WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.759 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 2 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:11.839 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think when we are 3 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:16.359 get off our show, idiot. The kids are playing or trail off their 4 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:19.960 countries are screwing it up. Gold Play inter murals, Brother, gold Play 5 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:24.000 inter murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 6 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:28.559 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 7 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:38.679 Now? Here's nick coffee? All right, let's get it started, folks, 8 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:43.079 ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages. Actually 9 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.880 it's weird to, you know, act like I'm talking to children, but 10 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:48.479 you know what I mean. It's I'm just giving you one of the many 11 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:53.479 corny, stereotypical opens that you hear for, you know, a talk radio 12 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:58.759 show. One thing I didn't mention is welcome to the program. That's kind 13 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:00.920 of growing on me. You've heard me mention that before, right John. 14 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:03.439 I always think it's weird to call a radio show a program, although I 15 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:08.799 guess it technically is. But anyhow, welcome in it is Coffee and Company. 16 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:11.200 That's the name of this program, and we are fueled by Thornton's here 17 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:15.719 on Sports Talk seven ninety Take us with you wherever you go. Listen live 18 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:19.079 on the iHeartRadio web Listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. Nick Coffee, 19 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:23.159 That is me the company man, mister John all On alongside today. 20 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.920 Do you notice anything different as far as when you when you view me here 21 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:32.120 in Studio B through the webcam, anything eating different that you notice? You 22 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.159 look like you've got a little bit of facial hair going on. I don't 23 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:38.920 know if that's what the observation I do you're looking for that it's I do 24 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:40.920 have a little bit of facial hair going on, but no, it's a 25 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:42.319 little bit lighter, like can you tell that it's brighter? And yes. 26 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:46.159 Second, so I don't know if this was Buck Sexton who came in here, 27 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:49.280 and he might have he might have slow played his sabotage right he you 28 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.760 know, he's waiting for a few days of me getting settled in to realize 29 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:55.760 what he might have done to the studio here that I use because all of 30 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:59.319 the lights are off and that's how I keep it. It's not like I'm 31 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:02.200 in pitch black. There's five TVs in here that are humongous that actually give 32 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:06.719 off a lot of light. And I actually have three monitors directly in front 33 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:08.560 of me that are large that give off a lot of light too, So 34 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:12.479 it's not as if I'm sitting here in a dark dark room. That would 35 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.080 be very weird. But this big it's like a I don't know what you'd 36 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.479 call it, but like this big thing that hovers over us. It's like 37 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:23.199 some real modern, expensive, I'm sure lighting for our studio, and I 38 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:28.199 always just turn it off and it's off right now, but there's one bulb. 39 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.919 I guess it's a bulb. It's it won't turn off. It's driving 40 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:38.400 me crazy. It's not usually on, so it's kind of distracting. But 41 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:40.840 also do you hear this somebody drilling? I hear that, Yeah, in 42 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:45.960 my studio. Yeah, that's got to be coming through the microphone. I 43 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:49.680 mean, probably not something that's going to be distracting. But you would think, 44 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:51.840 you know, in a radio studio that there'd be some you know, 45 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:55.479 there'd be some sound, some level of soundproof. But where's that coming from? 46 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:59.879 I think I feel like if I remember right when I there's they're working 47 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:02.919 on the stairs down unforceable. Oh okay, and I guess that would kind 48 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:07.159 of be like where we are, if that makes sense, maybe at the 49 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:12.840 top of where we're at. So anyways, I'll power through again. I 50 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.280 always tell anybody who asks, and trust me, not many people do. 51 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:17.919 But whenever I am asked about, man, how do you do on the 52 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:23.199 radio for three hours every day? And I always say, well, first 53 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:24.680 of all, you know, you got to learn how to feel time, 54 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:28.039 and then once you do that you get comfortable. Then you try to, 55 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:30.840 you know, figure out what you would want to talk about that people would 56 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.240 be interested in that kind of stuff. But just being comfortable, right, 57 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:38.080 if you're uncomfortable, rather it be temperature, you know, maybe you're I 58 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:43.039 don't know. I mean, everybody knows their own comfort level. And this 59 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:45.919 this light to my left that is never on, that is now just you 60 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:49.879 know, an outlier here. It's distracting. But again I'll power through because 61 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:53.120 we've got some things to discuss today. We have a great, Oh Sibor 62 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:57.560 update. And I'm not saying that the update's great. I'm saying his name 63 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:00.639 is great, so great, O Sibor. He's he's made three visits now 64 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:05.080 he's off to his fourth visit. And again We've got what I think is 65 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:10.240 at least somewhat of a notable update, and I'm willing to acknowledge that it's 66 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:13.159 it's probably that because there's been no update, right, It's not like I've 67 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.680 got any any clue which what decision this guy is gonna make. But there's 68 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:23.240 at least some level of noise out there about where things are trending. Which 69 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:26.399 you know, I've never felt as if Louisville was going I mean, I've 70 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:30.959 I think all these transfers, I've never really felt like, Okay, Louisville, 71 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:34.560 better get this guy. Because, honestly, Pat Kelsey, if he 72 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:39.279 misses out on dudes in the portal, I'm sure some would say, well, 73 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:41.240 hey, that's his job, he's got to go get players, and 74 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.920 it is. But you know, this is a little bit newer. This 75 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:47.079 is new to him, right, He's selling a program like Louisville for the 76 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:50.000 first time, which I think so far the results have shown that, Wow, 77 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:53.839 this guy, at least as of now, he's been on the job 78 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:56.360 for a couple of months, and it looks as if he is someone that 79 00:04:56.439 --> 00:05:00.519 really could take off at a place like this, right, because he did 80 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.639 a really good job recruiting at a place like Charleston will Now you know, 81 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:05.959 he's in a different world with Louisville and within IL and that kind of stuff. 82 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:10.199 But if dudes just decide, you know, hey, I don't want 83 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:14.959 to go play for this first year coach who's coming from the CAA and they 84 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.720 won eight games last year. I think I'm gonna go in my final year 85 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:20.800 of college basketball, go play for a program that you know, has a 86 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:24.800 coach that's been there for five six years, that has been on a deep 87 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:27.839 tournament run in recent years. So you know, it's not that I'm saying 88 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:30.040 he could have lost out on every player and I would have said, you 89 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:32.319 know, it's not his fault, but that's just kind of how how I 90 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:38.240 have approached it. So with all that said, Osabor, he's somebody that 91 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:40.560 would be great, but I've never felt as if, like, man, 92 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:42.959 you better, you know, you better get it done. And he would 93 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:46.720 be a big time edition, no doubt. But there are more guys in 94 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:51.959 the portal we can discuss because it sounds as if they've got backup plans, 95 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:57.519 and actually it's probably not even fair to call them backup plans, because I 96 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.160 mean, I would say that even if you do getor you still need to 97 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:04.759 add some other some other players and they're going to So I'm gonna try my 98 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:09.120 best today to do something well, I'm gonna I'm gonna do something a little 99 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:14.199 bit different that I believe is the best way to discuss players that you know, 100 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:16.639 could potentially be playing for Louisville or even Kentucky, right because they're still 101 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.720 looking for players too, and there's some updates on that side. But I'm 102 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:25.120 gonna try my best to be informative but not get too deep into the weeds. 