WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:08.880 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 2 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:11.919 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think we are. 3 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:16.000 Gettle off our show, idiots. The kids are crying to trail off. 4 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:19.960 The countries are screwing it up. Gold Play inter Murals, Brother, Goldplay 5 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:24.039 inter Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 6 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:28.600 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 7 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:49.039 Now? Here's Nick Coffee? As we get another edition of Coffee and Company. 8 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:52.640 Fueld Beth Thornton started here on Sports Talk seven ninety. I will open 9 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.799 it up by letting you guys know that I'm I'm kind of in my own 10 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:00.640 head here. I mean, that'll fade within the next couple of minutes and 11 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.840 we'll just be up and running. But something happened last night when I went 12 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:10.239 out to dinner that you know, has me second guessing ourselves here. I 13 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:11.840 mean I can only speak for myself. I mean, John brings it every 14 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:15.920 day. He's the backbone of this show. It's why he's the company man. 15 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:21.760 But I went out to dinner last night for my sister's birthday. It 16 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:23.840 was me, my family, my kids, which I guess it's all the 17 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:27.680 same thing, my wife and kids, and my nephew, my sister, 18 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:33.079 and my mom and stepdad. And we had to wait a little while, 19 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.480 which you know, wasn't that unexpected. It didn't take too long. We 20 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:40.400 were a rather large party for the restaurant we went to. And while I 21 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:45.000 was while I was waiting, I made a quick bathroom break. Had to 22 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:48.079 take the little one, my four year old, needed to go to the 23 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:51.879 bathroom. And on the way there, somebody stopped me and say, hey, 24 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:56.040 you know, love the show. I was like, hey, thanks, 25 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:57.319 And that happens from time to time, and it never gets old because 26 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.640 at least, you know, it's a reminder that somebody's listening. I like 27 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:04.359 to think that there's millions of listeners across the planet, but radio is one 28 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:08.240 of those things that you really never know, even when they give you ratings. 29 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:13.280 I mean, it's it's archaic as far as how they pull it. 30 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:15.680 Now streaming numbers is a little bit different. But anyways, what I'm saying 31 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:17.879 is it's always nice to hear that hey love the show, and I usually 32 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:21.680 just say, oh, thanks, I really appreciate it, and I finally 33 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:23.960 got down. Like it used to be uncomfortable because I used to I used 34 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:27.120 to always just say, oh, hey, you know, what's your name? 35 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:31.280 And it would always turn into an awkward exchange because it would make the 36 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:36.000 people that would make the person think that I think I know them, like 37 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.639 you know what I mean, Like it would always oftentimes those people would respond, 38 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:40.240 oh, you don't know me. And I'm thinking, well, I 39 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:44.520 know that I'm asking your name just a week and you know, say hello 40 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:46.879 and meet each other, you know, officially, other than just you know, 41 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:49.840 the radio show and that kind of stuff. And now I've just gotten 42 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:53.120 a little more comfortable with that. And this gentleman who stopped me to say, 43 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:57.400 hey, love the show. He said, man, really really tough 44 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:00.280 time of the year to be doing radio huh uh. And I'm thinking, 45 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:02.840 well, yeah, I mean there's not a lot going on, But does 46 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:06.800 that mean he thinks the show sucks lately? Like he loved the show, 47 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:08.280 but now this time of the year, he's like, man, we need 48 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:12.360 football to start. And then when I was getting ready to leave, I 49 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.840 ran into an acquaintance, a buddy of mine who said the same thing. 50 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:17.840 I mean, he didn't say love the show because I mean, like, 51 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:21.840 you know, hope he loves the show, but you know, we're buddies, 52 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:24.039 we're friends. But then he threw it in there as well. Man, 53 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:27.199 gosh, it's got to be really really tastes. Like I haven't been 54 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:29.759 able to listen a whole lot lately with work, but man, it's got 55 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:30.919 to be really tough right now, Like what are you talking about? I'm 56 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:34.319 like, well, you know, we've been having fun, but like I 57 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:38.159 can't really you know, I can't really throw to anything that would be like, 58 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:39.400 oh wow, man, I'm bummed I missed that. That would have 59 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:44.599 probably been some really good content for your show. So look, we're making 60 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:47.360 it work here, but I don't know that just that I overthink everything in 61 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:50.599 life, John, And that was one of those things that happened last night 62 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:53.159 that I'm like, I mean, what are we even doing here? Yeah, 63 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:57.039 that makes sense, And I'd probably do the same thing if I were 64 00:03:57.039 --> 00:04:00.560 in your shoes, because I've learned throughout doing this show. But I'm also 65 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.639 a textbook overthinker, and you know, I think there's there's good and bad 66 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:08.360 that comes with it. But also I think both of those people were probably 67 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:11.960 just trying to sympathize or empathize is probably the better way to say it. 68 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.120 With how you know this truly is for sports radio in particular, one of 69 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.480 the toughest times to come up with new things from time to time, and 70 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:21.240 I always I've always looked at this time of the year as a chance to 71 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:26.959 get creative. And I will say I've kind of dropped the ball on that 72 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:30.040 a little bit this year. I do still have some cool stuff. Well 73 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:33.800 I don't want to oversell it, but I've got a different approach that we're 74 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.879 going to try next week when it comes to the ACC Football Media Days, 75 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:41.879 which I am. I'm looking forward to. But you know, last year, 76 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:45.079 if you remember, we did drafts a bunch each week. That was 77 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:49.360 that was fun, you know. I just it's not as if we haven't 78 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:53.519 had some things to talk about. We're always going to find things to talk 79 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:57.839 about. But usually in the summer I try to do something that you know, 80 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:00.079 I'm only doing because I I feel like it's the time of the year 81 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:02.279 where I could get away with it. If it doesn't work, you know, 82 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:04.800 and it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be, who cares? 