WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:08.960 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 2 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:11.919 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think when we are 3 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:16.039 get off our show, idiot. The kids are crying or turning off, 4 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:19.239 crying. Countries are screwing it up. Gold Play Inn Murals, Brother, 5 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:23.960 gold Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really 6 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.399 not. Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding 7 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:46.119 me? Now? Here's nick coffee? All right, let's get it on, 8 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:50.359 folks, Let's get the party started. Welcome in to a Thursday edition 9 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:54.640 Coffee and Company fuel Beth Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. A beautiful 10 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:59.439 Thursday, I should add today. I mean it's perfect outside, no humidity, 11 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:03.479 the sun is shining. I don't know. Is it warm. I 12 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:07.640 mean it's not cold, but it may be warmer than I thought, just 13 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.480 because there's no humidity. Humidity can really make a big difference. It's nearly 14 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:14.519 eighty today, Oh man, it's perfect right, and it doesn't feel like 15 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:18.359 that because normally eighty around here feels like ninety. Yeah. When I walk 16 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:22.640 outside of my garage, that's when I usually just know right, you know, 17 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:23.879 when I leave in the afternoon. In the morning it's different, but 18 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:30.680 usually you know that humidity will smack you right in the face. And if 19 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:32.879 it doesn't do that, I'm thinking, okay, we could be in good 20 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:34.879 shape here. There's times though, where the humidity is terrible, but the 21 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:38.719 temperature is not that high at all, and it's just sticky and gross. 22 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:42.280 But it is a beautiful day, I know that, and hopefully you guys 23 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:46.879 are enjoying it. So I was going to ask you a question, John, 24 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:51.280 and then it dawned on me. You and I've had lunch together before, 25 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:53.959 but I don't know if i've ever seen you eat. And trust me, 26 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.040 I'm not trying to like bring up your eating habits and try to point 27 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.640 out things that you do that prefer eating that makes you different than others, 28 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:04.920 because everybody has their own preferences. But I bring all this up because do 29 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.000 you have a favorite chip, A favorite chip? I love sour cream and 30 00:02:07.039 --> 00:02:09.719 onion chips, or do you mean like a brand or like a style of 31 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:14.639 chip? No sour creamin Onion's fine, because I don't. I don't eat 32 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:15.280 much. I mean, I like, I don't. I don't know anybody 33 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:19.599 that doesn't like chips. Yeah, I mean there's I have preferences, but 34 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:21.800 like, there aren't many chips you could put in front of me that I 35 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:24.439 wouldn't eat. I mean there are some, trust me, but you know, 36 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:28.120 I like chips. Chips are good. They're not good for you, 37 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:30.919 but they taste good. We try not to eat chips at the house, 38 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:37.960 but occasionally I will get the munchies and it'll be late at night and I'll 39 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:40.080 go into our pantry and We've got like a big box of like the little 40 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:44.360 bitty bags of chips because we used to put them in my daughter's lunch for 41 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.759 school. And like last night, she uh, you know, I was 42 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:50.960 I wanted some chips, and I realized, you know what, we don't 43 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:52.719 have to pack her lunch anymore. She's out of school for the summer. 44 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:57.639 So I ended up having some chips. But I have found maybe my new 45 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:01.840 favorite chip, if you consider it a chip, And it's not anything exciting, 46 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:06.199 it's not a new chip. It's just something I didn't realize that I 47 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.039 like. And that's cheese its. I mean, cheese its are pretty boring, 48 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:14.599 right, yeah, but they're also very addictive. There there. I've 49 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:19.560 never I mean i've had cheese its before. I've never seen cheese its in 50 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:22.280 the store and think, oh, I gotta grab some. You know, 51 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:23.960 I've never been like, man, I really would like a snack. Let 52 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:28.840 me go see if we have any cheese its like it just it's they're not 53 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.599 sexy. What's better, though, is the extra toasty cheese its. Have 54 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:35.560 you seen those before? I'm not sure I've had those, but we have 55 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:38.719 in our kitchen here, like each week they bring in, you know, 56 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:42.719 pretty nice spread for us. As far as snacks, wouldn't you say, 57 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:46.719 variety of bags of chips, different you know, peanuts, pecans, you 58 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:51.199 know, fruit snacks. I mean, they hook us up, so I 59 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:53.039 oftentimes don't use I don't get anything. But the other day I was like, 60 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:54.800 you know what, I'm kind of kind of hunger. I get a 61 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:59.719 snack here, So I grabbed a bag of cheese. It's not really feeling 62 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:01.000 as if I was going to be impressed, but I think it might have 63 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:04.919 been the only thing left. And now every day I think I eat three 64 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:08.800 bags of these little cheeses, which isn't good for me, but like I 65 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:11.520 crave them now. I want them, like I can't stop eating them, 66 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:14.800 and I think, I, you know, I need to we need to 67 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:16.879 let Ms Joy know, who you know, is in charge of all that 68 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.519 stuff. She's the one who stocks it up and kind of you know, 69 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:23.839 takes care of us here at the office. If she keeps bringing Jesus, 70 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:26.800 I'm gonna eat them all. I put a lock box on them for you 71 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:30.480 specifically. I mean I left with two bags of them yesterday, which I 72 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.639 probably shouldn't do, but like, I just can't stop eating them. And 73 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.439 you know, it's not as if they just taste delicious, but like they're 74 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:40.959 just good enough, great texture. You know, you can eat like two 75 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:44.240 at a time. It's I don't know what it is, but I don't 76 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:47.879 you know, anytime you get you know, you eat something new and you 77 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:50.600 really like it. I don't know, I feel like there's some excitement there, 78 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:55.360 like, Wow, I tried something that I like, but cheese it's 79 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:57.959 been around forever. Like they're not new, and again, they're not exciting, 80 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.319 but I can't put them down one for me. I don't know how 81 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:04.160 new these are, but I think they've gotten popular over the last couple of 82 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:08.480 years. And it's the dots pretzels. Oh Yeah, those things are super 83 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:12.480 addictive. Yeah, they are little too like to me, they're a little 84 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:15.680 too dry, like pretzels. I've never been a huge pretzel guy. I 85 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:19.120 mean they taste fine, but if I eat like a handful of any pretzel, 86 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:21.639 even if it's flavored like the dots ones, I feel like I need 87 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:25.839 to just chug water. But no, they are good. They're really good. 88 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:29.680 Like they've got a they got like a Southwestern flavor that I don't even 89 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:31.759 know what it is, but it's really really good. So I don't like 90 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:34.959 to eat a lot of snack food because you know it's not good for you. 91 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:40.240 But I've just been going crazy on these cheese It's and I don't know, 92 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:43.360 I feel I feel more like a b I feel more boring now that 93 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:45.600 I'm a cheese at guy, because you know, it's I think it's just 94 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:48.439 a classic. It's been around long enough. There's millions and millions of commercials 95 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:53.759 we've seen about them. They're all over the place. What's your favorite brand? 