WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.640 It's time for coffee and company. Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:11.560 day, Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think when we 3 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:15.919 are get off our show. Idiot. The kids are playing to turn off 4 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:19.679 the cultures are screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold 5 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:24.000 Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 6 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:28.559 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 7 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:43.759 Now? Here's nick coffee? You know? On the way in today, 8 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:47.840 the drive in from my home to here four Street, Live, downtown 9 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:52.280 Louisville, at our iHeart Studios, beautiful drive, a little human outside, 10 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:55.079 but it looks like a beautiful day. So if I was just basing it 11 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:59.240 off of that drive in and what I can see outside, I don't know 12 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:03.520 if I believe you that we have severe weather heading our way, but it 13 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:08.439 seems like that's all anybody's talking about. The buzz is strong when it comes 14 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:14.120 to some potential severe weather. And I mean, let me give you an 15 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:19.480 example. John had a doctor's appointment today and I'm in the waiting room and 16 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.959 the two ladies at the receptions at the front desk, which I'm not sure 17 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.480 of their position. I'm not maybe they're not receptions. But you know the 18 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:27.719 lady who has a you know, tell arm here, I give her paper 19 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:30.719 sign in that kind of stuff. You know, they're just chatting amongst themselves, 20 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:36.480 and they're going back and forth about you know, which television station here 21 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:41.400 locally they rely on for weather because you know, they're they know severe weather 22 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:44.040 is coming. You want to take a guess at who they were, like 23 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:48.799 not a fan of I'm gonna say, like the channel or the person person. 24 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.120 Oh it's Mark Weinberg. Yeah, And look they're they're you know, 25 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.400 their words, not mine, but you know, they said what a lot 26 00:01:57.400 --> 00:01:59.439 of people say, and I do agree with it at times. You know, 27 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:06.239 he seems like the guy who just really really wants to I wouldn't say 28 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:10.560 exaggerate, but I think one night and it might've been the last time we 29 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:15.599 had like, you know, really high alert as far as just people. 30 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:19.120 You know, you're checking on people. Hey, I'm seeing that tornado could 31 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.560 be touching down in this end of town. Let me call my friends who 32 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:23.159 live there, make sure they're okay. Like it was pretty serious and something 33 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:30.280 did happen. But going back and forth between j Cardo C. LKY, 34 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:34.319 which, of course our partners in uh In. I mean there are there 35 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:38.439 are business partners. Essentially, we are news partners with WKY, so we're 36 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:42.319 always going to to gas them up and support them because they're great. But 37 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:46.240 I was going back and forth between LKY and WDRB, and I noticed that 38 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:50.400 they were kind of saying the same thing Cardoc and Winberg, but man, 39 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:52.680 they were saying it differently if you know what I'm saying, like, and 40 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:54.560 it's not about what you say, it's how you say it. And I 41 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:58.360 didn't. I didn't feel as if I needed to to, you know, 42 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:01.080 talk to God. In the next thirty minutes before I die. When I 43 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:05.960 was listening to Cardosi with Weinberger, I mean I was already saying the goodbyes. 44 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.039 I mean letting my wife know, Hey, I hope you enjoyed the 45 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:10.879 life we had together as much as I did. We had a nice run, 46 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.120 so, you know, But to give him the benefit of the doubt, 47 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:17.879 maybe that's just, you know, maybe that's just his personality because he 48 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:23.120 does take a lot of things seriously, including himself, and maybe that just 49 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:25.400 leads to, you know, how he delivers it. And then went saw 50 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:29.080 the doc and I was leaving, and you know, he stopped me, 51 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:31.159 put put his hand on my on my shoulder, you know, kind of 52 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:34.840 not weird, not in a weird way that sounded weird. But I'm leaving. 53 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:37.919 He's walking me up to the front area or whatever I guess to welcome 54 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.400 back it's next patient. And he's got his hand on my shoulder and he 55 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:44.319 kind of stopped and I'm like, you know, I turned around and he 56 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:47.280 said, you better be careful today. Some strong storms coming in. Like 57 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:50.639 Doc wanted me to know, hey, take care of yourself, because look 58 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.479 I can if you got something going on, you know, some kind of 59 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:54.400 flew, some kind of bug, you come to me. I can't help 60 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:57.759 you with mother nature, my man, So be safe. That's essentially what 61 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:00.240 the doctor was saying. Then I go to the gym, you know, 62 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.000 the old dudes hovering around the water fountain. You know, I'm waiting to 63 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.080 get my water bottle filled up. They're talking about the weather. So it's 64 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:11.280 we've hit. This seems to be i'd say a level eight, you know, 65 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:15.879 one through ten. This is a level eight as far as the the 66 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:17.720 the hype level, Yeah, the hype. I hate calling it that, 67 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:21.000 but that's kind of what it is, you know what I mean, because 68 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:25.439 you don't want to mean the greater the hype and feel like the more underwhelming 69 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.480 it typically is. Sure, sure, no doubt about it. So hopefully 70 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:31.759 everybody you know is going to be in a safe spot if this thing does 71 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:38.480 get crazy. But I'm reading here from WLKY that it says after a busy 72 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:43.120 night of heavy rainstorms and tornadoes, the viewing area is getting some sunshine and 73 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:46.279 fortunately it's going to be short lived though as another round of severe weather. 