WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:03.359 All right, hour number two here on a Tuesday afternoon, 2 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:06.639 let's get it started. Coffee and company. Fil Bethorton's here 3 00:00:06.679 --> 00:00:08.599 on Sports Talk seven ninety If you want to join 4 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:10.919 us on the show, your best bet today is to 5 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:13.039 text in on the Ellen and Federal Credit Union text 6 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:16.519 line five h two four three eight ninety seventy three. 7 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.480 Members get more at Ellenn Federal Credit Union. You can 8 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:22.559 learn what open your account today at LLENFCU dot com. 9 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:25.160 All right, so we are just a couple of days 10 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:26.920 away from the NFL Draft, and we'll get into that, 11 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:29.239 and just just a few because I do want to 12 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:31.399 take a look at just where all these local players 13 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:33.719 are projected to go, because obviously the attention has been 14 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:36.600 on Tyler Schuck for good reason. I mean, quarterbacks usually 15 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:37.920 you get talked about way more than any of the 16 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:40.679 position in the draft, but he is somebody that has 17 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.119 I think, I mean, maybe I'm just caught up in 18 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:44.799 the Louisville world here not looking. 19 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:46.759 At the rest of the draft and whatnot. 20 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:50.039 But when it comes to players that when the season ended, 21 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:53.520 there wasn't really much said about them at all as 22 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:56.359 far as being likely taken early in the NFL draft, 23 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:58.799 and then here we are a couple of days away. 24 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:01.880 I mean, Chuck's got it, the guy of all positions 25 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:06.079 that has kind of begun. He's been the buzz prospect 26 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:08.840 in this year's draft, which sometimes you know it's a 27 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:11.480 smoke screen, or sometimes you know it's all for nothing. 28 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:12.480 But we shall see. 29 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:15.599 All I'm hearing is good stuff, which you don't know 30 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:18.040 if that's legit or not when you get this close 31 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:20.640 to the to the NFL Draft, But real quick, just 32 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:23.719 when it comes to the portal, you know, I've yet 33 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:25.480 to see any big news today as far as a 34 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:27.560 big name that that surprises folks. I did make the 35 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:29.519 prediction at the beginning of the show that we'll have 36 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:31.879 at least one big name that makes some kind of 37 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:35.879 a decision or makes some an announcement that you know, 38 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:39.920 shocks everybody. And there's a really good player that becomes 39 00:01:39.959 --> 00:01:42.879 available late and everybody's going to be scrambling to get him, 40 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:46.560 or you know, maybe the rosters are already set for 41 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:53.159 certain schools. Therefore, you know, therefore they want these guys, 42 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:55.120 but you know they can't, they can't get them. They 43 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:57.599 already fill the spots. So that hasn't happened. 44 00:01:57.640 --> 00:01:57.959 Just yet. 45 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:02.000 But as of four minutes ago, Casein Pryor put out 46 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:06.760 a social media video announcing that he's coming back. So 47 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:09.520 he did give us the confirmation. All signs pointed to this, 48 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:13.280 but I am happy to know that, you know, there's 49 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:14.879 no scenario I guess at this point. And again, it's 50 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:16.360 good news and it's what I expected, but there is 51 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:18.159 a little bit of like, all right, there's the relief 52 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.759 because I expected him to come back. He didn't do 53 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:22.120 anything to make us think that he wasn't. 54 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:22.960 But you just never know. 55 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:26.400 Anybody leaving at any time in college sports. But the 56 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:29.199 most part, I feel like should not surprise you anymore. 57 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:34.759 There are some exceptions, but you know, sometimes guys leave 58 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:36.840 just because they can't. Nobody did anything wrong. The money 59 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:39.400 might have been you know, comparable. So the fact that 60 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:40.960 he's letting us know he's back is good. Now I'm 61 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:43.159 gonna play this video and I will warn you I've 62 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:47.599 not heard it yet, So there's highlights. There's like some 63 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:50.360 social media clips that they've got in there. He is 64 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.840 talking briefly, but my guess is that there's just going 65 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:55.719 to be some music and then him saying something, so 66 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:58.039 it might not be great for radio. But given that 67 00:02:58.080 --> 00:02:59.439 it is a big piece of news and it's something 68 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:02.800 we've talked about out for a while. Now, let's let's 69 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:06.719 let's give it a listen and see what we have here. Right. 