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October 30, 2025 13 mins

Former Huskies coach turned CBS Analyst Rick Neuheisel joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to talk about the future of Jedd Fisch amidst Florida rumors, LSU’s job and the search for a new coach, Steve Sarkisian’s interest in the NFL and his weekly prediction.

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Speaker 1 (00:05):
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Speaker 2 (00:28):
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Speaker 3 (00:41):
What else I would recommend?

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Dick is listening for Rick new Heidel's Taco Time Pick
of the Week at the end of this segment, Smoking
because he.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
Is four and zero in the last four weeks.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
He began slow at one and five and he's crawled
all the way back to five hundred after nailing Vanderbilt
over Missouri last week, and he's with us now.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
He's red hot. He's written new Eiseel how are.

Speaker 4 (01:04):
You, gentlemen, how are you? And one of my favorite
things about appearing on this program with you because I
get to listen to the news, the weather report, all
the different things that you know, obviously having lived in Seattle,
I get to catch up. And safia dawned on me,
is you you spun the rare coin thing and all

(01:26):
the friends that are with no pressure are going to
look at the folks all your rare coins. You are
a rare coin unto yourself. You really are. I appreciate,
And then it and then it dawned on me how
much I missed Seattle. As I find out on Halloween,
for all the kids, we have an atmospheric river. It
is going to be above the beautiful fair city of Seattle.

(01:49):
That is so home, that is so home for all,
with everybody safe and secure.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Halloween for all the adults is going to be a
big party here at the five twenty bar and girls,
so maybe raining outside, but it's going to.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
Be red hot inside.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
You're at the five twenty bar, and girl, I thought
you're gonna say your favorite part about appearing on the
show is when it was over.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
By the way, so thanks Alisa.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
Not doing that but let's uh, let's let's dive in Man,
and there's a lot going on.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Why don't we start with well, let's just start.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
Let's start first with your alma mater, Man, because I
am just all these people around, you know, the country
I saw one I think it was Bovada came out
with odds for the next UCLA coach.

Speaker 3 (02:29):
And they got Jetfish is the favorite.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
There's a report out that Jetfish doesn't want the job
at UCLA, but who really knows, you know, UCLA's administration,
you know, Martin Jarmond, the ad how high do you
think Jetfish is honestly on their radar down there?

Speaker 4 (02:43):
I think if Jed wanted the job, you could have
it because the search committee is is going to be
led by Casey Washerman's right, and Casey Washerman has an agency.
Amongst the next four guys on the search committee are
all Casey Washerman clients. Wow, so it's going to be

(03:04):
and Jedfish, I think is a Casey Washerman.

Speaker 3 (03:07):
Yeah he doug yas right, correct, yep, yeah.

Speaker 4 (03:09):
Yeah, So they're going to want him desperately, and he's
had a time at UCLA. He knows all the idiosyncrasies
at UCLA, so they're going to want him. But as
Washington wanted Jim Mora years ago, you know you can
sweeten the deal where you are, and Jed is certainly

(03:34):
savvy enough to understand how the business is played, and
so it'll work itself out. But I will tell you,
given the two administrations, having worked at both, there's no
there's no comparison that the better job is the one
he has in Seattle.

Speaker 5 (03:49):
Rick, let's talk about the team he's coaching right now,
because they had a hell of a game on Saturday
against Illinois. We know the Huskies aren't elite, but how
good are they compared to teams ranked in that ten
to twenty range. I'm looking at a team like Virginia,
for example. They've lost a NC State, they've beaten a
bad FSU team in double overtime, a bad unc team,
and he beat the Coops at home by two. It's like,

(04:10):
are the Huskies really worse than that team?

Speaker 4 (04:13):
No? No, the Husky can play with anybody as long
as demon Williams is free to roam. If demand, Williams
gets caged, as he did against both Michigan and Ohio
State in both of those games end up with minus
rushing yards. Then it's difficult for Washington to play with

(04:34):
that particular team given that that much of their offense
has been gone by the wayside, and putting that much
pressure on your defense, the ability for the offense to
have demand out on the edges and making the plays,
and you know, expanding the field if you will, Terry
donnayhes just call it getting to the green grass. If
you can get to the green grass, you have a

(04:56):
chance to make all kinds of plays. And certainly that's
what Deman allows when he's not caged in.

