Hello, and welcome to MU Sports Reporters. I'm Elise Chewine, your host. This week's
panel is Josh Horton, Danny Price, and our third out. Today's first topic is, Lane Kippen
was fired at an airport. Is that low of USC or did he deserve it?
No, it's pretty low of USC. I mean, to fire somebody in a parking lot, pull them off a
bus with a team. It's kind of tough to say that that's a fair firing for Lane Kippen,
even though he has done a lot of arguably questionable things at USC. He hasn't had
the success that everybody thought he was going to have. But the decision to fire him
didn't come after the game, it didn't come on the bus, and it didn't come on the flight
on the way home. It came mid-game. They were having meetings at halftime in the third quarter
of that game to decide to fire him. That's pretty low.
It was self-evident. It was just a matter of time when it was going to happen. They
brought him in because he had really good years down at Tennessee, but he could not get the
job done at USC. And USC is one of those top schools that you think of year and year
out. You want to see them in the national championship as a school. That's where they
put themselves. And he was not going to get that job done.
Lane Kippen, to me, is just an idiot. Everywhere he's gone, he's run his mouth. Remember when
he was in Oakland? That was nice. He should have got fired on the field on a lower bus.
But to be fired in the way that he was fired, they decided in the third quarter in a luxury
box, the president and the AD. To fire a mid-quarter, they were down a lot. They were in the game
and ended up losing pretty bad. And there's no fire there. And the line of the day was
on Sports Center. I heard it earlier today or yesterday. I can't remember. But if Lane
Kippen ran his offense like he ran his mouth, he'd be successful. It's so true because he
doesn't shut up. And he's not a good coach.
You can even argue that he got his job because of his reputation or the reputation of his
father. Let's be honest. What real job? What has he been offered that he actually deserved?
He was horrible in Oakland, average at Tennessee, and now horrible at USC, and he's finally
out of a job. He's probably not going to get another top coaching job in the FBS anywhere.
So he's right where he deserves it, at a coordinator position at best.
You know what, though? He was offered a plane ticket home after he was fired. So he did deserve
that.
Yeah, I believe it should have came last year when USC was pre-season ranked number one.
And they fell at top 25 with six losses. He could not get the job done. There was a lot
of talent in USC as well. You have wide receiver Mark Eastley. He's always had the talent there,
both offensively and defensively. And he couldn't get the job done. What's the excuse? And I
think it should have came last year.
And right to the end, he was complaining about the scholarships. Obviously, they lost their
scholarships because Pete Carroll jumped ship to go to Seattle. And that's another funny
thing we'll get to later. But, you know, people getting punished for things they didn't do.
And Lane Kiffin, I mean, I'd love to say I'm sad for the guy that doesn't have a job,
but I really don't care.
He's one of those guys, like, you kind of look at him and you just want to kind of punch
him in the face. He's got that arrogant smug look at him.
Look at his thumb, brother. See, it's so big of a face.
Exactly. Exactly. And it's hard to justify giving a guy a job that he really doesn't
deserve. The USC has a pretty high-profile job and it's a pretty prestigious job to
get, especially after what Pete Carroll did there for years. So it's hard to say you
put the program in the hands of a guy like Lane Kiffin, who really hasn't proved himself
to be a winning coach for numerous years. It's been, you know, I'm pretty good. I do
a pretty good job of recruiting, but once I get the kids, I can't develop them at all.
Yeah. I mean, USC is one of those schools I think of like Alabama, Texas, Florida,
Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan. You get the head coaching position. Your seat's warm
from the get-go because of all the pressure that you have on you as a coach because of
the history and the tradition that is focused on these schools. And he could not get the
job done with the pressure there. Yeah. We're going to talk about Notre Dame again later,
but you are right. With the hot seat, with a lot of these programs, it's hard not to
be in the spotlight. Joe Paterno did a great job for years at Penn State, kind of just
being a good coach. All of a sudden, he was out of the spotlight. Even when his team was
down, it was always, well, he's the legend Joe Paterno. It's hard not to keep him around.
Yeah. And you know, Lane Kiffin, he'll probably get another job as a coordinator, but I don't
see him being a head coach. You don't think he'd be like Charlie Wise and go from Notre
Dame to like Kansas? No. And especially with the jobs opening up, or opening up. I mean,
Alabama's probably going to be open because in my opinion, Nick Saban's probably going
to jump ship and go to Texas. Do you think so? Oh, no. No, no, no. No, no, no. No. Personally,
I believe that it was low on USC's part, but they had to let him go at some point.