103 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:29.600 So that makes sense, John, because just you know, spending a 104 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:32.879 segment discussing names you've never heard of that more often, more likely than not, 105 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:36.079 will probably never play around like that. Just I can I can see 106 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:41.480 people changing the station. You can get lost in the weeds. Sometimes it's 107 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:43.920 hard to find your way out of. Yeah, well, especially just because 108 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.879 of the lack of transparency that is involved in all of this. I mean, 109 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:51.360 that's what's made it to me just almost you know, probably should admit 110 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:55.399 this, but there are times where I'll you know, finish up a segment 111 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:58.600 and I just talked about two transfers from schools you've never heard of, names 112 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:00.000 you've never heard of. And we go to break and I get up to 113 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:02.000 go to the bathroom. I'm like, who in the hell would listen to 114 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:05.399 that? And there are people that are obsessed with it, but that's a 115 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:11.720 smaller group than you know, the audience you can reach here at Sports Talk 116 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:15.079 seven ninety. So again I'm gonna try my best to balance it today and 117 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:17.800 not just you know, nerd out too much on it. All right, 118 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:21.360 So I gotta tell you, John, I did finish the roast of Tom 119 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:28.040 Rawdy your tweet. It was so good and now it has me wanting other 120 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:33.639 athletes to do the same thing, but I'm not sure they would. I 121 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:39.600 mean, it was, it was hilarious. But again, I'm just some 122 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.319 schmuck on my recliner watching at home in Kentucky, right Like, It's not 123 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:50.839 me up there for three hours getting completely just completely, I mean, I'm 124 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:53.600 trying to think of the right word. I was gonna say a word I'm 125 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:57.759 not allowed to say. But just getting made fun of by some of the 126 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:03.240 most famous human beings on planet Earth, like Kevin Hart and Bert Kreischner, 127 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:07.199 and I mean, and then Lindsay Glazer, who I gotta be honest, 128 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:09.240 I don't even know who that is, but she was the best. She 129 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:16.959 actually I thought had the best roast. So I mean there's a little bit 130 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:20.879 of like uncomfortable. It's an uncomfortable feeling watching it, at least it is 131 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:22.839 for me, and I talked about it yesterday, right, I like in 132 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.160 a way like it's funny, but I sometimes want to hit like that skip 133 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:30.560 button on your screen to like because I'm like, man, they might say 134 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.120 something like super mean and there might be like uncomfortable and awkward because you know, 135 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:37.440 I'm an awkward guy myself. But then it hit me as I watched 136 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:41.679 the entire thing. One thing Kevin Hart says because he's the host, but 137 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:43.960 he's so he's roasting like between sets and all that, Like he's I mean, 138 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:46.159 he was driving the ship and he did a great job doing it, 139 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:50.519 and I think he's funnier in that setting than he is and you know a 140 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:56.120 lot of things. But you know, he would say to the crowd and 141 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:58.320 to other people that were coming up to roast Tom Brady not they weren't all 142 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:01.720 famous comedian. I mean, there were some teammates of his that were a 143 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:05.399 part of it, and like Gronk I mean, Gronk did what you would 144 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:09.720 think Gronk would do, just be Gronk and you know, be kind of 145 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:13.120 you know, the meathead dude. But then like Randy Moss, like he's 146 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:15.159 never tried to be funny, I don't think. Well, he tried and 147 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:18.840 you know, didn't really work out. So what Kevin Hart kept saying was 148 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:20.879 like, you know, you need to get comfortable being uncomfortable, because that's 149 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:24.679 what this is. So I guess in general that's that's what a roast is. 150 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:28.000 So if some of these athletes like knew that going in, then I 151 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:31.279 think they would, you know, they'd be open to it. And there 152 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:35.000 are some who I can see like, yeah, they probably have the thick 153 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:41.000 skin. But even even though like Ben Affleck, he came out and he 154 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.000 wasn't funny, but he's not really a comedian and he's just a huge Boston 155 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:48.279 fan and friend of Tom Brady and he's an actor and he really didn't feel 156 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.039 like part of his you know bit. He just went out of his way 157 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:54.039 to look at Tom Brady who's sitting up there on the stage and say, 158 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:58.080 who would agree to do this? And I'm sure he made a ton of 159 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.080 money. In fact, This is something and they apparently worked on for years. 160 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.679 But you know, like they've already got a list out here. This 161 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:11.440 is from Sports Betting dot ag This these are the the next athlete roast on 162 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:16.279 net because but it's a Netflix production and apparently they want Netflix wants to continue 163 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:20.960 to implement live you know, live like a shows I think they've done. 164 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.080 I think I don't know if they've ever done a live sporting event or not, 165 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:26.440 but you know, they want to dip into doing some live stuff rather 166 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:30.120 than just having streaming stuff that's on demand. And I think they want to 167 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.960 continue to do this whenever they can get an athlete that would agree to it. 168 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:35.960 I'm not sure anything is going to top what happened last night or on 169 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:39.240 Sunday night, I should say, But like, I could totally see Charles 170 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:41.919 Barkley doing it, couldn't you Like he could take the joke, he would 171 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.960 rib people back, Yeah, and it would Yeah, it would be funny. 172 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:50.000 I can't see Lebron James doing it because I don't think Lebron James has 173 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:54.480 any level of self awareness. I'm serio, I don't think he has. 174 00:10:54.679 --> 00:11:00.000 Like I've always respected Lebron as a great player. But I also know why 175 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:05.960 people like oftentimes say come on, Lebron, come on, like because he's 176 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:09.320 very Lebron right and he's very political too. Yeah, so I mean not 177 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:13.840 that they're gonna make political jokes about him, but like somebody might say something 178 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:16.279 offensive about him and he takes it the wrong way, and then that becomes 179 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:20.639 an issue. I think he's probably not that political. I think he is 180 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:26.480 when it's convenient for him to like take a stand, to be the you 181 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:28.960 know, to be like, I don't you know that makes sense? Like 182 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:31.080 I don't even I don't think he really even believes a lot of the things 183 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:33.519 he does say at times when he shares it politically. But that's just my 184 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.519 opinion. But to me, he's someone that like he would he'd be sensitive 185 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:41.159 to it and he'd be offended. And I mean maybe I'm wrong, but 186 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:45.080 like he'd all here's what he would also do. Lebron James would be the 187 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:50.159 guy that would want everybody who was going to be a part of roasting him. 188 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:54.159 He would have to know and approve every word they say, Yeah, 189 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.480 I'm not kidding, that true. That is exactly what he would do. 190 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:01.000 He'd hand pick everybody and comes on and says something, and look, he's 191 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.080 a great player, one of one of the most talented athletes of all time. 192 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:07.759 And you know, I love being able to say that. I've watched 193 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.200 his career from start to finish. Whenever it is over, and you know 194 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:15.000 who go done as a great but he's he's somebody that I think, to 195 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:20.919 me, he's the first first athlete that really hit the mainstream at a young 196 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:26.200 age whenever like the Internet was taken off, like Lebron James was a superstar 197 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:30.440 as a young teenager, like fifteen years old. And I'm not talking about 198 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:33.000 how he ended up number one in the country, you know, on rivals. 