WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:02.640 Welcome to the Big Blue and sider Dick Gabriel with 2 00:00:02.680 --> 00:00:05.480 you Wednesday edition of our show, which means we will 3 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:09.640 be visiting but unforgettable. Guard Sean Woods will talk about basketball, 4 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:12.199 but we're going to talk about coaching in general because 5 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:14.960 there's been so much said and written about Mark Stoops 6 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:17.519 in the way he is coaching his team. So Sean, 7 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.039 of course a veteran of the college basketball coaching business. 8 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:23.600 Of course it is Wednesday meeting. We'll talk with West 9 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:26.280 End Bureau chief Gary Moore, and we're gonna bring in 10 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:29.640 Van Hiles. We usually don't lean on Van quite as 11 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:32.320 much because you hear him on Sunday Morning Sports Talk, 12 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:34.759 you hear Mom with Tom on Monday mornings. But I 13 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:38.439 just have to get his response to what happened with Vanderbilt. 14 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:41.439 So Van Hiles will teach us some football coming up 15 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:44.280 at the bottom of this hour, so stick around for that. 16 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:50.479 Speaking of coaching and teaching, I follow Tony Franklin on 17 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:52.560 Twitter or actually whatever you want to call it. Tony 18 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.640 is the former UK assistant who was here when Mummy 19 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.960 went down in flames, and you know, Claude Bassett tried 20 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:02.000 to paint him as the bad guy, the guy that 21 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:06.439 turned Kentucky into the NCAA, which he did not. That's 22 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:08.319 why he wrote his tell all book, which a lot 23 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.840 of people still disapprove of and still don't like him 24 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:14.719 for doing it. I don't blame him though ordinarily I 25 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:18.400 don't like that, but he thought his career was over, 26 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:21.319 and really, in fact it was at that point because 27 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:24.159 he was being blacklisted, and he finally broke through and 28 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:26.959 got back into college coaching. And as I've said before, 29 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:31.640 he was the quarterbacks coach for Jared Goff at Cal 30 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.280 coach the number one draft pick and a guy's doing 31 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:36.599 pretty well now with the Lions. And he was the 32 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:40.599 guy who coached or rather quarterback the Rams to his 33 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.359 Super Bowl early in his career. So anyhow, Tony now 34 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:47.560 has his own consulting business, it's coach tf dot com, 35 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:52.840 but he also posts on Twitter basic messages kind of 36 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:56.719 coaching the coaches, and his latest post or one of 37 00:01:56.719 --> 00:02:01.959 his latest on Twitter was sick steps to how to 38 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:06.920 deal with your team during I guess the midway point 39 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:09.919 of the season, and he said, do this fix what's 40 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:14.919 broken with details and fundamentals. Don't panic, You're not as 41 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:18.039 bad as you look. Don't celebrate. You're not as good 42 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:22.439 as you look. Coaching really matters now in all caps 43 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:27.479 and in parentheses. Adjust number five one on one meetings 44 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:32.400 with players and coaches. Number six, get healthy, and you 45 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:35.039 think about any college football team in America, any high 46 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:38.039 school team. This is great advice. But apply this to 47 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:43.159 Kentucky clearly they need to fix what's broken with details. 48 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.479 How about you know, playing cleaner and fundamentals, that's all 49 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.879 hand in hand. Don't panic. So many fans have nothing 50 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:54.120 to celebrate right now. But everybody's celebrated after the old 51 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:57.240 miss win, big win. But you're never as good as 52 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:01.080 you look. Coaching really matters now, of course it does, 53 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:05.479 absolutely it does for not just the Wildcats, but everybody. 54 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:10.599 One on one meetings with players and coaches and get healthy. 55 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:13.800 Now about that one on one meeting thing. Mark Stoops 56 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:18.240 has been doing that with leaders and Eli Cox, the 57 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:22.759 veteran center. Now offensive linemen. Talk about that with the media, 58 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:25.479 and how the Wildcats are going to try to go 59 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.280 about fixing what's wrong right now. 60 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:32.000 Just talk about emotional control amongst the chaos. You know, 61 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:36.680 Saturday is a chaotic environment. Everyone's fans have been fantastic. Course, 62 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:38.919 for the home games. I mean, can't thank them enough 63 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:41.680 for the environment they've created here, and we need to 64 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:43.960 feed off that, but also not let it take us 65 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:47.280 past the whistle where it creates those penalties that are 66 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:49.000 shooting ourselves in the foot on both sides of the 67 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.360 ball and not letting us finish drives on offense. So 68 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:54.479 that's kind of the message to the guys in lockers 69 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:57.080 to feed off that environment, to let those emotions be there, 70 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:59.039 but in a healthy way, and not let it escalate 71 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:00.840 pass the whistle to the s of mistakes that you 72 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:01.599 saw on Saturday. 