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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Big Bones.

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<v Speaker 2>Sider Dick Abriel with you on a Thursday edition of

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<v Speaker 2>our program, and this will be the last one of

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<v Speaker 2>the week because tomorrow night we are bumped for UK basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>the Wildcats taking on Jackson State. Hear it right here,

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<v Speaker 2>tip off at seven o'clock. Darren Hedrick will have the

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<v Speaker 2>call with Jack Gibbons because of course Tom Leach, along

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<v Speaker 2>with yours truly, Jefpikor our UK Radio Network crew and

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<v Speaker 2>the Wildcats will be on our way to Austin, Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, by basketball game time. We will be in

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<v Speaker 2>Austin by then, of course covering Kentucky Texas on Saturday.

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<v Speaker 2>But Darren will do a great job I know, as

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<v Speaker 2>the Wildcats look to stay undefeated and should under Mark Pope.

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<v Speaker 2>Jackson State gonna be a little outmanned, especially the way

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<v Speaker 2>Kentucky has been shooting.

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<v Speaker 1>The ball of late.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk more basketball a little bit later on in

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<v Speaker 2>the show with Daryl Bird of the Cast Pulse.

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<v Speaker 1>He comes up at the bottom of the hour.

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<v Speaker 2>We will also chat with the aforementioned mister Hedrick in

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<v Speaker 2>our number two we'll talk about women's basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>Well.

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<v Speaker 2>Darren of course is the radio voice of UK women's basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>A little bit later on in our number two, Forrest

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<v Speaker 2>Tucker of WTVQ, who covers all things sports here in

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<v Speaker 2>town for Channel thirty six, and he's a big soccer guy.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're a soccer fan, especially the teams here in town.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk to a forest about that. Follow him on

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<v Speaker 2>Twitter and you can see what I'm talking about. But

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<v Speaker 2>about this Kentucky Texas game, you've heard Mark Stoops talk

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<v Speaker 2>about it this week, and you've heard me talk to

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<v Speaker 2>some other guests about it, including a gentleman from a

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<v Speaker 2>radio station down in Austin. You might wonder what the

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<v Speaker 2>pundits are saying about this game. Is it going to

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<v Speaker 2>be much of a game? How can Kentucky make it

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<v Speaker 2>a game? And of course we have seen the Wildcats

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<v Speaker 2>do that this year. That's probably the most frustrating, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>the second most frustrating when you put it all together,

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<v Speaker 2>the factors that have made this such a weird season.

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<v Speaker 2>So many penalties, so many.

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<v Speaker 1>Mistakes, and yet some really good showings.

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<v Speaker 2>By the Wildcats. And I'm not talking about the winner

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<v Speaker 2>Murray State. I'm talking about taking Georgia to the matt

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<v Speaker 2>upsetting Ole miss playing really well down in Knoxville, and

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<v Speaker 2>I know they don't like moral victories.

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<v Speaker 1>Who does?

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<v Speaker 2>But who expected that kind of game where it's a

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<v Speaker 2>one score game in the second half of Kentucky missing

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<v Speaker 2>so many starters going in and then losing its starting

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback and others to injuries in that game. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>just been a really befuddling kind of year. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>interesting to hear what some of the outside voices are saying.

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<v Speaker 2>And recently on SEC Now, the panel discussion was it

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<v Speaker 2>came around to Kentucky Tennessee Alyssa Lang, who's been on

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<v Speaker 2>the show talking to Randall Cobb about this game, and

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<v Speaker 2>Matt Stinchcombe chimes in as well over on what Kentucky

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<v Speaker 2>has to do to try to pull off this upset

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<v Speaker 2>of the Longhorns.

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<v Speaker 3>Randall, this is a Kentucky team that went to Ole

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<v Speaker 3>Miss earlier in the season and put a blemish on

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<v Speaker 3>their resume.

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<v Speaker 4>What could it take for Kentucky to derail Texas this weekend?

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<v Speaker 5>I think you have to go on the defense ball

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<v Speaker 5>and start on the defense side of the ball and

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<v Speaker 5>look to take away what Texas does really well, and

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<v Speaker 5>that's getting the ball out of the quarterbacks hand quick.

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<v Speaker 5>But what they do when they getting the rest on

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<v Speaker 5>is they start to give you double moves and start

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<v Speaker 5>to find ways to take that shot down the field.

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<v Speaker 5>So if they can continue to get pressure like they've

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<v Speaker 5>done all season and not let the quarterback, not left

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<v Speaker 5>Quinn Lays, get comfortable in the pocket, then they'll be

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<v Speaker 5>able to find a way to hold on and have

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<v Speaker 5>opportunity late in this game to find a way to win.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, Kentucky the strength early on in the season,

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<v Speaker 7>especially run defense, they could make a team one dimensional

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<v Speaker 7>and because of that, it would support their pass defense

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<v Speaker 7>and it complimented who they wanted to be offensively, because

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<v Speaker 7>that started to wane and you allow Texas to get

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<v Speaker 7>a ground game established and all of a sudden you're

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<v Speaker 7>facing a multi dimensional attack in a game where you're outmatched.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean, let's speak plainly, Texas right now, coming into

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<v Speaker 7>this game, it's advantage Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>When you look at the roster.

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<v Speaker 7>This advantaged Texas when you look at where this game's

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<v Speaker 7>taking place. When you go on the road, you have

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<v Speaker 7>to find a way to make that team, whoever the

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<v Speaker 7>home team is, you got to make them one dimensional.

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<v Speaker 7>And this league is to take away the run. Kentucky's

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<v Speaker 7>got to find a way to get that back.

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<v Speaker 1>That's been the strength of their team, yep.

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<v Speaker 2>And it has been all year when they've been healthy

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<v Speaker 2>and when they have executed well. There have been some

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<v Speaker 2>games where they were healthy and didn't do a very

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<v Speaker 2>good job. Did they against opposing offenses? Vandy Florida? But

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<v Speaker 2>while they were talking, of course this being television, they

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<v Speaker 2>were showing clips from the most successful games Georgia n

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<v Speaker 2>and Ole miss Really impressive. How the Wildcats got the

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<v Speaker 2>Carson Beck, How the Wildcats got to Jackson Dart. Can

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<v Speaker 2>they do that against whichever quarterback Texas running in there,

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<v Speaker 2>Quinn Eewers or arch Manning. They're gonna have to or

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<v Speaker 2>they're just not going to have much fun against the

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<v Speaker 2>Texas Texas Longhorns down in Austin. The question is for

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people, will this be a trap game?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, will Texas be caught coming off a tough

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<v Speaker 2>win on the road at Arkansas going into Texas A

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<v Speaker 2>and M. Well, of course, the Starkesian fielded that question

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<v Speaker 2>at a news conference this.

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<v Speaker 4>Week Arkansas, this past weekend, A and M next weekend

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<v Speaker 4>with Kentucky here, how do you guys. As coaches approach

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<v Speaker 4>that whole concept of a trap game, do you do

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<v Speaker 4>anything different with the guys. I just said, this is

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<v Speaker 4>to me, this is the biggest game of the football season.

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<v Speaker 4>This is the most important game of the year, last

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<v Speaker 4>home game of the year. I envisioned us putting our

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<v Speaker 4>best foot forward. I really do. I think our guys

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<v Speaker 4>are gonna come ready to play.

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<v Speaker 2>Which, of course, we'll make it all that much tougher

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<v Speaker 2>on the Wildcats, but you expect that whenever you go

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<v Speaker 2>on the road. And Sarkesian talked about that coming off

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<v Speaker 2>that road win at Arkansas, which something should have been

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<v Speaker 2>an easier win quote unquote for Texas. The Hogs made

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<v Speaker 2>it tough and that's a great rivalry Texas Arkansas. But

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<v Speaker 2>Sarkisian talked about the win and he could have been

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<v Speaker 2>talking about any team in the league when he talked

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<v Speaker 2>about how tough it is to win on the road

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<v Speaker 2>in college football, but especially in the SEC.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, in this conference, in Southeastern Conference, going on

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<v Speaker 4>the road and getting a win is really challenging. And

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<v Speaker 4>we see it across the board, and you know, somebody

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<v Speaker 4>brought to my attention that we're the only undefeated team

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<v Speaker 4>on the road in conference play, and so I think

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<v Speaker 4>it speaks volumes to how difficult it is to go

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<v Speaker 4>on the road and win. I credit our guys for

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<v Speaker 4>playing the way they played. Proud of our guys and

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<v Speaker 4>just probably the way they're working. And you know, as

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<v Speaker 4>I told them today, I think this is the biggest

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<v Speaker 4>game of the season coming up. You know, Kentucky's a

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<v Speaker 4>really good football team. They have played their best football

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<v Speaker 4>against the best teams they've competed against, you know, whether

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<v Speaker 4>it be in Old Men, Georgia, Tennessee. I mean, they've

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<v Speaker 4>played really well. I got a ton of respect for

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<v Speaker 4>coach Stoops and the job he's done. So looking forward

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<v Speaker 4>to the challenge and looking forward to celebrating Senior Day.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, a lot of these guys have done so

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<v Speaker 4>much work for us and have been such catalysts for

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<v Speaker 4>our culture and what we do, and so to celebrate them,

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<v Speaker 4>looking forward to that and looking forward to the opportunity

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<v Speaker 4>to play Kentucky Saturday.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, by now it's senior Day. Maybe that

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<v Speaker 2>will be a distraction. We have seen that happen here,

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<v Speaker 2>haven't we football and basketball Senior Day festivities. The veteran

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<v Speaker 2>players are thinking about a lot that is not actually

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<v Speaker 2>playing the game of football. So perhaps perhaps Kentucky can

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<v Speaker 2>get off to a good start, but move the change,

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<v Speaker 2>take care of the football, make something happen.

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<v Speaker 1>You just never know.

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<v Speaker 2>They are, of course, decided underdogs by twenty and a

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<v Speaker 2>half points, and the folks over on cbssports dot Com

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<v Speaker 2>CBS Sports HQ, I should say we're talking about that

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<v Speaker 2>as well. You've got first Chip Patterson talking about whether

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<v Speaker 2>or not Texas can cover, and then Chris Hassel and

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<v Speaker 2>Danny Canell chime in on what they think will happen,

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<v Speaker 2>whether or not the Wildcats can beat the spread of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty and a half, and how they think this game

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<v Speaker 2>is going to play out.

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<v Speaker 8>Texas's defense is the identity quinn ewers, arch manning, arch maning,

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<v Speaker 8>arch manning, all the fancy little dart bikes that they've

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<v Speaker 8>got out of all the skill positions, like that's the

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<v Speaker 8>stuff that makes you your eyes attracted to Texas. But

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<v Speaker 8>there is a real grittiness to the way that this

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<v Speaker 8>team plays, whether it's along the defensive line, whether it's

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<v Speaker 8>Jade Baron they're in the secondary. I just think that

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<v Speaker 8>we've got a situation against Kentucky where I don't think

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<v Speaker 8>Kentucky's gonna be able to muster a lot of points,

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<v Speaker 8>and whether it's starting early or whether it's later, eventually

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<v Speaker 8>quinn Ewers is going to get this thing in with

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<v Speaker 8>the offense. So I like Texas under the key number

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<v Speaker 8>of twenty one.

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<v Speaker 3>Again.

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<v Speaker 8>They could blow them out in the first half, they

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<v Speaker 8>could cover it late, but it's just not a situation

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<v Speaker 8>where I trust Kentucky to go into Austin and score

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<v Speaker 8>all that many points against the Longhorns.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean Texas defense is great and Kentucky's offense is atrocious.

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<v Speaker 1>That to me looks like a.

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<v Speaker 3>Very comfortable win for Texas twenty eight to three, thirty

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<v Speaker 3>four to seven, something along those lines, because I do

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<v Speaker 3>think last week was a little bit of a wake

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<v Speaker 3>up call for Texas, and I think Arkansas was a

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<v Speaker 3>better team and a tougher environment on the road than

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<v Speaker 3>coming back home where you want to take care of

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<v Speaker 3>your business, get some of the starters out, and even

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<v Speaker 3>with backups, I still think Kentucky would struggle to score.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'll go ahead and lay them with the long

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<v Speaker 3>horns and take the under, because again I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>how many points Kentucky puts on the board if any.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so all they talk about Kentucky's defense, all the

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<v Speaker 2>Texas defense isn't isn't anything to sneeze at. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>one of the reasons Texas has covered huge spreads this year.

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<v Speaker 2>The long Horns back in August thirty first, they were

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five point favorites over Colorado State. Yeah, they covered

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<v Speaker 2>the fourteenth of September ut San Antonio thirty five and

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<v Speaker 2>a half points. And they cover more specifically in the

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<v Speaker 2>SEC they were twenty one and a half point favorites

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<v Speaker 2>over Florida and still covered that margin. So Texas defense

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<v Speaker 2>makes it happen. Fourth in the country in points per

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<v Speaker 2>game allowed eleven point nine, first in yards per game

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and forty nine, first and yards per play

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<v Speaker 2>in their Brock Vandergriff or Cutter Bowlie up next to

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<v Speaker 2>to the Big Blue and Sider Coming up in just

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<v Speaker 2>a few minutes Darren Hedrick of the UK Sports Network.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll also chat with Darryl Bird of the Cats Pause

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<v Speaker 2>and Forrest Tucker from WTVQ. College basketball has a new

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<v Speaker 2>all time wins leader, and I'm talking about all time,

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<v Speaker 2>all NCAA, all platforms, all genders, meaning Geono Rim, the

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<v Speaker 2>women's coach at Yukon, is now the king of victories.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's interesting because.

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<v Speaker 2>Gino I didn't know this, maybe you might have because

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<v Speaker 2>saw his first basketball goal while he was walking to

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<v Speaker 2>holdover coach until Yukon could find somebody better. And now

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<v Speaker 2>there is nobody better. It's amazing what this guy has done.

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<v Speaker 2>And last night in the Yukon home Arena, up and

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<v Speaker 2>store sixty plus former players in a sellout home crowd

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<v Speaker 2>watching Yukon beat Fairleigh Dickinson eighty five to forty one

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<v Speaker 2>to become the winningest basketball coach in NCAA history. He

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<v Speaker 2>last Friday broke the tie that he held with Tara Vanderveer,

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<v Speaker 2>So now one two hundred and seventeen wins, the most

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<v Speaker 2>in nca history women's men's any division.

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<v Speaker 1>And by the way, this was his.

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<v Speaker 2>Three hundred twenty ninth victory of at least forty points.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, more than twice as many forty point wins

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<v Speaker 2>in his career as total losses. That's how dominant Yukon

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced its list of

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<v Speaker 1>Some interesting names on there. As always.

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<v Speaker 2>I talked about this when he was on the ballot earlier.

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<v Speaker 2>Antonio Gates, a tight end who played basketball at Kent State.

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<v Speaker 2>didn't want him. He goes to the NFL and now

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<v Speaker 2>he's a Hall of Fame candidate. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>Gates helped Kent State win its way to the Elite eight.

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<v Speaker 2>They were one win from the final four at the

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<v Speaker 2>regional inlection in Here in the early two thousands, but

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<v Speaker 2>didn't quite push through. But that's where he really really

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<v Speaker 2>made a splash. Willie Anderson, a longtime offensive tackle for

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<v Speaker 1>Also.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the one that I find really interesting. Eli Manning.

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<v Speaker 2>You know him, of course from his time with the

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<v Speaker 1>True Hall of famer.

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<v Speaker 2>But people debate Eli Manning because his team was not

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<v Speaker 2>successful most of the time, and yet he quarterbacked the

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<v Speaker 2>Giants to a hair of Super Bowl titles. Now, some

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<v Speaker 2>people say that alone should put him in the Hall

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<v Speaker 2>of Fame. Others say no, otherwise the Giants didn't do anything.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is why I would vote for Eli Manning.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if it be first ballot, I'd have

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<v Speaker 2>to dig into all the other ones. But to me,

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<v Speaker 2>you cannot overlook the fact that Eli Manning engineered twenty

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<v Speaker 2>seven fourth quarter comebacks in his career, thirty seven game

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<v Speaker 2>winning drives, so that would mean a ten additional game

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<v Speaker 2>winning drives when the score was tied, but twenty seven

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<v Speaker 2>times with his team behind in the fourth quarter, he

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<v Speaker 2>leads to a comeback victory. Four postseason fourth quarter comebacks,

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<v Speaker 2>five postseason game winning drives, and sadly, one of those

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<v Speaker 2>came in twenty oh seven at Green Bay is my

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<v Speaker 2>beloved Packers blew it to the Giants and lost twenty

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<v Speaker 2>three to twenty. That was one of the Giant Super

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<v Speaker 2>Bowl winning years. Brett Favre throws an incredibly stupid interception

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<v Speaker 2>and opens the door. And by the way, this was

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<v Speaker 2>in brutally cold Green Bay weather, which I thought would

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<v Speaker 2>give us, my guys, the Packers, the real advantage, but no,

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<v Speaker 2>the Giants handled it.

