WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.880 It's time for coffee and company fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine day. 2 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:32.039 Now here's Nick coffee. All right, let's do it five o'clock here 3 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:35.880 on a Tuesday afternoon. Coffee and company fueled by Thornton's. Make sure you 4 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:39.399 sign up to become a member of the Thornton's Refreshman Awards program if you haven't 5 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:42.399 already. You'll be able to save money every time you're at the gas pump. 6 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:46.280 And I had a great morning at Thornton's. Took the kids for our 7 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:51.240 usual our usual stop, filled up and of course save three cents with the 8 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:57.600 membership there. Refreshing Awards went inside, and because we so frequently go to 9 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:03.439 Thornton's to get the fizz Freeze slushies, it was the tenth trip. 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And I want to dive right in here to some football stuff 17 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:30.000 that I've not talked about yet today, but I've mentioned it here and there. 18 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.319 And there are a couple of early post They used to be called, 19 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:40.159 you know, the entirely too early college football preseason rankings. Now they do 20 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:45.040 post spring rankings. And here's what's crazy. Nothing's I mean, I guess 21 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:48.319 maybe some things could change because there are I mean, actually the portaland football 22 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:49.280 isn't closed, is it, or is it? I think it is. 23 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:52.840 I think yeah, I think it closed right on the same time the basketball 24 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:56.359 one did. But you know, there'll be not a whole lot changing from 25 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:57.920 here on out because you know, nobody can. I mean, guess there 26 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:01.280 could still be players out there that haven't committed. But you'll see a new 27 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:05.359 wave of these rankings like early summer. You'll see a new wave of them 28 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:08.000 like post media days. And you know, nothing will actually change as far 29 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:13.000 as how you're assessing these teams. But you know, cranking out that offseason 30 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:17.039 college football content, it's a lucrative business for the folks at ESPN, the 31 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:22.759 athletics, CBS Sports, So the athletic will start there. They put out 32 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:28.039 their post spring rankings and Louisville I would have guessed that they that they came 33 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:31.479 in right in the twenties or maybe just just right on the outside, but 34 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:35.240 they came in at number twenty two. So I was, you know, 35 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:43.039 I was on track there. And I am curious if Louisville's getting added just 36 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:46.240 because they're coming off of a ten win season played in the ACC Championship and 37 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:50.000 Jeff Brohm is their coach, and at times, I know it sounds as 38 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:53.560 if like, well, everybody's gonna love Louisville because Jeff Brom's the greatest coach 39 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.879 of all time and he's just the man. And yes, I do believe 40 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:59.080 that, but I don't think everybody believes that. I mean, I know 41 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:02.520 it to be a fact. Other aren't as aware. They they'll learn once, 42 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.919 you know, Jeff has been here for a little while longer, but 43 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.280 there is somewhat of a brand bump, but just because Bram is a guy 44 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:15.120 that has always been very well respected in coaching, and you know, it's 45 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:20.400 not worth getting into now, but I was so irritated when people would bring 46 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:24.199 up his record at Purdue as if like Louisville shouldn't go that route, and 47 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:29.560 it was just such an idiotic thing to say, because nobody actually realized that 48 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:34.280 Perdue was so bad in like the five years before he got there. But 49 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:37.280 anyways, this is what the athletics said about having Louisville at number twenty two. 50 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.000 Jet Brom was brought to Louisville to make this program great again, and 51 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:42.199 he got off to a heck of a start last season, leading the Cardinals 52 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:45.560 to the a SEC championship game. Louisville had one of the best portal classes 53 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:47.960 of the cycle, headlined by quarterback Tyler Shock. The Cards also have a 54 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.879 potential first round pick on the defensive line in Ashton Julyati. Don't be shocked 55 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.759 if you see this team right back in the ACC title game in December. 56 00:03:55.800 --> 00:04:00.319 Oh that gets the football juices going. John, I'm ready to head to 57 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.439 put this before he But I made an early wager for Louisville to win the 58 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:05.800 ACC. I love it. I love it. You know, I don't 59 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:08.599 know if they're going to do it, but you know, you probably got 60 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:11.039 decent odds and it's not like a crazy thing. It would have been a 61 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:14.360 crazy I would have had you evaluated your mental state if you did it if 62 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:15.839 Sadderfield was the coach, right, because that would have been that would have 63 00:04:15.839 --> 00:04:19.480 been insane behavior. This is not insane behavior because you know, we're in 64 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:25.600 a different world now with with with Jeff Brohm. So the other righte up 65 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:30.199 here, this is from ESPN. They put theirs together and they they said 66 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:34.160 something about Tyler Shuck that, like I hope is is true. So they 67 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:40.600 have Louisville at twenty one, so consistent there, but they did an overreaction 68 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:45.720 for each team like something that you know is a bold opinion stra something that 69 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:48.759 may maybe some would say is a hot take. But their overreaction about Louisville 70 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:54.240 is this, Tyler Shuck will be a star. And it is crazy to 71 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:58.680 say this, but the seventh year senior Shuck has had a hard time staying 72 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:00.600 healthy throughout his career, but in the spring game, he showed exactly why 73 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:04.360 Jeff Brown went after him. In the transfer portal, Shuck played nearly flawless, 74 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:08.560 going eight of twelve for two hundred and seventy seven yards two touchdowns, 75 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:11.879 included one score in the first play from scrimmage, a beautiful eighty yard pass 76 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:16.040 to Chris Bell that immediately showed Shuck's arm strength. They go on here to 77 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:20.399 talk about the predecessor, Jack Plummer, had experience running the offense, but 78 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:25.439 you know, let's be real, he wasn't a great quarterback here, but 79 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:28.959 says that Shuck has the arm talent to do that, and Bell looks poised 80 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:30.480 to be wide receiver number one. Louisi wanted to add more receivers to the 81 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:34.560 portal, but even without that, Shuck has made major strides over a short 82 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:39.800 period of time and getting acclimated to a new offense and making plays happen. 