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three zero seven ninety. A busy, busy day, no doubt. The
shows have gone by so fast these last couple of days, which you know
is a good thing. I suppose we did discuss the big news nationally,
which is Reggie Bush getting his Heisman trophy reinstated two thousand and five winner.
Not only will he be able to you know, I mean, what's I
guess technically it's really just like a record book kind of thing. I think
what makes this really special for Reggie Bush and USC is that like USC can
now you know, act like he played there, right, we all know
he did, but like they had to remove everything at their facility that featured
him. They had to take the Heisman Trophy, you know, out of
their off the campus, that kind of stuff, and now they can they
can, you know, and it won't change anything like as far as who
USC is or anything like that. But you know, it's the NCAA realizing
that, yeah, that, uh, that punishment was probably really stupid then
and now as we see the enormous changes in the college football landscape, you
know, it makes no sense for us to still claim that USC can't act
like they have a Heisman Trophy winner. I mean, they have others,
but I mean he was electrifying and I remember there being a story. I
think it got worked out, but Reggie Bush wasn't allowed to be at USC,
right Like he was barred from like being around them or being you know,
I think he can just come as like a fan maybe, but he
couldn't do anything like like he couldn't get tickets to a game, He couldn't
be promoted within the game, if that makes sense. Similar when Montrez Harald
came back to Louisville for a while, Louisville couldn't acknowledg him. They couldn't
put him up on the big screen. You know, he couldn't be let
in, you know, you know, be in the locker room or anything
like that. And you know that that sense change, which is great.
But Reggie Bush, if you and I don't know if he still does,
but at one point I think he does. He works for Fox, I
believe, on their college football coverage. Well, they were doing one of
their events and what is it called Big Noon Kickoff I think from USC and
you know, I think it was fine. He was there, but they
were having to look into like, hey, are we going to get in
trouble if he's here, which is crazy. You know, it's just another
reminder how stupid some of these decisions are because Reggie Bush. You know,
yeah, there was clearly some money be exchanged while he was in college that
technically was against the rules, and you know, you should be held accountable
four breaking rules, but you know, to act as if his entire career
didn't happen, and that he you know, was the most electrifying player in
college football. I mean so certainly that year. But man, he was,
I mean, he was special in college and his career in the NFL
was fine. He was had a good run but it never really met what
the hype was in college, honestly, just because the hype was insane.
But you know, the money that ended up going to his parents him,
I'm not sure who it was that had nothing to do with him doing what
he did on the football field. So this is really lit a fire under
Louisville fans here. I said that fire, a little fire the bullet County
coming out, and we love it, little fire under Louisville fans because you
could see the NCAA potentially looking at the punishment that they handed down to Louisville,
which of course is you know, you cannot hold up a banner in
your arena, and you cannot act like you have to like every public facing
thing that is U of L basketball, your media guide, online stuff,
your records. You you are not allowed to act as if that happened,
which is just so stupid, right, and it was stupid then and it's
even more stupid now. But really, this specific thing, like people get
the two scandals mixed up. And I said this earlier and I'll say it
once more for the new audience here and we'll move on. Nobody wants to
talk about scandals right now, because there's major momentum here Louisville football coming off
a ten win season with Jeff Brahm and looking to be pretty damn good once
again, and Pat Kelsey has injected some enthusiasms, some life, some big
time energy into the fan base in a way that I didn't even know possible.
So, you know, I don't want to bring up the old stuff,
but we're doing it today just because you know, it's for obvious reason
here, right Like the banner being something that Louisville can't acknowledge happened is stupid,
and maybe the NCAA now says, Okay, you know, we still
stand by our investigation and what we uncovered, but as far as you know,
vacating what you did and what you accomplished, you know that's no longer
part of your punishment. Like I could see that happening, and you know
that would be great, But this was Louisville, you know, is they
could have done the exact same thing and just you know, not had the
vacation of wins, because again, it's just stupid. But I guess in
a way that was their way of like I guess they knew it would bother
Louisville and it did bothers everybody. I mean, I'm not bothered by it
now. I mean I hate that's the case, and I hope that they
change it, but you know, I don't. As I've said throughout the
show, my memory of that run and everything that came with it, nothing
about what the NC Double A decided to do has changed any of that.
