WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:08.919 It's time for coffee and company fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine day 2 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:24.000 Now here's Nick coffee. All right, let's get it started. The five 3 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.839 o'clock hour here on a Wednesday afternoon coffee and company fueled by Thornton's here on 4 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:32.439 Sports Talk seven ninety one. More hour for me and then I'm out of 5 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:37.320 here for a long derby weekend. But we're gonna finish strong here and keep 6 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:40.280 this thing rolling along. We're gonna talk to Jeff Greer in just a second, 7 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:42.799 but before we do that, just an update for those of you that 8 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:46.039 maybe are just now ending your workday and wanting to be caught up on the 9 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:50.880 latest with the transfer portal. Kentucky has added a couple of players today. 10 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:54.640 Kobe Brea, the transfer from Dayton, did pick Kentucky following his visit. 11 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:59.439 And also a guy that I didn't even know was considering Kentucky has committed, 12 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:04.040 and that's Kerr Crisa. Chrisa from Arizona and West Virginia, most recently played 13 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:07.680 at West Virginia. But he's a point guard, good point guard too, 14 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:10.560 you know, not a guy that I would you know, he's not a 15 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:12.879 guy that I think completely changes your expectations. But he's a he's a good 16 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:19.879 player for sure, and there's no doubt that Kentucky has completely changed their situation. 17 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.280 The last week, I knew Mark Pope was in on some players, 18 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:26.799 but a week ago, I think they only had one. I think it 19 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:30.079 was just to Mari Amuri Williams. And now they've added you know, probably 20 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:34.239 five or six ince then, so on the Louisville side, they've already got 21 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:38.120 eight players. I don't want to say things have slowed down to like insinuate 22 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:40.760 that you know, they're no longer going after guys. But right now as 23 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:45.239 we speak, Great Osibor the Utah State transfer, he is on campan I 24 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:47.640 say on campus. He may I'll be on campus maybe a Churchill Downs, 25 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:51.239 I don't know, but he's His visit to Louisville is going on as we 26 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:53.560 speak and will go on. I believe until Friday. I could be wrong. 27 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:59.120 Maybe it's tomorrow that it ends. But he's no longer going to consider 28 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:01.560 Kentucky because of their situation. And we know he's going to go to Texas 29 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:05.840 Tech and take a visit there, and he will go to Washington to visit 30 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:12.840 his former coach Danny Sprinkle, who I just feel like the most obvious choice 31 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:16.159 for him would be to follow Danny Sprinkle, just like he followed him from 32 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:22.159 Montana State to wash to Utah State. But he is going through visits and 33 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:24.199 I don't know, maybe Louisville can really sell him on the role for him 34 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:30.000 here in Pat Kelsey's offense. And it doesn't get any better than having a 35 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:34.560 big time visitor who I believe is the only recruit visiting during derby week, 36 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:37.400 Like this is what you want? So I don't want to put pressure on 37 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:40.599 Pat Kelsey because again I think it would if the kid ends up following Danny 38 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:43.960 Sprinkle once again, I mean, I don't really know if that's anything you 39 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:47.039 could have changed. And what I don't know is and maybe Jeff Geer knows 40 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:49.680 this, He's going to join us in just a second. But like, 41 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:53.280 are these guys getting paid for visits? Apparently high school kids, some of 42 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:55.599 them are getting paid just to take a visit. Transfers have more leverage than 43 00:02:55.680 --> 00:03:00.319 high school kids because they've proven what they can do. I mean, these 44 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:04.520 agencies, and I believe OSABOR is represented by a real agency, not you 45 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.840 know, one of these twenty three year olds who got a sports management degree 46 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:10.719 and you know, hit up players on Twitter DMS and said they want to 47 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:15.360 represent him through NIL. He has a real agent, so maybe they are 48 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:16.479 getting paid for visits. I don't know, but either way that would be 49 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:20.840 a massive addition. But by all accounts, he's going to take every visit 50 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.199 and then make a decision. So even if his visit goes really well, 51 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:25.919 we'll probably have to wait and figure out if it was good enough for him 52 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:30.000 to pull the trigger and hopefully pick Louisville. All right, let's bring him 53 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:34.879 in. He's mister Jeff Greer. Jeff, how are we doing, sir? 54 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.439 I'm wonderful. Nick. How are you, buddy? I'm doing well. 55 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:42.120 You are a transplant and you've made Louisville your home. We've discussed it 56 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:46.120 in recent weeks. What was your first impression of being in Louisville for the 57 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:53.800 Kentucky Derby? Well? I really had not been an in retrospect. This 58 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:59.319 will show you my true personality. I blame everybody else for this other than 59 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:04.520 myself. Nobody coached me up on what Derby was, so really I didn't 60 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:08.759 know, like yeah, like you would think you know at the newspaper. 