WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.040 It's time for coffee and Company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:10.480 Sports Talk seven ninety Holy crap, I don't know who 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:11.640 the hell we think when we. 4 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:15.320 Are get off our show, idiots, the kids are crying 5 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:15.919 or turn them off. 6 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:19.160 Their countries are screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, 7 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:23.199 gold Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, 8 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:25.719 but they're really not. Who's the kid here? 9 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:27.640 Who's the kid here? 10 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:40.960 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick coffee? 11 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:44.159 You guys have heard me mention it throughout the week 12 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:47.119 that I just it didn't really feel like the season 13 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:51.920 had started for Louisville. And I stand by that because today, really, 14 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:56.159 this week overall has felt real. No offense to Austin 15 00:00:56.240 --> 00:01:00.960 p and who else did they play Jacksonville State? Yes, yeah, 16 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:03.039 I mean no offense to those guys, But I mean 17 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:06.400 this is this is real, and I feel like there 18 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:09.879 are stages to game week. Whenever you have a game 19 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:13.400 that is important, I mean every game is important. You 20 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:15.120 only play twelve, you got to win as many as possible, 21 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:17.760 and if Louisville is the team that we hope they are, 22 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:21.040 then this is certainly a game you should win. So 23 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:22.760 I say all that to say, like this is this 24 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:25.400 feels real? You know, Monday it was like, Okay, here 25 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:27.840 we go, We're now here game week, is here your 26 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:33.400 first actual test. And then Tuesday I started feeling pretty confident, like, man, 27 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:38.079 I can't wait. Maybe Louisville wins by seventeen and makes 28 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:42.000 a statement something like that which could happen. I'm not 29 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.000 backing away from that. But then yesterday and Wednesday, I 30 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:50.079 suppose it was more of like, Okay, maybe this Georgia 31 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:53.000 Tech team, like should not be double digit dogs here, 32 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:56.920 maybe we should be a little more worried. I mean, 33 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:58.359 they got a lot of guys on their team that 34 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:01.040 I think could play for not any school in the country. 35 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:03.519 I mean, they could probably play for just about any 36 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:04.879 school in the country. I don't know how, you know, 37 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:07.280 if they'd be elite. But they got some dudes, man, 38 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:10.280 some guys who produced big numbers last year in the 39 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:12.360 ACC and they're off to a good start this year. 40 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.719 And then yesterday really turned into like, Okay, this brin 41 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.159 Key guy's pretty impressive. He not only is off to 42 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:21.919 a really good start at Georgia Tech, but he seems 43 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:26.159 to thrive in these moments in these situations, I should 44 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:29.800 say where his team. It's not David verus Goliath, but 45 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:34.039 I would be highly, highly shocked if Brent Key and 46 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:37.719 his team weren't surprised to see that they were double 47 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:41.960 digit dogs here. And he again is really good at 48 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:44.680 taking those situations and getting his guys ready to play. 49 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:48.080 And I still feel the same way about Brent Key 50 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:50.479 today as I did yesterday in the day before, but 51 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:52.199 like today's day where I'm like, let's just get this 52 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:55.719 thing going, let's get it started, let's play some football. 53 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:59.240 And we are now, you know, roughly twenty four hours 54 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:01.360 away from getting this thing started, and I'm excited. Let's 55 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:02.960 get the show started. Though, shall we get his coffee 56 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:05.039 in company? And we are feel about Thornton's here on 57 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:07.960 Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you guys hanging out with us. 58 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.199 Maybe you're getting your weekend started, Maybe you're on your 59 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:13.919 way suburban and beyond. Maybe you're I don't know, you 60 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:16.159 could be doing anything, but if you're listening, that means 61 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.039 you're with us. Therefore you are part of the show. 62 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.520 You are coffee in company. The man with the plan 63 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:23.680 is the company man himself, mister John Alden. He's alongside 64 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:25.240 and I would hope that you know who I am. 65 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:27.960 My name is Nick Coffee. I said that as if 66 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:29.479 like it meant something. I'm not sure if it does, 67 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:32.639 but maybe one day it will. Are you fired up 68 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:33.120 on a Friday? 