Like, I hate, hate it for those guys that you know that despite
them knowing like we all do, that they want it, they earned it.
Nothing that happened in Minority Hall had anything to do with them being national
champions. We all know that, but the players just kind of knowing that
they are a part of a team that the n S Double A as stupid
as they are, you know they are. I mean, we're we're all
under that umbrella of college sports, and the n S Double A. They
deemed that that didn't happen, like that's that's unfortunate for them. I don't
think it's got to them a whole lot, at least not that they've shown,
because again, they know they want it. Nobody can really take that
from them. But this is something that again I have never I've never felt
like you know needed to happen for me to feel any different, But I've
always preferred that it would happen, and I think today is another sign that
it probably will at some point when I don't know, but the you know
what Louisville already like. For those who say we already went through enough,
if you're talking about just you as a fan, I get it, you're
right because you know you had nothing to do with the scandals over the years
and everything that came with it, and you know it. It it crushed
it. What I always say about the you know, the year, and
it wasn't as if everything was bad, but man, after the year the
Cardinal, it really started to you know, things kind of you know,
just we all know what happened. I don't want to, we don't need
to revisit it. But I always say, like, if that wasn't going
to make you maybe reconsider how much you're into it, because it because how
how much it hurts when those kind of things happen, Like you're gonna be
in this for life. There's nothing that could make you not care and be
a Louisville fan. But the actual suffering was all from you know, from
my from my my opinion, like Louisville being in a position now where they
had to hire I mean, Chris walked away, they had to hire Kenny
Payne, and now they've they've they've hired Pat Kelsey, who I hope does
really well here and I think it could really work out in a major way.
But you know, Louisville would not have gone that route. I don't
think had you know, the whole Brian bow thing not happened, and that
was that was where you really like when I think back of, you know,
hopefully something that never you know, I look back on the you know,
those two those two incident scandals whatever you want to call them, the
Katina pal stuff at Minorty Hall and then obviously the Brian Bowen thing. You
know, the real I guess pain from that as a fan was just the
five years or so whatever it was where you had no like, there was
no update, you're just sitting out. I mean that that to me was
the death penalty. I mean, it didn't have to be as bad as
it was. But you hired Kenny Payne and you know, you won twelve
games in two years. I mean that's about as close as I think you're
going to get to the modern day death penalty, which again, they'll never
do that again, they can't with TV contracts and requirements for you know,
games and all that kind of stuff. So hopefully they make a change here
sooner rather than later. But one thing that I do worry about a little
bit, and you know, it's not me trying to rain on anybody's parade,
because again, it is stupid to try to say that that didn't happen
when we all know that it did. But I think the nature of what
went on in that even even though it was you know, a few people,
and I'm sure a lot of what was said in that book was exaggerated,
there was at least a little bit of truth to it, maybe a
tiny bit, And that alone is is awful. So I still think,
you know, whoever it is that's going to review these kind of things and
think, okay, maybe we should walk back our previous punishment and make some
changes here, because this didn't make a whole lot of sense then and we
now know that. But in the current day, it is even more stupid
for us to try to enforce this kind of punishment. So whoever that person
is, it wouldn't shock me if they get to these you know, these
types of things and say, yeah, the nature of what went on there,
we'll revisit in ten years. Like, I hope that doesn't happen.
Not saying that it will, but I think that the nature of what went
on is why that was why the national folks like you know, and I'm
wanna say they overreacted because again it was awful, but I'm not sure if
there's a whole lot of people that kind of see it the way that we
do. But for what it's worth, I'm not saying this. I actually
I would highly highly I'd be highly shocked if the demo that is, you
know, n C DOUBLEA enforcement staff, the brass at the ns double A.
I highly doubt that they are listeners of Pardon I take the podcast?
