WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for coffee and company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:08.960 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:11.160 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:11.839 we are. 5 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:14.400 Get off our show, idiots. 6 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:15.919 The kids are playing a trail off. 7 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:17.000 The countries are. 8 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:17.559 Screwing it up. 9 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:20.879 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 10 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.000 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 11 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.640 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:28.480 Are you kidding me? 13 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:34.479 Now? Here's nick coffee? 14 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:38.520 All right, Good afternoon, and welcome in Coffee and company. 15 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:41.640 Fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety coming 16 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:44.679 to you live from Charlotte, North Carolina for the ACC 17 00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:48.280 basketball tip off Media Day. That's what it is, second 18 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:51.560 straight day here in Charlotte, my first day here broadcasting 19 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.920 live from Radio Row. I mean, there's nothing here that's 20 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:57.359 that calls this Radio Row, but I'm assuming that's that's 21 00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:00.880 what it is. There's about nine tables here where I'm 22 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:03.119 set up, which is directly like if you're watching, I 23 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:04.519 mean I hope you're not, because that would mean you're 24 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:07.879 not listening. But if you were watching the live ACC 25 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:11.519 Network coverage of this event, and you're looking. You know, 26 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:14.239 the set to directly to the right of the set 27 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:15.680 is where I'm set up at, so you can't see 28 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:18.000 me on television, but behind them that. 29 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:20.760 That's where we all are, all of us radio hacks. 30 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:24.319 And this is the first time for me where I've 31 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:28.400 set up where there's shows going on at the same 32 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:31.120 time all across You know, it's gonna say the region, 33 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:35.599 but seeing cal and SMU and Stanford here reminds me that, 34 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:37.680 you know, it's not necessarily regional anymore, but for the 35 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:39.760 most part, the league is. But there are shows going 36 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.799 on right now everywhere. And what I mean by everywhere, 37 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:47.760 it doesn't just mean that, you know, in Virginia and 38 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:50.920 in many cities in North Carolina, I'm convinced that the 39 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.280 city of the state, it's not a city. The state 40 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:56.640 of North Carolina may have more sports talk radio shows 41 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.280 than any state in the country. 42 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:00.680 They're all here. 43 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:02.799 But when I say everywhere, it's not just that, it's 44 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:06.000 that they're everywhere. In front of me, Like directly in 45 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:08.080 front of me, John, there's a show going on as 46 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:13.319 we speak. The placard here says Rich take on Sports. 47 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:15.039 That's the name of the show. To my right, I've 48 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.520 got a station called ninety nine point nine the Fan. 49 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:21.360 We've got WSJS, We've got FWF and Z, We've got 50 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:23.800 WRNL nine ten the Fans. So the reason I'm bringing 51 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:25.360 all this up is because I want you guys to 52 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:27.680 be aware that I'm a little bit out of my 53 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:30.639 comfort zone. Not because you know, I don't feel like 54 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:32.840 I should be doing the show here, but anytime I've 55 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:34.479 set up here, I used to be on in the mornings. 56 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:36.479 When I would start at seven o'clock in the morning, 57 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:39.319 there may be one other show that would be going 58 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:41.280 live at that time. I don't know why, but it 59 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:44.120 didn't seem as if anybody would have their live shows 60 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.840 here until like nine other than me. So I guess 61 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:49.280 this is what afternoon looks like here when you're broadcasting 62 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:50.759 live and we don't have a whole lot of space. 63 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.599 So if you hear other shows. 64 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.960 You know, along with this one, like in the background, 65 00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:59.560 you know, hopefully it doesn't impact your experience here as 66 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.319 a listener. And if you can, if you hear me talking, 67 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:05.319 you know, not as loud and maybe not you know, 68 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.439 not projecting as much as I typically do. It's because 69 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:10.560 I don't want to be yapping and you know, being 70 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:12.639 on their airwaves. But I guess it's fair game. I mean, 71 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:13.439 did you go up to. 72 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:15.680 The other hosts and tell them you're taking them down today? 