WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.040 It's time for coffee and company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.640 Sports Talk seven ninety Holy crap, I don't know who. 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:11.640 The hell we think when we. 4 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:14.359 Are get off our show, idiot. 5 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:15.919 The kids are playing or turn off. 6 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:19.160 Their countries are screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, 7 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:20.879 gold Play Inner Murals. 8 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:24.000 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:27.879 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 10 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:28.559 kidding me? 11 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:40.679 Now? Here's nick coffee? I mean it when I say it. 12 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:45.200 I always tried to really live in the moment, remind 13 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.000 myself every day how lucky I am to be able 14 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:48.600 to do this. But today's one of those days where 15 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:50.920 I really mean it, more so just because I've been 16 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:53.960 running around like a chicken with my head cut off today. 17 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:56.679 Just you know, I won't lie and act like it's 18 00:00:56.719 --> 00:00:59.039 been some like super important stuff. I've just been busy. 19 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:01.439 John asked me, I've been running all over town and 20 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:03.719 I haven't. I've set my house all day, just but 21 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.400 on the phone zoom calls. You know, work and this 22 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:09.519 you know this is this is work, but you know 23 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:10.920 it doesn't feel like it. I had to do like 24 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:13.000 more real work than usual today, And you know, it 25 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.599 made me feel like like I had to grow up. 26 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:18.040 Radio keeps me from having to, you know, truly grow up. 27 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:19.840 I can live a lie that I'm a grown up, 28 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:22.359 but like, really, I just get to play around. It's 29 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:24.519 actually a pretty pretty cool scheme that I've been getting 30 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:27.120 away with for quite some time. John, You're You're in 31 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:27.959 You're in on it too. 32 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:30.040 Yeah, I think I haven't had to grow up just yet. 33 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.840 Oh dude, you I mean, you are mature beyond your years. 34 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:36.920 But you know, actually you are. You're too good for 35 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.640 this industry, John, because you could probably change a lot 36 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.519 of lives in some other sector, right as a business 37 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.159 analyst maybe as I mean, you'd be you'd be a 38 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:48.760 good school teacher. I bet. 39 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:51.879 I mean you're aware of that. Yeah, but you but 40 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:53.159 you feel like I couldn't do what she does. 41 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:56.519 You chose radio, and and you know radio is is 42 00:01:56.519 --> 00:02:00.640 is better off having the company man himself. But like, 43 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:02.319 did you know you wanted to do? Like, did you 44 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:03.680 have any idea really what you wanted to do? I 45 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:05.400 know you went to college at WKU and they've got 46 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:09.520 a great you know, media sports broadcasting program. I'm sure 47 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:12.439 I'm not describing that perfectly, but a lot of people 48 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:14.879 who have gone on to have great success in sports 49 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:19.280 media as journalists rather that be writing print or media, 50 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:21.240 online video, whatever, like a lot of them have come 51 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:23.680 from WKU, and John is one of the latest. But 52 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:25.560 did you, like, I mean, if I had told you 53 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:29.560 eight years ago you'd be in this position, would it 54 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:32.240 have completely floored you? Eight years ago? 55 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:34.960 I can swhear. What year would that have been? Right 56 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:35.759 at the end of high school? 57 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:37.280 Yeah, sixteen? 58 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:38.479 I wanted to be in radio at the end of 59 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:38.960 high school. 60 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:40.520 Yes, well cool that that now. 61 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:42.680 I think I've told you this before though, The very 62 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:46.159 first career I ever wanted to have was a TV meteorologist. 63 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:48.080 Whenever I was, you know, a young. 