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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, hour number two here on a Thursday afternoon

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<v Speaker 2>Coffee and company. That's us and we are fueled by

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<v Speaker 2>Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. You knew that,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just like saying it. We also have Austin

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<v Speaker 2>Montgomery back with us today, and I like saying that

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<v Speaker 2>too because I like having him around. Good vibes, good vibes.

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<v Speaker 2>And really, since we've been you know, an item together

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<v Speaker 2>here on the air, really since I guess it's been gosh,

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<v Speaker 2>a few months now, right, Like I said, I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like it's been a few weeks, but actually it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been a few months. It's our few month adversary,

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<v Speaker 2>it's probably and Louisville basketball is UH is in a

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<v Speaker 2>good place and that's been a lot of fun and

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<v Speaker 2>I hope the fund continues. But I was complaining at

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<v Speaker 2>the start of the show today because I hate having

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<v Speaker 2>to wait for this team to to play because I

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<v Speaker 2>want to watch them every day, but they are off

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<v Speaker 2>until Tuesday. They'll bring in wake Forest and currently wake

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<v Speaker 2>Forest a team that I guess is kind of sniffing

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<v Speaker 2>the bubble. I guess you could. I mean, what I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know is like, if you're on the outside looking in,

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<v Speaker 2>how deep do you have to be outside for you

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<v Speaker 2>to be considered a bubble team? Because Wake, you know

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<v Speaker 2>they're not in the first full out of the next

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<v Speaker 2>four out there in that next group, So I guess

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<v Speaker 2>technically you're still alive, but doesn't look promising and went

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<v Speaker 2>over Louisville as sadly as it sounds, could be a

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<v Speaker 2>big difference maker for him, and used to be, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>beat Louisll at Louisville would be a big deal to anybody,

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<v Speaker 2>but obviously that's not been the case for a little

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<v Speaker 2>while now. But currently this is a game Louisville is

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<v Speaker 2>projected to win seventy five to sixty five according to

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<v Speaker 2>Ken Palm. And before they make the trip to Louisvill

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<v Speaker 2>they'll be hosting Duke on Saturday, and that is the

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<v Speaker 2>game they're projected to lose seventy two to sixty. So

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<v Speaker 2>right now, Wake for is good record. I mean, they're

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen and four overall and it looks like they have

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<v Speaker 2>just the one loss in league play, and that came

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<v Speaker 2>against the kame against Clemson, who is one of the

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<v Speaker 2>better teams in the league, so maybe they are legit.

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<v Speaker 2>They beat Carolina the other night. That's actually a good

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<v Speaker 2>win for him as well, even though Carolina is struggling.

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<v Speaker 2>They're certain the alant a bad team. So the losses

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<v Speaker 2>for Wake right now Xavier, Florida, Texas, A and M

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<v Speaker 2>and Clemson, so three of their losses are against top

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five teams. When it comes to the Kimpom ranking,

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<v Speaker 2>Xavier is a team that's not there. They're forty fifth

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<v Speaker 2>right now. In fact, let me back up, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>realize it. Maybe this Wake Forest team is actually I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>in fact, I'm kind of wondering why their resume is

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<v Speaker 2>not better because again, no bad loss, and they have

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<v Speaker 2>wins against Michigan, who's number twelve in the km POM.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Dusty Mace team's been pretty good. They look

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<v Speaker 2>like one of the better teams in the Big ten.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's a good win for him. But it looks

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<v Speaker 2>like they're number are so bad. Look, this is something

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<v Speaker 2>you can control, you know. Steve Forbes is somebody that

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<v Speaker 2>I happen to like. I don't know how great of

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<v Speaker 2>a coach he is, but I think he's I think

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<v Speaker 2>he's good, and I always feel like he's the coach

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<v Speaker 2>that will have a team that's dangerous enough to where

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<v Speaker 2>if they get rolling, maybe they don't make a deep

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<v Speaker 2>run to the tournament, because in fact, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>they've made the tournament. Und Steve Forbes feel like they'll

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<v Speaker 2>mess around and beat somebody just because of how they play.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I think he's done a pretty good

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<v Speaker 2>job of putting his roster together there. But there's no

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<v Speaker 2>excuse to have this schedule because you've been there long

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<v Speaker 2>enough to where you can't blame I mean, how long

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<v Speaker 2>has Steve Forbes has been there? At least four years? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>he got hired in twenty Let's see, he got hired

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty one, so this is his fifth year

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<v Speaker 2>at Wake Forest. There's no way these games on the

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<v Speaker 2>schedule are what he inherited. So he's building his schedule

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<v Speaker 2>with Coppin State and North Carolina A and T, two

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<v Speaker 2>teams that are three hundred and twenty one and up.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, Coppin State's three sixty two. That's got to

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<v Speaker 2>be one of the worst teams in the country. That

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<v Speaker 2>you play and you only beat them by fifteen, Like

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<v Speaker 2>just playing that team is a metric l I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>this is I think I now answered my own question.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason they have a good record and they have

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<v Speaker 2>no bad losses, and they have a couple of valuable wins,

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<v Speaker 2>but yet they're still not in the tournament or really

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<v Speaker 2>even close to the to the you know, looks like

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<v Speaker 2>they're trying to get on the bubble is because of

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<v Speaker 2>their schedule. Like this was avoidable too, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>Like this has got to be killing wake Forest. In

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<v Speaker 2>the numbers again, they're fifteen and four overall. They have

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<v Speaker 2>a win over number twelve in the kin Pom. They

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<v Speaker 2>have a win over number thirty three in the kin Palm.

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<v Speaker 2>All their losses outside of one are in the top

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five, and the one that's outside of the top

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five is forty five. It's not like it's a

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, in fact, it's a quad one loss for them.

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<v Speaker 2>So they played Coppin State, who's three sixty two in

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<v Speaker 2>the kin Palm, and only beat them by fifteen. They

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<v Speaker 2>played usc Upstate, who is three point thirty eight in

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<v Speaker 2>the kin Palm, only beat them by five. They play

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<v Speaker 2>Western Carolina and only beat them by thirteen. They played

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<v Speaker 2>Detroit Mercy and only beat them by ten. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not saying this is the way that it should be,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's a known thing. Playing those teams is dangerous,

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<v Speaker 2>not because you might lose to them, but you could

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<v Speaker 2>get crushed in numbers that are used to seed and

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<v Speaker 2>field the NCAA tournament. This is avoidable. It's absolutely avoidable.