61 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:12.560 They've got you, They've got you out at the track every day, and 62 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:15.720 you know you've got to you know, you've got your Oaks and your Derby 63 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.639 Day assignments and all that. You would think that some of the veterans at 64 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:25.680 the newspaper would have told the poor guy who had just moved to Louisville, 65 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.240 like, Hey, you need to get a nice suit, you need to 66 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:30.800 dress up and all of this stuff. And so I wore and this is 67 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:34.399 actually probably right. You're gonna make fun of me about this and laugh, 68 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:40.560 but I swear, Nick, I wore a sweater to oaks. Yeah, 69 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:43.480 that doesn't that doesn't fit. They didn't. It just doesn't. It doesn't 70 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:46.439 make sense. No, And it was like eighty degrees out. I mean, 71 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:48.279 it was just like it was a it was a disaster. So that 72 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:53.360 was my first experience, but I have grown to truly love it now that 73 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.519 I know how I'm supposed to act during the two weeks leading up to So 74 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.800 I'm somebody who's lived here my whole life, and I know I'm not the 75 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.240 only one with his opinion, but you know, it's it's I'm probably I 76 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:06.839 think I'm in the minority. I don't think the city of Louisville is that 77 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:12.240 much exposed to the sport of horse racing. Like a lot of people here, 78 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:14.959 I think, love everything that comes with Derby. You know, it's 79 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:18.399 a big event. It's it's where the spotlight is on this city more than 80 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:21.800 it is any other day of the year. Uh. And you know, 81 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:27.279 I'm comfortable enough now to just accept that I'm never going to really care that 82 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:30.480 much about the sport, but I love everything that comes with it. And 83 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:32.319 as we get closer to the actual race, I'll pick a horse and I'm 84 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:36.079 certainly going to watch the race itself. But I think that's what you know, 85 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:39.439 I don't know, have you gotten into horse racing? I know, 86 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:42.240 did you did some Derby coverage during your time, I know when you were 87 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:45.199 with the CJ. But I you know, I feel like a lot of 88 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.560 people, you know, are afraid to acknowledge that because it's it's look, 89 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:50.199 it's it's what we It's it's our big event. There's no doubt about it. 90 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:53.720 Like that's what people know Louisville for is having the Kentucky area, but 91 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:56.319 at least one of the main things. But I just I don't think we're 92 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.519 a big horse racing city. As far as just the sport itself, I 93 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:01.000 think that's it's actually actually more in Lexing than to be honest with you, 94 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:05.519 Yeah, no, I agree, And look, I think it's what I 95 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:09.920 like in it too, And I'm sure others have made this comparison many times. 96 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:13.879 But it's a lot like March madness, where you know, you get 97 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.959 to March and you've got all these people picking brackets, and you know, 98 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:23.120 in my office obviously there's a lot of people from different walks of life and 99 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.959 not from around here, and I just like, I just look at their 100 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.319 brackets and I'm annoyed. I'm just like, you have no idea what you're 101 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:38.199 talking about. You are picking these based on colors or mascots or or you 102 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:42.000 know, reputations of schools that are, you know, twenty years old. 103 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:46.839 That you've got these thoughts about these programs and it annoys me. And then 104 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:49.319 of course they win the pool. So you know, it's the same with 105 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:56.040 the Derby. And I know that there are a thousand people out there in 106 00:06:56.120 --> 00:07:00.680 Louisville, you know, maybe more who are just like really really deeply invested 107 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:04.959 into this and they know, you know, what these different times are and 108 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:10.199 how people run on grass versus dirt and all the I mean, what the 109 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:14.000 racing surface was like and that kind of stuff. And then there's people like 110 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:15.519 me who are like, oh yeah, I like that horse's name or it's 111 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:19.040 a gray horse. I'm a bit on it. That's just kind of it's 112 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:24.000 the same thing, right, Yeah, And I think my favorite part of 113 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:27.199 Derby, as far as the actual race and the horses, is kind of 114 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:30.800 learning about the story. Maybe sometimes it's it's a cool story about how it 115 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:33.759 developed the name, or maybe the owner who you know, really kind of 116 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:38.680 a rags to richest situation to where you know, they grinded it out blue 117 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:42.360 collar and really became successful in business and now they own a bunch of horses 118 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:46.160 and those are stories that interest me. But yeah, it's it's it's a 119 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:49.680 great event. And you know, every and not every city, but most 120 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:55.040 cities probably have one event that like, you know, people know that city 121 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:58.360 for in Derby is is is that for us? And I'm certainly biased, 122 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:01.399 but I feel like we always do it big and you know, do our 123 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:05.680 part to make sure people love it when they're here and they keep coming back. 124 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:09.279 Who's the most random celebrity you've ever seen in town for Derby if there's 125 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:13.759 any, because I've got some good responses so far on the show today. 126 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:16.120 But if you ever have you run into somebody around Louisville during Derby week and 127 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:18.560 you thought, what the hell is you know, I remember that guy from 128 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:22.439 you know, Seinfeld or something like that. Yeah, yeah, I mean 129 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:26.800 I always go back to Joey Fatoad. Oh yeah, I'm just like, 130 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:31.439 you know, look, the older we get, the more I appreciate the 131 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:35.240 great boy band music of the nineties and early two thousands. I think it's 132 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:39.320 I mean, it's just good pop music, right, everybody good carry out 133 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:43.200 Thomas. It's not my choice, but it's entertaining. Yeah, and you 134 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:46.200 know I I but yeah, he's he's pretty high up their list. But 135 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:50.039 look, I mean we could probably do this for an hour with It just 136 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:56.480 feels like this event brings out a lot of people, and I would say 137 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:01.279 a very small percentage of them are as exactly, and they're like they fly 138 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:05.360 in the morning of or the night before, and everybody else is You're just 139 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:09.480 kind of like, oh yeah, I remember that guy from like fifteen years 140 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.679 ago. That that's kind of the vibe that I get yeah, and some 141 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:18.679 of these people, you know, they they're their heyday was, you know, 142 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:20.480 decades ago. So they may not be flying in they can't afford it. 143 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:24.360 They're probably driving