199 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:35.960 I'm talking about like he was a superstar, like he was talked about 200 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:41.039 on ESPN and Sports Center. And I think because he was a larger than 201 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:43.720 life celebrity at such a young age, I just have you know, And 202 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:48.320 I've tried my because I want to like Lebron at times, but it's hard 203 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.000 to because he's, you know, Lebron. And when I say he's being 204 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.360 Lebron, like, he's like, you all know what I'm talking about, 205 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:58.480 like whining and crying and saying things that are justus not saying, like offensive 206 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.720 things, but just saying things that ridiculous, like in a press conference. 207 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:05.519 And it's because he has no self awareness. And that's why I believe that, 208 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:07.399 you know, this is what I've tried to tell myself, you know, 209 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:11.919 is why he's he's like this is because he was a larger than live 210 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.200 celebrity superstar at such a young age that he's never had to really you know, 211 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:20.960 he's never had any normal Like lie, he never had anything normal. 212 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:24.039 Right, He's been he's mean as a young kid, but you know, 213 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:28.000 since he's probably been twelve thirteen years old, he's he's had you know, 214 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:31.120 not to say he didn't work hard, I'm just saying he's he's he has 215 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:35.360 no self awareness, and it would be it would be if Netflix was smart, 216 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:37.200 they would not want to do it because they wouldn't they would know we 217 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:41.480 can't make this funny because he would have to be very much editing all of 218 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:45.480 it and it would be lame. So I think Barkley would be great. 219 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:50.080 I think Shaq would be really good too. But I could see Shaq getting 220 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:54.919 I don't want to say defensive, but you know when he yells back and 221 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:58.159 forth with Barkley, which now they've just become like they just kind of laugh 222 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.240 and make jokes to Yeah, but there was a while whenever inside the NBA 223 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.639 on TNT, you were really starting to get that chuck in Shack like they 224 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:07.639 were I don't want to say they were butting heads, but there was a 225 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:13.039 there was a different dynamic there to where they'd be yelling and cracking jokes and 226 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:16.279 Kenny would be laughing. Ernie would be kind of you know, trying to 227 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:20.919 be the you know, mediator, and we'd be laughing. But every now 228 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:22.200 and then you'd realize, okay, wait a second, Shack's kind of serious 229 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:26.200 here, Like he really is just bagging on Charles Barkley for not getting a 230 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:31.519 ring and being a bump, and you know that's actually maybe, you know, 231 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:33.080 maybe he'd be good at that because of the roast aspect of it. 232 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:39.679 But yeah, the other the celebrity slash athletes that have the best odds here 233 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:43.600 to be the next, you know, athlete that gets roasted on Netflix. 234 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:46.320 According to this, it's Lebron number one, but again, I don't think 235 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:52.840 that would work. Barkley number two, and Shaquille O'Neil number three, the 236 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:56.919 Rock number four, Does that count? Like he's that would be lame. 237 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:01.720 Thank you. Yeah, and I like The Rock. You think he's a 238 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:05.200 better actor than I would have ever imagined. But yeah, he to me, 239 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:07.799 he's not in any way, He's not anyways funner and just fake laugh 240 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:13.000 at everything that people are saying about him. Well, And there were many 241 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:18.120 jokes made about Kevin Hart during the Tom Brady roast from a variety of comedian 242 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:22.120 comedians who made references to like The Rock and Kevin Hart, Like, you 243 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:24.879 know, they wake up every day and do awful movies together. They have 244 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:28.200 such a close friendship, Like it's you know, they just just bagging on 245 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.960 him. And I could listen to those two make fun of each other all 246 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:35.080 day. Like there's videos from social media that have surfaced when they're on set 247 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:37.960 of a movie and you know they're just you know, going back and forth 248 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:41.000 giving each other the business. But yeah, I'm with you. I think 249 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:43.879 to me, The Rock would be it would be yeah, it would it 250 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:46.519 would It would be awkward more so than And I think that's what made Brady 251 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.679 so funny is because you know, you could tell he was you know, 252 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:54.360 he was just sitting there taking it. He'd get a little bit uncomfortable at 253 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:58.240 times. And you know, kind of blush, but like he's also an 254 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:00.440 easy guy to make fun of. Hearing his teammates, like, they're not 255 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:06.200 comedians, so they're not like they're not delivering these phenomenal sets that you know, 256 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:08.000 there's some people that were on there that I mean, I'd never even 257 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:10.320 heard of, but they were. I mean, it was some of the 258 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:14.200 funniest things I've ever heard. But like the athletes, it wasn't the same 259 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.639 level of funny as far as like the comedic value because they're not stand up 260 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:19.679 comedians, but like they know how to make fun of Tom Brady better than 261 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:22.639 anybody because they know him better than anybody, right, They've been in a 262 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:25.159 locker room with him, you know him personally, And I just thought that 263 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:29.200 was I thought that was really well done. Travis Kelcey, I don't think 264 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:33.720 I want that, but I could see it potentially being good. They mentioned 265 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:37.720 Mahomes. Peyton Manning is listed as well here, and that could work maybe. 266 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:41.399 But Peyton Manning was also on the roast last night, and he was 267 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:44.200 really good at making fun of Tom Brady and you know, kind of acknowledging 268 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:48.440 their rivalry. So I would I'd recommend watching it if you're somebody who enjoys 269 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:53.559 any level of stand up comedy, because you get good doses of like everybody 270 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:59.639 there. Like, there's a guy who I think he became a famous comedian 271 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:03.799 because he was podcasting, Andrew Schultz. You know who that is? Google 272 00:17:03.839 --> 00:17:08.119 his name. I guarantee you recognize him because if you're on Instagram, TikTok, 273 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:12.519 I mean, his like clips from his podcast are always all over social 274 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.799 media. I've seen him, yes, so he he was. He was 275 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:19.559 really really good on there, and you know, he's really funny. So 276 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:23.759 again, Tom Brady to me has always been somebody that if you're not a 277 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:26.519 Patriots fan, you kind of love to hate him and make fun of him. 278 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:30.480 And that's what everybody did for three hours. So I would recommend watching 279 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:33.599 it. It is a commitment, that's I mean, it's three hours long. 280 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:37.759 But it has me curious to see if we get if we get more 281 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:41.400 of these in anytime soon, in which in which athletes you know, would 282 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:45.720 be willing to do it. But to be fair, like Brady, I 283 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.359 mean, he's he's the goat. He's the best quarterback of all time. 284 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:53.640 And you know, I don't know if there's another athlete that would really bring 285 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:59.599 out the celebrities to be a part of it. Quite like I right down 286 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:03.000 the line and Patrick Mahomes could be a good one. Yeah, But I 287 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:06.279 just I just don't know enough about his personality, Like I don't know enough 288 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:10.480 about like if he's just a because I think he's kind of a boring dude, 289 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.200 which isn't an insult. I mean, it's just I don't, you 290 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:12.799 know, I don't think he's you know, he's not. He's pretty low 291 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:15.839 key, to be honest with you. He's been with his same girl since 292 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:18.119 high school and you know, you never see him out, you know. 293 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.960 I mean, he's not a big like Papa Rozzi kind of guy. Which 294 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:26.920 again, like that I mean that that's a good thing to be honest with 295 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:29.359 you, not that they're they're to be anything wrong with you know him, 296 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:33.759 want to be somebody that's out taking advantage of being super famous and super successful. 