74 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:53.959 It's possible late Wednesday, so it says timing of the storm looks to be 75 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:59.199 later in the afternoon into the late evening. The main concerns are damaging winds, 76 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:02.959 large hail, and tornadoes. The storm activity winds uh it winds down 77 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:09.920 overnight with dryer skies uh and returning for Thursday. So that's that's what we 78 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:13.199 know. Could be could be pretty severe, So just you know, be 79 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:17.560 prepared. And I do, I do feel like the I've come to a 80 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:25.759 good, a good balance here as far as the you know, a lot 81 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:28.040 of not a lot of them, but a handful of these people who work 82 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:30.319 in local news as meteorologists they're very nice people and I've I've got to know 83 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:33.360 them personally, and and you know, I don't want to I don't want 84 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:35.720 to make it sound like I'm claiming that they would be out here just you 85 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:40.160 know, hyping up a storm that isn't real so they got people watching him. 86 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:44.279 But he Here's what it comes down to. I don't want to believe 87 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:49.399 and I don't truly believe that they would mislead people about this the potential severity 88 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:54.319 of something for viewership, because I just, you know, I don't I 89 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:57.519 give them the benefit of dob. I don't think they'd do that. But 90 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:01.959 I also just happen to know for a five that their entity that they work 91 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:08.959 for benefits substantially when this happens and there's everybody watching, you know what I 92 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:11.839 mean, Like it's not like they're but you know, but that's I think 93 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:15.319 why some people just claim that it's all about just getting people worried, so 94 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:18.439 they tune into their TVs and they're watching local news. And that's I mean, 95 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:21.759 I'm sure there's some truth in it because there are some people like myself. 96 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:26.079 I mean, most of the time, if I'm going to turn on 97 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:30.120 the news, it's because there's severe weather potential. Yeah, and I think 98 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:34.879 a lot of people your age that's the only time they ever watched the local 99 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:39.040 news. That's a fair assessment of it. And it has nothing to do 100 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:45.639 with how those in local news do their job. It's just the younger generation 101 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:50.839 consumes content, news whatever, just differently, right, I mean, gosh, 102 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:55.199 I mean how many how often in your life have you had to be 103 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:59.439 tuned into the TV to find something out? That's a good question because I 104 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:01.920 feel like the if the last time outside of something weather related that I was 105 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:05.079 watching the news for was in the middle of COVID or the beginning of COVID, 106 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:09.800 I should say, but even as a kid, like you're snow days, 107 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:12.639 they were probably not You didn't have to watch the TV. They did 108 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.279 that. They there was a point towards the end of me being in high 109 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:17.319 school where they would call I think, like a task or something like you 110 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:20.680 know, you could get like it. So like, for example, if 111 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:24.600 like if my kid's late to school because she's had an appointment or something, 112 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:27.680 or she's not at school, like and obviously my kid, my eight year 113 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.959 old daughter, doesn't just ditch school then we found out later. But if 114 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:33.120 for some reason she's not there, Like I get an automated text message. 115 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:38.279 If they're gonna potentially doing NTI, I get an automated text message. So 116 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:40.360 now like if you have a snow day, it's the same thing. I 117 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:42.399 don't know if that was around when you were you mean, no, that 118 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:44.319 wasn't a thing, and that was a long time ago. I mean you're 119 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.879 not, like you know, you're not fresh out of high school. But 120 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:50.040 yeah, I get. I mean I still occasionally like if there's nothing on, 121 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:55.519 and I'm I can only speak for myself, but I am someone that 122 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:59.759 just having live TV on when I'm in my home doing things has just always 123 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:03.079 been my nature, like background noise. I don't really like to sit in 124 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:07.560 silence and do much of anything. But maybe you know that maybe I'm the 125 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:09.360 weirdo, right, I don't know if so. What I'm getting at is 126 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:13.839 if in fact there's because I don't watch anything live other than sports. Nothing. 127 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:18.399 There's nothing I watch live other than sports. So if there's nothing, 128 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:24.480 clearly I don't have anything that's you know, that's that I'm on that I'm 129 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.120 watching that's sports. Like for example, like yesterday I was getting some stuff 130 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:31.759 down on my laptop in our kitchen area and my wife was making dinner, 131 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:33.399 and I knew there was nothing on live that I wanted to watch. I 132 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:37.960 mean, I wasn't. Instead of turning it on True TV to watch an 133 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:41.480 episode of Impractical Jokers for the fiftieth time, I just put it on the 134 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:45.000 local news. So you know, I guess I do occasionally still watch it. 135 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:46.960 But as far as how many people would be, like, I think 136 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:50.759 you hit it right on the head. There'll be people that will go out 137 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:54.279 of their way to find local news on one of these stations here in town 138 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:58.200 because they know that there's some crazy weather that could be coming this way. 139 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:01.960 So I hope it's it's all for nothing. And I don't say that to 140 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:05.720 you know, be able to come in tomorrow and dunk on everybody who tried 141 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.039 to scare us, because obviously you don't want it to happen, right, 142 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:13.840 So, uh. The one the one thing that that has always kind of 143 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:18.080 made me somewhat sided with all right, come on, you guys, are'll 144 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.440 be in a little mutch, but a little you're exaggerating a little bit. 145 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:24.080 Is the meteorologists across the country. I don't think it's happened locally that have 146 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:30.519 gone viral because you know they'll jump they'll they'll jump in on a Sunday or 147 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:33.639 a Saturday afternoon in Alabama to talk about a potential storm. And that means 148 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:39.159 that you know, the Crimson Tide aren't on because they've preempted your game to 149 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:41.759 show you whether comeing. People lose their minds, right like call, I 150 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:45.279 mean, people will go nuts. There was a meteorologist that you know, 151 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:48.159 he'd heard that that was happening because they weren't showing it, and he just 152 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:52.200 you know, cut cut like a w W E promo about how we're trying 153 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:56.080 to save people's lives, and it just it what it did for me seeing 154 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:58.639 that, and that's just one person, so you know, it's just one 155 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:01.000 guy, but it made me feel like, okay, yeah, you're telling 156 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:03.759 on yourself. Man. We always thought you took yourself a little too serious 157 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.519 and you're a little you know, it's you know in what you know, 158 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:11.159 your reaction to that kind of you know, kind of total on yourself. 