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<v Speaker 2>They've played four three hundred range teams in the kin

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<v Speaker 2>Pom and they didn't blow them out. I mean, Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>beat Bellerman by thirty and fell in the Knpom Like

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<v Speaker 2>that tells you what you have to do. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>saying it's right, because clearly the formulas flawed. You shouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be held to the standard of beating teams by like

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<v Speaker 2>fifty in order to make a big jump. And quite literally,

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<v Speaker 2>if you were to play one of these teams now

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<v Speaker 2>in the three hundreds, if you didn't beat them by thirty,

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<v Speaker 2>I bet you would fall maybe substantially. So again I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not saying it's right, but it's clear this is how

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<v Speaker 2>it works, and you have control. You have to I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the game. You got to know how to

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<v Speaker 2>play and scheduling these teams is just stupid. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>also another issue that I've had for years when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to both the KNPALM and the NET and really

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<v Speaker 2>any of them. They don't factor winning and losing as

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<v Speaker 2>much as they should because you can clearly be a

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<v Speaker 2>team like North Carolina right now, I mean Carolina right

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<v Speaker 2>now is let's see, the KNPOM loves them. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if that's the case in the NET. I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like they weren't as high in the NET, but still

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<v Speaker 2>Carolina right now they are in the NET rankings, Carolina

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<v Speaker 2>is at thirty nine. That's not that good, right But overall,

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<v Speaker 2>listen to this, Carolina is in the top forty of

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<v Speaker 2>the NET rankings and they are only twelve and eight.

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<v Speaker 2>But every one of their losses until the last two

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<v Speaker 2>were to really good teams Louisville, Florida, Alabama, Michigan State,

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<v Speaker 2>Auburn Camp. So six of Carolina's eight losses are to

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<v Speaker 2>teams in the top twenty three, and they played all

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<v Speaker 2>of them competitively outside of gosh, and that's what's weird

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<v Speaker 2>about Carolina. You know, they didn't beat any great teams.

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<v Speaker 2>They played a lot of really good ones, and they

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<v Speaker 2>were right there, could have won a couple of them.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, they just and again I guess I

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<v Speaker 2>should want to prop up the ACC and Carolina, especially

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<v Speaker 2>considering Louisville beat them, and that's a win that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the better they look, the better the win is for Louisville.

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<v Speaker 2>But they're twelve and eight. They shouldn't They shouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>even considered a bubble team. They shouldn't be top forty

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<v Speaker 2>in any metric when you have that many losses. And

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, their last two losses are bad ones.

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<v Speaker 2>Stanford eightieth, Wake four is seventy seven. Those are the

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<v Speaker 2>two losses that they have. I mean, the win against

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<v Speaker 2>UCLA looks decent. They had a win against Dayton that

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<v Speaker 2>I thought was going to be solid. Dayton's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>falling apart in the A ten. And so you know

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<v Speaker 2>Wake Forest. I mean that if I was a fan,

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<v Speaker 2>like a diehard fan of Wake Forest, like I am

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<v Speaker 2>a diehard fan of Louisville basketball, and I was in

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<v Speaker 2>the position that they were in, I'd be livid at

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<v Speaker 2>my coach because that's avoidable. You don't need to play

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<v Speaker 2>those teams, and it's quite literally put you in a

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<v Speaker 2>position to where right like the projected the projected finish

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<v Speaker 2>for wake Forest here, like let's say they let's say

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<v Speaker 2>Wake Forest loses to Duke in Louisville, but they beat

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<v Speaker 2>Pitt Stanford, Cal Florida State, lose to SMU, beat NC State,

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<v Speaker 2>beat Virginia, beat Notre Dame, lose to Duke, beat Georgia Tech.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a very I could see that being the absolute

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<v Speaker 2>finish for them in all seriousness, and if that was

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<v Speaker 2>because of how down the league is right now, meaning

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<v Speaker 2>like a lot of these teams are going to play

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the way or borderline top one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>in these formulas. Therefore, you could have a gaudy record,

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<v Speaker 2>but your net and your kin palm will probably be,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, not even top fifty. And yet you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have a record that might look like fourteen and six

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<v Speaker 2>in the in the ACC twenty two and nine overall,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't even I mean, I don't even know

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<v Speaker 2>what they would do with you when it comes to that.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, you really should never schedule in the

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<v Speaker 2>three hundreds. But if you're gonna do it, one, you

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<v Speaker 2>better beat them bad, and you better play in a

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<v Speaker 2>loaded league. To where you're gonna have countless opportunities to

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<v Speaker 2>play really good teams of value, and even if you lose,

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<v Speaker 2>you're losing to good teams, so it's not held against

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<v Speaker 2>you too much. I mean, the ACC is not that anymore. So.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I kind of feel like wake Forest needs

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<v Speaker 2>to steal a game against like Duke in order to

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<v Speaker 2>feel like they've got a real shot to get in.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course not, you know, slip up and lose

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<v Speaker 2>to to anybody else that you know you shouldn't lose to,

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<v Speaker 2>all right. Pat Kelsey was on with the crew at

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<v Speaker 2>the Field of sixty eight. John Fanta Love John Fanta, Milf? Man,

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<v Speaker 2>I love Fanta. That's milf, right, yeah, man, I love

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<v Speaker 2>Fanta Milf. We're milfing like whenever, Like I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if you guys do it and me and my me

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<v Speaker 2>and my boys do it. When we're watching a college

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<v Speaker 2>basketball game that happens to be on Fox and we

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<v Speaker 2>got Phanto on the call with the Big East, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just send out the signal. It's milftime, the milf signal.

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<v Speaker 2>It's milftime, baby, man, I love Fanta. Let's lock in

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<v Speaker 2>and watch some college basketball with the most electrifying man

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<v Speaker 2>in the game man. He brought some juice to Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>for the fe for the for the TVT when he

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<v Speaker 2>was on the call Love Me Some John Phantom. So

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<v Speaker 2>he had Pat Kelsey on like a thirty minute conversation,

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<v Speaker 2>which you know, I'm not going to play the entire

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<v Speaker 2>thing for you because you know, we don't even have

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<v Speaker 2>it's just Pat talking about his team and uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>gassing up these guys that have been really really great

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<v Speaker 2>but there's little things that you can see, like the

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<v Speaker 2>what he was like, if you're in the handshake line

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<v Speaker 2>a sore loser like you are, you're weak. So yeah, chucky, chucky.

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<v Speaker 2>Hepburn tracked the guy down who didn't shake hands and

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<v Speaker 2>Alpha moved by Chucky. Goodness gracious because the guy did

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<v Speaker 2>shake his hand after that, like godfather, yea, Like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>to Johnny ball Game. He's one of us. So little

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<v Speaker 2>things like that, it does seem as if Pat Kelsey

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<v Speaker 2>able to play the way he wants to play and

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<v Speaker 2>buy into the system. But also like, I think these

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<v Speaker 2>and they've got a real good chemistry. There's not a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of selfishness. In fact, I don't think there's any

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<v Speaker 2>selfishness going on, which again, that's what you want. That's

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<v Speaker 2>one of those things where you you don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily really overdo it when it comes to a plotting

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<v Speaker 2>a team for doing what they're supposed to do. But

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<v Speaker 2>they're all brand new to each other, like they you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so that makes it. You know, it's not to say

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<v Speaker 2>that like it's it's never been seen before, but like,

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<v Speaker 2>of a lot of others would be able to recreate

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<v Speaker 2>the way they have. They've just got a real good

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<v Speaker 2>energy about them and they're never too high and never

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<v Speaker 2>too low. I mean, they went through a rough stretch injuries,

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<v Speaker 2>piling up losses to you know, but teams that are good.

