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

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick Coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd say the Monday after the second weekend of NFL

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<v Speaker 2>playoffs is usually where we were reacting to a whole lot. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>we now have the AFC NFC Championship matchup set. We've

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<v Speaker 2>talked a lot about that. Today college basketball in full swing.

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<v Speaker 2>Tonight we've got the national championship in college football. I've

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<v Speaker 2>been mentioning kind of here and there over the last

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<v Speaker 2>couple of weeks, and really today, I know I've mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>it a few times. I keep having to remind myself

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<v Speaker 2>that this game is happening, And a big factor is

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<v Speaker 2>because I really don't care. There's not a whole lot

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<v Speaker 2>that I like, Ohio State will probably win and that won't.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not going to be something that really bothers me.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's also not going to be something that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>happy about. So I don't even have like a villain

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<v Speaker 2>here right Like I'm gonna pull for a Notre Dame,

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<v Speaker 2>which kind of feels weird. So I'm sure that's a

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<v Speaker 2>factor too. But I also think because typically by now

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<v Speaker 2>when you get this far into the NFL playoffs, college

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<v Speaker 2>football's come and gone like the season's been over for

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<v Speaker 2>really at times, you know, roughly three weeks. But now

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<v Speaker 2>it's not because again they expanded the playoff, which I'm

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<v Speaker 2>all in on and I think it's great and it's

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<v Speaker 2>been great. I just you know, it's new to us,

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<v Speaker 2>so we haven't really talked a whole lot about that tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know, I've said it since they've been on

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<v Speaker 2>this run in the playoffs, Marcus Freeman has made Notre

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<v Speaker 2>Dame likable and just the way things have played out

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<v Speaker 2>for Notre Dame in the last I don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>ever many years. I mean, it kind of feels like

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<v Speaker 2>they can justifiably claim they are kind of like Rudy.

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<v Speaker 2>They're kind of the underdog, which is weird because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they're filthy rich by themselves. They don't need all the

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<v Speaker 2>money that every school relies on from their conference revenue share.

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<v Speaker 2>They can do everything independently and still be one of

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest brands in all of sports. And usually if

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<v Speaker 2>you're somebody that's that privileged and you know, that successful,

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<v Speaker 2>that elite, and you're arrogant about it, at least your

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<v Speaker 2>fans have been for the most for the majority of

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<v Speaker 2>my life, Like, you're pretty easy to dislike. But again,

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<v Speaker 2>they've been doubted for a long time now because when

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<v Speaker 2>they have been in previous situations with successful seasons that

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<v Speaker 2>give them opportunities in the four team playoff or in

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<v Speaker 2>the BCS ere they played for national championships, and when

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<v Speaker 2>they would lose, people would claim that they didn't belong

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<v Speaker 2>and that they you know, their loss was that was

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<v Speaker 2>proof that they were overrated, and really that was never

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<v Speaker 2>the case. Like, I don't think Notre Dame's ever been

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<v Speaker 2>given a spot in any thing by a committee, rather

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<v Speaker 2>it be you know, or I guess the formula with

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<v Speaker 2>BCS or with the four team playoff, Like just because

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<v Speaker 2>they got in and got killed, that mean they weren't

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<v Speaker 2>good enough to be there. The team that probably just

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<v Speaker 2>missed it would have probably gotten blown out too, So,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I think Notre Dame has always been a

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<v Speaker 2>team that it just seems like more often than not,

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't have any feel for them as far

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<v Speaker 2>as positivity, you're going to find them pretty easy to

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<v Speaker 2>not like. But this group just because you know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they're talent, but like I do believe that Marcus Freeman,

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<v Speaker 2>he's he's done such a good job. And again it's here,

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<v Speaker 2>here's where it sounds disingenuous, like Marcus Freeman's working with

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<v Speaker 2>some of you know, the best talent that you'll get,

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<v Speaker 2>because Notre Dame gets a lot of talent, but maybe

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<v Speaker 2>not to the level of you know, in Ohio State.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're they're understandably the underdog tonight, and I do

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<v Speaker 2>kind of feel like if they won, it would be

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<v Speaker 2>one of those natural moments that you have in sports

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<v Speaker 2>where people find themselves kind of happy the underdog. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>David got Goliath, and you know that's just normal, that's natural.

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<v Speaker 2>But usually it's not programs like Notre Dame that are

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<v Speaker 2>in this spot. But the Ohio State stories kind of

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<v Speaker 2>good too.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Like again, I think I think both of these teams

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<v Speaker 2>now that I think about it, and maybe I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>a hater, but I feel like both of these teams

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<v Speaker 2>have that in common where if you're not a fan,

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<v Speaker 2>you probably more often than not, when you feel one

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<v Speaker 2>way or another about them, you don't like them, and

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<v Speaker 2>you are maybe happy they when.

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<v Speaker 3>They aren't good.

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<v Speaker 2>But these are the two teams that are gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>playing for the NASH Championship tonight, and you know, hope

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<v Speaker 2>we get a good game. I'm going to try to

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<v Speaker 2>try to win some money at it. Probably won't. I've

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<v Speaker 2>got no momentum right now when it comes to wagering,

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<v Speaker 2>but hey, it's the National Championship game.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't not get in on the action.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm still at this point able to claim, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>even if I don't win, having some action, having a ride,

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<v Speaker 2>it still has enhanced the overall experience of watching sports.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still able to say it. But man, a few

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<v Speaker 2>more losses and I may be like, you know what, No,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not enjoying sports as much because it reminds me

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<v Speaker 2>how bad I suck it picking the outcome and things

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<v Speaker 2>like that. So but hey, all it takes is one win,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I'm like, you know what, Like maybe I

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<v Speaker 2>don't need a full time shop, Like maybe I don't need,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, to do anything other than just steal money

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<v Speaker 2>from these books because I'm smart and they're not. Like

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<v Speaker 2>it's a wild ride you go through as a gambler,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know, I wouldn't have it any other way.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're with me, Austin. It's what we sign

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<v Speaker 2>up for, right, this is what we do. Degenerate gamblers.

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<v Speaker 4>Absolutely, there's nothing more than I love just sweating out

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<v Speaker 4>of bet. Like at ten o'clock at night. Wife fiance

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<v Speaker 4>is like already asleep and already knows that she's not

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<v Speaker 4>getting you for the night because you got to watch

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<v Speaker 4>anytime touchdown cash or you're yeah, you're at that the

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<v Speaker 4>fifth leg and that four legger that you put in

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<v Speaker 4>and just sweating and over. And I talked about this

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<v Speaker 4>as somebody I know that we've talked about this before,

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<v Speaker 4>But why don't the networks? Is there something against like

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<v Speaker 4>them just kind of being all out with the with

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<v Speaker 4>the gambling because you still always hear though, oh well

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<v Speaker 4>that that play is really gonna see some people. That's

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<v Speaker 4>why don't they have like the ticker that says the

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<v Speaker 4>over is in the threat or at the very end

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<v Speaker 4>under Kansas City covered. I mean Draft Kings and Fandel

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<v Speaker 4>are all over the GD place anyways.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so they're in bed with them. Yeah, the NFL

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<v Speaker 2>the like, here's here's what gets me. And this has

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<v Speaker 2>actually been something I have.

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<v Speaker 3>Talked about before. So you're right, this this.