73 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:04.719 I don't know that I've ever heard that term used 74 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:08.199 emotional control, but that's as good as anything and it's 75 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:11.319 right to the point, isn't it. And according to Cox, 76 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:14.639 it's not something that you think about pregame. It starts 77 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:16.759 like everything in practice. 78 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:19.399 Yeah, I think it's something you start with those habits 79 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:22.800 of practice being blocked into the plays because every football 80 00:04:22.839 --> 00:04:25.439 snap is absolute chaos. I mean, there's bullets flying in 81 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:27.839 every which direction, and I think just a certain level 82 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:29.839 of maturity is required for our guys that are in 83 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:32.560 the game and understanding that you do need to play 84 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:34.959 with a healthy emotion in between the snaps, because if 85 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:37.079 you came out flat, you'd have the exact same result, 86 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:38.920 maybe even worse. Because I don't think this team's ever 87 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:41.360 come out flat this season. I think we come out 88 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.160 with the right intentions with the juice, but again it's 89 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:47.480 tricking past the whistle and it's just stupid mistakes that 90 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:48.439 we just can't keep having. 91 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:51.839 After a loss like that, everybody wants to point fingers, 92 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:56.079 especially at the coach, and again, more than more than that, 93 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:58.839 I look at the players who make the mistakes. If 94 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:02.560 I think the team has played hard and has a 95 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.920 good game plan, which I thought both of those facets 96 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:10.759 were true in the Vandy game. You know, coaches are responsible, yes, 97 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:13.519 but as far as the players go, they are not 98 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:17.360 without responsibility. And Cox said that begins right there in 99 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:18.199 the locker room. 100 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:20.399 I think this team is a mature one and I 101 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:23.959 think we understand that. The way this team felt in 102 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.759 the locker room after this game, I think was indicative 103 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.040 of the way we need to correct things. And I 104 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:33.040 don't think we really need to bark and talk at 105 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:34.920 each other more about it. Sometimes it's not really the 106 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:37.160 way to go. I think this team understands where it 107 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:40.639 fell short. Or disappointed the fans, disappointed ourselves, and what 108 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:42.199 we need to do to correct and move forward. 109 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:45.079 So we'll see how that all plays out down in 110 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:48.120 the Swamp. And again, it's a place where Kentucky knows 111 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.000 what it's like to win, knows what it's like to 112 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:52.319 have a win taken away, knows what it's like to 113 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:55.199 get blown out down there. But I do think the 114 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:58.000 Wildcats will play well. But I think Florida is going 115 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:01.040 to play about as hard as it can after that 116 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:05.639 overtime loss in Knoxville, the Tennessee game it should have won. 117 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:10.079 Shifting to basketball very quickly because media days have wrapped 118 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:14.199 up down in Birmingham, the media have said the Wildcats 119 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:18.720 the men's team, let's see preseason number twenty three of 120 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:22.800 the women number twenty two. Jackson Robinson, a third team 121 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:26.639 preseason All Conference pick, and Mark Polk talked to the 122 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:30.959 media wearing the equivalent of a letter jacket letterman's jacket. 123 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:34.399 I don't recall ever seeing that at media day, but 124 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:36.879 he was asked by Ben Roberts of The Hero Leader 125 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:40.439 about where are you right now? Basically in terms of 126 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:42.639 what are you looking for and what do you have? 127 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:45.519 We're blessed to have a really veteran group that's got 128 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:48.079 a ton of experience, that's got no experience with each other. 129 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:51.600 And so it's been since the very very first day 130 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:54.240 that we were together, it's been a major piece of 131 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:58.720 focus for our guys that understand us and understand each 132 00:06:58.759 --> 00:07:02.079 other and try and fit together and communicate with each other. 