Wouldn't you say, John that those are probably the last people you would see
being a part of that. You know, Yeah, that's fair, But
if in fact they are. We do have Big Cat and PFT from Barstool
Sports on our side because they've been advocating that Rick Patino needs his title back
and today was a perfect day for them to share this clip when Rick was
on their show, A couple of months ago discussing this entire thing. And
not only is he still confident that they're gonna bring back the banner and the
championship that he won here at Louisville and twenty thirteen, but he predicted this
would happen with Reggie Bush. Also, if you never left Kentucky, you
would never go to louis Though, then you would never be the only coach
to get two at different schools. But I know people would be like,
Oh, it's vacated, it's vacated. You still have the tattoo. Yeah,
we don't count the tattoo. You didn't hit your tax. That's the
greatest hypocrisy of all time. First of all, what went on it was,
I've said it many many times, was reprehensible behavior by a few people.
So the nc DOUBLEA came and said it was fifty six hundred dollars in
three years period, for four times a year that they did the wrong thing.
It had nothing to do with steroid use, It had nothing to do
with breaking rules to an advantage on the basketball coute. We earned that championship.
You can't take down a championship. You can't change history, whether it's
a wartime, peace time. You can't change history. We won a national
championship playing a great game against Michigan Peyton sever Russ Smith, Luke Can't co
Gorky Jang Mantres Harrold Shame. They won it. Kevin Ware broke his leg.
They won the championship, fair and square. Nothing else could could get
in a way. And sooner or later, the NC DOUBLEA is gonna get
smart and do two things. Put that championship banter back and the second thing
the Heisman people will do. Give give that Heisman trophy back to Reggie Bush.
Yeah, even hearing him lay it out like that, because again,
Rick is great at you know, just having people just you know, eating
right out of the palm of his hand. I mean, he's great at
that. The more I listened to him, the more I'm like, yeah,
who cares, Like clearly, like it's so stupid that they would act
like that didn't happen, and we all know that it did. But again,
for the sake of everyone else and the I don't want to act like
I don't care. I mean, I just it doesn't it. I said
this at the beginning of the show. I feel like I can't really match
the emotion of other fans with this, just because I would be a liar
if I acted as if I feel any way about it, because I know
it happened and it was an awesome experience that I'll never forget. All Right,
some things we hit on early for those that were not with us at
the beginning of the show or even in the four o'clock hours. Some changes
to the transfer portal that I think became in effect today. Guys who are
going to transfer, regardless if it's you know, leaving after one year,
two year, or leaving after you graduate, which of course is considered a
grad transfer, everybody who's transferring in college basketball has to be in the portal
by May first. So the days of guys just randomly deciding they're going to
leave whenever because they graduated and had that ability, they no longer have set
ability. So there is going to be some rare situations where if a coach
does get fired or leaves, there'll be a very small window of time for
players to decide are they going to are they going to stick around, or
are they going to try to leave, which you know, I don't know
what the exact window is, but like if you had a coach that would
that was fired I don't know, in in May or June for whatever reason.
It would likely be because of something happening. You would want to have
a hire pretty quickly anyway, just because you know you've already got a team
in place. Maybe you could run with an interim. And that's probably what
these schools would do, to be honest with you, because you know the
candidate's out there, right and I mean, it's just it's it's rare to
go get a coach that you really want this late in the game. But
if there are ten guys on that team that really don't know what they're going
to do until they know who the coach is, like if the school drags
their feet and doesn't and doesn't hire a guy, that essentially just you know,
it's either going to run those guys off or they're going to stick around
and wait and then miss that window. And maybe they don't like the new
coach. So there's I don't think there's going to be a perfect system in
place, but I do think this is this makes sense. This is the
right way to go about it, because I don't really blame the players because
it's not them that put the system in place. These guys just I think
were able to take advantage of the system in place, and that is that
they could go through the entire spring, they could go through summer ball,
maybe go on a trip abroad with their team, and they could know the
whole time in the back of their mind they're not going to be there next
year. They're just waiting to finish summer school so they can graduate. And
then you know, you could have coaches losing their key one of their key
players in you know, at the end of the summer, and that happened
last year, which is crazy. ID never even thought about it until we
talked about it earlier. Javan Quinnerley was nato It's best guard and he left
in August. I believe it was to go to me and play for Penny
Hardaway. And you know that that's got to be a big blow for any
program. And there was a lot of national college basketball folks out there claiming
that, you know this, just this, you can't this, You got
to put a stop to this, and they have now. It didn't impact
Natos because he still ended up going to a Final four, which actually speaks
to just you know how impressive he's been in his early years there in Alabama.