83 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:09.040 I had to try something because you know it's July and I just haven't 84 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.839 really done that yet, but hopefully next week we can. We can put 85 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:15.800 our own little creative twist on coverage of media days. But yeah, I 86 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:18.360 mean, I guess if you're somebody who you know, sports is a big 87 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:21.720 part of your you know, your lifestyle. I mean, I don't mean 88 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.000 if it is because you play sports, then cool. But what I mean 89 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:28.639 when I say that is more so like it's just kind of your escape, 90 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:31.319 right, like it's your hobby. I think hobbies can be just indulging in 91 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:35.879 sports, especially now that you have sports gambling. So not just this market, 92 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:42.319 but I would say the sports that are widely discussed across the country are 93 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:46.519 the sports that right now are not going on. So I guess that's I'm 94 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.160 hoping that's what people mean when they say that, like, man, I'm 95 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:54.959 desperate for some sports content, like some game. I can't wait for football 96 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.920 season to get here, in basketball and this and that, and you know, 97 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.040 so they're thinking to themselves, man, I can't even think of anything 98 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:03.879 i'd want to watch. What would you be talking about on your sports show? 99 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:09.519 And it is sometimes we just disguise it as a sports show because it's 100 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:14.120 sometimes not really a sports show. I mean it is, it will always 101 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:16.800 be. We are on a sports on a sports station. Nonetheless, However, 102 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:21.199 you know, sometimes we talk about things that have nothing to do sports, 103 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:24.879 and that ends up being a lot of fun. And I've said this 104 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:28.839 many times, why not say it once more. The things that people bring 105 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:33.240 up about the show, like when they bring up something that they found interesting 106 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:38.920 or funny or just a memory, it more often than not is never about 107 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:42.920 sports, which, you know, I choose to look at that as okay, 108 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.480 well, even if we don't have a lot to react to as far 109 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:47.360 as the local teams and whatnot that people care about, we can still mix 110 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:49.600 it up and have some fun. There's also the other way to look at 111 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:51.800 it, which is like, man, you must really suck at talking sports 112 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:56.040 because nobody remembers anything you say about sports. I'm hoping that's not the case. 113 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:59.920 But we will be spoiled here because we're gonna have basketball coming up this 114 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:03.040 Saturday. That'll give us something the TBT. I'm probably gonna discuss that more 115 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:06.920 than I would have anticipated, because you know, why not, And I 116 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:10.639 mean, I think there's gonna be a lot of local interest around here from 117 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:14.839 Louisville fans and Kentucky fans too. I mean, they're they've got a team 118 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.920 for the first time, and if both teams come out of their their their 119 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:21.160 regions here, then they'll play each other, which I think that could be 120 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:26.319 a lot of fun. I mean if in fact it's Kentucky and Louisville, 121 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:29.879 and I would hope that Louisville can host. They did have a good lead 122 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:32.040 when it comes to ticket sales, but I'm not sure if Kentucky's gained much 123 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:36.319 ground there or what. But either way, like you'd see Mark Pope and 124 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:40.920 Pat Kelsey both there probably court side. Like it'll again, we all know 125 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.800 it's not a real game, Like it won't have anything to do with how 126 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:46.319 the new era starts here in the rivalry with two new coaches. But you 127 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:53.600 know, if there's anybody that can support basketball in July with former players who 128 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:57.319 you know, put together a lot of successful you know, a lot of 129 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:01.079 successful seasons collectively, I think it's us, you know, in this in 130 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:03.279 this city, in this state. So that uh, that's that's a gift 131 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:07.040 because typically you don't get that right, Like the TVT has been going on 132 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.800 for a while, but this is just the second year where there's been a 133 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:13.439 Louisville team, And I kept thinking, John, why you know, last 134 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.319 year was a lot of fun with it, Like I was really into it, 135 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:18.519 man, I was, you know, after a win, I felt 136 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:20.600 like this Louisville just beat a good team back in the old Big East days. 137 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:26.439 When when they lost on that you know, heartbreaker, I was devastated, 138 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:28.560 and I'm thinking, like, didn't we didn't we talk about that? 139 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:31.399 You know why we didn't because I wasn't here, Like the whole time Louisville 140 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:33.799 played in the tv T last year, I was on vacation, right, 141 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.039 So it really wasn't something weak that I spent a whole lot of time talking 142 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:39.279 about because I wasn't here. And then, of course we have Louisville basketball 143 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:43.080 playing in the Bahamas later this month, so you know, that's a gift. 144 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:48.559 I'm I'm choosing to just you know, to just uh be patient and 145 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:50.639 ride out the next week or so, and then from there, I mean, 146 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:54.120 we will have a good amount of basketball to react to, especially this 147 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:56.879 time of the year. Uh and then before you know it, after that 148 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:01.159 football season will be here. So anyways, it is not a fun time 149 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:03.840 of the year. In sports, but hey, we still have fun on 150 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:07.360 this show. At least we try to, so stick around. Who knows 151 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:09.360 what kind of fun we're going to get into. Don't forget you could take 152 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:11.679 us with you wherever you go, whatever you're doing. You can listen live 153 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:16.039 on the iHeart Radio app listen live at seven ninety louisvel dot com. As 154 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.320 always, we are going to take you up until six o'clock today, and 155 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:24.039 I guess I'll start with I think, what is the most talked about thing 156 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:28.360 right now? I mean it's it is a sports story, I suppose, 157 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:35.720 but I mean the national anthem last night from Ingrid Andress. Do you know 158 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:39.440 who that is? John? I didn't until this morning. I've never heard 159 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:41.799 of her, and I've never heard any of her songs. I actually looked 160 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:45.759 it up this morning, because you know, she's obviously a you know, 161 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:50.159 Nashville singer songwriter, and I would assume. I mean, again, the 162 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:54.759 Home Run Derby. I don't know where it ranks in regards to like all 163 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:58.440 star type events from the major professional sports, but I will say the Home 164 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.600 Run Derby, I feel like it's better than the Dunk Contest has been in 165 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:05.080 many years. I mean, anything that the you know, the NFL does 166 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.759 when it comes to the Pro Bowl. That's stupid. It needs to end. 167 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:11.039 So, you know, I feel like she's probably a I don't know, 168 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.679 a decent name for her to be getting that. I mean, not 169 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:16.000 an a lister when it comes to like music, right, we're not gonna 170 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:20.279 It's not as if she's Taylor Swift or anything like that, or Morgan Wallen. 