69 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:33.439 John? 70 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:34.280 I am fired up. 71 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:36.840 I'm ready to watch some more college football this weekend 72 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:38.280 as always, and the. 73 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:41.280 Vibes are good on a Friday, per usual. Yeah, you know, 74 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:43.560 it's never good when we're not in studio together. I 75 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:45.439 mean I shouldn't say the show's not good because we 76 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:46.919 make we make it work. I'm just saying, like we 77 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:49.680 both know, I think everybody would agree, and we probably 78 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:52.000 shouldn't talk about it as much as I do. But 79 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:54.599 it's not ideal when we're not together. I mean, it's 80 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:56.560 not like we're a married couple and we miss each other. 81 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:58.759 Like you know, it's not that don't get weird, guys, 82 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:01.199 but you know, the show just flows better when we're 83 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:05.759 both in the iHeart headquarters. But today, I I probably 84 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:07.680 could have made it in, but I would not have 85 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:09.479 been able. I wouldn't have been comfortable, and you know, 86 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:11.479 comfort is key when it comes to what we do here. John, 87 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:14.599 it is so I just decided to not rush and 88 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:18.240 be stressed and just you know, do the show from 89 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:20.920 home today. We've got the good equipment. We're sounding good, right, John, 90 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:24.160 we're sounding in crisp. Oh, you sound amazing. I'm hoping, 91 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:25.800 I'm I'm hoping I'm able to keep up because you 92 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:28.000 sound phenomenal today. You look good too on this webcam. 93 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:29.720 By the way, you're looking pretty good too, And I 94 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:30.079 thank you. 95 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:31.639 Not that we need to point out what each other 96 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.439 is wearing, but I really love the Catalina Wine mixer 97 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:35.319 shirt you got going on. 98 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:37.600 Yeah, I gotta I got a shirt on today that 99 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:39.439 I you know, I don't wear it often. In fact, 100 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:42.639 it's relatively new. I've worried a couple of times. But 101 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:46.160 it's a picture of of Dale and what's the what's 102 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:48.920 Brennan Dale? Yeah, Brennan and Dale. It's a picture of 103 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:52.480 Brennan and Dale. And uh, it's a Prestige Worldwide is 104 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:54.399 the brand. I mean, it's not really a brand, but 105 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:58.279 it says Prestige, Prestige Worldwide Presents. It's got a picture 106 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.720 of these guys and it says the Catalina Wine. So 107 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:02.360 that's kind of I didn't even plan it, but I'm 108 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.120 going for that vibe today. Catalina wine mixer is the vibe, 109 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:07.920 which you all know. That's a great vibe. So we're 110 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:09.399 feeling good here on a Friday. We are gonna have 111 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.199 a couple of guess join us today. Alex Cupper. We'll 112 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:14.560 see if he shows up today. He will, I mean 113 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:17.600 I'm hopefully he will. I mean I did double check, 114 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:19.720 a triple check today to make sure he was good 115 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:22.519 to go. And it's not because you know, he's dissing 116 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:24.040 us and just says he's too good for us, but 117 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:25.639 you know he's busy. He's busy, guys. I want to 118 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:27.120 make sure if I tell them, because I let the 119 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:29.959 folks down. I mean technically he did, but I tell 120 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.079 them Alex Cupper's coming on the show, and then Alex 121 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:34.720 Cupper doesn't come on the show. That's not ideal for us, guys. 122 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:38.560 I feel responsible, Yeah, exactly. So again it's really his fault, 123 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:40.639 but he did have a legitimate reason for not being 124 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:42.279 able to make it. And we're gonna have him on 125 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:44.560 today at three thirty to talk some football. I like 126 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:48.759 picking his brain, not only on football itself, but he 127 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:51.079 can give us perspective that I know I don't have. 128 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:53.480 I didn't play for Louisville. You know, I didn't play 129 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:55.959 in the NFL. Might surprise you guys, but believe it 130 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:00.480 or not, check my resume that's not on there. Did 131 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:01.839 you play never? 