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<v Speaker 1>It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day. Now, here's Nick Coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get it started. Our number two here

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<v Speaker 2>on a Monday afternoon Coffee and company fuel Beth Thornton's

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<v Speaker 2>My name is Nick Coffee. Hope you knew that. If not,

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<v Speaker 2>now you do the company man, mister John Alden alongside.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like the grass isn't always greener on the

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<v Speaker 2>other side, as an old saying, but it's all so

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<v Speaker 2>held up pretty pretty good. Like I think even the

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<v Speaker 2>younger generation, even younger than you know John, because he's old.

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<v Speaker 2>N he's twenty seven after this weekend. Like people know what.

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<v Speaker 3>That means, right, Yeah, that's fair.

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<v Speaker 2>And you could be one hundred years old and know

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<v Speaker 2>what that means. Well, I'm gonna throw I'm gonna use

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<v Speaker 2>it in this example for a former louisvill running back

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<v Speaker 2>who never played it down here, Penny Boone, remember that name.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about him quite a bit around New Year's

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<v Speaker 2>because he joined the Louisville program and it was a

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<v Speaker 2>big deal. He transferred in and was at that time,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe, one of the better running backs in the

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<v Speaker 2>portal after putting together a really, really good couple of

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<v Speaker 2>years at Akron or maybe Toledo. I think it might

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<v Speaker 2>have been Toledo.

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<v Speaker 3>Toledo.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so he was, you know, a big time getting

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<v Speaker 2>the portal for Louisville, enrolled early, and then by the

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<v Speaker 2>time the spring game came around, you found out he

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<v Speaker 2>was on his way out. He left, and uh he

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<v Speaker 2>was if you remember, he was standing on business.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, he was the standing on business guy.

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<v Speaker 2>But there was something else to do with that, like

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<v Speaker 2>he was, I don't know, he had some subliminal social

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<v Speaker 2>media stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>He's doing some ls down in the locker room.

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<v Speaker 2>Was Yeah, he was doing some clown stuff. But he

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<v Speaker 2>claimed it was all about standing on business. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>what it was. He claimed by you know, standing on business,

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<v Speaker 2>that meant that he was leaving because of nil money.

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<v Speaker 2>Well turns out you talk to enough people, he was

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<v Speaker 2>leaving because he was not Louisville's starting running back in

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<v Speaker 2>the spring. He probably would have been second, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he wasn't given anything. He had earned, he had worked

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<v Speaker 2>for it, and he got here. And you know what

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<v Speaker 2>a guy who has been a running back at Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>for three four years, a guy that's been a running

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<v Speaker 2>back at Miami for three four years, and Cheney, you

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<v Speaker 2>know those guys, they don't have the numbers, but they

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<v Speaker 2>also didn't have the opportunity to be the primary back

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<v Speaker 2>in the MAC for Toledo. So you know, he thinks

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<v Speaker 2>the grass is greener when he gets to Louisville because

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna get all these carries and he's gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>nil money and he's going to play for a power program.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, he wasn't that good. So his exit

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<v Speaker 2>was was a learning experience. I think for Jeff Brohm

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<v Speaker 2>and his staff to make sure, not to say they do,

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<v Speaker 2>they do more vetting. But you know, he was unhappy

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<v Speaker 2>and it started he started to kind of create a

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<v Speaker 2>bad environment in the locker room. Now he didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>the control obviously, you know Louisville's locker room and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>team chemistry, morale and all that stuff. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>in a really good place. But he was somebody that

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<v Speaker 2>was trying to disrupt that because he was a tur

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<v Speaker 2>to be honest with you, So on his way out

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't go about it the right way. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>at all. That was pretty clear. And then if you remember,

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<v Speaker 2>he couldn't get in at certain schools, and maybe those

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<v Speaker 2>schools weren't going to offer him the nil money that

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville was because you know what, they didn't need him

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<v Speaker 2>that bad. He's a he's a mac running back who

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<v Speaker 2>was at the power five already at a place Maryland,

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<v Speaker 2>and he wasn't good there. That's why he loved Maryland.

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<v Speaker 2>So the initial depth chart has come out for his

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<v Speaker 2>new school. If you remember, he thought he was going

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<v Speaker 2>to go to Oklahoma State, thought he was going to

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<v Speaker 2>go to Oregon, thought he was going to go to

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<v Speaker 2>Georgia or cant and he couldn't get into Kentucky. I

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<v Speaker 2>think Kentucky would have taken him, but he couldn't get in.

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<v Speaker 2>So he ends up going to play for Central Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>Gus Melson not Gus Smellson.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it Gus Mason, No, it's wait hold on the.

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<v Speaker 2>Coach at Central Florida. I get Hugh Freeze and Gusmelson

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<v Speaker 2>mixed up Gusmelson is the old Auburn coach now at

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<v Speaker 2>Central Florida. Hugh Freeze is the old Ole Miss coach.

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<v Speaker 2>Was he at Liberty and now he's he's at Auburn,

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, it is. It's Gusmelson who's at Central Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>So he probably thought, Okay, Louisville's not not appreciating me.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not making me the starter. I'm out of here.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't see the talent that I have. Well, he

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<v Speaker 2>goes to a lower program in Central Florida and he

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<v Speaker 2>is now listed at or on the depth chart, but

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<v Speaker 2>not for first string and not for second string. He

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<v Speaker 2>might at best be the third guy on their depth

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<v Speaker 2>chart at running back at Central Florida and the guy

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<v Speaker 2>who won that job as a former Cincinnati running back

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<v Speaker 2>who didn't get a lot of reps at Cincinnati. So

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<v Speaker 2>this guy, you know, maybe maybe the grass sitting always

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<v Speaker 2>greener on the other side is not the best. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>that would more so fit with him at Tledo. Would

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<v Speaker 2>it not like you should have stayed there? Many that's

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<v Speaker 2>where you belong, and you knew it already because you

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<v Speaker 2>played Power five football the Big Ten at Maryland. You

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<v Speaker 2>weren't good there, so you know he's at Louisville instead

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<v Speaker 2>of being appreciative of the fact that you know, he

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<v Speaker 2>is going to get a chance to you if you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get a chance to start. But he wasn't the

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<v Speaker 2>starter after the spring and he got an eye on money,

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<v Speaker 2>and it sounds like he wanted more. He decided to

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<v Speaker 2>stand on business and the business he was standing on

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<v Speaker 2>was was not you know, didn't have a great rating

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<v Speaker 2>by the Better Business Bureau. John, it was a really

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<v Speaker 2>bad dad joke, wasn't it?

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<v Speaker 4>Like?

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<v Speaker 3>It was really bad. I didn't know how to respond.

