WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.800 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 2 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:28.519 Now here's Nick coffee. All right, let's get it started. Hour 3 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:32.200 and umber three, the five o'clock hour here on a Monday afternoon. Coffee 4 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:35.200 and company that is us. We are fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk 5 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:39.079 seven ninety. Make sure you sign up to become a member of the Thornton's 6 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:42.079 Refreshman Awards program if you haven't already. You'll save money at the gas pump, 7 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.759 which I know that certainly helps out for me. I'm sure it will 8 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:47.159 you as well. So sign up. It's free. You go to Refreshment 9 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:50.640 Awards dot com or download the app on your iPhone, your Android, and 10 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:54.399 you'll be good to go. So I mentioned having a good trip and I'm 11 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:56.240 not gonna get back into it because i don't know if you care, But 12 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:00.240 without really trying, I ended up being away from my phone more than I 13 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:04.280 usually am, in fact a lot more than I usually am. And you 14 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:08.799 know, I'm always scrolling Instagram, Twitter, not as much Facebook, but 15 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.120 you know, sometimes I'll get lost on Facebook every now and then seeing something 16 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:18.879 and it just is like a routine for me if if I'm sitting down at 17 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:23.040 home and you know, there's commercial break on TV, or if I don't 18 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:25.680 know. I mean, like I'm not the only one, but I feel 19 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:30.599 like I'm probably worse than I'm not the worst, but I'm sure I'm someone 20 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:34.200 that gets preoccupied by my phone and the apps that are on it more often 21 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:38.879 than the average person. So once I'd realized without even really attempting to just 22 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:41.879 be away from my phone, I mean, I'm like, I haven't checked. 23 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:45.239 I haven't checked anything in like five hours. This is kind of awesome. 24 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:47.680 Like I wanted to keep it going. I wanted to keep the streak 25 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:51.000 alive to see how long I could go. And now I'm sure it'll fade 26 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:53.599 soon. But even since we got back in town yesterday and today, like 27 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:59.200 I just haven't been as as you know, consumed by it. It feels 28 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:01.879 good, doesn't it great? And I don't know, I can't really describe 29 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:06.040 why it feels great, but it feels great. And I think more than 30 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:08.560 anything, the payoff is that when you do it long enough, because I 31 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:15.280 rarely am ever not checking it here and there. I mean, it's very 32 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:16.319 put it this way, and this is probably not a good thing for me 33 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:21.360 to admit, but it's just the truth. There's probably not many days where 34 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:25.560 I go while awake, you know, and up where I go forty five 35 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:31.599 minutes without looking at Twitter or you know, what's going on on the internet. 36 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.599 And I think I've always told myself, well, I need to be 37 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.199 keeping up with what's going on because every day I got three hours, I 38 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:38.479 got a fill and I need to know what's I need to know what's going 39 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:43.800 on. But I think not and I didn't need to do that because I 40 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.280 was on vacation, But I think the payoff is knowing, yeah, you 41 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:52.159 don't really need to be checking this all the time. And I'm now that 42 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:53.840 I'm not on vacation. I am, but I feel like I could not 43 00:02:54.039 --> 00:03:00.680 be on Twitter for four hours. And if something's bigger enough deal, like 44 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:02.879 big story breaking, I'll find out another way somebody. It'll be a text 45 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:07.199 message, it'll be something like I'll find out. But if I just set 46 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:10.840 aside time like hey, Because to be honest with you, Twitter, It's 47 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:15.360 biggest value for me is prepping for this show. I mean, that is 48 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:20.360 how I see the news cycle and the re I mean, and it's not 49 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:23.039 sometimes it's not even about like I don't get my opinions from Twitter, but 50 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:27.560 you can see what people are, you know, discussing among themselves as as 51 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.479 sports fans. But oftentimes I'll see things that really don't have anything to do 52 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:35.199 with anything local that I you know, I think, hey, that could 53 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:38.400 be something interesting, interesting to talk about. So I'm going to try to 54 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:44.599 not be unplugged, but just not be as consumed by the phone because I 55 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:46.400 think I've kind of and I've always deep down known that my life's not going 56 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:49.759 to end. It's not the end of the world if I if I just 57 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:53.800 take a big long break from social media stuff. But you know, now 58 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:55.680 that I've seen, hey, I don't really need to be doing that, 59 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:00.360 like it'll it'll give me more, I guess trust in myself, you know, 60 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:02.120 put the phone down, leave it away. I've gone back and forth 61 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:08.400 with myself more often than I care to admit about completely eliminating social media from 62 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:11.680 my phone. Keeping like still being logged in on desktops for whatever. You 63 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:13.439 know, I'm here at work that kind of stuff, because you do need 64 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:15.040 Twitter, I think for sports radio and that kind of stuff, no doubt. 65 00:04:15.160 --> 00:04:19.600 But I feel like I am such a happier human being. When I'm 66 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:23.879 not looking at Twitter, Instagram face, I can totally get it, and 67 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:26.680 I don't. I don't think I use it as much as you do. 68 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:30.680 Oh, I'm sure you don't. At the same time, when I find 69 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.639 myself I even get upset when my wife is scrolling for thirty minutes on TikTok, 70 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:36.680 I'm like, can we just do something else? Yeah? Now I 71 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:44.560 feel bad because I'm I'm your wife, because i'm and I'm sure my wife. 72 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:46.480 I mean, if she really needs me and I'm deeping my phone, 73 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:49.319 she'll just throw something at me, might hit me and think. I think. 