WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:08.960 It's time for coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 2 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:11.919 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think we are. 3 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:16.000 Get off our show, idiot. The kids are playing or turnl off, 4 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:19.239 crying a country for screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, 5 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:23.960 gold Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really 6 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.440 not. Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding 7 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:45.520 me? Now? Here's nick coffee? All right? Happy hump Day, 8 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:50.399 Ladies and gents, Welcome in to a Wednesday edition Coffee and Company fueled by 9 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:55.520 Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you choosing to be with us. 10 00:00:55.679 --> 00:01:00.000 Maybe you are somebody that just is driving through the area. And by 11 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.200 the way, you could be all over the place here because it's really the 12 00:01:03.239 --> 00:01:08.560 region. We have the strongest signal for an AM sports station in the state 13 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:12.599 of Kentucky, so you can be in Lexington. Maybe the outskirts pick us 14 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:18.040 up. So wherever you are, if you did just hear this show for 15 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:19.680 the first time because you're happy to be listening to Colin Cowherd, well, 16 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:23.400 welcome in. 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Like you 24 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:52.439 found us on your radio dial, you found us on the Ouhut radio app 25 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:55.400 or you can also listen at seven ninety Louisville dot com, so a lot 26 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:57.280 of ways to listen. And we're gonna take you up till six o'clock. 27 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.879 My name's Nick Coffee Hints, the name Coffee and Company. The company man 28 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:06.400 mister John Allen alongside today, hence the name Coffee and Company. That's us 29 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:08.360 and we're gonna have some fun today. But I do need to let you 30 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:13.360 know there's gonna be potentially a brief moment during the show. We're all have 31 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:16.280 to be unprofessional. I'm gonna have to take a call. It won't take 32 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:21.039 but maybe thirty seconds, but like, I can't not take the call of 33 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:23.759 this answers. And it's not because you know, I'm awaiting like big special 34 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:28.199 news. It happened. The air conditioning in my home is not working. 35 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:34.639 So you guys know who I rely on my friends at DFH, and yesterday 36 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:36.639 reached out to him, told him, Hey, kind of think it's a 37 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:38.680 false alarm. We'll kind of see what's happening, and then sure enough, 38 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:42.479 the thing keeps freezing up. Have you ever had that happen? John, 39 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:46.280 I know you're somewhat of a new homeowner, but we had some acy issues. 40 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:49.319 I guess it was not last year, but the year before and it 41 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:53.680 was something similar. Yeah, so the freeze, it's not dead, like, 42 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:54.919 it's not like it's not working at all, but it's just not working 43 00:02:54.960 --> 00:03:00.400 efficiently and it happens. I don't really know what call this is it. 44 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:06.719 I've heard different theories, but we're not in an emergency situation. But I 45 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:08.400 still need to get a looked at it. So I guess they're busy, 46 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:12.800 you know, as you could expect because this is the time of the year, 47 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:15.960 especially yesterday and the day before where people are turning on the ac cranking 48 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:20.639 it up because it's you know, disgusting outside with this humidity, especially when 49 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:23.639 he gets to be around ninety degrees. So they're going to be coming out 50 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:25.879 at some point, and they told me they would give me a call about 51 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:30.439 thirty minutes out, and I'm going to have to take the call and you 52 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:32.240 know, just say okay, and then tell my wife to go home. 53 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:36.360 She works closer to home, so she'll be the one that goes and you 54 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:38.360 know, lets him in and lets them take a look and see if they 55 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:42.479 can get us fixed. But I just feel like if I don't answer, 56 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:46.599 then they'll just move on to the other people that are needing service. And 57 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:50.199 I, you know, last night was not fun. And again I felt, 58 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:53.199 can I say it, I feel like a little bitch. It was 59 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:57.800 seventy four seventy five in the house never got colder than that, which that's 60 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:00.560 not like terrible like that some people set there or the set thir a seat 61 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:02.960 of that. I mean to me, that's hot. What do you think, 62 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:05.319 John, Yeah, that's hot. But that's I don't want to call 63 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:09.520 out a specific age group, but there is a specific age group that likes 64 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:11.840 it that high. Oh yeah, I mean you're talking about the old people. 65 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:14.159 It is, yeah, the older statesman of the of the Yes, 66 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.120 I mean some of them probably, you know, not because of means, 67 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:20.560 but just because things were different. Like it wasn't that common for every home 68 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:24.199 to have an AC and it many many, many many years ago. So 69 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:28.879 you know, I'm just sitting around, just couldn't get comfortable because I was 70 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:31.000 not. I couldn't cool off. I thought about, you know, taking 71 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:34.959 a shower. That made it even worse, you know, so yeah, 72 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.399 I thought about doing that too, but you know, so I need to 73 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:41.079 get it fixed. And they're probably gonna call me at some point, and 74 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:43.800 when they do, I'll just say hello, and you know, I don't 75 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:46.000 think we're gonna make it content, but I'll probably have John do a little 76 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:49.399 tap dancing or something like that. And honestly, the call may take no 77 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:55.720 less than thirty seconds, so you know, but the phone's in front of 78 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:59.399 me and the ringer is off, so you won't have any you know, 79 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:00.800 replication. It'll just happen. Yeah, well, yeah, there won't be. 80 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:03.120 It's not like you're gonna hear it ring so but I you know, 81 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:05.920 probably should have told John that ahead of time. It may happen during a 82 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:09.879 commercial break, and that would be perfect, and that may end up being 83 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:13.759 what happens. But yeah, I need I need a c I need it 84 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:18.240 badly, all right, So let's just start with some big news. And 85 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:20.199 I think it's safe to say it's big news, right. I know. 86 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:26.680 Over the years, there are some fans, meaning that have had the approach, 87 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:30.519 well, visits don't matter, who cares, you know, you got 88 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:32.839 to get the player. And then some have always had the view, well, 89 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:36.959 hey, I'll worry about it when they get on campus, which you 90 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:40.600 know, if you're doing that, if you're if you're somebody that's old school, 91 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:43.800 that doesn't care about recruiting, doesn't care about the portal, and you're 92 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:46.360 just, you know, gonna wait till you see these guys in the red 93 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:48.519 white scrimmage. That's cool. Do your thing, do you. Everybody has 94 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:51.680 their own way of, you know, being a fan, has their own 95 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:57.879 preferences. But given the fact that there are three or thirteen new players already 96 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.879 there could be a potential fourteenth, you're gonna have a lot of work to 97 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:02.160 do. Like, it's gonna be a little bit of a of a you 98 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:06.360 know, a tough task, I think, to just get acclimated with these 99 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:10.160 guys, you know, right around October when things get rolling. So and 100 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.480 I know a lot of fans, especially those that listen to shows like this, 101 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:16.800 are probably familiar with just about every one of these guys. So it's 102 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:20.079 just a visit, but it's happening. Coleman Hawkins is visiting Louisville this weekend. 