WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:07.599 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:09.439 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:11.720 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:12.199 when we. 5 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:14.919 Are get off our show, idiot. 6 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:17.320 The kids are crying or turning off, crying. The countries 7 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:18.120 are screwing it up. 8 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:21.359 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 9 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:24.559 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:28.199 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:29.000 Are you kidding me? 12 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:38.439 Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 13 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:45.079 All right, let's get the good Friday started here. What 14 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:47.920 a beautiful, beautiful day. It is Coffee and Company. That's 15 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:49.960 the name of the show. We are fueled by Thornton's 16 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.439 here on Sports Talk seven ninety Nick Coffee. That's me 17 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:56.200 Austin Montgomery alongside. He's also known as the Tribal Chief. 18 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:00.159 And I'm happy to be here. I say that every 19 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.240 day and I mean it pretty much every day, So 20 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.439 I'm happy to be here. This is always fun. But man, 21 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:06.879 I want to be outside right now. I mean, I 22 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:09.359 wish we could just like pick up all this stuff 23 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:11.519 and just take it outside and do the show there. 24 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:13.799 I mean, that's not realistic, and we probably have some 25 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:16.319 you know, some noise issues, because you know, downtown Louisville's 26 00:01:16.319 --> 00:01:18.959 a pretty noisy place, just with you know, the hustle 27 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:21.079 and bustle. But what a beautiful day. I'm not going 28 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:23.560 to complain. It's warm, like it's it's kind of humid. 29 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:26.799 I think the high's like seventy nine or eighty. But 30 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:29.519 it's beautiful, and we're going to get the weekend started. 31 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:31.799 I mean, I feel like once the show starts at 32 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:33.879 three o'clock on a Friday, that's kind of I mean, 33 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:37.239 like that that's the weekend we're here. I mean not really, 34 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:40.480 but just you know, imagine that the weekend started, get 35 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:43.280 the vibes going early. At least it is Friday. 36 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:45.359 Didn't have to get confused by it, It's right, I mean, 37 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:46.879 in fact, oh, how did that feel? 38 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:48.799 I'm looking I'm looking at it. It's like, you know, 39 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:53.519 I got the natural joy that comes with a Friday 40 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:56.599 today and then yesterday, like it wasn't real. But you 41 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:58.760 know I didn't know that, you know, for about five hours, 42 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:00.680 I'm like, here we go Fridays. So it was a 43 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:03.040 punch to the gut, a real letdown. But all in all, 44 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:05.239 I mean, if you really just you know, if you 45 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:07.239 live in your own world, convince yourself of things and 46 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:09.520 just live life and believe you know whatever you want. 47 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:10.919 And by the way, there's a lot of people to 48 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:12.439 do that, a lot of delusional people that live in 49 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:14.400 their own world that are not with us in reality. 50 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:16.840 That was me yesterday thinking that it was in fact Friday, 51 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:19.560 but it was not. But today it is Good Friday. 52 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:24.080 We've got Easter Sunday coming up. And do you when 53 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:28.080 you were in school and you grew up in Arizona, right, 54 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:31.599 like all of your schooling was Arizona. Rists So do 55 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:34.000 you remember or do you know if you ever got 56 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:38.560 a day off school because of Good Friday? No? I didn't, Okay, 57 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:42.240 So this is I think this speaks to guess our age. 58 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:45.199 But my group text that I've referenced from time to time, 59 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:50.400 it's about thirteen guys that I've known for some of 60 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.439 them more than thirty years, some not quite as much. 61 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:54.479 But we all kind of grew up together. And it 62 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:57.199 started with a group chat that we created for our 63 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:00.560 fantasy football and then it became like a con instant thing. 