WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:02.759 Welcome to the Big Blue and Sider Dick Abriel with 2 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:05.719 you Tuesday edition of our program. Of course, we'll talk 3 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:10.039 Kentucky football tonight as the Wildcats prepare for well, actually 4 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:13.640 for media Day. I'm sure they're putting quips together for 5 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:16.399 us on Friday, then Fan Day on Saturday. And a 6 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:21.239 new Kroger poster has been released. It is a Kentucky 7 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:25.440 player wearing number twenty four, which has for so long 8 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:31.280 been Chris Rodriguez, but right now twenty four is Jaden Smith, 9 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.960 who is a freshman from Charlotte North Carolina listed as 10 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:39.560 an athlete. So it's really just a representative of representation 11 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:42.439 of a Kentucky football player, but it's pretty cool. So 12 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:44.920 if you want your poster, you can get one of Kroger, 13 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:47.920 or you can go to fanday or both. So that 14 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.439 comes up this weekend. Man, the talking season is rolling. 15 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:54.560 We'll also talk a lot of basketball tonight because we've 16 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:58.920 got more comments from the new Wildcats on the men's roster, 17 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:02.119 and we'll have some comments from the new players on 18 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:04.799 the women's roster. We had a chance to talk to 19 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:07.840 some of the UK women earlier today. Kenny Brooks has 20 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:09.280 been on the show. We've talked to a lot of 21 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:11.799 men's basketball as well, but for the first time we'll 22 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:15.840 hear from the women tonight. Also coming up Maggie Davis 23 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:20.519 of BBN Tonight in LAX eighteen, as well as Tom Leach, 24 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:24.959 the radio voice of the Wildcats, who hosted yesterday's Wildcat 25 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:28.959 kickoff luncheon and is already well schooled. He's been studying 26 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:32.079 hard this Kentucky roster, and I always like to get 27 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:38.680 Tom's perspective on things because he looks at predictive situations 28 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:41.200 like he's handicapping a horse race, and he's pretty good 29 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.159 at that. So I want to hear what Tom has 30 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:46.760 to say about the upcoming schedule as well as the roster, 31 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:50.400 because he indicated yesterday that he has already been doing 32 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:53.719 some deep dives on UK personnel. So that's coming up 33 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.560 a little bit later on. But we've got to talk 34 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:59.760 about what the state's been talking about for the last 35 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:03.400 six tent two hours or more, and that's last night's 36 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:07.920 TVT matchup of La Familia and the vill won by 37 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:10.840 of course, Kentucky. And I gotta tell you I watched 38 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:13.120 the second half. I will admit to you that I 39 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:17.479 was drawn in to the Olympic coverage of men's gymnastics, 40 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:21.639 of all things, and finally flipped over at halftime to 41 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:24.479 watch the second half. And it was a good first 42 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.919 half from all indication, and I saw the highlights, but man, 43 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.280 the second half was wild. Of course, the Wildcats win 44 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.960 it thanks to the Elam rule. That's the rule set 45 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:39.400 up created by a college professor actually, and what happens 46 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:42.120 is that at the four minute mark they stopped the 47 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:48.199 game and they agree upon a score that the teams 48 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:51.759 will try to reach. They will race to that final score. 49 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:56.400 And last night it was seventy and the Wildcats already 50 00:02:56.400 --> 00:03:00.520 had sixty four points. The Cardinals needed seventeen, so they 51 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:04.840 needed to outscore Kentucky seventeen to six. Basically, they had 52 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:07.879 to get to seventy before Kentucky got there, of course, 53 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:10.039 so really they had to score them seventeen to four. 54 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:13.719 And it didn't happen for a while there. You wondered 55 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:16.960 if anybody was going to score. Both teams came up 56 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.639 empty time after time after time, and I think the 57 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:24.479 Fox Sports people said that Kentucky as soon as that 58 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:31.319 score was indicated, Kentucky went nine possessions empty. Nine They 59 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:35.639 missed free throws, they missed layups, they missed jumpers, and 60 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:38.400 u of L did too, although u of L did 61 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:41.639 score at least one or two buckets one I think. 