All Right, this is a good text that I wanted to get to.
This came in earlier, and I you know, I didn't feel like
it was the right time to read it. But this says Nick, with
the rivalry renewed. I've been thinking about rekindling a flame with a girl I
used to casually date. She's really hot and has a great personality. And
then he says something here that I'm not going to say. But she was
a super obnoxious UK fan that was obsessed with Caliperi and I couldn't take it.
Should I send the text and try to get her back? Uh?
I mean I can't answer that question for you. Although appreciate you you asking
me. I mean, if you if everything was great, but you literally
were like, nah, I can't do it. She really likes Caliperi and
I really hate him. Like that led to you just deciding I'm not going
to pursue this, or maybe I mean you say Rick Kindeling, Uh,
you know you said he did say said casually date. So does that mean
like you're an item? You're an item, but you're not pursuing like marriage.
It's casually dating exclusive. It has to be right. It should be
right, like, you know, because I mean, if you are dating,
that means you're in a relationship. That's the way I see it at
least. Yeah, what's it called if you like, oh, if you're
dating five guys? Like you know, if you're like, if you're sleeping
around? Yeah, we're like, who would be who would would be cool
with that? Right? Like you know, at that point, it's just
you clearly just are into each other for you know, you know, getting
in the swing, yeah, in the bed together. Yeah. Yeah.
But like if you're not a if you're not a if you're not if you're
not an item, you're just you know, you're casually dating slash, you
know, doing the doing the thing. I mean, I guess you're in
a relationship. But again it's an open one, and I guess that's what
they call it, right relationships, you know, I you know, why
not? I mean, I I've grown up a lot over the years.
Again, I've never been in this situation because I'm I've been with my wife
for a long time and we went to high school together. But I used
to when I was you know, more immature and way more wound up in
in in this meaning like Louisville sports, and I still care and super passionate
and I love it. It's my lifestyle. It's my job really, you
know, to to you know, not to not to do anything to help
you well, but clearly you know it's a big part of what I do.
And I think just getting older, more mature, having children, understanding
like things that are really important. It's just growth as a human being to
where I mean, I'm still into the rivalry, but like I you know,
there's a level that used to be at that I got to be honest
with you, was was not good for me. Like it wasn't healthy to
like hate the way that I did. And I never would, you know,
get in fights or anything like that, but you know, it just
it was a level that was it consumed me the you know, the hatred
that I had for Kentucky and you know the love that I have for louis
And it's still there to an extent. But you know, I'm more mature
now. But I used to think, like, who in the hell would
ever be dating someone that is on the other side? How could you ever
you know be you know, you know, how could you ever marry someone,
How could that ever happen? Like, how could that exist? How
could that work? And now I'm like, yeah, well you know it's
not that big of a deal. Now, if you end up letting it
get the best of you guys as a couple, then you know that's probably
not ideal. But you know, if you're acting as if like because that's
one thing you mentioned he is that she was super obnoxious but also obsessed with
cali Peri, Like if your hate for cali Peri made it to where you
couldn't pursue it, and well now he's gone, like she's probably there's no
way. I don't know. Never doubt the obnoxiousness and arrogance of certain UK
fans, not all of them, but certain ones that you know, maybe
they will be as obnoxious about Mark Pope. I doubt it though, Like
Kyle was different, man, he he lit the fire into them to be
as arrogant as they've ever been. There's no scenario. And again some of
that was justified because they were winning at a really high level thee in earlier
in his in his era there but like some makes sense, John, I
know you were a lot younger, but like cal as cocky as can be,
Yes, real, I mean just saying things that you know, no
coach would ever say, but he did. Right, We'll come to your
much weird for me too, like in the way that I grew up as
a fan, like even even being an Indiana found on that side of things,
Like most of my fandom, like where I can cognitively make a decision
on what I'm into. That kind of thing has been through the Calipari era.
