that reference point, but you do now have two years
of playing in the trenches in this conference, in.

Speaker 1 (19:26):
The Big Ten. What do we need?

Speaker 3 (19:29):
What do fans need to see from an offensive lineman
from an offense to survive in this conference?

Speaker 1 (19:35):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (19:36):
I mean it's I think the Big Ten's the best
conference in America. And I mean you face elite competition
every week, and you need to come prepared to face
the leite competition every week. And that starts in the
film room. That starts obviously just as an offensive as
a whole, getting into the defense for that week. And
I mean we go by a twenty four hour rule.
Flush the game, no matter what win or loss. After
twenty four hours, get rid of it because you know

(19:57):
you have an elite opponent coming back in next week.

Speaker 3 (19:59):
Yeah, well that's that's on the cliche list, right for sure. Yeah,
twenty four hours my favorites. Next man up. I like
that one. That's a good one. That's a good cliche
because they matter, right. I mean, obviously you've got to
have some depth on this offensive line. We don't talk
a lot about the depth right now because it's all
about Cody Green, John Mills, Landon Hatchett, Garon Hatchett, and

(20:20):
Drew as a party.

Speaker 1 (20:21):
What about the kids? What about the guy's playing behind you?

Speaker 3 (20:24):
Tell me about the depth on this football team, because
every team will almost certainly need it at some point.

Speaker 1 (20:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (20:30):
I mean, we picked up Colet Dietrich from sam Houston State.
I know he played a lot of snaps over there,
he played both right and left tackle. He unfortunately can't
play right now because he was coming off an injury
from this past season. So I'm excited to see what
type of player he is. And I know he's a
good one. I've seen the film, but I'm excited to
see it in person. And then obviously Champ, he played
a lot of snaps last year as a true freshman.

(20:51):
He got thrown in the fire a little bit, and
he's been with the ones this spring, and I mean he's.

Speaker 1 (20:55):
Done a great job. Well.

Speaker 3 (20:56):
Cody Green, who we're going to talk to in a minute,
I mean, all all eyes are going to be on him, right,
I mean, go back to when you were eighteen, right,
If you got a phone call from Jet Fish or
whoever and said, hey, you want to come start at
left tackle in the Big ten at the age of
eighteen years old?

Speaker 1 (21:09):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (21:10):
Crazy?

Speaker 1 (21:10):
Could you have handled that?

Speaker 5 (21:11):
Honestly? My freshman year so I only my first year
ever starting in a football game was my junior high
school and I didn't have a lot of experience at
the time, So I can't even imagine what he's gone through.
But he's got a great guy next to him, and
John Mills who started as a seventeen year old in
the Big Ten last year. Right, And obviously with the
guys in the room like me, Garrion Orlando, who have
had countless like memories and experiences in college football, we

(21:35):
can help him along the way. And I think he's
going to do great.

Speaker 1 (21:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (21:38):
So you didn't play a lot of football growing up
as a kid. No, I did, Right, So you said
your junior year of high school. Yeah, was the first
year you ever started a football game. So when did
you actually put a helmet on for the first time?

Speaker 5 (21:49):
Freshman year?

Speaker 1 (21:50):
Freshman?

Speaker 5 (21:50):
I was a backup detackle. I was about two hundred
and fifteen pounds and I did not play.

Speaker 1 (21:55):
Wow, Okay, why why did you wait?

Speaker 5 (21:57):
You think I was more of a baseball player growing up?
I started baseball and basketball. I played baseball from when
I was four to sixteen, and then my mom, honestly,
she just didn't really want me to play popular, so
me and my brother ended up waiting till freshman year,
and I didn't even play my sophomore year. I just
played my freshman, junior, and senior, and when COVID hit,
I realized I wanted to play football again. My junior year,

(22:19):
and I mean thanks to my high school coach, coach
Patrick Wallsh he changed my life.

Speaker 1 (22:23):
Yeah, well I love that.

Speaker 3 (22:24):
Well, thanks to Pat Wallash for getting you involved because
we certainly we certainly need you on this offensive line.
But Drew, before you go, you know, I'm trying not
to make this a big deal. It is a conversation
point among fans, and I think things maybe feel and
look different inside your locker room versus the Twitter world,
the Instagram world, the fans talking to the stands and

(22:45):
all that. But what was it like for you guys?
Tell us what it was like for you guys to
go through the situation with Demand, when it went down,
when he came back, the healing process, if there was
a healing process, if that was necessary for you guys's teammates.
Can you share with people about what you guys went
through with the team?

