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<v Speaker 1>It's time for coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 2>Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think

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<v Speaker 2>when we.

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<v Speaker 1>Are getting off our show.

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<v Speaker 3>Idiot the kids for crying or trail of cry, or

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<v Speaker 3>concord for scrowing it up? Gold Play Intermurals, Brother, gold

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<v Speaker 3>Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be with your adults,

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<v Speaker 3>but they're really not.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you

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<v Speaker 1>kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know a lot of things, but I do know.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I guess I don't know for sure, but

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<v Speaker 2>I feel confident that the millions of you that are

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<v Speaker 2>listening right now did not tune in as we can.

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<v Speaker 2>The show started to hear updates on the first day

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<v Speaker 2>back to school here for those parents, teachers, students in

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<v Speaker 2>Jefferson County. But you know, I think even if you're

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<v Speaker 2>someone that does not have kids in the school system,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't even have like nephews or grandparents or grand

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<v Speaker 2>grandkids or nieces or anything like that, you don't work

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<v Speaker 2>in the school system. Given how big of a nightmare

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<v Speaker 2>last year was it becoming a national story, you gotta

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<v Speaker 2>be at least a little curious to see how it's going, right,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I have been and it hit me like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, two o'clock, Like wait a second, like I haven't.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been active on social media today, I mean, not

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<v Speaker 2>posting anything, but just you know, checking out what's going on.

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<v Speaker 2>That's usually sort of how I get ready for the show,

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<v Speaker 2>figure out what people are talking about, things we can discuss. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>and I haven't heard a whole lot, which I assume

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<v Speaker 2>means that it's going well, That's what I assume we'll see,

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<v Speaker 2>though maybe I'm wrong. All Right, welcome in. It is

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<v Speaker 2>coffee and company. Feel about Thornton's here on Sports Talk

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<v Speaker 2>seven ninety. Thanks for hanging out with us, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be here for the next three hours. So hang out,

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<v Speaker 2>make yourself at home, and if you have to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>do other things. Just know that you can take us

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<v Speaker 2>with you. You can listen live on the Aheart Radio ab

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<v Speaker 2>listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. And we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be loaded for the next three hours. So again,

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<v Speaker 2>as I mentioned, you should stick around all right, real

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<v Speaker 2>quick on the JCPS stuff. I mean, John, you know

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<v Speaker 2>you don't keep up with, you know, the internet, if

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<v Speaker 2>you have a life more so than I do, where

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<v Speaker 2>you're probably not you know, checking Twitter as much as

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<v Speaker 2>I am, or checking what's going on on the World

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<v Speaker 2>Wide Web as much, just because again you have you know,

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<v Speaker 2>hobbies and a life. But I mean, you feel like

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<v Speaker 2>it's been pretty quiet, Like I haven't heard of any

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<v Speaker 2>nightmare stories yet about kids getting left somewhere, dropped off

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<v Speaker 2>at the wrong school or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 3>And I know, usually I feel like most of the

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<v Speaker 3>drama from all of this starts in the after school

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<v Speaker 3>hours whenever they're dropping kids off and you hear about

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<v Speaker 3>people not getting home until ten o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>A good point, that type of stuff. It's a good point.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want to give a tip of the cap

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<v Speaker 2>to our partners over there at WLKY because they just

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<v Speaker 2>posted this within the last twenty minutes or so at

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<v Speaker 2>their website wlky dot com and it just says updates

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<v Speaker 2>how the first day of school is going for JCPS,

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<v Speaker 2>And they went on to mention some things that I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't aware of as far as changes. They cut bussing

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<v Speaker 2>for most of the Magnet and traditional schools, meaning there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot more car riders, because if you go to

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<v Speaker 2>those schools, you need to I guess, you know, depending

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<v Speaker 2>on where you live, there's no way for you to

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<v Speaker 2>get there without somebody bringing you because you can't you

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<v Speaker 2>can't get on a bus, at least not you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a JCPS bus. So that was a known thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>I guess that could make it to where it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be a little more. I mean, you just tr't

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<v Speaker 2>to worry. You're not relying as much on buses. You're

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<v Speaker 2>relying on people to bring the kids to school. So

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<v Speaker 2>the only thing I can tell is that there has

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<v Speaker 2>been a lot of traffic because of more I guess

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<v Speaker 2>car riders. And it's never going to be a perfect

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<v Speaker 2>day when you start school for the first time. But

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<v Speaker 2>as far as getting kids to school, it seems as

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<v Speaker 2>if if they are in a much better situation than

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<v Speaker 2>they were a year ago. Whenever they brought kids back

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<v Speaker 2>to school last school year, and some kids didn't get

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<v Speaker 2>home until after ten pm, and then they pulled the

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<v Speaker 2>plug and said, Okay, we're going to cancel the next

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<v Speaker 2>two days of school and come back next week and

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<v Speaker 2>try to start all over. And it became a national story,

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<v Speaker 2>so you know, it seems like so far they're not

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<v Speaker 2>even close to the Mets they had a year ago,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe they end up having a pretty smooth day.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to WKY is great for doing this on Facebook,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, every new station should do it, and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe they have. But earlier this afternoon on the WLKY

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<v Speaker 2>News Facebook page, they just said JCPS parents, how is

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<v Speaker 2>this summer or how is this morning going so far?

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<v Speaker 2>Which you got to think, like, if people are looking

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<v Speaker 2>to go complain about something, where are they going? They're

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<v Speaker 2>going to Facebook? Especially parents, older people, right, And I

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<v Speaker 2>must when I say older people like I mean people

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<v Speaker 2>my age too. So I when I saw that they

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<v Speaker 2>have this embedded post, I clicked on and it opened

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<v Speaker 2>up in Facebook and my web browser, and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh man, this is going to be nothing but parents

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<v Speaker 2>just losing their minds complaining, And it really isn't. I

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<v Speaker 2>think people had expectations probably so low because of what

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<v Speaker 2>happened a year ago, and yet a lot of the

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<v Speaker 2>comments I'm seeing are are not only some positive, but

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<v Speaker 2>the complaints are more so just about traffic flow, which

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<v Speaker 2>really isn't mean. I guess you could say that's somewhat

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<v Speaker 2>the responsibility of the school JCPS, But I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if I mean, let's be real, I think

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<v Speaker 2>if in fact there are certain schools where there's way

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<v Speaker 2>more car writers than there used to be, there's just

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<v Speaker 2>going to be more traffic. There's no way. There's no

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<v Speaker 2>way around that. So thumbs up. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>speak too soon, because you know, John made a good point.