103 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:26.639 That was reported by on three Sports, And I mean, I let's 104 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:30.120 go back to last week once it was actually let's do this as soon as 105 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:33.160 louisvilleand of the thirteenth player, and Coleman Hawkins had, you know, previously 106 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:36.680 taken his name out of the NBA draft. I just assume, well, 107 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:41.800 there's no, like, there's no, it's not possible because you know, 108 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.600 Louisville already has thirteen scholarships and you know you don't have any room. And 109 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:50.399 then I got when that you know, they still have some way of working 110 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:55.360 it out to where they can add more players. And then it gets into 111 00:06:55.879 --> 00:07:00.800 an IL and I don't know the arrangement and we'll we'll never know those specifics 112 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:05.040 of like what each player on this team is to receive through INNIL and really 113 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:09.040 it's not our business. We're not entitled to know. But given that you 114 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:12.120 had to go get thirteen players, and obviously some of these players had a 115 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:15.519 lot of options, and I imagine INNIL was a big factor in their decision. 116 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:17.600 You know, I wouldn't have been shocked if they are sort of low 117 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:19.920 on funds, but that's not the case. I don't know. I don't 118 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:23.920 I'll put it this way. I don't believe what's out there from some that 119 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:27.040 Louisville is willing to pay him two million dollars to come here. I don't 120 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:29.759 know that to be true or false. I just have a hard time believing 121 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.800 it. But if in fact they do have that money and that's what they 122 00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:35.839 want to pay him, I don't care. You know, that's a conversation 123 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:41.480 that's happened from time to time since INIL became a thing, Fans sort of 124 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:44.879 debating should the school or I guess not the school, but should the collective 125 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:49.160 spend this amount of money or that amount of money on this player who's you 126 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:51.879 know, a top tier guy, or this guy who maybe isn't worth Like, 127 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:54.480 at the end of the day, it's not our money. Why do 128 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:56.639 we care if they can make it work. Who cares, you know what 129 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:00.000 I mean, like, don't, I don't. It's not that I mean, 130 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:03.160 I genuinely have zero opinion on what they do with that money if they 131 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:09.720 have it, because again it's it's it's it's not my money. And at 132 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:13.000 this point, I mean, I would imagine you do have some funds left 133 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:18.800 over. And he's the kind of player, meaning Coleman Hawkins that if you 134 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:22.160 need to do, if you needed to do another round of fundraising, rather 135 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:26.399 it be hitting up Rick Keeber or something like that. And I don't mean 136 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:30.160 to I shouldn't mention just one guy specifically. He's he's not the only one 137 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.200 that helps out, but obviously he's the one who you know publicly is very 138 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:37.200 invested in making this successful. The PAQ Helcierra. He's the one who put 139 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:39.639 up a million dollars for the five Law two Circle to get a match and 140 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:45.200 they did that. So he's going to visit. I don't believe there's any 141 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.440 other visits scheduled from what I'm from, you know, from the report that 142 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:52.200 I read earlier. Maybe that changes, But again, as we discussed yesterday 143 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:54.799 towards the end of the show, I still never felt like you know, 144 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:58.240 I didn't want to get my hopes up just yet, and I don't know 145 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.600 if my hopes are up now, but this has made it real where he 146 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:05.799 is in fact going to visit, and Louisville would not bring him in to 147 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:09.679 host him on a big visit if in fact they didn't have the ability to 148 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:15.159 take him, meaning put him on scholarship or pay him within IL. So 149 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:18.840 at this point, I guess it just comes down to does he want to 150 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:22.120 come to Louisville. And he really does fit very well with the way Pat 151 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:28.200 Kelsey likes to play, and I don't think this is the kind of addition 152 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.799 that you'd worry about. Okay, somebody's role is diminished because you've brought this 153 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:35.639 guy in. I mean, clearly it gets a little more crowded any time 154 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:39.799 you had any player, but this would be huge. And I don't mean 155 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:43.879 to regurgitate and recycle and say the same things you've probably already heard me say, 156 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:46.840 because I know I said it a couple of times yesterday, but my 157 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:50.159 thoughts haven't changed. It's now just real he's going to visit, and I 158 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:52.960 think Louisville has a real chance of landing him. But this is the kind 159 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:58.320 of edition that would take your roster that already looks pretty impressive on paper. 160 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:01.519 I mean, fans have every right to be excited and expect this to be 161 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:03.919 a tournament caliber team. I don't think that's unfair. I don't think that's 162 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:07.879 putting too much on Pat Kelsey. In fact, I'm sure he'd be bothered 163 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:11.679 if fans didn't have some real expectation this year, in year one. But 164 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:18.480 outsiders, right, those that are objective that cover college basketball, the talking 165 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:20.639 heads, if you will, like right now, I think they look at 166 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:22.240 Louisville and feel pretty good about them. Not to say they're gonna make some 167 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:26.960 deep run. And nobody's throwing out big, crazy expectations like a deep run 168 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:30.799 in the tournament. But given what we know, it's all brand new, 169 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:33.360 thirteen new players. Most of these guys, in fact, all of them 170 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:37.000 but two have never played together. I guess four because you throw in Khalifa 171 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:39.840 and Waterman at BYU. But still, like you, no nobody has a 172 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:43.600 clue how it's gonna work out, because again this is the ultimate unknown with 173 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.279 this type of scenario, a brand new coach and thirteen new players. But 174 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:50.879 as far as the pieces you've added, I think those that again cover the 175 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:56.279 sport that we criticize when they say something bad about our team. We gas 176 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:58.279 them up when they like our team, but regardless, we pay attention to 177 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.120 what they say. Those are the people I'm referring to. They I think 178 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:03.960 would tell you Louisville fans have every right to feel good about where they are 179 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:09.360 and probably have a you know, a solid debut season for Pat Kelsey. 