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<v Speaker 2>Is something that I don't notice it quite as much,

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<v Speaker 2>but you still see it from time to time, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is the attempt to be funny and cute is

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<v Speaker 2>if you're being a bad boy because you're not allowed

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about gamling like that, that's I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>they need to necessarily be putting up like the live odds,

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<v Speaker 2>but like if they did, I wouldn't be shocked and

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<v Speaker 2>I would probably find myself appreciating that because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm interested.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm interested in that. But the uh oh that late

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<v Speaker 3>that late bucket.

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<v Speaker 2>There might might have meant something to somebody like like

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<v Speaker 2>it's not it's it's like not funny, like it's and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't need to like it's such a I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>like it shouldn't bother me.

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<v Speaker 3>I shouldn't care.

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<v Speaker 2>But this this notion that like you're still like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you're in the cool kids club, if you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like everybody knows, because it's literally it's in your face.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it is absolutely in your face.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I I've been into sports gambling and meaning interest

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<v Speaker 2>in and and and participated in it before it became

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<v Speaker 2>legal here and before it became kind of what it

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<v Speaker 2>is now where it's everywhere in your face, like you

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned Austin, but I wonder what those that have never

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<v Speaker 2>been interested before and still aren't, which, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>there's still are people that do that. They're not anti gambling,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just not what they do. Like, is it annoying

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<v Speaker 2>to you because it's it's a big I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to act like it's like it's my life, but I

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<v Speaker 2>spend a lot of time, like if I'm on my phone,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm looking at what's that, what's not, what's available to

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<v Speaker 2>bet on every single second. But like for tonight, like

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<v Speaker 2>this is a little different because it's national championship game,

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<v Speaker 2>but if this was like a normal college basketball night,

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<v Speaker 2>like I will probably have been on the app throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the day here and there, not betting every five seconds,

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<v Speaker 2>but just looking to see changes because I know I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get involved later that night. So to me, it's

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even really notice quite how much it is

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<v Speaker 2>in my face. But if you're somebody that maybe is

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<v Speaker 2>an anti gambling, you just aren't interested in it, Like

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<v Speaker 2>you're probably annoyed at this point because it's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's so embedded in how you experience sports. And

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<v Speaker 2>again I'm fine with it, but you know, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe maybe others aren't.

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<v Speaker 4>But think the the XFL when that was a thing

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<v Speaker 4>where it came back for like a year, I think

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<v Speaker 4>they fully like embraced it. They would have that on

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<v Speaker 4>like the bottom ticker, the over the under, who was

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<v Speaker 4>favoriteed and I'm pretty sure at the end of the

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<v Speaker 4>game that it showed the result and then it said

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<v Speaker 4>like the battle Hawks covered six and the overhit. Like,

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<v Speaker 4>I just don't understand why it gives.

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<v Speaker 2>You a time of year to bet on football whenever

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<v Speaker 2>you know it's it's typically a time where football wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>going on. So, like I remember when it became legal

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<v Speaker 2>in Kentucky or it was on the way to become illegal,

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<v Speaker 2>the process was happening. A lot of coaches around here

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<v Speaker 2>were asked about it, and there weren't really many statements

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<v Speaker 2>or quotes that really stood out during that time. I

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<v Speaker 2>think most coaches kind of said what you would have expected.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jeff Wall said something that I hadn't thought about,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's true and I'm not sure if they've seen

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<v Speaker 2>the results from this yet or the benefit, but he

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned that that's just another way to where women's college

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<v Speaker 2>basketball could potentially bring in more viewers. If people want

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<v Speaker 2>something to bet on, they like betting on basketball. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>they don't even like, maybe they won't claim that they

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy the product. But if it gives them something to

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<v Speaker 2>get some action on and it brings them to watch,

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<v Speaker 2>then that's good for everybody involved.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm paraphrasing. That's not exactly what he said, but

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<v Speaker 3>he brought that up, and he's right. You know, I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'll be honest with you straight up, just

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm not saying I'd be great at it, but

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like if I was forced to, like really

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<v Speaker 2>you know, survive off of winning and losing when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to this stuff, and it wasn't something I just

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<v Speaker 2>do for fun. Again, I have no clue if i'd

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<v Speaker 2>be good or not, but I feel like I know

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<v Speaker 2>more about basketball the sport than I do anything else.

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<v Speaker 2>Meaning I could watch a couple like I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>i'd be able to maybe you know, have better success

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<v Speaker 2>with that than other sports. So you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>bet on women's college basketball. I'd be a liar if

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<v Speaker 2>I said that I did, But I had before, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's usually because there's a big game that

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<v Speaker 2>I want to watch right, like women's college basketball this year.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's clearly like I don't know if many

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<v Speaker 2>if you haven't, and I'm not like taking a dig

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<v Speaker 2>at it, but you really just kind of stop and

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<v Speaker 2>think the attention women's college basketball is getting currently in

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<v Speaker 2>this current season is a billion times less than what

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<v Speaker 2>it was the last few years.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh but but.

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<v Speaker 2>Because that was kind of the rare era, that two

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<v Speaker 2>three stretch with Caitlyn Clark and Angel, you know, that

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<v Speaker 2>was like that was rare, so like it's not like

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<v Speaker 3>It was kind of a rarity. It was the outlier really.

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<v Speaker 2>When it comes to the amount of attention women's basketball

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<v Speaker 2>has gotten. So look, I'm sure viewership will be good

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to the postseason, but I'm sure there's

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<v Speaker 2>many of you right now that hadn't thought about it

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<v Speaker 2>until I just said it. I think Austin's one of them,

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<v Speaker 2>Like you haven't been like why aren't they talking to

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<v Speaker 3>But like it was, it was such a big.

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<v Speaker 2>Storyline in sports last year with Angel coming back and

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<v Speaker 2>obviously Caitlin Clark's I mean they're both still super famous

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to sports men or women. But man,

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<v Speaker 2>that that was a big year. And again, I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be shocked if you see again, I'm not I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>trying to dog the sport like it's like it's in trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think what you saw last the last couple

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<v Speaker 2>of years was probably it's probably gonna be insanely tough

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<v Speaker 2>to ever recreate that now.

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<v Speaker 3>Again, safe to say that's when it peaked, right, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And look that era any it was beneficial, Like you

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<v Speaker 2>clearly have more people aware of your product and consuming

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<v Speaker 2>it now than you did. But like the level of

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<v Speaker 2>maintaining that is, that's that's unrealistic, you know. But and again,

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<v Speaker 2>if I had to bet on women's college basketball, I

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<v Speaker 2>shouldn't say if I had to, but like I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe if I keep losing and all the

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<v Speaker 2>other things I bet on, maybe I'll just go there

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<v Speaker 2>and see if I can find success, because clearly it's

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<v Speaker 2>not been great for me as of late.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not gonna act like I watch either, but it

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<v Speaker 4>just seems like they're trying to build up that young

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<v Speaker 4>lady from US is a juju wat Yeah, and she's

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<v Speaker 4>super talented, but she's been like you, so little steam

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<v Speaker 4>around it. Yeah, well yeah, you like, look, let's be honest,

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<v Speaker 4>Kaitlyn Clark playing at Iowa in the Big Ten, where

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<v Speaker 4>she plays in a state that like if somebody in

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<v Speaker 4>any sport is the status of Kaitlyn Clark, that whole

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<v Speaker 4>state's going to rally around to where you know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>it's just different. I mean, I think we all know that,

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<v Speaker 4>Like USC women's basketball is not even in the top

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<v Speaker 4>fifteen as far as draws in sports in that market.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's not not her fault.

