WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.679 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:11.880 day. Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think we are. 3 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:15.960 Get off our show, idiot. The kids are playing or tail off. 4 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:19.239 The countries are screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, 5 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:23.920 gold Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really 6 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:28.399 not. Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding 7 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:45.799 me? Now? Here's nick coffee? All right, ladies and gents, 8 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:49.799 let's get it started here on a gloomy Tuesday afternoon. It is Tuesday, 9 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:53.039 right, It is Tuesday. Some reason I was thinking it was Wednesday, 10 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:56.880 and it maybe because after Friday, I'm out of here for a week to 11 00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:00.039 go on vacation, so I'm wanting this week to go by faster. But 12 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:06.319 it is Tuesday. And again it's gloomy outside, and you know that usually 13 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:10.719 is a little bit of a buzzkill for the vibes for a lot of folks, 14 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:12.959 and I'm kind of feeling that way today. I've got my Monster Energy 15 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:17.280 drink, which I did about two weeks. I don't know if you noticed, 16 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:19.879 John, where I had no Monster Energy drinks, just trying to see 17 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:23.319 if it would make a difference. And I didn't notice any difference as far 18 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:26.480 as feeling better worse. I didn't notice anything. But today I needed it 19 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:30.920 in a major way. So you know, I say this every time I 20 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:34.640 look at the can because it says zero sugar all around it and it says 21 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:42.840 something l carnatine plus taurine. No clue what that is. But with it 22 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:49.879 wrapped around the top of the can with zero sugar, they're bragging that it's 23 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:52.040 in there, right like there was, Like, it's clearly not bad. 24 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:57.040 Yeah, it's clearly not bad for you. But these are delicious and they 25 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.439 do give me like just enough of a boost, but just you know, 26 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:02.760 the taste of them. I mean, I'm looking at the back of the 27 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:07.640 like these can't be good for me, right, probably an excess, Yeah, 28 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:09.039 not too much of a good thing, is is true? I feel 29 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.680 like, yeah, like I don't know, I just like I drink coffee. 30 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:15.439 They say it's good to have coffee. I believe like it has antioxidant 31 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:19.000 or something like that. But there's a point to where with me, at 32 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:21.919 least, if I have too much coffee in a day, it'll tear my 33 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:24.159 stomach up. Do you drink a lot of water? I try to, 34 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:30.159 So this is something like every so often I'm reminded that, you know what, 35 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:38.240 like I'm gonna always feel substantially better if I'm hydrated, Like if I'm 36 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:39.560 just chugging water throughout the day. And I don't mean like, you know, 37 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:44.960 just having like a contest to see how much I can drink without yacking, 38 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:47.280 but like, if I make it a point to every hour or so 39 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:52.240 have water, rather it be you know, half a bottle, sometimes a 40 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:54.439 whole, like everything's better. And I was doing that for a while and 41 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:58.280 then today I've been hydrated, but I needed a little bit of a boost. 42 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:00.400 So I'm probably gonna shotgun this monster energy drink after our first break here, 43 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:04.960 And it may seem as if I'm on cocaine the rest of the way, 44 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.240 which could be, you know, could be good for the show. 45 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:08.840 To be honest with you, I have a I have a feeling there's a 46 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:15.439 lot of radio done back in the day when people were highly highly hi on 47 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:19.960 cocaine. Maybe some people who work here wouldn't surprise me. I mean, 48 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:22.159 we all know who we're thinking about. Yeah, I'm not going to say 49 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:23.840 it, but anyways, let's let's do it. It's Coffee and Company. 50 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:28.879 We are fueled by Thornton's here also fueled by cocaine and Monster Energy drink on 51 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:30.879 Sports Talk seven ninety Nick Coffee. That is me the company man, mister 52 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:38.120 John all on alongside today and I'm gonna do this once per hour. Today's 53 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:42.960 show is dedicated to my wife John. Oh really, it's our thirteenth anniversary. 54 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:46.479 Well, happy anniversary, and well thank you appreciate that we have a 55 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.400 wonderful life together. She you know, as you guys have learned if you 56 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:54.159 listen to this show even a little bit, you know, she's kind of 57 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:57.719 me. She's my wife, she's the love of my life. But you 58 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:00.800 know, she kind of is the adult of the two of us. And 59 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:04.599 you know, thank thanks to her, I've never really had to fully grow 60 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:08.080 up maybe the way some others have, if that makes sense. I mean 61 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:10.759 some of this is a little tongue in cheek, but like literally like a 62 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:14.439 lot of the adulting that goes on, you know, when you become an 63 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:15.439 adult, like she takes care of it for me. That's one of the 64 00:04:15.480 --> 00:04:20.319 many countless things she does that I appreciate in a major way. So happy 65 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:27.240 anniversary to my wife Tiffany. And this is one of those things where, 66 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:30.360 you know, just to say that I've been married for thirteen years is crazy. 67 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:36.079 But I'm also past the point of feeling like, wow, man, 68 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.680 you can't be this old, because like, I know, like I you 69 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:43.199 know, I don't know where I think mid thirties, which is where I'm 70 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:46.959 at. It's a point where like there's quite clearly a difference in being like, 71 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:47.639 I'm not young, but I'm not old, right, I'm in the 72 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:51.160 middle, but I'm closer to being old than i am being young, I 73 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:56.519 think, so again, I don't it's not like, man, how did 74 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:59.360 I get this old? It's now like in this not to be like sentimental 75 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:03.600 here, but life, when you get older, it goes by insanely fast, 76 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:08.399 and it scares the hell out of me because you know, one day 77 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:12.480 I'm gonna realize, damn, you're sixty. What happened? Like It's it's 78 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:16.800 crazy how fast life goes. And when I became an adult, you know, 79 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.439 when I you know, obviously you become an adult when you're eighteen, 80 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:24.360 I guess legally, right, But for me, once she and I moved 81 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.800 in together and we got engaged and we had you know, we bought our 82 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:30.680 house. You know, we had a good five six year run before we 83 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.040 decided to try to have kids and whatnot, and you know, it was 84 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:36.399 great. But once we were married, things went by faster. And then 85 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:41.480 once I had kids, everything has gone by insanely fast, and it you 86 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:44.560 know, there's nothing you can do about it, right, So each time 87 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:48.639 there's something like this, meaning you know, another anniversary, another birthday or 88 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:56.160 my kid's birthdays. Even I now find myself reminding myself, like, hey, 89 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:59.920 this stuff goes by quick. Like, don't be stagnant, you know, 90 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:02.399 get the most out of life. Don't don't be lazy. You know, 91 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:06.519 if you've been thinking about doing something, maybe taking a big risk, 92 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:12.160 I mean, you know, don't do something crazy, but like do it 93 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:15.800 right, because you wait long enough and then you won't be able to maybe. 