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<v Speaker 1>It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day, now here's Nick Coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>I said it before we watched Pat Kelsey's team play

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<v Speaker 2>two games in the Bahamas, and I've said it afterwards,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll say it once more. It's impossible to really

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<v Speaker 2>know what to take from it when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>the competition they played. I think you can still look

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<v Speaker 2>at what you see as far as personnel, style of play, energy, enthusiasm.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, again, for me, all the things that I

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<v Speaker 2>looked at this team on paper before I watched them

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<v Speaker 2>play the oppos that were pretty obvious. Right, They've got

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of They've got a lot of balance and depth,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of experience. They got some old dudes, guys

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<v Speaker 2>that have played a lot of college basketball, versatility and shooting.

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<v Speaker 2>All those things I think were confirmed as far as

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<v Speaker 2>what we saw. Now again, who they did it against,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe when they play much tougher competition, when

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<v Speaker 2>they get to the actual like you know, Game two

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<v Speaker 2>for Pat Kelsey is against Tennessee, who's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a preseason top fifteen team, So clearly it'll be a

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<v Speaker 2>different world in regards to competition when we get to

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<v Speaker 2>that point. But I don't care about who they played

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<v Speaker 2>with with the Bahamas Select and the Dinos and Calgary

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it was. But if you are somebody that is

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<v Speaker 2>trying to, you know, kind of determine as best you

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<v Speaker 2>can what it means to beat a team from a

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<v Speaker 2>Bahamas by you know, thirty forty, whatever it was. We

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<v Speaker 2>do have some other teams that took the trip that

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<v Speaker 2>played those same two teams, and their results were not

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<v Speaker 2>quite as you know, not quite as impressive, not quite

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<v Speaker 2>as dominant. In fact, the Rhode Island team that that

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<v Speaker 2>that did the same same trip and played that Bahamas

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<v Speaker 2>Select team, they won eighty nine to eighty one by

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<v Speaker 2>eight points against the Bahamas UH Select. So I just,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I thought it's worth sharing. Again. I'm not saying, hey, well,

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<v Speaker 2>that means louisvill beat him by the gazillion, seemingly in

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<v Speaker 2>Rhode Island, and the A ten barely beat him, So

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<v Speaker 2>that means Louis is going to be great. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>at all what I'm saying, but it is I guess

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<v Speaker 2>somewhat of a reference.

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<v Speaker 3>That is Archie Miller's team, by the way, that's.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, And they weren't. I don't think they were good

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<v Speaker 2>last year.

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<v Speaker 3>No, they've not been good in any of his years

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<v Speaker 3>so far.

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<v Speaker 2>What I mean, how did he.

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<v Speaker 3>He was on fire at Dayton?

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<v Speaker 2>Was he really good? Or was he really good and

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<v Speaker 2>he just fell apart? Or was he somebody that probably

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<v Speaker 2>was not as as influential in Dayton's success as people

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<v Speaker 2>thought because he wasn't very good Indiana at all.

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<v Speaker 4>No, he's I think you're you're correct. He just kind

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<v Speaker 4>of rode some momentum that probably did not have a

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<v Speaker 4>lot to.

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<v Speaker 3>Do with him.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he was there for six years, and he did

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<v Speaker 2>go to an elite eight and around the thirty two,

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<v Speaker 2>which you know for Dayton, is that considered to be

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<v Speaker 2>like really good. Like I'm looking back now at his

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<v Speaker 2>record at Dayton, and he was good. I mean even

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<v Speaker 2>when they didn't win games in the tournament, he still

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<v Speaker 2>was really good in the A ten. And he was

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<v Speaker 2>a guy that I'll be honest, I was totally wrong

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<v Speaker 2>when Archie Miller got the job at Indiana and Chris

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<v Speaker 2>Mack got the job at Louisville, I felt like, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>you really couldn't have done better, just because those were

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<v Speaker 2>guys that were going to get that next spot at

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<v Speaker 2>some point, meaning they were going to climb the ladder

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<v Speaker 2>and coaching and they were going to be tested at

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<v Speaker 2>a higher level. And you know, I still you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you guys know I'm biased. I love Chris Mack and

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's gonna do great at Charleston, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think we'll see him at a bigger job at some point.

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<v Speaker 2>But Mack, you know, he had some success right away

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<v Speaker 2>and it all kind of fell apart, ended up not

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<v Speaker 2>being as good of a fit for him and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>for everybody involved. But with Archie Miller, he never really

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<v Speaker 2>got it rolling in Indian His best season was in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty when there wasn't a tournament, and we'll never know,

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<v Speaker 2>but they probably they made the tournament that year.

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<v Speaker 3>There was talk that they would have been but they would.

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<v Speaker 2>Have needed to win some big ten games or in

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<v Speaker 2>the tournament, right, That's thing.

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<v Speaker 4>They were nine and eleven in conference to play that year.

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<v Speaker 4>So he he didn't really do enough. He could have

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<v Speaker 4>maybe gotten into the play four, but it wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 4>been anything to really write home about.

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<v Speaker 2>So, like, I don't know, I find it fascinating to

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<v Speaker 2>see coaches that at times feel like they're about to

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<v Speaker 2>just completely explode on the scene as like stars of

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<v Speaker 2>the sport, and it just never happens. Like we talked

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<v Speaker 2>a lot about some of these coaches when Louisville, we

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<v Speaker 2>knew it was going to have an opening, right, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Shaka Smart's one of those guys, Like I thought, Shaka Smart,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, when he was at VCU and he took

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<v Speaker 2>him to the final four, and they continue to be

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<v Speaker 2>really good in their level at the at the A ten,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's just assumed this guy is going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>rock star, and I remember screaming it at the top

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<v Speaker 2>of my lungs. I'm not saying he's a terrible coach,

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<v Speaker 2>but there is nothing you can point to other than

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<v Speaker 2>his random final four that he had to play in

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<v Speaker 2>to get in the tournament that says this guy is

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<v Speaker 2>anything other than a below average coach. Like he failed

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<v Speaker 2>at Texas miserably. He never won another tournament game after

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<v Speaker 2>twenty thirteen, and honestly, he did get to the sweet

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<v Speaker 2>sixteen for the first time since twenty eleven this past

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<v Speaker 2>year at Marquette. But you know, I guess you really

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<v Speaker 2>just never know. And we a lot of times with coaches.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about like timing, Like, who knows, maybe if Archie

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<v Speaker 2>Miller would, let's say, instead of hiring Instead of hiring

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<v Speaker 2>Archie Miller, Indiana was able to pluck Tony Benning away

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<v Speaker 2>from Virginia and Archie stayed at Indiana for I'm sorry

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<v Speaker 2>a Dayton for another year and then he got the

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, he got a different job. He got

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<v Speaker 2>the Illinois job or something, and who knows, maybe he

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<v Speaker 2>would have. Like it's all about timing, opportunity, that kind

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff. But to see that Archie Miller is still

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<v Speaker 2>you know is I mean he's been terrible. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>they went nine and twenty to his first year Rhode Island.