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<v Speaker 2>She's great, but like there's just there's not as you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Kaitlyn Clark being the young girl from rural Iowa that

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<v Speaker 2>went to play for her home state school when she

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<v Speaker 2>could have gone anywhere, and clearly she's I think she's

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<v Speaker 2>the best women's college basketball player of all time. So

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Juji Watkins probably won't play and actually she should, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Like she should stay in college four years. Like you

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<v Speaker 2>rarely see anybody leave early for the WA draft because

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<v Speaker 2>now you can make a lot more money. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>sure you know that that that's that's really what you

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<v Speaker 2>strive to do, is I mean weird.

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<v Speaker 4>The peak is being Caitlyn Clark and Angel Reese, and

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<v Speaker 4>I do think that she's reached that yet. A couple

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<v Speaker 4>more years in college and Garner and more hype would

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<v Speaker 4>probably help her out a little bit. But like, if

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<v Speaker 4>you wanted to be more than that, you haven't reached

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<v Speaker 4>that on the hype this year probably benefits you to

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<v Speaker 4>stay kind of build your name up again. And I think, like,

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<v Speaker 4>look at me, knowing women's college basketball.

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<v Speaker 3>The page is it Paige Uker's page? Yes? From is

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<v Speaker 3>that your name? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like she's been in college and she hasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>She's she's a fifth year now because she got injured,

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<v Speaker 2>and she's really good and and I think she's a

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<v Speaker 2>good example of kind of just what that what that

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<v Speaker 2>rare probably never going to see it again before or

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<v Speaker 2>never see it again era of of Angel of Angel

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<v Speaker 2>and and and Kaitlyn Clark, because that girl Page was

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<v Speaker 2>was the biggest star in college basketball before they became

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<v Speaker 2>as big as they were, because she was phenomenal as

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<v Speaker 2>soon as she got there playing for Geno. She was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of bringing Yukon back to that insanely dominant era.

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<v Speaker 2>And then she gets hurt and you know she was clearly,

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<v Speaker 2>she's still clearly a star. She's she's elite, But like

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<v Speaker 2>I bet a lot of people don't even realize she's

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<v Speaker 2>still playing college basketball because there's just no attention on

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<v Speaker 2>the on the on the women's side right now compared

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<v Speaker 2>to what it was last year. Again, I know it

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<v Speaker 2>sounds like I'm I'm I'm dissing them, but more than anything,

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<v Speaker 2>it just speaks to how crazy it was that it

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<v Speaker 2>was such a talking point. Like I remember, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>a rare thing. With Louisville and Kentucky. It's different because obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, those are your teams, Like you're gonna notice

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<v Speaker 2>if they're having a good season. You're gonna notice when

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<v Speaker 2>they're playing in the and Sibelly Tournament. But like team

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<v Speaker 2>games that didn't involve the local teams that I would

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<v Speaker 2>care about, Like I would make it a point, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to watch this tonight because the product's good

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, storylines were good. I mean it was,

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<v Speaker 2>it was fun, and I'm sure I could enjoy watching

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<v Speaker 2>women's college basketball now if I you know, if I

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<v Speaker 2>went looking for it because I love basketball, but they

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<v Speaker 2>the storylines and you know, the star fame that you

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<v Speaker 2>had with that era, that two three year window, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>it was like that that actually brought me in to

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<v Speaker 2>watch it more so than I probably ever will. So

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<v Speaker 2>I mentioned how bad I am at gambling. Usually I

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<v Speaker 2>use gambling to try to find joy because my team

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<v Speaker 2>has sucked in recent years. Well now I'm not as

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<v Speaker 2>bothered by the loss as because Louisville they're winning, and

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<v Speaker 2>that spill on the void and we'll talk more about that.

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<v Speaker 2>On the other side. This team's got a good test

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow against a good SMU team at least, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the better teams in your league. Probably says

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<v Speaker 2>more about your league. But we'll get to that and

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<v Speaker 2>a lot more as we roll along. Here. It's coffee

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<v Speaker 2>So as of right now, it looks like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the latest bracketology update that I can find is is

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<v Speaker 2>Jerry Palm of CBS. Lenardi is the one that ends

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<v Speaker 2>up getting way more attention, you know, because it's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of what he does. You know, he kind of made

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<v Speaker 2>bracketology become what it is today, and he's pretty good

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<v Speaker 2>at it in the grand scheme of things, but I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know his schedule. Like I feel like when he

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<v Speaker 2>does update it, it doesn't make any sense, like, hey, wait,

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<v Speaker 2>why are you doing this now? Like when you would

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<v Speaker 2>expect there to be a big update, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of games just happen over the weekend, you

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<v Speaker 2>have a little downtime. I feel like that's when you

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<v Speaker 2>would crank out an update, But he typically seems to

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<v Speaker 2>be really random about when he updates his But Leonardi,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he'll crank went out here soon. But we've

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<v Speaker 2>got just within the last few hours. Jerry Palm at CBS.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, maybe he's I don't know, maybe he's uh,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe he's correct in this, but only Tom will tell.

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<v Speaker 2>But I feel like he's higher on the acc than

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<v Speaker 2>I would have expected, and certainly higher than Leonardi and

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<v Speaker 2>the other bracketologists that that you see out there, because

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<v Speaker 2>he has and maybe this is maybe.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doubting Louisville, but to see Louisville.

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<v Speaker 2>As a six seed here, you know, I don't see

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<v Speaker 2>them as a six seed anywhere else. I think mostly

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<v Speaker 2>it's been seven but I don't know, maybe the latest

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<v Speaker 2>update with other teams losing in Louisville continuing to win

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<v Speaker 2>and continuing to look pretty good in the metrics, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a six is where they're going to be. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>consider instantly throughout all the bracketology that's out there, but

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<v Speaker 2>Clemson and Louisville both are sitting at six seeds according

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<v Speaker 2>to h to Jerry Palm. And then you've got three

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<v Speaker 2>bubble teams in the ACC, meaning three teams that really

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<v Speaker 2>it's a it's a it's well, I guess you got four.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really a coin flip if they get in right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Pittsburgh has kind of played themselves in a

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<v Speaker 2>position where if they don't make the tournament, I can't

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<v Speaker 2>say that I'm going to be stunned, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they started off pretty solid, did pretty well in the

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<v Speaker 2>non conference, got off to a good start in conference play,

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<v Speaker 2>and then uh Duke got him, and then Louisville got him,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I don't think they've won a game since.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, yeah, they're on a four game losing streak

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<v Speaker 2>with a home loss to to Clemson on Saturday and overtime.

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<v Speaker 3>So that was a good win for Clemson.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're they're no longer looking like a bubble team

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<v Speaker 2>as of now, they're safely in and maybe they're as

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<v Speaker 2>high as a six. But there with Louisville, Louisville is

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<v Speaker 2>listed as the you know, the higher six seed because

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<v Speaker 2>clearly they've got a better resume and do have the

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<v Speaker 2>the head to head win over them. But I know

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<v Speaker 2>it's hard to imagine they're only being three teams from

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<v Speaker 2>the ACC that get in, but I do think it's

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<v Speaker 2>a real possibility because when I see where he has

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<v Speaker 2>the other teams, like, I can't say that it's that

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<v Speaker 2>it's surprising. You've got Carolina and Pittsburgh both as ten seeds.

