WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.679 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:30.239 day. Now here's Nick Coffee. So this came up a later. It 3 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:32.200 was late last week. I think it actually might have been on Friday, 4 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:34.240 which we had a shorter show on Friday, so I don't know if we 5 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:39.479 had a smaller audience. But the Louisville Kentucky basketball game, the first game 6 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:43.200 with this new era of the rivalry, new era for both programs with Pack 7 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:46.759 Kelsey and Mark Pope. It's going to take place on Saturday, December fourteenth. 8 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:50.600 It'll be at rapp Arena. And it being on a Saturday, I 9 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:53.880 think is good news for a lot of fans who were just bothered and uncomfortable, 10 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:57.799 uncomfortable about it being on a weekday last week last year. I think 11 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:00.320 this is a game we'll watch regardless of where they put it, when they 12 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:03.439 put it, because you know, in most instances we care that much Louisville 13 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:06.599 not as much in the last couple of years, just because we were so 14 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:11.359 lifeless and just defeated that losing the Kentucky under Kenny Payne really didn't change I 15 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:15.319 mean it didn't. It didn't give any added I mean, what Kenny said 16 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:18.519 after the game last year actually is what ended up being the talking point and 17 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.120 what really, you know, further proof that he is you know, he 18 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:25.879 was his days were numbered. But anyways, this falls on a perfect day 19 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:30.680 because it's the day. It's the Saturday right after the conference championships in college 20 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:34.719 football take place. So it's kind of like the rare Saturday in the fourth 21 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:40.200 quarter of the calendar year where there's no football. The NFL, you know, 22 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:42.799 doesn't play on Saturday. In fact, maybe they do play Saturday night 23 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:47.280 on December fourteenth, But either way, you've got Louisville and Kentucky on a 24 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:52.760 day where you're not you know, you're not going to be losing some attention 25 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:55.560 to bowl games, like bowl games haven't started yet, so college football is 26 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:59.840 really just off that week, whereas and actually it might be the day of 27 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:01.680 the Army Navy game. I think about it. I think that game takes 28 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:07.120 place in between. Actually think it takes place the week after confence championship games. 29 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:10.400 But either way, my point is this college basketball is now doing something 30 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:15.280 that I think is pretty strategic, and I don't know who's responsible for it, 31 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:19.199 but that is a Saturday where you can really kind of have a you 32 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.919 know, day to yourself when there's not football to get in the way. 33 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:24.039 So Louisville Kentucky you're going to play that day. Creighton and Alabama are going 34 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:28.120 to play that day, which should be a really good non conference matchup Xavier 35 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:31.599 and Cincinnati and another rivalry, Tennessee at Illinois. I mean, no connection 36 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:35.479 there that I'm aware of, but that those are two teams that you know, 37 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:38.520 we're two of the top fifteen teams in the country last year. UCLA 38 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:40.919 is going to play Arizona and Phoenix, Texas. A and m is going 39 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:46.400 to play Perdue. So a really good day of non conference college basketball games 40 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:49.680 on December fourteenth. Obviously we're going to be focused on that Louisville Kentucky game, 41 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:53.840 but I wish the sport of college hoops did more scheduling wise in the 42 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:58.080 earlier part of their season. And sometimes it doesn't matter what they do because 43 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.479 football is just going to dominate. We know that, but I think there 44 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:04.520 are some things that you can do to really take advantage of you know, 45 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.120 non conference scheduling, meaning you don't have to follow your league schedule. You 46 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:12.520 know, these events that could be you know again, you're never going to 47 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.479 get the eyeballs and the viewership that you get in college football and certainly not 48 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:22.000 in the NFL. But I just wish that by the time football faded out, 49 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:25.080 those that want to jump to college basketball had more familiarity with it. 50 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:30.039 And I guess I'm just desperate for people to love college basketball as much as 51 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.039 I love it, and that's just never going to happen, so I should 52 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:36.199 just get over it. But anyways, for those who missed it, the 53 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:42.000 first Pat Kelsey Mark Pope matchup Saturday, December fourteenth. All right, it's 54 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:44.520 coffee and company. We are feeled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven to 55 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:47.639 ninety. Appreciate you hanging out with us here on a hot, hot Tuesday 56 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:54.919 afternoon. I'm looking forward to going home and playing with my kids outside because 57 00:03:55.000 --> 00:04:00.120 you know, it's fun. We got to Moose the new basketball goal the 58 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:03.280 driveway and he's you know, he's he's getting shots up. We're having fun. 59 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:06.240 It's like the first time I've ever actually had a goal for him that's 60 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:12.159 his size, that you know, like I can rebound for him and pass 61 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.159 it to him and shoot it and it's you know, it's it's wholesome for 62 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:18.040 me as a dad. My daughter loves going on walks with her stroller and 63 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:20.839 her baby doll, or maybe she rides her bike and I walk with her, 64 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:26.439 and it's fun. And it's things that I know I will miss badly 65 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:29.160 when they get older. But today's one of those days where I'm like, 66 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:30.680 all right, honey, I'm gonna have to let my wife know when I 67 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:34.920 get done with the kids outside straight to the shower, like I gotta. 