Daily Puck Drop...M's blow another game. Pac-12 expansion. Ken Walker banged up. Apple Cup eve.

Jim is not excited about the new “Pac-12” e e e e e e e e [Music] m [Music] I can't do it okay we'll do it live okay no we'll do it live [ __ ] it do it live I can I'll write it and we'll do it live [ __ ] and here we go it's Friday September 13th it's another edition of The Daily punt Trump uh we are the punk Sports Studios built by Li Lumber contractors they got free deliveries for everything from Whole House packages to homeowner DIY packages I'm laughing at you just look at you have this dumbfounded expression on your face like like what's going on well because you gave me [ __ ] already I didn't appreciate it well because you were late almost no I wasn't I wasn't late what time is it right now it's 10 o'clock but what did I I said can you jump on before we we hit it at 55 and there was no response for 15 minutes well yeah do you think maybe you could have just said hey I'm running a little late well but I wasn't late but but could you just say hey I'll be there but my wife has Co and I was trying to be a good husband not is not a host what Co is not real anymore she's she what do you mean CO's not real anymore she's got Co I mean you can get it but you you're not likely to die from it anymore yeah yeah she's probably just sick Jim she's got the a cold I took a covid test yesterday just to make sure that I was negative because you know I got to go to that granddaughter's birthday party tomorrow instead of going to the cougar game which you are which you are fired up for yeah I'm sorry I interrup interrupted your you know it's Deck season it's it's you know it's surprising that you would interrupt which is you know well is it Deck season still it's not de because we're transitioning into fall fence we're getting a new fence in our backyard limbach Lumber largest stock moldings as well in the Northwest they got an old school Service uh the owned by the Hunsinger family you love the hunt singer family they've been doing it since 1930 give a call limback Lumber 206 782 3487 at one point Hugh Millan used to work at limbach Lumber yeah uh you can visit them at limback lumber.com you can also if you're watching well of course you're watching uh but if you're listening later uh the QR code you can take a picture of that we'll take you right to limback Lumber how are you here on this Friday football Friday we got a jam-pack show we got our handicapper Troy winds he's back he's coming up around 10:40 or so and uh we've got a brand new Puck the Picker NFL uh pick and pool that we're going to announce and we got a grand prize that I'm going to tell you is going to top any grand prize that our old radio station gave away I'll tell you that it's better a hundred times better is that is that good because Troy the last time had an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas staying at a nice hotel and that sports book and everything it's better than that well I'm saying it's better than what our station is giving away oh okay this year yeah yeah they're probably not giving away anything oh they giving away some cash but hey not like we're giving away an experience yeah yeah they're doing the Emerald Queen thing I think so we got Troy wins we've got uh and then so you'll be around for that then Chris Eagan uh will uh will join me coming up around 11:00 and then we'll wrap up a Friday Extravaganza we got lots to cover we've got you and I we haven't we haven't spoken even off the uh off the air since the we're back the pack 12's back oh I guess we did chat a little bit you asked me cuz you're not fired up for it you're like should I be excited about this I'm not really excited Pac-12 Football Excitement…. no it's true I don't I'm not alone on that puck explain to me why I should be all that excited about it because they've got they've got some some certainty in in two years why wouldn't you would you rather have what they what they have agreed to yesterday or or nothing in 2026 and no home and you're playing no one yeah I know I I I'm still it's going to take a period of time for me to transition from hey us coming to town to hey San Jose State's going to be here on a Friday night well they're not playing San Jose you allow me a little transition time but they're not playing San Jose State well well they are this next Friday well next but that's I'm talking about in two years no no I okay I'm just talking about in 2026 not hey Jim did you know that they just reached an agreement yesterday with the Mountain West they're expanding in two years did you not see I know is it is it is it okay is it okay to have a differing opinion without being chastised for it no it's not I'm not the only one that's going oh yeah okay who who do we have now we got I like San Diego State uh who are the other ones Again boisey State I like that go ahead help me out here so do you even know what what's going on no I do know what's going on I do know State Colorado State Colorado State Fresno State okay yeah and hey also also real quick the ER loss yesterday if you didn't know I I saw that I saw that did palanco try hard enough for that ground okay I'm going to ask you this is that not an error or am I crazy or no because he was sliding that he's that's a tough play well I think if a if an infielder goes to the ground to try and get a ball you can't really you're right you're right I mean but a second baseman needs to make that gut that play he just does yeah I think you're right come on yeah God I think you're right uhco era is only gonna last one year I mean we've got 15 more games of it my wife can't stand him because she she's like I can't watch him anymore because he doesn't blink and then now I'm so fixated every time I see him now that's all I watch and he doesn't blink it's just like this no I've I've noticed that since day one I've never seen anyone with his so wide open he looks like he's scared shitless all the time he's just it's the oddest thing in the world it it's so weird yeah okay so I want to go back to the uh the the expand you're not fired up for and and that's okay I'm try okay just allow me some time to take it all in yours yeah because I know it's the best case scenario for where we are okay all right now okay now and if we get Ken Stanford somehow and then you know I know the caveat or the asterisk is like well we're not going to get Ken Stanford because they can't get out of the ACC but if that implodes and Callen Stanford joins it and we have a pack eight with Callen Stanford sign me up for that I'd be fired up for that so you're on board if the Bay Area Schools come back which is a which is going to be a long shot into your point they're going to need uh implosion in the ACC but but that's going to come though Florida State and Clemson are going to College Football Landscape Changes get out of it and and there's some there's there's news on Florida State today they're they're going back to the judge so that's possible I still think it's a long shot I don't think personally I don't know about Cal that Stanford wants nothing to do with that with the this new oh they might they might we'll see geographically speaking after going through what they're going to be going through but they're such snobs academically that they probably when they were in the original pack 10 were like why are we in the same conference as wazu in Oregon State hey do you in your heart of hearts do you think a degree from Stanford is better than one from State uh yeah Jim I do and and I think society would tell you that's the case did I ever tell you did I ever tell you the story about Mark Justino a friend of mine no who whose daughter this is how much of a cou he is he grew up in the Tri Cities and he just he's an absolute coug the biggest coug ever right yeah so his daughter is really smart she graduated from is high school she got accepted to Stanford and he didn't want her to go to Stanford and I said why don't you want her go to Stanford well because they're in our conference and I'm like I would understand if you said Washington but Stanford ah and she ended up not going to Stanford she went to Wisconsin oh my God yeah I mean if my kids are smart enough to get into Stanford uh and you know it it'll financially bankrupt us they can go to Stanford if they'd like yeah Mikey and Stevie said Hey Dad we got accepted to Stanford I'll drive you to poo Al Alto and drop you off at the front door I'd be so damn proud knowing those great boys when did you know that Mikey and Stevie probably academically aren't gonna make it into Stanford um their grades were good in high school were they I mean they were in the 35 range I get that with Stevie oh you don't get that with Mikey I'm just not there with Mikey who is again no he had my favorite favorite person now on Twitter is Mikey Moore Mikey actually had some Advanced courses in high school and no they're both they're bright they take after their dad now I feel bad they take after their dad you know how much I love Mikey on Twitter Mike Mikey on Twitter is the best oh yeah after ripping him yeah you just ripped him you ripped my kid I you ever hear me ripping Mari or or Owen yes huh no I've never done that not one single time you can follow Mikey Moore ik Moore he's my he's my favorite especially after a Mariners game oh my God I I just wish I wish I had a camera on their apartment after the apple cup after we win the game because they will just be they'll be hammered and they'll be having The Best Time Ever God they love the cougs I raised my kids right man I did I did I just I'm so proud of them and I'm so happy they're in Pullman right now Mikey Moore after the um he hasn't really tweeted much since the Mariners I think he's given up on the Mariners but September 1st I don't know why I torture Myself by watching this team play every day yeah well he's he's Mariners' Disappointment and Future fed up with him like a lot of Mariner fans and he had tears when we made the playoffs he called me he called and Kathy and I and uh yeah he was crying he was so excited about the Mariners making the playoffs and so he's he's distraught about this team yeah but you know you can can't you can't you make a case for Jerry depoto to come back I mean it's just I just I I still am in disbelief over that how can do that and 16 more strikeouts last night striking out to end the game for 11 I keep track hey Puck I keep track of this I love it man I just I want them like we talked about that we were hoping they were GNA lose out I want them to break this strikeout record and the twins hold it was 1654 from last year the Mariners are at 1493 and this is this is possible this is an attainable goal this is easier than making the playoffs they need to average 10 point eight strikeouts in their last 15 games to break the record set by the twins last year did you also know that the Mariners have struck out get this in the last 307 games the Mariners have struck out 3,096 times and they've got the worst batting average in the league and in Mariner history at 219 and they're bringing that dip [ __ ] back are you [ __ ] kidding me hey stop with the how can you justify coming back I don't I just I just don't get it I don't get it all why I I okay I agree with you I don't get it but but how