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<v Speaker 2>That just happened. That just came out of me. That

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<v Speaker 2>was that was That was uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 3>The harder the cringe, the better.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was cringe. That was cringe. All right, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>let's let's let you hear what Jeff Bram had to

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<v Speaker 2>say when asked about a Mario Huggins Bruce. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't, if you haven't heard it, if you give

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<v Speaker 2>it some thought, it's probably gonna be exactly what you

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<v Speaker 2>would expect him to say about a Mario Huggins Bruce.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, given the current circumstances with the former and

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<v Speaker 2>I guess hopefully future Louisville cardinal. Is he back on

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<v Speaker 2>the team, what's his role going to be with the team,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe walk us through the process of him coming

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<v Speaker 2>back to Louisville.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, right now, I probably could just talk about people

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<v Speaker 5>that are on our roster, So we'll just have to

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<v Speaker 5>leave it at that for this current moment, not as

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<v Speaker 5>of right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, So can't talk about him not on the roster

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<v Speaker 2>as of right now. Notice he said current moment, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's for good reason. That's because you know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure there is no scenario a Mariy Huggins Bruce

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<v Speaker 2>dropped out of South Carolina, caught a plane back to Louisville,

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<v Speaker 2>enrolled in school as a student with no scholarship on

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<v Speaker 2>the football team, and is going to walk on, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't do that unless there's been some level of

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<v Speaker 2>communication to know that that could work. Now, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if anybody guaranteed him that it would all work out.

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<v Speaker 2>I think everybody involved here's taken a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a risk. I'm already taking a bigger risk because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if he's not eligible to play, I mean, Louisville just

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<v Speaker 2>moves on.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe he sits out and could play next year. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. I don't know how that would work out.

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<v Speaker 2>He's clearly burned a bridge at South Carolina, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think his exit there would make it tough for him

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<v Speaker 2>to get an opportunity at a bigger school, just given

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<v Speaker 2>you know everything. I mean, not just the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>he bailed on them during camp after not liking where

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<v Speaker 2>he was as you know, a backup, you know, but

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<v Speaker 2>also he was a guy that didn't do a ton

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<v Speaker 2>at Louisville, tried to go play at an SEC school

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, didn't didn't make the first drink. Doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean he's terrible, but you know, I think when Amari

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<v Speaker 2>Huggins Bruce decided to leave South Carolina and he knew,

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm going to play football anywhere else, it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be Louisville. And now it's just in the hands

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<v Speaker 2>of the n S DOUBLEA. So again, I I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to sound so dismissive of it, as if like

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<v Speaker 2>there's no way he plays, And I guess I do

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<v Speaker 2>sound like that when I say this, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how he played, Like, I don't know what the loophole

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<v Speaker 2>would be that mean there isn't one. I'm just telling

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<v Speaker 2>you that I don't know what it is, so heck,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe he is prepared to sit out a year and

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<v Speaker 2>play next year. I don't know, but clearly there's something.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is real, right meeting. He's here, and

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<v Speaker 2>Jeff wouldn't even be allowed to I mean, Jeff answered that,

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<v Speaker 2>and I would wouldn't be surprised if that was played.

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<v Speaker 2>As far as that little question there, I mean, he

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<v Speaker 2>knew he was gonna get a question, but clearly I

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<v Speaker 2>think his statement was to cover their ear in, to

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<v Speaker 2>make it clear that they're not because they know they're,

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<v Speaker 2>and not to revisit the whole thing from a week ago.

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<v Speaker 2>But the portal exists not just for people to transfer,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, if you just leave school, you know

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<v Speaker 2>you're but you have to enter the transfer portal. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 2>schools can actually reach out and talk to you in

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<v Speaker 2>community with you and recruit you if you don't go

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<v Speaker 2>through the portal, which he could not go through the

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<v Speaker 2>portal because the portal has closed.

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<v Speaker 3>Louisville, like I.

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<v Speaker 2>Guess, technically isn't allowed to have any communication with him.

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<v Speaker 2>But now that he's enrolled at your school just as

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<v Speaker 2>a student, maybe the portal doesn't matter because he's not

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't need to try. I don't know, but if

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<v Speaker 2>that's the case, every kid would do that, right, Like, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>the portal's closed, So I'm gonna drop out of school

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<v Speaker 2>and not go through the portal. I'm gonna enroll as

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<v Speaker 2>a student and then just you know, show up and

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<v Speaker 2>be on the team and that'll leave me from that'll

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<v Speaker 2>keep me from having to go through the actual process

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<v Speaker 2>of documenting. Hey, I'm basically entering free agency. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to play this week. Clearly he's not on

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<v Speaker 2>the team right now. Maybe that changes soon, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's the latest on that, and as far as

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<v Speaker 2>who is going to step in for And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>it was really tough to hear Jeff talk about how

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<v Speaker 2>well Colin Lacy had started to play before his injury

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<v Speaker 2>and talked about how they had a lot of different

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<v Speaker 2>plans as far as how they were going to utilize

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<v Speaker 2>what he can do. So, you know, I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>if we see him at all this year. To be

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<v Speaker 2>but it sounds like the first receiver that's going to

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<v Speaker 2>like what they have as far as you know his ability,

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<v Speaker 2>he be an All Conference caliber player, But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it sounds like he's made enough plays in

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<v Speaker 2>of there with Chris Bell now. Jayden Thompson last year

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<v Speaker 2>just twelve catches, one touchdown. I mean, it wasn't as

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<v Speaker 2>if he had the same type of year that Chris

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<v Speaker 2>that when it comes to just talent and ability, there's

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<v Speaker 2>been enough out there on him that, you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>coaching staff clearly thinks he's good, but he's not done

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<v Speaker 2>enough to earn a starting spot until I guess now

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<v Speaker 2>because of this injury. And Chris Bell has actually made

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<v Speaker 2>some pretty big time plays. And by the way, he

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<v Speaker 2>caught twenty nine passes last year, four hundred yards, two touchdowns,

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<v Speaker 2>and I feel like a few of those twenty nine

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<v Speaker 2>and made a play, looking like an NBA two guard

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<v Speaker 2>out there just you know, elevating over guys and making

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<v Speaker 2>just is he gonna be the guy that when the

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<v Speaker 2>lights are on and you're playing real games, is he

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<v Speaker 2>going to get open? He's gonna get himself open enough?

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Is he gonna be able to you know, be a

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<v Speaker 2>reliable be one of your top guys? Obviously, Jacorey Brooks

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<v Speaker 2>from Alabama is somebody that they really really like. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he's made enough plays at Alabama where you're not worried

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<v Speaker 2>about is this guy good enough? But again it's about,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, can you put it all together when it matters?