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<v Speaker 1>Eli handled it.

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<v Speaker 2>And took his team to victory. So it's not just

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<v Speaker 2>for me the Super Bowls. And yeah, the Giants when

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<v Speaker 2>and that of course wasn't all his fault. But I

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<v Speaker 2>do think the comebacks mean he is a Hall of Famer.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the other names is kicker. Adam Vinettieri, a placekicker,

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<v Speaker 2>and you might wonder how many kickers are in the

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<v Speaker 2>Hall of Fame. But the answers five, one punter, four placekickers,

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<v Speaker 2>and one of the placekickers is Lou the Tow Groza.

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<v Speaker 2>And if that last name means anything to you, it's

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<v Speaker 2>because you know that his brother Alex was the center

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<v Speaker 2>Lou played at Ohio State, and of course Groza came

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<v Speaker 2>I was always fond of him. I went to elementary

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<v Speaker 2>school with his son Lex or Alex Junior. And mister

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<v Speaker 2>Grose was a friend of my late father and who

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<v Speaker 2>mister Grose, he would talk to me about my dad.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's why I still call him mister Groza.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, Adam and a.

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<v Speaker 2>TIERI on the ballot, and there's a lot of good ones.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd hate to be a voter, but it might be

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe not on the first ballot, but I'd get him

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<v Speaker 2>in there for sure. I don't know if Chris Sale

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<v Speaker 2>will be a Baseball Hall of Famer, but he is

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<v Speaker 2>a cy Young Award winner. He and Tarik school Ball

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<v Speaker 2>have won the Cy Young Sale now with the Braves

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<v Speaker 2>school ball with the Tigers, and the name Chris Sale

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<v Speaker 2>lot to Dan Roselle. He is the Kentucky University Kentucky

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<v Speaker 2>season after Tommy John surgery. He got twenty six or

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned to you last week.

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<v Speaker 2>he did with Patrick Mahomes. That question has come up.

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<v Speaker 2>It's become an issue. According to Sports Business Journal, after

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<v Speaker 2>According to the article, it may have quote ruffled some feathers.

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<v Speaker 2>The NFL's finance Committee is going to explore whether or

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<v Speaker 2>receive more scrutiny given Brady's position, because he's an owner

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<v Speaker 2>and it could be seen as some sort of tampering

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<v Speaker 1>So stay tuned for that one. Lots of drama surrounding

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<v Speaker 2>Next, Daryl Bird of the Cats pops here in The

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<v Speaker 2>Big Blue Sider six thirty WLAP Welcome Back to the

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<v Speaker 2>Big Bluon sider joining us now as a longtime friend

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<v Speaker 2>that show and a buddy who has covered this beat

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<v Speaker 2>for a long time. He is Darryl Bird, the editor

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<v Speaker 2>of The Cats Pause general manager, I should say, and

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<v Speaker 2>as he puts, a lifelong fan of the Reds and

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<v Speaker 2>the Oakland Raiders now in Las Vegas. But I want

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<v Speaker 2>to congratulate. Do we talk before it came out? We

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<v Speaker 2>haven't a chance to chat since the yearbook came out

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<v Speaker 2>with the Star Trek cover on it. Explain to people

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<v Speaker 2>what that is, because I I'm like you, I have

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<v Speaker 2>and hang on to it.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 10>I think so too. You just I was trying to

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 10>And the more I went around talked to me with

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<v Speaker 10>energezzers struck me one day and it's exactly how it was.

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<v Speaker 10>The whole fan base was completely re energized, starting with

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<v Speaker 10>that introductory press conference that just was absurd when you

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<v Speaker 10>think about it looking back on it, and just so

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<v Speaker 10>much new like pumped into it and energized. And when

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<v Speaker 10>you think energize at least I do. I think star Trek.

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<v Speaker 10>Of course, I could not pass up the opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>There have been so many iterations of Star Trek, but

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<v Speaker 2>that is endured. It hasn't it energized?

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, absolutely, that's the original.

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<v Speaker 2>Now they I assumed did you take the cover photo

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<v Speaker 2>because you're really a I've told you this before, you're

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<v Speaker 1>But did you set up and take you that?

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<v Speaker 10>That's Chat White took that one.

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<v Speaker 10>It is the transporter room. Yeah, run a photo of that,

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<v Speaker 10>and I had to cut out all the individual players

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<v Speaker 1>Ye. I was a bit of a start to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a bit of a Star Trek nerd.

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<v Speaker 2>On its second running, it was I guess after it's

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<v Speaker 2>How they came up with the way that they created

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<v Speaker 2>that energizer. Look with the spar that's aluminum dust, they

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<v Speaker 2>So I was so happy to see.

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<v Speaker 10>I read that along. Yet it's really good. I got

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<v Speaker 10>were horrible and all.

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<v Speaker 6>It's a really good reasons in.

428
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<v Speaker 1>The original book I read it might have been in

429
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<v Speaker 1>his as well.

430
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<v Speaker 2>And we'll get the folks, I promise we'll get the

431
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<v Speaker 2>basketball in a minute.

432
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<v Speaker 1>But they wore those those.

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<v Speaker 2>Uniformed shirts made out of volure, and of course you know,

434
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<v Speaker 2>there were physical scenes and this and that, and whenever

435
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<v Speaker 2>they would clean them, they would shrink, and so they

436
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<v Speaker 2>had to wear them as long as they could before

437
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<v Speaker 2>they were just impossibly tight. And as you said, the budget,

438
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<v Speaker 2>you know, oh my god, I got to buy more

439
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<v Speaker 2>of these things. So anyhow, yeah, exactly, So let us

440
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<v Speaker 2>let us get to the basketball program. And I used

441
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<v Speaker 2>the SoundBite the other night from one of your questions.

442
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<v Speaker 2>I've told you you asked good questions, but you asked

443
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<v Speaker 2>about and I use the racing term bounce what you didn't.

444
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<v Speaker 2>But you asked Mark Pope if he was afraid of

445
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<v Speaker 2>a letdown after they went over Duke, and I thought

446
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<v Speaker 2>his answer and I played his answer was ear least

447
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<v Speaker 2>part of it.

448
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<v Speaker 1>You know it was pretty long.

449
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<v Speaker 2>Yes, was a typical Mark Pope answer. You know that

450
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<v Speaker 2>there has been a lot of thought and research and

451
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<v Speaker 2>emotion going into it.

452
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<v Speaker 1>But explain to everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>In a nutshell what he said if they didn't hear

454
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<v Speaker 2>it the other night or when you first asked it.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, it was.

456
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<v Speaker 10>I wrote about it yesterday. To me, it's getting to

457
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<v Speaker 10>be the norm. You asked what you think is a

458
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<v Speaker 10>simple question, you get a very profound answer. Is much

459
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<v Speaker 10>more than what you bargeted for. Basically summed up at

460
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<v Speaker 10>the end, we focus on what we want to happen.

461
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<v Speaker 10>We don't focus on what we don't want to happen, right,

462
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<v Speaker 10>which is the only way to look at and he said,

463
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<v Speaker 10>and then he gets into the neuroscience, of course, is

464
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<v Speaker 10>to be worried about the letdown. The emotions that come

465
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<v Speaker 10>along with with you know, the pure body chemistry of

466
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<v Speaker 10>such a high that you're going to not gonna be

467
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<v Speaker 10>able to rise back up with that, he said. But

468
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<v Speaker 10>from that second they won, and Andrew Carton later, you know,

469
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<v Speaker 10>we celebrate just a little and then it was on

470
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<v Speaker 10>to the next game. And you know, had that been

471
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<v Speaker 10>a young team that pulled off that win against they

472
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<v Speaker 10>would have looked horrible against them, and these guys didn't. Yeah,

473
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<v Speaker 10>And that was my premise, was what was your anxiety

474
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<v Speaker 10>level because it's such an old team. I was thinking, okay,

475
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<v Speaker 10>it was greatly reduced, and he's like, no, we don't.

476
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<v Speaker 10>We don't even accept that as a possibility here okay, where.

477
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<v Speaker 2>He says, we don't get nervous, and I was like, man,

478
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<v Speaker 2>it's no human to be nervous. And you wonder, how

479
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<v Speaker 2>did they coach that either out of somebody or into somebody,

480
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<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean?

481
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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, he said, the natural reaction is to be a

482
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<v Speaker 10>little nervous that it might happen, and they just calculated

483
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<v Speaker 10>and dismissed it summarily and get on with it, which

484
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<v Speaker 10>I think you can do with an old team. I

485
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<v Speaker 10>think it's a completely different question. If this was an

486
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<v Speaker 10>all freshman like we're used to.

487
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<v Speaker 1>It also helps to be pretty good, doesn't it.

488
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<v Speaker 6>Yes, it does.

489
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<v Speaker 10>That's what That's what it is amazing me because we

490
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<v Speaker 10>all it's kind of like with the football season and said,

491
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<v Speaker 10>how good kid, I don't know how good rock Banders is?

492
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<v Speaker 10>He's never played this group. How good is basketball? I

493
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<v Speaker 10>don't know. It's twelve guys who've never been around each other.

494
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<v Speaker 10>How long is it going to take the mesh? How

495
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<v Speaker 10>good are And you look at all these guys were

496
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<v Speaker 10>considered good, Yes they weren't. They weren't considered elite by

497
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<v Speaker 10>any stretch of the imagination at any no matter where

498
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<v Speaker 10>they came from. And some of the I don't even

499
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<v Speaker 10>know if they were leading score on their own team.

500
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<v Speaker 10>But here they are, and just I give all the

501
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<v Speaker 10>credits to Mark Poe. What are what buttons? He's pushing

502
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<v Speaker 10>And I talked to some of the players early and

503
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<v Speaker 10>they're like, I'm still getting used to the fact that

504
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<v Speaker 10>I'm playing for a coach that doesn't yell at me.

505
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<v Speaker 10>Everything is positive reinforcement and it's and they're just lapping

506
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<v Speaker 10>that up like crazy.

507
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he's got it.

508
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<v Speaker 2>I think he had one player was a brand who

509
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<v Speaker 2>came off to be was the sixth man, and you

510
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<v Speaker 2>had led the team in scoring or something like that,

511
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<v Speaker 2>but still accepted the role as six man. You know,

512
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<v Speaker 2>was not the marquee player on that team. That You're right,

513
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<v Speaker 2>maybe Lamont Butler fit that bill just because San Diego

514
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<v Speaker 2>State was known for defense and it was their point guard.

515
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<v Speaker 2>But and hit that big shot in the tournament. But yeah,

516
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<v Speaker 2>that's a great point. No great, but a lot of good, right.

517
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<v Speaker 10>Yeah it is. But yet the sun so far as

518
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<v Speaker 10>it is looking great, and I know it's early, but

519
00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:31.640
<v Speaker 10>there's so much more, so much room for them to improve. Yeah,

520
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<v Speaker 10>some of these when I can't wait to see Colin

521
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<v Speaker 10>Chandler get the rest completely off and start playing up

522
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<v Speaker 10>to his school potential.

523
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<v Speaker 2>And you know, it's a great point you bring up,

524
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<v Speaker 2>because as you look at this team, and I was

525
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<v Speaker 2>thinking about this the other day, what are they going

526
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<v Speaker 2>to look like in March? Everybody wants to know that,

527
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<v Speaker 2>of course, and they're gonna be much better and they're

528
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<v Speaker 2>gonna win some games. But will we call one player

529
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<v Speaker 2>in particular great? You know, this guy has become a

530
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<v Speaker 2>great player. I honestly, with no disrespect intended. I doubt

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<v Speaker 2>that simply because of the makeup of this team, the

532
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<v Speaker 2>way they play, the way they rotate players.

533
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<v Speaker 1>There's there's so many of them, you know what I mean.

534
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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, you're no, You're not gonna It'd be interesting to

535
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<v Speaker 10>see what postseason awards look like, because nobody's gonna be

536
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<v Speaker 10>way up there on average per game, right, I mean,

537
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<v Speaker 10>that's what I thought about the other day, Andrew against Duke.

538
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<v Speaker 10>Andrew Carr has seventeen, Jackson Robinson has one point right,

539
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<v Speaker 10>flip it come back a week later, Robinson has twenty,

540
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<v Speaker 10>Andrew Carr has two. They did a complete reversal and

541
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<v Speaker 10>didn't miss a beat. And that's to me, if I'm

542
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<v Speaker 10>scouting them, I'm like, oh my goodness, word, what poison

543
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<v Speaker 10>do you pick on this group? Yeah, because you don't

544
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<v Speaker 10>know where it's coming from.

545
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>When I was looking at this roster and reading up

547
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<v Speaker 2>on them before Pro Day, I got to Andley alman Or.

548
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<v Speaker 2>I saw his size and his ability with a three pointer,

549
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<v Speaker 2>and I thought, that is a matchup nightmare.

550
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<v Speaker 1>And there's more than one on this roster, isn't there?

551
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<v Speaker 9>Yeah? There are.

552
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<v Speaker 10>It's it's a very unique group and like yeah, I

553
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<v Speaker 10>got I got a guy over here that shoots seventy

554
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<v Speaker 10>eight percent from three point line, but he can't break

555
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<v Speaker 10>the starting lineup.

556
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<v Speaker 1>But what a weapon to bring off the bench. That's fantastic,

557
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<v Speaker 1>you know.

558
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<v Speaker 2>Is Yeah, we're talking to Darryl Bird. He is a

559
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<v Speaker 2>general manager of The Cat's Pause. Writer, columnist, photographer. Uh

560
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<v Speaker 2>were you a photographer before you started shooting pictures.

561
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<v Speaker 1>For the casts? I've always mentioned meant to ask.

562
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<v Speaker 6>You that now.

563
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<v Speaker 10>I started when I started the newspaper in Elizabethtown. I was

564
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<v Speaker 10>tired as a writer, but quickly, with a smaller staff,

565
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<v Speaker 10>you end up taking a lot of photos at your

566
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<v Speaker 10>own event. And just kind of fell in love with it.

567
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<v Speaker 10>And my desk was literally across the hallway from the

568
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<v Speaker 10>dark room, and you know, the stowers like can you

569
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<v Speaker 10>help me with it? And I just started doing that.

570
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<v Speaker 10>I fell in love with I mean, I'm going back

571
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<v Speaker 10>way old school, rolling the film on the canister in

572
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<v Speaker 10>complete darkness, and you know, renting it back and forth

573
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<v Speaker 10>and then printing your own prints and using your hands

574
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<v Speaker 10>to dodge and burn the images. And I hope you

575
00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.920
<v Speaker 10>got it right. You don't have to do it over

576
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<v Speaker 10>And just fell a little that whole side of it

577
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<v Speaker 10>and just ended up kind of doing both my whole.

578
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<v Speaker 1>Career dodging and Bernie Man I remember that, and you

579
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<v Speaker 1>old school photographers nobody's talking about.

580
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<v Speaker 2>I learned that much when I wrote for the UK paper. Uh,

581
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<v Speaker 2>I never took that. I wish I had taken the

582
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<v Speaker 2>course in photography because I enjoyed doing it, but never

583
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<v Speaker 2>followed up with it. But one of the guys, Stuart

584
00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:33.319
<v Speaker 2>Bowman or somebody taught me that. But I never learned

585
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<v Speaker 2>how to do the world.

586
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<v Speaker 1>You have to obviously, you don't want to expose your

587
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<v Speaker 1>film to any light.

588
00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:41.519
<v Speaker 2>So when you're rolling your own film into those little

589
00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:43.960
<v Speaker 2>canisters that you put in your camera, you have to

590
00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:47.000
<v Speaker 2>do it in utter darkness just by feel, and.

591
00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:50.240
<v Speaker 10>I feel and hope that the film does not can't

592
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<v Speaker 10>touch the It has to roll in a way that

593
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<v Speaker 10>it doesn't touch or when you're getting ready to develop it. Yeah, amazing,

594
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<v Speaker 10>meaning roll your own back.