83 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:43.560 So that's from Andrew Adelson who wrote that for ESPN. So they did want 84 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:48.360 to add some players, more receivers in the portal, but like I mean, 85 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:53.519 I feel like they still have good players in the portal, or if 86 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:58.639 good players from the portal at the receiver position. And you know, I'm 87 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.439 surprised in any of the right that I'm seeing about Louisville football in twenty twenty 88 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:06.720 four that nobody's mentioning Jacori Brooks, who transferred from Alabama, who did not 89 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:11.519 play a ton last year, but the year before that was Alabama's I believe 90 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:15.319 they're leading receiver. I mean for again Alabama. I feel like he could 91 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:19.480 probably adjust here just fine if he can do it at Alabama. And then 92 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:23.480 Colin Lacey, you know, he comes from South Alabama and he you know, 93 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:27.120 it's a lower level, but his team was good and he was wanted 94 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:30.560 by just about everybody. I think him not getting a whole lot of buzz 95 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:34.240 in the spring and him not really doing much in the spring game had people 96 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:36.720 kind of, you know, maybe not as excited, but you know, 97 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:41.600 I think those two guys and Chris Bell, who I think you can see 98 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:45.879 clearly has you know, big playmaking ability. We've seen it at times and 99 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:48.079 he did show it a couple of times in the spring game. So we 100 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:50.680 got a long way before we get to football season. But it's just I 101 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:57.279 mean, Jeff Brawm entering year to back home at Louisville, coming off of 102 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:01.399 a ten win season where you made the ACC Championship game is such a phenomenal 103 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:05.759 place to be in as a Louisville fan. And uh, I don't know 104 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:08.680 how good they're going to be this year. I think they will be good 105 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:14.160 once again. And it you know, Sadderfield. He wasn't Kenny Payne, 106 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:16.160 he wasn't even a bad coach. He just wasn't. Although you know we 107 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:19.920 have a losing record in the ACC. I mean, I think people can 108 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:25.600 say you're a bad coach and it's not like a hot take. But we've 109 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:27.920 got Brom and he's a lot better, and it's just you know, it's 110 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:30.319 a good fit. And look, if he doesn't win, then yeah, 111 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.519 things will be icy and people will be upset. But like, I'm not 112 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:38.560 worried about that. Can you guys tell him a big Bron fan? Does 113 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:41.360 that come off much on the show? John? It does well? But 114 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:46.240 I lost my Bron button. Oh no, I need to so sometimes you 115 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:47.199 know who it was. You know who it was. Who did it? 116 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:51.399 Is a damn buck Sextick. Buck Sextick coming in here and removing the the 117 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:57.079 hot key button to play my Brom sound. I mean, geez, what 118 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:59.839 really happened is I didn't give it a long enough date, so it expired 119 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:03.680 to reput it do there? Well, just blame it on buck Sexton next 120 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:05.360 time. I know it'd be good for us if we create some kind of 121 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:09.040 a non existent feud, right, maybe we can get him a call in, 122 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.199 like maybe get pissed off. Oh, I can tell people like, 123 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:13.800 oh my god, man, this studio b I I got to talk to 124 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:16.279 the boss. I need to go in a new studio because Buck Sexton, 125 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.879 Man, he farted so much when he did the show. It's just completely 126 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:24.079 ruined the studio. Could you imagine like if that was something that he had 127 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.720 to do to get comfortable in a new studio, he just had to rip 128 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:31.759 as just ripping ass man. Everybody's got their own method, right, whatory 129 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:33.639 And also, what did I say at the beginning of the show. It's 130 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.200 about being comfortable, and some people, you know, they do weird things 131 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.960 to get themselves comfortable. Maybe hits him just completely ripping ass. You never 132 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:43.799 know, you know, you never you never really know what people are into. 133 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:46.879 Let's just be real here, all right, so real quick. Before 134 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.960 we move on from football, some news for Kentucky fans u and I kind 135 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:52.720 of feel like this came out of nowhere, but I'll acknowledge I don't follow 136 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:58.559 Kentucky football transfer portal stuff. But Gavin wimsat the Rutgers transfer, who was 137 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:03.120 originally from Owensboro, he committed to Kentucky earlier today. I would imagine that 138 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:07.320 means he's probably going to be their backup, and he was not very productive 139 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.000 at Rutgers I think nine touchdowns, eight interceptions this past season, But you 140 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.840 know, he is a guy that has experience, and like a lot of 141 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:18.120 schools, Kentucky has been, has been kind of gutted by the portal when 142 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:24.320 it comes to quarterback and I feel like, you know, keeping maintaining depth 143 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:28.039 there is going to be difficult. But yet then again, you look at 144 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.559 Louisville and this isn't like, oh, you know, like I'm not even 145 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:33.360 really trying to compare the two, but like, it's crazy that Jeff Brom 146 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.639 has that many quarterbacks on the roster. Like if I was those kids, 147 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:39.879 you know, maybe there's a part of their experience here that you know that 148 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:43.480 I don't know about as far as like maybe they feel like one more year 149 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:45.799 then it'll be their turner. One more year, then they'll actually be in 150 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:48.320 a better position to transfer and they want to keep learning from Brom. I 151 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:52.279 don't know, but to see this many guys who were highly ranked quarterbacks coming 152 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.879 out of high school that would have a better chance of starting if they go 153 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.159 elsewhere, they still want to be here. It's just rare. You don't 154 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:03.399 you don't see that anymore are. We also talked a little bit about the 155 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:07.000 Tom Brady roast. I know, yesterday I talked about it briefly and I 156 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:09.919 ended up finishing it last night, and it was so phenomenal. I mean, 157 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:15.919 it was so good, really funny, and like Tom Brady, I 158 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.399 mean, clearly it's him that's getting made fun of, but when you have 159 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:24.639 you know, like comedians like Kevin Hart, Jeff Ross is it Tom Sigora 160 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:28.480 I think it's his last name, and Bert Kreischer, and I mean it 161 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.360 was just hilarious. And you know, to see Bill Belichick come out and 162 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:35.960 be a part of it, like that was kind of cool. Julian Ellman 163 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:37.960 and Gronk, like they're not stand up comedians, but you know what, 164 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.080 they can make fun of Tom Brady in a way that like nobody else can 165 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.039 because like they know him better than anybody, their teammates, friends, that 166 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:48.399 kind of stuff. So it was really really good. I enjoyed it, 167 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.399 and it's already turned into such a big success that everybody's asking who is Netflix 168 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.519 going to have roasted next? And there was a list that was sent out 169 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:00.600 by one of these sports betting sites that give you the odds, right which 170 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:03.840 athlete has the best odds and you can bet on it to get roasted next 171 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:09.519 and Lebron came in at number one, and I just, I mean, 172 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:13.360 I could see it happening, but it won't be good. It won't because 173 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.320 Lebron James, if he agreed to do it, he would make sure he 174 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:22.000 has clear He's given clearance to every single person and what they're gonna say, 175 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.879 and like they wouldn't be able to go too hard on him. You know, 176 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:30.360 he'd probably let one person make fun of his fake hair in his hairline. 