68 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:38.319 I got a hose down before I let you near me, because I'm gonna 69 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:43.079 be sweaty and ready, if you know what I'm saying. So I hate 70 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.240 the heat, and I got a lot of pushback. I started the show 71 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:47.560 but by mentioning how soft and weak I am as a man because I cannot 72 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:50.560 handle heat. I mean, it's not gonna kill me. I'll get over 73 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:54.959 it, but I become I mean, can I say it, John, 74 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:59.040 I kind of become a little bitch in the heat. We all have our 75 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:02.240 things that make us a little bitch sometimes. I guess I don't know, 76 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.120 you know, is there something I can do like toughing me up with that? 77 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.079 I mean, I think some would say, well, hey, because 78 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:10.399 We had somebody earlier on the text and said, look, I think a 79 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:13.600 lot of people do the same way. But if you work outside and you 80 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:15.519 you know, you just eventually you don't like it, but you just get 81 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.439 used to it towards I know you don't cut your own grass anymore. But 82 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:21.639 that way, thanks thanks also for making me feel less like less of a 83 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:26.199 man, which, by the way, speaking of that, that is the 84 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:29.959 one thing that like I've never would have never claimed to be like a manly, 85 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:33.560 macho guy, but having another man cut my grass is convenient. Uh. 86 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:36.040 I'll give him a shout out. His name's Jimmy Funyak. He does 87 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:40.519 a great job. He's got his own lawn service. I grew up around 88 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:43.199 him. He's a little younger than me. His mother was my kindergarten teacher. 89 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:45.680 But you know, he does a great job, so if I did, 90 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:47.319 it wouldn't look as good like it's. It's not something I struggle with, 91 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:50.160 but I don't know why, as someone who's always hated cutting the grass 92 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:54.959 and don't like doing yard work, there's just something that really hits me deep, 93 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:57.759 like you're not a man if you're not cutting your own lawn, which 94 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.199 I'm sure plenty of people don't cut their own lawn. But any way, 95 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:03.959 back to the heat, I don't want to be such a you know, 96 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:06.959 I guess I'm a diva, you know. I don't think I am by 97 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:11.240 nature, But like when it comes to being hot outside, I just get 98 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:15.439 uncomfortable, irritable, and I just look around at times and think, like 99 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:20.120 what are we doing? We could be indoors where there's air conditioning, Like 100 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:27.600 what's going on here? Like who is choosing to be outside in this in 101 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:31.160 the like we're all you know, it's like it's bowl of soup out here, 102 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:34.519 Like it's thick and humid, and I just I can't stand it. 103 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:40.600 But everybody's different, right, Some people hate cold weather and would want to 104 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:44.560 be outside the entire day if it's one hundred degrees and it's just you know, 105 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:46.879 that's not me. Better watch out. There'll be people lining up outside 106 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:49.519 of the studio, just like back during the Kenny Pin era, waiting to 107 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:55.160 call you a whiny bitch again. Yeah, So, what remind me of 108 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:58.040 how that all came about? I feel like it had something to do with 109 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:03.319 people getting on you, on somebody on the text line or Twitter. Wasn't 110 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:06.000 the caller. Was it because you'd have probably dumped them. No, it 111 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:11.120 was somebody was somebody angry at you for your take on Kenny Payne, and 112 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:13.720 you were coming back at him with something. I don't remember what it was 113 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:17.160 exactly, but they were calling you a whiny bitch. Yeah. And later 114 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:20.000 that day that we left, it was like the only time I've ever seen 115 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:23.800 it like this, right outside of our studios here at four Street Live. 116 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:28.720 I think there was a concert across the hall at the PBR. And the 117 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:31.040 timing of when we left, like everybody, it was a huge line by 118 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:36.839 four Street and John made it great. It was one of John's best lines 119 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:40.600 ever. Like it was, this is a huge line of But what I'm 120 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:44.160 missing in the story is there was some type of conversation going on that in 121 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:48.000 regards to people coming to tell me that like showing up the Yeah, like 122 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:50.240 if you want to come here and show me I'm a whiny bitch or something 123 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:53.920 like that. Yeah, And then there was that lot of people. Yeah. 124 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:59.600 So man, the the shows during like the the muck of the Kenny 125 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:05.800 Payne era, like that was something. I'm so glad that's over, I 126 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:11.160 really am. I don't regret any part of it on my end, meaning 127 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:13.040 like you know, saying what I think and feel. And I've had so 128 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:20.079 many people tell me I really, I really liked how you were honest and 129 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:22.680 you didn't care about what people thought, and I'm like, well, I 130 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.120 mean how like that to me was one of those things that was maddening because 131 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:30.160 what would really get me worked up is when people would act like what I 132 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:33.159 was sharing was really opinion based. I mean, like, it's not an 133 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:35.919 opinion, like look how bad? Like results matter? This is a disaster, 134 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:39.240 and I think because some people would still try to live in fairy tale 135 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:41.399 land like it wasn't as bad. And then I was going out of my 136 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.080 way to pick on a guy who won four games in his first year and 137 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:48.720 eight games in his second, lost to more Division two teams, then he 138 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:54.000 beat teams on the road in his career, Like you know, that would 139 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:54.960 really get me worked up because I would just think, like, what do 140 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.240 we do? Like this is not an opinion, this is fact. Kenny 141 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:00.639 Payne is an awful coach. The results tell you that. Everything tells you 142 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:05.519 that. And I do appreciate those that you know, probably didn't find it 143 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:07.600 to be good radio or entertainment, but they at least, you know, 144 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:09.600 could could I guess, have some respect for the fact that even if people 145 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:13.600 didn't agree and I made people mad at times, like I at least just 146 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:16.799 said what I wanted to say. But there's also those that were really nasty 147 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:20.440 and mean about it. Some just you know, telling me I'm