96 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:55.839 Like, if you're gonna get you say sur cumin onion, right, 97 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:59.759 that's probably my favorite flavor of chip. What do you have a brand like 98 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:01.879 you're gonna get? Like? Is that me. I think it was you. 99 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:06.839 The hell was that I thought I disabled all these things on the computer? 100 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:11.160 What the hell was that? It's gonna drove me crazy? If that's 101 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:14.560 the email thing. Again, somebody's messed with this computer while I was gone, 102 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:16.439 and I'm not happy about it. People think Studio B is just a 103 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:21.000 recreational studio sometimes. Anyways, back to the important conversation here. Chips, 104 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:26.800 you ruffles? You like Lay's. Think I have brand loyalty when it comes 105 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:30.000 to chips because I don't either eat pretty much any of them. I like 106 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.199 Lay's pringles. You said ruffles, They're all pretty good. I don't have 107 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:35.439 any I'm not uh this. There's only one brand that makes these. But 108 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:41.439 I love funions. Oh yeahs onions are really really good. I like kettle 109 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:46.959 cooked barbecue chips, and I'm not a I'm not a big dorito guy you 110 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.839 like. I don't mind them. I just I could go without them. 111 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:54.600 I like nacho cheese, but not the cool ranch hold most people cool ranch 112 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:58.519 guy. Right, Yeah, there's a there's a purple like a like a 113 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:00.879 spicy sweet something. Oh yeah, I've ever had those. Those are pretty 114 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:05.560 good. Yeah. So anyways, the reason I started with that is because 115 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:10.120 I was worried I wasn't gonna be able to get this entire small bag of 116 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:15.079 cheese its down before you know we got the show started. But thankfully I 117 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:16.240 was able to get it done. I'm sure I'll have more throughout because I 118 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:19.000 can't stop eating them. All right again, welcome in. It is coffee 119 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.959 and Company. You know the drill. We are fueled by Thornton's and I'm 120 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.920 quite sure I've not purchased them there, but I would be willing to bet 121 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:29.160 that Thornton's has cheese its too, and they probably got any other chip that 122 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:31.399 you'd want. 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So sign up if you haven't already, go to Refreshing Awards 130 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:05.160 dot com or download their app, and you'll be happy that you did. 131 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:11.319 All right, So what I wanted to start with today is last night's deadline 132 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:16.639 for guys to remove their name from the NBA Draft, and I don't think 133 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:20.759 there was really any big shocker. I don't think there was anybody that everybody. 134 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:24.600 I don't think there was anyone that folks expected to stay in the draft 135 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:31.000 that came back and vice versa. Honestly, the big man Alex Caraban for 136 00:08:31.919 --> 00:08:37.000 Yukon was probably the bigger surprise, but that was earlier in the day when 137 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:39.679 it got down to like the end of the night. By the way, 138 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:43.759 we'll get to the Jackson Robinson situation, because I actually really like what that 139 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:48.679 kid did. I feel like, you know, I don't know anything about 140 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:50.360 him at all. And by the way, he did commit to Kentucky. 141 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.639 For those who aren't aware, he is coming back to college and he's going 142 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:56.799 to transfer from BYU to go play for Mark popaka Kentucky. Certainly a good 143 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:01.159 addition for Kentucky. But you know, he didn't tell anybody, didn't tell 144 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:05.919 anybody what he was doing. But the fact that guys can make money in 145 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:13.840 college basketball through INNIL has helped this sport more than I think any sport when 146 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:20.360 it comes to this new world of ANIL and even the portal too, right, 147 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:26.360 because I think in certain instances there'd be guys that would be willing to 148 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:31.320 stay in the draft or maybe just know, Hey, I'm not I'm not 149 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:35.360 going to go back to school because I'm burnt out at this place and I 150 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.960 don't want to, you know, I don't. I don't. I can't 151 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:41.480 transfer. So because you have both the ability to make money and you can 152 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:45.440 kind of, you know, go wherever you want and transfer any time you 153 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:50.240 want, it's led to the better players in college basketball coming back and playing 154 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:54.919 more years at the collegiate level, and that's good for the sport. You 155 00:09:54.960 --> 00:10:00.000 know. I'm deeply and madly in love with the sport of college basketball, 156 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.279 but I also have to remind myself every now and then that like other people 157 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:07.240 love the sport too, but it's not like it doesn't move the needle like 158 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:13.519 the NFL. Certainly, college football not really close when it comes to nationally, 159 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:15.519 So you know, at times I feel like, hey, why aren't 160 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:18.879 people talking more about college hoops. Why aren't they acknowledging the fact that this 161 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:24.039 sport is really really thriving from this from these changes. And it's just because 162 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:28.039 it's not that, you know, people probably don't even notice, you know, 163 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:31.120 fans notice that, you know, love college basketball, or if you 164 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.879 just realize what you know, you follow your team specifically, it's still the 165 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.200 same. You know. I'm sure you're aware that it's that it's totally different. 