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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>All right, let's get it start at five o'clock here

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<v Speaker 2>on a Thursday. It's Thursday, right, yeh, it's Thursday. Thursdays

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<v Speaker 2>start to feel like Fridays, which is a good thing.

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<v Speaker 2>But Friday's tomorrow, and Friday will be my last day

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<v Speaker 2>here on Sports Talk seven ninety. I've mentioned that many

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<v Speaker 2>times over the last few weeks, while not once more.

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<v Speaker 2>As far as the plans for tomorrow, we'll have a

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<v Speaker 2>guest heavy show, and I don't know where these conversations

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<v Speaker 2>are going to go, but these conversations are going to

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<v Speaker 2>be with people that I feel like have been a

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<v Speaker 2>big part of my nine plus years here on this station,

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<v Speaker 2>meaning that they've been pretty regular for a good chunk

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<v Speaker 2>of those nine years. And you know, if you've been

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<v Speaker 2>a listener for a while, and you you know you've

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<v Speaker 2>been with me for a long time or maybe even

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<v Speaker 2>just you know, nine plus years is a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>So regardless if you're relatively new or you've been here

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<v Speaker 2>since day one, I would imagine if you do like

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<v Speaker 2>the show and you listen, then you like these people

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<v Speaker 2>because they've been a.

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<v Speaker 3>Part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>So and I've already had two people text me that

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<v Speaker 2>they weren't included. Well, I was hoping. I guess I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of told myself because I mentioned that there were

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<v Speaker 2>six people. I have those six people in mind, and

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<v Speaker 2>two of those people haven't been contacted yet. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>just because I assumed you wouldn't let me down on

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<v Speaker 2>my last day. I just assumed that there's no way

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<v Speaker 2>you would say, yeah, Nick, I'm not going to come

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<v Speaker 2>on with you one more time before you move on

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<v Speaker 2>from talking sports on seven ninety to being a morning

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<v Speaker 2>man hosting Kentucky in his morning news. So really excited,

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<v Speaker 2>but also a little bittersweet obviously, And I keep anytime

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<v Speaker 2>I mentioned bittersweet and the thought of it being like

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<v Speaker 2>a sad thing. I just need to remind myself. I

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<v Speaker 2>need to slap myself like I'm not. I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>still gonna have a platform here. I'm still gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>doing what I love, and I'm still gonna be talking sports.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll just be different. And I mean, whatever ends up

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<v Speaker 2>happening here on this station in this time slot, which

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think I'm gonna get in trouble for saying it,

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<v Speaker 2>but they they they intend to do something. They're not

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<v Speaker 2>just gonna do replays of stuff long term, at least

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<v Speaker 2>they don't want to. We shall see. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>for certain, I have no say so, but I did

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<v Speaker 2>have a good conversation yesterday that made me feel a

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<v Speaker 2>little more confident that if they can make something work

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<v Speaker 2>to where they can keep some local presence, some Louisville presence,

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<v Speaker 2>certainly here, then they'll then they'll do that. So if

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<v Speaker 2>that happens, then like I may just barge in here.

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<v Speaker 2>Not that I'm entitled to anybody's time on the air,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know, I'm gonna have an itch to talk

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<v Speaker 2>some sports more so than I probably will be doing

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<v Speaker 2>on the morning. So and I get some other things

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<v Speaker 2>in the works to where I may be able to

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<v Speaker 2>to satisfy set itch an urge to talk sports differently

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<v Speaker 2>than you know what this is. But and that's a

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<v Speaker 2>really vague, weird thing to say, but I got some

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<v Speaker 2>things I want to do that I'm gonna ask them

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm able to do, and I hope they'll let me.

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<v Speaker 2>So you'll you'll find out one way or the other.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, We've now got less than four hours left here,

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<v Speaker 2>and Austin's got less than an hour left because he's

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<v Speaker 2>out tomorrow, so we'll we'll finish strong here for you, brother,

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<v Speaker 2>I I've always enjoyed working with you on this show.

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<v Speaker 2>But as I said earlier, we're still gonna be working

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<v Speaker 2>together in general, and you know, I just I need

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<v Speaker 2>to keep reminding myself of that because if I don't,

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<v Speaker 2>then I'll start to overthinking and then I'll just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be a real spaz and maybe get emotional, and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to do that. You know, I talked

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<v Speaker 2>about it earlier. But tomorrow, if there is a moment

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<v Speaker 2>where I kind of get a little I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>I have a moment which I don't. I don't expect

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<v Speaker 2>that to happen, but I do know that if it does,

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<v Speaker 2>it'll probably be It'll probably be a lot, just because

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't really had that yet and that's just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of how I'm wired. So if it does happen, then

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<v Speaker 2>then you know, I'm just gonna take a quick break.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna say, hey, Carl Blendin, throwed a break, brother,

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<v Speaker 2>I need a minute, because I don't I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to be that guy that's and this is actually a

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<v Speaker 2>this is actually a benefit on my end as far

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<v Speaker 2>as how this played out, where my last day will

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<v Speaker 2>be me and a great guy and Carl who just

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<v Speaker 2>and again, we have a lot of guests, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people, and maybe it happens with one of the

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<v Speaker 2>conversations I'm having with one of these guests, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>but we'll see. But when I think of the farewell

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<v Speaker 2>that Adam Neff did, which Adam Neft and Tony Venetti

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<v Speaker 2>the original afternoon underdogs on this station at least eighteen seventeen,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe years ago, like that's what introduced me to sports

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<v Speaker 2>talk radio, to where it was not only listening to