62 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:44.319 But what we saw, and if you were watching or 63 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:48.719 if you were there, what we saw retired basketball players 64 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:53.680 because they played hard, and both of these teams it 65 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:57.120 pretty much cruised through their first two games and they 66 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:59.599 didn't really have to extend themselves as much as they 67 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:04.120 did last night. I really felt like the defense was 68 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.280 pretty tough for a game like that. Now, these guys, 69 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.639 just about every one of them played professionally. They've either 70 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:14.960 played in the NBA or overseas and are still playing, 71 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:18.720 so they're in pretty good shape. You know, they've been 72 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:21.800 off for a little while, but they've also been playing 73 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:26.160 defense on the professional level, which meant last night it 74 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:29.879 was physical. There was one play down the stretch where 75 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:35.600 Andrew Harrison basically bumped in he had the ball, he 76 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.240 was trying to back in and defended. The defender falls 77 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:42.800 and trips Harrison, who's then called for traveling. So it 78 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:46.759 should have either been an offensive foul by Harrison, a 79 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:49.399 foul and the defender for tripping Harrison, who went to 80 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:52.759 the floor, but instaid they called a travel and Andrew 81 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:54.920 got up and I thought he was gonna say something, 82 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:57.279 but there were some really goofy calls, but they let 83 00:04:57.319 --> 00:05:01.480 him play. That's called letting him play. So anyhow, first half, 84 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.560 Kentucky team runs out to a double digit lead. Louisville 85 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.680 goes on a run late and cuts it to a 86 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:11.959 three point game at the half, although the key down 87 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:14.240 the stretch. In the first half, Willie cally Sneine hit 88 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:19.120 three three pointers. Willy cally Stein, but remember Biggs. In 89 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:22.920 the pro games, whether it's overseas or in the NBA, 90 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.480 they shoot threes. And calle Stein after the game said 91 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.240 he was hitting threes and shoot around. And he went 92 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:31.480 over to Tyler Smith and he said, or Tyler Eulis 93 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:34.240 rather and said, hey, this might be one of those Knights. 94 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:37.399 And Ulis the coach, said let it rip. So he 95 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:41.519 did and hit three three pointers. Third quarter Nate Cestina 96 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:44.839 five triples on his way to a game I twenty 97 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:49.360 two points. Kentucky outscored the Louisville guys what was it, 98 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:53.600 twenty four to six and got the lead and then 99 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:56.920 basically fought Louisville off. The Ville came back and back 100 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:00.519 and back as Kentucky, I thought shots let kind of 101 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:02.399 went down to drain a little bit too much one 102 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:05.879 on one stuff, because at first they were driving and dishing, 103 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:08.680 but then down the stretch it looked like they were 104 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.720 just trying to get it over with. But once they 105 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:17.000 set that score and tired players were missing shots, it 106 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:18.920 was just a matter of can you get to the 107 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:22.480 finish line. Willie Carley Stein scored on an old fashioned 108 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:25.279 three point play, took it to the Rackstrong hit his 109 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:28.600 free throw, and then it just like the previous game, 110 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:32.759 it wasn't a close score, but James Young ended things 111 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:35.600 for Kentucky with a three pointer. Well, last night it 112 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:39.279 was Andrew Harrison, not Aaron Harrison. You know, and Aaron was, 113 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:42.759 of course, was the author of those huge three pointers 114 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:46.879 in the NCA Tournament, including one against Louisville in twenty fourteen. 115 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:50.959 But last night it was Andrew draining a three that 116 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:54.879 ended things. Here's the way. John Fanta of Fox Sports 117 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:57.240 called it. This is a TV call, but you get 118 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:00.839 the idea. Eric Bledsoe had the basketball look, he was 119 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:04.360 looking four three, then he took it to the rack 120 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:07.399 and then he fanned it out to Harrison and here's 121 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:08.920 what it sounded like, what. 122 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:12.399 So attacks catch you shooting to Harris. 123 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:20.160 State it still. 