an idiot 148 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:24.679 and then I'm wrong and then I'm negative or I'm a whiney bitch, and 149 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:28.360 then others that would be personal, like you know, say mean awful things, 150 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:30.759 like just because I told them that, you know, Kenny Payne sucks 151 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.960 as a coach. And some of those people have now, like you know, 152 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:39.080 gotten around or responding about anything I posted about Pat Kelsey, and I 153 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:41.879 knew that was going to happen, like that happened with Sadderfield whenever I was 154 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:43.919 pretty adamant that, you know, not that he needed to be fired, 155 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:48.960 but like the guy wasn't good enough to be our coach here, So it's 156 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:52.039 just part of it. I learned a lot throughout both of those tenures because 157 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:58.799 I knew that one you're never gonna like not everyone is gonna always agree with 158 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:01.200 you, and you wouldn'tant that wouldn't be fun and if that's how it was 159 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:05.440 anyway, But even though you feel justified in your opinion, or if you 160 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.120 just flat out no, you're right. Like again, I knew that Kenny 161 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:13.759 Payne was not didn't need to be the coach here any longer than he was. 162 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:16.879 So some people just don't want to hear that. And when you got 163 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:20.360 to show, that's three hours every day, like it's gonna be discussed, 164 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.759 it's gonna be said, and sometimes it's gonna sound repetitive, and it's not 165 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:26.559 because you're just beating the dead horse. It's because that's all that really can 166 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:31.600 be said when you're in that type of situation. So I think I developed 167 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:35.039 a little bit thicker skin than I used to have. But I don't know 168 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:37.600 the fact that I remember like these troll Twitter accounts that you know are anonymous, 169 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:43.759 like go Cards, Underscore sixty nine, or like if they said something 170 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.879 like real mean like personal, like I remember, like I remember that, 171 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:54.559 and I probably shouldn't, but I'm human and you're more likely. I feel 172 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:56.879 like it's human nature. Some probably are better at dealing with this than others, 173 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:01.519 But I do feel like it's human nature in what we do, and 174 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:03.559 maybe not even radio, but like if you have, you know, if 175 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:07.879 you're out there doing something rather be radio television, I don't know, being 176 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.440 a musician, if you're putting yourself out there and it could just be for 177 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:16.000 a hobby, could be your career. If you have ten people that give 178 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:22.440 you feedback and seven of them are like, wow, you're great, two 179 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:24.519 of them are like, well, pretty good, and then one is really 180 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:28.759 nasty, I just feel like more often not, it's human nature to really 181 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.200 remember the person who hurt your feelings rather than made you happy, Like it 182 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:35.039 maybe not hurt your feelings, but just you know, said something mean. 183 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:37.559 But maybe that's just what I choose to believe to try to make myself feel 184 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:41.000 like you know, now, I believe it. I haven't experienced a lot 185 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:41.960 of it, or really any of it, if I'm being honest. But 186 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:46.320 it's one of those things I don't think. And maybe it comes with age 187 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.759 and not that you're old, but you are nearly ten years older than I 188 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:50.639 am. But I feel like I wouldn't handle it very well. Yeah, 189 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.240 I mean, I don't know if I do handle it well. But you've 190 00:11:54.240 --> 00:12:01.080 gotten a chance to see, you know, like you can tell you you 191 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:07.600 see my body language, my facial expressions. Yeah, we talk between breaks. 192 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:09.840 So, like you, I think at times when it wasn't appearing to 193 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:15.679 be anything on the show that like stood out to me, you could tell, 194 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:16.799 like if certain things got me worked up, you know what I mean. 195 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.279 And I remember specifically, I don't remember when this caller and this wasn't 196 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:24.919 a personal attack, but it was it was the guy who called and he 197 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.159 was upset that you weren't just reading the stats or yeah, scored however points 198 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:31.360 during the game. You know what really sucked about that is that was a 199 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:35.879 caller who was regular, who showed up to a couple of remotes, who 200 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:41.720 was always fair, who said when he called the show some of the same 201 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:46.159 things that I would say, but he you know, didn't want to hear 202 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:50.000 it anymore. And it was just that, you know, Kenny Payne needed 203 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:52.480 to go. It wasn't like I said it every second, but I do 204 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.279 remember going back and forth there, and if I heard it now, I'd 205 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.799 probably think I probably would say, Nick, you shouldn't have been so worked 206 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.080 up. You should have been more you know, just kind. But like, 207 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:05.159 you know, one thing that I will always do with this platform is 208 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:09.559 like I'm not just gonna let people talk for two minutes and let them say 209 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:13.080 incorrect things about what I said, or put words in my mouth or just 210 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:15.399 you know, say something that's wrong. Like you know, I'd rather have 211 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:18.879 a conversation with somebody that's gonna call than just like you know, gass them 212 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:22.039 up, because they actually called the show because they listened. Like so, 213 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:24.919 yeah, I mean, I'm glad it's over. I'm glad it's over. 214 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:28.919 You and I've never worked together when Louisville basketball was you know, when I 215 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:33.519 jumped right into anything other than trash, you said, yeah. And by 216 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:37.279 the way, when you January of twenty twenty three, like that was like 217 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:39.639 right then when we knew like it was early KP era, but we knew, 218 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:43.000 man, this ain't going I was. I was doing postgame shows with 219 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:45.320 yeah, prior to joining the afternoon. That's true. That's true. I 220 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:48.559 forgot about that, all right. So again it's coffee and company. We 221 