132 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.519 That's the funny that you mentioned that. It's really the 133 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:06.399 only of like the four or three or four major 134 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:09.000 sports that we have in the United States. Football is 135 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:10.600 the one that I did not play as a kid. 136 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:14.600 Same here now. I tried baseball, didn't didn't do well 137 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:17.519 at that, gave up on that pretty early. Then I 138 00:06:17.519 --> 00:06:20.319 got to basketball, and just my even still to this 139 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:23.560 day thirty plus years later, my personality has not changed 140 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:25.519 when it comes to like I'm I'm gonna get locked 141 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:29.639 down on something. I have an addicted personality, and once 142 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:31.920 I realized, hey, I really like basketball, and I think 143 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:33.639 I might be able to play this game a lot 144 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:37.040 better than any other sport. I never picked up another ball, 145 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:39.920 never picked up another a club, a racket, a bat. 146 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:41.519 What are the other things you would you would use 147 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.839 in sports? I mean, I think I think stick, maybe, yeah, 148 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:47.639 hockey stick, although I did I did, and we had 149 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:49.920 an unfinished side of our basement. As a kid, I 150 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:53.240 used to blade down there acting as if I was 151 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:55.959 a member of the of the Mighty Ducks, head coach 152 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:59.000 by Gordon Gordon Bombay. So hockey might have been my 153 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:01.560 second sport, but basketball was it for me. So Cup 154 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:04.120 can provide a football perspective that most can't. So we'll 155 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:06.040 talk to him coming up here at three thirty and 156 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:08.879 I don't know the exact time, but doctor Eric McElroy 157 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:11.879 also going to join us at some point today. Looking 158 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:13.639 forward to catching up with him as we get you 159 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.000 set for the weekend, like we do every single Friday, 160 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:19.160 it's a football Friday. We've got some good college football tonight. 161 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:20.920 Did you see the Slate tonight? John You Kidney? 162 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:24.240 Bad line by Nebraska and Illinois, two unbeatens and the 163 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:24.759 big Men. 164 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.959 That should be a really good game. And I've yet 165 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:29.600 to really decide what I want to do when it 166 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:33.920 comes to a wagering standpoint, but you know I'm gonna 167 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:35.879 get it. And I do well on Fridays. Not to 168 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:37.319 say that I'm great, and you know I might have 169 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:40.519 just jinxed myself, but I do much better on Fridays 170 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:41.800 than I do any other day when it comes to 171 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:44.639 college football, and it's because I'm able to more so 172 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:47.279 focus on, you know, just a couple of games and 173 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:48.759 not look at the whole board and just kind of 174 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:50.879 you know, guess. I mean, at the end of the day, 175 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:54.680 we're all guessing. But Illinois Nebraska, that should be a 176 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:59.279 good one. And I think tonight QS may win by 177 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:03.639 eighty that's a stretch. But they do, like QUS does, 178 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:07.319 big games on Friday nights. In fact, I remember they 179 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:10.160 pulled off two big upsets I think in the ACC 180 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:12.120 since Louis's been in the league on a Friday night. 181 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:15.040 One of them was when they knocked off Clemson only 182 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:17.040 lost they had until they went to the playoff that year. 183 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.000 That was Kelly Bryant's year, I believe at Clemson. So 184 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:21.920 you know, Q, they've got some momentum. They got a 185 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:24.399 new head coach, and I can tell you by being there. 186 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:27.600 I was there on a Friday night. In fact, it's 187 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:30.000 probably coming up on a Friday night, you know. I 188 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:31.480 guess it were a little late. It was week two 189 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:34.039 for Louisville, so a little bit over eight years ago. 190 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:35.879 I was there on a Friday night at the Carrier Dome, 191 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:39.240 hot as hell. I mean, John, you talk about swamp 192 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:42.279 ass brother inside the carrier dome. Yeah, and that was 193 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:45.440 the running joke, the Carrier dome. You know a company 194 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:48.320 that supplied they supply air conditioning. They did not have 195 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:49.399 AC in the carrier dome. 196 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:49.639 Yeah. 197 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:53.120 That's a problem. Yeah. And you never get hot weather, 198 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.919 humid weather really in upstate New York that late in 199 00:08:56.960 --> 00:08:59.320 the year, even in September, and it was hot, it 200 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:03.000 was sweaty. I just remember, it's a visual I don't 201 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:05.360 really want to want to, you know, think about often, 202 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:07.120 but now I'm here, so I'll share it with you guys. 203 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:08.960 There's a guy who covered Q's. I don't know if 204 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:11.000 he was a beat writer or a radio guy or whatever, 205 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:15.840 but a heavy set man and Syracuse their meal for 206 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:19.159 the press room. Their meal not there like you know, 207 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:24.159 not a side. Their meal was macaroni and cheese with fries. 