I mean what was in fifteen years roughly fourteen or fifteen one. I
would have been eleven years old when that started, So I mean it's through
most of my I mean through all of my life from that point. I
mean it's been Caliperi in Kentucky. Yeah, And I think they were always
I mean every fan base has arrogant fans of noxious fans like you know it.
I should probably say that more than I do. It's not just them,
but there's so many of them, right, And I think cal took
it to a different level. And maybe that happens with Pope, but you
know, maybe not. So Yeah, if you're into her, you know,
then maybe see if she'd want to. You know, I don't know
how it ended, you know, to send what do you think of Pope?
That's all he's to send? Yeah, yeah, that would be good,
just like Mark Pope huh. And then question Mark and see what reaction
is and if she's like even more obnoxious because he's the new flavor, then
like, you know, you say, more like Mark poop and the exactly.
Yeah. But like if you're really like I, you know, if
you're really into someone and you really like them as a person and you enjoy
spending time with them, and you think they'd be a good, you know,
lifelong companion to start a life with, it would have to be I
mean, they'd have to be like the worst fan ever, right. I
Mean, I think a lot of it too, stemmed from if you have
a family, like a full family of Kentucky fans, and I think,
what that's part of the reason why there are so many more Kentucky fans in
general. A lot of them it's it's like their whole I don't want to
say their entire personality, their family, but some of them, part of
their tradition is being Kentucky fans, and they embrace that as part of their
their livelihood. Some of the closest people in my life are diehard Kentucky fans,
and some some of them are obnoxious and hate Louisville. Some of them
are you know, clearly they're into the rivalry, but they really don't they
you know, they're not They're not one to just try to throw jabs or
anything like that. So I've always been able to you know, separate that
with you know, people that I consider close friends. In fact, I
think the majority of those in my wedding party were Kentucky fans, my stepdad,
my brother in law. So you know, it's that's been really lifelong
for me to kind of coexist and it not become an issue. But I
will stand by this and I say it all the time. I don't know
how anybody watches the game together. I mean I don't, I mean I
don't. I mean people can do it. So maybe I'm the weird one.
But like if you mean, if you when when the game is expected
to be good, and there's a lot of anxiety because we all know how
important it is, and that's kind of died off lately because Louisville just hasn't
been able to do their part. Just being honest, it's the truth.
But you know, leading up to those big games where there's a lot on
the line and you know, you know this is huge, right, bragging
rights, you're thinking about being you know, going to going to work that
following Monday and either eating crow or you know, pumping your chest. Really
the football game this year was really really contentious, so you know, with
that, I don't know, how could it be enjoyable to watch it with
people who you know are going to be you know, I screaming the other
And it's it's different if it's a stranger, but if it's somebody that you
know, like I just I wouldn't want to It wouldn't make me hate them
and not want to be friends with them anymore. But like it's just an
experience we don't need. I think the hope is that you're on the winning
side of it and you just get to gloat. I don't think about what
if you lose. I'm sure that that is that is like the big I'm
sure Kentucky fans haven't thought about it because you know, basketball, they've they've
you know, they've been I mean Louis has had their wins here and there,
but you know, overall, uh, Kentucky's not only got the best
of Louisville. Man, I just hope that when Pat Kelsey gets it rolling
here that you know, you're not going to beat Kentucky every year. But
we get to we can pick our face off off the mat a little bit
and uh, you know, even some things up. All right, quick
break, don't go anywhere. It's coffee and company. We are feeled by
Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. Again, I have no clue if Louisville
is about to land a commitment in the next twenty four hours, but it
wouldn't shock me. But I do think although it does seem a little bit
off to claim that there's already been like an established pattern, but you had
I guess you did, actually though Javon Hadley, which feels like it was
a month ago that he committed, and then not long after that it was
Ali Khalifa, and then just two days ago you landed Corn Johnson from Washington.
