It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine
day. Now here's Nick coffee. All right, we'll get the five o'clock
hours started with some breaking news I think it was, you know, within
the last hour or so uh UFC and the YOUM Center announcing there's gonna be
a UFC card, a live US, live UFC event here in Louisville on
June the eighth. So we've got Derby one point fifty coming up on May
the fourth, We've got a PGA Championship at Valhalla May sixteenth, at the
nineteenth, and then of course now a UFC event that'll be on June the
eighth. So good times here in Louisville. And I'm I'm gonna maybe do
the show at the PGA Championship one day. That was what I was talking
about before the show today. With the brass here at iHeart you're gonna vibe
golfers as they're taking swings. They probably swing the club. I wouldn't they
like that. If there's one place that like it would be frowned upon to
to do that kind of stuff whatever you want to call it, golf,
it would be that Now UFC could be a lot of fun, right Derby
Derby is gonna be fun too, So I need to I need to get
some reps in I haven't. We didn't do any at basketball this year for
vibe check and the opening the opening week, I guess there's a preseason game.
I mean, yeah, you're with me, right, Yeah. It
was the only one we did. Yeah, and I thought about doing another
one, but it just became it was it was. There was no vibes,
you know what I'm saying. And the people that were there, you
know, I think to them, they just love it so much regardless of
what's going on, they're gonna still go. And they didn't really fit like
with what you know, it was gonna be hard to make that, in
my opinion, really entertaining it all just because of the vibes surrounding everything.
So, you know, it was you know, I'm looking forward to doing
more of them and keeping it rolling along. But I've always said this,
what make you know, whenever I end up being able to for those who
don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Before the Kinney paint aras started,
I just decided I wanted to do something a little different when it comes
to content and you know, coverage, I guess, and it really isn't
coverage of anything other than you know, people that are at the games.
But I started doing something called a vibe check, which is interially like man
on the Street interviews with people, and I've done it in a lot of
places, the State Fair, the Louder than Live Festival, football games.
I feel like there's I've done it on remotes before at different places that we've
gone and do the show, and it is just a you know, four
to five minutes sometimes three minutes video that I post after. And there's so
many conversations I have that don't end up in it because it wasn't much of
anything, and you know, I know early on if it's going to be
used, but I still at least continue to have the conversation briefly, just
because it would be rude to to walk away like that and say, no,
you're you're not entertaining, see ya. And then also there's convers stations
that are had three minutes on their own, but I only use maybe twenty
thirty seconds on like two different answers. So the ones that I feel the
best about are when people don't have a clue what I'm doing, who I
am. Those who see it and like run up to it, those aren't
very Like that's just harder to make that I think seem organic. Now you're
like really hammered. Then I can probably make it work and it could be
funny, and it could, you know, probably be There was one we
did where I it was Louisville Duke and football, and I still feel pretty
good about it. But because it was a rainy cold, like not many
people out tailgating because of the weather. I mean it was gloomy and rainy
all day that day when they played duke and football, So you know,
I had to I had to dig deep. And I went back to where
the college kids, the fraternities and the sororities tailgate at the end of the
lot, and you know they were they were saw stuff and we made it
work. But I like to mix it up. Do I of different types
of folks to talk to. But again, when people you know, I
do wonder at some point like is that just going to become like stale And
it's so not me. Anybody who knows me, like has known me a
lot, you know, for a long time, known me in my in
my life outside of this. Uh, they couldn't believe that I ever decided
to do that. But I did it. You know, didn't know what
to think, didn't know how it would go, and uh it became something
fun and it became you know, something that that got a lot of you
know, got got a lot of feedback, good feedback for the most part.