133 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:05.199 And so that's been the biggest part for us. We 134 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:08.720 have guys that bring in exactly the skill sets that 135 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:11.480 we're looking for in this first year, and it's just 136 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:13.800 a matter of us growing together, and that's something that 137 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:16.680 we've done extraordinary well. I think over the course of 138 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:18.639 the summer, I've been really proud of our guys and 139 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:23.000 into the fall and into Banner Camp, and then the 140 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:25.480 next step for us is to actually get on a 141 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:28.600 court and play against somebody else and start coming together 142 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:30.800 that way too. And so I think we're well on 143 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.120 our way in the process and we're excited for the 144 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:33.720 next steps. 145 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:36.639 Like every college team, they're tired of looking at each other. 146 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.399 But I got to think it's so unusual the way 147 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:43.319 they put this roster together that the curiosity level has 148 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:45.480 got to be off the charts. What can we do? 149 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:49.519 How can we make this thing work with all these 150 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:52.680 new teammates And we've read about them, we've heard about them, 151 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.439 we've seen them in practice. What can we do in 152 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.839 a real game? And that's coming up quickly. And I 153 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:01.279 think Kentucky, believe it or not, is in a position 154 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:04.240 to sneak up on people this year just a little bit, 155 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:08.240 not for long. That'll take hold very quickly. College football 156 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:10.920 TV ratings are soaring. That's coming up next in six 157 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:15.279 thirty WLAP Welcome back to the Big Moon Sider coming 158 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:18.240 up Van Hiles, we'll talk Kentucky football. Van of course 159 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:21.759 makes the media rounds every week. I try not to 160 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:24.199 call on him too much, you know, because I don't 161 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:26.480 want to wear at our welcome But we just needed 162 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:29.560 to talk to him about what happened with that Kentucky 163 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:32.240 Vandy game. So that's coming up in just a few minutes. 164 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:35.200 There's a lot of TV news when it comes to 165 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:40.360 sports and especially college sports this week, including the story 166 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:42.519 about the fact that the SEC and the Big Ten 167 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:47.919 are talking about trying to work up more money. Of course, 168 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:51.639 scheduling we're talking football now. As many as twelve to 169 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:58.120 sixteen regular season non conference games every year, SEC and 170 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:03.320 big ten are. They are the heavy hitters, the big players. 171 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:06.559 And of course this of course prompts me even more 172 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:10.080 talk about a super conference. But here we see in 173 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:14.039 football now it could be like the ACC SEC Challenge. 174 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:22.720 This year they're playing three non conference games. You got USC, LSU, Alabama, Wisconsin, Texas, Michigan. 175 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:27.120 All three games finished among the top ten most watched 176 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:31.000 during the first month of the season when most of 177 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:35.559 those games are played, and that is a sign of 178 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:42.159 potential financial strength of an arrangement. You know, presidents, ads, chancellors, 179 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:45.080 whatever you want to call it, on the constant looking 180 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:48.879 now for ways to make more money. They have to 181 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:54.159 because revenue streams are kind of drying up. Really, I mean, 182 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:57.759 it can only get so much from the contracts they 183 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:02.879 signed with individual networks. So if they can cross pollinate 184 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:06.799 and make more money that way and command more money, 185 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:10.159 well that's the way to do it. And whether you 186 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:12.639 like it or not, I mean, when you look at 187 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:17.639 ESPN's college football this past weekend, that Oregon Ohio State 188 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:24.120 game was the top rated game, but the SEC commanded 189 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:28.559 the numbers in games numbers two and three. Texas OU 190 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:33.039 Now an SEC game drew nearly eight million viewers seven 191 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:39.039 point nine. That was second. Okay, South Carolina Alabama, believe 192 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:42.440 it or not, that game was the third most watched 193 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:47.000 game at six point four. And that's a far cry 194 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:50.080 from what Oregon Ohio State drew, which was ten point 195 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:55.320 two million viewers on average. But still, when you're number 196 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:59.840 two and three when it comes to overall viewing as 197 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:04.320 a conference, not too bad. Ole Miss LSU four point 198 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:09.279 two million viewers in the primetime window on ABC, directly 199 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:15.240 head to head with Ohio State. Oregon. Florida Tennessee chipped 200 