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 --> 00:00:10.279 Sports Talk seven nine day, Holy crap, I don't know 3 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:12.679 who the hell we think when we are get off 4 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:14.320 our show, idiot. 5 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:16.879 The kids are crying or trail off their countries are 6 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:19.920 screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play 7 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:20.879 Inner Murals. 8 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:24.000 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:27.879 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 10 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:28.559 kidding me? 11 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:29.480 Now? 12 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:42.920 Here's nick coffee? 13 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:47.119 All right, ladies and gents, let's get it started. Happy Monday. 14 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:49.759 Hopefully everybody had themselves a good weekend. I know I 15 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:52.600 certainly did. I always say that. I don't know if 16 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.560 I've ever I mean, I've had bad weekends in my life. 17 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:56.359 We all have. I don't know if I ever started a 18 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.119 week by just saying, hey, happy to be here. I 19 00:00:58.159 --> 00:00:59.920 had a terrible weekend. But I really mean it when 20 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:01.960 I say, at this time around, my weekend was phenomenal. 21 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:06.400 A lot of football really from start to finish. And I, 22 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:09.519 you know, selfishly, although I don't think it's selfish, you know, 23 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:13.079 want to spend time with your family, but I selfishly 24 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:15.840 because I got some heat Friday for talking about how 25 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:18.719 I was actually looking forward to Louisville not having a game, 26 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:21.000 not because I was anti Louisville football and I didn't 27 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:22.400 want to watch them play, but you know what the 28 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:25.200 schedule set up to where they have a rare Saturday 29 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.680 off in September, which I chose to embrace and think, Okay, 30 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:31.040 you know, let's I don't I don't have to work, 31 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:33.560 I can just watch football have fun. So I did 32 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:36.480 exactly that. So hopefully you guys had a good weekend 33 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:38.599 as well. But it all changes this week because Louisville 34 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:40.439 back in action and they're going to be tested for 35 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:43.959 the first time, and that alone has me excited. Now, 36 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:46.719 they didn't play this weekend, as you know, but Kentucky 37 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:49.920 did among many other teams in college football, and we 38 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.640 certainly have to discuss what happened there because like that 39 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:55.439 that had to suck, and I mean, like that had 40 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:59.879 to really really suck. Because I think if you take 41 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:06.760 no way, everything you know about both programs historically, both 42 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:13.479 programs this season, everything, recruiting rankings, talent brand like everything, 43 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:17.599 and you just watched those two teams play, you would 44 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:19.919 say that they were very comparable, Like you would think 45 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:21.919 that those are You know, if somebody just told you, well, hey, 46 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:24.360 these are the two best teams in the country. I 47 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:26.360 don't know if anybody would just believe it without knowing 48 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:29.080 any information. But like if you'd just said these teams 49 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:32.000 are neck and neck historically and are expected to be 50 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:35.159 both in the hunt to win the whole thing this year. Again, 51 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:37.479 if you knew nothing other than that, you probably believe it. 52 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:42.240 But Kentucky ends up coming up short. And I actually 53 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:44.039 think in a weird way that was the most Marked 54 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:46.360 Stoops thing ever. And I'll get into it later, but 55 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:50.039 I think what Mark Stoops did is is I think 56 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:53.759 he really put Kentucky without trying. I'm sure because obviously 57 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:56.599 he wanted to win. And I'll give to Kentucky credit. 58 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:59.479 They were as good as Georgia for just about that 59 00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:03.960 entire game, and they came ready to play. They were bullies. 60 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.719 I mean, they were impressive. Atmosphere, looked insane in Lexington, 61 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:12.759 so tip of the cab. But like losing and then 62 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:15.560 giving the whole well, I'm not into anytime somebody says, 63 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:18.120 well not to be you know, not to be a jerk, 64 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:21.639 They're about to be a jerk. Anytime somebody says, well, 65 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:23.840 you know, I don't want to sound racist, they might 66 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:25.960 be towing the line of saying something racist, and they're 67 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:30.319 giving you a heads up, Like my favorite is, with 68 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:33.599 all due respect, as I'm about to say something very disrespectful. 