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<v Speaker 2>people talk about the local teams, but hearing callers call

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<v Speaker 2>in and you know, take a run at the other

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<v Speaker 2>side of the rivalry, and you know, it was entertaining

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<v Speaker 2>as well, and it was just something I hadn't really

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<v Speaker 2>experienced on the local level, and I loved that. I

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<v Speaker 2>was hooked and never thought a million years I would

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<v Speaker 2>ever be in a position to do it for a

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<v Speaker 2>or do it at all, And I've been doing it

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<v Speaker 2>nine plus years here at this same station. That introduced

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<v Speaker 2>me to it, and it's just a it's a dream

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<v Speaker 2>come true. I know I've said that many times, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's the truth. I think that's why it's hard for

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<v Speaker 2>me to envision that it was nine plus years doing it,

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<v Speaker 2>because I knew at any moment it could be gone,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was just privileged and lucky to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to be in the position. But it's the longest I've

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<v Speaker 2>ever done anything other than be married to my wife,

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<v Speaker 2>and it kind of seemed like it went by in

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<v Speaker 2>a blink of an eye. But I choose to believe

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<v Speaker 2>that it's because that I was in the moment and

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't you know, I was. I was just enjoying

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<v Speaker 2>it and not, you know, not taking it for granted. So,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Tom Flaisman, when you're having fun. I suppose

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<v Speaker 2>that's a very cliche, a very cheesy cliche, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>but it's also true. A lot of cliches have some

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<v Speaker 2>truth to hi. Anyways, back to Adam Neft, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I could be remembering it wrong that any and I

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<v Speaker 2>were texting earlier, maybe still listening, and he can text me.

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<v Speaker 2>He cried at Adam Neft cried like a like a

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<v Speaker 2>little schoolboy. I mean, and it was a moment, but

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<v Speaker 2>you know, at the time, I'm thinking, get it together, man,

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<v Speaker 2>And then I'm pretty sure my memory is correct. Bennetti

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<v Speaker 2>was nice, but also like Vannetti, he was kind of like,

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<v Speaker 2>come on, yeah, like all right, buddy, doesn't cry. I

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know for certain, but I've had sources tell

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<v Speaker 2>me that the man has shed a tear once or

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<v Speaker 2>twice in life, but it's a rare thing. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 2>I and I'm not just saying this for effect. He

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<v Speaker 2>has he has emotion, like he has a heart. He's

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<v Speaker 2>not a robot, and you can clearly you know he's

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<v Speaker 2>a person.

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<v Speaker 3>He has a new heart. Actually, yeah, it's true.

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<v Speaker 2>But also he is like there's no change in emotion

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<v Speaker 2>when you're talking about something with him, Like he's very

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<v Speaker 2>animated on the air.

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<v Speaker 3>He's an entertainer.

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<v Speaker 2>He can change his boys and say a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, he's he's Bennetti.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a pasta.

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<v Speaker 2>But but also you know, like we could be talking

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<v Speaker 2>about something insane that is like hard to talk about,

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<v Speaker 2>and it would it would be like we're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>what he had for breakfast, Like it's just it's it's different.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, so Anyways, I think Bennetti was kind of

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<v Speaker 2>making fun of him, but in a playful way. But like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I remember if it was a memory that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like not even thinking at that time. I hope

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<v Speaker 2>I never do that, because I never thought in a

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<v Speaker 2>million years I'd be in the position. But I was like, gosh, man,

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<v Speaker 2>this guy's really emotional. I felt bad for Nef because

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<v Speaker 2>he couldn't control it, but I kind of get it now,

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<v Speaker 2>like he and by the way, he moved on and

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<v Speaker 2>no longer did radio once he left Columbus. He left

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville to go to Columbus and work for a monster

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<v Speaker 2>station out there, and I don't remember what led to

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<v Speaker 2>him no longer being at that station, but he ended

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<v Speaker 2>up getting into a different business. But when I think

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<v Speaker 2>of goodbyes on the radio, I think of that because again,

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<v Speaker 2>that was still new as a sports radio listener at

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<v Speaker 2>that time. That was so long ago. That was in

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<v Speaker 2>like two thousand and seven or two thousand and eight, maybe,

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<v Speaker 2>like that was a long time ago. So we're talking about,

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<v Speaker 2>you know again, that long ago. So with that, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm I'm I'm gonna make sure that if I do

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<v Speaker 2>get close to that I'm just gonna I'm just gonna

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm just gonna punt. I'm gonna punt, and

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<v Speaker 2>then you know, get back on the feet the bring

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<v Speaker 2>the defense back on the field.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe I just maybe just shoot over to a Brian

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<v Speaker 3>Brahm interview.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, exactly. No, here's what I'll do all.

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<v Speaker 3>Kelsey's press conference.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the case, what I'll probably do. It'll be the

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<v Speaker 2>worst list show ever because I would then be in

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<v Speaker 2>fear of it happening again. So I would then just

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<v Speaker 2>do the show as if it's not my last, and

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<v Speaker 2>I would like, just if I just start just rambling

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<v Speaker 2>about you know, old old Rick Patino takes or something,

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<v Speaker 2>just because you know, go back to the bag, play

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<v Speaker 2>a rerun until you can until you can get out

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<v Speaker 2>of here before you before you cry like a baby.

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<v Speaker 2>But and I don't anticipate that will happen.

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<v Speaker 3>I have a banner conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, put the banner back up, damn it. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>use my last hour here to make sure we fight

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<v Speaker 2>to get that banner.

