Cumulus Eugene

Oregon Ducks football head coach Mark Helfrich joins Steve to talk about dissecting the Washington loss during the BYE week and making the most of it, losing team leaders to injuries, his evaluation of Herbert, and preparing for CAL.

George Schroeder of USA TODAY joins Steve to talk about how Nick Saban has made small changes to make Alabama a true power, how similar 2015 Iowa and 2016 Nebraska are, and why Big 12 expansion took the wrong path to get to the right answer.

The Portland Trail Blazers beat writer for The Oregonian joins Steve to talk about the Blazers new signings Festus Ezeli and Evan Turner, Terry Stotts creating an environment that players can thrive in, and how far Damian Lillard thinks the team will go.

What Are You Doing!?- Steve and Alex call out this week's morons in sports.

Austin Meek of The Register Guard joins Steve to talk about how the Helfrich interview might have gone over in the locker room, Herbert getting a week to shake his UW performance, what Gary Anderson is doing at OSU that Duck fans might want out of Helfrich, what the Big 12 is doing, and if Kershaw’s workload early will catch up with him later in this postseason.

Lee Sterling of Paramount Sports gives his picks for Ohio State @ Wisconsin, Utah @ OSU, UCLA @ WSU, and in the NFL Dallas @ Green Bay and Atlanta @ Seattle.

The Tool Shed- Steve nominates three people for being tools, and inducts one into the Tool Shed.

Kristen Rodgers of KEZI 9 Sports joins Steve to talk about former Ducks criticizing the play on the field this season, reading between the lines on the talks about Helfrich’s future, healing time after the Giants loss to the Cubs, and Kaepernick starting again for the 49ers.

The Lightning Round- Nick goes through the days biggest stories rapid fire style, Steve tries to keep up.

CSNNW’s Aaron Fentress joins Steve to talk about what are the realistic expectations for the Ducks, former players reading body language that isn’t what they're used to see at Oregon, the generic support for Helfrich opens the door to a change, coaching staff constants, and sparking the Cubs rally in the 9th.