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<v Speaker 2>It really didn't get out of hand until they started

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<v Speaker 2>to try to take the kids home and they didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, things didn't go well. Kids didn't get home

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<v Speaker 2>till you know, well after ten o'clock. Some kids ended

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<v Speaker 2>up like ten miles from where they were supposed to be,

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<v Speaker 2>kids ended up getting off at the wrong bus stop,

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<v Speaker 2>not knowing where they are. I mean, it was it

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<v Speaker 2>was an I mean, it was really about as big

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<v Speaker 2>of a disaster as JCPS has probably ever had an

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<v Speaker 2>its existence. I'm not you know, I've not been around

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<v Speaker 2>long enough to really know about the history of the

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<v Speaker 2>disasters that they've had. But I mean, that was a

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<v Speaker 2>national news story. So apparently school begins to let out

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<v Speaker 2>at two ten pms, so that was roughly an hour ago,

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<v Speaker 2>and the latest dismissal at JCPS is four twenty pm.

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<v Speaker 2>So I kind of feel like we're gonna be in

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<v Speaker 2>this three hour window here that we have, Like I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be monitoring this just to kind of keep up with,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, what's going on, and I'm not rooting for

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<v Speaker 2>a disaster. I mean, I'm hoping it's smooth. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody on the text line made a good point. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean they were kind of nasty about it, but they

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<v Speaker 2>also made me realize that, you know, I should be

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more mindful in how I discussed these

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<v Speaker 2>things because I don't feel as if I'm making fun

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<v Speaker 2>of them. I mean, I don't think I'm doing that

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<v Speaker 2>at all, but like last year, I mean, I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>sharing facts about the story and just the big mess

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<v Speaker 2>that it was. But a woman texted in and said that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I was really really making her anxiety and

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<v Speaker 2>stress worse by talking about it, and I'm thinking, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what do you want me? I mean, like

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's quite clear like any news station, any any

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<v Speaker 2>anything you turn on locally here, like news. I guarantee

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<v Speaker 2>it's been a huge topic this week on HAS our

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<v Speaker 2>sister station here. I know it's been a huge topic

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<v Speaker 2>on every news station in town just coverage up back

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<v Speaker 2>to school. It always is, but when they bring it

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<v Speaker 2>up this time of year or this this go around,

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<v Speaker 2>I should say, they're going to reference last year's mess.

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<v Speaker 2>So like it's not as if I'm going out of

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<v Speaker 2>my way to do it, it's it's probably unavoidable for you.

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<v Speaker 2>But maybe you come to this show not to hear

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<v Speaker 2>about it, because again, as I started, as I started

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<v Speaker 2>the show today, I doubt that's what anybody would be

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<v Speaker 2>here for us to hear about JCPS and how they're

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<v Speaker 2>getting kids back to school. However, you know, like you're right,

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<v Speaker 2>I bet it was a very stressful situation for parents

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<v Speaker 2>in a scary situation, especially those that were impacted by

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<v Speaker 2>it last year, and they have to put the trust

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<v Speaker 2>in JCPS again to get their kid to school and

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<v Speaker 2>bring them home. So, you know, it made me appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that I don't, you know, at this point

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<v Speaker 2>in my life as a parent. You know, my daughter

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<v Speaker 2>she special needs, and I don't know if she'll ever

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<v Speaker 2>be a bus rider. And my son will see you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's got another year before he starts kindergarten. Maybe he'll

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<v Speaker 2>be a bus rider. But you know, my kids go

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<v Speaker 2>to a different school district, which doesn't mean that they

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<v Speaker 2>can't have issues as well. But yes, if I I

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<v Speaker 2>mean as much as a parent, like I'm a worrier.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's my one of my biggest flaws as a

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<v Speaker 2>human being. Like if my kid didn't get off the

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<v Speaker 2>bus and I called the school and they didn't know what,

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<v Speaker 2>like where, Well, hey, call back the call this one

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<v Speaker 2>a hundred number. They may know where your kid, we don't.

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<v Speaker 2>They may know where your kid is, but we don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Like and I'm sure that wasn't exactly the exchange, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>like I mean that helpless feeling. I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>I would do if I didn't know where my kid was.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyways, so far, so good, it seems for JCPS,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll see if if that's the case the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of the way here.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure rush hour will look a little different this afternoon,

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<v Speaker 3>hopefully hopefully from the school side of things, everything goes

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<v Speaker 3>smooth and people are safe on the roads. But I

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<v Speaker 3>bet the roads will look a little different today and

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<v Speaker 3>probably going forward.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm proud of parents for the positivity I'm seeing on

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<v Speaker 2>this Facebook post, because usually I begain. I was just

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<v Speaker 2>expecting it to be absolute just nothing but people talking

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<v Speaker 2>about how terrible j CPS is and Marty Polio and

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<v Speaker 2>just you know, and really most of the people that

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<v Speaker 2>are complaining is just about traffic. And I did actually

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<v Speaker 2>see one of the new stations did cover this in

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<v Speaker 2>their coverage of back to School Today, and that was

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that because there's a lot of these high

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<v Speaker 2>schools and even middle schools I suppose that are actually

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<v Speaker 2>in residential areas. Like that's one of the things about

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<v Speaker 2>j CPS. There's like there's certain schools. I mean, one

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<v Speaker 2>that I can think of off top of my head is

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<v Speaker 2>like Jeffersontown High School like that that's like to me,

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<v Speaker 2>lot more car riders. But apparently people like trying to

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<v Speaker 2>to leave because of all the traffic from from you know,

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<v Speaker 2>kids waiting to get it dropped off at school, which

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<v Speaker 2>again that would be that would be real pain in

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<v Speaker 2>the ass, no doubt about that. But like, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>really sure who the direct Like, whose fault is that? Right, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, is it the school district's fault? Like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they're they're trying to get kids to school as quickly

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<v Speaker 2>as they can and as effectively as they can. And

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<v Speaker 2>if that leads to people having to maybe make adjustments

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<v Speaker 2>that live near the school, you're probably just gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>to make adjustments, I would assume. But anyways, we'll start

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<v Speaker 2>off with some good news for Louisville fans, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is that Louisville Alive is coming back. I didn't expect

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<v Speaker 2>it to just disappear, but we did not have it

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<v Speaker 2>this past year, and you know, I was pretty I