595
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<v Speaker 2>Then and now with digital technology it's easier, but in

596
00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:07.680
<v Speaker 2>some ways it's tougher, so you know. Uh, but you

597
00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:10.200
<v Speaker 2>can take a lot of pictures, a lot of pictures

598
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<v Speaker 2>without spending more money, you know, because with the old days,

599
00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:14.720
<v Speaker 2>every time you expose the frame.

600
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<v Speaker 1>It costs your money.

601
00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:21.480
<v Speaker 10>If thirty six rolls per thirty six images per roll film,

602
00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:23.920
<v Speaker 10>that's right. And now you'll see people shoot five six

603
00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:27.480
<v Speaker 10>hundred of these games on digital and you know thirty

604
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<v Speaker 10>six and shoot three rows of film and get back

605
00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:32.519
<v Speaker 10>have it developed the next day and find out your

606
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<v Speaker 10>exposure was wrong, which you know digital it's like you

607
00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:37.519
<v Speaker 10>take it, you look at it and you're like, okay,

608
00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:40.160
<v Speaker 10>just here. Yeah, it's amazing how much.

609
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<v Speaker 2>Different I see you guys on the sideline, and most

610
00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.400
<v Speaker 2>guys add it as they go.

611
00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:47.960
<v Speaker 1>They'll take picture from the football play and look at it.

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<v Speaker 2>Nope, don't like it, delete it right now so they

613
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<v Speaker 2>don't have to do it later. Sonny, we got a

614
00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:56.000
<v Speaker 2>little guy a little bit off off track with Daryl Bird,

615
00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:57.720
<v Speaker 2>but I do want to talk some football when we

616
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<v Speaker 2>come back here on six thirty WLAP Welcome back. We're

617
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<v Speaker 2>talking with Daryl Bird, the GM of the Catch Paws,

618
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<v Speaker 2>who takes pictures and rights and reports.

619
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<v Speaker 1>And does everything for the cast bolls.

620
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<v Speaker 2>He and Aaron Gershawan and a kind of a skeleton

621
00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:13.160
<v Speaker 2>staff anymore with the Cats Balls.

622
00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:16.839
<v Speaker 1>But they put out a great basketball yearbook just in time.

623
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<v Speaker 1>For Christmas.

624
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<v Speaker 2>But I want to talk to you, of course about

625
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<v Speaker 2>Mark Soups in his football program. This has been kind

626
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<v Speaker 2>of a throwback season when it comes to wins and

627
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<v Speaker 2>loss has been in a different way, isn't it. It's

628
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<v Speaker 2>not that Kentucky doesn't have enough talent. When Stoops got here,

629
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<v Speaker 2>the cupboard was almost bear. With all due respect, he's

630
00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:39.440
<v Speaker 2>got some talent on this team, but between injuries, mystifying penalties,

631
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<v Speaker 2>it has not been a satisfying season to say the least,

632
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<v Speaker 2>has it.

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<v Speaker 10>No, it's been very, very frustrating, and out of the

634
00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:50.799
<v Speaker 10>fans are really frustrated, and I think, you know, we're

635
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<v Speaker 10>gonna be honest here.

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<v Speaker 6>That's a pretty good segment.

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<v Speaker 10>Was hoping he might retire and just kind of ride

638
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<v Speaker 10>off into the sunset after thirty years, but he's made

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<v Speaker 10>it clear he has no intention of doing that. Those

640
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<v Speaker 10>same people who would like that kind of like seehim

641
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<v Speaker 10>right away are well he is. He has earned the

642
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<v Speaker 10>chance to fix this with what he has done. I

643
00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:13.160
<v Speaker 10>always go back to UK has four Keen win seasons

644
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<v Speaker 10>and thee hundred plus years of football.

645
00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:17.440
<v Speaker 1>And he has two of the four exactly.

646
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<v Speaker 10>So shut up. He knows what he's doing. If he

647
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<v Speaker 10>wants to try to fix that, you owe him that.

648
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<v Speaker 9>I don't know.

649
00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:25.400
<v Speaker 10>But it's been a weird year.

650
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<v Speaker 1>Oh it has. And that least to my next question.

651
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<v Speaker 2>I don't about you, but I kind of feel bad

652
00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:31.000
<v Speaker 2>for him because it's written all over his face and

653
00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:34.519
<v Speaker 2>he's not He's backed off on talking much about the

654
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<v Speaker 2>portal and nil because there was some backlash nationally.

655
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<v Speaker 1>I think when he complained about it.

656
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<v Speaker 2>But oh, he said, Darryl, I promise you whatever he

657
00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:46.319
<v Speaker 2>coach in America was thinking that instead of coaching now,

658
00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:49.039
<v Speaker 2>my spare time goes to raising money.

659
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<v Speaker 10>I had that one on one with him for our football, right.

660
00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:55.920
<v Speaker 10>He was so open and I'm like, are you kind

661
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<v Speaker 10>of thinking? Are you sure you want? And he's like,

662
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<v Speaker 10>and I said, thank you for saying this. That He

663
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<v Speaker 10>was the first one that Mayor if you remember, came

664
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<v Speaker 10>out one day to Prescott and said, well, these are

665
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<v Speaker 10>free agents.

666
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<v Speaker 9>Oh my god, we let's come.

667
00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:11.240
<v Speaker 10>And then this year it was I'm working to meet

668
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<v Speaker 10>payroll and I'm like, what do you mean payroll?

669
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<v Speaker 9>Payroll?

670
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<v Speaker 10>If I don't play, If I don't raise enough money

671
00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:20.359
<v Speaker 10>to pay these guys, they either won't play the game,

672
00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:23.519
<v Speaker 10>or they'll leave. Ye, and you better believe that pressure

673
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<v Speaker 10>is real and it's in his fairness. I did a

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<v Speaker 10>thing with Texas Radio this morning and I said, well,

675
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<v Speaker 10>they were asking me kind of the same thing, and

676
00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:36.359
<v Speaker 10>it's like, well, here's the deal in Io at Texas.

677
00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:41.440
<v Speaker 10>It's going to football. They're like, yeah, here you get half. Maybe, yeah,

678
00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:43.759
<v Speaker 10>maybe it's a best you can hope for is a

679
00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:46.359
<v Speaker 10>fifty to fifty split. And it's a much smaller state

680
00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:50.359
<v Speaker 10>with much smaller resources in that regard. So yeah, of

681
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<v Speaker 10>course it's a challenge. Better believe it is.

682
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<v Speaker 9>Yeah job.

683
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<v Speaker 10>And I'm like they brought the a n M job

684
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<v Speaker 10>And I said, well, any fan with logical sense here

685
00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:03.200
<v Speaker 10>in Kentucky said, yeah, you better talk to an M

686
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<v Speaker 10>if the call you.

687
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, be Look and you know I work down there.

688
00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:10.759
<v Speaker 2>There's a bottomless pit of money down there, so that

689
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<v Speaker 2>that would never be an issue. Plus, as you point out,

690
00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:16.400
<v Speaker 2>football is king. So a few minutes left with Daryl Bird,

691
00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:19.799
<v Speaker 2>what about this game with Texas? Uh, I expected, with

692
00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:23.799
<v Speaker 2>all those injuries going into Knoxville, an ugly blowout because

693
00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:25.359
<v Speaker 2>we've covered some of those games down.

694
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<v Speaker 1>There, haven't we?

695
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<v Speaker 2>Yes, But now and their question marks about Texas, about

696
00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:33.039
<v Speaker 2>strength to schedule, and then when Georgia did going in

697
00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:36.359
<v Speaker 2>not the Kentucky's Georgia, but Kentucky played with Georgia. So

698
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<v Speaker 2>I think there are some Longhorn fans who are wondering

699
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<v Speaker 2>about the Wildcats.

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<v Speaker 10>I had. That was the exact reaction from the guys

701
00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:46.200
<v Speaker 10>on the Texas podcast. I said, you're going to get

702
00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.839
<v Speaker 10>a game. They're like, oh, yeah, we know we're going

703
00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:51.079
<v Speaker 10>to get a game. There's no question because they're like,

704
00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:52.960
<v Speaker 10>what's the deal? How do you beat Ole miss and

705
00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:56.160
<v Speaker 10>nearly beat Georgia and play Tennessee as hard as you

706
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<v Speaker 10>did and then lose your some of the games you've lost. Yeah,

707
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<v Speaker 10>and it's I don't know, I said, I think it's

708
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<v Speaker 10>the soup's mentality in that locker room. They are going

709
00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:06.319
<v Speaker 10>to play tough. They may not win. They probably won't win.

710
00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:10.039
<v Speaker 10>They need a very on brown kickoff or turn touchdown,

711
00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:12.320
<v Speaker 10>and they need they need to go for it on

712
00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:15.480
<v Speaker 10>fourth and eight from the thirty, not take the field goal.

713
00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.519
<v Speaker 10>I mean, if I'm gonna lose, I'm gonna lose seventy

714
00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:20.360
<v Speaker 10>to nothing, I'm gonna keep going for touch heead, what

715
00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:22.320
<v Speaker 10>do you have to lose at this stage, I'm with you,

716
00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:25.280
<v Speaker 10>I'm with a you know, they're anticipating, they're going to

717
00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:26.159
<v Speaker 10>know they were in a fight.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm looking forward to just being done. I've been

719
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<v Speaker 2>in Austin when I work down there back in the eighties,

720
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<v Speaker 2>but not for a game.

721
00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.039
<v Speaker 1>Uh you know.

722
00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:36.360
<v Speaker 2>So I'm told it's going to be a full house.

723
00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:38.320
<v Speaker 2>And one of the weird things I was on a

724
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<v Speaker 2>radio show down in Austin and I had the guests

725
00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:43.320
<v Speaker 2>on my show. The host on my show, I said,

726
00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:45.000
<v Speaker 2>what can we expect? And one of the things he

727
00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:48.239
<v Speaker 2>said there I was, they don't tailgate down here. They

728
00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:50.079
<v Speaker 2>have a different kind of setup, you know, with a

729
00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:53.800
<v Speaker 2>long I guess this road that surrounds the stadium that's

730
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<v Speaker 2>dotted with different places you can.

731
00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:57.079
<v Speaker 1>Go to eat and drink of that kind of thing.

732
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<v Speaker 1>But my reaction was they will learn to tailgate once

733
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<v Speaker 1>they see the rest of the sec Yes, they will.

734
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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, not everybody accuracy. What they're going to think is

735
00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:10.320
<v Speaker 10>to me. And they were talking about UK and I said, well,

736
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<v Speaker 10>here's the deal.

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<v Speaker 1>UK.

738
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<v Speaker 10>At the beginning of the year, I would k's living.

739
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<v Speaker 10>I guess you're eleving by the end of the year.

740
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<v Speaker 10>After going through the SEC now their beat to death. Yeah,

741
00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:20.480
<v Speaker 10>and I'm wondering if Texas is like, wow, this is

742
00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:22.639
<v Speaker 10>this is a much more physical league than what we're

743
00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:22.960
<v Speaker 10>used to do.

744
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<v Speaker 2>You run the gauntlet, there's no questions about you do.

745
00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:28.679
<v Speaker 2>Darryl Bird is the general manager of the Cats Paws.

746
00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:33.000
<v Speaker 2>You need to pick up the Cats Paws basketball yearbook.

747
00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:36.079
<v Speaker 2>It features, among other things, Mark Pope how he got

748
00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:38.679
<v Speaker 2>to Kentucky. I love there have been so many takes

749
00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:41.400
<v Speaker 2>on this and I love reading everybody's takes, profiles and

750
00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:46.559
<v Speaker 2>all the players and SEC preview, the opponents, talk of recruiting.

751
00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:50.119
<v Speaker 2>State colleges are covered, Boys and girls, high school, the

752
00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:53.199
<v Speaker 2>UK women, and you write about it. You have a

753
00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:57.920
<v Speaker 2>feature about the fiftieth anniversary in the UK's nineteen seventy

754
00:35:58.000 --> 00:36:03.280
<v Speaker 2>five season basketball, which was a great one and I

755
00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.199
<v Speaker 2>was in school for that.

756
00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:06.639
<v Speaker 1>It was a lot of fun. I love that team.

757
00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:09.559
<v Speaker 10>Yeah, that team was great and that story is its

758
00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:12.239
<v Speaker 10>tremendous and I was able to I talked to Joe

759
00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:16.480
<v Speaker 10>Hall before he to talk to Kevin Greevy and Mike

760
00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:19.599
<v Speaker 10>Playing all those guys their memories of that whole season,

761
00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:23.840
<v Speaker 10>and it's really cool stuff. It's amazing. Like this team,

762
00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:27.119
<v Speaker 10>we can get good stuff, but talk to him ten

763
00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:29.440
<v Speaker 10>fifteen years from now and you'll get so many great

764
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<v Speaker 10>stories that they won't tell you. Now.

765
00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.920
<v Speaker 1>You're right about that.

766
00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:36.800
<v Speaker 2>And what I always loved when teams got together with

767
00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:40.480
<v Speaker 2>Joe b years later, he always said, I'm hearing things,

768
00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.559
<v Speaker 2>stories about things.

769
00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:44.079
<v Speaker 1>I'm glad I didn't know we're going on when I was.

770
00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:47.480
<v Speaker 2>Coaching exactly, but every now and then he would tell

771
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<v Speaker 2>them stories that they didn't know.

772
00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:52.599
<v Speaker 1>You know, that was going on with the coaching staff.

773
00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:58.199
<v Speaker 2>But that's seventy five basketball season followed a super weird

774
00:36:58.320 --> 00:37:02.960
<v Speaker 2>seventy five football season, you know, with with the investigation

775
00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:06.639
<v Speaker 2>of Sunny Collins and or then included Sunny Collins unfairly,

776
00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:10.920
<v Speaker 2>and you know Kentucky kept snatching defeat from the jaws

777
00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:14.639
<v Speaker 2>of victory all year and points shaving rumors which were bogus.

778
00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:17.760
<v Speaker 2>Uh so, yeah, we needed that basketball season, didn't we.

779
00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:21.519
<v Speaker 10>Yeah it was. And then to go up early and

780
00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:24.280
<v Speaker 10>have Indiana beat your brains in, and you know the

781
00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:27.800
<v Speaker 10>old head slapped at Joe Bobby Knights come back and

782
00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:33.079
<v Speaker 10>beat undefeated Indiana to get to the final fours. Almost perfect, people,

783
00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:35.519
<v Speaker 10>John Wyn decided he's going to retire.

784
00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:38.519
<v Speaker 2>There are people to this day and I'm sure they

785
00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:40.840
<v Speaker 2>ask you. They asked me, what's your favorite game or

786
00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:43.760
<v Speaker 2>moment or this or that? And my favorite basketball game

787
00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:47.760
<v Speaker 2>is still all things considered, that game where they came

788
00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:50.400
<v Speaker 2>back and beat Indiana in the regional. And I know

789
00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:52.639
<v Speaker 2>they didn't have Scott Green or Scott May or whatever

790
00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:57.400
<v Speaker 2>his name was, Scott May, but still everybody expected Indiana

791
00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:00.360
<v Speaker 2>to roll over him again and that didn't have happened.

792
00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:02.079
<v Speaker 1>So that's why that's nat.

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<v Speaker 10>So everybody talks about you know, Joe b in the

794
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<v Speaker 10>seventy eight he finally got out them under Adolph's shadow.

795
00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:11.159
<v Speaker 10>To me, seventy five, that's when he got That was

796
00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:14.679
<v Speaker 10>his signature coming out party. Look what he did with

797
00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:19.280
<v Speaker 10>he took down mighty Indiana what two years three years

798
00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:20.559
<v Speaker 10>after Adolph.

799
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, great point, and took down Bobby Knight with him.

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<v Speaker 10>So yes he did.

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<v Speaker 2>Darryl, thank you so much. And again you need to

802
00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:33.280
<v Speaker 2>pick up the Catspaws Yearbook. Follow Darryl on Twitter at

803
00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:36.840
<v Speaker 2>Darryl Bird. But they can get the the yearbook wherever

804
00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:38.239
<v Speaker 2>they get sports magazines.

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00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:38.679
<v Speaker 1>Am I right?

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<v Speaker 10>Kroger specifically shop Yeah, now not Kroger this year, but

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00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.199
<v Speaker 10>shop Catspaws dot com.

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<v Speaker 6>The easiest way Okay, very good, all right, the easiest.

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00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:47.000
<v Speaker 10>Way we can get it right to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks appreciate it, Darryl, have a good one.