124 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:26.199 And then all the silliness began. Nate Cistina immediately went 125 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:28.639 to L's down a lot of the players dead nagles 126 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:31.040 right there in the middle of the floor, and one 127 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:34.120 of the Louisville players spit on him and kind of 128 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:36.040 went at him like he was gonna try to get 129 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:38.319 physical with him. And if you don't believe me, check 130 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:40.360 out I think it was Channel eighteen at the best 131 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:42.560 video of it, you can see the guy was it 132 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.639 was on Aku came up and spit on Nate Cestina 133 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:50.399 and then it wasn't a brawl. It was described as 134 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:53.199 a brawl. I didn't see any punchers thrown, and I've 135 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.120 looked at video from four or five different TV stations, 136 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:58.879 and of course TV stayed with it. That That's what 137 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:02.079 surprised me the most is Fox Sports stayed with it. 138 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:04.680 They didn't cut away from it, which they usually do. 139 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:07.160 But I think they were having to kill time because 140 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:11.560 even after the dust up was over, they stayed on 141 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:12.839 the air. So I don't know if they were films 142 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:14.600 at the top of the hour or whatever, but it 143 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:19.319 was stupid, It was silly, and it looked like it 144 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.600 was over, and then it started up again. And thankfully 145 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:26.160 there were a lot of Louisville Metro Police there, not 146 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:30.360 the guys in the yellow windbreakers who were hired to 147 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:32.679 make sure people get to their seats properly and all 148 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:36.960 that stuff. No, they were bona fide Louisville Metro Police officers, 149 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:39.720 some of them pretty good size. They did a good 150 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:41.519 and sort of the coaches did a good job of 151 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:44.960 breaking things up. It is silly, you know. And I 152 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:47.759 don't know how you feel about El's Down. I'm not 153 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:50.159 a huge fan of El's down all the time if 154 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:53.759 you're a Kentucky fan, because all that does is signified it. 155 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:58.679 You don't think your program is viable unless you recognize 156 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:03.799 your arch rival them, ignore them. Why give them credence 157 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:07.919 and credibility. But if you've just beaten them on their 158 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:12.960 floor and that's their favorite gesture, El's well, El's down, 159 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:13.399 you know. 160 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:14.120 Uh. 161 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:16.279 I'm the same way with it with the long horns, 162 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:19.519 the horns down, up and down. Uh. You know, unless 163 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:22.440 you're in the middle of a game, taunting the other guys, 164 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:25.679 if you're on their home field, or court, or if 165 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:28.080 they've been flashing them at you, you can flash them 166 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.679 right back. So that's what Cistina was doing and other players, 167 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:35.919 as I said, and this guy decides he's going to 168 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:37.759 try to put a stop to it by spitting the 169 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:41.440 power of spit with Nate Cistina. So it was silly, 170 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:45.120 it was stupid, but it's just another chapter in the 171 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:48.279 history of this rivalry. Here's what Cistina said to w 172 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:51.200 l k Y TV over in Louisville right after the game. 173 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:53.320 A lot of crowd noise, but you can tell what 174 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:57.039 he's saying. 175 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.480 Guys that care about this live don't care about this stage, 176 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:05.039 not always. 177 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:10.039 Somebody made a good point on Twitter or x that 178 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:14.000 that just might be the last time a Louisville based 179 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:17.000 basketball team, you have l based plays at Freedom Hall 180 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:21.679 and it's a loss. I don't think that's accurate, simply 181 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:24.960 because I think this tournament's here to stay, at least 182 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.799 for the time being, and I think Louisville's going to 183 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:32.120 have a representative every year, as will UK and I 184 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:36.840 think Louisville's TBT entry will keep playing in Freedom Hall. 185 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:38.600 So I don't think it was the last time. Might 186 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:41.080 be the last time they play a team with a 187 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:44.679 UK based roster, but I think you'll still see some 188 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:50.080 games in TBT at Freedom Hall. So it was fun. 189 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:53.279 And now the Wildcat team goes. I'll keep calling them that. 190 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:55.840 They of course our love fora Meilia. They play in 191 00:10:55.879 --> 00:11:00.399 Philadelphia in the Final four on Friday night against the 192 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:05.279 team comprised primarily of Ohio State alumni and it's a 193 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:08.440 pretty good team, Carmen's Crew, I think it's called. So 194 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:12.600 that'll be fun. And Tyler eulis three and zero as 195 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.399 a head coach and it was interesting joining him on 196 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:19.240 the bench last night. Rajon Rondo stepped in who apparently 197 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:21.919 wants to be a coach as well. Tomorrow night, Sean Woods, 198 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:24.559 the Unforgettable guard to schedule to join us, and he 199 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:26.960 was right there. You saw him, you heard him as 200 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:30.279 Tyler Elis. The coaches were both miked up. Rhese Gaines, 201 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:32.799 who was one of my favorite UFL players to watch. 