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<v Speaker 2>Then last year they went twelve and twenty and six

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<v Speaker 2>and twelve in league play. Like, he'll get one more

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<v Speaker 2>year and if they're the same, if there's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if he's still winning thirty three percent of his games,

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<v Speaker 2>he'll probably get canned. And like at that point, you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta wonder where does he go? Does he go coach

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<v Speaker 2>for Sean at Xavier as an assistant, like you just

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. But anyways, it's five o'clock. It's the five

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock hour, here in a Friday coffee and company. We

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<v Speaker 2>are fueled by Thornton's appreciates you guys hanging out with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Been a busy, busy show thus far today. And when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to the basketball stuff with the Bahamas, there's

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<v Speaker 2>really no I don't even know if we're gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>any more details because it's not a story that I

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<v Speaker 2>think you're gonna see the biggest reporters that cover college sports,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, traveling to George Mason to get the to

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<v Speaker 2>get the inside scoop as to what happened. But it

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<v Speaker 2>is just a bizarre and unfortunate situation that is starting

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<v Speaker 2>to get more and more attention. That's the Bahama. These

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<v Speaker 2>Bahamas trips, really, these trips abroad for these college basketball

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<v Speaker 2>programs to go play some exhibition games in the summer

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<v Speaker 2>super beneficial. I mean, I think Louisville really benefited from

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<v Speaker 2>having those games last week, not only for those guys

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<v Speaker 2>to get more playing time together to gel, but also

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<v Speaker 2>for fans to get more excited about this upcoming season,

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<v Speaker 2>the first season of the Pat Kelsey era. But George Mason,

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<v Speaker 2>a school in the A ten, they planned to do

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<v Speaker 2>the same thing, and they showed up to the airport

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<v Speaker 2>to take off, while some of the Athletic Department staffers

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<v Speaker 2>were already at the Bahamas at this resort, and alumni

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<v Speaker 2>fans had already made their travel to be there to

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<v Speaker 2>see the George Mason team play a couple of exhibition games,

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<v Speaker 2>only for everybody to find out it's not happening. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not real. Now I say it's not real. That's probably

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of an exaggeration if you're going off

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<v Speaker 2>of the word of the of the dude who is

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<v Speaker 2>accused of dropping the ball, so to speak. But this

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<v Speaker 2>company who put together this event, they're like promoters and

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<v Speaker 2>event planners. I mean, I'm sure there's a better way

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<v Speaker 2>to describe, you know, the business that they're in. But

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<v Speaker 2>you know, for Louisville, when they did their event in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bahamas last week, there was a company BDG Global

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<v Speaker 2>I think is the name, and you know, they're the

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<v Speaker 2>ones who kind of facilitate this. They handle logistics, They

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<v Speaker 2>arrange for the teams to show up that you play against.

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<v Speaker 2>They are the communicators with the resort, like they really

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<v Speaker 2>put it in place for you. And of course they

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<v Speaker 2>do that as a business right they get paid for that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what they do. Well, this company who did it

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<v Speaker 2>for George Mason, they claim that they put they that

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<v Speaker 2>the only issue that they had was the company they

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<v Speaker 2>hired to book the flights for the team didn't do it,

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<v Speaker 2>and that teams were scheduled or teams were going to

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<v Speaker 2>be there and the resort had, you know, had the

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<v Speaker 2>rooms blocked off. And if that's the case, you got

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<v Speaker 2>to wonder, like who's eating the bill on that? Right? Like,

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<v Speaker 2>if you booked ru like, you're not gonna just they're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to just let you get out of that

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<v Speaker 2>booking you had for however many rooms at this resort

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bahamas that they blocked off for you for

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<v Speaker 2>this event, right like it would be maybe be a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of money. So I just feel like there's got

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<v Speaker 2>to be like somebody's up to no good here. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know who it is, because again I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>the specifics about what's going on with this thing. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure I'm more fascinated with it than most, but man,

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<v Speaker 2>like the silence from George Mason makes me feel like

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<v Speaker 2>they're still trying to figure out what's going on before

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<v Speaker 2>they release a statement on their end. Kind of explaining

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<v Speaker 2>what happens, because even though they're not at fault, and

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<v Speaker 2>I guess if they are fault for anything, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>trusting this company. But for what I mean this, this

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<v Speaker 2>same promotional group they put on like Thanksgiving events for

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<v Speaker 2>back in college basketball. Like there's an event I think

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<v Speaker 2>that takes place in Atlanta every year that has like

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<v Speaker 2>four different teams, kind of like you know your typical

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<v Speaker 2>non conference tournament event that you see around Thanksgiving time.

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<v Speaker 2>They've been doing that for years and it's gone off

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<v Speaker 2>without any trouble. So I think they had no reason

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<v Speaker 2>to think that this group wasn't gonna be legit. But

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the day, like they've got fans

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<v Speaker 2>and alum that have traveled to the Bahamas hoping to

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<v Speaker 2>see this team play, and they're not even gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>able to show up. So just a bizarre, bizarre story,

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<v Speaker 2>no doubt. All right, So, uh, do you remember my

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<v Speaker 2>story about Costco, John?

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<v Speaker 3>I maybe?

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<v Speaker 2>So, I can't remember if it was Costco or Sam's.

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<v Speaker 2>Aren't they kind of the same.

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<v Speaker 3>They're similar.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, you have to have like a membership to you Yeah, so,

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<v Speaker 4>oh yeah, I know what you're gonna say.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember that yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Like.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the most embarrassing things that ever happened to

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<v Speaker 2>me is I walked into I think it was a Costco,

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<v Speaker 2>not knowing that you had to have a membership card

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<v Speaker 2>to get in, and somebody like tried to stop me

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<v Speaker 2>as I walked through, and I'm thinking, like, it's somebody

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<v Speaker 2>trying to sell me something, right, because you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't go to Walmart now without somebody set up in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of of, you know, of an aisle trying

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<v Speaker 2>to sell you a cable or something like. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know why they let people do that, but and that

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<v Speaker 2>would be a really, really tough job, but that's what

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was. I just kept walking like, oh, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>no thanks, and they followed tractor, they followed me, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, wow, they're really persistent and trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>shoulder and I was like, you can't be in here,

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<v Speaker 2>like what, like you have a membership And I'm like

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<v Speaker 2>to what He's like to Costco, like, no, well, you

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<v Speaker 2>have to be a member here, And I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to be a member to even be in here,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were like, yeah, that's how it works. So

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<v Speaker 2>I had to do the walk of shame. What almost

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<v Speaker 2>embarrassing nobody. I don't think anybody recognized me or knew

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<v Speaker 2>what was going on, but man, it was an embarrassing

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<v Speaker 2>walk to know that, Like, I was walked out of

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<v Speaker 2>Costco for not being a member.

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<v Speaker 3>Imagine if they would have like Cuffy or something.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, like it was a young kid who was

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<v Speaker 2>just like dude, Like I mean, I'm sure he didn't

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<v Speaker 2>want to be that guy, but hey, it's the job.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to make sure the people who do come

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<v Speaker 2>in here are paying the monthly or yearly membership fee

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<v Speaker 2>to you know, be able to shop here. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>there reason I'm bringing it up is because they're making

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<v Speaker 2>some changes that has turned into something that a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people are complaining about on the internet. So they're

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<v Speaker 2>implementing a new policy requiring members to scan their physical

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<v Speaker 2>or digital membership cards at the entrance of all stores.

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<v Speaker 2>So I guess beforehand, would you just like show it

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<v Speaker 3>I've never walked into what on my own head.