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<v Speaker 3>But you already saw that they put h they put

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<v Speaker 3>up in the practice facility like murals now or like

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<v Speaker 3>the things that are reference in twenty thirteen, now that

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<v Speaker 3>I'm pretty sure that they had to take down. Is

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<v Speaker 3>that correct?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, they're they're acknowledging the title, I guess without doing

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<v Speaker 2>what the NCAA said that they couldn't do. But I'm

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<v Speaker 2>still to the point like do it and see what

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<v Speaker 2>I mean what the NBA's got a lot more things

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<v Speaker 2>to worry about than Louisville acknowledging a title that did

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<v Speaker 2>actually happen. Considering with the way this house then c Douable,

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<v Speaker 2>a situation is playing out and it looks like it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get taken care of. But I mean, there's never

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<v Speaker 2>been as much uncertaint about the instaba's existence that I

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<v Speaker 2>can't imagine they're sitting around thinking about Louisville. However, they

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<v Speaker 2>did deny Ali Khalifa a uh An his fourth year

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<v Speaker 2>of eligibility, which is insane. But yeah, anyways, here's here's

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<v Speaker 2>what's gotten. I think my wife is gonna have my

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<v Speaker 2>that'll probably get me. I mean sometimes I'm just like,

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<v Speaker 2>You are a provider. So anyways, I'm I'm excited for

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<v Speaker 2>we'll have some fun. And then again, I'm not I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not abandoning anybody. I'm just moving down the moving down

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<v Speaker 2>about that. Woke up really early today, right, and it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't that difficult.

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<v Speaker 3>And then didn't didn't do didn't do too much. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>It's not you know, maybe it's just the the the

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<v Speaker 2>energy that we have here on the show. But I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure I'll probably be really tired tonight around like nine.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's okay, Like that's what that's what my life

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<v Speaker 2>is now. However, I did I mentioned this earlier this week.

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<v Speaker 2>and those those guys wishing crews well and then being

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<v Speaker 2>happy for him that he's retiring, and also that he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't have to get up any morning. Like they just

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't end the segment there they had to acknowledge oh mornings. God,

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<v Speaker 2>that's awful, and you know they're right beneath them. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think they've looked at it that way, but

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<v Speaker 2>they acted as own, They acted as if like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>have fun doing that. I mean, not not because it

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<v Speaker 2>was beneath them, but just like you know, you know

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<v Speaker 2>they're yeah, I know what you mean. But like they've

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<v Speaker 2>they've they've been super supportive in me in this entire situation.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can't tell you how much I've appreciated that,

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<v Speaker 2>cause it's been It's been huge. It's made me feel

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<v Speaker 2>better about my ability to go over there and hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>make that thing work and keep it successful. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I I guess Tom will tell, but I have more

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<v Speaker 2>confidence in myself to do that because of the support

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<v Speaker 2>I've gotten from those guys. But it was also just

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<v Speaker 2>a reminder, yeah, like, if you don't have to be

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<v Speaker 2>to be elsewhere. And I get it, but hey, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>looking at it as a guy that's not been doing

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<v Speaker 2>this for thirty plus years like those legends. I'm looking

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<v Speaker 2>at as somebody who, Hey, are you kidding me? Don't

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<v Speaker 2>wake me up. I've got an opportunity to go to

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<v Speaker 2>eight forty whas and it's still changing, the game doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>seem real so.

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<v Speaker 3>I tell you what. You might not like it because

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<v Speaker 3>I know that you're not a big coffee fan, but

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<v Speaker 3>you got it. You got to get into oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>have to get into the habit and make yourself a

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<v Speaker 3>habit of it. Because that trip, you know how we

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<v Speaker 3>talked about, like the trip to the grocery store. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>like that trip just walking from just doing one little

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<v Speaker 3>routine from your studio just to go get like a

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<v Speaker 3>coffee and fill it up. It's it just might put

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<v Speaker 3>some because I know you said you like some structure

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<v Speaker 3>in your day. Yeah, that will add to it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, So coffee is I mean, I haven't acquired the

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<v Speaker 2>taste of it just yet, and I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>some people ever really do. But it's also I can

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<v Speaker 2>drink it and understand there's a real benefit from it,

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<v Speaker 2>not only because it can give you that jolt in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning and get your day started. Can also keep

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<v Speaker 2>your regular if you know what I mean. But I

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<v Speaker 2>hope he's not listening, and he might be. But like

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<v Speaker 2>I've got an I've got a I got an idea

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<v Speaker 2>for a well, I don't know. I shouldn't have said anything.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just say it.

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<v Speaker 3>Why not because I.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't think I would have the heart to do it

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<v Speaker 2>because I care about this person and would never would

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<v Speaker 2>never want them to not know that I was just

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<v Speaker 2>joking with him. But the only cup of coffee that

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<v Speaker 2>I've ever had that I drank and thought, okay, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>I can drink that in doses and it's not so

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<v Speaker 2>bad and I see the benefit of it. It was

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<v Speaker 2>made by the company man John Alden, who who is

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<v Speaker 2>a coffee drinker, and you know we did it just

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<v Speaker 2>we weren't even trying to make it content. But he

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<v Speaker 2>made me a cup of coffee in the afternoon one

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<v Speaker 2>time because I was dragging ass, and you know, it

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<v Speaker 2>gave me a nice boost. It was it was super plain.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just you know, regular dark coffee, black coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing in it, no sugar, nothing, And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't it didn't taste great by any means, but

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<v Speaker 2>it but you know, it got the job done and

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't like a big cup of coffee. So the

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<v Speaker 2>only time I've ever had coffee like finished, an actual

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<v Speaker 2>cup of it is that John has made it. So

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<v Speaker 2>if I ask him, if if I ask him next week,

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<v Speaker 2>would you mind making me a cup of coffee? He

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<v Speaker 2>would do it without question because he's a good friend

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, he's my guy. But I wonder like

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<v Speaker 2>if I just like I would, I wouldn't be able

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<v Speaker 2>to do it. But I love the thought of just

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<v Speaker 2>waiting for him to be like, listen, I'm not your bitch,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna you know what I mean, Like I could

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<v Speaker 2>totally because he's I.