94 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:21.079 So yeah, today's been a day of reflection for me. And obviously, 95 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:25.399 if my wife's listening, I've been just doing nothing but thinking about all 96 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.800 the great memories we have together and we're going to have many more for the 97 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:32.600 rest of our lives. But just to say that we've been married thirteen years 98 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:36.560 is just it's you know, it's insane to me. Do you feel like 99 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:41.959 your life started going by faster like when you became you know, an adult, 100 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:45.160 Yeah, for sure. Like you mentioned thirteen, like it'll already be 101 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:47.079 five years for me next year, me and my wife, and that just 102 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:53.319 seems like a blur considering we got married at the beginning of the coronavirus, 103 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.759 which I hate bringing that up. Every time we got married is just a 104 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.759 fact. Yeah, and you'll always remember it. Yeah, I mean that's 105 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:01.480 just and the fact of like that's the timestampoint and I how that got started. 106 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:03.759 I don't mean you always remember your wedding. Everybody will, but my 107 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:08.839 point is like that's something that is going to absolutely always stand out when you 108 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:11.720 think of your wedding. Yeah, because it was something that happens once every 109 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:15.800 one hundred years. So yeah, like high school is a four year stretch 110 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:20.639 that seemed like it lasted fifteen years of my adult life. Yes, do 111 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:23.600 you know what I'm saying? Like, I don't know why that's the case, 112 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:26.319 because you know they always say high school years. Man, you got 113 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:28.240 to live it up. You're gonna get older and it's not gonna be as 114 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:31.160 fun. You're gonna have responsibilities and all that stuff's true, But I don't 115 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:33.800 feel like high school went by fast. I feel like it lasted forever. 116 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:38.120 And I think there's so much to take in when you're in high school, 117 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:41.480 and there's so many different things that you experience for the first time. When 118 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:43.920 we were in high school, Yeah, all that stuff, and there's so 119 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.839 many people you meet that maybe you never see again after you graduate. So 120 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:50.319 there's a lot to that's that's why it feels like such a significant part of 121 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:56.480 people's lives. I feel like, I think the age range of our listeners 122 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:01.000 here, it's wide, right. I think there's clearly listeners that are younger 123 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:05.240 than me, closer to your age, maybe even some a little younger than 124 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:09.480 you. And there's obviously some that are my age, old enough to be 125 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:11.759 my parents, old enough to be my grandparents. To be honest with you, 126 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:18.399 I mean, I hate thinking about a demo just because it's just how 127 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:20.680 I'm wired mentally, which you know probably isn't a good thing. But for 128 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:26.480 me to like know, hey, this is who you're targeting these specific like, 129 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:28.560 I don't know if you know this. Have you ever been Were you 130 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:31.519 in the old studio where they had a picture hanging up of a person. 131 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.639 You've told me about this, but I don't think i've seen them. So 132 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:37.559 this this is very common in radio, and I get why. It's like, 133 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:39.679 I get it. It's part of the business, right, Like we're 134 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:43.799 selling to advertisers that there's a demo that really is active on this type of 135 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:48.799 content this station. And if you know, we really do well and said 136 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:56.919 demo men twenty five fifty four, then the advertisers who really want to reach 137 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:00.639 that group of people, they there's value there. So I understand. It's 138 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.960 not like I'm questioning why it's just for me. You know, I don't 139 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:07.480 want to think I don't want to do whatever this is. You know, 140 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:13.440 yapp in for three hours and feel like I'm I'm catering to one specific demo 141 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:15.600 and if if you don't fall in that, then you know, the hell 142 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:18.639 with you. I want to be very welcoming, right, you can come 143 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:22.039 from all walks of life and situation, age, whatever, gender, whatever, 144 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:26.840 and you could still find some enjoyment. Clearly, you're gonna be a 145 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:31.159 sports fan. If this is something you probably really enjoy, you're probably gonna 146 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:35.080 be a big Louisville fan or even a Kentucky fan because that's kind of where 147 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.799 you were. You know, that's we get deep into the weeds on that. 148 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:41.440 But I think the bulk of the listeners you're not, you know, 149 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:43.879 it's it's it's not really considered deep in the weeds because it's something you are 150 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:46.720 very knowledgeable and passionate about. That's U of L and UK. So anyways, 151 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:50.200 what I'm getting at is when it comes to, you know, looking 152 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:52.399 at that picture like I would just you know, they used to put a 153 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:56.320 picture in each studio that showed a person like what they look like, and 154 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:58.519 you know, for us, it was this dude with a goatee that looked 155 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.879 like he was forty five, and it listed his he works it, he 156 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:05.519 works it forward, he makes this much money. This is how much disposable 157 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.679 income he has each month, and this is what car he drives. These 158 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:13.519 are the restaurants that he frequents. And again, I understand why you do 159 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.480 all that, but I just I kept looking at this dude, I'm like, 160 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.159 I don't I don't even know if he's worthy of this show. I'm 161 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.000 gonna I'm gonna feel so narrow mind. It does. But again, there's 162 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:22.559 there's a reason for that, Yes, for what it's worth right now, 163 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:26.679 I mean that that that we don't have that going on here today. That 164 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:31.000 was years We have a picture of Stevie Nicks outside my studio, that's right, 165 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.679 And I'll get older than she could actually be. And I'll say this 166 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:37.399 that picture that I'm referring to in the old studios that was probably hung up 167 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:39.759 eight years before I got hired, no joke. So anyways, I'll bring 168 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:43.759 all that. I bring all that up to say we have a wide range 169 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.200 I think of listeners as far as age, situation, all that kind of 170 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:48.960 stuff. But I'm curious if you're somebody that is my age or older, 171 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:54.360 like would you agree, Like it's crazy how quickly things go when you're older, 172 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:56.840 and it times like that's good, right, Like you know I'm somebody 173 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:00.480 that you know because I'm