208 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.039 And the mac and cheese was good, but like I've 209 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:27.639 never been anywhere, it was the main course. And there 210 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:30.039 was a guy that was eating his mac and cheese 211 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:33.120 in the press box and I saw his sweat drip 212 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:34.720 in his mac and cheese and he didn't know it, 213 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:37.320 and then he still ate it as real gross. Again. 214 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:39.639 You remember stuff like that, do you not? You remember 215 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:43.240 stuff like that. So you know q S that night 216 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:46.240 when Lamar did Lamar things. Let's be real, Lamar didn't 217 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.759 give that team those fans anything to cheer about. But 218 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:53.159 you know, before the game got away from Q's, the 219 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:57.279 place was like seventy to sixty percent empty. It's a 220 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:00.919 humongous stadium that's for basketball, but it's like out in there. 221 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:04.039 So they've got some momentum and they're in Louisville situation. 222 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:05.600 They played two games and then a bye week, just 223 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:07.799 like Louisville did. So Huston's minus eight and a half, 224 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:11.039 Nebraska's minus seven and a half. You know, I never 225 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:14.279 like doing this, but man, aren't you feeling like like 226 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:16.720 like the dogs are getting put to sleep tonight? No 227 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:18.480 pun intended. That's a terrible thing to say, but you 228 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:21.080 know what I mean, like the underdogs are going down tonight. 229 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:21.360 Yeah. 230 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:25.200 And I think Illinois's top twenty five ranking is obviously 231 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:27.480 based on the fact that they beat Kansas at home 232 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:29.759 a couple of weeks ago. And I don't know how 233 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:32.480 good Kansas actually is. Yeah, I mean, also don't really 234 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:34.440 know how good Nebraska is. They're getting the love because 235 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:35.919 they curb stumped Colorado. 236 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:38.960 Yeah, that's true. That's true, but it's at Nebraska and 237 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:43.240 four hundred sellout in a row. They're celebrating. We could 238 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:45.480 make fun in Nebraska because they currently, for those who 239 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:50.200 don't know this, Nebraska has the longest active drought of 240 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:54.440 making a bowl game or being bowl eligible. And that's 241 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:57.799 crazy if you really consider the fact that they there's 242 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:01.200 no there's no power for power five program that has 243 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.039 gone as many years without going to a bowl game 244 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:05.679 as Nebraska, and yet they've sold out. You say, forty 245 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:08.840 five consecutive times four hundred oh four? Oh my god, 246 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:11.240 it's a lot, Yeah, four hundred. How did I go 247 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:12.440 from forty five to four hundred? 248 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:14.399 Oh I don't know if it's four hundred consecutive, but 249 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:15.519 this is their four hundreds. 250 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:18.120 Oh okay, got got either way? Do you have a 251 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:22.159 very long street? If it was thirty, it'd be impressive consecutively. So, like, 252 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:24.600 I know, the running joke is that there's nothing else 253 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.639 to do in Nebraska, but like that is a they've 254 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:30.679 been They've been ass for a while now, and I 255 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:33.679 don't mean the good ass. They've been bad, a bad 256 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:37.399 football team. In these miserable Nebraska Cornhusker fans still show 257 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:41.039 up and spend an entire day watching their misery. But 258 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:43.120 I think this year, I don't know why I used 259 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:45.360 to Matt Ruhle has gone from a guy that I 260 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:48.080 used to mock, like, Hey, this guy he was decent 261 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:52.240 at Temple, he had one year at Baylor, and then 262 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:55.480 he goes to the NFL, wasn't good there, and everybody 263 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:57.320 acted like he could come back and pick his job, 264 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.120 And I'm like, what resume are you looking at? I 265 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:02.000 never said the guy is terrible, but I just never 266 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:05.279 understood how he had proven anything to where he could 267 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:06.919 come back to college and take any job. And to 268 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:08.799 be fair, Nebraska is a really good job. I mean, 269 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:10.519 