WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.200 It's time for coffee and company, fueled my Thorntins on 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:08.880 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:11.199 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:11.880 we are. 5 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:14.439 Get off our show, idiots. 6 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:17.160 The kids are playing or tail off countures. 7 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:17.600 Are screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:20.960 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 9 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.039 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:27.920 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 11 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:28.600 kidding me? 12 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:29.559 Now? 13 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:33.359 Here's nick coffee? 14 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:38.280 All right, let's get this show started. Ladies and gentlemen, 15 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:41.159 welcome in. It is day one of the NFL season, 16 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:43.920 and that excites me. I mean, I'm excited to be 17 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:46.280 here for a variety of reasons, but knowing that we 18 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:48.240 are just a few hours away from seeing well, I 19 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:50.479 guess a little longer than a few hours. But nonetheless, 20 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:55.560 the NFL season's here, right college football. I was gonna say, 21 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:57.119 been there, done that, but no, I mean it's still 22 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:00.079 relatively early, right only I mean the majority of tea 23 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:02.719 they've only played one game. But the NFL starts tonight. 24 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:04.920 We've got our first NFL Sunday coming up here in 25 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:08.120 a few days. And this is again just another reminder 26 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:12.280 that we are here, we are getting started what I 27 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:14.120 believe is the best time of the year, and I'm 28 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:15.040 excited about it. 29 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.239 But I kind of feel like. 30 00:01:18.239 --> 00:01:21.439 When it comes to Lamar Jackson, I cannot be alone 31 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:25.319 in this in this situation because I'm not a Ravens fan, 32 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:29.280 but like claiming that I'm a Ravens fan, like go Ravens, 33 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:33.079 it just feels fraudulent because I'm a Colts fan and I'm, 34 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:34.879 you know, a sad Colts fan, because I don't know 35 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:37.200 how you could not be a sad Colts fan, you know, 36 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:39.640 unless you're just an internal optimist, and I'm not that, 37 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:41.280 and I don't think we're going to be very good 38 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:43.879 this year. But what I'm getting at is, like I 39 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:46.879 have the feeling is if my team is playing today 40 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:50.040 and they're not, but my guy is playing today, and 41 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:53.200 we know who that is, right, That's our man, Lamar Jackson. 42 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:53.879 He's our guy. 43 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:58.359 And I just cannot remember any other scenario in my 44 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:01.920 life as a sports fan where in the professional ranks 45 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:06.200 I've been you know, this locked in for a guy, 46 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:10.240 but by proxy it means I'm all in with his team. 47 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:14.199 Like it's not like, let me give you an example, 48 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:17.599 I want to see the Bengals do well because my 49 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.159 whole childhood and even a good part of my adulthood, 50 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:22.479 the Bengals were just like a joke and they made 51 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:24.520 you know, they were easy to make fun of. They 52 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:26.680 did a really good job of making fun of themselves. 53 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.080 They just seem like a sad franchise. So then when 54 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:33.120 I see my Bengals fans that I'm friends with enjoying 55 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:34.879 the era that is Joe Burrow and they had some 56 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:37.280 other decent runs, but like even when you thought they 57 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:40.759 were good in previous eras you know, they always would 58 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:44.120 let you down, like with Andy Dalton, even with Palmer. 59 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:46.800 So when Joe Burrow took him to the Super Bowl, 60 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:49.719 like I felt that was special, but I felt like 61 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:52.560 a poser, as if I can't take joy in this. 62 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:56.080 I'm happy for my guys, my friends who are big 63 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:59.159 fans of the Bengals, but I can't. It would feel 64 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:02.400 gross that like I'm a Bengals fan because I didn't 65 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:07.520 sit through the sadness. So with the Ravens, I could 66 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:10.240 be honest, I'd never liked the Ravens. And if you 67 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:12.159 ask me Alan, do I like the Ravens, I would 68 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:15.000 say well, there's this thing. There's a guy on their 69 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.360 team who I really like, and his name's Lamar Jackson. 