But the second it feels like, you know, cringe to me,
then I'm probably gonna have to hang it up. I don't want to do
that. Everything runs its course. Yeah, things run their course. And
I think the different types of of I mean in reality, the different like
different various places to do it with the different types of people, that's what
would make it really not run its course. Because if it's a different environment,
a different atmosphere for like a music festival for you know, the State
Fair was something I didn't even get to do one a derby last year,
so you know it, I just think doing it before football and basketball games,
Uh, I always feel like, you know, man, what like
which direction am I gonna go? Like? But now that I think about
it, football is always going to be There's so many people and it's you
know, tailgating. I mean, those are pretty easy to do because there's
so many people that you encounter. There's so many more people that go to
and you're walking around tail getting a lot or walking around the concourse when you
get into the stadium. Basketball games is a little bit different. But on
on the basketball side moving forward though, I mean, there's gonna be so
much enthusiasm and excitement that hopefully we have a good a good amount of them
that are that are you know, worth doing next year, which I can't
imagine we won't because again, there's going to just be built in excitement just
because this. I mean, we have no clue who's going to be on
the roster, We have no clue how it's gonna how it's all gonna come
together. But it's new. Pat Kelcey is going to continue to make sure
the fan base is excited. He's going to continue and get to engage with
the fan base and it's gonna work. And look, if they don't win,
then there's gonna be criticism, but that's that's part of it and he
knows that. So anyways, it is our number three here Coffee and Company.
Feel But Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. Been very busy throughout the
show. Today, we'll get back into the football stuff coming up on the
other side because Penny Boon, the running back who showed up to Louisville in
December after transferring to Toledo. He has hit the portal after a few months,
and there was some controversy, if you will, in the last twenty
four hours as far as what led to him, leaving some idiots on the
internet claiming it's because checks aren't clearing, which I'm amazed how many people don't
just believe anything they see and it's not like because there's a lot of legitimate
well I don't wanna say fake news because I know what people think of when
they think of that, and you know, don't believe anything on the internet,
like that's such a vague thing that just it sounds as if like anybody
sharing legitimate information, that's just that's your go to to tell them that they're
wrong, like you know, credible reporters and writers, you know CNN,
and I'm only using seeing a CNN because it's like a political thing. There'll
be people that will just say, well, you know, just because it's
on the Internet doesn't mean it's doesn't mean it's true, which you know technically
is true. But these Twitter accounts that we talked about, you, I
just cannot believe how many people don't automatically realize that there's no way that that's
a legitimate source for news. And even when it's quite clear that it's not
like a legitimate outlet that reports on news, some of the things that they
report, like, think about how unrealistic that is, and then think about
where it comes from, and then you should just know like that's probably something
that's not true. But anyways, the money situation, I think his sense
deleted Penny Boone since deleted Instagram story confirms that he does claim that it's about
money. So we'll let you guys hear that and educate those as we were
educated earlier in the show to understand what it means to stand on business.
And we've been standing on business ever since John Right, We always stand,
always stand on business, always about it's the whole show, always about the
bag. Yep. So real quick on the basketball side, So tomorrow starts
a four day run for Pat Kelsey and his staff with visitors, and we've
talked a lot about those guys and The big name is Jaden Quaintance, the
five star top ten player who decommitted from Kentucky last week. He'll visit tomorrow
and Pat Kelsey's going to have a chance to sell. I think we learned
right away this guy can sell pretty well. He sold us the day he
was introduced as the coach, and he's been, you know, really kind
of reading the room, reading the situation, and understanding what this job is
in the first few weeks that he's been on the job. Now, obviously
he hadn't coached a basketball game yet, but so far in regards to what
he can do to get us excited, he's doing exactly that. And just
getting this visit, I mean, I don't want to sound like the guy
that acts like just getting a visit means anything, because it really doesn't.
Right, if you don't get a kid to actually commit, then the visit
really wasn't worth anything. But I do think given the circumstances with Louisville,
Pat Kelsey being at this level for the first time, and Louisville coming off
of two years where they were awful, I mean, just getting this kid
to make his first visit since de committee in Kentucky it's not something you know
that we'll look back and say, well, you remember when he got that
visit from that five star kid who didn't come here. That was awesome.
But it is at least an early sign of things heading in the right direction.
