WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.680 Hell, everybody to the facilities of the iHeartMedia Megaplex. It's 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.040 is Dick Gabriel. This is the state wide edition of 3 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:08.039 The Big Blue in Siety. You have heard comments from 4 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:11.599 Mark Stoops and Jeremy Jarman, and tonight you'll be hearing 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:14.919 as usual from our panel of experts, Aaron Gershan and 6 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:17.359 the Cats Boss and our own Billy Rutledge from the 7 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:21.320 UK Network. Stay tuned for the state wide BBI Border 8 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:23.640 the Border. It is the Big Blue Insider Dick Gabriel, 9 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:27.920 Billy Rutledge, Aaron Gershan looking ahead to Georgia, but you 10 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:30.879 gotta look back at South Carolina, as we have heard 11 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:35.200 for the first couple of hours of programming tonight and Aaron, 12 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:39.920 we sat here last week wondering how that game went unfold. 13 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:44.119 Never did the scenario come up that South Carolina would 14 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:48.679 come in here and completely disrupt what Kentucky was trying 15 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:51.039 to do offensively, never crossed my mind. 16 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:53.600 Yeah, one of my buddies who cover South Carolina came 17 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:56.079 up to me in the press box on Saturday before, 18 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:58.359 about two hours before kickoff. He's like, South Kentucky's going 19 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:01.920 to blow them out right, like even their beat thought 20 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:03.799 at least he did, and he told me A lot 21 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:05.920 of his colleagues thought it was going to go the 22 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.439 other way. And I could have if you were to 23 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:10.799 tell me, Oh, Kentucky and South Carolina, low scoring game, 24 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:12.319 Carolina is going to pull it out, I wouldn't have 25 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.519 been shocked. Yeah, I thought Kentucky would win the game. 26 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:17.040 I thought they'd actually do it pretty handedly. But no, 27 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:20.760 this was worst case scenario. All hell broke loose, perfect 28 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.319 storm of awfulness and a lot to take away and 29 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:25.400 a lot to be concerned about. 30 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:28.519 Billy, you were here running the network and keeping an 31 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:31.280 eye on the TV, and it just never got any better, 32 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:31.920 did it? 33 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:32.319 It didn't. 34 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:34.760 I wish we could air the off air conversations between 35 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:36.519 you and Pick and Tom, but we can't. 36 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:38.879 Oh you don't. We can't need to hear what we 37 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:39.799 were saying in the press box. 38 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:40.680 All right, this was a game. 39 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:43.040 Kentucky was a nine and a half point favorite, ten 40 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:45.680 point favorite that it opened at opened. This is a 41 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:47.560 game that was going to get you college game day 42 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:50.680 the next week with Georgia's supposed to be coming into town, 43 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:54.640 and now they're going to South Carolina and not only 44 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:55.680 fair and well, and. 45 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:57.239 This is the third year in a row you've lost 46 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:57.959 to Shane Beemer. 47 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:00.879 I mean, he's got more wins at field or as 48 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.439 many as you do in the last what two years. 49 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.480 So it's just it's crazy to take a step back 50 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:11.360 and look at the last few years. This game completely 51 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:13.759 I think flipped our expectations for this entire season. 52 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:18.080 Yep, and did so last year. You know, it is 53 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:21.080 a pivotal game. It is a swing game, and now 54 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.520 that's taken on a different connotation. Swing used to be 55 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.159 you know, could go to either team. Now it's could 56 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:31.560 affect the fortunes of your season. And I told you 57 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:34.719 all before the show, I'd never been one to think that, well, 58 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:38.520 this loss and the season's over, you know, And people 59 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:41.000 usually talking about the scenario last week, people used to 60 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.400 say that, Yeah, about when they played Louisville if they 61 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:45.560 lost the first game of the year, Well, the players 62 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:48.400 just pack it in. No, they don't. The fans pack 63 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:54.000 it in. But this particular game, I'm hoping for their sake, 64 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:56.759 it's not a window to the rest of the season. 65 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:04.479 Specifically O line prop which can just uncork an avalanche 66 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:05.080 of problems. 