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:18.399 in with three point two million viewers at seven pm 201 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.759 over on ESPN. So the eyeballs are coming for these 202 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:26.120 TV networks, and anything the SEC and the Big ten 203 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:30.440 can do to pull in even more viewers and command 204 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.600 more dollars, it's going to happen, whether you like it 205 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:38.720 or not. College Game Day. This was the Oregon Ohio 206 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:42.639 State situation. They're out in Eugene, Oregon, and what a 207 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:46.759 crowd at six o'clock in the morning, and they go 208 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:49.759 on here at nine am. Well there's three hours behind, 209 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:54.360 as you know, but the nation tuned in to the 210 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:57.639 three hour show to the tune of an average of 211 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:01.080 two point three million viewers. That peaked at three point 212 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:05.720 one mil and according to ESPN, that was up eight 213 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:11.279 percent over last seasons Week number seven show, and overall 214 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:15.639 they say they're on pace for their best season ever. 215 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:22.200 So the viewers are tuning in the super conferences. They're winning, 216 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:28.200 but it might bring up some situations that traditional fans 217 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:32.240 just don't care for. But as you well know by now, 218 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:38.039 how you feel about it, John Q, public doesn't matter. 219 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:43.919 Good news for the WNBA in terms of ratings, the 220 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:49.279 Finals scoring the biggest audience since twenty one on Sunday, 221 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.360 that was Game two of the Finals. Kaitlin Clark's not playing. 222 00:12:54.519 --> 00:13:00.840 ABC says it averaged one point three to five million viewers, 223 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:05.960 and again, no Caitlin Clark. This is Minnesota versus New York. 224 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:11.840 But that is up ninety three percent versus the average 225 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:16.679 of last year's WNBA Finals. So we kept saying all 226 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:21.840 these players who were chafing and balking about Caitlin Clark 227 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:26.840 were incredibly shortsighted. And again it's the cliche, but the 228 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:30.759 rising tide rising, you know, raising all boats. You're an 229 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:35.360 independent contractor, you're a businesswoman, make a smart decision and 230 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:40.000 support not just Caitlin Clark, but the new you know, 231 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:44.559 influx of talent, angel recent people like that. But when 232 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:49.320 you're looking at numbers like this for the final round 233 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:54.639 without Kaitlin Clark, you know that that was people who 234 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:58.519 are exposed to the WNBA like what they saw, came 235 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:04.440 back for more. And this was not a huge market 236 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:07.480 in Minnesota, New York. Yes, but you don't know how 237 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:14.159 much of that is attributable to these numbers in a WNBA. 238 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:18.039 But one point three to five million, up ninety three 239 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:23.399 percent versus last year, largest of any finals game since 240 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:29.519 twenty oh one. It's pretty incredible, and I think it's 241 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:34.399 just going to get bigger. While we're talking media, of course, 242 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:39.080 Yankees Dodgers is what Major League Baseball wants. They won't 243 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:43.639 admit to that, but there is a promotional spot out there, 244 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:48.080 commercial if you will, for playoff coverage, and it features 245 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.960 Sho Hao Tani and Aaron Judge. How do you feel 246 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.200 about that if you're a Guardians or Mets fan. I 247 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:57.600 saw that come on the other night and I thought, 248 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.840 wait a minute, did I miss something? Are we already 249 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:07.080 looking at a bicoastal series. No, Guardians still alive, Mets 250 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:13.360 still alive, but their promo basically their commercial about themselves 251 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:18.879 MLB MLB dot Com Aaron Judge and I mean singing 252 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:23.480 their praises in Shohiotani. How do you feel if you're 253 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.639 a fan of those other teams? Oh, by the way, 254 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:29.679 Cleveland still in it, Mets are still in it. I 255 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:33.440 wouldn't be comfortable, but Major League Baseball could not care less. 256 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:40.679 Yankees are rolling, it looks like. But John Sterling, playboy 257 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:45.840 play man for Wfan, not happy with the play that 258 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:50.399 came kind of early in the game. But Anthony Rizzo 259 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:54.399 had a huge lead from second, started to take off 260 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:56.519 on a pitch in the dirt. Actually this was in 261 00:15:56.559 --> 00:16:00.320 the sixth inning. They were up four to two and 262 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.799 got picked off. And I guess that's been a problem. 