WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.679 It's time for coffee and Company, Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:11.599 day, Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think when we 3 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:15.960 are get off our show. Idiots, The kids are crying or tearing off, 4 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:18.920 crying. The countries are screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, 5 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:23.320 Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but 6 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:27.760 they're really not. Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are 7 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:48.119 you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee. So in the tweet that 8 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:50.759 I just sent out, I send it out every day to start the show, 9 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:55.240 just to remind people that are lost in the toxic wasteland that is Twitter, 10 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:59.439 now referred to as X by some you know, let them know we're 11 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:02.719 here. And I said, it's Friday because it feels like a Friday. 12 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:03.719 I mean, it kind of is a Friday for for most I know, 13 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.840 some people probably actually have to work tomorrow because of the type of career they 14 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:12.840 have, and I bet a lot of places aren't open on Friday, but 15 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:17.719 there are some, right, I mean, I guess technically for our company, 16 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:21.359 it's a workday, Edna John, like we're doing the comp day kind 17 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:23.200 of thing. Yeah, moving Friday. We're moving some stuff around, you 18 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:26.799 know, to make it. Yeah, so it's a Friday. I'm ready 19 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:32.599 for a long weekend. Nothing better than a long weekend. And I really 20 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:38.159 felt like, well I felt stupid, which that happens often. That's not 21 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:42.159 a new feeling for me, but to really make me realize how checked out 22 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:44.719 I already am for this week, because it just kind of felt like a 23 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:48.000 whatever week right, Like I I mean, I've been here and I've had 24 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:51.000 I've actually enjoyed the shows the last couple of days, and we're gonna have 25 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:53.280 some fun today. But you know, it's the holiday coming up, it's 26 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:56.120 summer, there's nothing going on in sports, so you know, it's just 27 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:59.400 kind of been whatever. But I guess my mind was so focused on this 28 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:01.480 long weekend that I'm looking forward to that. Whenever I pulled into the garage, 29 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:07.319 John Uh, instead of grabbing the paths that we have here that we 30 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:12.199 swipe the key card that lets us in, I kept pushing the garage door 31 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.560 opener on my on my visor in my car, and I was why isn't 32 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:20.000 it opening? What's going on here? It took me like three times and 33 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:23.960 I realized Okay, yeah, what are you doing? So I asked myself 34 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:25.639 that a lot. I'm surprised that that's the first time you've done that. 35 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:30.120 I don't it just I guess instincts like I didn't think like here, I 36 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:32.120 am, I better push the button. I just I got to the to 37 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:37.039 the you know, the gate, and I kept pushing the button above me 38 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:39.599 instead of grabbing this thing that I keep on my dash the key card. 39 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:43.560 So uh yeah, not a great start, but hey, that's in the 40 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:46.199 past. Now we have the next three hours to have some fun and we're 41 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:50.240 gonna do exactly that. At least we're gonna try. It's coffee in Company. 42 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:52.960 My name is Nick Coffee. The company man John all On alongside today 43 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:55.879 and we are fueled by Thornton's. Make sure if you are heading out of 44 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:00.439 town, maybe you're heading to the lake, maybe you're going on a trip. 45 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:06.159 I don't know if the fourth of July typically is a big travel holiday. 46 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:07.159 I felt a lot of people. If you can get away and get 47 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:10.120 to the lake, then I imagine people will do that. I guess it 48 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:13.680 really depends on when the when the holiday falls. I mean, this would 49 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:15.479 be a good good year for you to take a trip for the Fourth of 50 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:17.719 July, because I would imagine a lot of folks, even if they didn't 51 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:22.879 get off work because of their company observing a holiday, they decided to, 52 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:25.719 you know, take advantage of you know, the Thursday, you're gonna get 53 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:29.319 off and then Friday and you got a four day weekend. So again, 54 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:31.639 whatever you're doing, if you're traveling, even if you're not traveling and you 55 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:37.199 need, you know your you're mindful of what it cost to put fuel in 56 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:39.159 your car. Just know that if you sign up to become a member of 57 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:43.199 the Refreshing Awards program at Thorntons, you're gonna save money every time you're at 58 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:46.599 the pumps. So again, we appreciate our friends over there at Thornton's. 59 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:49.039 All right, if you guys want to take us with you wherever you go 60 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:52.360 today, you can do exactly that. You can listen live on the iHeart 61 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:55.159 Radio app listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. And we'll be interactive 62 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:58.719 today. I mean, I'll give you guys a chance to contribute to the 63 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:00.960 show if you'd like. It's not gonna be one of those shows where I'm 64 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:05.360 just hunting for reactions to hot takes that I've got because again, we are, 65 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:10.360 i mean, the biggest sporting event going on, you know, right 66 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:13.240 now this week it seems like, I mean really just I mean probably for 67 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.759 the next few weeks, to be honest with you, is the Nathan's annual 68 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:19.800 fourth of July Hot Dog in Ey contest, which really lost its luster when 69 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:25.639 they banned our man, Joey Chestnut Joey Jaws. He's out, although I 70 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:28.639 don't know if you've heard John because I'm sure you keep your ear to the 71 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:31.879 ground for all the rumors in the hot Dog in competition, of course, 72 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.920 but they think this might have all been a pr thing, and then he's 73 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:41.839 going to show up, which that wouldn't shock me. But I also feel 74 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:45.000 as if you really didn't execute well, if you were trying to do some 75 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:47.800 kind of a stunt to bring more viewership and whatnot. I mean, there's 76 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:51.560 gonna be a lot of people not watching because he's not in it. So 77 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:56.879 I don't know if that worked out well for you, but you know that 78 00:04:56.959 --> 00:05:00.839 events lost its luster. And yet last night Kaitlyn Clark played the Las Vegas 79 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:03.959 Aces. It was Kaitlin Clark, and of course you know she's got more 80 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:09.000 momentum, more hype than anybody in sports seemingly. I mean that's the way 81 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:12.600 it feels. And obviously she's a rookie in the WNBA and she's she's had 82 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.000 off nights and last night was one of them, but she was going up 83 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.680 against Asia what is her name, Asia, Asia Dirt? No, Asia 84 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.519 Dirt played a little. Yes, her name is Asia. I can't think 85 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:24.399 of her last name. She's two time MVP, she's phenomenal. She plays 86 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:28.000 for the Aces and they're good. So that was like a hyped game last 87 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:30.600 night. I think it started at non thirty or maybe yeah, non thirty 88 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.120 on ESPN, which you don't typically see w NBA games get that kind of 89 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:36.680 a push on ESPN. So again, I'll bring all that up to say 90 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:41.639 when it comes to sports, like one, there's nothing going on, but 91 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.439 two, even the things we care about, Like I don't want to go 92 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:48.240 ahead and say we've exhausted all different angles, all different talking points on the 93 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:53.319 college football season that's approaching and you know, Louisville basketball their new team, 94 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:56.399 because that's not the case. But I just feel like with with it being 95 00:05:56.439 --> 00:06:00.480 such a blah week for a lot of people, meaning you know, they're 96 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:01.800 probably just ready to you know, get by a pool, go to the 97 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:06.040 lake, chuck some beer, be a badass American, and celebrate freedom. 