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<v Speaker 3>Mean, taking this company, and I wouldn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I would not. I wouldn't be able to

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<v Speaker 2>do it because I would feel awful. He's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>but but he's at least done it a few times

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<v Speaker 2>and it's been appreciated, and it's.

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<v Speaker 3>A pretty new slick coffee maker massa.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, like, let's be honest, it's not It's not

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<v Speaker 2>something I wouldn't be able to figure out on myself, right,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's not putting anything in it. What's he doing?

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<v Speaker 3>He's just you know, page here.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the thing. This goes to show you what I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know about coffee. I don't he Maybe he does

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<v Speaker 2>put something in it, but if so, I don't notice.

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<v Speaker 2>And h it's certainly not creamer and there may be sugar,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't even like, I don't I think he

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<v Speaker 2>puts something in his and he asked me, and I'm like, no,

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<v Speaker 2>just give it to me straight, doc. And and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not a taste that I that I enjoyed, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's also I mean, I've had worse hipster craft beers

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<v Speaker 2>that I've that I've that I've finished.

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<v Speaker 3>So love the smell of coffee. I like the I

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<v Speaker 3>like the taste. That's I mean, I don't love the dark,

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<v Speaker 3>just the straight black coffee taste, but I do love

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<v Speaker 3>like the after taste of all that is. That's you know,

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<v Speaker 3>that's some brew right there.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, so when do you get cold coffee ever? Like

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<v Speaker 2>cold brew?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm getting done like a cold brew or like

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's clearly a booming business. There's that new. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think they're new overall, but their new ish to

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<v Speaker 2>the Louisville area, the Kentuckian area, the Seven Brew Place. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean like I've never driven by one where the

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<v Speaker 2>line wasn't to the interstate. I mean, they're they're clearly

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<v Speaker 2>very very popular, and I'm just thinking, I'm just thinking,

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<v Speaker 2>like there's no way it's that good. And also it's

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<v Speaker 2>probably not cheap. But also uh, clearly they got a

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<v Speaker 2>market and they're doing well because people love it. But

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like if you're doing like the like the

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<v Speaker 2>sweetest thing I can drink is what I drink for energy,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a monster energy drink. Yeah, that's that's got

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<v Speaker 2>that's got a real bite of carbonation to where it's

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<v Speaker 2>more like a soda.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But like if I'm drinking soda, I'm drinking diet and

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't drink at all.

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<v Speaker 3>It doesn't have a lot of sugar. Yeah, So I just.

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<v Speaker 2>Feel like if I was gonna drink one of those

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<v Speaker 2>fou fou coffees that I see a lot of people get,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, man, that's so rich and sugary, Like you

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<v Speaker 2>might as well just you know, might as well be

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<v Speaker 2>drinking a donut. And I just feel like that it

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<v Speaker 2>may give you that boost because again there's caffeine and

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<v Speaker 2>it's the kick, and it may taste delicious. But like,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm to the point now where if I eat if

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<v Speaker 2>I eat a whole glazed donut and stop there, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>probably okay. But sometimes if I eat one, I get

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<v Speaker 2>really full, as if Like man, I just like it's

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<v Speaker 2>just so rich and just it's a little much, so.

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<v Speaker 3>You still love all the gimmicky donuts, like the sprinkles

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<v Speaker 3>and the choc I still love a chocolate glaze, but

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<v Speaker 3>you know, like the ones that they have that it's

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<v Speaker 3>not crumble. Let's see other one where they just like

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<v Speaker 3>they just put There's just so much that goes on

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<v Speaker 3>the doughnuts, like you could put like the crackers or

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<v Speaker 3>like cereal, like the piece of the cereal on it.

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<v Speaker 3>That's too much. I'm I'm fine just glazed in a cinnamon.

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<v Speaker 2>But I start that if I start my day with

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of food, I I would just want to

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<v Speaker 2>go take a nap and hibernate because I would just

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<v Speaker 2>feel like so full. And breakfast. I get why people

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<v Speaker 2>say it's like super important to start your day, but

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<v Speaker 2>if I eat a big breakfast that's anywhere close to

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<v Speaker 2>as big as like my dinner would be, I just

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<v Speaker 2>feel full and tired.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, I'm interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm well, breakfast food is great, and I like a

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<v Speaker 2>good breakfast, but just you know, I don't want to.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to start the day feeling like I've

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<v Speaker 2>already you know, eaten enough to And I don't know why.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's I don't know if it's everybody's metabolism is

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<v Speaker 2>different or whatnot. But if I tried to eat a

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<v Speaker 2>huge breakfast, I would I would probably fail. Sometimes though

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<v Speaker 2>I get a few mimosas in me eat a big

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<v Speaker 2>breadth and then it's like, you know, man, I've had

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<v Speaker 2>I've had a hell of a day. I'm kind of tipsy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's ten am, and exactly, demon Tom, I like that.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's let's do this quick break. We'll come

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<v Speaker 2>back and I'll kind of reset some things we discussed

419
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<v Speaker 2>today because there's it's been a busy show, including Pat Kelsey.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for thinking of me getting a new commitment

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<v Speaker 2>when I'm doing my second to life show. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>that timing was specifically for me. And again, I hope

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<v Speaker 2>over the years you've been able to since my poor

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<v Speaker 2>attempted humor, my bad sarcasm, because I know that's not

425
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<v Speaker 2>the case. But they did get a commitment today. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk about that a lot more and we'll finish up this,

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<v Speaker 2>uh this all time list for you of l I've

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<v Speaker 2>been working on when it comes to football, So stick around,

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<v Speaker 1>Talk seven nine day.

