Post by nabeav on Sept 14, 2017 16:18:28 GMT -8
So, I spent my whole lunch break writing out a detailed accounting of the first hour, then made quick notes to fill in during a break from work during the second hour, only to have a copy and paste mistake wipe out the whole thing. So I'm going to do a quicker, more streamlined format today:
Hour One
Parker and Warren discuss Leach's comment that if his toughest O-Lineman were locked in a room with Boise's softest D-Lineman, all that would be left of his guy would be a grease spot.
Parker and Warren discuss the upcoming guest, former Wazzu coach and announcer Jim Walden. If I had to describe what Walden looks like based on his voice, it would basically be an old rancher in a wool-lined jean jacket and a cowboy hat. Basically Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, only 75 years old.
Really fun interview. Walden doesn't like the spread offense, but admires Leach's dedication to it and says that dedication is what makes it successful. I died a little inside thinking about how many different offenses we've run in the last 3 years. He said that "if you look at it, no team throwing the ball all over the yard wins the championship. They all run the ball." He thinks the only way OSU has a chance is if they can get pressure with 3 rushers. If they have to bring 4 or 5, they're gonna get shredded. Yikes. Parker asked him which moment was bigger in his career: back to back Apple Cup victories when the Huskies when they were in line for the Rose Bowl, or beating Nebraska while at Iowa State. Walden's answer "Nothing's better than beating the Huskies." Did say that if there was a signature win in his career, it was beating Oklahoma in Norman in 1990, the last win ISU has had vs. OU, and one of only five wins ever for the Cyclones (out of 81 games) vs. the Sooners. They talked a little about his college coach at Wyoming, Bob Devaney, who would go on to be the coach and athletic director at Nebraska. Walden said he learned a couple things from Devaney: That it's OK to stop practice to tell a joke, and that a coaches best friend should be the radio guy. Said you don't have to be "gritting your teeth" all the time to be successful, and that you the radio guy has your fan base captive for three hours every Saturday, so you better hope he's saying nice things.
Hour Two
DFT called. Short call, said he liked Walden and thought Walden might've inadvertently touched a nerve with Beaver fans by talking about dedication to the running game. Also encouraged everyone to listen to the call of Nebraska's radio guy during Devaney's tenure, Lyell Bremser, describing Johnny Rodgers punt return. Here's that call:
It was a very short call by DFT standards.
They interviewed Vince Grippi of the Spokane Spokesman-Review. They discuss Leach and his quirkiness, his disdain for halftime interviews running off the field, and Washington State at this point in the season. Grippi said that Leach has never lost the third game of the season while at Wazzu, and that it's often a pretty good game for them. I looked, and he's right. They've also never really played anyone. It was like UNLV, Portland St., Wyoming, Southern Utah, etc. Not that they're playing anyone this week. They also got into that 2010 game where Wazzu was out for revenge based on OSU "running up the score" on Wazzu" by having a backup QB throw for a TD late in a blowout.
I did some research on this, and best I can tell they're talking about the 2008 game in which Sean Canfield threw a 39 yard TD to Damola Adeniji with 7:45 left on the clock for the final score of the game. Moevao started that game. From the play by play, it appears that we also tried to pass on the first play of our next drive with 2:00 left on the clock, but the pass was incomplete. If this was a deep throw maybe I get the angst, but the play by play doesn't say, and I don't remember. Anyways, from there on out, we just ran the ball for a first down and took a knee. They talked a little about how that was no different from Mike Price crushing the Beavs on the regular in the late 80's/early 90's. Apparently Price didn't like Pettibone's blocking schemes or something.
There were some other insignificant calls from people that I don't really remember because nothing interesting was discussed.
Drinkable Moments
After Parker introduced Walden, Walden said "good to talk to you Mike and Joe!" This apparently rankled Warren, because you could sort of hear an exasperated exhale, and then he made sure to say "Hey Jim, this is JON Warren" when he asked his first question.
Parker said that Walden's 1992 win at ISU over Nebraska was their first win in 47 years. It was the first win since 1977. No clue where he got that info from.
Parker referenced Peter Seller's performance in the movie "Being There." The plot of this movie is that an idiot finds himself a candidate for president based on a series of coincidences. Here's the trailer:
Really there was no point to him referencing the movie that I can remember. I think he got so into describing the plot that he forgot why he brought it up in the first place.
When discussing how we've always got a chance, because the 1985 upset over the Huskies came on the heels of a 63-0 loss to USC and a 34-0 to Wazzu, Parker referenced Darrell Aune saying "OSU is going to kill poor Traveller (the horse that runs around the Coliseum after USC TDs)." Warren said this reminded him of the scene in Animal House where the horse dies:
I don't get what a horse dying from exhaustion from running around fields after touchdowns has to do with a horse dying from being startled by a gunshot, but OK.