177 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.039 Like other than that, they're just I mean, I don't even like 178 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.639 how did he like? Lebron probably is so he's so unaware of how he 179 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:41.159 comes off. He lacks self awareness so much. That's a better way to 180 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.960 put it. That like, if you talk to him about getting roasted, 181 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:48.639 he would probably think, like, well, what could they roast me about? 182 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:52.679 Like I'm Lebron And I say that as somebody that actually likes Lebron as 183 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:56.399 like a player, Like you know, it's more about like just knowing that 184 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:58.000 he's one of the best players of all time, being able to see his 185 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:03.000 career from start to fan and you know, I even like Brady like I 186 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.039 hated Brady growing up. I'm a Peyton Manning guy like I hated Brady, 187 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:09.799 but like I, you know, I respect how great and accomplished he was, 188 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:11.799 and you know, I got a chance to watch his whole career. 189 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.000 So like with Lebron, he's great. He's a legend, no doubt about 190 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:20.519 it. But he he could I don't think he'd sit there for three hours 191 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:24.799 and let these stand up comedians roast him and you know, be the butt 192 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:28.879 of the joke. I just don't think he would do that. You think 193 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:31.559 he'd walk out the moment somebody did the Jordan Crawford joke. I don't know. 194 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.440 And we talked about that earlier. Thank you to the Texter who reminded 195 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:37.080 us of that, because I was trying to, you know, as best 196 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:41.080 I could put into words like what about like Lebron to me would be the 197 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.879 worst person to roast because he would have every he would kept control over everything, 198 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.000 and it wouldn't be funny. Now, I guess in a way, 199 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:50.000 like you know, he can't really control what's being said, but he wouldn't 200 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:54.320 agree to do it unless he had control. And they reminded me of somebody 201 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:58.279 on the text on reminded me of when Jordan Crawford dunked on him years ago. 202 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:00.639 I mean, before the Internet, what is what it is now? 203 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.799 Right? Like, not everybody had their phone out videoing every single thing. 204 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:07.240 You couldn't upload. I mean, TikTok didn't exist. Instagram was only pictures. 205 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:11.720 You didn't have video on Twitter. You just had like YouTube links and 206 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:16.039 you would embed videos on websites. And Lebron and his people, whoever that 207 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:22.080 is made the person who video that him getting posterized deleted before they left, 208 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:26.320 like held him hostage, almost wouldn't let him leave the gym without deleting it 209 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:30.679 because he's that insecure and he's just you know, he had he's unable to 210 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.679 really read the room and see how he comes off. And I feel like 211 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.759 you have to have a sense of humor, you have to have a level 212 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:39.960 of self awareness, and you got to have tough skin to be able to 213 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.720 do what Tom Brady did the other night, because it I mean, it's 214 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:46.279 one thing that you know, to have your teammates come up and roast you 215 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:52.200 and make jokes and you know, take shots. It's another thing for some 216 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.799 of the funniest people on planet Earth to do it because you know what, 217 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:58.519 that's why they're rich and famous, because they do that really well better than 218 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:03.519 anybody. I mean, I wouldn't want to be roasted, but I mean 219 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:05.879 I wouldn't be worthy of it, trust me. But like the thought of 220 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:09.879 like someone who's really good at making jokes about someone like, yeah, I 221 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:13.960 don't want to go and cry myself to sleep. And Tom Brady, you 222 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:18.200 know, he's accomplished so much in life that he'll he's you know, he's 223 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:20.720 not phased, I don't think. But there were some things. I mean, 224 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:24.000 it was just uncomfortable at times, and it didn't hit me until until 225 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:28.159 I got further on in the three hour roast and hearing Kevin Hart say it 226 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:31.799 many times throughout, and there's a reason for it to be said, like 227 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:37.240 you have to get comfortable being uncomfortable when you are getting roasted, or if 228 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.000 you're just like watching it in attendance, or you know, even like I 229 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:41.120 mean, at times I would just like get out my phone and kind of 230 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:46.000 distract myself because I was just thinking old man like Aaron Hernandez jokes, I'm 231 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.480 not a prude, like I'm not. I'm not here to say that somebody 232 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:54.519 should be canceled or anything like that. But I mean, that's just I 233 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:58.399 don't know. I don't even want to use word to describe it because I 234 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.879 don't want to have people thinking that I'm saying, like, yeah, let's 235 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.879 make more jokes about the guy who you know, murdered people than murdered himself. 236 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:09.000 Like I'm not saying that. It's one of those moments where imagine if 237 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:13.679 somebody just turned on the radio at five eighteen there, Yeah, we're you 238 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:16.879 know, promoting more people making fun of you know. So it's not like 239 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:22.399 but it just is something you haven't like, you haven't heard people go that 240 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:26.480 far, and it you know, I could have done without it. You 241 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:30.080 know, it would have been just as funny if they didn't make a bunch 242 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:33.759 of jokes about Annon Hernandez and make jokes about Tom Brady his wife leaving him 243 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:37.679 for her karate instructor, which again, like had no clue that was true, 244 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.639 but it is. And he seemed a little uncomfortable when it happened. 