263 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:07.320 Eron Gerstein could tell us he's a Yankees fan, but 264 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:11.679 evidently that's been a problem all year long. And John Sterling, 265 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:16.320 the play by play guy, went after the Yankees when 266 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:17.559 Rizzo was picked off. 267 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:18.519 The two. 268 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:23.720 A bouncer and Rizzo is going to be picked off. 269 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:27.240 He's in the middle between second and third. Hedges now 270 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:31.720 throws to second on the way to third, back to second, 271 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:35.480 back to third. Tagged out end of inning. Boy, if 272 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:39.600 that wasn't the Yankees, that's that's what they do. Run 273 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:42.720 the bases like drunks. 274 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:44.279 Well Clayborough will lead. 275 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:44.799 Off the next sun. 276 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:51.200 That is John Sterling on the Yankees Network. Courtesy of WFN, 277 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:57.960 the flagship station that brings us to Jerry Jones and 278 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:02.480 his criticism of hosts on a radio show in one 279 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:05.400 O five point three the fan in Dallas. When I 280 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:10.039 was in Dallas, Krold eleven ten eighty AM had the 281 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:13.519 Cowboy rights. But they've bounced around a little bit. Now 282 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:17.319 they're on the fan. My buddy, Chuck Cooperstein works for them, 283 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:21.839 the voice of the Mavericks. But apparently Jerry Jones went 284 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:27.920 off on the hosts of a Cowboys show and he 285 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:31.000 threatened their jobs and talked about the fact that he 286 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:33.880 was paying them. Well, he's not. The money goes in 287 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:38.920 a different direction. The radio station pays the Cowboys for 288 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:43.640 the rights. But Jerry Jones didn't like their questions and 289 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.279 he talked about them as if they didn't know anything. 290 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:48.200 And he said, you know, if there were real fans 291 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:50.680 or people who knew football, But these guys are covering 292 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:53.920 football for years and it's not their job to be 293 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:58.759 real fans. But I think the clock's running out on Jerry, 294 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:00.960 and I think he's losing his mind. We'll talk about 295 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.599 that more with Weston Bureau chief Gary Moore a little 296 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:06.039 bit later on all Right, Van Hiles up next year 297 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:09.880 on six point thirty Wlap join us on a celebrity hotline. 298 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:12.599 We ordinarily don't pester Van Hiles as much as we 299 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:15.680 have lately because he's on this Sunday morning sports talk 300 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.880 as his own podcast UH and is own with Tom 301 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:21.920 Leach on Monday mornings. But Ben, I think right after 302 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:24.559 this game, I texted you, like, boy, do we have 303 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:30.880 to talk. I cannot imagine you are our celebrity monologue 304 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:35.640 going into this game taking us back. Now, you took 305 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:38.680 us back to a shutout in ninety sex. I wasn't 306 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:42.240 expecting a shutout, And we'll talk about a defense that 307 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:48.440 only gave up twenty but a festival of yellow flags 308 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.279 and another missed opportunity at home. How are you processing? 309 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:59.359 I can't process it, because honestly, it doesn't make sense 310 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:03.680 this for me. I thought this team was a different team. 311 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:08.240 I thought this team could be consistent in their effort, 312 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:12.519 and you cannot do what you did against Georgia and 313 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:16.039 Old Miss and then do what you did at home 314 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.039 against Bandy. 315 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:18.920 To me, it makes no sense. 316 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:22.799 There is no bevariables in it. You have the same players, 317 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:25.400 the same coaches. We are not down like we was 318 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.720 down will Levis. A couple of years ago, we was 319 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:30.759 down from players see rother first four game like this 320 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:34.039 is not the case this year. We have everybody at 321 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:37.839 our disposal that we played with against Georgia and Old Miss. 322 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:40.799 And why do we come out and play the type 323 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:44.480 of game that we played Saturday compared to what we 324 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:48.200 played the last few weeks. It's unexplainable to me. 325 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:51.839 Now you talk about an effort. I thought they played hard, 326 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:56.440 but obviously they played sloppy, which, of course the tracks 327 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.519 from how Hard You Play? 328 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:04.759 Right, Yes, there there were some and it's we can say. 329 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:10.160 I can say all I want to say about accountability 330 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:15.400 and leadership and all the all the cliche things that 331 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:18.240 I can say, But when you really look at it, 332 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.960 why do you have those same issues against other teams? 