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:52.960 are feeled abut Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you guys hanging 222 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.399 out with us. So I did talk about this earlier without getting to any 223 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:58.000 of the quotes, but yesterday, I don't know when they spoke. Imagine 224 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:03.279 it was yesterday, but Erkrawf put together in an article that talked about this 225 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:07.519 big change coming to college athletics when it comes to the twenty two million dollars 226 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:09.159 that schools are not going to be allowed to pay athletes if they want to, 227 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:11.240 which I think most that want to compete at the high level are going 228 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:13.919 to do that. We shared some of his quotes about just the fact that 229 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:16.240 you know, he has no problem in telling people right off the bat that 230 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:20.720 Lull didn't have twenty millions sitting around, so that you know, I don't 231 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.679 want to put words in Josh's mouth, but that's a clear insinuation that like, 232 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:26.159 yeah, like everybody else, they're going to have to find ways to 233 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:31.120 come up with extra money to do that. That could be cutting things. 234 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:33.600 I don't want to say sports, but like that's a realistic thing that could 235 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:35.759 happen. I don't want to act like I know for sure it's going to 236 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:37.480 but like that will happen elsewhere, Will it happen here? I'm not sure. 237 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:43.279 But there's all kinds of different things you can do to cut money here 238 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.159 and there. But there's gonna be a lot of cuts or maybe some big 239 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:50.200 cuts that could get you to twenty two million. But one of the other 240 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:54.960 things that Joshua talked about with WDRB is the ACC. Right. We know 241 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:58.519 the situation with the ACC. Everybody's stuck, right, the grant of rides 242 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:03.879 deal is locked in, and I feel like if Clemson in Florida State could 243 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:09.879 get out, we know by now now the fight has shifted to where all 244 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:13.039 these grand of rights contracts that are super secret, Like this sounds like something 245 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:18.679 that's made up, but it's true. Nobody that's in the ACC readily has 246 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:22.480 a copy of the grant of rights seriously, like you have to go and 247 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:26.919 request to view it in person, which again I thought, there's no way 248 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:30.720 that's true. It is, So with that said, you know, they 249 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:31.679 want to make it public, which I don't know why they want to do 250 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:33.759 that, Like I don't know if it's because they feel like it'll point out 251 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:37.600 that like the contract should be voided because of something I don't know. But 252 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.960 either way, the ACC, the best thing that's got going for it is 253 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.240 actually what's put it in this tough spot, which is this everybody's locked in 254 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:50.080 together. Right, They're not going to be making a whole lot more money 255 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:54.080 Now there's new ways you can make money now, like incentive based revenue that's 256 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.159 added. But you know, as far as catching up and closing the gap 257 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:00.600 that's only going to get bigger between accs schools in the SEC and the Big 258 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:03.840 Ten. That's gonna be really tough to do because of the Grand Rights deal. 259 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.440 So the fact that nobody can leave keeps you unified. But nobody's happy 260 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:11.200 here because they know they're gonna get passed, and they've already been passed, 261 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:15.919 but they're gonna, they're gonna they're gonna slowly but surely make a lot less 262 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:19.720 money than schools in the Big Ten in the SEC. Some schools probably won't 263 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:22.519 care because they'll realize, yeah, like this is probably the best we can 264 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:26.320 do. But then again, the scenario that I pointed out that others have 265 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:29.440 pointed out too. It's not just me, but think about this, like 266 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:33.120 Florida State in Miami. You know they'd leave if they could, because you 267 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:38.240 know everybody would if they could, but they're stuck. Well, in five 268 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:42.600 years they'll be a new Big twelve contract, right, because the Big twelve 269 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:45.799 is kind of rebranding. They lost Texas Oklahoma. They did a pretty good 270 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:48.159 job of going out and adding schools, and they've got a good TV deal. 271 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:52.360 They took the deal that the PAC twelve turned down and was a snob 272 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:57.200 about, and that ended their conference. So it's not crazy that in five 273 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:00.919 years, if the AC still stuck together and they're still in that twenty, 274 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:03.400 they're still locked into twenty thirty six in this grand of right. Still, 275 00:17:03.400 --> 00:17:11.400 when it comes to TV revenue, Central Florida UCF, who is relatively new, 276 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:15.160 they're a baby when it comes to like history within college football specifically compared 277 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:22.319 to Florida State in Miami. If those two schools, specifically Florida State knows 278 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:26.440 that Central Florida and the Big twelve is making more money than them, like, 279 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:26.920 I mean, I don't know what they're gonna do about it, Like 280 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:30.799 I don't know if they have much power, but like that mean, that's 281 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:33.599 just unacceptable for them and that could potentially happen. So again, I don't 282 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.480 think anybody's going to be happy, especially those that realize they could be making 283 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:40.400 more money. But what are you gonna do about it? So Louisville is 284 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:45.079 not Florida State, Louisville is not Clemson, They're not North Carolina, meaning 285 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:51.279 they're not going to be as attractive. If everybody got to leave and the 286 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:55.039 pact of I'm sorry the big ten in the SEC expanded, Louisville could find 287 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:56.960 a spot in one of those. Maybe, But I've always felt like, 288 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:03.839 when it comes to the hierarchy of the league, if it just becomes those 289 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:08.480 two leagues poaching the ACC, if it gets killed Louisville, I don't know 290 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:12.720 where they'd fall. Maybe they'd be one of the top five most pursued, 291 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:15.519 maybe they'd be closer to seven eight. I really don't know, and we 292 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.599 may never need to know, because again, right now, it looks like 293 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:23.160 the league's stuck together. But I've never understood. I guess I understand. 