WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.679 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:32.880 day. Now here's Nick Coffee. So for those who you know, know 3 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:36.240 me well enough to know my birthday when it is, or those who just 4 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:41.079 you know, remember it coming up on the show, it was let's see 5 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:43.920 ten days ago, today's at seventeenth. And the reason I'm bringing up is 6 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:46.560 not because I'm you know, shaming people who didn't tell me happy birthday, 7 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:49.399 because when you get to be thirty six, it's really just any other day 8 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:52.560 and it's you know, you don't want to be getting older. But there 9 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:58.280 are still people sending me comments on Facebook telling me happy birthday, Like how 10 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:00.880 is their Facebook thinking it's ten days ago? Like I don't know how that 11 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:06.000 could happen. Like Facebook is if it's good for anything, and it's good 12 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:07.799 for a lot of stuff, but it's also you know, it's kind of 13 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:11.840 the worst at times too, but you can keep up with people that you 14 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:15.079 would never see without Facebook. And also, like, you know, everybody's 15 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.680 birthday because it tells you unless you like hide it, which can you do 16 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:19.200 that? I guess you can, can't you? I feel like there's probably 17 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:25.000 an option to hide that, so I'm just curious how that happens. What 18 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:29.280 I my guess is that like your feed, people are just still and it's 19 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:32.920 usually people that aren't like old, you know, old old farts. It's 20 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:37.840 you know, people who are you know, just probably you know, not 21 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:42.719 technologically savvy with social media to like edit their timeline and all that, which 22 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:44.640 I'm not even sure if you can do that in Facebook, can you, 23 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.439 because I think you used. Twitter is still the only social media platform that 24 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.359 I'm aware of to where you can actually get a real in a real time, 25 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:57.959 you know, thread, like a feed. I think Instagram has that 26 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:04.719 option too. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it was removed maybe Yeah. If 27 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.000 so, I'm I would love to turn that on on Instagram because in fact, 28 00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:09.439 most of what I see now on Instagram is just ads. To be 29 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:12.560 honest with you, I mean, I'll see, like I think now on 30 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:16.960 Instagram, the majority of the content that you know, the average user of 31 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:23.319 Instagram consumes is stories and the reels and just scrolling through because the real section 32 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:25.680 of Instagram is basically TikTok. Yeah, it's off brand t Yeah, I 33 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:30.080 mean it's by the way I do. That's that's just where we are. 34 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.879 Technologically, and I guess it's not it's not like that new, but at 35 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:38.159 one point these competitors in this space just decided any new feature you like. 36 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:44.680 For example, Facebook is the one that has taken everything that the other apps 37 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:49.120 social media platforms have like made their thing. Like Twitter was just a big 38 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:52.400 timeline thing. Well then you know Twitter, and you know, and then 39 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:54.960 you started to see Facebook kind of have a similar, similar kind of thing. 40 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:59.680 Instagram. I mean, I don't know when they added video, but 41 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:02.759 it was probably around the time that TikTok became a thing. And now Facebook 42 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:06.159 has what do they call them? They're not are they reels? Yeah? 43 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:08.360 I think it's Facebook reels as well. Yeah, and then you have YouTube 44 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:12.479 shorts, which is kind of you know, you can open up, you 45 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:14.960 know, you can click on one of the shorts in your YouTube app and 46 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:19.840 just scroll like you do on TikTok. So anyways, on Facebook, like 47 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:23.199 I'll scroll down and I just pulled it up right now. So if I'm 48 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:25.639 scrolling down here, I don't even know what like my feed says. But 49 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:30.680 I think most people just have the belief that they're seeing something in order of 50 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:36.120 it being posted. Yet here I am looking at somebody who I'm friends with, 51 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.960 I'm looking at a post that they posted five days ago, like, 52 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:42.719 why is that appearing on my timeline? And it's clearly because it's not set 53 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:44.840 up to be in real time. But you know, I don't know why 54 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:47.000 the Facebook algorithm thinks that that's relevant to me. So what it could be 55 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:51.000 is that, like if somebody posted a picture of me for my birthday and 56 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:53.319 they saw that, they may not look at the date. They may just 57 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:54.599 assume, oh, it's his birthday. I'm gonna tell them happy birthday. 58 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.319 I mean, you can tell me happy birthday. It's fine, but just 59 00:03:57.400 --> 00:03:59.960 know that it it was, in fact, you know, ten days ago. 60 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:05.639 Like the other day, I saw a picture of a buddy of mine 61 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:12.280 and his wife and it was like an album from a trip that they took, 62 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:15.479 but it just showed one picture, like it didn't show me it was 63 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:16.639 an album, like I think she'd uploaded, like, you know, a 64 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:20.519 bunch of pictures from their trip, and for whatever reason, on the feed, 65 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:24.480 just one of the pictures showed up and it was him and her and 66 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:27.120 it was from like, you know, a month ago, and I liked 67 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:29.360 it, and it just I'm thinking, like she's they're thinking, I mean, 68 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:32.439 I'm stalking and creeping that I'm going through something they posted a month ago 69 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:35.560 and finding one of the forty pictures and liking that one randomly. It's like, 70 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:38.399 I didn't do that, it was just it appeared there. It's a 71 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:40.519 good picture, and I love you guys, so I'm gonna like it. 72 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:44.000 But they probably think I'm just spending my day scrolling through all their pictures, 73 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:46.519 which that is, like that's next level creepy, right, yeah, like 74 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:51.639 it's never happened to me because you know it wouldn't. But like if you 75 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:55.759 are, if you're single, girl, I guess you could not be single 76 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:58.720 because that wouldn't matter to some guys. But like, if you're going through 77 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:01.480 pro the profile picture pictures of chicks and you go like to one that they 78 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:05.079 had as their profile picture six years ago and you like heart it, like 79 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:10.199 you're totally like you're sitting a signal, right, Like that's what that is. 80 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:13.600 You're letting them know what's up, which, you know, maybe it 81 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.480 works for some I'm not sure. I think that would be kind of, 82 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:17.879 you know, corny, but hey, maybe maybe it works. I don't 83 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.759 know. 