74 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:54.120 The thing I hate most about it is I'll be trying to say something 75 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:57.720 to her and she just won't respond because she's that consumed by which she's looking 76 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.759 at on her phone. Yeah, and that's rude. I mean, So 77 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:05.680 I hate to call your wife rude, but I you know, I do 78 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:11.959 that, and it's rude. So and it's just like there's no scenario that 79 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.040 can be good for you, you know what I mean. No, Like 80 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:18.560 I can't claim it's going to ruin your life and it's going to cause this 81 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:23.759 big negative impact in this way or that way. But just being locked in 82 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:28.519 front of your phone looking at it as much as I do, it's not 83 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:32.480 good for me and mentally or even in other ways. But also I just 84 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:35.160 I used to lie to myself and act as if like, well, I 85 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:39.000 need to I've got look, I've got to stay up, you know, 86 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:42.240 I've always got to be on, because that's one of the biggest misconceptions about 87 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:44.199 this. I don't want to act like this is really tough, you know, 88 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:46.800 manual labor. This is honestly a dream job for me that still times 89 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:50.319 doesn't seem real. But you do kind of always have to be on and 90 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:56.040 thinking about things you can bring to the table for conversation that you might find 91 00:05:56.480 --> 00:06:00.319 people can relate to, they would have opinions on, or maybe think that 92 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:01.879 they would find entertaining. That's just kind of what this is, and I've 93 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:06.360 always used that crush That's why I'm doing it, when in reality I can 94 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:10.199 still find all these things to bring to the table each and every day, 95 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:13.839 at least I hope I can without being glued to my phone like I have 96 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:16.120 been. So that was one of the many, many reasons why I felt 97 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:23.399 like my recent trip that I took was really very beneficial and I needed a 98 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:28.800 trip like that, And now the batteries are recharged and I have no trips 99 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:30.000 planned for at least a few weeks. We are going to go to Destin 100 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:36.800 next month, which look forward to that and I'm hoping fingers crossed, although 101 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:40.639 highly unlikely, it'd be great to work something out to end up in the 102 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:45.279 Bahamas with Pat Kelsey and his team. Because this news, I guess leaked 103 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:48.079 out a couple of weeks ago, but it became official last week as UFL 104 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:53.160 did confirm that they are taking an international trip. They're going to be going 105 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.079 to the Bahamas at the end of July, said July twenty eighth. This's 106 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.240 is Sunday. That's when they're going to arrive in Nassau. They're going to 107 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:02.000 be staying at the basort and that is where these two games are gonna be 108 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:04.959 played. So they're gonna play two times. That'll be on Tuesday and on 109 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:09.240 Thursday. They don't know the exact time of those games, and they don't 110 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:11.480 know who they're going to be playing, but they will have ten days of 111 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:15.160 practice as they prepare for that trip, so they get added days to practice, 112 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:19.240 which is so beneficial. It's I mean it'd be foolish not to take 113 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:24.560 this trip or to do something, because with a brand new team, you 114 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:28.240 need all the reps you can get, and this gives them that they're not 115 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:30.480 only going to have an added ten days of practice they wouldn't get unless they 116 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:32.920 were taking one of these trips, They're also going to get to play a 117 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:35.600 couple of games. And I'm not sure what's really going to come from those 118 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:39.040 games. I'm not sure they're going to play. I mean, they could 119 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:42.319 be in that they could end up playing teams that are a little similar to 120 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:47.079 the teams Louisville played when they went to Puerto Rico and was it the Bahama 121 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:49.600 They go to the Bahamas in the summer one time. All I know is 122 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:54.439 at one point Russ Smith, I think, was entering his sophomore year and 123 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:59.759 he was very, very surprised to see that the bell hop that greeted them 124 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:03.040 at the resort was also having to guard him in the game the next day. 125 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:05.800 Because you know, there's a few guys that probably played professionally in the 126 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:09.279 Bahamas, whatever level that is, and then there's guys who you know, 127 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:13.800 they played in high school and now they're here playing against you know, high 128 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:16.959 level college basketball players. So even if it is that type of competition, 129 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.800 I don't care. This will be one great for the team to get not 130 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:26.639 only the camaraderie and the reps a chance to gel, but also to build 131 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:31.360 chemistry off the floor. I'm sure they're already doing that. They've been at 132 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:33.879 full go for the last When I say full go, I mean everybody's been 133 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:35.000 here for at least the last couple of weeks, So I'm sure they're already 134 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:41.120 doing that. But getting added time is even more beneficial for him. Now. 135 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.879 From a fans perspective, which I am, I just want to see 136 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:46.879 this team right, like I want to go because it be cool for the 137 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:52.679 show. It would certainly be awesome experience to be there for four or five 138 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:54.639 days or whatever it may be. Those are the kind of trips that if 139 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.200 you can make it work, you will absolutely and I don't even mean media, 140 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.759 I mean fans. You're gonna get access nobody else gonna get. And 141 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:03.879 I don't mean you're gonna be hanging out with the team at the pool every 142 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:05.240 day, but like, there ain't gonna be that many people there, and 143 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:07.919 those that do go, I'm sure U of L is gonna make it quite 144 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:11.679 clear they appreciate them following and supporting them. And it's the look, it's 145 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:16.120 the first, it's the first thing. I mean, I don't know if 146 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:20.320 ten years from now, if Pat Kelsey's carved out a great decade or so 147 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:22.559 at Louisville, we're going to look back to this trip, but this is 148 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:26.840 your first chance to see him coach this team. And I could be wrong, 149 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:33.200 but you may have to be there in person. I could easily reach 150 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:35.840 out and ask the U OFL Basketball media contact Dana Brown, and she may 151 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:39.039 probably give me, you know, the answer that she's supposed to give me, 152 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:41.559 and tell me that, you know, to be determined. But the 153 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:45.519 fact that they did even include that in the press release makes me feel as 154 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:48.759 if there may not be any plans to have this thing on TV. So 155 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:50.679 if you want to go, I'm sorry. If you want to see them, 156 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:52.200 I feel like you're gonna kind of need to be there now. I'm 157 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:56.120 sure you've el's gonna have highlights, and who knows, maybe they have the 158 00:09:56.159 --> 00:10:01.200 ability to put it up online on a tape, or maybe they can stream 159 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:03.519 it and have people pay for it. But that's not as easy as it 160 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:07.480 used to be because of the new grain of rights deals that are in place. 