how do I make this make sense but you have to get it look who they're owned by like I I just like no but even if you're makes sense because they do not care about winning they just don't yes they do they don't they do not I I thought that it even reached the point you know when they reached the point where service went that if they didn't make the playoffs this year that that depoto would go to like Stanton even if he's you know a dummy when it comes to baseball and I don't think he is that he probably even go you know what Jerry I've given you as much time as I can and you know we're the laughing stock in baseball and I can't take it anymore so I'm sorry but we got to terminate your contract or you know like like Rich Moore told me we got to eliminate your position that would have been a nicer way of putting it but no they don't care they just don't they care more about again we're just rehashing this it's just it's never going to change well no okay no wait a minute how about just fire Jerry and hire somebody cheaper you know hire somebody that's like 32 years old that's some upand Comer that would take the job for a million a year because it's comfortable with them they they they're convinced that this plan is going to work and they like being in this position they're at now what are they going to finish with what are they going to be win total w they're going to be around what 85 84 and are you going to be are you going to be lining up for season tickets thinking about Dan Wilson being the manager next year they just sent out to and I think uh we were we were oh you'll love this we can get to it later it's up on the rundown there was a KJR Cube reunion last night and oh yeah did you go oh yeah I went of course I went it's great unbel what do you mean of course well I was always gonna go it's put on by the gas man I love gas no I know but but it's it wasn't of course was it like okay I got to give it some thought I'm going to go it was great it was great to see I haven't seen I I'm going to get to it in a in in a second because I I think you being from the old newspaper days and media days and I just think companies in general now you'll appreciate what I'll what I'll say in in a few minutes about it because it's it's you know we we've lost it as for every job right we've lost kind of what uh I experienced last night anyway um back to the Mariners I I just think that they care about that whole 54% thing what I think really meant by it was they would be more comfortable in a situation where Puck shares his KJR reunion on Thursday night with Jim they're in now where they're kind of relevant and people go they're going to set an attendance record this year they're gonna buy they're going to surpass what they had last year think about that for a second think about that and they just there a massive disappointment this year but yet it looked like there were quite a few empty seats last night for a team that's supposedly in playoff contention I don't know what I don't know what they announced yeah but now but I'm saying like early I mean you go back and think about the uh early in the season the attendance that they were having I mean it's I don't know they they I think the bottom line just means more to them and what they their actions that they did last year and and then what we'll see what they're going to do this year we've talked about it routinely just how much money is up they've got to pay so many people and and it's unfortunate that they're going to I mean yesterday on the show Brad Adam and I are discussing who you going to trade Castile or Gilbert some one of these one of these young guys are gonna get well if if it's between those two it's Castillo for sure isn't it I would hope so but yeah but I think you also do entertain the idea of the younger guys who are going to bring you back more Talent you know Gilbert and and Miller and Kirby and woo they're going to bring you back the talent more so than C Caso yeah but you got to get rid of Castillo's contract those other guys aren't getting paid yet yeah I mean sure yeah exactly I mean I that's another thing if they get rid of Castile the biggest thing of the reason they're getting rid of Castile is what is what well the 24 million a year they're paying him or whatever it is 72 million over the next three years that that's why they're going to get rid of him and that's why they're going to trade Randy or Ros Arena they're gonna pay Randy or rosarina I don't think that's happening does Randy a rosarina really look like a guy who wants to be here I'll answer my own question absolutely not that guy doesn't want to be here you know I mean he's had some good games he's a good player but I don't sense that he goes home at night and calls his wife back in Tampa and says man I'm really enjoying it here in Seattle I don't I don't get that feeling from him I would I would I agree with that yeah I don't I don't think he I don't think he looks at this and is all fired up I'll tell you what I you can tell even though like root I mean Root's got to be and even even listening to uh the flagship radio they've got a you know they've they're run by the team right so they can't be overly critical everyone knows that but I'm gonna tell you right now I was listening on the radio the other day and like I almost thought Aaron Goldsmith was going to go over and finally critic like and like go lay into Randy or rosarino and Angie almost did it last night too his his Antics where he he knows he's going to take a pitch and steps out of the box and then it's a strike every time you feels about you see that in Little League games but you don't see it in Major League games oh we've I've had back-to-back Seasons with two kids with that doesn't matter what pitch is coming it's it's jumping into the Dugout every time that pitch is coming yeah it's uh I you know those guys you know that on the flagship and the call the game and and Root Sports I mean they just must go home and go God I wish I could say what I really feel like saying like gold smith can I think gold smith could get away with it because he's going to get all kinds of job offers elsewhere not to say that Angie can't get away with it but you know that just bubbling beneath the service Angie menting just wants to unleash some four-letter words I think they all do I think they I think they all would I think they all would like except for RZ RZ doesn't RZ RZ yeah you're right RZ there's no way so so they blew it last night they lose five to four they're four and a half games back at Houston uh they're four and a half back in the wild card but it's really five and a half because they don't know any of the tiebreakers 15 games left and we'll continue to to tune in deg Grom gets the ball tonight Hancock uh twins host the Reds what else we got Astros I think are at the Angels hey rocker looked good in his debut didn't he that was a cool story did you see him show his parents yeah that was great for him that was you know what it's it's weird it's awesome to have a really engaged owner of your team yeah no who who one doesn't doesn't you know hide and you know likes to spend money likes to be engaged on winning I'm talking about the Mayers and then the owner of the Seahawks team who doesn't like spank people and whip people and you know from a hot tub and then steal tusks from Africa oh you never brought that up for a while oh I haven't brought where's the towel snapping to get the toing so the owner of so so his dad do you know what he does well I didn't know that until I saw the Tweet last night about he's a defensive line coach for the Titans yeah and the Titans owner Amy Adams uh Strunk flew him and his wife out to Seattle to watch the game and then right afterwards they left to go back to go back to Tennessee so he can get ready for the game that's awesome aw oh yeah yeah and their kid did a good job he did a really good job oh he looks to part boy does that guy love the part Jesus he's gon have to deal with him in the division for several years man he just is massive and just that slider was working for him last night so yeah that um we'll see I mean we'll watch but it's it's that it is slowly ending for your Los marineros I said this a few weeks ago I don't know if it was with you or not and people like well no the Sonic's collapse was worse do you view the sonics when they lost in '94 as a collapse or a choke job because I I look at it differently because I view a collapse as like a a glacial you know falling from a lead and then missing out at the end like it it's it's a long period of time rather than what I thought that 94 team was where they LED you know all year long number one seed to me that was an apple that was an apple cup that was a um that was a choke jump yeah I mean I was covering the team at the time and um at that time no number one had ever lost to a number eight right and Denver somehow caught fire if I'm not mistaken Denver's record was under 500 too wasn't it for the season but they still got in probably and um God I still remember Robert Pack was just was crazy for the Nuggets yeah I would I would put more in the choke category than colossal collapse category because that's what I think the Mariners are I think the Mariners this is the biggest collapse I've ever seen from a Seattle sports team yeah to be 10 games up and then just to completely fall apart no and and I'm with you and it's it's you know probably makes me look like a bad human being but what the hell you know I just I want them to finish under if they're not going to make the playoffs I want them to finish under 500 well they got a CH I just want everything to look bad for Jerry at this point yeah just like like you can't possibly make a case for bringing this guy back and yet you still do it anyway if they're under 500 set a a record for strikeouts and if they have the worst team average ever and you're going to bring that guy back how would that go over like the GM for the Yankees go it doesn't go over anywhere and you know what you know what I was thinking about last night is that that game ended and I watched Julio just you know you know flail again um you know again there was no Edgar effect last night you know I do love this team that when they have a great offensive night it's that Edgar Martinez I mean the impact that that guy is making all he is simplifying everything then they suck balls the next night and I don't hear any of them talking about the Edgar effect they were one for 11 with runners in scoring position how many times they strike out 16 I didn't hear anyone talking about Edgar's influence last night after the game I know including the star who just looked absolutely pathetic up there on that at that I mean he's fallen over left and right and I was thinking this is without a doubt in his young career the biggest off season for Julio Rodriguez because a lot of the reason why they struggled this year is his fault is it's on him and I'm sorry he's paid like a superstar and he did not play like and we all know that he didn't play like one this year the worst part the worst part Puck is that he's he's not he's not clutch and I don't want to hear you know what you know what we're g you know what and you're we're gonna get we're gonna get blowback for that and I don't believe he's clutch