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<v Speaker 2>Take care up next Tour number two including Darren headrinc

812
00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:56.320
<v Speaker 2>of the UK radio Now we're well talk football, baseball

813
00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:58.639
<v Speaker 2>and basketball all here on the Big One.

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<v Speaker 1>Siders six thirty would be.

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<v Speaker 2>Name Welcome back to the Big Lewinsider joining us now

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<v Speaker 2>in our celebrity hotline is a guy whose voice is

817
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<v Speaker 2>well known to UK fans. He is the radio voice

818
00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:51.480
<v Speaker 2>of UK women's basketball baseball. You hear him on BBN

819
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<v Speaker 2>Radio each week as Darren Heddrick, who is oftentimes here

820
00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:58.920
<v Speaker 2>in the garage with the Chain gang, Doug Flynn and

821
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<v Speaker 2>Keith Madison flying solo.

822
00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:02.480
<v Speaker 1>Today I needed to catch up with Darren on a

823
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<v Speaker 1>number of topics.

824
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<v Speaker 2>And first of all, Darren, we were talking before I

825
00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:08.280
<v Speaker 2>went on the air about the fact that Chris Sale

826
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<v Speaker 2>wins the cy Young Award and boy Dan Roselle has.

827
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<v Speaker 1>Coached a lot of talented pitchers.

828
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<v Speaker 2>He has quite a resume and this might be the

829
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<v Speaker 2>plumb right here, here's a guy who helped get to

830
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<v Speaker 2>the majors when they were both at Florida Gulf Coast

831
00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:23.559
<v Speaker 2>and now a comeback for Sale to cy Young Award.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, it really is. And I was just sitting there

834
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<v Speaker 9>naming off all the different guys that co Trozell has

835
00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:34.119
<v Speaker 9>helped put into the major leagues and you and I

836
00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:37.760
<v Speaker 9>could spend a while on that, but yeah, really awesome

837
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<v Speaker 9>story when you think about where Sale was at what

838
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<v Speaker 9>I would have called the peak of his career and

839
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<v Speaker 9>then to go through the injuries and how many years

840
00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:49.440
<v Speaker 9>has it been two or three since we've seen him

841
00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:53.480
<v Speaker 9>pitch with any kind of consistency just making starts, let

842
00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:56.840
<v Speaker 9>alone having a season like he did this year. So

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<v Speaker 9>it really is an awesome bounce back story. And I

844
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<v Speaker 9>know Dan is really close to Chris Sale, and that's yeah,

845
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<v Speaker 9>it's just a really neat story. And I'm sure with

846
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<v Speaker 9>the talent that he has coached, we're going to see

847
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<v Speaker 9>a few more guys maybe get to the major leagues

848
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<v Speaker 9>and have success toys under his tutelage.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and since he's been a Kentucky and number of

850
00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:23.800
<v Speaker 2>pitchers assigned pro contracts and of course what was the

851
00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:27.639
<v Speaker 2>two seasons back, the staffs at the single season school

852
00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:32.039
<v Speaker 2>record at UK for strikeouts, and Tyler Gilfoyle comes in

853
00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:35.639
<v Speaker 2>and under Roselle becomes an All American out of the bullpen.

854
00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:37.199
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, he's getting it done.

855
00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:40.360
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, no question about it. And you think about Sean

856
00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:45.000
<v Speaker 9>Harney of course coming in here. The story behind how

857
00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:48.880
<v Speaker 9>Sean and Dan and the Kentucky program met up is

858
00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:51.639
<v Speaker 9>still one for me that I always enjoyed telling about

859
00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:56.400
<v Speaker 9>the emails going back and forth. And so you think

860
00:42:56.440 --> 00:43:01.719
<v Speaker 9>about guil Foyle and Harney, Mason Moore, his development in

861
00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:04.440
<v Speaker 9>the three years at Kentucky, I'm anxious to see how

862
00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.039
<v Speaker 9>he does now at the next level. So you're right,

863
00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:10.000
<v Speaker 9>and hey, Trey Booser goes from the College of Charleston

864
00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:14.320
<v Speaker 9>to being the anchor in a week in rotation the

865
00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:17.480
<v Speaker 9>Friday Night eighth and now he's in pro ball. So

866
00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:21.639
<v Speaker 9>just so many feathers in the cap of Dan Roselle

867
00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:24.800
<v Speaker 9>and a big reason why Kentucky's had to turn around

868
00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:26.519
<v Speaker 9>they've had in the last three years.

869
00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:28.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I'm anxious to see what he does with

870
00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:31.320
<v Speaker 2>the not entirely new staff, but a lot of new

871
00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:35.199
<v Speaker 2>faces coming up this baseball season. So let me shift

872
00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:39.000
<v Speaker 2>over to women's basketball. The job Kenny Brooks has been doing.

873
00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:41.320
<v Speaker 2>He's got everybody excited. He've got a little bit of

874
00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:43.800
<v Speaker 2>a time off. Now, you guys will be going down

875
00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:48.559
<v Speaker 2>to the Music City Classic in Thanksgiving week Arizona State

876
00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:50.280
<v Speaker 2>in Illinois.

877
00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:53.639
<v Speaker 1>Interesting, they grind out and went over Louisville. Then the

878
00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:54.559
<v Speaker 1>women have to.

879
00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:57.719
<v Speaker 2>Work pretty hard to beat Perdue Fort Wayne, which is

880
00:43:57.760 --> 00:44:00.960
<v Speaker 2>not a bad ball club. But this Music City Classic's

881
00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:02.360
<v Speaker 2>going to be a real challenge.

882
00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:02.400
<v Speaker 1>Isn't it.

883
00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:06.599
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, it is. Illinois is a top twenty team, they're undefeated.

884
00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:10.880
<v Speaker 9>That's probably next to Louisville. Illinois will be the best

885
00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:14.599
<v Speaker 9>team that they've played to this point. Arizona State is

886
00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:18.800
<v Speaker 9>three and two and like the Wildcats, Sun Devils are

887
00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:22.360
<v Speaker 9>off until they play that Music City Classic game next Tuesday.

888
00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:25.679
<v Speaker 9>So a couple of Power five teams. Obviously they're going

889
00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:28.880
<v Speaker 9>to have some athleticism, they're going to have size. I

890
00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:33.760
<v Speaker 9>think Arizona State's even got a six to seven center,

891
00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:37.360
<v Speaker 9>So that's going to challenge Clara Strack and Clara Silva.

892
00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:37.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

893
00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:40.800
<v Speaker 9>So yeah, you're talking about two Power five teams and

894
00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:45.320
<v Speaker 9>it's I was joking with Cammy Moore Williams are sports

895
00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:48.519
<v Speaker 9>information director. I said, I'm still getting used to calling

896
00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:51.320
<v Speaker 9>Arizona State a big twelve teams because I was wanting

897
00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:54.719
<v Speaker 9>to look up at twelve records. But obviously that is

898
00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:59.119
<v Speaker 9>a moot point now. But certainly a couple of tough

899
00:44:59.199 --> 00:45:02.519
<v Speaker 9>challenges away Kentucky next weekend and the Music City.

900
00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:05.639
<v Speaker 2>Speaking of challenges that comeback, and it was a real comeback.

901
00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:08.239
<v Speaker 2>I mean, prdue foro Wyn was up nine a couple

902
00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:11.039
<v Speaker 2>of times, and I heard you talking on the radio

903
00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:13.760
<v Speaker 2>about the fact that if if Kentucky could just get

904
00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:16.000
<v Speaker 2>the lead, but you know, they would flirt with it

905
00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:18.360
<v Speaker 2>and then fall back, flirt, wouldn't fall back. They finally

906
00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:20.679
<v Speaker 2>got it and proved you to be prescient.

907
00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:22.159
<v Speaker 1>They were able to ease away.

908
00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:25.960
<v Speaker 2>But I kept in watching and listening to you, kept

909
00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:29.719
<v Speaker 2>seeing straight line drives. You know, they took the Wildcats

910
00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:31.599
<v Speaker 2>to the rack. Is that a blueprint do you think

911
00:45:31.719 --> 00:45:32.119
<v Speaker 2>right now?

912
00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:33.239
<v Speaker 1>For this team?

913
00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:36.559
<v Speaker 9>I think that's something this coaching staff has been working

914
00:45:36.599 --> 00:45:39.760
<v Speaker 9>on with this group. And I've heard Coach Brooks talk

915
00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:45.119
<v Speaker 9>over and over about communication. Communicate, communicate, communicate, and so

916
00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:47.679
<v Speaker 9>they're still learning each other. He's still learning how to

917
00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:52.440
<v Speaker 9>best you know, use this or deploy his defense and

918
00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:57.159
<v Speaker 9>his style the way he wants to play. And yeah,

919
00:45:57.400 --> 00:46:02.920
<v Speaker 9>I do think more athletic guard oriented teams. Smaller teams

920
00:46:03.239 --> 00:46:06.800
<v Speaker 9>could give this group trouble just because of their size.

921
00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:10.320
<v Speaker 9>You know, if you're able to drive around them, you

922
00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:13.960
<v Speaker 9>can get opportunities. The problem is trying to drive around them.

923
00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:17.039
<v Speaker 9>And you know, I think part of the reason why

924
00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:21.559
<v Speaker 9>they blocked almost sixty shots in five games is because

925
00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:24.119
<v Speaker 9>they're a little bit late, but they're able to use

926
00:46:24.159 --> 00:46:28.239
<v Speaker 9>their links to alter shots or block shot you know.

927
00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:30.719
<v Speaker 9>And after the game, coach Brooks said, hey, we could

928
00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:34.280
<v Speaker 9>have gone zone and clogged the lanes, but he said,

929
00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:36.480
<v Speaker 9>I kept him in man and told him to figure

930
00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:39.079
<v Speaker 9>it out. That's what he needs to do right now

931
00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:43.039
<v Speaker 9>because when you get to SEC play that, you know,

932
00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:45.920
<v Speaker 9>you're not going to have nights where his zone bails

933
00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:48.480
<v Speaker 9>you out. Because the SEC teams can shoot threes too,

934
00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:51.199
<v Speaker 9>and of course that the I almost call them IP,

935
00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:56.000
<v Speaker 9>but they're not that anymore perdue fort Wayne. Obviously, they

936
00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:58.559
<v Speaker 9>can shoot lights out from three as we saw in

937
00:46:58.599 --> 00:47:02.679
<v Speaker 9>that game. So you know, I was sort of excited

938
00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:05.280
<v Speaker 9>to hear he said, hey, we got to figure it out.

939
00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:07.519
<v Speaker 9>I told him to figure it out, and this team did.

940
00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:11.000
<v Speaker 9>They found a way to slow down the Masdons enough

941
00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:13.039
<v Speaker 9>to catch him and pass them.

942
00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:15.599
<v Speaker 2>Is this the team that used to be Indiana University,

943
00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:19.400
<v Speaker 2>Purdue University Indianapolis or so, No, they're Fort Wayne. What's

944
00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:21.599
<v Speaker 2>the I U p U I is a different school,

945
00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:22.599
<v Speaker 2>isn't it.

946
00:47:23.480 --> 00:47:23.719
<v Speaker 6>Yeah?

947
00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:26.960
<v Speaker 9>So I always called him U p U I.

948
00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:29.280
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the Transylvania.

949
00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:33.480
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, so that school no longer exists as I U

950
00:47:33.639 --> 00:47:40.000
<v Speaker 9>p U I. Interesting enough, Indiana elected the university elected

951
00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:42.840
<v Speaker 9>to separate from the school at Fort Wayne. So now

952
00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:48.000
<v Speaker 9>that's just Purdue Fort Wayne. Purdue has apparently, from what

953
00:47:48.079 --> 00:47:52.920
<v Speaker 9>I read, elected to separate. So now it's just Indiana

954
00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:54.599
<v Speaker 9>University Indianapolis.

955
00:47:54.679 --> 00:47:54.840
<v Speaker 1>Ok.

956
00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:57.679
<v Speaker 9>So I U p U I and I PFW are

957
00:47:57.679 --> 00:48:01.719
<v Speaker 9>no longer y thing is Dick and the game notes

958
00:48:01.760 --> 00:48:04.440
<v Speaker 9>for the Master Dons it says, do not refer to

959
00:48:04.519 --> 00:48:08.719
<v Speaker 9>us as IPSW. That school no longer exists. Yeah, yeah,

960
00:48:08.760 --> 00:48:10.239
<v Speaker 9>I mean direct to the point.

961
00:48:10.320 --> 00:48:11.840
<v Speaker 1>It's right there on the campus.

962
00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:13.920
<v Speaker 2>But no, that school doesn't exist. So this is the

963
00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:17.119
<v Speaker 2>poohy part. But now instead of Indianapolis, it's Fort Wayne.

964
00:48:18.039 --> 00:48:20.880
<v Speaker 2>One other question for you, if it's in a game noes.

965
00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:23.639
<v Speaker 2>Forgive me mastadons? How did that happen?

966
00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:26.920
<v Speaker 9>You know what they have that in the game. I'm

967
00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:28.920
<v Speaker 9>sure I was going to share that on the radio,

968
00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:32.840
<v Speaker 9>and now I've kind of forgotten some of the key

969
00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:35.880
<v Speaker 9>details to it. But essentially, there's land near the school

970
00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:38.199
<v Speaker 9>where they discovered mastadon bo.

971
00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:39.000
<v Speaker 1>That's what I figured.

972
00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:41.599
<v Speaker 2>So, yeah, yeah, a friend of mine the other night

973
00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:43.599
<v Speaker 2>I said, what is a mastadona? So just think of

974
00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:46.360
<v Speaker 2>a like a pre dinosaur elephant.

975
00:48:46.639 --> 00:48:47.880
<v Speaker 1>That's basically what it is.

976
00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:51.440
<v Speaker 9>So well, you mentioned that I was staying on the

977
00:48:51.519 --> 00:48:54.159
<v Speaker 9>radio Kentucky could just catch them and take the lead,

978
00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:57.920
<v Speaker 9>and I think I said something to the effect of, man,

979
00:48:57.960 --> 00:49:02.840
<v Speaker 9>if they could just catch the Masterdons, let one thing

980
00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:04.679
<v Speaker 9>to catch a mask todon, but what do you do

981
00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:04.920
<v Speaker 9>with it?

982
00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:10.960
<v Speaker 2>That is a fair point. We're talking to Darren Hedrick.

983
00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:14.480
<v Speaker 2>He is the radio voice of the UK women's basketball.

984
00:49:14.519 --> 00:49:17.880
<v Speaker 2>He also, when he's available, is our scoreboard anchor on

985
00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:20.400
<v Speaker 2>the UK football broadcast. We'll come back and talk some

986
00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:22.599
<v Speaker 2>college football here in just a minute on the Big

987
00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:24.440
<v Speaker 2>Bloom Siders six thirty WLAP.

988
00:49:25.039 --> 00:49:25.519
<v Speaker 1>Welcome back.

989
00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:27.960
<v Speaker 2>We're talking with Darren Hedrick, is the radio voice the

990
00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:31.480
<v Speaker 2>UK women's basketball and baseball and is our scoreboard anchor

991
00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:33.280
<v Speaker 2>on the UK Football Network.

992
00:49:33.639 --> 00:49:35.760
<v Speaker 1>And uh, we're all heading down.

993
00:49:35.840 --> 00:49:38.039
<v Speaker 2>Well, those of us are working the games and remote

994
00:49:38.599 --> 00:49:41.519
<v Speaker 2>to Austin, Texas. Have you ever worked anything in Austin?

995
00:49:43.159 --> 00:49:45.880
<v Speaker 9>Austin is the one Texas town I've not been to.

996
00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:46.480
<v Speaker 1>Wow.

997
00:49:47.639 --> 00:49:50.400
<v Speaker 9>Been to Houston, been to Dallas, Yeah, and I've been

998
00:49:50.440 --> 00:49:52.400
<v Speaker 9>to College Station, but I've not made it.

999
00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:54.079
<v Speaker 1>To a How about Lubbock? Been out there?

1000
00:49:55.039 --> 00:49:59.360
<v Speaker 9>No, I haven't done that, that's all. Yeah, yeah, all right.

1001
00:49:59.280 --> 00:50:03.199
<v Speaker 2>Well you'll appreciate I actually went out there with baseball

1002
00:50:03.480 --> 00:50:05.960
<v Speaker 2>fell in for Neil before you got here, and it

1003
00:50:06.079 --> 00:50:09.800
<v Speaker 2>was not a good Kentucky team and Tech swept the

1004
00:50:09.840 --> 00:50:12.480
<v Speaker 2>Wildcats and I think the score on Sunday was nineteen

1005
00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:15.320
<v Speaker 2>to three, So you can appreciate what I went through there.