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<v Speaker 2>still stand by what I said. I was critical of

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<v Speaker 2>the decision of them to just not have Louisville Live

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<v Speaker 2>and to then blame it on money and like cost

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<v Speaker 2>because I felt like, you know, that's a fan event

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<v Speaker 2>like that and that, and there's no scenario Louisville loses.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I think we all knew this past basketball season

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<v Speaker 2>that was the last year of the Kenny Payne Era

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<v Speaker 2>was not going to be super successful, but like, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the kind of event you could go to and kind

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<v Speaker 2>of distract yourself from it, right like, because there's no

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<v Speaker 2>you can't lose, right you have to worry about Kentucky

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<v Speaker 2>Wesley and or Leanne Rhyme's going out there and beating

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<v Speaker 2>you in an exhibition game. You can just watch these

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<v Speaker 2>guys dunk and you know, drink beer with fans. If

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<v Speaker 2>it was going to be at Slugger or at Churchill

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<v Speaker 2>or here at four Street Live right like it really

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<v Speaker 2>I thought was a bad look because your your cost

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<v Speaker 2>cutting measure is an event that fans specifically, like, that's

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<v Speaker 2>what that's catered for as fans. So you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>won't complain and act like well I would have been there.

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<v Speaker 2>Would have been great, because you know, everything about the

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<v Speaker 2>last two years really sucked, if we're being honest. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad they are bringing it back. I'm a little

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<v Speaker 2>curious as the decision as to where they're having it

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<v Speaker 2>instead of having it at one of the I mean

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<v Speaker 2>that's what made it cool. And I'm a little biased

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<v Speaker 2>because we're right here broadcasting live and it would be

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<v Speaker 2>amazing if they did it right here, you know, right

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<v Speaker 2>in front of us where we'd be doing the show

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<v Speaker 2>right there in front of it. But for Shoot Live

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<v Speaker 2>was awesome, and then I thought Churchill Downs was even better.

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<v Speaker 2>And then at Slugger I did not attend that one,

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<v Speaker 2>and it sounds like that one did not go well

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<v Speaker 2>as far as the amount of money that like went

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<v Speaker 2>into it, and it just didn't you know, there was

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<v Speaker 2>not a lot of return on that investment. Because again,

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<v Speaker 2>that's an event for fans to get people excited, to

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<v Speaker 2>get enthusiasm up, to host recruits and potentially really show

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<v Speaker 2>off the program and get them excited about potentially committing

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<v Speaker 2>and like nothing, you know, and that's really not anybody

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<v Speaker 2>at u of L's fault as far as like marketing

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<v Speaker 2>pr events. That's you know, the basketball program was in

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<v Speaker 2>a really really tough spot. So they're doing it at

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<v Speaker 2>the UMP Center this year, which I have no problem with.

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<v Speaker 2>I just kind of I just assumed that, like in

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<v Speaker 2>its existence, it's always been in different places within Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>that I thought made it super cool.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And for Street again, even if we didn't broadcast here

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<v Speaker 2>every day at our four Street Live studios, I would

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<v Speaker 2>still say that it gives it the coolest look because

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<v Speaker 2>of the setup. You put the court down there right

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of sports and social you have it

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<v Speaker 2>kind of barricaded, and then you have, of course the

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<v Speaker 2>upper level. Like you could have a pretty light crowd

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<v Speaker 2>as far as just numbers, but you could make this

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<v Speaker 2>place look like everybody in downtown Louisville is dying to

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<v Speaker 2>get in, and the streets are just like packed with

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<v Speaker 2>people that are trying to make their way to four

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<v Speaker 2>Street Live because you know, it's Louisville Live. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure there's plenty of reasons as to why they're doing

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<v Speaker 2>it at the YOUM Center, and one I would assume

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<v Speaker 2>is because they probably don't need to pay to use

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<v Speaker 2>the event to the event venue. It's it's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's THEIRS. I mean it's not technically THEIRS, but you

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<v Speaker 2>know it is. So I'm excited, and uh, who knows

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<v Speaker 2>what to expect, you know, Pat Kelsey, I'm sure will

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<v Speaker 2>use this event to be a big weekend to host recruits.

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<v Speaker 2>You know it's gonna be on Friday, October the fourth.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me double check. I should have done this before

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<v Speaker 2>the uh for the show started today. But yeah, so Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>October the fourth. Louisville football will play at home against

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<v Speaker 2>SMU that next day, So maybe that should be the

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<v Speaker 2>weekend we circle as a big time recruiting weekend for

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<v Speaker 2>Pat Kelsey and his staff because they'll be able to

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<v Speaker 2>show off a lot of things about their program at

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville Live in the next day. You know, you take

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<v Speaker 2>you take the recruits to a football game, and we

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<v Speaker 2>all know that's a huge, huge part of recruiting when

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<v Speaker 2>these guys take their official visits in the fall, which

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<v Speaker 2>it is kind of weird, you know, you know they're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to play football, but I guess more than anything,

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<v Speaker 2>it does speak to like the atmosphere and the fans

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<v Speaker 2>and whatnot. But you know, there's certain schools where like

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<v Speaker 2>I can't think of an example, maybe you can think

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<v Speaker 2>of one in the Big Ten. Actually I've got one.

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<v Speaker 2>Like if you're if you're a Clemson basketball recruit and

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<v Speaker 2>you go to Clemson for a football game, like, that's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be awesome because that atmosphere, by all accounts, is

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<v Speaker 2>one of the best in college football. But like, are

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<v Speaker 2>they gonna try to sell you that, Yeah, you get

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<v Speaker 2>the same kind of atmosphere whenever we play basketball here too,

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<v Speaker 2>And like you're gonna know, even as a kid being recruited,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a lie. But either way, you know you've got.

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<v Speaker 3>To and if you're Indiana's case and you go to

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<v Speaker 3>a football game, true, this is way better, I promise

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<v Speaker 3>when you come into the assembly hall.

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<v Speaker 2>I was not even like trying to be nice there.

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<v Speaker 2>I literally just blanked on who who could be the end?

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<v Speaker 2>Is the best example? Are they not?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>In terms of the football atmosphere to what it should

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<v Speaker 2>they have their own event like louloud They don't.

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<v Speaker 3>It's called Who's Your Hysteria?