I believe. I still think Arkansas is probably gonna where it's gonna be
where he's gonna end up. He'snna follow Caliperi, but we shall see the
other visitors getting here tomorrow. I mentioned this guy earlier a Bubba car tray
or which I actually actually listened to something the other day of him describe him
pronouncing his name, and I don't think I'm way off there, But anyways,
he is a forward kind of like a hybrid big that played at Long
Beach State lifelast year. And he I mean, he's similar in a way
to Javon Hadley who committed yesterday, meaning that it's just a guy that can
do a little bit of everything. And last I checked, if you have
you know, I think you're gonna need guys who really excel in certain things,
like for example, Rain Smith. He's here as a shooter. He's
followed Pat Kelsey from Charleston, and he's got I mean, his role on
this team is going to be to knock down three point shots, and he's
done a great job of it so far in his career. Let's hope he
does it here at Louisville. But you know, Treyor averaged twelve points,
eight and a half boards, four and a half assists, shot fifty one
percent from the field. Not a three point shooter, because again he's more
of a big. He's listed at six to six, but I mean,
I think you could actually play him at the five, to be honest with
you, but this is a guy who had to think four triple doubles this
past year at Long Beach State, so he will be a fourth year guy
next year. He's played college basketball for three years. So this is the
exact kind of guy that you see end up as a not just a role
player, but has a specific role with the team that maybe isn't an All
American caliber player, but he's an impactful guy that can help you win games
and make a deep run on the tournament. We saw it in March,
so it sounds like Louisville is believed to be in really good shape for these
young men. So we shall see. So the other name that's visiting tomorrow
that I didn't get to yet. I kind of just forgot about it.
But Ali Khalifa, the big man from BYU, who has numbers that just
I'm telling you, man, this guy has, in my opinion, a
stat line you'll never see recreated. Because he plays nineteen minutes a game.
He averaged five points in three point seven rebounds, and he only shot thirty
eight percent from the field. Like that alone, right there is a lousy
stat line. Lousy And I'll say that if he commits to Louisville because maybe
he's great here and puts up trip of what those numbers are, but that
like five points three rebounds, thirty eight percent from the field, you would
think when this guy hits the portal that he would be lowering, he'd be
going to a lower level school and he would have to, you know,
kind of take a step down. Well, no, he's being recruited.
You know, I feel comfortable saying this. Louisville has a level of interest
in this is not just some like stunt because they're hosting him for a visit.
He's also considering following Mark Pope from BYU to Kentucky and then he's also
considering staying at BYU. But what makes him, I guess, a hot
commodity is he's he averaged four assists per game last year in nineteen minutes as
a seven foot, two hundred and seventy pounds center. So he's a really
good passing big, and there's value there. In fact, in nineteen minutes
a game, he averaged more assists last year than I believe anybody anybody on
Louisville's team. So there's value in a big that can pass the ball.
But he doesn't really like he's again, seven fo two hundred and seventy pounds,
He's not exactly someone that I feel like would really fit the style of
play that Pat Kelsey has played at Winthrop and at Charleston, So to me,
it's still is a head scratcher. But he's going to be here for
a visit unless that's been canceled, and I've not seen anything that would suggest
that the visit's not happening. So then on Saturday, Boopy Miller, the
Wake Forest guard, he's going to be here for a visit. Coraan Johnson,
another guard who's transferring from Washington after a really good freshman season, I'm
sorry, sophomore season, he'll be visiting as well. And then on Saturday,
Trey Townsend, the Oakland transfer who had a good game against Kentucky,
but he didn't really hurt him. It was Goalkie who really ended the calipari
ara I suppose, but Trey Townsend was a really good player all year for
Oakland, put up big numbers like nineteen and eight. I believe it was
something like that. And he'll visit on Sathaturday, that is, if he
doesn't commit elsewhere, because he's also visiting Arizona and Ohio State before then,
and maybe he makes a decision. We'll see two dames I didn't talk about
earlier that have already visited. One is Deonta Maddox and he is somebody that
visited Louisville this past weekend. He visited Illinois, and I think a lot
I don't know, you never know if it's like people just it's wishful thinking,
or if there's like intel that he was going to make a decision after
the visit, but he didn't commit to Louisville, and then he visited Illinois,
and I think a lot of folks thought that Illinois kind of became the
leader there because he's from Chicago. Well now he's visiting Xavier as we speak,
and you know, I guess Louisville is still in the mix here.