in. You know, they're they're they're they're they're traveling 144 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:28.279 on a budget because they're probably doing doing okay. But you know it's not 145 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:31.000 it's not like they're still raking in the millions. But I have a I 146 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:35.279 think Joey Fatone is the perfect example of a guy who, at one point, 147 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:39.960 whenever in sync, was still really really relevant. Uh. He was 148 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:43.919 invited to the Barnstable Party, that of course is the most I think it's 149 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:48.960 the longest standing celebrity derby party, and he's just continued to send an RSVP 150 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:52.360 every year to see if they'll tell him like no, because like he's on 151 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:56.480 this list with you know, Tracy Morgan, Kid Rock, Aaron Rodgers, 152 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:01.799 Jack Harlow, Boys to Men and you know some real notable celebrities, and 153 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.279 you see Joey Fatone and it's like, yeah, he took advantage of the 154 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:09.519 invite he got in nineteen ninety nine and he's been coming ever since. So 155 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:13.159 you know, somebody nicked somebody. Somebody needs to just tell him it's gonna 156 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:18.720 be not just say just do not, do not come to our event. 157 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:22.440 I actually forgot. I got another one for you, Brett b. Lama, 158 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:26.559 Oh, that's a good one. Forget. He was just like randomly 159 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:31.600 walking into the to that big room upstairs where you can where it's got like 160 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:33.879 the streaming of all of the races. I bet he has a presence about 161 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:37.200 him. Yeah, you could tell it was him right away. He had 162 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.919 an army around him. It was It's pretty funny. Yeah, I talked 163 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:43.039 about this earlier in the week. Avery Johnson. I don't know he's ever 164 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:48.759 missed a Derby. I remember as a kid getting the you know, as 165 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:50.879 a kid, I would get the Courier Journal for the Internet, and it 166 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.720 is rare. That's why it's perfect. So there was a there was a 167 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:58.600 you know right after I think that Duncan and Robinson and those guys, you 168 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.399 know, and Avery Johnson won with one the title with the Spurs. There 169 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:03.600 was a picture in the sports section of Avery Johnson there like cheering on a 170 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:07.639 horse and I remember thinking like, that's super random. Why is he at 171 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:09.039 the derby? And then my dad was like, well, you know a 172 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:11.679 lot of celebrities and athletes come to the derby. Well, sure enough. 173 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:15.879 My first derby I ever attended, first person I saw that I recognized was 174 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:18.200 Avery Johnson. And then I've asked people this week of the same question and 175 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:22.480 everybody somebody just tweeted in a picture then with Avery Johnson. So I guess 176 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.000 he's he's a regular and he is it. He is he not the perfect 177 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:30.799 level of random, Yes, that is that is exactly who I would think 178 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:37.080 of when when you would think of like a pretty decent athlete, but not 179 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:39.919 like a and I know he's done some TV and he was a coach and 180 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:43.279 stuff, but like, that is a great example. It honestly is almost 181 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.519 like that game that has kind of floated around the Internet in the past couple 182 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:50.120 of months of like, you know, just dudes will sit around, Oh 183 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:54.399 yeah, random athletes and we will. That's almost like the list of people 184 00:11:54.399 --> 00:12:01.240 at the parties this week. Yeah, somebody earlier mentioned they saw Matt Geiger 185 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:03.320 in the infield, and I'm like, man, that that hits like, 186 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:07.039 isn't that perfect? Not only because it's Matt Geiger, a random white dude 187 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.960 for the Sixers in the nineties, but he looks like an infield guy. 188 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.240 Yes, that's true, that's perfect. So there's a lot of both Racing 189 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:20.799 lou and LUCITYFC. There's a lot of a lot of players that are that 190 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.440 are on the roster that are not from Louisville. Have you gotten much feedback 191 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:26.639 from from you know, those who have experienced Derby for the first time or 192 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:31.200 it would be last year, many years ago, because I would imagine that 193 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:35.039 is one of the attractions of making Louisville your home when you're you're professional soccer 194 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.399 players that you know Derby's here, and you know, I imagine you know, 195 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:41.960 these players probably get taken taken care of throughout the week and at the 196 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:46.120 Derby. Yeah. Well, I know from on the racing side, I 197 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:50.799 sit in on a lot of the recruitment calls with with potential signings, and 198 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:52.639 we we talk a lot about it. I mean, we talk about the 199 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:56.759 city in general, and you know, it's a it's like a PowerPoint presentation 200 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:01.799 I actually put it together, but nice I talk a lot about I talk 201 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:03.440 a lot about Derby. And you know, one of the funny things that 202 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:07.600 I always try to make sure that I mentioned is, you know, this 203 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:13.440 is such a great food city and I know people here know, and you 204 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:18.399 know, it's one of those things where people from elsewhere in the country they're 205 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:20.679 not going to know. Hey, you know, we've got the third highest 206 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:24.159 number of restaurants per capita. And that was a fact that I was told 207 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:26.639 ten years ago. So I have no clue if it's still true, but 208 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:31.159 it sounds great on a recruiting call. And you know what I always say 209 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.799 is, we've got two weeks out of the year, really one week out 210 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.000 of the year when we've got you know, an extra one hundred and fifty 211 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:43.000 two hundred thousand people in the city who want to have nice meals and they 212 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:46.200 want to have a big Derby meal, and those places all get reservations filled 213 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:52.399 up well in advance. Well, those restaurants need other customers the other fifty 214 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:54.600 weeks out of the year, and the rest of us get to reap the 215 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:58.399 benefits of those great restaurants. And you you know, we could go down 216 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:01.600 the list of all the places that have become well known to Derby goers and 217 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:05.320 they, you know, like jack Fries and places like that, they're opening 218 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:09.720 year round for the rest of us to enjoy. So we always talk about 219 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:13.000 that with our players and and but no, they love they love the Derby. 