171 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:22.159 But you know, if she's getting that gig, I would assume that 172 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:26.000 she's you know, she's on the she's on the come up, right, 173 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:28.879 She's an up and comer. She's won six Grammys, believe it or not. 174 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:31.279 Now is that as a writer or as a singer? It's a good 175 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:37.440 question, because I kept thinking like, man, if she's got all this, 176 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:41.200 all this stuff, all these you know, accomplishments and such an impressive 177 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:46.159 resume, then you know I should know more about her. But to be 178 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:48.279 honest with you, I don't know much of anything. She won Country Song 179 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:52.679 of the Year in twenty twenty, Breakthrough Artist of the Year in twenty twenty, 180 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:58.240 and Most Performed Songs of the Year in twenty twenty. I bet the 181 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.840 song of the year is that the one that's lady like, is that? 182 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:07.039 Oh okay more yeah, okay, yeah, that's right. That that didn't 183 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:11.120 ended up being a top three songs, So I don't know. Maybe if 184 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:13.639 I heard it, I'd recognize it, but you know, I had no 185 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:18.320 clue this was. I do see here that she h featured on a Teddy 186 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:20.320 Swim song. He's super popular and he's great. So anyways, you know, 187 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:24.480 she's singing the national anthem last night, and I think collectively a lot 188 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:28.039 of people have have decided that this is the worst or maybe one of the 189 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:33.960 worst national anthem rendimtion? Uh what do you call it? You know it's 190 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:37.600 not a cover, but I guess, oh yeah, his performance. Yeah, 191 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:41.279 there's by the way, I said six grammys. That's incorrected six awards 192 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:43.840 that Okay, I was gonna say six Grammys like that. God realized. 193 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.720 I was like, what just came out of my mouth? That is not 194 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.639 rendition? Is the word I was looking for? That just my mind, 195 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.360 you had it, You were right there. Sometimes I you know, I 196 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:58.159 oftentimes just you know, really get lost within the English language to where I 197 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:01.639 just say a word correctly, but I've oftentimes so wrong. I'm just like, 198 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:05.159 well, there's no way that's the right word. I guess if I 199 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:07.840 just say with confidence, it'll you know, it'll hit. But nonetheless, 200 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:11.639 she she was terrible and before we let you hear it, because I'm sure 201 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:13.840 a lot of you already heard it a little a little bit of it today 202 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:18.159 and I don't want to play it all throughout the show today. But she 203 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:22.159 has since posted something on Instagram that was really sad. So this is her 204 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:28.240 Instagram post as of like one thirty this afternoon. Uh, I'm not gonna 205 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:33.159 b s y'all. I was drunk last night. I'm checking myself into a 206 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.639 facility today to get help I need. That was not me last night. 207 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:41.399 I apologized to MLB all the fans in this country I love so much for 208 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:46.000 that rendition. I'll let y'all know how rehab is. I hear it super 209 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:52.600 fun XO Ingrid. So you know that's sad that you know that that she's 210 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:58.840 in that position and she's I mean, if you're going to rehab because you 211 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.000 were drunk, I would assume that that means you're an alcoholic, or that 212 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:07.039 you are starting to show the signs of being an alcoholic. But I've already 213 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:11.360 seen some and I you know, I feel like I shouldn't speculate, but 214 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.960 that's what everybody else is probably doing. But like, is this just a 215 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:18.679 way for her to like let people know, Hey, this, Like I'm 216 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:22.519 not that bad of a singer. Like I don't think people would put themselves 217 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:26.600 in rehab if they really didn't have an issue. But I watched it after 218 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:31.840 I saw that earlier for the third time, and it's tough to know. 219 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:33.519 But like she doesn't look drunk, and she doesn't really sound drunk. She 220 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:37.000 just sounds like she was sounds off key, and she sounds like she was 221 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:41.480 just trying to put together her own Like that's where a lot of people go 222 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:43.600 wrong with the National Anthem, not to the level of like it's an all 223 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:50.639 time terrible like like Fergie, Yeah that one and Roseanne. There are some 224 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:54.720 people that like they don't bomb and they can sing. But I feel like 225 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:58.879 the National Anthem is the one song, or one of the very few songs 226 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:05.240 that you're not really wanted to put your own flavor on it, like that 227 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:09.720 the National Anthem is is not your song. It's it's you know, it's 228 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:16.039 our song as a country, and you are not needed to do any type 229 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:20.600 of creative enhancement to the song, like it is what it is, and 230 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:24.039 I think like I feel like the And when I used to go to every 231 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:28.559 single little basketball game, they would oftentimes, specially years ago, there'd be 232 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:33.440 different people throughout the season that would sing the national anthem. Now in more 233 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:37.200 recent years, it seemed to be a rotating crew that would do it, 234 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.120 and they all do a great job, but there'd be the occasional one many 235 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:43.360 years ago that you know, is like an up and coming artist or something, 236 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:46.279 and they would try to put their own like flavor on it and it 237 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:50.960 wouldn't sound bad. But like looking across the arena, there'd be some especially 238 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:54.759 the older crowd, that that just did not like if somebody was trying to 239 00:14:54.840 --> 00:15:00.679 kind of make that their own song. So I thought that's she was trying 240 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:03.519 to do. And it just failed epically, but it was. It was 241 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:13.159 bad. Oh it's broad shape, same bright sae thro the pairs fine, 242 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:33.440 oh the rest, but we was we're so yay yet read the boon burst 243 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:52.519 yap. Look, she's in pain. Lot of fless that's enough. It 244 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:56.840 goes on for longer than that. But that was John and I made the 245 00:15:56.919 --> 00:16:00.600 exact same face at the exact same time and that last part there, and 246 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:04.320 to me, it just seems like someone who can't sing right like that, 247 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:08.799 just that doesn't sound like somebody who knows how to sing at all. Yet 248 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:15.159 she has a pretty successful career at this point and she's super young, so 249 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.440 like maybe she was just hammered and forgot how to sing. I'm not sure, 250 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:22.000 but that was that was bad. And I actually feel like it's worse 251 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:27.720 whenever you're when you when you bomb like that, because it looked as if 252 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:32.440 she was clearly trying. And she's a singer, right like when you've got 253 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:37.559 those who have butchered it, you know again like Roseanne many years, like 254 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:45.759 she's not a singer and she knows it. That's the wrong clip there. 