Moving on to topic two, Mariano Rivera opted not to play center field this weekend in Houston.
Was it the perfect send-off in New York? I think it was the greatest send-off. I mean,
I thought the send-off was perfect. I've never seen that man frown a day in my life. And
for the fact that he had two teammates, Derek Jeter and Andy Pettit, come up and walk him
off the field, and he embraces Andy Pettit and just starts bawling his eyes out. I've
never seen a man like that. And the send-off, getting his number retired by the New York
Yankees, and let's not forget the send-off by all the Major League teams this season
was just excellent for Mariano Rivera, well-deserved. Yeah, and he goes off on a real high note.
He had a great finishing job pitching Jeter and Pettit coming up, taking him off the field.
His stats were finished phenomenal. You can talk about his numbers all day long. He literally
talked about Mariano Rivera for an hour on this show without a doubt. But it was the
perfect send-off. He should finish on the mound because that's where he made his name.
He wasn't known for the athlete, even though he was the best fielding pitcher in my opinion,
and Major Leagues has ever seen. But I really do think that it was the perfect send-off
and having those two guys come out there and take him off the mound was a really class
act by Joe Girardi. And I'm a Red Sox fan. I hope I said I was a Yankee fan. Oh, that
would have been nice. But you look at what Mariano Rivera has done, and it's incredibly
hard not to respect the man. And he's got to be the most respected man in baseball.
And what he did throughout his whole career, he's a class act. And it's hard not to root
for a guy like that. And it just goes to show the Yankees. It's almost like the end of an
era, it feels like. And when I saw Derek Jeter go out there, and he can't play because
he's on the DL, I saw Andy Pettit go out there, and he's got to be close to 90 now.
And then he got Mariano Rivera out there. Combined all the postseason wins between those three
is just incredible. And to see that moment with those three on the mound was pretty cool
to see. And I grew up despising the Yankees. But now I've learned to respect them. And
it's just, I mean, I didn't go to school for a week, pretty when I had the home run.
And now you look back at it, and I'm sitting there watching that Yankee game with Mariano
Rivera. And I got a little emotional. How can it not be romantic about baseball?
The three teammates there have a heck of a career in the postseason alone. I mean, Mariano
Rivera 42 saves. Andy Pettit's got a postseason record, 19 wins. And Derek Jeter's got a record
200 hits. I mean, that's just, that's one season for these guys already, you know?
So for them to have that in their entire postseason career, the three teammates are arguably
the three best teammates that I can think of.
Yeah. And I mean, his impact far reached outside of just the Yankees. We were talking about
this on our radio show on Sunday mornings. And it's one of those things where his respect
goes far beyond the gates of Yankee Stadium. It goes far beyond the reach of the Yankees
organization this time around a family. It goes the entire Major League Baseball. He's
the last guy that's ever going to wear number 42 outside of Jackie Robinson Day. He's probably
the greatest closer we're ever going to see in our lifetime. I don't know if ever somebody's
going to come along and pass him just for numbers and impact alone. The man finished
with a career whip of one. Yeah. It's unheard of in baseball. If you're going to talk numbers,
that is unheard of on top of more people walking on the moon than runs that he's let up in
the postseason. We've all heard that cliche. But his send off the entire year was just
a true tribute to what Marnivore did for the Major League Baseball. I think the only thing
I could have made it even a little bit better, signed Jorge Pesada to a one day contract
and let him catch that one inning. How cool that would have been. Pesada, Rivera, Pettit
and Jeter all out there on the mound, all balling their eyes out because they know it's
old. Yeah, that would just be nuts. But what a cool moment for JR Murphy. One of the top
prospects in the Yankee organization for him to be able to witness that and to just be
in awe. I mean, it's almost like a passing of the torch. Yeah, and I think absolutely
all season long, Mario Rivera stood up for what we know him for. He went beyond and saw
what the game baseball was, what made it great. Okay, guys, we'll be right back after a quick
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Welcome back to MU Sports Reporters. The next topic for today, Notre Dame is back to being
mediocre. Is this bad for college football? I don't know if it's bad for college football,
but you look at, you know, the season they had last year and what they were able to do