weird. I don't love the sum or as much 174 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:03.600 as others. It's great for a variety of reasons, but I'm somebody that 175 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.799 like when when football and basketball season isn't going on, like I'm just there's 176 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:11.519 I need some fulfillment that I've never really been able to find when it comes 177 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:15.759 to other sports. So like if the summer went by quick and we got 178 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:18.440 to football season. Hell yeah, I'm ready to rock and roll. So 179 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:22.120 like that's somewhat of a benefit. But man, like I don't want I 180 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:24.799 don't want life to go by so fast, but you can't control it. 181 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.080 So like I'm I'm I'm choosing to, you know, keep that in mind 182 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:33.440 more often and not sit around and get stagnant and get complacent and just you 183 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:39.559 know, keep personal improvement in mind, that kind of stuff. So anyways, 184 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:43.960 when when when's your anniversary? What March twenty first March? Yeah, 185 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:48.799 we uh again, I talked about this the other day. May is. 186 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:50.320 You know, it was perfect for us. We wanted to do spring, 187 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:54.919 it wasn't too hot, but uh, I never really considered it button up 188 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:58.399 with Mother's Day and how that makes it to where I got, you know, 189 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:01.159 I got to get a I gotta get you know, two gifts at 190 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.960 the same time, essentially. But I'm I'm holding my wife to this. 191 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:09.720 She did, She's she seems totally you know, content with doing every year 192 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.679 instead of getting her two gifts because they usually fall within a couple of days 193 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:16.480 of each other. Like whatever I give her as a gift is going to 194 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:20.919 be for Mother's day and for our anniversary. But I always get parently thinking 195 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:22.840 like she might just be saying that, but you know, she might be 196 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:26.799 going and telling her friends at work that her husband's lousy because he, you 197 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:28.879 know, he just thinks he can get by with one gift. Because I 198 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:33.600 said, that's fine. Anyways, we'll move on. I think we may 199 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:35.639 be on. Well. I don't want to say this because I don't want 200 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:39.840 to I don't want to push a narrative that I don't necessarily believe to be 201 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:45.519 true. But we could be potentially on commitment. Watch today for Louisville. 202 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:48.279 And I say that without doing any kind of a of a of a refresh 203 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:52.559 here to see if there has been a decision made. But there's a Georgia 204 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:58.879 transfer by the name of frank anselom Iby and not heard a whole lot about 205 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:03.399 it. I'm assuming a lot of you haven't heard a whole lot about him 206 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:09.080 either, And you know that's because this is not somebody that a lot of 207 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:11.480 schools are in on and right. This is not the kind of transfer that 208 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:18.039 fans across the country are hoping that their school lands. They're not checking the 209 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:24.480 Trilli Dawnovan discord to see if their chances are good to land these young men. 210 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:28.519 And I don't mean any disrespect, but this man, frank anselom Ivy, 211 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:31.039 which John, I'm assuming you've never heard of. No. Six' 212 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:37.559 ten. He is taking advantage of his fifth year for COVID, and he 213 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:41.960 played two seasons at Syracuse and he played two seasons at Georgia. In his 214 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.639 career four years at two schools, in twelve minutes per game, he averaged 215 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:52.720 two points in three rebounds. ESPN reported last week that he was going to 216 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:56.039 be making his decision today and he's down to Georgia Tech Louisville, n C 217 00:13:56.279 --> 00:14:01.919 State in Wisconsin. It doesn't look like he visited, so I'm not really 218 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:07.919 sure what Louisville's interest level is. But this is one of the things that 219 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:09.320 I don't really know what you do about it, but it's it's kind of 220 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:13.559 annoying to me. And I know what you're thinking you think. I mean, 221 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.360 I'm annoyed that Louisville like may get this guy. No, they need 222 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:22.080 they need bodies now they don't have like it's not like they've got five six 223 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:26.000 spots left. I actually think there's a scenario where they could end up landing 224 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:31.720 three pieces that aren't you know, a great osibor, meaning he's not included 225 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.679 in one of the three, and maybe the you know, maybe not even 226 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:37.080 Colemanhawkins because I don't have a clue what he's gonna do. But like I 227 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:41.399 still think if you get Noah Waterman, who will talk about him coming up 228 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:43.000 here soon, because I believe he's gonna be visiting. That's the BYU transfer 229 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:46.480 who just hit the portal. And again reminder, if your coach leaves, 230 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:50.080 you get an extra month to decide what you want to do. So that's 231 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:54.240 what happened with you know, the day that Mark Pope left. It was 232 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:56.639 a month ago on Sunday, And that's when this young man hit the portal. 233 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:00.200 And I'm not going to accuse anybody of doing any tampering. How However, 234 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:05.639 it sounds like before he hit the portal there was clearly some mutual interest 235 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:09.559 somehow, some way that was conveyed to one another Noah Waterman in Louisville. 236 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:11.240 So anyways, what I'm getting at is when I say this annoys me, 237 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:16.360 is that like, if you don't get him and he goes to NC State, 238 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:22.360 there'll be people that run with it. As if Damn Pat Kelcey must 239 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:24.759 you know, big men must hate him. You know what they'll do. 240 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:30.639 They'll make short jokes. I know I can sniff a short joke coming from 241 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:33.159 a mile away. John. I'm not very tall myself. I'm pretty short, 242 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:37.240 and I'm you're taller me, though, aren't you. I'm five seven 243 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.240 ish? Are you taller than me? I think we're pretty even. Yeah, 244 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:46.480 I'm five eight and I really not many people would brag about being five 245 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:50.480 eight, right, Like it's not very tall. But I've always thought I 246 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:52.960 was five to seven. And then when I went and got my last physical 247 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:56.279 at thirty four years old, they they measured me at five eight, and 248 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:00.159 I thought, well, you sure and I can do it again, and 249 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:03.960 I'm like, yeah, I just want to make sure, like don't lie 250 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.720 to me. And sure enough I was five eight. So like went from 251 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:08.200 feeling I was five to seven, found out I was five eight. So 252 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:12.159 now I feel like a big guy. But anyways, back to this frank 253 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:15.639 An slim, ivy guy. So if they don't get him, it could 254 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:19.039 be a blessing in disguise because maybe you end up landing someone else because although 255 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:22.159 this guy is big and he's played it for He's played four years at two 256 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:26.320 Power of five programs, two points and three rebounds in twelve minutes a game. 257 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:30.480 Like again, he would clearly just be a body and you need that. 258 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:37.960 So if they don't get