98 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:10.120 I'm gonna use today to just do whatever the hell I want and not even 99 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:12.680 think about sports. I mean, we are going to talk about some things 100 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:15.040 when it comes to the world of sports. But this is one of those 101 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:17.279 shows where I'm just you know, I'm just riffing man, and we're gonna 102 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:19.720 have some fun. I mean, believe it or not, say it often, 103 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:23.120 I do prepare for this show, and I am prepared, you know, 104 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:26.560 to uh to go there if we need to. But I mean, 105 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.800 I think we're just gonna let loose today have some fun. So if you've 106 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:31.600 already, if you're already off work, maybe you took the week off, 107 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:35.319 maybe you're just now getting off work. Maybe you just walked in the door 108 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:38.800 at the house, I mean fire, maybe you're on your way home. 109 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:41.879 Fire up the iHeartRadio app. When you get there, crack open a beer, 110 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:46.279 and we'll get Fourth of July started today with us right here Coffee and 111 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:48.639 company. So again, if you'd want to join us, you can five 112 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:51.399 oh two five to seven seventy nine hundred is the number to give us a 113 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:55.480 call. Five oh two sixty five three zero seven ninety. That is the 114 00:06:55.639 --> 00:07:00.800 L and N Federal Credit Union text line. I did give John a heads 115 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:02.000 up, and I'm sure he was already gonna do it anyway, because that's 116 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:06.439 how good he is at his job. But we're doing nothing but American patriotic 117 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:10.560 songs today. I've already got them all lined up. Love it, love 118 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:13.160 it. I mean, we don't want more commercial breaks than we already have. 119 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:15.920 But you know, there's all you got to leave a lot out that 120 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:17.879 are great, right? We only got six, is that right? Yeah, 121 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:20.279 there's there's too many to choose from. Yeah, So again, you 122 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:25.480 know, everybody, uh you know, tune in and we'll feel patriotic throughout, 123 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:30.360 uh throughout these next next three hours. All right. So, uh, 124 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:34.680 this is something I wanted to bring up yesterday and I didn't get to 125 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:38.399 it. But it was not something that was, you know, high on 126 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:41.800 my list. It wasn't something that uh, you know, that I felt 127 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:46.480 like really needed to be emphasized and discussed in each hour of the show. 128 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:49.399 So it wasn't as if I, you know, I just forgot about it. 129 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:53.079 But I don't really know what I mean, it's been sent in on 130 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:56.560 the text line at least three four times this week, and it's just another 131 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:01.959 reminder of how underwhelming and really just pitiful the last two years of Louis of 132 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:07.199 Basketball was. But I have a question because it maybe maybe I'm going to 133 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:13.959 expose this is like not real, or maybe somebody can help me understand this 134 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:18.439 list that has now gone viral. It's got one point three million impressions on 135 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:24.040 Twitter, and it's a list of the most revenue generated in men's college basketball 136 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:28.240 in the year twenty twenty three. And I would not claim that some I 137 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:33.519 mean, I'm just I'm not saying somebody's just gonna make this up, because 138 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:35.679 I mean, who would do that. Like, you know the graphic. 139 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:37.480 Have you seen this, John, I'll send it your way if you have, 140 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.799 you have seen it? Yeah, I mean, like this is a 141 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:45.159 this is a well made graphic and it's from that CBK report Twitter account. 142 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.519 It's one of those And by the way, man, those things that I 143 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:50.639 used to knock those and I still do, cause it's it's you know, 144 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:54.000 you're hiding on the internet, like you can share opinions and not really stand 145 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:58.279 by them, and it's really what those accounts are. And it's not just 146 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:03.639 on Twitter, it's on TikTok, it's on Facebook, Come sure, Instagram, 147 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:09.240 where they do what's called engagement farming to where they are going to post 148 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:15.440 something video picture, could just be a status, it could just be text. 149 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:18.559 And you know what you're doing, right, Like it's you're not saying 150 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:20.919 something that's completely crazy, but you know you've got something. And I guess 151 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:24.360 that's really what social media is, honestly, Like, I guess they're using 152 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:28.200 it the way that it's supposed to be used. But and it's savvy. 153 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:31.759 But the reason I mentioned like the financial component of it. If you put 154 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:39.000 something out there that shows the top fifty highest revenue generators in college basketball from 155 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:43.720 twenty twenty three, you know you're going to have potentially a bunch of fans 156 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:50.159 from fifty different programs sharing it talking about it, either being upset that they 157 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:54.240 fallen or bragging about where they stand, or in the Louisville side of it, 158 00:09:54.720 --> 00:10:01.360 acknowledging that despite how awful and just pathetic LOUISVILLEASKETBA was for three years, 159 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:05.480 they still are a big money maker. So the amount of engagement that you're 160 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:11.120 getting, meaning responses on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and the amounts of impressions 161 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:16.399 you're getting, like this CBK report account is probably going to see a pretty 162 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:24.440 good fat payday just from this specific post alone. But I don't know where 163 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:28.240 he's getting the information from. Like I don't think there's nothing on the graphic 164 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:31.360 that cites where the info is coming from. And I don't think they just 165 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:33.960 made it up. But I don't really understand. So Louisville came in at 166 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:37.000 number one, and I've seen a lot of people have seen this if you 167 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:41.120 haven't. In twenty twenty three, yes, that was during the Kinny Payne 168 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:50.240 era. Louisville generated thirty eight point four five million dollars, which is more 169 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:54.080 than six million or six million more, I should say, than the second 170 00:10:54.080 --> 00:11:01.799 place program, which was Kentucky, who produced thirty two point twelve million dollars. 