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<v Speaker 2>And that's like that's a pretty big deal.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and they usually the past couple of years they've

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<v Speaker 3>done it on homecoming weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can I remember, you know, since before you

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<v Speaker 2>were even you know, interested in recruiting. I'm sure I'm

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<v Speaker 2>talking back in you know, guys who graduated in like

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twelve. I remember there were always like they usually

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<v Speaker 2>have a ton of visitors for that event. Indiana always

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<v Speaker 2>brings in like a boatload of guys. In fact, I

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<v Speaker 2>remember at times, you know Rick Ptino, he would he

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<v Speaker 2>would never do a Louisville Live kind of an event.

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<v Speaker 2>He would just do a handful of different Red White scrimmages,

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<v Speaker 2>which I love being able to watch the guys play,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, more than one time, you know, to get

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<v Speaker 2>more familiar with your roster, that kind of stuff. But

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<v Speaker 2>it was, in my opinion, it was really difficult to

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<v Speaker 2>promote because to make it to where you had a

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<v Speaker 2>big crowd, because maybe some people will come to all three,

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<v Speaker 2>but like having one event that you know, is sort

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<v Speaker 2>of the kickoff to get things started, and it's more

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<v Speaker 2>of a it's really just a party than it is anything,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like a pep rally for fans. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville would try to host recruits and you know they

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<v Speaker 2>would lose them because they're going instead of the Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>Red White Scrimmage, they're going to go to uh, They're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go to Big Blue Maddness or who's he Rhysteria.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm glad Louisville has this because it's important and

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<v Speaker 2>it's been I mean since they've had it, and I

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<v Speaker 2>know they took a year off, it's been it's been

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<v Speaker 2>a super success. So again, tickets will go on sale.

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<v Speaker 2>It looks like in September, students will be able to

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<v Speaker 2>attend free, but you will have to purchase a ticket

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to go. And yeah, October the fourth

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<v Speaker 2>is the date, and it'll be of course not only

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<v Speaker 2>an event for Pat Kelsey and his crew, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>also an event for Jeff Walls in his team. So

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<v Speaker 2>looking forward to looking forward to that all right. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>as I mentioned, we are loaded the rest of the

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<v Speaker 2>way here. We've got a guest going to join us

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<v Speaker 2>coming up around four twenty. We will talk to Kent Spencer,

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<v Speaker 2>whas eleven. We haven't chatted with Kent in quite some time.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like, you know, some of our regular guests,

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<v Speaker 2>they kind of had a summer break, right because I'd

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<v Speaker 2>ask him enough about the offseason. I'd ask him enough

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<v Speaker 2>about you know, the rosters coming together for Pat Kelsey,

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<v Speaker 2>Mark Pope and whatnot. But we'll catch up with Kent

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<v Speaker 2>in the four o'clock hour and I want to get

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<v Speaker 2>his thoughts on realistic expectations for the football programs around here.

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<v Speaker 2>Also see if he has any any takeaways from the

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<v Speaker 2>boys in the Bahamas last week. And Kent is always

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<v Speaker 2>a great, great guest, and we're looking forward to bringing

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<v Speaker 2>him back on I think it's been gosh, maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>couple months since we've had Kenton, so again he'll join

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<v Speaker 2>us in the four o'clock hour. Some other things we'll

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<v Speaker 2>get into today. There's more takeaways from Louisville football practices.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, these are open to fans. They did let

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<v Speaker 2>some of the local which I guess fans aren't necessarily

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<v Speaker 2>allowed to go in and like just film the whole practice.

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<v Speaker 2>That is open to fans, but they do allow those

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<v Speaker 2>that work here for the local news stations to get

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<v Speaker 2>some footage and stuff for their newscasts. And Tyler Griever

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<v Speaker 2>had some clips and it's just you know, a few

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<v Speaker 2>clips here and there, but he shared some takeaways from

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<v Speaker 2>one of the most recent practices and some good, good updates.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's put it that way, right, There's some guys that

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<v Speaker 2>in the transfer portal. I think where they initially got

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<v Speaker 2>here there was a little bit of an adjustment, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>not because they were stepping up a level from where

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<v Speaker 2>they transferred from, but just you know, a new maybe

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<v Speaker 2>that's part of it, but also just getting acclimated. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>if you've been playing for the same program, same system

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<v Speaker 2>for the last four years, three years, whatever it may be,

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<v Speaker 2>there's going to be an adjustment process. So there's some

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<v Speaker 2>a little underwhelmed by because of just you know, they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't seem to get a lot of buzz despite being

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<v Speaker 2>a big name in the portal that you felt like

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be a big addition. Well, now it

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<v Speaker 2>sounds like some of those guys are really starting to

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<v Speaker 2>come on and practice, which which is certainly good. So again, also,

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<v Speaker 2>not going to use this as a chance to like

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<v Speaker 2>that guy in all honesty, and I just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>previous regime, the previous coaching staff. But there is something

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<v Speaker 2>him in Memphis. Also, Marvin Harrison Junior, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>top rookies in the NFL. He'll be playing in his

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<v Speaker 2>days maybe, and he'll be making history. But it's not

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<v Speaker 2>let's all actively agree to not run with this nonsense.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's some other nonsense in fact that I've got

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<v Speaker 2>planned for the rest of the show today, so we'll

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<v Speaker 2>have some fun. We'll mix it up as we take

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<v Speaker 2>is that song has I mean, there's quite anybody who

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<v Speaker 2>All right? Text line five two six five three zero

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<v Speaker 2>text says Nick, now that you've watched this team in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bahamas, who is your favorite for the dunk contest

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<v Speaker 2>and the three point shootout? Your question? Three point shootout

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<v Speaker 2>should be a lot of fun because this team has

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of shooters, you know, I think it'll be

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<v Speaker 2>rare for them to have more than one guy on

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<v Speaker 2>the floor that you don't feel comfortable taking an open look.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say Big Frank and Trey Ore probably the

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<v Speaker 2>two guys that like you just like, that's so not

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<v Speaker 2>their game, but really everybody else that you play. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>if they get an open look and it's it's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in transition, it's off of an extra pass, they're set,

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<v Speaker 2>then they'll probably you know, get the green light to

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<v Speaker 2>knock it down. And there'll be games where this team,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, shoots it poorly, but you know, there's there's

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<v Speaker 2>not many guys on this team when you think of Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>what are they bringing to the table. What do they

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<v Speaker 2>do well? Shooting is a big part of it for

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of these guys. So, but three point shootouts

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<v Speaker 2>are different, right, I mean there are guys who are

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<v Speaker 2>really good shooters that in their career they're shooting close