to get back kind of in the mix among the powerhouses in college football, and now they're a mediocre
team. I believe three and two or whatever they are, and they've got a tough Arizona
state team coming up. It's almost, we saw what happened to them in the national championship
game, and that kind of solidified their week schedule last year and what they aren't able
to do against a team like Alabama. Notre Dame is mediocre, and it's sad to say I am
a Notre Dame fan, but it's to their own demise. I mean, let's be honest, Timey Reese is not
the answer to Evergolson being out. You know, despite what Brian Kelly thinks of what Timey
Reese can be, the kid just has no confidence in himself. So how is he supposed to go out
there and be the quarterback of one of the highest profile college football teams in
the nation? On top of that, your expectations were so high coming off that championship
bid, the undefeated season up until they played Alabama. And then with Notre Dame being an
independent, they always had to load their schedule. They always had the toughest schedule
in the national football league, in the NCAA year in and year out, and they're supposed
to perform that entire time, and it's just hard. And if you don't have the guys to fill
in the roles of Mantaiteo, Tyler Eiffert, and all those guys, it's hard to just rebuild
your team unless the recruiting is there. Yeah, I mean, the strength of the schedule
for Notre Dame speaks for itself. And you know, when you play teams like Oklahoma, USC,
Michigan, you play them year in and year out. It's not exactly a cakewalk when you go into
the opposing stadiums, even if they're coming to you. Is it bad for NCAA? I don't think
so. I think this is just not their year. This is the year where, you know, and now
Georgia's making a name for themselves because they're playing some top teams, including
Clemson, South Carolina, they just beat LSU, very good LSU team, by the way. And it's
just not their year. Last year was Notre Dame's year, this year it's not. And I mean, I lived
through all the up and down years of Tyrone Mollingham and Charlie Weiss at the helm,
now Brian Kelly. And now I feel like it's the up and down years of Brian Kelly. You
know, they were good one year and then they're bad another year. You're always going to have
the Notre Dame faithful. NCAA football knows that people are going to watch regardless.
You know, it's Notre Dame. They're, you know, they're watching countrywide. They have the
NBC contract. They're the only college football team that plays on NBC. So you know people
are going to watch. So is it bad for college football? Not necessarily. But is it bad
for Notre Dame? Yeah, absolutely. They can easily finish the season, you know, 10 and
2 though, just looking at who they've got left. Arizona State, a 3-in-1 team that's
pretty good ranked 22nd in the nation. But again, you know, they're not exactly Oklahoma.
Isn't that in Texas too? Yeah, it's not even like, yeah, that's not even a home field
event for either team. And then you've got, they've got USC, a very down USC, who doesn't
even have a head coach. Air Force, they should beat Air Force. Navy always gives them a tough
game for some reason, but they should beat Navy. Pitt, you know, they're not very good
either. The last year gave them a good challenge. Stanford, they're not great. I mean, they
can easily win. Stanford, Stanford, they're in the top 5. They're in the top 5. Do you
think they're going to be great? Yes. When it comes down to Oregon versus Stanford later
in the season, that's going to be for national championship bids. Oh man. Josh, go back
under the rock you live under. Just go back under the rock. Well, to his original point,
they could go 10 and 2 with that. They do have a chance to go in 10 and 2, at least
not in 3, which would give them a shot at a decent bowl game. You know all, you know,
the BCS is going to want Notre Dame in some sort of high profile bowl game, even though
they have struggled in BCS bowls. Thinking back off the top of my head, remember the
sugar bowl with Brady Quinn and Jermakas Russell, that disaster and the disaster in the national
championship last year. So it's just one of those things where the BCS is going to want
them in, but will they be in is something that's up to their own, you know. Do they have the
will to put themselves in there? Yeah, exactly. Do we really think Stanford's going to be
a top 5 team at the end of the year? I think so. I think they're really good defensively.
They run the ball, they're going to pound. What? I think they're going to beat a team
like Clemson. You think they can force that? I'm just saying. I mean, the biggest challenge
will be Oregon. We'll talk to Silver. He would say that. You're a West Coast guy. Oh my goodness.
Moving to topic 4. Is the one game tiebreaker in baseball unfair, exciting, or both? Exciting.