69 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:35.360 That's what Kentucky fans. 70 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:36.520 Well, I'm not into. 71 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:39.199 Moral victories, but let me give you a long winded 72 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:42.840 rant about why I think today was a great day 73 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:44.599 for my team. And again, you're a fan, you want 74 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:47.360 to be positive, so like I would probably be doing 75 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:50.319 the same thing if I wash you, I guess. But 76 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:52.960 a couple of things that stood out to me that 77 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:55.840 I want to get you later. Why this is just 78 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:59.479 such a fitting scenario for Mark Stoops. It really embodies 79 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.800 his higher tenure there, the way it played out, his 80 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:05.280 decision not to go forward and fourth down, like it 81 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:07.560 was actually a beautiful thing from my view. Of course, 82 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:09.120 somebody who you know is a Louisville fan that doesn't 83 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:13.360 want to Tucky to win. But then also this notion 84 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:17.279 that like, well, now we know we're good. Yeah, maybe, 85 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:19.240 or you could be like the last two teams that 86 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:22.360 did the exact same thing against Georgia, the exact same 87 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:26.079 thing that ended up both having losing seasons. So anyways, 88 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:28.399 we'll get into that. A lot to get to from 89 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:31.639 the overall weekend of college football. Certainly usually there is 90 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.199 on a Monday, but I feel like today it's even 91 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:37.040 more so the case just because Florida State, I mean, 92 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:40.360 are they gonna get a new coach? Like? Is Florida 93 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:41.839 and Florida State gonna be looking for a new coach 94 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:45.920 in the same offseason? Could anybody have ever and this 95 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:48.160 could not have played out at this point any worse 96 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:52.279 for Florida State. And I'm telling you, if you felt 97 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:56.800 like everybody was sitting back collectively enjoying the misery of 98 00:04:56.839 --> 00:04:58.920 Florida State when they went to Ireland and lost on 99 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.480 a last second, you'll go to to Tech if you've 100 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:04.480 not taken in the beatdown they took on a standalone 101 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:07.279 game on national television on Memorial Day or was it 102 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:10.560 Labor Day like at those tabs Labor Day to Boston 103 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:13.879 College and then you see them just lose in a 104 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:16.439 game to Memphis where like Memphis didn't even really play good, 105 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:19.480 went into Tallahassee and still one with without really a 106 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.319 lot of trouble, Like we're all enjoying it and it 107 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:23.920 makes me I kind of feel like an a hole. 108 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:26.000 But then again, like you know, when you behave the 109 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:28.120 way you behave, you sue your conferences if you are 110 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:30.319 superior and you can't beat Memphis at home and you've 111 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:31.720 lost to two teams in the league that a lot 112 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:35.319 of people think are below average for acc teams, Like 113 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:38.560 it is, the satisfaction is there and I'm really enjoying it. 114 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:42.040 And then also another NFL Sunday, we need to recap, 115 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:44.800 and we got a game tonight, so I am excited 116 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:46.360 for these next three hours. And I hope you guys 117 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:48.319 stick with us at is Coffee and Company. And we 118 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:50.600 are fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety 119 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:52.439 has mentioned taken you up till six o'clock, so take 120 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:54.160 us with you wherever you go. You can listen live 121 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:58.079 on the iHeartRadio app listen live at seven ninety Louisville 122 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:00.560 dot com. We have no guest schedule today, so that 123 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:01.839 means you guys can be a part of the show. 124 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:03.160 You can give us a call five oot two, five 125 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.879 to seven one seventy nine hundred, or you can text 126 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:08.079 in on the L and N Federal Credit Union Text 127 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:11.319 line at five O two six five three zero seven ninety. 128 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:12.920 My name is Nick Coffee. I hope you guys knew that. 129 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:15.240 If not, now you do. The man I'm looking at 130 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:18.839 through a high definition monitor here is the one and 131 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.199 only company Man, mister John Aldman. I can just tell 132 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:23.800 that's a man that likes his football team. That's a 133 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:26.680 man who's coming off of a three and oh start 134 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:29.560 to the season for Indiana football. I was gonna say 135 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:30.800 for the first time in like a long time, but 136 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:31.600 it probably isn't that. 137 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:34.519 Longs in two thousand and seven, actually really okay, Yeah, 138 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:37.079 usually you get a Big ten game within the first 139 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:39.639 few weeks, and usually you guys, to be honest, don't 140 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:40.920 win that many Big ten games. 