him, it'll be put out there by some 259 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:40.399 some Kentucky fans, and I get it. That's what they're gonna do there, 260 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.720 that's the rivalry. But then even Louisville fans, like the ones who 261 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:48.559 are starting to kind of lose their mind a little bit. And as I 262 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:53.759 said yesterday, I'm trying my best to be to look at it differently than 263 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:56.960 just you know, gosh, you guys are insane. I'm looking at it 264 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:59.480 more so, Wow, what a reminder of how much weak care. We 265 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:03.840 got some crazy people because they're crazy about Louisville basketball. I'm trying to look 266 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:06.599 at it that way, but sometimes it's hard. So if they don't get 267 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:10.799 him, I'm not gonna care. And if they do get him, you 268 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:15.119 know, it'll be weaponized against Pat Kelsey. Wow, this is the best 269 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:18.200 you could do. And I guess I just need to realize, like, 270 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:22.720 no matter what, there's always going to be somebody taking a stance that's you 271 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:25.119 know, gonna try to make a big deal out of something that's really not 272 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.000 you know, look, I know they need big guys, trust me, 273 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:30.960 well aware, and they're gonna have to spend some money if they're gonna get 274 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:37.359 any of these guys that are available that clearly know they've got they've got leverage 275 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:45.519 on their side. But I think we it'll probably take us getting to closer 276 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.200 to the end of the month before i'd be really and I think they're gonna 277 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:52.720 have somebody by then. But like, for example, the young man who 278 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:57.279 visited on over the weekend, Kahani Rus who is a Michigan Committee's a and 279 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:00.319 I kind of never include him because because he's to me, it's just a 280 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:06.240 different situation. It's a true freshman who I'd love for Louisville Land, and 281 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:10.319 I think he probably mean clearly if you add him and you have a tough 282 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.559 time getting somebody else, he will play big minutes. However, you know 283 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:19.440 he's a freshman. So even if you are somebody that's a little more worried 284 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:22.799 about, Okay, this guy came from James Madison, this guy came from 285 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:29.799 I don't know, Long Beach State, and you worry about can they do 286 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:34.039 it at this level because the ACC is a better league than where those you 287 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:40.119 know, than the Sun Belt and the WCC. I think there's been enough 288 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:42.599 proof that you can plug those guys in. And it's happened the last three 289 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:45.000 or four years since the portal's been going on, You've had guys that have 290 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:48.599 been really really productive players. Some have been all Americans that have I mean 291 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:52.640 Dalton connect He's going to probably be a top five pick. You know, 292 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:56.680 he started his career I don't even in Northern Colorado, Colorado. Yeah, 293 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:00.039 and then did he go Juco. It's very weird. Yeah yeah, I 294 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:03.279 mean yeah, so you know, and he wasn't like he had his best 295 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:07.720 year playing basketball at the highest level that he's ever played, which is wild 296 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:11.240 to think about, right, same thing with Great Osibore. He was a 297 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:18.480 bench player at Montana State, goes to Utah State with with Danny Sprinkle and 298 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.119 one Mountin West player of the Year in his first year there. So you 299 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.400 know, there's been enough proof that you can and you never know how anybody's 300 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:29.920 gonna work out. But with that said, I still think we now look 301 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:33.480 at freshmen just differently because yeah, they can give you something. There can 302 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:37.480 be real value there. They can be guys that have an impact. It's 303 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.559 just it doesn't. It doesn't happen as much as as it used to. 304 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:45.519 And I think a part of that is the portal gives you a chance to 305 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:49.279 be older. You can choose not to be young, and most coaches are 306 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:53.799 choosing that. What I mean is, how many times have you seen in 307 00:19:53.880 --> 00:20:00.160 years not recently, but in years past you'd watch a guy and clearly he's 308 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:03.519 playing twenty five minutes a game because he's in the rotation. He's a freshman. 309 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.920 He's maybe not a starter, but man, he's the sixth, seventh 310 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:10.400 man, eighth man maybe, and he has moments early on that make it 311 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:12.279 seem as if this guy's got a lot of upside. Well then he'll have 312 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:17.240 some growing pains, right or you realize, man, that's kind of what 313 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:19.079 we get when we have a true freshman out there in that position. But 314 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:22.640 then you'd wait till March or February, I should say, maybe even late 315 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:26.920 January. Wow, he's not a freshman anymore, not playing like a freshman 316 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.559 because you played through that guid experience and yeah, you're still young, but 317 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:33.640 you've really cut your teeth. That doesn't happen as often now unless it has 318 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:37.960 to, because again, the portal has given these coaches the ability to not 319 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:41.079 have to worry about, you, you know, having those growing pains, 320 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:44.119 which I actually don't know if that's the right way to go about it. 321 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:48.519 But the portal. As much as coaches that time's complain about it and it 322 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:55.039 is far from ideal, they also benefit it, benefit from it in a 323 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:57.480 major way. Like they're getting players who can come in and help them, 324 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:00.319 and all the development that was done is at the mid major level. With 325 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:06.640 that coach, you just lost that player. So I am not super worried 326 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:10.680 about the you know, I think there's a difference in understanding the urgency here 327 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:14.720 to go finish strong and get some big guys on the roster. But I'm 328 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.960 not to the point where I'm just thinking they're gonna have to, you know, 329 00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:22.759 play extremely small all year. But again, frank anselom Iv, I 330 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:26.799 just I'm a worry I'm a warrior, that's my nature, right, and 331 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:29.200 I just feel like, no matter what happens with this, it's gonna be 332 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:33.359 put against Pat Kelsey, you know, as if like you know, oh 333 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:37.880 red flag here, somebody you know hit the panic button. All right, 334 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:42.119 quick break, we'll come back on the other side. I think I've decided 335 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:45.359 who I'm gonna pick to win the PGA Championship. John, I'll tell you 336 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:48.880 that is on the other side, and the reason behind it has nothing to 337 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:52.759 do with golf. All right, quick break, it's coffee and Company. 