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<v Speaker 2>But man, they got blown out in some of them,

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<v Speaker 2>and yet they came out ready to play. They got

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<v Speaker 2>they should have got beat by Eku, But I kind

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<v Speaker 2>of feel like that moment there was was the moment

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<v Speaker 2>that I don't know if this if they were if

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<v Speaker 2>they got scared, if I don't know what was done

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<v Speaker 2>in practice after that, but I'm telling you, when they

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<v Speaker 2>was just a little extra edge to this team and

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<v Speaker 2>they've been rolling with some real momentum ever since then,

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<v Speaker 2>here's Pat Kelsey. It's about two and a half minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll get to a break after this, but this is

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<v Speaker 2>him discussing his guys, which you know, I'm sure I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not the only love of a fan that any kind

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff like this, any sound, any content of Pat

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<v Speaker 2>Kelsey in this team, I'm all in on right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Gosh, it's hard to just single a lot a couple guys.

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<v Speaker 3>And I know you asked about reigning James and I'll

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<v Speaker 3>talk about them in a second. But the power of

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<v Speaker 3>the unit is what we talk about. The power of

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<v Speaker 3>the unit is what makes this team really good. We're deep,

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<v Speaker 3>We've had multiple guys. I mean, I think it's four

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<v Speaker 3>guys have had over twenty seven points in a game

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<v Speaker 3>this year, something like that, twenty five. So it's like

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<v Speaker 3>you can't just circle one guy on the scouting report.

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<v Speaker 3>CHUCKI Hepburn's one of the best point guards in the country.

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<v Speaker 3>Javon Hadley is a flat outstinking that's as versatable player

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<v Speaker 3>versatile you know of a players there is in the country.

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<v Speaker 3>Terrence Edwards, who's calling card is that of a score Deluxe,

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<v Speaker 3>but man, he has been over the last month in

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<v Speaker 3>this nine game winning streak, the heart and soul and

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<v Speaker 3>the catalyst of our defense. You know you mentioned Rayin Smith.

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<v Speaker 3>Hands down, in my opinion, the best shooter in the country,

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<v Speaker 3>the best shooter that I've ever coached. I mean, he

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<v Speaker 3>broke the school record at Charleston last year with ten

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<v Speaker 3>threes in a game, and then two weeks later he

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<v Speaker 3>broke it with eleven, and then he had that magical

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<v Speaker 3>performance last night. But he's so much more than just

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<v Speaker 3>a jump shooter.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>Skip used to say, you can't just be a suburban

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<v Speaker 3>jump shooter, and he's sure as heck, isn't. He's tough,

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<v Speaker 3>he's gritty, he's as buttoned up on scouting report as

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<v Speaker 3>anybody I've ever coached. He's an extension of the coach

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<v Speaker 3>on the floor, and he's a fun nomenal young man.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's so fun to see the nation take notice

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<v Speaker 3>as to the calibary player he is. James Scott. He's

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<v Speaker 3>one of my favorite players I've ever coached. I've never

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<v Speaker 3>met a more devoted committed basketball player.

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<v Speaker 2>Really.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I've coached hundreds of players, and I've never

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<v Speaker 3>seen anybody that you absolutely positively have to drag out

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<v Speaker 3>of the gym. He's a savant in terms of just

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<v Speaker 3>you know, his understanding at a young age of basketball concepts.

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<v Speaker 3>I think he's close to leading the country and dunks,

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<v Speaker 3>but there's so much more to him than just dunking

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<v Speaker 3>the basketball. And you know, it's great to see those

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<v Speaker 3>guys come from a quote unquote lower level and come

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<v Speaker 3>here and just thrive and succeed. And it's fun to see.

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<v Speaker 2>Man Pat Kelsey. He could charge a lot of money

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<v Speaker 2>on cameo just to gas people up. He's pretty good

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<v Speaker 2>at that. We all need a boy like that, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what I'm saying, Like one of your boys that

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<v Speaker 2>can just you know, yeah, can gash you up in

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<v Speaker 2>a way to make you believe it even if it's nonsense,

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<v Speaker 2>Like you know what, you're right, I am the man.

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<v Speaker 4>You did see that video right that I sent you

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<v Speaker 4>where he's driving down the road. I got some fans

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<v Speaker 4>took a failure of him, and I mean he's just

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<v Speaker 4>charged up what other coaches.

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<v Speaker 2>Are doing that And it's so him too, Like it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's something that you know, who knows. Maybe the person

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<v Speaker 2>that had it like isn't big on social media. They

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<v Speaker 2>just thought it was cool. But you know, I felt

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<v Speaker 2>like it was one of those things where we're seeing

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<v Speaker 2>him when there's not a whole lot of people around,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's he's That's exactly who I think he is, right,

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<v Speaker 2>the guy they would roll his window down and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>be fired up because fans next to him on on

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<v Speaker 2>you know, whatever road he was on, they recognized him

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<v Speaker 2>and they're excited because Louisville basketball's back. It's just a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of boys throwing als up. It's right, good stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Quick break will come back here on the other side,

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<v Speaker 2>give it a lock. Sports Talk seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Ninety now back to coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's

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<v Speaker 1>on Sports Talk seven nine day.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it was just your music that I missed the

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<v Speaker 2>most yesterday because yeah, because you're bringing it, you're bringing

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<v Speaker 2>it again today.

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<v Speaker 4>Good stuff, hus Thank you, sergy. Do you see my

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<v Speaker 4>faces turning around?

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<v Speaker 2>You're giving us the soundtrack that I feel like is

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<v Speaker 2>a good fit for for what we do here, which again,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a show. It's you know, it's it's a show,

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<v Speaker 2>and uh, it's a little bit of everything I like. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the tunes, the tunes are a part of it, and

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<v Speaker 2>we really have no when it comes to music, it

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<v Speaker 2>seems like when it when you bring us back, there's

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<v Speaker 2>really no genre that you won't that you won't include

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<v Speaker 2>in the show. I'm everywhere, dude, and I kind of

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<v Speaker 2>feel like that's the show. Like we're supposed to be

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<v Speaker 2>a sports show, and we are. We're a little bit everywhere,

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<v Speaker 2>but yeah, we go a lot of different places, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 4>Talk about Louisville basketball here, a monstrous basses over here, yep,

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<v Speaker 4>getting snowed in.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, And this is something that probably wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>been on the list for anybody if they were predicting

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<v Speaker 2>topics today. But I got the podcast up from yesterday's

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<v Speaker 2>show a little bit earlier, and it wasn't up yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>after the show apology. I literally just forgot about it

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<v Speaker 2>whenever Austin's out. I don't know if I have to

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<v Speaker 2>do it, but it's easier for me to just do it,

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<v Speaker 2>because if I emailed somebody and said, hey, can somebody

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<v Speaker 2>get the podcast, it probably would have gotten taken care of,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, later than when I would just do it.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyways, I'm looking here in our portal and we