141 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:43.439 So now here they are three and oh, I mean, 142 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:45.319 what a world or what world are we in? John? 143 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:47.480 You got Kurt Signetti, who nobody knew his name a 144 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:51.240 year ago. Now he's three and oh, gets his first 145 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:54.360 victory in a big in his first game in a 146 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:56.720 Big ten in Big ten action, and does it at 147 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:58.800 the Rose Bowl, gets a standing oh as he's walking 148 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:02.439 off the field. First of all, Indiana kind of having 149 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:04.959 some swagger. That's weird to me. That's not something I'm 150 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:09.279 used to. This coach has definitely changed everything about the brand, 151 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:11.079 at least as of now. I mean, obviously we'll see 152 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:12.839 that it's still early, but I mean you can just 153 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:16.199 tell Indiana football is not carrying themselves like Indiana football anymore. 154 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:20.160 And they get a big ten win in California, which 155 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.920 just sounds weird, but here we are, so I mean, 156 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:25.279 weird or not, it's got to feel good, John about them. 157 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:26.560 Hoosier's baby, I'm bricked up. 158 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:28.319 And you couldn't have said any of that better, or 159 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.639 I couldn't have said any better I should say, And 160 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:33.600 it's it's I'm very excited as an Indiana fan. And 161 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:35.439 I don't know if you saw this, Nick, and it's 162 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:37.879 probably you know, just for you know, the clicks and 163 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:41.000 stuff like that, but Bill Connelly has put Indiana in 164 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:42.519 his college football playoff projection. 165 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:45.120 Well, so he's said that's not clicks, that's I mean, 166 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:47.879 I'm sure it's going to generate clicks, and I'm sure 167 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:50.319 that's why he's probably leaning into it. But that's somebody 168 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:53.000 who's using a formula. He's not doing it based off opinion, 169 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:54.680 which you know, I guess it depends on how you 170 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:56.399 want to look at it. But Bill Connelly is one 171 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:00.480 of the most respected analytic guys in sports. So I 172 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:04.439 mean Indiana again, starting three and zero, if you wanted 173 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:06.680 to be like a Debbie downer, like, if you wanted 174 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:08.319 to be a hater, you could say, well, look who 175 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:08.720 they beat. 176 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:10.639 Yeah, of course, and a lot of people think that 177 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:13.839 this UCLA team might be complete garbage and they might be. 178 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:15.920 All you did was go and show people that they're garbage, 179 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:17.759 Like that's all you can do. And that's why for 180 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:20.759 Indiana again, if somebody wanted to be Debbie down and 181 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:22.560 act like, oh, it's not a big deal, everybody's but 182 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:24.800 you know, realistically speaking, all you can do is plays 183 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.800 on your schedule, and Indiana has beat the hell out 184 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:28.680 of everybody on their schedule up to this point, which 185 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:30.879 again that's not something you would want to hang a 186 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:34.200 banner for. But let's be real, Indiana, they don't do 187 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:36.399 that type of things exactly. I mean last year almost 188 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:40.200 lost to overtime against Akron. Yeah, so you can tell. 189 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:42.960 And I do feel just because it was a late 190 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:48.440 night game UCLA on national television, national television, it's not 191 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:51.360 that people are realistically out here claiming that Signette's gonna 192 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.639 take Indiana to the Big Ten championship. But it does 193 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:57.759 feel as if now like people are on notice. This 194 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:00.960 guy may may make Indiana not a football school to 195 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:04.720 where they're gonna, you know, pass their basketball passion or 196 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:07.200 anything like that. But Indiana's weird. 197 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:07.720 Again. 198 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:09.759 I don't want to make this the Indiana show, But 199 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.320 how can you have gone this long without somebody that 200 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:18.720 has like legitimately changed the way people view Indiana football. 