297 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:36.720 But I don't really know if there'd be a whole lot of ammunition there, 298 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:38.359 right, Like you could make fun of you know him sounding like Kermit 299 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.000 the Frog. You can make fun of him, you know, putting you 300 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:45.480 know, ketchup on steak, which became a big deal. I think was 301 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:48.200 in his first Super Bowl. You could certainly make fun of his brother, 302 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:52.680 but that's one of those things like that may be off limits, you know 303 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.359 what I mean, Like he's brother would be absolutely torched if Patrick Mahomes got 304 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:00.680 roasted. But I'm telling you, like that's a you know, even though 305 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:03.079 he kind of knows his brother brings it on himself and like is a royal 306 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:07.799 douchebag. I mean, it's still your brother, and you'd probably be uncomfortable 307 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:11.000 making jokes about it, so or make other people make any you know, 308 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:12.880 you may think it's funny, but you know what, your mom wouldn't. 309 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:17.160 You wouldn't want to make your mom mad at your roast. So I really 310 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:22.000 enjoyed it, But there are I mean, I'm not a prude, but 311 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:27.400 I'm also you know, I'm aware of things that wouldn't necessarily bother me, 312 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:30.759 but I know they potentially bother other people. So like go in knowing that, 313 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:37.599 like it's gonna be pretty it's raunchy. And I hate even bringing up 314 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:41.880 the whole cancel culture stuff because I just I cringe hearing people say he's gonna 315 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:45.240 get canceled. It's the cancel I just I don't know, I hate it, 316 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:51.000 but the level of what was said on there by certain people, it 317 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:56.359 did take me back to a time where I forgot existed where you could say 318 00:19:56.519 --> 00:20:00.839 some of the most I mean just and again, I'm not even I don't 319 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:06.640 even want to dress it up and and assess if it's over the line, 320 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:08.079 because everybody has their own view of that, and I don't want to be 321 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:12.559 controversial. But they made there were a lot of jokes about Aaron Hernandez that 322 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:17.119 you could feel in that room with certain people, it just became uncomfortable. 323 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:21.440 And his wife's already come out saying how disgusted she was that people were making 324 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:26.599 jokes about Aaron Hernandez, Brady's wife. She's also complaining about how much she 325 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:30.480 was brought up during the roast that you know, she had an affair and 326 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:34.440 was and I didn't even know that. I mean, i mean, there's 327 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:38.880 nothing that I'm less interested in in, like clicking on, than you know, 328 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.759 celebrity gossip stuff. So I'm pretty sure I've never even like clicked on 329 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:48.440 anything that was about Giselle and Brady. But apparently it was a really public 330 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:51.519 divorce and she was, I mean, she was hooking up with a with 331 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:53.519 a jiu jitsu guy, like, did you know any of that? John? 332 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:59.680 No? No. I was apparently some just some some trainer that was 333 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:06.000 given like I guess her kids and him or and maybe Giselle like corning lessons 334 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:07.759 or something. And there was a lot of jokes made about that, which 335 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:12.079 tells me that, like that's real. I mean, so anyways, I 336 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:15.799 think it was awesome, but again, just be you know, maybe don't 337 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:18.400 watch it like with your parents or something, because maybe they you know, 338 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:23.200 maybe they'll be really just you know, like put it this way. I 339 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:26.319 think my mom would crack up at certain things. But I know my mom 340 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:30.160 would also be want to just walk out of the room because she's you know, 341 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:33.160 she's not that's you know, she's she's my mother, And even if 342 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:36.559 she did enjoy that kind of comedy, I wouldn't want to know about it 343 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:40.279 because she's my mom and she's she's perfect, and she's you know, she's 344 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:42.000 the best. All right, let's uh, let's do this. Let me 345 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:45.079 set the table for you guys really quickly here before we get to a break, 346 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:52.319 because we do have some early I guess they're considered post spring college football 347 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:56.400 rankings for the upcoming season. Louisville did crack a couple of those lists, 348 00:21:56.440 --> 00:22:02.240 so we can certainly discuss that, and also some numbers, and I dont 349 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.119 want to nerd out too much on you know, just nothing but numbers, 350 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:08.640 but we really it's actually some good stuff on both college football and college basketball. 351 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:12.039 On the football side is really good breakdown from twenty four to seven sports 352 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:17.559 that kind of tells you what the portal and what NIL is doing to the 353 00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:22.200 landscape of coaching right as far as which you know, certain coaches are not 354 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:26.920 even interested in being head coaches at the college level anymore because of you know, 355 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:30.680 how much things have changed. And then on the basketball side, the 356 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:36.759 portal, I mean, the amount of guys who have hit the portal that 357 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:41.480 have not committed. The vast majority of those guys are guys that probably aren't 358 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:45.400 getting many phone calls because they're transferring because they were on a mid level or 359 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:51.920 a low level team and they didn't play much. So you know, at 360 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:56.759 some point like NIL is going to get worked out in some way. In 361 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:59.799 fact, that's something we can also discuss because we least now know I guess 362 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:04.039 the proposed you know, the proposed there's still some specifics, but as far 363 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:07.480 as how they're going to go about pay and the schools are going to go 364 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:11.119 about paying college athletes, we'd have a better idea as far as you know 365 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:12.920 which direction they're heading with that, and we can we can get into it. 366 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:17.279 But with the portal, you know, if they just make it to 367 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:19.119 where you can always leave at any time, Like I'm curious, you know 368 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:22.680 these guys having the ability to do that. I can't say that that's wrong 369 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:26.359 because I mean, as an eighteen year old, if you want to play 370 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:30.720 for four different schools in your four year experience as a college player, like 371 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:34.200 you should be able to do that if somebody will take you. But I 372 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:38.000 was always under the impression that as soon as this started or you could transfer, 373 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:45.119 there would be there'd be those that learned the hard way that ended up 374 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:49.279 actually changing this, not not completely ending it, but slowing it down right, 375 00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:53.680 Like countless players who thought the grass was greener on the other side, 376 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:59.359 thought that leaving was going to lead to them having a breakout season elsewhere, 377 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:02.680 