Eye on the Ball

Michelle Lesco, a local middle-school math teacher, talks about her career as a competitive eater that led to the 2021 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating championship, and second place at this year’s nationally televised contest.

Tucson Sugar Skulls Head Coach Dixie Wooten previews his team’s home finale tomorrow against his old team, the Iowa Barnstormers, with whom he won a league championship before coming to Tucson.

Brian Howell, beat writer covering the Colorado Buffaloes for the Boulder Daily Camera, joins the show with his view on how Colorado is moving through the conference realignment process.

Voice of the Wildcats Brian Jeffries discusses the ongoing conference realignment developments and also recaps an overall successful year on Arizona Wildcats athletics.

Former Arizona All-American linebacker LaMonte Hunley chimes in on the developing landscape of college athletics and his memories of the games with USC and UCLA in the early 1980s.

Jake Fischer, a linebacker at Arizona from 2009 to 2013 gives his thoughts on the ongoing conference realignment and what it might mean to future athletes at Arizona.

Michael Lev, Arizona football beat writer for the Arizona Daily Star, gives his perspective on the move by the Big 10 Conference to take UCLA and USC and what’s left for the Pac-12 and the Arizona Wildcats.

Michelle Gardner, who covers Arizona State for the Arizona Republic, talks about the Sun Devils’ stance on realignment in light of ASU AD Ray Anderson’s statement that the school is committed to the Pac-12.

The USC/UCLA move to the Big 10 Conference is the topic for guests Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News and Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times who are covering the developing story.

Jody Oehler, host of “The Drive” on Fox Sports 910 in Phoenix weighs in on the Pac-12’s loss of the two L.A. schools and also comes in with a take on the Phoenix Suns and whether superstar Kevin Durant is headed there.