294 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:26.400 I can't relate. That's a better way to describe it. I can't relate 295 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:30.839 to the conference affiliation love because Louisville has been in so many different conferences in 296 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:33.319 my life as a fan. I just have never really, I mean, 297 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:37.079 I've cared because I realized how important it is to be in a league that's 298 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:44.119 not you know, like that's a joke. But as much as I realize 299 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:45.119 how important it is for your league to be good, I just like if 300 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:48.480 Louisville is in the ACC or the Big twelve. I really don't care as 301 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:53.319 long as they are still able to compete with the top tier programs and be, 302 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:56.799 you know, along for the ride, have a seat at the table, 303 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:00.599 as they say. But here's what Joshurea I had to say about the 304 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:03.599 ACC quote, I'm bullish on the ACC. And you may say, well, 305 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:06.000 don't you have to be? And yeah, maybe this is born out 306 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:07.799 of the out of necessity a little bit, but I don't think I'm being 307 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:11.440 naive. I think the ACC is in a really strong position. And I 308 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:15.680 just continually say, if Louisville can continue to be in the third best conference 309 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.960 in the country, we're in a really good spot. That's I don't think 310 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:23.039 that's unfair. I mean, nobody wants to just strive for third, but 311 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:27.720 if you're in third, like, if you're in the third spot, then 312 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:30.319 you know you're not the Big ten, and let's be real, you are 313 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:34.720 like money aside, the ACC is not the same caliber league as the SEC 314 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:37.480 in the Big ten. We know that. Here's another quote says I think 315 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.839 at times we fans lose sight of where the ACC really is. There's a 316 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:44.880 lot of athletic departments that would pay, I mean handsomely to be in the 317 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:48.880 ACC. As I always as I always, I always kind of refer to 318 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:52.440 it. We live in a pretty good neighborhood. And I think sometimes we 319 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:55.160 all get used to driving into our neighborhood, right, and we go to 320 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:57.319 another neighborhood and that isn't as nice, and we realize we live in a 321 00:19:57.319 --> 00:20:00.319 really good, nice neighborhood. And that's what I don't want us, our 322 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:03.880 fans, other members of the ACC to forget that. In the ACC, 323 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:07.720 we continue to win more championships than any other conference. Academically we continue to 324 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:10.400 be second to none. And you can say those things don't matter, they 325 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:12.279 do matter. So I have no issue with anything Josh said, And I 326 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:17.920 think that's a very good way to look at it and speak on it from 327 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:23.359 the position that Louisville and the ACC is in. But it all comes down 328 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:30.480 to Clemson in Florida State if they get out, because if they get out, 329 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:36.079 the league is not third. It's not You cannot replace Clemson in Florida 330 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:40.240 State with anybody that's going to give you the value that those two give you 331 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:45.559 and the relevance that those two give you. It's just the facts so you 332 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:48.440 can say all that, but I would hope that if you start to get 333 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:56.000 a feel for them getting away out you you know Josh, you know he 334 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:59.720 can do what he wants. It's his job. You know, he knows 335 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:03.079 more about it than I do. But I feel like if you if the 336 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.599 tide started to turn and it felt like, Okay, they may find a 337 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:07.839 way out of this, they're gonna leave, I would do whatever I can 338 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:12.680 to see if the Big twelve will take you, because look better scenario would 339 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:15.160 be the sec of the Big ten. But I just don't think that's realistic 340 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:19.279 unless there's a mass expansion. But you don't want to be left in the 341 00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:25.880 ACC when the big dogs leave, because then you are. I mean that 342 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:30.880 neighborhood's not what it once was. And I don't know why, but for 343 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:33.519 a weird reason, I just I just kind of feel like Louisville would fit 344 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:36.720 in the Big twelve a little bit. I don't know. I agree with 345 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.599 you, though, I mean, West Virginia's in the Big twelve if I 346 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.319 feel like their old rival, yes, Cincinnati is now too. I mean, 347 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:44.079 I just for me, I think you can say that like the ACC 348 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:48.039 thank you for the lifeline, because who knows what Louisville Athletics would have looked 349 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:49.839 like if they not had been able to get a seat at the table of 350 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:52.240 the power five. You know, you probably don't have Lamar Jackson, right, 351 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:56.359 I mean, who knows, who knows what would have happened had that 352 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:59.759 not been the case. So again, thank you ACC, but I have 353 00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:02.799 no rom and saying like I've kind of been underwhelmed with the league in a 354 00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:06.079 way. I know I sound like, you know, greedy or whatever, 355 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:11.000 because I'm happy that they're in the ACC and not any American, But if 356 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:14.839 the ACC loses their two top dogs, I would hope that herd can can 357 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:18.359 find a new landing spot because I just don't think it would be ideal to 358 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:23.720 be stuck with the leftovers. But you know, maybe that never happens, 359 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:26.720 because again, the one thing that's keeping this league together is they're all stuck 360 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:30.160 together, at least for now, and it doesn't Again, I feel like 361 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:32.200 by now, if they could have found a way out of that grant of 362 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:34.240 rights, it would have happened. Quick break, don't go anywhere, keep 363 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:40.039 it locked right here. On Sports Talk seven ninety Thank you, John, 364 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:44.680 appreciate it, after saying in the first segment that I'm you know, to 365 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.079 quote the Sawyer Brown song I ain't first class, but I ain't white trash. 