70 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:08.520 So here, they're just showing a bunch of tweets that 71 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:12.759 I can't even seem to see what they say. All right, Well, 72 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.159 I'm gonna pause really quickly here. So what they showed 73 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:17.120 to kind of set the scene for you is just 74 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:20.280 a bunch of social media, like a bunch of tweets 75 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:22.560 that they screwed that that they included in the video 76 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:25.039 that I get. I they were all so fast. I'm 77 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:27.599 not sure if it was people like doubting prior or 78 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:31.199 saying he wasn't coming back or what it was. But anyways, 79 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:33.400 that was what you missed that you couldn't see. And 80 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:35.919 then I assume this is case and letting us know 81 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:38.159 the big news. 82 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:39.280 So there you go. 83 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:41.360 That's the big news case and prior coming back that 84 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:43.680 was the expectation. But he did let us know. And 85 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:45.439 if you were somebody that you know, tends to to 86 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:48.080 overthink things I do, I don't think I would have been, 87 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:50.800 you know, up late, waiting until midnight to see if 88 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:52.879 there had been any kind of confirmation one way or 89 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:56.199 the other. But rest assured there's no need to worry. 90 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:58.680 Now he's told us that he's coming back and watching 91 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:00.639 the highlights there that of course you couldn't see, you know, 92 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:04.520 because this is radio not TV. You know, five games, 93 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:06.919 I mean, he only played in five games before he 94 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:09.400 got hurt. He played in the opener against Morehead State. 95 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:13.599 He played against Tennessee who you know that was not 96 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:19.959 a good game, and then Indiana West Virginia and Oklahoma's 97 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:22.160 when he got hurt. So really four and a half games. 98 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:26.519 But one thing that really stood out that was missed. 99 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:29.360 And again credit to Louisville, Pat Kelsey, all these guys, 100 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:33.560 because at times and it was kind of I don't 101 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:35.800 maybe I don't know what word to use. It wasn't uncomfortable, 102 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:39.160 but maybe a little awkward because when things were rolling, 103 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:41.839 especially in January, like you would at times forget about 104 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:45.839 Cason Pryor and Koran Johnson because the team had started 105 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:47.720 to play well and win a lot of games and 106 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:50.439 look good doing it, and you know, you felt great 107 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:52.680 about the team. So therefore you're not thinking like, oh, 108 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:54.759 what could have been? I mean, occasionally you would think 109 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:56.240 about it, but it was a good thing. That's not 110 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:59.959 Cason's fault by any means. But you know, to see 111 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:03.560 what I saw in the mostly the games in the 112 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:06.199 Bahamas before he got hurt, and I guess briefly against 113 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:09.319 Tennessee although that was a bad game for everybody, you know, 114 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.399 he he gives you some athleticism that you really just 115 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:17.040 you know, you didn't have. And this year, meaning this 116 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:21.160 upcoming season, I mean, you're gonna have with him a 117 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:27.879 very very athletic, versatile guy that can can can can 118 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:31.759 really excel and transition. And you know, I'm not thinking, oh, 119 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:33.800 what could have been from last year, because again, the 120 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.279 team did well enough to where it was oftentimes something 121 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:38.879 you didn't spend much time thinking about. But Louisville, you know, 122 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:43.360 given that he's healthy, which because his injury happened so 123 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.079 early in the season, it's hard to imagine he won't 124 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:47.279 be fully healthy by the time the season starts, because 125 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:49.240 you know, I guess that's one benefit of it that 126 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:51.879 one you do, you do recover from an ACL tear 127 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:54.040 a lot quicker now than you did fifteen twenty years ago. 128 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:56.279 But you know, whatn't as if he suffered at the 129 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:58.199 end of the season. I mean, for example, Kobe Rodgers, 130 00:05:58.199 --> 00:05:59.959 who did not play last year for Louislle because of him. 131 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:02.759 You know, he tore his ACL in the last game 132 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:05.560 of the season in the NCAA Tournament when Charleston lost Alabama, 133 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:07.040 so that led to him being out. 134 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:07.480 A whole year. 135 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:11.639 Cason missed a whole year essentially, and with that he 136 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:13.959 got another year for a medical red shirt, an added 137 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:18.079 year because of the junior college ruling. And if fully healthy, 138 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:19.759 I'm sure he's going to be shaken off some rust. 139 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:22.639 But this kind of feels like a big addition. 