180 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:15.159 That is my thoughts, as is you add Coleman Hawkins. I think it 181 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.600 turns into where just about everybody would look at Louisville as a preseason top twenty 182 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:20.679 five team. Some already do. We talked about Goodman having them in at 183 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:26.039 twenty five. I don't think that that's crazy. But I also am well 184 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:28.159 aware that Jeff Goodman has a close relationship with Pat Kelsey and might have just 185 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:31.159 been, you know, throw throwing his buddy a bone. They're giving him 186 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:35.639 a little love. But I hope they can make it work. I really 187 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:41.000 do. I mean, I don't think that we have to worry as much 188 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.639 about like, for example, Terrence Edwards Junior sun Belt Player of the Year 189 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.360 Sunbelt. You know that's not a big time league, but I think we've 190 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.159 seen in recent years there are dudes who can go from that level and step 191 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:56.320 up to a, you know, a higher level and be really good. 192 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:58.879 I mean Dalton Connect maybe the first college player taking to the NBA Draft. 193 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:03.120 I mean where did he play, like something Colorado? You can tell you 194 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:07.440 what conference they're in, Yeah, Northern Colorado. So I mean it's it's 195 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:09.639 happened each and every year, and it's not even just to that level. 196 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:13.600 I mean, he was an All American. But there are players who come 197 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:18.039 from mid major or maybe low major that end up having some real success and 198 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:24.879 maybe not being All Conference players, but they clearly provide value and fill a 199 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:28.200 specific role that coaches are looking for. So what I'm trying to say is 200 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:33.120 that I'm not worried about Terrence Edward Junior coming from the Sun Belt. I'm 201 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:39.440 not worried about Trejore coming from the WCC. I'm not, but there is 202 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:43.639 something to be said about bringing in a guy who, you know, night 203 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:46.799 in and night out, was impressive, put up good numbers, again, 204 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:50.679 a good player, and he played in a league that is, you know, 205 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:52.399 very competitive, the Big Ten. You know, they still haven't won 206 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:58.080 a national championship in a long long time, and it seems like more often 207 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.279 than not we get to the end of the sea in the tournament and feel 208 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:03.159 like, yeah, here we go. The Big Ten got the benefit of 209 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:05.200 the doubt again and they didn't come through. But it's still a good league, 210 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:09.080 right, I mean, I don't think anybody would say that that league 211 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:11.440 doesn't have a bunch of good teams. So the fact that Coleman Hawkins was 212 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:16.399 a very good player at six ten, two hundred pounds in the Big Ten 213 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:22.279 thirteen all Big Ten average twelve point six boards, two and a half assists. 214 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:24.440 Really good defensive player too, That's something I wasn't aware of, but 215 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:30.080 average just under two steals a game and over you know, at least one 216 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:35.840 block a game. And what really makes him I think a good you know, 217 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:39.200 I mean, what makes him fit. I think with Pat Kelsey is 218 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:41.720 because those are all good numbers at six ten, two hundred pounds, super 219 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:46.000 efficient and effective when it comes to just those stats. But he also, 220 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:48.559 you know, shoots at thirty eight percent from three, and that's that's a 221 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:52.320 guy who get you know, you got to play teams differently when they've got 222 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.240 a six to ten guy that can play on the perimeter, run the floor, 223 00:13:54.240 --> 00:14:01.639 and knockdown shots. So I'm already super excited about the early return here 224 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:07.519 with Pat Kelce. But this would be a monumental land and I'm trying. 225 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:11.120 I'm gonna try to balance it without making it sound because the way I am 226 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:16.320 so excited about potentially landing this caliber of a player in the portal, it's 227 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:18.440 gonna make it sound as if they don't get him, then you know, 228 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:20.519 oh crap, were screwed. And I don't want it to sound that way, 229 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:24.519 because again, I still think you could be a good team, tournament 230 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:28.759 team, maybe even you find your way in the top twenty five throughout the 231 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:33.039 year here and there with the current thirteen players you have now. But this 232 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:37.480 would be I mean, you would just give you another really good weapon, 233 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:43.240 a talented player. Now. I don't think Louisville fans care, but I 234 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:45.320 do want to play a clip for you guys coming up a little bit later 235 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:50.720 on from Sam Vassini, who covers the NBA Draft, used to cover college 236 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.559 hoops as well. I think he still works for the Athletic but on his 237 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:56.120 podcast he talked about Colemanhawkins, and I thought he did a really good job 238 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:01.720 of sort of describing the Cole Hawkins brand. He did a much better job 239 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:05.159 than I did when I tried to yesterday, because I don't think he comes 240 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:11.679 off as like a you know, an immature tird but he certainly likes to 241 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:15.919 troll people and have, you know, have fun. I think he gets 242 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:18.320 amusement out of that, and who am I to judge for that. I 243 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:24.720 do the same thing. But I again like the Colemanhawkins experience is one that 244 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:26.919 I feel as if he's on your team, you love him, he's your 245 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:28.840 guy. If not, you know, you maybe find him to be unlikable. 246 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:33.200 And I think that's probably what he's going for. So it's about forty 247 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:35.399 five seconds. We'll play it for you guys coming up here a little bit 248 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:37.279 later on. But I just thought it was a good you know, because 249 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:43.639 there are some who see him trolling fan bases on Twitter, and I don't 250 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:46.360 see Louisville fan saying, hey, we need to not go get this guy. 251 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:48.919 But I think it's had some people kind of uneasy. Do we want 252 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.840 to go all in and you know, show this dude a ton of love 253 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:58.840 on social media, you know, in hopes he'll come here or we worried 254 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:00.399 that he may, you know, start trolling us and messing with us and 255 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:03.159 sending like fake signals. Well, I don't think you have to worry about 256 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.279 that now because clearly the fact that he's visiting, and by the way, 257 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:08.039 this is his only visit since he's been in the portal, I don't think 258 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:15.120 he planned on coming back to college and that was the best option for him. 259 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:18.559 And again that that goes back to the clip that I'll that I'll play 260 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:21.240 for you guys a little bit later on from Samvasini, because it tells you 261 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:25.960 why NBA teams sort of decided to pass on him and urge him to go 262 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:30.279 back to school. So big news, no doubt, and now we wait 263 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:33.279 again. He'll be here this weekend. 