67 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:07.319 Yeah that. I mean, Look, we've seen some really bad 68 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:10.199 offensive line play since the start of the twenty two season. 69 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:12.520 They give up forty seven sacks in twenty twenty two. 70 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:15.280 But I can't remember a performance that was as bad 71 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:16.680 as this one. I mean, yes, you have to give 72 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:20.000 South Carolina's d line their flowers, especially Canard and Stewart 73 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:22.719 off the edge. They were as advertised, if not better. 74 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:27.680 But to have a guy we were talking before the show, 75 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:30.879 we're not PFF. Grades are what they are, they mean something, 76 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:33.719 they mean nothing that's up for debate. You get an 77 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:35.800 offensive line and a seventh year guy and Marcus Cox, 78 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.000 who on one hundred point scale graded out at five 79 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:40.919 point one pass blocking gave up six pressures, two sacks, 80 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:44.360 four quarterback HiT's like and brought a lot of discourse 81 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:46.439 about Brock Vandergriff after the game. Was there a bad 82 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.639 read on an RPO? Yes? Were there like one or 83 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:52.919 two clean pockets where he looked rattled? Yes, But it 84 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:56.240 was unoperable. I mean, the offensive line just stunk it up. 85 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.479 And what was so mind boggling about it is they 86 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:00.479 moved dudes in the run game and can Tuckey was 87 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:03.840 running downhill just fine all day. And they had one 88 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:06.120 drive where they handed it off to either Sumo, Karbay 89 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.560 and Patterson on eleven straight plays and that ended up 90 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:11.080 being the field goal drive. So it was just a 91 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:14.199 mind boggling, mind bogglingly bad performance in the past block 92 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:15.599 game probably old line. 93 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:18.160 It was also a little jarring to hear Stoops immediately 94 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:20.600 after the game said say that there was nothing to 95 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:21.000 build on. 96 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:22.199 I mean he was down. 97 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:23.519 Oh that was brutal. 98 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:26.079 And then he came into his press conference today and 99 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:29.160 said that they played hard but not smart. And I 100 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:31.199 guess there is something to take away from the game. 101 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:33.759 But when your immediate reaction is that was not one 102 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:36.560 thing to build on. Is a guy that's been in 103 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:38.680 football his entire life. I don't know if he's ever 104 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:39.759 had a loss like that one. 105 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:42.160 Yeah, I know he clearly he had just been punching 106 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.360 the gun and stepped on But like Aaron said, I 107 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:47.759 think you can build on that run game. I was 108 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:52.759 very surprised pleasantly by Demi Sumo Karmbay running between the attackers. 109 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:56.240 I just did not know, did not know if he 110 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:58.639 could do that. I knew if he got to the edge, 111 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:02.519 he has that speed, but ironically enough, he couldn't get 112 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.360 to the edge. They were too too smart, not too smart, 113 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:08.000 but too athletic to let him do that. So he 114 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:10.240 ran it up between the tackles and he took. 115 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:12.639 People with him and sort of the freshmen. Jason pattis, Oh, 116 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.319 I like him too. They were great, and that's what's 117 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:17.639 you know, that's frustrating. We can't talk about them more. 118 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:22.000 But that part of it from the offensive line standpoint 119 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:23.839 was just brutal. And then on the defensive side of 120 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:25.639 the ball, like you want to feel pretty good they 121 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:27.639 held South Carolina. I think it was two point eight 122 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.240 yards per carry. Uh, not that much more if you 123 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:33.800 had the sack yards. They forced three fumbles, didn't grab 124 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:37.399 any of them, and outside of a couple breakdowns that 125 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:40.639 are a big deal. Obviously, I thought the defense played 126 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:44.160 a good enough game to win. So just infuriating that 127 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:44.600 those things. 128 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:49.000 Two of the breakdowns on communications issues lead to easy touchdowns. 