166 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:43.120 But I guess if you're really only looking at it from just your team, 167 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:45.320 which a lot of people do that, and that's totally fine. I 168 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:48.440 guess you you know, you probably decide if the changes that have been made 169 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.000 a few years ago. Your determination if it's good or bad, it depends 170 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:54.120 on has it helped or hurt your team? And I get it, Like 171 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:58.320 that's how, you know, how a lot of people are wired. Like 172 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:01.000 a lot of people don't watch a ton of college basketball. They just watch 173 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:05.440 their team, and that's totally okay. But what we have right now is 174 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.200 the ACC Player of the Year, the PAC twelve Player of the Year, 175 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:15.840 one first Team All American, two second Team All Americans, and two third 176 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:20.519 Team All Americans have all this are all coming back to college basketball next year, 177 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:26.120 and they're doing that when the draft is as weak as it's ever been. 178 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:28.440 I don't really know what that says about these players. Now. Certainly 179 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:33.919 there are guys that will potentially be All Americans once again, but they just 180 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:37.679 do not They don't translate to the NBA in any way. And I'm sure 181 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:39.960 some of those guys that are included in what I just laid out there that 182 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:48.600 is the case. But this is good for college basketball because these guys can 183 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:50.360 make probably you know, some of them can make more money than they would 184 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:54.919 if they were on just a G League deal or if they were on you 185 00:11:54.919 --> 00:12:00.799 know, a rookie contract playing overseas somewhere, and you know, they can 186 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:07.120 go whatever they want. So if NIL still existed but the portal didn't, 187 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:11.440 I wonder how much we would I wonder how much we would see as far 188 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:16.799 as like guys doing the same thing. You know, like if you're Coleman 189 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:20.720 Hawkins and you knew if you came back to college for your final year of 190 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.360 eligibility it had to be at Illinois. I don't know if he would have 191 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:26.720 done it. I mean, he seemed to be fond of his days at 192 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:30.720 Illinois, but he also said at the NBA Draft combine that if he does 193 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.440 remove his name from the draft, which he did, he never wants to 194 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:39.159 play in the Big Ten again. So, I you know, I think 195 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:43.799 this is monumental for college basketball, and I think that's a good thing. 196 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:48.360 But I don't know if anybody else cares. John, you care Indiana's you 197 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.480 know, they're getting a lot of love. She is Woodson. I don't 198 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:56.519 know how much of it is nil. It could be a combination of both. 199 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:01.320 But this is the most I guess I've seen come to Indiana from a 200 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.879 combined recruiting class when it comes. I mean, I know they only have 201 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.039 one freshman, but this is the most talent I feel like I've seen come 202 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:11.799 in in a long time for Indiana. Because of those things, it's just 203 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:18.440 you have a completely new way to, i mean, build your roster and 204 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:22.600 even if you don't have to. That's what coaches like Louisville and Kentucky were 205 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:26.200 in unique situations this year where their coaches had to literally build teams from scratch. 206 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.600 That likely won't happen maybe not ever again, but like that's a I 207 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:33.960 mean, maybe the next time that happens is when you replace a coach. 208 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:41.919 But just because of how rosters turn over this day and age, you know, 209 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:46.039 would I be shocked if next year the Louisville's going and looking for instead 210 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:52.519 of thirteen scholarship players, maybe they're looking for six seven like that still kind 211 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:56.240 of sounds crazy, but if you consider the way things have played out in 212 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:58.320 the last few years, I think that's going to be the norm, and 213 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:01.279 I think some people are still uncomfortable with that. You want to see a 214 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.840 guy stick around and play four years, maybe not even four years, but 215 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:11.320 just somebody that you don't have to because here is the downside that I understand 216 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:16.559 when people try to give me the negative side of the portal. If you 217 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:20.879 have a player who is young that maybe isn't getting thirty minutes a game, 218 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:24.320 but they're fifth or sixth man, maybe they started half the year. Then 219 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:28.919 they come off the bench and they're showing a lot of upside, maybe averaging 220 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:31.720 about nine ten a game, and you can see this, this guy's going 221 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.240 to be a good player in a year or so. You have to worry 222 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:41.159 like they're gonna leave because I don't think there's any transfer that could take place 223 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:43.720 in college basketball that deep down you can say, oh my god, I'm 224 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:50.080 stunned, why would they ever leave? Because they can and they can probably 225 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:52.840 go get more money, and they just maybe want a fresh start. I 226 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:56.440 mean, there are some moves in the portal that are, you know, 227 00:14:56.679 --> 00:15:00.480 more of a head scratcher than others, but deep down, like you should 228 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:05.240 not consider anybody like you. There are rare, rare exceptions, right Like, 229 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:09.159 if you are from where you committed to go to school and that team 230 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:11.559 is really good, they have an ael money and you play a lot, 231 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:15.480 you probably wouldn't want to leave. But if you do, I don't know 232 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:20.879 if people should be that shocked. So I fear change. That's just my 233 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:26.480 nature as a human being. And I was fearful whenever all this took place, 234 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:28.919 not really knowing what to expect, and it has been sort of a 235 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.360 free for all when it comes to the nil side of it. But here 236 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:35.559 we are, what three years in, and I feel like it's safe to 237 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:41.279 say that this has been a good thing for college basketball. And if we're 238 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:46.039 just going to talk about the local teams, you know, for Kentucky, 239 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:50.200 I can't really point anything specifically that that has happened that has let like, 240 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:54.879 I can't think of anything in the portal that well, I guess maybe Antonio 241 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:56.519 Reeves. You know, he wouldn't be somebody that you would have ever had, 242 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:02.559 and it was Oscar Sheboy no because if you remember, he had to 243 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:04.639 sit out, so like he I mean, he transferred, but before the 244 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:08.320 before you were allowed to transfer without sitting out, he'd already transferred. So 245 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.399 you know he is a big time transfer. But like they didn't land him 246 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:18.039 because of this change, if that makes sense. Yeah, so Trey Mitchell, 247 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:22.679 I mean for them last year. I mean that because of Huggins, 248 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:25.679 Duy and whatnot. But then again, like you know, he wasn't a 249 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:29.559 great player. But what I always think about is that if the portal did 250 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:33.519 not exist, I deep down, first of all, we'll never know, 251 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.919 but I deep down do not believe that Kenny Payne would still be the coach 252 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:38.759 because people would be saying, well, you got to give him time. 253 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:44.120 I think even with no portal, no nil, if you win twelve games 254 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:48.120 in two years at Louisville, you can you should be fired. And anybody 255 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:51.759 claiming that was like an