171 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:07.000 And really just some quick math here, the difference is that what Lowell 172 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:11.799 Hall was paying Kenny Payne and what Kentucky was paying Caliperry. I mean that 173 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:16.960 that that alone probably eliminates the difference. Carolina came in at number three thirty 174 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:22.440 one point seven. Illinois really surprised me there twenty seven point four. Although 175 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:28.279 Illinois in basketball, like they have some tradition they do and they care about 176 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:31.759 basketball. But yet when they're not, like when they're when they're irrelevant and 177 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:35.360 just kind of whatever, like you never think about them. But you know, 178 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:37.200 when they are good, you can tell that they do have a following 179 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:41.320 and a and a huge fan base. I mean, again, I've learned 180 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:45.960 this over the years, and it's it's evident that you know, the SEC 181 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:48.080 and the Big Ten, when their teams are good, you realize how big 182 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:52.600 their fan bases are. And that's really a huge part in how they're able 183 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:58.600 to be in those conferences that have those revenue sharing arrangements grant of rights with 184 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:03.480 networks because they know they're reaching a ton of people, because even if it's 185 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:05.879 not a you know, even if it's not like Champagne Illinois, Like I'm 186 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:09.080 sure there's a lot of Illinois fans in Chicago, which is one of the 187 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.120 biggest cities in the country, but like Illinois a humongous state as far as 188 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:15.240 population, and you know that matters, there's a lot of reach there. 189 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:18.279 Indiana came in just behind them at number five at twenty six point nine. 190 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:24.159 So my question is, is this for the calendar year of twenty twenty three 191 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:30.120 or are we Is it just for the season right, like are you looking 192 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:31.960 at I mean, I'm sure it's the calendar year because you can still bring 193 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:35.240 in revenue even when your team's not playing. I mean technically, you know, 194 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:39.440 the money that you send in for season tickets probably isn't coming in during 195 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:41.759 the season obviously, So I'm sure it's just for the calendar year of twenty 196 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:50.519 twenty three, which would be the entire January on of Kenny Payness first year, 197 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:54.759 and then of course, you know until December of last year. So 198 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:58.200 to see the Louisville made thirty eight point four or five million dollars, it's 199 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:03.240 not crazy because we've known for a long time Louisville basketball. I mean, 200 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:05.799 they make a lot of money. I mean, Louisville basketball fans have often 201 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:11.159 bragged about being the highest revenue generator in college hoops. I mean they were 202 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:13.159 for a long long time, and even if they weren't number one, they 203 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.440 were close to it. And it I guess it does speak to how much 204 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:18.799 people care. And that's a good thing, right, Like people will pay 205 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.600 and invest and and and do what they got to do to make ends. 206 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:26.559 Meet, but also give money to this, you know, give money to 207 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:31.279 the university to support the basketball program, whether it be whether it be donations, 208 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.960 season tickets, that kind of stuff, sweets, whatever, whatever. 209 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:35.480 You know, there's a lot of different ways to do it. But it 210 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.360 also it's also a way of just being like, yeah, you know, 211 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.480 we we over. You know, I don't know, I just never understood 212 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.440 why that was something to like throw in a fan's face from another team. 213 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:48.600 But you know, I guess if you think about it, fans do that 214 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:50.440 up just about everything, right, Like all, I bet our coach could 215 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:54.200 beat your coach in a in a beard chugging contest, Like you're like, 216 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:56.919 you're gonna really go. I mean, it's a competitive thing, especially when 217 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:01.000 you're talking about your rival. But I'm just gonna be honest, I don't 218 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:05.120 know if I believe it like that. Just to me, that doesn't sound 219 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:07.879 realistic. I'm not claiming that somebody's making it up out of thin air. 220 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:13.360 But like even if Floiville was decent, like that's a lot thirty eight point 221 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.039 four or five million dollars, Like that's crazy, and even think about I 222 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.200 remember when Josh Hurd did one of his press conferences earlier in the year. 223 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:22.960 He wouldn't mention the amount that they had lost from lack of attendance at games 224 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.320 and stuff like that, from concessions and all that kind of stuff. So 225 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:28.440 it makes you wonder, like, look, I don't get where they're pulling 226 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.240 any of this from. Yeah, same here, I you know, it 227 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:35.840 could just be somebody trolling though, And to be fair this account, they're 228 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:39.759 not known for trolling. You know, they're not Big Game Boomer. Yeah. 229 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:41.559 Who By the way, I think he mastered this, Like Big Game 230 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:46.799 Boomer was an og when it comes to just creating these graphics that have these 231 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:50.759 lists that are not even something anybody genuinely put thought into it, just to 232 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.399 get people, right, you know, it's trolling people and getting people to 233 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.919 react as if it's you know, as if you're being serious and it's worked 234 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:01.720 out. I mean, I think Big Game Boomers, still unidentified as a 235 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:05.519 human being, has like landed with some some network doing some kind of like 236 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:11.120 online thing, and then true Donovan had made Yeah, I mean, so 237 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:18.320 shout out shout out to those guys. But like when you see the you 238 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.080 know, when I when I see that that was the revenue that was generated 239 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:24.159 like it makes me wonder, okay, like do you really like, is 240 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:26.759 it going to be that difficult for you to uh, you know too, 241 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:33.360 is it going to be that difficult for you to pay players? I mean, 242 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:35.320 obviously you've got to pay the entire athletic department or over the Yeah, 243 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:39.480 the entire you know, the entire all the programs. You know. When 244 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:41.879 I say the department, I guess that would it makes it sound like I'm 245 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:45.840 talking about employees. But that's all I mean. That's insane to me, 246 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.600 which makes me again kind of not believe it. Like I'm almost I'm half 247 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:52.679 tempted to like send this graphic to somebody at u of L and the side 248 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:54.720 department. I got a couple people that I could ask that would either tell 249 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:58.000 there's two people I could reach out to. One person would just tell me, 250 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:03.559 hey, I'll see what I can find out for you. The other 251 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:06.519 person, if it wasn't true, would say, that's absolutely not true, 252 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:10.399 that's nonsense. So I don't know, I don't know if anybody else cares, 253 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:17.279 but I I mean, that's that makes you realize that there's really nothing 254 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:21.799 Louisville basketball could do to make people not support it. Right, people weren't 255 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:25.600 going to games, but they were still paying for tickets. They still kept 256 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:29.759 their season tickets because you know, be honest with you, that would be 257 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:32.559 an overreaction to get rid of your season tickets. I mean, if you 258 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:34.279 don't want to have season tickets, I would totally understand because that's a I 259 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:37.399 mean, I know I would never be able to afford that. It's a 260 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:40.960 big expense. And you know, people work hard for their money. You 261 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:44.960 got to be you know, you got to be careful about what you spend. 