I think we saw last night how exciting it could be. Yes. You look at a team like Pittsburgh.
The story lines were there last night. Pittsburgh, a team that hasn't made the, you know, the
post-season since, you know, 1992. Yeah, 1992. There we go. Yeah. And, you know, I was one
year old in 1992. I was just being born. Yeah. But you look at the story lines. You have
a Pittsburgh team, a city that's just in devastation right now because the Steelers are awful.
And you know, the Penguins are starting, so that'll give them some hope. But they needed
that. The city of Pittsburgh needed that. And you look at the stadium, regardless of
whether those fans were there in April, it's still a good moment for the city of Pittsburgh.
And even the playing game before then, the one-game playoff to get into the playoffs,
to play that one-game playoff was insane. Texas and Tampa Bay, just to make the last
wildcard spot, had remnants of the Bucky Dent and Boston Yankees. Bucky Dent, you had
to see. The playoff game. Oh, gosh. Bucky Dent. The play-and-playoff game. So, leaving
up to that, that one-game playoff to play the one-game playoff to get into the playoffs
is all... How does Bucky Dent get into this? Gosh. Well, I mean, it's exciting. I could
definitely see why people would say it's unfair going back to last year. Chipper Jones on
his retirement tour. His team had to play that one-game playoff, and they ultimately
lost. And I could see why people say it's unfair, but at the same time, it's just so
exciting. You tune into the TV, and I wasn't even part of that Pittsburgh crowd, but I
felt like I was. Because 40,000 people just screaming on my television. I'm turning it
down like, holy cow, this is really loud. But yeah, I mean, it's so exciting. And good
for the city of Pittsburgh, honestly. Two great things that happened last night's game.
Luriano had a terrific start, and it's good to see him back. And then Russell Martin,
you know, with the two solo shots. And after the game, I think he summed it up perfectly.
Playing in the Bronx, if you don't win a World Series, you're looked at as a disappointment.
He goes to Pittsburgh, gets two home runs in a play-in game, and he's a hero. So, he
said it wasn't fun in the Bronx. And, you know, that's a... You need to have that mentality
of a champion to be able to play in New York City. And maybe he doesn't have that, but
to see Russell Martin, you know, say that after the game was just... It kind of put
everything into perspective of just how much one playoff win can mean to the city of Pittsburgh.
And it could be a win and a lose for these playoff teams, too, when we think about it.
Think about all the momentum Pittsburgh has right now going through the division series.
But they also might lose one of their top pitchers. You know, it's always that situation
where if your ace throws this playoff game, what's going to happen for the division series?
Are you now put behind the eight ball? They don't get to throw as much as the aces of
another team like Sharers who's going to throw for Detroit. You know, will he get to pitch
more than once? Whereas the ace for, you know, Pittsburgh or the ace for Tampa Bay or whoever
else wins that play-in game, you know, what's going to happen with them. But think about
a little momentum they have. Think about how that gives them a chance, really, to kind
of boost their energy. And the fans and the players, really, to have a chance to win that
division series and arguably a series that they shouldn't.
I'm excited to see Cleveland, too. Cleveland has not had a World Series championship since
1948. They know it. Cleveland is another city that's just... All sports, they're just
distraught.
Yeah, they look at the most depressing cities in sports, Pittsburgh and Cleveland. They're
right next to each other.
Yeah, exactly.
For both of these teams, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Indians, neither of them
have a ring. You know, since 1948, Tampa Bay got the closest to 2008 that they got to
a ring. It should be very interesting because if Pittsburgh were to get a win in St. Louis,
the Cardinals better watch out because that fan section is going to be a big aspect as
to why the Pittsburgh Pirates might even make it to the National League Championship series.
And I think Tito Francona did a great job with the Indians. And I think he really solidified
his position as a great manager. And you know that that one year in Boston was a fluke.
And what we saw, you look at Boston's team, they're more like that 0-4 team. Guys that
aren't necessarily the number one at their position. It's a team filled with Bill Millers
and Kevin Millars and even a Mark Bellhorn.
Just a bunch of beers.
It reminds me of that 0-4 team, which I think is the reason...
A bunch of goons.
It's like the blue collar team. It's not necessarily the white collar team like the Yankees that
have all the money. It's the guys that do the grit, not the glam. And that's what the
Pirates are too, they're the same way.