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But you know, again I'm not taking 278 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:27.880 credit for it, but think about the come up for our folks at LLENNFCU. 279 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:30.119 Right, they get on, you know, first of all, they 280 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:36.279 get in with the U of L Volleyball arena naming rights, which by the 281 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:38.640 way, UL women's volleyball is maybe our best sport right now, to be 282 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:41.599 honest with you, with Danny bus m kelly and all the success that they've 283 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:45.599 had in recent years. And then you know they get in with with your 284 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:49.799 boy, they're the text they sponsored the text line here. Then you see 285 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:55.039 them get the naming rights to the stadium for the football stadium. Of course 286 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:59.680 it's now Ellenn Federal Credit Union Stadium. And not to mention, they were 287 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:06.240 a time sponsor of getting the Denny Crumb Hall, you know, the new 288 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:11.920 student athlete dormitory. It's it's of course called Dinny Crumb Hall. But Ellen 289 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:14.720 n made a big contribution to help, you know, to help make that 290 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:17.839 happen. So shout out to our friends at Ellen and FCU, and we 291 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:22.720 certainly appreciate him. All right, So we now have the college football Playoff 292 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:30.400 schedule, and this is gonna be awesome. I mean, it'd be really 293 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:33.680 awesome if you know Louisville was able to make it there. I mean, 294 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.200 heck if you're and this is what this is why expansion is good for fans 295 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:44.720 like us. We're not consistently flirting with the college football Playoff when it's at 296 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:48.759 four teams. Certainly weren't when it was at two teams. But now that 297 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.720 it's at twelve and it'll likely go to fourteen two, like you can realistically 298 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:56.319 see that happening. It may never happen, right, it may be still 299 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:00.640 a long shot, but Louisville Kentucky and heck even Indiana if you want to 300 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:06.640 throw in their random weird COVID year, Those are se You know, you've 301 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:10.920 all had seasons in recent years in the last decade that if the playoff was 302 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:15.480 at fourteen or twelve, I should say at twelve, you might've been just 303 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:18.920 on the outside looking in, but you'd have been you'd have been in the 304 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:21.359 running, right. It would have been a ride for you as a fan 305 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:22.559 to follow along all throughout the year, to think, like, man, 306 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:26.720 can we sneak in? Can we do it? And that is why I 307 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:32.640 used to think expansion was so stupid. The idea of going from four to 308 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:37.359 eight or to twelve was just dumb because, let's be real, more often 309 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:40.680 than not, when you get to the end, you know who's gonna win 310 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.839 it, it's gonna be one of two teams, or sometimes you just know 311 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:47.000 it's gonna be one team. So expansion is not good for the sport because 312 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:49.640 it's going to lead to a real big change in parody. I still think 313 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:53.599 the teams that are winning titles in the last twenty five years are probably still 314 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:56.440 going to be the teams winning titles for the next twenty five years. That's 315 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:00.960 just what college football has shown us, however, or there's now more inclusion, 316 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:06.000 right just making it to the College Football Playoff, even if you get 317 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:08.960 your ass kicked in the first game, that still is going to have some 318 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:15.319 real value. There's currency there when it comes to your program and its accomplishments. 319 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:18.799 It's like a final four in basketball, and we all know, especially 320 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:23.200 around here, those matter. So it's exciting. I don't know, you 321 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:26.240 know how long it's going to take or if any of these schools will ever 322 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:30.480 get in, but just to know that you can, like I've always loved 323 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:33.279 college football, and I've always, i guess been able to easily kind of 324 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:37.960 just distract myself from the fact that really it's a different world for everybody else 325 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:41.519 outside of that elite tier. And that elite tier is small, for being 326 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:45.160 honest with you, So it's probably still going to remain small as far as 327 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:51.359 far as those that win national championships. But you know, to just have 328 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:53.920 it be like you could have, you know, non ten win seasons depending 329 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:59.759 on who you are, and know that no matter what, like you know, 330 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:02.359 we will have a good year. Maybe we'll get in New Year's six, 331 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.359 maybe we're going to New year six Bowl, but like we're not talking 332 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:07.599 playoff. Well now you can at least throw that out there and it may 333 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:11.759 not happen, but I think that's going to make the regular season ride a 334 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:15.200 lot more fun for many fan bases out there. So again, we'll lay 335 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:18.680 out the actual schedule. It's just crazy to see there's gonna be home games. 336 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:23.400 I think that's awesome. Also, some of the things we'll get into 337 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:30.119 here today. I don't know how much you guys care about the recent NBA 338 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:33.160 deal that is in the you know, TNT Turner. They're losing the NBA 339 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:36.680 and it's going to go to NBC, so it's just going to be NBC 340 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:38.200 in ESPN. And I don't want to nerd out too much on like, 341 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:41.920 you know, the the deal and the arrangement or whatever, but I think 342 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:48.119 we're about to see like a big shift in not just I'll put it this 343 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:53.240 way, I think the value that you have as an NBA and NFL or 344 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:59.559 even you know, college football leagues the vast majority of those out there in 345 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:04.319 America specifically, when you're watching something that's live, it's sports. You don't 346 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:07.480 need to watch really anything else live other than that. I mean, so 347 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:11.680 when you have that value, right, these networks are gonna overpay. Like 348 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:15.720 if you look at what NBC is gonna pay for the NBA when actually the 349 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:21.279 NBA's ratings are not climbing, they're dropping, You're gonna think, like, 350 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.480 why would you pay that, Like the league is not you know, it's 351 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:27.720 not it's not going in the right direction. Well, it's because there's no 352 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:33.799 like when you have that value where you can know that you're gonna get a 353 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:37.640 live audience that's watching at that moment, and we're talking millions and millions of 354 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:41.680 people, Like I think, I think networks will overpay because at the end 355 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:45.920 of the day, it won't be that hard to monetize because again, who 356 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:49.000 we are who, Like when it comes to live television, that people will 357 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:52.200 make sure they're not going to DVR it. They're not going to watch it 358 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.880 later. Maybe some will, but like you want to watch it live. 359 00:22:56.359 --> 00:23:00.000 Who is live sports competing with who? What other content out there? What 360 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:10.880 other live television audience is there? I mean, that's that's remotely large. 