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<v Speaker 2>It's certainly not something that we're used to just yet.

434
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<v Speaker 2>But I do think and I believe I predicted this

435
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<v Speaker 2>a couple of weeks ago, and again, the time will

436
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<v Speaker 2>tell if this ends up being an accurate inaccurate predicta

437
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<v Speaker 2>an accurate prediction or not. And that is that we

438
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<v Speaker 2>will probably more often than not, at least I believe

439
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<v Speaker 2>when you get to the last few scholarships, the last

440
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<v Speaker 2>few spots on your basketball roster, it'll probably be guys

441
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<v Speaker 2>kind of coming out of nowhere, guys that you don't

442
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<v Speaker 2>know a lot about, because when you're in the portal

443
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<v Speaker 2>and you only have a couple of spots left, and

444
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<v Speaker 2>you know you no longer can sell a big payday

445
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<v Speaker 2>because a lot of your money's been spent. You can

446
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<v Speaker 2>no longer sell a big role because others have decided

447
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<v Speaker 2>to take that role. You're just going to have to

448
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<v Speaker 2>be less selective and find a guy that is willing

449
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<v Speaker 2>to embrace the role that you're offering. And you're going

450
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<v Speaker 2>to tell these guys that you can compete, and you

451
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<v Speaker 2>know there's no guarantee what happens. But clearly you can

452
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<v Speaker 2>read the room, you know, if you're a guard or

453
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<v Speaker 2>if you're a guard and you look at the three

454
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<v Speaker 2>transfers they've already brought in in McNeely, Whirley, uh, And

455
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<v Speaker 2>I always forget the guy from Xavier. Don't know why

456
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<v Speaker 2>I always forget his name. He's probably gonna be the

457
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<v Speaker 2>league scorer for this team, to be honest with you,

458
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<v Speaker 2>at least I think he will be. But it'd be

459
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<v Speaker 2>nice if I can get his name Ryan Conwell, Sorry.

460
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<v Speaker 3>I forgot it too. Who I'm not gonna let with.

461
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<v Speaker 2>So with Ryan Conwell and Woolley and McNeely as well

462
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<v Speaker 2>as Mark Michael Brown, the number one point guard in

463
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<v Speaker 2>the country coming in. Like, if you're a guard, you

464
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<v Speaker 2>end up in the portal at Louisville, you know you're

465
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<v Speaker 2>gonna have to compete with some of the best, some

466
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<v Speaker 2>really good players to where you know you seem to

467
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<v Speaker 2>at least be open to the idea of being a

468
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<v Speaker 2>guy that's rarely called upon and finding guys who are

469
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<v Speaker 2>cool with that is hard to do. So I think

470
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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be pretty routine to get to this

471
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<v Speaker 2>late in the process, and the last few guys taking

472
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<v Speaker 2>up roster spots be pretty unknown. Well that's certainly been

473
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<v Speaker 2>the case for Louisville in the last couple of weeks,

474
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<v Speaker 2>because we've now had two guys join Louisvill's roster that

475
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<v Speaker 2>I I mean part of it's because they play overseas

476
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<v Speaker 2>and one of them is from NBA Africa, that they

477
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<v Speaker 2>committed a couple of weeks ago, and then today I'd

478
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<v Speaker 2>seen on social media just that this guy had been

479
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<v Speaker 2>linked to Louisville. But I will be I have no

480
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<v Speaker 2>clue if he was actually gonna. I mean, the recruitment's

481
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<v Speaker 2>not exactly covered like those who are in the portal

482
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<v Speaker 2>or those who are high school kids, just because I mean,

483
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<v Speaker 2>these guys are in another country. But Louisville did land

484
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<v Speaker 2>a big man. This certainly gives him some more depth

485
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<v Speaker 2>that's needed, not only with James Scott transferring. But you

486
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<v Speaker 2>now wait to see what the NAA is going to

487
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<v Speaker 2>do with Ali Khalifa when it comes to his eligibility.

488
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<v Speaker 2>So Vangeli's zu grease. He is a six to eight,

489
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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and fifty pound big man from Greece, and

490
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<v Speaker 2>Pat Kelsey sent out his social media video. I guess

491
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<v Speaker 2>is like the I guess that's his sign this year.

492
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<v Speaker 2>As far as announcing or celebrating, I should say, more

493
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<v Speaker 2>than anything, a commitment. So I would imagine by now

494
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<v Speaker 2>you're probably done with your roster, but I guess you

495
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<v Speaker 2>never know. Nothing would surprise me anymore when it comes

496
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<v Speaker 2>to college to college basketball, when it comes to the portal.