So these are you know, the process as far as what led to
those guys getting to the decision. I think there's a couple that have visited
that are in a similar situation. What I mean by that is that they
are, and these are guys that visited. By all accounts, the visit
went well, and from when I can gather, there's not any other visits
that are, you know, happening soon or even schedule. Doesn't mean that
they're that that you know, that could be wrong about that, But if
they are planning to kind of stagger these commitments out, then you know,
maybe maybe Wesley Yates the trans from Washington becomes the latest, or maybe Trey
Orr which I only say his last name because I will absolutely butcher his first
name. So he's a long beach date transfer, kind of a hybrid,
big guy that's really productive, veteran. So we'll see, you know,
and I love that people are that you know, that into it on the
edge of their seats. But you know, to be clear, I have
no clue. But if something does happen, something pops, I'll let you
know. On the Kentucky side, I guess the big update today they made
it official that Mark Pope has hired Mark Fox. That that's former Georgia coach,
former I believe cow coach maybe, but he gave you think you think
he hired Mark Pope when he was the head coach at Georgia many years ago,
so that had been known. But the big news for Kentucky today is
that Mark Pope got him a recruiter and that is Baylor assistant coach who,
by the way, you know, they couldn't get the head coach, but
they got his best recruiter, and that's Alvin Brooks the third. So he
is being praised nationally by those who cover college basketball and recruiting and some of
the really good players in recent years that have gone to Baylor and had success
and been one and done, lottery pick type of players, and the guys
who are on their way to Baylor VJ. Edgecomb, one of the best
players in the twenty twenty four class. Alvin Brooks the Third is believed to
be very much responsible for those guys ending up there. So that's a good
gift for Mark Pope. Now what it results in, you know, we'll
see. And they've got visit scheduled as well, like I know the visit
for next week for again the or Utah State. That guy great a sober,
Yeah, great a sober if we're saying that right, yeah, maybe
my own close enough. He's going to visit Kentucky. There's a Saint Mary's
transfer guard that is visiting Kentucky and Yukon, so I think he's actually down
to those two schools. That's a guy who's a shooter. And then there's
some other names that have hit the portal recently that I'm curious to see if
if both local schools get in. You may remember this name, Keiki Tandy.
He played it I believe is it Hopkinsville in University Heights. He's from
Hopkinsville. I was thinking for a minute he might have went to might have
went to Christian County, but no, he went to University Heights. Started
his career at Xavier, was a decent player there, had some injury issues,
so this will actually be his sixth year of college basketball. But he
ended up going to I believe it was Jacksonville State for one year and averaged
about nineteen points a game, so you know, he's a veteran. He
can score it, shoot it. There's clearly some connections here locally in the
state, so maybe you know, maybe he's somebody that that the local program's
getting on. And I don't think it's because they're trying to one up each
other. It's because again they're I would love to know how many college how
many of the power I guess it's Power five now because the PAC twelve's dead.
Power four. Well, I guess some basketball is. Yeah, it's
a big East, so the Power five in basketball? How many programs are
in a similar situation as Louisville, Kentucky and Arkansas because they're all three of
those teams are building from scratch, and I know there's many programs that are
needing to fill three, four or five, maybe six spots because you know
that's what happens now with the portal being what it is. Uh, But
both all three of these teams did not return a single player. So I
think Pat Kelsey's off to a really good start. He did get a little
bit of a head start because he was hired a little bit earlier than cal
got to Arkansas or Pope got to Kentucky. But I think by next week,
like a week from today, if there's no real update like on anybody
you know from the Kentucky side, which maybe that maybe that's realistic. Just
considering when these visits are scheduled, I'm curious if they if they become you
know, unhinged, and I know they're going to compare themselves to Arkansas and
Caliperry, because I just think it's normal to do that. But I think
both schools have added the same amount of players, which is not many.
Now Kyle does have you know, he's got both Billy Richmond and Boogie Flann
visiting, and I would imagine those guys are going to commit to Arkansas.
All right. So yesterday, the big news that that you know, got
a lot of national attention was the ending of noncompet We talked about that earlier,
but something that completely, uh, I think is actually bigger. I
mean not it's I would have expected it to be a bigger story than the
non compete thing. But there's a big change coming to airlines. They're no
longer going to be allowed to, you know, operate the way they operate,
So airlines will now basically have to pay you if they mess up.