either we're gonna get we're g to get [ __ ] on for this because someone's GNA listen to because someone's gonna listen to this and they're going to pull up his numbers and it's going to show that oh no no you guys are crazy he actually has good numbers in the clutch I don't care what baseball reference says I'm telling you when that guy comes up with the game on the line and can drive in a winning run he doesn't do it he do when he was up in the ninth inning after robl got the single I thought exactly what happened that's what was going to happen yeah I thought he would strike out I did I just it's like come on man you got to come through in those moments if you're a superstar player you have to come through more often than not in those moments and he just hasn't and this is the biggest off we all love Julio this is the disclaimer I love Julio but he this is the biggest off season for Julio Rodriguez because he has got to whatever his struggles were this year he's got to figure it out okay and figure it out fast because the reason they're missing the Playoffs I mean for all of the the the crap and that they put on the field I think he's he is you know 85% the problem why they missed the playoffs yeah if he had a year that uh you expect a young Superstar to have they would have yeah they'd be in first place in the west right now I know it sucks to put it all on him and maybe it shouldn't be all on him I mean and it shouldn't be all on him but you know you there's an expectation what's he at 14 home runs right now yeah yeah how about that bet bet that Chris kid made 500 bucks that he'd finished with 20 you remember that one when this year yeah I think the allar break he bet that with with some some listener and so kids are going to be out 500 bucks here pretty soon he on the radio show he you know Chris and I we you know we love Chris to death but uh one he he doesn't know one thing and that's gambling well like you and I do we know gambling we know gambling hey I was on the right side last night I had the Sun Devils given given one or something to Texas State and uh I had the bills uh plus two and a half at Miami I was Roo for Texas man Miami I mean God don't you feel bad for Tua everybody feels bad for Tua today and it looks like he probably won't play against the Seahawks so the Seahawks are go from they're going to go from facing bonck in his first game to jacobe brassette in the Thompson and Skyler Thompson in the third game there's not a chance he plays against the Seahawks there's no way no there's no no way I don't I don't know is he ever gonna play again I mean people are talking about is he ever GNA play again he shouldn't play again I don't even know how many concussions it is for him now but it's it's just bad and you know yeah at some point as a as a player in any sport you've got to start you got to put your health above everything else he's got to make the call though but but also people that are looking out for him you know they've got to make the call as well because he he he'll want to play he's gonna want to play it didn't even look like that bad of a hit you know when he just drove into Hamlin there and then ironic in a way or whatever maybe it's a wrong use of the word but Demar Hamlin being involved in that yeah that was a tough one that was tough to watch really tough to watch it is it was tough to watch you just don't you don't like seeing and that stuff so um Seahawks a quickly on the seah news it I don't know I'm uh I'd be real Curious uh about Ken walker uh about Ken Walker's availability um he may not play on Sunday that would be my guess based on what we hear from the vmac it's gonna come out the interiew report will come out later I was talking to gero this morning and so it it I don't know at this point it at you know around 10:30 doesn't look good that he he'll play on Sunday so if you have Zack shanet put him in your fantasy lineup and you know I got Zack shanet so it's good but they should be okay with shanet out there though yeah I guess he missed the same game he missed two games last year with the same injury I I forgot about that that AB injury that he had um uh last year did you see what the Patriots are doing the petty I love what they're doing by the way they're honoring the the Super Bowl team on Sunday the 2014 team Malcolm butler4 team they're gonna play like the video like the Ducks do with the Kenny weaton gonna score video against Washington well against everybody now uh I I like that that's really good I would the same damn thing you don't think it's a coincidence that they're doing it no it's not a coincidence God no hey you know I was just kind of looking back and um I think it might have been the last time the Seahawks played at New England you remember that Sunday night game and I know you like this guy so that's why I'm bringing it up the Seahawks win that game 31 to 24 CJ Pros siiz that was probably his best game as a Seahawk and then he came back against Philadelphia the next week and was good again that's where the CJ proos siiz fan club started I loved CJ priz I thought priz was gonna be a star I did too carry the banner for that guy that was the that was the pro- siiz Breakout game that was the game that Earl Thomas he puncture gr's lung was that that game yeah I believe so no but I just remember proos siiz was a key contributor to that win on Sunday Night Football and cam Chancellor like T I think I think Chancellor tackled gronowski in the endzone and they didn't call Pi that was fun that that was that was a great game hey so so yeah we had a there was a KJR Cube reunion last night that was put on by Mike Gastel The Gas Man and Michelle gnik no one in our audience will really know Michelle gnik is I don't know if you even know she was like ran the radio station she was the The Mark Glenn of back in the day for you this is just for Jim folks listener and viewer this is just for Jim's knowledge um so it was great and it was like people from like 25 years ago I mean old school people like oh and like Kevin Wall Kevin Wall there I did not see Kevin Wall no you know who I God I was hoping to see was New York Vinnie God I was hoping to see Vinnie he didn't make it he's in town yeah Vinnie didn't make it the gr the gr father didn't make it he wasn't feeling well I was disappointed about that was the the guy that I was I was probably excited the most to see was was the T-man was he there T-man was not there no no Michael Knight no Michael Knight wasn't there it's our Mitch Le Mitch leevy was not there but was invited not there but was invited um David lock no in Utah no was not there I I'll just get I'll get you know before we get into who's there and you start naming off everybody the uh what I loved about it last night was that it was over the 32 Barn girl was great you'll love this traffic wise living in Seattle and you don't have to deal with this in Bend anymore I live in Ballard to Northgate it's like 2.8 miles it took 35 minutes yeah you mean there was traffic in the Northgate area from Balor there it's just unbelievable God it was maddening uh anyways it would just what I loved about radio and media and you can probably say the same thing for newspapers and TV and all that is just it was used to be so much fun so much fun and open bars and and get togethers and everyone just and people that work in that line of business they're just you know there's a they have a different personality it's fun and it's loud and and it's you know and and any even if you don't work in that any type of company that someone works for if you remember what it used to be like right and you know your your it was your work family and that what it was like back in the day especially when we were owned by the acres and it was locally owned and then when it transitioned early into Clear Channel was still kind of that atmosphere and then it just progressively got worse and worse and worse every year you know and then when Clear Channel became iHeart it just down the drain and I just was was sitting there last night talking to people I haven't seen forever Amy do you know Amy spino you know she was in our traffic department I thought well she's coug she's a she's a cougs I didn't know if you knew her but it just people that I had seen forever and it was so much fun it just reminded me how much how much fun it used to be and and I'm sure you could say the same thing about like the old times and the pi and how everyone used to probably come into the office to work and then and then slowly but surely that you know that went away and then probably the company parties went away and probably people probably watching this right now their companies wherever you work for that's probably the same thing now and we just we've lost that you know we've lost that where're we going to work in a we in a weird way used to be fun and you have these you know these great you know parties and and get togethers and and now it's just become you know terrible in a way and it was awesome same it was also sad at the same time because that that I think in that industry that's over you know and it it will come back no it's interesting you say all that puck because there was a reunion of Pi people uh the post intelligence or went out of business 15 years ago and there was a reunion last Saturday night I didn't make it to it because I was over there watching the Texas Tech game I was in Pullman but it was fun to see all the pictures of all the people I used to work with and it sounded like it was a great time but boy you're you're right though when I worked at the pi we all came it seemed like we all came there energized we were the underdog newspaper in town and we wanted to kick to time's ass and we were all United you know with that goal of you know being the best paper we could be we were the the Plucky little Underdog that was going to get the job done and I used to like park my car there on Elliott and then walk through those front doors and I thought God this is awesome man I'm back at the pi The Newsroom the sports Department there was always a buzz there was kind of an electricity and you always felt like everybody was working together toward one common goal it was I don't know I don't want to glorify it too much but damn I love being a newspaper guy I I mean I I I feel I appreciate that I've had a radio career but I just the newspaper guy I mean has never left I just I just enjoyed the hell out of that and I'm sure you know what I'll bring it up to Egan later I'm sure it's the same thing with Egan you know it's you know even in TV I it's you know just things have changed and I and and and I would say that that things have changed in all businesses what whatever like someone's watching this or listening to this later your your work is and job is probably changed right corporate greed has ruined a lot you know it just really has and and that's all businesses it's just absolutely ruined it uh if I could give you one guess to the one person that was there last night that uh you know that decided because they couldn't find anywhere to park in Northgate when there are a million spaces to park decided to park in a handicap spot what would your one guess be Rich Moore but the purple sheet was not there he was not there uh last night were you were you glad he wasn't