366 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:51.240 That's led to John Now playing three saw Your Brown songs today, which 367 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:53.640 it's a good day on the show. If that's the case, Love me 368 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:57.079 some saw Your Brown Any any nineties country is usually gonna fly with me. 369 00:22:57.279 --> 00:23:04.640 So thank you, John. So let's talk Coleman Hawkins, Trevon Brazil, 370 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:10.880 who is kind of a forgotten name going into last year, actually two years 371 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:15.400 ago, a lot of hype was at Arkansas with Musselman got hurt, I 372 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:18.640 believe shortly after the Maui invitation when Louisville played them and missed the rest of 373 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:21.759 that season, and then came back last year. And I don't know if 374 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:23.160 he was shaking off for US, but Arkansas was a mess last year and 375 00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:26.640 him not, you know, being very good last year was a big part 376 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:30.559 of that. So he hit the portal still viewed to have NBA upside and 377 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:33.759 I'm not even sure what schools were interested in, what his recruitment was, 378 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:38.240 where it was leading, but it was just announced in the last hour or 379 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:41.720 so. But he's actually going to stay at Arkansas and play for John Caliperi 380 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:47.960 there, so that sounds like it is eliminated at Arkansas from contention here for 381 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:53.599 Coleman Hawkins. Also, Kansas State an another school that I believe has been 382 00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:57.400 viewed as a real, real potential landing spot for Coleman Hawkins. The Illinois 383 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:02.640 transfer they've landed up go On Yinsu, the former Kentucky big just committed to 384 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:07.000 Jerome Tang within the last hour, and I don't think those two guys are 385 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.240 in any way the same type of player. But then again, we are 386 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:11.400 talking about, you know, six eleven seven foot big, so even if 387 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:18.319 you play differently, you're still essentially at the same position. Although Hawkins can 388 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:21.200 can certainly play four, but if you have to put him at a five, 389 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:26.240 he can do that too. So sounds like there's more momentum for Louisville 390 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:30.759 to I guess emerge as the most likely landing spot here. And it's not 391 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:33.599 been reported just yet, but I do know Trulli Donovan and I think even 392 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:40.680 Jody Dimmling on his website has has mentioned that a visit is in the works, 393 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:42.160 meeting they're trying to I don't know if it's confirmed, if he's got 394 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:45.759 his flight book just yet, but it sounds like a visit from Coleman Hawkins 395 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:52.839 to Louisville could happen, and again, this would be monumental. I'm starting 396 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:56.759 to believe as an outsider. I hate to say it as if, like 397 00:24:56.920 --> 00:25:02.759 if they don't because as big as this would be to land someone this talented 398 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:06.960 from the portal, you know, it's not like if they don't get him, 399 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:10.680 they can't be good. But I think you already have a lot of 400 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:15.240 good pieces that fans can legitimately be excited about and expect to be a tournament 401 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:18.119 team. Now, if you don't get there doesn't mean we've got a panic 402 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.839 and act like it was a failure. But I think you can look at 403 00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:22.559 what you have now and think this is a tournament caliber team And I think 404 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:26.720 you're justified and thinking that now. Again, only time will tell, but 405 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:30.079 you throw in Colemanhawkins, I feel like it turns into not only an expectation 406 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:34.079 of the tournament where you feel like you could be a justify yourself being a 407 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:37.920 top twenty, top fifteen caliber team. Now, maybe I'm getting a little 408 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:42.200 ahead of myself, but from a personnel standpoint, I mean I don't think 409 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:48.759 that's Homer Louisville thought. I don't think that's Cardboy, you know, getting 410 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.759 the best of me here. I think that's legit. I mean, just 411 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:53.079 think about this. I mean, if we were to play out that way 412 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:56.759 and you know, you end up landing Coleman Hawkins and how I am already 413 00:25:56.759 --> 00:26:02.519 getting ahead of myself. I mean again, think about the different options you 414 00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:07.680 would have when it comes to personnel. I mean, Chucky Hepburn, Terrence 415 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:12.400 Edwards, Junior, Javon Hadley, Coleman, Hawkins, Case and Pryor. 416 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:15.839 That that could be your starting five. I mean doesn't have to be, 417 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:18.559 because I think there's some guys on the bench there that would be worthy of 418 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:23.839 a starting spot. Corn Johnson from Washington, Rain Smith, lightside shooter, 419 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:30.160 I mean, Cater Treure. I mean, you guys know, I think 420 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:32.920 the world of him. I think he's gonna be hard to keep off the 421 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:36.559 floor. Noah Waterman, a double digit guy last year, shot forty percent 422 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:40.279 from three at BYU in the Big twelve throw in. You know, James 423 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:42.240 Scott, who they still believe has a lot of upside. I mean, 424 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:45.920 this team could be really good, and they could be good without Coleman Hawkins. 425 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:51.119 But that's a that's a final piece that really does just change I mean, 426 00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:52.880 against there's one guy, and it's not like he would be a preseason 427 00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:57.119 National Player of the Year, but it gives you a little bit more punch, 428 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:02.319 and I hope it happens. We'll see again. I'm not reporting that 429 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:06.079 he's going to visit, but it sounds like a visit is in the works, 430 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:08.440 which means I guess they're trying to get it figured out. And there 431 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:12.680 is an outlet out there called Sleepers Media. They cover college basketball. They 432 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:17.240 do a pretty good job, a couple of young guys who have some affiliation 433 00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:19.480 I think with the field of sixty eight guys. But they put together something 434 00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:23.640 earlier on one of their live streams about Colemanhawkins, and they reported that Louisville 435 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:29.160 apparently has two million dollars available to pay him, which, look, if 436 00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:32.839 they got it and that's what it takes and they can afford it, you 437 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:36.240 know whatever. But again, I just have a hard time believe in some 438 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.519 of these numbers that are thrown out there when it comes to an il. 439 00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:44.599 But hey, maybe I'm just a hater, but that's a lot of money 440 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:48.960 two million dollars. 