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<v Speaker 2>You probably would have to just show it to somebody,

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<v Speaker 2>And I guess you could probably just use someone's that's

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<v Speaker 2>not yours, you know, Yeah, and like, now they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to scan it because I'm sure there are people sharing

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<v Speaker 2>memberships and maybe you're not allowed to do that. But

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<v Speaker 2>it says here that the change aims to prevent unauthorized

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<v Speaker 2>usage of Costco memberships and is expected to be rolled

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<v Speaker 2>out in the coming months. Members will need to hold

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<v Speaker 2>their barcode or QR code up to the scanner before

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<v Speaker 2>entering the store. And I'm curious if this will lead

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<v Speaker 2>to more people wanting to sign up for more people

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<v Speaker 2>being bothered by it. But what like what makes those

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<v Speaker 2>stores so popular? And I maybe they're not so popular,

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<v Speaker 2>but I do feel like they have clearly they're doing

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<v Speaker 2>good enough in business. And I feel like the people

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<v Speaker 2>who do have memberships and go, I feel like they

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<v Speaker 2>really love that love those places.

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<v Speaker 4>You can get a lot of things in bulk for cheap,

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<v Speaker 4>but who think is.

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<v Speaker 1>What it is? Like? Who?

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<v Speaker 2>Like? You know, I can't think of any time I've

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<v Speaker 2>ever needed something in like mass bulk.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I'm with you on that. I know my

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<v Speaker 4>parents love to get stuff from Sam's. I think they

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<v Speaker 4>get like toilet paper and stuff from there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, I guess if you can get a

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<v Speaker 2>good deal and you get a bunch of it, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know it's something that you'll always need, then you

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<v Speaker 2>know makes sense. But I just to me like, I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not wired to think, well, hey, I'm gonna always

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<v Speaker 2>need bush Lights, so let me go buy eight hundred

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<v Speaker 2>cans of it at Costco.

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<v Speaker 3>That way, you know, they became the exclusive distributor.

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<v Speaker 2>Of bush Light, and then I'd get a membership because

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's what I need. I need my bush Light.

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<v Speaker 4>I know you're probably not wanting to go down this road,

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<v Speaker 4>but do you remember when the person followed you out

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<v Speaker 4>of a store in Hellview to a pizza place?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, oh yeah, I'm still remember when everybody tried to

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<v Speaker 2>give me to sue. Yes, I ended up not having

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<v Speaker 2>the I couldn't take myself serious when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>like a contacting an attorney to like, you know, see

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<v Speaker 2>if I had a case, because I wasn't a victim,

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't wrong, nothing happened to me. We had people

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<v Speaker 2>calling in if you remember, And then there was an

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<v Speaker 2>actual attorney who emailed me and was like called me

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<v Speaker 2>and I ended up reaching out to him, and I'm like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't take myself seriously when it comes to this

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<v Speaker 2>kind of stuff. But yeah, for those who don't remember

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<v Speaker 2>that story, I did a self checkout at this at

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<v Speaker 2>this grocery store. I got like four or five items,

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<v Speaker 2>and I left the grocery store, and then I went

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<v Speaker 2>to Little Caesar's to pick up a pizza that we'd order.

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<v Speaker 2>And I got out of the car at Little Caesar's

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<v Speaker 2>and somebody had drove over from the grocery store and

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<v Speaker 2>blocked me in, and like when I opened my door,

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't even open it all the way. And this guy,

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<v Speaker 2>this billy badass who pushed carts at the grocery store,

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<v Speaker 2>was telling me that I didn't that I need to

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<v Speaker 2>come back to the store because I didn't pay, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was so starved. I was so surprised in like,

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<v Speaker 2>what the hell's going on to where Like I wasn't angry,

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<v Speaker 2>But the more I talked to the guy, the more

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<v Speaker 2>angry I got, because I'm realizing, first of all, I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't steal anything. I have a receipt I paid here

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<v Speaker 2>it is and I didn't even have to show him that.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's not lost prevention. He's not law enforcement. And

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<v Speaker 2>even if he was lost prevention, I mean he probably

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<v Speaker 2>could have been fired for leaving the property and following

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<v Speaker 2>me to a different business and then walking in because

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<v Speaker 2>after I told him, like, I paid, I have a receipt,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I walked into the Little Caesars and then

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<v Speaker 2>he walked in there behind me and was like, you

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<v Speaker 2>need to come back and pay, and I'm like, look, dude,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need to do anything. You need to get

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<v Speaker 2>the hell out of here and leave me alone. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't steal anything. And they said, well, they said it

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<v Speaker 2>was you, and I'm like, I don't care what they said.

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<v Speaker 2>And finally I did show him my receipt, more so

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<v Speaker 2>just because I wanted him to look. I wanted him

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<v Speaker 2>to feel like a fool, which is kind of mean.

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<v Speaker 2>But through this guy at that piece, right you yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 2>and to me, I I he's an older guy, and

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<v Speaker 2>I do genuinely believe he was just doing what somebody

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<v Speaker 2>told him to do, and you know, sure enough, like

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<v Speaker 2>he was wrong, and he wasn't like he wouldn't like

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<v Speaker 2>threatening to call the cops or beat me up. He

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<v Speaker 2>literally just seemed like somebody who was gonna do whatever

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<v Speaker 2>they told him to do. It that at his employment

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<v Speaker 2>place of employment. So he showed up and was just like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, hey, you need to come back, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to come back. And he didn't. He didn't take no

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<v Speaker 2>for an answer, like he just assumed, well, no, they

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<v Speaker 2>said he didn't pay, so he didn't pay. And finally

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, look, here's the receipt. I bought four items.

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<v Speaker 2>Here it is, and he he kind of did a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of a walk of shame. And I remember

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<v Speaker 2>once I got my pizza and I got back in

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<v Speaker 2>the car and I kind of I kind of cooled down,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I got really hot again and I called

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<v Speaker 2>him his first time I've ever called a place a business,

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<v Speaker 2>like after I you know, went there to give the

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<v Speaker 2>you know, to get to you know, I wouldn't call

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<v Speaker 2>it service, but you know, I went there and shopped,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was the first time I was like, I

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<v Speaker 2>felt like a care but I felt like it justified

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<v Speaker 2>Karen because I had a right. So this lady answered,

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<v Speaker 2>and she was so rude, so disrespect She's just such

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<v Speaker 2>a I mean, she was a bum. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, can I speak to your manager? Somebody

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<v Speaker 2>just chased me down who worked there, quite literally chased

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<v Speaker 2>me to a different business, walked in and accused me

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<v Speaker 2>of stealing when I didn't. And I don't know why

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<v Speaker 2>that happened or how that happened, but I'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to somebody about it. And she put the phone down,

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<v Speaker 2>but didn't like put me on hold, so like I

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<v Speaker 2>could hear some guys on the phone saying so then

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<v Speaker 2>I'm getting more hot. So then this seemingly a young

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<v Speaker 2>person like somebody probably in their mid twenties managing this place.

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<v Speaker 2>I explained what happened, and the sigh, the silence, and

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<v Speaker 2>the inability to really speak, I think kind of made

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<v Speaker 2>it clear to me that this guy knew they really

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<v Speaker 2>who told that old guy, hey, go chase him down,

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<v Speaker 2>and he just did it because he didn't know any better.

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<v Speaker 2>And the manager wasn't around and was like they did what?