338 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:56.160 We are feel about Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. It's right 339 00:21:56.200 --> 00:22:02.839 coffee and company rolling along here on a Tuesday afternoon. We are fueled by 340 00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:07.720 Thornton's. So keep that in mind. And if you've not signed up to 341 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:11.279 become a member of the Thornton's Refreshment Awards program just yet, you're missing out. 342 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:12.079 And I said it before and I'll say it again. I don't know 343 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:15.680 how you go home to your family knowing that you're not doing right by him, 344 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:18.960 because you could be saving money at the pump. That matters, right, 345 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:26.039 you know, my kids, they my littlest he's just now calling it 346 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:29.400 Thornton's. He used to just call it the Icy Store because that's where he 347 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:32.559 would get his fizz freeze. But now he know, he knows it's a 348 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:37.119 brand name. It's Thornton's. So we appreciate them. And I imagine a 349 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:40.559 lot of folks around here appreciate Thornton's. They've been around for a long long 350 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.880 time. If you were in the Kentucky and area right now, there's probably 351 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:45.559 one pretty close to you. And I am not somebody that's big on sweets. 352 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:51.160 Rarely do I ever. You know, I don't say that because I'm 353 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:53.480 like some health nut. I just I'm weird. I don't like cake and 354 00:22:53.559 --> 00:23:00.799 ice cream. Not exaggerating. It's been twelve years or so since I had 355 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:03.720 any cake or ice cream. Would you believe that, John, I would 356 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:08.079 because I'm not a cake or ice dude. I is Today's my wedding anniversary. 357 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:11.440 I'm not kidding. I think the last time I ate cake was probably 358 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.960 when I got married, because it was like, you know, she shoved 359 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:17.279 it in my face, you know, after the wedding. So just not 360 00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.880 my kind of thing. So I don't eat donuts. They don't do it 361 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:22.440 for me. But I had somebody, and this is where I really you 362 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:27.079 know this not only is this nice to hear, but it's a reminder that, 363 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:30.759 you know what like it or not, you got in you know, 364 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:34.559 you got into this relationship with me Thornton's. But we're tied together because I 365 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:37.400 thought somebody was gonna come up and tell me, like, you know, 366 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.519 they came up to hey, listen to the show, and I thought maybe 367 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:41.759 they were gonna, you know, tell me you suck, you're an idiot, 368 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:45.279 or hey go cards, or you know, l's down. Whatever. 369 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:48.039 You never know what's coming your way. They just wanted to tell me you 370 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:51.720 need to start telling people how good Thornton's donuts are. So you know what 371 00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:55.319 I'm doing that right now. Thornton's donuts very delicious. I mean I've had 372 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.599 one before, I've had donuts before, I've had you know, cake and 373 00:23:56.640 --> 00:24:02.000 whatnot. It's just not my thing, but a lot of people like donuts 374 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:04.920 and Thornton's just stop in there, you I mean, they got all kinds. 375 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:08.680 In fact, I got my kids one with the sprinkles last time, 376 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:11.759 and they enjoyed it in honor of Danny Sprinkle. That's why they made a 377 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:14.880 mess out of my car in my car with it, but it was you 378 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:17.079 know, they enjoyed it, and if it's Thortons, it's worth it. 379 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:21.599 So anyway, shout out Thornton's. All right. So I mentioned earlier when 380 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:23.440 we started the show that I was today was our thirteenth anniversary, my wife 381 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:27.720 and I and I'm now to the point where I'm like wow, there's past 382 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:30.200 the point I should say of being like wow, how could I be this 383 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:33.400 old? I'm like, now, okay, you know what. The years 384 00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.799 are passing you by. Let's let's live in the moment. And somebody wrote 385 00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:37.599 something that I think. I thought it was very nice and I'm glad they 386 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.720 shared it here on the text line. But they say, Nick, there's 387 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:42.440 a reason people say time flies when you're having fun, when you are enjoying 388 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:48.519 things in life, it goes by at a rapid pace. As someone who 389 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.720 this is not a good part of the story, but it said as someone 390 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:55.599 who initially married right out of college for ten years that felt like eighty years. 391 00:24:56.119 --> 00:25:02.000 It felt like the worst stretch of my life separating. I've now found 392 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:04.839 a new companion. We share life together and it's going by crazy fast. 393 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:08.680 That always reminds me that when things are going by super fast, it means 394 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:11.440 you are, in fact getting the most out of life. Well, thank 395 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:15.160 you. I don't know if you're like a life coach or whatever, but 396 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:18.640 that that hit, as the kids say, because you know, that makes 397 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:21.359 me not be as sad that things if that's true, And I'm just gonna 398 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.799 believe what you said on this text line because we got a lot of tech 399 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:26.519 you're on it. It doesn't even come through if you're lying because it's a 400 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:30.680 no cap feature on the text line, no cabin allowed. But that makes 401 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:33.359 sense, right, So whenever you do think about how quickly things go by, 402 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:37.599 just tell yourself it's because you're enjoying it. That's what I'm gonna choose 403 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:40.920 to do, all right. So a lot of folks speaking of enjoyment. 404 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:47.400 Great turnout yesterday at the at the PGA practice rounds out of Valhalla, you 405 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:52.839 know, not only because all of the local outlets were there and covering it 406 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:56.880 doing live hits. I know WDRB had a really good photo gallery of everything. 407 00:25:57.279 --> 00:26:00.480 But you know, nationally, right, there's a lot ofeople who cover 408 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:03.880 golf nationally and they're here in town and they were just bragging on us about 409 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:07.720 how wow, man Louisville more more of an appetite for golf than you than 410 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:12.000 you would maybe some would have expected. So there's clearly some buzz for this 411 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:15.599 big event, and uh, I know it gets rolling here in a couple 412 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:19.559 of days and I'd never thought about the amount of people who will travel to 413 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:22.799 be here, right, Like, clearly not as much as you get for 414 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:26.319 like the Kentucky Derby. But even though you and I are both not golf 415 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:29.680 guys, John, like, this is this is a big event to where 416 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.880 you would think there'd be plenty of people, Like, it's not just gonna 417 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:33.920 be locals that show up all that. It would be plenty. There'll probably 418 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:36.119 be a lot of folks who, like, maybe they try to go to 419 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:37.599 a pg event every year, they're gonna come to Louisville. Yeah, I 420 00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:41.400 remember I had a teacher in high school who took a couple of days off 421 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.799 just to go watch the PGA the last time I was here. So yeah, 422 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:45.759 there's people who will invest their time into it, for sure. So 423 00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.279 as soon as I mentioned that, I've found out who I'm you know, 424 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:52.880 picking to win. And when I say, I mean, I'm not mean 425 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:55.640 me picking them to win, really, I mean it's just I mean, 426 00:26:56.319 --> 00:27:00.440 I'm not going to bet on it because they'd be wasting money. But that 427 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:03.599 ended up with people saying, well, you better be Justin Thomas better be, 428 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:07.640 which I hope Justin Thomas wins it because he's a Louisville native. This 429 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:11.839 is actually the first time that he will be playing at Valhalla as a pro. 430 