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Right now, we don't have a number, at least 103 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:23.360 I don't have a number. Maybe it's out there and I just haven't seen 104 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:27.959 it. But the record is and two. That's the record for the attendance 105 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.199 at a TVT game. Louisville was in the top five last year. I 106 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:32.680 think they got between five and six. I think they actually might have got 107 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:36.360 to six last year at one of the games. But right now they've sold 108 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:41.120 out the lower Bawl, so all tickets in the one hundred section, in 109 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.240 the two hundred sections are sold out. So if you go to ticket Master 110 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:48.720 and you look at the tickets that are available, you'll see that, you 111 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:53.480 know, you can only purchase in the three hundreds and the only sections that 112 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:56.399 you can purchase the ticket in the upper level in the three hundreds is you 113 00:06:56.480 --> 00:07:00.240 know, straight line within the court right you can get from you know, 114 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:02.720 I think it's like I don't know the exact number, but it goes from 115 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:09.439 basically the end will be where the one goal is and the other end will 116 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:11.839 be on the other side, so you're still up top, but you're not, 117 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:14.720 you know, like looking at it from a terrible angle. So they've 118 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:17.079 already seemingly sold a lot of tickets in the three hundreds because if you go 119 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:20.040 to each section within the ticket Master app, or you do it online like 120 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:24.240 I'm doing it here, you can double click on a section and it'll show 121 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:27.839 you which tickets are available in said section, and if the tickets aren't available, 122 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:30.000 it means somebody's purchased them. So, you know, I don't want 123 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:31.439 to get ahead of myself here, but just by looking at what I'm looking 124 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:33.720 at, I feel like they may not be far from that, because the 125 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:39.720 lower bowl is forty five hundred, So you know, I bet right now 126 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:44.680 they're probably just again looking at tickets that you cannot purchase because somebody else has 127 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:46.959 purchased them. I'd say they're close to six right now, and we still 128 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:49.000 got you know, we still got a few days and there'll be people that 129 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:53.040 show up and buy tickets there, which you know you can totally do if 130 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:56.839 you want to do that. So I did see that they are letting folks 131 00:07:56.839 --> 00:08:01.720 know that there are other events going on at the Exposition Center, so arrive 132 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:03.839 early. I think they're going to open up the doors at eleven thirty, 133 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.560 and I believe that's a change. I think it Previously it was going to 134 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:09.800 be set to open up at noon with tip off at one. Now they're 135 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:11.720 gonna open up open it up at eleven thirty and encourage people to get there 136 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:16.759 early to avoid the crowd. And again, it's not to say that, 137 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:20.720 hey, traffic in this city is going to be insane because everybody's going to 138 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:22.120 watch, you know, a TBT game. I mean, I hope that 139 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:24.720 is the case. I hope it's a great crowd, but there's I think 140 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:28.040 multiple different events going on at the same you know, in the Kentucky Exposition 141 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.680 Center at the Fairground. So just be you know, be aware. Like 142 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.480 if you see the place crowded, I mean maybe it is because mostly dude. 143 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:37.679 I mean again, the biggest event I'm sure that's going to be going 144 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.279 on is in fact, this DBT Tournament game. But you know, just 145 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:45.720 be prepared. You may hit traffic and you don't want to be late, 146 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.840 especially you know when we're gonna be on Fox. I mean I say we 147 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:52.200 like I'm on the team I'm not playing, but I'm gonna be there and 148 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:54.879 the game is you know, not on FS one, not on FS two, 149 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:58.360 not on you know, does Fox have a streaming platform. I'm sure 150 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:01.759 they do. It's a good question. Actually if they have Fox Sports like 151 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:05.360 the app that app, Yeah, that app sucks. Actually, I think 152 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:11.759 it could be wrong. I think the I think Bally somehow like owns that. 153 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:13.559 I think that was because if you because you remember the Fox Sports South 154 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:16.559 Fox Sports Ohio channels. Yeah, Bally bought those, so like, I 155 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.120 think that's essentially what Fox's version of that used to be. And you're right, 156 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:24.480 there is still an FS one app and a Fox app, but you 157 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:26.080 know, as far as those the digital side of it, I think Bally 158 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:31.879 is still in some way tied to that. All right, let's uh, 159 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:35.120 let's do this here. Let's talk hot seat rankings. Now, hot seat 160 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:39.000 can be a good radio topic if you know you're covering a team and the 161 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:43.360 coaches on the hot seat, because you know it's it's it's a good I 162 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.879 mean not it can get repetitive, of course, especially when you don't have 163 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:48.840 any data to analyze to determine if that seat is getting hotter or colder, 164 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:52.639 But we don't have anything to worry about with hot seats around here. With 165 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:56.559 these teams. I mean, you've got Jeff Brahm coming off year one where 166 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.440 he won ten games and took Little Over to the ACC Championship game for the 167 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.440 first time ever. And Mark Stoops. You know, last year, they 168 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:05.480 were they were underwhelming compared to the standard that he had set. I guess 169 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.360 the record was relatively similar, to be honest with you, but you know, 170 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:15.879 they they last year, they were I feel as down on them on 171 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:18.919 their program as a football fan base. Not to say they were wanting Stoops 172 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:24.120 fired or anything like that, but they were down on Stoops as low as 173 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:26.600 I can remember, you know, other than when he took over, and 174 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:30.720 they weren't good for the first few years. And it wasn't because you know, 175 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:31.799 they were going to miss a bowl game. It was because, you 176 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:37.159 know, they they started to improve and the standard changed and they have different 177 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:43.759 expectations. So beating Louisville, you know, and getting to seven and and 178 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:46.480 and five before losing to Clemson in a bowl game, did actually, you 179 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:50.440 know, I think, kind of change how they viewed that entire season. 