262 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:48.600 And I think the younger generation just realizes that they can go to any 263 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.159 game they want and not have season tickets, and it would be much cheaper 264 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:52.440 because you don't have to do the donation and it would just be a cheaper 265 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:55.799 way to go about it. And you and a lot of people don't want 266 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:57.320 to go to every single game and really can't go to every single game because 267 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:02.240 of their schedule. So what I'm saying is, think about how bad it 268 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:03.519 was last two years, and we don't need to go down that path. 269 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:07.240 We're not. We're not We're gonna We're gonna pump breaks here and you know, 270 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:10.279 not go any further because trust me, the vibes are good for louis 271 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:14.519 of basketball. And another way to look at this is seeing is if damn 272 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.519 imagine, if Louisville ends up being pretty damn good under Pat Kelsey, that 273 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:22.480 that number is going to probably grow substantially. But if you were ever going 274 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:27.279 to, you know, throw in the towel as a fan when it comes 275 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:32.599 to the monetary investment, you'd have done it during the Kinney payn era, 276 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:37.440 and a lot of people probably did, but clearly enough did not, and 277 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:41.880 therefore they still apparently breaked in an insane amount of money. So here's another 278 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:48.920 So apparently Sportico. If you heard of sportico, that is the database for 279 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:53.599 money from professional sports in college sports. So like Sportico is actually what I 280 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:56.039 use yesterday to reference the South, so you can just go and look at 281 00:17:56.039 --> 00:18:00.559 the highest paid players in every professional league and that where I was. That's 282 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.519 what I was using the reference. Okay, Lamar Jackson makes makes this much 283 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:07.240 is going to make this much money annually next season. Max Struss is going 284 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:08.880 to make this much more. Which, by the way, if you missed 285 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:11.839 that conversation, Max Struss, which a lot of you've probably never heard of, 286 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:15.640 would know him if he walked in your home right now, he will 287 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.880 make more money to play basketball in the NBA than Lamar Jackson will make in 288 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.279 the NFL based off their base contract, which again is still crazy to me. 289 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:29.079 But according to Sportico, the revenue from college basketball ticket sales during for 290 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:33.079 the twenty twenty two to twenty twenty three season, So that's Kenny's first year, 291 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:40.839 Kentucky twenty two plus million dollars, Carolina fifteen plus million dollars. That's 292 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:45.400 number two, and then there's a tie for third place. Louisville, Indiana 293 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:49.359 and Kansas sall had twelve million dollars in ticket sales. So you know, 294 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:53.440 despite how I mean, think look at those four teams and think about how 295 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:56.759 different their seasons have been, or think about there's one that does in the 296 00:18:56.799 --> 00:19:00.319 last couple of years, especially that season alone. I mean, you buy 297 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:03.079 season tickets before the season starts, so therefore it's not like, you know, 298 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:06.160 nobody who bought season tickets thought can you payn would win four games in 299 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:11.400 year one. But more than anything, yeah, it's just I'm trying not 300 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:15.519 to like think like damn, like, how could we invest so much as 301 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:19.079 a fan base into something we love so much and it get to as bad 302 00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:22.799 as it was the last couple of years, Like it's still insane to me 303 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:27.000 that that happened. But I'm choosing to look at it the entire opposite way, 304 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:33.119 entire look at it in the entire different direction, which is that I 305 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:37.000 mean, if this thing starts rolling once again, like why can't we get 306 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:41.400 back to having you know, full game, you know, maybe not a 307 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:45.000 full crowded every single game, but like the goal that u Havel had after 308 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:48.480 their one of their goals from the athletic department from their budget meeting they had 309 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:52.000 a couple of weeks ago, if you remember, it was to get one 310 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:57.680 home basketball game ninety percent capacity. I think it was. And I just 311 00:19:57.680 --> 00:20:00.759 felt like, man, like, I know, you want to aim low 312 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:03.599 considering where you've been the last couple of years and all that, and you 313 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:07.960 don't want to, you know, set set sites too high that are unreachable. 314 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:12.240 But I mean, I know all of that money is not just from 315 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:17.240 the casual fans spending their salary. You know, the revenue A lot of 316 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:19.559 it comes from corporations who buy suites and all that kind of stuff. And 317 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:25.160 there's season tickets that are purchased by companies that are not just for individuals. 318 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:30.079 But still there's a lot of people who probably don't make you know, a 319 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:32.839 million dollars. They're probably doing okay. I mean, if I would say 320 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:36.400 you're doing okay financially if you can afford season tickets or you're sacrificing a lot 321 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:40.880 because they're not that cheap. But I guess I need this every now and 322 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.720 then to see these kind of things, even though it you know, it 323 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.240 doesn't have anything to do with winning and losing, it doesn't have anything to 324 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:48.640 do with what's going to happen in the future. But it's just a reminder 325 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.759 that Louisville basketball is still a program, even after the last couple of years, 326 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:56.119 that that is is up there. I mean, the talk of Louisville 327 00:20:56.160 --> 00:21:00.079 turning into De Paul or what was the other school that kept getting mentioned, 328 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:04.519 Georgetown, I mean, like that's just not nowhere, nowhere close, I 329 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:08.279 mean, no way, And this is crazy. And I was talking about 330 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:11.079 talking to somebody about this the other day and they asked me a really good 331 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:14.559 question that I couldn't give an answer to. And I didn't even want to 332 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:19.519 go down that path because it almost gives me PTSD a panic attack because we 333 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:22.359 were talking, my buddy of mine, were talking about those numbers and how 334 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:26.400 like, you know, Canny win four games, and yet people still did 335 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:29.039 try to find a way to believe that it was going to be a lot 336 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.720 better. Even if they didn't really believe it, they wanted to be optimistic 337 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:33.000 and they would just hold out, you know, they would just you know, 338 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:37.720 hold out hope that it would be great, even though the first season 339 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:41.519 really told us exactly what we had. But if in fact he was retaining 340 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:45.960 we're going into year three. I mean again, I can't even go there 341 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:48.319 mentally to try to envision what life would be like for me. I mean, 342 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:52.599 I'd be okay as far as you know my health and you know, 343 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:55.519 big picture, I would be okay, like I would die, but like 344 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:57.599 it would be impossible to talk about a little basketball or he already was last 345 00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:03.799 year. But I also so will acknowledge that because of how much people care 346 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:07.279 and they and they want this to work out so bad, there'd be enough 347 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:11.680 people that you know, would would still you know, hold out hope that 348 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:18.559 maybe it'll work out. I don't know, though, I mean to see 349 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:22.559 the numbers, meaning the revenue and visually see the amount of people who shut 350 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:25.680 