64 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:04.240 Whenever we were all in quarantine because the pandemic happened, 65 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:06.599 and you know every day there's some good back and 66 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:09.680 forth and it's it's you know, it's it's it's uh. 67 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:12.240 I turned the notifications off for because if if you know, 68 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:13.919 there's times where if I don't if I have, and 69 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:15.120 I think they all do to be honest with you. 70 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:17.080 But anyways, last night we were going back and forth 71 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:19.199 because one of my buddies, Dave, he's of the belief 72 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:22.280 that we used to get out of school for Good Friday, 73 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.560 and I don't think we did. And I don't really 74 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:27.080 know if that's ever been a thing. And I'm you know, 75 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:29.680 I'm I'm I'm a big Easter guy. You know, I 76 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:33.000 just uh, Good Friday. I don't think it's ever been 77 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:35.919 a holiday to the to the I mean, honestly, I 78 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:38.159 know what it is, like I hear people talk about it, 79 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:40.759 but I don't mean is it a holiday like it is, 80 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:42.840 but it's not right like when you when you like 81 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:45.680 it's one of those holidays like where would you rank 82 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:48.400 it as far as like because it's not Halloween, even 83 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:50.280 like it's certainly not like Halloween. You don't get out 84 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:54.840 of school right like holidays that don't require school closure, 85 00:03:55.000 --> 00:04:00.000 or like businesses maybe business like that's a broad thing business, 86 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.680 but I mean like office work, right, Like there's certain 87 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:07.360 places like on President's Day or Martin Luther King Junior Day, 88 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:10.919 those kind of holidays to where a lot of companies 89 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:14.000 will close down. But if you're in like retail business, restaurant, like, 90 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:17.040 you know, you'd be foolish not to be open. So anyways, 91 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:20.360 happy Good Friday everybody, the Holy Day as we get 92 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:23.959 the weekend started. Can you believe Derby is like almost here? 93 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:27.360 I know, I mean crazy two weeks away, I know, 94 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:31.079 and I know I'm not the only one that has 95 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:32.800 said that. In fact, that's what's led me to realize, 96 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:34.800 you guys are right, like, it is crazy that Derby's 97 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:37.600 almost here because it's sneaking up on us. But a 98 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:40.000 lot of folks that I've talked to, they claim that 99 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:42.439 the reason it's just it's it's hitting us out of 100 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:44.480 nowhere here we go, is because we didn't have thunder 101 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.959 over Louisville. Yes, that's exactly yeah, And I guess that. 102 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:49.360 I mean, that makes sense for a lot of people. 103 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:50.920 But I'm you know, thunder to me is like if 104 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:53.639 we just didn't we randomly didn't have thunder, which we 105 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:55.199 did this year, and it wasn't random. It's because of 106 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:59.560 the flooding and whatnot. But I mean, I it's not 107 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:01.439 my but I understand how big of a deal it is, 108 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:03.560 and it was an awful situation to where we couldn't 109 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:06.519 have it here locally because that impacts businesses and there's 110 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:09.079 so many people that come to Louisville for that that 111 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:11.680 aren't from here, which is great obviously for the economy. 112 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:14.439 But you know, for me, I feel like it's sneaking up. 113 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:16.279 But I don't know if it's because for me, my 114 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:18.319 my perspective only, I don't feel like it's because of 115 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.240 not having thunder. But anyway, speaking of thunder, we didn't 116 00:05:21.279 --> 00:05:23.959 have it because obviously at that point that it stopped raining. 117 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.519 But man, it was a mess down there on the waterfront. 118 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:29.959 And obviously the waters is is, you know, not what 119 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.800 it was a week ago, which is good. But for 120 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:35.319 like the chow wagon and stuff like the Great Lawn, 121 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:38.560 is that not a mud pit? I mean, because are 122 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:41.480 that this year? They haven't said anything about making any 123 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:43.879 change yet, Okay, but there are some events that I 124 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:47.639 know that that are that are supposed to be a 125 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:51.319 part of uh. The is it called the chow wagon. Yes, 126 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:53.160 it's a chow Yeah. Well I know I know what 127 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:54.839 the chowan is when you call it, because there's like 128 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:56.839 a certain amount of days where it's there, and I've 129 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:58.800 always just called it the chow wagon. But for some reason, 130 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:01.720 I feel like it's it's there's a Herby festival branding 131 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:05.000 name that I'm just blanking on. But anyways, Uh, there's 132 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:09.439 there's a couple of like you know, yeah, I couldn't 133 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:11.920 couldn't figure out what it is. But like OVW Wrestling, 134 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:14.680 they're doing a show at the waterfront, which they did 135 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:17.759 last year during during during the chow Wagon. Uh, and 136 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:19.199 