WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:03.200 Welcome to the Big Blue Sider Day. Gabriel with you 2 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:06.599 on an abbreviated program on a Tuesday evening. I'm gonna 3 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:08.640 make way at the top of the hour for Kentucky 4 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:12.400 basketball coverage. Local pregames start at seven o'clock with the 5 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:15.759 KSR Boys, and the network folks take over at eight 6 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:18.719 o'clock Dave and Cameron Mills and then of course Tom 7 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:22.559 Leach and Jack Gibbings from Little John Arena at Clemson. 8 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:26.879 It is the ACC SEC Challengees Wild Catch take on 9 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:30.640 their second ACC opponent of the year. As you know, 10 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:34.119 Kentucky beat Douke earlier in the year, so they tried 11 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:36.759 to go too and zero against the ACC. And it 12 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:41.159 was on this day back in twenty eleven that Kentucky 13 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:44.039 scored a win over North Carolina, one of the most 14 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:47.560 dramatic finishes in the history of that series if you're 15 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:50.079 a Kentucky fan, and of course that's the team that 16 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:54.159 went on to win the National Championship. And it came 17 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.560 down to a great defensive play at the end, you 18 00:00:57.600 --> 00:00:58.640 know what I'm talking. 19 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:04.079 About, No good rebound Bullock Carolina with the ball twenty 20 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:08.359 seconds to play, Kentucky leads by one. Marshall walks it 21 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:13.120 across the line twelve seconds Marshall to the middles. Marshall 22 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:15.319 fete seller down load, loses. 23 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:17.840 The ball picked up by Hanson tenth butter block by Davis. 24 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.719 Davis is hit the ball four seconds to play off 25 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.519 the team. He grumbles up to me, port this what's 26 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:28.040 over to Tucky wins by one. 27 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:32.840 Main Stoney Davis saved the day with the blood on Henson. 28 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.840 And that comes to us courtesy of the UK Sports video. 29 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.920 As always, they had a great presentation on that one, 30 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:45.519 Anthony Davis blocking John Henson and preserving Kentucky's win. Wildcat says, 31 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:47.959 you know went on to win the national title, but 32 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:52.200 keep in mind that play began when Marcus Tgue missed 33 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:57.599 a free throw. Mister front end and the catcher up 34 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:01.079 one wouldn't have sensed the game to made things a 35 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:04.079 lot more comfortable. In fact, it gave North Carolina the 36 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:09.039 chance to win. But Anthony Davis comes through and always 37 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:12.199 right with the world. So Wildcats get another shot at 38 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.319 the ACC tonight. We will have it for you right here, 39 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:19.879 and Clemson is good. Made the Elite eight last year, 40 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:23.719 but a different look, I mean, not a bad team 41 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:27.879 offensively nearly eighty points a game, but Kentucky scores nearly 42 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.560 ninety seven points a game. Wildcats with forty five rebounds 43 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:37.919 per contest nearly thirty eight for Clemson Kentucky twenty one assists. 44 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:41.759 Now again, these numbers are skewed because Kentucky scores more buckets, 45 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:45.759 but twenty one assists for the Wildcats per game nearly 46 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:50.360 fifteen for Clemson Kentucky six blocks per game to three 47 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.520 for the Tigers. I won't go through everything, but UK 48 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:58.400 was only ten turnovers per game and Clemson just eleven, 49 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:02.319 so may well be a pretty clean ballgame. Clemson does 50 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:07.400 hit nearly forty percent from three point land, Kentucky thirty 51 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:11.240 eight percent, So I don't know. Seems like it's gonna 52 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:13.479 be two pretty good teams. We'll see which team can 53 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:16.199 take the other out of what it needs to do. 54 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:19.599 Clemson seven and one on the year, only lost on 55 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:24.360 the road to Boise State. I mentioned the Tigers are 56 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:27.319 an Elite eighteen from last year. You know there are 57 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:29.840 four on the UK schedule. Cats have already played Duke, 58 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:35.039 but Alabama and Tennessee also made the Elite eight. Guy 59 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:38.080 named Chase Hunter leads Clemson sixteen and a half points 60 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.439 per game. Ian Shefflin averages eleven and a half rebounds 61 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:46.360 per contest. He is third in the country. And get this, 62 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:50.240 he leads the team and assists with twenty nine I 63 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:54.919 mentioned three point shooting thirty nine point eight percent for Clemson, 64 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:59.360 number one in the ACC, nineteenth in the country. So 65 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:03.280 Kentucky's got to get out and challenge the three point shooters, 66 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:05.599 just as Clemson will try to do the same to 67 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:09.800 the Wildcats. Tiger's