497
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<v Speaker 2>All right, something else we've discussed today, because it's going

498
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<v Speaker 2>to be a discussion I think for a while until

499
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<v Speaker 2>it gets all figured out. And that is what happens

500
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<v Speaker 2>with the expanded college football Playoff. They're certainly going to

501
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<v Speaker 2>be moving from twin the sixteen after this upcoming season,

502
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<v Speaker 2>and there's been a lot of back and forth about

503
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<v Speaker 2>what makes the most sense as far as determining how

504
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<v Speaker 2>those sixteen spots get slotted. The thing that makes the

505
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<v Speaker 2>most sense is to do five automatic qualifiers, meeting the

506
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<v Speaker 2>conference champions from the Power four and then a champion

507
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<v Speaker 2>from one of the other conferences, and then you do

508
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<v Speaker 2>at large bids for everybody else, and you seed it

509
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<v Speaker 2>one through sixteen based off the best teams, not based

510
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<v Speaker 2>off those who win the conference championship. That's the best

511
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<v Speaker 2>way to do it. That makes too much sense for

512
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<v Speaker 2>them to do, because you know, they don't just think practical.

513
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<v Speaker 2>It's the SEC that just wants to just well, you know,

514
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<v Speaker 2>we need to we need four automatic spots, and the

515
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<v Speaker 2>Big ten needs four automatic spots, and then everybody else.

516
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<v Speaker 2>And that's just the way it is because because we

517
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<v Speaker 2>say so, And I mean, who would like agree Again,

518
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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what power anybody truly has here, but

519
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<v Speaker 2>who would agree to that? I mean, why not say

520
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<v Speaker 2>it once more? Upset up a billion times, guaranteeing half

521
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<v Speaker 2>the tournament, the playoff go to two conferences, regardless of

522
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<v Speaker 2>any games being played, but just because they've always been good,

523
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<v Speaker 2>it's quite literally the closest we've ever been in primetime sports.

524
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<v Speaker 2>It's not pro sports, but college football is a pretty

525
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<v Speaker 2>powerful thing. It's not close to the NFL, but nothing is.

526
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<v Speaker 2>But that would be the first real sign that we're

527
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<v Speaker 2>no longer really caring about competition as much. We're literally

528
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<v Speaker 2>making it based off of popularity from previous seasons and

529
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<v Speaker 2>previous generations. Really, and it's not to say that the

530
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<v Speaker 2>Big ten in the SEC won't end up getting more

531
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<v Speaker 2>than half the field, because they probably will, they're that good.

532
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<v Speaker 2>But just to say we should just have it because

533
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<v Speaker 2>it is insane and I don't believe that that they're

534
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<v Speaker 2>going to get what they want, but I don't know,

535
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<v Speaker 2>maybe it's wishful thinking on my end. I also don't

536
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<v Speaker 2>think this will ever happen, but just to know that

537
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<v Speaker 2>this is being discussed and this is being thrown out

538
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<v Speaker 2>there by people who I guess have some influence in

539
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<v Speaker 2>what happens with the playoff, that TV viewership could potentially

540
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<v Speaker 2>be a factor in how they determine who qualifies. I

541
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<v Speaker 2>mean that alone is in a mission that it's popularity contest.

542
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<v Speaker 2>It's not about winning games, which sometimes your popularity your

543
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<v Speaker 2>brand is going to give you a bump because with

544
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<v Speaker 2>a twelve game regular season, it's just not any real

545
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<v Speaker 2>there's no great way to determine who, in fact is

546
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<v Speaker 2>more deserving, right, I mean, you can have a twelve

547
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<v Speaker 2>game season pretty routinely and not and you can just

548
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<v Speaker 2>you can decide were you were you good or not?

549
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<v Speaker 2>Like for example, when when Saturfille was here, I mean Louisville,

550
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<v Speaker 2>they went seven and five at least a couple of times,

551
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<v Speaker 2>and you know, you didn't really lose to any bad

552
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<v Speaker 2>teams in a lot of those years. But you also

553
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<v Speaker 2>never beat anybody we're talking about, so you could end

554
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<v Speaker 2>the season not knowing that, like almost felt like a

555
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<v Speaker 2>waste of time. I hate saying that, but you know,

556
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<v Speaker 2>there was no no climax one way or the other, seemingly,

557
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<v Speaker 2>and the lost to Kentucky and then we were reminded

558
00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:48.680
<v Speaker 2>that our coach at that time wasn't built for this rivalry,

559
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<v Speaker 2>which is sad thing to say, but it was the truth.

560
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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know what's going to happen, but anybody

561
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<v Speaker 2>arguing that it shouldn't be one through sixteen stop. The

562
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<v Speaker 2>best teams and the automatic qualifiers are those that win

563
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<v Speaker 2>the conference championship four from the Power four and then

564
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<v Speaker 2>of course whoever is the best conference champion from the

565
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<v Speaker 2>G five. That's that's what makes too much sense. Now,

566
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<v Speaker 2>if you think that no conference championshould be in I

567
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<v Speaker 2>don't think you're wrong there, because you know, I get it.

568
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<v Speaker 2>But doing that, you've basically made the conference championships not

569
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<v Speaker 2>only useless and really other than just claiming that you

570
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<v Speaker 2>did it, I mean, that's what and again there's fans

571
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<v Speaker 2>would love that to be able to say you won

572
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<v Speaker 2>your conference championship, but in the moment. If you're coaching

573
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<v Speaker 2>one of these teams, you're not thinking about that. You're

574
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<v Speaker 2>thinking about, I mean, thinking about winning a national championship.