159 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:15.960 So anyways, let's let's just keep our fingers crossed and hope everybody can can 160 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:18.240 stay safe. All right, welcome in ten minutes in well, we'll get 161 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:22.720 the show started. It is Coffee and Company. We are fueled by Thornton's 162 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:26.799 here on Sports Talk seven ninety and uh don't forget. You can take us 163 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:30.200 with you wherever you go. You can listen live on the out radio web. 164 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:33.480 Listen live. It's seven ninety Louisville dot com. My name is Nick 165 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.679 Coffee the Company man John All on the alongside today and we've got a loaded 166 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:39.480 show today, and I mean it. I mean there's a lot of things 167 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:41.679 I want to get into. There's a lot of things I want to discuss 168 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:45.679 that aren't really sports related, which I always have fun with that, and 169 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:48.080 I choose to believe that a lot of people do. But you know you're 170 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:52.039 gonna get you know, you're gonna get the text line with a few I 171 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:58.320 thought this was a sports station. Who would care about this? It's that 172 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:03.440 time of year. Yeah, yeah, it's the sports season. Yeah, 173 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.120 and that time of year like that used to also be like and I know 174 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:13.159 you were just having fun with that. But whenever you hear someone in my 175 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.240 opinion, when you hear someone in radio like mention us it's that time of 176 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:20.080 year, man, it's nothing going on. It's just like, you know, 177 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:22.279 there's nothing going on. I mean, that's such a tell that you 178 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:26.759 don't one you don't have anything to talk about, which sometimes that happens, 179 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:30.879 but you're also like afraid to go outside of what you feel like is what 180 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:35.600 you know. Like Anyways, we'll move on, but we are loaded today, 181 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:39.480 and I really really mean that we've got a couple new names that we 182 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:45.399 can discuss as far as you know, the transfer portal. There's a debate 183 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:50.039 out there that I feel like happens every now and then among pro athletes that 184 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:56.000 I want to take a look at NBA players and NFL players arguing which which 185 00:11:56.159 --> 00:12:00.679 profession would be able to transition to the other one, right, Like how 186 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:05.600 many NFL players could make an NBA team, how many NBA players could you 187 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:07.080 know, could could could make you know, could play in the NFL. 188 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:11.799 That kind of stuff, which I actually have a pretty strong opinion on that 189 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:13.919 that I feel like is different than most. So I look forward to getting 190 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:18.320 into that. And also, uh, I mentioned it yesterday but didn't really 191 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:22.039 get into it. But we are what forty five days away now. I 192 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:28.799 think from this this lawsuit going on in college athletics with the n c double 193 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:33.159 A to where I'm sorry forty days. So there's a there's a deadline here 194 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:39.000 to get this. You know, this this anti trust lawsuit situated, and 195 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:45.960 you know the amount of money that is being reported that each school will have 196 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:50.120 to you know, pay either annually or over a ten year period. I 197 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:54.600 mean, it's an insane amount of money. But the great write up that 198 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:56.840 I read from Ross Ellinger of Yahoo Sports was that you know, they're not 199 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:01.879 going to require schools to pay. You can kind of choose to do that. 200 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:05.399 And we all know if you don't choose to do that, you're never 201 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:09.919 you're not going to get players. But I mean, I feel like this 202 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:18.679 whole thing will be an unofficial divider among college athletics as far as like the 203 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:22.879 FBS, right, like if you're a Division one school, like for example, 204 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:24.440 the Big East, like they're they're just basketball, right, So like 205 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:31.919 they're they're they're gonna be doing things differently than power for schools that obviously football 206 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:35.960 drives the ship and makes all the money. But I think it's just gonna 207 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:39.240 We've talked a while for years now about how they should separate. You know, 208 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.840 there's all kinds of different scenarios that have been thrown out there at the 209 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:46.320 SEC and the Big ten should just merge and have their own you know, 210 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:50.759 NFL Light League, or you know, they should you know, Power A 211 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:54.279 G five teams shouldn't even be able to play Power five teams. So there's 212 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:58.399 all kinds of different things people have thrown out there, and I've never heard 213 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:01.120 one that necessarily got way more attention than the other as far as momentum, 214 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:07.120 meaning like really happening. But I think because of the different financial situations that 215 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.399 these universities are in, it's gonna work itself out, right. I mean, 216 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.799 you can probably still play each other, but Liken, you're gonna see 217 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:16.039 kids in the portal or kids that are being recruited at high school, and 218 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.720 I think we're gonna identify them. Okay, Yeah, there's somebody that will 219 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.960 will probably end up playing at a Power for school who has who is paying 220 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:26.879 student athletes as employees. And then there's others that are going to be doing 221 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:28.039 it too. But like, it's just it's gonna be a different world, 222 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:31.320 and it kind of already is now if you think about it. Right. 223 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:37.759 In fact, this is something I wanted to get too later. Let's just 224 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:43.279 do it now. So are we want three years into NIL roughly ISHU, 225 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.200 it's not right around that time, so still early, right, still relatively 226 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:50.960 early. But you know, I think we've had at least I don't know 227 00:14:52.720 --> 00:15:00.320 enough time here to kind of assess how much NIL has changed the hierarchy of 228 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.360 of college sports. And I feel like what a lot of people myself included, 229 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:09.480 just assumed would happen has happened. And that's just the rich getting richer. 230 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:16.960 Like who is really gone from being pretty good to being elite tier because 231 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:22.000 they can now pay I can't think of anybody in football or basketball. The 232 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:26.799 one example that I always use is Miami making the Final Four with a team 233 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:30.000 that they literally went out and bought and paid a lot of money for. 234 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:35.159 But you know, the next year almost that same team stunk. So you 235 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:37.320 know, this is another example I wanted to like. So for high school 236 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:43.799 recruits, the twenty four to seven sports folks that cover recruiting, they put 237 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:48.240 their final class of twenty twenty four rankings together. So these guys that are 238 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:56.279 incoming freshmen for next season in college basketball, there were eighteen five star recruits 239 00:15:56.279 --> 00:16:04.039 in this class. So let's see who got these players. Duke has four 240 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:12.519 of them. Yukon has one, Baylor has one, Miami has one, 241 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:22.320 North Carolina has two, Texas has one, Arizona State has one, Georgia 242 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:26.679 has one, Alabama has one. Syracuse that I already say them they have 243 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:34.320 one, Maryland has one and that's it. So, I mean, does 244 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:38.159 Miami count as a school because I feel like they were getting McDonald's All Americans 245 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.159 caliber players five stars before at Ile. I mean, they don't get a 246 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.879 lot of them, but it's not crazy that they got one. Same thing 247 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:49.639 with Texas, same thing with Baylor, same thing with Alabama, to be 248 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:52.879 honest with you, So in Syracuse, I don't know, what do you 249 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:55.399 think, John, Syracuse has a lot of tradition. I mean, they're 250 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:57.120 not like an elite on a blue blood, but like, it's not crazy 251 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:00.399 they get a five star, right, it's not unheard of of Maryland. 