overreaction is you know, to be honest, just 256 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:57.720 wrong, so he'd still probably be gone, but you know, he'd probably 257 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:00.080 have a lot of last year's team, and I think some of those players 258 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:03.960 refined players, and I think they'll end up being solid wherever they are. 259 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:08.359 But I think the roster you have right now is certainly a lot better than 260 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:12.759 what you lost, and that gives you, you know, like Pat Kelsey, 261 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:21.400 building a brand new team from scratch happens because of the portal, and 262 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:23.039 he's done a fine job at that. In fact, now that all the 263 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:26.920 rosters are not all the way set, because there's still guys that decided to 264 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:30.759 come back to college that are in the portal, So I'm sure these will 265 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:32.880 adjust. But you've got the folks at the Field of sixty eight. I 266 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:37.039 know, ESPNS, Jeff Borzello. They're cranking out their updated Top twenty five, 267 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:41.799 which again will change when some of these big names end up landing somewhere, 268 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:45.240 but you know, just to see Louisville is now cracking the top twenty 269 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:51.559 five preseason, coming off of two disastrous seasons with a brand new coach and 270 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:56.000 a brand new team who built this roster from scratch again, who knows how 271 00:17:56.000 --> 00:18:00.799 good they're going to actually be And being preseason ranked I mean, technically doesn't 272 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.839 really mean anything. And for Louisville, it's never something you would feel like 273 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:07.559 accomplished about because it used to just be the norm. But given the circumstances 274 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:11.880 and what's happened recently, just to see that buzz out there, that's exciting 275 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.839 as hell. And I don't think you'd have that with with the without the 276 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:21.200 portal. In fact, here's what would have Here's here's how this would have 277 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:25.400 played out. Kelsey probably would have brought. In fact, he wouldn't been 278 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:27.039 able to bring many guys from Charleston because the portal wouldn't exist, right, 279 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.039 they'd have to sit out. Maybe he'd bring it, maybe Rain Smith as 280 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:33.160 a grad student or something like that. And then he probably would have, 281 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:37.480 you know, brought back a good chunk of last year's team. And look, 282 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:40.720 with a new coach, that team would have been a lot better. 283 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:44.160 Now how good they would have been, I'm not sure, but the off 284 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:48.279 season we would just have to just convince ourselves, well, this new coach 285 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:51.160 is going to make this team a lot better, and you'd never I mean, 286 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:52.720 and again, we still don't know how good this team's gonna actually be. 287 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.920 When it's all said and done. But because you can start all over 288 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:00.799 and start fresh and essentially just go get better players than the ones you just 289 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:06.680 had, maybe not at every single spot. I mean that gives us this 290 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:10.559 offseason in college, you know, as a Louisville basketball fan, where you 291 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:14.000 can think big. And I'm not talking about making a run to the Final 292 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:18.720 Four in the first year, but Louisville fans have, in my opinion one 293 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:25.240 thousand percent, the right to feel as if their team could be pretty good 294 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:29.400 next year and make the tournament. That's not a crazy thing to say. 295 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:33.400 It sounds crazy because they haven't sniffed the tournament in a long time. Again, 296 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:36.759 they won eight games this past year, four games the year before, 297 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:41.319 But like, none of that matters. It's all everything's brand new, and 298 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:45.200 that that's exciting to me. All right, before we get to our first 299 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:49.559 break, and I want to talk about this Jackson Robinson move last night, 300 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:55.759 which again I applaud him for just completely ghosting everybody and people still waking up 301 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:57.720 this morning not knowing did the guy pull his name out of the draft or 302 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:03.519 not what's going on here. It's a savvy move on his part. But 303 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:10.440 I have a favorite player in this draft that you've probably never heard of. 304 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:15.119 John, give him to me, Jay z Zahir, Yeah, correct, 305 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:19.240 never heard of him. He is a sophomore six foot guard from Fenton, 306 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:23.720 Michigan. Oddly enough, he wore number seventeen, which is which is a 307 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:27.759 rare number. He played at Bowling Green Bowling Green Falcons part of the MAC 308 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:37.119 and he announced yesterday that he is staying in the twenty twenty four NBA Draft 309 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:44.519 after averaging zero point seven points and one rebound per game, did not record 310 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:49.480 a single assist, and shot twelve percent from the field. This guy is 311 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:53.119 staying in the draft. I want to know. I have to know. 312 00:20:55.319 --> 00:21:00.839 Is this a stunt? Is this to be funny? Is this because like 313 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:08.359 he's not getting drafted. He's not and he knows that. So I guess 314 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:12.720 there's this scenario that he just thinks that. I mean, he didn't even 315 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:17.480 get an invite like any I mean, nobody knows who he is. But 316 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:19.480 I feel like this is a stunt. Which, hey, it's getting him 317 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:22.559 talked about on Coffee and Company, which is something people dream of. John, 318 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.400 right, I mean that's a big deal. Maybe that was his goal 319 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:30.559 all along, But yesterday John Rostein. Remember we were talking about Rostein's Rostin's 320 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:33.359 tweets and how he's just like, you know, kind of a goober, 321 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:38.799 gives names to everybody and just like you know, just the Rostin brand is 322 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:45.079 pretty pretty distinct. On Twitter, he tweeted out Bowling Green's Jay Z's I 323 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:51.400 hear tells me he's staying in the twenty twenty four NBA draft. Rostein knew 324 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.440 what he was doing when he posted that, right, people will say, 325 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:56.519 who the hell's that? And this guy like Dming or maybe he already has 326 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:00.359 a connection to Rostein. Hey, I'm sure you're going and a lot of 327 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:03.960 people asking what you're hearing, But let him know I'm staying in the dry 328 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:07.880 like this. This is brilliant because now again this guy's being talked about more 329 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:11.720 than he'll ever be talked about in his life when it comes to basketball, 330 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:15.279 and he's my favorite player and I want to interview him. I want to 331 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:17.079 bring him on and like, hey, so you know where you're gonna be 332 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:21.160 watching the draft? Man a man, congratulations. I know it's going to 333 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:25.119 be a special moment when when you hear the commissioner or his backup that comes 334 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:26.039 out in the second round, call your name. It's going to be a 335 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:30.920 special moment. Man really really happy for you, because he probably would lean 336 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:33.880 