220 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:16.960 They love you know, how the city livens up, and it really 221 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:22.159 feels like kind of the perfect wedge event between the start of spring and really 222 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:28.279 kind of getting into true warmer weather, and it's just fun to see them 223 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:33.360 get all dressed up. Last year we had thanks to our wonderful friends at 224 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:37.240 Churchill Downs, we ended up with a suite nice and we were able to 225 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:41.279 get a bunch of players out and staff out and they had so much fun. 226 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:43.240 So yeah, it's a great, great event, and I know that 227 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:48.440 they thoroughly enjoy being around town this week while everybody's all dressed up and having 228 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:52.399 a good time. Well, last time we talked, I mean this that 229 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:54.159 that ended up being the first time I called my shot when it comes to 230 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:58.840 a soccer match, and I was correct because I told you the Utah Royals 231 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.639 they didn't know what they had coming. I mean it was it was going 232 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:03.600 to be a bad day for the Utah Royals and that's exactly what happened, 233 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.240 a five to one victory for racing. And then they follow that up with 234 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:11.919 with the draw in New York and now they're heading to Orlando. I believe 235 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:13.679 on Sunday, how we feeling. I mean, I think that that was 236 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.720 I believe wasn't that a record for the amount of goals scored in that game 237 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:20.200 against Utah? I mean, there's a momentum here, right, Yeah it 238 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:22.080 was, Yeah, it was, it was. It was a good old 239 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:26.960 fashion pulverizing. It was kind of like you know, if you I always 240 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:31.759 every every every comparison I make is to college basketball, and I'm sorry, 241 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:33.240 that's just the way I'm wired. It's just, you know, a team 242 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:37.960 that's expecting to be pretty good. There may be like a like a number 243 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:43.200 twenty top twenty five back into the top twenty five team, but they're expected 244 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:46.879 to be solid the good this year. And that's I feel like where Racing 245 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.519 is. We're expected to be good, We're expected to be a playoff team, 246 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:54.039 and you just needed a game to just absolutely wail on, you know, 247 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:56.639 a small school that comes and plays a guarantee game, and that's exactly 248 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:00.679 what happened. With all due respect to Utah, they're an expansion team. 249 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:03.879 Uh, they're kind of learning their way through the league. Their roster will 250 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:08.279 obviously need to be enhanced through the course of this season and into the offseason. 251 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:11.679 And we just blasted them. So it was a lot of fun to 252 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:15.000 watch, and it was in front of a record crowd with the with the 253 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:18.559 planes flying over for thunder, and Yeah, feeling really really good about that. 254 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:22.720 And we took that momentum on the road and got a pretty good result 255 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:26.360 in a crazy game against the league's reigning champions this past weekend in New York 256 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:30.840 City. So the vibes are high, and I think we're feeling pretty good 257 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:33.600 entering the summer. Yeah, with that five to one beat down along with 258 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:37.360 the fireworks and and and you know, jets flying that that that club's gonna 259 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:41.840 have PTSD when they think about Louisville now. And that's the way, that's 260 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:45.240 the way we want it. I know, there's soccer is a classy sport, 261 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:47.799 and you know we're all about sportsmanship, but you know, sometimes you 262 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:49.759 need to give the beat down like they did, and and and clearly it 263 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:52.679 was as you mentioned, it was something needed for the for the club, 264 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:56.279 and the momentum is is certainly there. All right, Jeff, Before we 265 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.919 let you get out of here, I want to ask you this. So 266 00:16:56.919 --> 00:17:02.799 Pat Kelsey's hosting right now, Great O's the Utah State Transfer I think it 267 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:06.519 works out perfect to show him Louisville and everything the city offers during Derby week. 268 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:08.519 Uh, but let's say you were tasked. Pat Kelsey picks up the 269 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:11.079 phone, He calls Jeff Brees says, look, uh, give me an 270 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:17.279 itinerary. Let's say you got a full day with great acibor what are you? 271 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:18.200 What do you squeeze it in? Right? What are you? What 272 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:23.279 are you making sure he's able to experience and see before he, you know, 273 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:26.200 gets out of here and hopefully makes the decision to commit to Louisville. 274 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:30.480 Well, Okay, I'm gonna be I'm gonna be annoying for a second because 275 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.559 I would I would say, as soon as I knew that he was visiting, 276 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:41.279 I would probably spend at least a couple hours reading stories about him, 277 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:45.720 getting his bios from different places, looking at a social media and figuring out, 278 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:48.480 okay, what's the vibe here? Because you know, there's some guys 279 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:52.680 who would say, you know, they've got a reverence for for history and 280 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:56.200 and all that stuff. So I probably would take somebody like that to the 281 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.119 Ali Center, right and show them the coultree of the ratest and and and 282 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:03.599 show them you know, there's a lot of Louisville Pride in the Ali Center, 283 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:07.720 so you might start to start the day there and just say, hey, 284 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:11.559 the most famous athlete ever at least one of a very very short lists, 285 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.359 is from here. So I'd probably want