picked to finish fourth in the ACC 68 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:15.400 preseason poll Hunter and Sheffland preseason All League picks, and 69 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:18.240 as you know by now, Kentucky, which was picked to 70 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:21.720 finish in the middle of the pack and the SEC, 71 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:26.399 is now depending on the pole you like, ranked as 72 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:30.360 high as number four in the country, behind two other 73 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:35.920 SEC teams, Tennessee and Auburn, and top ranked Kansas. That 74 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:39.399 is according to the AP Top twenty five. So the 75 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:44.120 Cats jump four spots from last week. Marcati's fifth jump 76 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:48.480 five spots. Kansas thirty five first place votes, twenty six 77 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:52.160 for Auburn. I have not yet seen Auburn or Kansas 78 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:55.519 play complete games, but we know they're good, and we 79 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:58.639 know Tennessee's damn good. So the Wildcats have a chance 80 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:02.319 to make a statement tonight. Speaking of statements, we had 81 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:04.360 a chance to talk to a couple of the Wildcats 82 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:08.959 yesterday before they left. And this is a tough schedule 83 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:13.480 for Kentucky. You've got the nine thirty hint wink, close 84 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:17.639 to the ten o'clock start tonight, and then Kentucky at 85 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:19.040 the end of the week gets on a plane and 86 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:25.600 flies to Seattle and plays Gonzaga out there. And otago 87 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:28.439 Oway was asked about the late games, said he kind 88 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:29.000 of likes him. 89 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:31.399 Actually, I've never been a part of a schedule like 90 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:33.480 this when we played Tuesday and then Friday, and it's 91 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:36.160 they're both away games and their lates, So I mean, 92 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:38.079 it's gonna be an adjustment for me. But I Rember 93 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:40.439 basketball players, so it's just we're gonna be ready to 94 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:41.519 play whenever it's time. 95 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:42.720 Are you a night out? 96 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:44.160 Do you like a like a late game? 97 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:46.800 I see, dude, I am a night out, But I 98 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:49.120 do like nick games just in terms like I think 99 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:52.240 if it's prime time really because everyone's off of work 100 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:54.879 or whatever they're doing, they're home Nickel Watson game, So 101 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:57.279 that's kind of just how I look at it. 102 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:59.360 That's Otago oh Way, who to me has been the 103 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:04.120 most pleasant surprise of this Kentucky basketball team because we 104 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:07.720 all thought Jackson Robinson and he will be a go 105 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.319 to guy this year. If they need a bucket, they 106 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:14.360 can go to him. But Olway also has presented himself 107 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:17.199 is a guy who can create his own shot and 108 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:19.399 get to the rims and obviously that just makes the 109 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:25.639 Wildcats even tougher to guard. Marii Williams was asked about 110 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:29.800 the way this team has come together, and he said 111 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:33.720 that playing down in Atlanta and pulling through in a 112 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.720 game like they had with Duke, that was a big 113 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:38.920 step towards these guys really bonding. 114 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:41.240 Do you kind of had it going that way? That 115 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:42.839 was up I think ten and a half time, but 116 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:44.879 we knew that we couldn't give up there and we 117 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:46.560 just had to keep fighting to the final buzz and 118 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:46.879 that's what we. 119 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:47.480 Ended up doing. 120 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:49.839 It'll surprised you given the fact that you're all playing 121 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:53.079 together for the first time as a team. 122 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:55.680 I don't think it did. I feel like having the 123 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:57.480 fight to kind of always fights on the end, it 124 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.600 doesn't matter who you live. But like how long you've 125 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:01.720 known them, so something I feel like every player has 126 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:02.720 on this team, which is great. 127 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:07.480 That's the Mari Williams and by the way, those are 128 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:11.839 two of the softest speaking players on this team. When 129 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:13.839 we talk to these guys, they bring them in. They're 130 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:15.920 kind enough to come in. They don't want to, but 131 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:18.879 UK has them come in, and so I guess maybe 132 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:21.000 some of them like to talk to the media. But 133 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:23.680 at any rate, they're so tall they sit up behind 134 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:26.759 tables right, so their knees are pulled up and they 135 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:31.079 can't really put their legs under the table comfortably, so 136 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:35.399 they kind of sit back away from our microphones. We 137 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:37.560 set them on the tables so we're not in the 138 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:40.120 way of the camera operators, and we don't want to 139 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:42.600 like jam them right in their faces. But when you're 140 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.600 soft spoken like o Way and Amari Williams, we really 141 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:48.879 have to crank things up so you all can hear. 142 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:53.439 It's easier when it's television because you can see them speaking. 