But in the end, they just left because they didn't like where they were 378 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.400 on the depth chart and they didn't work hard enough. That kind of stuff, 379 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:08.240 and you know there, I thought there'd be enough examples of guys that 380 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:11.480 just you know, left because they could, but in reality, they should 381 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:15.440 have stayed and they probably would have gotten better and it would have been beneficial 382 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:21.079 for everybody involved. But maybe we're a little too early into the portal era 383 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:25.079 to where we haven't seen enough of that happen yet, because I mean, 384 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:30.440 the amount of guys who just leave because they can is crazy. But again, 385 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:33.559 i'd i'd be a liar if I said I feel like that they shouldn't 386 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:37.599 be allowed to. It's a different story if they become paid employees at these 387 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:40.920 schools and they signed contracts, because that's a different ballgame, and that's honestly 388 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:44.039 probably what's gonna end up happening. All right, Look, if you guys 389 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.880 want to be a part of the show today, you can. You can 390 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:48.480 give us a call. Five oh two five seven seventy nine hundred is the 391 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:51.440 number if you want to call in. You can also text in on the 392 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:53.839 L and N Federal Credit Union tex line five oh two six five to three 393 00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:57.000 zero seven ninety quick break. Also, something else we want to get to 394 00:24:57.440 --> 00:25:03.079 that I haven't mentioned yet is the they're the number two player in Steady Kentucky. 395 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:07.000 Trent Noah has been given his release from South Carolina and he will have 396 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:11.440 a lot of options. And I'd say this could be I don't know if 397 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:17.240 Louisville's gonna get involved here. Wouldn't be shocked if they do. But you 398 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:19.559 know, could this be a pope burst Kelsey? Could? I mean, 399 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:22.960 because they haven't gonehead to head for a player, have they? I mean, 400 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:25.960 I don't think they have, at least not that I'm aware of. 401 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:30.559 Was Ali Khalifa one? Is that count? Uh? Maybe? Maybe? 402 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.079 So? If that's so. If that's the case, then you know, 403 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:37.519 Kelsey's already he's want to know, all right, hangout, don't go anywhere, 404 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:41.720 keep it locked right here. On Sports Talk seven ninety so, somebody 405 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:45.079 on the text line reminded me of something that I completely forgot about with Lebron 406 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:48.039 James. So if you are just now joining us, we were discussing which 407 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:52.759 athletes would be the best candidates to be roasted, like Tom Brady was, 408 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:56.720 which again I thought it was phenomenal, And we were talking about Lebron James 409 00:25:56.759 --> 00:26:03.960 because the that I referenced has him as the the athlete with the best odds 410 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:06.920 to be next and I just think he would be lame, and I don't 411 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:12.119 think he would. It would be so doctored and it would just be lame. 412 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:15.359 He would want to know everything that everybody is going to say about him 413 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:18.759 so he can decide if it's if it's you know, if it's approved or 414 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:21.720 not. But somebody had the text on reminded me of something Lebron did long 415 00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.960 long ago that I'd be willing to bet John didn't know about this because it's 416 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:29.359 that long ago. This was like it's probably twelve thirteen, maybe longer than 417 00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:33.519 that years ago, during a summer workout. I don't even know where they 418 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:41.519 were, but a summer like pickup game. Jordan Crawford former former played at 419 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:45.519 Xavier. In fact, played for coach Mackett Xavier. I believe at the 420 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:48.079 end of his career, I think he started Indiana. Maybe he did. 421 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:51.279 Yeah, he's the guy who was part of that. I mean he was. 422 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:53.279 He was part of a Kelvin team's right, him and DJ White. 423 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:59.039 But Jordan Crawford really good player, had had a decent little run in the 424 00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:00.920 in the NBA with the Hawks, the Wizards, the Celtics, and he's 425 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:07.119 actually now still playing professionally, but he apparently dunked on Lebron James in a 426 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:12.640 pickup game, like in a way Lebron's never been dunked on before, and 427 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:17.279 somebody there was videoing it. It might have been like one of those gosh, 428 00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:21.000 is this is balls Life still around on? You know again, I'm 429 00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:23.759 these are things that I would totally understand if you don't know what it is, 430 00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:27.880 because, yeah, Ballislife dot Com the website, it looks like it's 431 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:33.279 still got some fresh content here, but it used to be the authority on 432 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:37.519 like video footage of recruits. Like if you had a ball As Life mixtape, 433 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:41.359 like you know, and this was when you couldn't upload video files to 434 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:45.559 Twitter like it would. You'd have to go to YouTube and whatnot, or 435 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:48.839 you'd have to embed it on your on your web page, and like you 436 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:51.839 know, John Wall apparently, you know, if I remember correctly, had 437 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.720 like one of the most notable mixtapes ever from ball As Life. Well, 438 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.279 I think it was one of their guy way somebody who worked for them was 439 00:27:56.279 --> 00:28:00.880 they're filming it at this pickup game and Lebron's people, I don't know who 440 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:07.720 that is, like his agent or security, but they made him. They 441 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:11.799 would not let this guy leave the gym until they until he deleted the file 442 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:15.640 from from the camera, because Lebron was so worried about people seeing him getting 443 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:21.160 dunked on, and he blamed it somehow got blamed to like, no, 444 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.720 it was Nike that didn't want it out there because you know, they have 445 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:26.799 so much invested in Lebron and Lebron getting dunked on by a guy who I 446 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:30.079 think at the time might have been I mean, I think he was fresh 447 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:33.400 out of college or something like that. But like that, that's Lebron. 448 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:36.839 When I say, like Lebron is so Lebron, Like that is the kind 449 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:38.039 of stuff I'm talking about. I'm sure you've never heard of that. I 450 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:41.799 just saw the video. I looked it up as you were talking about it. 451 00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:44.240 It probably looks very grainy, right it does. Yeah, so it 452 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:48.079 eventually it eventually surfaced, but for a while it didn't because that mean they 453 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:52.240 were you know, it was they were bullying this guy and he was like 454 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:55.599 a guy younger than me at the time, and I remember he would come 455 00:28:55.799 --> 00:29:00.599 every year to the Dirt to the Kentucky Derby Festival Classic, the event that 456 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:03.839 was here forever. That at one point was kind of like, you know, 457 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:10.279 the slightly lower level McDonald's All American game, and you know, he 458 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.599 become in film and he was telling me the story about it, and sure 459 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:15.119 enough it was all I think it might even might even have been on. 460 00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:19.799 I think it might have been TMZ who actually got the video, because you 461 00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:25.079 know, at that time, not everybody was getting out their phone and videoing 462 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:29.160 everything. This guy actually videoed it on like a real camera. So anyhow, 463 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:32.839 all right, So some news to share with you guys that I'm sure 464 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:37.359 Kentucky fans are, you know, somewhat interested in. I'd say Louisville fans 465 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:41.960 probably not as much, but maybe we should be. So Trenton Noah. 466 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:48.160 He is the number two player in the state of Kentucky according to twenty four 467 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:52.799 to seven Sports. He was let out of his letter of intent from by 468 00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:55.200 South Carolina today. I gotta be honest, I didn't even know that he 469 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.440 was trying to get let out of his letter. But he's a six to 470 00:29:56.480 --> 00:30:00.640 six guard who played at Harlan County and I think he put up like forty 471 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:04.880 six points in