And then the other guard, Nick Boyd, he visited last weekend as well.
I've not heard anything about his visit other than it went great, which
every kid says that. But he's also going to visit San Diego State this
weekend. So I don't know if the interest is going to fade between those
two. But I wouldn't say that Boyd is like a high priority right now.
And with Maddox, you know, it's anybody's guess. I just saw
one of the insiders for Illinois claimed that some believe that Louisville is the leader
and some say that maybe their last of the three, and that Maddox has
been a guy that it's been tough to get a read on. That's what
the Illinois recruiting writer for twenty four to seven Sports said. So he did
like the tweet that Javon Hadley posted yesterday announcing his commitment, which I think
had people assuming that that means he's excited, But I don't really think that
could they think That could mean anything, right. That could mean like,
all right, well they've already got a guard, so I'm gonna go elsewhere.
Or it could mean like, oh wow, I'd like to play with
that guy. So I don't put much into that. So anyways, on
the Kentucky side, there's a handful of guys they're in on. As far
as interest level, it's kind of tough to know, just because for what
it's worth, Mark Pope really is just a few days on the job.
But the big name that entered the portal last night, this is a guy
that will probably have his choice of any school. To be honest with you,
that is Jeremy Roach, the Duke transfer who I guess is going to
be using his fifth year. He is the fourth best player in the portal
according to CBS Sports, and it sounds like Kentucky Saint John's in Arkansas are
believed to be the three schools that have the best chance of landing him.
And I have no clue which way where he's going to go or anything like
that, but it's got to make Kentucky fans like feel a certain way knowing
that the guy who left has a way better chance of getting this kid than
Mark Pope. And that's not even like a criticis. That's not Mark Pope's
fault, that's just the situation. So these are the kind of guys maybe
not in the portal, but like you know, big name gets that,
Like Cal don't lose many recruiting battles, right, he doesn't. And it's
just it's got to be a weird feeling knowing that when you see Cali Perry
in on a player that Mark Pope wants, Mark Pope's not going to get
him nine times out of ten. And that's not Mark Pope's fault, that's
just the situation. Cal left for Arkansas. You hired Mark Pope. I'm
sure he's going to recruit talented freshman, but he's also gonna recruit the kind
of guys he's been talking about the last few days, which is dudes who
will you know, die to put on the uniform. And I'm not mocking
him in saying like that's corny, because I get it, but that that
sales pitch like what Mark Pope is selling Kentucky as right now with him as
the coach is not only different, it's just it's a night and day difference.
So like what made Kentucky appealing to younger players that dreamed of being recruited
by Kentucky when they got to be you know, sixteen years old or whatever,
or kids who were in the portal and they never got a sniff from
Kentucky because they were late bloomers and went under the radar. And now they're
transferring and their hot commodities. What they thought of Kentucky that dream. I
mean, it's still Kentucky, but that's not what Mark Pope is going to
sell them. Doesn't mean he can't get players, but it's just such as
it's got to be a weird feeling knowing that of that recruitment, like Mark
Pope maybe last among Patino in Cali Perry, because again we're talking Patino,
Caliparry, Mark Pope. And again that's not his fault, doesn't mean he's
not going to be a good coach. It's just this is a process.
This is so different. But I just don't know if Kentucky fans, despite
how much they love Mark Pope and realized that he's you know, he's hitting
all the notes and really reminding them of that era that wasn't talked about a
whole lot, not because anybody forgot about it, but the nineties era was
not really prominently mentioned, and they have, like you know, they honored
those teams that won titles and stuff and brought them back. But like you
know, Cal's not exactly you know, Cal is the face of the program,
and he's the head coach. It's his program. He wasn't really propping
up those teams in the nineties because you know why, because Patino coached him.