245 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:43.159 But he also at times would like do a cheers to where he kind of 246 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:46.080 was okay with people making fun of her. But you know, she's already 247 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:52.240 talking about how disappointed and disgusted. She was, so was Aaron Hernandez's you 248 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:58.320 know wife, which her reasoning behind being bothered is understandable. And I don't 249 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:02.799 really know what you do. Like but her daughter, he has kids that 250 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:06.399 are you know, probably gonna hear about it being said from some of her 251 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:08.799 friends or when they get older. It's you know, it's on the internet. 252 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:14.080 It's forever. But you know, not to sound like an insensitive ahole, 253 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:18.360 but at some point, his children, any children of somebody who committed 254 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:23.039 heinous crimes and you know, was the celebrity, Like, they're gonna find 255 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:26.120 out who their dad was. Like, that's awful, It's terrible. It's 256 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:30.600 a traumatic experience that I would never want to go through. But you know, 257 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:34.440 it's just that's unfortunately, that's life for them. I mean, would 258 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.480 you be able to shield that from somebody? No way, right, No, 259 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:41.679 not possible. I mean, and I don't think you should, Like 260 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.879 I think you should be honest with somebody, not keep that from them, 261 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:47.919 but like it would be like it's impossible, it really is. So I 262 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:56.399 think either Shaq or Charles Barkley would be the best because I think they would 263 00:16:56.399 --> 00:17:00.000 be able to take it and you know, have a good sense of humor. 264 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:03.079 They are funny themselves. And Brady was funny too. He wasn't like 265 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:07.720 he had some good lines. He didn't deliver anything as if he was like 266 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:11.039 cracking jokes, because that's just not his personality. But Brady, you know, 267 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:14.799 he was a good sport about it. And I mentioned this at the 268 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:17.400 beginning of the show for those who didn't hear it, and if you've already 269 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:19.160 watched it, then you know this. But Ben Affleck came out and it 270 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.799 wasn't like part of his bit, which by the way, he's not a 271 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.880 comedian, he's just an actor. And to be honest with you, he 272 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:26.680 was probably one of the worst roasters that was a part of it. But 273 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:32.920 he came out and it seemed like a very genuine statement, which was who 274 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.880 in the hell would agree to do this, to just sit out there for 275 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.599 three hours and have some of the most hilarious people in the world make fun 276 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:41.720 of them for millions of people to see. I mean, it's it looks 277 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.880 some of these people are ruthless. Like Andrew Schultz. I mean I've only 278 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:49.240 seen like clips of him on social media. He's a podcaster, comedian guy, 279 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:52.799 but Man was on. He was unreal, and I mean that in 280 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:57.440 a complimentary way. He was hilarious. Tiger Woods has been mentioned bys some 281 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:00.759 people on the text line he's on here, but his odds are way down. 282 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:03.880 I don't. I don't think he'd be I don't think that would be 283 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:07.960 I think he'd be awkward, awkward. He's awkward in general. Michael Jordan, 284 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:12.839 he would never do it, and he's I mean, Michael would want 285 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:17.160 to like if I mean, if anybody made any kind of comment about like 286 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:18.799 him as a player, he'd get up mad and want to play them one 287 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.440 on one at the age of sixty. I mean, that's that's how George 288 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:26.759 my Man Jordan's wired like that. Travis Kelcey, I don't. I mean, 289 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:29.440 that might be good, but I don't because he's he'd be really easy 290 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:33.599 to make fun of. I could kind of see that. Mahomes is a 291 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:38.720 big enough star, and there's some things you can make fun of about, 292 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:44.799 like him sounding like Kermit the Frog and he puts ketchup on steak. But 293 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:48.359 were you really I think if let's just say they did this roast two nights 294 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:52.839 ago and it was Patrick Mahomes, and it's the same cast of characters outside 295 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:53.920 of, of course, you know, the Patriots teammates. That wouldn't be 296 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:59.960 there for Mahomes. It would be people making fun of Britney Mahomes and Jackson 297 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.160 Homes and that could be really funny. But I don't think he would do 298 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:07.359 that. Like I don't probably make fun of his dad too. Oh yeah, 299 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:11.000 I forgot about that. Yeah, that would be and that would that 300 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:15.960 would be That would easily be a part of it too. Yeah, if 301 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:19.079 they're doing the Aaron Hernandez stuff. Yeah, and like if you're Mahomes, 302 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:23.079 like you may not be that bothered by because honestly unfortunate. I mean, 303 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:26.119 I don't know enough about his wife other than she just seems like the worst 304 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:30.720 ever. It just seems like annoying and just like, you know, somebody 305 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:34.279 I wouldn't want to be around. But his brother is just a complete clown 306 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:38.160 and brings a lot of, you know, all that nonsense on himself. 307 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:42.839 And you know, it's actually been criminally charged with doing awful things to people. 308 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:45.519 I think it ended up getting dropped. But like you may sit there 309 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:48.119 and think I don't care. You know, they deserve it right, have 310 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.559 at it. Crack jokes on my wife who's annoying, and my brother who 311 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:56.960 sucks, or my dad who can't stop drinking. But like your your your 312 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:59.359 family wouldn't want that, you know, Like it just there's a level of 313 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:03.680 humanity you would be, like, you know, and here's another thing that 314 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:07.359 I'm just thinking about out loud. Here a lot of families and even close 315 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:11.599 friends like brothers, sisters, that kind of stuff, Like you can make 316 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:12.519 fun of them, but if somebody else does, you want to fight, 317 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:15.880 you know what I mean, that's different. That's how like to this day, 318 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:22.039 like my sister, you know, she and I are close as you 319 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:26.240 know is she and I are eleven and a half months apart, So we're 320 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:29.720 close, but we're not like you know, we don't text each other and 321 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:33.839 you know we don't probably haven't given her a hug in fifteen years, no 322 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:36.039 joke, but like we're klug. I see her a lot that kind of 323 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:38.079 stuff. But like if she was to hear somebody saying something about me, 324 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:41.720 she'd probably want to fight him. Like that's just it's maybe not be because 325 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:45.680 of me, it's just because it's how families kind of are at times. 