361 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:12.480 I'm sure some people still watch. I mean I look occasionally, you know, 362 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:18.079 I've got live TV on watching like the news. But that's where sports 363 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:23.920 has really taken over when it comes to television because when it comes to live, 364 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:27.319 meaning you're sitting down in front of your TV at that time, like 365 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:30.720 nobody. I mean, what was the less time you watched something live, 366 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:32.799 John, Like you made sure that you were going to be in front of 367 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:34.960 your TV because it started at this time and it was a big deal. 368 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.440 Like it's probably sports, right, I mean you mentioned it's always sports and 369 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:41.839 very rarely the news, and that's usually whenever there's severe weather. Yeah. 370 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:47.160 Yeah, So you know, I'm fascinated with that, with with you know, 371 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:51.599 I'm also fascinated to see that like the Bally Sports that's been sold like 372 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:53.759 three or four times in the last ten years. I believe it is used 373 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:57.480 to be the Fox Sports Regionals. Then it became like Bally Sports and Sinclair 374 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:02.720 Broadcasting I think sold it. So all those you know, the regional sports 375 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:07.079 channels, the RSNS right like that, we sometimes still have to watch games 376 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:12.119 on FanDuel apparently is about to buy that, meaning FanDuel TV, which by 377 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:15.880 the way, is on your like YouTube TV if you have it. Like 378 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:19.000 think about that. We've already been you know, the sports world has already 379 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:22.400 been completely flipped upside down when it comes to sports betting. Ten years ago, 380 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.359 the thought of anybody mentioning it in live sports would be you know, 381 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:30.079 fired. Now it's everywhere, but imagine watching your team play and knowing you 382 00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:33.920 have to go to a sports books network to watch it. Like it's not 383 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:37.079 a surprise. But it's just crazy to think about somebody throwing that out there 384 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:41.640 as an idea or a potential thing to happen, not even ten years ago, 385 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.359 six seven years ago. It's crazy. So again, we're loaded today. 386 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:48.119 Stick with us. We'll have some fun. At least I hope we 387 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.440 will. We'll try to have some fun. It's coffee and Company again. 388 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:55.720 We are feel about Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. That's right, 389 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:59.400 coffee and company rolling along here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you 390 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:03.480 guys hanging out with us. If you want to join us on the show, 391 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:06.359 you can in five two five seven one seventy nine hundred. That is 392 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.559 the number to give us a call. Text line five O two six five 393 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:11.359 three zero seven ninety the L and N Federal Credit Union text line. So 394 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:18.640 it sounds like we now know the uh, the first actual game we're going 395 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:22.799 to get to see Pat Kelsey coach this team. So according to one of 396 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:25.920 the I guess i'll, you know, make sure I can give some some 397 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:30.240 proper credit here. This is a report from looks like Rocko Miller, who 398 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:34.039 works for bracketeer dot org, which is a college basketball outlet. He's reporting 399 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:41.319 that Louisville season opener will be on Monday, November fourth against Morehead State. 400 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:44.839 This will be the first time that these two have played since. Of course, 401 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:52.440 what happened in twenty eleven when Louisville was upset in the tournament and that 402 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:56.880 sucked. I doubt there's much revenge, you know, on the mine from 403 00:25:56.720 --> 00:26:00.440 I mean, got to keep in mind that was thirteen years ago, so 404 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:04.799 some of these players were, you know, if you're like an incoming freshman, 405 00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:10.440 you know, Kahani Ruths, I mean he was probably five, yeah, 406 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:14.000 five years old or something like that. So it does give me a 407 00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.079 little PTSD though, to be honest with you, like when I just when 408 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:18.720 I saw that report, I'm like, Okay, well, I don't know, 409 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:21.279 like that just makes me kind of feel uneasy. It'll have no impact 410 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.759 like what happened in twenty eleven in Denver. Will have no impact on that 411 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:26.000 game at all, but it just kind of makes me a little squeamish. 412 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:32.319 I mean, that was that was brutal, and it was it was talked 413 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:38.279 about all throughout the week about a big upset to watch. And Louisville, 414 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:45.480 if you remember, had a really not a great year. Let me let 415 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:48.839 me I'm gonna look it up because now now I'm curious because they ended up 416 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:52.359 making the tournament. I think it was like a four seed. And that 417 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:56.519 was back when the Big East was really really good and you could have like 418 00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:00.000 not a great record in your league, but still you know, end up 419 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:03.480 with a pretty good seed because you know, the league was loaded. Yeah, 420 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:06.920 Louisville that in that season they were twenty five and ten, twelve and 421 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:12.359 six and ended up getting a four seed. Yeah, they lost in Moreheady. 422 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:15.599 It was the thirteen seed and that that was a fun ride. That's 423 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:21.599 such an easily forgotten season because of what happened in the tournament. But man, 424 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:23.319 that ride was fun. And let me tell you why, because that 425 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:27.839 was the year that Rick Patino called it the Bridge year. I think Rick 426 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:32.640 that year literally thought he was going to have a really tough time, like 427 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:36.640 winning at a high level, right they you know, they they had just 428 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:40.759 lost a good you know that was they lost Tomato, Jerry Smith, Edgar 429 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.839 Sosa, you know, and those guys, to be honest with you, 430 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:45.720 were were you know, impactful players. So like that era. Right in 431 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:48.799 the year before that, they barely made the tournament, but that sort of 432 00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:52.200 ended that era that had you again, these guys were long gone. But 433 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:56.720 like the t will Earl Clark, Andre McGee, I mean, even Derek 434 00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:00.480 Character, I mean David Like, there was a run from two two thousand 435 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:03.400 and I guess it was two thousand and eight because two thousand and five they 436 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:06.799 made a final four. Two thousand and six they were really bad in their 437 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.720 first year in the Big East, didn't make the tournament. Think they actually 438 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:14.400 had a losing record, and then two thousand and seven they were pretty good, 439 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:17.799 made the tournament and lost in I think the second Yeah, they lost 440 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:19.960 in the second round to Billy Gillespie, Texas A and M. And then 441 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:27.079 after that it was Elite eight, Elite eight, and then yeah, back 442 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:30.039 to back Elite eights, and then things kind of started to dip. And 443 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:33.440 I remember that year they were opening the Ump Center and Rick said bridge here 444 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:37.599 and everybody was thinking, Okay, this guy is on the back end like 445 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:40.640 this. You know, he he got us to a final four, but 446 00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:42.279 