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<v Speaker 2>They're they're not in the last four in, but they're

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<v Speaker 2>close to it. And then in the last four in

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<v Speaker 2>is wake Forest, who's currently in is one of the

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<v Speaker 2>playing teams, and SMU is in the first four out.

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<v Speaker 2>Indiana currently is the first team to not make it in,

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<v Speaker 2>meaning they're they're they're number one in the first four outs.

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<v Speaker 2>So again it's just a reference point. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you think about it, when it comes to what

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<v Speaker 2>value you really have in bracketology updates throughout the season,

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<v Speaker 2>it's kind of just to check in and and more

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<v Speaker 2>often than not, I don't want to say, like again,

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<v Speaker 2>for what I look at and what I reference it for,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's it's it's certainly worth keeping up with

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<v Speaker 2>because it's kind of easy to do. I'm not going

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<v Speaker 2>to say that I would be as good as others,

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<v Speaker 2>but like, I don't even look at who they have

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville playing because I know that's just true. That's just

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<v Speaker 2>purely a guess, right, I mean, if you look at

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<v Speaker 2>it for what it is, knowing that, look, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of basketball to he played, things are gonna change.

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<v Speaker 2>But you see, you know, as of now, Louisville's looking

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<v Speaker 2>like a six seed, so you know what they'd play

418
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<v Speaker 2>an eleven seed. The teams that are in that eleven

419
00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:23.720
<v Speaker 2>seed range. You got UC Irvine, You've got you know,

420
00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:28.319
<v Speaker 2>New Mexico, which I could totally see that New Mexico

421
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<v Speaker 2>and Pat Kelcey, the Patino connection.

422
00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:32.519
<v Speaker 3>Heck, he was.

423
00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:35.880
<v Speaker 2>He was interested in the job until Louisville kind of

424
00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:38.200
<v Speaker 2>made it clear, Hey, love you, we're just not gonna

425
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<v Speaker 2>go in that direction. I mean, that's that's kind of

426
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<v Speaker 2>how it played out. I know Rick was gonna be

427
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<v Speaker 2>an issue, and it would have been a process. But

428
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<v Speaker 2>if Louisll would have offered to Beatino the job, he

429
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<v Speaker 2>would have taken it. I mean, and he would have

430
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<v Speaker 2>been smart to do so. Most people wouldn't turn it down,

431
00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:53.880
<v Speaker 2>but I could, you know, And look, he's the guy

432
00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:56.839
<v Speaker 2>who Louisville lost to in the last tournament game when

433
00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:00.319
<v Speaker 2>he was at Minnesota. So anyways, the team teams like Nebrasca,

434
00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:03.839
<v Speaker 2>San Diego State, Iowa, like that's the caliber team you'll

435
00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:07.240
<v Speaker 2>be facing in the first game, because again, like it's

436
00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:08.960
<v Speaker 2>pretty you know, again, you never know, like maybe there's

437
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<v Speaker 2>a team that's an eleven seed that the committee would

438
00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:12.640
<v Speaker 2>actually give a nine seed, or maybe there's a team

439
00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:14.960
<v Speaker 2>that's a that's a force or a six seed like

440
00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:16.799
<v Speaker 2>Louisville here and maybe the committee would say, no, the

441
00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.680
<v Speaker 2>AC seed is not good.

442
00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.200
<v Speaker 3>They're an eight.

443
00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:20.480
<v Speaker 2>So you never know for sure. But I think when

444
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<v Speaker 2>you just consider where teams appear to be on seed line,

445
00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:26.920
<v Speaker 2>your team, and you know, maybe the caliber team that

446
00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:29.240
<v Speaker 2>you know you're gonna play given on where you are

447
00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:31.559
<v Speaker 2>in the seed line, Like that's what interests me. And

448
00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:34.160
<v Speaker 2>I don't think you know, it's crazy to pay attention

449
00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:37.119
<v Speaker 2>to that pretty consistently, because that, to me, is pretty

450
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<v Speaker 2>easy to determine. I guess where you really get into

451
00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:43.400
<v Speaker 2>nerding out on bracketology as far as who's great at it,

452
00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:46.559
<v Speaker 2>I guess it's also those predicting you know, like seeds

453
00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:49.559
<v Speaker 2>thirteen through sixteen, which I can't tell you that I've

454
00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:52.640
<v Speaker 2>ever even paid attention to those those seeds because it's usually,

455
00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:56.119
<v Speaker 2>you know, the lower level conferences. And if you're Kentucky fan,

456
00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:58.599
<v Speaker 2>you probably were starting to pay more attention to them

457
00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:01.599
<v Speaker 2>with Oakland and with Saint Pete. But I imagine now

458
00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:03.400
<v Speaker 2>you're probably not worried about that because you know you

459
00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:05.680
<v Speaker 2>got Mark Pope and he's clearly a better coach. Which

460
00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:08.599
<v Speaker 2>I want to get to the Kentucky side of things

461
00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:12.000
<v Speaker 2>coming up here in a moment, because they'll probably bounce back,

462
00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:16.279
<v Speaker 2>and I would imagine Kentucky's currently on a stretch of

463
00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:18.960
<v Speaker 2>I think they're gonna have some real consistency here where

464
00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:22.000
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna end up losing games along the way to

465
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<v Speaker 2>good teams in the league play like they did on

466
00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:27.000
<v Speaker 2>Saturday against Alabama, but then they'll also go win a

467
00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:29.480
<v Speaker 2>game that you know against a team that you know

468
00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:31.759
<v Speaker 2>is capable of beating Kentucky, but hey, they bounced back,

469
00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:33.519
<v Speaker 2>Like I think they're gonna end up getting some losses

470
00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:35.440
<v Speaker 2>along the way because how good their league is, but

471
00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:38.880
<v Speaker 2>they've also shown that despite losses, they usually are able

472
00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:41.000
<v Speaker 2>to bounce back and then go show that, hey, yeah

473
00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.839
<v Speaker 2>we can slip up and lose to other really good teams,

474
00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.720
<v Speaker 2>but we're a really good team as well, And they've

475
00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:52.000
<v Speaker 2>really done that all year. But that Arkansas game, Arkansas

476
00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:56.559
<v Speaker 2>is so bad right now, and Kentucky clearly has proven

477
00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:59.359
<v Speaker 2>at this point they they should win that game and

478
00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.319
<v Speaker 2>it shouldn't be close.

479
00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:02.240
<v Speaker 3>But there's clearly a.

480
00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:05.279
<v Speaker 2>Real obvious element to this matchup that if I was

481
00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:07.000
<v Speaker 2>a Kentucky fan, I was trying to think, like would

482
00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:08.759
<v Speaker 2>I be worried about it? And I kind of think

483
00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:12.319
<v Speaker 2>I would, just because like, that's a huge that's the

484
00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:16.279
<v Speaker 2>biggest storyline in college basketball this year, not that game specifically,

485
00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:20.839
<v Speaker 2>because you know Arkansas thinks, but cal leaving Kentucky to

486
00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:22.759
<v Speaker 2>take over at Arkansas one of the big storylines in

487
00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.839
<v Speaker 2>college basketball this year.