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<v Speaker 2>can see, you know, numbers and whatnot. And I rarely

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<v Speaker 2>check this because I'm somebody that if I if I've

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<v Speaker 2>made it a point to look at our numbers on

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<v Speaker 2>the podcast every day, I would obsess over it. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'd check on it every now and then. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if I go a few months without looking and then

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<v Speaker 2>to see that we're continuing to grow, which is you

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<v Speaker 2>know what you want. But we also can check the

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<v Speaker 2>location of where people are downloading the podcast, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is the percentage of and I've always I've always found

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<v Speaker 2>this to be interesting and I haven't looked at it

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<v Speaker 2>in a long long time. But when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>the downloads that we have currently in the month of January,

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<v Speaker 2>sixty one percent of those downloads have come from this state,

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<v Speaker 2>so not a surprise. Kentucky. Eleven point three percent have

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<v Speaker 2>come from Indiana. OK. So Kentucky Indiana takes up seventy

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<v Speaker 2>roughly seventy two percent, basically three fourths of our of

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<v Speaker 2>everywhere else. But we have a new leader. I went

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<v Speaker 2>back and checked because I don't remember this being the case,

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<v Speaker 2>so not a new leader overall, but I guess a

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<v Speaker 2>new leader for third, like everybody's gonna always be, because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure these states really make it a priority to

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<v Speaker 2>be third place in the Coffee and Company State State's

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<v Speaker 2>found that to be really, really weird. So let me

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<v Speaker 2>there are four states that have two point two percent

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<v Speaker 2>add that up, that gets you a like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in the in the early eighties when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>they have fallen to fourth place. In Florida, the Sunshine

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<v Speaker 2>point five of competitive in our ratings. You know, and

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<v Speaker 2>I mean this when I say it, this is a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of fun. And I think what's made me be

417
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<v Speaker 2>able to continue to do it as as you know,

418
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<v Speaker 2>as long as I have and very fortunate, certainly not

419
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<v Speaker 2>probably the best at what I do, but I do

420
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<v Speaker 2>try to try my best, and you know, so far

421
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<v Speaker 2>I'm able to still do it, so things are great. However,

422
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<v Speaker 2>I just I rarely ever think about hmm, like I

423
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<v Speaker 2>wonder who's listening, and radio is a very rare platform

424
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<v Speaker 2>this day and age, where where we are in a

425
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<v Speaker 2>top fifty, we're outside of a top fifty media market.

426
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<v Speaker 2>So the way in which they gather listenership that's not

427
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<v Speaker 2>streaming or podcast downloads, just like live listening on your

428
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<v Speaker 2>radio dial, there's no way to actually know and the

429
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<v Speaker 2>way that you do it it is. I mean, there

430
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<v Speaker 2>can't be something that is consumed and something that is

431
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<v Speaker 2>so popular as far as how it's utilized by nearly

432
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<v Speaker 2>everybody on the planet. It seems like I'm not acting

433
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<v Speaker 2>like radio hasn't had some new competition with other platforms

434
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<v Speaker 2>and whatnot, but still people listen to the radio, whether

435
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<v Speaker 2>it be in their car or on the iHeart Radio app. Like,

436
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<v Speaker 2>the amount of people that listen and consume some piece

437
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<v Speaker 2>of radio in one form of fashion at least once

438
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<v Speaker 2>a day has continued to grow over the years. Like

439
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<v Speaker 2>it's not dying, like people say, again, it's different than

440
00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:53.880
<v Speaker 2>it once was, and clearly there's been some big adjustments made.

441
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<v Speaker 2>But talk radio is a little bit different because we

442
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<v Speaker 2>are the content. When it comes to music, you now

443
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<v Speaker 2>have you know, all different ways you can get it.

444
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<v Speaker 2>If you happen to like this show, Hell yeah, well

445
00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:04.279
<v Speaker 2>you know there's only one place you can get it,

446
00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:07.279
<v Speaker 2>and you know that's that's here. So that's why I

447
00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:09.079
<v Speaker 2>talk radio has been able to kind of, you know,

448
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<v Speaker 2>really be in its own lane when it comes to

449
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<v Speaker 2>other formats of radio. But what I'm getting at is,

450
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<v Speaker 2>like I rarely ever think about who listens. And the

451
00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:20.079
<v Speaker 2>way they do it now is if like you get

452
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<v Speaker 2>a random piece of mail from Nielsen that asks you

453
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<v Speaker 2>if you listen to radio, and then you like, can

454
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<v Speaker 2>you can actually? Now I think it's a QR code.

455
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<v Speaker 2>You get out of your phone, you do the QR

456
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<v Speaker 2>code and it'll pull up that they send it to

457
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<v Speaker 2>your address with your name, and then you agree to

458
00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:38.440
<v Speaker 2>sign up to tell them like your listening habits of

459
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<v Speaker 2>what you listen to on the radio, and if you

460
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<v Speaker 2>do that and send it back to them, they will

461
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<v Speaker 2>send you like a ten dollars gift card to different

462
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<v Speaker 2>companies you can pick from. Like I think somebody told

463
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<v Speaker 2>me that they put they put you in the journal,

464
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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, oh, cool. I don't know if that's

465
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<v Speaker 2>going to do a whole lot, but I appreciate you.

466
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<v Speaker 2>But they got a ten dollars Papa John's gift card

467
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<v Speaker 2>out of it, So you know, that's how they do it.

468
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<v Speaker 2>And there are a lot of people who listen and

469
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<v Speaker 2>that would never even like look at that piece of

470
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<v Speaker 2>mail that comes in. So you know, I've had numbers

471
00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:08.799
<v Speaker 2>that are like wow, like is that real. That's awesome.

472
00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:10.839
<v Speaker 2>But I've also had numbers that I'm like, wait a second,

473
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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't make any sense because again, the way they

474
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<v Speaker 2>do it, like it's just impossible. So that has just

475
00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:18.359
<v Speaker 2>given me the mindset since the early days of doing

476
00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:19.799
<v Speaker 2>this to like I can't get caught up. And then

477
00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:21.960
<v Speaker 2>I got to just try to do a show. And

478
00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:25.480
<v Speaker 2>I have a very addictive personality and and very you know,

479
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<v Speaker 2>once I get into something, I'm just I'm kind of obsessed.

480
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<v Speaker 2>So I'm glad I don't have a real reference point

481
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<v Speaker 2>because I feel like I would overthink it, and I would,

482
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<v Speaker 2>I would, you know, get too high and too low

483
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<v Speaker 2>on certain things, because you know, it's just how I

484
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<v Speaker 2>am as a person. So anyways, when I look at

485
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<v Speaker 2>these numbers that show me people listening in like this

486
00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:48.119
<v Speaker 2>in different states, like I've no clue who that person is,

487
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<v Speaker 2>but thank you, you know what I mean, Like I

488
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<v Speaker 2>appreciate it. Like I mean, I'm sure there are many

489
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<v Speaker 2>shows that do much better numbers than us as far

490
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<v Speaker 2>as reach and all that, but I'm pretty proud of

491
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<v Speaker 2>the numbers that we do have in our growth. And

492
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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's nice to see that there are people

493
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<v Speaker 2>who I would imagine their reason to download this podcast

494
00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:09.599
<v Speaker 2>of this show every day and they live in Tennessee

495
00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:12.799
<v Speaker 2>or Pennsylvania, Illinois. You know, maybe we're giving them that

496
00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:15.559
<v Speaker 2>connection back home because they're from Louisville and they're Louisville

497
00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.920
<v Speaker 2>fans and maybe they went to U of L. And

498
00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:20.160
<v Speaker 2>you know, this is their daily fix to kind of

499
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<v Speaker 2>you know, feel like they're at home.