255 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:48.600 How about Carl Lewis again a guy who you know is known for a lot 256 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:52.639 of things. But when you think when I think of Carl Lewis, uh, 257 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:55.559 And I wasn't I wasn't old enough to remember when this happened live, 258 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:57.279 but I know he's he's remembered to be one of the worst ever when it 259 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:14.480 comes to singing the national anthem, and it's just terrible. Oh see can 260 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:22.480 you see by the dog? See that's somebody that just try to put their 261 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:26.279 own spin on it. And by the way, Carl Lewis's anthem the memories 262 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:32.720 from his being terrible comes towards the end he'd forgotten words. But I would 263 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:34.799 say, you know, the worst ever's got to be Fergie, right, 264 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:40.440 Like it's definitely my favorite one to laugh at well. And and what makes 265 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:45.720 it even better is that they show the faces of the players while it's going 266 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:51.400 on, and they're like they're in disbelief that this is happening, you see, 267 00:17:52.880 --> 00:18:15.720 by sir God, so uncomfortable, they lies less, I don't know, 268 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:21.240 man, And then didn't you do the whole oh man, yeah, 269 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:26.119 no way, way, yeah. Yeah. I mean it's so it's so 270 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:33.000 bad. And there are like three different gifts from the players reacting that are 271 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:37.920 all like well known because each Draymond had one, Steph Curry had one, 272 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:41.319 Like there's a bunch of them, and it's I mean, like you can't 273 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:48.240 not react the way they're reacting. And I'm starting to wonder, like is 274 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:52.160 that like I don't know she paid the bomb? Yeah, like the virality 275 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:56.200 of it, like without knowing anything about last night's performer, Ingrid Andress because 276 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:00.720 I've never heard of her. I really thought as soon as I watched it 277 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:04.920 that it was a publicity stunt because she didn't I mean, she was so 278 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:08.559 bad. Like it was. It was. You know, some people try 279 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:11.240 and you can just tell, man, they don't have the range. They're 280 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:15.880 just not great singers. Some people mess it up because they're nervous. Some 281 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:19.480 people inexcusably forget the words, like there's different ways to have it go wrong. 282 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:25.680 She just sucked in every aspect, and it just made me think that 283 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:29.720 like this was this really was it worth? I mean, I don't know, 284 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:33.240 Like I you hate to assume that somebody would do that and then, 285 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:37.359 you know, do the rehab thing and do it all for attention to kind 286 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:41.559 of maybe revive her career because maybe she's kind of faded away. I mean, 287 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:45.680 I do see here that after her success in you know, twenty nineteen, 288 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:48.599 twenty twenty, she never I mean in the last three years she really 289 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:53.440 hasn't had any level of success it seems, and no charting singles or anything 290 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:56.000 like that. And I shouldn't assume anybody would do that, but you know 291 00:19:56.079 --> 00:20:00.400 what, people do stupid stuff all the time. But it turned into something 292 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:03.039 because not many people were, well, put it this way. There's a 293 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:06.240 lot of people that are big baseball fans. I'm sure they were watching the 294 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.640 home run derby. But then there's a lot of other people who you know, 295 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:12.480 don't like myself and all it just turned into where everybody was collectively saying, 296 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:17.000 all, right, where's it at. Somebody, somebody send me the 297 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:21.519 tweet that has the video, because there was so many people reacting to it 298 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:23.920 that were watching live that everybody else was like, oh, I got to 299 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:27.119 hear this, and sure enough it hit the internet and it and it took 300 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:32.359 off and it was it was really, really bad. Here's here's the rest 301 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:44.119 of it from from miss Ingrid and Dress. Maybe she is hammered here, 302 00:20:45.680 --> 00:21:07.759 Oh the man, I'd buy it. I think she was hammered. Yeah, 303 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:11.079 I hadn't thought about that until you mentioned it at the beginning of the 304 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:15.359 of the show. But it seems like she's trying, but also like she 305 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:18.960 just doesn't know what she's going, Like she's not there, right, Yeah, 306 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:22.839 that's what it seems like, She's not really there, Like she must 307 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:26.400 have been like beyond drunk. I mean even at the end, she's kind 308 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:32.200 of like, I don't know, like got that slight like Mortal Kombat like 309 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:36.279 wobble where you're about to just you know, get like I over trying. 310 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:40.200 Who's at the karaoke bar and they've already had several drinks and but they're just 311 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.880 wanting to have a good time, and that's the performance that they give you. 312 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:45.680 But I feel like, drunk or not, if you are somebody that 313 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:49.880 is good enough to sing and have the success that she has had, even 314 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:56.720 if you are drunk, you would still sound good but just sloppy and mess 315 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:00.279 it up. But she may have been like next level. It's either she 316 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:06.559 was beyond drunk like three times to lead a limit or something, or she 317 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:11.599 just wanted to say. It's almost like it was an attempt to put together 318 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:15.079 the worst anthem of all time while also making it sound like you're really trying. 319 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:19.599 And to add to that, if you're with Ingrid Andrews before she goes 320 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:22.960 out there to do the performance, I feel like you should be able to 321 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:26.920 kind of realize what's going on and kind of see if she truly is that 322 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:30.240 intoxicated. Can you not pull her back and just throw, you know, 323 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:34.240 someone from the bullpen and they're no pun intended to do the anthem instead of 324 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:40.160 her. Yeah, I mean that as soon as I saw that she as 325 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:45.079 soon as I saw that she was you know, drunk at least from what 326 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:48.160 she said in that Instagram story and said she was going to rehab, My 327 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:51.960 first thought was, Okay, she has to have somebody like a manager or 328 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:56.119 an agent that's like with her a lot throughout these gigs. And I mean 329 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:59.000 they have to know, right, I mean now they can't really do anything 330 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.000 about it. They're not you know, they're off the boss or anything. 