the state tournament. And you know, I'm not here to 472 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:07.400 tell you this guy is going to be a Reach Shepherd or anything like that. 473 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:11.359 But I watched him play when he was a sophomore, and he was 474 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:15.000 really really good then, and apparently he's only gotten better. He's the guy 475 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:19.400 that people who do get a chance to go see him after hearing about, 476 00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:22.680 Wow, this kid out in eastern Kentucky again, and this is just what 477 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.079 it's you know, not that I'm out in eastern Kentucky a lot, but 478 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:30.119 this is what I feel like nearly everybody I heard. And it's not as 479 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:33.960 if again I'm acting like there's an army of people that are coming up to 480 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:37.839 me to talk about Tritt noah No. But those who had heard about him 481 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:41.680 that then watched him play, especially those who saw him in the state tournament, 482 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:44.079 he was actually the King of the Bluegrass as well. The Louisville event 483 00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:45.440 here at Fardell High School, they all said, well, you know, 484 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:48.519 I don't think he's going to be as good as Read Shepherd, but man, 485 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:52.839 he's really good. Because there was this belief that most kids, white 486 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:56.119 kids out in the state of Kentucky that if they, you know, had 487 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:59.119 got a three star and had some decent offers, then you know, they 488 00:30:59.119 --> 00:31:02.480 could be a cute little player somewhere, and I remember telling people for years 489 00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:04.880 that is not Reach Shepard. Reached Shepherd is an elite talent, and that 490 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:07.640 was evident, and he's going to be probably a top five pick in the 491 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:11.799 NBA Draft. I don't think this guy or Travis Perry is that. But 492 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:17.319 I think Trent Noah would be a good college player for Louisville, Kentucky and 493 00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:21.160 just about anybody. I mean, I think he's that talented six' six 494 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:26.119 big guard can shoot it. I mean, he's been a star since you 495 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:30.119 know, since he's been I think an eighth grader. I think he's top 496 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:34.400 five all time in the state of Kentucky and in scoring. And this could 497 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:40.119 make a little sense because the right up I saw earlier it might have been 498 00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:42.480 from Adam Finkelstein or one of the other guys who writes who covers you know, 499 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:45.359 high school recruiting for twenty four to seven Sports. You know, he 500 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:51.200 already he committed to South Carolina relatively early in the recruiting process, but it 501 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:55.000 sounds like after that he got really better, like he made a big jump. 502 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:57.680 And again now he is a twenty four to seven Sports four star. 503 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:02.240 You know, he's around the top one hundred, which you know, that's 504 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:07.240 probably not something that Kentucky fans ever have thought they'd be excited about, because 505 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.839 you know, when they were when when Cal was their coach, it was 506 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:13.519 a different world. But now things have changed, and you know, I 507 00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:19.160 mean honestly, even though nobody would would be wise to try to put anybody, 508 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:21.559 I mean reed Shepherd could eventually be one of the best players that comes 509 00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.880 out of state of Kentucky. I mean, I believe that. It's like 510 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:27.000 saying, you know, Reid has now made people think that there's going to 511 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:30.039 be a bunch of dudes like that. I don't think anybody should and will 512 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:34.599 like put anybody to that standard. But you know, give you give you 513 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:37.279 a name that a lot of you guys probably aren't even that familiar with, 514 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:44.799 Braxton Beverly. That's a guy who I believe played his high his high school 515 00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:47.799 ball, I don't know. It's in eastern Kentucky. I don't remember exactly 516 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:52.759 which school, Perry County Central, and he was, you know, he 517 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:55.880 had offers from n C State, Ohio State, ended up going to hard 518 00:32:55.920 --> 00:33:00.720 Grave for a year and he ended up I think finishing his career. But 519 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:04.839 like He's somebody that I think he was never going to be the best player 520 00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:07.640 on your team, but like he could play at this level, and there's 521 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:10.000 guys like that. I think Trent Noah is that guy. And it sounds 522 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:15.279 as if his decision to be let out of his letter of intent at South 523 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:17.440 Carolina's because he wants to stay closer to home. And I would imagine, 524 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:21.960 like this just means he's going to go to Kentucky, But I don't know 525 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:24.200 that. I mean, I'm just gonna make that assumption, and maybe that's 526 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:30.079 not a fair assumption, but I will say this, at one point, 527 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:36.039 this kid wanted to be recruited by Louisville. Now, I mean I think 528 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.400 that was when Ky I mean I think that was clearly was when Kenny was 529 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:40.000 here. And I don't think that means like he for sure would have come 530 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:45.880 to Louisville if they offered him, But when he was playing at Fardale at 531 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:49.119 the King of the Bluegrass. He is someone and I think it was that 532 00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:52.599 event. But this is somebody that like he knew Louisville probably could use some 533 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:58.279 players, like his family did, and you know, he wanted them to 534 00:33:58.279 --> 00:34:00.240 have interest because I think you know, and it's probably just more than anything 535 00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:06.200 that he would want to stay closer to home. But I expect Kentucky, 536 00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:08.079 you know, and Mark Pope to you know, to make this happen because 537 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:10.920 if you grow I mean, let me ask you this, John, Wouldn't 538 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:16.480 it be an insanely rare situation here If this young man grew up in Harlan, 539 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:21.920 Kentucky, born and raised in that area of Kentucky, and he's not 540 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.719 a diehard Kentucky fan, Yeah, that would be out of the blue. 541 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:27.960 Like that would be that would be very unusual, Like there'd have to be 542 00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:30.280 some kind of connection like maybe his dad played at Tennessee or something like. 543 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:35.480 It would just be very very rare. But when you are I mean, 544 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:38.880 I think there's plenty of guys who grew up fans of certain teams, but 545 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:44.119 then when they become you know, recruits to where they're being pursued by a 546 00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:46.639 lot of coaches, you kind of, you know, not that you lose 547 00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:51.440 your fan hood, but you know, you start thinking about yourself rather than 548 00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.840 your team because you're going to be, you know, you're you're going to 549 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:57.960 be in that world of college basketball. So Matt Jones out, you know, 550 00:34:58.039 --> 00:35:00.519 if there's anybody that may have, you know, the ability to check 551 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:04.960 the pulse of eastern Kentucky, it's probably Matt And he said earlier today that 552 00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:08.320 he expects Kentucky, Tennessee, and Louisville to be involved. So I would 553 00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:12.039 expect it to be Kentucky, but you never know. And he's good too, 554 00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:14.679 by the way, I know Louisville's not right now currently looking to add 555 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:17.599 guards. But this is an incoming freshman and you still have scholarships to give, 556 00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:23.320 so you know, we'll see. But I also wouldn't put it past 557 00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:28.679 this kid to you know, announce he's going to Kentucky tonight. But you 558 00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:34.000 never know. When guys become available this late. There's always schools that end 559 00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:37.639 up having a scholarship or two that they didn't expect to have, and they'll 560 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:42.039 they'll make a strong push for somebody to finalize their roster. And you know, 561 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:45.079 I would I think I read it earlier today that you know, those 562 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:47.519 who cover recruiting think that he was one of the most improved players during his 563 00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:51.360 senior year, and again at the time, he'd already committed to South Carolina. 