488
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<v Speaker 3>No doubt.

489
00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:27.559
<v Speaker 2>But what I'm seeing that's kind of lame, in my opinion,

490
00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:31.200
<v Speaker 2>is like Kentucky fans, I'm not I'm not no way.

491
00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:34.720
<v Speaker 2>I'm getting confident in this game because Cal always this

492
00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:37.799
<v Speaker 2>will be a super Bowl. Cal always always wins a

493
00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:40.079
<v Speaker 2>game or two he's not supposed to. Like, he's gonna

494
00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:42.720
<v Speaker 2>have them so ready, and they're they're gonna hit every

495
00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:45.440
<v Speaker 2>They're gonna hit every shot they take. Just watch, well, Like,

496
00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:47.720
<v Speaker 2>to me, that that shows you're scared, like that, you're

497
00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:50.960
<v Speaker 2>not like you're not scared because you think Arkansas is good.

498
00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:53.480
<v Speaker 2>You're scared because like, big bad Cal may come in

499
00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:55.400
<v Speaker 2>here and be big bad daddy to you. Like, I

500
00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:58.119
<v Speaker 2>think you guys are kind of still in fear of

501
00:21:58.160 --> 00:22:00.880
<v Speaker 2>a guy that you're happy is gone. You enjoyed some

502
00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:02.759
<v Speaker 2>good times. And look, I'm sure it won't take long

503
00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:05.039
<v Speaker 2>for Kentucky fans to start texting in or calling in saying,

504
00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:07.440
<v Speaker 2>we ain't scared, bring him in, We're gonna beat him down.

505
00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:09.680
<v Speaker 2>And I'm with you. You should have that mindset, but

506
00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:12.480
<v Speaker 2>there's some that don't. And like, I think you know,

507
00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:14.960
<v Speaker 2>you just know Cal wants to beat you so bad.

508
00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:19.640
<v Speaker 2>And what's wild to say is that he could not

509
00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:23.559
<v Speaker 2>make the tournament. He could be a complete failure when

510
00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:25.359
<v Speaker 2>it comes to the record at the end of the season.

511
00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:28.519
<v Speaker 2>But if he has that winn against Kentucky. Against Kentucky,

512
00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:31.079
<v Speaker 2>I kind of feel like he won't care. I mean,

513
00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:33.079
<v Speaker 2>surely he wants to win. It's not good for him

514
00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:35.599
<v Speaker 2>when they lose. But like, if you really think about

515
00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:37.440
<v Speaker 2>it in the way it's playing out right now, I

516
00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:40.359
<v Speaker 2>think cal just went to Arkansas as a lifeline and

517
00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:42.279
<v Speaker 2>you know, a school that was also willing to pay

518
00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:44.640
<v Speaker 2>him way too much money, and he wanted to kind

519
00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:46.160
<v Speaker 2>of go win and put it in your face. And

520
00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:48.559
<v Speaker 2>clearly he's not doing that right now. But like, if

521
00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:51.039
<v Speaker 2>he's able to come into Rup Arena on February first

522
00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:54.200
<v Speaker 2>and beat you guys, it won't really mean anything because

523
00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:57.519
<v Speaker 2>you know you're still gonna be safely in the tournament.

524
00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:00.920
<v Speaker 2>That will be maybe be an opportunity them to maybe,

525
00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:03.240
<v Speaker 2>like you know, go on a run. Like it won't

526
00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:06.079
<v Speaker 2>really matter when it comes to like your resume and

527
00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:09.000
<v Speaker 2>how you're viewed as a team this season. It'll be

528
00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:11.319
<v Speaker 2>looked at as a fluky upset. But there's clearly a

529
00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:14.119
<v Speaker 2>personal element here that, like, you know, you don't want

530
00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:16.640
<v Speaker 2>to lose to anybody the rest of the season, obviously,

531
00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:18.359
<v Speaker 2>but if there's one team you don't want to lose

532
00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:20.000
<v Speaker 2>to it's got to be Arkansas, and I get it,

533
00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:22.200
<v Speaker 2>like I would be, I'd be in the same position.

534
00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:25.920
<v Speaker 2>But all right, so Louisville in SMU tomorrow. I mean,

535
00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:29.599
<v Speaker 2>maybe SMU is better than I'm than I'm you know,

536
00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:32.000
<v Speaker 2>And I'm not like not giving him credit. I just

537
00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:36.240
<v Speaker 2>to me, they're the kind of team that they're new, right,

538
00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:39.400
<v Speaker 2>They're new in the ACC. They're they're currently in the

539
00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:43.720
<v Speaker 2>first season of a new era. Andy Enfield from USC

540
00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:45.799
<v Speaker 2>of course, Florida Gulf Coast is where he made a

541
00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:48.200
<v Speaker 2>name for himself Dunk City, and he did well at

542
00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:50.480
<v Speaker 2>USC for the most part, didn't really ever max out,

543
00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:52.880
<v Speaker 2>but he was fine there. And now he's at SMU

544
00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:54.839
<v Speaker 2>and they're off to a pretty good start. It's like

545
00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:56.880
<v Speaker 2>I just can't tell, Like I don't know if I

546
00:23:56.920 --> 00:24:00.160
<v Speaker 2>think that they're you know, more so like are they

547
00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:04.079
<v Speaker 2>truly a top thirty five caliber team like the net says,

548
00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.240
<v Speaker 2>or are they one of these teams that's just been

549
00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:08.440
<v Speaker 2>able to, you know, beat the teams they're supposed to

550
00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:12.240
<v Speaker 2>beat and you know, lose to only good teams. I mean,

551
00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:14.079
<v Speaker 2>and maybe some people are still saying that about Louill

552
00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:17.119
<v Speaker 2>because Louisville's best win. I mean, right now, it's West Virginia,

553
00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:20.000
<v Speaker 2>and West Virginia is kind of tricky because they're currently

554
00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:22.440
<v Speaker 2>right next to Louisville and just about every metric including

555
00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:25.880
<v Speaker 2>the A people. But they also have like some real

556
00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:28.440
<v Speaker 2>big wins, meaning West Virginia does like wins that louisll

557
00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.799
<v Speaker 2>doesn't have.

558
00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.559
<v Speaker 3>But Loui will beat them.

559
00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:31.960
<v Speaker 2>So you know, I have no clue really what to

560
00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:36.240
<v Speaker 2>expect with us with SMU. But it's not a game

561
00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:39.039
<v Speaker 2>where I'm saying to myself I have no clue what

562
00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:41.799
<v Speaker 2>to expect, because again, Louisville has been so consistently good

563
00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:44.960
<v Speaker 2>in the last few weeks. And again maybe when I

564
00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.799
<v Speaker 2>say that, there are some people triggered, because I know

565
00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:49.359
<v Speaker 2>there's some people because some of you text in quit

566
00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:51.279
<v Speaker 2>saying Louisville is so good they play in the lousy

567
00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:53.960
<v Speaker 2>acc well, like that's the fact that you feel the

568
00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.680
<v Speaker 2>need to say that probably mean you're in a little

569
00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:57.359
<v Speaker 2>bit of denial that you might actually deep down think

570
00:24:57.359 --> 00:25:00.640
<v Speaker 2>they're good too and you don't like it, which I

571
00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:02.039
<v Speaker 2>don't even I'm not going to get int the weeds

572
00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.559
<v Speaker 2>on that because there's nothing you can do about it.