up to the games. Like again, doesn't that mean a lot of people 351 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:29.160 had tickets and just didn't go. I mean, that's that's that's what that 352 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:33.000 tells me. All right, keep it locked right here. We got to 353 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:36.119 talk about Bronnie James on the other side, which I'm sure you're tired of 354 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:38.839 hearing about Bronnie James. He's been one of the most talked about humans on 355 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:42.400 the planet, seemingly in the last week or so. And I've always defended 356 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:47.359 Bronnie James because I feel like he's always, you know, not been like 357 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:52.119 his dad carried himself professionally not You really got caught up in all the hype 358 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:55.319 and all the nonsense that comes with being the son of lebron James. But 359 00:22:56.240 --> 00:23:02.279 his press conference yesterday was was I mean, he's a chip off the old 360 00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:04.160 block, as they say, he's just like his dad. All right, 361 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:07.640 don't go anywhere. It's coffee and Company. We are feel about Thorton's right 362 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:11.440 here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Get much better in this one, John, 363 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:17.480 It's a classic love it. In fact, he doesn't get much better 364 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:19.279 than Bruce Springston. If I'm being honest, he really is one of the 365 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:23.400 Like he just screams America when it comes to his music in general. And 366 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:27.920 I'm sure you'll find if you look hard enough, somebody maybe isn't a fan. 367 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:30.640 But like, even if it's like this isn't your jam, meaning like 368 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:34.640 his kind of music, I mean, you probably aren't rushing to change the 369 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:38.000 station when his hits are on. Like he's great. He is great. 370 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:42.119 Shout out to Bruce Springsteen and shout out to America. I was born in 371 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:45.519 the USA, and I'm proud of it. Man. I sound like a 372 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:49.480 real patriot there, didn't I The music stopped right when I said it, 373 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:52.039 as if like we were trying to get serious for a second, which I 374 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:56.640 am serious, serious as a heart attack. All right. So a couple 375 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:59.400 of people have asked this throughout the week, and I don't have an answer 376 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:03.720 for you, and you know I hate that, but I'm I'm as curious 377 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:10.000 as you. So I guess I'll go check the press release here that UL 378 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:11.559 sent out, because again they now know who they're playing in their trip to 379 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:17.480 the Bahamash. We talked about it yesterday and it is going to be two 380 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:21.400 opponents. One is a team from Canada college that I guess does this annually. 381 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:25.680 They go on they go to these trips in other countries and play Division 382 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:30.720 one programs from America. But the other team is just is just called Bahamas. 383 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:34.480 So I mean, it's just called Bahamas. So I don't, you 384 00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:40.599 know, I don't know if if if that, if that means the Bahama 385 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:47.759 the Bahamian national team or not. I mean again, I'm looking at the 386 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:51.160 graphic because U of L has not actually they haven't actually put out a release 387 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.559 on their website, at least not that I can see. And if you 388 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:56.759 look at the graphic that really was the announcement yesterday. This is from Baja 389 00:24:56.920 --> 00:25:03.160 Marhops their official Twitter account. Uh bead Global Sports is the marketing company that 390 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:07.279 put this, puts this whole thing on every year, and it just says 391 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:15.359 Bahamas. It just says Bahamas. The the other team it says UH Dinos 392 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:18.400 and that's the Dinos that are you know, from the University of Calgary. 393 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:22.960 So like, at least there's some level of identification there. So I don't 394 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:26.200 I don't think it's the national team from the Bahamas. But I don't don't, 395 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:30.079 I don't know. I just don't think they would be there. Like 396 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:33.400 put it this way, if you consider like who, let's look at who's 397 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:36.920 on the national team. We talked a little bit about this yesterday, but 398 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.480 one of the guys who's who's apparently crushing it in the Olympic qualifiers that are 399 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:45.920 going on right now is VJ. Edgecombe, the UH the freshman to be 400 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:51.160 a Baylor. He's going to be phenomenal. But yeah, so right here 401 00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:56.599 we go. This is the current national team from the Bahamas that is currently 402 00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:02.319 playing UH in the in the Olympic qualifiers. DeAndre Ayton, Eric Gordon, 403 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:06.559 Buddy Healed, VJ. Edgecombe, and then there's some other names, you 404 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:10.000 know. Tom tum Narren. We talked about him yesterday briefly. He's from 405 00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:14.000 Michigan State, played there years ago but was a good player. Donnie Freeman 406 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:17.640 a guy that I actually do you know, I know of the name. 407 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:22.039 He's He played at IMG and he is currently he's currently a freshman at Syracuse. 408 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:29.319 I think he was a pretty highly regarded recruit. So I if they 409 00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:33.079 if they qualify for the Olympics, which it looks like they're going to, 410 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:38.720 and they play later in the month, meaning like the game Love was going 411 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:42.279 to play against whatever this team that's labeled Bahamas. They'll be you know, 412 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:48.680 three three weeks roughly from you know, in the Olympics start later in August. 413 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:51.720 Their game will be played. I believe it is the beginning, very 414 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:56.359 beginning of August. So the schedule wouldn't wouldn't conf There's not a con the 415 00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:00.599 schedule is not going to matter. But it comes down to like why would 416 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:02.839 they do that? Like, I mean, they're already in the Bahamas, 417 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.720 cool, but like are they in Nassau? Like to me, it just 418 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:07.920 seems like a random thing for a team that's about to play in the Olympics 419 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:11.359 to go to this resort and play an exhibition game against a college team, 420 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:15.559 Like what if somebody gets hurt? You know, Like I just think that 421 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:18.759 just seems far fetched. But then again, I've seen a lot of people, 422 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:22.039 even some folks who I know that cover Louisville, that are referring to 423 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:27.000 this as the like this is who they're gonna play. And it started with 424 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:32.400 everybody sharing highlights of that freshman VJ. Edgecomb who's just been dunking on fools 425 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:36.920 over there in the Olympic qualifiers, And I just I don't you know, 426 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.680 maybe it ends up being a lot of these guys that like, we haven't 427 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:41.759 heard of and they throw it up. But let me tell you, it 428 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:45.319 wouldn't shock me if it ends up just being a bunch of basketball players that 429 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:48.279 still live in the Bahamas that are sort of you know, maybe they play 430 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:52.519 professionally in the pro league that's in the Bahamas, but they're nowhere near NBA 431 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:56.359 caliber and they didn't play Division on basketball in America like that. That's what 432 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:00.160 I think will likely be the squad they play. But again, maybe I'm 433 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:03.799 way off, and you know, again, I'm gonna pick your brain a 434 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:07.039 little bit on this, John, wouldn't you expect that if that was the 435 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:10.880 case, there'd be a whole lot more like, damn, they're gonna play 436 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:15.839 it the because I just mentioned a national team that has you know, known 437 00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:19.839 Buddy Heal, DeAndre eight and and Eric Gordon are all notable NBA players. 