252 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:04.519 I don't know Maryland. I kind of feel like they went a long long 253 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:07.759 time without getting five star recruits. The guy that they got this year too, 254 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:11.519 is somebody from that area, Derreck Queen. Yep. So I'd say 255 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:18.200 Rutgers without question having to is a benefit is a product of nil right, 256 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:22.799 Yes, it's fair. And Arizona State with Jaden and Quainton's clearly that's a 257 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:26.000 product. I mean, that's that's I mean, he was I say he 258 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:29.559 again, it's his sixteen year old kid. It's I guess his parents and 259 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:32.640 his agent, whoever it was that was kind of running that recruitment. They 260 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:36.279 were very upfront and honest about like, I mean, as much as as 261 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:38.119 much as you could without you know, sounding like a complete, you know, 262 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:41.200 a hole, which I've been. I don't think you're an a hole. 263 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.160 If you clearly are going to try to go to a place they can 264 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:45.279 pay the most money. I think everybody's going to factor that in and it's 265 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:48.559 gonna matter a lot. But he was being I mean he was basically Hayes, 266 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:52.559 who's the highest bidder in Arizona State became that So I would throw them 267 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:56.119 in there. And then Georgia I would say they, I mean, Georgia 268 00:17:56.200 --> 00:18:00.359 is a is a monster athletic program for football mostly but like they don't think 269 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:03.640 they ever were getting five star players, right. So for the most part, 270 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:07.960 again, of the of the eighteen, i'd say ninety two percent roughly, 271 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:15.440 it's still it's schools that have that one always get multiple or every now 272 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:18.519 and then they get one, like, it's not crazy. So maybe once 273 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:23.599 you know this new model that's out there as far as how college athletes are 274 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:30.359 now employees getting paid whatever, that actually looks like it's very obvious there's levels 275 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:36.319 within college athletics that are in much different financial situations than the other. But 276 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:41.000 that's always been the case, right, Like you know again Duke, and 277 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:48.440 you know Yukon in Connecticut, I mean at North Carolina, Like they've always 278 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:52.240 been elite before they could pay players legally and got so now they have money 279 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.720 and they're still sitting at the top. So it may not be something that 280 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:59.440 makes it look a whole lot different, but it will. I mean I 281 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:03.079 remember, I guess it was three summers ago, thinking like, man, 282 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:06.680 like this is crazy. You have guys that can just transfer now at any 283 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:11.640 point and they have to sit out and players can make money, Like this 284 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:14.960 is changing everything and it has now. I always argue, maybe this is 285 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:19.920 me being insecure about what I love changing for like the worst, and that's 286 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:25.720 I love college football college basketball. So like when I watch the sport on 287 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:29.839 Saturday afternoons, football and basketball, whenever I don't feel like it's a different 288 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:32.359 sport, I don't really notice much of a difference. The only thing that 289 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:34.039 really stands out every now and then is the occasion oh wow, I didn't 290 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:37.359 realize that guy played for this team. He was on the other team last 291 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:40.960 year. But everything else outside of it is totally different in every way. 292 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:47.960 So once we do have these athletes getting paid as employees, however they make 293 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:52.599 that work, I'm probably gonna be, you know, in denial, even 294 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:56.720 if it is changing everything for you know, for the you know, for 295 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.839 the worst. And I don't really know how it would right I mean, 296 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:03.000 unless I mean, if you get to the point where, like you you 297 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.720 know, you like, if they ever mess with the NAA tournament or something 298 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:10.319 like that, I mean, if they'll start getting a big influx of players 299 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:12.480 just sitting out because they're not getting paid on time or something like that, 300 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:15.559 Yeah, that could be an issue. I don't see that out and see 301 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:18.839 that happening. Maybe there'll be some instances where it does, but I don't. 302 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:22.160 I mean, that would still be crazy to see. Yeah, And 303 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:26.319 one thing that is that is quite clearly going to have to change moving forward, 304 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:29.160 and I don't know how off, I don't know how soon that can 305 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:33.240 happen, because you know, these coaches have a lot of contracts, but 306 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:40.279 coaching salaries and buyouts are currently responsible for nearly forty percent of athletic department budgets 307 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:44.759 within the FBS, facilities account for twenty percent. So that's going to have 308 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:48.000 to change because you won't be able to pay players like you're going to have 309 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:53.240 to to get players if forty percent of your budget is going to just coaches. 310 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:57.640 And when I say buyouts, that's Kenny Payne, who's being paid at 311 00:20:57.720 --> 00:21:03.920 Louisville, or being paid by Louisville more than they're paying Pat Kelsey while he's 312 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:08.559 coaching at Arkansas as an assistant probably doing nothing. Sorry, every now and 313 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:12.240 then I just can't. I just gotta take a shot at Kenny just maybe 314 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:17.119 that'll fade one day, but probably not, Like he probably won't come up 315 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:19.319 ever down the line, but like, if he does, I'm probably gonna 316 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:22.640 It's like an impulse thing, right, you know, I can't help myself. 