64 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:50.360 Lass, when did that fade? And you were like, yeah, no, 65 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:51.039 I'm not doing that. 66 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:55.479 Probably once once I got when you saw Mike Weinberg 67 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.080 on TV, and you were like, yeah, I can't be 68 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:57.400 that guy. 69 00:02:57.439 --> 00:02:58.800 I can't. I can't take myself that sid. 70 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:00.759 I just think guy, I just think guy didn't want 71 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:02.319 to be in front of a camera, and thankfully in 72 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:03.360 radio you don't have to do it. 73 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:06.759 Yeah, that's true. But yet now you have two other 74 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:08.919 shows where you're you're right in front of the camera 75 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:11.159 looking like a million bucks. So you know, life just 76 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:13.199 works out the way it's supposed to work out. That's 77 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:16.039 what I tell myself. But we're here. It is Coffee 78 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:18.080 and Company. My name is Nick Coffee. The company man 79 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.560 is the other voice you hear, mister John Olden alongside 80 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:23.319 as we take you up until six o'clock fueled by Thornton's. 81 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:25.520 Make sure you sign up to become a member of 82 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:29.159 the Refreshing Awards program, because you know, life is better 83 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:31.280 when you've got that membership in your back pocket. You 84 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:34.000 save money at the gas pump, stopped in this morning, 85 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:37.240 got the kids their fizz freeze. And even at eight 86 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.000 fifteen this morning, man that walk from the front of 87 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:44.319 Thornton's to the vehicle which was at a pump, I 88 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:47.319 mean we're talking about maybe thirty yards at best, and man, 89 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:50.199 those fizz freezes were already melting. I mean it's hot. 90 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.400 It was hot outside. It was humid early like I 91 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.400 don't even know if the temperature is as hot today 92 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:59.879 as it was on Tuesday, but humidity heat indexes is crazy. 93 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:03.560 But we've got a scrimmage tonight for my son's flag 94 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:06.400 football team, and a lot of the parents are going 95 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:08.680 back and forth about what are we gonna do? You know, 96 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:12.639 But when you get to that late, it's hot, especially 97 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:14.400 for you know. I mean it's even though it's always 98 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:16.519 hot in August, late August, I mean, it's really hot 99 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:18.399 this week, the hottest week of the year. But the 100 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:22.800 heat indecks in humidity usually usually drops by then. So 101 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:26.560 so you know, if the Vikings, I'm not sure what 102 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:30.959 area the Vikings are from in our Cedar Grove, maybe 103 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:35.399 the Vikings may be, you know, hoping for some high 104 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:37.480 heat index so they can get out of a butt 105 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:40.199 whoop in the night. I say that jokingly. I'm not 106 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:41.920 even really sure how they do scrimmages for four and 107 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:44.560 five year olds. I mean, it's flag football. The games 108 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:46.920 themselves are not really games, so a scrimmage is probably 109 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:48.639 going to be even more of like, you know, let's 110 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:50.920 just let them run around and hope they get better. 111 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:55.360 I give the coaches it really all level of youth sports, 112 00:04:55.720 --> 00:05:00.040 but you've got to be a patient human being to 113 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.199 coach four and five year olds in flag football. I mean, 114 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:06.240 even if you've got good group of kids, which we do, 115 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:10.480 they're four and five and we've got a group of 116 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:14.319 four or five coaches that volunteer their time, and man, 117 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:17.680 they have patience, and it's been it's been pretty fun 118 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:20.560 to watch as a parent because all the parents, you know, 119 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:23.319 at that age, you don't really just drop like you 120 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:25.000 can drop your kid off at practice when he's in 121 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:27.839 middle school or you know, whenever he's seven eight or 122 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:30.639 something like that, whenever, you know. But like my son 123 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.399 is four, he just turned forth. He would cry if 124 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:34.879 he saw his drive away while he's in practice, because 125 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:37.839 you know, he's a little kid. So all the parents 126 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:40.199 sit around in our chairs and watch practice, and I've 127 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:42.439 become to I really love this group of kids. Man, 128 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:43.639 I don't know him all that well. I only know 129 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:47.079 him from football, but they become friends and they're having fun. 130 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:49.279 They don't really know exactly how it all works, but 131 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:52.399 our coaches many they are patient in a way that 132 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:55.480 I could not be. And in fact, I've done a 133 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.439 good job of and I don't get there till later 134 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.720 on in the practice anyway, So parents are there for 135 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:04.199 the entire hour and a half and it is nice 136 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:06.720 to like whenever your kids just kind of goofing on, 137 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:08.680 not being bad, but just you know, maybe not as 138 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:11.480 locked in