So the Department of Transportation issued a new rule requiring airlines to give you an
automatic refund if your flight is canceled or delayed or if they lose your bags,
so like they're gonna have to pay you, which you know, it's
crazy to even think about to say it out loud that you if your flight's
canceled. Naw, sorry about your luck. You're you get a voucher for
a flight you can only this has to be a flight on this day,
at this time, at this exact minute. If you don't use it,
then then you know you lose it. I mean, it's just it's an
absolute racket. So the Department of Transportation is also banning airlines from these junk
fee practices, right, meaning they'll be no more hidden fees. Hidden fees
are everywhere. I feel like this day at age but man airports. I
mean, it's insane. So everything from baggage to flight change fees, cancelation
fees must be clearly and fully disclosed upfront. No more surprise fees, right,
It's not like you're checking out, Oh, then you pay this,
then you pay that. Like it's all like, hey, here's what it's
going to cost for you to take these two bags and get on this plane
and go to this city, get on another plane, go to that city,
and then you know, bring it back around and do it again,
right round trip. This is huge. Now, I don't think it necessarily
means that you know they're going to make anything cheaper, right, it's just
going to maybe be presented, you know as a more direct flat price.
But there's no there's no more of a helpless place in society than the airport
whenever flights cancel, flights, delayed, planes dirty, you know, maintenance
going on, overbooked. I mean it is actually it's actually getting worked up
thinking about it because there's telling you have no control over anything in an airport.
You're there, You're gonna pay whatever they charge you, and it's usually
gonna be really expensive, and if something happens, you're screwed. Like your
entire day of travel can be completely ruined, and you just got to sit
in it and live with it. Like I never would ever condone anybody being
a complete idiot and getting arrested at the airport, but man, I get
it. Sometimes I see these videos on TikTok of people being carried out of
an airport. You know, some people are just you know, like hard
and criminals. They're just doing criminal acts, which of course is a different
story, but like people just lose it at an airport. And I get
it because you have no control and whatever they what are you gonna do?
Just stay at the airport walk home, right, I mean, like you
know, it's it's it's crazy. And for the most part, I've had
good experiences with airlines and flights compared to you know, some horror stories that
I've heard before. And most of the people that I've you know, been
around that work at an airport, rather be somebody at the airline, somebody
at the security checkpoint, somebody even at the bar, you know, an
airport bar, because there's no better beer than the airport beer. Like They've
always been pretty I've never had anybody like mistreat me, but there's like a
level of arrogance I get from time to time, like this passive aggressive like
when you come through the security, take your laptops out? Now, told
you to take your laptop out, shows off, shoos off, like chill
like I mean, like it's it's it's just a it's they know where they
are. They know that the you know, whether it be they work for
the airline or for the airport or the city, whoever it may be,
they know where they work. They got all the power, and we're a
bunch of bums that just got to deal with it and eat it like it
should. I hope that changes, Like I like I'm if I'm traveling,
I'm usually in a pretty good mood. I'm usually pretty happy because you know,
I'm excited to go on a trip. Traveling's fun. I love flying.
I mean, I don't love beating in the air that long, but
you know, I like a journey, right. But man, you just
encounter people that work at the airport and they're just like I mean again,
I think it's more of like a passive aggressive, like an overly polite but
without a smile on their face, you know, just kind of wanting you
to kind of deep down know I'm only smiling because it's policy. But really,
I could cancel your flight and you can't do anything about it. Like
my reaction made it seem as if I have had some really bad experiences,
but I have it. But again, the helplessness at an airport is something
I you know, it's I've seen it, and it's awful. There was
a dude in Nashville, this is many years ago, who you know,
he's complaining about how unreal unreasonable it has been that you know, they've had
the flight delayed five times, then it's canceled. Oh you're from across the
country. We'll give you a fifteen dollars voucher to go get a two hundred
and thirty dollars room across the street, like that kind of stuff, because
that's that happens. And you know what, he's just bitching and complaining,
raising hell, what they're gonna do, Like they don't care. He's one
of probably one hundred people that have done it in the last two hours at
an airport. So he really wanted to make it clear how upset he was.