161 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:13.639 I don't mean new like they were just signed. But the current arrangement 162 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:16.360 with the ACC is not the way it used to be back in you know, 163 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:20.679 pre ACC for Louisville. I mean, Louisville does not own their games 164 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:28.159 the ACC. The ACC Network via ESPN does so I doubt I'll be able 165 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:33.320 to make it happen, but who knows, maybe I can pull off some 166 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:35.600 magic. Just for reference, when Indiana went to the Bahamas in the summer 167 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:39.600 a couple of years ago from Mike Woodson's first season, those games were not 168 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:43.360 allowed to be broadcast. Yeah, because I think it's the option of it's 169 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:46.360 the option of the Big ten network probably yeah, to do that. And 170 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:48.799 I just you know, when you get here's the thing, when you get 171 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:54.279 to late July, when this trip's taking place, all focuses on football. 172 00:10:54.279 --> 00:11:00.000 I just can't imagine the ACC network having the resources to logistically make that happen 173 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:01.240 in to where they're going to go there. And I mean, I guess 174 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:05.720 what they could do like this to me, here's the scenario that you can 175 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:11.720 watch it online. U of L has their in house production crew, meaning 176 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:15.759 the people who work at the ACC Network studios here at u of L. 177 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.559 You see it right there on sixty five. You know, you got to 178 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:22.480 keep in mind a lot of Louisville Athletics events are not on ESPN or the 179 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:26.480 ACC Network. They're on ESPN Plus, and a lot of the production for 180 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:28.720 that is done in house internally by people who work for U of L. 181 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:33.519 Jeremy No runs that department over there. Maybe they could send some of their 182 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:39.200 own team there to do that. However, you're relying on resources that you 183 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:43.600 don't I mean, I wouldn't imagine that's as easy to do in the Bahamas 184 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:45.840 as it is if you're walking down the street at the Yump Center, you 185 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:48.639 know what I mean. So there's a chance that could happen, because technically, 186 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:52.720 if it's on ACC, because that's what they do when it's on ESPN 187 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:56.360 Plus, I mean, that's essentially what it is. But it's also on 188 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:00.519 what they call ACC Network Extra, that is what they call the sh So 189 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:03.000 it could end up there. And I don't think that would be the most 190 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:07.559 difficult thing to pull off in the world from a production standpoint, but I 191 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:09.000 just you know, if I had to guess, I would say they won't 192 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:13.840 be live, and they probably won't have the full game broadcast anywhere. But 193 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.039 again, what do I know. Maybe maybe I'm way off, Maybe they 194 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:20.320 got something planned, and if they do, that'd be awesome. But two 195 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:22.840 trips to the Bahamas, they're gonna be there next month, and then they're 196 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:26.480 gonna be back at the end of November for the Battle for Atlantis. So 197 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:30.600 I knew we'd be talking a lot of basketball during this time, just because 198 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.799 you know, we usually talk basketball for the most part year round. I 199 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:35.480 mean, obviously it's a lot more of it's it's much more of a talking 200 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:39.399 point when you get to basketball season. But man, there just seems to 201 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:45.519 be some really really good vibes surrounding Louisville basketball. And part of it is 202 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:48.399 just because we know we are over what happened for the last two years. 203 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:54.279 But it's just, you know, I kind of do a little bit of 204 00:12:54.279 --> 00:13:01.440 a mental roller coaster in my head whenever I think about it, because every 205 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:03.720 now and then it still hits me that it's weird to be this excited. 206 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.919 But then I'm thinking, like, well, you know, it's because we 207 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:09.639 care so much, But you're like, well, yeah, this is like 208 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:13.000 baseline stuff. Well, it's because I mean when you go through what louisvill 209 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.799 basketball fans went through the last few years, not even just Kenny's two seasons, 210 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:18.559 but the year before that, and even the COVID year, which was 211 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:22.440 weird where you were the first team left out of the tournament. You know, 212 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:24.159 nobody wants I mean, I hope we never experienced a four year run 213 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:30.000 like that ever around here. But when you do the littlest things that give 214 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:33.559 you excitement when you haven't had legitimate excitement in so long, like it can 215 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:37.240 it can kind of lose control a little bit. Like find up getting to 216 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:41.279 watch this team in the Bahamas and they beat you know, the bell Hop 217 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:45.240 and the Bartenders by fifty. I may start, you know, making reservations 218 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.720 for the Final four, and it would be an overreaction, but it'd be 219 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:52.720 you know, I'm probably gonna overreact because we haven't had any taste of legitimate 220 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:56.480 success, and winning in the Bahamas wouldn't be considered like a big accomplishment. 221 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:01.200 But man, it's just so excited to be excited it again, If that 222 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:05.759 makes any sense at all, That's the way I feel. All right, 223 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:09.639 let's go, let's see here. Well, let's go to the text line 224 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:13.120 five two six five three zero seven nineties the number if you want a text 225 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.840 in on the L and N Federal Credit Union text line. This text says, 226 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:20.360 Nick, I'd be lying to you if I said I wasn't sad to 227 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:26.960 see one of these Athletic Department goals you referenced is only set to sell ninety 228 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:31.279 percent of tickets to at least one home basketball game. So yeah, let 229 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:33.600 me pull that up. And I'm glad you mentioned that, because I don't 230 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:37.879 know if I would have remembered to get back there. However, the EULA 231 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.679 board last week, there were a lot of takeaways. Big props to Eric 232 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.440 Crawford and Tyler Greevery, who I thought did a good job covering that meeting. 