129 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:51.000 You had to pick six. So when you look, yeah, 130 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:56.680 at yardage and points actually giving up, you can say, yeah, 131 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:00.639 the defense, that's something to build on. But you right, Billy, 132 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.040 when Stoop said, boy, you I'm sure you could tell 133 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:05.279 because you can hear during the breaks how down He 134 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:09.000 was on the postgame show with Tom just you know, 135 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:10.680 that blank look in his face. 136 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:12.000 It wasn't anger, it was. 137 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:16.600 Strang Yeah, exactly, despair, despair, I did think, Billy, and 138 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.279 you just brought it up at his news conference today 139 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:23.319 when he said upon and he's always talking to every 140 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:25.199 coach says, it's not as bad as you think, it 141 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:27.199 is not as good as you think. It is the 142 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.279 fact that he did say they played hard, because I 143 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:32.480 wondered what he was seeing as I was down there 144 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:35.279 on the field. I can't tell, uh, because I'm not 145 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:37.480 a professional coach. Plus you got a better look at 146 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:39.680 that kind of stuff, Aaron than I do upstairs. But 147 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:42.720 the fact that he said they did play hard, because 148 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:44.759 if they hadn't played hard, and to me it was 149 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:49.519 it's hopeless, right, But they did, So that's something that's encouraging. 150 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:50.000 It is. 151 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:53.519 And talking about Stoops a little bit. He's taken a 152 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.480 lot of blame for that fourth and one call early 153 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:56.240 in the game. 154 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:59.560 That starting with himself, right. 155 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:02.240 And credit to him for singling himself out. 156 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:04.040 Are you surprised when he did it? Oh? 157 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:08.240 Yeah, the worst. I've covered stoops for six not as 158 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:09.959 long as you, but for six years, and that was 159 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:11.920 the worst fourth time, Remember. 160 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:15.279 But his interview with you before halftime, he basically called 161 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:18.079 out the play calling. You sure did, and you know 162 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:20.240 Bush Hampden, I mean barry On Brown. Did he have 163 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:21.279 a catch in the game? 164 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:23.560 First game and his zoop CA career without a catch. 165 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:26.079 And we had that situation with the jet sweep on 166 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:27.959 second and one turns it into third and. 167 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:29.480 Nine missed ai. 168 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:30.759 Uh. 169 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.120 Do we sound like a broken record yet with play 170 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:36.560 calling and offensive coordinators and sixty year with a six 171 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:37.680 different one continuity. 172 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:42.560 Yeah, but nobody two years ago. Nobody ripped Liam Cohen 173 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:46.600 two years ago. He was the darling at the SEC. Remember, yes, 174 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:49.399 when he was first year. But he had one Dale Robinson, 175 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:52.360 he had Will Levis, he had a better old line 176 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:57.519 radio line. That's the key. But he brought that up 177 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:01.160 again today, the RPOs of he kind of dwelled on 178 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:05.680 that didn't the erin. Yeah, he seriated him, he said, 179 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.160 but either hand off or throw it. Yeah, he clearly 180 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:11.600 doesn't like the reading element of it, at least in 181 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:14.439 that game, which I thought stuck out of the news 182 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:15.240 conference today. 183 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:17.439 Yeah, he was livid at that. I forget what was 184 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:19.600 the situation on the on the end around Billy? Was 185 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:20.959 it a second in short. 186 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:23.040 The Jets sweep, Yeah, it was second one. 187 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:25.560 Blew up more than one. 188 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:29.879 Yeah. And there was also the one that one play 189 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:32.759 call that killed me was you finally you have not 190 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:35.399 even finally. Early in the game, you get hit the 191 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:39.360 danky on the sideline, beautiful throwing cash thirty two yards, 192 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:41.600 You hurry the line, which I like, and then you 193 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:44.600 throw a wide receiver screen. Yeah, like that is that 194 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:46.840 a Rich Scanguerrillo's playbook? Like what are we doing? 195 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:48.879 So? I don't know what the defense was shown. 196 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:50.159 I don't know what they were showing, but. 197 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.960 That, to me, it's it's it's always all right, what's 198 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:55.879 the defense doing. Maybe that's the right call, maybe it's not. 199 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:57.679 Clearly it wasn't for that that moment. 200 00:08:58.039 --> 00:08:58.720 And it's different. 