202 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:35.440 I thought he was a terrific player. He and Tyler 203 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.600 Elis both miked up. They kept it clean, it was live. 204 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:41.960 I'm sure they had a delay in place if they 205 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:44.600 needed it, but it was really interesting hearing them in 206 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:48.200 their huddles, but at one point Shawn Woods stepped in 207 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:51.080 when Kentucky was looking for a shot at needed. So 208 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:54.200 we'll talk up to Sean about that tomorrow night. I 209 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:57.559 mentioned the Olympics in the gymnastics. We'll talk about that 210 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:59.720 in the next break. But there have been a lot 211 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:03.440 of things happening in the summer game so far. We 212 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:06.440 talked about some of it yesterday and some more of 213 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:10.159 it popped up last night. We'll talk about that in 214 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:14.320 our next segment as well as the gymnastics. Someone Bios 215 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:16.600 and Company hard at work coming up at the bottom 216 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:18.720 of the hour, Tom Leach, the Voice of the Wildcats. 217 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:21.759 Hour number two, Maggie Davis of BBN Tonight here on 218 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:26.039 the Big Moon Sider six thirty WLAP Welcome back coming up, 219 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:29.519 Maggie Davis of BBN Tonight. Tom Leach will be with us. 220 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:31.799 At the bottom of the hour and our second hour, 221 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.720 we'll hear from some of the UK men's basketball players, 222 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:36.600 the new guys, of course, they're all new guys for 223 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:39.159 the most part. And then we're also gonna hear from 224 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:42.279 some of the UK women, including a returning player, but 225 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:45.759 only a couple came back to play for Kenny Brooks, 226 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:49.200 So lots of basketball talk in the second half hour, 227 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:51.639 but before that we'll talk a lot of football. But 228 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.879 right now we got to talk about gymnastics. Earlier today, 229 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:58.399 the US did it. The women won the gold after 230 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:03.720 winning silver last Olympics in Tokyo. Remember Simone Biles dropped 231 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:06.440 out after a single vault, but she was back in 232 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:10.559 full force today and really put on a great show. 233 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:13.879 So did Jordan Chiles, who did a tremendous job on 234 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.879 the floor routine and that basically locked it up for 235 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:19.799 the US. Simone Biles was kind of the cherry on top, 236 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:23.440 but the Americans won it by a full five points 237 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:26.480 head of second place Italy. Hey, how about that? Italy 238 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:30.360 wins the silver medal, first time for a women's team 239 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.480 medal in the Summer Games for Italy, I think it 240 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:38.120 was in like ninety eight years. Brazil took the bronze medal, 241 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:43.519 and all is right now with women's gymnastics and Simone Biles, 242 00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:47.120 who of course is married to a Green Bay packer, 243 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:50.039 thank you very much. But Sunny Lee, who of course 244 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.360 competed for Auburn jade Carey, and I mentioned Jordan Chiles 245 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:58.200 did it and got it done, a huge crowd cheering 246 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:02.519 them on, and Bio now oft the part of the 247 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:05.759 team that won it in twenty sixteen in Rio, but 248 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:08.759 things kind of fell apart for her in Tokyo back 249 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:13.000 winning the gold today. I mentioned earlier that I watched 250 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:16.960 the men's gymnastics last night and I covered gymnastics. I've 251 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:21.159 actually done some matches, some meets for a SEC network, 252 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:24.120 did him when I was working at WKYT as well 253 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:26.799 a couple of times. But of course UK doesn't have 254 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:31.840 men's gymnastics, most schools don't. But it's phenomenal the power 255 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:35.440 and strength that well the women, yes, but the men 256 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:38.720 as well, on the rings and on the pommel horse. 257 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:42.679 It's pretty incredible. But the big story last night was 258 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:46.240 that there was one guy who did one event and 259 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:51.399 that was the pommel horse, Stephen Nedorasic, and he is 260 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:55.600 now part of a zillion memes because while his teammates 261 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:59.600 were out there doing multiple routines, this guy was a specialist. 