331 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.720 But uh again, there's different ways to mess it up. Like some people 332 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:07.359 just they're a celebrity, they get to do it and they're not singers, 333 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:10.079 so they just are terrible on purpose, or they're just you know, having 334 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:12.519 fun with it. But that was somebody who again like she's this says, 335 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:17.119 this is what she does, this is her lane. And Fergie Fergi just 336 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:19.240 tried to do weird stuff, right, Like Fergie's not a bad singer. 337 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:22.799 She just tried to She just tried. She got pretty horned up for which 338 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:26.400 was really uncomfortable. We're talking about the national anthem here, like the bend 339 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:30.960 Are you a sexy man? It's like she climacs during the bender. Yeah, 340 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:33.839 yoh ya way, but Roseanne is up there, man, Roseanne is 341 00:23:42.640 --> 00:24:00.519 what is that people bowing? Yeah? That was Roseanne bar in nineteen ninety 342 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:04.440 at the Padres game. And it's quite clear she's trying to sound terrible. 343 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:07.680 Yes, and you can you can visually see it, so like it's still 344 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:11.480 up there as an all time terrible performance. But like you know, she 345 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:14.680 wasn't trying to be impressive. She was out there just messing around. That 346 00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:17.640 wasn't what happened last night, but man, it went wrong. All right. 347 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.839 We're loaded the rest of the way, ladies and gentlemen, so I 348 00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:23.599 encourage you to stick around, make yourself at home, get comfortable. We 349 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:32.039 do have a legitimate update when it comes to the potential realignment, right, 350 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.599 I guess that's the right way to describe it, meaning, like you know, 351 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:37.160 I think the dust has settled a little bit here. However, there's 352 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:41.400 a lot of talk about the ACC members if they can get out. But 353 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:44.519 I thought Brett McMurphy had a really good update today that I want to get 354 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:52.000 into. Also, Texas Oklahoma making their way to the SEC and horns down 355 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:55.799 is gonna be good to go. You won't be flagged for it in the 356 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:59.920 SEC like you were in the Big twelve, which I've got an interesting thought 357 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:02.519 on that that I want to get to. Also some other things said by 358 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:07.319 the SEC coaches at their annual SEC Football Media Days. And this ESPN list 359 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:11.519 is something we got to get to at some point because it's got everybody upset. 360 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:15.079 Lists will piss people off. I think we've learned that in sports in 361 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:18.680 this list that ESPN is doing the best athlete since two thousand. We didn't 362 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.680 get a chance to get to it yesterday. I certainly want to do that 363 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:22.599 today. So stick around, we'll have some fun. It is coffee and 364 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:26.319 Company, and we are fueled Byuth Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 365 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:30.359 All right, so let's go to the text line. 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My wife is actually a big fan of her, and 373 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:03.079 she insists that there is no way, regardless of how intoxicated she was, 374 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:07.680 that she was actually attempting to put together a good performance with the anthem. 375 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:11.440 So are you saying, like you believe that she did this as a publicity 376 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:18.279 stunt. I mean, I don't think that that's like off the table, 377 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:23.200 But you know, the only two scenarios I can think of is that because 378 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:26.119 during the break there, I just pulled up a song of hers that's on 379 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:30.359 the internet and what didn't appear to be one of the one of her hits 380 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:33.119 or anything, but something on YouTube. And she sounds good, I mean, 381 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:36.480 nothing like what she sounded like in the in the anthem last night. 382 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:40.759 So you know, I look, your wife would know more than I because 383 00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:42.799 if she's a fan of this woman, then she's probably hurt her many times 384 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:47.440 and maybe even hurt her live. And you know, like that was bad. 385 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:53.480 But what would like if you are conspiring to take this opportunity, because 386 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:56.319 like maybe it just it ended up being like the best gig you can get, 387 00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:59.160 and you're like, man, I'm not getting I'm not you know, 388 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:03.319 my tours aren't selling if she's even touring. I'm no longer collaborating with artists 389 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:10.160 like Teddy Swims. You know, my run during the pandemic came to an 390 00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:12.119 end. Like what do you think the ceiling is here? Like is it 391 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:17.359 some great redemption story? Like she had to be confident that no matter how 392 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:21.359 bad of a look it is with the alcoholism and the rehab, that she 393 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:25.200 has to just believe that the amount of attention it's going to get that whatever 394 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:29.759 her next song that gets released whenever that is that because of the attention, 395 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:33.880 it's going to propel that next song into a potential hit. And then maybe 396 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:37.759 you know more thereafter, And you know, it would be not only if 397 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:41.200 you put together a hit and it gets some radio traction and you get some 398 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:45.240 buzz, that all is obviously what you want, but then it would probably 399 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:48.400 be even more of a story because it would be viewed as like, wow, 400 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:52.240 she's overcome and maybe maybe that's like the subject matter of the song too. 401 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:56.079 So then you have that empathy people who you know, feel for And 402 00:27:56.960 --> 00:28:00.680 I hate thinking that somebody would use that for a publicity stunt, but you 403 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.440 never know. Yeah, and I usual, especially on this show, like 404 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:07.079 I never want to sound like the guy that just assumes the worst in people, 405 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:10.200 you know, because that, I mean, that's that's really not who 406 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.599 how I am as a I mean, as a as a human being. 407 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:17.119 And I'd rather give more people the benefit of the doubt than not, because 408 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:19.480 I think if you live in a world where you just assume everybody's the worst, 409 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:23.240 then that's gonna really affect you. I mean, even if it is 410 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.599 somewhat true, it's still not something I like to you know, dwell on. 411 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:33.359 But you know, like in recent years, I I do find myself 412 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:36.559 no longer being as surprised when you hear of people doing, you know, 413 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:41.359 things they shouldn't be doing and behaving in a way that they shouldn't be behaving. 