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<v Speaker 2>to forty percent from three, but you know, just picking

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<v Speaker 2>it up off the rack, moving or like, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>a different it's a different thing than shooting a three

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<v Speaker 2>point shot in a game. Now, there are some that

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<v Speaker 2>have been great at both, right, Like they're elite shooters

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<v Speaker 2>in game and they can light up a three point shootout.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know, I would say, like, I can

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<v Speaker 2>just see Corin Johnson being a guy that could get

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<v Speaker 2>really hot in a three point shootout. But then again,

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<v Speaker 2>Rain Smith is somebody that Pat Kelsey still, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't just say this to say it. I think

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<v Speaker 2>he believes it that when Rain Smith has got it rolling,

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<v Speaker 2>like he is one of the shooters he's ever seen

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<v Speaker 2>in his in his life. So he'd probably be the

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<v Speaker 2>betting favorite if somebody really put in the work to

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<v Speaker 2>give us some odds. But I would say, I would

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<v Speaker 2>say corn Johnson would be my would be my pick

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<v Speaker 2>to win a three point shootout at Louisville Live and

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<v Speaker 2>the dunk contest. Uh, I don't know. I would. I

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<v Speaker 2>would go with Cater Treore just because he's got such

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<v Speaker 2>an insane vertical leap in insane reach. And when you

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<v Speaker 2>when you're in a dunk contest, I feel like if

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<v Speaker 2>you're really tall, like you can do something that is

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<v Speaker 2>super impressive, but it doesn't look as impressive if you're

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<v Speaker 2>really tall, because you know, it just it just doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>look that flashy, doesn't look as if you really did

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<v Speaker 2>something that creative and cool if you're already you know,

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<v Speaker 2>three feet from the rim. Like Dwight Howard, like he

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<v Speaker 2>won a couple dunk contests, I think, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>sure I ever remember him doing anything in the dunk contest

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<v Speaker 2>that it looked like, Wow, that was impressive, thinking like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>he put on a Superman cape and dunked it and

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<v Speaker 2>it looked easy to do. Like there are a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of props with guys like that, saying with Blake Griffin,

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<v Speaker 2>who is a phenomenal dunker, but at times, like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it just didn't look that impressive. So with trei Ora,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he's got the link. But he's only six five,

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<v Speaker 2>so like I could see him doing something and looking like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, something that you belong in an NBA dunk

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<v Speaker 2>contest as far as like style points, maybe case in

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<v Speaker 2>pryor No, that's a good one. I'd have a tougher

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<v Speaker 2>time picking a dunk contest winner just because I've not

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<v Speaker 2>seen a lot of these guys throw it down. Although

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<v Speaker 2>I will say Chucky hepburn in his h in his

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<v Speaker 2>Which game was that was that? The Yeah? I think

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<v Speaker 2>it was the second game the uh? Or was it

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<v Speaker 2>the first game? I think it was the second game

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<v Speaker 2>when they played the team from Canada, you know, in

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<v Speaker 2>a half court set, like not even you know, it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't like he was going downhill, but he you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he saw a path to the lane, took it and

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<v Speaker 2>completely just off two feet just dunk on somebody, which

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<v Speaker 2>I did not know he had that. I didn't know

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<v Speaker 2>he had that in the bag.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>For those just joining us, if you're wondering why we're

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<v Speaker 2>So October fourth. That's a Friday night. It's the same

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<v Speaker 2>weekend that Louisville will be hosting SMU, So should be

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<v Speaker 2>a big weekend for Louisville fans and for the coaching

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<v Speaker 2>staffs around here when it comes to hosting recruits. Will

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<v Speaker 2>All right, so, every year ESPN they give us a

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<v Speaker 2>promo video commercial essentially for the upcoming college football season,

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<v Speaker 2>and it includes a song that is kind of like,

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<v Speaker 2>in their mind, the anthem for college football. And they

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<v Speaker 2>kind of determined that because again, let's be real, the

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<v Speaker 2>majority of big games in college football take place on

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<v Speaker 2>the four letter network, not all of them, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously the Big Ten is a huge league, and they

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<v Speaker 2>don't have any affiliation with ESPN, do they not anymore? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so you know they don't. ESPN kind of owns college football.

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<v Speaker 2>But then again, you know there's still some other networks

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<v Speaker 2>that that you know, might might have something to say

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<v Speaker 2>about that. But anyways, they play these this, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they play it nonstyle, like I We'll go through and

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<v Speaker 2>look at some of the older songs that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll you'll you'll remember them because either they became radio

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<v Speaker 2>hits or you just remember, Oh yeah, I remember during

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<v Speaker 2>foot during or before football season, and all throughout football

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<v Speaker 2>season they played this a billion times every day, it seemed.

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<v Speaker 2>But here is the upcoming twenty twenty four college football

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<v Speaker 2>season anthem from ESPN, and it has a guy who

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like has become like maybe one of them.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm not like a big fan. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>dislike the guy, just he's not really my cup of tea.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually enjoyed him whenever he did more rap than

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<v Speaker 2>he does whatever he's doing now. He's one of those

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<v Speaker 2>guys that kind of is becoming a star. And you

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<v Speaker 2>don't really know what Geen wre to put him in,

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<v Speaker 2>but he goes by jelly roll. You know jelly roll, right,

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<v Speaker 2>John I do.

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<v Speaker 3>He's a part of the Louder Than Lifeline up a

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<v Speaker 3>few years agoing on saw he was.

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<v Speaker 2>I will always want to call him jelly Bean because

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<v Speaker 2>my stepdad at one point, you know, he'd never I guess,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he's becoming such a big star that like

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<v Speaker 2>people have probably heard him being mentioned, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's you know, he just called him jelly Bean one time, and.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought that was so funny because maybe that's what

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<v Speaker 3>will happen if he sums down a bit, he'll become

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<v Speaker 3>jelly Bean.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a big fellaw, he's a big fellow, no doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>But here here, this is about a minute and a

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<v Speaker 2>half long. I may may dump out before it gets

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<v Speaker 2>to the end of it, but yeah, you'll hear this

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<v Speaker 2>a lot if you're and you'll see it a lot

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<v Speaker 2>if you're somebody who keeps your TV on ESPN, which

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<v Speaker 2>unfortunately it's really the only live TV I ever watches sports,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, usually the sports tough watcher on ESPN.