262 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:03.600 Is a specialists. That's all he did. Twenty five years old. 263 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.480 He calls himself a nerd. He wears a black frame, 264 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:11.960 non prescription glasses, so that kind of you know, makes 265 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.080 him look even more like a nerd and doesn't wear 266 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:18.120 them when he's competing. But he just sat and waited 267 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:24.519 and waited and waited through his teammates' appearances, and it 268 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:26.159 cheered him on a little bit, but he was just 269 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:29.399 locked into his zone. And at one point NBC showed 270 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:34.919 him sort of pantomiming his own routine, getting himself ready 271 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:39.240 for the pommel horse, and so all that pressure was 272 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:43.600 on him when he got up and jumped on that 273 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:47.200 poma horse for the biggest moment of his life for 274 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:52.279 his routine, and he killed it, crushed it. Scored fourteen 275 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:54.639 point eighty sixty six. If you get up over fourteen, 276 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.039 that's pretty amazing. Now, they didn't win the gold, No, 277 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:01.039 the US team won the bronz but it was the 278 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:05.759 first time since twenty eight that the USA had won 279 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:10.159 a medal in men's team gymnastics, and so the pommel 280 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:14.080 horse guy got it done. China one, which China, oh 281 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:18.799 I'm sorry, Japan won. China came in second. China had 282 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:22.240 some issues with personnel and one of their key competitors 283 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:26.000 fell off the high bar a couple of times, and 284 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:30.120 Japan jumped in there and took the gold medal, but 285 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:35.320 Team USA. Thanks to the pommel horse Guy, the nerd, 286 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:40.200 self professed nerd, came up with the bronze medal and 287 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:43.080 celebrated as though they had won the goal. They got 288 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:47.559 by Great Britain by a couple of points and the 289 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:52.279 Americans were actually in seventh place prior to the pommel 290 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:56.720 horse Guy's routine, but he flipped those standings and flat 291 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:59.080 out got it done. It's not a shock he had 292 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:04.119 won the US Almhorse Championship this year, but the Penn 293 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:07.759 State graduate had to get it done on the biggest stage, 294 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:11.359 and he did got a chance to watch some of 295 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.599 the women's volleyball. Unfortunately, Team USA loses to China. The 296 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:19.920 US team is the defending gold medal champ and of course, 297 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:22.680 one of the members of that team, Avery Skinner, who 298 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.720 up Kentucky win the national championship a couple of years ago, 299 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:31.519 then transferred to Baylor. But she played really well and 300 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:33.960 in fact, she was one of the reasons, one of 301 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:37.599 the biggest reasons that the Americans, who had fallen behind 302 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:40.519 two games to none, came back and make it made 303 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:42.599 it a five set match. They won the next two 304 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:45.440 and they were going for what they call the reverse sweep, 305 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.200 but they fell behind. They played a fifteen in the 306 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:51.440 fifth match, just like in college, and just could not 307 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:54.759 hold off the Chinese. It is pool play, though, so 308 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:58.119 the Americans are still alive. They played the second match 309 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:02.839 of their preliminary round tomorrow against Serbia. Then they meet 310 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:07.000 France on Sunday in the pool play finale. Top two 311 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:09.319 teams in each of the three pools and the top 312 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:13.279 two third place teams advanced to the knockout rounds, so 313 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:17.440 Team USA still good haul in the gold. A couple 314 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.680 of other stories coming out of the Olympics that I've 315 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:22.960 kind of enjoyed. One of them, Ryan Murphy, who is 316 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:26.079 a swimmer, won a bronze medal and when he came 317 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:30.480 out of the pool on Monday, he checked in with 318 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:33.160 his wife after the one hundred meter backstroke Monday night, 319 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:36.240 he looks up into the stands after the race and 320 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:39.920 there she is Bridgid holding up a sign they're expecting, 321 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:45.519 and the site says, Ryan, it's a girl. How about that. 322 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:50.039 That's one of the coolest gender reveals ever, And he said, 323 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:52.440 that's the first time I'd heard the gender. I don't 324 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:54.359 know if you'd paid attention to much of this at all. 325 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:57.319 But there was a great question about the Sane River, 326 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:01.119 and of course that's where the all the boats came 327 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:06.759 through with all the athletes. The triathlon postponed the water 328 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:10.759 is too filthy levels of E coli here the mayor 329 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.799 had swum in the river just to show how clean 330 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:19.839 it was. No, the Men's Olympic Triathlon postponed two contaminated 331 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:25.000 for safe swimming. Welcome to Paris. Tom Leach is next 332 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:29.400 year on The Big Blue Sider six thirty WAP. Welcome 333 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:32.319 back to the Big Blue Insider. And as we mentioned yesterday, 334 