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That, 466 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.839 of course, when you think of Scotty Scheffler and you think of the PGA 467 00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:22.799 Championship, you think of a story that still doesn't even seem real. The 468 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:26.480 number one golfer in the world, on his way to Day two of the 469 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:33.799 PGA Championship at Valhalla, arrested crazy, but it happened, and he seems 470 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:37.319 to have handled this as good as anybody possibly could in his situation, right, 471 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:41.880 I mean, I didn't assume that he was lying about anything, but 472 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:47.440 you know, knowing that everything he told us appeared to be true because of 473 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:53.079 the proof that we have with the video and hearing his conversation with the officer, 474 00:29:53.200 --> 00:30:00.039 Like to me, this is a guy who, again his status a 475 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:03.000 pro golfer, who again, by the way, is one of the world's 476 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:07.920 best. I just don't think you'll find many people in that space, meaning 477 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:17.279 elite, celebrity, superstar athlete, that would have been as professional and understanding 478 00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:21.880 and respectful. I mean, average joes who are good people. I don't 479 00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:25.559 think would have handled it as well as he did, which again props to 480 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:32.680 him. But he talked earlier today and he did not say Louisville correctly, 481 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:36.319 which, look, I don't blame him. If it was an intentional thing, 482 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.400 we probably deserve it, I mean, not us specifically, but you 483 00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:42.079 know, I can imagine if his view of Louisville from here on out is 484 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:45.440 not a good one, because again it's the first and probably the only time 485 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:52.279 he'll ever be arrested. But him not knowing how to say the name Louisville 486 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:55.839 just is still a head scratcher for me. I did not want to have 487 00:30:55.960 --> 00:31:00.079 to pursue legal action against Louisville because at the end of the day that the 488 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:03.119 people of Louisville are then gonna have to pay for the mistakes of their police 489 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:07.839 department. That just doesn't seem right. So, I mean, I mean, 490 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:11.599 when people say Louisville or Louisville instead of you know, how we say 491 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:15.119 it Louisville, it never really it doesn't really bother me. And I don't 492 00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:18.160 even like have I never even feel the need to like correct anybody, just 493 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:22.640 because you know, that's just not my personality to do that. But uh, 494 00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:26.279 I think, after hearing it a second time giving it some more thought, 495 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:30.440 I don't think there's a scenario where he did that to try to like, 496 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:36.880 you know, slight the city by mispronouncing it, because what I mean, 497 00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.359 he's done everything. I mean, he's I mean, he literally the 498 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:41.960 clip I played for you is him talking about how he didn't want to file 499 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:45.279 a lawsuit because he didn't want he didn't want the citizens of Louisville, as 500 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:48.039 he said, to have to pay for it. So I'm going to go 501 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.559 with a theory that I saw put out there earlier today I believe might have 502 00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:53.680 been airic Crawford who said that there is actually Louisville, Texas, but it's 503 00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:57.440 spelled Louisville, not like we spell Louisville. So maybe that just because Scotty 504 00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:00.920 grew up in the Dallas area. So maybe that's why he. I buy 505 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:04.359 that too, Yeah, maybe that's what it is. Now, if it 506 00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:07.559 was somebody who throughout has been pretty bitter about it, which would be understandable, 507 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:09.880 then I would think, yeah, maybe he's just trying to you know, 508 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:14.079 or if he just kept saying Lewisville, like in the same I always 509 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.319 said it twice, but if he said it maybe three or four times, 510 00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:19.160 that'd be a little suspect. I think, yeah, I'm with you, 511 00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:22.039 all right. So we did also lead the show today, believe it or 512 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:24.680 not. Podcasts will be evidence if you don't believe us. We love the 513 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:28.880 show with some WNBA stuff, some hot takes, and it's really just revisiting 514 00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:35.039 the topic that is I think dominated the you know, the platforms, radio, 515 00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:37.400 television, podcast, live streams when it comes to sports. The Caitlin 516 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:40.519 Clark bullying if you want to call it that, or just the fact that 517 00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:43.880 she's you know, they're they're out there trying to beat the hell out of 518 00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:47.359 her. Like that is that has dominated the news cycle in the conversation in 519 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:52.160 the sports world, like the WNBA never has. And I don't believe that 520 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:54.960 it was all strategic, But either way, this is good. I don't 521 00:32:55.000 --> 00:33:00.240 know if it's a good look, but the WNBA is is is. I 522 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:04.720 mean, it's a gift, like the league is a gift from the NBA. 523 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:07.799 The NBA funds it. It doesn't make any money, it loses a 524 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:10.960 ton of money, and that's I mean, that's just the reality of the 525 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:15.160 situation. That's not an insult to anybody. That's just the facts. So 526 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:17.680 it doesn't give much attention ever, And now it's got a lot of attention, 527 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:22.519 more than it probably ever has. And even if it's not a good 528 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:24.200 look, it's still good for them to have ratings the way they are, 529 00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:28.359 Like there'll be people willing to tune in just because they want to see if 530 00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:30.559 Kaitlyn Clark gets attacked again. Like that sounds crazy, but it's the truth. 