180 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:52.480 I'm not saying the Kentucky fans are claiming they had a phenomenal year last year, 181 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:58.559 but days of going seven and five and you going three and five in 182 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.000 the se see, like I just kind of feel like that Kentucky fans, 183 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.679 in my opinion, have changed expectations to where like in a previous world, 184 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.679 seven and six overall in a bowl game with a three and five record in 185 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:15.120 the SEC. I mean, pre Stoops, if that was consistently what you 186 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:16.480 were doing, it would seem like a dream. It would be it would 187 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:20.240 seem like something that wasn't possible. But now like he's been proven that, 188 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:24.000 like that's that that that that can be done. It's been done pretty consistently 189 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:28.159 by Stoops, and he's had a couple of ten wins season to mix in 190 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:33.879 there. So you know, I think that but both things can be true. 191 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:37.759 Right. They are wanting Stoops to not have, you know, seven 192 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:39.600 and five and three and five in the league just be the norm every year. 193 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:45.720 They want to be even better, but they also understand like this guy 194 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:50.279 has the fact that they're even thinking that way has really shown what he's done 195 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.120 to the program. Right, I mean, they like Kentucky football and I 196 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.360 miss it. It was fun when they were so bad, like they were 197 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:01.720 awful. I mean, the last couple of years of Rich Brooks were you 198 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:05.279 know, slightly better than what they'd been for a long time. And then 199 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:11.200 Joker took over. He sucked out loud and Stoops was really bad early on, 200 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:13.840 and it's time there. I mean he went two and ten, five 201 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:18.000 and seven, five and seven, So it was a good stretch there where 202 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:22.039 Kentucky was just trash, and you know, they're the rivals, so I 203 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:24.960 enjoyed that. And now you know, they're not elite, but they're clearly 204 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:28.919 in a different spot than they've ever been in. And that makes it to 205 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:33.159 where even if Stoops goes, you know, six and six this year and 206 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:35.279 they you know, end up losing a Bowl game so they finished six and 207 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:39.360 seven, their fans will be disappointed and they'll be saying, hey, he's 208 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:43.679 got to do better. But any conversation about Mark Stoops being on a hot 209 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:46.440 seat, I can't see a scenario where that happens, to be honest with 210 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:48.159 you, I mean you got to keep in mind he just got a huge 211 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:52.840 new deal. It was it two years ago. I think it was right 212 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:58.320 after they lost to Vandy. So he's not going to be on any hot 213 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:01.840 seat ever. At Kentucky, He'll be the coach at Kentucky until he decides 214 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:07.159 he doesn't want to. And then with our man Signetti sig Daddy up there 215 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:11.559 in bloomingtonig Daddy like that. Why why do I want him to be good? 216 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:15.320 I think he's just a very likable human being. I mean not and 217 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:18.039 he's not like the Tom Allen type of likable. He's like the the old 218 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:22.519 school like I'm not going to take any trash from you and and I'm better 219 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.120 than you type. He's honestly, this might be this might sound weird. 220 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:30.320 He kind of has the personality of a w w E wrestler. So far 221 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.480 I've seen so far. I've seen some some clips and heard some things he 222 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:35.840 said that you know makes it. He's you know, but you're right. 223 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.159 But I don't get that it's for show. Like I kind of think like 224 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:41.679 that's just how he's wired. He's all business. Yeah, he's standing on 225 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:46.039 business. And don't you I like that? Well done? I don't. 226 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:50.600 I don't think that, Like I don't know, I don't know enough about 227 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:52.679 the the Indiana football history, but I feel like this is the first time 228 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:56.440 you guys have hired a coach like this, meaning he's not like the biggest 229 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:00.639 name in the game, he hasn't won a bunch of championships at a high 230 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:03.440 level of college football, but he's a proven winner. And now it just 231 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:09.200 comes down to how much that translates at Indiana in the Big Ten. And 232 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:16.240 not to not to knock Indiana here, but it's not asking a whole lot 233 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:20.799 for Indiana to be what Kentucky is, meaning where you're going to a bowl 234 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:22.840 game like every year and then occasionally you have a year where you're going to 235 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:26.360 do something special for you know, the level of where you are, right, 236 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:30.600 Like a special season for Indiana would be an eight win regular season, 237 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:33.120 right and that's it's unheard of for Indiana for the most part, but like 238 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:35.440 it really wouldn't be that difficult if you think about it. Now, the 239 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:39.440 league got tougher with the teams that they added, and that's the thing too, 240 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:43.120 I mean interrupt, but I feel like the administration finally realizes that you 241 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:48.679 can't get left behind in this era of college athletics where even if with Indiana 242 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:52.240 basketball will always be number one, you have to prioritize football this day and 243 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:56.519 age or you'll be irrelevant and you may get left behind eventually. Yeah, 244 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:58.360 and again I think it sets up good for Signetti because man, the bar 245 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:03.279 is not so like he's not there with the pressure to go do something unthinkable 246 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:07.919 for Indiana. I mean, like he is. He has created expectations like 247 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:09.440 there is. But that's a good sign. I yes, yeah, you 248 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:13.360 don't want to be like, oh six and six is fine, But I 249 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:18.080 feel like the floor for him is gonna be nothing compared to the down bad 250 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:20.320 years that Alan had, you know what I mean, Yes, And I 251 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:22.279 think that's why he acts that way, and it's and it's it's healthy for 252 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:26.200 you all as a fan base. I think to you know, realize, 253 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:30.360 hey, you know, we've not been good historically, and we've seemingly never 254 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:31.639 really cared a whole lot about football. But this guy does. And he's 255 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:33.600 got some confidence. So if this guy thinks he can, you know, 256 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:37.559 give us some life, I'm gonna get behind him and support him. I 257 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:41.559 mean, f IU, Western Illinois and Charlotte those are three wins right there. 258 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:43.320 Absolutely, and then poke any way. Yeah, and by the way, 259 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.120 he lost a lot of momentum since last year. In fact, I 260 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:50.559 think he was one of those teams that the numbers of the formula from our 261 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:54.840 my sports betting guy who I can't think of his name almost said Bart Torvik, 262 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:56.360 but that's the NCAA stuff that. Yeah, that's a basketball guy and 263 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:58.799 he's great too. This is Brad Powers, I mean, I think he 264 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:03.000 had. Charlotte is only being favored in maybe two games this year, so 265 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.279 they're probably gonna be bad. Look, Indiana, the new coach coming off 266 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:10.320 a terrible season. Once again, y'all can play four terrible teams and if 267 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:11.559 you win, it's still gonna be good because you just need to win and 268 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.559 you want to win. You don't matter how you do it. Now, 269 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:17.639 maybe once expectations have changed after a few years, you know, maybe you'll 270 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:19.720 want to hammer these teams. But you should win those three games, and 271 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:25.519 you're halfway to ball eligibility and beating a team like Purdue that honestly has