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm like, yeah, I'm sitting in front of Little

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<v Speaker 2>Caesars and this dude comes over and like blocks me

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<v Speaker 2>in with his car. I tell him you got the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong guy. I paid walk in. He follows me in

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<v Speaker 2>and it tells me I have to come back, and

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<v Speaker 2>he was like, you know do you want? Like I

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<v Speaker 2>am so sorry? What can we do? What can we do?

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm like, I don't know if there's anything you

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<v Speaker 2>can do. I mean, I just think you should know

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<v Speaker 2>that that happened. And that's like that can't be normal,

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<v Speaker 2>can it? And he was like far from normal. I

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<v Speaker 2>think he didn't. I think in order for me to

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<v Speaker 2>get like some kind of I don't know, like a

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<v Speaker 2>gift card or something for my inconvenience or something, for

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<v Speaker 2>that to happen, he probably would have to move it

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<v Speaker 2>up the ladder within the company, right, and by doing

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<v Speaker 2>that they would then know what happened. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>it was so he was just like like please please,

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<v Speaker 2>Like he wasn't begging me to not do anything. He

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<v Speaker 2>was just saying, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>so sorry. I'm sorry. Please please understand, Please understand, this

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<v Speaker 2>is not this is nothing we should have ever is.

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<v Speaker 2>This doesn't happen very ong often, It'll never happen again yet, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm just like all right. And then I talked

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<v Speaker 2>about it on the show the next day, and I

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<v Speaker 2>could not believe how many people reached out to one say,

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<v Speaker 2>you got a lawsuit, it's like stop loss law or

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<v Speaker 2>something that that that you know, and I remember googling it,

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<v Speaker 2>and sure enough, it is a thing like if you

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<v Speaker 2>get if you are accused of shoplifting, and it's one

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<v Speaker 2>thing to like have your receipt check, but if you're

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<v Speaker 2>you're truly accused, and especially if they follow you off

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<v Speaker 2>the property, like I guess technically you could have some

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a case. But again it comes down to this,

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<v Speaker 2>what am I out of? Like what what am I?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean? I was embarrassed, I was angry, but like

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have any loss here. I didn't lose money,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean, Like it was it's what

421
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<v Speaker 2>it turned into. But yeah, uh I forgot all about that.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry, that's what I thought of.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a good story. Yeah, I guess I just have

424
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<v Speaker 2>a look, I might as well just like put it

425
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<v Speaker 2>on my forehead that I'm a thief and I'm a

426
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<v Speaker 2>and I'm a you know, I'm a criminal or something,

427
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<v Speaker 2>because I've had a lot of run ins where I'm

428
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<v Speaker 2>accused of doing things that like I wouldn't even have

429
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<v Speaker 2>the balls to do, like you know what I mean,

430
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<v Speaker 2>not because like it's some break I just you know,

431
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<v Speaker 2>I would I have such a fear of getting in

432
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<v Speaker 2>trouble with the law. I would never I would never

433
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<v Speaker 2>do anything, even if it's minor, to like risk it.

434
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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I mean anybody who only my close friends

435
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<v Speaker 2>and family, my wife especially, can can confirm this. But

436
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<v Speaker 2>when we go to like Cancun or Riviera Maya, Mexico,

437
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<v Speaker 2>and you're like out in the touristy area, like there's

438
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<v Speaker 2>a ton of people that are just roaming around, a

439
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<v Speaker 2>lot of people from other countries, Canada and the United

440
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<v Speaker 2>States that are there for vacation. And obviously there you're

441
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<v Speaker 2>gonna be bombarded by people trying to sell you stuff

442
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<v Speaker 2>at every turn. But they'll be a group of thirty people,

443
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<v Speaker 2>all different groups, right, like you know, family of four,

444
00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:47.799
<v Speaker 2>group of ten people that are friends, and like I'm

445
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<v Speaker 2>the one that gets singled out, like I've got it

446
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<v Speaker 2>written on my forehead that I want to buy drugs

447
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<v Speaker 2>in Mexico. For some reason, happen in New Orleans as well.

448
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<v Speaker 2>I don't know why. We're walking down Bourbon Street and

449
00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:59.680
<v Speaker 2>you know a lot of people having a good time.

450
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<v Speaker 2>It's New Year's Eve, Louisville's playing in the Sugar Bowl.

451
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we're talking about packed and I just get

452
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<v Speaker 2>spotted like, hey, yay, you look like you might need something,

453
00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.880
<v Speaker 2>you know, and I'm like, no, I'm good, and they

454
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<v Speaker 2>always got a response, Oh but you could be better.

455
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<v Speaker 2>Let me show you what I got, Like, I look

456
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<v Speaker 2>like somebody who wants to buy drugs and I've never

457
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<v Speaker 2>done a drug in my life other than you know,

458
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<v Speaker 2>things that i'm that are legal. So anyways, all right,

459
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<v Speaker 2>So I got some criticism from my comments about Deon

460
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<v Speaker 2>Sanders from a couple of different people on the text line,

461
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<v Speaker 2>which is fine, Like, if you want Deon Sanders to

462
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<v Speaker 2>be good, that's fine. If you are a fan of

463
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<v Speaker 2>Deon Sanders in Colorado, cool, don't care. What I'm saying

464
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<v Speaker 2>is that they've never he hasn't done anything as a coach,

465
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<v Speaker 2>and for him to act the way that he acts.

466
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<v Speaker 2>I just feel like it's an open invitation for people

467
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<v Speaker 2>to hammer you with criticism when you carry yourself as

468
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<v Speaker 2>the elite of the elite when you have actually done nothing.

469
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<v Speaker 2>That's my whole thing, Like I'm not at I guess

470
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<v Speaker 2>I am a but I feel like in a way,

471
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<v Speaker 2>the hate I shouldn't say is justified. But again, I

472
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<v Speaker 2>talked about this the other day. I think it's almost

473
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<v Speaker 2>human nature for a lot of people to want to

474
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<v Speaker 2>be able to humble people when they are entitled, arrogant

475
00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:19.839
<v Speaker 2>with nothing to show, and then when they don't deliver

476
00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:22.920
<v Speaker 2>on what they say. Deon Sanders was on the I

477
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<v Speaker 2>think he was part of the coverage of the college

478
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<v Speaker 2>football playoff in some capacity, and he said, there's no

479
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<v Speaker 2>there's no ifans, but there's no questions we're gonna be

480
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<v Speaker 2>in the playoff next year. First of all, no coach

481
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<v Speaker 2>would say that and set themselves up for that kind

482
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<v Speaker 2>of pressure and expectation because that's a tall task, especially

483
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<v Speaker 2>when you're coming off of a four win season. But

484
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<v Speaker 2>he does it because it's prime and I just I'm

485
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<v Speaker 2>a little annoyed that because of just him being the

486
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<v Speaker 2>way he is. And again, if anything, I'll give him

487
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<v Speaker 2>credit for being consistent and being you know, original. I

488
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<v Speaker 2>guess like he is who he is and has always

489
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<v Speaker 2>been that way, and I can back that, but you

490
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<v Speaker 2>can't be sensitive to criticism like he is clearly and

491
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<v Speaker 2>his fans are clearly whenever you act that way and

492
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<v Speaker 2>you don't deliver. So, for those who missed it, he

493
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<v Speaker 2>was asked a question at his press conference. I assume

494
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<v Speaker 2>it media day, and this is how it went.