it's probably not going to be sustainable. And he got to keep in mind 447 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:45.319 Kala just got the town and he was, you know, winning at a 448 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:48.680 high level. So yeah, that was a fun year because they ended up 449 00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:52.400 being pretty good. I mean they finished twelve and six in a really really 450 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:56.480 good Big East. A Big East team by the way, that when all 451 00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:02.440 said and done, had seven teams ranked in the top twenty two. And 452 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:06.200 it was because they weren't like the unexpected rides are always a lot of fun, 453 00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:08.319 and that there was no ride in the tournament. But that season they 454 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:12.480 were good. It was whatever we first Chris Smith showed up as a transfer 455 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:18.200 from from Manhattan, and people remember that story. He was really good friends 456 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:21.920 with Smarto Samuels in high school. They played together, and uh, he 457 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:26.759 played at Manhattan as a transfer. And once the team like got there and 458 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:30.279 uh, you know, everybody was working out. I don't know if it 459 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:33.039 was like summer workouts, but like everybody on the team had a ride for 460 00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:36.079 the summer. And I remember hearing the story. I think Rick told the 461 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:41.559 story actually that he asked Steve Massiello, who's that it was? Chris Smith, 462 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:44.400 and I guess mass had to tell him, yeah, you don't remember, 463 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.920 like he was gonna walk He's gonna pay his way, He's a walk 464 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:49.880 on. It's j R. Smith's brother. And Tina was like, no 465 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:53.519 clue, had no clue, didn't remember anything about it. But turns out 466 00:29:53.559 --> 00:30:00.200 that you know it was. I think that's what got Samato to stay a 467 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:03.759 a second year because smart as last year, well, I don't know, 468 00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:07.839 I can't remember specifically. There was a tie and I think either was Smarto 469 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:11.519 or Earl Clark. That led to Chris Smith wanted to come player, but 470 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.759 he was gonna be a walk on. But in the end he started that 471 00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:18.400 year was a pretty good player. That was when in twenty eleven was when 472 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:22.240 Peyton was a sophomore and really kind of, you know, emerged. So 473 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:25.359 that's a fun year. But yeah, nobody remembers that that fun year because 474 00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:30.640 they ended up, you know, losing to Morehead State and prior to that, 475 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:33.000 I'll have to go back and look, but because of that happening and 476 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:37.119 what that does to you as a diehard college basketball fan, your team, 477 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:38.920 anytime your team loses in the tournament. It sucks, especially when it's the 478 00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:45.440 first round, but when you get upset like it's crazy. I now look 479 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:48.599 at every tournament game louis was played in since then with the clear proof that 480 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:52.880 I know they can lose, right, I mean, when they played a 481 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:55.480 sixteen seed, when they were the one seed a couple of years, I 482 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.720 didn't. I didn't have the worry then, but you know what I mean, 483 00:30:56.759 --> 00:31:00.799 like when it happens in that fashion, fourteen, I'm sorry, a 484 00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:04.079 thirteen seed over a four and you and you get sent home like it's It's 485 00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:08.680 made me more anxious than I already was watching any Louisville tournament game. And 486 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:12.319 it's kind of salt to the wound. Because a coach, the coach that 487 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:15.359 I committed to play for when I went to Saint Catherine, his name was 488 00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:18.599 Wade O'Connor. And you know, now that I'm older, you know I 489 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:22.880 still think he was a little much real just I mean, I've had some 490 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:26.240 tough coaching, but he, I mean, he was just over the top. 491 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:27.519 You know, things he would say to to not me, but to 492 00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:30.400 other players. Because I didn't play much, I wasn't somebody was really trying 493 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:33.759 to motivate. You know, I was just around when I got there, 494 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:37.640 but you know he was. I mean, he was a hard ass and 495 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:42.000 in a way that I never anticipated. So when I left there and decided 496 00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:47.559 to transfer, he ended up leaving that same offseason, and he ended up 497 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:51.519 going to Moorhead State, where he worked under Donnie Tendall. And you know, 498 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:55.240 I wasn't you know, I guess twenty eleven, it was a little 499 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.759 bit. It was still a little bit sensitive to it because I didn't like 500 00:31:56.759 --> 00:32:00.400 playing for the guy and I wanted to transfer, and I did. Well. 501 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:05.880 Sure enough, he's on that Morehead staff that beats Louisville, and you 502 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:07.440 know when that happened that night, you know, keep him. I think 503 00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:09.599 Louisvill might have been one of the first games of the day, and then 504 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:13.240 Kentucky nearly lost, I think to one of the IVY one of the IVY 505 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.480 League teams. But after that, I didn't watch any tournament games that Thursday 506 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:19.160 or Frauday, and he was whatever date was. I didn't watch because I 507 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:21.400 was just depressed. I couldn't believe that. I was in disbelief that they 508 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:24.759 lost that game to Morehead State. So the next day at that time, 509 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:29.839 you know, we still got a newspaper, and sure enough I pick up 510 00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:32.400 the newspaper and it is Wade O'Connor, my former Saint Catherine coach, who 511 00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:36.160 at the time I wouldn't say I didn't like him, but you know, 512 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:38.799 it made it worse knowing that he was on the staff that they gave Louisville 513 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:43.440 that upset, and the front page was him hugging one of the Morehead State 514 00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:45.359 players with his face like right there, I'm like Jesus Christ, this can't 515 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:51.400 get worse. So, yeah, hopefully Louisville has no trouble. But for 516 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:54.440 what it's worth, Morehead State has had some good success. I mean they're 517 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:59.720 coming off of a pretty good year. I mean, they made the tournament. 518 00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:01.160 Someple thought they were gonna was it Illinois who they played in the first 519 00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:04.440 round, that thinks, So, yeah, they led for a little while. 520 00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:07.880 Yeah, they won twenty six games last year, which of course, 521 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:10.839 you know, they won the OBC title as well, And yeah, they 522 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:15.279 they played Illinois competitively till towards the end. Now they have a totally different 523 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:22.160 I mean president President Spradland turned that spectacular season into the James Madison job. 524 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:25.759 They also lost their OBC Player of the Year, so they're rebuilding and they 525 00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:30.279 elevated as a stafford to be the head coach, so maybe they maybe they 526 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:32.799 won't be, you know, good for that level. But I kind of 527 00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:37.000 think, no matter what the sick, no matter what the circumstance is, 528 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:43.319 if you play morehead stayed at any point, fans who you know, remember 529 00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:46.920 and experience that heartbreaking upset are gonna maybe for a millisecond you'll think like, 530 00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:51.000 oh, like, please don't do this. They almost beat Indiana last year 531 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:53.119 too, only lost by one. Yeah, that was and they were if 532 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:55.920 I remember correctly, weren't they kicking their ass at the beginning of that game? 533 00:33:57.039 --> 00:34:00.640 I don't remember, they were like killing them. It was. That 534 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:04.519 was one of those Woodson's because it was a Friday and I watched and I 535 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:06.640 bet on Indiana and I'm like, geez, what are you guys doing. 