326 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:49.240 But I hope they do more of these but I really have a tough time, 327 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:53.720 really have a tough time imagining them being as good as the one we 328 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:57.599 just had with with Tom Brady. What if we had like a Tony Vannetti 329 00:20:57.680 --> 00:21:00.799 roast here at Ia, Oh they've I think they might have done one before 330 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:06.240 no Venette. They did a roast of Matt Jones about six years ago, 331 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:10.599 I believe roughly, and Venette apparently was the star of the roast. Okay, 332 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:14.039 I could see that, and I think they might have. There was 333 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:18.039 a time where they were gonna do you know, like Terry Tony. I 334 00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:23.000 know they did Matt, and if it's somebody I know getting roasted, I 335 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:26.880 don't I wouldn't want to be there. I'd want to be there. I 336 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:33.319 would be because I would I would have second hand embarrassment. Yeah, but 337 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:36.920 you got to keep in mind, like we probably, I don't know, 338 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:38.680 we probably could do it for Tony. Kevin Hart would come right, he 339 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:42.720 would clearly, Kevin Hart, Jeff Ross who you know they did want to 340 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:45.799 be a part of the Tony Vannette roast because he's such a star. But 341 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:49.920 to be fair, Tony would be Cody could take it more than anybody I 342 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:56.359 know in this world we live in of Radio Tony. You know, I've 343 00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:02.079 he's a robot, like people can tell him they think he's the biggest scumbag 344 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:03.160 in the world. And I don't think anybody is saying that. But he 345 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:07.079 would not, he wouldn't, he wouldn't blink an eye. And I'm not 346 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:11.519 too you know, I'm not too insecure to admit that, like, that's 347 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:17.359 not me. I've had my fair share of insults lobbed my way, and 348 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:19.119 at times I'm like, well, this person is a troll on the internet. 349 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:22.680 It doesn't know me. But then there's sometimes I'm like, damn, 350 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:27.680 that was mean, But you know, it happens. All right, We'll 351 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:32.799 talk a little more about the h the portal here on the other side, 352 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:37.920 just a quick update on names that appear to be the new targets for Pat 353 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:44.720 Kelsey and a local kid here from Louisville that just picked up an offer from 354 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.599 Louisville. And this made me feel really old because I played with his dad, 355 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:51.599 knows dad well, and now he's like, I think he's going to 356 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:53.599 be a guy that I mean, he could be the first high school kid 357 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:57.839 that Pat Kelsey and Mark Pope gohead go ahead for head with go go head 358 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:00.119 head to head for so, all right, don't go anywhere, We'll keep 359 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:03.200 rolling along. It's the five o'clock hour right here on Sports Talk seven ninety 360 00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:07.400 so if we were going to it's a good question. Somebody asked in the 361 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:11.680 text line if I was going to rank the transfers in the portal as far 362 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:18.440 as the names we've talked about most. I mean, this isn't a transfer, 363 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:22.599 but I feel like Jaden Quaint's became like a daily fixture within the show, 364 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:26.200 would you agree, John, Yes, for sure. And then outside 365 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:30.039 of that, I don't really know if there's one that became like a you 366 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:33.240 know, great Osabor has been. Yeah, it's probably him a long talking 367 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:37.640 point for the last week because he's one of the best players in the portal 368 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:41.400 and he kind of had his visit happen where you know, there was no 369 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:44.880 getting lost in the shuffle, it was just him, so you know, 370 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:48.319 he's he's up there. It'd probably be number one if we're talking just transfers, 371 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:52.720 because you know, the others, their commitment, you know, came 372 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:56.240 at a time where there was no other commitment like that same day or the 373 00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:00.720 day before or after, right, I think they did that strategically to let 374 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:03.880 each of these guys kind of have their moment where you know, it's reported 375 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:07.119 to everybody and it gets some attention. You know, Pat Kelsey's added you 376 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:11.160 know, cater Trail or from Long Beach State, He's added Ali Khalifa or 377 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:18.119 Chucky Hill. Yeah, exactly, so I think everybody that they've added. 378 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:21.960 I mean, again, disclaimer, no clue how good Louisll is going to 379 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:23.799 be in year one of the Pat Kelsey era, just because it's all brand 380 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:27.920 new. The ultimate you know, just unknown. But as far as the 381 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:33.119 personnel that's been added at this point, I'm very pleased. And they still 382 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:36.920 have work to do, there's no doubt about it. But you know, 383 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:41.480 it sounds like they're in good shape with Great Osibor because he visited Louisville last 384 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:44.599 week and by all accounts, the visit went fine. I mean, I 385 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:48.119 don't think no update means that it was bad, But to me, it 386 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:52.680 just feels like everything with him is transactional. Right He's out here trying to 387 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:55.319 see as much money as he can get, and he has every right to 388 00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.720 do that, and I believe Louisville right now is the one that will pay 389 00:24:56.799 --> 00:25:02.079 him the most money. So he visited Texas Tech, and it sounds as 390 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:06.480 if that that is soured. So now he visits Washington to see if he 391 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:10.440 wants to reunite with his with his coach and follow him once again, like 392 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:14.480 he followed him from Montana State to Utah State. So you know, I 393 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:17.480 wouldn't be shocked if in the next few days we find out what he's going 394 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.319 to do. And I'm not here to tell you that. I think it's 395 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:22.440 going to be Louisville, but I think they've got, you know, a 396 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:29.960 good shot. I'd say, just a guess here, of course, fifty 397 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:33.799 five percent chance they landed. That's that's my guest, says of five point 398 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:37.799 thirty four here a on a Tuesday afternoon. When do you think we'll find 399 00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:41.640 out Thursday? Okay again, just guessing here, yep, just guessing. 400 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:45.279 So yeah, there's other names we discussed a little bit earlier. We talked 401 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:48.000 about at Cora A Core, the kid from Samford. He is somebody that 402 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:52.200 they're apparently trying to get on campus for a visit. He's another big guy, 403 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:56.000 put up some good numbers last year. Auburn is also involved there. 404 00:25:56.039 --> 00:26:00.599 It sounds like they are the favorite case in price South Word to transfer a 405 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:04.279 six to ten big who Louisville, Arkansas, Illin, I'm sorry, and 406 00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:07.720 Villanova are in on. I would really like to get I mean, I 407 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:11.160 really like Cason Pryor. It just it seems like Arkansas looks to be in 408 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:14.799 the best shape there, which would be a bumber. But you know, 409 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:18.279 there's still other players out there. And then a guy that I haven't mentioned 410 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:22.519 is is Kahani Ruths, who is a freshman to be twenty twenty four class. 