1006
00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:18.000
<v Speaker 2>I went out through all my game notes like three times.

1007
00:50:18.400 --> 00:50:22.840
<v Speaker 2>So but no, I'm looking forward to this and it's

1008
00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:26.760
<v Speaker 2>just going to be really cool to see Kentucky playing

1009
00:50:26.920 --> 00:50:30.599
<v Speaker 2>in Austin, Texas in that stadium against that burn Orange

1010
00:50:30.840 --> 00:50:32.039
<v Speaker 2>and it's a conference game.

1011
00:50:32.199 --> 00:50:33.079
<v Speaker 1>You were just talking.

1012
00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:35.159
<v Speaker 2>About, you know, making the switch from Arizona State, Well,

1013
00:50:35.159 --> 00:50:37.760
<v Speaker 2>how about Texas now in the SEC.

1014
00:50:37.599 --> 00:50:41.400
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, you know what, I'm excited that we have Oklahoma

1015
00:50:41.400 --> 00:50:45.159
<v Speaker 9>and Texas in this league, even though they are historically

1016
00:50:47.719 --> 00:50:52.320
<v Speaker 9>what was it, I was trying to think Big eight

1017
00:50:52.440 --> 00:50:54.519
<v Speaker 9>is what Oklahoma was the in Tech originally?

1018
00:50:54.599 --> 00:50:58.199
<v Speaker 10>Yeah, yeah, yeah, in Tech, Texas was Southwest.

1019
00:50:58.840 --> 00:51:01.480
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, the swe what I was trying to think of

1020
00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:06.639
<v Speaker 9>the Southwest? You're right, thanks, But no, those two programs historically, yeah,

1021
00:51:06.679 --> 00:51:09.519
<v Speaker 9>they've not been SEC teams, but I've always felt like

1022
00:51:09.599 --> 00:51:13.599
<v Speaker 9>they were SEC caliber programs, and so it's exciting to

1023
00:51:13.639 --> 00:51:15.639
<v Speaker 9>have them. It's also exciting to go to a couple

1024
00:51:15.679 --> 00:51:19.760
<v Speaker 9>of new cities, see new traditions and new venues. So

1025
00:51:20.440 --> 00:51:23.159
<v Speaker 9>excited about it. And I think I've read was it

1026
00:51:24.559 --> 00:51:27.360
<v Speaker 9>John Hale that mentioned this will be the furthest web

1027
00:51:27.440 --> 00:51:30.679
<v Speaker 9>that Kentucky has ever played a football game, and I

1028
00:51:30.719 --> 00:51:31.800
<v Speaker 9>found that fascinating.

1029
00:51:31.880 --> 00:51:33.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, in modern times.

1030
00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:36.599
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they played once down there in nineteen fifty one.

1031
00:51:36.519 --> 00:51:36.719
<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

1032
00:51:36.760 --> 00:51:40.400
<v Speaker 1>I lost seven to six. So yeah, Texas leads the series.

1033
00:51:41.400 --> 00:51:43.639
<v Speaker 2>Kentucky played a course in the Cotton Bowl back in

1034
00:51:43.679 --> 00:51:46.480
<v Speaker 2>the day, but Dallas is not as far west as Austin,

1035
00:51:46.639 --> 00:51:48.639
<v Speaker 2>so John is absolutely correct.

1036
00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:50.360
<v Speaker 1>Some of the scores and teams.

1037
00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:52.920
<v Speaker 2>You'll be keeping an eye on and I know you

1038
00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:56.400
<v Speaker 2>it's fun hearing you trying to throw a net over

1039
00:51:56.440 --> 00:51:59.599
<v Speaker 2>everybody as you as you're following so many different games,

1040
00:52:00.159 --> 00:52:03.920
<v Speaker 2>but chief among them is Indiana at Ohio State number five,

1041
00:52:04.599 --> 00:52:09.199
<v Speaker 2>at number two, and it's so intriguing because Indiana's got

1042
00:52:09.199 --> 00:52:15.159
<v Speaker 2>this storybook season going. However, Indiana has yet to play

1043
00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:18.719
<v Speaker 2>any of the teams in the top tier of the

1044
00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:21.559
<v Speaker 2>Big Ten, which of course has what eighteen teams now whatever.

1045
00:52:21.960 --> 00:52:24.599
<v Speaker 2>They have beaten Michigan State and Michigan back to back.

1046
00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:29.719
<v Speaker 2>They destroyed Nebraska, some of the big name schools, you know,

1047
00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:34.280
<v Speaker 2>but this is going to be clearly a huge test

1048
00:52:34.280 --> 00:52:36.760
<v Speaker 2>and it's on the road for the Hoosiers. Wouldn't that

1049
00:52:36.800 --> 00:52:38.320
<v Speaker 2>be fun if they pulled this off?

1050
00:52:39.239 --> 00:52:41.880
<v Speaker 9>Oh, if they pulled this off, the world's going to

1051
00:52:41.920 --> 00:52:45.559
<v Speaker 9>turn upside down, especially if you live in Columbus, Ohio.

1052
00:52:45.760 --> 00:52:48.599
<v Speaker 9>So you know, Indiana is going to be a real

1053
00:52:48.719 --> 00:52:54.159
<v Speaker 9>test case because right now the way this committee is

1054
00:52:54.239 --> 00:52:57.840
<v Speaker 9>kind of putting things together, and I've heard other people

1055
00:52:58.079 --> 00:53:03.440
<v Speaker 9>nationally and more regionally express this concern. You know, if

1056
00:53:03.480 --> 00:53:07.440
<v Speaker 9>Indiana loses this game in a blowout, and I know

1057
00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:10.480
<v Speaker 9>everybody's got a different definition of a blowout. But say

1058
00:53:10.519 --> 00:53:14.840
<v Speaker 9>it's forty two to fourteen and eleven and one Indiana

1059
00:53:14.920 --> 00:53:19.320
<v Speaker 9>still makes the playoffs. What SEC team will ever schedule

1060
00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:21.880
<v Speaker 9>them out a conference game that's not a mid major

1061
00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:25.480
<v Speaker 9>FCS on it again, I was just gonna say to me,

1062
00:53:25.559 --> 00:53:28.000
<v Speaker 9>that's the concern, because that's what I look forward to

1063
00:53:28.039 --> 00:53:32.039
<v Speaker 9>a lot every year, besides the SEC matchups themselves. Is

1064
00:53:32.079 --> 00:53:38.320
<v Speaker 9>Georgia playing Clemson? Is LSU playing USC? Tennessee gonna play Nebraska?

1065
00:53:38.480 --> 00:53:42.559
<v Speaker 9>Whatever it is? Yeah, I was about to say, uku

1066
00:53:42.639 --> 00:53:45.239
<v Speaker 9>of l and so you know, you have to be

1067
00:53:45.280 --> 00:53:48.840
<v Speaker 9>careful about taking away the incentive to play these games.

1068
00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:53.840
<v Speaker 9>And also what about the conference championships. You can't punish

1069
00:53:53.880 --> 00:53:57.360
<v Speaker 9>teams for playing those because nobody's going to want to

1070
00:53:57.400 --> 00:53:59.719
<v Speaker 9>be in it. Lank Kiffon's already said that publicly.

1071
00:54:00.400 --> 00:54:02.760
<v Speaker 2>Well, speaking of Lane Kiffin, his team seems to be

1072
00:54:02.800 --> 00:54:06.199
<v Speaker 2>playing it's best football right now. But I think the

1073
00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:09.320
<v Speaker 2>SEC game that will draw the most attention. Why I

1074
00:54:09.320 --> 00:54:12.920
<v Speaker 2>shouldn't say, but in fact, Ole miss plays at Florida,

1075
00:54:12.920 --> 00:54:15.960
<v Speaker 2>will miss up to night. But Florida Darren they got

1076
00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:19.360
<v Speaker 2>the healthy quarterback again, although he's their backup guy.

1077
00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:22.280
<v Speaker 1>But we saw how explosive he can be against Kentucky.

1078
00:54:22.920 --> 00:54:23.440
<v Speaker 1>So now the.

1079
00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:26.159
<v Speaker 2>Gators in the swamp playing their best football at ole

1080
00:54:26.199 --> 00:54:26.800
<v Speaker 2>Miss coming in.

1081
00:54:28.199 --> 00:54:31.559
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, this amazing intriguing game because Old Miss can crash

1082
00:54:31.599 --> 00:54:35.400
<v Speaker 9>the party if they went out and Florida is a

1083
00:54:35.400 --> 00:54:38.639
<v Speaker 9>team that can play spoiler with a healthy DJ Lagway.

1084
00:54:38.679 --> 00:54:41.880
<v Speaker 9>And I think the thing to watch in that game

1085
00:54:41.920 --> 00:54:45.880
<v Speaker 9>this weekend is Lagway is one of the most accurate passers,

1086
00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:50.280
<v Speaker 9>if not the best passer in college football, completing catches

1087
00:54:50.320 --> 00:54:54.119
<v Speaker 9>of twenty or more yards. So big Chuck plays but

1088
00:54:55.039 --> 00:54:58.360
<v Speaker 9>everything else, he's still kind of a freshman at doing

1089
00:54:58.519 --> 00:55:02.360
<v Speaker 9>so can Old Miss limit is Chuck plays down field.

1090
00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:04.159
<v Speaker 9>If they can do that, I think Ole Miss wins

1091
00:55:04.159 --> 00:55:07.400
<v Speaker 9>that game comfortably. But if Lagway connects on a few

1092
00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:10.039
<v Speaker 9>of those, yeah, Ole Miss might find themselves in a

1093
00:55:10.079 --> 00:55:12.639
<v Speaker 9>little bit of trouble. So that's a really intriguing game

1094
00:55:12.719 --> 00:55:13.800
<v Speaker 9>this week Again, it's.

1095
00:55:13.599 --> 00:55:16.079
<v Speaker 2>All about can Florida control the pace of the game

1096
00:55:16.079 --> 00:55:20.159
<v Speaker 2>the way Kentucky did against Ole Miss and Oxford. Two

1097
00:55:20.159 --> 00:55:22.480
<v Speaker 2>of the games that you'll glance at, I know and

1098
00:55:22.559 --> 00:55:26.840
<v Speaker 2>keep everybody up to speed on. Georgia plays UMass, Tennessee

1099
00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:29.880
<v Speaker 2>plays UTEP, Both of the SEC teams at home. They

1100
00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:33.360
<v Speaker 2>should up, they should put up video game numbers. But

1101
00:55:33.960 --> 00:55:37.440
<v Speaker 2>I am intrigued by Army at Notre Dame. Now, Notre

1102
00:55:37.519 --> 00:55:40.440
<v Speaker 2>Dame's pretty good. They're kind of flying a little bit

1103
00:55:40.480 --> 00:55:42.679
<v Speaker 2>under the radar. I mean, everybody knows they're out there,

1104
00:55:42.719 --> 00:55:44.800
<v Speaker 2>but no one's you know, jumping up and down about

1105
00:55:44.840 --> 00:55:47.079
<v Speaker 2>Notre Dame as they have in the past. But and

1106
00:55:47.119 --> 00:55:49.960
<v Speaker 2>even though they're ranked number six in the country. But

1107
00:55:50.079 --> 00:55:53.800
<v Speaker 2>of course they played an independent. But Army again is

1108
00:55:53.840 --> 00:55:56.639
<v Speaker 2>one of those teams that has confounded everybody this year.

1109
00:55:58.199 --> 00:56:01.679
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, Army just keeps winning and they're doing so They're no,

1110
00:56:01.800 --> 00:56:04.400
<v Speaker 9>I don't think they're a football independent anymore. They found

1111
00:56:04.400 --> 00:56:07.159
<v Speaker 9>the home in a conference and so they're they're just

1112
00:56:07.239 --> 00:56:10.639
<v Speaker 9>continuing to win. They've got Notre Dame this weekend, and

1113
00:56:11.599 --> 00:56:14.280
<v Speaker 9>that's a big one for the Irish and people who

1114
00:56:14.360 --> 00:56:17.400
<v Speaker 9>are not fans of Notre Dame because right now that's

1115
00:56:17.400 --> 00:56:20.320
<v Speaker 9>the team that they've got well in the playoffs and

1116
00:56:20.400 --> 00:56:24.320
<v Speaker 9>I've heard numerous times, well they've Boston Northern Illinois. Yeah,

1117
00:56:24.360 --> 00:56:27.559
<v Speaker 9>but they've won every game on their schedule since Yeah, so,

1118
00:56:28.119 --> 00:56:31.880
<v Speaker 9>and they've done so pretty convincingly. But yeah, this is

1119
00:56:31.920 --> 00:56:33.599
<v Speaker 9>going to be a fun game this weekend.

1120
00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:34.119
<v Speaker 6>Uh.

1121
00:56:34.480 --> 00:56:37.800
<v Speaker 9>Notre Dame played an undefeated Navy team earlier this year

1122
00:56:37.840 --> 00:56:42.440
<v Speaker 9>and completely dismantled Navy and took them out of the conversation.

1123
00:56:42.719 --> 00:56:46.119
<v Speaker 9>So let's see what the the Black and Knights have

1124
00:56:46.320 --> 00:56:47.719
<v Speaker 9>for the Irish this weekend.

1125
00:56:48.119 --> 00:56:51.559
<v Speaker 2>Later in the evening, Alabama at Oklahoma, not you, not

1126
00:56:51.639 --> 00:56:54.920
<v Speaker 2>your daddy, your granddad's Oklahoma could be interesting, but Alabama's

1127
00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:56.199
<v Speaker 2>playing its best right now.

1128
00:56:56.760 --> 00:56:59.119
<v Speaker 1>And I had one another.

1129
00:56:59.159 --> 00:57:03.480
<v Speaker 2>Oh, also, Vanderbilt at LSU. Neither team is ranked, but man,

1130
00:57:03.840 --> 00:57:06.400
<v Speaker 2>you know this is going to be fascinating, isn't it.

1131
00:57:07.559 --> 00:57:09.800
<v Speaker 9>Yeah? I just think this could be a trap game

1132
00:57:09.840 --> 00:57:12.719
<v Speaker 9>for Vanderbilt looking ahead to the big Tennessee game next

1133
00:57:12.719 --> 00:57:16.079
<v Speaker 9>weekend in Nashville. I like LSU in this one.

1134
00:57:16.440 --> 00:57:19.000
<v Speaker 2>Boy, isn't it interesting that to use the term trap

1135
00:57:19.079 --> 00:57:21.119
<v Speaker 2>game in Vanderbilt in the same sentence.

1136
00:57:22.159 --> 00:57:23.760
<v Speaker 1>I think that's fantastic.

1137
00:57:25.440 --> 00:57:28.280
<v Speaker 2>I was talking to one of my guests earlier this

1138
00:57:28.320 --> 00:57:30.599
<v Speaker 2>week on the show about the fact that USC and

1139
00:57:30.760 --> 00:57:35.280
<v Speaker 2>UCLA play at ten thirty pm Eastern on NBC, and

1140
00:57:35.320 --> 00:57:37.960
<v Speaker 2>you know what, the nation shrugs. That used to be

1141
00:57:38.039 --> 00:57:41.639
<v Speaker 2>one of the great matchups, you know, with the storied

1142
00:57:41.719 --> 00:57:45.480
<v Speaker 2>names on both schools and the uniforms and the you know,

1143
00:57:45.719 --> 00:57:48.119
<v Speaker 2>playing out there in Los Angeles and the coliseum, and

1144
00:57:48.639 --> 00:57:52.000
<v Speaker 2>now neither team is really relevant right now.

1145
00:57:52.039 --> 00:57:53.559
<v Speaker 1>I hope that changes someday.

1146
00:57:54.719 --> 00:57:57.760
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, it is one of the best uniform matchups in

1147
00:57:57.840 --> 00:58:01.039
<v Speaker 9>college football, and I love when they get to both

1148
00:58:01.079 --> 00:58:03.719
<v Speaker 9>teams get to wear their home uniforms in the matchup.

1149
00:58:05.280 --> 00:58:07.599
<v Speaker 9>You're right, it's not the rivalry it used to be.