495
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<v Speaker 5>That's the end of that question.

496
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<v Speaker 1>I guess next guy, Eric Kristenson with CBS Sports Colorado Tyler.

497
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<v Speaker 5>I'm not doing none with CBS. Next question. It's above that.

498
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<v Speaker 5>You got none to do with you. I got love

499
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<v Speaker 5>for you, I appreciate, respect you, and got none to

500
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<v Speaker 5>do with you. They know what they did.

501
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<v Speaker 3>I'm here at Denver, not National.

502
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<v Speaker 5>You are who you are, CBS, the CBS, all right,

503
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<v Speaker 5>I respect you, just why I told you that. I'm

504
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<v Speaker 5>looking at you and now as a man, I respect you.

505
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<v Speaker 5>I got love for you. But what they did was foul.

506
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<v Speaker 2>So what they did was foul. Like what CBS did

507
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<v Speaker 2>was they have one of their college football writers, I

508
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<v Speaker 2>think his name is David Cobb. He ranked the Big

509
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<v Speaker 2>twelve coaches for the upcoming season, like some power rankings

510
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<v Speaker 2>for coaches, and he had Deon Sanders fifteen out of sixteen.

511
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<v Speaker 2>This isn't ranking Deon Sanders as a player, as an

512
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<v Speaker 2>all time athlete, as an entertainer, as a hype machine.

513
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<v Speaker 2>This is ranking coaches and Deon Sanders has not done

514
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<v Speaker 2>anything in the Power five level of college football that

515
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<v Speaker 2>warrants him to be any higher than fifteen out of sixteen.

516
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<v Speaker 2>In fact, if you put him at sixteenth, I don't

517
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<v Speaker 2>think that's outrageous because again he's won four games, and

518
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<v Speaker 2>you know he actually and this what's crazy. He replaced

519
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<v Speaker 2>his whole team last year, right like it was a

520
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<v Speaker 2>new team. But he also had some of the most

521
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<v Speaker 2>talented guys in the country according to just about everybody.

522
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<v Speaker 2>So like, in a way, you could actually claim that,

523
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<v Speaker 2>like it's not really an excuse to win four games.

524
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<v Speaker 2>Whenever you go out and you know, bring in your son,

525
00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:59.480
<v Speaker 2>bring in the kid from Travis Hunter from Jackson State

526
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<v Speaker 2>that followed you, who, by the way, chose to go

527
00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:03.039
<v Speaker 2>to Jackson State when he could have gone to any

528
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<v Speaker 2>school in the country. So I'm not I mean, if

529
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<v Speaker 2>he wins this year and they're good, then he'll get

530
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<v Speaker 2>credit and it'll be deserved. But usually people don't feel

531
00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:19.319
<v Speaker 2>that entitlement to credit and praise when they've not done

532
00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:21.440
<v Speaker 2>a damn thing. It could be different if he hadn't

533
00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:23.279
<v Speaker 2>coached yet he did coach last year. Last year counted

534
00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:26.440
<v Speaker 2>it mattered and they sucked, all right, don't go anywhere

535
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<v Speaker 2>it's Cofee and Company or Phil Beth Thornton's on sports

536
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<v Speaker 2>talk seven ninety seek again, right, it is just giving

537
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<v Speaker 2>me my JC Chavez fix. I think that's what you're

538
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<v Speaker 2>doing today. And I'm not complaining about it. I'm not

539
00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:41.519
<v Speaker 2>complaining about it, all right. So this is something I

540
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<v Speaker 2>found to be, uh what I'm first of all, I'm

541
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<v Speaker 2>jealous that I didn't, you know, come up with this idea.

542
00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:51.160
<v Speaker 2>But shout out to a guy named Jeremy Etchy because

543
00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:57.240
<v Speaker 2>he has the trademark and the domain name Harris Walls

544
00:24:57.440 --> 00:25:02.319
<v Speaker 2>dot com. So that, of course is Kamila Harris and

545
00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:06.720
<v Speaker 2>her vice president running mate Walls, who of course has

546
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<v Speaker 2>been talked about quite a bit in the last week

547
00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.519
<v Speaker 2>or so. And I don't bring this up to talk

548
00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:13.680
<v Speaker 2>politics or anything like that, but domain flipping and domain

549
00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:16.440
<v Speaker 2>hustling can be such a lucrative thing if you can

550
00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:21.880
<v Speaker 2>get in on domains that you expect to eventually be

551
00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:26.359
<v Speaker 2>really like no brainers for certain industries and businesses and

552
00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:30.039
<v Speaker 2>you're the first to do it. So in twenty twenty,

553
00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:33.640
<v Speaker 2>he purchased Harris Walls dot com for eight dollars and

554
00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:36.359
<v Speaker 2>ninety nine cents, And that was when then Senator Kamala

555
00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:38.920
<v Speaker 2>Harris was trying to secure the Democratic nomination for president.

556
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<v Speaker 2>Quote this is from the man who bought it. Quote.

557
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<v Speaker 2>I just tried to grab her name and all the

558
00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:45.960
<v Speaker 2>heartland governors I could think of, he told the AP.

559
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<v Speaker 2>He says he's willing to sell it for fifteen thousand dollars,

560
00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:53.319
<v Speaker 2>which is how much he sold clinton kine dot com

561
00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:57.359
<v Speaker 2>for after Hillary Hillary Clinton picked Senator Tim Kaine as

562
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<v Speaker 2>her running mate in twenty sixteen and domain he'd purchased

563
00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:02.640
<v Speaker 2>an twenty eleven. That sale turned out to have an

564
00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:05.400
<v Speaker 2>unexpected outcome. The Clinton campaign declined to buy it, so

565
00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:07.880
<v Speaker 2>it was snapped up by a digital marketing company that

566
00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:10.400
<v Speaker 2>turned out to be owned by Donald Trump's campaign, who

567
00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:14.400
<v Speaker 2>used it to publish anti Clinton news. So this is

568
00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:16.519
<v Speaker 2>a guy who's clearly savvy when it comes to that

569
00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:20.640
<v Speaker 2>with the political stuff. And I mean, I would say,

570
00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:25.400
<v Speaker 2>of all the different industries that will have checkbooks open,

571
00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:29.359
<v Speaker 2>by the way, can we retire, like open up the

572
00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:31.400
<v Speaker 2>check like who's writing checks this day and age? Like

573
00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:34.920
<v Speaker 2>it's I mean, they'll open up the venmo, right, they'll

574
00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:38.240
<v Speaker 2>they'll initiate the wire transfer like nobody's buying anything with

575
00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:40.160
<v Speaker 2>a check, are they? At least I don't think so.

576
00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:43.839
<v Speaker 2>But anyways, like political campaigns, like they'll they'll find the

577
00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:46.079
<v Speaker 2>money to pay for whatever they need because it's that

578
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<v Speaker 2>important to them and the people who support them in

579
00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:50.720
<v Speaker 2>from their campaign, like they usually have deep, deep pockets.