414 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:45.240 And you know, maybe that's what this was. Somebody else read it 415 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:48.039 on the text line and said that they used to work at the Young Center 416 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.720 and you would hear somebody hours before in a live event, rehearse the national 417 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:56.960 anthem at every Young Center event. So they were insinuating that maybe if she 418 00:28:57.119 --> 00:29:00.759 rehearsed, then somebody could have at that point they were there, like an 419 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:03.559 employee. Maybe the gates weren't open yet at the stadium, but if somebody 420 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:07.079 was there working and she was rehearsing, then they would, I guess, 421 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:08.400 be able to tell you if that was like either you know, maybe she 422 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:11.319 was maybe she was hammered when she was rehearsing too. I'm not sure, 423 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:17.240 but yeah, it was. It was bad in a major way. All 424 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:22.680 right, So yesterday I did my weekly rant. I think it's becoming a 425 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:29.640 weekly thing when people bring up the Big Twelve and potential expansion for the Big 426 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:33.599 Twelve and the Big Twelve being able to add some acc members. Like it's 427 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:38.240 just it's to me so obviously not a thing and not going to be a 428 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:44.400 thing unless there's some success with this lawsuit that Florida State and Clemson are filing 429 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:48.440 it. But people just again, conference in alignment has always been something that 430 00:29:49.279 --> 00:30:00.359 you throw five completely unbelievable, just far fetched, unsubstantial sid reports like you 431 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:04.480 know, you can have one about recruiting, you can have one about nil, 432 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:08.599 one about trade rumors, one of you know what I mean, like 433 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:11.599 just you know, stuff out there that people are claiming. You know, 434 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:15.039 there's reports, there's you know, I'm hearing this, sources tell me this, 435 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:19.119 like you can have five different different ones from different aspects again like the 436 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:22.519 things that has laid out, you know, NBA draft stuff, NFL draft 437 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:27.000 stuff, portal realignment, you know, and whatever. Pick a fifth one, 438 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:32.720 and let's say they're all the same level of like bat bleep crazy that 439 00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:36.839 like you know, only real, gullible people would fall for and think is 440 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:40.640 real. I'm telling you, of those five, the realignment one is going 441 00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:45.160 to get the most traction because for whatever reason that people just will believe anything 442 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:48.319 even if they know it's probably not true, they'll still you know, give 443 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:52.440 it some life when it's just so clear. Like there's this guy named Greg 444 00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:56.680 Swain or Greg Swain I think, and this guy has actually been around going 445 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:03.240 you know, viral if you want to call it that, on Twitter for 446 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:06.960 fifteen years during the realignment stuff. This guy's got over one hundred thousand followers. 447 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:11.720 Again, his name is Greg Swain. And this dude has always thrown 448 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:18.519 just absolutely not I mean just he's always just put out stuff that is wrong 449 00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:23.319 and it's been proven that he's wrong, and he makes stuff up and it 450 00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:29.079 gets people every time that you would think fifteen years later that like nobody would 451 00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:32.839 really run with what he's saying, but you know, he just tweeted something 452 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:37.920 out four hours ago and it's about realignment, and it's just completely nonsense. 453 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:41.599 Here's what it says. This news is coming in so fast and furious this 454 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:47.000 morning. So in summery, the SEC and Big ten aren't adding anytime soon, 455 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:49.839 which again that that's not what you said a couple days ago. But 456 00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:53.440 then he goes on to say the Big twelve once FSUE and Clemson and are 457 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:56.200 willing to use private equity to help them. However, to get that, 458 00:31:56.759 --> 00:32:02.319 they'll need to sign up long time. There definitely will not be any extended 459 00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:06.680 revenue for any new teams, as that was a disaster with OU in Texas. 460 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:10.039 I mean again, this has fifty thousand views on one tweet from earlier 461 00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:15.279 today at around noon, and I don't know, I just I don't know 462 00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:20.440 why it triggers me so much. But one person who I believe quite literally 463 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:24.119 has covered conference realignment better than anyone, has had more scoops, has had 464 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:30.240 more information, has more sources within conferences than anybody else, is mister Brett 465 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:34.200 McMurphy, who now works for The Action Network, used to work for ESPN, 466 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:37.000 used to work for CBS. He's been doing this a long long time, 467 00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:39.559 and I kind of feel like, of all the great coverage he has 468 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:44.359 given in the world of college football, his biggest scoops have come when it 469 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.759 comes to re alignment stuff. I mean, even going back to the Big 470 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:53.160 East days. So he had a good update earlier today that really has to 471 00:32:53.240 --> 00:33:00.359 make Florida State fans feel, you know, sad. I mean, they're 472 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.400 gonna have a really good team this year. They're coming off of an ACC 473 00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:06.759 championship, they just got their coach locked into a long term deal, and 474 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:09.440 and and I think Florida State's gonna be pretty damn good this year. But 475 00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:12.960 you know, I think they you know, if you remember, they're the 476 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:15.680 first ones that said, Okay, here we go. We know our value, 477 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:19.799 we know our worth. Uh, we're gonna you know, we're no 478 00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:22.519 longer just gonna act like this is okay for us to fall behind in years 479 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:24.799 to come when it comes to revenue. We're gonna, we're gonna, we're 480 00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:28.599 gonna fight it. We're gonna follow lawsuit. Now. Of course, later 481 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:30.839 Clemson did the same thing, but Florida State just started, you know, 482 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:35.680 saying, get us the hell out of the ACC. And and we'll go 483 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:37.680 anywhere we want. I mean that that seems to be their attitude. Well, 484 00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:44.000 the SEC and the Big Ten are not interested in Florida State, So 485 00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:45.680 this is from Reving Bevery says Florida State will likely not have a spot in 486 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:50.079 the Big Ten of the SEC if it's successful in leaving the ACC and the 487 00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:53.279 ACC stays intact. Uh if and when the Seminoles break free from the ACC, 488 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:57.960 their top choices would be to join the Big Ten of the SEC because 489 00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:00.680 of a huge difference in television media rights revenue. However, there are multiple 490 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:06.599 concerns about adding Florida State. Those are that's according to McMurphy's sources. Those 491 00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:10.280 reasons include the fact that it doesn't make financial sense for either league quote, 492 00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:15.599 there's no appetite for more expansion, and FSU has shown it's not a good 493 00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:19.920 partner, which that I don't know a whole lot about them not being a 494 00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:22.039 good partner other than the fact that they, you know, sued their own 495 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:27.000 conference and didn't you know, band together with everybody else in the league who 496 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:30.840 agreed, even if it is stupid and hindsight, everybody agreed to the Grand 497 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:34.199 of Rights deal that was signed that is locked into twenty thirty four. So 498 00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:37.599 again, Sankie, he said on Monday that they're focused on their sixteen and 499 00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:43.079 I think that makes total sense again because the SEC, as we discussed yesterday, 500 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:49.079 they don't need to expand they don't need to and the only expansion candidate 501 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:52.679 that would give them more value that would be a no brainer is Notre Dame. 502 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:54.880 And they're not going anywhere anytime soon. They're going to stay independent. 