143 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:55.959 I know it's tougher when it comes to hearing them 144 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:59.360 speak on the radio. So we do the best we can. 145 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:02.519 One other note about the Wildcats and what to look 146 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:04.959 for tonight. They need to get out on the break. 147 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:09.560 You know that Kentucky had its best in transition to 148 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:13.720 this point. Kentucky scores twenty three fast point breaks per 149 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:18.720 game as of the end of November, that led the country. 150 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:22.759 Don't know where it is now, but after November twenty ninth, 151 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:29.120 Kentucky was tops in America average offensive possession fourteen point 152 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:34.480 three seconds and according to Ken Palm, third fastest in 153 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:38.960 the country. That is what Mark Pope and his analytics folks, 154 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:43.879 that's what they want. So the tempo rating possessions per 155 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:49.120 forty minutes seventy six point nine, fourth in the country, 156 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:53.320 tops in the SEC. And keep this in mind, they're 157 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:56.679 just getting started. I can't imagine what this team's going 158 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:01.799 to look like by February in March. It's health and 159 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.600 keeps playing the way it is defensively and in terms 160 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:08.200 of rebounding, because that's what it takes to get out 161 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:12.360 on the break. So we'll having for you tonight Kentucky 162 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:16.360 and Clemson coming up at nine thirty closer to ten 163 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:22.080 here on six thirty WLAP Welcome back to the Big Bluemsider. 164 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:24.480 Coming up at the top of the hour. UK Clemson 165 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:29.120 basketball coverage begins nine to thirty. Star time has listed, 166 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:31.559 it'll start closer to ten o'clock. You've seen it before. 167 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:34.759 It'll bother to complain because that kind of thing is 168 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:37.440 not going to change. Coming up in a few minutes, 169 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:40.320 we're going to look a little closer at the UK's 170 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:44.000 draw into the nca Volleyball Tournament. I don't know how 171 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:47.559 much of a shot Kentucky has at a national championship. 172 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:50.279 It's got a chance of at least getting to the 173 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:54.240 final four in Louisville, even though they drew into the 174 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:58.120 toughest regional I think, and the tournament simply because Pittsburgh, 175 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:01.159 the top seed, is in can Kentucky's regional. But it 176 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:04.120 has to win quite a bit before it gets to 177 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:07.000 the Panthers, assuming they keep winning as well. So we'll 178 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:09.799 talk more about volleyball coming up. Also at the bottom 179 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:14.799 of the hour, an NFL coach points to blame at 180 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:18.240 a quarterback who took a vicious hit over the weekend, 181 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:21.399 So we'll talk about that and a potentially stupid rule change. 182 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:27.480 Another one to professional, specifically Big league baseball. I need 183 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:29.279 to touch on a couple things that I didn't have 184 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:33.120 a chance to get into yesterday. First of all congratulations 185 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:38.960 to former Wildcat Sydney McLaughlin lavroon Female Track Athlete of 186 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:42.679 the Year. She was a wild at only one year. 187 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:45.879 But she was not somebody who just used this place 188 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:48.720 as a way station. And we know this because she 189 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:52.200 still claims UK. You know, she wasn't one of these 190 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:55.080 athletes who just stopped here for eight months and took 191 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:58.559 off to a great pro career. She comes back to UK, 192 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:01.799 so I give her credit for that. The other thing 193 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:04.279 we need to talk about is the fact that when 194 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:08.200 I was talking about Mark Stoops yesterday, I didn't realize 195 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:10.519 because it popped out on social media a little bit 196 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:14.360 later after I recorded. I didn't realize that it was 197 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:18.480 twelve years to the day since Mark Stoops signed on 198 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:22.679 at the University of Kentucky. And I bring that up 199 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:29.159 because I was talking about that during my chat with 200 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:34.200 you guys about Kentucky football and the fact that Mark 201 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:38.279 Stoops is trying to rebuild this program now, not the 202 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:43.000 entire program. The