the 272 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:27.440 lowest win total of anybody in the Big Ten. You got to you got 273 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:30.960 them at home, like you should be able to win that game. Speaking 274 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:33.000 at home, you have eight total home games in general. And then I 275 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:37.279 guess it comes down to can you can you know, can you beat Northwestern 276 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:40.960 at their place. It won't even be their real football stadium because they're going 277 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:42.480 through because some construction they're playing on, Like I don't think it's a practice 278 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:47.720 field, but it's something real weird and it and it it's it sounds weird 279 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:49.799 to say because they always have pretty good talent level, but if you look 280 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:56.360 at the way things played out at UCLA with Chip Kelly leaving, and you 281 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:59.320 know, UCLA could be really bad this year. So like that, that's 282 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:02.399 not to say that's kind of the turning point game for Indiana for how their 283 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:04.799 season may go. Because if you win that game four, you're four and 284 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:08.680 oh you're staring out and I believe Maryland in your fifth week and you could 285 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:14.039 be potentially Bowl eligible as early as they've ever been. Yeah, I mean 286 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:18.359 that's as much as that just sounds kind of crazy because we're talking about Indiana. 287 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:22.200 When you really just look at what you're being asked to do, it's 288 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:25.920 not crazy. That's fy like totally different situation. But like last year, 289 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:30.720 because Louisville really hadn't had like a good like Louisville under Scott's Saderfield, they'd 290 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.920 never won more than seven regular season games and they usually won their seventh game, 291 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:37.720 like in week ten or eleven, so like you know, and they 292 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:41.319 had gears where they didn't win seven games. So you know, last year 293 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:45.000 before Jeff coached a game, and you know, entirely new team built off 294 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:48.480 the transfer portal, and we really didn't know what to expect. Like saying 295 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:52.240 out loud that Louisville has a good chance and probably should be undefeated when they 296 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:56.519 play Notre Dame. It sounded crazy because Louisville hadn't started five and oh and 297 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:59.599 how long, right been forever? But if you again just look at it 298 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:03.440 from the respective, not five and oh for the first time and however many 299 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.880 years, but just looking at what you're asked to do in each of those 300 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:08.720 five games, it's not to say it's probable, but you know it's far 301 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:12.480 from unlikely. So anyways, the reason I bring all this up is because 302 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:15.400 we'll get to the list a little later on if anybody really cares about it, 303 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.160 Because some of the guys who are on the hot seat, like at 304 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:21.640 a high level, I mean, they're they're not at great jobs. However, 305 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:26.279 Scott Siderfield is listed at number three, and that means pressure's mounting. 306 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:30.279 So CBS Sports Dennis Dodd puts this together every year and he's got different ranges. 307 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:33.400 So the five is the hottest and it's winner be fired. And there's 308 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:38.480 only one coach that's actually in in that in that spot, and that's uh, 309 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:42.720 let's see, let me see here. We'll get to that later. 310 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:45.440 I just wanted to get to this specific thing about Saderfield because Cincinnati fans are 311 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:49.000 starting to like convince themselves, oh, he wasn't that bad. It'll be 312 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:53.119 okay. Fickle left him a mess, and it's because they know they can't 313 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:56.640 afford to fire him if he sucks again, and they're trying to just you 314 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.000 know, believe in believing in an unrealistic thing that Scott Saderfeld is going to 315 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:04.319 be a highly successful coach. So Saderfield's in the three, which is pressures 316 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:07.759 mounting. Number four is in between of course three and five, and that's 317 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:11.839 starting or start improving. Now. Two is all good for now. H 318 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:15.960 Safe and secure is number one, and then zero is untouchable, which we 319 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:18.559 will get into this later because I think it's interesting to see which, you 320 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:21.079 know, which coaches are in that untouchable. But for what it's worth, 321 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:23.599 when it comes to the to the local schools here. Uh, Jeff Brahm 322 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:27.480 is at number one, which you know means he's safe and secured. No 323 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:32.880 surprise there, Mark Stoops, let's see. I imagine it's the same thing, 324 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:37.000 Mark Stuops. I bet he's a two. Uh. Let's see here, 325 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:41.519 Mark Stoops is where's he? Ye here? Okay? Mark Stoops is 326 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:45.319 A is A? What's it's? It? Was it not showing me what 327 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:48.480 it's got for some reason. On some of these they have a number and 328 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:51.599 then another one in parentheses, So like, I guess he's a one and 329 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:53.480 a half. I think it's what they're saying here. So you know that 330 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:56.960 that makes total sense. But with Sadderfield, here's what here's what I find 331 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:02.240 to be. You know, fast and as far as coaches buyouts, we 332 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:04.759 all know these guys can lose every game and technically not be fired for calls 333 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:07.960 and get every dome of their contract, which is still blows my mind even 334 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:11.920 though it's been that way for many, many years. With Sat going three 335 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.680 and nine last year at Cincinnati, you know, if he goes three and 336 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:18.759 nine, four and eight, like I think a lot of their fans would 337 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:21.799 say, Okay, we've seen enough this guy needs to go, but it'd 338 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:25.640 be an eight million dollar buyout, and he could go three and nine, 339 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.960 four and eight the following year if he gets a third year, and it's 340 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:33.559 a four million dollar buyout. So you know, that amount of money is 341 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:36.640 a lot for any school for a buyout, or at least you know significant. 