500
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<v Speaker 4>So I feel like you don't or right before you

501
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<v Speaker 4>mentioned that, I feel like that's kind of gone like

502
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<v Speaker 4>a little bit under the radar because there are a

503
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<v Speaker 4>lot of people that don't live here that still like

504
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<v Speaker 4>to consume like Louisville sports, church like it. It's what

505
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<v Speaker 4>I did when I live back in Arizona, and that's

506
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<v Speaker 4>why I always forget that they don't They didn't have

507
00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:40.599
<v Speaker 4>anything like that, so I would always tune in here,

508
00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:42.640
<v Speaker 4>and I can imagine I'm not the only one. So

509
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<v Speaker 4>like it gives a sense of people that they feel

510
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<v Speaker 4>like their home, especially when we're not even talking about

511
00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:51.359
<v Speaker 4>just like Louisville sports in general. We'd just be talking

512
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<v Speaker 4>about Louisville things going on in town that kind of

513
00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:56.759
<v Speaker 4>give people that fix of it feels like they're here

514
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<v Speaker 4>with us.

515
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<v Speaker 2>And I've tried to just because you know, for drivet

516
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<v Speaker 2>time talk r video. I mean, sometimes I wouldn't think

517
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<v Speaker 2>to do it, but I make it a point to

518
00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:08.160
<v Speaker 2>check what is newsworthy in the city because that's just

519
00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:10.920
<v Speaker 2>kind of what this show should be. But to your point,

520
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<v Speaker 2>there may be people they don't have I mean, their

521
00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:15.640
<v Speaker 2>local news isn't talking about something that's going on in Louisville, right,

522
00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:18.640
<v Speaker 2>Chucky hepburn or or just you know, not even sports,

523
00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:20.200
<v Speaker 2>but just about you know, what's going on in the city.

524
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<v Speaker 2>And you know, right, we don't do it a whole lot,

525
00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:24.960
<v Speaker 2>but you know, if there's something that is, you know,

526
00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:28.039
<v Speaker 2>big enough to where it's it's it's not just a

527
00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:30.200
<v Speaker 2>topic for people outside of sports, it kind of makes

528
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<v Speaker 2>his way in. I try to try to include it.

529
00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:34.960
<v Speaker 2>So again, however, you I'll steal from Colin Cowhard. However

530
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<v Speaker 2>you're listening, wherever you're listening, we we appreciate you. Something fun, well,

531
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<v Speaker 2>not really fun.

532
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<v Speaker 4>So my the the last week, as we talked about,

533
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<v Speaker 4>it's gotten a little bit warmer. Finally my streets are

534
00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:49.440
<v Speaker 4>all clear. Oh nice, see it's it's all melted. There's

535
00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:53.640
<v Speaker 4>still some passed up on the sidewalk. But yesterday morning

536
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<v Speaker 4>I woke up to one degrees out.

537
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<v Speaker 2>It is ridiculous.

538
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<v Speaker 4>And then as because you know, it's still kind of

539
00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:02.480
<v Speaker 4>dark by the time I wake up at seven o'clock,

540
00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:06.799
<v Speaker 4>but I look and I see like emergency lights outside

541
00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:10.960
<v Speaker 4>and it was two fire trucks. Apparently a pipe had

542
00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:13.839
<v Speaker 4>bursted at the apartments right across the street. Water pipe

543
00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:16.880
<v Speaker 4>had Bursted. Thank goodness, it didn't do anything to our water,

544
00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.400
<v Speaker 4>our electric or anything like that.

545
00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:20.160
<v Speaker 2>Am I crazy to think that it's got to be

546
00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:22.000
<v Speaker 2>because it froze, it had to be.

547
00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:26.359
<v Speaker 4>And well, of course it got all over our street again,

548
00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.880
<v Speaker 4>and now our streets frozen again.

549
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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god. So right, that's not I thought you

550
00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:32.440
<v Speaker 2>were about to tell a good story. That's a terrible story.

551
00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:35.200
<v Speaker 2>It's awful. Is that ice skating rink right now on

552
00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.640
<v Speaker 2>your street?

553
00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:38.880
<v Speaker 4>So they and there's there's a lot of streets near us.

554
00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:42.599
<v Speaker 4>It's closed because for whatever reason, it didn't affect our street,

555
00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:44.480
<v Speaker 4>but it affected other streets right.

556
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<v Speaker 2>Next to us. So I don't know if we just

557
00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:47.319
<v Speaker 2>got lucky. We're in a good zone.

558
00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:49.839
<v Speaker 4>But now I got to go a different way to

559
00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:52.279
<v Speaker 4>come to work because you just can't go down that

560
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<v Speaker 4>whole sheet of ice.

561
00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:56.240
<v Speaker 2>And it's really unfortunate. Yeah, I mean, I would imagine

562
00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:59.319
<v Speaker 2>it really just comes down to how long do we

563
00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:02.960
<v Speaker 2>stay above freezing? Because it's as and this is it's

564
00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:05.000
<v Speaker 2>not like I've got some big brain up here that

565
00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:07.079
<v Speaker 2>that's the only one that could come up with this.

566
00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:10.759
<v Speaker 2>You know this, see this for what it is. We

567
00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:13.839
<v Speaker 2>get above freezing, but it's not freezing long enough and

568
00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:16.160
<v Speaker 2>it's not way above freezing to whar it. Some of

569
00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:18.279
<v Speaker 2>it melts here and there, but then once it gets

570
00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:21.880
<v Speaker 2>super cold, we get it gets ice. I mean my driveway,

571
00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:25.039
<v Speaker 2>the snow that came down on what was it? What

572
00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:27.799
<v Speaker 2>date did it snow? Was it Sunday? Yes, yeah, Sunday

573
00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:32.160
<v Speaker 2>when it's snow, and then it got super super cold

574
00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:35.559
<v Speaker 2>my drive like my yard, not my driveway, but like

575
00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:37.279
<v Speaker 2>my yard, which of course is also a hill, just

576
00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:39.880
<v Speaker 2>like my driveway, Like it was quite literally just a

577
00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:42.640
<v Speaker 2>solid sheet of ice. Like I think we could have

578
00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:45.880
<v Speaker 2>we could have sled down without like breaking through the

579
00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.799
<v Speaker 2>snow and ice, because that's how cold it was. So

580
00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:50.799
<v Speaker 2>you know, today it's it's above freezing. Some of it's melting,

581
00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:53.440
<v Speaker 2>but we need like four to five days in the

582
00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:56.160
<v Speaker 2>forties consecutively for this to all go away. And I

583
00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.880
<v Speaker 2>don't know when we're gonna get there, but I'm tired

584
00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:00.160
<v Speaker 2>of seeing it. Yeah, it's done with it. It's it's

585
00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.799
<v Speaker 2>pretty gross, there's no doubt about it. All Right. Let

586
00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:04.440
<v Speaker 2>me tell you something that I just find to be insane.