into it. If this thing is what I think it is in regards to 337 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:37.799 it just being some kind of joke, he should have some fun with it, 338 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:41.759 Like he should go to draft night, buy a ticket and like sit 339 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:45.880 in the crowd with a suit, have somebody with a camera filming it, 340 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:52.960 and like present it like act stunned when nobody calls his name. So, 341 00:22:53.559 --> 00:23:00.160 Coffee and Company, we are officially all in on Jay Zsa here. I 342 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.079 mean, I can't speak for John. Are you all in with me? 343 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:07.119 Of course? Why not. Let's do it all right, Let's take a 344 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.440 quick break. We'll come back on the other side. Keep this thing rolling 345 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:11.319 along. We have no guest schedule today, so we're going to make it 346 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:14.119 up have some fun like we always do, so stick around right here on 347 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:22.640 Sports Talk seven ninety the charges being dropped yesterday in the Scottie Scheffler situation dominated 348 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:26.480 the show, and we'll move on from it today. However, when I 349 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:36.559 saw the press release, I guess the statement that the detective Brian Jillis Gillis 350 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:40.960 whatever his name is sent to the local news stations. I thought it was 351 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:45.240 I thought it was fake. I thought like this was just somebody like you 352 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:48.079 know, saying, hey, this is probably what this guy would say, 353 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:49.480 And turns out it is real. Have you seen it, John, No, 354 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:52.599 let me read it for you. It says for immediate release. Detective 355 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:59.200 Brian Jillis statement, A tragic incident occurred in the family of mister Mills. 356 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:02.160 Remains in my family, these thoughts and prayers. This was a very chaotic 357 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:06.400 situation for everyone involved in ensuring the safety of everyone in the vicinity was my 358 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:11.039 utmost priority. Mister Sheffler and I both agree that there will be no ill 359 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:15.680 will over this going forward. Instead of giving a negative public reaction, he 360 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:18.599 chose to speak with dignity, humility, and respect. My family and I 361 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:23.319 appreciate that. It was unfortunate and disturbing to hear Steve Roman's commentary today claiming 362 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:27.960 that a false arrest was made and for him to challenge my honesty and integrity. 363 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:33.480 I'd be surprised and disappointed if mister Scheffler actually had any part in making 364 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:36.920 those statements. To be clear, I was drug by the car. I 365 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:38.759 went to the ground, and I received visible injuries to my knees and wrist. 366 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:42.319 I'm going to recover from it and I will be okay. This is 367 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:45.599 the extent of my commentary on the incident. The reality is that there are 368 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:48.440 more important things in the world right now than a back and forth over this. 369 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:52.279 A person lost his life that day, and if family lost a loved 370 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.559 one at the end of the day, I take pride in working for the 371 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:56.480 people in the community to preserve their safety. I've spent two decades trying to 372 00:24:56.519 --> 00:25:00.440 protect this city through some challenging times. Like to keep doing so without the 373 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:04.519 distractions caused by this series of events. With Scotty Scheffler and his family, 374 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:10.279 all the best, sincerely, Brian Gillis. And then he has a PS 375 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:14.720 at the bottom. Oh boy, ps dot dot dot Yes, the department 376 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:19.400 has us buying freaking eighty dollars pants to those concerned. They were indeed ruined. 377 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:22.799 But Scotty, it's all good. I never would have guessed I'd have 378 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:26.519 the most famous pair of pants in the country for a few weeks because of 379 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:29.880 this. Take care and be safe. I mean, I got a lot 380 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:33.359 of thoughts here. One notice what he said about the pants He didn't see 381 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:37.559 ruined or he didn't say like they were you know, ripped or torn, 382 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.440 or he said they were ruined, which again makes me think he might he 383 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:47.559 might actually pooped his pants. I mean, ruined could mean a lot of 384 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:49.640 things. If my pants were like ripped and damaged, I would I would 385 00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:53.000 say, you know, they were ripped, they were torn. He just 386 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:56.559 says ruined. And I think it might be because he was so scared for 387 00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:59.880 his life that he pooped his pants. I mean, I don't know that 388 00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:03.079 for sure, but that's that's the way I think it played out. But 389 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:06.720 this was just like you need to just stay out of the way, my 390 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:11.240 man, like you don't like not like what what did he think would be 391 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:19.319 to gain from that? I mean, whenever it's public that you have issues 392 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:22.559 throughout your career, where you've been reprimanded, you've been written up, I 393 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:26.599 don't know what the punishment level has been. It to me, it just 394 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:32.119 seems like something that you like just you know, lay low and hope you 395 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:36.720 keep your job and just you know, try to forget about it. But 396 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:42.039 yeah, I mean I think if he was actually dragged like he claims, 397 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:49.640 I don't think they would be dropping charges. And if you don't like what 398 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:56.319 Steve Roman said about you follow the policy for the company you work for, 399 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:59.559 and then you wouldn't have to worry about it. You wouldn't have to, 400 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:03.519 you know, he said. She said, that's your fault, and you 401 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:07.480 don't get the benefit of the doubt. Whenever, the other video that we 402 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:12.799 did see doesn't really back up what you're claiming, even if something did take 403 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:19.039 place prior to when the video started, and also your your history. Like 404 00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:26.880 I just thought it was really stupid for him to say anything. But if 405 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:29.599 he would have had his camera on, which we've already beaten that horse to 406 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:32.160 death, we wouldn't know whether or not yet, Like d you, It's 407 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.279 what I'm saying. If you follow your own policy and you have your body 408 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:37.160 came on, then like you know, you know, then Steve Romans wouldn't 409 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:40.920 be able to say that. Steve Rowins wouldn't be able to say things that 410 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:45.759 you know, you could prove were incorrect. If you followed your own company's 411 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:49.839 policy, your employer's policy, and you had your body came on and you 412 00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:53.599 pooped your pants and now you got a big mess on your hands in more 413 00:27:53.640 --> 00:28:00.359 ways than one. Anyways, it's Coffee and Company. We are feeled Thornton's 414 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:02.400 Heira on Sports Talk seven ninety. Let's go to the text line five O 415 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:04.559 two six five three zero seven nineties the number if you want a text in 416 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:08.920 this textays Nick, speaking of this brand new team. I'm excited as well. 417 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:15.759 But why isn't everybody here