there uh no I wouldn't say I was glad I was I was interested if he was there I was interested like how would that go hey hey Rich when are you gonna hire a permanent host for 10 to one anyway why you dragging your feet so much on that is it because you had a hard time replacing the two guys you got rid of that was yeah that probably would have been the opening line right there the uh but it was yeah there's one person decided to park in a handicap spot who and they know who you are I'm not gonna say who it is they know who they are why because it's not my place to do it yes it is go it's your podcast not my place to do it it's somebody I um Bucky was it Bucky was it softy I didn't say that I didn't say it was anyone he [ __ ] it man I couldn't find it I couldn't find a radi handicap never said that I never said it was him yeah you did you just did it so it was your place just by that little oh by the way since you're doing impressions I for some reason Kim gr's a dog man I know's big you're a big fan of his uh he I notic I noticed you you hoard yourself out and went on that show too and so anyway somehow um Jen Owen's name came up and I I dropped your name and I said God you know the thing I miss the most about her going to USC is that puck used to always do impersonations to her and I never hear him anymore so could you like give me a little Jen Cohen Just for Old Time sake I don't know who I'm rooting for but I'm telling you right now I watch that dickard over there and I just go man does he have it that dickard God remember all that [ __ ] about her bleeding purple gold and Don James Jesus Christ she jumped off a sinking ship that's what she did she jumped off a sinking Financial ship and went to USC where they're flushed with cash that's what she did no um hey somehow we've gone like 39 minutes without talking about the apple cup and we got to go to Troy WIS we'll get to Troy WIS well I mean well I mean we've talked a lot about the apple cup you're you're confident as ever uh I I gain more confidence I think it's going to be a fun game I'm it's going to I'm I'm curious when I get over there at TroyWins.com , our handicapper joins the show and we immediately jump in on the Apple Cup halftime so we get out of the football game East Side cast right there inbay eagles taking on Eastside Catholic if you want to come out to watch the Eagles Take on the Crusaders 11 o'clock at Eastside Catholic High School right now the Eagles getting seven and a half the wait a minute you're playing a team from East Side Catholic theater program yeah well you're gonna just get slaughtered okay put your money where your mouth yeah wait a minute a team from against a team from East Side Catholic Feer program we're Scrappy and we've got a new offensive system what's the 10 run rule in football 30 because I remember when when our kids 30 is a running clock it was a five-star program out of Hazen and we played Bothel at POP key one time yeah they instructed their kids to run out of bounds instead of running to the endzone I I don't know I was I was upset I was like hey hey no no no I'd rather lose to I agree I hate 30 to nothing don't go out of bounds stupid and don't don't give us AAL of 50 you know I mean they do [ __ ] for kids you know because they don't want to hurt their feelings well and there's a dumb rule this so it's 30 if you get up by 30 they start running the clock which I understand but what I don't like if you score I think the rule in our league and if you score more more than 34 or you up by 34 like the coach the next game gets suspended and I'm like why like if you put in the backups and little Johnny who never gets the ball has a chance to score let him score yeah you know I mean it just no one cares like I really it's the kids do not care it's the parents that care that's why they put these stupid rules in like in the boys and girls basketball league that we were in the last several years he got up by 20 and they shut the clock off they don't do that for the kids they do it for the parents because the parents get upset it's D okay but you you're thinking your kids team is a seven and a half Point Underdog I I'll I'll lay the seven and a half yeah for 10 buck 10 bucks yeah the Eagles the Eagles we got a new game plan coming out on Saturday that we're gonna unveil and and E side Catholic doesn't know what's about to hit him we're gonna punch him in the mouth hey by the way in Bay eagles by the way you you should be thanking me for doing this this morning why because I listened to the puck the Huskies podcast with Elise Woodward and Jordan Rett previewing the Apple cut before we did the show today and you called me an idiot did I you called me an idiot oh an idiot for your bet yeah yeah well you call me an idiot I I don't appreciate that because you didn't make sense with the BET and you still don't make sense with it why okay have you figured out how you're going to get husky fans to pay you yet yeah well it's on Twitter it's on Twitter I went through the list of people that want to make the BET last night okay and I'm up to 50 and on each one of them on Twitter I said okay you're in you're in you're in you're in the bets in okay and so there's 50 people who have taken my bet okay and um we're all gonna pay each other you don't believe that do you I do not huskys win I pay them a dollar cougs win by 1 to nine no one exchanges any money if we win by 10 or more which I know is going to happen they owe me five bucks okay so think about this I need to get 50 more people betting this thing because I'm already up to 250 that I'm going to win and if I lose it's only 50 bucks Puck it's five to one I think I have a hell of a bet I think you do too so we we'll be over there I'm Gonna Leave the East Side cathol game and then we'll how much do you think I'll be able to scalp tickets for if I get there at halftime if you get there at halftime to get a ticket yeah 100 bucks for three three total don't you think well you should be able to get in for nothing that's what I think should I just go up to the should I just go up to the window and just give me free tickets well will the ticket booth be open yeah you got to try and find somebody outside trying to sell okay so find somebody outside I got you all right that's what I'm gonna do yeah uh it'll be fine I'm looking forward to it mys are okay are you gonna go regardless of what the score is down 24 nothing no I told my daugh I said if if we're getting crushed at half time we're not going in I'm so you're not a true blue coug fan no I'm not gonna experience uh that debacle all right hey you ready to talk a little gambling with our guy Troy wins from Troy wins.com I am I miss Troy I know let's uh let's bring him on he's our handicapper and he joins us right now Troy wins from Troy wins.com Troy good to see your face how are you sir good to see you guys we got the the band back together my gosh how is Jim Moore doing God when do I get some tww apparel here come on man well shipping now that you're in Ben's going to be a little bit more right I I can't just drive to isquad handed to you you're are you still out Bend Oregon I love you Troy but if you take the Huskies I'm not going to love you man we'll find out I've got to pick on that game and it's on the total it's on the total so the total you got to pick a side I know I know well that would be that would be too easy I I've gotta play on the total Jim that's one of my locks of the week is the total on this game We introduce the “Puck the Picker” NFL Pick ‘em Pool that's what I'm talking about you're damn right all right let's uh we're g to you let's get into the pcks here in a second and then and then and then I'll but I want to explain what's going on here so last year on the radio uh we did a we did a uh you know a football you know betting contest between the three of us where we all pick games at the end and then whoever picked us at the end you know with and if they would qualify to be thrown in a hat and they would win a trip to Las Vegas Troy and his staff at Troy wins.com they uh they put you up with airfare uh with a stay at the Circa Hotel and for the first week of March Madness which is a hell that's the best Prize Package in the city Jim there's nothing tops that cash from a casino who's flushed with cash does not top that what Troy wins.com did airfare hotel first week of March Madness what would you rather have I'd rather have the experience all right so we went to Troy and said Troy you want to do something similar and this son of a gun said you know what I am in I am in and I will do it so if you go to Puck sports.com uh right now up on the website at the very very top you are going to see the puck the Picker NFL pickham pool just hit the join now uh little button right there it's going to take you to our the uh ESPN uh pick them site there for the NFL and uh log in and start making picks it's all against the spread every NFL game and of course we're you know we missed week one and we missed Thursday Night Football last night but that we that was planned so start with all the games this Sunday and then moving forward you pick every NFL game against the spread and then of course at the end of the year whoever's got the highest winning percentage is GNA win a trip 42 right Troy to Las Vegas Nevada hotel airfare you're staying at the Circa first week of March Madness the uh when you go to the website you'll see the password to enter the password to enter the the puck the Picker NFL pick and pool is just Puck Sports and it's all lowercase Puck sports easy peasy uh go to the website the easiest place to do is Puck sports.com hit the join now and then start picking your games Troy you are a man of honor and Grace and we Jim and I can't thank you enough for for what you're doing we appreciate it you bet and we'll throw in uh Barry Steakhouse again as well we'll do a night at Barry's one of the better steakhous again you know Diane won that trip last year and and I I've still got the email show it was one of the best trips of her life Diane was 70 years old she went with her son and uh she said she had a great time and she even uh came back I think she ended up making like $4,000 on bets at the Circa son so yeah she did so it was it was it was just quite the trip for her quite the trip oh my godbody could win she was betting March Madness college hoops college hoops and and I I was getting text messages from her I won again I won again I hit a hit a five team parlay I couldn't believe it so she had the trip of a lifetime God we got to get her on Jim yeah do we do can I enter the contest because I'm not officially involved with Puck sports.com or or no yes you are you can't win the damn thing you're you're not winning it you're not paying me oh once again here we go yeah I'm paying I'm paying you with acknowledging you're still here by calling me an idiot by calling you an idiot that's exactly right no Jim you you can't enter but everybody else can enter if you just go to pucks sports.com I'm about to put it up again on on Twitter it's just real easy to sign up you just start picking the games against the spread uh every week just all NFL make sure you get them in so if you don't get it in you know you pick the games on Sunday right Troy but you forget to do Monday and you miss out