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Topic number five today, Tiger Woods was named PGA Tour Player of the Year. Is he going
to continue to get better or is this his peak?
I don't know if it's his peak. I think he reached his peak a few years ago, but I still
think he has a chance to win some majors. I still think he has a chance to win a lot
more tournaments. He won five tournaments this year, which is pretty good for a guy
of his age and has been around the block so many times. Total earnings, $8.5 million.
That's still pretty good in my opinion. Last time I checked. No major wins though. That's
still the topic that really hurts Tiger Woods. Is he done? Is he not done? Majors is how
golfers make their living. The most majors is always going to be the top guys in the
PGA Tour. But he was still there through most of it. He finished high for fourth at the
Masters this year, which is the biggest one. But five wins throughout the year, player
of the year, I still think he's got a chance to win some more.
Here's what I think is different about Tiger Woods now as opposed to Tiger Woods in the
past. You mentioned that fourth place at the Masters. I think Tiger Woods of 2006, 2007,
I think he wins that tournament. What we see now is Tiger Woods who peaked, hit rock bottom,
now on his way back up. Will he reach the peak that he was at? I don't know, but I think
he's going to continue to get better as maybe a couple more years go on before he starts
to decline. And let's be honest, he's not Tom Kite. I mean, he's not going to get there
and then all of a sudden he'll be playing in the Champions Tour. It's like a Hall of
Famer riding a bus and might only be baseball. Ryan Sandberg being the only exception. But
it's just not going to happen. I think Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods and he's going to get
back to that, you know, dominant part of his career, I think. But he's going to have
to win a major or two to get that momentum to kind of propel him up there.
Well, I mean, I know you don't know much about golf. I'll take this one over. His problem
was this year, I mean, to break down golf and he really just couldn't finish this tournament.
If you watched any of what Tiger Woods was playing, he would be in the top 10 through
Thursday and Friday. Saturday he'd play poorly, drop down and then Sunday was his worst day.
It seemed like in a lot of his tournaments, especially the majors, he was in contention
for the Masters. He was in contention for a lot of these other major tournaments. The
U.S. opened the British Open for a while and then all of a sudden he just fell off the
face of the earth on the weekend and that's what he needs to change.
Which is stunning because it seemed like more people tuned in on Sundays to watch Tiger
Woods than they did for an NFL game.
Because everyone was happy being like, oh, Tiger has a chance to win again. You know,
love him or hate him, whatever he did. Who cares? I mean, he's a golfer. You should look
at him as a model citizen. I mean, that's one thing that fires me up a little bit is
if you're going to like someone as a golfer, how are you supposed to know them as a person?
Right.
I mean, unless you're there and you know the guy personally, who cares? You like him
as a golfer. His job is to win majors, win tournaments and make people happy. You know,
he'd make people care about golf.
Happy.
I mean, you look at happy Gilmore. I mean, that's what he's got to do. He's got to
make golf entertaining again and nobody's going to watch golf if Tiger Woods sucks.
Like fight with Bob Barker at a Pro-Am?
Yeah. If he gets in a fight with Bob Barker or throws Don Zimmer to the ground.
This is not real life.
I mean, he's got to do something to get people to care about him again.
Well, let's be honest, golf ratings, TV ratings go through the roof when Tiger Woods plays,
especially on a Sunday. When he wears that victory red, that's what it's all about for
him.
No, it's collapsed red.
But that's the problem. He hasn't played well on the weekend, so he's not there on
Saturdays and Sundays. And that's why people are starting to think that he's at the end
of his career because he's just not being able to hold it off for four days. He's only
there for the first two.
Yeah. I mean, an 11-time PJ player of the year, winner. And now I know you get frustrated
on Sundays when I hear you yelling at Tiger Woods because he misses a putt or anything
of this sort.
Because Danny Price has never missed a putt lately. He's never missed a putt.
That's what he's talking about.
Do you think that he has a couple more championships in him?
Yeah, I do. I really do. I really still think he's got plenty left in him. He's still a workout
animal. He's still a fitness fiend. So the bottom line is his body really isn't deteriorating.
It's whether his knees can hold up. He's had major knee surgeries in the past. It's
whether his joints and stuff are really going to be able to keep him in the matches.
All right, guys. Moving on to our last topic. What is the most emotional sports moment of
all time?