70 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:22.000 So I'm you know, I'm not nervous because losing tonight 71 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:27.000 would be what is expected. Right now as we speak, 72 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:29.800 it is Baltimore, I believe, plus two and a half 73 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:32.960 against of course, the Kansas City Chiefs, a team that 74 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:36.039 I believe is without question in the midst of a dynasty. 75 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:38.599 Some still think they need to do a little more. 76 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:41.039 I'm not some of those people. I think they have 77 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:45.919 shown with this, with this era they've got going with Mahomes, Kelsey, 78 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.039 Andy Reid. Throw you throw Chris Jones in there, who 79 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:51.120 is still one of the best defensive players in the NFL. 80 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:53.800 Like they are in the midst of a of a dynasty. 81 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:57.319 So there's not pressure for Lamar to win the night. 82 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:01.120 It's just I know what that would mean for Lamar. 83 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:05.639 But then again, if they didn't end up beating them 84 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:10.120 in the playoffs, if it got to there, he'd be criticized. 85 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:13.520 People would claim, well, you know, he just wins the 86 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:17.399 MVP because he's got a good team around him, and 87 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:20.000 you know he puts up big numbers. I mean, and again, 88 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:23.439 I don't believe that. Maybe that wouldn't be what was said. 89 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:26.920 But like, I've never in my life as a fan 90 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:31.879 been so locked in for a team but only because 91 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:35.639 of one guy. And I'm sure there are many Louisville 92 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:37.920 fans right now that are like, yeah, I'm with you, Nick, 93 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:40.920 I'm ex I'm with you now. I think Louisville fans 94 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:43.560 that did not have an NFL team prior to Lamar 95 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:49.040 being in the NFL, they that's their team now. But 96 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:52.120 if Lamar left tomorrow, you would, you know, you would 97 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:54.680 be a fan of the team he left for. And 98 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:56.720 that's not a criticism, that's just the reality of it. 99 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:00.240 Like I'm still a Colts fan. My sadness, Like in 100 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:01.800 a way it's kind of John. It's almost like I 101 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:03.879 benefit from it because if Lamar plays well and the 102 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:08.279 Ravens lose. I get pissed if people criticize Lamar as 103 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.480 if he's the problem. But like at the end of 104 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.399 the day, I know, hey, I mean, the guy's got 105 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:15.680 two MVPs. They've clearly done something right with him because 106 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:18.480 he's clearly a big factor in their success. And when 107 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:20.920 they lose, and again, I know, I sound like a 108 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:22.800 Homer here. I think at times their struggles have had 109 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:25.279 nothing to do with Lamar. Not to say he's been perfect, 110 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:28.199 he's not. He didn't play great in that game in 111 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.319 his first MVP season when they lost to the Titans 112 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:33.639 in the playoffs, But like overall, like without Lamar, they're not, 113 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:37.639 they're not anything. So it's almost like I benefit from 114 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:40.920 it because again, if he's still putting up MVPs and 115 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:44.399 yet they're struggling to get past the Chiefs, of course 116 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:47.040 you are elite right now, Like it's almost like you know, 117 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:48.519 what are you gonna do? 118 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:49.319 He's still great. 119 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.319 I get what you're saying because I kind of did 120 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:54.319 the same thing back when Kyle Schwarber was playing for 121 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:55.680 the Cubs and then won the World. 122 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:59.040 Sex Look, Kyle Schwarber, I love you bringing that name 123 00:05:59.079 --> 00:05:59.759 back around. 124 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:02.199 The only thing that I can nood. But it relates 125 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:04.920 relatively similar to because he was in Indiana Baseball Hoosier. 126 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:07.399 He did well for the Cubs after going through like 127 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:10.279 the Arizona Fall League or something like that, hit some 128 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:12.920 massive home runs. That was your connection. That was my connection, 129 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:15.040 and it gave me a rooting interest. But again I 130 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:18.839 felt fraudulent because there are so many Cubs fans who 131 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.120 lived through you know, the curse of however many years 132 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.600 it was without a World Series title, that I felt 133 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:25.000 like I didn't have the right to. 134 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:27.279 Enjoy it the way that they did. I know exactly 135 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:27.759 what you mean. 136 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:31.560 And if I you know, for example, like my colts, 137 