WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:04.000 Welcome to the Big Moon. Sider Dick Abriel with you 2 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.320 on a Thursday edition of our program, still snow and 3 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:10.359 ice bound here in the garage with the space heater 4 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:13.720 cranked up. Hope you are warm and dry wherever you are. 5 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:17.079 This is kind of a crossover day when we have 6 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:19.960 a full show on Thursday. There's no women's basketball tonight, 7 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:23.079 so we've got the full show for you, and we're 8 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:25.480 going to talk, of course about Kentucky basketball, a little 9 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:27.760 bit of football in there, but this is the kind 10 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:30.600 of day where you're still talking about the game in 11 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:35.439 the rearview mirror, but you're looking ahead to the upcoming 12 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:38.840 game on Saturday. And now the framework of that game, 13 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:42.439 based on how Kentucky came back and beat Texas A 14 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:46.640 and M and beat the Aggies by playing Aggie basketball 15 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.960 kind of ground it out tough defense. And now you've 16 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:52.840 got Alabama coming to town, which could end up being 17 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:55.079 a track meet. I mean, it could be just like 18 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:58.799 the Florida game, because Alabama's defense isn't nearly what A 19 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.479 and M's defense is, but Alabama may have more athletes, 20 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:04.959 and of course A and M was missing its best player. 21 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:08.359 So and like I always said, it didn't play four 22 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.000 on five. They had a guy out there, maybe not 23 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:14.400 quite as good as Waye Taylor, but I think A 24 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:18.879 and M made adjustments minus Taylor, and it gave other 25 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:22.159 guys a chance to get some stuff done. And therefore 26 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:25.079 they're jacking up threes and hitting them in the first half. 27 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:27.959 Maybe that doesn't happen if the offense is going through 28 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:31.280 one guy primarily in the first half. So anyhow, Kentucky 29 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:33.599 gets the win and now is in good shape going 30 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:36.319 into the game noon. Something you will hear right here 31 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:39.560 on six thirty WLAP. Coming up tonight, we're going to 32 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:41.799 talk to Gary Graves. He's been a guest on our 33 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:46.239 show before, but always as the Associated Press corresponded here 34 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.840 in Lexington. Well, he just retired, took a little early retirement, 35 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:52.439 as a lot of people do, but he has covered 36 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:54.560 Kentucky now for about a dozen years, so we'll get 37 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:57.480 his thoughts on what he has seen so far this season. 38 00:01:57.840 --> 00:01:59.920 Also going to talk to Lee K. Howard from WKA. 39 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:02.680 He covered the game the other night and shot the 40 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:06.680 video for WKYT, meaning he sat on the baseline right 41 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:09.199 next to the visiting team, so we'll get his thoughts 42 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:11.759 on the Cats, how they've developed, and some of the 43 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:14.639 things he heard and saw from the Texas A and 44 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:18.479 M bench during those guys, the shooters and women on 45 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:20.680 those baselines. I always have good stories to tell. I 46 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:24.360 like that. Also Tim Sullivan, freelance journalist over in Louisville, 47 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:28.120 who has worked for newspapers throughout his career in Cincinnati, 48 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:31.759 San Diego, Louisville, who's with a Courier journal now a 49 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:35.520 freelance writer, will get his thoughts and observations on the 50 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:38.800 Cats and the Cards over in Louisville. It's going to 51 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:43.159 be interesting Saturday to see if Travis Perry can take 52 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.000 that next step. And I mentioned him last night. Everybody 53 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:49.360 was talking about Travis, and I said we would get 54 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:52.639 more into it tonight. So here we are. Mark Pope 55 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.719 was asked by Daryl Byrd. Of course literary wrote the 56 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:59.639 book on Travis Perry, the publisher of The Cat's Pause 57 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:03.680 and the lead columnist. He asked Pope about the fact 58 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:06.960 that they had to throw Travis Perry and of course 59 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.080 he's now the number two point guard since Kirk Crisa 60 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:14.360 is injured. And you talk about tough minutes and having 61 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:17.280 to learn literally on the fly, against a team like 62 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:20.520 Texas A and M. But as Pope pointed out, Perry 63 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:21.159 was up to it. 64 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:26.199 He's terrific, isn't he Against a really complicated defense like 65 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:28.639 this is not an easy defense to kind of figure out. Like, 66 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:30.439 you know what, our guys are pretty good at They're 67 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:32.120 pretty good at figuring out what they're seeing, and we're 68 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:32.680 