233 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:46.960 They also talked to Josh Hurd after it wrapped up, and we did 234 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.440 kind of run through some of the some of the numbers that stood out from 235 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:56.399 the meeting, you know, the unexpected expenses they had, obviously Pat Kelsey's 236 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:01.440 buyout, Papa John getting two million in his last payout for the settlement for 237 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:03.799 the naming right. Stuff, just different things that may not interest a lot 238 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:09.200 of people, but their upcoming revenue goals. I think that's what you're referring 239 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:11.039 to on the text line that made you sad? You said, I'd be 240 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.720 lying if I said it wasn't sad to see that, only that one of 241 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:18.200 the athletic department goals you mentioned is to sell ninety percent of tickets to at 242 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:22.919 least one home basketball game. So I did look at that a little sideways 243 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:26.200 because to me, that's that that's odd. But yeah, one of the 244 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:33.799 goals is one men's basketball game at ninety percent capacity, and they have in 245 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:39.960 parentheses that it's the Tennessee game. So I mean ninety percent capacity, ninety 246 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:46.679 percent of twenty two thousand. I mean, am I crazy for thinking they'll 247 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.039 have many more than one game where they're I mean, look, I know 248 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:56.720 Louisville's been bad lately, trust me, I know. And the one thing 249 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:03.360 that really made it fully hit me that we were in that position was seeing 250 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.080 how empty the um Center was. I mean, look, I'm reminded. 251 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.840 I mean, I I mean, I had to talk about it every day 252 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:11.639 for two years, like I was well aware, but the visual of the 253 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:18.440 Young Center being a ghost town really just it it hit me differently than anything 254 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:22.919 else. And there were countless things that really put in perspective how bad Louisville 255 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:27.600 was. So like, I know, it could be a gradual thing here 256 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:33.159 to where it takes time to get to get people back to being accustomed to 257 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:37.639 making it to you know, two games a month or season tickets every game. 258 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:45.559 I don't know, but there's this basketball fan base cares man like and 259 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:47.759 there's a lot of us right, this is a humongous fan base I feel 260 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:52.120 like when it comes to basketball. So a part of me says, even 261 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:56.639 if like they're decent in year one, they're gonna have way bigger crowds than 262 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:57.759 what we were that I mean, look, I don't even want to bring 263 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:02.320 up like the because again that that's what kind of bothers me a little bit 264 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:03.559 about this. And I'm sure there's more that goes into it than I'll ever 265 00:17:03.640 --> 00:17:07.680 know, but we can't set the bar. I mean, I guess you 266 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:11.640 can knock yourself out do what you want. Doesn't impact me as a fan, 267 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:15.200 but I just feel like it's off to set the goal for I have 268 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:22.759 one home game at ninety percent capacity based off the fact that nobody came to 269 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:27.880 games the last two years, Like from like a business standpoint emotion out of 270 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.039 it, Like, I guess it makes sense, But to me, I'm 271 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:34.640 thinking, let's not reference anything from that era and try to like, you 272 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:38.000 know, well, hey, Kenny Payne only won four games in his first 273 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:41.160 year. We won nine the year, Like we can't. We're not doing 274 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:44.640 that and that I mean, I'm joking. I know they would never do 275 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:48.920 that, but I don't know. Like I'm someone who has tried to have 276 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:52.160 the conversation about attendance differently than I usually hear people talk about it, because 277 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:56.839 I think you could be doing nothing wrong and you're gonna realize people just don't 278 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:59.160 go to games like they used to. It's just there's not as much of 279 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:03.000 an incentive as you were there to buy a ticket. People of the younger 280 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:06.880 generation, and I mean like young adults, people like my age, they 281 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:11.759 can't justify paying for season tickets because they know they could go to every game 282 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:17.160 they want to and pay substantially less money and not have to pay the donation 283 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.839 fee that comes with buying season tickets. Now, if you want to do 284 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:22.240 it because you can afford it and you want to support your university and you 285 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:26.319 know that money helps them, knock yourself out but there's a lot of people 286 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:30.359 that will go to every game, but they're not buying season tickets. And 287 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.799 the reality is they won't buy season tickets because they won't go to every game 288 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:36.279 because they know they're only going to go to like eight, the ones that 289 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:37.279 really feel like it's going to be great to be there, but like the 290 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:41.200 ones at nine thirty when you play cop in state, like yeah. So 291 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:48.079 I've always felt as if the attendance conversation is a really tired, played out 292 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:52.960 thing because it doesn't always mean this day and age that something's wrong or something 293 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:56.519 bad happen. Now, if you've got people showing up to basketball games like 294 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:59.759 Louisville at the last few years, that's a totally different world. But when 295 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:02.759 it comes to you know, just this new era of I mean again, 296 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.759 and you can't compare it to like the NFL, because that's different. I 297 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:08.039 mean, the NFL is a monster, but not even every NFL game sells 298 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:11.599 out. So I don't know, I'm kind of all over the place here, 299 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:14.119 but I was a little surprised to see that one of the revenue goals 300 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:18.759 was to have one basketball game at ninety percent capacity. I know how unrealistic 301 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:22.119 it is to expect there to be every game at eighty percent capacity or more. 302 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:30.359 But I feel like the fan base is going to be so energized by 303 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:34.480 beating bumps because we haven't even done that lately. Kenny Payne lost to more 304 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:40.160 Division two teams than he beat teams on the road, So I think that's 305 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:42.079 going to lead to people wanting to be around it, wanting to be you 306 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:48.599 know, at games. All right, some other revenue goals here. Sell 307 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:52.319 forty thousand football season tickets, that'd be a ten percent increase from last year. 308 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:57.799 Sell twelve thousand men's basketball season tickets that would be a thirty percent increase 309 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:02.440 from a year ago. Sell one home football game. That may sound like 310 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:06.559 a low bar, but let's be honest. You know, Louisville last year 311 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:10.720 they sold out two games, and they had not had a sell out prior 312 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:17.920 to that since I mean, they hadn't sold out that stadium before it had 313 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:22.000 