438 00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:22.880 And I've been trying to do some digging while you've been talking about it, 439 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:27.319 and it's very difficult any real information. Like you look at the logo, 440 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:33.480 is the is the logo they use the same one for the Bahamas men's basketball 441 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:36.359 team. That's one thing I was trying to figure question, figure it out. 442 00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:42.039 It's a good question. Let just go Bahama's national basketball team. I 443 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:45.079 mean, I don't know if they have official website. Do they? I 444 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:48.000 mean, here we go. The Wikipedia page should include a website. But 445 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.480 you know, of course, if the logos are the same, I would 446 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:55.319 assume that that means, yes, it is the national team. But there's 447 00:28:55.319 --> 00:29:00.559 a Bahamas Basketball Federation website and it is that logo since in the dependance in 448 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:04.720 nineteen So sorry about that. That's appreciate their independence. That's what happens when 449 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:08.079 you leave a It is going to be Independence Day tomorrow. So I guess 450 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:12.160 it's halfway appropriate. Yeah it wasn't you know, somebody cursor or anything like 451 00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:18.680 that. True, So yeah, I mean I maybe it is. I 452 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:21.920 don't know. I just it would be way more believable for me if they 453 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:23.759 weren't potentially going to be playing in the Olympics just weeks later. That's to 454 00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:27.200 me what makes it seem off. But I'll ask, you know, I 455 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:33.440 mean, I'm sure somebody will tell me because I think it's an easy answer. 456 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.640 But then again, they're not. I mean, there's also a chance, 457 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:37.720 I say, it should be an easy answer. But you know, 458 00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:40.319 the folks that uve L don't have any say so and who they play. 459 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:45.519 It's it's the it's Baha Ma or the Bahamar Resort. Well, I guess 460 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:49.720 no, it's it's probably here are probably the two people that are putting this 461 00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:56.319 together, the Bahamas Basketball Federation and also the BDG or the bd Sports Global 462 00:29:56.359 --> 00:30:00.039 Company, the marketing group that's putting these that's putting this event on, and 463 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:03.279 they also put on the Baja Baja Mar Classic, which is the event louisvill 464 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:07.960 played in a couple of years ago at the same resort. I don't know. 465 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:11.920 I mean, again, I could be way off, but I just 466 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:15.920 have a hard time believing that the actual team that is going to potentially represent 467 00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:19.680 their country in the Olympic Games in Paris just a few weeks down the line 468 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:22.960 there would would be playing in this game. I mean, wouldn't it more 469 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:26.839 than likely be like an under twenty team or an under eighteen could be? 470 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:33.839 Yeah, that could be. Yeah, Actually here's what it could be the 471 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:38.799 Yeah, that's a good point. So they have it looks like they have 472 00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:45.039 a roster that is currently representing them in the Olympic qualifying tournament, right now, 473 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:48.960 and that's a lot of the guys we just talked about. I see 474 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:56.119 past rosters here. You know, maybe they've got like an under twenty team 475 00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:59.000 or a junior team because Edgecombe could play on that team if he wanted to. 476 00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:00.759 I don't know if he'd want to be there, because again he you 477 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:03.599 know, I don't know how beneficial it would be for him considering he's, 478 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:07.759 you know, gonna be playing a Baylor next year. But yeah, there's 479 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:11.119 been enough people talking about it and then some that have asked about it, 480 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:15.079 and I wish I could clarify, but I'll ask. But yes, you 481 00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:18.240 don't make me feel as dumb, John, because you've you've confirmed what I 482 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:22.039 what I looked at and saw too, is that as Vegas can be. 483 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:26.720 It just says Bahamas. So I don't I don't really know, all right, 484 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:29.839 real quick before we get to our next break. Sticking with basketball, 485 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:37.839 Kimba Walker announced his retirement yesterday, and I feel like it's turned into the 486 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:42.759 retirement that a lot of people feel old after hearing about because they remember Kimba 487 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:47.000 Walker playing. It didn't feel like it was that long ago. And although 488 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:51.400 I, you know, I the fact that that Kimba Walker is retiring and 489 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:55.279 he's just done playing after a twelve year NBA career. Yeah that sounds I 490 00:31:55.319 --> 00:32:00.559 mean that, you know, it does make you realize he's been in the 491 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:02.000 league that long. I feel like he just played five six years ago. 492 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:07.200 But you know, Kimba Walker is let's see, he's thirty thirty four years 493 00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:10.640 old, right, so you know that's not I mean, there's a lot 494 00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:13.799 of guys who have ten yre tend to I mean, look at this. 495 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:17.079 I mean, Gorgey Jane just retired from the NBA. I mean that made 496 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:21.319 me feel older than Kimba Walker. And Gorgey Jane played in the NBA for 497 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:24.039 ten years. Devonte Parker just retired from the NFL. Like, those are 498 00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:30.839 the things that make me feel old. So but Kimba, I think the 499 00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:34.279 Internet, you know, obviously it was around, but Kimba would I think, 500 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:37.880 would have been a much bigger would have been a much bigger star than 501 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:39.759 he already was. And he was a star by the way. I mean, 502 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:43.279 he was one of the best players in the country. But he was 503 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:46.559 so good. And when I think of the Big East at its very best, 504 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:52.160 when it really was just I mean, like something I don't think we'll 505 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:55.119 ever see again. I mean, you had nine to ten teams in that 506 00:32:55.240 --> 00:33:01.440 league in a few different seasons throughout like a five to six year window that 507 00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:05.839 were all Final four caliber teams, like they could get there and it would. 508 00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:07.920 I mean, maybe that's why I'm so underwhelmed by the ACC because when 509 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:12.000 the Big East was really really rolling, I mean, it was unbelievable. 510 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:16.680 I mean, you had legitimately half your league. You felt like if they 511 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:20.720 got in the tournament and made it, like they could make make the Final 512 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:22.640 four. But Kimba Walker is one of those players that always comes to mind 513 00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:25.440 for me when I think of the Big East being great, because honestly because 514 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:30.400 his performance in the Garden when they won the tournament there in twenty twenty eleven, 515 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:35.440 I think it was, Yeah, it was twenty eleven, whenever you 516 00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:37.200 know, they started I'm not even sure what seed they had in that tournament, 517 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:40.559 and he broke somebody's ankle. I think the guy's name was Larry McGee, 518 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:45.319 played for Pittsburgh, and I mean it was one of the more embarrassing 519 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:50.000 things you've ever seen a player go through, just getting completely crossed up, 520 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:52.920 falling over Kimba stepping back knocking it down, but you know, he went 521 00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:55.319 on a hell of a run and he was a hell of a player. 