pretty good. 69 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:33.240 About coaching them. 70 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.199 And when things change as much as they did with 71 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:37.159 Texas M, that's the next step for us is to 72 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:40.960 be able to really change with the changes. But TP, 73 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:44.639 you know, I mean, yeah, it was a big shots, 74 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.439 really big shots, right. They made us feel a whole 75 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.919 lot better. And he's got no fear and he's just 76 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:53.080 going out to play, and you know, it's fun. 77 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:55.560 You know, if you. 78 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:58.080 Chart his trajectory, you just get to see these little 79 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:00.000 steps that he's taking. We all get to say. It's 80 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:04.039 It's one of the great things about coaching and being 81 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:08.000 fans that are really invested, which is BBN, is you 82 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:11.439 actually get to see like the beginning and the middle 83 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.000 and the growth that we get to prognosticate about where 84 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:17.680 they're going and to see these guys grow as special. 85 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:20.279 TP is definitely do that. This is a high pressure game, 86 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:23.399 is top ten game against one of the best defenses 87 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:24.720 in the country, and he was terrific. 88 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:27.680 He was terrific, no question about that. Gave them good 89 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:31.000 minutes and Perry talked to the media after the game 90 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:34.079 just about how he's grown since becoming a Wildcat. 91 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:36.680 The reps. Obviously from the beginning of summer till now, 92 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:37.000 I've had. 93 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:38.519 A lot of reps against the best point guards of 94 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:41.680 college basketball, against some of the best defenders in college basketball, 95 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:43.959 so that goes a long way. But also just getting 96 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:46.439 more comfortable in the college game, Like the pace is 97 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:48.399 starting to come to me a little bit, just the feels, 98 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:50.920 the reads, like I keep saying, the game is slowing 99 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:52.480 down for me a little bit, and that's something that's 100 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:55.000 big to get more comfortable out there. And then the 101 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.240 confidence side of it, like like guys are really showing 102 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:59.199 a lot of confidence in each other, Like that's something 103 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:01.160 we've had all season, and so when you're out there 104 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:03.240 and know that everybody on the bench, the coach is said, 105 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:04.439 everyone has confidence in here. 106 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:07.720 It goes along with our Jack Gibbons on Tom Leach's 107 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.399 show this morning talking about Travis and Jack made a 108 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:14.040 really interesting point no surprise, he said he was a 109 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:17.160 little bit. Jack was a little bit relieved when Travis 110 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:19.720 got into the game the other night and almost immediately 111 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:23.480 committed a turnover. But it I'm paraphrasing, that didn't really 112 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:25.720 affect his game. He just kept right on going. You 113 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:28.920 saw how well he played, and Jack said that told him. 114 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:32.399 Told Jack that Travis has been able to relax more 115 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:35.839 and not worry about making mistakes, understand and accept the 116 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:38.680 fact that mistakes are going to happen. You just got 117 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:41.639 to move on to the next play. And certainly now 118 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.639 we are seeing that in Travis. Perry and Travis talked 119 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:48.079 about how much more comfortable he is with just really 120 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:49.759 not thinking, just going out and playing. 121 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:51.279 That's something that I was really working on. 122 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:54.399 He's just being more confident, being more decisive, and like 123 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:57.120 you said, just being quick to pull the trigger. 124 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.120 That's something that the credits the kur. 125 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:01.199 Kurt told me all the time, him and one of 126 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:04.079 our gas Austin Folk, just just being able to come 127 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:04.959 in and make shots. 128 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:06.600 Like sometimes whether whether you. 129 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:08.120 Make the shot, miss the shot, take the shot, you 130 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:10.000 might be coming out of the next media, so just 131 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:12.040 be ready to kind of bring a spark, bring a 132 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:13.720 spark when you're in there and take advantage of the 133 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:14.680 opportunities that are given. 