140 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:25.399 From the portal. I mean it it isn't, but it 141 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:25.879 kind of is. 142 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:27.839 Right like you, he was a big deal last year, 143 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:29.680 right like Cason, I feel like of all the guys 144 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:31.519 that you added, and everybody kind of had a different 145 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:35.600 layer of excitement, Meaning Chucky was the point guard you 146 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:37.480 really knew you needed and you were I mean, that 147 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:41.639 was a big git. Terrence Edwards was the first player 148 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:44.319 to commit, and he was a great starting piece considering 149 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:47.279 he had just upset Wisconsin. Him and James Madison did 150 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:51.079 in the NAA Tournament. James Madison beat Michigan State in 151 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:52.920 East Lansing that year and oh, by the way, he 152 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:54.959 was their best player in one Sun Belt Conference Player 153 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:58.519 of the Year. So you were excited about everybody. And 154 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:01.079 I loved that it was spaced out because you know, 155 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:05.160 Karin Johnson, he's a guy that all packed twelve six 156 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:07.079 man or I guess, the six man of the year in 157 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:10.160 the PAC, twelve double figure scorer in a Power five league, 158 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:12.199 former four star recruit, a good shooter, and again he 159 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:15.399 got hurt, but like that was a nice piece. Jamon Hadley, 160 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:18.600 mister versatile. When if you remember they were going after 161 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.399 they needed they needed front court players, they needed they 162 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:24.399 needed a stretch forward and they you know, I don't 163 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:28.920 really remember anybody outside of great Osibor that they were 164 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:31.360 going after that. They they didn't get now they were 165 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:33.519 they were looking at some guys they ended up elsewhere, 166 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:35.639 Like one kid ended up going to Kansas State. 167 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:36.639 It was transferring. 168 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:39.759 So again, Cason was a big deal because he's the 169 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:41.800 exact kind of guy you needed that you didn't have. 170 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:46.839 And Osibor said no to Louisville and everybody else decided 171 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:50.199 to follow Danny Sprinkle to Washington, and that probably let 172 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:52.839 Louisville offer a little bit more money to somebody like 173 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:55.959 Cason Pryor, and you know, I think you could see 174 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:58.040 right away that he's he's a talented player, but you 175 00:07:58.079 --> 00:07:59.680 didn't get a chance to get any of it because 176 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.600 he got hurt so early. And now you know, I 177 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:04.759 don't know, it's an obvious thing that we've kind of 178 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:07.399 I mean, it's a no brainer, Like you don't really 179 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:10.639 know what you lost, and because the team ended up 180 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:13.319 actually having a really good season despite him only playing 181 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.399 five games, maybe you don't truly realize what you were missing, 182 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.519 right because you weren't sitting around thinking, oh, what could 183 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:18.800 have been? 184 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:20.160 I mean maybe you did at times. 185 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:22.319 I know we did, whenever you were losing early on 186 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:24.800 in the season, whenever those guys had just gotten injured. 187 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:27.439 But kind of going back to what I said about 188 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:30.399 and I'm not saying that the case in Pryor is 189 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:33.559 as valuable as a player as zotega Oway, although I 190 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:35.159 mean maybe he is. I don't know stuff to say 191 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.759 because he got hurt. But going back to what we 192 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:41.639 talked about earlier with Kentucky, a lot of their additions 193 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:45.960 in the portal I think are good pieces that a 194 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:49.000 lot of teams would love to have. I think the 195 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:51.480 majority of the guys they got at certain positions were 196 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:54.200 not their first choice at said positions, but still they 197 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:56.159 got some good pieces. But they didn't need to go 198 00:08:56.159 --> 00:09:00.440 out and get an elite guy that everybody wanted because 199 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.720 they got Takeaway Back, who I think was their best 200 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:05.480 player last year and will probably be an All American 201 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.559 All American caliber player this year. So with Cason, I 202 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:10.799 don't know if he's going to be an All American 203 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:15.840 caliber player, but like who knows. I mean, I think 204 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:20.919 to see Louisville have three commitments from the portal that 205 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:24.240 are all viewed as top twenty players in the transfer portal. 