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<v Speaker 2>And he he did that at Alabama for a few years.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, he was their top one of their top

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<v Speaker 2>receivers in twenty twenty two whenever Bryce s Young was there.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think with Chris Bell, with Jaden Thompson, with

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<v Speaker 2>guitarist Hicks like those are guys that I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>the staff is having an internal conversation about their position

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<v Speaker 2>and thinking they don't have it, they don't have the ability.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just are these guys going to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>get it done when it matters when the lights are on.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's many gay, I mean, there's many guys over

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<v Speaker 2>the years that it's one of the other right, Like

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<v Speaker 2>look out there, make a play that you never would

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<v Speaker 2>have expected. But man, when the lights are on, there

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<v Speaker 2>different in a good way. And then there's guys that, man,

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<v Speaker 2>they're all American looking at times in practice, but it

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<v Speaker 2>just never has translated to you know, the actual field

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<v Speaker 2>in a real game. I don't want to mention guys

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<v Speaker 2>that you know you heard were great in practice, but

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<v Speaker 2>it never translated. I'm sure you guys can think of some.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's no better example for Louisville football as somebody

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<v Speaker 2>like Kyle Bolin. I mean, he wasn't an All American,

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<v Speaker 2>but there was never really any talk of him, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>emerging as a real threat to win the starting quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>job at Louisville when he was here. But man, when

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<v Speaker 2>somebody went whenever I guess it was whenever, who was it?

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<v Speaker 2>Was it Reggie Bonifon, Yeah, Bona Fon. Reggie went when

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<v Speaker 2>Reggie went down. But I feel like twice Kyle came

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<v Speaker 2>in for the starting quarterback. It might have been. It

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<v Speaker 2>might have been Will Gardner who was your starter, and

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<v Speaker 2>then Bona Fon got to play because Gardner was hurt,

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<v Speaker 2>and then, yeah, that's what it was that season. It

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<v Speaker 2>was Reggie became the starter because because Will Gardner got

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<v Speaker 2>hurt and then you ended up on your third stringer

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<v Speaker 2>with Kyle Bollen. And you know, not to say he

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<v Speaker 2>was a bad practice player. I've never heard anything but

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<v Speaker 2>good stuff about him. But you know, I think the

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<v Speaker 2>staff was very, very much pleasantly surprised whenever they put

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<v Speaker 2>him out there and he was just out there making plays.

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<v Speaker 2>Helps when you can just throw it up to Devonte Parker.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I mean, I look, if these guys do

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<v Speaker 2>show up and they make Sports Center highlight type plays

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<v Speaker 2>against Austin p and against Jacksonville State, surely it's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to, you know, be the same thing as if

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<v Speaker 2>they did it against Florida State or against Miami or Clemson.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think given the fact that they've never had

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<v Speaker 2>big roles and they're going to be asked to have

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<v Speaker 2>bigger roles this year, I mean, again, you have to

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<v Speaker 2>wait and see if it's something that can translate when

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<v Speaker 2>the competition gets much better but it would be a

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<v Speaker 2>very encouraging sign if Tyler Shuck is out there and

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<v Speaker 2>he's spreading it around and you're seeing these guys not

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<v Speaker 2>only have the ability to get open but just make plays.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, I know it's different doing it against Austin

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<v Speaker 2>p than ACC teams, but I actually feel like it

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<v Speaker 2>sets up nicely this year to where I don't mind

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<v Speaker 2>that Louisville's playing Nobody's to get the season started. Selfishly,

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<v Speaker 2>as a fan, I love when you open up against

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<v Speaker 2>somebody that matters, because you know, it just puts more

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<v Speaker 2>significance on the game. There's something that actually you know

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<v Speaker 2>is real. Although you know these two games are real,

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<v Speaker 2>that louis is gonna play in Week one and Week two,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's just different. But I think now that you've

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<v Speaker 2>got a lot of new pieces, and you're gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>new pieces probably every year, because I think Brom's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>continue to lean on the portal and I have in

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<v Speaker 2>a major way. I think it actually makes sense to

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<v Speaker 2>have these kind of games to kind of cut your

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<v Speaker 2>teeth and get your feet underneath you a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, I've never you know, just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of going back to some of the other things that Jeff.

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<v Speaker 2>As Jeff talked about today in his press conference, I've

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<v Speaker 2>never felt as if his comments about the offense after

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<v Speaker 2>their scrimmages was an alarming thing, although it wasn't something

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<v Speaker 2>you should just ignore. And I also thought to myself,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, Jeff brohms probably in these scrimmages, calling

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<v Speaker 2>place for an offense as they go up against the

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<v Speaker 2>best defense he's ever gone up against in a training

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<v Speaker 2>in a fall camp scrimmage. I mean, Louisville has depth

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<v Speaker 2>on defense. They should be really good defensively this year.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be very disappointed if they're not one of the

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<v Speaker 2>best defenses in the ACC this year, maybe top you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, they were one of the best defenses in

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<v Speaker 2>the country last year for a good chunk of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>I see no reason why they can't do that this year.

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<v Speaker 2>So today it was nice to hear him not walk

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<v Speaker 2>back what he had said, but you know, mention that

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<v Speaker 2>it was really just that day, and sometimes you have

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<v Speaker 2>bad days, and you don't want to have a bad

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<v Speaker 2>day on a game day, right because you'll lose. It'll

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<v Speaker 2>it'll get your beat. But it was nice to hear

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<v Speaker 2>not only him kind of mention the defense being a

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<v Speaker 2>factor in that struggle that struggled that they have offensively

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<v Speaker 2>in the last fall in their last Saturday fall scrimmage,

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<v Speaker 2>but he did say they scrimmaged this past Wednesday and

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<v Speaker 2>the offense was much better. So, you know, I know

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<v Speaker 2>it sounds like I'm building Louisville up to be, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a for sure playoff team when I say this, but

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I don't mean it to sound like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But Louisville's offense in practice and in scrimmages specifically, they're

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<v Speaker 2>probably going to be facing a better defense than they

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<v Speaker 2>will in the majority of the games they play this

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<v Speaker 2>year because the defense is you know, even if the

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<v Speaker 2>offense is pretty damn good this year, I'd still say

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<v Speaker 2>the defense will be your strength, which, hey, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>good thing. Means the offense doesn't have as much pressure

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<v Speaker 2>to score. But it just feels weird knowing that Jeff

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<v Speaker 2>Bram's your coach, because any scenario where Louisville looks like

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<v Speaker 2>a team to really look out for and potentially maybe

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<v Speaker 2>find themselves flirting for the playoff, not saying that's for

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<v Speaker 2>sure we're gonna happen this year, but just when you

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<v Speaker 2>think of Louisville having a really high ceiling with Jeff

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<v Speaker 2>Brown being the coach, you think about the scoreboard being

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<v Speaker 2>lit up pretty frequently. And last year we didn't see

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<v Speaker 2>that as much as we probably would have ex did

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<v Speaker 2>given the record that they had. But it's a good thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It means the offense doesn't have as much pressure. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is a list of the father's son connections

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<v Speaker 2>that we have this year in college football. One of

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<v Speaker 2>if a better chance of being mentioned if you're good

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<v Speaker 2>and you are the son of a legendary player. But

419
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<v Speaker 2>Brian Rlacker has a son at Notre Dame that's a safety,

420
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<v Speaker 2>had no clue. Willis Mcgahee's son, Willis McGahee the fifth

421
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<v Speaker 2>is a linebacker at Nebraska.