134 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:17.920 That's Travis Perry, and I'm really curious to see when 135 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:21.319 he does get in against Alabama what kind of game 136 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.399 he has, because this one could be a track meet. 137 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:27.240 It absolutely could look like the Florida game because that's 138 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:31.040 the way Alabama likes to play. And obviously Kentucky's at 139 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:33.480 its best in transition, shooting threes, you know all that. 140 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:36.040 So it's gonna be fun. You'll hear it right here 141 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:39.879 on six point thirty WLAP A couple of other UK 142 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.680 basketball notes. Nick Richards, the guy who didn't get to 143 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:47.240 play his last year at Kentucky in the nca Tournament 144 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:50.000 because of COVID, has been with the Charlotte Hornets and 145 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:53.680 playing well. He's been traded to Phoenix, which is trying 146 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:57.040 to make a run toward the playoffs. Charlotte wasn't gonna 147 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.759 get there, and they made a trade to bring in 148 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:03.600 and he had some pretty good numbers going off the 149 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.279 bench at Charlotte nine points a game, seven and a 150 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:11.519 half rebounds per game in just twenty one minutes per game. 151 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:16.439 Phoenix eleventh place in the Western Conference, nineteen and twenty, 152 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.560 and they're hoping he helps put them over the edge 153 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:24.120 and sadly into the playoffs. And by the way, you 154 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:25.920 know who had an eye on Nick Richards for a 155 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:30.079 while back in September, the Knicks. This is before they 156 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:34.279 got Karl Anthony Towns from the Timberwolves. That was a 157 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:37.480 huge deal when they sent Julius Randall, but they were 158 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:40.839 looking for big man help, so they were looking at 159 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:44.120 Nick Richards. And now he's got a new home in Phoenix. 160 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.160 So keep an eye on the Suns if you are 161 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:52.680 one to be interested. That's a past Wildcat future Wildcats 162 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:58.279 Jasper Johnson Malachai Moreno. Two of twelve players named the 163 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:03.000 Team USA for the twenty six annual Nike Hoop Summit, 164 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:07.639 only Duke had multiple players. That's the only other school. 165 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:11.639 Duke head three, but they were selected by the USA 166 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:17.600 Basketball Men's Developmental National Team Committee to compete against the 167 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:23.199 World team Saturday, April twelfth up in Portland. So great 168 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:27.240 experience for both. I want to say rip to Bob Yucker. 169 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:30.759 Never met the guy. I've heard stories, obviously, everybody has 170 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:33.159 seen him on TV and in Major League the movie. 171 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:37.679 Jeff Picicoro posted a picture of himself with Yuker. Jeff 172 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.039 of course a long time member of the Reds Network, 173 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:42.120 so got to hang out with him a little bit. 174 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:45.559 But Major League was really when Uker. I think he 175 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.000 had already done the miller like commercials and all, but 176 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:49.879 I think the nation fell in love with him all 177 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:55.360 over again. And everybody knows this line job. I don't 178 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:57.600 know about that one, but so many of his lines 179 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:00.679 in that movie where d libbd and he just went 180 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:02.480 up and had fun with it and the producers left 181 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:05.440 it in. He was such a vital part of the 182 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:09.519 success of that Major League franchise, really the movie franchise. 183 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:12.480 Not a great player, two hundred career hitter, but boy 184 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:15.360 could he tell stories, especially when he was on with 185 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:18.360 Johnny Carson making fun of the fact that he just 186 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:19.919 wasn't very good, or. 187 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:23.480 Maybe my last time at bat, I'd looking the visitors 188 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:25.000 doug out and see all the guys sitting there with 189 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:25.879 their street cloths on. 190 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:32.519 I also love when Carson held up a photo of 191 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:34.879 a bunch of players celebrating and they were pouring beer 192 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:37.000 in the Uker's mouth, and he said, is that a 193 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.720 celebration after a big win? They said, he said, now 194 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:42.480 that's me getting ready to play love that one. And 195 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:45.159 of course the knuckleball story. Best way to catch a knuckleball, 196 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:49.080 pick it up on a quitch rolling. He was priceless 197 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:52.639 and gone at the age of ninety. Rip Bob Buker. 198 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:56.519 I want to come on six thirty WLAP Welcome back 199 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.559 to the Big Moonsider. Coming up in a few minutes. 200 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:03.080 Gary Graves, who just recently retired from the Associated Press. 