So Pope's gonna really take you back to that era. And there's a
lot of folks my age, older, younger that probably fell in love with
Kentucky basketball during that time. And it's gonna make you feel good. But
you know, if he puts together a roster that on paper is maybe like
ninth in the SEC which let's be honest, that's realistic here, and that's
say in year one, they really struggle because of this process, this adjustment,
not only for a new coach, new philosophy, but just everything about
Kentucky is gonna be so different. Like will their fans be patient? They'll
be more patient because it's Pope compared to if it wasn't. But at the
end of the day, like if they're not good and Cali Perry is next
year. That's gonna be a disastrous situation. And it's not because they're gonna
say, how do we let this guy lead? Maybe some people will say
that because facts are facts, you can't rewrite history. That thing needed to
end. It had run its course. But just the way it played out,
with Pope being the guy that you know, you never thought mean a
week ago, you know what everybody was talking about, Scott Drew bringing his
top two recruiting class with him from Baylor to Kentucky. Now you know,
it's anybody's guess who ends up on their roster. And again that's not to
say that they're gonna have nobody. They're gonna go start, you know,
bringing in walk ons because I think seeing other players commit to schools, seeing
other rosters kind of getting close to being you know, somewhat finalized, and
knowing Kentucky has two guys on their team, three guys, I suppose,
like that's not ideal, but like there's nobody to blame, Like Pope was
hired when he was hired, and he's hit the ground running, and I'm
sure it's consuming every second of what he's doing. But I can feel the
antsiness from Kentucky fans and I'm just curious if if that will eventually shift to
all right, what the hell is this guy doing? Who the hell will
we hire? And that would, you know, be unfair, but I
kind of hope that happens. I kind of do all Right, Well,
we'll revisit the standing on business coming up here on the other side, so
make sure you stick around. Also, Uh, I want to want to
get back to the text line. Some good stuff coming in there, and
well, I'm gonna make sure this is actually a legitimate thing being said by
Trillie Donovan. But somebody has sent in a screenshot on the text line about
a potential staff situation for Mark Pope that I think would probably make Kentucky fans
happy. So again, we got a lot to get to before we run
out of times, so stick with us right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.
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mean, I don't know if this is one thousand percent true, but I
will say, truly Donovan putting stuff out there on his discord, on his
you know, his pay you know, behind a paywall or whatever it may
be. You know, I tend to trust that, you know, he's
getting good information. And apparently what he has shared recently is that Orlando Antigua
may not want to leave Kentucky. So this is what truly said that there
is apparently a four hundred thousand dollars retention bonus coming up in June for Antigua.
His wife loves Lex and he doesn't want to leave again, and neither
his coach Antigua. So that would be huge for Mark Pope as far as
just keeping some some level of you know, recruiting prowess on that staff.
Again, I would say that if that would work, you'd have to well,
I don't know, maybe you tell coach Antigua to just do whatever to
help get players, and you know, we'll we'll get them up caught up
to speed on culture, that kind of stuff and whatnot. But you know
Orlando Antigua going into a living room without John Kella Perry but instead Mark Pope
and selling all that Kentucky can do for you and then mentioning that they want
guys who would die to put on the uniform. That just doesn't add up
because it's so different. But if they could keep him, that would be
a big addition for them. But I'm not sure if that's gonna end up
happening or not, because there hasn't been been and any staffer is officially named
to the Caliperry staff down in Fayetteville. But if you remember the reports were
that he's taking everybody with him, well, maybe he wants to take Anti
when he don't want to go with him. That'd be a real shocker,
though, if he tries to stay and not follow Cow because I mean,
those two guys are really really tight, all right, So Diebler the coach
that got hired at Ohio State. JA. I get him mixed up because
there's two Deblers, there's two Deebler brothers. And the reason I'm bringing this
up is because, yeah, the Jake Diebler is the new coach. John
Diebler is his brother, who, by the way, is the school's all
time three point leader and he's a current He's currently an assistant coach for Thad
Motto, who he played for Ohio State at Butler. Well, they tried
to, you know, he tried to hire his brother on the staff,
but Ohio State said no because it was nepotism, Like nepotism laws guy in
the way, and they're not allowing Jake Diebler to hire his brother, which,
like I think everybody knows what nepotism is and why it's you know,
something that has to be in place, just because it would be damn near
impossible not to give favoritism to somebody that you are related to over somebody that
you're not. I mean, it could be done, but you know,
it's just a you could think you're being objective and fair and not considering the
fact that this person is your brother, your mother, your father, whatever.