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<v Speaker 2>But here it is obviously there's a visual component that

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<v Speaker 2>you guys don't get if you're just listening right now.

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<v Speaker 2>But there was an appearance from Jeff Brown that clip

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<v Speaker 2>that was pretty popular. It was shared quite a bit

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<v Speaker 2>after the game when Louisville went down to Miami and won.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was the last game before they ended

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<v Speaker 2>up hosting Kentucky. In fact, I think that was the

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<v Speaker 2>game that clinched their their spot in the ACC Championship

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<v Speaker 2>game and Brom got the gatorade bath from behind and

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<v Speaker 2>that was featured in that one minute and thirty four

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<v Speaker 2>second promo reel and the song you know it fits right,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's uh, you know, it's not really again

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<v Speaker 2>my cup of tea. But for what they were trying

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<v Speaker 2>to accomplish there, you know, I think they did a

625
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<v Speaker 2>pretty good job. Now, speaking of ESPN's coverage, there's always

626
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<v Speaker 2>some new coaches that you know, that that make their day,

627
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<v Speaker 2>they make their they make their way to the broadcast

628
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<v Speaker 2>world because they've you know, no longer been able to

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<v Speaker 2>get a job in coaching. One of those is Dan Mullen,

630
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<v Speaker 2>who I believe is still is still gonna to be

631
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<v Speaker 2>working free ESPN this year, and I would assume he is.

632
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<v Speaker 2>He didn't get a job anywhere. But Steve Dazio, you

633
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<v Speaker 2>guys remember, you guys may remember Steve Dazio from his

634
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<v Speaker 2>time at Boston College, Temple Colorado State. In fact, did

635
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<v Speaker 2>you know he was an assistant in Indiana John I'm

636
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<v Speaker 2>looking at his uh recently, I don't know, but it

637
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<v Speaker 2>was this is uh, I didn't know it was on

638
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<v Speaker 2>his bio here. He has an assistant coaching stints at Syracuse, Indiana,

639
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<v Speaker 2>Notre Dame in Florida. Huh. But he was on Urban

640
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<v Speaker 2>Meyers staff when they won national championships, and he was

641
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<v Speaker 2>on Jimbo's staff last year. Of course that ended. So

642
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<v Speaker 2>now he's going to be one of the UH one

643
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<v Speaker 2>of the new analysts for UH. For for the four

644
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<v Speaker 2>latter network, there was an imagined Dragons song that I

645
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<v Speaker 2>remember being the It just it stuck in my head.

646
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<v Speaker 3>That's the one I always never and I think of

647
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<v Speaker 3>the college football theme songs, is it thunder No?

648
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<v Speaker 2>I think it might have a lot of songs that

649
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<v Speaker 2>kind of fit this. Yeah, here we go, this is it?

650
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<v Speaker 2>So that was in twenty and eighteen, a long time ago,

651
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<v Speaker 2>and I could be wrong. I mean that song ended

652
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<v Speaker 2>up becoming a pretty big a pretty big song in general,

653
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<v Speaker 2>I would assume, But I feel like I heard it

654
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<v Speaker 2>like for the first time whenever it was shown as

655
00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:14.839
<v Speaker 2>the you know it was. It was included in the

656
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<v Speaker 2>promotional video footage for the upcoming college football season. So

657
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<v Speaker 2>I'm curious if these are songs, I would imagine that

658
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<v Speaker 2>they they probably have a big pool of songs to

659
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<v Speaker 2>choose from and then go from there. But like, it's

660
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<v Speaker 2>clearly beneficial for any artists to have their music selected

661
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<v Speaker 2>for this because it's just free promotion for.

662
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<v Speaker 3>Them, right, I mean, it may be free, but it

663
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<v Speaker 3>wouldn't surprise me if artists bid to have their song.

664
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, heck, people pay to be the super

665
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<v Speaker 2>Bowl or I don't know if they pay, but they

666
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<v Speaker 2>don't get paid to be the super Bowl halftime performer.

667
00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.079
<v Speaker 1>You know that.

668
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<v Speaker 2>You know that, Oh yeah, no, you don't get paid

669
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<v Speaker 2>to be the halftime performer because they feel as if

670
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<v Speaker 2>they're giving you a chance to get the ultimate exposure,

671
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<v Speaker 2>which they are, to be honest with you, I mean,

672
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<v Speaker 2>I can't think of any example of any buddy who

673
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<v Speaker 2>like Usher. I'm not sure if he was able to

674
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<v Speaker 2>parlay that into more, you know more, you know, pub

675
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<v Speaker 2>for himself to kind of not restart his career necessarily.

676
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<v Speaker 2>But you know, it made sense for him to do

677
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<v Speaker 2>it because he wouldn't want any money. He would do

678
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<v Speaker 2>it for free because he you know, hasn't had any

679
00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:17.599
<v Speaker 2>new music in a long time, and maybe I don't know,

680
00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:19.759
<v Speaker 2>maybe it kind of revives things for him. But that's

681
00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:22.079
<v Speaker 2>why like Taylor Swift I think has been asked to

682
00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:23.839
<v Speaker 2>do it a couple of times and wouldn't do it

683
00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:25.480
<v Speaker 2>because she's not going to do it for free. Which

684
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<v Speaker 2>I can respect that too, especially when she doesn't need

685
00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:30.559
<v Speaker 2>to do anything for promotion right now because you know,

686
00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:33.759
<v Speaker 2>she's on you know, she's seemingly on top of the world.

687
00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.880
<v Speaker 2>So if I can find like the list of the

688
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<v Speaker 2>other songs that have that have been used for this,

689
00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:41.359
<v Speaker 2>because I'm telling you, man, they get played over and

690
00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:43.160
<v Speaker 2>over and over and they just get stuck in my

691
00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.880
<v Speaker 2>head to whear Like, I'm not going to sit here

692
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<v Speaker 2>and tell you that I like the song, but you know,

693
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<v Speaker 2>if it's on you may see me, you know, singing

694
00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:52.119
<v Speaker 2>along to it because it's just instilled in my brain.

695
00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:54.519
<v Speaker 2>All right, quick break, we'll come back here on the

696
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<v Speaker 2>other side, finish up the three o'clock hour to'll forget.