573
00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:05.319
<v Speaker 2>And I happen to think and maybe this is just

574
00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:07.720
<v Speaker 2>wishful thinking on my end, I don't really care louis

575
00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:10.480
<v Speaker 2>was playing right now, like they're not playing you know, Bellerman's,

576
00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:14.519
<v Speaker 2>they're playing teams that you know, like, for example, they

577
00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:16.400
<v Speaker 2>beat West Virginia. That's a good win. West Virginia has

578
00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.599
<v Speaker 2>gone out and beating some of the best teams in

579
00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:19.920
<v Speaker 2>the country. They beat Clemson. I don't think Clemson's great,

580
00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:22.559
<v Speaker 2>but Clemson was good enough to beat Kentucky. So again,

581
00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:24.079
<v Speaker 2>I don't I'm not going to use that in like

582
00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:27.799
<v Speaker 2>hold it up, hold a sign up saying hey, you're

583
00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:29.680
<v Speaker 2>all wrong about Louisville, look at this stab. But like,

584
00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:32.440
<v Speaker 2>I feel good enough about how they're playing, and they've

585
00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:36.319
<v Speaker 2>played a really, really tough schedule and that matters. So

586
00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:39.519
<v Speaker 2>here's where these two teams kind of stack up. When

587
00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:42.440
<v Speaker 2>it comes to like resume and number. Louisvell's twenty nine

588
00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:46.599
<v Speaker 2>in the net SMU is thirty fifth, currently Louisville ranked

589
00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:48.759
<v Speaker 2>twenty fifth, they're not ranked SMU is not and then

590
00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:53.400
<v Speaker 2>the Ken Palm Louisvill's twenty ninth kN palm SMU is fortieth.

591
00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:58.000
<v Speaker 2>And then if you look at strength of schedule. You know,

592
00:25:58.079 --> 00:26:02.279
<v Speaker 2>Louisville has played the fifth teenth toughest schedule in college

593
00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:06.480
<v Speaker 2>basketball currently and that's you know, that's not even you know,

594
00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:10.599
<v Speaker 2>that's not even. That's the whole schedule out of conference

595
00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:13.720
<v Speaker 2>strength of schedule. That used to be a stat that

596
00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:17.319
<v Speaker 2>I really like valued. But the number, the raw number

597
00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:19.559
<v Speaker 2>that you get from these formulas is so misleading because

598
00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:22.319
<v Speaker 2>Louisville strength of schedule in the non conference is number

599
00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:26.319
<v Speaker 2>twenty four. But like it's because for every team they

600
00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:29.079
<v Speaker 2>played in the non conference that's you know, really really

601
00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:32.519
<v Speaker 2>good and highly ranked. They also played teams that are

602
00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:35.119
<v Speaker 2>in the two hundreds and Bellerman's in the three hundreds,

603
00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:37.119
<v Speaker 2>so that's going to weigh it down. So like you

604
00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.680
<v Speaker 2>really do more of an eye test, right, like you

605
00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:40.559
<v Speaker 2>go look at who they play, and you know who's.

606
00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.920
<v Speaker 3>Good and who's not.

607
00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:43.720
<v Speaker 2>And if you just factor you know, non conference teams

608
00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:45.759
<v Speaker 2>that they've played that you know are good teams, like

609
00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.680
<v Speaker 2>they played a lot of them.

610
00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:49.519
<v Speaker 3>So if Louisville had.

611
00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:52.319
<v Speaker 2>Gone through, like if Louisville's number looked like SMU because

612
00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:54.839
<v Speaker 2>again Louisville's number fifteen right now, they have the fifteenth

613
00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:58.680
<v Speaker 2>toughest schedule in college basketball. SMU's is ranked one seventeen,

614
00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:04.119
<v Speaker 2>So if Louisville was closer to one seventeen than they

615
00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:07.680
<v Speaker 2>are fifteen than one, they probably wouldn't be ranked. And also,

616
00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:10.400
<v Speaker 2>you know, I would be more so I would still

617
00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:12.559
<v Speaker 2>enjoy it and I'd be embracing this team, because man,

618
00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:14.440
<v Speaker 2>it's been one hell of a ride, but I probably

619
00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:17.000
<v Speaker 2>would have a little bit more of a doubt as to, like,

620
00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:19.799
<v Speaker 2>you know, how much we can really take from from

621
00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:22.480
<v Speaker 2>their wins. I mean again, they've they've been battle tested.

622
00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:26.599
<v Speaker 2>Fourteen and five overall, they now have three quad one wins.

623
00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:29.079
<v Speaker 2>All five of their losses are in the quad one range.

624
00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:31.720
<v Speaker 2>So you know, it's not to say they've got a

625
00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:34.359
<v Speaker 2>perfect resume. But when I say, I'm not really in

626
00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:36.319
<v Speaker 2>the I don't know exactly what's gonna happen.

627
00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.559
<v Speaker 3>None of us ever do for sure.

628
00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:41.039
<v Speaker 2>But like Louisville has has been consistent enough in the

629
00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:45.079
<v Speaker 2>last seven games or so really since January this month

630
00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:48.079
<v Speaker 2>to where I don't even really care about SMU.

631
00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:50.640
<v Speaker 3>Right, if SMU was Duke, then yeah, I would know.

632
00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:52.880
<v Speaker 2>Hey, I hope louis plays really well, but man, they're

633
00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:55.319
<v Speaker 2>gonna need their opponent to you know, not have a

634
00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:57.079
<v Speaker 2>great game because you know you're playing one of the

635
00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:58.640
<v Speaker 2>best teams in the country. It's not like I'm thinking

636
00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:01.119
<v Speaker 2>SMU stinks, but like Louisville has shown me that they

637
00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:03.240
<v Speaker 2>should be able to keep doing what they're doing and

638
00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:06.359
<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean they're guaranteed to win, but they should win

639
00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:08.240
<v Speaker 2>and it's just nice to have that feeling. Right. It's

640
00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:11.920
<v Speaker 2>not like I've got like this this Maybe next year

641
00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:14.799
<v Speaker 2>is when it starts again. But I don't really look

642
00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:17.559
<v Speaker 2>at this as a a r You've got really a

643
00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:20.039
<v Speaker 2>little bit to gain and a lot to lose, because

644
00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:22.799
<v Speaker 2>that's that's oftentimes what happens when you're when you're at

645
00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:25.039
<v Speaker 2>the top, right like for Kentucky it's not there this

646
00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:27.960
<v Speaker 2>year because the SEC is so loaded. But you oftentimes,

647
00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:30.000
<v Speaker 2>like when you're supposed to win because you're really good.

648
00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:32.160
<v Speaker 2>You can even be playing other teams that you know

649
00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.920
<v Speaker 2>are supposed to go to the tournament, but like, you

650
00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:36.640
<v Speaker 2>have not a whole lot to gain, but more to lose,

651
00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:38.240
<v Speaker 2>because you know if you slip up to a team,

652
00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.839
<v Speaker 2>it's not the end of the world, but you know

653
00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:42.559
<v Speaker 2>it's going to damage your resume. A laws aid SMU,

654
00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:44.279
<v Speaker 2>I don't really know what it would do to Louis's resume,

655
00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:46.079
<v Speaker 2>but I don't care because if they slip up and lose,

656
00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:48.680
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure others won't react and feel.