201 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:00.200 You know, if you lose by a field goal or 202 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:03.600 they make some spectacular plays, but for like your lineman 203 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.440 to line up wrong, two plays in a row. 204 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:09.039 Same guy and then you have a hold. It's just 205 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:11.200 three plays in a row called back in the game 206 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:12.159 forty six yards. 207 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:17.600 See, I really wondered, because we did if they took 208 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:20.279 South Carolina, for granted, their nineteen year old kids, we're 209 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:22.919 growing ass men and we're up here talking about a 210 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:28.039 bad South Carolina looked last week and was lucky to win. 211 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:30.120 They were, and. 212 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:33.279 Then Kentucky comes out and plays as though they had 213 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:36.720 just spent the week looking at video of that game, like, 214 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:40.399 oh we got this, you know. Yeah, in an SEC game. 215 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:43.200 Well, the perception of every team in the SEC is 216 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:44.919 when Kentucky's on the schedule, it's a win. 217 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:45.559 True. 218 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:47.039 I mean he used to be. I don't know if 219 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:47.639 it still is. 220 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:51.919 I would say it is the game as an achievable win. 221 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:53.039 Yes, it still is. 222 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:57.679 I think for them to make the season, and now. 223 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:59.840 It's a swing game for the swing teams, there's no question. Yeah, 224 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:01.600 uh but I think. I mean, I have told you 225 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:04.360 the buddy Mine went to Vandy and for the law. 226 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:06.279 You know, there were there have been streaks, Vandy said, 227 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:08.960 streaks against Kentucky. But he told me every year we 228 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:11.840 would circle Kentucky. Well that's a win right now. That 229 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:16.720 started to change with Stoops. He was beating these teams 230 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:21.080 that ordinarily you'd expect maybe they'll win, maybe they won't. 231 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:24.799 Not lately, and that starts with South Carolina. 232 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.840 It starts yeah, absolutely, Now three in a row to them. Uh, 233 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:30.919 you know, Missouri last year got him. Uh, and then 234 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:33.879 two years ago Vandy got him. And look at the 235 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.240 way those Commodores are playing. Man, that game at Kroger 236 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:38.960 Field ain't gonna be no U, no layup this year. 237 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:42.440 And uh, it's just and when it's just hard to 238 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:44.960 be that optimistic when the offensive line, it just all 239 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:46.639 goes back to that. I think there are things on 240 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:49.679 defense that you can clean up, those communication issues. You 241 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:51.679 know how good this front seven is. They still played 242 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:54.519 great in the run game. Uh, they'll probably be fine. 243 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:57.679 You still I think have optimism if you could have 244 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:00.120 a pocket for Brock Vandergriff and those receivers and the 245 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:02.720 running backs gave you something. But if if they're not 246 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:04.960 gonna be able to press protect, you can't. You don't 247 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:07.360 have lin Bowden like there's no way out of this. 248 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:08.879 You have to have a balanced offense. 249 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:11.240 So yeah, I don't know if probably they'll be fine, 250 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:12.919 I would ever come out of my mouth after what 251 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:14.039 I saw on Saturday. 252 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:15.799 No, they may not get to six wins. 253 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.480 No, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying there that offensive 254 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:21.000 line makes it where you can't say that. Yeah, everything 255 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:24.159 I'm saying every other area I think the defense will 256 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:26.559 be fine. I think Brock can be fine. 257 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.039 Behind that line if you can be if it weren't 258 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:32.480 for ye oh yeah. 259 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:34.120 Yeah, I'm saying I'm not giving up on him as 260 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:36.519 a player individually, but without those five well, no. 261 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:39.679 He showed last week against it and mentally an inferior 262 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:42.799 team what he can do if given time. You know, 263 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:45.120 and he's gonna make mistakes. It's his first year as 264 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:48.000 a starter. It's not an excuse. That's a reason. 265 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:48.919 No, it's legit. 266 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:51.440 But if you think it's an excuse, you know, try 267 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:51.960 it yourself. 