587
00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:08.119
<v Speaker 2>This is one of when things happen that are just

588
00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:12.880
<v Speaker 2>so improbable. Some people think, you know, buy a lottery ticket.

589
00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:15.119
<v Speaker 2>You're that lucky, right now? What are the chances, Like

590
00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:17.400
<v Speaker 2>there's some weird juju going on, you need to go

591
00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:20.759
<v Speaker 2>buy a lottery ticket or something. I've never once thought

592
00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:22.880
<v Speaker 2>like that, because I feel like even if something that

593
00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:25.519
<v Speaker 2>I you know, even something that would happen to me,

594
00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:28.279
<v Speaker 2>that's just like insanely rare, meaning like, what are the chances?

595
00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:32.160
<v Speaker 2>This is crazy? The thought of me being able to

596
00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:34.920
<v Speaker 2>then like roll that luck over into winning the lottery

597
00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:38.440
<v Speaker 2>would be still insanely unlikely, because you know, it's really

598
00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:40.240
<v Speaker 2>hard to win the lottery, especially when you know it's

599
00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:43.559
<v Speaker 2>it's in the multi multi millions or maybe close to

600
00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:46.160
<v Speaker 2>a billion. So I don't know what this means, but

601
00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:48.200
<v Speaker 2>it's got to mean something like this is this is

602
00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:51.079
<v Speaker 2>so insane that this has got to be a sign

603
00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:56.200
<v Speaker 2>from above. There were two college basketball players over the

604
00:28:56.200 --> 00:29:02.880
<v Speaker 2>weekend that both hit game winning shots. Not that unlikely, right,

605
00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:05.240
<v Speaker 2>But what if I told you didn't seem like it.

606
00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:08.640
<v Speaker 2>They were brother and sister. Oh wow, a brother that's good.

607
00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:13.039
<v Speaker 2>A brother and sister playing college basketball. Both hit game

608
00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:16.240
<v Speaker 2>winning shots as the clock expired for their teams to

609
00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:20.119
<v Speaker 2>win on the same day. That is insanity, is it not?

610
00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:22.920
<v Speaker 2>Like think about the chances of the first of all,

611
00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:27.039
<v Speaker 2>having two siblings that are that good to play Division

612
00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:30.200
<v Speaker 2>one college basketball, one at Stanford and one at Vanderbilt

613
00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:33.119
<v Speaker 2>is insane. The window of time to where they're actually

614
00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:36.200
<v Speaker 2>playing in the same era, because you know, some siblings

615
00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.960
<v Speaker 2>are older to where they wouldn't be in college at

616
00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:40.880
<v Speaker 2>the same time. But it was MICHAELA. Blake's who ended

617
00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:43.759
<v Speaker 2>up hitting the game winner for Bandy, and that, of

618
00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:45.720
<v Speaker 2>course was there was a big win for Bandy. They

619
00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:48.559
<v Speaker 2>knocked off rival Tennessee, first time they beat them since

620
00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:54.559
<v Speaker 2>twenty nineteen. And then later on you had her brother

621
00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:58.640
<v Speaker 2>who plays for Stanford, Jalen, he ended up and that's

622
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<v Speaker 2>a shot that I remember seeing because of course, I,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, keep up with college basketball, and I saw

624
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<v Speaker 2>that Carolina lost to the buzzer at home to Stanford.

625
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<v Speaker 2>Had no clue who the guy was that hit it,

626
00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:08.720
<v Speaker 2>but sure enough it is her brother. So I mean again,

627
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<v Speaker 2>it's one of those things where I'm like, wait a second,

628
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<v Speaker 2>that's insane, that's crazy. I want people to like have

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<v Speaker 2>their jaw on the floor in all of like wa

630
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<v Speaker 2>whoa wait, no, no way, like because when those kind

631
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<v Speaker 2>of things happen. I just I just assumed that that

632
00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:26.519
<v Speaker 2>that's not random, that's not like luck, that's just that's

633
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<v Speaker 2>got to be a sign from from something or somewhere.

634
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<v Speaker 2>And I mean, what a weekend for the parents, right.

635
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<v Speaker 2>Imagine being the parents of these two. I mean, first

636
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<v Speaker 2>of all, you probably proud as hell anyway, just for

637
00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:39.240
<v Speaker 2>where they are in their life and what they're doing.

638
00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:42.519
<v Speaker 2>But man to tune in and watch your daughter get

639
00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:44.799
<v Speaker 2>the game winner and then see your brother in the

640
00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.160
<v Speaker 2>same or your son in the same moment. I mean,

641
00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:50.319
<v Speaker 2>I mean again, I feel proud and I'm not even

642
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<v Speaker 2>a parent.

643
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<v Speaker 1>Yeh.

644
00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:54.960
<v Speaker 2>Same here. And look, Stanford's not very good and Carolina

645
00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:57.400
<v Speaker 2>is down this year, but Stanford winning at Chapel Hill

646
00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:59.559
<v Speaker 2>is a huge thing, and he did it at the buzzer,

647
00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:02.480
<v Speaker 2>great moment that they're gonna remember for a long time.

648
00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:05.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure. Same thing. Vandy basketball on the women's side,

649
00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:07.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't believe they're ever any good, and Tennessee isn't

650
00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:09.720
<v Speaker 2>what they were under Pat Summit, but still they're better.

651
00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:11.680
<v Speaker 2>I mean, this first time they beat them in five years,

652
00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:14.920
<v Speaker 2>So everything about it is just kind of wild. And

653
00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:16.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm fascinated by, but you know, it doesn't take much

654
00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:19.400
<v Speaker 2>to fascinate me. I'm wired a little bit different, but

655
00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:21.440
<v Speaker 2>it's just me. All right, quick break, we'll come back

656
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<v Speaker 2>on the other side, wrap up the four o'clock hour,

657
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<v Speaker 2>And I'm gonna say this, and it's dangerous, but I'm

658
00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:31.720
<v Speaker 2>just gonna say it. And I hope that this keeps

659
00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:34.680
<v Speaker 2>you interested in the show to want to hear an

660
00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:36.680
<v Speaker 2>explanation on the other side. But it's one of those

661
00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:39.359
<v Speaker 2>things that like, I may say this and people just

662
00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:42.640
<v Speaker 2>never listen to me again. If that's the case, then whatever,

663
00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:46.279
<v Speaker 2>Like I can't control that. But Donald Trump is apparently

664
00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:49.960
<v Speaker 2>considering doing something that I would applaud. I'll tell you

665
00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:51.519
<v Speaker 2>what it is next right here on Sports Talks. You

666
00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:53.519
<v Speaker 2>like that teas about that teas baby, Let's.