73 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:15.960 No? 74 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:16.360 I didn't. 75 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:18.039 In fact, right before I started the show, I went 76 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.360 up to one of the guys over at wfn Z, 77 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.240 I know, their morning got Bone. He's he's a good 78 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:25.719 buddy of mine, and I wanted him to to take 79 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:29.000 a message back to Bone from me, which that'll stay 80 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:32.120 between the two of us. I mean, it wasn't anything crazy, 81 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:35.319 and in fact, that sounded really weird and uncomfortable. But 82 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:37.719 you know, he and I go back and forth about 83 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:40.400 NBA jerseys and that's that's what the message was about. 84 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:42.719 So you know, everybody's been friendly. You know, I've actually 85 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:44.240 met John. I made some friends today. I went on 86 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:45.759 a work trip and I made some friends. I feel 87 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:48.560 like I'm I feel like I'm an adult. But you 88 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:50.479 know usually I mean, I'm not kidding you when I 89 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:53.080 say this. There is a live show going on in 90 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:55.879 front of me where the host, like his microphone and 91 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.159 mine are maybe six feet apart. 92 00:03:59.439 --> 00:03:59.919 Like inn't that? 93 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:02.599 Like, I mean, I'm claustrophobic as it is, but like 94 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:04.759 I just feel like if I start yelling, you know, 95 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:06.599 I'm gonna be you know, and and you know. 96 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:08.879 If it's an I can't hear him at all. 97 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:11.439 Okay, good, But let me ask you this. Does it 98 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:13.039 sound as if I'm not projecting like. 99 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:15.319 I typically do? That would be true? Okay, I can. 100 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:17.040 See, I know, I mean, I can tell like, and 101 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:18.319 here's what I need to do. I need to turn 102 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:20.759 my levels down. So if I turn so if I 103 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:23.720 don't sound as loud in my own headset, then I'll 104 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:25.959 be you know, then I'll be louder and it'll it'll 105 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:28.800 it'll adjust essentially. But I mean, how about now, does 106 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:29.680 it sound like I'm you know? 107 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:32.199 I mean, I mean, you don't. I'm not whispering. I 108 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:34.360 get yeah, You're not whispering. You're just and I'm trying 109 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:35.839 to be aware of your surroundings. Yep. 110 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:38.399 And this has been a crutch of mine, you know, 111 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:41.240 ever since I did his show live anywhere, especially when 112 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:42.959 they have like a speaker going like, I don't you know, 113 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:45.759 I just that would Yeah, it's just it's just it's 114 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:47.120 just you know, it's different. 115 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:47.839 But I am. 116 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.879 I am happy to be here and Pat Kelsey along 117 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:53.160 with Javon Hadley and Chucky Hepburn. They just finished up 118 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:56.639 their appearance at the podium, and uh, they'll be making 119 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:59.639 their rounds within this hour doing other things. 120 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:02.439 I think, maybe being on the ACC network. 121 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.279 I know the players already were earlier, but Pat Kelsey's 122 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:08.120 gonna stop in at four o'clock, so we'll have pat 123 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:11.519 On rite at four, probably keep him ten twelve minutes, 124 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.040 and then what I don't know is how I'm going 125 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:17.759 to I mean, we're gonna get both Chucky Hepburn and 126 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:20.120 Javon Hadley on, but I bought a I brought a 127 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:24.439 third microphone here and it's not working. So I think 128 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:26.160 we were gonna initially do the interview with those two 129 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:28.959 guys together, but you know, I don't want I'm sharing 130 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:31.079 a mic. Then he gets weird, so we'll figure something out. 131 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:34.199 Datum Brown, the UFO basketball sid has has been very 132 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:37.199 helpful and accommodating me in the show and getting these 133 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:39.279 guys on. So we'll make it work. And again we'll 134 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:42.639 take you up until six o'clock today live here from Charlotte. 