564 00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:57.400 That's an SEC school, all right, Let's see here some news to 565 00:35:57.440 --> 00:36:00.639 get to before we get to our next break. Sticking with the Kentucky side 566 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:06.280 of things, Gavin Wimsatt has committed to Kentucky. He's a quarterback transfer man. 567 00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:08.440 I forgot about that name. He was the Owensboro guy, that's right, 568 00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:13.440 I forgot all about him. He went to Rutgers and did he play 569 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:16.159 much there? I don't. He may have filled in after an injury, 570 00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:20.920 but he was never the main starter from what I remember. Yeah, he 571 00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:25.119 enrolled early, and I remember there were I mean, there was a story 572 00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:28.559 done by someone here in the state. It might have been one of the 573 00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:31.320 newspapers, might have been the Herald Leader. I'm not sure. But at 574 00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:35.840 the time he committed to Rutgers, Kentucky wanted him, right. He was 575 00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:37.840 a he was a four star kid. I think Louisville, I mean Sadderfield 576 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:42.239 was recruiting him as well, and he ended up going to Rutgers, and 577 00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:45.199 like, there was a story done about how much backlash he was getting from 578 00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:47.920 like people in his community from not picking Kentucky. Well, now here he 579 00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:52.760 is, you know, four years later, seemingly and he's he's going to 580 00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:55.599 be playing for Kentucky. So yeah, it looks like he. Yeah, 581 00:36:55.599 --> 00:37:00.440 his number, I would say in this past year would have been the year 582 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:05.559 where he probably played the most. But it doesn't look as if isn't. 583 00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:07.920 Yeah, it doesn't look like his Yeah, I guess he was their starter, 584 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:10.239 you know, all year. It looks like but I don't know, 585 00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:15.199 like if you like, the last game they played was in they play the 586 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:19.039 Ruggers in Miami, played in the Bowl game, which I forgot that that 587 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:24.800 game even happened. But yeah, he completed seven of fifteen passes. I'm 588 00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:29.800 not I guess in a Greg Chiano program, I would say that, you 589 00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.599 know, those can be you know, seven of fifteen could be. You 590 00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:34.760 know, it seems to me like a light day of work. But then 591 00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:37.880 again, like maybe they didn't rely on him to uh to throw the ball 592 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:43.840 very much. But last season he threw for seventeen hundred yards, nine touchdowns 593 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:49.239 and eight interceptions. So you know, I guess that gives Kentucky a little 594 00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:52.880 bit of depth at quarterback, which I suppose was needed. They brought in 595 00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:54.760 Vander Griff Is that how you say it? I think it is Georgia from 596 00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:58.960 Georgia, which you know, he may be great. You just never know 597 00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:00.159 because he's not. He doesn't get a chance. He didn't get a chance 598 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:04.559 to play much at Georgia because you know, they already had their quarterback situation 599 00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:07.039 taken care of. So maybe he's great, but you know, if not, 600 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:09.519 I guess Gavin Wimsatt will be the guy. I could be wrong, 601 00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:13.039 but I feel like they kind of got gutted by the portal at quarterback, 602 00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:16.280 which most programs do, honestly, just because you know you could. Rarely 603 00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:20.800 does a program want to play more than one quarterback. And you know, 604 00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.519 in fact, there was a kid yesterday. I'm not sure if anybody saw 605 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:28.599 this, there was a kid yesterday that had offers from some SEC in Big 606 00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:35.800 ten schools but committed to Toledo. And the article I read reference that you 607 00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:38.440 know, there wasn't anil situation that made it attractive. But you know, 608 00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:42.119 he wants to go in and play right away. He doesn't want to sit 609 00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:45.719 behind three guys when he's a freshman and then know that no matter what happens, 610 00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:49.480 they're going to bring in transfers. And like it's just such a cutthroat 611 00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:52.480 competitive spot. Now. I think if you're good enough, you'd compete, 612 00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:54.719 And you know, feel like you'd win. But that's why, I mean, 613 00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:59.159 there's no doubt the quarterbacks in college football are going to be the ones 614 00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:02.400 who are, you know, in and out of programs NonStop. Well, 615 00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:06.880 that's why I blew my mind last year the amount of quarterbacks Louisville had on 616 00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:09.159 their roster. Did they get gutted this? And it's and it's crazy, 617 00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:14.280 John, because I thought they'd lose two after spring just because there's only gonna 618 00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:17.039 be one guy that starts right, because that's how it works. But all 619 00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:20.719 of them have stuck around. And how many are on the depth chart like 620 00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:25.800 five or six? Gosh, they lost two to graduation Evan Conley, and 621 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:30.719 then the other was brocked Omen and then everybody else is still around. I 622 00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:35.360 mean they've got the kid from Purdue, Brady Allen. Yeah, Brady Allen 623 00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:38.519 is still there. Uh, the guy who transferred from Tennessee by way of 624 00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:43.440 UNLV or maybe the other way around, Harrison Bailey, he's still there. 625 00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:47.679 Pierce Clarkson's their backup right now. And then they've they added another freshman I 626 00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:51.800 believe this this year. And then there's a couple of walk on So I 627 00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:57.880 mean they played ten quarterbacks in one game last year against Murray State, which 628 00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:00.599 is insane that anybody would even have have ten quarterbacks on their team. But 629 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:06.599 yeah, I mean, look if it was if it was me, I 630 00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:09.199 would totally want to transfer if I'm like fifth on the depth chart and I 631 00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:13.679 was a four star quarterback you know, two years ago, like Brady Allen. 632 00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:16.039 But maybe they just I don't know. I mean, I'm glad that, 633 00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:19.719 you know, these guys want to stick around because it means you can 634 00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:22.760 get down to maybe your third string and still feel like maybe you've got someone 635 00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:24.639 that can move the ball down the field for you. But it is puzzling, 636 00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:28.360 isn't it, Because again, like nobody's everywhere else is having an issue. 637 00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:30.920 You're like, if you're only gonna play if like the first three guys 638 00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:34.320 get hurt, if you're four string, you know, I just to me, 639 00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:36.800 maybe one of those things. And I don't know all of Louisville's like 640 00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:38.840 quarterbacks and their their classes, like when they're going to graduate, that kind 641 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:42.280 of thing. But if they can see maybe a year or two down, 642 00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:44.920 like all these guys are going to be gone and then I'll be the man. 643 00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:47.079 Maybe that's what these guys see could be such of the younger players. 644 00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:52.639 But that that's where it's just become harder to do because if you've been sitting 645 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:57.800 there with no experience, but you're getting better, and then there's an elite 646 00:40:57.880 --> 00:41:00.679 quarterback in the portal that's played three coach is going to go after that guy. 647 00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:04.559 We're still gonna have to compete against whoever he brings. And that's why 648 00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:07.280 I really I was happy to see the way Piers Clarkson handled it because you 649 00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:12.440 know, five ten years ago, in that range, he would have been 650 00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:14.639 he would have been the next man up, he would have been the starter 651 00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:17.679 this year. But the game's changed. It's now very common for a guy 652 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:22.480 to be, you know, still a backup after he's a you know, 653 00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:27.679 red shirt sophomore at times, because that's just the quarterback position due to the 654 00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:30.280 portal has really changed, and I think it's led to some guys just bouncing 655 00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:34.079 around trying to find a spot where they can start. And then you know, 656 00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:36.519 there's others like Pierce, who you know, I think is willing to 657 00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:39.559 stick around and hope that this year maybe