411 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:26.880 He signed with Michigan, decommitted, got out of his letter of intent 412 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:30.839 when Juwan Howard was fired. I believe rivals is reported that he's going to 413 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:34.200 visit Louisville even maybe this weekend. Michigan is still in play, Dusty May 414 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:37.599 wants him, and George is involved, but this could be a big man. 415 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:41.119 He was a top thirty player in the twenty twenty four class, and 416 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:45.839 you know, freshman now, you don't feel as if you're going to get 417 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:48.400 as much out of him right out of the gate, which honestly, that's 418 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:52.039 always been the case. There's just been the rare exceptions. But hey, 419 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:56.160 I mean, it wouldn't be crazy to have a freshman who is a top 420 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:59.240 thirty player, give you, you know, sixteen minutes to twenty minutes a 421 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:02.319 game off the bench one of your reserve bigs. And that's not asking a 422 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:06.319 freshman to do too much, I wouldn't think. And then a new name 423 00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:11.079 that is at least new as far as the you know, the involvement from 424 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:14.319 Louisville is Wuga Popla. Do you know who that is? You've heard that 425 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:18.200 name? I haven't heard it that. I mean, Woga Poplar is a 426 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:22.599 Miami transfer. He's a guard six or five guard from Philadelphia. Did not 427 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:25.799 play. I mean I think he played, but was not a big factor 428 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:29.279 on their team when they went to the Final four. And then last year, 429 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:33.680 despite you know, Miami being really bad, he had a breakout year. 430 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:37.319 He averaged thirteen points, five rebounds, a couple of assists. So 431 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:40.880 Louisville is one of the many schools involved there that's linked with him. So 432 00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:42.839 I don't have a clue if he's scheduling visits or whatnot. But yeah, 433 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:47.839 there's still scholarships available and there's a lot of options out there. As far 434 00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:51.599 as how this game of musical chairs ends and where these guys ends, up. 435 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:55.799 You know, we just have to wait and see, and that's always 436 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.079 the case. But again, I feel like there used to be some pretty 437 00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:02.640 It's such a longer process when you're recruited as a high school kid for many 438 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:07.880 years to where it lines up to where Okay, yeah, this kid's gonna 439 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:11.559 stay home and go to this school or Whatnotright real quick, before we move 440 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:15.000 on the local kid that just picked up an offer here. I'm sure a 441 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:19.920 lot of you have heard about him, Caden Magwood. He's actually playing at 442 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:22.200 Oakill Academy. He's been there for I think two years now, but he 443 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:27.359 played at Western High School as a freshman and was really good as a freshman, 444 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:32.640 and he picked up a Louisville offer over the weekend. He's been killing 445 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:36.440 it on the Adida circuit. He's a four star, top one hundred caliber 446 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:38.599 kind of guy. From what it sounds like, he's been so impressive so 447 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:42.160 far this spring. He'll probably jump up quite a bit in the rankings, 448 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:47.559 and again Louisville offered him. Kentucky's gonna get involved. It sounds like I 449 00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:52.160 saw something from one of the KSR writers that he plans to visit Kentucky and 450 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:55.240 Mark Pope is aware of him, and you're not sure of the offer. 451 00:28:55.359 --> 00:29:00.799 So I played high school basketball and even middle school with not not with as 452 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:04.240 far as the same team. But his dad is Al Magwood, who graduated 453 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:07.359 same year I did. He went to Southern High School and I played against 454 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:11.039 him every year from like sixth grade on. We actually signed with the same 455 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:15.200 school initially coming out of high school. We both signed with Mitt Continent when 456 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:17.279 we were seniors. He ended up going there. I ended up going to 457 00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:19.720 Saint Catherine instead at the last minute. And his dad was a hell of 458 00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:22.920 a player his I mean no offense. Al, if you're listening to your 459 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:27.440 son, looks like he's a better player. But diehard UK fan, I 460 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:33.000 mean obnoxious UK fan, not not Cayden, but his dad. Then I 461 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.880 don't mean that you know, he's just a diehard UK fan. If you're 462 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:37.279 a diehard fan of one of the other, like you know, it's just 463 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:40.400 how it is. So I'm sure his son will decide where he wants to 464 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:45.119 go to school and his dad's love for BBN won't be a factor. But 465 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:48.559 you know, everybody, it's people who know of him just because of of 466 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:52.119 Al have always said, you know, the Louisville offer, and I'm always 467 00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:53.920 thinking, like, man, I hope they do, but I don't know. 468 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:56.880 He hates his dad, hates the Littleville, and loves Kentucky. But 469 00:29:57.000 --> 00:30:02.200 you know that it wouldn't be crazy at all if he ends up at Louisville, 470 00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:06.359 because you know, maybe Louisville's a better program for him at that time. 471 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:10.319 But as soon as I saw this morning that Mark Pope was already you 472 00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:12.559 know, showing interest and he's going to visit, I started to worry a 473 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:15.640 little bit. But hey, I'm not going to count out Pat Kelsey just 474 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:21.799 yet. And Pat Kelsey has familiarity with with Cayden, and I remember this 475 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:26.680 right around the time that that Kelsey was hired, he was one of the 476 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:30.640 first to offer Cayden Magwood whenever he was, you know, a sophomore, 477 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:33.839 because that's when you're at Charleston, you get in on these guys a lot 478 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.039 earlier than others, and because that's your only chance of potentially getting them, 479 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:40.799 is that maybe they just develop and establish a relationship with you to where they 480 00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:44.839 will go to the smaller school. Right well, at Okill, he had 481 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:47.960 a great year last year and he's had a great spring so I'm sure more 482 00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:51.920 offers will come, but yeah, that would be really cool for me to 483 00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.960 see to see him at U of L, just because of the connection, 484 00:30:55.000 --> 00:31:00.160 but also because he's a really good player. So if at Kelsey and Mark 485 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:03.920 Pope go after him, like I could see it coming down to these two 486 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.079 schools. He just picked up an offer from Chris Beard too, by the 487 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:08.960 way, which could never count that guy. He's a pretty good coach too, 488 