But like you don't know, you're unable to be truly to the core,
objective and unbiased. But this happens everywhere, right, Like this is
I mean you got Samson's son, yes, I mean a Pearl's son at
Auburn. Yeah, I'm not sure. I feel like there's more to this.
In Ohio State, what have they ever cared about these rules? Right?
I mean they must have There must be a personal thing between an administrator
and the brother and this is an assumption obviously, But why else would they
reject this. I've not heard of any family relative trying to be hired by
the head coach who's a family member at a high level school where they didn't
let it happen. You know, Patrino hire his son's whole family. Patrino
had two son in laws on the staff, a brother at one point and
his son. I mean, Bobby did it, but in the end it
was actually because Bobby couldn't get anybody to work for him for obvious reasons.
That was a big factor in it. But I just felt like there's something
more to this, not that they know, not that they think Deebler the
uh, you know, the better player and the guy that's an assistant and
Butler is a bad guy or anything, but maybe they just don't want that
youthful of a staff. I'm not sure, but I just to me that
stood out because again, a lot of places you'd be like, and I
don't mean schools, I mean the workforce, you'd be like, well,
no brainer, you can't do that. But it happens all the time,
and college basketball in college football all the time. So I don't know.
I will say this if you remember I went to and I'm sure not a
lot of you remember because you don't keep up with my schedule, but I
did go to Butler to watch Butler and Creighton play in February. The weekend
I went up for the NBA All Star festivities in Indianapolis, and Hinkle was
great. Got a chance to stay after the game and go out on the
court and talk to coach Baghee and my buddy Andrew Linz who's now working for
fad Matas as a kind of a director of ops kind of guy. But
it was good to reconnect with those guys. But also they let a lot
of kids play, you know, just shoot basketball on the Hinkle court,
and it's mostly like kids of of of the you know, children of the
of the coaching staff and things like that. We sat kind of with the
with the I guess with like the parents of the players and the and the
wives and family of the coaches. That was kind of where we were.
Well, sure enough, Moose was in this real competitive not a basketball game,
but it was basically two three year olds, you know, just trying
to steal the ball from each other, running around, chasing each other around,
having a good old time. And I did not know it until my
buddy Lenz came out and told me just so you know, your your son
is competing right there with with with deebler son. So he came over to
me and was like, hey, is this your son. I was like,
yeah, that's you know, he's like he is he is picking on
him, and I said, no, they're just playing. He's like,
okay, well he's kind of awful. So I just want to make sure
he wasn't like hitting your kid. I'm like, well, okay, now
I know that to keep an eye out for Deebler's son because he could be
you know, could be a handful. But if you could find an article
or story that references a similar higher being blocked like this one, I would
be shocked. Just interesting. But anyways, sticking with the highest state,
I just want to give you some numbers really quickly here because we oftentimes talk
about nil dollar amounts for players, and I'm still love to the impression that
nobody truly has a real good idea of how much money is being spent.