00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:17.680 You know, last time they had the PGA Championship here. He he 431 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.680 you know, he didn't participate in it, and I really thought it was 432 00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:25.240 cool because I don't know much about him other than he grew up in you 433 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:29.039 know, in Goshen and went to Saint X, went to Alabama to play 434 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:32.240 golf, and you know, has been a U of L fan. I 435 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.720 know he loves a Bama football is where we went to school, but you 436 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:36.400 know, he also likes U of L. And he's a big time you 437 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:41.200 have a basketball fan, and there it might have been like a game day 438 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:45.160 thing. I think he might have done something for Bama on maybe I don't 439 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:49.279 know. There was something he did on ESPN where he was asked as somebody 440 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:53.960 you know from the Louisville area, where like where did he fall in the 441 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:57.680 rivalry? And like he, you know, without hesitation, like made it 442 00:27:57.720 --> 00:28:02.359 quite clear like he's all on Louisville. And you know, I don't know 443 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:06.240 if he said boo UK, but kind of felt like that. And you 444 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.599 know, he didn't live here, which doesn't mean he's not a liew of 445 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:11.519 like he's I mean, there's a lot of people that love Louisville that grew 446 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:14.920 up here that live elsewhere for variety of reasons. You know, he happens 447 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:18.480 to be a professional golfer that you know now lives in I think Jupiter, 448 00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:23.079 Florida. But I thought it was really cool for him to be very emotional 449 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:26.960 when he got his hometown hero banner last week. And it's you know, 450 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:32.200 it's it's what you'd expect somebody to to do, right, show appreciation, 451 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:36.480 but like he had some emotion that I think kind of surprised him even which 452 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.960 made you know, I'm a sucker for that kind of stuff, right, 453 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:44.799 Like I think if you are someone who reaches the highest point you can in 454 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:48.559 your career, and you're in whatever you do, right, you're nationally known 455 00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:53.960 as an entertainer, a musician, a athlete, whatever, and you know 456 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:59.319 you probably no longer call home home. But like getting inducted into like your 457 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:03.160 high school Hall of Fame probably not going to be an honor that's going to 458 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:07.160 stand out from like fans of yours, But that's got to be like that's 459 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:10.759 where that's like where it all started, so to see him be emotional about 460 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:12.039 because again, it's not like I've ever been ant. I just don't know 461 00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:15.400 a lot about Justin Thomas other than what I've mentioned, right, I don't, 462 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.240 you know, I don't know if he's got a big personality. He 463 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:21.000 did have a show on Netflix that or he was involved in a show on 464 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:22.359 Netflix that I didn't get a chance to watch, but I heard it was 465 00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:26.480 really good. But yeah, I hope he does well, and you never 466 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:29.839 know, maybe there's maybe he's feeling some pressure because he is here in his 467 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:33.359 hometown. But yeah, I'm pulling for Justin Thomas for sure. But I 468 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:40.480 also think think my man, Roy McElroy could be, could be really could 469 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:45.559 be the man to get it done in this event. So it was announce 470 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.079 and this is unfortunate, But it was announced earlier today by TMZ that he 471 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:53.039 has filed for divorce, and that's unfortunate, that's sad. But the last 472 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:57.559 time he went through a breakup, it really helped him on the golf course. 473 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:03.839 So in two twenty fourteen, he broke up with tennis star Caroline Wozniaki. 474 00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:08.160 I think I'm not sure if I'm saying that correctly, and then went 475 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:14.039 on to win the tournament before the PGA Championship of Alhalla, then wins the 476 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:17.079 PGA. Yes, I mean it's this, this has happened before. I 477 00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:19.119 mean, I don't think he was married to his his former tennis former. 478 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:22.720 I think he was his former girlfriend. But that led to him, you 479 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.440 know, I guess, blocking out that distraction and just you know, being 480 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:30.119 dialed in and ready to get it done. And it worked. So maybe 481 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:34.359 this, uh maybe this divorce could lead to him doing the same thing this 482 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:38.240 time around. As it stands, this is up. This was updated a 483 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:42.680 little bit earlier today. You know, the favorite obviously is Scottie Scheffler, 484 00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:47.920 who's just been you know, who's been on fire, and then Rory so 485 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:52.279 Scheffler's at plus three hundred, McElroy's plus six hundred, and then Brooks Koepka 486 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:56.039 is at plus one thousand. So it seems as if one of the big 487 00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:59.759 you know, I feel like one of the storylines. In fact, I 488 00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:03.599 saw our man Kent Spencer, who is I tried to you know, we 489 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:07.119 probably will get him at some point this week, but he's been super busy. 490 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:08.160 I know, not only does he do a great job for the folks 491 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:11.200 at whas eleven. But you know, this is this is his time to 492 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:15.279 shine. He's I know, he's a big golf guy, very very informed 493 00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:18.319 on the on the sport, and he's been a part of the coverage. 494 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:21.400 But one of the things I saw that he put together as far as one 495 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.640 of the big storylines is, you know, can anybody beat Scottie Scheffler. 496 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:26.480 And it seems like a lot of people think, you know, he can 497 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:30.960 be beat, but not many are seemingly expecting it to happen because he's been 498 00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:36.319 you know, he's been on fire. All right. So yesterday we talked 499 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:41.960 about Noah Waterman and his his late addition to the portal because of again the 500 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:47.960 the the guys who lose their coach to transfer, they get an extra they 501 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:51.000 get an extra month. I guess, actually I don't know, So I 502 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.759 guess maybe you don't get ano. Actually I don't know. Like, for 503 00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:57.039 example, if if something like Green Bay's coach left, which we'll talk about 504 00:31:57.039 --> 00:32:02.160 who they hired, but Sundance Wicks with which what a name he's leaving green 505 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:07.200 Bay to go to? Is it Wyoming? Yeah, Wyoming who just randomly 506 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:09.759 lost their coach? So Wyoming in green Bay? Even though the portal window 507 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:14.079 closed on May first. I think they now have thirty days to decide if 508 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.640 they're going to if those players for those teams are going to go to the 509 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:20.160 portal. So that's what happened at BYU. Mark Pope left in you know, 510 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:23.279 not mid April, but you know between mid and early April, and 511 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:27.519 this guy waited the last minute to put his name in. He's a six 512 00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:31.480 to eleven big who you know. I when I think of BYU last year, 513 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:35.200 like I knew they were good, and Mark Pope had himself a good 514 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:37.960 team. They knocked off some good teams along the way. They they ended 515 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:40.960 up. I'm not even really sure what the seed was that