expanded. So it was the first ever sellout with the new expansion, which 314 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:25.599 really didn't even that new anymore. Now. Obviously the pandemic changed things and 315 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:29.759 Louisville wasn't as good for the center for the era, but I think they 316 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.799 could do it. I don't know which game it would be, but one 317 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:33.440 home football game selling out. I think they can get to that goal, 318 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:37.160 and then some other things here to throw in. The department will use one 319 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:44.880 point seven million in reserve funds to meet budget, and University will provide three 320 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:49.880 million dollars in support to the athletic department, so that I know some people 321 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.640 see that and think, like, hey, the school itself shouldn't be paying 322 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:59.119 the athletic department's bills because you know, somebody was in charge of the athletic 323 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:02.599 department. It gave Kenny paying an insane contract, which is true. But 324 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:06.079 it's very common for the give and the take. Schools borrow money from the 325 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:08.640 athletic department, and the athletic departments borrow money from schools. Happens all the 326 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:14.480 time. So that's not like, that's not a sign of desperation, you're 327 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:18.000 broke. It's actually fairly common. To be honest with you, I'll tell 328 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:22.920 you what's not fairly common. Nevermind, Sorry, John, you ruined it. 329 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:26.279 I did ruin it. I had a good one, but now we'll 330 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.680 have to wait. Poor timing on mind, It's all good. Hey, 331 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:30.640 you're just trying to keep this thing on track because of my poor clock management. 332 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:33.319 You're doing your jobs, what you're doing. I should have been a 333 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.440 little less, you know long. I shouldn't have been as long winded doing 334 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:41.839 that, you know, talking in circles about the one basketball game at ninety 335 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.039 percent capacity. So it's on me. I'll do better. Don't go anywhere, 336 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:48.359 keep a lock right here on Sports Talk seven ninety So I ended up 337 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:53.000 cashing out my the amount of I had a couple hundred bucks or so in 338 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:59.000 my in my DraftKings account, and I ended up I don't know why, 339 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:00.240 I guess just to you know, in case. I thought I was going 340 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:04.440 to bet on something, but it was like two thirteen something and I just 341 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:08.119 took I just took the two hundred out and put it in my VENMO. 342 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:11.079 So I've got like thirteen bucks in my account, and I'm thinking about doing 343 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:15.359 a parlay, just you know, why not Because we've got a couple of 344 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.920 big games tonight. I can't act like I've got any rooting interest or that 345 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:22.519 I'm going to be plugged in to watch. But we do have game seven 346 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:27.599 tonight in the NHL for the for the Cup Stanley Cup. It's minus one 347 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:33.000 and a half the Florida Panthers and obviously this this I feel like this series, 348 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:37.480 this Stanley Cup Finals has gotten more attention than most in recent years because 349 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:40.359 of the you know, I mean, it looked like it was going to 350 00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.880 be over pretty quick. And then now we have Game seven, right, 351 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:47.880 you had the Edmonton Oilers, they were down three to zero, and now 352 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:51.160 it's tied at three apiece. So it you know, as I just mentioned 353 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:53.279 there they are, they're underdogs, but I kind of want to I kind 354 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:56.960 of want to take them. I mean because all the all the pressures on 355 00:22:56.319 --> 00:23:00.920 the Panthers, I mean, and obviously you know, they're believed to be 356 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:03.079 the better team. They are gonna be home, but I don't know, 357 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:07.720 we'll see what kind of juice that could get here. Edmondton plus one and 358 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:11.000 a half. And then John helped me out. You think in Tennessee or 359 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:12.240 Texas A and M. And I don't care who you pick, because I'm 360 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:15.359 telling you I don't. I'm thinking ut okay, because I don't want them 361 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:21.039 to win, gotcha? All right? So a let's see, there we 362 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:26.519 go a thirteen dollars parlay on Edmonton plus one and a half, Tennessee minus 363 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:30.680 one and a half. That'll pay me out about thirty bucks. So I'm 364 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:32.759 gonna. I'm gonna do it. Why not. I mean, it won't 365 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:34.799 have me locked in watching, but it'll at least be keeping up on the 366 00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:37.559 app to see how my BET's doing. And uh and we'll go from there. 367 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:41.480 So you're anti ut huh yeah, UT fans. I've interacted with a 368 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:45.799 few, and it was back when Indiana was playing Tennessee in the Gator Bowl. 369 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:51.079 I think that was in twenty nineteen. And they are some ruthless fans. 370 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:52.680 Oh yeah, they're I mean they're savages. I think a lot of 371 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:57.440 people think that because of how things played out with the Greg Ciano stuff, 372 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:02.480 where they essentially, you know, bullied their athletic department into not hiring him 373 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:06.119 because they were, you know, that bothered by him potentially being the coach. 374 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:10.279 But even even before then, and there's been things that you know, 375 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:15.039 they they don't. I don't know who I would compare the Tennessee fan base 376 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:21.440 to, but I actually think they're a lot like Kentucky without the success. 377 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:25.400 Now again, they're way better in football historically, but they don't compare themselves 378 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:29.680 to Kentucky and football. They compare themselves. I mean, their rival is 379 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:33.400 Alabama in the SEC outside of outside of I mean, I can think that's 380 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:37.000 it, right. I Mean, there's a really cool study that we we've 381 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:40.799 referenced before over the years that you know, maybe it needs to be redone 382 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:45.559 as far as surveying fan bases once again, but it was a really interesting 383 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:49.759 look at how many school, like, for example, Louisville fans, if 384 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:52.799 you pulled a hundred of them and you asked them to, you know, 385 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:56.559 pick the top rival, they're picking Kentucky. But who they would pick for 386 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:59.960 two and three is interesting. Well, you know, with Kentucky, they're 387 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:03.920 the biggest rival in football outside of Louisville. Was Tennessee Like Tennessee never Tennessee 388 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:08.039 doesn't consider them rival because they're so beneath them. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, 389 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:11.480 And look, Kentucky has I mean they ended that long streak about ten 390 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.720 years ago, and they've knocked him off here and there. But still, 391 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:18.519 I mean, Tennessee historically has dominated Kentucky and they probably will moving forward. 392 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:22.880 But Tennessee is one of those fan bases that I think is as big as 393 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:27.160 is nearly any in college sports. I mean, I mean, I don't 394 00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:33.680 think that's an exaggeration. And they're loud, they pack, I mean they 395 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:37.960 they They actually have a phenomenal attendance of track record for football even when they 396 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:42.079 suck, and in basketball, Like it's wild to me that they've never been 397 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:45.279 to the final four. Like I don't even even mean to the Elite eight. 398 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:47.599 I could be wrong, maybe the Elite eight. They go to the 399 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.680 Elite eight this year or am my studient? No, they did know they 400 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:52.960 Yeah, Dalton Connect lost to Purdue. Okay, I say Dalton Connect, 401 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.359 but I mean he was kind of that team. But yeah, no, 402 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:56.799 So they've never been to a final four in basketball, but they have some 403 00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:59.680 tradition and they care. Like when they're good. That's a really tough place 404 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:02.000 to play, Like when Louisville goes there in year two of the Pat Kelsey 405 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:04.079 era. I want to be there because that's going to be a rowdy atmosphere 406 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:07.839 like the Tennessee fans. I don't want to claim that they're all great, 407 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:12.880 upstanding citizens and they have high character, but they're great in regards to there's 408 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:18.039 a bunch of them, and they care as much as almost anybody. But 409 00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:21.519 I think the reason they don't get mentioned as much is because they don't win, 410 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:29.000 Like, when's the last time Tennessee won a national championship? And I 411 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:33.279 mean they've never again accomplished anything in basketball outside of an Elite eight the last 412 00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:38.839 time. Yeah, here we go. Their baseball team won. Let's see 413 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:45.640 year. This says it's been fifteen years since Tennessee's won a national championship in 414 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:48.000 any sport, with the last being in two thousand and nine when they're women's 415 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:53.359 indoor track and field team won. So look in look not every team. 416 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:56.920 I mean, there's great programs out there from an athletic standpoint, meaning like 417 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:59.880 the overall athletic department, they don't have a bunch of national championships because those 418 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:03.720 are hard to come by. But like Tennessee, you know, in football, 419 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:07.319 I mean their last national championship with ninety eight. I think it was 420 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:12.720 in football, Yeah, their national their last title was ninety eight, but 421 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:18.839 even before then, they had won one since sixty seven. Well, I 422 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:22.680 guess you know they can they share one in eighty nine and eighty five. 423 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:26.599 I'mbout again. We're about to get Tennessee fans calling in and texting in telling 424 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:29.160 me I'm wrong about their history. Because again, they care like they're passionate, 425 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:36.880 and tonight maybe they become World Series champs in baseball. But I'm trying 426 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:42.119 to think of another another big loud Nebraska, and you probably don't interact with 427 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:45.839 them as much being you know, No, you're right, the fact that 428 00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:49.079 they're in the Big Ten, not the ACC And just because of the connections 429 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:52.759 I have with people in the Big Ten, I've noticed a lot more Nebraska 430 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:56.440 fans, specifically on Twitter, so they can be nasty too, not just 431 00:27:56.519 --> 00:28:00.039 like you know, yeah, I do think we're all Nebraska fans are nicer 432 00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:03.200 human beings. Again, it's just people I've interacted with. But if I 433 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:07.279 were to guess which fan base had nicer human beings, I would just say 434 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:11.599 Nebraska. But both of them care about football to an extent that a lot 435 00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:14.640 of other fan bases don't, and they haven't been super relevant in years. 436 00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:21.240 It's just Tennessee so well. And another thing is, I Nebraska really can't 437 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:23.000 claim they care about bascoball, you know what I mean, Tennessee they do. 438 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:25.799 Yeah, they could pretend to be like, you know, Tennessee. 439 00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:30.119 I feel like put it this way, and this is a compliment to Tennessee. 440 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:34.480 Any sport, if they're good at it, they're gonna be they're gonna 441 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:37.599 outnumber most fans, and they're going to be loud, and they may not 442 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:41.119 even know a whole lot about the sport, but like they're all about the 443 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:44.279 balls, you know what I'm saying. And there are some other fan bases 444 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:48.319 out there, and it's really just I guess culture. But like this isn't 445 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:51.079 a knock on Louisville fans, but Kentucky fans could probably say the same thing 446 00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:55.599 about them. You guys weren't probably really following your baseball season until you got 447 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.920 to the postseason and you realized they were pretty good and they had a chance 448 00:28:56.960 --> 00:29:00.359 to do something specially. I'm sure there are fans that follow a year, 449 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:03.240 you know, like the invertrees, Yeah, exactly. So like Nebraska, 450 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:07.079 like I don't know if they were good in basketball that they would have, 451 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:11.400 you know, any level of support compared to the what they get in football. 452 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:14.519 They were all horned up for case Tony Naga. But if he's gone, 453 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:18.200 you like saying that, don't you horned up or case Tony Naga? 454 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:21.920 Both. I've said horned up a few times. You've been you've been eager 455 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:23.119 to get that one out today, which I get it. Look it's Monday, 456 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:26.640 you know, you're you're fresh off the weekend. And I think each 457 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.920 time you've mentioned that it has been it's been a worthy reference given the context 458 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:34.359 of the conversation. And I don't know about oh Mitaga, but I know 459 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:37.880 they were good last year with UH. I mean that had a good year, 460 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:40.079 didn't they. Yeah, I mean they made the NCAA Tournament. I 461 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.440 can't remember if they won their game, but they were an eight nine seed. 462 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:45.640 It doesn't happen very often. So anyways, UH, there's my parlay. 