580
00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:54.319
<v Speaker 2>But I find it just interesting to see people who've

581
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<v Speaker 2>become at some point filthy rich because they snapped up

582
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<v Speaker 2>a domain before somebody else wanted it. I'm looking here

583
00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:09.119
<v Speaker 2>at SEO dot com search into optimization. They're telling you,

584
00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:13.319
<v Speaker 2>although they've got a rundown of the most expensive domains ever,

585
00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:17.319
<v Speaker 2>and the most expensive one according to this is business

586
00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:24.079
<v Speaker 2>dot com. Apparently. Yeah, a single domain name sold for

587
00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:27.079
<v Speaker 2>almost half a billion dollars in two thousand and seven,

588
00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:30.799
<v Speaker 2>for three hundred and forty five million dollars. I mean,

589
00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:34.119
<v Speaker 2>that is absurd. So the domain was originally purchased in

590
00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:36.119
<v Speaker 2>nineteen ninety nine, right in the middle of the dot

591
00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:38.599
<v Speaker 2>com boom, for a hefty seven point five million. So

592
00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:40.960
<v Speaker 2>that's somebody who made a big investment on that domain.

593
00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:43.240
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you got seven point five million dollars in

594
00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:46.720
<v Speaker 2>nineteen ninety nine to buy something that you really the

595
00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:48.400
<v Speaker 2>Internet was young then, right, you didn't even really know

596
00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.799
<v Speaker 2>what it's gonna turn into. If you're ever gonna have

597
00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:52.319
<v Speaker 2>flip a profit. Those aren't the stories that I find

598
00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:54.640
<v Speaker 2>to be as fascinating. I love the stories of people

599
00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:57.160
<v Speaker 2>who just are you know, hey, I'm gonna go buy

600
00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:58.920
<v Speaker 2>that domain. I'm gonna own it because at some point

601
00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:02.839
<v Speaker 2>that could be something that somebody wants to have. Apparently

602
00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:06.000
<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of crypto ones out there, but ai

603
00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:09.960
<v Speaker 2>dot com was sold to chat GPT for thirty million

604
00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:15.839
<v Speaker 2>dollars at some point. Yacht yachts dot com like yacht

605
00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:18.559
<v Speaker 2>you know, like the boats. I'm just going to the

606
00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:20.680
<v Speaker 2>website now to see what it doesn't even give me anything,

607
00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:24.039
<v Speaker 2>is it? Did it already shut down or did somebody

608
00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:26.640
<v Speaker 2>give the wrong url here? But it was bought for

609
00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:29.279
<v Speaker 2>three hundred and fifty thousand sold for six hundred k.

610
00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:33.039
<v Speaker 2>So again, those are hefty prices for purchase, but you

611
00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:35.359
<v Speaker 2>clearly do turn a profit and make a lot of money.

612
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<v Speaker 4>Did you see what the current website layout is for

613
00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:40.839
<v Speaker 4>Harris Walls dot com. No, it's just a green background

614
00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.920
<v Speaker 4>with in black lettering walls.

615
00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.680
<v Speaker 3>It's all of it.

616
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, like usually that's that's yeah, that makes

617
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<v Speaker 2>to I mean that I would have expected to look

618
00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:49.519
<v Speaker 2>a little better than what I'm seeing. Here, but it's

619
00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:52.319
<v Speaker 2>usually they'll be like for sale, contact this, like they're

620
00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:54.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure it's a it's a business to where you

621
00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:57.920
<v Speaker 2>just snatch up as many domains as you can and

622
00:28:58.240 --> 00:29:00.720
<v Speaker 2>if somebody's looking to see if it's available, they'll then

623
00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:03.039
<v Speaker 2>go to that domain and see that it's not available,

624
00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.839
<v Speaker 2>and if they see somebody they can reach out to

625
00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:06.759
<v Speaker 2>to get it, they'll they'll have to pay for it.

626
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<v Speaker 2>So I know there was a college basketball website. Could

627
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<v Speaker 2>be wrong about how I'm remembering this, but college Basketball

628
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<v Speaker 2>Talk was part of NBC's like college sports website coverage.

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<v Speaker 2>Like there was college football Talk, there was college basketball Talk,

630
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<v Speaker 2>and they had writers, and that's where Rob Douster actually

631
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<v Speaker 2>got to start and did that for quite quite some

632
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<v Speaker 2>time for NBC before he ended up they shut down,

633
00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:39.960
<v Speaker 2>and then he ended up launching Field of sixty eight.

634
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<v Speaker 2>But anyways, I believe they were able to get around.

635
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<v Speaker 2>I could be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure somebody

636
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<v Speaker 2>owned the domain, but they didn't copyright it. So NBC

637
00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:53.720
<v Speaker 2>Sports just made it to where if you go to

638
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<v Speaker 2>NBC dot college basketball dot com or college basketball Talk

639
00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:59.680
<v Speaker 2>dot com, you would then get there. But if you

640
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<v Speaker 2>just or if you just went to straight college basketball

641
00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:04.359
<v Speaker 2>talk dot com the website, it would take you to

642
00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:05.960
<v Speaker 2>the guy who owned it that was trying to sell it,

643
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<v Speaker 2>and they kind of had a way around it. And

644
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<v Speaker 2>I think, again, maybe I'm just dreaming that this happened.

645
00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:14.240
<v Speaker 2>But they tried to sue saying, hey, no, we own that. Well,

646
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<v Speaker 2>you didn't own the trademark. You just own the domain,

647
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<v Speaker 2>so you couldn't claim that College Basketball Talk part of

648
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<v Speaker 2>NBC was infringement, Like you didn't known that. You just

649
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<v Speaker 2>own the domain. You didn't own like the trademark for it.

650
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<v Speaker 2>But I'm just trying to think of other websites that, like,

651
00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:31.839
<v Speaker 2>people have gotten rich on because they realized, hey, if

652
00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:35.680
<v Speaker 2>you you know, and sometimes people will buy them from

653
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<v Speaker 2>somebody and then wait and like, hey, I'll go ahead

654
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<v Speaker 2>and give this gout twenty K for it because I

655
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<v Speaker 2>got the money and I'm I'm banking on in I

656
00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:48.119
<v Speaker 2>don't know, ten years, it'll be worth way more because

657
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<v Speaker 2>of something I expect to happen, and that's when I'll

658
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<v Speaker 2>really make my profit. What's the domain for your the

659
00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.680
<v Speaker 2>website you're working for.

660
00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:57.640
<v Speaker 3>Who's your illustrated dot com?

661
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<v Speaker 2>I'm curious if that was available because you know that

662
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<v Speaker 2>that's such, that's a I mean, again, Hoosier is a

663
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<v Speaker 2>unique thing. It's just I mean, when somebody says Hoosier,

664
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<v Speaker 2>could it be interpreted for anything other than Indiana? Like,

665
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<v Speaker 2>I have never heard the word Hoosier for anything other

666
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<v Speaker 2>than I you if you know, so maybe it wouldn't

667
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<v Speaker 2>be that surprising to see that it was available because again,

668
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<v Speaker 2>but like card like my website that I had, Cardinal Connect,

669
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<v Speaker 2>Like a lot of people just called it the card

670
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<v Speaker 2>Connect because that was my Twitter handle, or they just

671
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<v Speaker 2>called the website cardinal Connect, but the domain was the

672
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<v Speaker 2>cardinal Connect. I had to put the thaugh in there

673
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<v Speaker 2>because cardinalconnect dot Com or cardconnect dot com was already

674
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<v Speaker 2>was already taken. In fact, cardconnect dot Com was some

675
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<v Speaker 2>kind of like website where you can reference the best

676
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<v Speaker 2>interest rates within credit cards, which makes total sense, right,

677
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<v Speaker 2>that's a that's a fitting name for that kind of thing.