yet? Well, I mean some guys just 418 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:19.039 committed within, like you know, the last week or so, so like 419 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:23.200 right now. I mean, I know, Terrence Edwards Junior is here, 420 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:30.880 CHUCKI Hepburn's here, James Scott is here, Caseon Pryor just got here, 421 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:33.400 Javon Hadley I believe, is here, and then the others that have yet 422 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:40.359 to arrive or enroll as everybody else. But I mean, I don't think 423 00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:45.119 it's any I mean, I don't think that you know that that is anything 424 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:48.559 to be worried about. They'll be here, you know, probably in the 425 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:52.839 next you know, if you get to June fifteenth and maybe nobody has nobody 426 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:55.319 else has arrived, it doesn't by the way, that won't. Let's just 427 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:57.880 say there's still three guys that haven't arrived or enrolled in school yet by June 428 00:28:57.960 --> 00:29:02.279 fifteenth. If that won't mean that you should be panicked I'm sure there, 429 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.880 you know. Heck, there could be somebody. I don't know if this 430 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:07.319 is this is the case or not, but there could be one of these 431 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:10.880 guys that needs to take a summer class or something before they can, you 432 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:12.200 know, get enrolled for the fall. I don't know that to be the 433 00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:17.119 case, so I'm not trying to worry anybody. But if all thirteen guys 434 00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:21.640 aren't here in the next few weeks, I still won't be shocked or stunned. 435 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.400 I mean they don't technically. I mean, you're allowed to do certain 436 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:26.559 stuff in the summer much more now than you used to be able to as 437 00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:30.880 far as like the offseason. So I'm sure once that stuff starts, you'll 438 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:36.079 see you'll see these guys here. But maybe not. I mean Khalifa, 439 00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:38.559 maybe not as early because I don't know. You know, he's red shirting, 440 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:42.440 at least he's believed to be red shirting. Kobe Rodgers, same thing. 441 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:49.160 But yeah, there's going to be a level of desperation among Louisville fans, 442 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:56.200 I think when it comes to just seeing anything from this group, right, 443 00:29:56.319 --> 00:30:00.200 like, even if you had a returning team in years past, if 444 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:04.440 there was clips from like an open run or a workout video. It would 445 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:07.759 get you, it would get you excited, and you'd be you know you, 446 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:11.480 I can't wait till basketball season. Right now, you've got nothing to 447 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:15.680 go off of. I mean, you've seen highlights of these guys playing elsewhere, 448 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:19.359 but you've never seen them playing together. And there probably won't be much 449 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:22.640 to take from it. But I would imagine when they start practicing and they 450 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:26.680 all start working out and everybody's here, the U OFL social media accounts for 451 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:30.720 the men's basketball program are going to be posting clips and it's gonna be I 452 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:34.319 mean, people are gonna lose their minds and they're probably gonna overreact. Right 453 00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:37.680 A guy may get a break, may get a dunk at the end of 454 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:41.519 a video clip on Instagram, and people are you know, might start thinking, 455 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.839 here we go, We're about to do something special, and yeah, 456 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:48.079 that's insane, but that's what we are. We are insane about our basketball 457 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:52.480 programs around here. And again, the desperation level and just the you know, 458 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:56.400 the hunger for Louisville fans to have something to cheer about and be excited 459 00:30:56.400 --> 00:31:00.119 about. It's never been I mean, I never thought Louisville basketball be in 460 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:07.319 this situation where they'd have a brand new team, thirteen scholarship players, and 461 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:11.279 you know, a new coach that three months ago a lot of us didn't 462 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.400 know anything about. Some people probably didn't even know who he was. And 463 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:15.079 now he's the guy and he won us over, and he's put together a 464 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:21.359 pretty damn good team. Mark Pope, I will give him credit. He's 465 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.720 put together a pretty damn good team too. If I'm being honest with you, 466 00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:26.839 I mean, again, you don't know how any of this is gonna 467 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:30.640 work out, right, But I think Kentucky fans also have, you know, 468 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:37.519 good reason to be excited about their new era. The addition of Jackson 469 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:40.880 Robinson was a big one. I mean, I think he's their best player. 470 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:44.279 So you know, they already had some good pieces added. So I 471 00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:48.279 think when you consider the fact that they were already looking like a team that 472 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:52.720 was doing pretty well in the portal and then they go add Jackson Robinson here 473 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:56.400 at the at you know, at the deadline, and that's that's substantial. 474 00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:05.200 So what I do love about Jackson and Robinson is his decision to actually I'd 475 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:07.640 love to ask him. I mean, I probably will never speak to him. 476 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:09.240 I'm not going to seek out an interview to ask this question, but 477 00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:14.640 did he just did he want to keep it completely silent and quiet and not 478 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:19.200 let anybody know is he really? Is? He not active on social media 479 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:21.839 to where he never would have even thought to send out any kind of a 480 00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:27.920 signal on Twitter or Instagram or TikTok or whatever to like teach because you've seen 481 00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:32.960 it players who were yet to make a decision yesterday during the day, they 482 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:37.960 were sending out tweets of like the emoji with the big eyes and just trying 483 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:40.640 to kind of tease one way or the other to keep people on the edge 484 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:45.000 of their seat and build up, you know, excitement for an announcement. 485 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:51.400 And this kid didn't do anything. I mean, midnight was the deadline. 486 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:57.200 Those that cover college basketball, you know, Borsello Goodman, they were up 487 00:32:57.279 --> 00:33:00.799 late reporting on every big name that decided to either stay in the draft come 488 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:06.559 back, and nobody ever heard anything from Jackson Robinson, truly Donovan apparently like 489 00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:09.079 late last night, like after midnight, he said nobody, you know, 490 00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:13.839 anybody, everybody that he's talked to has said that nobody knows what he did. 491 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:16.599 Did he nobody knows if he's actually he pulled his name out, or 492 00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:21.039 if he's staying in, he hasn't told anybody. There are coaches at other 493 00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:25.359 schools that didn't know. But then I think the only way we found out 494 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:30.039 was that Borzello broke it on ESPN this morning whenever it was, maybe was 495 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:34.039 early afternoon, that he did pull his name out of the draft last night, 496 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:36.000 and he is going to go play for Mark Pope Kentucky. I wonder 497 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.839 if that was his plan all along. But if you were, I mean, 498 00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:42.559 try to put yourself in his shoes. He's twenty two, maybe twenty 499 