422
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<v Speaker 3>Each J.

423
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<v Speaker 2>Warner quarterback at Rice, the son of Kurt Warner. Cole Pennington,

424
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<v Speaker 2>a QB for Marshall. Obviously, his dad is Chad Pennington,

425
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<v Speaker 2>who also played at Marshall. Jason Taylor, former Miami Dolphin.

426
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<v Speaker 2>He has a son who is a tight end at LSU,

427
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<v Speaker 2>Antonio Gates Junior. Obviously, his father legendary tight end who

428
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<v Speaker 2>did not play college football by the way, just played

429
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<v Speaker 2>college basketball and was a great tight end in the NFL.

430
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<v Speaker 2>His son is at miss A Michigan State. Emmitt Smith Junior.

431
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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, not Emmitt Smith Junior.

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<v Speaker 1>E J.

433
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<v Speaker 2>Smith is at Texas A and m His father again,

434
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<v Speaker 2>Emmitt Smith. Rodney Harrison has a son who's a defensive

435
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<v Speaker 2>back at Tennessee named Christian Harrison. Eden James looks like

436
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<v Speaker 2>he is a running back for Howard. Obviously, his his

437
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<v Speaker 2>dad was, you know, one of his His dad was

438
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<v Speaker 2>my first favorite Indianapolis colt, Edrin James. And then Matt

439
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<v Speaker 2>Hasselback's son's name is Henry Hasselback's name right there, Henry Hasselback.

440
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<v Speaker 2>It just sounds like you're important, doesn't it.

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<v Speaker 6>He just sounds like the star quarterback on your favorite

442
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<v Speaker 6>former high school football team when you were a child

443
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<v Speaker 6>or when you were in high school.

444
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<v Speaker 2>I should say, no, he sounds like a quarterback on

445
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<v Speaker 2>a TV show, didn't he.

446
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<v Speaker 6>I guess that's what I was going for when I

447
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<v Speaker 6>was thinking high school and thinking like, you know, Friday

448
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<v Speaker 6>night lights, that type of Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because I say, I don't think people have a

450
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<v Speaker 2>favorite high school team and listens to their team.

451
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<v Speaker 3>Just came out of my mouth a little while.

452
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<v Speaker 2>I think we were thinking the same thing.

453
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<v Speaker 4>Now.

454
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<v Speaker 2>Josh McCowan a legend, you know, legendary journeyman not I mean,

455
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<v Speaker 2>I think he's probably played for more teams in the

456
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<v Speaker 2>NFL at quarterback than anybody. He has a son named

457
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<v Speaker 2>Owen McCown, who is a quarterback at it looks like utsa,

458
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<v Speaker 2>which I mean, Josh McCowan just stopped playing like a

459
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<v Speaker 2>couple of years ago, and now his son is a coyle.

460
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's just again it makes sense, Like it's

461
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<v Speaker 2>not even like these guys had kids that are so

462
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<v Speaker 2>you know, when they were so young. It's just the

463
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<v Speaker 2>fact that, like, I'm getting old, and that's that's a

464
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<v Speaker 2>sad thing. I don't think it makes anybody else sad

465
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<v Speaker 2>but me. But you know, another reminder, every they're in

466
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<v Speaker 2>my face every day, John now being twenty seven, that makes.

467
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<v Speaker 3>Me feel old. Just wait till I turn thirty.

468
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I know, and it'll be.

469
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<v Speaker 3>Here forty right around that time, won't.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't say it again. Forty is a little scary

471
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<v Speaker 2>for me. I mean, I got a little bit of time,

472
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<v Speaker 2>but yeah, forty's Forty's kind of scary for me.

473
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<v Speaker 3>All right.

474
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<v Speaker 2>So Deon Sanders, if you saw him in the headlines

475
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<v Speaker 2>in the last couple of days, it's for one of

476
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<v Speaker 2>two things, and maybe you saw both these things. The

477
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<v Speaker 2>good is that he opened up bank accounts and put

478
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<v Speaker 2>a little bit over two thousand dollars in each of

479
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<v Speaker 2>these accounts for every member of his football program that

480
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<v Speaker 2>has a child. These are bank accounts for the children

481
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<v Speaker 2>of his players. So that's like, you know, to get

482
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<v Speaker 2>them started on saving money. You know, obviously if you're

483
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<v Speaker 2>playing for Colorado, it sounds like you're making big money

484
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<v Speaker 2>because of nil, So that's really doing some of the

485
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<v Speaker 2>legwork to you know, use that money to you know,

486
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<v Speaker 2>to benefit not just you when you want to hang

487
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<v Speaker 2>out and you know, buy video games or buy a

488
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<v Speaker 2>new car, but you know, save some of that money

489
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<v Speaker 2>for your child, not only for maybe their college fund,

490
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<v Speaker 2>but you know, having a child, it costs money. I mean,

491
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<v Speaker 2>I can I can tell you that firsthand, so that

492
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<v Speaker 2>that's a good, good gesture. But the other thing he's

493
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<v Speaker 2>in the news for, I just think is another reminder

494
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<v Speaker 2>that this guy. He One thing Dion Sanders is not

495
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<v Speaker 2>is dumb. He knows what he's doing.

496
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<v Speaker 3>He knows he is.

497
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, in fact, I think he's he's doing too

498
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<v Speaker 2>much as far as just trying to show everybody he's

499
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<v Speaker 2>not like any other coach, and he doesn't want to

500
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<v Speaker 2>be like any other coach. He's gonna do things his

501
00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:39.559
<v Speaker 2>way because he's prime. Then again, remember when he got

502
00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:44.960
<v Speaker 2>pissed that somebody didn't call him coach. You you wouldn't call.

503
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<v Speaker 3>Uh saving nick, call me a coach?

504
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<v Speaker 2>I remember that nonsense. Yes, I mean, like he's a

505
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<v Speaker 2>college What do you want, dude? You just want to

506
00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:56.519
<v Speaker 2>be combative, like you you're like you know, so I've

507
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<v Speaker 2>gone from just you know, not really caring, and I don't.

508
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<v Speaker 2>It's not like I'm gonna lose sleep if they're good,

509
00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:06.480
<v Speaker 2>because you know, I don't. I don't care that much.