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:34.360 I don't have high expectations for them, but like when 138 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:38.240 they lost last year to Stroud and the Texans in 139 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:39.920 the in the in the playoffs, a game I was 140 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:42.879 there for. I mean, like that that that killed me, 141 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:45.519 Like that was that that was a that was that 142 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.680 was terrible and I and that stuck with me, stuck 143 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:50.720 with me for a little while. But like I kind 144 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:53.720 of benefit from Lamar when his team loses, because usually 145 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:55.920 he's still great. But what gets me is when there's 146 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:58.319 criticism towards Lamar. But what I've decided to do today, 147 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:01.800 not just for the show, but just as a fan, 148 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:05.839 Like with Lamar, I need to take my own advice, 149 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:09.000 not my own advice, but like I need to I 150 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:12.480 need to do what I've instructed fans previously to do 151 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:16.040 when it comes to Lamar, and that's this, He's reached 152 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:21.680 a level as a professional athlete that there's more criticism 153 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:25.800 that's going to come his way than ever. He's a 154 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:29.959 two time MVP. The standard is really high for Lamar. 155 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:34.040 He can play great, but if his team loses, there 156 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.639 are the occasional scenarios that will play out to where 157 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:38.279 like he literally might have had one of the best 158 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:42.240 games ever but the defense was trash, or you know, 159 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:46.480 a coaching decision, Like there are the rare occasions to 160 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:50.319 where he could lose as a quarterback with that type 161 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:53.000 of a resume, that type of expectation, and he would 162 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:56.120 get no heat. But when you have arrived as professional 163 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:02.920 athlete the way that Lamar has, there's always gonna be criticism. 164 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:04.399 There's always going. 165 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:08.360 To be those that act as if his MVP awards 166 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:09.399 are not legitimate. 167 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:12.759 And I used to think it was. 168 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:15.879 Well, there are people still trying to claim they were 169 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:20.240 right about him, meaning those that said he couldn't play 170 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:23.759 quarterback in the NFL, that he should work out as 171 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:28.319 a wide receiver, and that you know, there's no scenario 172 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.519 he doesn't get his body broken in half after four 173 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:34.080 years in the league. I used to think it was 174 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:36.559 those guys that just wanted to be able to many 175 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:40.399 years later lift their head up from the grave and 176 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:43.039 claim they were right and they could pull the old 177 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:45.440 I told you so, But that's not what this is. 178 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:49.879 Those people have been proven wrong. They're idiots. I mean, 179 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:53.120 everybody gets stuff wrong. I think the first MVP, in 180 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:57.000 Lamar's early success, they still felt like they could potentially 181 00:08:57.039 --> 00:08:59.279 have that out to where yeah, I told you guys, 182 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:01.080 you were fooled her. But the guy's a fraud. 183 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:01.399 No that. 184 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:04.360 I mean, maybe some of those guys still are claiming that, 185 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:08.399 but it's nonsense. Anybody acting as if Lamar Jackson's not 186 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:11.320 one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL in the 187 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:15.600 last five six years is a delusional human being. The 188 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:20.320 proof is there. His peers in his profession respect him 189 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:24.000 as one of the greats. He has two MVP awards, 190 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:27.759 and last year, you know, all they did was make 191 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:29.799 and run in the playoffs and lose to of course, 192 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:32.799 a team that, as I've said many times and a 193 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:37.080 lot of you guys probably agree, they're a dynasty. You know, 194 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:39.759 I'm not gonna say that like it's gonna be Lamar 195 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:42.879 Jackson as the bull, I'm sorry, as the Utah Jazz 196 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:45.879 in the mid nineties, late nineties that are running into 197 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:49.039 Jordan and the Bulls, but like, if you can't get 198 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:53.679 past this current Chiefs team, you know that sucks, but 199 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:58.120 like not many can. So it's not about those that 200 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:00.879 still claim they were right that he's not quarterback. They've 201 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:03.639 been proven wrong. They may not know it, they may 202 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:07.279 not acknowledge it, but that's the truth. But