subculture is there, the cultures there now. 203 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:45.320 He just got to get it back in shape. But 204 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:48.679 keep in mind what he said when he got here. 205 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:51.879 He said he talked about how he was going to 206 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:56.840 lay things out and get things done. Essentially was recruiting, 207 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:00.960 got to bring in better players. Rich Brooks said that 208 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:03.559 when he got here. Do you remember that rich Brooks 209 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:06.799 said when he got here, And he said this in hindsight, 210 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:10.440 he didn't say this when he was introduced, but he said, 211 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:16.639 UK at the time had one player, one that could 212 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:22.360 run a sub four five forty. Now you think about that, 213 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:27.559 that meant that Kentucky was maybe the slowest team in 214 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:31.320 the Southeastern Conference. And obviously the two things you have 215 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:35.120 to have to win in this league size and speed. 216 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:38.159 I don't remember what kind of size the Wildcats had. 217 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:40.919 And you can have guys that are big who don't 218 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:43.840 have a lot of athletic ability. We've seen that, haven't we. 219 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:49.159 But minus speed, you got no shot. You don't have 220 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.320 receivers who can get open. You don't have d backs 221 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:55.720 who can cover that kind of receiver. So Stoops comes in, 222 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.519 looks at the talent level and goes to work. He 223 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:02.679 and Vince Merrill and his staff members who have come 224 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:07.320 and gone, they brought in better players, right, they developed 225 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:10.120 them and they won more games. But one of the 226 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:14.759 things that Stupe said was there will be no shortcuts. Well, 227 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:19.679 guess what. That's exactly what the portal and the nil 228 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:27.159 represent shortcuts for everybody, only they're gambles. You sure you 229 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:30.080 got the right guy, You're sure you're paying the right 230 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:36.600 people the right amounts of money. It's tempting, isn't it. 231 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:41.120 And it's not just tempting. It's a must if you 232 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:45.279 are a college football coach, because it's so much of 233 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:49.320 a numbers game. Basketball too, but football is such a 234 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:52.759 numbers game, and anymore, especially coaches paid a ton of 235 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:55.919 money like Stoops, It's not what have you done for 236 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:57.519 me lately? It's what have you done for me today? 237 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:03.840 Coaches aren't getting four and five years anymore because the 238 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:07.360 demand from fans, the demand from boosters, the demand from 239 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:14.200 athletics directors who are paying top dollar demands success right now. 240 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:19.159 So that's why the shortcuts are so vital anymore. And 241 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:21.960 I firmly believe, and I've not talked to him about this, 242 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.519 and even if I wanted to, I don't think Stoops 243 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:26.519 will talk to me about it. I talked to Tom 244 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:29.120 Leach about it, but I think this just gets it. 245 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:33.320 Stoops where he lives, how to build a football team 246 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:39.600 the right way, and given the fact that everybody, and 247 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:43.600 Stoops has had some success with the portal, but everybody's 248 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:47.840 dealing with it now means he can't go back to 249 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.600 do things the way he used to do them, at 250 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:54.840 least not at the division IE level. At the SEC level, 251 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:59.840 he's stuck with the current situation. So you've got to 252 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:02.120 try to make the best of it. And as I said, 253 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:06.879 sometimes it works out. Sometimes it's great. Will Levis's first 254 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:09.480 year in Kentucky, well, Leam Cohen and a great old 255 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:13.559 line worked out great and there was at least one 256 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:18.240 transfer on that old line. And then sometimes it doesn't 257 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:23.559 work out. Speaking of times it works out, how about Syracuse. 258 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:27.960 Syracuse upsets Miami Kyle McCord is a big game. And 259 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:30.840 remember this is the guy who started his career at 260 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:34.360 Ohio State and I believe started for the Buckeyes for 261 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:37.679 a couple of years before he left, and they couldn't 262 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:40.399 be Michigan when he was there, and apparently people blamed 263 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:44.799 him for it. Well, Fran Brown as the head coach 264 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:48.600 of Syracuse and was catching some flak for a comment 265 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:54.519 he made about sending Champagne to Ohio State or sending 266 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:58.600 him Kyle McCord, and on the Jim Rome Show. He 267 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:01.960 said he owes Ryan Day, a head coach at Ohio State, 268 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:05.919 a case of champagne, and he made note of the 269 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:11.559 fact that Ohio State still lost to Michigan minus Kyle McCord, 270 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:15.679 which kind of brought or took Kyle McCord if you 271 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:17.720 look at it that way off the hook. 272 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:19.679 So I'm excited for just our communities. 