to throw that in there if 286 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.079 they were interested in that. But if they weren't, I mean, look, 287 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:21.160 you know, you've got all these places. I would take them to 288 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:26.240 a nice steak dinner at Jack Fries or maybe Jeff Rubies, I know is 289 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:30.000 really good. Downtown Leamu is really good. I want to make sure that 290 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:33.119 they had a really nice experience there. And then yeah, I mean I 291 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:37.039 think this week you have to take them to the track, right, Are 292 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:40.680 there any rules? Oh yeah, taking a recruit to the track? No, 293 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:42.839 I mean I would I would assume not. I know Mark Pop has 294 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:45.720 taken some guys to Keenland, so I'm assuming it's it's fair game. Yeah, 295 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:49.640 yeah, you got to take them to the track. And then you 296 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:55.640 know, again, I think for for for me. You know, if 297 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:57.640 this guy just happens to be a baseball fan, well you've got the freaking 298 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:00.880 Slugger Museum right here in town. You got to take him to the Slugger 299 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:06.200 Museum show off. I mean, that's a cool little trip right downtown. 300 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:11.319 But yeah, I just I think Louisville has so many fun things to offer, 301 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:14.720 and I think the best part about it is right now to be here, 302 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:17.480 So I would if I'm a coach, I'm pretty happy that I get 303 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:21.200 a chance to have somebody come in for an official visit and giving the Derby 304 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:26.319 festivities. And you know what makes it great is that I believe today would 305 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:29.000 be the day, or maybe tomorrow at the track. I think his visit 306 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:33.440 may end tomorrow night or maybe on Friday. But because there's so much excitement 307 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:37.240 in buzz with Louisville's fan base right now, just because of the new era 308 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:40.279 that is Pat Kelsey, and everybody's just you know, hyper focused on seeing 309 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:45.279 who ends up joining the roster. There's a really good chance for a chunk 310 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:48.319 of the crowd today and tomorrow to be Louisville people, and they're going to 311 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:51.880 know who he is. They're going to see Pat Kelcey, and like, 312 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:55.480 I can't think of a better scenario to have him out and about in Louisville 313 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:59.160 where he will feel the love from fans like it. You know, here, 314 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:02.160 I am once again feeling sounds. It sounds like I'm add in pressure 315 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:03.519 for Pat Kelsey and I don't want to do that. But it is a 316 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:07.599 perfect scenario, right, I think you've got you've got it. You got 317 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:11.160 it lined up here to really showcase what Louisville can do. And you know 318 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.599 he clearly would have a big role here with this team. And you know, 319 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:17.759 fingers crossed, have you picked a Derby horse? Shyet? No, 320 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:22.200 I'm waiting me either. I'm waiting to see what some of the people who 321 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:25.559 seem to know what they're talking about are going to say. But I've heard 322 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:29.599 Sierra Leone is kind of a big name. But people don't like the post 323 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:33.119 position, and that's as look at you dropping knowledge here Derby one fifty. 324 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:37.799 I like it just enough to be dangerous. Greer, I like it. 325 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:41.240 I like it up. Yeah, you know, let's just say you're you're 326 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:44.680 around somebody, you know at the airport. They think they're going to hear 327 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.839 that, Oh this guy knows what he's talking about. I'm gonna ask him 328 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:48.920 what what Horace? I want to bet on? So well, Gert, 329 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:52.319 I appreciate the time as always, enjoy the rest of Derby Week. And 330 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:56.200 we will talk soon, my friend. All right, thanks Nick, I 331 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:59.240 appreciate you. Take care of that is Jeff Greer always appreciate his time. 332 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:02.079 Good stuff. All right, Uh, let's get out of here for a 333 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:06.240 break. We'll come back, keep this thing rolling along. A couple things 334 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.720 I want to get to before we run out of time today. Have you 335 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:12.720 guys seen what Deon Sanders and his sons are doing on social media? I 336 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:17.039 mean just completely. I feel like an old prude because I know Dion's the 337 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:22.920 cool guy, but like just lame stuff with former players who left Colorado because 338 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:26.680 they were essentially booted. It's just it's lame. But I know Dion can 339 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:30.319 do go wrong in the eyes of some and you know, if you if 340 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:33.079 you have any criticism, you're just a hater because he's prime, he's the 341 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:44.559 man. And coaches calling out other coaches for tampering without putting a name on 342 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:47.200 it. That's actually even more lame, to be honest with you. So 343 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:51.319 we'll finish strong here. Keep you updated if there's any developments on these visits, 344 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.039 the portal, all that kind of stuff. So stick with us right 345 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:57.039 here. It's Coffee and Company. Philbth Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety So 346 00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:03.200 have you followed it all, the Dion Sanders and his son situation and all, 347 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.960 do you even know what I'm talking about? One thing I've seen is 348 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:11.920 people just going at Colorado on Twitter, that kind of thing. So Max 349 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:18.039 Olsen for The Athletic did a story on former players that were essentially, you 350 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:22.839 know, told to leave Colorado when Dion got there, and there were some 351 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:29.640 players that took that as a challenge and wanted to prove that they could play 352 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:34.359 they and they belonged, and you know, a couple of them shared how 353 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:41.839 it was really, you know, just infuriating situation because they weren't even really 354 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:45.079 given the option to do that. You know, they were you know, 355 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:48.599 Deon Sanders never even took the chance to like talk with them and get to 356 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:52.680 know them and you know, try to run them off. And