510
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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't consume me. But if they lose and they

511
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<v Speaker 2>fail this year, I have no problem in telling you

512
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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to take great satisfaction because that's you know,

513
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<v Speaker 2>I think that's human nature for a lot of people,

514
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<v Speaker 2>myself included. When you act entitled, when you act is

515
00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:26.279
<v Speaker 2>if you've accomplished something, you are superior. You can do

516
00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:29.720
<v Speaker 2>things different because you're better than everybody, and yet you

517
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<v Speaker 2>have nothing to actually give you that feel like there's

518
00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:36.799
<v Speaker 2>no substance there with him, it's all flash. I just

519
00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:38.839
<v Speaker 2>think there's a lot of folks that just here hear

520
00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:41.759
<v Speaker 2>people that are entitled for no reason and they wanted

521
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<v Speaker 2>to be humbled. I think it's human nature. And yes,

522
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<v Speaker 2>he's accomplished a lot as a celebrity. As an athlete,

523
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he was a hell of a player. There's

524
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<v Speaker 2>nobody that would deny that, and what he did when

525
00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:55.519
<v Speaker 2>he did it is not something you'll probably ever see again.

526
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<v Speaker 2>As far as being able to play both and be

527
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<v Speaker 2>really good at both at times. I mean, he wasn't

528
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<v Speaker 2>just a guy who just decided to get out on

529
00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:04.440
<v Speaker 2>the baseball field like Michael Jordan.

530
00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:05.240
<v Speaker 3>He was good.

531
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<v Speaker 2>I don't know enough about baseball to know, like you know,

532
00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:10.079
<v Speaker 2>where he ranks all time, but I mean he he

533
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<v Speaker 2>was good enough to be a legitimate part of what

534
00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:16.839
<v Speaker 2>the Braves were doing. So he's very accomplished there. But

535
00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:20.960
<v Speaker 2>you know, his ego, his persona gives him the I guess,

536
00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:24.200
<v Speaker 2>the mindset that he superior to everybody. And I hate

537
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<v Speaker 2>to say this, I don't give a damn about what

538
00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:30.000
<v Speaker 2>he won at Jackson State. That's not what this is.

539
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<v Speaker 2>That doesn't I mean like him being voted as the

540
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<v Speaker 2>second worst team or i'm sorry, the second worst coach

541
00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:40.359
<v Speaker 2>in the Big Twelve this year was insanely justifiable given

542
00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:42.039
<v Speaker 2>the fact that he went four and eighty years ago

543
00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:44.759
<v Speaker 2>with two kids that everybody in the country wanted on

544
00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:48.160
<v Speaker 2>their team more than two. But like you know, clearly

545
00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:50.640
<v Speaker 2>he hit Trevis Hunter. I mean, let's be real here,

546
00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.880
<v Speaker 2>his son. People think Shittor is going to be a

547
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<v Speaker 2>maybe the first pick in the draft. I mean, I

548
00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:57.200
<v Speaker 2>think that's nonsense that people think that's really what's gonna happen.

549
00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:59.799
<v Speaker 2>But either way, like he has a lot of arrogance

550
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<v Speaker 2>out him, but it's it's misplaced. I don't think anybody

551
00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:07.839
<v Speaker 2>should be overly arrogant. But look, if you've got the credentials,

552
00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:10.480
<v Speaker 2>you've got the resume, it's still I think a turn

553
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<v Speaker 2>off to a lot of people when it comes to

554
00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:14.839
<v Speaker 2>your personality if you're arrogant, but it's different, and there's

555
00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:18.359
<v Speaker 2>a difference in being extremely arrogant and having really nothing

556
00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:20.839
<v Speaker 2>to show for it and then being you know, but

557
00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:24.039
<v Speaker 2>there's difference of doing that and then being arrogant, and

558
00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:25.680
<v Speaker 2>it's just as you know, a turn off to people

559
00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:28.119
<v Speaker 2>as again as far as your personality, but at least

560
00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:30.599
<v Speaker 2>you do have some credentials. As he coach, Deon Sanders

561
00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:33.279
<v Speaker 2>hasn't done anything at this level that would warrant him

562
00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:36.799
<v Speaker 2>feeling like he can just you know, do things differently

563
00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:39.200
<v Speaker 2>than anybody else has done it. As a coach, again,

564
00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:41.960
<v Speaker 2>it's one thing to just go against the grain and

565
00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:48.519
<v Speaker 2>not just you know, go with emotion and do what

566
00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:50.720
<v Speaker 2>you think be yourself, right, There's something to be original,

567
00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:53.400
<v Speaker 2>There's something to be said about being original and you know,

568
00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:57.559
<v Speaker 2>being unique, and that's clearly what Dion's always going to be.

569
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<v Speaker 2>But for him to ban a columnist from asking questions

570
00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:07.480
<v Speaker 2>at a press conference is the softest, just most ridiculous

571
00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:13.079
<v Speaker 2>thing ever. And you gotta wonder, if you're Colorado, do

572
00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:15.759
<v Speaker 2>you have any control of your program? Because anybody that

573
00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:19.960
<v Speaker 2>works within the athletic department at Colorado knows that this

574
00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:22.599
<v Speaker 2>is a terrible look for them, not only because like,

575
00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:26.559
<v Speaker 2>that's not how this works. You don't just let people

576
00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:30.279
<v Speaker 2>ask questions who are going to drool over you and

577
00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:36.839
<v Speaker 2>act like you are, you know great. You ask questions

578
00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:40.559
<v Speaker 2>from people who are there to objectively report on your

579
00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:47.440
<v Speaker 2>team and your program. So Stafford, Yeah, he's a columnist.

580
00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:52.599
<v Speaker 2>Let's see what his name is here. He works for

581
00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:55.319
<v Speaker 2>the Yeah, he's a Denver columnist, and he has been

582
00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:57.240
<v Speaker 2>told he's not going to be allowed to ask questions

583
00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:59.880
<v Speaker 2>at the press conferences this year for Colorado football because

584
00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:03.799
<v Speaker 2>this series of sustained personal attacks on Dion. Sanders, a

585
00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:07.400
<v Speaker 2>sports information staffer for Colorado, cited this writer's use of

586
00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:13.119
<v Speaker 2>the phrases such as false profit deposition, don Planet Prime,

587
00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:18.240
<v Speaker 2>Bruce Lee of BS the Dion kool Aid Circus. Again,

588
00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:22.359
<v Speaker 2>that's a columnist sharing his opinion, which is what he's

589
00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:25.839
<v Speaker 2>supposed to do. That's how this has worked since the

590
00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:28.640
<v Speaker 2>beginning of time when it comes to college football. In

591
00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:32.240
<v Speaker 2>those that are columnists and that are supposed to share opinions,

592
00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:34.759
<v Speaker 2>They're not supposed to drool over you. They're not supposed

593
00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:38.200
<v Speaker 2>to be fanboys. That's not their job. Like, this is

594
00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.880
<v Speaker 2>a guy just doing his job. And the fact that

595
00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:43.200
<v Speaker 2>it's getting under your skin is such a weak look.