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:45.400 three, this will be his fifth year. If you were in that position, 500 00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:50.519 I think it'd be hard to not, you know, and make some 501 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:52.559 kind of announcement on your social media. You don't have to do like a 502 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:57.079 hype video, but just like you know, maybe a graphic or maybe even 503 00:33:57.119 --> 00:34:00.799 just a tweet that says, you know, I'm coming back to college and 504 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:04.359 I'm gonna go play for Mark Pope. Hopefully you could do something better than 505 00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:10.480 that to make it more exciting, but nothing from him at all. Imagine 506 00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:15.000 if he did the whole thing where you know, you had Hunter Dickinson and 507 00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:17.519 Bill selvat Twitter. In fact, that might that might have been why he 508 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:20.719 decided like not to do anything like, Hey, I don't want to I 509 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:22.639 don't want to look you know, that would have been a very hope thing 510 00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:27.400 to do. Yeah, because that was his previous player. He's obviously familiar 511 00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:35.280 with Jackson Robinson. My guess is that My guess is that he probably just 512 00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:37.320 isn't active on social media that much. I mean, I don't know that 513 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:39.960 for sure, but a lot of kids, I mean a lot of I 514 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:45.760 feel like Coleman Hawkins, who I started following him right after it became clear 515 00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:49.480 that he was in the Portland Louisville was involved in some way, but like 516 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:52.519 he tweet. I think every every few hours he tweets something that is some 517 00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:58.840 kind of like cryptic message that he wants fans to try to decipher as far 518 00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:01.559 as does this mean he's gonna come to our school? So and I'm fine 519 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:06.119 with guys doing that, right, I mean, you only go through that 520 00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:08.239 experience probably once in your I was gonna say once in your life. Heck, 521 00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:10.519 you could do it every year now because you could transfer as many times 522 00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:14.440 as you want. Uh. But I mean I'm sure if I was, 523 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:17.559 if I was in that position at that age, I'd probably be doing the 524 00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:21.840 same thing as far as utilizing social media, because look, it's all about 525 00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:25.960 building your brand, right, I mean, because he left everybody guessing. 526 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:30.519 There were a lot of people talking about Jackson Robinson last night that would not 527 00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:32.039 have been talking about him had he just decided, you know, two days 528 00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:37.480 ago, and you did wait till the last minute. What's crazy, though, 529 00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.880 is that he might have actually pulled his name out of the draft like 530 00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:42.719 four days ago. But I guess there's no way of knowing that until he 531 00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:47.519 tells somebody. But no doubt that was a good a good get for for 532 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:51.840 Mark Pope. Would have been really funny though if he ended up going to 533 00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:55.760 Arkansas or back to BYU, because he's now the only kid that has played 534 00:35:55.800 --> 00:36:00.679 for Mark Pope that is following him. And I know little act is if 535 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:02.639 they didn't want any of those guys, which they did, I mean the 536 00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:07.840 richie something that transfer or that that hit the portal visited and then decided to 537 00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:14.280 go back to BYU. They wanted Khalifa. I don't think they mean Noah 538 00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:16.000 Waterman. It sounds as if he was going to be coming the Louisville before 539 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:19.800 he ever hit the portal. But Jackson, I would say, if you're 540 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:22.400 Mark Pope and you can only bring one guy with you from BYU, I 541 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:24.719 would imagine Robinson would have been would have been that guy. Has an interesting 542 00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:29.559 story too as far as just how his career has played out. He committed 543 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:32.320 to play for Buzz Williams I believe in the twenty twenty class and was there 544 00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:37.480 for I think one year. Didn't play much at all, didn't have a 545 00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:40.880 role. Then he transferred to Arkansas to play for Muss same thing. Didn't 546 00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:45.320 didn't you know, didn't have much of a role. Then at BYU in 547 00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:47.000 his first year for Pope, averaged about eight points a game, and then 548 00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:52.079 last year really broke out. Was all Big twelve honorable mention, Big twelve 549 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:54.679 six Man of the Year, put up some good numbers. So maybe maybe 550 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:59.039 he's a guy that just you know, blossomed a little bit later. All 551 00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.760 right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side. Get to 552 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:04.760 the text line. If you're on hold, Fibou two five seven, one 553 00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:07.119 seventy nine hundred is the number if you guys want to give us a call, 554 00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.880 and what we'll do in the four o'clock hour we'll let you know where 555 00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:12.880 both Louisville and Kentucky and even Indiana. In fact, they're higher than both 556 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:15.800 Louisville and Kentucky and some of these early preseason rankings. So stick with us 557 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:21.159 right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. All right, so you won't if 558 00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:24.360 you missed the beginning of the show, you won't believe the really creative and 559 00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:30.760 interesting and entertaining topic I started with that was cheese. Its. But somebody's 560 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:32.519 put up a good point here on the text line, because I've now found 561 00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:36.119 out that I really do like cheese. It's once I started eating them, 562 00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:38.920 I can't stop, and I actually do now kind of crave them. But 563 00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:44.599 forever they were always just one of the many bags of chips or in the 564 00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:47.840 chips section that I would just you know, ignore, because they're not they're 565 00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:52.719 not exciting, they're kind of boring. But at one point here at iHeart 566 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:55.599 and our big, our big bowl of chips that we have, not you 567 00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:58.960 know, all mixed together, but just a bunch of the small bags. 568 00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:00.280 It was all we had left. And I eat some the other day and 569 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:07.000 I've been eating them ever since. But somebody asked me if I believe and 570 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:08.679 I don't know if maybe they're gonna give me the answer whenever I say this, 571 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:14.119 if there's the if there's a difference in goldfish and cheese its and and 572 00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:17.239 they're just shaped different, they are kind of the same, aren't they. 573 00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:21.440 That's a good point. But I do think gold fish that made by the 574 00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:24.559 same people, are they No, goldfish are more salty. I believe. 575 00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:29.760 I haven't had a goldfish cracker in a long time, but I do believe 576 00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:32.079 they're more salty. Man, when you have kids. Uh, that's like 577 00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:36.079 one of the first things that our kids would eat, you know, once 578 00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:38.079 they just stopped doing nothing but baby food or whatever. They have the baby 579 00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:40.960 sized goldfish. That's right, dude. I would I would go through those. 