and the plan is to still do it. But I 137 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:20.879 think it's I mean, it kind of seems like it's 138 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:22.480 in limbo as far as like I don't think they're 139 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:23.800 going to cancel it by any means, but they may 140 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:25.879 have to make some adjustments to where like not everybody 141 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:28.839 is just near what I imagine, it's just a bunch 142 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:30.720 of mud. I mean that that's one of the things 143 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:34.199 about flooding that I never really thought about until the 144 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:37.000 recent flooding that's happened where and it's not just when 145 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:39.879 the water goes down, I mean it's once it goes down. 146 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:43.879 I mean, all that gunk and just nastiness, just lingers, 147 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.000 and you know it doesn't just go away. You have 148 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:47.879 to you have to clean it up. Which I know 149 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:50.199 that's been a big, a big thing here in Louisville 150 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:53.040 the last week or so with Mayor Greenberg and and 151 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:55.399 all the resources he's trying to get together to try 152 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:57.040 to get this place cleaned up. I mean, obviously you 153 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:58.800 need to do that in general, but you also kind 154 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:00.240 of need to do it because you know, you want 155 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.240 Louisville to be looking as good as possible because it's 156 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:04.759 our time to shine. Derby Week is here, Derby Season 157 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:07.879 is here, so you know, I hope it's not something 158 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:09.600 that where they have to make a bunch of big 159 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:12.319 changes to uh to the chow wagon and whatnot, because 160 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:15.000 that's actually I can't really tell you why, but like 161 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:19.000 that's one of my favorite things about Derby season. You know, 162 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.399 I don't go to any of the big fancy Derby 163 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:23.720 parties or anything like that, although I would love to 164 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:24.920 go if I get an invite to one. I'm just 165 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.240 you know, I'm not that important, not that special, and 166 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:29.160 I'm poor. So like ones where you got to buy 167 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:32.600 big tickets, like I can't afford that. But anyways, for me, 168 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:37.519 there's two events that kind of you know, I think 169 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:40.439 I think of Derby Festival season and know that here 170 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:42.600 we go, we're about to have the you know, the 171 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:45.639 run for the Roses, and one of them no longer exist, 172 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:46.879 which I'll get to that in a second. But one 173 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.759 of the other one is the chow Wagon just being there, 174 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.160 you know, getting getting you drinking some beer. They usually 175 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:53.839 got concerts going on. They got all like the fair 176 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:56.560 the fair type food, right, I mean, that's that's the 177 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:58.480 good stuff. So I would hope that it goes off 178 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:02.120 without a hitch. But ok action, yeah, A foot long 179 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:07.240 corn dog funnel cake, yes, baby, a lot. I felt 180 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:08.920 like a lot of like the State Fair type of 181 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:12.240 food that is pretty exotic, if you will, Like you 182 00:08:12.279 --> 00:08:14.399 see that at the show wagon, and and it just 183 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:17.399 I mean, I was, you know, I love Louisville, you 184 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:20.439 guys know that. But a lot of times downtown Louisville 185 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:22.800 by the water, especially like if we've gone in a 186 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.199 drought where we haven't had rain, doesn't smell great. But 187 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:29.639 when you've got all those food options there, all within 188 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:32.639 feet of each other it smells like one of the 189 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:35.279 best things I've ever smelled in my life. And well, 190 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:38.039 I want to make this more of a bigger conversation 191 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:41.279 later on in the show. But my favorite Derby event 192 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:44.000 ever just it no longer exists and it makes me really, 193 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.799 really sad. And that was the Kentucky Derby Festival Classic 194 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:49.759 and I assume most people listening know what that is. 195 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:52.759 But it was like our version of the McDonald's All 196 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:56.200 American Game, and at one time it was the event. 197 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:59.080 Oh they don't do that anymore. Yeah, so it just disappeared. 