I think it's exaggerated what each player gets. I think players ask for a
certain number and realize because let's just put it this way, the market is
going to determine what you're paid. And if you're asking for a million dollars
and the best thing you're gonna get is four hundred thousand, which to me
is still a lot of money for player, Like that's what you're gonna take,
Like you're not gonna you're gonna hold out right, You're gonna take what
you can get because that's that's how it works. So I'm not sure we'll
ever truly have the transparency that you know we have in pro sports, because
this kind of is pro sports, but you know, kind of isn't supposed
to be. But R. J. Young, who covers college football for
Fox Sports, he put these numbers out earlier today. Ohio State Boosters reportedly
spent thirteen million dollars in NIL on their roster. So Ohio State the school
that not only you would think has more resources than most if you remember one
of the things that was brought up during the it's not like they fell off
the face of the earth. They just started losing to Michigan. Like that's
the ultimate difference in Ohio State, right, Like that's just the only thing
that's changed in recent years. They're still doing the same thing, dominating,
winning at a high level. But Michigan's got the best of them. And
they did lose to Missouri in that bowl game, but they didn't have some
of their best players. But that's thirteen million. And again, they knew
this was the year they had to be competitive. They had some players that
were on their way out that said that, you know, ANIL wasn't really
in place for some of like the linemen and all that. So I'm emphasizing
that because thirteen million is them spending more than they probably ever spent by a
lot. And I say ever, like it's been going on for decades,
it's still relatively new. But the Boosters spent thirteen million on ANIL Ohio State.
They spent eleven point four million on their assistant coaching staff. They made
some staff changes again, they're trying to not lose to Michigan anymore, and
they're pulling in all the reinforcement staff changes. You know they brought in was
a Chip Kelly who's now there oc or did yes. Yeah, so you
know, thirteen million for players, eleven point four million for new assistant coaches.
Ryan Day's still there, right, yes, Okay, I guess Ryan
Day. You know, ten million is what he gets paid annually, which
I guess that checks out considering he's you know, at a at a place
like Ohio State, so just in one year and it won't be an annual
thing, although I guess it could be, right, Like you know,
your assistant coaching salaries are, I mean, like, for example, they're
paying ten million year for their head coach, eleven point four for all of
their assistants. So I guess that is kind of an annual thing you're gonna
pay. And thirteen million wouldn't be shocked if that's a number that goes up
every year. So Ohio State, this is what they spent from top to
bottom for personnel for football, thirty four million dollars for one team thirty four
million dollars in a calendar year to put your team together. It's pro sports,
I mean. But then again, like the way we have to go
about it makes it at times feel like it's not. But is there a
number that shows how much they brought in strictly ex as far as revenue.
They've been losing money in football for a long time. Wow, yeah,
I mean as far as just the And when I say losing money, I
mean, like you know, from what they generate as far as business.
The money they get from their TV deal is way. I mean, it's
going to cover everything, you know what I mean, that's true. And
you get to keep in mind that thirteen million from nil is not a high
state. That's other people. That's not their money. So you know,
I guess twenty one million point four on your just your staff altogether, that's
probably not that different than anybody else. And also thirteen million, I wouldn't
be shocked if there's schools that spent more than that, or are schools that
had, you know, more money to give than that, because the schools
aren't spending it. But it's uh, it's wild man. So it's clearly
an issue for some fans just because it's so different. I guess there's some
level of purity that you felt whenever guys weren't getting paid. But there's there's
no going back. I mean, in fact, it's probably only going to
be even more evident that it's not an amateur sport. It's clearly pro sports,
probably every year. But if you want to be good, you're the
team you cheer for has got to be in this They got to be in
this space with nil and free agency, and they've got to excel. I
mean, even if you're top dog, like for example, Yukon won back
to back national championships and you know they're adding pieces as we speak. I
think they landed a big man earlier today. So no matter how good you
are, this is now the new world. This is now how it This
is just how it works. All right. Let's go to the text line
five two six five three zero seven nineties the number if you guys would like