201 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:20.480 And I don't mean like that they now are scared 202 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:23.320 of them, but like even when Tom Allen won well 203 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:25.720 and it was brief, but also like he didn't give 204 00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:28.120 you any kind of a factor as far as the 205 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.080 image of the program. Like and I'm not even like 206 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.240 Signette's not that. I mean, I don't wanna say he 207 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:35.399 sounds dumb because I don't haven't listened to him. But 208 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:38.240 it's not like anything crazy he's saying. He just carries himself. 209 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:40.720 And man, this is getting a little too deep into 210 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:44.840 the weeds. Inside baseball, as they say, you can really 211 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:50.840 tell a lot about a team's demeanor, like they're a 212 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:52.720 reflection of their coach. I say that all the time, 213 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:54.720 and at times I feel like it does. I don't 214 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:57.320 articulate exactly what I mean by that, but like the 215 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.639 best example I can give you is when Kenny Payne 216 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:02.240 put his team out there against Leanne Rimes. You know, 217 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:04.519 they should have never lost the game regardless, But like 218 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:06.960 I felt like what I was seeing from the players 219 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:09.960 on the floor, the look of confusion, the lack of intensity, 220 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:12.320 just not really dialed in. I felt like, man, that's 221 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:15.200 kind of concerning. I kind of get the same vibe 222 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:17.480 from the guy that's over there on the sideline, right 223 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:20.399 Pat Kelsey's playing a team you know, in the Bahamas. 224 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.360 Pat hadn't coached real game yet, But I'm just using 225 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:25.519 you as an example. I saw dudes diving on the floor, 226 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:27.799 giving more effort in a game that didn't really matter 227 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:30.320 in the Bahamas when they're up forty. Like again, doesn't 228 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.039 mean he's gonna be a great coach, but like I 229 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:35.159 can tell that his energy, his demeanor, his brand, his 230 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:40.120 DNA essentially has has certainly been injected as a part 231 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:42.440 of the overall culture of the program and the players 232 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:45.200 on the floor with Signetty, I mean again, you can 233 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:46.879 just tell this guy has a lot of confidence, a 234 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:48.840 lot of belief in himself. He has a plan, he 235 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:52.159 has won everywhere he has gone, and he's not overthinking it. 236 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:54.120 He's look, I know I'm a ball coach, right, I 237 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:56.039 know how to win. I'm gonna go to Indiana. I'm 238 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:57.399 gonna do what I've been doing my whole career. And 239 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.720 the question always is does it translate? And way too 240 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:02.120 early to know, like if he's going to be a 241 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:04.720 winner in the Big ten long term. But I don't 242 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:06.919 know how Indiana fans can't be over the moon about 243 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.080 where they are three games in with this guy who 244 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:12.159 I don't really remember the higher getting a lot of attention. 245 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:14.480 Not to say Indiana fans were down on it, but 246 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:18.120 like Signetti should have been a bigger attraction elsewhere, I believe. 247 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:21.279 Yeah, And it's one of those things where I feel 248 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.559 like you already hit the nail on the head. Indiana 249 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:26.600 has never really hired anybody who at every other level 250 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.080 he's been at, he's been the proven winner. Every other 251 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:31.559 guy they as a head coach, every other guy they've 252 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:34.320 gone with is somebody that was either a first time 253 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.519 head coach, they were a coordinator somewhere else, and there's 254 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:38.639 some kind of connection, right, And it was somebody who 255 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:40.879 was more of looking at Indiana as a stepping stone 256 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.279 and they were never able to take that next step 257 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.639 to whatever it is their actual goal was Signetti's sixty two. 258 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:49.399 He may end up using this as a stepping stone. 259 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:52.639 Only time will tell with that. But with him being 260 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:54.399 at the age that he is and him already knowing 261 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:57.120 exactly what he wants to do, this is something that 262 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:01.039 Indiana could be or act. He can make this something 263 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.399 long term for him for the rest of his career, 264 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:04.320 however long that may be. 265 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:08.840 And here's where if it does work out and you 266 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:10.840 feel as if, you know, we're no longer going to 267 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:12.639 be at the bottom of the Big Ten, we're gonna 268 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:15.720 be competitive, and we're not gonna win the league, but 269 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:17.759 we're gonna be competitive, and maybe every now and then 270 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:20.200 we pull off a big upset and knock off you know, 271 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:23.480 an Oregon or an Ohio State or something like that. 272 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:30.080 But Indiana is a program that has resources like for example, 273 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.600 Indiana where even if Signetty was there three years and 274 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:37.200 was winning and consistently you know, five and four in 275 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:39.639 league play something like that, that's his average record in 276 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:43.399 three years. And let's say I can't even think like 277 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:46.879 Virginia Tech opens up, Virginia Tech's a good job. It's 278 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:48.919 a better job than Indiana when it comes to just football. 