317 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:25.359 I just got he's eventually going to talk to the media in some former 318 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:29.119 fashion down at Arkansas, and surely he'll give us a SoundBite. That is 319 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:33.400 a shot. You would think I'd love that. I'd love for somebody at 320 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:38.079 Arkansas asking him about Louisville. Uh, just you know, because well, 321 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:42.240 never mind, we'll move on. You know, look, you were here 322 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:45.400 for every show for the last two years, like you know, how out 323 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:47.640 But anytime we get to I just can't help myself. Like I get it's 324 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:49.119 like a drug. Yeah, it's not good for you. It's what it 325 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.680 is. It's PTSD. Yeah, that's what happens. It just it kicks 326 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:55.559 in and I just, you know, I get to think, I get 327 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:59.680 to going back to like, you know, taking calls after a forty point 328 00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:02.319 loss to a team. You know that wasn't good. You know, he's 329 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:04.559 just you just I start firing off. What I did for three for two 330 00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:10.160 years was basically say the same thing every damn day. So and that's not 331 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:15.200 normal right in this in this world of radio. So anytime it comes up, 332 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:18.480 I just I'm wired to just go right back to you know, how 333 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:21.519 could I not fire you know that kind of stuff. So anyways, let's 334 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:23.119 get our first break out of the way. If you guys want to join 335 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:26.559 us on the show, you can five O two five seven one seventy nine 336 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:29.200 hundred is the number to give us a call. You can also text in 337 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:32.079 on the Ellen and Federal Credit Union tex line five O two six five three 338 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:34.440 zero, seven ninety. And there is a new name that I'm sure a 339 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:37.880 lot of you are familiar with that we can talk about here on the other 340 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:42.599 side, that apparently Louisville is is making a push for among other schools as 341 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:45.279 well, So again stick around. 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Hopefully they don't 345 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:02.039 end up making in their way here, but you know, it looks like 346 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:04.039 that is going to be the case, so stay safe everyone, all right, 347 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:07.799 real quick, I wanted to share something that I think is really cool 348 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:11.839 that I'm not sure if other athletic departments around the country are doing it, 349 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:17.519 but if not, they should because U of L is giving season ticket holders 350 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:23.480 for Louisville football the ability to request road game tickets, which I always tell 351 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:26.519 people, if you you know, if you if you can do it, 352 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:32.720 try to pick one road game a year and make it a road trip. 353 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:36.160 I just think it's cool to experience like the different cultures that you see in 354 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.640 different I mean, there's certain there's some years where you don't really have a 355 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:41.720 whole lot of Like you know, Clemson is obviously a destination trip for a 356 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:44.279 lot of people, but there's some acs like for example, like you know, 357 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.359 who's going to go to Boston, right, Boston's a great city, 358 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:49.559 but like you would it would almost be like you're you know, you don't 359 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:52.400 want to go to Boston. I'll tell you that I've been to their campus 360 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:56.599 and it's insane that they're a power for program. But that's just a cool 361 00:23:56.599 --> 00:24:02.400 thing to do. So the price for them obviously varies, but for UK 362 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:07.920 it is going. Let's see here. So if the Notre Dame is the 363 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:12.400 most expensive and you can only get four, the Kentucky visitor tickets are ninety 364 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:18.240 five dollars, Stanford you can get tickets for that for forty bucks, and 365 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:23.960 for Clemson you can get tickets for eighty bucks. So of those four, 366 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:29.640 if you've been to Notre Dame, maybe you wouldn't be as inclined to go 367 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:32.079 because it's I'm sure it's I mean, I've been to their campus a couple 368 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:36.039 of times. You can tell it's historic, right, but man, South 369 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:38.000 Bend is not. I mean, it's not easy to get in and out 370 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:41.759 of that town and there's not a whole lot there other than Notre Dame, 371 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:45.880 and that time of year, it's usually like miserable. And I guess they've 372 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:52.680 updated the stadium since Louisville went there back in twenty fourteen, but I mean 373 00:24:53.599 --> 00:25:00.079 for a legendary historic program. And yes, there's some sarcasm there because they 374 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:02.880 you know, clearly they are a big time program and a big time brand, 375 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.759 but like you know, they think they're a lot more than they actually 376 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:08.160 are. But their stadium was a dump then, I mean like bleacher seats. 377 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:11.960 I mean, I think they've made some changes to that since then, 378 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:15.920 but that's obviously like a bucket list kind of trip for a football fan, 379 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:19.920 I would assume, and not just the football stadium, but you know, 380 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:23.319 the campus itself. I don't think you'd want to go to Kentucky, you 381 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:26.440 know, I don't know. I mean, I would never go as a 382 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:30.680 fan to a Kentucky game at Kentucky, but that's just me. Stanford would 383 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:33.920 be cool, and you know, only forty bucks to get tickets there, 384 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:37.680 but you know, everything else about getting to the Bay Area San Francisco would 385 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:41.240 be insanely expensive, but it is always a place I would want to go 386 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:49.480 Clemson again, I bet that's probably the kind of experience that people will go 387 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:53.759 to more than once. I've never been, but I've heard that the atmosphere 388 00:25:55.119 --> 00:26:00.039 and just everything about being at a game at Clemson is is awesome. And 389 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:06.480 obviously Louisvel's never won there, but yeah, the trip in twenty sixteen, 390 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:12.880 when when when, of course, the legendary game Lamar and Deshaun. Other 391 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:18.759 than the heartbreaking loss, I mean there, there may never be a Clemson 392 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:22.279 road game where more Louisville fans went to than that one. And again, 393 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:26.160 outside of the painful way that it ended, everybody else to me, I've 394 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:27.640 heard nothing. And as much as we kind of give Clemson fans a hard 395 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:30.680 time because they're kind of snobs and whatnot, and they really showed their ass 396 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:36.319 when they were so in denial that Lamar Jackson was a better quarterback than Shaun 397 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:40.319 Watson. But like, if you like, they really are like this kumba 398 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:42.559 y'ah, please come here to my tailgate have a beer, like we love, 399 00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:45.160 We're so nice, but it's not. I don't know. I don't 400 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:48.799 know how genuine it is. But that's when I do want to get to 401 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:53.400 at some point, all right. So we have a new candidate here, 402 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:57.519 candidate eligible, bachelor. I don't know. It's it's a it's a new 403 00:26:57.599 --> 00:27:03.079 name in the portal that Louisville is in on. It's a man who goes 404 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:08.279 by the name of Coleman