1150
00:58:08.199 --> 00:58:14.000
<v Speaker 9>UCLA has really struggled, especially in modern college football. I

1151
00:58:14.039 --> 00:58:17.079
<v Speaker 9>don't know if it's recruiting or resources or what, but

1152
00:58:17.199 --> 00:58:19.880
<v Speaker 9>they've just not been able to sustain it like USC

1153
00:58:20.039 --> 00:58:23.880
<v Speaker 9>has and gosh, I don't know if this moved to

1154
00:58:23.880 --> 00:58:25.440
<v Speaker 9>the Big Ten is going to help that or not.

1155
00:58:25.679 --> 00:58:29.159
<v Speaker 9>But you're right, that is still for those of us

1156
00:58:29.199 --> 00:58:34.199
<v Speaker 9>that have followed college football for years, going back decades,

1157
00:58:34.400 --> 00:58:38.280
<v Speaker 9>that is one of the premier rivalries in terms of

1158
00:58:38.320 --> 00:58:41.920
<v Speaker 9>its pageantry and color. And think about the stadiums too.

1159
00:58:42.119 --> 00:58:44.960
<v Speaker 9>They played in the Rose Bowl and the Collism. It

1160
00:58:45.039 --> 00:58:46.239
<v Speaker 9>doesn't get much better than that.

1161
00:58:47.199 --> 00:58:49.239
<v Speaker 2>Before I let you go, we're talking with Darren Hedrick

1162
00:58:49.280 --> 00:58:53.000
<v Speaker 2>of the UK Network. Part of your very busy schedule,

1163
00:58:53.000 --> 00:58:55.599
<v Speaker 2>you'll feel Bill be filling in for Tom Leach Friday

1164
00:58:55.679 --> 00:58:58.840
<v Speaker 2>night because we'll be traveling to Austin and you're going

1165
00:58:58.880 --> 00:59:01.079
<v Speaker 2>to call the Jackson stake in Tucky men's game, so

1166
00:59:01.119 --> 00:59:03.639
<v Speaker 2>I know you're doing your homework on that one. But

1167
00:59:04.400 --> 00:59:06.719
<v Speaker 2>this is a fun team as well, This Mark Pope

1168
00:59:06.719 --> 00:59:07.519
<v Speaker 2>ball Club.

1169
00:59:07.320 --> 00:59:07.639
<v Speaker 1>Isn't it?

1170
00:59:08.519 --> 00:59:11.480
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, it really is. I have enjoyed watching this group

1171
00:59:11.559 --> 00:59:14.800
<v Speaker 9>and the way they Everybody likes to talk about their offense,

1172
00:59:14.840 --> 00:59:17.800
<v Speaker 9>and for good reason. They've scored three hundred points in

1173
00:59:17.880 --> 00:59:22.119
<v Speaker 9>three home games. That's phenomenal, pretty good. But yeah, their

1174
00:59:22.159 --> 00:59:24.960
<v Speaker 9>defense is pretty good too, and we saw that against Dukes,

1175
00:59:24.960 --> 00:59:28.400
<v Speaker 9>so you know there's still a work in progress, as

1176
00:59:28.480 --> 00:59:30.800
<v Speaker 9>he likes to say, you know, they're still wanting to

1177
00:59:30.800 --> 00:59:33.559
<v Speaker 9>do better on the boards. They want to get to

1178
00:59:33.639 --> 00:59:36.519
<v Speaker 9>thirty five three pointers a game and hold opponents under

1179
00:59:36.559 --> 00:59:39.239
<v Speaker 9>thirty nine percent, and they can do that or come

1180
00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:41.519
<v Speaker 9>close to those numbers. I like them most nights.

1181
00:59:42.280 --> 00:59:44.639
<v Speaker 2>Sounds good to me, and you'll sound good Friday night

1182
00:59:44.760 --> 00:59:47.239
<v Speaker 2>as the Wildcats take on Jackson State. You'll hear Darren

1183
00:59:47.239 --> 00:59:50.480
<v Speaker 2>Hedrick call the action with Jack Gibbons, and I know

1184
00:59:50.559 --> 00:59:53.480
<v Speaker 2>you listen, and I don't know about you. I love

1185
00:59:53.559 --> 00:59:55.679
<v Speaker 2>how tickle Jack gets by the shooters.

1186
00:59:55.760 --> 00:59:58.320
<v Speaker 1>You know, yes, he loves it.

1187
00:59:59.639 --> 01:00:02.760
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, I just enjoy how much fun he has calling

1188
01:00:02.800 --> 01:00:06.239
<v Speaker 9>those games beside Tom and you know, and then you've

1189
01:00:06.280 --> 01:00:08.559
<v Speaker 9>got Cameron Mills. How he gets fired up on the

1190
01:00:08.599 --> 01:00:11.480
<v Speaker 9>pre game. Oh yeah, I just I enjoy listening to

1191
01:00:11.519 --> 01:00:12.800
<v Speaker 9>those broadcasts.

1192
01:00:13.000 --> 01:00:15.360
<v Speaker 2>They're very well done, Darren, Thank you so much, and

1193
01:00:15.400 --> 01:00:16.679
<v Speaker 2>we'll be listening Friday night.

1194
01:00:17.079 --> 01:00:17.679
<v Speaker 9>Thanks so much.

1195
01:00:17.800 --> 01:00:18.000
<v Speaker 1>DG.

1196
01:00:18.400 --> 01:00:20.000
<v Speaker 2>Back in a minute here on the Big Blue Sider

1197
01:00:20.079 --> 01:00:23.639
<v Speaker 2>six thirty WLAP Welcome back to the Big Blue Sider.

1198
01:00:23.719 --> 01:00:26.519
<v Speaker 2>Joining us down our celebrity hotline is a familiar face

1199
01:00:26.559 --> 01:00:30.920
<v Speaker 2>if you watch TV here in lexingon WTVQ, sportscaster Forrest

1200
01:00:30.960 --> 01:00:34.280
<v Speaker 2>Tucker joining us. A guy who covers well, because you're

1201
01:00:34.679 --> 01:00:36.760
<v Speaker 2>a local TV sports guy for us, you got to

1202
01:00:36.760 --> 01:00:38.199
<v Speaker 2>be an expert on everything, don't you.

1203
01:00:39.639 --> 01:00:41.679
<v Speaker 6>Oh yeah, that is the trick of the trade.

1204
01:00:41.920 --> 01:00:47.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so UK baseball and football, Eastern Kentucky, Georgetown. You're

1205
01:00:47.320 --> 01:00:51.599
<v Speaker 2>also you cover a lot of the soccer, the Lexing

1206
01:00:51.679 --> 01:00:54.079
<v Speaker 2>and Sporting Club soccer. I want to ask you about

1207
01:00:54.119 --> 01:00:56.519
<v Speaker 2>that in a moment, but you coasted a story the

1208
01:00:56.559 --> 01:01:00.039
<v Speaker 2>other night about the three point shooting prowess of this

1209
01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:03.679
<v Speaker 2>Kentucky team and just how crazy it's been so far.

1210
01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:06.920
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if people expected this, do you.

1211
01:01:09.039 --> 01:01:11.159
<v Speaker 6>I think maybe it could have. Maybe you couldn't have

1212
01:01:11.280 --> 01:01:15.039
<v Speaker 6>because we know Mark gol was to shoot thirty five

1213
01:01:15.119 --> 01:01:18.719
<v Speaker 6>threes a game, making them a different story. But I

1214
01:01:18.760 --> 01:01:21.039
<v Speaker 6>think it definitely shows that they're on their way to that,

1215
01:01:21.079 --> 01:01:24.199
<v Speaker 6>and I think that's an encouraging sign. You know, it

1216
01:01:24.320 --> 01:01:27.239
<v Speaker 6>just seems like it's a no brainer that they would

1217
01:01:27.239 --> 01:01:27.679
<v Speaker 6>be doing this.

1218
01:01:27.800 --> 01:01:28.000
<v Speaker 1>Well.

1219
01:01:28.039 --> 01:01:30.320
<v Speaker 6>They have guys that were committed and they were lethal

1220
01:01:30.360 --> 01:01:32.840
<v Speaker 6>shooters that they got out of the portal. So I'm

1221
01:01:32.840 --> 01:01:35.280
<v Speaker 6>happy that they're, you know, along this way. And I

1222
01:01:35.360 --> 01:01:37.760
<v Speaker 6>was wondering what storyline I was going to write about

1223
01:01:37.800 --> 01:01:40.639
<v Speaker 6>and talk about after the game they played versus Lipscomb

1224
01:01:40.639 --> 01:01:43.719
<v Speaker 6>and and lo and behold, they're the first Kentucky team

1225
01:01:43.760 --> 01:01:46.360
<v Speaker 6>ever to make ten or more threes in their first

1226
01:01:46.440 --> 01:01:47.039
<v Speaker 6>four games.

1227
01:01:47.360 --> 01:01:47.559
<v Speaker 9>You know.

1228
01:01:48.360 --> 01:01:51.800
<v Speaker 6>So that's pretty crazy, and it's just funny because Mark

1229
01:01:51.840 --> 01:01:53.039
<v Speaker 6>said himself, how do we not.

1230
01:01:53.039 --> 01:01:53.559
<v Speaker 9>Do that.

1231
01:01:55.280 --> 01:01:56.960
<v Speaker 6>On the title and how have they not done that

1232
01:01:57.039 --> 01:01:58.880
<v Speaker 6>in any other season? Because there are a lot of

1233
01:01:59.199 --> 01:02:01.039
<v Speaker 6>a lot of great tiers come through this town. But

1234
01:02:01.360 --> 01:02:03.599
<v Speaker 6>I think that's the sign that he's building something special

1235
01:02:03.639 --> 01:02:06.559
<v Speaker 6>and that's a cliche to stay. But we're gonna hopefully

1236
01:02:06.639 --> 01:02:08.960
<v Speaker 6>learn a little more about this team when we talk

1237
01:02:09.039 --> 01:02:11.760
<v Speaker 6>to Mark today, and then just as as you know,

1238
01:02:11.840 --> 01:02:13.760
<v Speaker 6>the non conference schedule goes on.

1239
01:02:14.719 --> 01:02:17.519
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it's funny because Rick Bettino. I don't know

1240
01:02:17.519 --> 01:02:19.480
<v Speaker 2>if you were too young when he went on his

1241
01:02:19.559 --> 01:02:22.360
<v Speaker 2>first run, but you know this about Patino a guy

1242
01:02:22.400 --> 01:02:26.000
<v Speaker 2>who appreciates the three pointer, and when he took Providence

1243
01:02:26.039 --> 01:02:29.239
<v Speaker 2>to the final four, his philosophy had become you either

1244
01:02:29.280 --> 01:02:31.440
<v Speaker 2>take it to the rack or shoot a three, nothing

1245
01:02:31.480 --> 01:02:35.000
<v Speaker 2>in between. And you're sort of seeing that with Kentucky,

1246
01:02:35.000 --> 01:02:38.159
<v Speaker 2>although there are some mid range jumpers, but that's a

1247
01:02:38.159 --> 01:02:40.079
<v Speaker 2>little bit of Atino rubbing off on him as well

1248
01:02:40.119 --> 01:02:41.480
<v Speaker 2>as the analytics.

1249
01:02:41.000 --> 01:02:45.320
<v Speaker 6>Right, Yeah, he's a huge analytics guy. You know. We

1250
01:02:45.320 --> 01:02:48.280
<v Speaker 6>were hearing him speak about Catapult, which is the GPS

1251
01:02:48.320 --> 01:02:52.280
<v Speaker 6>tracking for players last week I think it was or

1252
01:02:52.320 --> 01:02:55.480
<v Speaker 6>two weeks ago, and he's just like a professor. Maybe

1253
01:02:55.480 --> 01:02:57.599
<v Speaker 6>he can say he over explains things a bit, but

1254
01:02:57.679 --> 01:02:59.960
<v Speaker 6>I would rather do that than not give us anything

1255
01:03:00.000 --> 01:03:03.800
<v Speaker 6>at all. It's fun to listen to because he reminds

1256
01:03:03.800 --> 01:03:05.519
<v Speaker 6>me of me. I can ramble for a long time

1257
01:03:05.679 --> 01:03:08.280
<v Speaker 6>if you give me the task to do it and

1258
01:03:08.320 --> 01:03:10.639
<v Speaker 6>it's not coach speak, but you know, it's like he's

1259
01:03:10.679 --> 01:03:14.199
<v Speaker 6>teaching a class. It's like he's a college professor. So

1260
01:03:14.199 --> 01:03:17.559
<v Speaker 6>it's like to see a similarity between academia and college

1261
01:03:17.559 --> 01:03:20.199
<v Speaker 6>sports when there are too many of these days left.

1262
01:03:20.400 --> 01:03:23.159
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, and he'll he'll answer your question.

1263
01:03:23.519 --> 01:03:27.639
<v Speaker 2>I mean the previous management that coach liked to control

1264
01:03:27.679 --> 01:03:30.199
<v Speaker 2>the narrative. He had a message he wanted to get across.

1265
01:03:30.639 --> 01:03:33.920
<v Speaker 2>And you know, he didn't invent that style of press conference,

1266
01:03:34.199 --> 01:03:35.199
<v Speaker 2>but he mastered it.

1267
01:03:35.800 --> 01:03:37.800
<v Speaker 1>You know. But now you ask a question to the

1268
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<v Speaker 1>new guy, maybe he'll start doing that Forrest.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, but I like, hell, he'll answer a

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<v Speaker 2>direct question with a direct answer.

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<v Speaker 6>You always got some fumor involved too, which is really nice,

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<v Speaker 6>and I think we all appreciate that because if you

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01:03:50.639 --> 01:03:53.639
<v Speaker 6>can sit there and worry about your deadline after a game,

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01:03:53.760 --> 01:03:55.119
<v Speaker 6>you can worry about what you're gonna neat for a

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01:03:55.159 --> 01:03:57.760
<v Speaker 6>lunch after the press conference, but if he can keep

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<v Speaker 6>you in the here and now, which I think is

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01:03:59.199 --> 01:04:01.360
<v Speaker 6>really nice, then I appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we're talking with Forrest Tucker. He is a sports

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01:04:04.679 --> 01:04:09.000
<v Speaker 2>reporter anchor for w t VQ here in Lexington, and

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<v Speaker 2>we've been talking a lot about basketball, well we got

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01:04:11.039 --> 01:04:11.719
<v Speaker 2>to talk football.

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01:04:11.760 --> 01:04:12.519
<v Speaker 1>We see each other.

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<v Speaker 2>At the Mark Stoops News conferences occasionally, and this season

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01:04:17.360 --> 01:04:20.599
<v Speaker 2>it seems for us it's really wearing on Stoops. You know,

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01:04:20.719 --> 01:04:24.119
<v Speaker 2>nobody likes to lose, obviously, but and he briefly mentioned

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01:04:24.119 --> 01:04:25.719
<v Speaker 2>but said, I don't want to sound like I'm whining

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01:04:25.800 --> 01:04:29.039
<v Speaker 2>or crying about the portal and nil, but you can

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<v Speaker 2>tell he's just not enjoying it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is he.

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01:04:32.679 --> 01:04:32.920
<v Speaker 8>Now?

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<v Speaker 6>It's it's difficult for him. It's difficult to watch him

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01:04:35.599 --> 01:04:38.079
<v Speaker 6>week atter a week. I feel like that, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>I thought that our colleague at Nolan Media, John Long's

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01:04:42.400 --> 01:04:46.119
<v Speaker 6>question to him about you know, are you thinking of leaving?

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01:04:46.719 --> 01:04:48.960
<v Speaker 6>You know, will you step down on your own accord,

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01:04:49.360 --> 01:04:52.320
<v Speaker 6>which he answered with you know, zero percent chance that's happening,

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01:04:52.440 --> 01:04:55.000
<v Speaker 6>was that was probably timed right. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 6>if anyone else could have asked that, but John and

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<v Speaker 6>I appreciate him for that, so, you know, and I

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01:05:03.519 --> 01:05:07.119
<v Speaker 6>don't think he's going anywhere, but it just it seems

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01:05:07.159 --> 01:05:09.559
<v Speaker 6>like it's just been the issue year after year that

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01:05:09.599 --> 01:05:12.280
<v Speaker 6>I've taken and I've only been doing this two years.