279 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:51.080 Every aspect of how you would evaluate what is and 280 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:53.720 what is not a good job. Everybody would say you, 281 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:56.440 Virginia takes a way better job. But this day and age, 282 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:59.120 with the money and you already being in the Big ten, 283 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:01.679 Like why would he leave? You know what I mean? 284 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:03.279 Like again, we're getting way ahead of ourselves here, but 285 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:06.799 like to your point, it's the kind of higher that, yeah, 286 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:10.679 this guy may not be the rock star of college football, 287 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:12.879 like a young up and coming coordinator who gets an 288 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:15.600 opportunity to be a head coach and kills it like 289 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:18.159 Josh hypeled it at Central Florida gets the job at Tennessee. 290 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:21.679 Tennessee's kicking everybody's ass. Like that's not the path you 291 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:24.240 would get from this guy just because of his age's background, 292 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:27.000 But you know what, the guy can win. And it 293 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.399 reminded me with Pat Kelsey a little bit. Not to 294 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:32.440 make the comparisons Pat Kelsey in Signetti, but it's the same. 295 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:34.559 It really is the same thing as far as Okay, yeah, 296 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.639 not Pat Kelcey, to be fair, he wasn't a candidate 297 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:39.240 for any of the jobs that open up that I 298 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:41.240 know of. Maybe his agent behind the scenes, like maybe 299 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:43.240 Pat Kelsey was in fact trying to get out of 300 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:45.440 Charleston and he had some options. Then Lorsll of course 301 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:47.679 came involved, and they were much better option. I don't 302 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:50.320 believe that to be the case, but either way, that's 303 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:52.919 a guy who's won everywhere he's been. He has a 304 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:57.320 system in place, worked at Winthrop, worked at Charleston, and 305 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:59.159 you know, now the question is will it work at 306 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:02.200 a higher level. And I feel like that's clearly still 307 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:03.799 a big question mark with Pack because he hadn't coached 308 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:05.960 a game yet here. But when you have the portal 309 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:09.600 and nil, like you have resources at places like Louisville 310 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:12.600 that make it to where yeah, you know, even if 311 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:14.759 there is a transition there, like he's gonna be swimming 312 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:16.799 in different waters when it comes to the personnel he 313 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:19.480 has to work with, is transfers or even high school 314 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:22.399 kids because he's now at Louisville, So you know there's something. 315 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:26.120 You know, as a traditionalist, I guess like I Signette's 316 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:28.399 not a flashy name as far as you know, Like 317 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:30.679 he wasn't somebody that everybody was out there trying to hire. 318 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:33.440 Even when James Madison was kicking ass, nobody was out 319 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:36.159 there saying, wow, just wait until somebody goes and plucks 320 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:39.080 James Madison's coach. But you know what, he wins and 321 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:41.919 he's showing here like that. That's why when whenever he 322 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:43.480 got the job, I just kept thinking to myself, you 323 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:46.799 know what, like in the end, has never like consistently 324 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:49.679 been really really good in football or really ever honestly, 325 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:53.240 but asking this guy who has won everywhere he's been 326 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:55.639 to get them to be where they are more respectable 327 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:57.519 and they're at least getting too Bowl games every year. 328 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.440 Like I'm sitting here thinking he should be able to 329 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:01.000 do that, and I don't have any concern that he 330 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:02.960 won't be able to. Now getting to that next step 331 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.919 totally different conversation and we'll see how it goes. But 332 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:08.399 I was thinking of you on Saturday, man, because I 333 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:10.039 know that had to be great for you in the 334 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.799 Hoo's your nation. 