Hawkins, six' ten from the Sacramento, California 405 00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:12.119 area. He played four years at Illinois, taking advantage of his fifth year. 406 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:18.000 Potentially he is in the NBA Draft ladies and gentlemen, and I think 407 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:21.839 he wants to stay in the NBA Draft. However, if he doesn't get 408 00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:23.680 good feedback, he's going to come back to college, and Louisville is one 409 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:29.039 of the schools that is already in the early stages of I guess establishing somewhat 410 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:33.680 of a relationship with him. So he's coming off of his best season twelve 411 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:37.119 points per game, six and a half boards, shot at thirty eight percent 412 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:42.160 from three, and he'd be a big time edition, no doubt. For 413 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:45.960 those who aren't the music we're trying to live in it up and we just 414 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:48.640 start naming off players who we may never talk about again. But hey, 415 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:53.400 they're in the portal and Louisville's involved, so you know, let's really sell 416 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:56.599 these guys, right, like you know, with the mute, with the 417 00:27:56.640 --> 00:28:00.480 effect in the delivery there of me, just you know, me mentioning all 418 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:03.519 these great things about this man, Coleman Hawkins. I mean, I think 419 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:07.680 Louisville fans are even more interested and excited about this guy potentially joining Pat Kelsey 420 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:12.519 squad. And by the way, let me just say this, John Coleman 421 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:18.240 Hawkins whitest name I've ever heard in my life. That's not the vibe I 422 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:21.799 got from him. For whatever reason, Coleman Hawkins. He is white, 423 00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:23.440 right, he's mixed. I would assume, Actually I don't know what race 424 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:29.079 he is, But if you told me somebody's name was Coleman Hawkins, I'm 425 00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:32.000 just gonna be honest with you, I would have assumed that that's a Caucasian 426 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:33.880 man. I don't know why that doesn't That's not the way my brain's not. 427 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:36.599 I mean, you know who he is, right, he played for 428 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.079 Illinois. But for some reason I can't put a face on him. Oh 429 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:41.359 google him you'll know exactly who he is. He's the tall guy who shoots 430 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.759 a bunch of threes. He talks a lot of trash, and I you 431 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:47.240 know, I like that you know who Coleman Hawkins is. When you see 432 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.720 who he is, you're gonna say, oh, yeah, of course I 433 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:51.000 know who that is. He's played at Illinois for four years. Okay, 434 00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:56.839 yeah, so that's not that has nothing to do with him as a player. 435 00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:59.480 I just again like looking at the name, like Coleman Hawkins, I'm 436 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:03.200 thinking white, but I'm not sure what race he is and I don't it 437 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.720 doesn't matter who cares. He can ball, and I'd love for him to 438 00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:08.400 not go to the NBA Draft and come and play at Louisville. In fact, 439 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:11.960 it was Matt Norlander, which I got to give Matt Norlander some credit 440 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:14.400 here. I mean, I think a lot of people know who he is. 441 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:18.960 He's one of the one of the bigger names in the college basketball media 442 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:21.720 world. He works for CBS Sports. A lot of these guys have bounced 443 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:25.720 around. He's been at CBS Sports for at least fifteen years, and he's 444 00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:29.960 always done a good job. But he I feel like lately like he's broke 445 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.079 every big story I feel like in college basketball this offseason. He broke the 446 00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:37.839 news about Dan Hurley, you know, finally having to get over straining order 447 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:40.599 on Kentucky fans and tell him like, leave me alone, you're a stalker. 448 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:45.720 He broke the Scott Drew news that he wasn't coming to Kentucky. He 449 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:51.039 broke the news that the basically the deal was. I mean, I don't 450 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.960 know what he said word for word, but Louisville and Pat Kelsey have come 451 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:56.279 to an agreement and now it's just a form and it's just a wait and 452 00:29:56.440 --> 00:30:00.640 get it in front of the board. So he's been all over it. 453 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:04.200 And this is what he had to say about Coleman Hawkins. Coleman Hawkins, 454 00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:11.519 it sounds like that is Arkansas Carolina, Louisville, Kansas State. There could 455 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:14.880 be others. He will command a very very high nil price and he really 456 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:18.200 does want to go the NBA route. But I'd say the buzz on Hawkins 457 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:22.680 at this stage is more likely than not that he would return to college, 458 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:27.680 although no sure thing, but yeah, Arkansas Carolina, Kansas State, Louisville. 459 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:30.559 I'm sure there are more, but that's a big one for sure. 460 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:37.880 So of those schools, you clearly have some some really stiff competition. And 461 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:41.319 you know, one thing that nobody thinks about that I want to mention here 462 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:45.880 and there just because I think it's worth mentioning. Pat Kelsey is not going 463 00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:48.400 to be at fault if dudes don't want to come to Louisville, because they 464 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:53.839 would much they'd feel much more secure and safe with a program that has had 465 00:30:53.920 --> 00:31:00.880 sustained success. Kels is coming from mid major and he could sell them. 466 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:03.720 They may love the guy, but they're just gonna think, Hey, you 467 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:07.599 know, I'd rather go play for you know, I'd rather go play for 468 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:11.240 I don't know whoever like a coach that has shown that he is, not 469 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:14.400 that they are doubting him. But you know, Louisville has not had any 470 00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:18.079 buzz in basketball since any of these players in the portal have been playing the 471 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:22.359 sport, so surely they're familiar with Louisville and if they see the campus and 472 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.359 all that. I'm not acting like there's not a lot to sell here, 473 00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:29.839 but that is something that I think is working against them that nobody seems to 474 00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:32.599 think about because of the NIL stuff. But other schools have an il two 475 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:34.319 man like, it's not just Louisville. But what Louisville can sell here right 476 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:40.640 now that I don't think anybody else of those schools could sell is every minute 477 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:44.960 you want at the four or the five. I mean, that's that's you 478 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:47.359 know. I love James Scott. I think he's gonna play regardless of who 479 00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:51.119 they add. But Colemen Hawkins would be walking into and apparently he doesn't want 480 00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.880 to play in the big ten and he doesn't want to play the five. 481 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:55.960 Well, he can play four and and he can have all those four minutes, 482 00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:59.279 and you know Lacy needs a break. So that's that, you know, 483 00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:02.039 that helps them. So one of the guys I talked about yesterday the 484 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:07.559 transfer from South Florida, that is