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<v Speaker 1>Go now back to coffee and company. Fueled by Thornton's

668
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<v Speaker 1>on Sports Talk seven nine day.

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<v Speaker 2>It still feels really weird and wrong to do it,

670
00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:11.000
<v Speaker 2>but I have gotten to the point where I will

671
00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:16.759
<v Speaker 2>I'll throw away pennies like I just I'm saying they're

672
00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:19.400
<v Speaker 2>in the way. I don't need them, and I mean,

673
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<v Speaker 2>I just I My wife is great about making it

674
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<v Speaker 2>a priority if we have change, which we rarely do

675
00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:28.440
<v Speaker 2>because we rarely pay cash for anything. And if we

676
00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:30.359
<v Speaker 2>do pay cash for if I pay cash for something,

677
00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:34.440
<v Speaker 2>it'll be for a bill at a restaurant, and I

678
00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:38.240
<v Speaker 2>usually end up not needing change because I tip with

679
00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:41.279
<v Speaker 2>the cash do it therefore, like there's no like, rarely

680
00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:43.359
<v Speaker 2>do I buy something and have any change left over.

681
00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:46.640
<v Speaker 2>You're a good tip What do you mean good riper? Yeah? Oh,

682
00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:50.720
<v Speaker 2>thank you, I mean thank you. I appreciate that. But

683
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<v Speaker 2>the change that I do have, when in the rare

684
00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:57.839
<v Speaker 2>occasion that I have changed, like it just sits in

685
00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:00.640
<v Speaker 2>my cup holder in my car. Yeah, And sometimes I

686
00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:03.960
<v Speaker 2>clean out my car and I like, if it's quarters

687
00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:07.559
<v Speaker 2>and whatnot, I'll actually save those and dimes and whatnot.

688
00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:10.480
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, quarters, I really prioritize because if my kids

689
00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:13.440
<v Speaker 2>are getting restless at a restaurant and we're about to leave,

690
00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:15.279
<v Speaker 2>but Dad needs to finish his beer because you know,

691
00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.960
<v Speaker 2>it's what he's there to do and put him down

692
00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:19.119
<v Speaker 2>the neck, then I'll say, hey, I got some quarters.

693
00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.759
<v Speaker 2>We'll get some we'll get some stuff on the way out.

694
00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:22.839
<v Speaker 2>And they got like those machines, so like that, you know,

695
00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.759
<v Speaker 2>quarters are valuable to me more so than just twenty

696
00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:28.160
<v Speaker 2>five cents exactly. So that's my life like every day.

697
00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:31.279
<v Speaker 2>Like that's manipulating my children to you know, behave Like

698
00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:33.359
<v Speaker 2>that's that's kind of how it works. But anyways, when

699
00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:35.000
<v Speaker 2>it's pennies in my car and I'm cleaning it out,

700
00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:36.680
<v Speaker 2>I just throw them away and I used to and

701
00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:38.839
<v Speaker 2>I still it still feels weird, but like they're just

702
00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:41.039
<v Speaker 2>in the way. My wife, on the other hand, if

703
00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:43.559
<v Speaker 2>she has changed, just as rare as me having changed.

704
00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:45.240
<v Speaker 2>We do have a bucket that is in our laundry

705
00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:48.599
<v Speaker 2>room where we do our laundry, and we every year

706
00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:50.440
<v Speaker 2>before we go on vacation, we end up and if

707
00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:53.039
<v Speaker 2>we have like extra ones and whatnot, and sometimes like

708
00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:56.519
<v Speaker 2>if we have a random five, we'll put that in there.

709
00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:59.039
<v Speaker 2>So each year we end up taking a few hundred

710
00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:01.279
<v Speaker 2>bucks with us on vacation that we use as spending money.

711
00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:03.480
<v Speaker 2>So like it works out there, but really the value

712
00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:06.240
<v Speaker 2>is more so just realizing, hey, we got an extra

713
00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:08.280
<v Speaker 2>five or a few ones, and that's where that's where

714
00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:10.559
<v Speaker 2>it adds up. So change in general is just not

715
00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:13.239
<v Speaker 2>something I typically have a lot of. But man, pennies

716
00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:15.440
<v Speaker 2>I have no time for and Apparently Donald Trump is

717
00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:20.360
<v Speaker 2>reportedly considering getting rid of the penny. This is interesting.

718
00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:23.239
<v Speaker 2>This is from This is actually from iHeart dot com.

719
00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:25.519
<v Speaker 2>So you know it's legit that s is Trump's Department

720
00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:28.119
<v Speaker 2>of Government Efficiency, which is led by billionaire Elon Musk,

721
00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:30.079
<v Speaker 2>sure to post on x as social media platform owned

722
00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.840
<v Speaker 2>by Musk, claiming that it now costs three cents to

723
00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:35.559
<v Speaker 2>produce a penny, which of course is triple the value

724
00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:38.840
<v Speaker 2>and cost taxpayers an estimated one hundred and seventy nine

725
00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:41.400
<v Speaker 2>million in the fiscal year of twenty twenty three. So

726
00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:43.960
<v Speaker 2>it says here the penny cost over three cents to make,

727
00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:45.639
<v Speaker 2>and the US calls you know, has all that number.

728
00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:47.320
<v Speaker 2>But it says the met produced over four point five

729
00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:50.719
<v Speaker 2>billion pennies in fiscal year twenty twenty three, around forty

730
00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:54.480
<v Speaker 2>percent of the eleven point four billion coins for circulation

731
00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:58.079
<v Speaker 2>produced penny or three cents for your thoughts, the department wrote,

732
00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:01.960
<v Speaker 2>citing articles by JM. Bullion and coinnews dot net. So,

733
00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:05.199
<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's one of those things that I really

734
00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:08.320
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't know what the issues could be if you get

735
00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:10.960
<v Speaker 2>rid of it, Like do you just I mean, if

736
00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:13.519
<v Speaker 2>everybody's got a round up or down because of that.

737
00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:16.840
<v Speaker 2>Then you know that adds up with everybody in our

738
00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:18.880
<v Speaker 2>country to wear. Even though it's just a penny, it

739
00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:21.400
<v Speaker 2>still is going to be you know, uh, something you

740
00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:24.199
<v Speaker 2>got to be mindful of and probably isn't gonna be

741
00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:26.800
<v Speaker 2>super easy, but I would I would be all in

742
00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:29.519
<v Speaker 2>on getting rid of the penny. I mean, here's the thing.

743
00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:32.639
<v Speaker 2>If they stopped making it doesn't mean we're not going

744
00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:36.000
<v Speaker 2>to have it. Like, is there is there a like

745
00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:38.280
<v Speaker 2>when did the two dollars bill go away? Right?

746
00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.440
<v Speaker 1>Like?