268 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:53.679 Well, if you're gonna blame anyone for that, you blame 269 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:56.720 Kentucky's coaching staff for putting him in that situation that 270 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:58.519 he has to be a first year starter. And they 271 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:00.960 picked it. They picked their poisoned with that. And I'm 272 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:02.879 not saying it's a bad decision. I'm just saying, like, 273 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:04.799 you can't get on him for being a first time starter. 274 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:06.600 Who else do you play? 275 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:09.759 Well? They haven't recruited and developed well enough to have someone. 276 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:12.159 Well that all that all goes back to Drew Barker 277 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:12.720 getting hurt. 278 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:15.919 It does, but they it just there's. 279 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:18.039 Destroyed everything on their quarterback timeline. 280 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:18.720 This is true. 281 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:21.799 You know, there's an argument that, you know, keeping somebody 282 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:23.879 in the school for more than one year would be 283 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:29.000 beneficial and coordinator wise, coordinator wise or quarterback wise. But 284 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:32.679 like coordinator wise, this Eric Wolford thing is just head scratching, Dick. 285 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:34.480 I mean, yeah, is he coaching? 286 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:37.080 Is he just recruiting because it doesn't feel like the 287 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.240 offensive line should be making those kind of mistakes with 288 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:42.200 Alabama's offensive line coach from last year. 289 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:44.080 Well, just because he was good enough to coach at 290 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:47.480 Alabama doesn't mean they're good enough to play well at Alabama. 291 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:50.639 How good are these guys? That's the question, right, true? 292 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:53.200 But they were historically bad at Alabama last year. We 293 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:55.159 say that they were very good in the run game, 294 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:56.519 but they were terrible. 295 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:58.480 Was that was that Wolfer's fault? 296 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:01.360 Or I can't fig that level. 297 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:03.879 I don't know enough about twenty South Carolina same thing. 298 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:05.960 They were in the top five in the SEC and 299 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:08.799 rushing with a three and seven roster. They were the 300 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:11.600 worst pass blocking unit. So like, at one point, is 301 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:13.799 that okay? In twenty twenty one, when you were here, 302 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.279 the offense line was good, but you inherited Schlarman's guys 303 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.720 except for Dari Rosenthal, right, And and remember at the 304 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:23.679 end of twenty twenty one they lost Eli Hawks and 305 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:27.080 they lost Rosenthal for the bowl game, and they were 306 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:29.399 terrible against Time, you know what, Oh they were? 307 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:31.840 And then one are the other knocks on Wallford, not 308 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.039 to be piled on the guy was when he was here. 309 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:37.919 He didn't play anybody else but the same. That's why 310 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:39.919 I said that he didn't build, that he didn't develop, right, 311 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:42.440 That's right. You know now I can't remember who was there, 312 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:46.080 if they had anybody worth developing. But it does go 313 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:49.600 back to the terrible situation with John and when he 314 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:53.679 was sick and you didn't know who was going to 315 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:55.360 be here next year. You didn't know who you know, 316 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.399 who was recruiting. It was just tough on them to 317 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.919 recruit o Ligneman. It all, like you said, Billy, it 318 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:03.600 all starts with the O line. And if it doesn't 319 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:06.200 get any better, it doesn't matter how good your defense is, 320 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:09.120 no matter who your quarterback is. We'll take a break, 321 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:12.159 come back and try to think of some cheerier things 322 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:14.639 to talk about a little bit later on. Ji Pecorol 323 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:16.559 will get us revved up again here on the state 324 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.120 wide BBI. In case you wonder what we talk about 325 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.720 during the commercial breaks, it ain't Kentucky football. We've been 326 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:27.159 talking about the NFL because Billy's Buccaneers played well, looked 327 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:29.559 good in one behind Baker Mayfield. 328 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:34.960 They did, and Liam Cohen and Liam Cohen our teams, well, 329 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:38.799 my team, your team fought and was competitive, and it 330 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.120 was a slipping slide down in San Paolo. It was 331 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:45.000 the Giants the kind of similar to Kentucky, where the 332 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:47.279 defense show you things, the run game showed you things. 