697
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<v Speaker 2>We will bring in Ken Spencer from w h A

698
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<v Speaker 2>S eleven. He'll join us, uh at some point in

699
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<v Speaker 2>the four o'clock hour. I'm pretty sure it'll be around

700
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<v Speaker 2>like four four twenty, so we may actually cut our

701
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<v Speaker 2>first segment a little bit shorter today. In the four

702
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<v Speaker 2>o'clock hour, so we have some more time with kent

703
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<v Speaker 2>So stick around. There's a lot more to get into

704
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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the way, including the text line. And uh,

705
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<v Speaker 2>we'll have some fun. I mean I've got When I

706
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<v Speaker 2>say have some fun, I mean I think it'll be fun.

707
00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:25.359
<v Speaker 2>But I'll worry sometimes, like whenever I veer away from sports.

708
00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:27.440
<v Speaker 2>Like you know, I know there's some people that punch

709
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<v Speaker 2>the radio and say, you but took, this is a

710
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<v Speaker 2>sports station, you son of them, bitch. So ESPN has

711
00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:41.319
<v Speaker 2>released their preseason power rankings for the SEC, which, of

712
00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:43.920
<v Speaker 2>course you know, a loaded league always and it's got

713
00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:47.160
<v Speaker 2>even more loaded now with the likes of Texas and

714
00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:50.920
<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma joining. But any guest, John as to where Kentucky

715
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<v Speaker 2>comes in in the sixteen team SEC preseason power rankings,

716
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<v Speaker 2>I bet they've got them at number eleven, close number

717
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<v Speaker 2>ten Okay, so Georgia number one, Texas to Alabama three,

718
00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:12.840
<v Speaker 2>Ole miss for Missouri five, Tennessee six, LSU seven, Oklahoma eight,

719
00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:15.719
<v Speaker 2>Texas A and M nine in Kentucky ten. After Kentucky,

720
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<v Speaker 2>it's Auburn, Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt.

721
00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:24.440
<v Speaker 2>So I'll bring this up because if you're a Kentucky

722
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<v Speaker 2>fan and you know you're being realistic knowing that you

723
00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:28.960
<v Speaker 2>know you could have a really good year, you could

724
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<v Speaker 2>have another not I mean, maybe you have that year

725
00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:33.599
<v Speaker 2>this year, but just two three years from now, let's

726
00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:36.199
<v Speaker 2>just say some kind of magical ride happened and Stoops

727
00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:39.119
<v Speaker 2>really put together a great team with the Portal. They

728
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<v Speaker 2>developed some guys and it looks as if they got

729
00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:43.440
<v Speaker 2>a chance to be pretty good. I mean maybe one

730
00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:46.199
<v Speaker 2>of his best teams. Right, What do you think the

731
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<v Speaker 2>ceiling is for Kentucky in the SEC moving forward? Because

732
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<v Speaker 2>they I mean, they've always had well, let me back

733
00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:59.159
<v Speaker 2>up a second year, because I want they've been clearly

734
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<v Speaker 2>better in the Stoop's hair than they've really ever been

735
00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:04.360
<v Speaker 2>as far as consistency, Like they've had years where they

736
00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:06.639
<v Speaker 2>weren't that good, but still you know, they've not been

737
00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:08.480
<v Speaker 2>the dorm out of that league in quite some time.

738
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<v Speaker 2>But even in their years where they were you know,

739
00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:14.960
<v Speaker 2>five and three, you know they still were middle of

740
00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:18.079
<v Speaker 2>the packet best because you know, the top of that

741
00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:22.440
<v Speaker 2>league is so good, but now it's even better. And

742
00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:25.079
<v Speaker 2>you got to wonder when Stoops was having his better

743
00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:28.000
<v Speaker 2>seasons right, And they were getting to five and three

744
00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.679
<v Speaker 2>a couple of times, which now we know one of

745
00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:31.880
<v Speaker 2>those seasons has been vacated, but still, you know, they

746
00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:33.639
<v Speaker 2>went they won five games. I mean, having a winning

747
00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:36.400
<v Speaker 2>record in the SEC for Kentucky is not something I

748
00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:38.000
<v Speaker 2>ever thought we'd see. And he's done it a couple

749
00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:39.880
<v Speaker 2>of times. They've had some years where they were four

750
00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:41.320
<v Speaker 2>and four and then they've had many years where they

751
00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:45.440
<v Speaker 2>were three and five or worse. So with that, you know,

752
00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:49.840
<v Speaker 2>you're doing that at times when teams that you would

753
00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:52.480
<v Speaker 2>play every year in the East are going through you know,

754
00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:56.400
<v Speaker 2>a rough patch, right. They were able to get Tennessee

755
00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:59.760
<v Speaker 2>a couple of times, a few times really, you know,

756
00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:02.880
<v Speaker 2>before Hypel got there. Now Tennessee seems to be in

757
00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:06.760
<v Speaker 2>a solid spot. And I don't think anybody that's objective

758
00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:09.679
<v Speaker 2>would say that Tennessee right now is not a program

759
00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:11.679
<v Speaker 2>that's ahead of Kentucky and football. I mean, they always

760
00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:14.440
<v Speaker 2>have been, but you know, they had a rough little

761
00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:16.440
<v Speaker 2>stretch there where they were going. I mean really since

762
00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:20.000
<v Speaker 2>since Fulmer moved on, I mean, they really had a

763
00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:23.559
<v Speaker 2>tough time sustaining any consistent success. And you know, we'll

764
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<v Speaker 2>see it looks like Hypel's going to be the guy

765
00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:27.079
<v Speaker 2>that will be there for a long time. Will they

766
00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:29.719
<v Speaker 2>ever win a national championship again? Probably not, But hey,

767
00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:34.360
<v Speaker 2>they're they're better than they were with Kiffin and Derek

768
00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:37.840
<v Speaker 2>Dooley evenber that guy, Butch Jones and Jeremy Pruett. I mean,

769
00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:40.280
<v Speaker 2>they've they've found a guy who I think gives them

770
00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:42.119
<v Speaker 2>hope to you know, not have to go hire a

771
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<v Speaker 2>new coach anytime soon. Right now, Florida is down. Florida's

772
00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:49.719
<v Speaker 2>behind them. Florida's at number twelve in these rankings that

773
00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:52.079
<v Speaker 2>I'm referencing, and Florida's expected to be a team that

774
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<v Speaker 2>doesn't win many games because they have a really, really

775
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<v Speaker 2>tough schedule and that's why their head coach is believed

776
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<v Speaker 2>to be maybe the first guy to get fired this

777
00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:04.719
<v Speaker 2>year during the season. So do we expect Florida to

778
00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:08.039
<v Speaker 2>stay down long? Right? Like if Florida ends up hiring

779
00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:13.239
<v Speaker 2>Lane Kiffin after this upcoming season, I mean at that point,

780
00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:17.920
<v Speaker 2>like would Kentucky fans realistically expect Florida to be behind them?