531 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:37.160 So I've enjoyed hearing different perspectives on this. I thought Michael Wilbon of 532 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:43.799 Pardon the Interruption had a really good take that I heard yesterday that made its 533 00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:47.119 rounds on Twitter. I actually really enjoyed listening to Jim Rome talk about it 534 00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:52.079 both yesterday and today on his show. And I don't have any added thoughts 535 00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:55.119 from what we talked about yesterday, but after hearing Kaitlyn Clark yesterday kind of 536 00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:59.400 respond to it and do her first media availability because she was suspended and I 537 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:01.440 suspended fine one thousand dollars because she wouldn't come out and talk to the media 538 00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:06.920 after she applauded her teammate for taking a cheap shot at Kaitlyn Clark and then 539 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:12.000 took one of her own, like you know, and I just think somebody 540 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:16.239 needs to like tell her you are making this worse. I don't think she's 541 00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:20.159 a terrible person. I don't know her, but she's got to figure out 542 00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:22.840 who she is, because here I can tell you what she is right now. 543 00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:29.800 She's jealous, and it's very evident in every way that she's extremely jealous 544 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:37.880 of Caitlyn Clark. And her comments here that I'll let you guys hear, 545 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:40.320 I mean, I think that that's I mean to me, that's the evidence 546 00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:44.920 if I can find it. Here we go. This is her talking yesterday 547 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:49.119 to the media again for the first time since the whole situation happened over the 548 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:52.119 weekend, and she's claiming that, you know, it's not just one person, 549 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:55.960 meaning Kaitlyn Clark, that has led to the you know, this amount 550 00:34:57.000 --> 00:35:05.760 of attention and viewership on the WNBA if it'll play here we go championship game. 551 00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:07.840 And I've been dealing with this for two years now and understanding like, 552 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:13.199 yeah, negative things have probably been said about me, but honestly, I'll 553 00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:16.000 take that because look where women's basketball is. People are talking about women's basketball. 554 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:19.320 You never would think that me. We talk about women's basketball. People 555 00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:21.800 are pulling up to games, We got celebrities coming to games, sold aut 556 00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:24.880 arenas like just because of one single game, and just looking at that, 557 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:28.360 like, I'll take that role. I'll take the bad guy role, and 558 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:30.800 I'll continue to take that on and be that for my teammates. And if 559 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:32.559 I want to be that, and I know I'll go down to history. 560 00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:36.320 I'll look back in twenty years and be like, yeah, the reason why 561 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:38.440 we're watching women's basketball is not just because of one person. It's because of 562 00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:43.559 me too, And I want you to realize that. So jealousy is a 563 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:50.480 really is a really ugly emotion and that's what this is all rooted from. 564 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:53.039 I mean, you could hear the insecurity in her voice in what she said 565 00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:58.360 about it's not just her, it's me too, where she really looks bad 566 00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:00.719 in my opinion, and kind of feel for not not as if like she 567 00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:04.519 hasn't brought all this on herself. But she doesn't know what she wants to 568 00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:07.280 be. Does she want to be a victim that claims that she gets you 569 00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:10.639 know that she's the villain only because everybody loves Kaitlyn Clark and they don't like 570 00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:14.519 her because they love Kaitlyn Clark. Does she want to be the victim? 571 00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.440 Or does she want to truly be the villain? Which one is it? 572 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:20.039 You can't be both. You don't embrace the villain role. You cry and 573 00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:23.039 act as if you are, you know, being picked on at times like 574 00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:27.920 which one is it? You cannot do both? And she's she's trying to 575 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:31.079 do both. And again like the way she behaved in that National Championship game, 576 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:35.559 like people can say what they want about Kaitlyn Clark getting fiery and you 577 00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:37.480 know, emotional, because I don't even know I think Kaitlyn Clark's antics at 578 00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:39.719 times, although they're not like, you know, totally dirty, but like 579 00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:43.119 you know, she's fiery as a player. She has a lot of emotion 580 00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:47.360 when she plays. But like that was not what Angel Reese did when she 581 00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:51.519 walked up to her and taunted her like with the ring finger, like to 582 00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:53.360 her face. Like that wasn't the same thing at all. Like if you 583 00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:57.320 took a lot of heat and became a villain and people didn't like you because 584 00:36:57.320 --> 00:37:02.400 of that, that is on you and nobody else. All right more WNBA 585 00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:08.280 takes on the other side at least once per hour. I have mentioned how 586 00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:12.920 hot it is outside today, which it was and maybe it still is. 587 00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:15.400 But because we are truly in caves here, John, did you know that 588 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:20.320 it's been like pouring outside for an hour it's rain coming. I didn't know 589 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:25.719 when I'm looking here at the woky traffic cam and around Arthur Street on sixty 590 00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:30.360 five there was like, you know, people going real slow because of flooding, 591 00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.639 like because of you know, high planning. Yeah, I mean, 592 00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:36.000 like so see, that's why I was so muggy though that rain was that 593 00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:37.960 it has to be it. I mean, it was just it's just gross 594 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:43.079 out there. Man. So maybe and you know, while it's raining. 595 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:45.559 I'm sure it's not hot, but you know, the post rain humidity is 596 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:49.039 probably going to hit us right in the face when we walk outside. I 597 00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:52.920 mean, it doesn't matter. It has nothing to do with with with you 598 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:55.559 know, this job being on the radio, you and I together. But 599 00:37:57.000 --> 00:38:00.239 it is weird how like you know, I when I walk in here, 600 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:02.480 usually it's about four hours different, you know, four hours later. And 601 00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:07.599 you know it's especially weird in the winter time, whenever it goes from light 602 00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:10.039 to dark. Yeah, you get sad when that happens, don't you. 603 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:14.480 I don't get sad like people get like that seasonal depression. That's not me. 604 00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:16.079 Yeah, but some people are, like you, devastated. It's like 605 00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:19.519 if they get off work and it's already dark, it's like they never have 606 00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:22.280 any It's like, you know, it's just miserable. Yeah. So all 607 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:23.719 right, we're out of time. You guys, enjoy your Tuesday evening. 608 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:27.239 We're back at it tomorrow right here on Sports Talk seven ninety