Speaker 3 (05:03):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (05:03):
So remember the old song, don't fence me in. That's
Washington's offense.

Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, got it.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
Well, I'll make another UDUB connection to another school in
college football. Former Husky AD Scott Woodward is now the
AD at LSU, And obviously he was at Texas A
and M. And the Governor of Louisiana came out and
made it crystal freaking clear, Scott at Woodward and picking
no coach at LSU. He looks at what he cost LSU,

(05:31):
he looks at what he cost A and M, and
he wants Scott Woodward to have nothing to do with
the new coach at LSU. So I guess my question
to you is, how influential do you think the governor
of Louisiana will be in deciding who makes that call
to be the next head coach and who the coach
is going to be.

Speaker 4 (05:49):
You know, I don't know Louisiana politics, but I know
that Scott Woodward before joining ranks with Jeff Emmert, with
Mark Emmert at LSU, who then the two of them
came to the verge of Washington right as I was leaving, right,
I know that Woodward was involved in politics and the
two of them apparently had some differences of opinion the governor,

(06:13):
the current governor and Woodward. So I get why there's
a little bit of you know, political you know, banner
going on. I can't imagine that Scott Woodward is not
going to have something to do because if you look
at who he hired as his women's basketball coach, who
he hired as is you know, all the other sports
that LSU is performing. Gymnastics, as a matter of fact,

(06:36):
they they're doing just fine. Baseball, they won national championships.
So to me, this is a little bit of a
political play by the governor. But who knows in Louisiana,
anything kind of goes well.

Speaker 2 (06:49):
Woodward grew up with James Carville, as you guys know,
so they've been buddies for a long time and he's
that was kind of his upbringing him background. But I mean,
who do you think should be the favorite? Now that
Matt Rule is signed on at Nebraska for an extra
couple of years. I don't know if LSU ever thought
of Rule as a real candidate, but who do you
think should and will get that job?

Speaker 4 (07:07):
So they're going to try to get Lane Kiffin, just
like Florida is going to try to get Lane Kiffin,
and ole Miss will try to hang on to Lane Kiffen.
And the other guy that I think they'll really take
a run at is Dan Lanning. And Dan has said
he's locked in at Oregon. But as Dan looks at
his ability to recruit the top guys in terms of

(07:29):
the defensive front, because most coaches realize, I don't know
who's going to win the national championship, but I know
what they're going to look like, and they're going to
have a defensive front that resembles what you can accumulate
at LSU. The great Nick Saban told me when he
went there that he wasn't really feeling like he should.
He felt so different from where he'd been at East
Lansing in Michigan State. His wife he sent down there

(07:52):
to look around. She said, this is a problem. This
is a problem. This is a problem. But you should
see the defensive lineman. Because of that, and because of that,
Dan Lanning will be interested in that job, even though
I know he's loyal to those who brought him to Oregon,
but I would not be shocked if he got lured
in in the Bayou.

Speaker 5 (08:12):
What do you make of Paul Fenbaum, who says he
believes Nick Saban would actually consider the LSU job for
the right package.

Speaker 4 (08:19):
Well, just like I told you, Nick Saban absolutely would
consider it. The question is will miss Terry considerate? And
if Miss Terry's not interested, then no dice. Nick will
stay on the desk at ESPN and Terry will fly
along with him and they'll have a great life together.

Speaker 2 (08:38):
Rick new Heisel with us try to see a taco time.
If I were asked to vote for the Heisman right now,
I'd have no damn idea. To be honest with you,
I mean, does this strike you as maybe one of
the worst crops of potential Heisman finalists in a long time.