to be 357 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:56.720 fair, that does kind of happen, you know, unfortunately, it just 358 00:22:56.759 --> 00:23:02.119 you know, it does. I think most coaches will be professional and direct 359 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:07.279 to where it's not an insulting thing, because I think some players could take 360 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:11.000 the insulting thing and look at it as if you're being challenged, look at 361 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:15.200 it as if you're you're seeing what you're made of, because what de and 362 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:21.240 look, it happens, meaning like coaches will run players off, and you 363 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.200 know, in their own way. I think nobody would do it the way 364 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:25.599 Dion did it. But I mean a lot of guys will just make it 365 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:27.079 clear. Look, with all due respect, I just you know, I'm 366 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:30.079 gonna go in a different direction here, and you know, I think it'd 367 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:32.920 be best for both sides if you looked elsewhere, just because of you know, 368 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:36.119 the changes that are that are happening here. And a lot of guys 369 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:42.039 will read the room and leave. But Deon Sanders replacing fifty three players in 370 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:45.759 one off season is not normal. Like again, players kind of get shown 371 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:52.440 the door in the nicest way possible. And usually both sides at that point 372 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:56.799 maybe aren't best of friends, but they're you know, it's a respectful thing, 373 00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:59.640 right, like you get it. Rarely is somebody going to be shown 374 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:04.599 the door or without them having some awareness that they're probably not doing well there 375 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:10.599 and they're probably not prioritized. So it happens. But again, what Dion 376 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:15.200 did is unprecedented. And some of these players that have talked about this just 377 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:18.000 mention, you know how they never even got a chance to show what they 378 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:25.000 could do, and that's led to Colorado players, mostly Dion and his two 379 00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:30.759 sons like sharing stats of these players and you know, saying things like I 380 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:37.920 don't even remember this bum. He must have been ass like just being a 381 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:40.960 jerk. I mean, that's just being a jerk. Like that's just being 382 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:45.440 an absolute ahole. And it's one thing for players to do it because you 383 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:47.640 know they're college kids, but just still don't think that's an excuse. But 384 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:51.640 at least you know that that's not a crazy thing to see. But you 385 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:56.680 know, Dion encouraging it and joining in on it is just it's weak. 386 00:24:56.440 --> 00:25:00.920 It's weak. And Deon Sanders is one of those guys that like, I 387 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:04.920 don't really care if he wins or loses. I kind of don't even really 388 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:10.920 want to even like he's gonna move the needle for college football. He already 389 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:15.839 has, but he's become the TMZ of college football, like Lebron James is 390 00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:23.000 in the NBA. That's how polarizing, that's how that's how much presence that 391 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:27.519 someone like Deon Sanders has in the college game. So they could go three 392 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:32.200 to nine again next year, they're still gonna get talked about a lot because 393 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:36.839 that's just what they do. Well they win. I don't know, wouldn't 394 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:40.559 be shocked if they think, again, they weren't good last year, right, 395 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:47.000 So, I mean Deon Sanders said after this past year where they were 396 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:52.920 very underwhelming, and that's another thing. They talk and carry themselves as if 397 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:56.720 they are coming off of back to back Super Bowls when they really haven't accomplished 398 00:25:56.720 --> 00:26:02.240 anything. But it's all flash. It's all it's all flash and sizzle, 399 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:08.359 results substance. They've done nothing, nothing, and they'll continue to act that 400 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:11.960 way even if they don't have any results. And I know people are like, 401 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:15.200 oh, you're just a hater of No. Deon Sanders did not win 402 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:17.680 many games last year. Maybe he breaks out this year and they have a 403 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.880 great year. But even if he doesn't and they stink, they'll still be 404 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:22.279 covered. They'll still be cocky, and that's just what they're gonna do. 405 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:27.759 Like he said after they were bad in his first year that he had some 406 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:34.359 very big statement about the playoff like that, not only is that the expectation, 407 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:37.920 it's gonna be the standard, We're gonna be there, you know, 408 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:44.799 and most coaches wouldn't say that, but Dion can say it and fall miles 409 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:48.160 short of it, and he'll he'll it'll just be Deon be and Dion. 410 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:53.359 Deon's saying Deon stuff. And is it good for college football? A lot 411 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:56.559 of people think it is because of the presence and the eyeballs he brings, 412 00:26:56.599 --> 00:27:02.039 and that is a good thing. But I feel like the college game has 413 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:04.200 always been able. We've always been able to avoid this. And what I 414 00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:08.279 mean by that is when you know, like you're not relevant. I mean, 415 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:11.400 if you're not good, you're not relevant, like and they're gonna be 416 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:15.920 relevant, They're gonna be a main And here's another it's such a I mean 417 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:19.640 the numbers in in the views or whatever, and however it's judged, it's 418 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:23.440 there because of Dion. So you know this, at the end of the 419 00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:26.880 day, sports media, sports and it's entertainment. It's a business. So 420 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:33.440 you're going to talk a lot about the teams, coaches, players that that 421 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:37.519 get more people interested in listening to you. That's why Lebron James has talked 422 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:41.720 about at least once every ten minutes on ESPN, regardless of what the show 423 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:45.839 is. These areas, that's that's in the pros. You get it like 424 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:48.440 the Yankees. The Yankees can stink, but they're always going to be talked 425 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:52.839 about. In the NFL, I kind of feel like it's there's not really 426 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:56.759 been that, like there's actually been I think a good level of you know, 427 00:27:56.960 --> 00:28:02.480 balance. And right now it's the Chiefs. It's Kelsey and Mahomes and 428 