201 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.799 He has spent a long time covering the Wildcats and 202 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:07.600 a lot of other things. Who will talk to Gary? 203 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.799 Also Lee K. Howard from WKYT and Louisville based freelance 204 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.960 writer Tim Sullivan. We'll talk to him about the Cats 205 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:17.720 and the cards. But a lot going on around the 206 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:20.960 country last night, As always, let's start in the sec 207 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:25.159 you know, I'm sure the results by now. Tennessee destroyed Georgia. 208 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.840 Seventy four to fifty six was the final halftime. Georgia 209 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:32.120 is up a point. Georgia's up twenty six to twenty five. 210 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:35.240 And I was playing cards with some friends and we 211 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.559 had the game on, and every time we looked over 212 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:40.159 the lead kept getting bigger and bigger. I think it 213 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:44.159 was a thirteen to one run Tennessee began the second half. 214 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:48.000 Georgia got it down to eight at one point and 215 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:51.159 antened I looked up at twenty one. I mean, Tennessee 216 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:55.600 just absolutely destroyed the Bulldogs, who didn't quite get to 217 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:58.399 the free throw line as much in this game as 218 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:00.240 they did in their last couple of home games games 219 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:04.679 including Kentucky. But Tennessee was hitting, Georgia was not, and 220 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:06.759 the Volunteers go to three and one in the league. 221 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:10.320 Georgia now is two and two. Vandy gets a win 222 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:12.919 over South Carolina, which quite frankly, just isn't very good. 223 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:16.159 And you knew this going in. South Carolina was one 224 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:19.399 of the few have knots in the SEC as league 225 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:23.960 play began to unfold this season. Carolina's own four in 226 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:26.720 the league now Vandy two and two, fourteen and three 227 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:33.759 overall them Commodores. Texas gets its first conference victory in 228 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:39.799 basketball beats Oklahoma and Norman seventy seven to seventy three. 229 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:42.639 Texas was really kicking their butts in the first half. 230 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:46.320 We watched some of that game, and then Oklahoma practically 231 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:49.480 turned it around in the second half. But Ou is 232 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:52.799 still winless in the league and here's the thing. Oklahoma 233 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.600 thirteen and oh going into conference play thirteen and oh. 234 00:11:57.080 --> 00:11:59.759 Texas was eleven and two. So and you knew this 235 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:04.000 as you saw the records pile up that some of 236 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:06.399 this was because of scheduling. Everybody kept talking about how 237 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:10.879 amazing the SEC is, and by tournament time we may see, yeah, 238 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:14.919 it really is, but some of that was scheduling, and 239 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:18.200 clearly that was the case for Oklahoma and Texas, probably 240 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:24.120 South Carolina as well. So the surprises in the SEC. 241 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:26.799 Last name of the margins of victory. I thought the 242 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:30.720 Iowa State went over Kansas was pretty amazing. Iowa State. 243 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.039 I've seen him play like one half so far this year, 244 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:37.320 really good. They beat Kansas seventy four to fifty seven 245 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:41.320 in ames by the way, I will say, fifteen and 246 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:44.519 one now five and on the Big twelve, Kansas is 247 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:47.679 only quote unquote twelve and four, three and two in 248 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:52.000 the league. So not quite the powerhouse that some had 249 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:56.320 predicted for Kansas, at least not right now. Guess who's 250 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:00.480 undefeated after six games in the Big Ten. Michigan State. 251 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.879 Tom Mislo's got a ball club fifteen to two overall, 252 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:06.799 six to zero in the league. After beating Penn State 253 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:11.200 last night ninety eighty five, and Houston keeps rolling, knocked 254 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:14.039 off West Virginia at home last night five and on 255 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:19.360 the Big twelve, Houston is thirteen and three overall. None 256 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:22.639 of the other real powerhouses in action last night from 257 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:25.879 the top twenty five. And of course Wildcats taking on 258 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:29.919 Alabama Saturday afternoon at noon. You'll hear that game right 259 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:34.279 here on six thirty WLAP. You know by now that 260 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:40.879 the scuzz bucket who was verbally abusing the fan at 261 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:43.200 the Philly game. Yes he was a Green Bay Packers fan, 262 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:46.080 but didn't matter who she was rooting for. He has 263 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:50.600 been banned from lincoln Field for life. We'll see along 264 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:54.200 that stands up, and he's been fired from his job. 265 00:13:55.600 --> 00:14:00.600 But now, naturally, media members, at least a couple of them, 266 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:07.879 are questioning what happened. Questioning her fiance, two media types 267 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:11.440 pointed out the fact that this guy created a go 268 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:16.120 Fundme page to fund his travel to the game, and 269 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:19.879 he wore a body camera. He's a YouTube creator, So 270 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:24.480 now they're saying, we've been manipulated by this dude. Really, 271 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:30.360 so what was this guy's role in prompting the Philly 272 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:33.240 fan and they said, yeah, what that guy did was terrible. 