333 00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:25.480 Why does it rear its ugly head in this game? 334 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:30.440 What was the bearable that that was introduced on Saturday 335 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:33.079 to make them play different than they played against the 336 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:34.440 other two tough teams. 337 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:36.839 Any any theories, any guesses. 338 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:43.200 My my guess is that this bye week some guys started, 339 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:47.400 as us old people say, started smelling themselves. They started 340 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:50.319 feeling getting a little fat, and lady started thinking that 341 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:54.200 they have reached a certain level that is not given 342 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:57.119 in this conference until the end of the year, and 343 00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:00.799 this this bye week a lot of get healthy, but 344 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:04.559 allow them to get their their ego to get boost 345 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:06.880 with the way they played against Ole Miss. That's the 346 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:09.680 only thing I've come up with, because what else can 347 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:12.920 you come up with? When they played so well against 348 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:17.160 Georgian Ole Miss, why would it be different this week? 349 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:23.440 And they played well because they played as that invariable 350 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:26.240 unit that we talk about with you know, talk about 351 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:29.480 focus or whatever, doing your job, staying your gap, all 352 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:32.079 that kind of thing. But let me let me run 353 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:35.359 a theory at you that I posed on our Stay 354 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:38.200 Wide show Monday night because it kind of came to 355 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:41.079 me late in the first half, after yet another penalty. 356 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:46.680 I was wondering, did they come into this game like thinking, 357 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:49.319 all right, we're going to kick these guys, but we 358 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:52.079 know they beat Alabama, but hey, we're coming up on Miss. 359 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:56.119 They were a little too excited and for to use 360 00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:58.720 a cliche, kind of got out of their lane, not 361 00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:02.279 out of their gap, but you know they were just yeah, 362 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:05.960 just way too anxious to get this win and move 363 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.640 on to the next one. Does that make sense? 364 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:12.599 No, it makes sense. Is a is a great opinion? 365 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:16.640 I don't know's it's like, I would say this, some 366 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:20.960 of the things that we have done haven't been called 367 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:23.680 in the previous game. This is not the first time 368 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:25.759 these receivers have done. Some of the things that they 369 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:30.240 have done, it's just it wasn't called, and unfortunately we 370 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:35.039 got we got enticed to doing something because honestly, it 371 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:38.200 should have been called both sides. I mean, the Vanda 372 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:42.400 built guy got up bump bumped them dan Key under 373 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:46.519 the chin, and then dank Key reacted. Yeah, so but 374 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:49.160 you can't react. We all know the second guy's always caught. 375 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:51.839 So why react? Why say, okay, let him get the 376 00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:54.240 fifteen yard pill, let me get even closer to the 377 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:57.119 to the promised land. So those are things that you 378 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:00.440 cannot do. They you know what's crazy. Vandy did to 379 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.599 us what we did to. 380 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:03.960 Ole miss Yeah exact. 381 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:09.160 They played sound football, balanced, smart, took big plays when 382 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:12.839 they had it, didn't do any stupid things with stupid turnovers. 383 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:14.559 So they did. 384 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:17.160 They had all game plan, but. 385 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:20.400 You know what, it was very similar. Kentucky's effort was similar. 386 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:24.079 Ball control. I thought, you I we'll get more to this. 387 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:28.000 I thought did a decent job against Diego. He still 388 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:31.039 heard him with some big plays. But this is a 389 00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:36.640 team that, as you know, scored forty against Alabama. But 390 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:39.880 when you mix in the penalties, you cannot This to 391 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:43.119 Kentucky team is not good enough to overcome all that. 392 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:47.640 I remember the seven team that was Kentucky's best offensive 393 00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:50.799 team in modern history. Man, if they took a fifteen 394 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:53.799 yard penalty, one flick of the rest with Andre Woodson 395 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:56.519 and he's got Keenan Burton for twenty and they overcome it. 396 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.720 This team can't do. 397 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:03.200 That, you know, right, Yeah, And you just can't put 398 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:08.319 yourself consistently behind the chain, and that's gonna eat you 399 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.599 up every time, because like you said, we just don't 400 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:15.000 have the explosiveness and we are still playing with a 401 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:18.960