342 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:40.519 I guess it's not a lot for some of them. However, when 343 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:44.519 you now have to pay twenty two million dollars to student athletes across your athletic 344 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:47.440 department, it's not gonna be as easy to make a decision to get rid 345 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.640 of a guy and pay them eight million dollars. And obviously you can stretch 346 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:53.000 that out with the terms and whatnot. But I just think seeing this hot 347 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:56.759 seat ranking list from it made me realize that if you are a fan of 348 00:20:56.759 --> 00:21:00.160 a program where you are either Okay, I want this guy to be really 349 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:03.640 good and break through our one and just sucks, we can fire him. 350 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:06.519 He may suck, and they still won't be able to fire him because you 351 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:10.559 just can't make those kind of financial decisions as lightly as you used to be 352 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:14.359 able. To the world's changing man. And not only did they give SAT 353 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:18.599 that contract with those buyout arrangements. But they paid louis for three million dollars 354 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:22.759 to take him off our hands. Unbelievable that Cincinnati did that, all right, 355 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:26.079 Kendrick Haskins, He's unbelievable too, and he's going to join us coming 356 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:27.240 up here on the other side. Stick around right here on Sports Talk seven 357 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:32.400 ninety. That's right, we're about halfway through a Wednesday edition of Coffee and 358 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:34.519 Company, fueled by Thornton's appreciate you guys hanging out with us. Don't forget 359 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:37.160 you can take us with you wherever you go. Listen live on the iHeartRadio 360 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:41.839 app Listen live. It's seven ninety Louisville dot com. And we now bring 361 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.039 in a guest making his return here when Coffee and Company, mister Kendrick Haskins 362 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:48.279 of Way three. Kendrick, how we doing, brother? How your summer 363 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:52.440 going good? Good? I was sure I was gonna hear I see dead 364 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:56.759 people when I came under that. Why was That's like, oh okay, 365 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:02.599 yeah, you're referencing the Kendrick mar or Kendrick Lamar Drake stuff, which that 366 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:06.160 would have been a nice touch. I'm sure John might have been asleep at 367 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:07.920 the will. Maybe he just assumed you were gonna stick with the same Kendrick 368 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:11.440 Lamar that you've always got. But yeah, is that over yet? Like, 369 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:14.440 is it is it ended? I mean, it seems like it was 370 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:18.119 never gonna end. But it seems also like the last the last blow from 371 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:21.519 Kendrick Lamar might have made Drake just reconsidered. I mean, I think that 372 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:25.240 that's that's the gist I got. It feels I mean, you haven't heard 373 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:27.960 anything from either one of them. Now they're constituous, they have not let 374 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:32.640 it go on either side, but you haven't heard anything from the actual two 375 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:36.519 people involved in a while. And it feels like it's it's had more longevity 376 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:38.720 than most of these back and forth that we've seen in you know, I 377 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:42.440 guess what is considered modern hip hop. But it's certainly been entertaining, no 378 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:45.319 doubt about it. Now, speaking of entertainment, are you somebody that is 379 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:49.039 entertained by video games? That's one of the biggest talking points in the country 380 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:52.599 right now, this new EA Sports video game, the College Football Return. 381 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:56.920 You know, I gotta be honest with you. I've played the game whenever 382 00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:59.640 I was younger, and I used to have a PlayStation two. But after 383 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:02.720 that gaming was never really something I was into, and I kind of have 384 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:04.720 a little you know, I'm kind of jealous that that that there's there's something 385 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:07.920 that is that is that awesome that people enjoy so much. It's all anybody's 386 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:12.359 talking about. But I just I feel left out. I'm very much into 387 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:17.480 it. I I right at that age range when the games would really start 388 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:21.079 to come on, because I was like Atari twenty six hundred when that came 389 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:22.400 out and all that stuff. So, oh, You've always been a part 390 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:27.079 of my life. Yeah and so, and College the college football game was 391 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:32.839 always my favorite game from the moment it first started coming online, and so 392 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:36.319 yeah, I was super excited. I was so into it that when when 393 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:41.759 COVID happened, I went and bought an old Xbox three sixty off eBay. 394 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:45.599 That's awesome still, and I still had the NCAA Football Game twelve, So 395 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:49.400 I was still playing up playing that game until last week when the new game 396 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:53.079 came out. So have you gotten a chance to play the newest one yet? 397 00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:56.839 Oh? Yeah, Oh yeah, I'm playing a Dynasty with Western Kentucky. 398 00:23:57.000 --> 00:24:02.920 Nice. How the top's looking their offense is ridiculous. I put up 399 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:07.599 four hundred and fifty yards at Alabama. But the defense can't stop anything. 400 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:11.599 So which again, I think that's what I've heard nothing about. I've heard 401 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:14.799 nothing but how realistic this thing is, and I've seen examples of it. 402 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:17.400 It's crazy. You might get lost in the game thinking you really are, 403 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:21.240 in fact a kid that's in college playing football. You know, you got 404 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:23.680 you got temptations to do things you're not supposed to do and hope the coach 405 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:27.079 doesn't catch you. It's it's a wild world. But that that's pretty realistic 406 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:30.400 as far as Western Kentucky, given the fact that you know, they they've 407 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:32.680 not really been known for defense lately, and they put up a ton of 408 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:36.359 points and even since Jeff Brown left, they've still been able to light up 409 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:38.920 the score bird. But when it comes to EA Sports, obviously, you 410 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:42.200 know, Madden is what they've been known for for so long. Why is 411 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:45.680 it that the college football game seems to be I wouldn't. I mean, 412 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:48.960 Madden is clearly a very very popular game, and I know one of the 413 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:53.200 big reasons why there's so much excitement anticipation about this college football game is because 414 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:56.440 it went away for ten years and now it's back. But I still feel 415 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:00.079 like there's just something different about the college game, despite EA Sports making both 416 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:04.200 of them, that just makes people really prefer the college football side of it. 417 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:07.839 Maybe it's because you know, you can do different seasons, you know, 418 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.920 you can recruit players, you can do all that kind of stuff, 419 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:11.720 and I'm sure there's levels to that in Madden. But I just I find 420 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:15.319 it weird that the NFL is the most dominant sport in this country and it's 421 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:18.559 not even close, doesn't even really have any competition yet when it comes to 422 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:22.359 EA Sports and these video games, I feel like the college side is a 423 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:26.559 little more popular. I think it's multiple two things. One first and foremost, 424 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:30.440 for me, the gameplay has always been better on the college game, 425 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:33.680 and it has matten just the gameplay itself. I don't know what it is, 426 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:37.279 but it's just better. It's always just run smoother. It's just been 427 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:41.039 a better experience just from a gameplay aspect. But I think part of it 428 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:44.880 too is, you know, especially in places like here in Louisville, we 429 00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:47.400 don't have a pro team, and you can go on there and you can 430 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:51.279 play with UO L or UK and you can play with your favorite team no 431 00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:53.440 matter where you are like if you're in Boise, Idaho, or you don't 432 00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:56.440 really have an NFL team that you want to play with on Madden, but 433 00:25:56.480 --> 00:26:00.359 it's a trade with Boise to day, and so I think that's part of 434 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:04.039 it. You have so many options, and it is cool seeing all the 435 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:08.720 different stadiums around the country because you know, Madness only what thirty two stadiums, 436 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:12.519 and college football is one hundred and one hundred plus. And so I 437 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:17.400 think that's part of it. And we're seeing it if you really watch, 438 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:22.119 if we'ren't really watching football, The especially on the offensive side, the offensive 439 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:27.839 playbook in college football has always been more adventurous for a lack of better term, 440 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:32.599 than the NFL anyway in real life. And you get that on college 441 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:36.039 football too. You know, all the read options and all that stuff, 442 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.480 and that's which I'm still trying to figure out how to do that on the 443 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:41.599 new college games, the read option and the RPOs and all that stuff. 