273 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:37.600 But my reaction is, so what, And again not just 274 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:41.240 because they're fans of the Packers, So what? They created 275 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:45.679 a GoFundMe paid, that's smart. No one's forcing anybody to 276 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:49.039 give this guy and his fiance money to go to Philly. 277 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:53.080 No one's forcing anybody to watch his YouTube page, and 278 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:57.960 nobody's forcing the Philly fan to be a part of this. 279 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:02.879 It just clicked bait and two media people trying to 280 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:06.759 stand and also they're trying to cater to their fan base. Naturally. 281 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:09.279 I'm sure there are people out there who will stop 282 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:11.960 and pause and say, wait a minute, maybe this isn't fair. 283 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:16.440 It's ridiculous, is what it is. So is what's happening 284 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:22.120 out with the California fires. With regard to State Farm. 285 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:27.360 State Farm is canceled. It's commercial for the Super Bowl. 286 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:29.720 I don't know if they get the full refund on 287 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:33.879 their seven million dollar purchase, but they have gotten so 288 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:38.840 much flak, so much criticism. It's the largest property insurer 289 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:42.519 in California, but it announced in March twenty twenty four 290 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:48.000 it is not going to renew seventy two thousand property 291 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:53.799 insurance policies in the state because arising costs, outdated insurance regulations, 292 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:59.559 and it said increasing risks of catastrophes, including fires. That's 293 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:07.480 just great. So now, according to media which cover advertising 294 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:12.480 at age specifically, they've canceled their spot. They had one 295 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:15.759 last year. I don't remember it. They had Danny DeVito 296 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:19.200 and Arnold Schwarzenegger kind of reprising their role from the 297 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:23.759 movie Twins. So yeah, they're out. You know who else 298 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:26.080 is out? A member of the Ohio State football team, 299 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:34.159 a guy who apparently made famous from TikTok walk on 300 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:39.879 defensive lineman Caden Davis the Ohio State student newspaper. So 301 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.480 this guy's no longer on the team. The team wouldn't 302 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:47.840 give a specific reason, and he is a non factor 303 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:50.320 they say, in terms of you know, playing time and 304 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.440 things like that. But apparently he has two hundred and 305 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:57.279 seventy six thousand followers on TikTok and another one hundred 306 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:00.600 thousand on Instagram. He gives a behind us scenes look 307 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:04.440 at Ohio State football as a player on a daily basis, 308 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:09.799 and now he's gone. So this is kind of suspicious. 309 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:12.759 This is kind of weird. Although apparently he came under 310 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:18.359 fire video fire recently for a video featuring footage from 311 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:21.599 the trip to Texas for the college football semi final 312 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:24.400 at the Cotton Bowl. Some viewers questioned whether he was 313 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:27.440 actually on the trip because some of the footage actually 314 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:30.559 appeared to be from Ohio State's Cotton Bowl appearance at 315 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:35.559 the end of the twenty twenty three season. But now, 316 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:39.759 for whatever reason, they're not saying why he's gone, and 317 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:54.160 it seems kind of suspicious to his fans. One other 318 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:56.119 NFL note before we hit the brake. Some of you 319 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.759 out there are Cleveland Browns fans, probably of a certain 320 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:03.240 age because back in the day this was Cleveland Brown's territory, 321 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:07.000 because that's what you got on television. I can't imagine 322 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:09.240 anybody in this day and age without a tie to 323 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:11.640 the team or the area saying, by golly, I'm going 324 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:15.039 to root for the Browns. But they're trying to build 325 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:19.240 a new stadium and move about fifteen miles south of 326 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:22.200 where they are now. Well, the city has filed a 327 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:26.559 lawsuit because the team wants to build, or at least 328 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:30.759 the owner, a dome stadium in the suburbs, and the 329 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:34.440 suit filed in Cuyahoga County is looking to invoke what's 330 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.799 called the Model Law to stop the Rounds removing Art 331 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:40.759 Modell was the guy who snuck the Browns out of 332 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:45.519 town to Baltimore. But the state loss is any professional 333 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:48.799 sports owner who uses a tax supported facility for home 334 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:53.400 games and gets funding from the state or political subdivision 335 