678
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<v Speaker 2>I don't remember what the card connect or cardinal Connect

679
00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:59.559
<v Speaker 2>was to where I couldn't get it, but yeah, anyways,

680
00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:04.960
<v Speaker 2>I wish I could somehow think of a quick idea

681
00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:06.920
<v Speaker 2>that takes little effort to where I'm like, you know what,

682
00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:09.920
<v Speaker 2>I just became a millionaire. I just became filthy rich

683
00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:12.680
<v Speaker 2>because of that. But you know it didn't really work

684
00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:14.519
<v Speaker 2>that way. All right, real quick, before we get to

685
00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:16.680
<v Speaker 2>our last break, I've got something here from Reddit that

686
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<v Speaker 2>I want to share with you guys. It's a list

687
00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:24.720
<v Speaker 2>of what people are calling morally questionable life hacks. And

688
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<v Speaker 2>I guess everybody's morals are different, right, because some of

689
00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:29.000
<v Speaker 2>these things I'm saying, I'm like, that's not I mean,

690
00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.680
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's morally I don't think you need

691
00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:32.799
<v Speaker 2>to be worried about your morals if you do this.

692
00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:36.319
<v Speaker 2>This says they use their ex'es and bosses phone numbers

693
00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:40.880
<v Speaker 2>at Kroger Kroger fuel pumps to steal their discounts. Does

694
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<v Speaker 2>would that make you question your morals? John, if you

695
00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.400
<v Speaker 2>did that?

696
00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:47.119
<v Speaker 4>Maybe because I wouldn't think to do that, doesn't mean

697
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<v Speaker 4>that I wouldn't.

698
00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:52.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, like, I feel like you're not stealing

699
00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.480
<v Speaker 2>from them. I guess you are. But they're not paying

700
00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:56.440
<v Speaker 2>for those discounts they just signed up for free, you

701
00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:59.039
<v Speaker 2>know what I mean. Like, you're not stealing. In fact,

702
00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:01.039
<v Speaker 2>you're not stealing from any are you? Because you can

703
00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:04.720
<v Speaker 2>get those discounts by just signing up yourself. Now, I

704
00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:06.599
<v Speaker 2>guess by giving them your information and all that, I

705
00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:09.039
<v Speaker 2>guess that's the cost. But I don't feel like that's

706
00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:12.519
<v Speaker 2>something people would do and feel like you know their

707
00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:16.960
<v Speaker 2>their morals or in question. This is mentioned credit card

708
00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:19.680
<v Speaker 2>chargeback to get a refund. When a company won't budge,

709
00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:21.680
<v Speaker 2>they'll usually cave to avoid the hassle. I don't know

710
00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:24.599
<v Speaker 2>what that means. I don't have credit cards, so you know,

711
00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.119
<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

712
00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.960
<v Speaker 4>I can't tell you something my wife does. It's kind

713
00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:30.240
<v Speaker 4>of questionable, hear. I've shared this before, but it was

714
00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:33.119
<v Speaker 4>way early on in the show. Sometimes she will, like, say,

715
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<v Speaker 4>let's say she buys a new pair of shoes, she'll

716
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<v Speaker 4>throw an old pair of shoes into the box that

717
00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:40.319
<v Speaker 4>the new pair came in and return it and get

718
00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.920
<v Speaker 4>her money back.

719
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<v Speaker 2>That's left. I mean, that's that's what that is.

720
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<v Speaker 3>I'm trying to tell her.

721
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, like, you cant in trouble for that.

722
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<v Speaker 4>She's so, she's never done it with anything like overtly expensive.

723
00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:54.920
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I will say this. The other day, she tried

724
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<v Speaker 3>to convince me to do it.

725
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<v Speaker 2>I would be scared to do that, just see exactly.

726
00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:01.279
<v Speaker 4>Well, so she was one to do it with a laptop.

727
00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:03.440
<v Speaker 4>I said, that is way too expensive. You're not going

728
00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:05.319
<v Speaker 4>to do that, and she ended up not doing it.

729
00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.720
<v Speaker 3>Thingful.

730
00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:07.720
<v Speaker 2>Probably shouldn't be mentioning this on the radio.

731
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<v Speaker 3>I guarantee you She's not the only person who does.

732
00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:12.599
<v Speaker 2>Oh, I guarantee you she talks about it. And I

733
00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.519
<v Speaker 2>bet that there are many people that do way worse

734
00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:19.679
<v Speaker 2>things and I wouldn't have And I'm not going to

735
00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.880
<v Speaker 2>sit there and tell you that I have like a

736
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<v Speaker 2>ton of sympathy for any of these companies. But like

737
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<v Speaker 2>I mean again, I'm fearful of getting in trouble and

738
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<v Speaker 2>I can just see me trying that and getting caught

739
00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:33.480
<v Speaker 2>and you know, get in prison time. I mean, wouldn't

740
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<v Speaker 2>be at that level. But always it's a savvy move.

741
00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:37.360
<v Speaker 2>I've said before. I'm like, this is going to come

742
00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.920
<v Speaker 2>back to bidas down the road. We're going to have

743
00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:41.639
<v Speaker 2>an unreasonable expense because of the amount of things we've

744
00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:44.039
<v Speaker 2>returned through Amazon that we shouldn't have returned. And this

745
00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:47.119
<v Speaker 2>is going to be the reason. I understand your mindset.

746
00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:50.639
<v Speaker 2>I do this one says uh, this, this one I

747
00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:52.920
<v Speaker 2>think is just this is just the lame thing to do.

748
00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:56.280
<v Speaker 2>And it and it it does I think point to

749
00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:58.000
<v Speaker 2>bad morals. If you don't want someone to sit in

750
00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:00.599
<v Speaker 2>front of you at the movie theater poor some coke

751
00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:04.599
<v Speaker 2>on that seat, that's I mean, that's lame, right, Like,

752
00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:08.320
<v Speaker 2>I mean, like that's something I mean, I would never

753
00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:09.960
<v Speaker 2>think to do that. And I guess it's probably effective

754
00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:12.239
<v Speaker 2>because people don't want to sit in a seat that's wet,

755
00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:14.360
<v Speaker 2>But like, I don't know, I just feel like that's lame.

756
00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:16.840
<v Speaker 2>This says Walmart has a ninety day return policy for

757
00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:20.239
<v Speaker 2>pretty much everything they sell. Ac broken heat wave question

758
00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:23.800
<v Speaker 2>Mark rent a couple window units from Walmart. One a

759
00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:27.159
<v Speaker 2>seventy two inch TV for Super Bowl party. Rent it

760
00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:29.320
<v Speaker 2>from Walmart, Like, I'd never mean, will they let you

761
00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:31.079
<v Speaker 2>do that? I guess they can't. That's their policy. Then

762
00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:33.679
<v Speaker 2>I guess you can ninety days though, Like if somebody's

763
00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:35.079
<v Speaker 2>got a TV for eighty nine days and on the

764
00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:36.880
<v Speaker 2>nineteth day they bring it back, are they taking it

765
00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:38.000
<v Speaker 2>and giving you a full refund?

766
00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:39.239
<v Speaker 3>Oh No, that's a little question.