273 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:22.240 You know, everyone down there represents him, but just the 274 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:24.399 country to be able to see how good of a 275 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:27.759 football player he is. And you know, it was kind 276 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:30.440 of put out as if he was the reason. So 277 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.440 I mean, I guess after watching him win this weekend, 278 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.679 and I don't know what happened to that piece of 279 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:37.480 you know, you're seeing the same results again. 280 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:39.480 You can't blame Kyle, correct, you know. 281 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:41.639 So I'm happy that Kyle was able to go and 282 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:43.960 clear his name, come here and show that he's a 283 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:47.639 good quarterback. I got I got ridiculed for State and 284 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:50.240 that I wanted to send Ryan Day a bottle of champagne. 285 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:51.919 Where I wasn't being disrespectful. 286 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:54.120 I was just saying, this guy is the real deal, 287 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:56.559 and you guys let him come in like great, thank you. 288 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:58.720 You know, I still owe him, She's send him some more. 289 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:01.360 She send him a case, not even the bottom. Excuse 290 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:04.599 my language, but just extremely excited and thankful for cock. 291 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:09.440 That's Syracuse coach Fran Brown, and Syracuse played a great game, 292 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:12.160 obviously beating Miami and Soda Kyle McCord. But I guess 293 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:15.200 the lesson here because some people got upset about that comment, 294 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:18.720 specifically Ohio State fans. You gotta be careful when you're 295 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:24.200 talking about other programs, especially in college sports, and especially 296 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:27.920 in college football, because people get their respective backs up 297 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.559 very very quickly. One other note is, we go to 298 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:35.920 the break. Were you watching Sunday Night football? But Chris 299 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:40.160 Collinsworth and Mike Turrico. I didn't see this part. I 300 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:45.119 was in and out of the game, but evidently Chris 301 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:51.640 Collinsworth's hands look really bad. And at Total pro Sports 302 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:57.559 on Twitter tps but the the that's the avatar or 303 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:01.599 the account name. But if you hit at Total pro sports, 304 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:06.960 they posted a screen grab and Collinsworth's hands are all 305 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:11.079 black and blue. No idea what's going on, but it 306 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:18.400 touched off a flurry of tweets and social media posts. 307 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:25.039 Collinsworth has not yet said anything publicly. Some people think 308 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:27.480 it's because it was so cold at the game and 309 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:32.119 he wasn't wearing gloves. But yeah, it's odd looking. And 310 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:35.839 you see in elderly people who bruise easily, and he's 311 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:39.759 not elderly. That's my point. Sometimes their skin looks like that, 312 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:41.759 or their hands look like that. But a lot of 313 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:44.559 people out there concerned about Chris Collinsworth, who of course 314 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:51.039 married a former UK cheerleader and whose dad Collinsworth's dad 315 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:54.240 played basketball at UK, and in fact he was up. 316 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:59.559 Collinsworth was for SEC Athlete of the Year and I 317 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:03.880 think it was nineteen eighty and Kyle Macy actually won 318 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:07.720 the award, but the banquet was here in Lexington, and 319 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:10.440 I remember Chris collins were saying it was such a 320 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:12.000 thrill for him to be there because he got a 321 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:15.920 chance to meet his hero, Kyle Macy. Back in just 322 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:19.319 a minute to talk about an odd situation in the NFL. 323 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:23.480 Here on six thirty WLAP Welcome back to the Big 324 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:25.440 Blues Cider coming up at the top of the hour. 325 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:29.799 UK basketball coverage Kentucky Clubson tonight at It's not going 326 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:31.960 to be nine thirty, it'll be closer to ten o'clock, 327 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:34.759 but you'll hear it right here on six thirty WLAP 328 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:36.839 and in a few minutes we're going to talk more 329 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:39.640 and hear more about UK volleyball. But I wanted to 330 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:41.880 bring up a couple of things that back in the 331 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:44.240 day I would have said were on the wires, meaning 332 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:48.960 the associated press UPI anymore. It's on social media, but 333 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:53.480 it still bears looking into because it's it's just silly. 