135 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:44.560 It is coffee and Company. As you know, we are 136 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:47.560 fueled by Thornton's. That's the one downside to Charlotte is 137 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:49.560 there's no Thorntons here. I mean I was looking. I 138 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.519 mean I was just roaming the streets last night in 139 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.399 downtown Charlotte, bored out of my mind, just trying to 140 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:57.079 find the Thorntons because I was homesick. Right, you get homesick, 141 00:05:57.120 --> 00:05:59.199 you go to Thornton's and everything's okay, But there's not 142 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.079 one here. And I know I survived. But if you're 143 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:04.639 back in the Kentucky and area, there's likely one really 144 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:07.319 close to you because they're everywhere, and it's because they're great. 145 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:09.879 So Thornton's, we certainly appreciate them. And if you haven't 146 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:11.639 signed up, you have become am to become a member 147 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:14.560 of the Refreshing Awards program. You should, you should have 148 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:16.319 done it long ago, but you still can now, so 149 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:18.360 make sure you make sure you take care of that. 150 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:21.800 I would lie to you and say that we may 151 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:23.199 get to some phone calls today. I mean, I guess 152 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:25.839 we can, but it's just not as it's just not 153 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:29.560 as convenient, and you know, you never know with a 154 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:31.839 slight delay this and that. So your best bet if 155 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:33.079 you want to be a part of the show today 156 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:35.319 is to text in five O two six five three 157 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:37.879 zero seven ninety again five O two six five three 158 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:40.879 zero seven ninety. 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No surprise, 169 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:13.480 I would assume to anybody who follows college basketball, but 170 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:17.279 the coaches and a lot of the people here covering 171 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:20.519 the league, you know, it's all about the league being disrespected. 172 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:23.319 And I just, you know, I kind of feel like 173 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:27.720 an outsider because I don't have this internal instinct to 174 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:30.240 defend the league as far as like, wait a second, 175 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.040 the league's getting disrespected. You know, there's some there's some 176 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:36.759 there's some conspiracy against them, and I just, you know, 177 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:39.480 not any not that anybody has said that directly, but like, 178 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:43.279 I think results are results, and the league needs to 179 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:44.680 get a lot better. And it kind of worries me 180 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:46.879 a little bit that instead of just acknowledging that, yeah, 181 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:49.639 we are not what we once were, there's this talking 182 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:52.480 point of like, hey, they need to show us more respect. 183 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:54.240 Like I don't know, just kind of I kind of 184 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:58.079 feel like I'm I'm an outsider here, like I don't 185 00:07:58.120 --> 00:07:59.800 belong because I'm you know, not to say that every 186 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:03.439 person here covering this event that is broadcasting live or whatever, 187 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:05.839 just somebody who's here with the credential to cover the league, 188 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:08.360 not saying everybody is in agreement with the coaches, but 189 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:10.519 like everybody that I've heard talking about it seems to 190 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:10.879 think that. 191 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:13.000 Yeah, they need to show the ACC some more respect. 192 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:15.680 And you know, if they do, that's great, But like 193 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:19.120 I view it as the league needs to be a 194 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.199 lot better to kind of get back to being one of, 195 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:23.199 if not the most. 196 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:24.439 Respected leagues in college hoops. 197 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:27.399 But there's some other things from today and yesterday even 198 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:29.279 that I'll get to coming up here shortly, But for 199 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:30.399 the rest of the show, we are going to have 200 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:32.360 a guest coming up here in about twenty minutes We're 201 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:36.039 going to talk to a Virginia tech beat writer, Greg Madia, 202 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.919 who is a beat writer covering the Cavaliers for the 203 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:39.799 Daily Progress. 204 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:40.639 We'll get his. 205 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:43.159 Thoughts on this matchup coming up on Saturday. You know, 206 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:47.000 I'll admit it, I've been completely checked out on college 207 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:48.759 football overall since Saturday. 