503 00:34:55.840 --> 00:35:00.320 So back to McMurphy's article. Here, it says Action Network contact more than 504 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:04.760 a dozen individuals, including university presidents, conference personnel, athletic directors, network 505 00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:08.599 executives, and consultants. None would be identified because of the sensiti the sensitivity 506 00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:14.599 surrounding conference realignment. Three SEC presidents recently told Action Network they had quote no 507 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:17.760 interest in adding Florida State. It takes twelve of the sixteen SEC presidents to 508 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:22.280 favor adding another school. The Big ten is also not interested in the seminal, 509 00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:27.320 sources said. One Big ten commission says here, Big ten commissioner Tony 510 00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:30.280 is it Petity Petit, Yeah, Petit is staying away from expansion and we're 511 00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:34.639 taking Tony's lead. That's what a source told mc murphy. Another note or 512 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:38.599 another source added, why would anyone want to expedite more chaos by adding Florida 513 00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:43.360 State. One source, however, caution never say never about FSU going to 514 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:46.239 the Big ten because there could be a path if the ACC disintegrates. So 515 00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:52.519 trying to find more of these quotes that I think are worth reading. But 516 00:35:54.320 --> 00:36:01.639 let's see here. It says, what upside do you get from adding Florida 517 00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:06.159 State? We got what we needed by adding USC, UCLA, Oregon, 518 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:10.360 Washington, and Oregon and Washington were added at fifty cents on the dollar to 519 00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:15.320 help USC and UCLA, which I forgot about that USC and UCLA got a 520 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:17.639 I mean they got it, and I think it like a fully you're getting 521 00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:22.719 the same amount of money as everybody from the start. And again they added 522 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:24.960 Oregon and Washington to help, you know, make it to where they're not 523 00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:28.519 just the only two schools on the other side of the country, which, 524 00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:30.000 by the way, I could be wrong, but I think Texas and Oklahoma 525 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:34.960 are not getting the same money right away, whereas USC and UCLA are in 526 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:38.239 the Big ten. So it says, who would Florida back to this poot? 527 00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:40.719 It says who would Florida State help and at what cost? And most 528 00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:45.760 importantly, who's going to pay for it? So the issue that Florida State 529 00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:50.800 has is that they I mean they the leagues they want to go to. 530 00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:54.559 They there's just not there's there's no appeal for adding them. I mean, 531 00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:58.440 you don't need them. Again. The only thing the Big Ten could potentially 532 00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:00.000 do is say that they now have a school in fl Florida, but that 533 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:02.880 wouldn't make it. It's just one school. It wouldn't really make any sense. 534 00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:08.480 If the Big Ten wanted to expand, I think they could really kind 535 00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:15.519 of expand their footprint and get more into the South with teams like Florida State, 536 00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:21.719 Clemson, Miami, you know, maybe maybe a Virginia and a North 537 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:24.239 Carolina, maybe Louisville, if for some reason you could ever make that happen. 538 00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:28.559 I mean, obviously, if the Big Ten and the SEC start a 539 00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:30.639 mass expansion, which I don't think they're going to any time soon, I 540 00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:32.000 would love for Louisville to be included. But I also understand that they're not 541 00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:36.719 going to be as attractive as some other schools here. So you know, 542 00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:40.800 Florida State they won out, but like they they I really wouldn't be shocked 543 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:45.880 if in the next you know, years, So if this legal fight continues 544 00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:49.440 and there's still more noise out there, that they may get out, but 545 00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:52.280 they don't have an invite to the SEC or the SEC of the Big ten, 546 00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:57.679 Florida State should just you know, concede and try to make it work, 547 00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:00.679 because there's something to be said obviously, So you want to make more 548 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:02.480 money, and money's never been more important than it is now when it comes 549 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:06.440 to the money that the schools are going to have to start paying the student 550 00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:09.400 athletes. But you know, would you really want to pay a ton of 551 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:13.159 money to get out of the ACC to go to the Big ten. I'm 552 00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:15.639 sorry to go to the Big twelve where the ceiling is not that high for 553 00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:20.440 you there financially. And there's something to be said about being a you know, 554 00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:23.280 a traditional member that that has had you know, that is one of 555 00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:29.960 the top dogs in the league. Also academically, Florida State is apparently like 556 00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:34.079 a really bad school, I mean comparatively speaking to like other like Big ten 557 00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:38.880 SEC that kind of stuff, and that's that also hurts them. So you 558 00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:43.199 know, again, I think Bret mc murphy is one of the only people 559 00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:46.000 that has consistently reported on on realignment stuff. And I feel as if he's 560 00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:52.519 getting it from legitimate people in this space of college athletics at the high level 561 00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:58.079 conference affiliation, revenue sharing, all that kind of stuff. I mean, 562 00:38:58.119 --> 00:39:00.599 again, these are the people that he got quotes from on this story. 563 00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:06.679 University presidents, conference personnel, athletic directors, network executives, and consultants. 564 00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:09.159 Those are people that have said there's no interest in Florida State in the SEC 565 00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:15.079 or in the Big Ten. And that has to be a punch to the 566 00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:20.320 gut for them. So, you know, maybe Clemson could be an attractive 567 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:24.760 school. I mean, you know that that you know that I don't really 568 00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:29.440 know if they make a lot of sense to just add. You know, 569 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:31.480 if Clemson just is randomly joining the Big Ten, I feel like that's the 570 00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:35.960 the Who would be the closest school in the Big Ten to them? Probably 571 00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:38.400 Rutgers or Maryland. Probably Maryland. Yeah, I always forget Maryland's in the 572 00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:42.039 Big is in the Big Ten. And this is something that came out last 573 00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:45.760 time. We were really just you know, I think whenever we knew that 574 00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:47.320 there was going to be so much movement taking place this year, right with 575 00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:52.239 the new Big Ten members and with the SEC adding Texas and Oklahoma. Obviously, 576 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:54.440 now the ACC has added three schools around the time that you know, 577 00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:59.360 it just became clear we had a big, a big change coming, and 578 00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:01.079 you know, now it's here. There was a lot of noise about North 579 00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:07.480 Carolina and Virginia