they got when 516 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:44.920 they got on the tournament. But as far as just personnel, like I 517 00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:49.519 don't remember them having like a star player. So therefore, like some of 518 00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:52.480 these dudes, like even Ali Khalifa, whose numbers were kind of you know, 519 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:54.440 all over the place and just didn't make a lot of sense if you 520 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:59.359 remember you just look at like his statistics and you know, watch some highlights, 521 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:01.759 like clearly you know his stats didn't really tell the whole story as far 522 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:05.480 as what kind of value he adds. But Noah Waterman's a guy that I'd 523 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:07.599 be a liar if I told you I've ever heard of him until he hit 524 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:09.359 the portal. But he averaged, you know, just under ten points a 525 00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:13.240 game last year. Was a starter, started every game, played twenty four 526 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:16.119 minutes, so nine and a half points, five and a half rebounds, 527 00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:19.759 thirty eight percent from three. I mean, a good piece for them. 528 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:23.920 And you know, in Mark Pope's first year in the Big twelve, I 529 00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:29.000 mean they were pretty good. I mean they ended up losing to Decaine in 530 00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:31.839 the n SAA tournament, which was a bit, which was an upset, 531 00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:37.279 But it sounds like there was somehow, some way. I think it might 532 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:44.640 have just been magic, because I think tampering probably happens, but I don't 533 00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:49.279 know, is it Like for example, let's say Noah Waterman has an assistant 534 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:52.200 coach that knows somebody on the Louisville and I mean like a former coach or 535 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:58.880 something like an AAU coach, and he talks to Noah Waterman regularly, and 536 00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:05.200 that AAU coach happens to know somebody on the Louisville staff, if in fact, 537 00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:08.639 they communicate to each other, that Noah Waterman might enter the portal that 538 00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:12.639 there'd be some interest, like could the NC DOUBLEA do anything about that? 539 00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:16.159 Like it almost makes it to where tampering like shouldn't happen, But this day 540 00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:21.880 and age, with different relationships social like it's gonna happen. Right. The 541 00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:24.159 only time we've seen the NC DOUBLEA put the hammer down so far was with 542 00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:29.159 Florida State football this past all was that tampering that was more so just nil 543 00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:31.320 stuff? Was it? Yeah? Like it was like and I'm telling you 544 00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:37.400 I can just everybody who read what Florida State was accused of doing. I 545 00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:39.199 think they all thought, oh crap, Like I thought, that's whatever, 546 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:42.400 Like I thought, that's what Like that's I thought, that's how this worked. 547 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:45.559 And that was there was an assistant coach who was asked by a recruiter 548 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:51.039 a player about anil and he told the player to go talk to the collective, 549 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:53.559 and like I guess, answering him and even acknowledging that there's a collective 550 00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:57.840 was against there is so stupid and that's what led to you know, the 551 00:34:57.960 --> 00:35:00.320 Tennessee and Virginia I mean right now, that's why I mean it's a free 552 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:04.079 for all because of the lawsuit that was filed basically claiming like you know, 553 00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:07.840 you have no you have no authority to punish us for that. But anyways, 554 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:10.719 he's going to visit Louisville. It sounds like, and I wouldn't be 555 00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:14.199 shocked if that's the only visit he makes and that's where he ends up. 556 00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:16.800 I mean, you never know for sure, but I'd say tampering or not. 557 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:23.360 A big factor in this moving quicker than usual than you usually see with 558 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:28.840 a guy that's transferring is that he apparently is not just former teammates, but 559 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:31.159 he's close friends with Ali Khalifa, who you know has already decided to come 560 00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:36.079 to Louisville, has visited Louisville right has has has talked to Pat Kelsey, 561 00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:38.679 heard the pitch and decided to come and play here. So, I you 562 00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:44.079 know, I don't know where he'll end up being ranked in the portal rankings 563 00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.800 and all that. But last year in the Big twelve, a league that 564 00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:50.000 everybody tells this is the best league in the country. You know, he 565 00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:53.880 put up good numbers and started every game for a team that would it be 566 00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:57.440 why you finished last year? I mean they were they were a six seed. 567 00:35:57.519 --> 00:36:01.039 Yeah, twenty three and eleven they were tied for it looks like fifth 568 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:07.559 place in that league. So I mean again, it's not somebody that did 569 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:10.480 a bunch of and maybe he will, but this isn't somebody who you know, 570 00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:15.880 five elite programs are in on and they're visiting, because that's the stuff 571 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:19.159 that builds up the buzz to where if you get somebody like that, man 572 00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:22.199 here we go, or if you lose somebody like that and you feel like 573 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:24.679 you had a chance, it's a big punch of the gut. So this 574 00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:29.400 is to me again, maybe others were well aware of this guy and thought 575 00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:31.800 maybe he'd enter the portal. I don't know, but I look at this 576 00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:37.039 as a if he was to come to Louisville, I would consider this a 577 00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:40.639 really really good pickup. And it makes it to where, you know, 578 00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:45.679 if you get him and the freshman Kahani Ruth's at that point, you're still 579 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:49.599 gonna have one scholarship to go use, and you know, maybe you end 580 00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:53.760 up with a chance to go throw the big bag at Colin Coleman Hawkins or 581 00:36:53.800 --> 00:37:01.039 something. So again, that's why I'm not as worried about Louisville's front court 582 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:06.719 as others seem to be. Now again, if this kid visits, doesn't 583 00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:12.119 come to Louisville, goes elsewhere, same thing with Ruth the freshman, you 584 00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:15.159 know, that wouldn't be ideal. And that's probably where I would think, 585 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:17.559 Okay, you know, I like all the pieces they have, but man, 586 00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:22.039 there's clearly a glaring issue here, and that's just proven front core depth, 587 00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:25.199 which you know you need. You need even if you want to play 588 00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:30.400 small, you still have to have the ability to counter somebody who wants to 589 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:34.599 just go gigantic against you and you know, beat you that way. All 590 00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:36.360 right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side. Wrap up 591 00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.960 the three o'clock hour. It's coffee and Company. We are feel But Thornton's 592 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:44.000 here on Sports Talk seven ninety. I think I'd mentioned this yesterday in the 593 00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:47.000 five o'clock hour, So this is probably a different audience than at that point, 594 00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:52.639 unless you're a podcast listener, or unless you're one of our elite listeners 595 00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:55.360 that listens to you know, the entire show. And if so, thank 596 00:37:55.400 --> 00:38:01.360 you appreciate that. I finish the show that I mentioned yesterday on Netflix that 597 00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:08.320 is so good, so good, and I haven't binge a show that quickly 598 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:14.079 in a long Time. It's called A Man in Full and it's starring Jeff 599 00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:17.760 