444 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:44.519 But you just have so many more options on the college game than you do 445 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:48.240 on mad Max Olsen works for The Athletic and he put together an article and 446 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:52.960 it has quotes from different coaches that you know, guys who are you know, 447 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:55.839 forty or you know, a little older, a little younger that are 448 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:57.240 now. I mean, last time this game came out, they probably didn't 449 00:26:57.240 --> 00:27:00.799 think they'd be, you know, defensive coordinators places like Ohio State or something 450 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:03.359 like that, you know what I mean. And they're they're there. They 451 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:06.920 grew up on the game just like anybody else, and it was a big 452 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:08.839 part of it. And they're they're as excited as some of their own players 453 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:12.839 that it has come back. But in the article it it threw out something 454 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:17.000 that I hadn't thought of. But it's so obvious that if you really are 455 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.079 spending a lot of time playing this game and you're not, you know, 456 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:22.160 and when I understand, you can't make like changes to the to the real 457 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:23.599 players that are on it that like you know, the real names and whatnot. 458 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:27.920 Like you can really educate yourself about a lot of different teams throughout college 459 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:30.799 football just by playing this game. And I guess, you know, because 460 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:36.720 eleven years ago the last time it came out, clearly technologies changed, Like 461 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:38.839 this is this could be a really good educational thing for people. It sounds 462 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:41.039 weird because it's a video game, but I feel like if you really spend 463 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:44.960 a lot of time. You could learn about college football programs in a way 464 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:48.559 you never had before. Oh, it goes so in depth on what you 465 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:52.480 can do, and like, I mean, you could call a cover two 466 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:56.839 man and you're disguised, and the cover one, you know, saying zone. 467 00:27:56.359 --> 00:28:02.240 And so it's like the depth that it goes to and what you can 468 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:04.759 do. I mean, because I was worried because I saw all this stuff 469 00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:07.400 that you can do, and I'm like, I hope this is not way 470 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:11.680 past my my area expertise. I mean, I know football, but I 471 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:15.640 don't know that much of the intricacies of ins and outs and stuff like that. 472 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:19.319 But but it's if they do a great job of balancing between being that 473 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:23.920 technical but still making it fun for somebody who doesn't know the difference between a 474 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:27.279 four to three and a three four and stuff like that. Last question I've 475 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:30.400 got on this EA Sports game and then we'll talk TVT Is it as hard 476 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:34.039 to kick field goals in this new game as everybody's saying it is, Yes, 477 00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:37.759 it is. I've heard it's impossible, stupid, stupid. I can 478 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:41.839 make extra points and that's it. My punts barely moved. My punts go 479 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:47.640 about fifteen yards Is that a flaw or do you think they just wanted to 480 00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:52.200 make it super challenging, Like maybe that actually is a flaw. I think 481 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:55.680 they've made it super challenging, that like more challenging than it really needs. 482 00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:57.440 So you'll put some more respect on the kickers' names right now. We're gonna 483 00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:00.400 have to. We're gonna we're gonna make sure we we realize how difficult that 484 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:04.480 job is to kick. Yeah, there had to be a kicker in the 485 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:07.720 room when they were developing the game. Yeah, I would if it's as 486 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:11.400 difficult as everybody says it is, I would. I would totally totally believe 487 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:15.400 it. All Right, So the TBT coming up here in a few days. 488 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:17.839 This is the second year Louisvill's had a team, and last year, 489 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:19.119 man, it was I didn't nobody. I think anybody really knew what to 490 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:22.039 expect because obviously it's it's you know, it's not real, it's not U 491 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:26.759 of L basketball, but it's guys who have previously played here and one won 492 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:30.279 at a high level, and you know that alone is exciting. But you 493 00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:32.240 know, years ago, when I was a little kid, you would have 494 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:36.480 the occasional uh charity game or like the barn Storming Tour where you could go 495 00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:38.839 watch former players and it was cool. But you know, I think there's 496 00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:42.119 some people that just had that mindset of that's what this was. Because I've 497 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:45.200 watched the TVT for years. I think it's really good basketball. I'd watch 498 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:48.960 it even if Loivell didn't have a team, because it's really competitive. These 499 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:51.240 guys, you know what, they're livelihoods on the line, right, They're 500 00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:53.279 gonna they're gonna play hard. This isn't just some run around pickup game. 501 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:56.720 Because they want to win. They want to win, they want to share 502 00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:00.240 that million dollar prize. So I think last year fans were really really you 503 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.599 know, it's almost like that unexpected nostalgia and just excitement. I mean, 504 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.359 people reacting to that loss at the end like it was a real game, 505 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:11.279 like UFL was playing in March, which actually left. Yeah, it is 506 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:14.720 off because you know, you and I've talked about it before, because we 507 00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:18.880 both have talked about we watched the TV the TVT before the Louisville team came 508 00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:23.799 online, and because especially during COVID, because I mean, the TV team 509 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:27.640 is the first live sports that's right. I forgot about that, right, 510 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:32.640 I remember ryanmick Man. I think yes, it was. He he ended 511 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.079 up playings right after he didn't they didn't have a tournament that year, and 512 00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:37.640 that ended his career and he ended up playing with one of the teams. 