well you lose and don't forget about that Thursday game uh there as well so uh it'd be great oh let's let's jump let's uh so again pport dcom Puck the Picker NFL pick and pool it's up right now Puck sports.com grand prize a trip for two uh airfare you're going to stay at the Circa hotel that's the one with the great big sports book The the screens outside in the pool and then and then Troy and his and his folks there Troy wins.com they're going to take you a berry Steakhouse there as well uh that's the grand prize go sign up today do it before the games kickoff there on Sunday so you have until what 10 o'clock Pacific time to uh sign up let's jump in hey let's jump into some games start previewing some of the games before we get to the NFL Jim Jim you tell Troy your bet there for the apple cup he's gonna love this oh yeah Troy what do you think of this so I'm trying to bet husky fans on this and NFL Picks for the weekend you're a husky fan so you might want to take me up on it I'm so convinced that cougar is going to win by Double D digits so here's here's the bet if the Huskies win and they don't have to cover the four and a half or the five if they just win by one or 50 points I pay the Husky fan a dollar okay if the cougs win by one to nine points no money exchanges hands if the cougs win by 10 or more the Husky fan pays me five bucks what do you think interesting that's confidence that's confidence life must must be a little rough huh Jim one to five dollar bets really well I just wanted to make it I wanted to make it small potatoes I'm on a fixed income just Social Security and unemployment I tell I could tell so but but no right now I've got 50 people who taken me up is that real Is that real confidence Jim or is that is that bias have you seen enough on tape to convince you that this is going to be a coug blowout I was at the Texas Tech game last Saturday and John mattier I mean come on and and the Huskies are in transition I know I think they're going to be good at the end of the year I I think we have the better team this year and Troy what about the intangibles with the cougs going into that game going hey wait a minute man you were part of the T you know the teams that left the defectors that kicked us to the curb we want to kick your ass and we want to plant a flag on that Big 10 logo like pck suggested that we need to do at the end of the hey I'm not gonna argue I don't have a real pick on the side but I do like under 55 and a half on this game I'll tell you why to your point the quarterback of Washington state carried the ball 21 times last week I just don't think that's realistic for him to do that again Steve belich a fantastic defensive coordinator the Huskies haven't given up a touchdown in their first two games I get the competition piece Cougar's defense actually looked pretty good against Texas Tech as well holding a pretty good offense to 16 points I think it's going to be like a 2420 even a even a 2724 game gets you under and so I I really like the under 55 and a half on this game hey Troy wait a minute let me just take exception what makes you think that Belichick's kid is a good defensive coordinator hey so far so far so good I get the conf I get it was Weaver State I get it was Eastern Michigan but to not give up a touchdown uh that's an upgrade from what we had last year um and I I think he's GNA have a game plan I I really do like you said Mater looked fantastic as Texas Tech but I don't think you're just going to run wild against that Washington defense I don't I'm not going to claim that they're a top 10 defense by any means but I don't think you're just going to go run loose like Lamar Jackson like you did last week okay if you were to pick a side which way would you lean I would probably take the points with the Cougars I I think this game's decided by three to four I think the line's what officially at five five and a half right now um I would probably take the points um some people some listeners if you're a teaser player I would tease the Cougars up to like 11 or 12 tease that total up and go under but uh I think it's going to be a game kind of decided by three or four points yeah all right let's uh let's run through I want to run through some of the games Jim we'll go back and forth Jim you got the games in front of you let's start first uh let's go to the NFL uh the commander taking on the Giants Washington is favored by one and a half what do you like Troy yeah this is Battle of bad for sure I'm not going to take anything away from that two really bad football teams but give me the commanders at home Daniels finally got a game under his belt I think this guy's going to be a solid quarterback I think Dan Quinn and his coaching staff is the better coaching staff and they're at home that's not an easy place to play give me the commanders minus the points okay got the we got the Colts given three points on the road at Green Bay I guess it's well it's I don't guess it's because Jordan love won't be playing you got Malik Willis starting for the Packers who you got there Troy yeah it's kind of probably a square play I think a lot of the Public's going to be on it so it makes me a little nervous but I am going with the Colts I just think you know Malik Willis you know he had his time in Tennessee not impressive at all guy really doesn't fit that Green Bay offense he's more of a runner not a Slinger like Jordan love they're going to have to change things up and dumb it down give me the Colts minus three on the road going into Lambo and they get the job done yeah well and Malik Willis is there now that just God that I mean he never showed anything you know when he was at Tennessee and now the the Packers thinking they were going to make a run and now with love being out uh all right we're going to say I'm going to save the the Hawks there for the end uh the Jag who apparently have changed like their the name of their Stadium Ever After Trevor Lawrence which is just a weird storyline I don't know what the hell they're doing there Jags are favored by three against the Browns and the time is up for deshun Watson I mean it's over for and they owe him such a ton of money uh Jags uh favored by three against the Browns yeah I was obviously highly into that game last week watching my Cowboys roll them last week I think they get rolled again Jacksonville uh you know with debacle last week at home against Miami I think they bounced back in a big way here Trevor Lawrence still looked good give me Jacksonville I think they win this game like 287 I'll take the Jags all right we got the Ravens giv nine points to the Raiders tell me you're not going against Gardner menu come on Troy come on Troy don't do it I I was disappointed in the Raiders they you know they looked terrible against the charters the Ravens got the long hangover uh 10 days off now after their loss to the I think they bounce back in a big way this is going to be a tough spot for mchu to go on the road and face the pissed off Ravens team I like the Ravens big in this one 3117 Ravens you don't count out our guy menu menu is he G is he gonna make it 17 games this year I don't know it's gonna be he had pretty good numbers other than the the the the ball that he lost when he trying to throw I'd be curious what the over under how many games he starts this year and I and I like I'm rooting for him I don't think it's his fault I just don't know if I just don't know if Antonio Pierce is the answer there in Las Vegas and I don't know MCH is in a tough spot cheap owner I mean is we know something about a cheap owner uh Panthers getting five against the Chargers I like this one a lot better when it was at six and a half it did drop down to five I'm still taking the Panthers at home they obviously looked pathetic week one at the Saints but you know this is a league you just can't overreact from what you saw the previous week I like the Panthers at home Harbo first game on the road this Panthers team's really not that bad they've got a pretty good run game Bryce young I think will get better as the year goes on I'll take the points here I think this game's decided by a field goal give me the Panthers in a 2421 type of football game all right we got the Seahawks giv three and a half to the Patriots on the road there what do you think the Patriots look pretty good winning at Cincinnati last week and and the Seahawks look good in the second half anyway against Denver yeah this is a head scratcher aign to me I thought it should have been higher I am going with the Seahawks I just think again we're overreacting to what we saw from New England uh this is a team a lot of people thought would win three or four games Max uh brassett still the quarterback not much of a run game they kind of snuck away with that one in Cincinnati Cincinnati just shot themselves in the footall game Seattle has some confidence after how they looked in the fourth quarter give me the Seahawks in a close one 2821 I'd take the Hawks 28-21 you you think about this here for the Seahawks Troy this really Jim you brought this up earlier all due credit to you is that they really have been gifted these first three weeks now the one listen the two of thing happened last night but to get bonix to get jacobe brassett and now week three they're gonna get uh Skyler Thompson I yeah I'm with you yeah it is it really is it is unbelievable just unbelievable it's great can I sneak in a a bonus pick from you Troy you bet you bet the civil war game in Corvalis the other pack two member Oregon State hosting Oregon Oregon State getting 16 come on go beibs man that chainsaw be they're averaging 20 they're averaging 299 yards on the ground it's going to be interesting Oregon's got a lot of adjustments to make but can they lay three Clunkers in a row I don't know this organ team had aspirations to win a National Championship this year uh they are still two and0 they shouldn't be but they are I think the duck finally get it together I think they're going to wax the Beavers I really do I think they finally get it together uh 4110 I think the Ducks run away with this one and I'm not a duck guy I can't stand the Ducks I hate the Ducks they're gonna get it together they're not gonna lay three Clunkers give me the duck this is why the Ducks are the exam are the reason why Jim you Chris Egan, KING 5 Are we excited about the Apple Cup? agree with this and Troy you as well this is why we you shouldn't have preseason pools yeah because they just what are they still I mean they're still like top are they six now or F I mean they they have no business being ranked that high they're not that good but they're not that good because of the preseason poll they get way up there and and whatever hey Troy Troy 20 bucks I'll take the beavers and 16 deal deal deal I'll you after the game Deal what about the in Bay eagles getting seven and a half against the East Side Catholic Crusaders 11-year-old pop War football who do you like okay oh we're going to the 11 I was wondering if that was a high school matchup I'm starting to see spreads on these high school games now we're gonna be able you are not where not you know my my my local gu is putting them on his side my local guy I'll tell you actually thinks this team from balard that his kids on is gonna beat some East Side Catholic