767
00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:41.360
<v Speaker 2>I mean, if you can get away with it, you know,

768
00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:44.039
<v Speaker 2>I like the Amazon stuf nack yourself out. This is

769
00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:47.480
<v Speaker 2>in many elevators. You can hold down the closed door

770
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<v Speaker 2>button while choosing the floor to get a non stop

771
00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:54.280
<v Speaker 2>ride meant to be used by rescue service fireman. I

772
00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:58.079
<v Speaker 2>didn't know that was the thing, and I I don't know,

773
00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:01.199
<v Speaker 2>I'm did you know this about me? I'm scared of elevators.

774
00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:03.559
<v Speaker 3>I didn't know that about you. But I used to

775
00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.480
<v Speaker 3>be really scared of them.

776
00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:07.320
<v Speaker 2>Like I literally won't ride an elevator unless like it's

777
00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:09.440
<v Speaker 2>got a window to where I can see out, or

778
00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:12.079
<v Speaker 2>there's really no or honestly, this is embarrassing to say.

779
00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:14.000
<v Speaker 2>Like if I if we make it back to like

780
00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:16.800
<v Speaker 2>a hotel or a resort where we're staying, and I've

781
00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:18.920
<v Speaker 2>had you know, I've had a day a lot of

782
00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:20.960
<v Speaker 2>bush lights, I don't think much about it, and I'm

783
00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:24.000
<v Speaker 2>more relaxed. But I got stuck in an elevator in

784
00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:27.760
<v Speaker 2>Mexico one time, and it traumatized me. And I'll never

785
00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:30.039
<v Speaker 2>forget it and I'll never live it down because we

786
00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:32.599
<v Speaker 2>ended up having to like kind of like prie the

787
00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:35.079
<v Speaker 2>door open because it got stuck like midway. It was

788
00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:37.320
<v Speaker 2>super scary because the door wasn't all the way closed.

789
00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:40.000
<v Speaker 2>It fell a little bit, so we had to like

790
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<v Speaker 2>pry the doors open and kind of like climb out,

791
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<v Speaker 2>if that makes sense. And I was having a panic attack,

792
00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:49.440
<v Speaker 2>I mean scared to death. Probably was in there for

793
00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:52.480
<v Speaker 2>a few minutes, but it felt like hours, and I

794
00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:55.760
<v Speaker 2>climbed myself out and ran and left my wife in there.

795
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<v Speaker 2>I mean I eventually, I mean I eventually, like I'm

796
00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:01.639
<v Speaker 2>it like twenty yards and I was like, all right,

797
00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:03.199
<v Speaker 2>I guess I should go back and help her out.

798
00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:04.320
<v Speaker 3>Did she give you a talking to?

799
00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:08.400
<v Speaker 2>Yes and no, because she knew everything was gonna be okay. She,

800
00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:12.400
<v Speaker 2>being the great person she is, was more worried for

801
00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:15.599
<v Speaker 2>me because how panic how panicked I was, because I

802
00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:17.800
<v Speaker 2>was already scared of them, but I would ride them,

803
00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:20.840
<v Speaker 2>and then I rode one and that happened, and it's

804
00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:24.519
<v Speaker 2>like never again unless I have to. It's more than anything.

805
00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:29.079
<v Speaker 2>It's it's because I'm claustrophobic. Like I rode the subway

806
00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:33.639
<v Speaker 2>or the train from Wrigleyville back to downtown Chicago Magnificent

807
00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:36.199
<v Speaker 2>Mile after a Cubs game ended, and I'd never been

808
00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:40.320
<v Speaker 2>packed in in something that crowded in a tight space,

809
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<v Speaker 2>and it got stuck in the tunnel where you can't

810
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<v Speaker 2>see out other than just the brick, like the concrete.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I remember thinking, like, all right, I'm gonna die.

812
00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:51.679
<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna explode because I'm losing my mind here.

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00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:53.159
<v Speaker 2>All right, quick Break will come back and wrap it

814
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<v Speaker 2>up on the other side. Stick around this, Backstreet Boys,

815
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<v Speaker 2>it is okay. Yeah, I didn't know, but I was

816
00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:04.519
<v Speaker 2>just the production here made me kind of lean that

817
00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:09.360
<v Speaker 2>it was BSB. I love people not knowing at all

818
00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:11.920
<v Speaker 2>how we ended up playing nothing but in Sync and

819
00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:14.360
<v Speaker 2>Backstreet Boys. But that's a little incentive you to go

820
00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:16.320
<v Speaker 2>check out the podcast. Check out the podcast in the

821
00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:18.960
<v Speaker 2>three o'clock hour, and then at least it'll explain why

822
00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.760
<v Speaker 2>we ended up here. But real quick, I don't we

823
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<v Speaker 2>don't have a lot of time left, but I do

824
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<v Speaker 2>want to let you know those visits that we knew

825
00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:27.960
<v Speaker 2>were about to be scheduled for these college basketball recruits.

826
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<v Speaker 2>One of the top players in the twenty twenty five class,

827
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<v Speaker 2>Kden Magwood from right here in Louisville, plays at Oak

828
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<v Speaker 2>Hill Academy. Now started his career at Western High School.

829
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<v Speaker 2>He's one of the best scoring guards in the country,

830
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<v Speaker 2>regardless of where what rankings indicate. I know, he's all

831
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<v Speaker 2>over the place in these different rankings. But he's going

832
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<v Speaker 2>to visit Louisville August to twenty third, and this he

833
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<v Speaker 2>scheduled visits with Louisville, INDCI State, Ole, miss Memphis, Georgia Tech, USC,

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<v Speaker 2>Mississippi State in wake Forest. So I'm not sure if

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<v Speaker 2>that means that those are that's his list. I would

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<v Speaker 2>imagine if other schools get involved, he'd consider them as well.

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<v Speaker 2>But really good player. I would love to see him

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<v Speaker 2>as a louis of Cardinal. I've mentioned before my connection

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<v Speaker 2>with him. I played against his father for years in

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<v Speaker 2>high school. Hell of a player. We actually signed to

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<v Speaker 2>go to the same college our senior year. I ended

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<v Speaker 2>up going elsewhere in the end, and he ended up

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<v Speaker 2>going to Mid Continent where we signed. But his father

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<v Speaker 2>al great guy, great player himself, and he's a big

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<v Speaker 2>UK fan. So I just you know, I always felt like,

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<v Speaker 2>man Louisville is going to be working an uphill battle

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<v Speaker 2>here because his pops has been a huge Kentucky fan

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<v Speaker 2>as far as long as I've known. But hey, they're

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<v Speaker 2>not listed here as a visit. I know they did

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<v Speaker 2>recruit him, so I don't know. You know, there'll be

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of guys visiting Louisville, But I really think

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<v Speaker 2>Kate mag could be a guy that fits in well,

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<v Speaker 2>just a really good scoring guard can shoot it, can

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<v Speaker 2>score at all three levels and high four start depending

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<v Speaker 2>on where you look. So I'm sure in the next

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<v Speaker 2>few weeks we'll start to get more visits confirmed as

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<v Speaker 2>far as dates, and I'm imagining that the weekend they

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<v Speaker 2>have Louisville, liive that'll. I mean, I'm sure they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be aiming to make that a big weekend of visits.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, we're out of time, you guys, enjoy your weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll be back at it on my Monday right here

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<v Speaker 2>on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 1>Mm hm hm