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:14.839 But it would be cool for It wouldn't be cool if, you know, 489 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:18.000 Louisville came out on the losing end, but for maybe the first battle 490 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:22.160 between Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey. For a local player be somebody that you 491 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:25.960 know. I remember when he was a baby and I knew he'd be a 492 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:29.480 good player, but man, he really, you know, he did such 493 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:32.680 a He took a chance on himself, went to Oak Hill not knowing where 494 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:34.599 he'd play. As far as you know, I think he's always had confidence 495 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:37.759 in himself. But you know, the guys who go played oak Kill are 496 00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:41.759 guys who you know are going to be four and five star recruits that are 497 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:44.559 going to have big offers. And he was there, He's been there for 498 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:48.599 two years now and got better every year and it's paying off for him. 499 00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:52.119 One other name to mention here that we haven't talked about since the three o'clock 500 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:56.640 hour, but Trent Noah, that is a local kid, the number two 501 00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:59.960 player in stead of Kentucky has committed and signed to South Carolina. But he, 502 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:02.960 I guess, either requested to get out of his letter of intent today 503 00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:06.960 or he has already gotten out of it. I'm not sure of the specifics, 504 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:10.000 but it sounds like Kentucky's going to be where he ends up, which 505 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:14.480 makes sense. You know, I threw this out there earlier, and there's 506 00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:17.319 no way to know for sure, but there's like, if you grow up 507 00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:21.519 in Harlan, Kentucky, your whole life, in your life is basketball, 508 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.400 what are the chances you're not a diehard Kentucky fan? Like one percent? 509 00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:29.880 Maybe, Like it would take some some scenario like your dad played at a 510 00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.839 different school or you moved there when you like, I mean, it would 511 00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:36.799 be very unusual for this kid to not be a diehard Kentucky fan, which 512 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:38.799 you would think that that gives Kentucky the leg up here. They have scholarships 513 00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:43.799 available. Cali Perry didn't recruit guys like this for the most part, So 514 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:50.240 you know, I would expect him to go there. But and I'm not 515 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:52.160 even sure where people are getting this from. But others, including you know, 516 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:57.279 even KSR have mentioned Louisville is expected to be involved here as well. 517 00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:00.839 So you know, I if look, if I if I talk to the 518 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:05.400 kid and you get you know, you get the sense of where of where 519 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:10.319 he's you know, leaning if I'm if I'm Kelsey, I mean I'd probably 520 00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:13.880 just say good best of luck, young man, We'll see you every year 521 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:16.359 in December, because you know, you know what I mean if if you 522 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:21.240 go head to head and lose this one, like it wouldn't be a big 523 00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:23.160 deal because I think you can still you know, be a good team and 524 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:29.240 have great success here if you don't get one player. But it is interesting. 525 00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.920 It's gonna be interesting to see, like when when are we gonna have 526 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:35.799 Because here's the thing. Even Betino would not recruit locally unless somebody was really 527 00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:38.799 special, and that's honestly that should be the case, because these programs here 528 00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:43.680 are special. Kentucky would never recruit local and if they did, Cali Perry 529 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:46.640 resented taking these guys because he like held it against him that fans wanted them 530 00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:52.359 to come to Kentucky. He did that with Dante Allen, he did it 531 00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:55.920 with Derek Willis until the end he did start to really play Derek and and 532 00:33:57.079 --> 00:34:00.400 obviously with th Reed Sheppard, different situation because Red Shepherd is that's special. 533 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:04.039 But it is going to be wild whenever we get it gets. You know, 534 00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:06.759 when there's there's a kid locally and I don't just mean Louisville, maybe 535 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:10.480 just the surrounding area that like it's going to be Louisville or Kentucky and you've 536 00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:15.079 got fans from both sides showing up at their high school games that kind of 537 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:20.000 stuff, Like it feels like it's been forever since that happened. And for 538 00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:22.519 a while Rick wouldn't even do it because he just, you know, there 539 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:24.519 was no point. I mean, that's I know at times he got criticized 540 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:28.599 for that, but like a lot of schools would have been wise and maybe 541 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:31.039 they'll be wise to do the same thing at Arkansas. But if you were 542 00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:36.840 going head to head with Cali Perry for a recruit, you weren't winning many, 543 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:42.639 if any. Only Duke I feel like was consistently getting players over col 544 00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:46.079 All right, let's see, let's get our last breakout of the way here. 545 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:52.320 What I want to get to on the other side is a wild story 546 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:59.719 in college football that just again doesn't seem real, but it is a twenty 547 00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:04.440 nine year old freshman going to be playing college football in the SEC with a 548 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:08.000 wild story. We'll get to that. And the field of sixty eight gave 549 00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:13.480 out grades. The report cards are in as the musical chairs has come to 550 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:16.760 an end, every college basketball job vacancy has been filled, and we'll tell 551 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:21.920 you what grades they gave the two new coaches around here. Stick with us 552 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:29.360 on Sports Talk seven ninety. So this is this is something I can tell 553 00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:34.440 you that I've never heard of happening before, and that is a professional baseball 554 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:38.199 player who has played ten years professionally, was a member of the twenty fourteen 555 00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:45.760 recruiting class, is now going to be a freshman receiver for Arkansas. So 556 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:52.719 Monte Harrison has committed to Arkansas, and he was a four star receiver in 557 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:58.519 twenty fourteen, ten years ago, and he was drafted in the second round 558 00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:02.039 of that draft that year. Was committed to Nebraska, but ended up taking 559 00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:07.920 the path of baseball because he got drafted in the second round and played, 560 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:09.800 you know, roughly ten years, I guess, and even was up in 561 00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:15.400 the big leagues with the Marlins for two seasons, but last played in twenty 562 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:19.480 twenty two. And now he's decided he's twenty nine years old, he's decided 563 00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:23.679 to play high school or to play college football. Like, how weird is 564 00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:28.400 that? So if he's going to be a freshman and he has four years 565 00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:30.360 of eligibility, he can play into his thirties for this is a thing. 