575
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<v Speaker 2>Because if you are in play for the SEC, the

576
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<v Speaker 2>Big Ten, or the or the the Big ten of

577
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<v Speaker 2>the the Big ten, ACC or SEC championship, it may

578
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<v Speaker 2>not be super realistic every year, but at that time,

579
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<v Speaker 2>you're still thinking you've got a chance to win the

580
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<v Speaker 2>whole thing. Again. It may not be true, but that's

581
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<v Speaker 2>where your mind is. You're not thinking about, I hope

582
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<v Speaker 2>we can go to Charlotte and win the ACC. I

583
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<v Speaker 2>hope you go to Atlanta and win the SEC. You're

584
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<v Speaker 2>thinking about winning the whole thing, and you could also

585
00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:04.200
<v Speaker 2>end up, you know, if you just if you just

586
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<v Speaker 2>see to one through sixteen and you still have it again.

587
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<v Speaker 2>Here's the examples I gave earlier that I think that

588
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<v Speaker 2>I think are are a good reason as to why

589
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<v Speaker 2>you would. You still have to find some way to

590
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<v Speaker 2>incentivize winning your conference championship. If you're Alabama and your

591
00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:18.920
<v Speaker 2>Georgia and you're number one and your number two, therefore

592
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<v Speaker 2>you're playing in the conference championship, you don't want to

593
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<v Speaker 2>play because you're fighting for a championship, that game is

594
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<v Speaker 2>just another opportunity for you to potentially hurt yourself slightly

595
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<v Speaker 2>or maybe maybe jump from number two to number one,

596
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<v Speaker 2>And there's value there, but how much you could also,

597
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you also become way more winded you played

598
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<v Speaker 2>an extra game, you could get somebody hurt. And then

599
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<v Speaker 2>if you're Louisville and the hypothetical, the hypoth the hypothetical

600
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<v Speaker 2>that I threw out there was that let's say Clemson

601
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<v Speaker 2>went back to Dabbo when he was in his prime,

602
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<v Speaker 2>where they looked like they were the top program in

603
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<v Speaker 2>the sport overall. There was a brief stretch there where

604
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<v Speaker 2>but like they passed Alabama a little bit, didn't last long,

605
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<v Speaker 2>but there was that moment right after they beat Bama

606
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<v Speaker 2>in that last championship. They when they got their second

607
00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:04.599
<v Speaker 2>it felt like they were the top program. So with that,

608
00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:08.200
<v Speaker 2>let's say they're there again, and Clemson's being talked about

609
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<v Speaker 2>as one of the best teams of all time and

610
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<v Speaker 2>Louisville is twelve and one and they are currently projected

611
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<v Speaker 2>to be one of the last two teams in Well,

612
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<v Speaker 2>let's say they end up playing in the ACC championship

613
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<v Speaker 2>game and they get beat by thirty because Clemson's just

614
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<v Speaker 2>that good. That could just put them I mean that

615
00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:29.480
<v Speaker 2>could one. They could probably get beat up if that happened. Also,

616
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<v Speaker 2>it would potentially put them in a spot to where

617
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<v Speaker 2>they got blown out and lost their chance to get in.

618
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<v Speaker 2>Like you would want to avoid it if you could.

619
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<v Speaker 2>You would hope that then this sounds crazy to say,

620
00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:39.359
<v Speaker 2>but you would hope that if you're Jeff Brahm in

621
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<v Speaker 2>that situation, that the tiebreaker didn't go your way and

622
00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:44.640
<v Speaker 2>you were able to avoid a thirteenth game for a

623
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<v Speaker 2>variety of reasons, because you want to still get in

624
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<v Speaker 2>the playoff, and also you don't want to get your

625
00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:51.880
<v Speaker 2>ass kicked right before you get to the postseason, so

626
00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.960
<v Speaker 2>you have to find a way to incentivize that. And

627
00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:57.160
<v Speaker 2>I think just guaranteeing that you get in the field

628
00:27:57.200 --> 00:28:02.079
<v Speaker 2>is enough now them not getting the top four seeds

629
00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:03.920
<v Speaker 2>and getting the buy that makes sense, and that played

630
00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.759
<v Speaker 2>out pretty clearly in the first year that it just

631
00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:07.440
<v Speaker 2>didn't make a whole lot of sense to do that.

632
00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:10.519
<v Speaker 2>So anyways, real quick, this is something we did yesterday.

633
00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:13.200
<v Speaker 2>I'll reset this quickly and then and finish up here.

634
00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:15.160
<v Speaker 2>And I had fun doing this, so thank you to

635
00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:17.279
<v Speaker 2>whoever it was that that requested it. I'm not sure

636
00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:20.680
<v Speaker 2>anybody else wanted it or cared about how I ranked

637
00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.559
<v Speaker 2>these players.

638
00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:24.119
<v Speaker 3>But I've been waiting for it.

639
00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.640
<v Speaker 2>You've been all You've been thinking about it, huh.

640
00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:28.039
<v Speaker 3>I've been looking at records. I like to hear that,

641
00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:28.839
<v Speaker 3>let's go.

642
00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:35.319
<v Speaker 2>I like to hear that. So the top four quarterbacks

643
00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:38.079
<v Speaker 2>for me, and again, this is my lifetime what I remember.

644
00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:42.000
<v Speaker 2>So guys who played, you know, before me, like Jeff Brom, Browning, Nagel,

645
00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:45.039
<v Speaker 2>obviously Johnny united Is, I don't remember those guys playing quarterbacks,

646
00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.759
<v Speaker 2>so I didn't include them. I'm just going based off

647
00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:48.759
<v Speaker 2>guys I watched play in my time as a fan.

648
00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:51.759
<v Speaker 2>I went Lamar Jackson number one, Seddy Bridgewater number two.