Speaker 5 (23:03):
Yeah, I mean, I love our fans, obviously, it's just
a lot of people don't really know what goes on
inside the facility and what we go through. Deman, who's
a nineteen year old kid, I love him like a brother.
I mean, it was just one of those things where
how do I say this? There was obviously some money

(23:24):
thrown at him in a certain way, some bad advice.
But I mean, I'm so glad he's back here as
our quarterback. I love him, like I already said, and
I'm gonna protect my butt off for him like the
rest of the line will. And I'm so happy that
he's our quarterback.

Speaker 1 (23:36):
I love it.

Speaker 3 (23:37):
Hey, Drew, great to see you have fun tonight. Not
too much fun, all right, and so we'll talk in September. Man,
appreciate this, pal, Thank you. You bet Drew has a party.
You bet Drew has a party with us on the
radio show. But hey, what do you say? We keep
it right here, right because two guys, and I think
a lot of people are fired up to see play
football this year. They're just freshmen, by the way, they
haven't taken a snap, but you dubbed you. They can't

(23:58):
stop hearing their names every five minutes here on campus.
Derek Coleman, Brusa Edge and Cody Green left tackle with
us on the radio show.

Speaker 1 (24:07):
How are you guys doing wonderful? How you guys doing
doing great? I'm doing great.

Speaker 3 (24:11):
So it is interesting that you guys are sitting with
us together. Is if you guys are supposed to be
like buddies.

Speaker 1 (24:16):
Now because you're both freshmen.

Speaker 3 (24:18):
You're both gonna be starting, you're both to be playing
a lot for this football team. Have you bonded, Cody
with Derek and advice versa? Do you find yourself hanging
out a lot with this guy?

Speaker 1 (24:26):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (24:26):
So, I like every day in the facility, we either
eat breakfast, eat lunch, or you dinner together, or it's
always talking in the locker room. And I feel like
we have a great bond together.

Speaker 1 (24:35):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (24:35):
I mean, I can't imagine preparing yourself to be a
better football player than facing each other. Yeah, I mean
tell me about have you faced him at all? Tell
me about kind of facing each other and what you
make of this guy over here.

Speaker 7 (24:47):
Yeah, unbelievable player, unbelievable young man. You know it's always
good on good when we go up against each other,
and you know, phenomenal human being and grateful to play
with them.

Speaker 3 (24:55):
Yeah, how would you how would you describe the jump
from high school to what you're a about to see?
Maybe it's a better question after I ask you in October,
when in late September, when yeah, when Big ten plays starts, Cody,
we can start with you. But give me, give me
a take on that. I mean, you took off here,
went down to California for a year, and you came
back obviously, so you saw some really good talent down there.

Speaker 1 (25:15):
But what do you think you're walking into? Man? Is
a starting left tackle at the age of eighteen at
U do?

Speaker 6 (25:19):
Man, It's that's crazy. I'm very blessed to be in
a situation. I feel like moving to California prepared me
a lot for this. I feel like I'm ready for this.
I've been the coach, I've done a great job prepared
me for this. I've gone up against a great competition
on the D line. I feel like i feel like
I'm built for this and I'm ready for what's coming next.

Speaker 1 (25:40):
Yeah, how about you? Man?

Speaker 7 (25:41):
Yeah, I mean obviously, just the size and the speed
of the game is it's definitely a big level. But
you know, coach Cafustin, Coach Rush, I've been doing an
unbelievable job getting ready and getting ready for that next level.

Speaker 1 (25:52):
You know now I'm doing good. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (25:53):
Well, Derek Coleman and Bruce Cody Green with us on
the radio show, and Derek we had that Ryan Walters
on the radio show a couple of weeks ago, and
he referred to you as a monster, called you a monster, right,
which I assume he's talking about your play, by the way,
and not something else.

Speaker 1 (26:07):
But when you hear people.

Speaker 3 (26:09):
Talk about you like that as a pure freshman defensive lineman,
Edge Rutger, the hype is off the train. People are
expecting big things from you. Is that almost uncomfortable in
some ways for you?

Speaker 1 (26:21):
Uh? Yeah, Yeah.

Speaker 7 (26:22):
There's definitely a lot a lot of numbers and a
lot of you know, sings for me coming in this fall.
You know, I'm just going to continue to work as
hard as it can and being the best leader I
can be.

Speaker 1 (26:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (26:30):
Yeah, And I don't know what's harder, man starting at
quarterback or starting at left tackle. As if you're a freshman,
I mean your position is a little different than his, No,
for sure, So tell me about that.