657
00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.000
<v Speaker 3>The same way.

658
00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:51.480
<v Speaker 2>But I'm still gonna know that, Like, hey, I've seen

659
00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:53.559
<v Speaker 2>enough to think this team should still be able to

660
00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:56.000
<v Speaker 2>get to you know, to bounce back and continue to

661
00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:57.960
<v Speaker 2>win more games. Of course, then they're going to lose

662
00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.640
<v Speaker 2>the rest of the way, And I just think that

663
00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:01.720
<v Speaker 2>kind of speaks to this being the honeymoon phase, Like

664
00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:04.240
<v Speaker 2>this is just so fun and enjoyable, the entire thing

665
00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:06.759
<v Speaker 2>from top to bottom. Yeah, we've talked a lot about

666
00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:09.000
<v Speaker 2>bracketology today in the tournament, so it's clearly on my

667
00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:12.119
<v Speaker 2>mind because that's just kind of what you do during

668
00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:13.960
<v Speaker 2>the college basketball season when you've got a team that's

669
00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:16.960
<v Speaker 2>having some success. But I mean, I'm just this it's

670
00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:19.759
<v Speaker 2>kind of like I'm just you know, enjoying the ride

671
00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:22.240
<v Speaker 2>more than feeling like, hey man, I hope we hope

672
00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:24.000
<v Speaker 2>we don't. Like, I'm sure there's some bands, and it's

673
00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:26.400
<v Speaker 2>all about how you're wired. Everybody's different as human beings,

674
00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:28.839
<v Speaker 2>Like I'm sure there's some that anytime Louisville continues to

675
00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:31.960
<v Speaker 2>improve their situation. Maybe you start to think about, who knows,

676
00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:33.680
<v Speaker 2>maybe they could get up to like a five seed.

677
00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:35.839
<v Speaker 2>Like I'm sure there's some people that when they get there,

678
00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:38.000
<v Speaker 2>their mind goes to, well, hope they don't do that

679
00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:40.119
<v Speaker 2>and then blow it and lose to a twelve seed.

680
00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:43.359
<v Speaker 2>And you know, I'm kind of like that in you know,

681
00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:46.240
<v Speaker 2>in a previous life, because I guess I was just

682
00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:49.240
<v Speaker 2>a spoiled fan that like felt like I felt an

683
00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:52.359
<v Speaker 2>entitlements as a fan, like my team, you know better,

684
00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:54.160
<v Speaker 2>you better make at least the Sweet sixteen, because you

685
00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:57.039
<v Speaker 2>know we're Louisville. Well, obviously been a long time. In fact,

686
00:29:57.759 --> 00:30:03.920
<v Speaker 2>this season makes it a decade. It has been ten

687
00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:07.640
<v Speaker 2>years this year since Louisville made it out of the

688
00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:11.960
<v Speaker 2>first week into the INSTABA Tournament. Think about that. Ten

689
00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:14.200
<v Speaker 2>years ago they went to the Elite eight, lost to

690
00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:17.039
<v Speaker 2>Michigan State. We actually talked about that last week. That's

691
00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:19.079
<v Speaker 2>ten years ago, which one that's crazy to think about

692
00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:21.839
<v Speaker 2>that it's been that long. But since then, Louisville's only

693
00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:25.480
<v Speaker 2>been in the tournament a couple of times and they

694
00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:29.400
<v Speaker 2>lost in the first appearance. In their last appearance, which

695
00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:31.920
<v Speaker 2>was Max's first year, and they didn't go back, of course,

696
00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:34.880
<v Speaker 2>and then they lost in the second round in twenty

697
00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:37.519
<v Speaker 2>seventeen when they were a two seed that was Donovan

698
00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:39.079
<v Speaker 2>and Dgadel and those guys.

699
00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.279
<v Speaker 3>Rix.

700
00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:41.200
<v Speaker 2>Last year they lost as a two seed to Michigan.

701
00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:46.039
<v Speaker 2>So I mean, just being in the tournament is never

702
00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:48.759
<v Speaker 2>gonna be something we just get, you know, like can

703
00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:51.960
<v Speaker 2>you believe it happened? But like, let's be real with ourselves,

704
00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:55.759
<v Speaker 2>like let's not let's not try to rewrite history and

705
00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:57.559
<v Speaker 2>act like we haven't gone through a drought that we

706
00:30:57.640 --> 00:31:00.000
<v Speaker 2>never thought we'd see. Like even when Denny would have

707
00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:01.920
<v Speaker 2>a year where he won like ten to eleven games,

708
00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:03.599
<v Speaker 2>which was rare, but like he had some down years.

709
00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:05.359
<v Speaker 2>Maybe that's a stretch, but like even Dinny had years

710
00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.920
<v Speaker 2>where you kind of knew we aren't terrible, we're not

711
00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:09.079
<v Speaker 2>going to the tournament, but you also knew the next

712
00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:11.039
<v Speaker 2>year he probably mess around go to sweet sixteen. Like

713
00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:13.880
<v Speaker 2>you know, even you know the type of run we've

714
00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:17.720
<v Speaker 2>had here including you know, not just not just the

715
00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:20.319
<v Speaker 2>draft of success, but like all the drama, all the

716
00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:22.559
<v Speaker 2>off the court stuff, like it's been a circus, Like

717
00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:24.680
<v Speaker 2>louisvill basketball for ten years, I've been able to still

718
00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:27.200
<v Speaker 2>find some joy within there because you know, you had

719
00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:29.559
<v Speaker 2>some good players and there were some good moments and

720
00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:31.880
<v Speaker 2>some good teams, but more often than not, it's been,

721
00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:35.720
<v Speaker 2>you know, not fun stuff. So I'm just worried people

722
00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:38.200
<v Speaker 2>maybe like maybe people may think, like, all right, come on, Nick,

723
00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:40.039
<v Speaker 2>like it's just the tournament.

724
00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.759
<v Speaker 3>Well, damn it.

725
00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:43.240
<v Speaker 2>It's been a long time and I love the tournament.

726
00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.920
<v Speaker 2>There's nothing better.

727
00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:46.160
<v Speaker 3>A tournament means everything to me right now.

728
00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:49.799
<v Speaker 2>There's nothing like touning in on selections Sunday knowing you're

729
00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:51.680
<v Speaker 2>gonna get in and you just want to see the draw,

730
00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.759
<v Speaker 2>you want to see the seed.

731
00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:56.400
<v Speaker 3>It's it's you want to be excited for filling brackets.

732
00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:58.559
<v Speaker 2>Yes, and it's you want to be you want to

733
00:31:58.799 --> 00:32:01.319
<v Speaker 2>be ready to tell the contee that they're not valuing

734
00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:03.880
<v Speaker 2>your team and all that. Like, it's just an experience

735
00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:06.039
<v Speaker 2>that is special and it's been a long long time

736
00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:07.799
<v Speaker 2>coming right quick break, we'll come back on the other side.

737
00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:09.720
<v Speaker 2>Wrap it up right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

738
00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:13.599
<v Speaker 1>Now back to coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on

739
00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:15.640
<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day.