case In Pryor. He is the six 485 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:10.839 ' ten kind of versatile hybrid big that is. Considering Louisville, Arkansas, 486 00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:15.400 and Villanova. The belief is that Arkansas is in the best shape of landing 487 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:17.599 him. And if they land him, I don't think that they would even 488 00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:22.680 pursue Coleman Hawkins. That didn't mean the you know, clearly it's not just 489 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:29.720 Arkansas you gotta worry about. But look, I'm of the opinion that Arkansas, 490 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:34.240 like when you see that you're going head to head or Arkansas and Caliperry 491 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:37.880 or it's more Calipariy than Arkansas. But like, I'm still viewing cal Perry 492 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:40.079 the same way I did at Kentucky. Am I wrong for that? John? 493 00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:44.000 Like, I mean, he's still calipari and he still gets I mean 494 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:46.559 he landed John L. Davis, the number one player in the portal according 495 00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:52.720 to like everybody, yep, So like him losing to Saint Peter's in Oakland 496 00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:54.759 did not change anything about his ability to all. I mean, the class 497 00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:59.960 that he would have brought in if he stated in Kentucky would have been insane. 498 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:02.359 So he would had Jade and Quainton's right, I mean, he would 499 00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:07.480 have had the freshman that he's added at Arkansas at this point. So you 500 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:09.079 know, I don't act like Louisville will never get a player over Arkansas. 501 00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:14.359 But like, let's you know, we've always clowned on cal for doing less 502 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:16.119 with more, and now Kentucky fans are kind of, you know, doing 503 00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:19.359 the same thing, like, hey, he had all the talent here and 504 00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:23.279 you know he lost to Saint Peters. But I'm still of the belief if 505 00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:27.880 he's in the mix, Like, I'm gonna feel not as confident. That's 506 00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:30.400 why I mentioned. You know, if they do land prior, then they 507 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:32.799 could be removed from the race and it'll be a little more competitive for everybody 508 00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:37.039 else. All right, let's go to text line five two six five three 509 00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:39.319 zero seven ninety. That is the llen N Federal Credit Union text line. 510 00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:43.559 I'm glad this text came in earlier today, says Nick. Is Matt Jones 511 00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:47.880 just mentioning two of Kentucky's rivals because he knows the Noah kid is going to 512 00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:54.440 Kentucky and he wants to sell it as a win for Mark Poop for those 513 00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:59.000 who don't get the reform. My son calls Mark Pope, Mark Poop. 514 00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:01.000 It's like his first It's like his first rivalry moment, John, You know 515 00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:04.319 what I mean. It is because like if he hears somebody, if he 516 00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:09.480 hears somebody say Mark Pope, he corrects him Mark Poop. So anyways, 517 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:14.920 and take, you know, yes, maybe I told him to do that. 518 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:19.760 You know, maybe in fact he heard Pope and said poop and then 519 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:21.280 I thought that was funny. So I was like, what you say, 520 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:22.880 And he said, did you do Mark poops and he just says it all 521 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:25.599 the time. It's like a joke he carries in his back pocket, like 522 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:29.480 it's like his party trick, like hey, I'm down, I'm down with 523 00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.400 it. Yeah, Mark, he can say as many time as you want 524 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:35.280 to, so I will be honest with you. I thought about that as 525 00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:44.039 well, because it would look as if that Mark Pope got the kid, 526 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:46.639 that that Pat Kelsey won it and Rick Barnes. I mean, those are 527 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:52.159 two rivals of Kentucky's Tennessee and Louisville. And if it's out there that it's 528 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:54.400 a three horse race and and Mark Pope gets it done, like it could 529 00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:59.320 be looked at as like a you know, a layup for Mark Pope because 530 00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:07.440 he doesn't dunk. But I will say Louisville from what I was told, 531 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:10.800 I don't know if they're like going all in. I don't think they're prioritizing 532 00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:15.800 Trent Noah, but I don't I don't feel comfortable enough to say that, 533 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:17.960 like it's all a lie. They don't want him, like I think, 534 00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:22.760 you know, they need players like like Kentucky does. And if somebody within 535 00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:25.679 the state that there there was some belief, had some like he had interest 536 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:30.719 in Louisville. He wanted Louisville to want him when he knew Kentucky and Caliperry 537 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:35.159 didn't know his name seriously, Like, so if it comes down to Kentucky 538 00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:38.719 and Louisville right now, he's picking Kentucky like he just is. And if 539 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:42.280 you know that, like if you're Kelsey, then I would just you know, 540 00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:45.320 move on. And maybe they already have. I don't know, because 541 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:49.480 I think it's it's a much different situation because I do believe that there was 542 00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:52.880 noise within this you know, the state high school basketball scene here that like 543 00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:55.480 Kenny Payne and his staff need to go look at this kid because they could 544 00:35:55.480 --> 00:36:00.559 probably get him, and they're not even they're not even you know, interested 545 00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:04.760 at all. So but that was again him, you know, if he 546 00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:07.079 wants to stay close to home, Louisvill will be closer than going to South 547 00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:09.360 Carolina where he was going. But also again you know, keep in mind 548 00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:12.920 like that was before Kentucky was in the mix. Well, now, Mark 549 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:15.800 Pope, like this kid could play, probably won't be an elite player there, 550 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:19.800 and he's good, Like if Louisville wanted him, I would be thrilled 551 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:22.639 if they got him, and I'm not saying they don't want him, but 552 00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:27.400 I wouldn't be shocked up put it this way my prediction, just to prediction, 553 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:30.719 just to guess, I would imagine that like in the coming days, 554 00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:35.519 you don't hear Louisville being involved much, just because I think it's going to 555 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:39.360 be pretty clear that Kentucky's the heavy favorite and that's probably where he's gonna end 556 00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:44.199 up. But then again, some people have said that, you know, 557 00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:46.639 they kind of already have one of him in Travis Perry, so like maybe 558 00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:51.159 he would want to go somewhere where he could be you know, but you 559 00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:53.079 know, both those two guys are not going to probably play a ton of 560 00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:57.800 minutes this year for Kentucky Perry and Noah maybe in two years. That's you 561 00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:00.280 know, that's their backcourt, those two guys. So I have no inside 562 00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:05.360 info other than just somebody telling me that Louisville their interest level was, you 563 00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:07.880 know, it wasn't just made up. All right, quick break, we'll 564 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:10.320 come back on the other side. Keep it rolling along. It is Coffee 565 00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:13.800 and Company, and we are feel about Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven 566 00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:19.400 ninety all right, as we wrap up the first hour. I've got a 567 00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:22.119 trivia question here for the company man, mister John, give it to me. 568 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:27.599 Well, it's probably going to be a dead giveaway. It'd be a 569 00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:30.519 good question to ask you, you know, maybe any week other than this 570 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:36.159 week. But okay, what's the busiest day of the year for restaurants? 