513 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:41.440 I think that made a deep run. Yeah, and it is fun. 514 00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:45.559 And I think that is one of the things that the Wolves team learned last 515 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:48.880 year, and I think it's gonna be a little bit of an awakening for 516 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:52.319 the Kentucky team this year, is that these dudes are playing for real. 517 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:56.920 This is not some glorified you know, saying, uh, celebrity game or 518 00:30:56.160 --> 00:31:00.119 nostalgia game. Now they're out there, they're they're out there to win that 519 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:04.799 money, and so they are playing as hard as they can. And I 520 00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:08.640 think it took a little bit and for the Louis team last year when they 521 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:11.079 first got out there to realize that, and I think that's gonna be a 522 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:15.279 little bit of a thing for the Kentucky team this year. I think the 523 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:18.880 first year teams don't get a real they don't realize how serious they take it 524 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:22.720 until they actually get after that. Well, because you'll end up playing a 525 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:26.400 team that that you know has a random name, that isn't just made up 526 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:30.519 of former players, mostly from one school. It's guys who played you know, 527 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:33.880 mid level D one or maybe even low D one. Some guys played 528 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:37.160 D two. But then they've been playing for five six years professionally. And 529 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:40.240 just because you haven't heard of you you might not think that there's anything to 530 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:42.440 worry about. But I've seen some of the best teams that that feature guys 531 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:45.880 that I don't. I've never heard most of them never I've never heard of 532 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:48.039 So yeah, it'll if you're not ready, you'll be you'll, you'll you'll 533 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:52.720 be checked pretty early that these guys are here to compete and that and that's 534 00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:56.279 why to me, like you know, I was listening to an interview the 535 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:59.359 tvts dine a great job, I think promoting the event and really just educating 536 00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.759 fans on other teams and whatnot. But there was an interview with one of 537 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:04.920 the players I can't think of which team he played for, but he really 538 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:08.240 gave me an example of how important this could be because he's played professionally overseas 539 00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:12.599 for the last four or five years, and that's because the money is better 540 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:14.880 for him than if he was in the G League because on a G League 541 00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:17.119 standard contract, the money's just not as you know, there's just not as 542 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:20.799 much money there as if you're going to go play in Europe or somewhere. 543 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:24.079 So if he's able to win a share of this million dollar prize and you 544 00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:27.519 know, he get his cut, that didn't make it to where he could 545 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:30.359 stay back in the G League and you know, still make money doing that 546 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:32.480 and be with his family for a year instead of being in Romania or something 547 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:36.920 like that. So just hearing those stories makes me realize why these guys take 548 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:38.799 it so serious, because it's their livelihood. Man, this is this they're 549 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:42.559 now They're now trying to you know, put food on the table for their 550 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:45.720 family, right. And I guess if I were building a team, to 551 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:47.960 be honest with you, those are the guys I would go out and get. 552 00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:52.559 Oh yeah, I'm not so sure about the NBA guys who have made 553 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:55.400 millions upon millions of dollars. It's not don mean as much to them, 554 00:32:57.319 --> 00:33:00.359 you know. I mean, and now if they have teammates that they want 555 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.960 to win for their teammates and win that money for them. Yet, So 556 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:06.240 if you have a team full of those, those guys are gonna go out 557 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.599 there and they're going to give it there all, and I think those are 558 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:12.480 the teams that usually win this thing. Is the team that don't have as 559 00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:15.319 many of the guys that have played in the upper you know, in the 560 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:17.799 NBGA and stuff like that. It's the guys that's still trying to make make 561 00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:21.440 some money and they need that, they need they need this money to put 562 00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.720 some food on the table and all that type of stuff. It's got to 563 00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:24.519 make I know, it makes me feel old. I'm sure it makes you 564 00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:30.319 feel old too to look at guys like Peyton and Russ and even Shane and 565 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:32.319 know that, like, hey, they're kind of the older guys in this 566 00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:35.880 event. And I'm sure there's older players for other teams, but you know, 567 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:37.799 these guys have been away from college for you know, for over ten 568 00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:40.599 years now. So I was I was really happy to see they added David 569 00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:44.160 Johnson. He's still a very young guy, still playing at a really high 570 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.680 level, you know, Montrez Harrold. I'm not sure there's gonna be many 571 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:49.640 guys that have the NBA hardware in their trophy case that he does. So 572 00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:52.519 I'm bummed to see Kyle Kirk couldn't couldn't participate this year. But I actually 573 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:55.519 feel like this team in a way. You know, it's mostly the same 574 00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:59.039 team from last year, but I think when you look at Chris Jones and 575 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:01.279 David Johnson and I'll tres like, I think this team could should be even 576 00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:07.440 better than last year's group. I felt old yesterday. Always. I already 577 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:09.840 felt old with them last year watching them last year, but I really felt 578 00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:14.039 old yesterday when David Johnson was like, yeah, I was in like six 579 00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:21.679 or seventh grade when they were playing here. Gosh, man, how about 580 00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:24.480 you don't say that kind of stuff. DJ, come on right, right? 581 00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:29.360 But I think he's going to be a great addition because they need some 582 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:32.480 young legs out there. That's why Mayo that played for him last year's back 583 00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:36.679 out there with them this year. And Chris Dow were big for them too 584 00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:38.800 because they were a little bit younger guys. And so yeah, I think 585 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:43.920 David Johnson is an excellent addition to this team. What about Kentucky's guys. 586 00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:47.000 Obviously, they lost a few players here recently because of some contract stipulations with 587 00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:51.320 their professional teams that they're playing for. But I feel like, you know, 588 00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:53.159 again, I haven't kept up with with those guys, like the Harrison 589 00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:57.360 Twins and Bledsoe as much in the last year or two. But obviously, 590 00:34:57.519 --> 00:35:00.280 I think if you're a Kentucky fan, you probably feel pretty good abot your 591 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.320 rosters. Well, Willie cary Stein, I mean, he's not that far 592 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:04.800 removed from the NBA. They've got they've got a good squad as well. 593 00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:08.400 Yeah, I think Willie was just in the league no more than two years 594 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:10.760 ago, because he was with the Maverick. Yeah. I remember the last 595 00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:14.599 time he was in the league. I think it was Dallas. He's not 596 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:17.440 too far removed from the NBA. Eric Blessoe is not that far removed from 597 00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:21.039 the NBA. He looked pretty good and I was at practice the other day. 598 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:22.400 Yeah, he was one of the highest paid players in China, I 599 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:27.119 believe just a year ago. So's if you're making that kind of money over 600 00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:29.159 there, you're still playing at a high level. And he played in the 601 00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:31.239 