522 00:33:55.440 --> 00:34:00.359 I remember Louisville, of course, in twenty eleven. That's the forgotten a 523 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.160 year because they lost to more Head State. But they had a very very 524 00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:05.559 solid season, a good season in fact, and they were better than most 525 00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:07.000 expected. That's the year. Rick Patino called it a bridge year if you 526 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:13.119 remember, and they ran into Kimba Walker in the championship game of the ACC 527 00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:16.519 Tournament. I believe it was that year, and it was one of those 528 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:20.400 games whereas much as I was disappointed, because you never want your team to 529 00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:24.519 lose, like I couldn't really be mad at anybody from the Louisville side because 530 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:27.400 I'm thinking, all right, what are you gonna do? Like Kimba Walker, 531 00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:30.559 a Brooklyn, New York guard in Madison Square Garden for Yukon, like 532 00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:35.119 just completely stealing the show, Like you know that was gonna be his moment. 533 00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:37.639 Excuse me, he's from the Bronx now Brooklyn, and you know, 534 00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:40.840 trust me, I would imagine that's not something you want to you know, 535 00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:44.280 we want to get mixed up with people who you know, the people in 536 00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:46.679 New York are proud of the of the bureau. They're from Borrough, They're 537 00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:52.880 from so he's from the Bronx. But yeah, happy retirement. Congratulations on 538 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:57.119 a great career, Kimba Walker. All right, let's get to a quick 539 00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:59.320 break. We'll come back on the other side. Keep this thing rolling along. 540 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:02.440 I meant to do this earlier in the week, but you know, 541 00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:07.079 I didn't get around to it. With the ACC now having three new family 542 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:12.800 members, Smu, Stanford and Cal, I got some some random facts and 543 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:15.800 trivia about these institutions that are now I guess, you know, like our 544 00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:20.760 brothers, and some weird things about these schools that you probably wouldn't expect. 545 00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:23.280 So we'll get to that. We'll let you hear Bronnie James show us that 546 00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:25.440 he is, in fact, just like his dad, which I don't say 547 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:29.000 that as a compliment. Uh, And you know who knows, who knows 548 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.840 what else we're gonna get into the rest of the way. It's coffee and 549 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:36.440 company again. We're feielbouth Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety Little John 550 00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:39.519 Michael Montgomery. This song, I mean, I don't know if it's it's 551 00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:44.280 it's it's about us, So it's about soldiers getting letters from home when they're 552 00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:51.480 when they're you know, away at war or deployed. And it mean this 553 00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:53.400 this counts right. Like I started, I started a second guest like does 554 00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:58.559 this one really fit? But it does. It's still yeah, it's really 555 00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:00.840 like it's deep is if you ever like this is? And I don't know, 556 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:04.920 I'm sure this still exists in modern country music. I just don't listen 557 00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:06.559 to it as much, but like this is a story, you know what 558 00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:08.599 I mean, Like this song is a story and it'll I mean, I 559 00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:12.679 remember hearing this song when I was a kid, you know, like uh, 560 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.599 I feel like I was in late middle school, early high school, 561 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:19.639 and I remember like, damn, I'm gonna cry. It's deep man, 562 00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:23.400 It's it's uh, it's it's good stuff. John Michael Montgomery, Kentucky's own 563 00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:27.719 all Right Coffee and Company. That's us. We are fueled by Thornton's here 564 00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:31.800 on a Sports Talk seven ninety. Hopefully you guys are getting set for the 565 00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:35.920 fourth of July weekend. I'm sure there are some that still have to work 566 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:37.320 on fourth of July and of course on Friday as well, but we have 567 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:39.679 a long weekend, so just a reminder, we will not be back on 568 00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:45.880 the air until Monday. Do you have any annual plans, like do you 569 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:49.079 you you have a Fourth of July event that you that you know is your 570 00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:52.639 go to that you that you do routine or anything like that. No, 571 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:55.159 not really, it's whenever it falls on a weekend, which I guess we 572 00:36:55.239 --> 00:37:00.199 do technically get the four day weekend based on what we're doing. But I 573 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:04.519 used to frequently go to my parents' lake place in Patoka Lake, and we 574 00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:07.719 have I still go there, not as regular because obviously I don't live with 575 00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:09.039 there any good spot that was that was where we used to go. Yeah, 576 00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:12.199 Potoco Lake's a good spot. I've been there a few times when I 577 00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:15.360 was younger. Yeah, I don't like fireworks, and I don't really have 578 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:19.239 like an annual party that that I go to a thing that I do every 579 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:22.480 year for the Fourth. So you know, maybe I'm not as patriotic as 580 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:25.679 I as I thought I was. But uh, yeah, the weather doesn't 581 00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:30.480 look great right, Like think we do have some rain coming in tomorrow or 582 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:34.119 tonight or something like that. That's no good. And we've actually had pretty 583 00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:37.000 good luck with I mean, the weather's not been super pleasant with the humidity 584 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:39.000 and the heat. In fact, it's ninety four degrees and I think the 585 00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:42.599 heat in Decks is going to have it above one hundred today. But yeah, 586 00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:46.000 tomorrow looking like a fifty five percent chance of rain, which you know 587 00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:52.039 isn't isn't good. I mean, I'm sure plenty of people will still you 588 00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:54.440 know, be outside covered of course, but hey, with it being fourth 589 00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:57.599 of July, maybe there'll be people that won't care, and they're going to 590 00:37:57.679 --> 00:38:00.559 celebrate how they typically celebrate, and they're not gonna let rain stop them, 591 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:06.239 because that's how big of American badasses they are. Little rain's not going to 592 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:08.039 keep us from you know, grilling out, although they could get could get 593 00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:12.880 difficult, it could, I would imagine. So yeah, hopefully you guys 594 00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:15.000 have a good fourth of July. I'm certainly looking forward to it. All 595 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:21.639 right, Uh, real quick, the the We'll start with SMU so I 596 00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:25.559 mentioned this before we went to break with Louisville, not Louisville and the ACC 597 00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:30.440 adding three new members to the to the league. Earlier this week, we've 598 00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:32.480 known these these three schools were coming to the ACC. I guess today, 599 00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:36.639 you know, earlier this week was the official day where they join the league. 