206 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:30.039 So maybe Ryan Conwell, maybe Adrian Wooley, maybe those guys 207 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:34.600 are your best player. Maybe it's Isaac McNeely, or maybe 208 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:36.039 it's Case and Pryor, you know what I mean. So 209 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:39.399 he's not an addition to your team, but he kind 210 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:40.919 of is because you didn't have him last year as 211 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:42.720 far as being healthy and able to play. So that's 212 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.480 the news you guys just now joining us. Case and 213 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:46.120 Pryor did go ahead and let us know on the 214 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.000 deadline day that he is coming back to Louisville, and 215 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:53.000 that is that's great news. And again I'm I'm reacting 216 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:55.639 to news that I didn't think would be like in 217 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.759 any way of surprise, and it's not. But now that 218 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:02.840 it's official, certainly certainly exciting. Right again, it's coffee and company, 219 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:04.679 and we are fiel about Thornton's here on Sports Talk 220 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:06.919 seven ninety before we get to our next break. 221 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:10.440 Yesterday, throughout the. 222 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:14.399 Day and even maybe even maybe it's even happening today, 223 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:16.840 you have a bunch of players who are entering the 224 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:20.799 portal that have no eligibility, and I. 225 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:25.200 Mean, it's it. It's to me, it's embarrassing. 226 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:30.840 But I also understand that you'd be foolish not to 227 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:35.000 take advantage of another year in college if there becomes 228 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:38.639 a scenario where you you get in an extra year. 229 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.600 But with the NC double A completely being a mess 230 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.759 right now, I mean it. I just think yesterday seeing 231 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:49.080 so many guys enter the portal that have played four 232 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:51.440 some five years over one hundred and twenty games in 233 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:53.320 their career, they don't even have any they don't even 234 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:55.480 have an explanation, like they don't even like, I don't 235 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:57.279 know what a waiver looks like for the NC double A. 236 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:00.879 Butt's let's just imagine that it's like a document that 237 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:03.000 you have to fill out, and you have like four 238 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:06.240 to five options as far as what your reasoning is, 239 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:10.759 like is it medical, is it family emergency, whatever, like, 240 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:13.559 whatever your options are. Most of these guys have nothing 241 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.399 to choose. They're just gonna submit it and hope that 242 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:19.600 it gets through. And again, I don't blame them, because, right, 243 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:22.559 why not give it a shot if others are doing 244 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:25.399 it too, right, there's nothing, there's nothing really to lose 245 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:28.000 other than I guess some personal pride and some shame, 246 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:30.159 because again, there's just something about it that screams like 247 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.080 it's over, man, Like go start your life. You had 248 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:35.799 a great run. You know, you're you're you know, send 249 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:38.080 Billy Madison, you know what I mean. Like it's over, bro, Like, 250 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:40.559 you know, go go go get a job, update that 251 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:44.039 LinkedIn profile, you know, find find work. I mean, there 252 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:45.840 will be life after basketball. Like a part of me 253 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:50.360 says that, like that, that aspect is what makes it sad. 254 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:53.559 But you know what's the saddest part is that it's 255 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:57.360 because of the NC douable A. There's no there's no rules, 256 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.480 seemingly right, now, they've never had less control, there's never 257 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:04.120 been less fear of the NC double A. People are 258 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:06.840 doing whatever they want and just you know, I guess 259 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:09.639 daring the nc DOUBLEA to you know, regulate things and 260 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.279 operate as if there are guardrails and rules and things 261 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:16.039 you have to do. It's just everybody doing whatever the 262 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:19.039 hell they want, and daring the NC double A to 263 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:21.240 you know, show that they have any kind of authority 264 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:23.639 to to to fight you, or to to challenge you 265 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:25.320 or tell you what you can and can't do, because 266 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:30.919 right now, because they for generations had this archaic amateurism 267 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:35.240 model and it's now been ruled legally