571 00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:39.679 The busiest day of that yeah, Nick asking me this, it must be 572 00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:44.239 Mother's Day. It is, But I feel like a lot of people wouldn't 573 00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:47.400 guess that. I wouldn't. I mean, I wouldn't if you there was 574 00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:57.559 no conte. Yeah, so the top three are Mother's Day, Valentine's Day. 575 00:37:57.679 --> 00:38:01.760 That'd be my number one guess in Father's Day, So Valentine's Day would 576 00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:07.320 have been my guess as well. But I remember seeing I just saw something 577 00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:12.320 come across my timeline here that showed that this this this study, and it 578 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:17.280 reminded me a few years ago whenever I realized this, because you know, 579 00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:22.480 I don't even feel like I was. I mean, I never go somewhere 580 00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:24.400 with reservations like I'm yet I'm I'm a poor like I'll you know, if 581 00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:28.320 you have the reservations, I probably can't afford to eat there, and I 582 00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:30.360 probably wouldn't, you know. And I also eat like I'm seven, you 583 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:34.159 know what I mean, Like they don't have you know, checking fingers and 584 00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:38.119 maybe a burger that's playing. You know, then I'm you know, they're 585 00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:40.880 not good enough for me. But you know, I remember one Mother's Day, 586 00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:45.159 we tried to get in anywhere, and we chose times where we didn't 587 00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:47.440 think it would be busy, but it was insane and then sure enough, 588 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:52.719 like that was one of the most busiest days ever for restaurants, and it 589 00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:54.199 might have been like post COVID where you could actually like you know, you 590 00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:57.639 weren't as worried, you know, word the wars and limitations that kind of 591 00:38:57.639 --> 00:39:04.039 stuff. So when it comes down to is that Valentine's Day oftentimes does not 592 00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:09.760 fall on a weekend, so people, you know, they'll do it on 593 00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:15.960 a weekend before or a weekend after, and it's busy night that night. 594 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:17.559 If it's a Thursday night or a Wednesday night, people are gonna go out 595 00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:22.159 for dinner, but they're working during the day. On Mother's Day, after 596 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:23.880 church, you know, there's never a downtime. It never ends, it 597 00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:28.360 never stops. That's true because you already have the church crowd yeah, so 598 00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:32.159 just be prepared. If you're wanting to take your mother, your wife, 599 00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:36.639 your grandmother, anybody that's you know, somebody that is a mother to you 600 00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:40.400 in some form or fashion, just be ready to wait or maybe, you 601 00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:46.119 know, maybe make a reservation. But I feel like it's such a busy 602 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:50.079 day for restaurants that even if you have a reservation, you're probably still gonna 603 00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:52.159 wait a little while. I mean, that's I think it's silly that that's 604 00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:54.480 how it works, because you would think the reservation means you don't wait, 605 00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:59.800 but that's you know, sometimes the people that were had a reservation before you 606 00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:05.440 have left yet. So we're, uh, we're going to do uh what 607 00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:08.159 I think is actually better to do anyway. We're actually going to grill out 608 00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:12.599 and you know, do some stuff. I mean, I Mother's Day for 609 00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:21.840 me is my mother, of course, my wife, my stepmother, my 610 00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:30.239 mother in law, and my grandma my mama should say, and my sister 611 00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:32.719 who's not my mom, but you know, she's she's a mother and she's 612 00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:37.440 you know, we celebrate kind of all together. But it's a busy day, 613 00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:40.199 but I love it. My wife, she plans things, you know, 614 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:44.400 I procrastinate and don't plan. Well, it's like we got it. 615 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:45.800 We already got an itinerary, John, Like we know we were you know, 616 00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:50.880 we're doing this earlier afternoon, doing this kind of mid afternoon dinner. 617 00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:57.599 Oh that's my life. That's that's my life. She'd appreciate you saying that 618 00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:00.920 you don't have to think just to show up. Yeah, that's a life 619 00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:05.599 kind of the life I live. Man, It's just worked out that way. 620 00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:08.639 And somebody asked me, I was talking about this a while back, 621 00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:13.880 and it just it's something I kind of remember because I'd never thought about it 622 00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:16.880 because you know, I'm an idiot. But I was kind of explaining that 623 00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:21.800 situation where like, you know, she kind of you know, takes care 624 00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:24.440 of me right, like I'm kind of an adult kind of not. And 625 00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:29.639 somebody, I guess was trying to like respond with it not being low. 626 00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:31.280 Wow, you must be some bumb They were like, oh, it must 627 00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:36.119 be because she's probably somebody really likes, you know, being in control kind 628 00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:37.159 of control freak and you know you kind of and I was like, no, 629 00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:42.119 actually, no, she just knows like if I'm in charge, plans 630 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:46.039 aren't happening. Something's gonna We're gonna forget something. You know just how it 631 00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:50.440 works. So you know, I'm gonna keep riding this thing out as long 632 00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:52.199 as I can. We have a great life together, and thank you, 633 00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:57.440 honey. Happy Mother's Day. All right, one hour in the books, 634 00:41:57.920 --> 00:42:00.280 two more to go, a lot more to get into. We'll die back 635 00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:05.000 in when it comes to what they are projecting as far as this new model 636 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:09.880 where college athletes become employees, which still a lot of unknown but man, 637 00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:15.400 it's gonna be crazy when that actually ends up happening. And we can discuss 638 00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:21.679 this never ending debate among pro athletes right like could baseball players in the professional 639 00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:23.960 ranks? Could they last in the NFL? Could NBA players go play baseball? 640 00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:29.960 Because we'll never know. But again, I think I actually have a 641 00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:31.760 different opinion than a lot of people on this, So you know, we'll 642 00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:35.280 see if you guys agree. You probably won't, but that's okay. Stick 643 00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:39.079 with us right here on Sports Talk seven ninety