as you would as you would want, like 139 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:13.959 all the parents have let every coach know, Hey, you 140 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:15.879 gotta you've got to yell at him, do it, because 141 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:18.040 if you don't, I'm going to. And it's just a 142 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:20.959 it's such a process. But anyways, we're here with you 143 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.199 on a Thursday afternoon, and I hope you guys will 144 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:25.120 stick with us until six o'clock because we've got a 145 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:27.160 lot to get into today. We're gonna be joined coming 146 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:29.639 up at four o'clock by the one, the only, mister 147 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:33.920 Kendrick Haskins from Way three Sports. Looking forward to chatting 148 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:37.160 with him. And I will let you know, John, I've 149 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:40.160 been ghosted you have by the Austin Pete beat writer. 150 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:41.560 Oh Man, he's scared. 151 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:45.279 No no response in the Twitter DM, no response in 152 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:48.800 a formal email sent with my iHeartRadio email address to 153 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:52.360 his Gannet email. He works for. He's a Capital J, Johnny. 154 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:56.240 He works for that Clarksville Clarksville newspaper that you know 155 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:58.360 is under the same ownership umbrella Gannet that you know 156 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:01.199 the CJ is. He works for the CEA J Clarksvielle, Tennessee. 157 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:04.480 Did I say Indiana Clarksville, Tennessee. And you know he's 158 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:07.040 too good for the Coffee and Company show. Maybe he 159 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:08.879 heard me talking about Austin P needed to just bend 160 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:10.959 over and take it, and he thought he thought, maybe 161 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:13.360 he you know, he's too high faluting for us because 162 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:17.240 we're you know, knuckleheads on the radio. But he's gotten 163 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:20.120 until he's gotten No. Five o'clock today. If he doesn't respond, 164 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:22.040 then if he does respond after that, I'm gonna let 165 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:23.879 him know it's off. And I better not see him 166 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:26.759 in the press box either, because I'm here. I'm giving 167 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:29.160 him an opportunity to reach millions of people on this show, 168 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:31.360 right and he just is he's too good for us. 169 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:33.480 It makes me want to see them beat them down, 170 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:36.000 even more so on Saturday than they're already going to. 171 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:39.600 You hear that Jeff, Austin P's beat writer thinks he's 172 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:43.120 too good for us. So take that out on the 173 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:44.360 Austin P. What are they? 174 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:45.240 The governors? 175 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:51.000 The governors? Let's go pee lame anyways, real quick. Last night, 176 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:52.959 Jeff Brom had his first Coaches show of the year. 177 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:55.759 I did not get a chance to hear much of that, 178 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:00.680 but I think some notable updates here and by the way, 179 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.839 thank you to Alexis Cubitt. She works for the CJ 180 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:05.560 and she's a capital jay. I bet she'd responded to 181 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:07.959 an email. She does a great job cover in UFL football. 182 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:10.000 She's the beat writer for football and women's basketball for 183 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:12.480 the CJ, and she did a good you know recap, 184 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:14.759 not really recap. She was kind of tweeting along. And 185 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:17.720 you know, I didn't hear this, but apparently Tyler shuck 186 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:22.120 that guy like he's going to be a character. And 187 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:25.079 you know, he's just different because he's old. And I 188 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:26.680 don't mean to act like he's an old man, but 189 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.800 like this dude apparently like is talking of he's starting. 190 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:34.600 I mean he's married, right like most people are usually 191 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:38.559 a few years into their career, even if it's at 192 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:41.960 the entry level stage of that. He's still playing football 193 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.159 at you know, twenty five years old. He's one of 194 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:49.000 the oldest quarterbacks in the country. And you know, sounds 195 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:50.879 it sounds like he's going to be somebody. When we 196 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:54.399 hear from him after games at a press conference, or 197 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:56.960 we hear from him during one of the weekly pressers 198 00:08:56.960 --> 00:08:59.799 to get ready for a game, or after practice, like 199 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:03.360 the media availability for Tyler Shuck. I get the sense 200 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:05.000 is going to be much different. Not to say that 201 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:08.039 he's more entertaining or he's better or worse than any 202 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:10.080 of the other athletes that have come through here that 203 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:13.080 have been memorable when it comes to their interviews, but 204 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:15.840 