208 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:50.559 Saturday was a sad loss for me. 209 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:55.440 I was, you know, disappointed, frustrated, you know, just you know, 210 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:59.440 I almost thought the Notre Dame game would eventually be 211 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:00.919 able to be a game we could look back on 212 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:02.559 and say, Wow, that was kind of a fluke, wasn't it. 213 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:05.759 And then you come out against SMU knowing you need 214 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:08.759 to be better, knowing you need to stop hurting yourself 215 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:12.039 so much, knowing the defense needs to be more organized, 216 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:15.120 and you know they didn't do that, and you know 217 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:17.440 it just it's not that I've just completely you know, 218 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:19.399 lost interest. Trust me, That's not the case at all. 219 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:21.919 But what I'm getting at is, like this week, maybe 220 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:23.919 part of it's because I've been traveling, or I traveled 221 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:25.720 yesterday and I've just been you know, it's been not 222 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:27.840 my normal week, But like I have not at all 223 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:30.559 kept up with what's going on in college football coming 224 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:32.120 up this Saturday. As far as the matchups, I mean, 225 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:34.320 I know Louisville plays Virginia. I know there's some other 226 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:39.360 decent games, but you know, I found myself not wanting 227 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:40.000 to listen. 228 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:41.559 To all the college football podcasts that I. 229 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:45.039 Usually listened to and just not consuming college football content 230 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.320 because you know why, I'm sad about my team, and 231 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:49.639 that's that's sort of how it works. And it's been 232 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:52.039 a while since, you know, since I've been there. So 233 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:55.519 we'll talk coming up here in about again twenty minutes 234 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:58.559 about this matchup in Virginia. The reason I've mentioned the 235 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:00.000 whole just kind of being checked out a little bit 236 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:02.200 as far as everybody else is because it didn't you know, 237 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:03.919 it didn't hit me till today when I started looking 238 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:06.000 at Virginia as far as what they've done so far 239 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:07.559 this year. I'm not going to try to dress them 240 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:09.919 up as some really good team that it's going to 241 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:11.919 be really, really tough to beat, because I don't believe that. 242 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:16.159 But they do have momentum. I mean, this is sort 243 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:19.879 of playing out for Virginia in a way that is 244 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:23.960 really best case scenario. They probably feel better about themselves 245 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:26.080 than they have in a long time. I mean, they're 246 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:28.440 four and one. They don't have a win we're speaking of, 247 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.320 and their one loss is, you know, not a good one. 248 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:33.360 I mean, wouldn't you say John Maryland's one of the 249 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:34.639 worst teams in the Big Ten. 250 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:37.399 They're definitely lower mid tier. I mean, they do have 251 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:39.799 a loss to a Michigan State team that also lost 252 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:42.360 to Boston College. I think they have a good offense, 253 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.720 but outside of that, yeah, they're pretty mid or lower 254 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:45.000 than that. 255 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:49.600 So Maryland beat Virginia twenty seven to thirteen, and other 256 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:53.080 than that, the wins for Virginia, they beat Richmond, who's 257 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:56.759 an FCS school, They beat Wake Forest by one, they 258 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:59.240 beat Coastal Carolina pretty bad, and then they won by 259 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:02.600 ten last week against Boston College, which was an upset. 260 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:05.720 Boston College is you know, I don't know how good 261 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:09.559 they are overall, but they in the first year with 262 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:13.120 and I already forgot their O'Brien coach O'Brien, like they've 263 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:15.519 they've clearly been better than what you typically see from 264 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:18.039 Boston College. And Virginia's beat them by ten. So again, 265 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:20.399 I'm not telling you that they're great and Louisville's going 266 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:21.960 to be in trouble on Saturday. I mean they will 267 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:23.600 be if they don't come ready to play and they 268 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:26.080 let two losses turn into three and really have every 269 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:29.519 that happens. I mean, I mean again, I said it yesterday, 270 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:32.080 I said it Monday. I think the overall noise and 271 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:35.200 angst in regards to Louisville football, it's already kind of 272 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:37.919 out there. Fans frustrated, disappointed with how the season's gone 273 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:40.759 so far, understandably so. But a loss here, I think 274 