And you know what he did. He got butt ass naked in the
airport and had all attention on him and just you know, wanted to make
sure everybody there heard about how ridiculous that airline was. I mean, they
carried him out butt naked, made the news, and I'm sure that's a
decision he regrets. But if anything, he brought attention to the ridiculousness at
these airports and these airlines that you know, I mean, I think he's
a soldier, to be honest with you, And you got to wonder that
didn't happen. Would they have made this change. Maybe he's the one who
took the stand and they said, you know what, like we don't need
old naked dudes at the airport in front of people. And look, I'm
not condoning what he did, but I feel a feeling, right, I
mean not naked, you know, I mean I get it like he was.
There's other people who have had the urge that just didn't do it.
Yeah, I mean, and that is one way to make sure you're hurt,
right, You're you're gonna get some attention and you know, make it,
make it known that you're upset. So I don't know when that changes
or whatnot, but that was that's a big win for those who travel and
just you know, the helplessness that you feel. It's it's not just about
like expenses and price, because that's expensive to fly like anybody. Any everybody
knows that going and you can find the occasional flight that's not that expensive,
but just knowing that it like usually things don't go absolutely according to plan and
there's no accountability that like why, Like you know, sometimes like weather gets
in the way and it's just an act of God. But sometimes you know,
they didn't have the plane cleaned, and it's you know, somebody's taking
their sweet ass time moving one plane from this this you know, this gate
to the other gate and it leads you to have it leads you to having
two hours added to your you know, to your you know, your your
first flight and you miss your connecting flight. Oh sorry, you know that.
That's you know what we can do about it. We'll get you on
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Talk seven ninety I mentioned it earlier. The two guys for Louisville. I
think they'll they'll hear their name called potentially for you know, not first overall,
but the first Louisville players to be drafted in this draft. It'll start
tomorrow and they won't hear the name then, but over the you know,
throughout the three day draft. UH is either going to be I don't know,
a lean. I just I still think it's going to be Jarvis Browne.
But I also feel like, you know, maybe it could be Jamari
Thrash because you know, his injury last year certainly a red flag. But
you know, there are probably some team would shock me if there's some teams
that have looked at it and feel like he's good enough to maybe go grab
in the fourth round. So we shall see. But Malakai Corley, he
will likely be the first player taken from you know, from the area here.
He is a Western Kentucky receiver. Love this kid's story. I mean,
he had a phenomenal career, uh and he actually started me. He's
from Campbellsville High School in Campbellsville, Kentucky, right there in central Kentucky and
two star recruit you know shows w KU over schools that were not I mean
this was his only FBS offer he had e Ku Murray, Austin p those
are all fcs essentially D two, uh and Western offered him and he had
a hell of a career. And I think Daniel Jeremiah, who works for
the NFL Network, they have him listed as the forty fourth best player in
this draft. So also Andrew Phillips for Kentucky cornerback who you know, he
was a good player for for Mark Stoops, but I did not expect him
to be a guy that really, you know, got this kind of buzz.
He could be drafted. He may actually go ahead of Corley Ray Davis
for Kentucky. Also Trevin Wallace, and then Grindo and Jordan. You just
don't know because we're talking about, you know, talking about running backs,
and that's just such a different position when it comes to NFL organizations gms deciding
you know, to invest a draft pick. All right, let's see here
the act. I mean, obviously I've followed this draft, you know a
little bit. You know, I love the draft, but you know,
Caleb Williams, Jade Daniels, Drake May, I mean, those are the
guys that obviously are probably going to go one, two three. However,
there are some people that think that Drake may may slip and JJ McCarthy could
be the third quarterback. And I there's always a guy every year in the
NFL draft at quarterback that had success, but you never really felt like the
success of that team was based off of this guy just having some pure ability
as a quarterback. He's not a bum, but I don't know, I
just that to me seems I don't know, seems uh seems like a real
risk that's either going to like what's the ceiling there, Like he may be
your starter for a few years and not suck, but like he could also
be terrible. I mean, their offense wasn't even that great, was it,
John, I Mean, they were good, but they ran the ball
and they had great defense. I feel like. So anyways, we're at
a time everybody enjoy their night. We're back at it tomorrow right here on
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