740
00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:21.599
<v Speaker 2>No late movement in the in the line here tonight

741
00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:24.400
<v Speaker 2>of the National Championship Game. In the College Football Playoff,

742
00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:27.960
<v Speaker 2>Ohio State sitting at eight and a half point favorites.

743
00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:30.640
<v Speaker 2>I think that's an understandable line I would have. I mean,

744
00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:32.519
<v Speaker 2>I think I was thinking it'd be a little bit

745
00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:34.799
<v Speaker 2>lower than that. But in the grand scheme of things,

746
00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:37.839
<v Speaker 2>Ohio State is now playing at a level that I

747
00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:41.079
<v Speaker 2>think everybody thought they could be at this year, even

748
00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:44.240
<v Speaker 2>if you don't necessarily believe a whole lot in Ryan Day.

749
00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:47.640
<v Speaker 2>I mean, this team is loaded to where he doesn't

750
00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.920
<v Speaker 2>have to do a whole lot, right. You know, not

751
00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:51.400
<v Speaker 2>to say coaching isn't valuable, but you know, this team

752
00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:55.599
<v Speaker 2>is so stacked that they're playing to their potential and

753
00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:57.720
<v Speaker 2>it's you know, it's impressive, but really not that surprising.

754
00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:59.720
<v Speaker 2>There's some that said just when it comes to the

755
00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:03.440
<v Speaker 2>over depth they have, meaning how good they are.

756
00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.960
<v Speaker 3>Like too deep at just about every position.

757
00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:08.039
<v Speaker 2>Again, sounds like an exaggeration, and maybe it is, but

758
00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:09.799
<v Speaker 2>I mean, those who follow it closely think this is

759
00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:12.920
<v Speaker 2>one of the most talented teams that has ever been

760
00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:15.480
<v Speaker 2>in college football. Now they win the night and they

761
00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:18.079
<v Speaker 2>win big, maybe that'll be confirmed, but I still believe

762
00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:22.440
<v Speaker 2>that going through the low that they had where it

763
00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:25.839
<v Speaker 2>kind of felt like anything they did the rest of

764
00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:28.920
<v Speaker 2>the way, even if it's the National Championship. I mean,

765
00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:31.759
<v Speaker 2>this is going to sound dramatic, but like them losing

766
00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:35.519
<v Speaker 2>to Michigan in that circumstance, the way Michigan had a

767
00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:38.200
<v Speaker 2>really down year in Ohio State was loaded and that's

768
00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:40.400
<v Speaker 2>like the one thing you couldn't do was lose that game,

769
00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:44.160
<v Speaker 2>and you did. I mean, the fan base was so

770
00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:48.000
<v Speaker 2>low on Ohio State that like, no, they didn't even

771
00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:50.359
<v Speaker 2>that didn't even let them realize that they still actually

772
00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:52.279
<v Speaker 2>had a chance to go win the whole thing, because

773
00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:54.480
<v Speaker 2>they're that good, and you know, it's a twelve team playoff,

774
00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:56.440
<v Speaker 2>but here they are. I think getting that out of

775
00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:58.519
<v Speaker 2>the way going through that, not to give you the

776
00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:01.319
<v Speaker 2>cliche corny line about like you know, it only made

777
00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:03.480
<v Speaker 2>them better, but it did kind of I think make

778
00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:07.079
<v Speaker 2>them looser because they went through i mean some real

779
00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:11.599
<v Speaker 2>toxicity within their fan base and their program top to

780
00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:14.719
<v Speaker 2>bottom and kind of just you know, there's nothing that

781
00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:16.000
<v Speaker 2>could happen the rest of the way that it's gonna

782
00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.559
<v Speaker 2>be worse than that. So I think it kind of

783
00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:20.119
<v Speaker 2>loosening them up, and they're playing some really, really good football.

784
00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:22.239
<v Speaker 2>But you know what, so is Notre Dame. So I'm

785
00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:24.239
<v Speaker 2>hoping we get a competitive game, but I wouldn't be

786
00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:27.000
<v Speaker 2>shocked if it's competitive for about sixty five percent of

787
00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:29.480
<v Speaker 2>the way and then you see Ohio State pull away late,

788
00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:31.880
<v Speaker 2>maybe win this thing by like I don't know, seventeen

789
00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:35.280
<v Speaker 2>or something. I could see that happening. I kind of

790
00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:36.920
<v Speaker 2>want to take Notre Dame plus eight and a half.

791
00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:39.800
<v Speaker 2>But that's me not using my brain. It's me just

792
00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.960
<v Speaker 2>kind of wanting to wager on something that I hope

793
00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:45.119
<v Speaker 2>will happen. You's falling into the sports books, hanyeah. But

794
00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:47.440
<v Speaker 2>I also don't know that, like I truly trust Ohio

795
00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:50.679
<v Speaker 2>I do. I trust Ohio State probably more than any

796
00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:53.159
<v Speaker 2>team in the last few rounds of this tournament, because

797
00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:56.239
<v Speaker 2>that's how good they've looked. So I don't know I'll

798
00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:58.519
<v Speaker 2>end up doing something. Maybe I do the maybe I

799
00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:01.159
<v Speaker 2>do the under forty five and a half seems kind

800
00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.440
<v Speaker 2>of low.

801
00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.880
<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

802
00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:05.599
<v Speaker 2>I'm so I second guess everything right now because of

803
00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:08.159
<v Speaker 2>how much I've struggled that, Like, I may just flip

804
00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:11.719
<v Speaker 2>a coin and and do whatever, let's do it the

805
00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:13.360
<v Speaker 2>coin tells me to do. You got any action on

806
00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:13.920
<v Speaker 2>this one tonight.

807
00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:17.199
<v Speaker 4>No, but that under kind of does sound like a play.

808
00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:19.320
<v Speaker 4>I'm not gonna lie. But at the same time, forty

809
00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:22.320
<v Speaker 4>five seems like that's what Ohio State can get in

810
00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.159
<v Speaker 4>like three quarter.

811
00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:24.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I feel like I'm not I'm not confident. Notre

812
00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:26.760
<v Speaker 2>Dame is going to light it up, and I think

813
00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:29.800
<v Speaker 2>I think Ohio State, like you know, they'll score, but

814
00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:31.599
<v Speaker 2>Notre Dame will keep it respectable to where that I

815
00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:35.000
<v Speaker 2>just getting completely rottled. So yeah, maybe here we did it.

816
00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:37.159
<v Speaker 2>As we wrap up the show, I'm going I'm going

817
00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:37.880
<v Speaker 2>under forty.

818
00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.599
<v Speaker 3>Five and a half. Yeah, let's do it.

819
00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:40.920
<v Speaker 2>That's right, let's see what happens. Right, We're back tomorrow

820
00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:42.880
<v Speaker 2>and it'll be fun. It'll be like it'll be a

821
00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:45.119
<v Speaker 2>game day of issue where Louisvill's in the top twenty five.

822
00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:46.800
<v Speaker 2>When we watch them play tomorrow night, they're gonna have

823
00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:49.079
<v Speaker 2>that number next to their name, and even though they

824
00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.880
<v Speaker 2>don't have a whole lot of value, it's just another

825
00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:52.760
<v Speaker 2>sign that things are things are getting back to where

826
00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.760
<v Speaker 2>they where they should be.

827
00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.360
<v Speaker 3>We're healing.

828
00:35:54.599 --> 00:36:00.280
<v Speaker 2>Have a good night, everybody,