this guy is really in a different situation. He's played 205 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:19.679 in two different Power five schools already, he got out 206 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:23.240 of high school six seven years ago, and like he's 207 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:25.879 a grown ass man who can play a little ball. 208 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:29.399 So it sounds like they had to probably dump some 209 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:31.679 of what he said because they asked somebody asked him, 210 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:33.240 not sure if it was Paul Rodgers who asked him, 211 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:35.639 if it was somebody that was in attendance that submitted 212 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:38.799 the question, but what was it like in Lubbock, Texas 213 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:40.759 where he came from, which is where Texas Tech is. 214 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:43.559 And he responded by just saying that it smells like 215 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:47.279 cow bleep, But he said the actual word, pretty direct answer. 216 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:52.360 So anyways, I think it came up during the summer. 217 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:54.679 And again it's not like it's I mean, there are 218 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:57.080 a lot of guys who stick around in college longer 219 00:09:57.120 --> 00:10:00.120 than most, Like I mean, Jack Plummer was a if 220 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:02.639 your guy last year because of the COVID situation, So old, 221 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:05.519 you know, old old guys being around in college sports 222 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:08.240 will no longer be a rare thing moving forward, because 223 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.679 now you have an incentive to stick around because you're 224 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:14.879 gonna make money. And who knows, I mean the NC 225 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:17.480 double A, I mean, have they told anybody they can't 226 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:21.799 come back and their eligibility is exhausted. Miami has a 227 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:24.159 has a tight end on their team who is entering 228 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:29.320 his ninth year of college force college football, like eighth 229 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:32.480 or ninth, it's at least eighth, which is crazy. So like, 230 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:36.200 you know, it's not going to be that rare moving forward, 231 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:38.440 but you know, it is kind of rare to just 232 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:40.639 think about. I mean, this guy when he was coming 233 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:42.200 out of high school. Some of these guys on his 234 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:45.879 team weren't in high school yet. So anyways, Jeff Brown 235 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:49.720 was asked about the Amari Huggins Bruce situation, and it's, 236 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:53.039 you know, from what I've gathered again from Alexis Cubitt, 237 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:57.039 who is on Twitter at Alexis Underscore cub I t 238 00:10:57.879 --> 00:11:00.960 it sounds like Jeff acknowledged Tomorrow is back and they're 239 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:02.559 happy to have him back, but it'll be more of 240 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:04.559 a game time decision as far as if he's going 241 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:06.279 to be able to play, So that tells me they 242 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:09.080 have not been given the greenlight to play him just yet, 243 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:10.960 which makes sense now where they get it by game time, 244 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.559 I don't know, but clearly they're not going to risk it, 245 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:15.480 so he's in the mix. It's just again, I would 246 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:17.320 imagine at this point, it's just getting the thumbs up 247 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:20.159 from the NCAA that he's going to be able to play, 248 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:25.519 and I hope he is right because there's no negative here. 249 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:28.120 Just gives you another receiver that can, you know, help 250 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:29.960 you out, and you need that with the injury to 251 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:33.480 Colin Lacy. But I'm also gonna be pretty conc I 252 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:35.240 just don't know how they're gonna get him eligible because 253 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.720 I was told yesterday by somebody who didn't didn't know 254 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:40.399 this for certain, but they felt like the theory I 255 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:42.600 floated out there as far as how he be eligible 256 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:45.360 is not the case meaning he did not graduate, because 257 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:47.440 that's what the only the only scenario I can see 258 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:48.879 where they were able to figure out a way for 259 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.000 him to be eligible would be that the portal did 260 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:55.720 not matter with him because he graduated. Therefore he doesn't 261 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:57.159 have to end of the portal. He can transfer whenever 262 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:00.120 he wants, but he would have to go through through 263 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:04.320 I mean, he's only been in college for three years. 