I now 203 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:10.639 just need to just not because because tonight, if they lose, 204 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:14.080 and let's say they lose about ten or more and 205 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:18.000 Mahomes looks like Mahomes and Lamar has a good game 206 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:22.799 but makes some crucial mistakes late, it'll be described as 207 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:25.600 when or when are the MVP voters gonna learn that 208 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:28.600 Lamar is not deserving it's always Pat Mahomes. That that'll 209 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:31.440 be the narrative, that'll be the noise that's out there, 210 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:33.320 and I just need to deal with that. I just 211 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:36.559 need to just accept that that's what this is now, 212 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:40.840 and it, more than anything, is a sign of accomplishment 213 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:43.639 for Lamar. He's hit a level to where even if 214 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:47.840 he balled out tonight and had a phenomenal performance and 215 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:51.960 they win. When it comes to the talking heads, those 216 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.679 that have the round table shows on the big platforms 217 00:10:55.000 --> 00:11:00.000 like ESPN, even FS one, even you know, the big 218 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:04.039 platforms that are now just digital only. The name of 219 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.840 the game is to find a way to criticize. And 220 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:11.840 I'm not at all claiming that Lamar Jackson in football 221 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:15.559 is Lebron James and basketball because he's not, because I 222 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:18.200 think Lebron is one of one to be honest with you, 223 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.960 just my opinion, but Lamar has reached a level as 224 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:25.240 a player that no matter what, there's gonna be criticism. 225 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:27.039 And I used to tell Louisvill fans all the time, hey, 226 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:29.559 quit quit worrying about it, just watch him play and 227 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:32.720 enjoy it. And now I find myself as we get 228 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:35.440 set for tonight's NFL opener, I'm worried about what's going 229 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:38.320 to be said about Lamar and I need to just realize, 230 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.279 no matter what he does, no matter what happens, there's 231 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:43.840 gonna be criticism there, even if it's not valid. And look, 232 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:47.679 I'll admit Louisville fans have been super sensitive to criticism 233 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:50.600 for Lamar. Some of it it's like, you know, because 234 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:53.120 he's had bad games, he's made bad decisions, he's done. 235 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:55.919 I mean, he's not perfect, nobody is. He's human. 236 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:58.639 But I think just because there was so many that 237 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.159 just wanted it to be, They wanted to speak it 238 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:03.919 into existence that he couldn't cut it in the NFL. 239 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:08.600 He's just nine nights. That's gimmicky. That's Bobby Patrino. He 240 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:10.639 didn't have the arm. Well, nobody watched him play in 241 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.320 college that didn't have the arm. He's got a phenomenal arm. 242 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:17.720 So I today feels like game day for me. But 243 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:21.279 when I tell you John, Hey, it's game day, let's go, 244 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.200 I feel like a fraud because I don't care about 245 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:23.720 the Ravens. 246 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:24.639 I just care about Lamar. 247 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:27.679 I think that's fair though, and especially because I'm owning it. 248 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:30.000 By the way, he's been a relevant I mean in 249 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:31.639 more than relevant. He is one of the best football 250 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:34.120 players currently in the NFL, and he's been that for 251 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:37.360 the last several years. And I think there's you can 252 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:39.120 be a fan of a player. There are fans of 253 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:41.320 lebron James, fans of Tom Brady. 254 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:41.639 Whoever. 255 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:43.320 Maybe you were a fan of Peyton Manning when he 256 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:45.039 was with the Colts and maybe even when he's with 257 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:47.159 the Broncos. So I mean, I think it's okay to 258 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:48.240 be a fan of just. 259 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.679 A player I learned about myself when Peyton left Indianapolis, 260 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:58.200 because I became a fan of the Colts before Peyton. 261 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:02.039 But obviously, like when things were good and I felt 262 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:04.039 like we had a future, and obviously we had some 263 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:07.600 great times with Peyton. You know, that was when I 264 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:09.720 think of myself as a young Colts fan. I think 265 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:11.320 of Peyton Manning. Who wouldn't I don't know how you 266 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:14.320 couldn't be honest with you. So when he left to 267 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.679 go to Denver, like I remember, like my dad, who 268 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:19.200 is the reason I'm a Colts fan. He didn't really 269 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:22.279 care about the Colts anymore. And if Dad, if you're listening, 270 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.039 I might this might be me telling you for the 271 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.159 first time, I broke my heart. 