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:06.759 Andy Reeby. You know why, because they're in the midst of a potential 429 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:11.599 dynasty. So when you add Taylor Swift to the mix, I mean it, 430 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:15.000 you know, there's results there that led to them being this larger than 431 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:19.039 life talking point within the NFL. And in Kyle I mean in basketball, 432 00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:23.279 I mean you kind of just fade away if you're not you know, if 433 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:30.279 you're not winning at a eye level, and if you are a big brand, 434 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:34.519 a blue blood, you'll get your you'll get your fair share of criticism, 435 00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:37.640 You'll be talked about a lot because you're not what you once were or 436 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:40.720 you're having a couple of bad years. But then you just kind of, 437 00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:42.400 you know, fade away to not exist. But you're just you're not you're 438 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:48.599 not leading sports center because you're lost again. Right and with Dion, maybe 439 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:51.759 they are good and then it'll be justified. But they're going to get a 440 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:55.119 level of coverage that I get because again, I understand how this works. 441 00:28:55.160 --> 00:29:02.079 It's a business you're going to talk about and you know, highlight profile what 442 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:06.680 gets people more inclined to listen and watch, and he does that, so 443 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:11.559 credit to him. But it's gonna exist regardless if they're good or not. 444 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:14.960 And it's not like I'm you know, a prude. You know, it's 445 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:18.079 not like I you know, I'm not. I'm not somebody that you know, 446 00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:23.279 thinks that you can't have personality and have flair. I just usually it's 447 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:27.079 usually it's something that there's there's a give and take, right Like, if 448 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:30.440 you're gonna be super cocky and arrogant, you better back it up. Deon 449 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.720 didn't have to back it up because he'll just talk and everybody's gonna watch. 450 00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.839 Am I making sense here, Johan, Like, I know it sound like 451 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:45.519 a hater of Dion, but I just it's just that, I mean, 452 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:48.839 I mean, they were an interesting story at the beginning of last year because 453 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:52.480 they upset TCU. We didn't realize how bad TCU was at the time. 454 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:55.440 They won two or three games to open their season and it was new and 455 00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:59.400 then they got hammered by Oregon. They were still relevant for a little while, 456 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:03.599 but I do remember towards the back half of the season. Maybe it's 457 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.880 just because they didn't have anything, Like Dion wasn't saying much himself, but 458 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:12.119 it just seemed like they did shift away from the Colorado narrative after there really 459 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:17.720 wasn't anything going on. But if there is something going on with Colorado that 460 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:19.680 some might deem newsworthy, they're going to talk about it. I get what 461 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:22.200 you're saying. Yeah, and look he did, I mean, he did 462 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:26.519 daddy ball for those who don't know what I mean. He got involved because 463 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.160 like they went four to eight last year, not three or nine, and 464 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:32.839 he got a mac coach to leave his head coaching spot. I think it 465 00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:34.839 might have been at Toledo or Kent State, and he came there to call 466 00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:41.319 plays for Dion Big and the offense was phenomenal. The defense stunk, and 467 00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:44.279 you know, instead of Dion looking in the mirror as the head coach and 468 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:48.160 maybe addressing defense, you know, he didn't like how his son was being 469 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:52.400 used, yet the offense was fine, So he demoted the OC that left 470 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:55.960 his job as a head coach. He demoted him from play calling and that 471 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.680 guy, now I believe is the head coach at San Diego State. It's 472 00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:03.440 like Dion does things that like that that would be a fool that would be 473 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:06.680 criticized, that'd be something that would be looked at as a foolish thing. 474 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:08.240 And like this guy is, you know, he's not really leading his team. 475 00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:11.559 He's not worried about what's best for the team. He's literally just worried 476 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:14.440 about his son's stats and stuff like that's what he did. But yet he's 477 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:17.640 such a larger than life presence that he's just going to talk and say Dion 478 00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:19.759 stuff and it's going to be the only thing people run with. And it's 479 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:22.480 just going to annoy me because it's going to be in our face a lot. 480 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:26.200 And it's fine if it's in our face if they're good. But they 481 00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:30.319 haven't been good yet. They lost their last six games of the season, 482 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:36.240 so we'll see, we shall see. And I love this last night because 483 00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:41.039 again like these you know, these the Sanders, Dion's kids. They've got 484 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:44.160 you know, a lot of followers on social media, so does Dion. 485 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:48.039 And there's a guy Utep who left Colorado. Then they're just bagging on him. 486 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:51.599 Because he said in this interview that you know, he felt like here's 487 00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:56.160 what he's here's here's his quote. This is Xavier Smith on Deon Sanders. 