that that was 268 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:38.480 not a legal thing for them to do. You fight, 269 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:40.120 you know, you hire a lawyer, you fight it. You're 270 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:43.519 probably gonna win. I mean, I say that somewhat sarcastically 271 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:45.039 because I just don't know what the like. I don't 272 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:47.559 know what you could claim you'd need you deserve eligibility 273 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:49.679 for if you take the The NCUBA is very beatable 274 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:53.320 right now in court, that's been proven. But you can't 275 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:54.519 just go to court and say, yeah, I think I 276 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:56.720 should be able to play six years in college because 277 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:59.639 because because there's money to be made like that that 278 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:02.320 you probably won't win, right, but everybody's trying. 279 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:03.720 It because there's zero. 280 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:09.879 Respect, fear awareness of the nc DOUBLEA and what their 281 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.799 rules are, so like, yeah, people can make fun of 282 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:14.879 these guys, and I guess I was kind of doing 283 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:16.279 that yesterday as we made it a big part of 284 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:19.120 the show. But the people like, if you want to 285 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:20.559 point fingers and make fun, make fun of the n 286 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.559 doable A. Like their existence is hilarious right now, And 287 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:26.360 part of me is like, you know, what really can 288 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:29.960 they do? They don't have resources to you know, regulate things, like, 289 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:32.279 they don't have subpoena power. They can't really enforce stuff. 290 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:35.600 And right now they try to enforce things. Schools are 291 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:38.600 hiring a lawyer and the NABA is being told, yeah, 292 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:42.879 you can't do that, and that puts them in a 293 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:46.080 position that's, you know, really tough to be and right 294 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:48.919 what are they supposed to do? They're pretty helpless and 295 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:51.000 I'm sure the people right now that are working with 296 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:53.639 the NC DOUBLEA, like as employees, trying to get this thing, 297 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:56.080 trying to get this whole college athletics world back on 298 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:59.759 track and clean it up a little bit, they're not 299 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:02.039 the They're not at fault, but it's the entity the 300 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:07.440 organization for again generations. They never made any kind of adjustments. 301 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.000 They wanted you to think that the rules in place 302 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:14.120 to play college athletics back in the nineteen fifties is 303 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:16.159 if they had it their way, it would still be 304 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:18.639 that way. They would have not made any kind of 305 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:22.639 adjustments to you know, modern society. So when you are 306 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:27.600 just so dug in on the way you did it forever, 307 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:31.919 you get to this point where it blows up and 308 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:34.159 I think yesterday seeing I mean, just think of it. 309 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:36.279 Just I mean, like, nothing surprises us right now in 310 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:37.279 college sports, but just. 311 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:37.840 Say it out loud. 312 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:40.480 You got guys that are entering the portal that are 313 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:43.360 no longer college athletes, but trying to still be college 314 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:46.840 athletes because they just in their mind and I guess 315 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:49.639 their attorneys are their agents whoever are like, why not 316 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:52.360 give it a shot. The NAA's getting body bagged every day. 317 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:57.480 So anyways, real quick, we got to get to a break. 318 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:03.799 But I will say, did we get a name that 319 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:07.120 you know fits the criteria for what I said at 320 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:08.559 the beginning of the show, I said, I think by 321 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:10.200 the end of the day or the end of the show, 322 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:12.320 we'll have a player that hits the portal that everybody's 323 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:14.679 going to be really excited about. That's going to be, 324 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:19.360 you know, a big, a big popular player that everybody 325 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:21.480 wants if they have, if they've got roster spots and 326 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:22.039 money open. 327 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:24.399 I don't know if this guy fits the criteria, but 328 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:25.360 I kind of think he does. 329 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:29.960 Boogie Fland former John Caliperry guard who committed to Kentucky 330 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:32.759 and to play for Calviot. Obviously calgoes dark and saw 331 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.799 he followed him there. I mean, I kind of feel 332 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:37.080 like Boogie flanned. I mean, he didn't play a ton 333 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:38.759 because he got injured, but when he was healthy, he 334 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:41.960 was Arkansas's best player. They made the Sweet sixteen. He's 335 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:44.879 a former five star guard, so I think that fits it. 336 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:47.559 So therefore my prediction was correct, probably the only thing 337 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.440 I'll get correct today. 