I don't know if it's what it was in the nineties, 270 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:13.320 but it's a really good job. But listening to him, 271 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:15.440 he's done a really good job of marketing and branding 272 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:17.799 the program with him being the leader. And we've talked 273 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:20.320 about it. I believe John when you hear his his 274 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:22.919 his locker room speeches and really just his press conferences, 275 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.080 Like I could get behind that guy, right, I mean, 276 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.600 he's you know, very cinematic. I know he's bad. Yeah, No, 277 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.159 I think that actually is a really I hadn't thought 278 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:32.279 of it that way, but I think that's the best 279 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:34.159 way to describe it. Could be, could be some of 280 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:35.639 it a little fake, could be some of it to work, 281 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:37.600 but it works. He's he's so good. This might be 282 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:38.159 a weird pull. 283 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:40.639 But he also gives off Kevin James vibes whenever he 284 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:43.440 goes to sideline reporter interviews and stuff like that. 285 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:46.200 I could see that that's a good observation. So we 286 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:48.240 got some college football tonight and of course the loaded 287 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:51.559 day tomorrow with Louisville having their first test an NFL 288 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:53.799 Sunday that I think has some better matchups than most 289 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:56.039 people realize. I got to be honest, I think with 290 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:58.279 it when it comes to the Baltimore Ravens, they got 291 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:02.000 to beat the Cowboys or it starts to become a 292 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:05.200 really dangerous situation where maybe they be maybe they end 293 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:07.720 up being the wildcard team in the playoff, which again, 294 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:09.879 you make the playoff, you make the playoffs. But like 295 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:12.559 they've been in positions where they should have won both 296 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:15.000 games and have not, and with their division and the 297 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:17.200 way the playoffs stuff work, I mean, like you can't 298 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:19.960 keep doing that. And the Cowboys are coming off with 299 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:21.879 terrible loss so again we're loaded today and I hope 300 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:23.159 you guys will stick with us, take us with you 301 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:25.240 wherever you go. Listen live on the out Radio WEP. 302 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:27.399 Listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. As you know, 303 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:30.399 we are fueled by Thornton's Here Coffee and Company on 304 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:34.120 Sports Talk seven ninety. So I'm going to get into 305 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:35.679 something that happened to me in the last twenty four 306 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.759 hours that I'll I'll just dive right in. And at 307 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:42.159 times I've shared some experiences, some stories of my life 308 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:45.679 where I feel like I'm living a Seinfeld episode. This 309 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:49.240 isn't that, this isn't really like a good story. It's 310 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:54.200 really not that entertaining or fascinating. It's just probably a 311 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:59.279 surprise as far as the overall situation. And I want 312 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:00.840 you to know ahead of time, I'm not doing this 313 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:04.759 for sympathy or for pity, but I do think it's 314 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:07.840 worth sharing. And I have an itch to talk about 315 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:09.639 what's happened to me in the last twenty four hours. 316 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:12.639 And I'm not going to mention the business, but if 317 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:13.840 you go to my Twitter, you'll see it and I 318 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:15.360 might be able to do it here on the radio. 319 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:17.080 But I gotta be safe, John, I don't know. Maybe 320 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:20.559 they've advertised before. I don't know they are currently. Yeah, 321 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:22.600 well you know, so I'm not going to mention who 322 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.879 they are on these platforms, but on my social media 323 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:27.720 you'll see who it is. But yesterday, when I got 324 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:31.840 in the vehicle, my twenty nineteen Volkswagen Antlyts to leave 325 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:34.879 Iheart's Studios at four Street, a light came on that 326 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:37.720 gave me a warning that my battery needs service soon. 327 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:41.559 Service battery, you know, as soon as possible. So I thought, okay, 328 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:44.039 I probably need a new battery. Well, then I stopped 329 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:47.600 to get gas at a Thorton's and then I started 330 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:49.200 the car again and it gave me the same morning. 331 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:50.960 And then as soon as I took off, it told 332 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:55.240 me service battery soon, and then it said you can 333 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:57.039 still drive. It was like the next level of the 334 00:14:57.080 --> 00:15:00.080 same message. So my worry was that if I I 335 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.320 went to my son's football game or football practice, I 336 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:05.919 would park the car and not it wouldn't start again. 