272 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:27.799 Dad killed me. 273 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:32.120 Because I thought you raised me to be a loyal 274 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:35.000 fan and you heavy. I mean, I went up to 275 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:37.559 a first I went to a preseason game when the 276 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:41.120 Colts played the Arizona Cardinals when I was a little 277 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:44.080 kid harball as a quarterback. They just drafted Edrian James. 278 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:45.440 But I was a Colt. 279 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:45.879 I knew. 280 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:47.840 Dad sent me up to the game. You're a Colts 281 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:49.720 fan now, and I said, I'm a Colts fan. Well, 282 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:51.799 then we get Peyton. We get a Super Bowl, he leaves, 283 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:53.440 and you just want me to not be a good 284 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:54.679 I mean, he didn't tell me to be a fan 285 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:56.600 of anybody, but like you know, he just decided he 286 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:58.639 was gonna be a Broncos fan. And I wanted to 287 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:01.399 see Peyton win, and I loved it when he won 288 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:03.360 a champ he won a Super Bowl with. In fact, 289 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:07.600 I was in a hospital the night that Peyton Manning 290 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:10.480 won a Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos. My wife 291 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.440 and I left the hospital, left a Super Bowl party, 292 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:15.840 and she claimed she thought her water broke, but she 293 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:18.679 wasn't sure. Looks at me as if I've got experience 294 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:19.399 in that situation. 295 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:21.360 Well, honey, I can't. I don't know what am I 296 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:21.840 gonna say? 297 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:25.240 Like I mean, like you know, so we ended up 298 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:28.000 going to the hospital that night just to be safe, 299 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.240 you know, maybe the water did break, and sure enough 300 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:32.600 it did. We had a baby the next day. Like 301 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:34.320 I'll remember that, like it. I was so happy to 302 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:36.639 see Peyton with no arm a noodle for an arm. 303 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.279 But yet von Miller, I think it was was so 304 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.960 great Defensively, it didn't matter. Cam Newton was a bum 305 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:44.039 in that game, and Peyton got another and I was 306 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:47.080 happy for him. But like when Andrew Luck was our 307 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:49.720 next guy, like I was all in. It actually gave 308 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:52.120 me new life as a fan because I realized it's 309 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:54.320 not just a Peyton thing, like I'm all in. And 310 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:57.320 then Andrew Luck has decided to retire. I feel like 311 00:14:57.320 --> 00:14:59.200 I'm I'm on the couch where you were laying down, 312 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:01.399 just talking about your life, talking about my life as 313 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:04.120 an NFL fan and my Colts. We got Lucky Man. 314 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:06.000 We went from Peyton Manning to Andrew Luck and then 315 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:08.080 he just decided he wanted to go ski in Colorado 316 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:11.480 and not be our quarterback a day before the season starts. 317 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.440 And yes, I'm still dealing with the trauma of that. 318 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:18.039 That's clearly what's happening here. But I'm a Colts fan 319 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:21.039 and I always will be. I can't quit them. They 320 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:23.320 drafted Anthony Richardson. I thought that might do it. Nope, 321 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:25.399 I'm still a fan. I still care about what they do. 322 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:29.720 They lost to the Jaguars the only game they had 323 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:31.759 to just beat the Jaguars in Week sixteen to make 324 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.320 the playoffs two years ago. They couldn't do that with 325 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:39.279 Philip Rivers. I think it was so you know I'm 326 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:41.240 a Colts fan, but with Lamar Man, I just I 327 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:43.879 don't know. I think I'm chasing and seeking something that 328 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:48.679 may never happen. And that's just the full overall approval 329 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:51.960 of Lamar as a guy who has proven himself. 330 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:52.320 To be elite. 