198 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:01.320 You didn't realize it, did you. I did not realize it. 199 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.960 I think the last year might have been like twenty seventeen, 200 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:08.360 and I don't I really don't know why it. Well, 201 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:13.440 it became much harder to bring in the bigger name 202 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:18.039 type of players to where like if you want, you 203 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:20.399 got to sell tickets, right, I mean, that's part of it, 204 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:22.600 and if you've got and there used to be a 205 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:25.240 stupid rule like where you could only play in two 206 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.200 of those kinds of things. So you had the Jordan 207 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:31.480 brand game and you had the McDonald American Game obviously, 208 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:33.080 which has been around forever. And that's the cream of 209 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:35.120 the crop. But now you've got like you've got other 210 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:38.080 I feel like there's one I'm blanking on that's actually 211 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:42.039 it's probably third in line outside of McDonald's and then 212 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:46.799 the Jordan Brand Classic. So when you could only pick 213 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:49.679 two as a big time recruit, if you got offered 214 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:51.879 to go to jordan Brand or McDonald's, you weren't coming 215 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:53.279 to the Derby Classics. So that put him in a 216 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:56.000 tough spot to an extent. So therefore they just didn't 217 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.360 have the highest caliber players they used to get, and 218 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:00.799 that of course was a factor, and it not selling 219 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:02.480 tickets the way that they used to sell it, So 220 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:04.960 you know, I think it was a budgetary thing when 221 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.759 they decided to get rid of it. But I mean 222 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.799 I remember thinking, like, they're just going to get rid 223 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:11.919 of it and like not like I mean, it just 224 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:13.360 kind of went away. Like I don't think there was 225 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.960 a formal like announcement. Maybe they don't need that. But 226 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:18.399 I went to that thing from the time I was 227 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:21.519 like five or six years old until the time it 228 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:24.240 didn't exist anymore. I never missed one from like five 229 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:26.440 years old to whenever the last one was, So I 230 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.039 went from going to it as a kid getting autographs 231 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:32.120 and just being you know, super excited to just you know, 232 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:34.360 I when I was really young, I didn't know who 233 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:36.759 some of the players were, but you know, obviously it 234 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:40.320 looked like NBA players to me whenever I'm a little kid. Goodness, gracious, 235 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:43.679 we had somebody working on that damn bathroom again. Good God. 236 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:45.600 I don't know if that came across the air. I'm 237 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:47.200 sure it did to an extent. It sounded like somebody 238 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:49.519 just let out like a five minute long fart. But 239 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:52.240 somebody's drilling next to us. They've been working on this 240 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:56.559 bathroom for way too long. I mean, I'm not a contractor. 241 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:58.360 I don't I wouldn't be able to assist them in 242 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:00.000 any way to speed up the process. 243 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:00.279 Us. 244 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:03.399 You guys, hear that like you have. 245 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:07.039 It's vibrating my brain. It's still going out. How long 246 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:08.080 had they been doing You just. 247 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:09.879 Missed the whole conversation because you're on the phone. Yes, 248 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:12.639 but but yes, I just I said, I don't know, 249 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:15.559 I would not be able to assist them to speed 250 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:19.000 up the process. But I have a feeling they're not 251 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:23.360 moving at a pace that you know, most contractors would like. 252 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:25.679 It's just been a never ending like I mean, no, 253 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:29.320 it's been a month at least, maybe even maybe in 254 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:31.879 the bathroom. And by the way, the bathroom's tiny. 255 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:34.120 And remember I think it's probably like two weeks ago 256 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:35.759 where I came in and I got a glimpse in 257 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:38.159 the bathroom when I was walking in, and everything looks 258 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:40.480 brand new, And I had thought that they were close 259 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:42.919 to done, because I'm like, you could tell new tile, 260 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.120 you could tell a new floor, like from the from 261 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:47.480 the little sliver that like from when you're walking in 262 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:49.840 through our garage and you could see right there on 263 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:52.840 a way to our office. You can without directly walking 264 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:55.679 in there, you could tell everything's new. So like, as 265 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:58.120 I'm looking in there, I'm like, are they shouldn't be 266 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:01.000 that much far off? But now now it sounds like 267 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:02.600 they're just like like how it. 268 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:03.200 Was day one. 269 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:05.279 For those are the initial day that you weren't here 270 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:07.120 and you heard the banging and the drilling. 