334 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:57.079 It's serious, but it's silly. Maybe you've seen the video 335 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:01.720 of Trevor Lawrence injury. He was lighting in the Texans 336 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:08.000 Jags game and a Texans player, Aziz al Shahar, hit 337 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:11.319 him as he was sliding, hit him late. He suffered 338 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:14.519 a concussion. Al Shaher was thrown out of the game. 339 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:17.400 They're thinking about suspending him as we speak, he has 340 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:22.319 not yet been suspended. He issued a heartfelt apology. I 341 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:26.240 do buy the apology. I read it, and it's unfortunate 342 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:30.359 he's getting some racist and islamophobic comments in his way, 343 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:34.160 but that's almost predictable anyhow. This is the thing that 344 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:37.920 bugs me to Mikol Ryan's the head coach of the Texans. 345 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:40.599 He's a good coach. Now, I believe he's a really 346 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:43.640 good coach, but he tries to lay some of the 347 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:47.640 blame on Trevor Lawrence. He said, it's twofold, right, a 348 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:49.720 quarterback in this day and age, he tried to take 349 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:52.400 advantage of the rule. Whether they slide late, try to 350 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:55.480 get an extra yard. Now you're a defender. A lot 351 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:58.240 of onus is on the defender, whether it's on the sideline, 352 00:20:58.359 --> 00:21:00.799 whether it's on the quarterback. You don't know what a 353 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:03.680 guy is thinking. You don't know if a guy is 354 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:06.559 standing up and he's continuing to run, you don't know. 355 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:10.279 Then you get a late slide and you hit the guy. Look, 356 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:16.000 this is dumb because it was clear that Lawrence was sliding. 357 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:20.559 And to his credit and I agree with him, alsha 358 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:25.559 Here said it was a split second kind of situation, 359 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:28.640 and he's right. I mean, he was running as fast 360 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:32.759 as he could, he had shifted his weight and was 361 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:35.000 looking to tackle Lawrence, and all of a sudden, boom, 362 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:39.240 Lawrence is down and now there's the unfortunate hit. But 363 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:45.440 then Demiko Ryans gets into the Jaguars sideline. He said, 364 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:50.319 the guy's on the sideline overreacted, which they probably did. 365 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:52.759 Pushed our guy, drag our guy to the sideline, but 366 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:58.039 again a split second situation. So you can't absolve your 367 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:03.319 player awake of a split second decision and yet blame 368 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.240 the other team for a split second decision. Both Trevor 369 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:10.519 Lawrence his split second decision to slide when he did, 370 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:14.359 Ryan was saying he needs to get down earlier and 371 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:19.640 keep his head down. Again, split second decisions, and you 372 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:23.720 know what happens all the time in football. So to 373 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:25.880 lay some of that blame on Trevor Lawrence, I ain't 374 00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:29.599 buying it. Here's something else I'm not buying. And once again, 375 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:33.599 like him or not, he's the man. Rob Manfred, major 376 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:39.680 League Baseball Commissioner. Evidently there has been some discussion of 377 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:44.119 what they call the Golden Bat rule, and this could 378 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:46.599 not be sillier. I don't know if you've read this 379 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:51.160 or not, but there's a suggestion that this could jazz 380 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:54.759 up baseball a little bit. The basic concept a team 381 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:58.880 could choose one at bat one in every game to 382 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:03.519 use its best regardless of where they are in the lineup. 383 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:06.599 So let's say the Yankee said, bases loaded, two down, 384 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:10.079 bottom of the ninth and the number eight or nine 385 00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:12.920 hitter is due up. What wait a minute, Golden had 386 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:17.480 bad rule. Let's bring in Aaron Judge. Shall we one 387 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:24.039 time replacement, not a substitution like a pinch hitter. Jason 388 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:26.880 Stark of the Athletics says restricting the rule only the 389 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:30.359 team's trailing at the time could be an interesting constraint. 390 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:35.920 I mean, why are they even talking about this. It's ridiculous. 391 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:39.440 And I know I sound old school, but there comes 392 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:41.920 a point you got the Manfred man in the extra 393 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:43.680 innings where you've got a guy on second base to 394 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:46.519 open up the extra innings. I do believe they should 395 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:49.200 have made some changes to kind of speed the game up. 396 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:53.039 But if you have to pull something like this into 397 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:58.319 your game to create more interest, you're done. You're circling 398 00:23:58.319 --> 00:24:00.920 the drain and you don't know it. This is what 399 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:03.400 a guy needs to dig in and say, look, if 400 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:07.160 we need to find better ways to improve our product, 401 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:10.759