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:45.000 it turns that up a lot louder and I hope 275 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:47.759 that we can avoid that. But Virginia, they now know 276 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:50.519 Louislle's beatable. Yes, the teams that Louisville has beaten are 277 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:52.679 both I'm sorry, the teams that have beat Louislle are 278 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:55.159 both ranked. And I think Virginia knows if they played 279 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:57.360 both those teams they lose, they probably would be double 280 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.799 digit dogs to both SMU and to No Name. But 281 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:04.159 Louisville is primed to get knocked off again because they're 282 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:07.360 you know, they're struggling. I mean, I think if you've 283 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:09.559 got one team that's just you know, coming off a loss, 284 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:12.519 you kind of worry. Man. I wish we could kind 285 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:14.639 of sneak up on them. Man, they're coming off a loss, 286 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:15.799 and you know they're going to be ready to play 287 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:17.399 to get that bad taste out of their mouth, I think. 288 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:19.519 And it all depends on the mindset of the team, 289 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:21.720 and that's impossible to know, but I kind of feel 290 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:24.679 like if you've lost twice, you know, not to say 291 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:27.039 that these guys are second guessing themselves. But the human 292 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.480 element is a powerful thing, and Virginia is going to 293 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:31.559 be at home. They've got momentum as a team, probably 294 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:33.320 the first time in a long time. They've started four 295 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:36.799 and one, and they know that the team that they're 296 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:41.080 bringing in has already dropped below expectations. So I mean, 297 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:43.360 I'm still confident that Louisville will win because I just 298 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:46.159 think that they're better. But you don't want to play 299 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:48.879 with fire here, I mean, you don't. I mean, I 300 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:50.279 know we said it last week, and if we keep 301 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:51.799 saying it every week and it doesn't happen, I mean, 302 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:53.519 I guess they'll just be chalked up as a huge 303 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:56.799 waste of time. But you've never needed to come out 304 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:59.799 ready to play more so than than this game. For 305 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:02.279 everybody involved. Now, at the end of the day. Fans 306 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:06.120 are fans, But like, again, if you keep playing sloppy 307 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:11.279 like this, I mean, it's not like there's some big consequence, right, 308 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:13.120 It's not as if like nobody's gonna go to any 309 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.200 game anymore the rest of the season. But you know, again, 310 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:19.960 I just think it the the the the anger I 311 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:21.679 think it, and I think it turns to anger. Like 312 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:24.679 maybe some people already are angry, and I'm not doing 313 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:26.960 a great job of describing sort of what I what 314 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:29.519 I hope is not the vibe next week, but a 315 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:31.840 loss here, I mean, I just I think it could 316 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:33.840 get it could get nasty within this fan base as 317 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.159 far as just really starting to be, you know, super critical, 318 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:40.440 because here's what here, here's here's the root of I 319 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:43.759 think the disappointment and frustration from fans is that we 320 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.600 all know this team shouldn't shouldn't have these issues. 321 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:46.799 Right. 322 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:49.519 It's not a it's not a talent issue, it's not 323 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:52.080 a you know, it's not an injury issue. 324 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.159 It's just, you know, it's coaching. 325 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:56.519 And I don't say that to act as if you know, 326 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:58.720 we need to worry about who's coaching this program, because 327 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.679 I still think Jef Bram has shown that he's clearly 328 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.559 a really good coach and any thought of him not 329 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:06.639 being here is nonsense. But you know, he's in charge, 330 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:09.200 and this team is three and two, coming off with 331 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:12.279 two straight losses. That you know, if you just a 332 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:14.279 little bit more sharper, if you're just a little bit sharper, 333 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.879 you're a little bit more ready to play, you eliminate 334 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:17.759 a few mistakes here and there, even with all the 335 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:20.919 issues you have with defense and not being organized and 336 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:23.039 all that, you'd probably be sitting at five and zero. 337 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.639 And I was talking to somebody earlier here just about 338 