Warren also let us know he hit 4 miles on his fitbit tracker yesterday.
That's all I got.
Hour One
Parker and Warren discuss Leach's comment that if his toughest O-Lineman were locked in a room with Boise's softest D-Lineman, all that would be left of his guy would be a grease spot.
Parker and Warren discuss the upcoming guest, former Wazzu coach and announcer Jim Walden. If I had to describe what Walden looks like based on his voice, it would basically be an old rancher in a wool-lined jean jacket and a cowboy hat. Basically Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, only 75 years old.
Really fun interview. Walden doesn't like the spread offense, but admires Leach's dedication to it and says that dedication is what makes it successful. I died a little inside thinking about how many different offenses we've run in the last 3 years. He said that "if you look at it, no team throwing the ball all over the yard wins the championship. They all run the ball." He thinks the only way OSU has a chance is if they can get pressure with 3 rushers. If they have to bring 4 or 5, they're gonna get shredded. Yikes. Parker asked him which moment was bigger in his career: back to back Apple Cup victories when the Huskies when they were in line for the Rose Bowl, or beating Nebraska while at Iowa State. Walden's answer "Nothing's better than beating the Huskies." Did say that if there was a signature win in his career, it was beating Oklahoma in Norman in 1990, the last win ISU has had vs. OU, and one of only five wins ever for the Cyclones (out of 81 games) vs. the Sooners. They talked a little about his college coach at Wyoming, Bob Devaney, who would go on to be the coach and athletic director at Nebraska. Walden said he learned a couple things from Devaney: That it's OK to stop practice to tell a joke, and that a coaches best friend should be the radio guy. Said you don't have to be "gritting your teeth" all the time to be successful, and that you the radio guy has your fan base captive for three hours every Saturday, so you better hope he's saying nice things.
Hour Two
DFT called. Short call, said he liked Walden and thought Walden might've inadvertently touched a nerve with Beaver fans by talking about dedication to the running game. Also encouraged everyone to listen to the call of Nebraska's radio guy during Devaney's tenure, Lyell Bremser, describing Johnny Rodgers punt return. Here's that call:
It was a very short call by DFT standards.
They interviewed Vince Grippi of the Spokane Spokesman-Review. They discuss Leach and his quirkiness, his disdain for halftime interviews running off the field, and Washington State at this point in the season. Grippi said that Leach has never lost the third game of the season while at Wazzu, and that it's often a pretty good game for them. I looked, and he's right. They've also never really played anyone. It was like UNLV, Portland St., Wyoming, Southern Utah, etc. Not that they're playing anyone this week. They also got into that 2010 game where Wazzu was out for revenge based on OSU "running up the score" on Wazzu" by having a backup QB throw for a TD late in a blowout.
I did some research on this, and best I can tell they're talking about the 2008 game in which Sean Canfield threw a 39 yard TD to Damola Adeniji with 7:45 left on the clock for the final score of the game. Moevao started that game. From the play by play, it appears that we also tried to pass on the first play of our next drive with 2:00 left on the clock, but the pass was incomplete. If this was a deep throw maybe I get the angst, but the play by play doesn't say, and I don't remember. Anyways, from there on out, we just ran the ball for a first down and took a knee. They talked a little about how that was no different from Mike Price crushing the Beavs on the regular in the late 80's/early 90's. Apparently Price didn't like Pettibone's blocking schemes or something.
There were some other insignificant calls from people that I don't really remember because nothing interesting was discussed.
Drinkable Moments
After Parker introduced Walden, Walden said "good to talk to you Mike and Joe!" This apparently rankled Warren, because you could sort of hear an exasperated exhale, and then he made sure to say "Hey Jim, this is JON Warren" when he asked his first question.
Parker said that Walden's 1992 win at ISU over Nebraska was their first win in 47 years. It was the first win since 1977. No clue where he got that info from.
Parker referenced Peter Seller's performance in the movie "Being There." The plot of this movie is that an idiot finds himself a candidate for president based on a series of coincidences. Here's the trailer:
Really there was no point to him referencing the movie that I can remember. I think he got so into describing the plot that he forgot why he brought it up in the first place.
When discussing how we've always got a chance, because the 1985 upset over the Huskies came on the heels of a 63-0 loss to USC and a 34-0 to Wazzu, Parker referenced Darrell Aune saying "OSU is going to kill poor Traveller (the horse that runs around the Coliseum after USC TDs)." Warren said this reminded him of the scene in Animal House where the horse dies:
I don't get what a horse dying from exhaustion from running around fields after touchdowns has to do with a horse dying from being startled by a gunshot, but OK.
Warren also let us know he hit 4 miles on his fitbit tracker yesterday.
That's all I got.