463 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:48.839 If you guys want to want to ride. We're taking UH the underdog 464 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:52.559 in the hockey game, that's the the Oilers, and then we're taking the 465 00:29:53.000 --> 00:30:00.039 favorite Tennessee the Volunteers, and UH in the College World Series matchup. So 466 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:02.240 two. I mean, rarely do you get a day. I mean I 467 00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:07.400 wouldn't in NHL and college baseball are nowhere near the top three or four as 468 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:11.480 far as the national attention that we give sports here in America. But I 469 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:17.119 can't think of many other instances where we've had where championships are being decided on 470 00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:19.000 the same day but that's pretty rare. It's how it played out on the 471 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:22.920 sports calendar, so so good stuff. All right, real quick, before 472 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:26.319 we get to our last break here, let's talk about the flight that Mark 473 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:30.839 Pope took earlier today. I don't want to present this as some like big 474 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:34.960 deal, meaning like this is a bad sign. Kentucky hired a guy who's 475 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.759 in over his head. He doesn't even realize the optics of being the head 476 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:42.880 coach of freaking Kentucky basketball and flying coach, because I just that would be 477 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:45.599 a fake take. I don't believe that I have no clue how Mark Pope's 478 00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:51.799 gonna do, because you know, you don't know until you know. And 479 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:56.200 I think Kentucky fans are genuinely excited, at least right now about the drastic 480 00:30:56.240 --> 00:31:00.559 difference between this coach and his brand in the last coach in that brand, 481 00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:07.480 Cal Perry, very flashy, right, very very polarizing, a guy who 482 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:11.160 is not afraid to say, you know, it's Kentucky, we eat first, 483 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:15.680 will come to your town and beat you. Swaggy Cal as they called 484 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:18.519 him, and Cal will never be caught dead, flying coach. And I 485 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:22.799 think there's a part of that fan base that likes that about the guy that's 486 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:26.759 larger than life. Pope. He's a man of the people. So because 487 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:30.000 it's the honeymoon and the love fest is still going on, which it should 488 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.839 be. You know, I'm not mocking. I mean Louival fans doing the 489 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:34.759 same thing with their coach. Kentucky fans some of them are seeing this as 490 00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:38.039 Wow, look at this guy. The humility. We wouldn't see that from 491 00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:41.160 cal And you know, I get it, like I get why they're saying 492 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:47.200 that. I understand it, I really do, you know. But at 493 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:51.319 the same point in time, it is just a really odd look something you 494 00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:55.160 rarely see. Take Kentucky out of it. Any coach that's in the Power 495 00:31:55.279 --> 00:32:01.839 five would would probably never be on a flight flying coach in June and July 496 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:07.599 with recruiting. Some would say that maybe it's a good look on Mark Pope 497 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:12.000 for not caring. Maybe he's saving the UK Athletic Department some dollars here by 498 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:15.000 not, you know, getting on a chartered plane or using a private jet 499 00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:20.680 or something like that. But I do think some of the reactions here one 500 00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:24.839 it reminds me of just how intense the Arkansas Kentucky rivalry is going to be 501 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:30.519 because that storyline itself makes it crazy. But you have to consider. You 502 00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:35.119 also have to consider, you know, like Cal's gonna do cal things to 503 00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:38.119 get them amped up. He's gonna say things to get under their skin in 504 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:43.000 press conferences. He you know, he's not gonna play nice the whole time, 505 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:45.440 and I don't think anybody should expect him to, because you know, 506 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:49.640 it's high level sports, it's competitive. What I am curious to see is 507 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:53.680 what Pope ends up doing, Like is he going to be back and forth 508 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:58.519 with Cal, like defending Kentucky because Cal took a shot? Like I hope 509 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:00.400 we get that because that could be entertaining. But I don't really know what 510 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:02.599 to expect with Pope. I think I know what we're gonna get with Cal. 511 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:08.640 But anyways, earlier today, this is a Twitter follower or Twitter. 512 00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:13.200 Somebody on Twitter said, Mark Pope is on my flight from atl to lexis 513 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:15.680 am. He's not only flying commercial, he's flying coach. He's a man 514 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:20.519 of the people, unlike Cal, who separated himself from everyone. So Jeff 515 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:22.240 Goodman shared it and said, Pope looks like he got the emergency exit. 516 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:25.799 Though that's a win. I'll take the emergency exit row or the emergency exit 517 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:30.359 window aisle over Delta Comfort Middle any day. So I don't think Jeff's making 518 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:35.200 fun of Mark Pope, but he is acknowledging that this is just unusual to 519 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:43.240 see. But anytime you see someone like Goodman, maybe Rothstein, Borsello, 520 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:49.000 one of those guys, maybe even Trilly that people who follow follow because they 521 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:53.519 provide information and analysis on college basketball. If there's something said about Cali Perry 522 00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:55.960 by one of those guys, go to the You go to the responses, 523 00:33:57.000 --> 00:34:00.000 and all it is is Arkansas or I'm sorry about Cali Perry. You see 524 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:04.880 nothing m Kentucky fans like making fun of Cal or taking a shot at Cal. 525 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:07.799 Not all, not all of them, but you see it. And 526 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:10.800 then anytime there's something posted about Mark Pope, check the responses. It's all 527 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:15.679 Arkansas fans just you know, calling Pope a bum. They got BYU's coach. 528 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:20.679 You know, I think somebody earlier. I'm trying to find the tweets 529 00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:25.519 now, but somebody made a comment about you know, maybe maybe if he's 530 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:30.519 up for it, maybe Cal let Pope ride on his ride on his private 531 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:34.039 jet, as long as he agrees to serve drinks to everybody aboard, Like, 532 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:36.639 I mean, you know, that's that's what the rivalry kind of stuff 533 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:40.199 is. But what really got me thinking and again just seeing this, knowing 534 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:43.960 this happen and there's visual evidence that it is, that it is legit. 535 00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:47.159 It's just a reminder of how different they have it now. Cal was a 536 00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:52.400 larger than life, arrogant guy who really talked down to them, didn't really 537 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:55.239 relate to them, whereas Mark Pope is one of them, and there's so 538 00:34:55.440 --> 00:35:01.320 many benefits to being Mark Pope, you win. I think even when Cal 539 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:06.280 would struggle, he could be that arrogant Cal and remind them of all that 540 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:08.559 he's done and they'd forget that, oh that it's been a while, right, 541 00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:15.440 they'd forget they just lost to Saint Peter's or Oakland because Cal could do 542 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:17.639 that that he's arrogant, he and he has a resume. Let's be real. 543 00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:21.360 I mean again, it's it's a what have you done for me lately? 