actually being the more highly sought after schools in the ACC if 580 00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:12.119 the Big Ten in the SEC wanted to add anybody. And I think that 581 00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:15.960 comes down to, I mean, North Carolina is a huge state with a 582 00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:20.000 lot of people. You know, I don't know how great they are in 583 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:27.320 every other sport. But as much as the ACC has some schools that have, 584 00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:30.039 i mean, won national championships, and you know, I think the 585 00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:32.559 ceiling can be high for some of these programs, not just in football but 586 00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:37.880 just as athletic programs. But what I keep coming back to is something I've 587 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:40.719 said probably more than I need to at this point, is that I just 588 00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:45.480 don't think that that there's a move, there's a move worth making if you're 589 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:47.119 the Big Ten of the SEC. When it comes to adding anybody from the 590 00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:51.480 ACC, there's just not a situation where those schools are going to give you 591 00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:54.440 something of great value and give you something you don't already have. All right, 592 00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:57.199 quick break, we'll come back on the other side. Keep this thing 593 00:40:57.280 --> 00:41:00.119 rolling along. It's Coffee and Company, and we are fueled bout Thornton's right 594 00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:05.119 here on Sports Talk seven ninety. That's right, Coffee and Company, fueled 595 00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:07.119 by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. Thanks for hanging out with us, 596 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:12.239 Nick Coffee, that's me the company man, mister John all on alongside today 597 00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:16.519 and a fella's listen up. If you uh think you may start to have 598 00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:23.119 some issues with a rectile dysfunction, I mean, thankfully I've yet to have 599 00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:25.480 that. Hopefully I never do, but if I do, I know where 600 00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:28.199 I'm going to go. It's the Little Men's Clinic. But again, I 601 00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:30.519 feel like it's something that you're going to know, and it's going to be 602 00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:35.360 it's going to be something that you know. It's quite clear that it's a 603 00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:38.000 problem for you, and I'm sure it's difficult to accept. You may just 604 00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:40.239 want to block it out of your mind. You may want to be in 605 00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:43.679 denial. I mean, everybody deals with things differently, and that's a tough 606 00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:45.039 thing, not only for you, but it could be a tough thing for 607 00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:49.119 your partners. 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You know, they've got pulseway therapy, they've got something called pin 617 00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:28.599 pal therapy which actually has a ninety seven percent success rate. Oral medications, 618 00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:31.280 if that's more what you'd be interested in trying. So a lot of different 619 00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:35.800 options for you if in fact, a rectild's function is something that is impacting 620 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:37.280 your life, and it doesn't have to. And what I mean by that 621 00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:40.679 is you know they can help you. The leve men's clinic and they're going 622 00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:45.400 to be eager and happy to do that. All right. We don't have 623 00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.840 a whole lot of time left here in this last segment because I just got 624 00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:52.519 a little long winded there discussing the uh, the realignment stuff out there. 625 00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:57.840 But when it comes to the SEC media Day is currently going on. This 626 00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:01.519 is day two. Kind of a Wyatt Day at least at this point from 627 00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:08.159 what I can tell. However, Kirby Smart said something earlier today that you 628 00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:14.320 know, it was probably meant to be funny, maybe rib Oregon a little 629 00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:17.920 bit, but apparently Kirby Smart this past offseason really did a deep dive on 630 00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:23.880 the success in the overall you know, success of the company Nike of course 631 00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:29.800 founded by Phil Knight, and he has a real admiration for Phil Knight in 632 00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:31.960 regards to his leadership and all that kind of stuff. But then he joked 633 00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:37.000 about wanting to receive some of the NIL money that Dan Lanning is apparently getting. 634 00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:39.440 Quote, I wish I could get some of that NL money that he's 635 00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:42.559 giving to Dan Lanning. That's what he said earlier. That quote got a 636 00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:45.440 lot of attention, and the reason I wanted to bring it up is because 637 00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:52.239 it's not because I think it's funny, but to know that you have unlimited 638 00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:57.440 nil money, meaning that there's no player that you would you would not be 639 00:43:57.519 --> 00:44:00.639 able to get because of money. Because you know, the guy who happens 640 00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:07.840 to own Nike is a humongous supporter in a lum and fan and I remember 641 00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:10.119 it was within the last you know, month, six weeks or so, 642 00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:14.360 you know, stories came out that he's more willing than ever to just pay 643 00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:16.360 whatever to help out. And again, now you can do it legally. 644 00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:20.480 Now it's a thing where hey, he can make a donation to a collective 645 00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:22.039 that can be you know, millions of dollars for one player, and he's 646 00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:24.079 got that kind of money to do it and it's not against the rules. 647 00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:28.320 And because he's getting older, I think the story that I read reference that 648 00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:30.800 you know, he wants to be able to see Oregon really you know, 649 00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:36.880 win a national championship before you know he's gone. And I just feel like 650 00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:39.199 that adds pressure to somebody like Dan Lanning. I mean, he's in his 651 00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:42.960 what second third year, third year. I mean he's a guy that I 652 00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:45.480 think has got a bright future, but I don't know. I feel like 653 00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:47.360 in a way. I wouldn't want that, Like I would love to know 654 00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:51.920 that I have that support, but it being such a public thing that you 655 00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:54.119 can't run from that. If you ever don't get a player, everybody's gonna 656 00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:57.000 know you had the money to get him, why did you get them? 657 00:44:57.119 --> 00:45:00.800 Like it's gonna be pointed at you. Which also reminds us that when players 658 00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:07.239 you know, end up going elsewhere and a coach thought he had him, 659 00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:10.000 like, there's still not going to ever be enough transparency to know that if 660 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:13.920 a kid decided to go elsewhere because of money, and coaches can blame it 661 00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:16.400 on that, right, Like as much as coaches complain about the new world 662 00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:21.880 of the portal and nil, it also gives them a potential out when things 663 00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:25.840 don't go well. And I just want fans to not buy into that and 664 00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:29.519 believe it because just keep in mind, no matter what happens, they can 665 00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:31.920 always throw out the excuse of, well, you know, we need you 666 00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:35.400 to pay more money and we'd get these players. We need you to pay 667 00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:38.320 more money and we'd be more successful. All right, don't go anywhere. 668 00:45:38.360 --> 00:45:40.480 Two more hours left right here on Sports Talk seven ninety