264 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:06.080 This will be his fourth year, so therefore he would 265 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:07.639 have to I mean, and it's not crazy for guys 266 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:11.000 to do, you know, a lot of summer school. And 267 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.879 if he did summer school every year and got enough 268 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.080 credits to where he did actually have enough to obtain 269 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.840 a bachelor's degree and be a graduate, that wouldn't be 270 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:20.600 a shocker. But I was told by somebody yesterday that 271 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.759 they don't. They're pretty sure that's not the case with him, 272 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:25.279 So we'll see. There's been a lot of talk about 273 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.440 this guy. Uh and there's still really not any indication 274 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:29.919 for sure that he's going to be able to play. 275 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:34.039 I don't think. But anyways, all right, real quick, can 276 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:35.720 we talk? Can we can? We can we have a 277 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:41.240 grown up conversation here about attendance because I used to 278 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:43.080 have the stance of like, I don't want to talk 279 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:46.200 attendance because I can't fake that. I care what other 280 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:48.000 people do. I want U of L to have a 281 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:51.120 great crowd at every event they have hope that I 282 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:54.519 hope every sporting event UFL ever has moving forward, You've 283 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:57.720 got people lined up to the interstate to get in. 284 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:00.639 But I also can't give you the faith, like where 285 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:04.480 were you guys at we had fifty percent compelling? Like 286 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:06.279 I just can't cause again, like who am I to 287 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:09.720 tell people what to do with their time and their money? 288 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:14.159 So I've that's that's where I have resided when it 289 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:19.679 comes to this platform and the crowd, the attendance, empty seats, 290 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:24.159 that kind of stuff. And then last year I learned 291 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:26.120 to take my own advice and not get in the 292 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.759 weeds because all it took was one tweet about the 293 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:30.919 attendance being light at the Duke game, and I got 294 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:34.000 everybody coming after me like I'm criticizing the fans when 295 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:36.559 one tweet led people believing that. But if you listen 296 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:37.799 to me even a little bit, you know that I 297 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:40.279 never shamed, like I never get into the crowd conversation 298 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:44.000 because I've never been able to understand how you can 299 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:48.000 go to a game with your hard earned money and 300 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:50.919 look around and see empty seats and then decide that 301 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:52.960 you no long like it's ruined the app, Like why 302 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:57.120 do you care? You can't control it? Like why in sports, 303 00:13:57.159 --> 00:14:00.919 there's not one hundred percent of tension on the people 304 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:03.639 who do go to games, rather than shifting attention to 305 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:06.519 people that don't go. I'll never understand, but I did 306 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:10.159 it once last year just because when Louisville was dominating 307 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:13.519 Duke and really bouncing back well from you know, that 308 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.399 loss to Pitt and whatnot, like I felt like, you know, 309 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:19.639 there should have been more fans there, and I should 310 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:21.360 have just kept that thought to myself because that that, 311 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:23.639 you know, people like like I was coming after the 312 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:25.360 fan base, which again I don't want to get into that. 313 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:27.720 The reason I bring all this up is because if 314 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:31.559 it rains like they are they're they're predicting on Saturday, 315 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:33.600 there's gonna be a light crowd there. Like, let's just 316 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:36.840 be real here, Like, if it's legitimately raining for a 317 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:39.879 good chunk of the game, even if there is a 318 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:42.360 lot of people there, they're gonna be in the back. 319 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:44.480 You know, they're gonna be in the the covered area 320 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:48.360 drinking beer or you know, in that area that's near 321 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:51.000 the new closed off section where you can actually still 322 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:53.200 see the field but be covered. Like there'll be people 323 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:55.080 in ponchos out there because you know, you're always gonna 324 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:57.919 have people that do that. But like I if Louisville 325 00:14:57.919 --> 00:15:03.559 blows Austin P off the field by sixty seventy points 326 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:07.639 and we get callers talking about attendants during a game 327 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:10.639 when it rained and it's Austin P. I don't know 328 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:12.759 what I'm gonna do, Like I'm not gonna be disrespectful 329 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:14.440 to them, but like I just can't. I can't do it. 330 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:16.960 I can't. I can't act like that's gonna be a 331 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:21.200 legitimate talking point because one, it serves no purpose, right, 332 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:25.879 Like talking about attendance doesn't help get more people there. 