Daniels and Diane Lane is in it as well, and it's a it's a 600 00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:24.840 mini series, which you know, you know, it's it's it's only gonna 601 00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:28.519 be for like, it's not something that they plan on doing, which I 602 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:30.559 don't really you know, I'm not somebody that's ever worked in you know, 603 00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:37.639 television, But why would you label something a mini series before you know if 604 00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:39.679 it's going to have like longevity? Does that make sense? John? Like, 605 00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:45.119 I guess the thought is that you're only going to do a certain amount 606 00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:50.239 of episodes, you want to tell a specific story. And then I guess 607 00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:52.800 they just know they're not going to have planned be like if they get it, 608 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:55.320 if they get a big star to do it, it could just be 609 00:38:55.440 --> 00:39:00.440 that like there, I won't be able to commit to doing this any more 610 00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.880 than the six and like if you do it, there's like there's just no 611 00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:05.400 way I'd be able to do it because of movies that I'm working on that 612 00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:08.320 kind of stuff. Are there examples of mini series that had multiple seasons so 613 00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:13.760 it's happened like for example, that's what There was a show on Showtime that 614 00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:20.840 and Showtime has always, in my opinion, had really really good shows that 615 00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:24.159 never got the same attention as the shows on HBO, and HBO has great 616 00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:27.840 shows too. I'm not trying to say that Showtime is better, but some 617 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:30.840 of my favorite shows that I've watched, like drama, suspense, like crime 618 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:36.440 shows were on Showtime. And you know, it's not that nobody watched him, 619 00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:38.079 it's just I never felt like they got the same level of hype. 620 00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:42.960 But maybe it's just because I'm weird and like them more than most people. 621 00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:45.840 But there was a show called Your Honor that has Brian Kranton. Of course 622 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:47.760 the I mean, he's mostly known for Breaking Bad, which is believed to 623 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:52.599 be one of the best shows ever made, and he did a mini series 624 00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:57.599 with on Showtime called Your Honor, and it was really really good, so 625 00:39:57.920 --> 00:40:00.079 they decided to give it a second see and in the second season, I 626 00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:05.880 didn't think was very good, but it's more than anything was because the like 627 00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:08.480 long story short, like it was an example for me to where I'm like, 628 00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:10.960 okay, yeah, they probably should have just left that alone. So 629 00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:16.880 I now find myself wanting a second season of this because it was so good, 630 00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:22.280 so good and just really well done and I haven't watched like a Netflix 631 00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:27.400 original that was you know that I felt like was just like, you know, 632 00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:30.559 elite tier. When it comes to the cast, I mean the production, 633 00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:35.000 the drama, it was really really it's just and you know, I'm 634 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:38.880 not going to give any spoilers, but it just it was perfect amount of 635 00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:43.840 episodes, the story, you know, the way it wrapped up, Like 636 00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:45.800 I just I love love the show. So if you're looking for a new 637 00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:51.719 show to watch, I would recommend watching A Man in Full because it's phenomenal. 638 00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:54.639 And I used to talk a lot more about this, you know, 639 00:40:54.639 --> 00:41:00.239 in a previous life before I was on in the afternoons and one, but 640 00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:04.360 so it hasn't come up a lot on this this you know, the afternoon 641 00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:07.239 show. And we don't need to u but John don't know, I know 642 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:09.480 you don't watch a whole lot of TV. But the last time I was 643 00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:13.199 just you know, couldn't help myself. But talking about a show, if 644 00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:15.840 you remember, was was Beef. Yeah. I tried to watch some of 645 00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:19.320 that and for some reason just dropped it off. And it's it's a you 646 00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:21.800 know, it's its own show. Let me tell you a story. I 647 00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:25.119 uh, when I was just in love with that show, talking about it 648 00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:30.159 on here, and I think I tweeted about it or whatever. I ended 649 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:32.000 up getting Chris Mack to watch it because he and I would occasionally talk about 650 00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:37.559 different shows and whatnot, and we have a lot of the same I guess, 651 00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:39.559 uh prefer you know, same taste when it comes to television that kind 652 00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:44.320 of stuff. And you know, he didn't seem intrigued by it, but 653 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:46.719 I'm like, look, man, you gotta watch it. You have to 654 00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:51.920 watch it. It's gonna it's great. And he I later asked him, 655 00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.119 like, hey, what did you think? He was like, I watched 656 00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:54.800 the episode and a half like this show sucked. Man, Sorry, it's 657 00:41:55.159 --> 00:42:00.360 terrible. So everybody's got their own taste. But that did end up some 658 00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:02.599 awards Beef did. It was really good. I liked what I watched of 659 00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:06.719 it, But for some reason I couldn't commit. Is there a point in 660 00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:08.199 the show that's like once you get to it's like okay, yeah, I 661 00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:12.199 want to finish this, uh, because I feel like I should go back 662 00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:14.840 and give it another shot someday. For me, it was the end of 663 00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:17.840 the first like each episode to me ended with like oh wow, like that 664 00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:21.559 was huge, so it kept me hooked. I watched that, I think 665 00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:23.079 in a day. I'm honest with you, Like that's how I mean I 666 00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:28.119 was. I was obsessed and I like getting lost in a show, like 667 00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:35.519 just getting completely consumed by a show. And I truly believe that the ability 668 00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:38.679 to binge a show has really changed. Like, you know, I don't 669 00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:43.840 think there's certain shows that I would have stuck around for if I have to 670 00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:46.639 wait every week for a new episode, Like things have just changed and now 671 00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:51.039 we'll probably get back to that at some point. But like a lot of 672 00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:54.320 the shows that I've liked on Apple TV, they'll give you the first three 673 00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:59.719 and then after that you gotta wait each week, which I still watch kind 674 00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:02.000 of an it is annoying. Yeah, I mean I you know they do 675 00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:06.719 that with ted Lasso. Yes, yeah, that's in. Yeah. I 676 00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:09.280 wonder why, though, Like what's their benefits it they want to hook you 677 00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:13.800 in in this? You see three episodes already, and it's like, Okay, 678 00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:15.280 I've seen enough of this, I'm invested. I'll wait for the rest 679 00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:20.559 of the season. If I like it and I watch it in one sitting, 680 00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:22.760 or I watch it in ten weeks, I'm still going to keep my 681 00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:24.159 subscription because I like what you're doing, you know what I mean, Like, 682 00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:27.519 I just I don't know. I think that's silly, but I'm sure 683 00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:29.360 there's a method, there's a reason why they do it. All right, 684 00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:30.800 we got to run two more hours left. Stick around right here. Sports 685 00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:31.519 Talk seven ninety