335 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.440 It was weird just because I'm not used to seeing 336 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:17.240 an Indiana team just going into somebody else's stadium, especially 337 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:20.480 a power for program, and completely taking it to him. 338 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:22.679 Really from start to finish. I mean, there was a 339 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:26.039 few times where UCLA stole back momentum for a brief moment, 340 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:29.320 but Indiana always responded. And I'm just excited to see 341 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:31.639 what comes next for him. Who they have next, Charlotte 342 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.759 Biff Pogy's Charlotte diiff Pogy's going down. He is going down. 343 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.600 They're terrible, aren't they. 344 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:37.879 I think they're one and two. They played North Carolina 345 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:40.840 and lost by eighteen. That's their one decent not decent result, But. 346 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:42.559 Like, yeah, I know it was old of note there 347 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:44.840 was some momentum for bif Pogy not that long ago. 348 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:48.600 I think that momentum has faded a little bit. But anyways, 349 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:52.080 I got a challenge for the One and Only company 350 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:55.759 Man because he does a great job of keeping the 351 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:58.759 show flowing with the music that decides to play as 352 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:01.320 we either come back from break or exit to break. 353 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:04.480 And I want him to try to find songs today 354 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:10.039 that have chorus or maybe just you know, a clear 355 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:14.679 message within the context of the song about a test 356 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:20.600 getting tested, getting ready you know for a test, passing 357 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:23.720 a test, COVID tests, that's kidding, yeah, you know, just 358 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:28.200 test because Louisville is gonna be tested against Georgia Tech 359 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:30.840 on Saturday, and I can't wait. Like I'm not kidding you, 360 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.000 this is this is in a game that at any 361 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:34.919 point that I look at of the twelve games on 362 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:38.240 the schedule and think, man, when Georgia Tech comes to town, 363 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:41.919 you better you better cancel Christmas because the city's gonna show. 364 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:44.120 It's gonna it's gonna be an all. Like no, clearly 365 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:47.519 in Louisville right now, it's double digit favorites. But just 366 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:49.799 because of how this season is shaped up, I mean, 367 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:51.879 all you can do is take care of business against 368 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:53.879 the bums you've played, and then you have the week off. 369 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:56.559 Because of that, there's already been you know, most teams 370 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:58.960 have played three games at this point, right, so you're 371 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:02.120 just kind of sitting back. Not to say these guys 372 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:03.759 don't know where they stand, because I'm sure they feel 373 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.079 great about their ability this year. And this is this 374 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:09.559 is strictly from me talking as a fan, but I 375 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:11.799 just want to see where they stand. And again, beating 376 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:15.359 Georgia Tech in covering wouldn't really mean that here we 377 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:18.400 go louis was about to potentially win the ACC or 378 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:20.960 anything like that. But it's just I mean let's put 379 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:22.599 it this way. Georgia Tech, we know is just so 380 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:25.480 much better than who they've played up to this point. 381 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:30.359 So I always say this, the games against FCS teams 382 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.880 and G five teams, I hate them. I do because 383 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:36.680 it's just, you know, to me, it's honestly, it's a 384 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:41.720 waste of time. Now, you can find value within the circumstance, 385 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:43.759 right like with Jeff Brom having a brand new roster 386 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:47.119 with a lot of transfers on offense, especially an injury 387 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.960 to one of your guys you were expected to rely on, 388 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:51.480 and calling Lacy like you really did get some valuable 389 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:54.279 reps for a lot of guys in those first two games. 390 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:56.160 And you could do that without the game in Jeopardy. 391 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:58.680 You could do that without thinking, Okay, can we put 392 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:00.880 this back up in or? Or is it gonna blow 393 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:03.640 our lead and we may put ourselves in a dangerous situation. 394 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:06.480 So there's value in it from like that aspect, but 395 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:08.319 as a selfish fan, and I don't think it makes 396 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:10.759 me selfish, but like I know, I'm not. I know 397 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:12.240 a lot of people don't agree with me on this. 398 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:14.519 I want to know where my team stands every time 399 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:16.400 I get to see them play. They only get twelve 400 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:18.839 games in the regular season, and to me, like maybe 401 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.400