566 00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:34.639 Yeah, he's a true freshman. He never used any eligibility. This is 567 00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:37.400 weird. You know, I could see this being one of those things where 568 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:40.760 it's like, you know, he better not be getting any of RNIL money 569 00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:44.519 because he's made enough money as a I mean, you're draft in the second 570 00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:47.639 round and you play years in the league, you know. I he played 571 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:51.800 his recent as twenty twenty two, meaning he was not on his rookie deal. 572 00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:53.440 He was on a new contract. So like he's got money unless he's 573 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:58.960 blown it all. But like imagine being a let's say place four years and 574 00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:02.159 goes to the NFL draft. Thirty thirty two year old receiver entering the NFL. 575 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:07.039 This sounds like the premise for just a stupid sitcom. Yeah, I 576 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:13.679 mean it seems like maybe he worked out showed him he still has you know, 577 00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:15.960 he was a professional athlete, you know, it's not like he's just 578 00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:20.159 been a bum sitting on the couch. But that's just awkward, Like you 579 00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:22.920 know, in the in the locker room is going to be yeah, six 580 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:24.159 years younger than you, oh, no doubt or more. Yeah. I 581 00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:30.119 mean like dudes who are joining the team with him as freshmen were seven years 582 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:34.559 old when he was coming out of high school. Like that's so weird. 583 00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:38.039 Oh man, he's older than you. John, it's crazy. You should 584 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:42.039 hear you should you should try to do the same thing. Go play, 585 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:44.679 Go play soccer at UVEL or something and just be like, hey, I'm 586 00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:47.280 here to walk on, Like how old are you? Twenty six? Actually 587 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:50.880 need to play a minute? Just want to be on the team. Yeah, 588 00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:53.039 is this guy expected to get playing? I have no clue to me. 589 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:57.159 You know, it's it's a news story that's going to generate some attention. 590 00:37:57.760 --> 00:38:01.719 But one of two things, like they're just desperate to see what this 591 00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:06.480 guy's got because they need players, or they actually think he's really talented, 592 00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:08.639 you know, And this is somebody who will be playing under Bobby Petrino. 593 00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:12.159 That's right, Bobby. Actually, now that you say that, Bobby p 594 00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:14.320 had to be the one to sign off on and he's the one run on 595 00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:17.639 the offense. Yeah, so it's wild, all right. So the phil 596 00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:21.719 of sixty eight, they've given the report cards out for everybody who hired a 597 00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:27.400 college basketball coach during this cycle, and there were only four a's given out. 598 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:31.360 There were two A plus'es, and that was Saint Louis hiring Josh Shirtz 599 00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:35.920 and Chris Mack being hired by Charleston, which, by the way, he 600 00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:39.079 is killing it in the portal for you know, for Charleston especially. I 601 00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:43.519 mean he's added I mean, he's basically got his whole team together and they're 602 00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:46.159 not I wouldn't be I would be shocked if they're not the preseason favorite for 603 00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:51.880 that league and probably wouldn't lead to Mac maybe not being there that long, 604 00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:53.320 which you know, I don't know, maybe he loves it there in stays. 605 00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:57.079 But the other a's were a minuses, and that was USC getting Eric 606 00:38:57.119 --> 00:39:05.559 Musselman and Stanford hiring Kyle Smith. So, I mean Musselman, I never 607 00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:08.079 could understand why he wasn't mentioned more for other jobs, and it just took 608 00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:14.320 USC being lucky to get him because of Andy Enfield leaving. So the Bees 609 00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:19.679 calipari in Arkansas was A B plus Pat Kelce Louisville B plus, Chris Holtman 610 00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:22.280 to Paul B plus, Danny Sprinkle B plus, Dusty May a B at 611 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:28.800 Michigan, Kevin Young B at b yu, Mark Popa B minus, and 612 00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:32.000 then Steve Lutz at Oklahoma State B minus, Conso Martin at Mississippi State B 613 00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:39.159 minus, and then this C minus for Ohio State hiring Jake Diebler, which 614 00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:44.199 kind of surprised me a little bit. C minus for SMU hiring Andy Enfield. 615 00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:47.800 I totally agree with that, but yeah, how I mean Michigan only 616 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:52.760 getting a BEE for hiring Dusty May that I'm sure that it's a better grade 617 00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:55.719 than Louisville guye, which you know everybody thought. That doesn't mean interesting. 618 00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:59.079 Why do I want Dusty made it fail so bad just so I could feel 619 00:39:59.119 --> 00:40:02.840 vindicated? Why do you want him? Because it's kind of a love hate. 620 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:07.639 Yeah, maybe he hates a strong word. But like if if Michigan's 621 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:13.199 doing really well and Mike Woodson is struggling. All you'll hear about, Oh 622 00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:16.719 yeah is go go get Dusty, bring him home, even if they're not 623 00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:22.639 struggling. But Michigan's doing phenomenal and Indiana's just doing good enough. You know 624 00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:24.360 what they could turn into, right, that could turn into the Saderfield Brom 625 00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:30.119 situation where even when Saderfield was fine and Brom was killing it, like the 626 00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:36.519 people were just infatuated with with Brom. But here's hell, Brom was here, 627 00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:38.719 like Bro Brom, like is more of a fixture with Louisville football than 628 00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:42.880 Dusty May. I mean Dusty May was a was a student manager for Bob 629 00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:45.639 Knight, right, Like that's the connection, isn't it. Yes? I 630 00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:49.440 mean I want him to be good enough, but worse than Indiana. What 631 00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:51.559 you do have going for you here, though, is you're gonna get the 632 00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:54.480 trial run right. You'll know, like Michigan may have saved you from a 633 00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:58.800 you know, potentially hiring a bump, you know, because if his first 634 00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:00.719 job from FAU is in Indiana, you know, he may be terrible. 635 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:05.280 Yeah, And I feel like he's just gonna be mid there, Like he 636 00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:07.880 won't be bad enough to where they can him. I bet I'll have a 637 00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:10.480 flashy season similar to Fau, maybe on a Final four run, but a 638 00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:14.000 year where they're like in the top eight or something all year long, and 639 00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:17.039 then that's just his one go around with them. Well said, but flashy 640 00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:20.920 and dusty may just doesn't fit. But yes, I know what you mean, 641 00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:23.000 Like he'll have a year where he's the darling again. I don't know 642 00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:25.960 why I don't like that guy. He's just too He never did anything to 643 00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:30.360 mexactly exactly. I don't know what it is. All Right, we're out 644 00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:32.760 of time, you guys. Enjoy your night, stay stay safe. If 645 00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:39.400 these storms get crazy, we're back at it tomorrow right here on Sports Talk seven ninety