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01:05:12.559 --> 01:05:16.519
<v Speaker 6>But his team has just no discipline, and I wonder

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01:05:16.599 --> 01:05:19.159
<v Speaker 6>why that is because we talked to players one on

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01:05:19.159 --> 01:05:22.760
<v Speaker 6>one and groups and they're really they're all really great,

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01:05:23.280 --> 01:05:25.599
<v Speaker 6>But there's something that I think the leadership that he

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01:05:25.639 --> 01:05:27.360
<v Speaker 6>needs to get out of the portal needs to be

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01:05:27.440 --> 01:05:30.559
<v Speaker 6>something where, you know, they can get some guys to

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01:05:30.639 --> 01:05:33.519
<v Speaker 6>step up, you know. But we've also had two guys

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01:05:33.519 --> 01:05:35.360
<v Speaker 6>at quarterback in the past three years who are really

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<v Speaker 6>quiet leaders, Debinarium Brox are quiet guys, and it doesn't

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01:05:39.840 --> 01:05:43.000
<v Speaker 6>seem like their demeanor changes. I think you need a

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01:05:43.079 --> 01:05:45.719
<v Speaker 6>quarterback that's like a ball of lightning. I think you

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01:05:45.800 --> 01:05:48.960
<v Speaker 6>need someone who's the bulk of lightning. JJ Weaver is

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01:05:48.960 --> 01:05:51.800
<v Speaker 6>also a quiet guy, you know. And but yeah, I

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01:05:51.840 --> 01:05:54.239
<v Speaker 6>know Jaj can get hype and everything, but I think

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01:05:54.239 --> 01:05:57.199
<v Speaker 6>he needs some shots in the arm with with his

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01:05:57.320 --> 01:06:00.360
<v Speaker 6>next portal and and everything. But he sounds like Nick

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01:06:00.400 --> 01:06:01.679
<v Speaker 6>stave in a year ago, doesn't he?

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01:06:02.400 --> 01:06:03.519
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he really does.

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<v Speaker 2>Although yeah, and to be more specific, John asked him,

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01:06:06.960 --> 01:06:08.920
<v Speaker 2>are you going to retire? And I had heard that

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01:06:09.079 --> 01:06:14.000
<v Speaker 2>rumor some some of the coaches out there believe that

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01:06:14.000 --> 01:06:16.559
<v Speaker 2>that Stuops was hitting you know, he's he's he's made

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01:06:16.559 --> 01:06:20.920
<v Speaker 2>a lot of money he's earned the right, as John said,

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01:06:21.280 --> 01:06:23.840
<v Speaker 2>just enjoy life, you know, maybe not go to another school,

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01:06:23.840 --> 01:06:27.400
<v Speaker 2>but just hang it up and be happy and not

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01:06:27.480 --> 01:06:29.239
<v Speaker 2>that SUPs is saying, no, I want to stick around

1329
01:06:29.280 --> 01:06:32.039
<v Speaker 2>and not be happy. But he still loves the coaching

1330
01:06:32.079 --> 01:06:33.199
<v Speaker 2>part of the game, doesn't he.

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01:06:34.920 --> 01:06:37.079
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, you can tell he likes every you know, he

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01:06:37.840 --> 01:06:41.159
<v Speaker 6>he cozies up to it every you know, game day

1333
01:06:41.199 --> 01:06:43.320
<v Speaker 6>and everything. I think that he's not going to tell

1334
01:06:43.320 --> 01:06:45.480
<v Speaker 6>you he's excited to go to Austin, Texas and play

1335
01:06:45.480 --> 01:06:47.880
<v Speaker 6>a football game, you know, for the first time and

1336
01:06:47.920 --> 01:06:51.039
<v Speaker 6>however you know long it's been. But I mean, I

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01:06:51.599 --> 01:06:54.440
<v Speaker 6>appreciate him. I would hope he sticks around, but I

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01:06:54.440 --> 01:06:57.400
<v Speaker 6>think it's you know, next season is like this season.

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01:06:57.960 --> 01:07:01.639
<v Speaker 6>You know, it's forty four million, as seems, you know.

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01:07:01.679 --> 01:07:03.239
<v Speaker 6>I don't know if it's a lot more inciting at

1341
01:07:03.239 --> 01:07:05.280
<v Speaker 6>that point to pay him to that to have and leave.

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01:07:05.440 --> 01:07:07.719
<v Speaker 6>But I don't think they can even really do that.

1343
01:07:07.800 --> 01:07:09.440
<v Speaker 6>Though he's given a lot of this program. That's the

1344
01:07:09.519 --> 01:07:12.639
<v Speaker 6>debate online on media is you know, how much is

1345
01:07:12.679 --> 01:07:15.519
<v Speaker 6>really given? Is he worthy of that? And I think

1346
01:07:15.599 --> 01:07:17.000
<v Speaker 6>that's just depending on who you ask.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I think it's it's really premature to talk

1348
01:07:20.400 --> 01:07:24.000
<v Speaker 2>about Kentucky separating from him because of what he's done here.

1349
01:07:24.400 --> 01:07:26.559
<v Speaker 2>And a lot of this for us is young people

1350
01:07:26.639 --> 01:07:29.719
<v Speaker 2>like you. You're on the on the early stages of

1351
01:07:29.760 --> 01:07:30.519
<v Speaker 2>what I'm sure he'll be.

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01:07:30.440 --> 01:07:31.199
<v Speaker 1>A fine career.

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01:07:31.639 --> 01:07:33.639
<v Speaker 2>But those of us who go back to the days

1354
01:07:33.639 --> 01:07:36.599
<v Speaker 2>where Kentucky had almost no hope of winning any games

1355
01:07:36.880 --> 01:07:40.320
<v Speaker 2>other than non conference and maybe Vandy, but maybe not

1356
01:07:40.719 --> 01:07:43.639
<v Speaker 2>because Vandy, even though people always think, you know, uk

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01:07:43.760 --> 01:07:47.079
<v Speaker 2>SHA two or Vandy every season, it's fifty to fifty

1358
01:07:47.119 --> 01:07:50.400
<v Speaker 2>about whether they should should be Vandy, and the statistics.

1359
01:07:49.880 --> 01:07:50.599
<v Speaker 1>Show that out.

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01:07:50.960 --> 01:07:53.400
<v Speaker 2>So I go back to that when when it was dreary,

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01:07:53.800 --> 01:07:57.320
<v Speaker 2>it was drudge work covering Kentucky football and trying to

1362
01:07:57.519 --> 01:07:59.760
<v Speaker 2>and you know how it is trying to interview somebody about, well,

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01:07:59.760 --> 01:08:00.760
<v Speaker 2>how did you lose this one?

1364
01:08:01.199 --> 01:08:03.719
<v Speaker 1>Or do you really think you can win this week?

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01:08:04.239 --> 01:08:06.639
<v Speaker 2>Now the Big Blue Nation had gotten to the point

1366
01:08:06.679 --> 01:08:11.119
<v Speaker 2>where fans believe they they might win, not should win,

1367
01:08:11.199 --> 01:08:14.760
<v Speaker 2>but might win every game. That's a lot more fun.

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01:08:15.280 --> 01:08:17.720
<v Speaker 2>And when you take that away from a fan base, it's.

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01:08:17.600 --> 01:08:18.439
<v Speaker 1>Not pretty, is it.

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01:08:20.079 --> 01:08:22.000
<v Speaker 6>No, it definitely isn't. I think you just have to

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01:08:22.000 --> 01:08:24.920
<v Speaker 6>see what what gives what's going to give you some

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01:08:25.079 --> 01:08:27.119
<v Speaker 6>hope and what's going to give you some promise about

1373
01:08:27.199 --> 01:08:30.600
<v Speaker 6>things that seem to have liked how Cutter Bowli is played.

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01:08:30.800 --> 01:08:34.000
<v Speaker 6>Sure all of the week past where we talked about

1375
01:08:34.039 --> 01:08:36.600
<v Speaker 6>a quarterback competition, it really wasn't a competition. You know,

1376
01:08:36.680 --> 01:08:39.039
<v Speaker 6>back has always given them the best chance to win

1377
01:08:39.079 --> 01:08:42.840
<v Speaker 6>football games. So you know, I don't know, I think

1378
01:08:42.880 --> 01:08:47.720
<v Speaker 6>that it's it's just difficult this SEC league. This year,

1379
01:08:47.880 --> 01:08:50.039
<v Speaker 6>tollg Schobal really turned on a sense that didn't help

1380
01:08:50.119 --> 01:08:53.800
<v Speaker 6>at all. But I think, you just I can't make

1381
01:08:53.840 --> 01:08:58.479
<v Speaker 6>any predictions anymore, So what's going to happen? But I

1382
01:08:58.520 --> 01:09:01.000
<v Speaker 6>agree you can't. You no one's gonna run him out

1383
01:09:01.039 --> 01:09:04.399
<v Speaker 6>of town. And look, it's not like the basketball team

1384
01:09:04.399 --> 01:09:06.960
<v Speaker 6>where they were, you know, they were blue blood before

1385
01:09:07.000 --> 01:09:10.119
<v Speaker 6>COLN came. Yeah, you know everything, it's it is what

1386
01:09:10.159 --> 01:09:12.840
<v Speaker 6>it is. But you know, I think they have to

1387
01:09:12.880 --> 01:09:15.680
<v Speaker 6>really show that they can try and take it to Texas.

1388
01:09:15.880 --> 01:09:18.159
<v Speaker 6>I just I can get concerned because again in the

1389
01:09:18.199 --> 01:09:21.479
<v Speaker 6>mentality they seem to get up for these big games

1390
01:09:21.520 --> 01:09:23.800
<v Speaker 6>away and that seems to be kind of what the

1391
01:09:23.840 --> 01:09:26.119
<v Speaker 6>line of questioning will be at sometimes, Like you know,

1392
01:09:26.119 --> 01:09:27.920
<v Speaker 6>you guys have played on misterally, Well, you played George

1393
01:09:27.920 --> 01:09:31.399
<v Speaker 6>really well, you know, and and and you know, I

1394
01:09:31.399 --> 01:09:35.439
<v Speaker 6>think nine penalties on Saturday right that game to the

1395
01:09:35.479 --> 01:09:40.880
<v Speaker 6>four play. I mean, you know, there's there's got to

1396
01:09:40.880 --> 01:09:43.159
<v Speaker 6>be a respect for yourself here to not have a

1397
01:09:43.199 --> 01:09:47.760
<v Speaker 6>standard drop and rise based on who you play. But

1398
01:09:47.840 --> 01:09:49.760
<v Speaker 6>that's outside looking in well.

1399
01:09:49.640 --> 01:09:53.039
<v Speaker 2>And mistakes against Vandy that that cost them, So that's

1400
01:09:53.079 --> 01:09:55.119
<v Speaker 2>got to be so frustrating. And yeah, I think you

1401
01:09:55.159 --> 01:09:56.680
<v Speaker 2>talked about on field leadership.

1402
01:09:57.239 --> 01:09:58.000
<v Speaker 1>They're looking for.

1403
01:09:57.880 --> 01:10:01.119
<v Speaker 2>That, and the portal just complicate things that. Will Levis

1404
01:10:01.119 --> 01:10:03.880
<v Speaker 2>came through the portal, immediately won the respect of his

1405
01:10:03.960 --> 01:10:07.439
<v Speaker 2>teammates and became a real leader. As you mentioned, Learry

1406
01:10:07.560 --> 01:10:11.039
<v Speaker 2>was a quiet guy. Vandergriff his first and only season

1407
01:10:11.479 --> 01:10:14.840
<v Speaker 2>so far as a starter. But it's difficult to be

1408
01:10:14.920 --> 01:10:16.439
<v Speaker 2>a leader at quarterback if.

1409
01:10:16.359 --> 01:10:17.199
<v Speaker 1>You're not excelling.

1410
01:10:17.239 --> 01:10:19.760
<v Speaker 2>And the old line has not allowed him to really

1411
01:10:19.800 --> 01:10:21.600
<v Speaker 2>do I think what they brought him here to do,

1412
01:10:21.960 --> 01:10:23.880
<v Speaker 2>and that's set up and throw from the pocket. He's

1413
01:10:23.960 --> 01:10:26.760
<v Speaker 2>always on the run, he's always running for his life.

1414
01:10:27.039 --> 01:10:29.279
<v Speaker 2>I don't mean to lay at all on the old line,

1415
01:10:29.279 --> 01:10:32.920
<v Speaker 2>but his Stupids's best teams had terrific goal lines. And

1416
01:10:33.159 --> 01:10:35.840
<v Speaker 2>just about every team in America, you could say that

1417
01:10:35.840 --> 01:10:37.800
<v Speaker 2>that to me is where the rebuild has to begin.

1418
01:10:37.880 --> 01:10:38.079
<v Speaker 1>You know.

1419
01:10:39.760 --> 01:10:43.520
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I think we had a lot of optimism because

1420
01:10:43.840 --> 01:10:45.960
<v Speaker 6>this team had a lot of changes they made full

1421
01:10:46.039 --> 01:10:49.079
<v Speaker 6>till wise at so many position groups with coaching, and

1422
01:10:49.399 --> 01:10:51.680
<v Speaker 6>it just doesn't stand out the way we've wanted to.

1423
01:10:51.760 --> 01:10:54.039
<v Speaker 6>I think bush Hand and his hands are kind of

1424
01:10:54.079 --> 01:10:57.239
<v Speaker 6>tied because of the certain position groups that may be underperforming,

1425
01:10:58.119 --> 01:11:00.199
<v Speaker 6>you know. So he's kind of like, well, I'm trying

1426
01:11:00.239 --> 01:11:01.880
<v Speaker 6>to do what I'm trying to do, but you know,

1427
01:11:01.920 --> 01:11:04.039
<v Speaker 6>if the position coaches don't get their act together, we

1428
01:11:04.119 --> 01:11:06.640
<v Speaker 6>can't really do it. You know, Eric bol had a trackler,

1429
01:11:06.720 --> 01:11:09.279
<v Speaker 6>you're in the SEC for a long time, and the

1430
01:11:09.359 --> 01:11:11.399
<v Speaker 6>fact that his group has not really done well, it's

1431
01:11:11.399 --> 01:11:13.920
<v Speaker 6>pretty disappointing to me. I think that is kind of

1432
01:11:13.920 --> 01:11:16.079
<v Speaker 6>the disappointment of the season so far as far as

1433
01:11:16.079 --> 01:11:19.560
<v Speaker 6>the coaching higher thing, you know, and I just think

1434
01:11:19.600 --> 01:11:23.359
<v Speaker 6>it's it's tough, you know, So we'll have to see

1435
01:11:23.359 --> 01:11:25.680
<v Speaker 6>how they do. I think that Louisville's the game they'll

1436
01:11:25.680 --> 01:11:28.199
<v Speaker 6>definitely win. I just I just think the Bowl game

1437
01:11:28.279 --> 01:11:31.279
<v Speaker 6>chances come to two end this weekend, and if they don't.

1438
01:11:31.359 --> 01:11:33.720
<v Speaker 6>I mean, we're all going to eat and crow on Monday.

1439
01:11:33.960 --> 01:11:34.560
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

1440
01:11:34.800 --> 01:11:38.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've enjoyed covering Bowl games, and you know, there

1441
01:11:38.079 --> 01:11:39.720
<v Speaker 2>was a point there Forrest where I never thought I'd

1442
01:11:39.760 --> 01:11:42.760
<v Speaker 2>get to cover another one. But they've been coming regularly

1443
01:11:42.840 --> 01:11:43.479
<v Speaker 2>under stoops.

1444
01:11:43.479 --> 01:11:45.720
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, it's going to be tough on Saturday.

1445
01:11:45.760 --> 01:11:47.640
<v Speaker 2>We'll come back and talk more with Forest Tucker of

1446
01:11:47.800 --> 01:11:50.039
<v Speaker 2>WTVQ in just a minute, Hair on the Big bullon

1447
01:11:50.079 --> 01:11:52.640
<v Speaker 2>Siders six thirty WLAP, Welcome back.

1448
01:11:52.680 --> 01:11:54.760
<v Speaker 1>We're talking with Forrest Tucker.

1449
01:11:54.760 --> 01:11:57.960
<v Speaker 2>He is a WTVQ reporter anchor and you see his

1450
01:11:58.039 --> 01:12:01.560
<v Speaker 2>work on Channel thirty six covering all sports. I mentioned

1451
01:12:01.600 --> 01:12:04.560
<v Speaker 2>earlier you are a soccer fan based on what I've

1452
01:12:04.560 --> 01:12:06.960
<v Speaker 2>seen on the air and also what you post on

1453
01:12:07.000 --> 01:12:09.119
<v Speaker 2>Twitter or ex if you will. Have you always been

1454
01:12:09.159 --> 01:12:09.920
<v Speaker 2>a soccer.