Speaker 1 (26:39):
Tell me about this guy starting.

Speaker 3 (26:41):
At left tackle at the age of eighteen years old,
and you'd be our eyes and ears, Derek for a second. Right,
You're the one in practice, You're the one facing him.
Why should fans be comfortable with an eighteen year old
kids starting at left tackle?

Speaker 7 (26:53):
You know, I think you know emotionally, physically, he's there,
you know what I mean. It takes a special guy
to come into eighteen years old and play. But you know,
Cody's came in early, done an unbelievable job getting himself ready.
I'm excited to see what it does this fall.

Speaker 1 (27:05):
Okay, Well how about you, Cody? I mean, I maybe
talk about yourself a little bit, right.

Speaker 3 (27:08):
I mean if I would have told you when you
were fifteen years old and a sophomore in high school
that you're starting at left tackle as a freshman in
the Big Ten, would that have even.

Speaker 1 (27:17):
Seem like a lot? Or did you always expect something
like this?

Speaker 6 (27:20):
I feel like you said fifteen, I feel like I
wouldn't expected it. But I feel like a few years
ago I realized that I can I can really do this,
and I feel like, yeah, a couple of years ago,
I feel like, oh, I can be a be a
freshman starter in the Big Ten as left tackle or
right tackle?

Speaker 1 (27:34):
It would be yeah.

Speaker 3 (27:35):
Do you think honestly when fans ask things like is
NIL pushing this? Like if it wasn't the nil world,
would we be able to see DCB Cody Green sit
back and learn the game.

Speaker 1 (27:48):
A little bit.

Speaker 3 (27:48):
How much do you guys really believe that nil is
driving decisions on how much kids play when they first show.

Speaker 7 (27:54):
Up to college, you know, And I wasn't the thing
I was, you know, really worried about. Yeah, you know,
worried about the culture and the communication of the football program.
You know, but the people here at U DUBB are
unbelievable and can't say enough amazing things about this program.

Speaker 1 (28:08):
Yeah, how about your same question, Cody.

Speaker 6 (28:10):
Yeah, I feel like it wasn't really a factor for me.
I feel like, coming taking a visit here, I realized
that this is where I wanted to be, and I
feel like, yeah, I just feelt like this is the
place where I wanted to be and I could see
myself being here four hopefully three years and then going
to the NFL.

Speaker 3 (28:25):
Okay, well, I'd like to see it here four, if
that's possible. If we just agree on four, you don't
just stay five, but four would be good. And Derek,
there's a reason why I really like this guy over here,
by the way, not just because he's the starting left
tackle for the Huskies, but it's also because he told
Oregon to take a hike. We talked about that, right
when you decommitted and came to UDUB so I know
who his second place team was. I know who he

(28:46):
was talking about going to What about you, Derek?

Speaker 1 (28:49):
Was there? Was there a number two behind you, dub
or was it U dub all the way? So U
dub Oregon in Ohio State? My top three?

Speaker 7 (28:55):
You know, nothing but respect for you know those guys
down to Oregon in Ohio State.

Speaker 1 (28:59):
You know, but I think you'd stood up to me
and in a couple different reasons. Yeah, Well, let's talk
about coach Fish.

Speaker 3 (29:04):
I mean, what is it about coach Fish that turned
you guys on Cody to this, to this program.

Speaker 6 (29:08):
I feel like his passion every day, He's always bringing
a lot of energy to the team meetings, to everything
he does. I feel like he has a great, great
plan for us us too, and I feel like for
all the other freshmen as well. He obviously plays I
think the most freshman like in the country. So that
was also another reason about coming here, right, And I

(29:28):
feel like he's just he connects with the team a
lot well.

Speaker 3 (29:31):
Cody Green, Derek Coleman, Bruce said with us on the air,
you don't look like a guy that needs a lot
of help. Neither one of you guys look like dudes
that need a lot of help. But everybody's got mentors
in this game, right Who are the guys on this
football team that have kind of taken you, Derek under
your wing. Cody will get to you here in a second.
But who are the older guys that you're kind of
maybe leaning on right now?

Speaker 7 (29:50):
Yeah, you know, kind of going back to what I
was saying. Can't say enough good things about this this
program and the people here. You know, Devin Hyde is
one of those guys that have been, you know, taking
me under his wing. Lenny's Davis another defensive tackle, you know,
and just playing with my brother as well, you know,
unbelievable experience. But but there's a handful of young men
that have taken him under the wing this program.