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:37.000 Tom Leach hosted the annual Kickoff luncheon over at Kroger Field, 335 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:39.880 a full house, a lot of Kentucky football fans. Tom 336 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:42.720 on our Celebrity Hotline and Tom I mentioned earlier in 337 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:46.359 the show that based on everything I heard you say 338 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:49.960 on your show, but yesterday talking to the head coach 339 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:53.519 and the coordinators, you're already deep into your study of 340 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.559 this year's team, aren't you. 341 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:58.319 Oh yeah, it's that time of year or so it's 342 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:03.359 eager to get out to practice and start you know watching, uh, 343 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:07.119 you know, to see who's making a move, because you know, 344 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:10.960 I think it's unlike basketball where you know, I have 345 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:13.880 you know, lineup boards I do, or you know the 346 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:16.519 stats and whatever that will one year to the next, 347 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:19.039 and in some cases a lot of times with football 348 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:21.319 this year you can just you know, change Ian Walker 349 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:23.720 from a sophomore to a junior, maybe you know, change 350 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.920 the weight on somebody. But uh, you know, basketball is 351 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:31.200 a different story where it's almost no names to carry 352 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:33.440 over on the chart. But yeah, Football's got a lot 353 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:38.440 of depth, which just makes me think that there's good 354 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:42.960 reason to be optimistic because they have I think several 355 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.880 guys that will hear their name called in the draft 356 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.359 and that usually uh matches up to really good seasons, 357 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:51.319 and they should have the depth to withstand a few 358 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:52.240 injuries along the way. 359 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:55.119 Before I get into that, I'm curious. I don't think 360 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:57.200 I've ever asked you about this. I've talked to Jeff 361 00:20:57.200 --> 00:21:00.319 Acor about it, but I will freely admit when I 362 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:04.079 go to practice, I'm I'm rarely certain of what I'm seeing, 363 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:09.519 and by that I mean the technique of lineman assignments blown. 364 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:12.720 I always can tell who's throwing the ball well, who's 365 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:15.880 catching or not catching the ball well, you know, and 366 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:18.119 if a coach is chewing somebody out or whatever. You 367 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:20.920 see a big play, you know that's going on. Maybe 368 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:24.119 somebody is getting more reps than the other. But when 369 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:26.480 you go to practice, what do you look for? What 370 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:29.720 do you watch? Do you talk to any of the 371 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:32.279 coaches ahead of time to find out what may be up? 372 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.160 You know what I mean? 373 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:37.799 Yeah, Well for a guy like Jeff who played, yeah, 374 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:41.599 he's gonna think understand it that some of the technique 375 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:44.960 things probably at a level more than you or I 376 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:48.960 or most of us would. But so what I'm looking for, Yeah, 377 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:51.200 I'll talk to coaching a lot of them during breaks 378 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:54.559 in practice or something, or ask about you know, uh, 379 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:58.640 somebody you know he you know, moving up to the 380 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:01.599 depth chart whatever, or you know about about the matchup 381 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:04.759 that week or some something where you I'm looking and 382 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:07.440 then what otherwise I'm looking for, you know, because I'm 383 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:09.799 going to fill out my depth chart, So I want 384 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:14.039 to know you know, who's uh, you know, maybe in 385 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:17.839 line to play more that week maybe than they have 386 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:22.200 been or less. Those kinds of things you know, pick 387 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:24.759 up maybe you know, talking to one of the guys 388 00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:27.480 or one of the coaches, just some nugget of information 389 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:30.640 that you can use to enhance the broadcast or to 390 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:33.880 set you know, Jeff or you up for something to 391 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:37.960 talk about during the game. So yeah, a lot of 392 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.799 a lot of what I get out of it comes 393 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:42.720 from some of those conversations. And then just you know, 394 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:46.200 helping out to fill out a death chart, and then 395 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:48.359 you know if somebody's you know, just starting to notice 396 00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:52.160 somebody making plays. I remember a couple of examples Betty 397 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:56.920 Snell's first year. The first scrimmage I watched, They'll have 398 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:02.240 two scrimmages in August on Saturday, the Fan Days. This 399 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:04.799 this Saturday, but then the next two scrimmages are the 400 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:06.720 ones that I always like to watch because it gives 401 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:09.000