Speaker 4 (08:53):
I don't think it's the worst crop. I just think
it's from teams that you're not used to having in
the Heisman conversation. For Diego Pavia to be in this
conversation from Vanderbilt or Fernando Mendoza to be in this
conversation from Indiana, that is just completely new and foreign
to anybody who's used to this particular award. And yet

(09:16):
both of those guys have been unbelievable in leading their
programs to rare air performances in the year twenty twenty five.
The kid at Ole Miss Trinidad, Shambliss, who started his
career at fair Estate is an unbelievable guy that you
can sit there and say, so, it is unique how

(09:38):
fast people have fallen the arts Mannings right, the Carson
Becks of the world have just fallen off the map.
You know, nuff Meyer from LSU, Kate Klubnick from Clemson.
But I still think it's really kind of fun as
to who's in this competition this late into the season.

Speaker 5 (09:57):
How real are the rumors about sar sniffing around in
the NFL and does he fit there?

Speaker 4 (10:04):
Listen sark Uh. He is a you know, unique play caller.
People like his offensive vacuum, and he's been proven. I
remember Pete Carroll fought like hell to keep him and
let Lane Kiffin go to the Raiders when Lane got
that job. So that's how Pete Carroll felt about the

(10:24):
two of them. That aside, Usually when you protest, what
is that Shakespeare line, methinks thou protest too much or
something that something like that. I failed, I failed my
Shakespeare class. Uh Hi, how you doing, my friend? So

(10:45):
I think that the fella next to me, I'm sitting
in a country club phone booth right now, and uh
is there's only one place to use your phone, so
he's having to hear my talk to the great folks
in kJ R. But but the bottom line is, I
think he could protest it too much. So there's probably
some veracity to the commentary.

Speaker 3 (11:06):
Got it.

Speaker 2 (11:06):
Well, let's let's let you go then, because you're getting
bothered by the country club. Somebody wants to use the
one pay phone on the campus at the country club
over there. So Taco Time Pick of the Week, Spicy
tater Fries, the spicy rancher back. I'll go with those
and mix them with a crispy beef burrito. For today's pick,

(11:28):
you're four and oh you're five and five, looking to
get over the hump and get to over five hundred
for the first time this year.

Speaker 3 (11:33):
Who do you like?

Speaker 4 (11:36):
I got two picks for you, and I'm going to
let you decide which one you want.

Speaker 3 (11:39):
You can't do that, don't put on.

Speaker 4 (11:42):
I Washington State over Oregon State. Yeah, that House is hot.
The run that they're on, having near missed at Ole,
miss near missed at Virginia, coming home and blistering Toledo
even though that line was ridiculously low. Now they're going
to Corvallis and it's the three and a half point

(12:02):
line that's too low. That House and Company should win
that game and win it comfortably. So that's the game.
And then the one where wake Forest Jake dickerd of
Washington State is going down to Tallahassee and they're getting
nine and a half after beating SMU And remember Rhett
Lashly is from the gustmells On Tree, so they just

(12:24):
played this offense and now they're going down to Tallahassee,
where I don't know, if the home crowd is going
to cheer for the d or call for Norbelle's head,
they're getting nine and a half. So both of those
games seem to me like, oh my goodness, you've got
to take both of them. We're going to go with
wake Forest. We're going to take wake Forest, and I'll
think the Beavers you know, might have a you know,

(12:47):
a shot in this other one. But I think even
if if Florida State wins the game, it's going to
be inside that number.

Speaker 2 (12:54):
Well, we took the Koogs on Factor fiction Monday and
they were only given three and a half on Monday.
Now they're given four and a half. And tell you what,
it's even better for wake Forest because you were wrong.
They're getting ten and a half, not nine and a half.
We're gonna we're gonna give you ten and a half.

Speaker 4 (13:08):
Yeah, you watch, you watch they're gonna give them. Hell,
I think the wrong team's favorite.

Speaker 2 (13:12):
I love it, all right, man, Hey, go back to
the to the bar there, get off the phone, make
sure you take our hat off before you enter the restaurant,
and enjoy yourself.

Speaker 4 (13:21):
Point all right, well, you've been around these country pub
establishment softy, you are that kind of guy.

Speaker 3 (13:27):
We'll talk in a week, man, We'll see you man.

Speaker 4 (13:30):
A rare coin, A rare coin. All right, thanks fellas,
all right.

Speaker 2 (13:33):
Rick new Heiel likes Wake Forest and the ten and
a half against Florida State on Saturday in Tallahassee.
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