Oh, man. There were so many.
Michael Jordan father's day in 1996.
The man's father was murdered earlier in the season. Michael Jordan goes out game six
and wins the championship. It's hard to argue. The guy's on the floor crying, hugging the
ball in the locker room after his team wins the final game and they're out there celebrating.
He's there breaking down. All the news cameras care about is Michael Jordan crying. They're
not even showing his teammates celebrate, but it was such an emotional day. He was so close
to his father, goes out, wins the championship basically for him on father's day and he just
mentally breaks down.
Yeah. And I mean, it's hard to argue against that, but at the same time, I mean, there's
definitely more emotional things that happen in sports. And one thing that jumped off me,
Mike Piazza's walk-off home run after baseball resumed after 2001 attacks.
Yeah, that's a good one.
That is.
I kind of forgot about that.
I mean, the city was on Mike Piazza's back. Mike Piazza was beloved in New York City.
And for him to come out and tie that game up in the ninth inning in Chase Stadium, I
mean, it's just goosebumps. I'm still thinking about that to this day.
For me, it's, you know, I'd love to say, you know, the Michael Jordan father's day game,
but I was only five years old. I really don't remember that. But 2004, you know, being a
Red Sox fan my whole life, I remember that. And especially with the taste of, you know,
Aaron Boone home run still, you know, so bitter. Oh, gosh. And the funny thing is, is Aaron
Boone was one of my favorite players before he went to New York. I liked him in Cincinnati
for whatever reason. But he goes to New York, hits the home run, you know, I don't go to
school for a week. A year later, the Red Sox win the World Series with a team of misfits.
And after the game, it's just that sense of relief. It's like they did it, you know,
86 years. It was just, it was awesome to watch as a, you know, as a fan.
It was emotional for me to go sit on the couch, especially as a Damon hit that first ending
of the game. I knew that I knew the series was over at that point. But going back to
the whole, you know, 2001 thing, I mean, what happened? I mean, you know, after when the
Yankees went down in the World Series that year, all those moments of silence, George
Bush came out through the world, the first pitch in the first game of the World Series.
That was emotional. But the way it ended, the, the, what the ending, speaking of people crying
on the floor, Mallory Rivera breaking down on the mound after they lost that game. And
that was, yeah, I mean, it was, it's just crazy too, because I remember reading something
about Jeter telling President Bush, do not let this ball bounce no matter what you do.
That ball does not hit the ground. And I still remember that. And he said, because the fans
will boo you in New York. Yeah, there was that HBO special all about that, that series right
after not 11. And they told George Bush that he had the word bulletproof vest. And he told
him no. And he took it off because he said he couldn't throw without it. So I mean, showing
a sign of courage. And I think that was really a sign that he was out there in support of,
you know, the whole thing, whether you liked him or not. I mean, it was still emotional
moment for New York City and pretty much the United States in general.
And you go back to 2001 in general, that feeling of patriotism in the United States, which
it's awkward. It's funny that we're talking about it now because the government shut down
and everybody hates each other. But, you know, the feeling of just everyone kind of coming
together, everyone, I remember going to the mall like a couple days after 9 11 and everybody's
there buying, you know, American flags and just that feeling of patriotism. And you know,
it was just, it felt like as if everyone was together. And I think sports, you know, sports
have a weird way of bringing people together and, you know, throw a tragedy like that on
top of it. And it's just, I think that's the reason why you need sports to kind of bring
you away a little bit from the real life, a real world when you need to. And I mean,
that happened in Boston as well this year with Ortiz and his choice words that fired
up the nation. And you know, it's, it's, it's cool to see how sports can, can bring so
many people together and then you just throw again a tragedy on top of it.
It's, it's, it's funny the way sports works, though, it brings people together, but it
also tears people apart. I mean, we had another stabbing in LA, you know, for baseball games
and stuff like that. It's just one of those things that can go either way. But I mean,
when it does bring people up and it does bring people together, it's, it's pretty awesome
to see.
Yeah. And I mean, another emotional one to that, speaking of like Michael Jordan, it's
after Brett Farr's father passed away and he had that great money night game.
That's all for this week's episode of MU Sports Reporters for Josh Horton, Danny Price, and
Arthur Dowl and myself, Alicia Lyne. Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of MU
Sports Reporters.