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:57.519 cannot leave until it gets permission to play elsewhere or 336 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:01.680 give six months notice. Given six months notice because they 337 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:05.200 couldn't move till twenty twenty eight. But they haven't gotten permission, 338 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:09.640 have they. So stay tuned, as we say, up next 339 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:11.960 to Gary Graves here on the Big Blue Siders six thirty, 340 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:14.319 Welcome back to the Big Blue Sider, and has promised 341 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:18.920 newly retired Gary Graves many many years with the Associated President, 342 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:21.559 a good deal of that right here based in Lexington, 343 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:24.079 but getting up and down the interstate, covering both UK 344 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:26.400 and U of L. And before we went on the air, 345 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:30.200 we were chatting about your retirement. You'll stay busy, but 346 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:35.200 you're still a fairly young man relatively speaking. Do you 347 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:38.240 think that, like maybe when the NCA tournament rolls around, 348 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:40.559 you'll feel like that old fire horse that here's the 349 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.920 bell and wants to get out and run. 350 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:47.400 Oh, definitely, definitely for the tournament, and for that matter, 351 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:50.680 you might see me on February first for the return 352 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:54.400 of a certain head coach to Lexington. 353 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:57.079 Oh yeah, yeah. 354 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:58.759 Yeah, I think I think that'll that'll that'll be a 355 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:01.680 story around here. I don't know if it's a story 356 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:04.720 in Arkansas right now, but we can talk about that later. 357 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:07.200 Well, I'm sure the cynics will say just stay there, 358 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:10.759 you know. But let's let's double back though and talk 359 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:13.039 a little bit gear. As I said, you worked for 360 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:16.680 the AP, which serves not just newspapers but broadcast outlets 361 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:21.000 as well. But media being what it is in this 362 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:24.200 day and age, Gary, where people get, for better or worse, 363 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:30.319 accurate or inaccurate, so much information off their their mobile device, 364 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:34.920 if you will. I still maintain there is an important 365 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:38.319 place in the world for agencies like the AP, which 366 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:41.119 still has standards. I was talking to some of the 367 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:42.880 younger people saying, you know what, when I was a 368 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:48.920 newspaper guy a long time ago, for instance, the Louisville newspapers, 369 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:51.440 it had to you know, whatever I wrote had to 370 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:54.319 go through three different people to get in the newspaper. 371 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:57.960 You know, so you were held accountable and there's just 372 00:20:58.000 --> 00:21:00.720 not as much of that anymore, which fuels to distrust 373 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:04.359 of the media. Not always fair because I remind people, 374 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:08.079 you're the media now, whoever I'm talking to, because you 375 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:10.799 got a phone in your hand, you're a publisher, and 376 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:13.160 that has that has just changed the world, hasn't it. 377 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:17.319 Oh yeah, yeah, you're so right. And for what it's 378 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:21.839 worth at the AP, you know, content still goes through 379 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:25.559 a couple of sets of eyes before it hits the 380 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:28.279 wire as we used to call it. Uh, you know. 381 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:32.480 Part of this transformation, which led to my occurrence status, 382 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:36.720 is that we have become more of a digital or 383 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:39.799 we're going to become more of a digital and kind 384 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:46.720 of image based platform because anything, I guess advancements you'll 385 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:49.279 force you to make changes in how you put your 386 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:52.559 content out there. And in our case, and I think 387 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:55.200 it's in the case of a lot of print and 388 00:21:55.240 --> 00:22:00.599 broadcast outlets that uh, you know, shorter, smaller bite seems 389 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:04.960 to be effective because you and I we're guilty of 390 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:08.240 it as well, that if we have to read past 391 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:11.720 two or three screens, then it's kind of lost our innswest. 392 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:14.599 You know, we want the basics and and part of 393 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:20.440 that is because everything is so instantaneous between alerts, between uh, 394 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:25.200 social media for for you know, good or bad. It's 395 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:28.880 still out there and that's how people have access to it. 396 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:33.000 And of course, you know, I mean sports Center still 397 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:36.839 serves a purpose and immediacy, so you know, you don't 398 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:40.240 have to wait for that that printed project or student 399 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:44.559 printed project product on your doorstep the next morning. And 400 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:48.400 might might sound really dated with that, but you know, 401 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:51.119