271 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:09.799 It's been like that all day. Oh today, so today's 272 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:12.159 been a big day. Okay, first time I've heard it, 273 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:13.840 so today, meaning so for those who don't know what 274 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:15.679 we're talking about, we are here at four Street Live, 275 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:18.879 and the bathroom that is like the public bathroom for 276 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:20.919 the facility. Here we have our own restrooms here in 277 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:23.720 our iHeart office, but there's bathrooms on each level, the 278 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.919 ground level and then the level that we're on, which 279 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:30.440 is upstairs, and the bathrooms are tiny and they've been 280 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:33.000 renovating them forever and then out of note like where 281 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:35.440 I am in this studio, quite literally, it has to 282 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:37.799 be like a paper thin wall because I mean I 283 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.720 can hear. It doesn't come across the air, and if 284 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:41.639 I'm yapping, I don't hear. But like if it's quiet 285 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:43.840 during the break and they're in there working, I can 286 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:45.679 hear their conversations. Not I mean I can't pick up 287 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:48.240 on what they're saying, but like it just seems like 288 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:50.440 it's taking here chatter. Yeah, it's taking them a really 289 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:53.799 long time, and it's directly next to me and I 290 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:56.919 it's not the end of the world, but it whenever 291 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:01.080 the banging is annoying, but whenever there's like a drill 292 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:04.440 like whatever that was, that just makes me completely lose 293 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.600 my train of thought because I'm like, you know, it's 294 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:10.840 just not normal. So anyways, we'll get through, it'll be okay. 295 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:13.919 But back to the Derby classic when they got rid 296 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:15.639 of it. It was you know, it was real sad, and 297 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:17.360 I wish it would come back. I don't think they 298 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:19.159 they're going to bring it back. In fact, I wouldn't 299 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:22.000 be shocked if moving forward, you see maybe some other 300 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:26.000 of the not as popular, not as known Derby events 301 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:28.440 just kind of just kind of go away. But I 302 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.039 feel like that was, like, that was an awesome event 303 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:33.000 and it was for a long time. But I guess 304 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:36.320 the cost of putting it on and relying on volunteers 305 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:37.960 to not be paid to do it, but you know, 306 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:41.759 just utilize Kentucky Derby Festival funding to travel and recruit 307 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:44.960 players to play in it. I mean, it was it 308 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:47.039 was special to me. But I will say now that 309 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:50.320 i'm reflecting on it, when I got old enough and 310 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:53.399 you know, I started a career in doing this and 311 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:56.279 I was able to actually cover it from a media 312 00:13:56.360 --> 00:14:00.639 perspective one that was awesome. But also the tendance did 313 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:02.919 kind of like imer, the attendance was nowhere near what 314 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:04.399 it was when I went when I was a kid. 315 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:08.080 So yeah, I bet there's others just like you, Austin 316 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:11.240 that kind of because it did fade in relevance as 317 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:13.559 it was as it was dying, I guess, and I 318 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:15.159 bet it went away, and like I brought it up, 319 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:17.360 and I bet there's others out there right now they're like, oh, yeah, 320 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:19.840 they haven't had that in a while. Have they been 321 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:22.480 a long time? So if they bring it back, I 322 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:24.720 would do anything to help them in any way. I 323 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:26.679 don't know what I could do specifically, but you know, 324 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:30.840 promoting it and you know it was and we are 325 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:34.600 the market to where like that that event Kentucky, every 326 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:37.480 festival classic basketball event that you know is now dead 327 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:40.720 because we are in Louisville, of course, a college basketball 328 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:43.440 market that is like no other. We have three programs. Really, 329 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:45.240 I mean they were. It was at its best when 330 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:50.360 they were able to get recruits that had committed to Louisville, 331 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:52.799 Kentucky and Indiana. And there were years where they had 332 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:54.639 a good mix of that and it was I mean, 333 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:59.679 it was. It was very very well attended. They would 334 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:02.399 do the the Night of the Future Stars event, which 335 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:04.440 was the Friday event where they have like the initial 336 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:08.120 