580 00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:45.440 If i'd wake up hungover, I would just go in the pantry and 581 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:47.920 just demolish those. But I don't feel like, I don't know, if 582 00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:53.239 I had to pick one, I would take the cheese its size, depth, 583 00:38:54.000 --> 00:39:00.000 texture, crunch, just enough salt like that's that's what's got me. 584 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.639 As you can tell, I'm madly in love with them. I mean, 585 00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:04.760 I think you'd like the extra toasty ones. I didn't even know there's a 586 00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:07.719 thing they make it crunchy. Yeah, well they look more burnt. They 587 00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:09.239 can have more of a I don't even know what you call it, but 588 00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:14.960 it just has an interesting flavor to it. It adds to the the initial 589 00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:19.199 cheese at flavor. I'll have to keep that in mind, but again I 590 00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:22.159 don't I can't remember the last time I bought a bag of chips somewhere, 591 00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.800 but maybe now I'm gonna have to because I got to give these a shot. 592 00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:27.000 If if you see any, if you have any at home, John, 593 00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:29.960 bring them in and I'll give them, give them a little taste test. 594 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:32.480 All right. So we're still many, many many weeks away from college 595 00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:37.960 football starting, but we do now have some more information as far as time 596 00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:42.880 and television network for Louisville football. We talked yesterday or maybe it was Tuesday, 597 00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:45.519 I remember what day it was in regards to the Peacock only game that 598 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:49.519 Louisville will have when they play Notre Dame. Well, now we know of 599 00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:53.079 another game that'll be strictly streamed. Again, you can watch it on TV, 600 00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:58.039 but it is only going to be broadcast via stream and that's the ACC 601 00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:01.719 network extra. When Louisville kicks off their seat and against Jacksonville. I'm sorry, 602 00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:05.920 I apologize, I had it mixed up. So they'll kick off the 603 00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:10.679 season at noon August thirty first against Austin p That'll be on the ACC network, 604 00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:15.039 So that's actually, you know, a televised game. But week two 605 00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:22.519 they play Jacksonville State and that'll be Saturday three thirty ACC network extra, first 606 00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:25.599 time they've played Jacksonville State, who I believe just made the move to FBS. 607 00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:30.719 And then the other the other game that was released as far as the 608 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:37.840 time and TV network is the Friday night game October twenty fifth at Boston College. 609 00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:43.119 That'll be at seven thirty on ESPN two. So I don't know. 610 00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:45.400 Do people still hate noon games. People used to always complain about, oh 611 00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:49.679 we got another noon game. I love Noontville. I love noon games too, 612 00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:54.079 but I love them for like selfish reasons same not only because I get 613 00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:59.440 a chance to like finish, I could potentially finish up the postgame show, 614 00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:02.920 you know, a perfect world at like four o'clock ish and still have you 615 00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:07.159 know, the rest of the day. And I you know, I know 616 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:10.000 that makes me sound selfish, but like, you know, I I would 617 00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:13.559 like to have a weekend, you know, with my family, if I 618 00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:15.119 can or some time with him, I should say. So that's why I 619 00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:19.239 like those games, or I don't mind. I mean, I don't even 620 00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:21.480 mind the eight o'clock games. I mean that makes for a later night, 621 00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:23.599 but you know, I don't mind that at all. But if you're thinking 622 00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:29.239 about the fan experience going to the game, I think like three point thirty 623 00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:31.440 is probably what a lot of people would prefer, or maybe even like a 624 00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:36.519 night game. But I think if you do noon, like you still, 625 00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:38.599 I mean, I don't know, I guess with three thirty kicks, I 626 00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:43.119 feel like your entire day revolt is around the game. Yeah, because if 627 00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:45.039 it's three thirty, you're probably getting there, you know, around eleven forty 628 00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:50.079 five to start tailgating if you're somebody that you know really makes tailgating a big 629 00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:53.079 part of your experience, and then you're not getting out of there until probably 630 00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:57.880 I don't know, eight o'clockish. So yeah, three thirty makes it to 631 00:41:57.920 --> 00:42:00.679 where it really is your entire day. But I don't know, I don't 632 00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:05.719 mind noon games. I think it used to be something that Louisville fans would 633 00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:09.599 bring up that the noon time led to maybe why attendance wasn't what you wanted 634 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:14.280 it to be. But yeah, I don't mind. I don't mind noon 635 00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:16.360 games. But I can't remember the last time Louisville kicked off their season on 636 00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:22.800 a Saturday at noon against like a you know, kind of a no name 637 00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:24.719 opponent, no offense to Austin p But that's I mean, that's the one 638 00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:30.280 FCS game you're going to have lash. I really don't remember the last time 639 00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:32.719 Louisville kicked off their season with a game like this. I'm gonna have to 640 00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:38.639 look it up. Because pre Bama, because they played Bam in twenty eighteen, 641 00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:45.480 twenty nineteen. It was Notre Dame SAT's first year twenty twenty that was 642 00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:49.199 the year they had the only ACC schedule, and they played Western at home 643 00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:52.199 to open the season on a on a Saturday night. I think it was 644 00:42:53.239 --> 00:43:00.199 the following year you opened up against was it Syracuse? Maybe? So? 645 00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:02.400 Oh? No, Ole Miss? You played Old Miss in the Chick fil 646 00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:07.840 A Kickoff Classic, So yeah, I mean, I always like having a 647 00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:09.480 game to start with where you do feel like you're gonna learn some of about 648 00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:12.960 your team. Last year it was Georgia Tech, which isn't like some sexy 649 00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:15.679 matchup, but it is and it wasn't Atlanta, and it was against an 650 00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:17.960 ACC team, But a lot of schools start their season with these kind of 651 00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:22.039 games. Who do you guys open up with Florida International? Yeah, so 652 00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:23.840 that's I mean, that's better than Austin p That's actually a team that's in 653 00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:29.679 the FBS. But yeah, maybe you know he's in a little bit put 654 00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:32.920 up some big numbers. I know I'm not right in this, but I 655 00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:37.679 feel like twenty sixteen, when Lamar won the Heisman, they opened up against 656 00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:40.000 Charlotte. Could that have been the last time they had that kind of an 657 00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:43.440 opener. But it wasn't a Saturday. It was like a Thursday night. 658 00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:45.280 Anyway, we'll move on. We got two hours left and a lot more 659 00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:49.000 to get into. We'll tell you where Louisville, Kentucky, and Indiana are 660 00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:55.480 coming into these early college basketball rankings right here on Sports Talk seven to ninety