Speaker 1 (30:09):
Do you do? You kind of try to model your
game after anybody, you see.

Speaker 7 (30:14):
What's interesting is is growing up, I was always kind
of a defensive end. But now that I'm playing a
little bit more inter year, it's you know, I can
kind of look at a couple more guys, but I
think Zach Allen is the guy I'm trying to look
at and bottom of the game after.

Speaker 3 (30:25):
Yeah, I was gonna ask you, so we're gonna see you.
You think inside and outside.

Speaker 1 (30:29):
Correct this year? Yeah? Where do you feel most comfortable?
Where do you?

Speaker 7 (30:32):
I can play anywhere? You know, wherever's best of the team,
wherever Coachu see wherever coach re've.

Speaker 1 (30:36):
See that at Okay, Cody, how about you, man? Same question?

Speaker 3 (30:38):
Is there a guy that's kind of I mean, who
has a party at right tackle? There really is no
experience that left tackle. There's a couple of guys there,
But how about you, Who's who's been your mentor so far?

Speaker 6 (30:47):
I feel like John Mills Andrew as a party John
Mills because he was also a freshman last year, and
I feel like him being next to me if I
have a question, he knows all the answers. And then
Drew uh having one of the most experien on the team,
I feel like as also another tackle, I'm able to
ask him questions, ask him little things about my game,

(31:07):
and he always had he always has an answer for me.

Speaker 1 (31:09):
Yeah, do you model your game after anybody?

Speaker 6 (31:13):
I will say, I feel like Trent Williams.

Speaker 1 (31:15):
Okay, I feel like him, that'll work. Yeah, he's a Niner.
We don't like him. Too much. But he's a good
play so we'll accept it.

Speaker 3 (31:22):
But Derek, before you go, you mentioned your brother, uh
loean here obviously, man, he's a year older than you,
Is that right?

Speaker 1 (31:27):
Yeah? Eighteen months? Yeah?

Speaker 3 (31:28):
Wow, So tell me about how much did that drive
your decision to come here to get to play with him,
like Garon and Landon.

Speaker 7 (31:35):
Yeah, what you know, what's interesting is, you know, I
wanted to find the right program for me, and you know,
it just happens to be a cherry on top that,
you know, I get to play football with my brother.

Speaker 1 (31:43):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (31:43):
Well, Cody, the last time you and I spoke was
a few months back. I think it was during the
spring of last year when you decommitted from Oregon.

Speaker 1 (31:51):
Came to you, dub.

Speaker 3 (31:53):
What was the reaction of your friends and family locally
when you told Oregon, yeah, I think I'm gonna skip
on that, stay home play football for you. What kind
of reaction did you get from all your buddies here
on the East Side.

Speaker 6 (32:04):
Nothing, nothing but positive. Yeah, nothing but positive. They're all
very pumped. I have a bunch of cousins that also
went here, so they were sending me like articles and stuff,
and it was a very a very good time.

Speaker 1 (32:16):
Well, I'll tell you what. You may not remember the name.

Speaker 3 (32:18):
I mean, I know you know the name, but the
story that when Chris Peterson first showed up, he had
a guy named Buddha Baker that was also committed to
Oregon and flipped and stayed at Washington and then they
played for a Final four in twenty sixteen. This team
obviously is coming off of Final four a couple of
years ago. So tell me about that. Tell me about
the opportunity, Derek, Cody, Derek will start with you before

(32:39):
you go. What is this team capable of right now?
In year three under.

Speaker 7 (32:43):
Jetfish National Championship, National Championship. You know, coach Fish has
done an unbelievable job with us in the offseason, unbelievable.

Speaker 1 (32:52):
Job, you know, putting this program together.

Speaker 5 (32:54):
You know I have high hopes with this team.

Speaker 3 (32:55):
Yeah, okay, Well, Cody, you started off the interview by
talking about playing here for three years.

Speaker 1 (33:00):
Make a deal, you guys win the title this year,
you can leave after three years. Fair?

Speaker 4 (33:04):
All right?

Speaker 3 (33:04):
Hey, you guys are the best. Can't wait to see
you play in September. Have fun tonight, all right?

Speaker 1 (33:08):
Yes, thank you? You bet?

Speaker 3 (33:09):
Cody Green Derek Coleman brus with us on the radio
show We're Gonna Break a Lot. More to come on
a Busy Friday from dub right here on ninety three
three KJRFM.

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