1455
01:12:09.640 --> 01:12:13.279
<v Speaker 6>Guy one ten percent. Yeah, for for as long as

1456
01:12:13.279 --> 01:12:15.880
<v Speaker 6>I can remember. I think that's that's always been the

1457
01:12:16.000 --> 01:12:16.800
<v Speaker 6>number one for me.

1458
01:12:17.039 --> 01:12:18.600
<v Speaker 8>Really excited.

1459
01:12:18.640 --> 01:12:21.399
<v Speaker 6>I wish the team and the three teams they have

1460
01:12:21.520 --> 01:12:25.239
<v Speaker 6>in this town doing better at at this moment, but

1461
01:12:25.279 --> 01:12:27.119
<v Speaker 6>they're in a pivotal time right now, Dick. This is

1462
01:12:27.119 --> 01:12:30.680
<v Speaker 6>probably the biggest offseason for this men's team in their history.

1463
01:12:30.720 --> 01:12:33.640
<v Speaker 6>Which has only been two years in change of existence.

1464
01:12:34.720 --> 01:12:37.359
<v Speaker 6>That's the funny thing about this country of soccers. England's

1465
01:12:37.359 --> 01:12:39.000
<v Speaker 6>been doing it for one hundred years. We've been doing

1466
01:12:39.039 --> 01:12:43.279
<v Speaker 6>it for about ten pret pretty consistently and religiously and seriously.

1467
01:12:43.800 --> 01:12:47.319
<v Speaker 6>That's that's not that's not the you know, stone cold

1468
01:12:47.359 --> 01:12:49.600
<v Speaker 6>facts number, but that's that's just kind of how I

1469
01:12:49.640 --> 01:12:53.600
<v Speaker 6>feel about it. Yeah, seems like it exactly.

1470
01:12:53.560 --> 01:12:56.880
<v Speaker 2>Why are you such a soccer guy?

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01:12:57.920 --> 01:13:00.439
<v Speaker 6>I mean, it was the first sport I really played

1472
01:13:00.560 --> 01:13:02.720
<v Speaker 6>and hung it up when I was young, and then

1473
01:13:02.840 --> 01:13:05.520
<v Speaker 6>picked it back up when I was older because I

1474
01:13:05.600 --> 01:13:08.000
<v Speaker 6>wanted to just be involved in a team sport. And

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<v Speaker 6>so that's kind of just taken me to the point

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<v Speaker 6>where now I I I now look fanaticate about it.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know why I came back to it. I

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<v Speaker 6>think only for the reason I've played it before and

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01:13:17.680 --> 01:13:19.640
<v Speaker 6>I needed to just be active and you know, as

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<v Speaker 6>a kid, I get into get into sports again going

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01:13:22.680 --> 01:13:24.880
<v Speaker 6>into high school and so for there it just kind

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<v Speaker 6>of took off. It was it was something that I

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<v Speaker 6>loved and I don't I don't really know, you know,

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01:13:29.159 --> 01:13:31.479
<v Speaker 6>where if there was a moment the obsession started or

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01:13:31.520 --> 01:13:34.319
<v Speaker 6>something or the fandom started to really like feel like

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01:13:34.359 --> 01:13:38.199
<v Speaker 6>it was picking up or something like that. But it's

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01:13:38.279 --> 01:13:41.640
<v Speaker 6>just always captivated me. It's always, you know, it been

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01:13:41.720 --> 01:13:43.760
<v Speaker 6>something that's fun. I mean, I think the best thing

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01:13:43.840 --> 01:13:46.800
<v Speaker 6>is like if I'm watching game on TV, I don't

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01:13:46.800 --> 01:13:49.000
<v Speaker 6>really want to like stay watching it for a while.

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01:13:49.199 --> 01:13:54.119
<v Speaker 6>I'm instantly motivated to go outside and start kind of

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01:13:54.159 --> 01:13:56.039
<v Speaker 6>how I feel. I think that's something that I love

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01:13:56.199 --> 01:13:59.359
<v Speaker 6>is just you know, there's there's something that I've found

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01:13:59.439 --> 01:14:01.159
<v Speaker 6>with just you know, having you know, you don't only

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01:14:01.239 --> 01:14:03.960
<v Speaker 6>need yourself to play it because you know, once I

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01:14:03.960 --> 01:14:06.159
<v Speaker 6>got good at juggling the ball, that was a huge

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01:14:06.159 --> 01:14:07.760
<v Speaker 6>moment for me because I could just go out and

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<v Speaker 6>do that and that that would be a great time

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<v Speaker 6>to you know feel like I feel like I could

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<v Speaker 6>clear my head and have fun. And so that was

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<v Speaker 6>That's a big gift for me, is the fact that

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01:14:18.640 --> 01:14:22.399
<v Speaker 6>it's very independent and you know, you play it with

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01:14:23.880 --> 01:14:26.279
<v Speaker 6>everyone here in Lexington pick up groups that I've been

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01:14:26.319 --> 01:14:28.319
<v Speaker 6>a part of here in other places, and it is

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01:14:28.399 --> 01:14:31.000
<v Speaker 6>it is really just it is really just pure joy

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01:14:31.119 --> 01:14:33.359
<v Speaker 6>and it's just it's just a nice way to disconnect

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01:14:33.359 --> 01:14:35.640
<v Speaker 6>and everything, and so I enjoy those moments too. I'm

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01:14:35.640 --> 01:14:38.439
<v Speaker 6>with people and I'm having fun that way. So I

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01:14:38.479 --> 01:14:40.840
<v Speaker 6>think that's great because when you're really to think of it,

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01:14:40.840 --> 01:14:42.640
<v Speaker 6>you're not thinking about anything else. I was playing down

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01:14:42.640 --> 01:14:44.359
<v Speaker 6>at one of the fields at the UK with a

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01:14:44.399 --> 01:14:47.000
<v Speaker 6>group and it was like pouring rain at eight o'clock

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01:14:47.000 --> 01:14:48.760
<v Speaker 6>at night last week and we were having you know,

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01:14:48.760 --> 01:14:51.520
<v Speaker 6>we were having a fun time. So you know, it's

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01:14:51.640 --> 01:14:53.960
<v Speaker 6>just it's just something that you know, I've I've gotten

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01:14:53.960 --> 01:14:56.239
<v Speaker 6>better with over time, playing kind of late bloomer, and

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01:14:57.399 --> 01:14:59.319
<v Speaker 6>I don't really see myself trying to hang it up

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<v Speaker 6>anytime soon. I think the biggest thing I can do

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01:15:02.399 --> 01:15:03.800
<v Speaker 6>it as long as I can. I see a lot

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01:15:03.800 --> 01:15:06.760
<v Speaker 6>of older guys out there playing, and I want to

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01:15:06.760 --> 01:15:08.640
<v Speaker 6>be like that when I'm older. That'll be a really

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01:15:08.640 --> 01:15:09.199
<v Speaker 6>good thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, hanging up, man, that's old man talk, you know what.

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01:15:12.680 --> 01:15:14.039
<v Speaker 2>You don't want to be talking like that.

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01:15:14.199 --> 01:15:16.479
<v Speaker 1>So, uh no, that's far.

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<v Speaker 6>That's far in the future.

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<v Speaker 2>A few minutes up with Forrest Tucker w TVQ, and

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<v Speaker 2>we talked about Kentucky football basketball from soccer before I

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01:15:25.439 --> 01:15:29.119
<v Speaker 2>let you go. Uh, women's basketball is fun again, isn't it?

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<v Speaker 1>Covering that team?

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01:15:31.359 --> 01:15:31.560
<v Speaker 8>Yeah?

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01:15:31.560 --> 01:15:33.640
<v Speaker 6>The Locisal game was a great game. But that was

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01:15:33.880 --> 01:15:36.880
<v Speaker 6>very fun to cover, and I I could sense that

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01:15:37.000 --> 01:15:39.199
<v Speaker 6>this probably was an overtime game. That was probably an

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01:15:39.199 --> 01:15:41.840
<v Speaker 6>overtime game when they were starting to tie the game

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01:15:41.920 --> 01:15:45.399
<v Speaker 6>up at certain points, multiple moments in that fourth quarter,

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01:15:45.640 --> 01:15:48.520
<v Speaker 6>maybe third quarter a bit, And it was definitely a

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01:15:48.600 --> 01:15:52.640
<v Speaker 6>thrill because you know that team sometimes and I begin

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01:15:52.720 --> 01:15:54.560
<v Speaker 6>scrue fort Wayne as well. You know, can can look

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01:15:54.680 --> 01:15:58.159
<v Speaker 6>like they just don't have the blueprint all the way

1541
01:15:59.119 --> 01:16:03.039
<v Speaker 6>you know, just initiated and all the way activated, but

1542
01:16:03.640 --> 01:16:05.560
<v Speaker 6>they can turn on and then it seems like they

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01:16:05.600 --> 01:16:09.920
<v Speaker 6>have a play for each other desperation mode that they

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01:16:09.960 --> 01:16:12.560
<v Speaker 6>could activate and they can turn on, which which is

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01:16:12.600 --> 01:16:15.600
<v Speaker 6>really cool, just because Kenny seems to really get on

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01:16:15.680 --> 01:16:19.920
<v Speaker 6>his players in a healthy way. He'll he'll definitely nag

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01:16:20.000 --> 01:16:22.760
<v Speaker 6>them and definitely chew them out. But you know, there's

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01:16:22.800 --> 01:16:24.880
<v Speaker 6>a lot of trust in Georgia Aymore that I think

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01:16:24.960 --> 01:16:27.319
<v Speaker 6>is really cool and doesn't exist a lot of other places,

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01:16:27.319 --> 01:16:30.439
<v Speaker 6>Like I don't even know Kaitlyn Clark had that ability

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01:16:30.760 --> 01:16:32.479
<v Speaker 6>to be the second coach of the team in a

1552
01:16:32.520 --> 01:16:37.439
<v Speaker 6>way out there in Iowa last season. Georgia Amore. You know,

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01:16:38.239 --> 01:16:40.239
<v Speaker 6>basically you know can go to Kenny and say hey,

1554
01:16:40.279 --> 01:16:42.439
<v Speaker 6>I think we need to do this, and Kenny will say, yeah, okay,

1555
01:16:42.479 --> 01:16:44.840
<v Speaker 6>that's your that sounds good. Let's let's let's make it happen.

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<v Speaker 6>So her leadership is crazy, it's crazy good and everything.

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01:16:49.800 --> 01:16:51.840
<v Speaker 6>And I think this team is going to be on

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01:16:51.880 --> 01:16:54.039
<v Speaker 6>the rise, you know. I think they're gonna have some

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01:16:54.119 --> 01:16:56.880
<v Speaker 6>tough losses when they have to check themselves though, because

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01:16:56.920 --> 01:16:59.279
<v Speaker 6>for me, it seems like, you know, they're gonna have

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01:16:59.319 --> 01:17:02.840
<v Speaker 6>to learn a couple big, you know, big lessons at

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01:17:02.840 --> 01:17:05.720
<v Speaker 6>some point because it seems like they just need to

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01:17:05.760 --> 01:17:07.119
<v Speaker 6>start hot and say it that way.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I thought it was interesting how they had to

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01:17:10.159 --> 01:17:12.359
<v Speaker 2>come back against Purdue Fort Wayne.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of coming back.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, and I'm not channeling John Caliperry here,

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01:17:18.319 --> 01:17:20.439
<v Speaker 2>but that was good for them, wasn't it.

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01:17:20.840 --> 01:17:21.079
<v Speaker 9>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>I think so. I think you talked about Mark Pope

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01:17:24.000 --> 01:17:27.520
<v Speaker 6>not thinking about a letdown game. I don't think Kenny

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01:17:27.520 --> 01:17:30.079
<v Speaker 6>Brooks did that type of coach either. But it just

1573
01:17:30.119 --> 01:17:33.119
<v Speaker 6>shows that really there's just a great top to bottom

1574
01:17:33.119 --> 01:17:35.239
<v Speaker 6>baalent with the people that are playing. You know, I

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01:17:35.279 --> 01:17:38.880
<v Speaker 6>think Kenny Brooks would rather put a unit together that

1576
01:17:39.039 --> 01:17:42.239
<v Speaker 6>are put a schedule together rather that is going to

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01:17:42.279 --> 01:17:44.640
<v Speaker 6>have to be tested every game because they need that.

1578
01:17:44.680 --> 01:17:46.800
<v Speaker 6>He didn't play a free season. He never has, right,

1579
01:17:46.840 --> 01:17:50.960
<v Speaker 6>so he's looking to make this non conference schedule can

1580
01:17:51.000 --> 01:17:54.319
<v Speaker 6>mold them. But both basketball teams being undefeated is great

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01:17:54.479 --> 01:17:57.640
<v Speaker 6>no matter how long it lasts. You know, it's we're

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01:17:57.680 --> 01:17:59.680
<v Speaker 6>just gonna have to see. It's gonna be a big

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01:17:59.720 --> 01:18:03.640
<v Speaker 6>store when one of them loses. God forbid, you know,

1584
01:18:03.640 --> 01:18:06.199
<v Speaker 6>even though that's gonna come at some point, but it's

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01:18:06.239 --> 01:18:08.119
<v Speaker 6>gonna be a big The sc season will be a

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01:18:08.119 --> 01:18:09.039
<v Speaker 6>big test for them.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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01:18:09.760 --> 01:18:12.560
<v Speaker 6>I think that it's always interesting to see how a

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01:18:12.640 --> 01:18:15.319
<v Speaker 6>team will stack up and change when they get to

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01:18:15.359 --> 01:18:18.319
<v Speaker 6>that point and what they're gonna have to adjust because

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01:18:18.359 --> 01:18:20.640
<v Speaker 6>they're SEC teams that are gonna have so much tape

1592
01:18:20.640 --> 01:18:22.680
<v Speaker 6>on them. You could imagine there's going to be a

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01:18:22.720 --> 01:18:26.560
<v Speaker 6>surprise somewhere somebody, somebody does something that you didn't think

1594
01:18:26.560 --> 01:18:28.880
<v Speaker 6>they were gonna do against you, and then you have

1595
01:18:29.000 --> 01:18:31.319
<v Speaker 6>to adjust and say, okay, well now that's on film.

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01:18:31.560 --> 01:18:33.560
<v Speaker 6>We have to make sure we're more robust in this

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01:18:33.680 --> 01:18:35.159
<v Speaker 6>area or that area.

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<v Speaker 1>Forest Tucker is a reporter anchor for WTVQ and you

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01:18:38.920 --> 01:18:41.640
<v Speaker 1>can follow him on x or Twitter at Forrest Tucker

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<v Speaker 1>TV and of course follow him on Channel thirty six.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Sarah. We will see you at the ballgame.

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<v Speaker 6>You got it. Thank you, Dick.

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01:18:48.920 --> 01:18:49.560
<v Speaker 1>That's gonna do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks to my guest tonight, Forest Tucker, Darryl Byrd and

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01:18:52.760 --> 01:18:55.880
<v Speaker 2>Darren Hedrick, and of course we will not be with

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01:18:55.960 --> 01:18:59.920
<v Speaker 2>you Tomorrow night preempted for Kentucky basketball as a Wow

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01:19:00.039 --> 01:19:02.760
<v Speaker 2>Cat's take on Jackson State, and as we mentioned earlier,

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01:19:02.920 --> 01:19:05.960
<v Speaker 2>Darren Hedrick will have the call as Tom Leach and

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01:19:06.079 --> 01:19:08.199
<v Speaker 2>Jeff Mcorrol and I will be traveling along with our

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01:19:08.239 --> 01:19:12.600
<v Speaker 2>engineer and our producer to Austin, Texas for Kentucky football.

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01:19:12.640 --> 01:19:14.079
<v Speaker 1>So Tomorrow night.

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<v Speaker 2>Seven o'clock tip UK Jackson State, and then on Saturday

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01:19:18.399 --> 01:19:21.520
<v Speaker 2>it's the Cats and the Texas Longhorns. We'll have it

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01:19:21.560 --> 01:19:25.279
<v Speaker 2>for you from Austin. That should be fun, should be interesting,

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01:19:25.439 --> 01:19:27.439
<v Speaker 2>and I promise I will keep an eye out for

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01:19:27.560 --> 01:19:30.960
<v Speaker 2>Longhorns fan Matthew McConaughey, Thanks for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it. Good night from the garage in Lexington.

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<v Speaker 6>All right, alright, alright, Nata