536 00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:10.360 Woodson hasn't had a bad loss to a team like that yet, but he's 537 00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:15.320 had a lot of really close games against those types of teams, which always 538 00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.519 worries you a little bit. But then again, you've had other coaches who 539 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:20.519 lost to those kind of teams. Archie Tom Crean both of them did. 540 00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:23.800 Yeah, so Morehead State was up eleven at halftime in that game and end 541 00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:28.559 I'm losing by just one. So yeah, that'll be the first chance to 542 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:32.079 see That'll be the first chance to see Pat Kelsey in action. I mean, 543 00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:35.079 you know, in a real game. All right, it's happening, 544 00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:38.079 John, That's right, it is so right. Now I'm tap dancing for 545 00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:43.800 probably a total of I don't know, thirty seconds or so. Nick is 546 00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:46.280 answering a phone call. He's talking to his friends at DFH for those of 547 00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:49.719 you who may or may not be with us right or have been with us 548 00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:54.199 since the beginning of the show. He talked yesterday as well about how his 549 00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:59.239 air conditioners been going out, and now he's worried about being a whiny little 550 00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:02.920 bitch as we as we mentioned, uh for having to sleep when it's seventy 551 00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:06.639 four, seventy five, seventy six degrees in the south, which I wouldn't 552 00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:10.800 be fond of either. So he's currently taking that call, and you know, 553 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:14.920 it looks like he's boun to head back to his We're good, he's 554 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:17.559 good. I'm done tab dance. Thank you for tab dancing there? Yeah, 555 00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:21.280 I uh, I got to get the AC fixed. And uh, 556 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:23.559 I knew if I didn't take the call, then they may just move on 557 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:28.719 to other people who I'm sure have AC issues because it happens. And also 558 00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:31.599 everybody's you know, everybody's in line to have DFH come out because that's that's 559 00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:36.119 who you want to trust when it comes to an EHVAC needs. So there 560 00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.840 we go. Thank you for doing that, John, I appreciate it really 561 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:39.960 putting you on the spot there, It was all right. I just talked 562 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:43.679 about what you were probably doing. Yeah, I did hear, I did 563 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:46.840 hear. The you know, the real thing is I'm a whiny bitch when 564 00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:50.280 it comes to being hot. I know you referenced, you know that, 565 00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:54.440 and we need to we need to no longer have you know, whiny nick. 566 00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:59.239 And by getting the AC fixed in my home, that'll that'll, you 567 00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:01.039 know, that'll make it better. And really it's my wife who you know 568 00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:05.199 probably needs it fixed more than anything, not because she's as uncomfortable as me. 569 00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:07.719 She just tried. She's tired of me wanting like, you know, 570 00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:10.320 like a whiny little bitch. Anyways, we'll get to our second break here, 571 00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:14.840 we'll come back on the other side. Keep it rolling along. Usually 572 00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:16.360 our segments are pretty short towards the end of the hour, which this will 573 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:22.079 be no different. But I'm convinced that John Rostein, who I think a 574 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:24.119 lot of people listening will know who that is, the college basketball nerd. 575 00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:28.360 He'd probably call himself that. So it's not like I'm picking on him. 576 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:31.519 He's a madman and I've got evidence. Right. We've talked about it over 577 00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:35.679 the years, things that people do that make them seem as if they might 578 00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:42.760 be low key psychopathic, some psychopathic behavior. Rostein is an So we'll get 579 00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:45.239 to that and a lot more, keep it right here on Sports Talk seven 580 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:54.519 ninety. So my psychopathic behavior is enjoying cold weather and not liking hot weather. 581 00:36:54.800 --> 00:37:00.239 There's some other things too. I'm sure I remember John's because it it's 582 00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:02.960 easy to remember. It is the no condiments kind of thing, right, 583 00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:07.599 You're dressing, yeah, no dressing. Yeah, I mean like pet pancakes 584 00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:10.239 and waffles with no syrup, salad with no dressing. That is how if 585 00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:13.400 he's going to eat those things, that's how he prefers them. And I 586 00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:15.760 just I don't know anybody else like that, but hey, everybody's different. 587 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:21.639 I don't think it's like psychopathic behavior to seek out a movie and not watch 588 00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:24.320 it all the way through, just like fast forward to the end and watch 589 00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:30.039 like a segment of it. Like I can't relate, but like that's you 590 00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:32.199 know, I think more than anything, you're just managing your time. I 591 00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:35.880 haven't done it in a while, but the most recent time I did that 592 00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:37.679 talked about on the show was when there was that movie called Don't Look Up. 593 00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:40.639 Yeah Netflix. Yeah, I was interested in it, didn't want to 594 00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:44.960 watch the whole thing, not interested enough the synopsis, and then watch the 595 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:51.519 last maybe fifteen minutes of it. I think we all have behaviors that others 596 00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:53.960 would not be able to understand and may potentially think that, you know, 597 00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:58.639 you could be a psychopath. You know, I've said this before, and 598 00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:04.119 you know I'm not being that serious, although still kind of am Those that 599 00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:07.480 sit by each other that are couples at restaurants, like I just, you 600 00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:12.719 know, I don't get it. I think it's very very odd. You 601 00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:14.800 know, if it's just two people and you're in a booth, why are 602 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:16.360 you sitting next to each other? Like I just think that's it is weird, 603 00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:21.039 Hey do you But I just I don't get that at all. But 604 00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:24.760 John Rostein, I don't know much about like him personally, but he's a 605 00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:30.639 college basketball robot, and I think that's the brand he's wanting to be out 606 00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:34.400 there. And I've noticed it here and there, like if something when it 607 00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:36.320 comes to the sports world, because I think a lot of people that are 608 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:39.639 very active and constant on Twitter, not all of them, but a big 609 00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:44.320 segment of that of that audience is for sports. It's how people keep up 610 00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:49.639 with what's going on in sports. So let's say it's like Super Bowl Sunday 611 00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:52.679 or maybe you know, heck, when we find out that there's a global 612 00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:57.760 pandemic going on, or there's a new president elected, like whenever there's like 613 00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:01.280 a big story that is really leading the discussion everywhere, not just Twitter, 614 00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:06.320 Rostein will go out of his way to let people know he's not thinking about 615 00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:09.360 any of that. He's focused on who just scheduled a non conference matchup in 616 00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:15.400 twenty thirty seven? Like that's his brand. But I want to give Craig 617 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:20.559 Meyer, who does some coverage of the Big Ten and SEC for USA Today, 618 00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:23.880 who went through and I'll read this tweet, says after he posted about 619 00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:28.880 a Stanford Merrimack game right after the Trump verdict. I looked back at John 620 00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:36.679 Rostein's history of tweeting college basketball minutia during important breaking news events for today's newsletter. 