781
00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:21.760
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't think they should. Auburn is behind

782
00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:24.320
<v Speaker 2>them right now. Like Auburn, what I'm getting at is

783
00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:31.559
<v Speaker 2>there are teams that'll have stretches where they're looking at

784
00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:33.360
<v Speaker 2>a down year where they're likely going to be making

785
00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:36.280
<v Speaker 2>a coaching change before too long. Again, I think Auburn

786
00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:37.960
<v Speaker 2>and Florida are two of those teams. Auburn maybe not

787
00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:40.880
<v Speaker 2>as much because they have gusmells On and he'll probably

788
00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:42.760
<v Speaker 2>get some time there just because he has shown as

789
00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:46.719
<v Speaker 2>a head coach to be able to be successful. But

790
00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:49.280
<v Speaker 2>maybe eventually Missouri falls off and they're behind you. But

791
00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:51.840
<v Speaker 2>I just I if I was in the SEC and

792
00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:54.280
<v Speaker 2>I was a Kentucky fan, I mean, yeah, there's benefits

793
00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:57.039
<v Speaker 2>to playing in a really good league, but like, what's

794
00:37:57.079 --> 00:38:00.000
<v Speaker 2>the best you could realistically ever finish in your own conference?

795
00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:03.840
<v Speaker 2>And look, the reason that it's so tough to imagine

796
00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:06.199
<v Speaker 2>them ever being like a top five or even six

797
00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:09.079
<v Speaker 2>team in that league is not because of their inabilities.

798
00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:11.039
<v Speaker 2>It's just because the league is that good. It's loaded.

799
00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:13.199
<v Speaker 2>And I just had never really thought about it from

800
00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:15.119
<v Speaker 2>like the louisvill fans perspective, Like I have no problem

801
00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:17.559
<v Speaker 2>acknowledging the SEC is a much better football league than

802
00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:20.800
<v Speaker 2>the ACC. No brainer. Everybody knows that. I would never

803
00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:25.360
<v Speaker 2>deny that, and I wish the ACC was a better league,

804
00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:26.760
<v Speaker 2>just because at that point, you know, you'd have a

805
00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:28.440
<v Speaker 2>little more respect when you do, in fact, go out

806
00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:31.039
<v Speaker 2>and win league games. And heck, Louisville went seven to

807
00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:33.480
<v Speaker 2>one last year played in the ACC conference championship game,

808
00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:35.239
<v Speaker 2>and I'm not sure anybody thought that that was impressive,

809
00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:38.000
<v Speaker 2>and you know, I think that's nonsense. But either way,

810
00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:41.000
<v Speaker 2>like there are benefits to knowing that in your league,

811
00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:45.519
<v Speaker 2>you know you could have a once in a decade

812
00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:48.559
<v Speaker 2>type season and know that, yeah, with that, you could

813
00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:51.679
<v Speaker 2>win the whole thing, meaning your conference. In the SEC,

814
00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:53.880
<v Speaker 2>I think there are a ton of teams that could

815
00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:57.719
<v Speaker 2>have maybe they're once in a two three decade type

816
00:38:57.719 --> 00:39:00.599
<v Speaker 2>season and know that they're probably playing for fifth place,

817
00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:03.000
<v Speaker 2>and that wouldn't be a lot of fun. So I

818
00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:06.639
<v Speaker 2>have found myself kind of appreciating the ACC being a

819
00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:11.559
<v Speaker 2>power for that has national championship caliber programs that have,

820
00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:13.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, won a title in the last ten years

821
00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:16.440
<v Speaker 2>in Clemson, in Florida State and other programs that have

822
00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:19.599
<v Speaker 2>won one before although it's been a long time, but

823
00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:21.679
<v Speaker 2>you know, it's not loaded to the point where like

824
00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:26.320
<v Speaker 2>your ceiling is probably like top five at best, and

825
00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:28.480
<v Speaker 2>if you're in the Big Ten. I think you can

826
00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:31.440
<v Speaker 2>say the same thing, but not to the same extent,

827
00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:33.760
<v Speaker 2>if that makes sense. Maybe it's a little different now

828
00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:39.079
<v Speaker 2>that you've added Oregon and Washington and USC and UCLA.

829
00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:41.119
<v Speaker 2>But like all of those schools have had years where

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<v Speaker 2>they were mid and they weren't like a juggernaut. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Ohio State, I think has been the most consistent bully

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<v Speaker 2>of the Big Ten, wouldn't you agree, John.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, that's fair.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I mean you could include Michigan in the

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<v Speaker 3>last few years, But it also feels fraudulent now, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>because even.

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<v Speaker 2>When they Michigan was really good, they were getting curb

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<v Speaker 2>stopped by Ohio State. Like Ohio State is is the

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<v Speaker 2>is the elite program that you know. They could put

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<v Speaker 2>it this way, Ohio State could have a year where

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<v Speaker 2>they don't feel like they're truly a contender to win

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<v Speaker 2>the whole thing and be national champions, but they could

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<v Speaker 2>look across their league and still feel like, yeah, we're

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<v Speaker 2>probably gonna win this league because you know, Michigan's not

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<v Speaker 2>what they were in the last few years. And even

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<v Speaker 2>when Penn State feels like they're getting they're getting you know,

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<v Speaker 2>dangerous we'll still probably beat them, right or whenever Michigan

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<v Speaker 2>State has a randomly really good year, Yeah we can.

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<v Speaker 2>There's still Michigan State and we're Ohio State. We'll we'll

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<v Speaker 2>take care of them. So I don't know, I just

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's benefits to playing in a league that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we'll give you the chance to win a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of games in said league and put yourself in

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<v Speaker 2>the playoff. But man, like the SEC is dominant. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it just is. And to be a middle of

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<v Speaker 2>a pack team in that league could also mean you're

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<v Speaker 2>like a top twenty five caliber program, maybe fairly consistently,

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<v Speaker 2>but like in your own league, you're you know, not

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<v Speaker 2>even maybe you're barely top ten. It's just crazy, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>You're crazy if you don't stick around. We got two

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<v Speaker 2>more hours to go and a lot to get to.

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<v Speaker 2>It's coffee and company. We are phil about Thorton's right

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