544 00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.800 World? Be living? But still Cal is a Hall of Famer, 545 00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:28.599 so like he could do that and even if things weren't going great, you 546 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:31.159 could still know in the back of your mind, we don't have to question 547 00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:35.960 if this guy's capable of doing it. We just have to question if he's 548 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.920 going to do it again with Pope. I think with the brand that he 549 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:43.440 has, the kind of you know, very normal and relatable, which again 550 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.519 I think is actually a quality. I think it's a good thing. It's 551 00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:50.760 a bonus. But if you have that brand and that's how you carry yourself, 552 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:54.000 not high class and I don't mean like class he as a person, 553 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:57.159 but you know, flying coach, which is just an unheard of thing for 554 00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:00.320 somebody in your position to do, and then you don't win. Think it's 555 00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:02.679 gonna be weaponized against him because that's just how fans are. That's not a 556 00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:07.280 knock on Kentucky fans. It's just that this is really chummy and cute in 557 00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:10.119 getting you in your feels because he's acknowledging it. I mean, he's one 558 00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:14.119 of you. But then when you realize it, like maybe he can't do 559 00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:16.280 it even close to the level of the guy you just had. I think 560 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:20.880 that's where you you know, that's where Kentucky fans are going to go through 561 00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:23.519 something that they haven't gone through before. In my opinion, maybe since Billy 562 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:29.800 Gillespie loisvile, fans louisvill fans went through this with Chris Mack actually, and 563 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:32.400 that was that when Mack was rolling year one, I think they exceeded expectations. 564 00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:36.360 Year two obviously they were really really good and there was no tournament and 565 00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:38.119 all that. But then the next year they missed the tournament and things weren't 566 00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:43.400 great and didn't look as if things were going to get you know, great 567 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:46.840 anytime soon. They were really struggling with a lot of things. Then it 568 00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:52.039 hits you, I can't fall back on what this guy's resume is because he's 569 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:54.159 never been to a final four. When you had Rick and Denny for what 570 00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:58.079 fifty years collectively, you always knew it's not a matter off can they do 571 00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:00.280 it, It's a matter of are they going to do it? With what? 572 00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:01.639 In't a matter of can he do it? It is can he do 573 00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:05.519 it again? So with Pope and with Kelsey too, right, like if 574 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:09.320 Kelsey, you know, like we were very spoiled as basketball fan bases around 575 00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:12.679 here as far as like just knowing that, hey, it's not a matter 576 00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:15.480 of did we get the right guides? Is he going to do it again? 577 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:20.559 And that error that's over all. Right, Let's talk about Elin and 578 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:22.519 Eland ladies and gentlemen, because when it comes to buying and selling a home, 579 00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:27.159 that's who you need to trust. They have been a full service residential 580 00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:30.719 real estate brokerage in the Louisville, Kentuckyana area, I should say since nineteen 581 00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:34.559 seventy six, well respected, well known. That's why you've heard of them, 582 00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:36.639 right, I'm not telling you about him for the first time. But 583 00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:39.199 what I am telling you is they will list your home for just one percent. 584 00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:43.119 That's going to save you a lot of money throughout this process. They 585 00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:46.000 also have a one percent buyer's rebate. They're taking care of you every step 586 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:49.679 of the way and also helping you keep a lot of your hard earned dollars 587 00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:52.679 right there in your pocket. So reach out to him Eland dot com is 588 00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:57.199 the website. E D E L E N dot com. Five oh two 589 00:37:57.239 --> 00:38:01.159 five nine eight hundred. Again, five oh two hundred is the number. 590 00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:04.320 Give film Moffitt a call, he'd be happy to hear from me. Again, 591 00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:08.199 it's Elin and Eland. I'm getting excited for the NBA draft. And 592 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:13.119 yes, I know I've talked a lot about the weak NBA draft that we 593 00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:19.079 have here, which I mean I can't not only is it all anybody's talked 594 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:22.320 about. It's actually the biggest talking point and storyline of this draft as far 595 00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:24.079 as you know how weak it is. And if you just look at who's 596 00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:28.440 projected to go where, I mean, it really does put in perspective how 597 00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:34.559 this is just a very flat class when it comes to names, you know 598 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:37.320 sometimes, I mean, in fact, it's pretty you see it often guys 599 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:39.199 are not expected to be great in the NBA and maybe become stars. So 600 00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:42.400 maybe that ends up happening with this draft. But either way, I'm still 601 00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:45.480 gonna watch because I love the draft. But I did see that, and 602 00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:50.039 this is you know this, this this is not that surprising if you've watched 603 00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:54.920 Kentucky basketball, because again this is you could be a casual observer and know 604 00:38:55.000 --> 00:39:00.760 that Kentucky had really good shooting last year. But to see that the top 605 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:05.760 three point shooters in the NBA draft, the top three of them are Reed 606 00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:07.440 Shepherd, Antonio Reeves, and Rob Dillingham, I mean, it really just 607 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:13.039 makes even more crazy to see that knowing that they underachieved, they didn't get 608 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:15.079 past Oakland, and even before that they still weren't I mean, they should 609 00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:19.719 have been better with the personnel they had, and I'm curious, and I'm 610 00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:23.039 sure Kentucky fans probably won't know until it gets there. But they're gonna love 611 00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:25.920 Red because you know it's read. And I think they're gonna love Reeves because 612 00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:30.039 of him being a good story. But I feel like this could be the 613 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:36.000 rare thing where if these guys are really successful, all of them, like, 614 00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.920 it'll kill you because you're happy for him. But man, you're thinking, 615 00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:42.559 like, why why couldn't we get past Oakland? What's that guy's name? 616 00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:45.719 Doug Edward was the guy for Saint Peter's. Who was the guy for 617 00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:50.159 Oakland? Who you think, Travis. Let's look like your local All State 618 00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:53.320 Insurance is out there, just dropping threes from ten feet behind the line. 619 00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:55.880 It seemed like, all right, we're out of time, you guys, 620 00:39:57.000 --> 00:40:00.800 enjoy your night. Yes. Three