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:28.320 louisvill football struggles earlier, one of my buddies who covers 339 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:30.200 Wake Forest, and he said that he really thought Louisville 340 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:31.200 would be the best. 341 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:32.200 Team in the ACC this year. 342 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.080 And you know, I was telling them that they just 343 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:37.600 you know, they've not played well, they've been disappointing, but 344 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:39.759 a play here or there in each of those last 345 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:42.600 two games, they might win. And you know, it's what 346 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:44.720 could have should It's not to say that, hey, everything's okay, 347 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:46.600 We don't need to be worried, because when you line 348 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.639 up and your team plays, they win or they lose. 349 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:51.320 And obviously one result is better than the other. But 350 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.960 he reminded me of last year's Louisville schedule, which is true. 351 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:57.879 You know, they had a lot of games where one 352 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:01.720 play here or there. If it the other way, they 353 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:04.440 probably don't win. So you know, I don't, I don't 354 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:07.279 believe in like you know, you're it's now balancing out, 355 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:09.480 like as far as it's karma or something like that. 356 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:13.240 But you know, it was a reminder to me that 357 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:16.679 just maybe throughout the entire brom era thus far, they've 358 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:18.519 just been in a lot of really close games and 359 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:20.440 they found ways to win, they had some breaks go 360 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:23.879 their way, and now you know they're not now what 361 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:26.360 we're seeing as far as the defense being disorganized and 362 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.720 you know, some of the questionable play calling at times, 363 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:30.919 that that's new. I don't remember that being you know, 364 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.080 a real frequent thing last year. But again, Saturday, Louisville 365 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:37.679 and Virginia, it's it's a big one and I'm hopeful 366 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.679 that they can avoid a three game losing streak. All right, 367 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:44.759 some other things we'll get into here today. You know, 368 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:46.600 I don't I don't know how much people really are 369 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:49.879 following the the nil stuff anymore, Like it's it's still 370 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:52.320 relatively new. But I think for a while, you know, 371 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:55.480 hearing all these different creative ways NIL was being utilized 372 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.320 and how much money was being offered to certain players, 373 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:00.200 I think because it was new and it was just 374 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:02.320 you know, not really regulated, there was a lot of 375 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:05.120 interest in it. But now what you're seeing is that 376 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:08.159 there are companies, you know, trying to to get in 377 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:11.240 the NIL space to do what make money, not to 378 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:14.480 you know, help college athletes. They want to cut They 379 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:16.240 see that. I mean, it's it's the free market. They 380 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:19.840 see this as an opportunity to you know, to really 381 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:22.399 get into business with college athletes and take some of 382 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:25.000 their money. And there's a really good write up at 383 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:28.759 ESPN in regards to a new company that has been 384 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:31.679 founded recently here and one of them, in fact, yeah, 385 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:33.519 the front man of it is Kendrick Perkins, former NBA 386 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:36.480 player who now works for ESPN. But it's a it's 387 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:40.240 a company that's going to give you upfront money in 388 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:43.840 exchange for a portion of your NIL earnings. And I 389 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:46.159 mean this is I mean what this is. I mean 390 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:50.039 this is basically high interest payday loan kind of stuff. Right, 391 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:52.759 Like the people who are who are you know, desperate 392 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:54.279 for money because they got to bill to pay and 393 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:57.960 their paycheck's not coming until two days late, two days away. 394 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.840 And when they do get their paycheck, they got to 395 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:01.759 get them a lot of money back because they borrowed it. 396 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:04.839 And like, I just I mean, I'm sitting here thinking, 397 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:06.279 like who would do that? But a lot of people 398 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:09.160 probably will. They'll get preyed upon, and it's you know, 399 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:10.920 all this could have been avoided if the nc double 400 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.319 A at one point just just decided to not be 401 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:16.839