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Show /port/ MONDAY*JANUARY30 -2006 B3 Just Chatt'n Kobe's 81 From RANT-A 12 withfflor9<inYonce Erkin Tadzhimetov joined me inside an empty portable room at the wrestler's practice facility on 800 South MV: So where is Uzbekistan exactly? ET: (nods) ET: Bordering Afghanistan and Iran. Really close to the Middle East, but we're the good guys, not the bad guys. It's really Central Asia though. MV: You pinned him in 38 seconds back in January of 2004, a school record. And you just beat that record this week. MV: Somebody told me that Uzbekistan is the world's second largest cotton exporter. That true? ET: Oh yeah, I did. ET: Yeah, that's what they do. Actually it used to be number one, but now it's second. ET: Yeah, 35 seconds. MV: In 35 seconds. MV: So at that current pace, you plan on breaking it again at 32 seconds. MV: What brought you to UVSC? ET: Probably wrestling. I knew that UVSC was a first year wrestling program and I knew coach a little bit, and I thought I would try it out and help them a little bit. MV: It's said that you're a nine-time national champion. Is it safe to say you could beat anybody in your entire country? ET: Yeah, I was the number one guy. MV: Was your high school out there really called Olympic High School? ET: Yeah, you have to be a cadet national to enter that school. You live there, eat, sleep, everything. I basically spent seven years there. ET: I have a couple more dual meets, so...maybe. MV: So what's your favorite move: the full nelson, the half nelson, or the Willy Nelson? ET: (laugh) Actually, I never use that kind of stuff just because I come from a different style. Actually, it's a funny thing, the Missouri coach was coaching me and said, "Try a nelson." I said," A nelson?" money than Bryant. Championships are reserved for teams like Detroit, who ing Kobe as the sole head of a roster filled with new look are without a guaranteed allpurple and gold. In short, star, but have five plus guys that team failed to make the who are talented, team-oriplayoffs. However, to add an ented and know their defined odd twist of never-ending LA roles. drama, Jackson is not only Nonetheless, love or hate back, but getting along with Kobe, the phenom from Kobe, and that might have Philadelphia has risen to find something to do with the in- ways of winning both withcrease in Bryant's numbers. out Shaq, and without the His stat elevation starts likes of a supporting cast he with leading the league in had around him in 2003. scoring at 36 points a game. Wilt was perhaps the most He's punched in 40 or more dominant player ever to a total of 14 times, 50 or play the game (though Shaq more twice, and even had a might have something to say 62 point night against Dalabout that), and he only has las back in December. Diffitwo championships to speak cult; but all possible. But 81 ? of during his stoic career. Even Michael Jordan never Kobe may never win anscored more than 69, and it other championship in Tintook overtime to do that. Jorseltown, and Lamar Odom dan, however, would take his and company will have to six rings any day of the week rise up considerably giving over breaking the 80 plus Kobe some steady help if barrier. they're to even make a solid If Laker fans are looking run through the playoffs. But for another championship 81 is something that can nevsoon, they're not gonna see er be taken from Bryant. And it. But if they want a star something tells me his sights who's gritty, determined, are set even higher; 85, 90 ridiculously athletic, and maybe. continually looking to set a For those of you who think higher standard, nobody in Wilt's 100 is untouchable, the game does it better and telling Kobe that might be gives fans more for their the wrong thing to do. MV: Where do you see yourself in ten years? ET; Probably coaching. I love wrestling and would love to coach high school wrestlers. AUTO Ureal MV: You and Mitch Morgan both had very nice seasons in the program's first year, but you red-shirted last year. Why? MV: So you're completely healthy going up against Cody (Sanderson) whose at 75 percent Who wins? ET: I had a couple conflicts with my first school in Missouri. My coach, he was kind of a jerk. 'Cause I didn't go to his school, he said I didn't have anymore years of eligibility left. So Coach (Sanderson) just told me to red-shirt so we wouldn't have a problem. ET: Oh me (laugh). No, 75 to 100 percent? Probably me. If he was 100, probably him. MV: What do you think he would say if I asked him the same question? Thri Betr River UICKU Inunure Cinpur HOME • HEALTH •> LIFE • COMMERCIAL Service •Friendly Staffer ^ • llcfccu •Accident* : .":'. •SR 22 1 s (Tmmitdlihle) 50% *lx>we3rt KoultMc pHymcoli I Driver DUcnnntn : Driver Rntr* •Package Discounts •RV 1 * - Boiti <* Motorcyx*« LENDER iXSURANCE L\&>:^>& mv 224-5151 v:; '"* 3S2"\VV O u t e r Si reel - O a m (2nd l-Ioar^ ET: He's gonna win it. MV: Does the name Garrett Eller mean anything to you? • •. ; : ; • • - s ^ S - ; - ^ ••••.-> - i got a fire in her. ?;:$ I E E I E R S 'Utah County's Largest Jewelry Showroom" 120 North University Avenue • Provo • 801*375*5220 GET A LIFE! GET A HAIRCUT! Learn the facts about the life of a top hairstylist They love their careers and many own their own business. Find out more about your one-year full or part time training. 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