league forever too. Yeah, he played. I think he was last with 602 00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:36.760 the Bucks. I believe he may have been on that Milwaukee championship team. 603 00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.880 I can't remember. I could have that run, but it feels like he 604 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:42.440 was. But he's one of the nicer guys people because you know, we 605 00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:45.000 get you get away, you forget. But Eric Blessoe is one of the 606 00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:50.920 nicer guys that you'll meet. He's just a country boy from Mississippi. He's 607 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:55.840 from the South, so Birmingham, and he's just just a nice guy. 608 00:35:57.039 --> 00:36:00.519 And he just laughing. He was just so happy to be back around the 609 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:02.559 guys. And Willie kyley Stein made a good point. He's like, you 610 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:07.400 know, the hardest part is that last game. He's like, yeah, 611 00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:10.400 the losing part sucks, but it's that you'll never play with this group of 612 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:14.159 guys again. He's like, now here I am ten years later and I'm 613 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:16.800 playing with five guys I played with the three years I was there, and 614 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:21.360 so that that's that part. They all all the players loved that part of 615 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:23.400 getting back with their own teammates. I think you're spot on as far as 616 00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:27.360 when it's when when you're doing it for the first time in this event, 617 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:30.320 like it's I would. I don't know if it's awkward or if it's just 618 00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:32.519 weird, but I do think like it there's something attached to it that just 619 00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:36.159 kind of makes it seem like it's not real, because who would have ever 620 00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:38.119 thought you'd be in this situation. But yeah, once you. Once you 621 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:40.679 get out there and start competing, I guess it is just like playing any 622 00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:44.159 other game. But I think, you know, I wouldn't call it nerves, 623 00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:46.119 But when that Kentucky team takes the floor, it rup. I don't 624 00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:49.239 know what their attendants is going to look like, but I mean, I 625 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:51.679 bet it takes them a little while to get acclimated. As you mentioned, 626 00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:54.599 yeah, because you're you're caught up in the nostalgia. Yeah, it's like 627 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:59.639 you're hearing that crowd that you thought you'd never hear again for you, right 628 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:04.800 because and Willie again, because Willie was always one of the more introspective athletes 629 00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:07.559 we ever covered, and he was like, yeah, it's not the same. 630 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:12.679 You don't have the same love once you leave college. It's it's never 631 00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:16.480 the same again, especially like when you're at a blue blood like Tucky and 632 00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:21.000 so, yeah, you walk out there, you hear the crowd, everybody 633 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:23.960 knows who you are again, and you mean so much to these people, 634 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:29.440 They're like, this is it? Getting past that part I think is the 635 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:32.599 hardest part, especially in that very first game. I think you do get 636 00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:37.079 over it when somebody hits you in the face, But I think that is 637 00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:38.559 part of it that you have to get over when you first get out there. 638 00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:42.880 Kendrick, I appreciate you's always making time for us. Great to catch 639 00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:45.639 up. Let's do it again soon, brother, Yeah, let's do it. 640 00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:47.800 Take care. That's Kendrick Haskins' way. Three sports. Always appreciate his 641 00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:52.119 time. Always a good conversation. So we'll keep doing that, probably have 642 00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:53.519 him on each week if we can, if his schedule will allow it, 643 00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:57.559 because uh, you know we're gonna get a regular rotating guest back in here 644 00:37:57.599 --> 00:38:00.440 once we get closer to football season, and you know, we basketball to 645 00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.760 talk about like we just did, so stick around. We'll come back and 646 00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:06.639 wrap up four o'clock hour right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. It was 647 00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:09.159 great to catch up with Kendrick Haskins, but because we just got lost in 648 00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:14.400 the conversation, I once again messed up with the clock. So apologies, 649 00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:16.159 not a lot of time left here before we wrap up the four o'clock hour, 650 00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:20.079 but I'll use the time we do have to once again talk to you 651 00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:22.800 about my friends over at the Louis of Men's Clinic. If you are someone 652 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:27.920 out there that maybe you feel like you've lost your edge a little bit, 653 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:30.360 you're lethargic more so than you used to be. You know, have the 654 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:34.360 same energy during workouts. You know, maybe if you do back to back 655 00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:37.719 days in the gym, you're really really hurting the following day. You know, 656 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:40.679 some people just chalk that up to getting old or blame it on father 657 00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:44.800 time, And there's certainly a part of it that makes it. I mean, 658 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:46.679 that's true to an extent. But also, you know, it could 659 00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:52.960 be that you're losing testosterone. Now if you're somebody that is thirties, maybe 660 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:55.760 even you know, late twenties, anywhere in your thirties, maybe even early 661 00:38:55.800 --> 00:39:00.559 forties. You know, you aren't you know, getting up there to where 662 00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:04.960 you're elderly, but you know you're also not super young, So it may 663 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.920 be to the point to you where you're just like, well, hey, 664 00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:08.199 you know what, I didn't realize my thirties were going to hit me this 665 00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:12.800 hard. But it's it could It may not be because your age specifically, 666 00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:15.159 it could be because of your testosterone levels. And if you don't know what 667 00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:20.559 low T is, you may not have a clue that you have all these 668 00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:22.960 symptoms, right, I mean again, maybe your workouts are struggling, maybe 669 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:27.719 you've lost your sex drive a little bit, which which is something you've never 670 00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:30.480 experienced before, and you would you know, you don't know what would cause 671 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:32.119 that. It could be low t so get your levels checked. I wouldn't 672 00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:35.760 be shocked if your levels are not where they are supposed to be for someone 673 00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:37.679 your age, and that's highly common. To be honest with you, it 674 00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:40.840 doesn't mean something's wrong. It just means that you know you're like everybody else 675 00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:45.400 and that the level of testosterone just is not producing like it was when you 676 00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:46.960 were much younger, So do something about it. You may feel like you're 677 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:50.400 okay, but I'm telling you, if your levels aren't where they're supposed to 678 00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:52.440 be and you get testosterone treatment like I am, I bet you feel better 679 00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:54.559 than you ever thought you could. So give them a call. FABO two 680 00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:59.440 four four four four thousand. Check them out online at Louisville Men's Clinic dot 681 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:02.000 com. Alright, five o'clock hours coming up next, and we'll try to 682 00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:06.280 finish strong like we do every day. So hang out, don't go anywhere, 683 00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:12.760 keep it locked right here. On Sports Talk seven ninety