621 00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:39.280 Here are some gems that he found Election night of twenty sixteen. We 622 00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:43.360 all know that was a pretty big deal, right that was Hillary and Trump? 623 00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:49.280 Well, yeah, yeah, that night. Juco guard Corinthian Raimie has 624 00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:53.920 committed to Nickels State per source. This was a little bit earlier in the 625 00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:59.360 evening seven forty five Penn State Josh Reeves expected to miss the first three games 626 00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:01.960 of this sixteen seventeen season due to a lower leg injury. Per release. 627 00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:07.400 What else do we have here? I'd love to see some of the replies 628 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:09.000 to these tweets, but they're funny. Roe v. Wade that was a 629 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:13.360 big deal. It was overturned in June of twenty twenty two. That morning, 630 00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:17.039 eleven am, right around the time that became public. You know the 631 00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:22.440 story. And by the way, at that point, everybody's waiting and knowing 632 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:24.159 it. We're about to figure out what happens. Here, he tweets out 633 00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:31.079 the twenty twenty three national title odds. DeMar Hamlin collapses during Monday Night football. 634 00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:35.639 We thought a man had died on the field during an NFL game. 635 00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:42.760 Huge story right all over the world, all over the planet. Rostein as 636 00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:50.199 it looks as if he's dead tweets out this blown away with Paul McKay's performance 637 00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:53.320 tonight at Macky Arena sixteen points, eight rebound, six assists, made every 638 00:40:53.320 --> 00:41:01.199 big shot an incredible display. Also, who needs Bowl games? Tweeted that 639 00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:07.840 out on January the second, which again was the same evening that mar Hamlin 640 00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:12.519 we thought was gonna you know, thought he died, And there's more in 641 00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:15.960 the newsletter if you want to check it out. But like that is that's 642 00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:20.039 that's not coincidence, Like that's like, why does he want that to be 643 00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:22.440 his brand? I mean he has, he's going he's living by it, 644 00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:27.360 by a tea or two. Oh yeah, yeah. I mean like when 645 00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:32.280 when everybody, or at least you know, a huge percentage of those on 646 00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:37.320 the platform are discussing something that is, you know, a big story, 647 00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:42.079 he can't help himself. He's then triggered to just let people know, hey, 648 00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:46.880 you know this team is going to do a home and home with that 649 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:51.800 team in five years. Just everybody, you know, it's it's it's it 650 00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:57.000 doesn't bother me, but it's it's strategic clearly. But I don't know what 651 00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:59.880 the payoff is, you know what I mean, like what you know, 652 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:01.320 what would be like what does he get out of that? I feel, 653 00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:04.960 like I mentioned earlier, I bet some of the people who reply to his 654 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:07.599 tweets during those times are pretty funny, like you're being insensitive, Yeah, 655 00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:10.000 you shouldn't be tweeting this at this time. I mean, he's like a 656 00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:15.360 bot. He has a he has a college basketball podcast that he does year 657 00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:17.800 round, I think once a week. It's called College Hoops Today. And 658 00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:22.880 I've never listened to it when it didn't have either Chris Mack or Kenny Payne 659 00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:24.960 on there. I don't know if he's ever had Rick on there, but 660 00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:29.199 uh, you know he is. He's very well connected, trust me, 661 00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:31.800 he breaks news and he's he's in the know. But like if you listen 662 00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:36.079 to him on that podcast, and I only have just just because again, 663 00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:38.320 you know, I wanted to hear what the coaches that I cared about had 664 00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:43.119 to say, it's almost like he is a robot, Like he's a color 665 00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:45.440 Like it's you know, it's it's I'm fascinated by this guy. I think 666 00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:50.519 he might actually be an AI plant. I think he may be artificial intelligence, 667 00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:53.079 and he was just early development, early stages of that. Yeah, 668 00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:58.239 Like if you found out that was to be true next week, nobody'd be 669 00:42:58.280 --> 00:43:00.639 shocked, right, No, I'd be shocked. If you suffer from low 670 00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:04.679 T and you don't do something about it, I'd be shocked. I'd be 671 00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:08.079 appalled. And if in fact you have low T and you know, reach 672 00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:10.719 out to my friends at the Lotiverle Men's Clinic. They can help you. 673 00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:14.679 And you may not know you have low T. You may not even know 674 00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:17.679 what low TA is. And I can't explain it to you as good as 675 00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:22.239 doctor Wood can over at the Louisville Men's Clinic. So if you are lethargic, 676 00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:23.000 you feel like you've lost your edge a little bit. You know, 677 00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:25.400 you're getting a little bit older. You don't have to be old as if 678 00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:30.559 you know old and gray and you know in your seventies, But as you 679 00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:36.519 get older, the natural testosterone that your body develops decreases over time, and 680 00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:39.000 that can make it to where you know, you start to age. And 681 00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:42.480 I don't mean gray hair, I mean again, like your body, your 682 00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:45.280 your muscle, mass that kind of stuff. So that was me. I 683 00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:51.199 didn't really understand why I was putting in the same amount of work in the 684 00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:54.159 gym watching what I was eating. In fact, sometimes I would even really 685 00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:59.000 buckle down and make sure I had a good week eating and really went above 686 00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:00.760 and beyond in the gym, and yet I just couldn't get any payoff. 687 00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:05.519 And sure enough, over time I realized it could be that my testosterone levels 688 00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:07.280 is not where it needs to be, and that's exactly what it was. 689 00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:09.360 I went and saw doctor Wood, got my levels checked and I've been on 690 00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:13.480 testoster on treatment for the last few months and it's been a game changer for 691 00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:15.679 me. So I know a lot of men are tough and they don't want 692 00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:20.119 to lean on anybody for any help because they're tough, they're macho, they're 693 00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:24.360 badasses. Well, if that sleep when it's seventy five degrees in their house, 694 00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:27.920 if that's you, then props to you. But like you know, 695 00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:31.159 you could probably be even feeling better with my friends at the Louis of Men's 696 00:44:31.159 --> 00:44:34.880 Clinic. Give me a call if I was to four four four four thousand 697 00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:37.079 Louis of Men's Clinic dot com. That is the website. All right, 698 00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:38.519 one hour in the books, we got two more to ghost. Stick around 699 00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:44.119 right here on Sports Talk seven ninety