333 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:49.840 In the quarter well, the offensive line actually was good. 334 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:51.759 The quarterback not so much. 335 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:52.480 Not so much. 336 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:53.759 What did Wandale do? 337 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:58.000 He had twelve targets, so he's a feature. Six catches, 338 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:00.000 a couple of balls that were thrown with Andrew Phillips 339 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.080 had to play, Yeah, forced to fumble that Giants were covered. 340 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:04.919 He was good and he had to stop at the 341 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:07.080 goal line. That made it fourth down. But there you go. 342 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:09.600 Give a touchdown and fourth Carrington Valentine I think is 343 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:10.840 still her did not play. 344 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:14.039 Yeah, a rough one. Will Levis, Yeah, I. 345 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:16.240 Will Levis had a rough one. Are there any former 346 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:19.000 Wildcats on the on your Buccaneers right now. 347 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:21.320 I don't think Mike Edwards. Mike Edward's not there. 348 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:23.600 To be team now four? 349 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:26.559 Fourth team no third, You're right, I'm sorry, Chiefs. What 350 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:28.240 you go, Tampa case now. 351 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:31.120 Buffalo you got it. You got a ring with the Chiefs. 352 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.639 So uh, I don't know how many future pros are 353 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.440 on this Kentucky team. 354 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:37.840 And the Bucks. By the way, he's two, that's tried. 355 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:39.559 He did get one back to back. Yeah. 356 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:39.919 Uh. 357 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:43.080 But now with Georgia, that's the bad news. Well, you 358 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:45.240 got a week to work on things, and you know what, 359 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:47.320 they could be one hundred and fifty percent better and 360 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:47.879 you won't know. 361 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.600 Yeah, you kind of hope that you just show play. Look, 362 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:53.639 they've played Georgia at home really well the last couple 363 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:55.600 of times they've come here. I mean it was both 364 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:59.000 were I think two score games. Defensively held them to 365 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:01.759 sixteen or less point in both those games. I think 366 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:04.840 it stinks that you have to say it that way 367 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:07.440 and you're kind of hoping for some moral victory Saturday. 368 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:09.600 But that's that's just a testament and respect to how 369 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:12.159 good Georgia is. And they've given up six points so 370 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:15.120 far this season through three weeks. They have what I 371 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:16.840 was talking to some people down there on their beat. 372 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:19.679 They think it's the best secondary Kirby's had yet. Wow, 373 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:21.840 so that they said the d line might be his 374 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:24.279 weakest in a few years, but the secondary is the 375 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:29.279 best he's had yet. Carson Beck proved last year though 376 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:32.399 statistically he's the best quarterback he's had yet. So they 377 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:35.879 have weapons every It's just look, they're the National champion 378 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:37.080 favorite for a reason. 379 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.480 Carson Beck. And and also they're now going blank on 380 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:45.279 the kid that he that he replaced Bennett. Yeah, they 381 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:49.600 have both, Billy, I think it's erased the stigma of 382 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:53.679 being a game manager. George is you know, so good. 383 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:57.559 But they can make plays. I mean, Bennett can make plays. 384 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:01.840 He's an NFL quarterback now and Beck's can't. So that's 385 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:05.759 gonna be a real challenge. I felt like Kentucky did 386 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:08.599 a pretty good job against this kid from South Carolina. 387 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:11.960 He has got big talent and he's got a bright future. 388 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:14.480 But he didn't hurt Kentucky the way I thought he might, 389 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:15.680 especially with his legs. 390 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:19.920 The quarterback for South Carolina with the rexpecs on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 391 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.880 he's not that great. 392 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:23.079 So well, he's a freshman it's a second game. 393 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:25.960 So now you're gonna get the complete in verse and 394 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:28.960 probably get that my point, the best quarterback in college football. 395 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:31.279 So you think he is, Yes, I would say. 396 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:32.519 I think he's gonna be the quarterback in the New 397 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:34.039 York Giants next fall. 398 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:35.920 Well, look at this guy. They must have the number 399 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:37.079 one overall pick too. 400 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:41.160 Well, Carolina is let's see, let's see Bryce Young improved. 401 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.799