337 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.159 I'd have to get a jump and I didn't want 338 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.960 to do that. So I thought, look, one of the 339 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:11.840 simplest things you could probably do. I can't help but 340 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:14.039 laugh saying that. Now, one of the simplest things that 341 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:16.279 you might think would be to just have somebody at 342 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:18.840 AutoZone replace your battery. So I went to the AutoZone 343 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:21.360 that is near my home, and I walked in, and 344 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:25.000 I know, Volkswagens are different. They're not easy to work 345 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.120 on compared to the American made muscle that we have here. 346 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:33.200 But you know, I love my car, So I go in. 347 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:37.120 I use their that I said the company named, didn't 348 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:39.519 I sorry either way. Either way, I don't care. I 349 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:41.399 don't care because I'm not going to say anything that's 350 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:46.039 not true. It's all true. I slipped up pretty early, 351 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.639 didn't I. And I told John ahead of time. But 352 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:50.639 I tell you keep a finger on the dumb button 353 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:52.720 because I might. And it's not like I'm going to 354 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:55.519 be like animated for entertainment value. Like it's just it's 355 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.960 a crazy situation that's happened, and I'll get right to it. 356 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.519 So yesterday when I got there, I pulled up the website. 357 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.120 I put in my ven number on their on their website, 358 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:07.159 which made me, I should say, it got me the 359 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:09.799 exact model of my car. Like there's a lot of 360 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:13.360 different versions of the Atlas, the four wheel drive, the turbo, 361 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:15.720 the whatever. So I put my VEN number in to 362 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:18.639 make sure that the battery I picked up was in 363 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:22.200 fact a battery that is compatible and good for my car. 364 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:25.840 But I know that replacing the battery on my vehicle 365 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:27.360 is a little different. So what did I do? I 366 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:29.840 walked to the register. Battery was heavy, but you know 367 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.000 I've been in the gym, set it up on the 368 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:35.159 counter and I asked the manager. I said, ma'am, I'm 369 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:37.200 going to get this battery, but would you be able 370 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:39.200 to tell me if you guys can can replace it 371 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:40.639 for me. I don't have the tools to do it, 372 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:42.600 and I think I could probably get out of here, 373 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:44.600 but I just didn't know if you guys would be 374 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:46.360 able to And she said, okay, well, what kind of 375 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:48.600 vehicle isn't And I told her she said yeah, she 376 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:50.519 did give me the heads up there may be a 377 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:54.320 situation where electronically, like your presets in your radio may 378 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:57.360 not save or something with the battery being disconnected. I'm like, okay, 379 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:59.759 it's no biggie, I'm not worried about that. But she said, yeah, 380 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:02.000 we cane to replace. So she wheels the battery out 381 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:05.400 there on the cart. It's about seven o'clock. I pop 382 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:09.039 the hood. She's the manager of the store, and she 383 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:11.200 disconnects my battery, the effective one, because you get a 384 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:12.839 little bit of a discount when you when you replace 385 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:14.720 the battery, like you swap it out, so like the 386 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:16.519 battery went from a certain price to being like, I 387 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:19.200 don't know, eight percent less because they kept my battery. 388 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:23.200 So she takes my battery off, the old one and 389 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:25.119 puts the new one on. And as soon as she 390 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:28.799 starts to reconnect the battery, my alarm system starts going 391 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:33.119 off like somebody stealing the vehicle, and you know, it's loud. 392 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:36.519 It's a surprise. She seems kind of stunned. She doesn't 393 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:38.400 know why. I don't know why. I don't work it. 394 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:40.240 I don't work there. I don't know anything about cars, 395 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:43.000 although I've learned a lot in the last twenty four hours. 396 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:44.680 In fact, I've had to educate some people about some 397 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:46.559 stuff in the last twenty four hours when it comes 398 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:50.160 to voltzwagons. But nonetheless, it doesn't work like it's going off, 399 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:52.880 and so she says, well, let me go inside do 400 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:55.640 some research and see what I can figure out. I'm 401 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:57.759