338 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:50.639 But hey, I'll take it all right, quick break. What 339 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.120 I want to do. 340 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:52.600 On the other side, take a look at some NFL 341 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:55.440 draft stuff, some guys that I think, you know, wouldn't 342 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:58.200 shock me if despite being taken late and not getting 343 00:15:58.200 --> 00:15:59.519 a whole lot of love, I could see him having 344 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:02.320 long NFL careers and guys who you know didn't have 345 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:05.440 long NFL careers. Some of these guys who you know 346 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:09.159 are viewed as all time busts. I want, I want 347 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:11.799 you to keep this in mind. They couldn't control the 348 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:14.200 fact that somebody thought they were as good as they 349 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:18.120 you know, good enough and worthy of a top pick, and. 350 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:20.519 You know they weren't overrated. 351 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:22.080 Is a tough spot to be in because, to be 352 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:26.320 honest with you, you can't control it, right, you're not ranking yourself. 353 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:29.480 So I have a little sympathy for those that you 354 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:33.440 know were drafted early, had a lot of expectation, couldn't 355 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:35.480 live up to it. I mean, again, it's their job. 356 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:38.039 They couldn't get it done, but you know they didn't 357 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:41.200 pick themselves. All right, quick break, keep it lock right 358 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:45.200 here on Sports Talk seven ninety. That's right, we're uh. 359 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:47.360 I was gonna say about halfway through the show, but 360 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:48.879 a little bit further than that. We will be out 361 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:51.159 about thirty minutes early today because we've got a Louisville 362 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:53.679 Bats game coming your way. Their coverage will start around 363 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:56.000 five thirty, so an hour left and we'll make the 364 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:57.639 most of the last hour that we have, so stick 365 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:59.279 with us. It is Coffee and Company, and we are 366 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:01.440 fuel about Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety just a 367 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:05.240 couple of days away from the NFL Draft and right 368 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:08.920 now and again, there's all kinds of different different NFL 369 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:11.640 mock drafts out there, and I don't really even have 370 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:16.400 one that I feel like is, you know, more trustworthy 371 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:20.319 than the other. In fact, there's way more coverage on 372 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:23.200 the internet, way more outlets that really prioritize NFL draft 373 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:25.400 coverage compared to the NBA Draft. But you know, I've 374 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:29.160 always referenced mock drafts, but I've never once looked at one, 375 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:31.559 I don't think, and felt like, okay, well this one 376 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:33.920 is you know, this is mel Kiper, this is Todd McShay. 377 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:36.000 No offens to those guys, but I just in the NFL, 378 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.920 I've always felt like it's a little bit harder to predict. 379 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:43.119 But right now, here is the expectation according to let's 380 00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:44.319 see who I just pulled up here. 381 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:48.960 This is CBS Sports, and. 382 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:50.759 It doesn't show I guess this is like a collection 383 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:55.400 of their staff that is collectively putting together a mock 384 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:58.680 draft either way, And it sounds as if cam word 385 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:00.400 has already been told that he's going to be the 386 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:03.039 first pick. So cam Ward quarterback to the Titans number one, 387 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:05.640 Travis Hunter number two to the Browns of Dual Carter, 388 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:08.240 the edge from Penn State number three to the Giants, 389 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:11.400 Will Campbell, an offensive tackle from LS Shoo to the Patriots, 390 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:14.440 and then Mason Graham, a D lineman from Michigan to 391 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.559 the Jacksonville Jaguars. 392 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:17.000 So Ashton Jenz. 393 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.799 I mean, it's starting to seem as if he's going 394 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.279 to be likely taken with the six pick to go 395 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:25.480 to the Raiders. And I could be wrong, but I 396 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:27.039 feel like it's been a while since we had a 397 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:30.440 running back taking this early. I could completely be making 398 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:32.079 that up, but obviously the ringing back position in the 399 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:35.200 NFL is so different now than it was even five 400 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:37.920 six years ago. Seems like, I mean, I kind of 401 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:41.160