to uh to text in this text says Nick, do you know who won
the fight at the baseball game last night between the Louisville fan and the Kentucky
fan? So I don't think it was a louis A fan in a Kentucky
fan. I think it was. I wish it was just because not that
I wish anybody would fight, but I think it would be. It would
be it would be such a story about this rivalry. At the Louisville Kentucky
game that was taking place in Louisville, the baseball game, there was a
fight that led to arrest and it was you know, big Blue Bob talking
about Mark Pope being the man, and then you know, maybe Cardinal Cardinal
Danny had enough of it and started started talking smack and letting him know that,
you know, Pat Kelsey's the man. Like that would be childish and
you know, unnecessary, but would it shock you? No. But I
think it was a Louisville fan and a Louisville fan they got in a fight
and I don't know why, so I'm not even really sure it was a
fight. I think, you know, it just ended up. And I
saw the video which didn't show a fight. Maybe the fight happened prior to
that, but there was just a video where you had like cops on the
concourse there at Jim Patterson Stadium, you know, settling down a contentious scene
there'll be some kind of like some sorry for the for the long pause there,
there's going to be some kind of situation that makes the news this summer
where Louisville because it's because the rivalry is the derby, could be the rivalry's
back on, you know what I mean, Like it's just back because we're
both starting over. And clearly they don't fear Louisville right now, and Louisville,
I mean, I don't know if any Louisville fans truly ever feared Kentucky,
but like if you did, I get it. They dominated, and
Cow was a guy who would go get really almost any player he wanted more
often than not. Well, now like that's not who they are anymore,
so should be fun, but again I don't condone violence. All right,
quick break, we'll come back on the other side to wrap this thing up
on Sports Talk seven ninety. That's right, we are wrapping things up here,
and as soon as this show ends, I got a jet out of
here and head to my son's baseball game two games a week, which you
know, he loves it. I love watching him play. He's having fun.
But he's three years old, so I feel like that's you know,
it's a big commitment, but hey, you got to start somewhere. And
so far he has loved playing any sport, which has been fun for us,
no doubt. Last year, I remember you were nervous about how you
would act about Moose playing baseball. So you've got a year under your belt
as a dad baseball dad. How are you feeling this year? Well?
I love it because he's he craves to be coached and like wants to get
better. He's competitive. He asks me all the time, like how he
did, how his swing was. And it's not just because he wants his
dad to say you did great, because like he wants to get better.
He loves it. But as far as my worry about, like you know,
letting instincts kick in and maybe being like that crazy parent, I mean
it's they're not really they don't keep score, so like it's it's not there
yet at three years old. But you know, I I don't think I'll
have any issues because I know myself and I'm not somebody that ever calls any
kind of scene. That's just so not me at all. And I don't
mean say that to brag. It's just that's not in all my personality.
I'm not somebody that whatever seek confrontation or anything like that. But you know,
I hear other parents, you know, and not even just you know
some parents in this league where I'm like, i mean, come on,
they're three, Like what're we doing here? And then there's other leagues going
on at the same place that have older kids playing, and I mean it's
pretty common you get like not fights, but just I mean it's what there's
one thing to be into it and like cheering on and yeah, yeah,
you know, like that's there's nothing wrong with that. That's awesome, but
it's just like you know, yelling at umpires and you know, just kind
of like parents of other teams, like they're on the other side, right,
like one bleachers for this team, one bleachers for that team, and
you just like feel the tension that like they don't like each other. And
that's just weird to me. But then again, like it's how it is,
like who's your your your favorite player and anything is going to be your
kid, right And it's not something you can just not be into, I
think, but I used to before I you know, became a dad.
I've been a dad now for a long time. But when my daughter was
young, when my son wasn't born yet, that's when I started to think,
like, you know, how am I going to react well now,
Like you know, if my kids didn't play sports at all, I mean,
it might make me sad for a minute, but like you know,
Vinetti's told me that one time, and it was great advice because you know,
he thought that would be the way with John and football and all that.
But like you know, you love your kid regardless of what they want
to do. And to go because I gotta go to this game. See
you guys tomorrow.