feeder team come on will you watch you watch you watch what's gonna happen you don't understand the the head the coaches and behind the scenes have been grinding coach we watch live on Puck sports.com this weekend can we watch what you know what I I may do that we may go live we may go live with it but it's I it's hard for me because I'm quality control coach I've got to put everyone back they can't cross the line and I got control and I got to make sure that everyone's playing perfect perfect what that's what my role is I'm quality control coach I just I don't really do any coaching I don't know anything know just out there having fun yelling at K are we betting on that game or not what the s and you want to give me I I'll lay seven and a half we'll probably talk the off the air I'm not sure you know my role in the team I'm allowed to publicly bet on 11-year-old I can just feel like some parent gonna come up to me excuse me um why were you betting on our kids football game just how's the quarterback how's the quarterback looking for the in Bay eagles going quarterback he's looking pretty good he's got a he got a couple bruises on the sides but he's he's going to be fine the vampire will be fine he splits time with h with with QB uh it's like qb1 and qb1a with our buddy Flash Gordon Josh so they're good do you think which let me ask you one more question do you think you're more nervous when he pitches or when he plays quarterback do you think oh it's not even close not even close pitching not even close foot football there's you know 10 other guys out there right base pitching you it's just him it's miserable absolutely miserable all right Troy before we uh we let you go let's uh let's just uh recap what's going on Troy wins.com they're providing a trip for two to Las Vegas Nevada first round of the uh March Madness basketball tournament I like how I had to say basketball tournament like you didn't know what March Madness was uh Hotel you're GNA stay at the Circa airfare all covered by Troy wins.com all you got to do that little QR code on the screen that you see click 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out and uh come out and watch that yeah all right Troy we'll talk you next week thank you sir thanks guys good to see you Jim take care guys it's great to see him huh it's great to see doing gambling it's great it's awesome isn't it wonderful It's a Wonderful Time of the Year Jim it really is no I agree I I love football season all kinds of games to bet on at all times and uh Troy's one of the best and it's a great trip that he's offering for the grand prize to the contest all right well uh it's a long extended visit with you so we'll cut you loose uh appreciated as always I apologize that I called you an idiot I'm sorry I didn't mean it's okay I laughed yeah I know you did we've got the uh the the cougs uh Corner well I shouldn't say the cougs corner but it's up there as well the old Crimson podcast is up there uh Jim with his confident take on the apple cup is available right now up at YouTube Apple Spotify wher you find your podcast and he'll be watching the game closely tomorrow at his granddaughter's birthday party yeah and trying you think we're gonna win you think we're gonna win though I think we're gonna win but I just think it's close I said 2820 I think it to be a closer game I think we're going to score you somewhat like middle of the fourth quarter and I think Stephen Hall is gonna have a late interception on Will Rogers to seal the game how many yards is Coleman run for 15 150 and we still win yeah 150 we still win okay yeah all right God we need to win this one Puck yeah we do we need it we need the cougs need it they need to win it they need to they need to just put the puppies in their place they they need they need to win desperately all right we'll talk to you on Monday see you bud all right have a good weekend go cougs yeah go cougs there he is Jim Moore joins us every Monday Wednesday and Friday here on Puck sports.com all right let's get to them it's not a Friday without a visit from the great Chris Eagan from King five all right hello Chris how are you sir you're I'm great I'm great buddy you gotta flip your camera around there you go there you go why are Scones vs. elephant ears? can I ask you a quick question before we get started one second buddy because I want to get my headsets ready and they're not okay yeah can I ask you a question good buddy yeah can I ask you a question why do why do you have why do you have a what oh yeah I mean it's the apple cup beanie but is it cold where you're at is it cold down in PIP it's chilly we the wife keeps the temperatures low we try to help the energy out there yeah the energy it's apple cup baby it's apple cup uh Chris I love it Chris Egan is here he joins us every single Friday it's brought to you by fat Zach's Pizza three locations in suner PEB South Hill home of the original no big deal Pickle Pizza book one of their three food food trucks for catering birthday parties graduations and corporate events uh find him at fat Zacks Pizza on Facebook Instagram and fat Zacks pizza.com you can follow Chris on X and Instagram at Chris Eagan 5 uh you would have just seen him at the fair this week addressed of course in the pup uh look which is flannel and uh he was sampling both a scone and elephant ear why didn't you do the idea of putting them together and wrapping it up like a burrito well you mentioned that uh Puck a week ago on this podcast and a week ago I was convinced that the elephant ear was better and then I talked you know a lot of people are weighing in on this one I know you and I have kind of LED this discussion which is just which is just honestly hilarious to me there's presidential debates Governor debates and more people are concerned about what's better right now a scone or an elephant here uh so what I wanted to do was get them both I had the wife go get the scones I got the elephant ear I wanted to give them equal opportunity fresh hot and I wanted to try them both at the same time and Pac I'm gonna just tell you this I switched I switched my tune when I had that hot fresh scone right out of the oven it just the maybe they put extra Jam maybe they knew what was going on because it just melted in my mouth and it was just pure delight went to the elephant here first I it was good Puck it was good but it wasn't it wasn't the scone so I've switched my tune if you're GNA get both of them and you're gonna eat them both hot and fresh I'm going scone a I'm sticking with it I hear you I but it disappoints me to hear you you change your tune because I just think that the elephant ear is is the gold standard of a fair a fair food I know and a lot of people you know but you've got to go with one or the other and I said let's have a fair taste test let's do it and do it right and so I did it and my opinion the scone right out of the oven you can't top it uh next week Puck I'm gonna take the the the sample is going to be the onion burger versus the corn dog now how about the timing on this Puck fair day for the P School District was Wednesday right that's kind of a traditional day where the wife and I go 50 years in a row I've been to the fair I think I've been with my wife probably 25 26 of those times to the fair uh this is what everybody should do if you're going to the fair guess what I had on Thursday my yearly physical so I knew I had to I couldn't I couldn't I couldn't eat that much so I knew I couldn't eat that much so I'm like okay I'm gonna have an elephant here I'm gonna have a scone I'm gonna have one onion burger that's it so yeah but that when what he mean that's it that's a lot that's a lot here's what I don't understand well I I well what I don't understand is that you had you had Ceviche no I I'm not getting Ceviche at the fair sir uh so I got an inside source that said Chris just try the cichi it's h you know it's it's a good it's a new Booth I think you're going to like it and it was date night and we needed we needed a uh let's just say an appetite so the wife you know very physically fit you know very mentally you know sound with her health said you know Let's do let's share a cichi and it wasn't bad but I knew in my mind Puck I was still getting the onion burger I was still getting the scone I was still getting the elephant ear so I'm like you know what maybe instead of the loaf of french fries let's start off with cichi can I just can I just say that it concerns me that when they get the fish for the ceviche that it's it's from the pual river and that's I've seen the pp River and you know it's it's a little dicey Chris it's fresh though it's right out of the river they bring it right from the river it's caught by a Carney there's the best thing is a Carney catches it and he brings it up and fillets it right there for you he probably the Carney gets it from the river brings it up and he goes over to the to the to the to the you know the the little the space the tent where they're selling everything they got the knives and with with the headset like I got you the brand new knives come on over here sit on down we got the brand new knives here if you can get these right now we we're selling these for $1 199.99 if you buy them all if you if you buy two sets we give them to you for $9.99 it drove me crazy Puck it was worse than walking on the beaches of Cabo was walking through those booth at the fair I mean everybody wants to can we clean your jewelry can we give you some conditioner how's your knives do you how's your flag pole my flag Pole's fine excuse me sir pardon me how's my flag pole that's what I was asked [ __ ] they just everybody want I get it if you're walking through there you better be prepared for it but my goodness how many how much caramel corn and beef jerky can you buy I mean how much you need what what's the uh did you go one of my favorite things also I love going through the whatever the the the the 4 the an you know where where the cows are I love that I just I freaking love that and there's nothing better yeah the smell of manure manure and all these these these these high school girls you know and and boys they're all dressed up you know and they're parading you know their their heers around is that is that the right one is that I think that's I think that's a a farm word yeah yeah yeah that is and you know what give them credit they're they're legitly Farmers they're legitly wearing their overalls their OS BOS stuff and they're they're legit they're on the far now let's go let's fast forward to last night Puck I'm walking into the fair and I'm going to Walker Haze I just wrap up soccer practice the wife wife wants to go see you know let's go to Applebee's you know he's got one hit uh Walker Hayes you know I'm like all right let's just do this uh I'm walking in and literally Puck I see like friends of ours you know one of them is a plumber one of them is a builder uh one of them you know works for pharmaceutical company okay what did I say none of them are puck none of them work on a ranch and live in Montana you wouldn't have known that last night Puck I mean I'm walking in like what the it's like those old country western photos you used to do with your family everybody had hey how we doing or him to Walker haste I'm like I just I I I came