596
00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:45.680
<v Speaker 2>And you can't claim it's not getting under your skin

597
00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:48.000
<v Speaker 2>and you've already shown your insanely thin skin.

598
00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.599
<v Speaker 3>Why how you.

599
00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:51.119
<v Speaker 2>Acted it to CBS Sports because they happen to have

600
00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:53.920
<v Speaker 2>the nerve to put a football coach with a four

601
00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:57.640
<v Speaker 2>and eight record as the second to last or I

602
00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:59.920
<v Speaker 2>guess you know, second to last worst coach in the league.

603
00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:02.000
<v Speaker 2>So it's a Denver Post column it's his name is

604
00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:04.279
<v Speaker 2>Sean Keeler, and he can he's going to be allowed

605
00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:06.240
<v Speaker 2>to go to the press conferences, but he can't ask questions.

606
00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.880
<v Speaker 2>Why would he go, right? I mean he could just

607
00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.839
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know what I mean, like the point

608
00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:12.960
<v Speaker 2>of that, here's what it says, says. After a series

609
00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:16.119
<v Speaker 2>of sustained personal attacks on the football program and specifically

610
00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:18.960
<v Speaker 2>coach Prime, the cu athletic Department, in conjunction with the

611
00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:22.000
<v Speaker 2>football program, have decided not to take questions from Denver

612
00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:25.119
<v Speaker 2>Post columnist Sean Keeler at football related events. Keeler is

613
00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:27.079
<v Speaker 2>still permitted to a ten football related activities as a

614
00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:29.319
<v Speaker 2>credential member of the media, and other reporters from the

615
00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:32.079
<v Speaker 2>Denver Poster welcome to ask questions of football program personnel

616
00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:35.000
<v Speaker 2>made available to the media, including coaches, players and staff. Look,

617
00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:38.720
<v Speaker 2>media people feel entitled a lot. I understand that totally.

618
00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:41.599
<v Speaker 2>Like I get it. Like media complaining about the meals

619
00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:46.720
<v Speaker 2>they get is such a nauseating thing because like you're

620
00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:48.319
<v Speaker 2>not really part of the show. You're there, like you

621
00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:50.640
<v Speaker 2>have a job to do, and coverage is important to

622
00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:53.200
<v Speaker 2>a lot of people, but like you know where your

623
00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:55.160
<v Speaker 2>seat is, Like if you get if they let you

624
00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:57.599
<v Speaker 2>in and you have access, and you know, maybe you

625
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<v Speaker 2>don't like the meal, or maybe you missed the meal,

626
00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:02.359
<v Speaker 2>or maybe you're not treated as nicely here as you were,

627
00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:05.799
<v Speaker 2>Like you're not entitled to that, but to be told

628
00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:08.279
<v Speaker 2>you're allowed to come, but we're not taking your question.

629
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<v Speaker 2>You were mean, Like that's the softest thing I've ever

630
00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:15.359
<v Speaker 2>seen in college football. And yes, all coaches are thin skinned,

631
00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:18.559
<v Speaker 2>especially those that you know, feel like they should be

632
00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:20.960
<v Speaker 2>respected more than they are because they have a different

633
00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:24.599
<v Speaker 2>view of themselves than other people. But like Dion hasn't

634
00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:30.759
<v Speaker 2>won anything, and I don't know if he's really getting disrespected.

635
00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:35.720
<v Speaker 2>I mean, if the local guy who writes for the

636
00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:38.000
<v Speaker 2>Denver Post that most of us has ever heard of, that, Like,

637
00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:41.119
<v Speaker 2>imagine what happens if, like, you know, the college game

638
00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:44.119
<v Speaker 2>day crew starts coming after you because you keep losing.

639
00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:47.480
<v Speaker 2>What are you gonna do then? Like, I just don't

640
00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:51.400
<v Speaker 2>get it. Dion Sanders could win national he won't, but

641
00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:53.839
<v Speaker 2>he could win a national championship for the next five years.

642
00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:55.799
<v Speaker 2>Maybe he wins two in the next decade. You know

643
00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:58.400
<v Speaker 2>what's gonna happen. There's still gonna be people that want

644
00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:00.640
<v Speaker 2>to want to tear you down, still going to be

645
00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:02.759
<v Speaker 2>columnists that are going to try to go against the

646
00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:05.480
<v Speaker 2>grain and discredit you, because that's how all this works,

647
00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:09.799
<v Speaker 2>you idiot. No matter what you do, the media will

648
00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:13.039
<v Speaker 2>always try to find a way to discredit act as

649
00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:15.319
<v Speaker 2>if what you accomplished is not as impressive. That's how

650
00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:18.400
<v Speaker 2>this works. Look at the best basketball player on the planet,

651
00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:21.440
<v Speaker 2>Lebron James. It's one of the other people talking about

652
00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:23.680
<v Speaker 2>his legacy as if he's better than Jordan, or people

653
00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:26.039
<v Speaker 2>claiming he's not even as good as you think he is.

654
00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:28.200
<v Speaker 2>He hasn't done this, he hasn't done that. That's how

655
00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:33.079
<v Speaker 2>this works. So to not have accomplished anything and already

656
00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:37.839
<v Speaker 2>feel as if you're mean to me, you're soft, and

657
00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:39.559
<v Speaker 2>you can't go out there on the field and shut

658
00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:41.559
<v Speaker 2>people up. You have to coach the players on the

659
00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:44.000
<v Speaker 2>field to shut people up. And we don't know if

660
00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:46.920
<v Speaker 2>you can do that yet, Prime, We don't know. You

661
00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:51.599
<v Speaker 2>haven't shown us that. And the fact that Colorado's athletic

662
00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:54.720
<v Speaker 2>department releases things and only calls him coach Prime makes

663
00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:58.480
<v Speaker 2>me one of vomit. I'm getting crotchety in my old age.

664
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<v Speaker 3>John.

665
00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.960
<v Speaker 2>He might be great this year, but he had like

666
00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:06.200
<v Speaker 2>anybody claiming Deon Sanders is a really good coach at

667
00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:09.759
<v Speaker 2>this level of college football, is playing with Colorado in

668
00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:12.440
<v Speaker 2>the new video game because he hasn't done that yet.

669
00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.400
<v Speaker 2>He might and if he does he's going to be

670
00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:18.200
<v Speaker 2>loud about it, and he should be because that's him being him.