he gets some reps in that once 658 00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:43.599 Tyler Shuck's gone, then they'll uh, you know, they'll hand the reins 659 00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:46.480 to him, but it almost kind of feels like your way to break out 660 00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:51.719 as a starter is to transfer in place where we experience. Yeah, alright, 661 00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:52.719 quick break. We'll come back on the other side, wrap up the 662 00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:55.840 three o'clock hour and keep this thing rolling along again. Coffee and Company feel 663 00:41:55.840 --> 00:42:02.440 about Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety so we will get into I've been describing 664 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:06.239 it as a new wave of players in the portal to at least keep an 665 00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:08.440 eye on as far as who they're visiting, that kind of stuff, any 666 00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:13.679 reporting on where they could end up, because Louisville and even Kentucky, I 667 00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:16.719 mean, they're still trying to finalize their rosters. And I know the portal 668 00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:21.239 has closed and the majority of the big names are no longer available, but 669 00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:23.639 there are still some good players to get. And again, I'm gonna try 670 00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:28.039 to get a little creative here and just not be as you know, deep 671 00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:30.599 into the weeds and you know, boring when it comes to just rattling off 672 00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:35.400 names that you've never heard of and stats that you probably don't care about. 673 00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:39.039 But it's something that is I think important because again, you know, we're 674 00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:45.719 college basketball crazy around here. We're in a very unusual spot where both programs 675 00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:47.760 have a new coach and are trying to build a roster from scratch. So 676 00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:51.800 but I just you know, I'm gonna try to mix it up a little 677 00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:55.559 bit. All right, real quick, let's give the city of Louisville a 678 00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:59.679 pat on the back here. Maybe that means giving yourself a pat on the 679 00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:04.519 back here, because Mayor Greenberg shared something earlier that I was happy to see, 680 00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:08.679 but it did not surprise me that much. So Craigstweet says, big 681 00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:13.519 news. Louisville's downtown is buzzing again, ranking number three in the United States 682 00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:21.719 for visitor return. So I'm a little biased because I actually like downtown Louisville. 683 00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:23.360 Now, I know why a lot of people don't come down here a 684 00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:27.480 lot. And I don't mean because they think they're gonna die. I mean 685 00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:30.880 because there may not be like a destination for them to, you know, 686 00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:35.000 to go to. And a lot of people who were coming downtown for years 687 00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:37.760 were coming downtown to go the Yum Center for a Louisville basketball game. That 688 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:40.400 ain't even happened in a while. I mean, even before things fell apart 689 00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:45.320 with Kenny Payne. I mean, you didn't even have full I mean, 690 00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:49.320 you haven't been able to. I remember the last time you had fifteen sixteen 691 00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:52.440 thousand people at the Yum Center. It's got to be since twenty twenty four. 692 00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:57.239 It'll be five years, five seasons ago when we get to this upcoming 693 00:43:57.280 --> 00:44:01.400 season. So you know, there are some that act like it's some boarded 694 00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:07.840 up war zone, which is not true. But yeah, are there moments 695 00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:10.480 where you could be in danger and need to have your head on a swivel. 696 00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:14.639 Absolutely, but that's everywhere in Louisville. If you guys watch the news, 697 00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:19.320 do you realize like you can get stabbed in the prestigious East End? 698 00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:23.400 It carjack like it's you know, it's not just downtown, but people who 699 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:29.039 come to Louisville and stay downtown really like it. And you know, I 700 00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:32.000 had some friends that came in from for Derby that you know, I just 701 00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:35.840 know of them for you know, people that I met, you know, 702 00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:38.679 when I was in school and whatnot. But there's also people like I ran 703 00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:44.679 into some friends of mine at Oaks and they had friends with them from Germany 704 00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:49.800 that they met while back, and they make it a point to come every 705 00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:52.400 year because they love Louisville and it's not just because the derby. That's a 706 00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:53.599 big part of it. Like that's what gets people to come to Louisville a 707 00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:55.639 lot, Right, it's a big I mean, it's a big event. 708 00:44:57.119 --> 00:45:00.920 But there are people who come to Louisville that or here for work for a 709 00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:04.960 week, and you know they're downtown and you know, are downtown if you 710 00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:07.559 haven't been here in a while, Like it's nice. I mean there's a 711 00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:12.559 lot of great restaurants, a lot of I mean, I consider Newlu to 712 00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:15.079 kind of be downtown, do you, John, I mean, that's kind 713 00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:17.760 of, at least in the last three or four years where I feel like 714 00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:21.480 everything you know, I mean it's called Newlu for a reason. Yeah, 715 00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:23.519 that's kind of where everybody goes to hang out. But you know, to 716 00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:27.280 me, you could be a Nulu and then you know, five blocks up, 717 00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:30.679 which is not a far walk, you are what everybody's can considers to 718 00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:34.280 be, you know, downtown. Yeah, so if there are people who 719 00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:37.920 come here that really like it and make it a point to come back and 720 00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:39.159 stay here, Like if you live here, why wouldn't you come here? 721 00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:43.800 You know what I mean? Like trust me, Like I don't want any 722 00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:46.119 I don't want people just flooding the text line or calling in to reference you 723 00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:52.480 know, homicide rates like I know, but that's not I mean, it's 724 00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:54.920 not just downtown where that kind of stuff happens unfortunately. In fact, there 725 00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:59.519 are areas that I think used to be viewed as maybe not like the safest 726 00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:02.360 place is but you know, artsy fartsy, And I think you guys know 727 00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:07.079 what area I'm talking about that like now it's it's kind of dangerous, Like 728 00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:10.159 it's more it would probably be, you know, way more dangerous now than 729 00:46:10.199 --> 00:46:15.039 it was many many years ago. So come downtown if you haven't. Right, 730 00:46:15.079 --> 00:46:22.360 there's restaurants that are great here and I'm I'm hopeful And maybe this is 731 00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:24.880 me just giving Louisville basketball too much credit here, but I think when you 732 00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:30.480 do have great crowds starting to show up this year, and that that means 733 00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:34.679 that's that's the reason people are going downtown. You know, if they're there 734 00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:37.440 on a Saturday before a game or maybe a you know, a Thursday night 735 00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:39.519 or something, you know, they'll probably be taking There'll be people that'll be 736 00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:43.039 doing that this year that haven't done that in a long long time. And 737 00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:45.400 I hope that that makes them realize, you know what, like we should 738 00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:47.039 do this more often. I may have asked you this before, but do 739 00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:51.800 you think Louisville will sell out the home opener for Pat Kelcey. It's a 740 00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:53.440 great question. Let's talk about that on the other side, because I got 741 00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:58.360 to give that some thought because I'm gonna say no. But it's not because 742 00:46:58.400 --> 00:47:00.880 I'm like, you know, being credit. I just I think think times 743 00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:05.360 have changed. But I don't know. Maybe maybe he comes out and gives 744 00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:08.320 us some kind of you know, like pep Riley's speech, and he can 745 00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:10.719 talk. We learned that on day one. Maybe that'll get it. I 746 00:47:10.760 --> 00:47:15.119 mean, I think if you'd have asked people to show up after he gave 747 00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:19.079 his opening press conference a couple months ago, I think there'd have been people 748 00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:22.519 waiting for miles outside to get in. And yes, I'm aware forty eight 749 00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:27.440 hours prior, people were pissed he was the coach. All right, don't 750 00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:31.760 go anywhere. Two more hours left right here. On Sports Talk seven ninety