747
00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:41.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a great question, I mean because it was there. Ever,

748
00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:43.239
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I've in my whole life, I've always just

749
00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:47.880
<v Speaker 2>known that that that two dollars bills were really rare.

750
00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.440
<v Speaker 2>But I've seen them and I knew people that had them.

751
00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:53.119
<v Speaker 2>In fact, I had a buddy whose dad collected them. Yeah,

752
00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:56.239
<v Speaker 2>says when did two dollars bills stop being produced in

753
00:35:56.400 --> 00:36:00.000
<v Speaker 2>nineteen sixty six? Wow, due to a lack of demas.

754
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:03.800
<v Speaker 2>And however, however, they were reintroduced in nineteen seventy six

755
00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:09.079
<v Speaker 2>as part of the countries by centennial celebrations. So I mean, yeah,

756
00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:14.519
<v Speaker 2>they haven't been printed, but they are still considered legal tender.

757
00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:18.639
<v Speaker 2>So uh, I think when that, when that happened and

758
00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:20.599
<v Speaker 2>we no longer had the two dollar bill, maybe people

759
00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:22.480
<v Speaker 2>were worried. In fact, I feel like I could you

760
00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:25.079
<v Speaker 2>and well, I don't know. In a previous economy, a

761
00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:26.800
<v Speaker 2>two dollars bill would be kind of valuable, like you

762
00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:28.920
<v Speaker 2>can because you could get things that were right under

763
00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:32.280
<v Speaker 2>two dollars, and you know, it's here we go. Nowadays,

764
00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:34.559
<v Speaker 2>what are you buying that's less than two dollars. There's

765
00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:38.039
<v Speaker 2>not a soda, not candy, Like what is less than

766
00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:40.800
<v Speaker 2>two dollars? Not much of anything. I used to cash

767
00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:44.519
<v Speaker 2>my checks at Ups, the store right down the street

768
00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:48.760
<v Speaker 2>always gave out two dollar bills because there would always

769
00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:51.719
<v Speaker 2>be like in Okay, as rare as I thought they were, but.

770
00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:54.280
<v Speaker 4>Like it just seemed like every time, like whether I

771
00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:58.199
<v Speaker 4>had like whatever one hundred and sixty two dollars or

772
00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:02.079
<v Speaker 4>sixty seven dollars or sixty dollars nice or something with

773
00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:05.199
<v Speaker 4>just like an odd number like that, then we would

774
00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:07.119
<v Speaker 4>always we would always get the two dollar bill. And

775
00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:09.280
<v Speaker 4>I heard there's like a lore that two dollar bills

776
00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.880
<v Speaker 4>are like lucky.

777
00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:11.719
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, I've heard that too, really lucky. I've heard

778
00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:13.840
<v Speaker 2>that for years. In fact, that's why people they were

779
00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:15.639
<v Speaker 2>rare and lucky, which is why it became a thing

780
00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:18.360
<v Speaker 2>that a lot of people wanted. And it's back speaking

781
00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:22.360
<v Speaker 2>of currency. My my daughter, she's got like a little

782
00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:25.800
<v Speaker 2>a little play cash register. It's like where she can

783
00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:28.360
<v Speaker 2>like check out groceries. This little toy thing that you know,

784
00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:30.119
<v Speaker 2>makes it look like she's checking somebody out at the

785
00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:32.760
<v Speaker 2>grocery store. And she's got a little register and it

786
00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:38.559
<v Speaker 2>came with money, and the money looks insanely real, And

787
00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:41.159
<v Speaker 2>the only way to know for sure that it's real,

788
00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:42.960
<v Speaker 2>I mean, if you look at it, if you look

789
00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:44.280
<v Speaker 2>at it long enough, you'll be able to tell. It

790
00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:47.280
<v Speaker 2>looks kind of funny. But when blended together, because she

791
00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:49.639
<v Speaker 2>has her money that's in her toy register, and then

792
00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:52.960
<v Speaker 2>she also has money that she's received, like for Christmas gifts,

793
00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:54.559
<v Speaker 2>and she of course wants to keep it in her

794
00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:56.679
<v Speaker 2>purse and all that, so she puts it all together,

795
00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:59.239
<v Speaker 2>not knowing that one is real and one's not, because

796
00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:03.440
<v Speaker 2>you know, she's it's just her. But I'm I'm scared

797
00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:05.960
<v Speaker 2>to death of getting some money mixed up to where

798
00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:08.519
<v Speaker 2>I go and pay and get arrested for Like I'm

799
00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:10.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm very very paranoid about getting in trouble, even though

800
00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:12.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't think. I don't think I break the law

801
00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:14.239
<v Speaker 2>very often. I've never been in trouble in my life.

802
00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:16.639
<v Speaker 2>Got my first speeding ticket like a year ago, so

803
00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.880
<v Speaker 2>you know, it's not like I got a criminal past.

804
00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:22.039
<v Speaker 2>But I mean I'll randomly see a twenty dollars bill

805
00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:24.320
<v Speaker 2>on the ground that I'm like, well, surely that's not

806
00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:27.079
<v Speaker 2>that's not real, And it takes me a while to,

807
00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:30.639
<v Speaker 2>like you to know for sure. So you know, there

808
00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:34.000
<v Speaker 2>are people who can make counterfeit money that you know.

809
00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:37.559
<v Speaker 2>I'm a nerd for documentaries, and I've seen how the

810
00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:41.119
<v Speaker 2>level of like if you're somebody that has the ability

811
00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:44.239
<v Speaker 2>to recreate and you have the method that makes it

812
00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:47.320
<v Speaker 2>seem as real as possible, you know, you're kind of

813
00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:50.360
<v Speaker 2>behind the scenes. You're not actually the one that's out there,

814
00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:52.960
<v Speaker 2>like you can get caught, but you know, it's almost

815
00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.199
<v Speaker 2>like having a supplier for drugs, right, like you never

816
00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:56.880
<v Speaker 2>give up, you never give up a plug. It's a

817
00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:59.159
<v Speaker 2>no no. Well, the people who are in fact out

818
00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:02.320
<v Speaker 2>they're printing money that looks real, you know, they tend

819
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<v Speaker 2>to not actually ever get caught as much as those

820
00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:06.280
<v Speaker 2>because it's not that big of an offense. If you

821
00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:07.719
<v Speaker 2>get caught with fake might, I mean, you can clearly

822
00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:10.559
<v Speaker 2>get arrested. It's a criminal charge, but I think actually

823
00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:13.639
<v Speaker 2>producing it, manufacturing it would be a much more severe charge.

824
00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:15.960
<v Speaker 2>And those people seem to be seem to get away

825
00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:17.800
<v Speaker 2>with it. All right, quick break, We've got the five

826
00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:19.960
<v Speaker 2>o'clock hour coming up next. Can't believe how fast the

827
00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:22.519
<v Speaker 2>show is flying by. That means we're having fun. Hopefully

828
00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:24.519
<v Speaker 2>you guys are. Hopefully you guys are having fun too

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<v Speaker 2>right here on Sports Talk seven ninety