333 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:29.200 In my opinion, what helps get more people there is 334 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:32.600 when things are going really well and you do have 335 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:36.279 a good opponent, and Austin P's not that, and weather's 336 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:39.200 a factor. Like I don't know, I just I remember 337 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:43.440 doing a postgame show years ago and the tendance was 338 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:46.399 light and weather was a factor, and you know, somebody 339 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:50.759 called in seemingly intoxicated, which, hey, we love drunk calls 340 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:53.240 on the postgame show, right John, I love the drunker 341 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:54.360 the better. He's just got to be ready for the 342 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:57.519 dump button. But hey, you can get hammered and call. Yeah, 343 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:59.919 So either way, I like when you go third person, 344 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:03.519 that kind of works. But I remember this guy called 345 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:06.039 in and he was like, oh out there, my potchow 346 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:09.480 all game, baby? Where was that? And just started, you know, 347 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:12.440 cutting a promo on the fans being fair weather and whatnot. 348 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:15.000 And I just sat there and thought to myself, is 349 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.200 this real life? Because sometimes sports does make you remove 350 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:20.600 yourself from real life. In fact, I think it does 351 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:22.440 it pretty often if you think about it, Like the 352 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:25.320 way we communicate with each other within the rivalry, the 353 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:29.919 toxic wasteland that is Twitter, like sports oftentimes is an 354 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.720 escape from real life, and we, you know, act in 355 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:35.279 a way we never would if we for a brief 356 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:37.840 second thought, okay, like should I be doing this? Should 357 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:40.519 I be saying this? But like, imagine telling somebody they're 358 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:43.639 a bad fan because they didn't want to sit in 359 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:48.080 pouring down rain while Louisville was up sixty points against 360 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:52.279 Austin p Like again, remove the fanatic side of it 361 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:55.679 and just think about it. Think about you know, just 362 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:59.000 think about being a human being to another human being. Like, 363 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:01.159 even if you you are a jerk as a human 364 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:04.359 being in real life, you just sound ridiculous acting as 365 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:06.480 if somebody did something wrong because they don't want to 366 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.240 be out there in those conditions. So I hope there's 367 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:11.759 a great crowd. I hope the weather is you know, 368 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:13.640 I mean, John, you wanted to be a meteorologist. I'm 369 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:15.319 sure you still got an itch. What do you what 370 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:18.519 are you projecting here? Because I'll tell you what our boy, 371 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.519 Mark with a C said. 372 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.640 What does he say? 373 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:22.480 And I need to know if you think this is true, 374 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:24.319 because I trust you more than I trust Mark, if 375 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:28.119 I'm being honest here. But here's what he says. Well, 376 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:30.720 he tweets a lot. Now I gotta now, I gotta 377 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:36.440 you know, I gotta keep scrolling. Well, I gotta find it. Basically, 378 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:38.920 what he said is prepare for ponchos. Yeah, here it is. 379 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:42.279 It looks increasingly likely that rain and storms, which by 380 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:44.079 the way, there's a difference there, rain and storms will 381 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:46.839 be around our area on Saturday. If you were going 382 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:48.759 to the UFL game, I think a poncho is a 383 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:52.920 no brainer. So that's that was what he said. I mean, 384 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.240 you trust him. 385 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:59.319 I trust Aci Weather, which is probably just as accurate 386 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:02.160 as they say the same thing. Seventy percent chance of 387 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:05.039 thunderstorms or rain on Saturday in the Louisville area. 388 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:07.359 How how close do you have to get to the 389 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.079 actual day before they give you the hourly And by 390 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:11.680 the way, even if they even if I found an 391 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:14.720 hourly forecast for Saturday, I'm not sure how much I 392 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.559 would trust it. 393 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.279 It's like a semi hourly. It's every three hours Saturday, 394 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:20.720 and it looks like the highest chance is a little 395 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:23.279 above fifty percent or the peak I guess what the 396 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:26.839 seventy percent is right between twelve and one, so right 397 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.720 around kickoff time. 398 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:29.799 Yeah, that's not great because it'd be better if it 399 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:32.240 came late when the game's kind of already done, you know, 400 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:37.359 like out of hand. But yeah, at theweather dot com website, 401 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:40.359