in with my baseball cap on and my new level pullover but uh you new level I wasn't wearing the part last night and the women last night Puck were wearing the somero hats like they were at an East Lake baseball game the hunter boots and Sombrero hats yeah well we the we call it the Urban Sombrero the urban somero Urban Sombrero with the hunter boots and then the the big Stanley mug yeah a lot of that out last night lot lot of lot of white wine in that Stanley mug yes yeah they were they were definitely doing that last and you see what she's wearing over there I mean she just looks like I mean answer this is a great wazu Alum that has had a share of uh you know um alcohol over the years uh you know I'm at the bar last night and of course you know me Puck what do I get I get the margarita of course and standard some of the some of the guys I'm with you know they go with Kors light or Rainer beer they GNA walk out of the bar and head into the uh Stadium I can't leave with my margarita I don't understand I don't that doesn't make any sense that doesn't make any make sense to me I don't understand why why couldn't I leave with my margarita but they could leave with their C light so in the concert they could they can take their beer out inside the where their seats are but you can't take out a mixed drink I couldn't take my mixed drink marar State I don't I don't that makes I I didn't understand it I'm sure it's a law somewhere but so I just had to down my margarita fast well and you've been known to down a margarita fast your buddies look at you a like can you get what what are we doing here the sil usually n It's usually the bartenders but then you know I when I ask for a second Li they're just like all right just go with it I'm like you know give him a nice tip you know I like a good Mar I mean I'm with you here Chris I like a good margarita there's nothing wrong with it yeah Pac I did feel very old this morning by the way as we we will talk sports but I haven't even told this story to my wife I stop off to get my a coffee at a stand I've never been at I was I was uh on the way to go see my parents so I get stop hey what was she wearing at the stand well uh this attract attractive gal and she says I asked for an ice mocha this is where I feel really old bucked she goes so you AC anchored the sports this week and I'm like oh okay she knows who I am like yeah yeah yeah so like feeling really young and then she goes hey well say hi to your son I went to high school with him and I'm like oh [Applause] you wait a minute but was it one of these places where they're no I don't go to the bikini barista was it a bikini barista no I don't go to the bikini barista have you ever gone to one one time like 16 17 years ago that's the last time it was an accident I went to mine was not an accident and we went to we went to we were me and my son were in Shelton you know that have you ever been to the drive-in movie theater in Shelton uh I've not been I've been to Shelton it's a great place to go pick up some uh baby oysters and clams I haven't been to the drive-in well there's you know there's only like three there's like a hand there's like three drive-in movie theaters left in this state one's in Shelton one's in like um Port Townsen I believe and there's one more I'm I'm blanking on anyway it's the one next to the BNI in Tacoma is that done I think so yeah remember the one b and I where they had the gorilla I think there was a uh I I never went to that one when we were kids we went to the one in Auburn oh y I remember that one yeah okay so you remember that one the Au one so so I and I believe they're all okay so so we went to the one Shelton and we're I think we're watching Goonies and we're driving I'm like I need a coffee I'm I'm tired and there's only in this in Shelton there's one coffee place that was open and it was one it was a bikini barista my son is I don't how old this is he was seven and he's I'm like we're pulling up and he looks over he's like his eyes just like sauc like oh my God and she was wearing just like nothing just absolutely nothing I'm like are the prices more at the Bikini Baristas pck are they uh well you just expected to tip more let me check my punch card um no I think they are I think they're the same I think they're the same um I think you are expected to tip a little more right because you're getting you're getting you're getting a little show here you know so yeah yeah all right okay all right well at least we've solved some Mysteries today as we always do what what did you saw Walker Hayes last night he sings theer song okay sings the he's got a couple more hits he's got a he's actually got a cool hit Puck you and I would you would love it's about uh coaching his kid in baseball and just kind of learning as a parent how he'd get so excited when his kid hit a home run but he would be mad when he struck out and how he just kind of had to you know uh kind of learn as a parent and as a coach and uh take off the coaching hat so I mean he kind of speaks to uh you and I a lot and some of his songs you know and just he he's a proud Dad I think he has six kids had a couple of his kids on stage last night um so we yeah he's been busy uh and this is a guy that was uh this was a guy I think my my wife reads all the bi on these uh acts but used to work at Costco second job to help help the family as he was aspiring artist and uh got a big hit the next thing you know you're a mega star yeah you're traveling and you're at the uh he said the Pooh allet fair so he said it was good to be at the Pooh allet Fair last night and uh you know so uh and next week I'm hopeful to go to Alabama on Wednesday and Thomas Rhett uh on Thursday so I'm H I think we'll be there we're gonna be there Thursday well the puckets and the eagens will hang out and have some scones together yeah we're going to fire up we're going to fire up and and make it down there on Thursday will the wife wear the Urban Sombrero that night I'll get her to I'll get her to your damn see if Mel will wear one to that would be fun we'll get a we'll get a group picture how many years in the apple cup is this for you are you covering the game on Saturday I think I'm gonna pop over I got an anchor that night uh but this is uh 20 23 years now of covering for myself and this you know I could go back to when I was an intern at ksdw uh with Rod Simons and I probably covered it a couple times there in college as well but uh over two decades of apple cup I'm gonna be honest with you Puck I I enjoyed my favorites were that day after Thanksgiving driving over with uh longtime photographer Allan Reed and you know we would head over there and you know some days you know it was so packed in I think there was twice we actually had to stay in Spokan because Pullman was so crowded uh sometimes you got to go into um that night the night before the game sometimes there was snow on the field I mean there's so many great memories I think uh that disaster of an apple cup in Poland uh when the Huskies ended up losing uh and then after the press conference it wasn't softy but it was somebody else asking Tyrone Willingham if he was even going to go on the trip to Cal uh after they lost that game was one of the greatest questions post game questions of all time we did the interview I think from the wait one of the wazu wait rooms uh but there I mean Brandon Gibson and his two touchdowns at Husky Stadium and I remember saying you know to Brandon Gibson what is it like oh he is frozen up on it stops me goes it's the cougs and I'm from the south yes you are so yeah it was it's just there's so many great memories I'm glad the tradition is continuing I think Lumen field is going to be rocking uh I have not seen the cougs in person I've KING 5 Big Game of the Week done highlights two weekends in a row and this team's legit I think it's going to be a great battle honestly I I I don't know where to go on this game on on Saturday who's gonna win it I think it's I I think it's got a chance to be a really great game I don't think you I don't think we know anything about either team I mean having watched you know both of them I mean they both they both have struggled at times and then you they they end up pulling away you know late in the game so or in the second half of the game so I don't know I mean I I go I'm nervous every time going into this game I didn't give him much of a chance last year then last year's apple cup was one of the great I mean even though that we lost you know just because it and it stinks that your team loses but I can still say that was one of the greatest apple cups I've ever seen it was awesome it was great theater everything that was on the line you know for Washington the fact that the the Cougars weren't given much of a chance in that game and they played him tough played him as probably as you know of any you know other than Michigan probably play him as tough as anyone played him you know last year and then you know the guts to call that you know the play that they ended up calling there on fourth down despite massive holding on that play um yeah it was it was great theater and and you know I I think that it it will continue and and I think initially when the news came out I I didn't want it to continue I know that and and I think it's okay to change change your opinion I think that's feelings are hurt you're angry you're angry at what the situation was but I think as you take time and you step back right and you let kind of your emotions cool down a little bit I think you you realize that yeah it it is important I think the game now takes a a different tone to it and a different feeling and that may be a a good thing or a bad thing I mean it always did have kind of a you know a a rivalry that was had some bitterness to it but it cross the line I think it as years go on it's going to start to get a little bit more hatred involved in it and maybe that's a good thing uh we do see right Chris a lot of rivalries of teams that don't play in the same conference anymore so it's not unheard of West Virginia pit right that's a big one Colorado State Colorado you know you two on BYU for a while when they were not in the conference together so I think it can work I hope it gets back I know it's going to get back on campuses starting next year and then we'll just see when it's going to be played um I don't know what the date is I don't think they've established that yet I don't think it will be at the end of the season anymore it probably will be in the beginning of the year and it's probably just something we're gonna have to get used to I'm probably goingon to go way deeper than you want here in regards to your thoughts and and I remember these thoughts when uh you know when udub was moving and wazu was staying and they were talking about the Rivalry and I still remember um you know we were talking about it on King five and we had a lot of comments from coug fans saying the same thing you were saying I just I I wish this thing would just be over I don't want to play them they don't deserve to play us and this is where I'm getting deep a little bit maybe more than I should here but you know during my brother's service my brother that passed away I remember saying the line you know he you know you die once and then you die when