671
00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.599
<v Speaker 2>But when you're loud about how great you are and

672
00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:23.039
<v Speaker 2>how great you're going to be and then you don't

673
00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:26.720
<v Speaker 2>do it, to be this thin skinned is just hilarious

674
00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:29.880
<v Speaker 2>to me. All right, Five two, five, seven, seventy nine

675
00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.319
<v Speaker 2>hundred is the number. If you guys want to jump

676
00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:34.279
<v Speaker 2>in and give us a call. Let's go to Austin. Austin,

677
00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.839
<v Speaker 2>what's happening?

678
00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:38.160
<v Speaker 4>Hey, what's going on? I was listening that you're just

679
00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:42.079
<v Speaker 4>getting off and work here. You know, when I think

680
00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:45.839
<v Speaker 4>about this whole situation, a whole lot of what you're

681
00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:51.599
<v Speaker 4>saying makes sense, and a whole lot of how Dion

682
00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:56.319
<v Speaker 4>is handling things somewhat makes sense. I mean this it's

683
00:32:56.319 --> 00:33:00.519
<v Speaker 4>a touchy kind of situation because why so Heah, he's

684
00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:03.720
<v Speaker 4>been around, he understands the media, and just like he's saying,

685
00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:07.279
<v Speaker 4>that's how it works. You know, they the media can

686
00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:09.960
<v Speaker 4>be tricky. They can come after every one minute, build

687
00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:12.759
<v Speaker 4>you up, you're this, you're that, and then the next

688
00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.720
<v Speaker 4>minute see him something.

689
00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:16.039
<v Speaker 2>But Austin, if he knows that, like you said, why

690
00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:18.319
<v Speaker 2>would he? I mean, what does he think he's doing

691
00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:21.519
<v Speaker 2>by telling people they can't ask questions. Like I think

692
00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:23.480
<v Speaker 2>clearly he's not dumb at all. I think he's a

693
00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:26.119
<v Speaker 2>very smart guy. I think he's very bright. But this,

694
00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.519
<v Speaker 2>to me, I don't see how it can be viewed

695
00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:29.799
<v Speaker 2>as anything other than being thin skinned. Because again, you're right,

696
00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:32.119
<v Speaker 2>he knows all about it. He knows that they're gonna

697
00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:33.799
<v Speaker 2>try to tear him down build him up. That's just

698
00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:35.599
<v Speaker 2>how it works. Like in fact, I think he should

699
00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:37.480
<v Speaker 2>be more prepared to deal with this kind of stuff,

700
00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.799
<v Speaker 2>and yet I just I don't know. To me, it

701
00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:40.759
<v Speaker 2>seems more like a circus to him.

702
00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:44.519
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I agree. I'm not mis grinned with Jalla, But

703
00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:46.839
<v Speaker 4>here's what I'm and here's what I'm gonna judge be

704
00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:51.599
<v Speaker 4>on on right now if he keeps hisself professional, because

705
00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:55.079
<v Speaker 4>if he's gonna act like this, he better not let

706
00:33:55.279 --> 00:34:01.440
<v Speaker 4>anything outside of the best of the football get out

707
00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:05.519
<v Speaker 4>of hand. If he's gonna do this and play that role,

708
00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:08.239
<v Speaker 4>I'm not gonna ask questions and I'm gonna turn this

709
00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:11.840
<v Speaker 4>media down. He met a run a clean ship. That's

710
00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.719
<v Speaker 4>all I'm gonna say.

711
00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.119
<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

712
00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:15.840
<v Speaker 2>I appreciate the call, Austin. Yeah, and that's one of

713
00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:20.880
<v Speaker 2>those things that like professionalism. You know, I he's not

714
00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:24.800
<v Speaker 2>been professional. I think telling a CBS reporter for the

715
00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:27.559
<v Speaker 2>local CBS affiliate who has nothing to do with CBS

716
00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:30.760
<v Speaker 2>Sports that you won't take his question because of what

717
00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:35.079
<v Speaker 2>CBS did, which was again rank him as the second

718
00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:38.039
<v Speaker 2>to last coach in the Big twelve and then do

719
00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:41.639
<v Speaker 2>this like that's not professional at all. And you don't

720
00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:44.320
<v Speaker 2>get to define what is professional when you are new

721
00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:48.199
<v Speaker 2>in this industry as a coach. I mean, there are

722
00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:50.599
<v Speaker 2>coaches who are a holes compared to Dion. I think

723
00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:53.960
<v Speaker 2>they would never do that because they understand like that's

724
00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:55.800
<v Speaker 2>just you know, they probably want to tell everybody who

725
00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:58.039
<v Speaker 2>asked him a question, shut up, you're not worthy of

726
00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:00.360
<v Speaker 2>a response for me, get out of my presence. Coaches

727
00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:03.119
<v Speaker 2>are arrogant, a holes, but they like, that's not how

728
00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:05.480
<v Speaker 2>this works. And Dion is just trying to change it.

729
00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:07.400
<v Speaker 2>And again he's getting away with it. His bosses are

730
00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:10.199
<v Speaker 2>letting him do it. But that makes to me, like again,

731
00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:12.920
<v Speaker 2>with the way he's carried himself and the way he's

732
00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:16.599
<v Speaker 2>gone about everything, it to me, it's put it to where, dude,

733
00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:19.000
<v Speaker 2>you better win. If not, the noise is going to

734
00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:21.400
<v Speaker 2>be loud as can be from people who want to

735
00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:26.119
<v Speaker 2>clown you, including myself. I'm one of those people. And

736
00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:28.079
<v Speaker 2>yet I guess you know, if I worked for a

737
00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:30.519
<v Speaker 2>Colorado outlet and I did it, I wouldn't be allowed

738
00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:32.800
<v Speaker 2>around anymore to ask any question. It's just the softest

739
00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:34.559
<v Speaker 2>thing ever. All Right, we got a run. We'll have

740
00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:36.400
<v Speaker 2>a short segment here to wrap up four o'clock hour,

741
00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:38.360
<v Speaker 2>Its coffee and company. Feel about Thornton's right here on

742
00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:44.039
<v Speaker 2>Sports Talk seven ninety. Some big news in the NFL today,

743
00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:49.559
<v Speaker 2>as ceedee, Lamb has signed a big time extension. I

744
00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:52.840
<v Speaker 2>believe he is the second highest paid player now in

745
00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:56.719
<v Speaker 2>the NFL. Out that's not a quarterback. So that's a

746
00:35:56.760 --> 00:36:00.519
<v Speaker 2>guy that Dallas needed to make sure the care of.

747
00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:03.400
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't know if this means that Dallas

748
00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:05.519
<v Speaker 2>with Lamb back is going to be, you know, contending

749
00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:07.920
<v Speaker 2>for a super Bowl, because you know, I believe that

750
00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:11.320
<v Speaker 2>when I see it. But that guy had actually deserved

751
00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:14.480
<v Speaker 2>and earned a big contract, where some other guys at

752
00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:16.599
<v Speaker 2>his positioned, not to say they didn't deserve to be paid,

753
00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:18.320
<v Speaker 2>but like City, Lamb had a hell of a year

754
00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:20.800
<v Speaker 2>last year, and it's going to be I think a huge,

755
00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:22.880
<v Speaker 2>huge factor in the NFL for many years to come.