stages of the three point shootout and the dunk contest, 337 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:09.600 and then they do like a two on two tournament 338 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.879 and the next day they actually have the game and 339 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:14.240 then they do the finals of three point shootout in 340 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:17.039 the dunk contest at halftime, and it went from being 341 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:21.159 at the game itself, was at Freedom Hall for a 342 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:25.159 little while, then it went to the Center, and then 343 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:26.960 there was a rule change in the NCAA where you 344 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:28.879 couldn't host those kind of events in your own arena, 345 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:31.799 and then it went back to I believe it went 346 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.879 back to Freedom Hall, and yeah, just went away, and 347 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:38.679 it makes me sad. All Right, the rest of the 348 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:40.320 way here today, we're gonna we're gonna have some fun. 349 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:42.480 It's a Friday. Friday gives me the feeling to where 350 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:44.120 I can just go in directions that maybe you know 351 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:46.960 I wouldn't go on a Monday or Tuesday. And you 352 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:49.600 know that's exciting to me. So we need to talk 353 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:52.480 a little more about Tyler Shuck because the love fest 354 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.720 for one Tyler Shuck is awesome to see. I believe 355 00:15:55.759 --> 00:16:00.200 it's legit. But sometimes when guys end up getting is 356 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:04.399 completely gassed up like this this close to the draft, 357 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:06.200 you know you wonder like, is it a smoke screen? 358 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:09.440 I don't believe that it is. But there's some sound 359 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:11.440 I want you guys to hear from a former Louisville 360 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:13.919 quarterback Jay Gruden, who now does the media stuff. He 361 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.399 was talking about Shuck and he believes that it's gonna 362 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:20.039 be cam Ward Shadoor Sanders and then Tyler Shuck. He 363 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:22.000 thinks he's gonna be the third quarterback taken. He's gonna 364 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:25.159 be taking head of Jackson Dart and there's a chance 365 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:29.279 he could be a first round quarterback because it'd be 366 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:32.120 a shocker to me if there's not three quarterbacks taken 367 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.720 in the first round. And yes, I know this quarterback 368 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.279 class is not believed to be great. That's one of 369 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:37.480 the reasons why Shuck's been able to emerge as such 370 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:40.799 a you know, intriguing prospect in the eyes of a 371 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:45.399 lot of these you know, NFL executives. But the NFL 372 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:48.840 is desperate to find the next big quarterback, right, And 373 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:51.039 sometimes there's a guy that's got all the hype, all 374 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.360 the praise, and they're like, man, if he's there at eight, 375 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:55.919 we're taking him. And then sometimes they overthinking and like, man, 376 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:58.279 we're so desperate to find a guy, they're gonna start 377 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:00.399 convincing themselves that they have found that di'mond in the 378 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.759 rough that like not everybody realizes just how good they are. 379 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:07.480 So but look, Louisville is already believed to be and 380 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:09.240 they are I say believe to be. I mean, it's 381 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:11.119 if you go out there and look up. I think 382 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:13.480 ESPN has done one, twenty four seven Sports has done one. 383 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:16.640 But like the quarterback, you wide receiver, you schools that 384 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:19.799 have had the best success at putting certain positions in 385 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.680 the NFL for good careers. Louisville's not one or two, 386 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.759 but they're in the conversation, and they really have been 387 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:27.759 for a long time, like even before Lamar. But if 388 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:31.079 if our man Shuck ends up getting drafted pretty early, 389 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:32.400 and even if he doesn't, but he ends up having 390 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:34.960 a pretty good career, like that are really I mean, 391 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:37.559 it's just another one of the good quarterbacks we've had. 392 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:40.079 And Chuck certainly isn't going to be Lamar Jackson. Nobody's 393 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:41.599 going to be. And I'm not even sure where he 394 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:43.920 would rank among louisvill quarterbacks because he only played here 395 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:47.480 one year. But we've been pretty lucky with quarterbacks, even 396 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:52.440 in years where Louisville is not great and like they've 397 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:56.200 got some issues, it usually isn't quarterback play. I mean, 398 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:00.839 when I think, actually, well, let's this, let's make this 399 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:02.680 a conversation. But I'm gonna have to dress it up 400 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:04.920 to not make it sound so negative. But you know, 401 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:07.640