people stop talking about you and that's why I continue to carry on his name and and I hate to even compare somebody's life to an apple cup but with that in mind if you take away the Rivalry and nobody starts talking about the cougs and the Huskies then then basically that rivalry just kind of dies out in the history I mean the great history of these two rivalries in all the great battles from the snowbow to the to the to the to the toilet bowl to to the you know udub band coming over and getting that accident in the wazo band playing their fight song to I mean so many great you know Colin Henderson you with the greatest quarterback rating in apple Cup history the P Viking that's thrown a couple touchdowns uh you know there there's just so much good history uh and I didn't want that history to die out because even though we would hear the stories basically I mean it's sad Puck we don't you remember that great rivalry the inate Rivalry Western in central Washington nobody talks about that anymore and that was a fun battle between those two schools but Western you know got rid of their football program and nobody mentions it anymore and I was worried that a year may pass going be fine two years pass and three years and and if you just get rid of that then just nobody would ever talk about it and this is a fun rivalry these are two schools recruiting after the same kids I mean everybody in the state of Washington has a chance hopefully to play for wo or udubb and and you know you got javinsky schenden Baker from schen Baker from Squalicum this is a kid probably wanted to go to udub goes to wazu he's gonna have a chance to score a touchdown against the Huskies tomorrow um so there's just too many good story lines and I wanted those as a Storyteller I wanted that to continue and I'm glad it is right now and I'm glad to see the Pack 12 is building up again it's going to become a strong conference they're going to add more strength to that conference so I think things are looking good for the cougs and uh you know what like you said I don't think you have to be in the same conference to have a great rivalry no and and you know what as as it evolves and I think everybody knows I mean like this new revamp Pack 12 it's not the same Pack 12 everybody knows that um is it just a glorified version of what the Mountain West is I mean I understand how people say that I mean you're taking the you know the better teams from that conference and and C trying to create your own I I think what I like is at least we have you you talked about your brother you know with Brian is that if we stop talking about the pack 10 pack 12 it goes away and no one remembers it and know and I know that this version of it it's not like the version of it you know with you know the dawn James and and all the great USC teams and all of that but what it does is it keeps that name still alive and it keeps that that logo still present and you know what we get back we get we get Pack 12 after dark back a little things like that that I think people have grown accustomed to and I don't know you know Chris in two three you know well actually it's in two years but you know in four years five years who knows what college football's gonna be I I don't know maybe maybe those teams that left they come back and they you know and whatever college football looks like in six seven 10 years it's back to you know the the the regional side of things where the West Coast teams are all playing in the same conference again so I I just think there's a lot of movement I'm glad that they've kept the name alive and it's going to be different and yeah I think my opinion initially was I didn't want to play the game anymore I'm not still happy that it's played over there or it's played here I mean the cougs did get screwed on this and it should be in Pullman and so that I think it's okay to still be upset and and bothered by that I don't ever want to see it played there again it I don't want to see it on a neutral side it's stupid college games need to be played on college campuses period it's like when Washington would played Gonzaga and they played at KY Arina dumb play it at the play it at in Spokane play it at hecked I don't want to see neutral side games and so it's going to go back to that that's good but you got to get now more familiar with it being played you know early in the season it's got that's going to take some adjustment but you know it's I think it we we'll get used to it pretty quickly uh yeah I can't wait it's going to be a fun game I think it's going to be like you said it's good theater uh the interesting thing Puck I spoke at the Tacoma athletic commission yesterday average age maybe 70 80 and and the The Future of College Football Rivalries biggest issue was G comment on some of the pictures I thought I saw what what a 78 is 78 is yeah uh but but the biggest issue and this is where some of the older audience is having trouble with change you know I don't know how many questions I got asked this is Chris you know how can I watch the apple cup you know and and there's a lot of husky fans right now struggling with watching this team and and we saw during the Olympics streaming went really well for NBC and peacock and they got a lot of money off that and a lot of people jumped on the streaming but to have to purchase NBC Peacock to watch the apple cup I know there's an older crowd out there that's struggling with this one so uh you know including an older lady inter including an older woman that and is about 4 foot n 4 foot 10 and I don't understand where the game is uh from Paulsbo who has called and texted me a million times asking me where the game is I'm like it's on peacock well I think I have peacock I said you don't have it you it's not on your I I looked on my I looked on my uh ifinity it's it's right it says peacock I go that's not the streaming just trust me you've got to sign up for the stream well that that doesn't make any sense and in fact I'm not going to watch the game then like okay good Lord there's that's going on in a lot of homes right I bet it is hon with you I bet it is tomorrow morning everybody's gonna be flipping on peacock peacock where are you peacock where are where is peacock yes there people are going to have to figure are going to have to figure out where peacock is uh coming up tomorrow what uh what is the King five this is a good one the King five big game of the week you got a juicy one sir oh yeah this and you know what shout out to week one we were at the spaghetti Bowl which this is you know I always tell people uh you know like oh when I hear these stories all the the Heyday of high school are over no then you weren't at the capol Olympia game week one where they had six to 7,000 people at game uh and these were two schools that Chris has lost that w a State title but it was pretty cool to see in absolutely incredible and then this week we've got a Dandy uh this week we have uh Lake Stevens who has won two state titles in a row their head coach is a guy by the name of Tom try who has just built a dynasty at Lake Stevens uh I I mentioned two state titles in a row uh but they were also they play Second Twice they've been basically you know in the top eight for the last decade uh and and he's produced a lot of kids that have gone on to play in college uh it's just a fun atmosphere you were up there last year with me at Lake Stevens and this week this is what I love this is always what I wanted after the state championships in high school in basketball and football I wanted the threea and 4A winners to play each other in the 1A and 2A winners well this Friday they will be taking on the 3A state champions the Belleview Wolverines that beat Yelm last year at Husky Stadium another Well coached team Michael uh Kip uh Kip Kip I gotta double check my pronunciation on that played for the Huskies took over Belleview him and his brother have done a phenomenal job there uh just building up that uh program back and he's a great coach that's all I can say he Michael does a really good job with Belleview uh so it's going to be a good battle 4A versus 3A the two champs faing off um so we'll see it's going to be fun there is a uh there is an outf I just stumbled upon these guys have you heard of the this outfit that I think is broadcasting the game Ty the snom sports you heard of these guys uh uh they have done some I remember they did some last year Puck I think actually I think they had even somebody on the field doing sideline reporting I thought it was I thought it was great yeah well you're I'll give go ahead go ahead I was just gonna say that that that l Stevens crowd that we were up there last year just phenomenal yeah well what he's done is he's built a program where you know what you you have to be good to make this team but everybody wants to play for Lake Stevens football and they have depth they have uh I mean the numbers they get up there are absolutely amazing uh this is a high school uh Jason has done an awesome job as athletic director you see what they've done in other sports like wrestling they've been a dynasty for decades as well uh it and it's just a fun community and it's where everybody's going to be on a Friday night and that's why I gave a shout out to Capitol Olympia because High School sports is not dead it's uh alive and well and it's cool to see these programs and we need to continue to shine a light on these programs because uh we see so much crap on the TV every week about kids doing this and kids doing that and uh there's actually a lot of kids out there doing some good thing so it's pretty cool all right we'll uh we'll be tuning in tonight there to King five Chris Eagan joins us out every Friday the first LIVE edition here with Chris it's all brought to you by fat Zach's Pizza they've got great locations all across the uh the the South Sound Sumer peab South Hill home of the original no big deal Pickle Pizza one of the book one of their three food trucks right now for catering birthday parties graduations and corporate events you can find fat Zack's Pizza on Facebook Instagram fat Zacks pizza.com that QR code you scan that that's going to take you right to Fat Zacks pizza.com all right you enjoy your weekend we'll talk you want me to give you real quickly give me give me two names Pucket on the cougar offense and we'll give you Keith Jackson roll out here uh for this show here for the give me a John mattier and a Wayan Parker okay here we go here we go w n welcome everybody to Lum field it's the fourth quarter 20 seconds ticking down the cougar Trail the Mighty huskys by three points there it's third down and eight for the Cougars Z Dicker looks to his clipboard looks to the stairs Jason Pucket is passed out next to Jim Moore with a popcorn bag Johnny Mater calls the signals Mater drops back Mater looking he's looking Mater fires we sh touchdown what Cougar's win cougar wi it's like he's never left us sir you're the best there's 10 seconds left down at the quarterback for the Huskies it's Billy Joe hobbert Billy Joe hbert no he's not from Texas he's from po Washington hbert looks back he fires deep and that's Dean looker with the catch touchdown Huskies [ __ ] it good to see you my friend called back because he's 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