756
00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:27.239
<v Speaker 2>So four years, one hundred and thirty six million dollar

757
00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:30.480
<v Speaker 2>extension with one hundred million dollars of that guaranteed, So

758
00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:34.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, a lot more money than me and probably

759
00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:37.360
<v Speaker 2>you too, if we're being honest. So here is the

760
00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:43.760
<v Speaker 2>income after taxes. Thirty four million in salary because twelve

761
00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:46.320
<v Speaker 2>point six million is in federal tax, There's one million

762
00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:48.960
<v Speaker 2>in jock tax, one million to his agent, and then

763
00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:52.840
<v Speaker 2>eight hundred thousand in Medicare, So his net income eighteen

764
00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:57.239
<v Speaker 2>point six million. That's according to a sports business analyst here,

765
00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:59.559
<v Speaker 2>that does a good job of nerding out on the

766
00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:02.039
<v Speaker 2>real fiveinancials of these guys, which, yes, you know, Uncle

767
00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:04.400
<v Speaker 2>Sam gets a cut, and he gets a huge cut

768
00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:06.320
<v Speaker 2>if you've got a huge amount of money. That's how

769
00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:09.880
<v Speaker 2>it works, all right. So it's not just Dion that

770
00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:14.079
<v Speaker 2>you know has gone soft here. Apparently Dabo Sweeney has

771
00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:15.800
<v Speaker 2>gone which I'll be honest with you, I don't know

772
00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:18.760
<v Speaker 2>for sure, but I would be willing to bet that

773
00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:22.920
<v Speaker 2>Dabbo is not the one who decided they'd no longer

774
00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:26.519
<v Speaker 2>take calls on his Coaches show, because I think Dabbo

775
00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:29.280
<v Speaker 2>likes tee and off on people, and I can respect that.

776
00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:31.079
<v Speaker 2>Dabo a lot of the things he says I get.

777
00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:33.079
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you're gonna say one thing about Dabbo. He's

778
00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:38.639
<v Speaker 2>at least consistent, and he's he's you know, he's gonna

779
00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:40.840
<v Speaker 2>do what he wants to do, and he's gonna, I think,

780
00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:43.519
<v Speaker 2>give you honest answers. And I mean, again, that didn't

781
00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.719
<v Speaker 2>make me like him. I don't think he's a very

782
00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:47.440
<v Speaker 2>likable guy, but I can at least appreciate that part

783
00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:52.920
<v Speaker 2>of it. So the Clemson sid has reported that they

784
00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:55.440
<v Speaker 2>will no longer or I guess inform the media that

785
00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:57.480
<v Speaker 2>they're not long gonna take live callers on that radio show,

786
00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:59.960
<v Speaker 2>and this comes after their encounter with Tyler from Spartan

787
00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:04.320
<v Speaker 2>during last year's football season, after Clemson started the season

788
00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.239
<v Speaker 2>four and four.

789
00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:12.159
<v Speaker 7>But the part of the problem is the appreciation. I

790
00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:14.320
<v Speaker 7>used to tell people all the time, that's say, what's

791
00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:16.800
<v Speaker 7>the difference in Clemson. I'm gonna tell you, At some

792
00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:19.960
<v Speaker 7>places there's an expectation, but at Clemson there's an appreciation.

793
00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:25.639
<v Speaker 7>And what's happened at Clemson is we've won so much

794
00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:28.599
<v Speaker 7>that even when we used to be the funds in

795
00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:33.119
<v Speaker 7>the winning. Now, even when you win, people like you

796
00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:40.639
<v Speaker 7>complain and criticize the coaches and question everything. People like you,

797
00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:43.440
<v Speaker 7>all right, When I hired Tony Elliott to be the

798
00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:45.920
<v Speaker 7>offensive coordinator who never called a play in his life,

799
00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:49.360
<v Speaker 7>I'm sure you were critical then, all right, and he

800
00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:52.920
<v Speaker 7>took us to two national championships. People like you who

801
00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:58.599
<v Speaker 7>just love to destroy people with your comments. All right,

802
00:38:58.760 --> 00:39:01.559
<v Speaker 7>I'm sure you've never made any bad decisions. I'm sure

803
00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:04.760
<v Speaker 7>you've lived a perfect life. I'm sure you've never I'm

804
00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:08.000
<v Speaker 7>sure you've led a bunch of people. I'm sure you

805
00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:10.599
<v Speaker 7>do your job in front. So to answer your question,

806
00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:14.159
<v Speaker 7>I started as the lowest paid coach in this freaking business,

807
00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:17.199
<v Speaker 7>all right, And I'm where I am because I've worked

808
00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:20.880
<v Speaker 7>my ass off every single day and I ain't gonna

809
00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:24.239
<v Speaker 7>let some smart ass kid get on this phone and

810
00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.159
<v Speaker 7>create this stuff.

811
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<v Speaker 2>So, I mean, I kind of love that it's not

812
00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:30.559
<v Speaker 2>something you ever want your I mean, that's a guy

813
00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:33.760
<v Speaker 2>that really let one caller, some smart ass kid, as

814
00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:35.960
<v Speaker 2>he says, he took it off the rails. I mean,

815
00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:40.320
<v Speaker 2>when you start going resume on somebody that screams that,

816
00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:44.519
<v Speaker 2>you know you're feeling insecure about people questioning you. I mean,

817
00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:47.599
<v Speaker 2>in fact, don't have it all together. But hey, I

818
00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:50.039
<v Speaker 2>think Debo would do that again if they took calls

819
00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:51.440
<v Speaker 2>on his show, because that's who he is, and I

820
00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:54.159
<v Speaker 2>can at least respect that. All Right, we got to

821
00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:55.559
<v Speaker 2>get to the top of the hour break here. We

822
00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:58.960
<v Speaker 2>got one more hour to go, the five o'clock hour,

823
00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:01.800
<v Speaker 2>and a lot to get to dig around. I mean,

824
00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:03.320
<v Speaker 2>why would you not what else you got to do?

825
00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:06.320
<v Speaker 2>Whatever it is you were thinking about doing, I can

826
00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:07.760
<v Speaker 2>tell you it won't be as good as this five

827
00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.559
<v Speaker 2>o'clock hour.

828
00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:09.000
<v Speaker 3>Coming your way.

829
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<v Speaker 2>I can't promise that guarante. I can't guarantee it, but

830
00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:14.039
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna try my best. That's what I That's what

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<v Speaker 2>I give you. That's what I'll give you, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna I'm not gonna let some smart ass kids tell

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<v Speaker 2>me otherwise either,