331 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:55.639 But he's already proven that and you know, me, as 332 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:59.360 a fan, seeking out validation from others is just a 333 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:03.879 waste of time. With all that said, though, I hope, 334 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:08.799 like hell, they win the night, and I know winning 335 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:11.360 tonight won't mean as much if you can if you 336 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:13.080 can't get past him in the postseason, if that's what 337 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:15.360 ends up happening, but man, it'd be big. 338 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:16.279 I know that. 339 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:20.240 Welcome in everybody. It's coffee and company fuel by Thornton's 340 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:22.240 here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Thanks for hanging out 341 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:25.519 with us, letting me get through my therapy session. Hopefully 342 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:27.879 you guys were able to stick through that because you know, 343 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:31.519 I'm just I'm going through it. NFL season starts, I 344 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:35.720 know my team's gonna suck, and with the Ravens, I 345 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:37.840 feel like a fraud claiming I'm a fan, but it's 346 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:41.360 all about Lamar. So anyways, we got a busy show 347 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:44.960 for the next two hours and forty five minutes roughly, 348 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.320 we are gonna be joined coming up here at four thirty. 349 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:50.480 I'm sorry, three thirty, by the one and the only, 350 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:53.000 mister Kendrick Haskins of Way three is gonna join us. 351 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:55.279 We'll talk about a variety of things, and at four 352 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:59.159 thirty will bring in former Louisville Cardinal Alex Kupper. And 353 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:01.440 I'm curious to hear what Cup's going to give us 354 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:03.360 as far as what he wants to see from week 355 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:06.359 one to week two, in regardless as far as feeling 356 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.519 as if Louisville can take steps forward here. I know, 357 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:13.559 I kind of feel like the worst thing about these 358 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:17.599 two games being the openers is that I've gone through 359 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.839 the entire offseason just impatiently waiting for football to start, 360 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:25.720 and then it's here, and you know, they're real games, right. 361 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:27.720 You had a real game when you beat Austin p 362 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:29.799 You got a real game coming up on Saturday against 363 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:32.519 Jacksonville State. But you're like, you know, you know you're 364 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:34.880 gonna win, and you're not really sure what you can 365 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:37.279 really take from it regardless of the result, because again, 366 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:39.079 if you'll blow them off the field, that's what you're 367 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:40.799 supposed to do, and that would be encouraging. 368 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.440 But if you end up, you. 369 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:46.319 Know, win in thirty eight to ten and you don't 370 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:50.599 cover twenty eight and a half, you know, some people 371 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:53.960 might feel discouraged, and I guess I would understand, but 372 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:56.680 I would also know that like, hey, it probably doesn't 373 00:17:56.720 --> 00:18:01.400 mean much of anything. So again, I'm I'm looking forward 374 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:03.480 to seeing this team on the field once again, getting 375 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:05.559 more familiar with all the new players, all the new 376 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:11.839 pieces that you have, because that's exciting. But I have 377 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:15.240 never been more I've never been more content in my 378 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:19.960 mindset as a fan. Don't give me these games, And again, 379 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:22.319 beggars can't be choosers, right, I want I wanted football 380 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:24.960 season for months and now it's here, and I mean, 381 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:28.039 I guess I'm complaining. I mean, it's better than not 382 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:29.960 having a game, but man, I just want I want 383 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:31.640 some value there. And I could keep going back to 384 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:34.640 this Kentucky South Carolina game. It's not gonna matter a 385 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:36.640 whole lot in the grand scheme of like the SEC, 386 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:39.920 but overall, like that's that's a game that matters when 387 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:43.519 it comes to conference standings. And I think whatever happens 388 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:47.039 with Kentucky here on Saturday is going to really I mean, 389 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:49.720 it won't define their season because who knows, Maybe whatever 390 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:52.400 happens ends up being an outlier, like maybe they win 391 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.960 big and then stink, maybe they lose and end up 392 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:56.079 pulling off some upset. 393 00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.839 You just never know. 394 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:00.039 But like week two for them, they're gonna get a 395 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:03.839 real feel for which direction they think their team is going. 396 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:06.319 And we won't have that as Louisville fans for a 397 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:08.720 little while longer, and I'm I'm just jealous of that. 398 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:12.160 All right. Some other things we'll get into today. 399 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:15.400 There's more information coming out as far as Penny Hardaway 400 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:19.279 ditching all of his staff in September, which is rare, 401 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:23.160