600 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:40.599 We'll start with SMU. Just some random facts about SMU. We'll start 601 00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:46.360 with this. They actually have a campus in Tiles, New Mexico, which 602 00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:50.519 I didn't I mean that to me. That didn't seem that close to where 603 00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:53.320 they're located. But it's built on the site of a pre Civil War fort 604 00:38:53.920 --> 00:39:00.920 and where a thirteenth century Indian pueblo was was uh excavated. Can you name 605 00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:06.480 their school colors? John, It's like a pinky red and a blue. 606 00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:08.119 Yeah, it's red and blue. They just they just identified as that. 607 00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:12.559 But I feel like their colors are kind of awesome. Red and blue. 608 00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:16.159 I've always felt like is it's hard to mess up. But I also kind 609 00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:20.239 of feel like underwhelmed at times with teams that are just red. I can't 610 00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:22.239 mean, how many schools can be just overused as a school color. I 611 00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:24.920 was gonna say the opposite. I can't think of that many that are just 612 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:28.679 straight red and blue. Oh, I just met red in general. Excuse 613 00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:32.840 me, red and blue like De Paul. Yeah, and and DePaul at 614 00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:36.519 times, like I wish to Paul. Of course, we know DePaul for 615 00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:39.800 being De Paul. But I feel like at times They've looked great with how 616 00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:43.079 they do red and blue. Like again, it's hard to screw it up, 617 00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:47.280 and there's such power dominant colors. Therefore, you rarely, I think 618 00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:52.039 it's rare you see teams go there like well, I can't think of any 619 00:39:52.079 --> 00:40:00.880 other school that has a similar color scheme as SMU. I mean, now 620 00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:04.639 I'm having to do a little Google search here. Yeah, let's see, 621 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:08.079 because some of them have a red and blue shade, but like it's not 622 00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:13.079 your typical you know, red and blue. Yeah, all these schools I'm 623 00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:15.840 looking at are not well known schools. I see DePaul is in here, 624 00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:20.920 Gonzaga. Gonzaga is a good Gonzaga is is it kind of a deep navy 625 00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:24.360 right with the red that is a little bit darker, but it's still technically 626 00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:28.679 in that in that ballparks. Yes, Samford wouldn't have thought of that, 627 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:31.280 but they're but they're red and blue. Again, there's other schools that like 628 00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:35.760 Saginaw Valley State, I don't know anything about them. Robert Morris, I 629 00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:37.440 can confirm that the only reason I know about is because I remember when they 630 00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:42.920 played Kentucky and beat him in the tournament. Decane wouldn't have known that although 631 00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:45.679 kind of can visual, I can kind of get a visual of what their 632 00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:49.000 uniform looks like. Oh, this is a good one. And sometimes these 633 00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:52.880 uniforms football and basketball for this school are badass. Liberty, liberty frame, 634 00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:59.920 liberty flames. I know why I can't speak today. Let's see this old 635 00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:02.360 miss, Yes, ole miss is red and blue, but it's baby blue. 636 00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:06.719 It's like teal and and that you know, ell miss when they I 637 00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:09.679 mean or I really really do like their their color scheme. Oh fau, 638 00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:12.840 that's a good I wouldn't have thought of that, but yeah, flord Atlantic 639 00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:15.280 is is you know their their their primary colors are a red and blue. 640 00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:22.079 So yeah, SMU, let's see what else we've got here of note from 641 00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:31.920 the SMU Mustangs. How about uh they let's see, come on, here 642 00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:39.039 we go. So their mascot is a live miniature Shetland pony that is named 643 00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:45.239 Purana and it's named after an early twenty It's named after an early twenty twentieth 644 00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:51.840 century medicine. I wouldn't have guessed that a live horse though. Yeah, 645 00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:59.400 and I'm all for colleges that have a live mascot. I mean, I 646 00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:02.880 don't it's not doable in most situations, but like if you can pull it, 647 00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:07.880 like you know, Texas and Colorado, who else comes to mind, 648 00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:10.840 Like, yeah, Butler the Georgia Bulldog as well, like having a having 649 00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:15.280 a live mascot. We have to play that later, the Mike Leach, 650 00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:20.800 you know, describing which which live mascots would you know outlast the other when 651 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:23.760 it comes to like survival thought, Yeah, I've always thought a lot of 652 00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:27.000 the Mike Leach stuff was never as funny as everybody else did. But that 653 00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:30.960 one really did make me laugh. They also have a notable alumni named Laura 654 00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:37.360 Graham, who plays a character on The Gilmore Girls. So there's that they 655 00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:43.199 also have. Let's see here, looks like they are one of very you 656 00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:45.960 didn't say the It looks like they're the only school in Texas, which, 657 00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:50.000 by the way, there's a lot of a lot of big colleges in Texas. 658 00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:52.960 UH that has on their board of trustees like their board of regents whatever 659 00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:57.760 they call it. They keep an active student at all times on that board 660 00:42:57.840 --> 00:43:00.119 that has just as much influence as any other member. That's pretty cool. 661 00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:04.119 That is cool. I like that, So welcome aboard SMU. I'm not 662 00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:07.079 really sure, if you can, you know, make the league much better 663 00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:10.119 than it is now. But for what it's worth, they are the best 664 00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:13.599 team entering as we speak. Right, they're coming off a decent season. 665 00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:17.519 You can't say the same for for cal Or Stanford and uh well it was. 666 00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:21.239 What do you think of when you think of SMU. I think of 667 00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:24.519 their basketball coach. I can't recall his name. I mean he's retired now. 668 00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:27.880 Oh Larry Brown. Yeah, Larry Brown. Gosh, that's a that's 669 00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:30.519 a good age age gap thing for you and I Because Larry Brown, I 670 00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:34.679 think of so many other jobs he's had, Like SMU is where he went 671 00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:36.920 to. I mean, that's where he ended his career and he you know, 672 00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.760 he wasn't that good when he was there, but yes, he did 673 00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:42.119 coach there, and honestly, that's probably what made you know what SMU was 674 00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:44.400 as a school because they were at lower level. I mean they're not you 675 00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:45.760 know, D two, but they weren't ever in a big conference and Larry 676 00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:49.440 Brown going there to coach is wild. But when I think of SMU, 677 00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:52.360 I think of money. They have money. They were paying players before it 678 00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:55.000 was cool to pay, you know, before it was allowed, Like is 679 00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:59.519 that where George Bush is from too, or went there or something. Maybe 680 00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:01.519 maybe I'm there could be some kind of a connection there. But like they 681 00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:06.079 got the death penalty, Like they got the death penalty many many years ago, 682 00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:08.119 and you know they were able to say, okay, you'll take us 683 00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:12.400 in the acc We don't need money right away. We'll be all right. 684 00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:17.239 They raised enough money from supporters, donors however, fundraising and it was you 685 00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:20.760 know, over one hundred million dollars to where like they're not worried about the 686 00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:24.440 share that you're supposed to get in your conference. They can wait a few 687 00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:28.440 years. They're fine with that because they they got money. They got money 688 00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:30.840 falling out through were in. They were also the first school in the NIL 689 00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:37.519 era to have enough money of NIL in place to where every single player on 690 00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:44.000 the men's basketball, football and women's basketball team all had a guaranteed salary of 691 00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:46.480 like forty thousand dollars. That's pretty I mean, they got money, man, 692 00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:50.239 they got a lot of money. All right, we got to get 693 00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:52.199 to a break, So let's do that. We got two more hours to 694 00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:54.679 go as we get just set for a fourth of July weekend. It's a 695 00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:59.360 Friday of me Hopefully the Friday vibes are with you guys as well, because 696 00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:01.039 feeling good. Ready to get out of here honestly, but hey, we'll 697 00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:04.039 make the most of these next two hours, so stick with us right here 698 00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:05.480 on Sports Talk seven ninety