488 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:59.920 It's like you never even tried to get to know me. He was just 489 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:04.519 throwing guy's confidence, well his son. I mean that that's that's not like 490 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:07.599 a personal shot. That's just telling your side of the story. You were 491 00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:10.480 answering a question in an interview that was used for a story. Well, 492 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:16.799 shandor Sanders just comes out. I won't even I don't even remember him tbh. 493 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:21.640 Bro had to be very mid at best. So then that just lead 494 00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:24.160 to like everybody else clowning this dude who's just moved on to it to an 495 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:28.240 FCF school, living in his own I mean he didn't, he didn't take 496 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:30.400 to social media. He was asked to be part of the story. So 497 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:37.400 this guy is now at UTEP. He was at Austin p initially. Now 498 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:39.319 he's at UTEP and his coach, you know, and I love this. 499 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:44.279 Maybe it's maybe I'm just a sucker for maybe something corny like this if you 500 00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:46.599 think it's corny, But like his coach took to social media and was like, 501 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:50.640 you know, he's furthest He's the furthest thing from mid He's a hell 502 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:52.799 of a player, was a freshman All American for me at Austin p We 503 00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:54.839 were glad. I was glad to get him back when I took the job 504 00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:58.759 with UTEP. Works his ass offt He's tough as can be, like, 505 00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:00.440 you know, like coach shouldn't have to do that. But when the entire 506 00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:07.960 internet is just you know, gargling the you know what of Dion Sanders and 507 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:10.000 his kids, Like I would stick up from my player too, like he 508 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:13.119 didn't. He didn't, he wouldn't trying to pick a fight. He was 509 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:15.480 asked in an interview by The Athletic about the situation, gave an honest answer, 510 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:20.359 and you know, these child I mean, it's just childish. Man. 511 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:22.119 I feel like such a prude because the more I talk about it, 512 00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:24.400 the more I'm realizing, like it just works me up. But like it's 513 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:29.799 just sports needs a circus every now and then because at the end of the 514 00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:34.319 day, it's entertainment. But I guess I just don't find d On that 515 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:37.839 entertaining. And it's then when the joke or the entertainment is at somebody else's 516 00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:44.440 expense. Especially when it doesn't seem like it's it's true necessarily against it's not 517 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:47.759 right. They carry themselves and talk as if they've accomplished something when in fact 518 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:51.640 they suck. It's the kind of stuff that makes you want Colorado to go 519 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.400 oh in twelve next year. Yeah, I mean, let me let me 520 00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.920 find this real quick. I know we got to get a break and I 521 00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:58.240 gotta do a read. But what's the name of Dan Lanning? Do you 522 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:01.599 that's the name? Do you remember what he said at before they played? 523 00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:07.000 Uh? Before they played last year? I don't remember the quote. No, 524 00:34:07.199 --> 00:34:10.840 oh it was it was perfect, play it real quick here. This 525 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:14.760 is because again there was a lot of hype, you know, Colorado talking 526 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:16.039 all kinds of junk before the game, and they got killed. This was 527 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:22.360 Dan Lenning to his team before that game was played. And of course it's 528 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:25.639 you know, it's not playing, which is great. It's come on, 529 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:30.400 computer's just doing No, it's it's given me the media can't play. So 530 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:34.000 I think it's Twitter doing what it you know, what it wants to do. 531 00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:37.960 Uh yeah, son of a buck. And again I can't just let 532 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.920 it be. I got it, and now it's on my mind. So 533 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:42.440 like, you know, we'll have time if we want to come back to 534 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:47.280 it. Yeah, it's just driving me crazy. All right, let's see 535 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:59.000 not flash is today we talk with our pats right every moment. The Cinderella 536 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:01.440 story is over, man, Right, they're fighting for clicks, we're fighting 537 00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:06.719 for wins. And there's a difference, right, there's a difference. This 538 00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:08.239 game ain't gonna be playing in Hollywood. Is gonna be played on the grass, 539 00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:14.920 or it's gonna be played on the grass? Let's gone. I love 540 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:17.800 that. I love that and Matt rule speech, which they're two totally different 541 00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:22.239 subjects or some good ones from last year. And I love that Oregon was 542 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:25.800 up thirty five to nothing in the first quarter in that game. Love it 543 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:28.880 all right. You know what else? 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It's about wrestling, and he is the main 563 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:42.039 guy in that. I know. I recognized the face from something recently. 564 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:46.159 He's going to be at the Barnstable party. What about Demonte Adams don't know 565 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:49.719 football? Player. Come on, Johnny, I mean sound like an athlete, 566 00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:52.519 but I feel like I was gonna be wrong. Randall Cobb wide receiver, 567 00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:55.800 yep, Holly Robinson, Pete, No, the name, can't figure 568 00:36:55.800 --> 00:37:00.840 out? Okay, yeah, she's she's an actress for you know, she's 569 00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:04.320 been around a while. She's hanging with mister Cooper. That's what I remember 570 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:06.559 her for. And I'm quite sure you don't know who that is or what 571 00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:09.719 that show is. Let's see Nappy Roots, we know who that is. 572 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:17.039 How about how about Jordan Smith? I know this is he? Did he 573 00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:22.000 win the Voice American Idol? I think yeah, I don't know if you 574 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:24.840 want it, but yes, he is a Kentucky native who was on who 575 00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:27.840 was on one of the It was the Voice're right? It was the Voice 576 00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:30.920 and he did win. He one season nine. So there you go. 577 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:37.320 Everybody, have yourselves a great Derby weekend Derby and Oaks as well. I'm 578 00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:39.559 out tomorrow and on Friday, so I'm back Monday. They're going to enjoy 579 00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:44.719 the long weekend and you'll be in good hands. I know. Tomorrow John's 580 00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:49.159 anchoring the show with some with some content, and then on Friday, the 581 00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:52.440 one the only mister Scott Fitzgerald gonna be hosting on Oaks Day, so again 582 00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:54.920 you'll be in great hands. Hopefully they let me come back. I mean 583 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:58.599 you guys, might you know he's the man? I mean you too. 584 00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:01.559 I mean, we give John the Florida tomorrow, it may just become, 585 00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:07.519 you know, the company man at three every day. I don't know. 586 00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:09.280 I mean, don't you know, don't don't do, don't do too well. 587 00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:12.679 I need I need my job. I got kids to feed John. 588 00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:14.760 All Right, everybody had a good one. We'll talk to you. Well, 589 00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:20.679 I'll talk to you Monday. M