649
00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:54.480
<v Speaker 2>I went Brian Brohm three, but I was so close

650
00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:56.720
<v Speaker 2>to putting stuff on the fours at number four, but

651
00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:58.839
<v Speaker 2>I was pretty content with that. I did leave Redmond off,

652
00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:01.799
<v Speaker 2>and it was it because I don't think he's great.

653
00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:03.519
<v Speaker 2>It's just that was a little bit little, not as

654
00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:05.799
<v Speaker 2>fresh in my mind, but he certainly had a hell

655
00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.359
<v Speaker 2>of a career.

656
00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.039
<v Speaker 3>And then.

657
00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:12.160
<v Speaker 2>At running back, I ended up going with Michael Bush

658
00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:14.240
<v Speaker 2>number one, and it was easy for me. I went

659
00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:18.920
<v Speaker 2>blal Pal number two, and then at number three, I

660
00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:20.519
<v Speaker 2>went a guy who is so easy to forget. We

661
00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:22.000
<v Speaker 2>talked about this yesterday. I think this is the best

662
00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.960
<v Speaker 2>running back that's played here that you won't remember in

663
00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:26.480
<v Speaker 2>four or five years unless you just have a good memory,

664
00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:29.480
<v Speaker 2>and that's Javian Hawkins. He was here for SAT's first

665
00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:32.519
<v Speaker 2>season and was the ACC Freshman of the year. He

666
00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:35.279
<v Speaker 2>had twenty three hundred yards and I believe it was

667
00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:37.599
<v Speaker 2>like nineteen total games because he opted out the second

668
00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:39.960
<v Speaker 2>year with the COVID stuff going on and went pro,

669
00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:42.680
<v Speaker 2>didn't get drafted, and honestly no clue whatever happened to him,

670
00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:45.119
<v Speaker 2>but he was good. And then I went number four,

671
00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:48.440
<v Speaker 2>Brandon Radcliffe, and I just think his consistency over a

672
00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:51.880
<v Speaker 2>long stretch of time put him there. And then did

673
00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:57.839
<v Speaker 2>I just do those two? Yeah, okay, doing receivers in

674
00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:59.880
<v Speaker 2>defense got just so receivers and defense. I have that

675
00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.279
<v Speaker 2>for some reason. I think it was another one I

676
00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:05.440
<v Speaker 2>did yesterday. But receivers, I mean, I think I think

677
00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:07.240
<v Speaker 2>I probably would have a little bit of a different

678
00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:09.119
<v Speaker 2>list than others, But I don't think my list here

679
00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:11.599
<v Speaker 2>will be one that people question as if like this

680
00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:13.400
<v Speaker 2>is this guy no way to think about Louisville football.

681
00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:16.039
<v Speaker 2>But Devonte Parker, I mean, he was just he was

682
00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:18.960
<v Speaker 2>not only really good the entire time he was here,

683
00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:22.559
<v Speaker 2>he was he was a top twenty draft pick for

684
00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:24.480
<v Speaker 2>good reason, played in the league for quite a while,

685
00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:27.000
<v Speaker 2>and he was a part of some good teams. And

686
00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:29.440
<v Speaker 2>to me, he was just a weapon that we haven't

687
00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:31.480
<v Speaker 2>had very often at receiver. To wear there was a

688
00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:34.119
<v Speaker 2>good chance that whoever you're playing, if he's not being

689
00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:36.599
<v Speaker 2>if it's single coverage, he's just gonna go up and

690
00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:39.519
<v Speaker 2>get it. I mean he was. He was really really special.

691
00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:42.440
<v Speaker 2>So I put him at at number one. After that,

692
00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:45.039
<v Speaker 2>how can you not go, Dion Branch. I mean, I'd

693
00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:46.680
<v Speaker 2>forgotten that he was only here two years, but in

694
00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:49.559
<v Speaker 2>those two years he was really really special. For John L.

695
00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:52.480
<v Speaker 2>Smith one hundred and forty three catches, twenty two hundred yards,

696
00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:55.440
<v Speaker 2>eighteen touchdowns in just two seasons. I mean he was good. Yeah.

697
00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.400
<v Speaker 2>I oh, by the way, he went on to be

698
00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:58.440
<v Speaker 2>a Super Bowl MVP. Now he's on the staff. So

699
00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.720
<v Speaker 2>he was at number two. Some people would probably have

700
00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:02.119
<v Speaker 2>him number one, and I wouldn't fight you on it.

701
00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:04.079
<v Speaker 2>I just think with Devonte a little bit more of

702
00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:05.960
<v Speaker 2>a longevity and Louisville football was in a little bit

703
00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:08.079
<v Speaker 2>of a different spot when DeVante was here, including you know,

704
00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:11.119
<v Speaker 2>beating Florida in the Sugar Bowl, and then after that

705
00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:14.839
<v Speaker 2>it gets a little tricky. I think three is Harry Douglas.

706
00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:17.359
<v Speaker 2>Another guy who had a great run, and he played

707
00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:20.359
<v Speaker 2>alongside some other good receivers like Mario Rudia. But I

708
00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:23.559
<v Speaker 2>think Harry had a great career over a long stretch

709
00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:25.839
<v Speaker 2>of time, and he did it when Louisville was really

710
00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.640
<v Speaker 2>starting to become relevant.

711
00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.839
<v Speaker 3>Nationally here it was a threat.

712
00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:32.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and then what I don't know is number is

713
00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.799
<v Speaker 2>number four.

714
00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.200
<v Speaker 3>I mean.

715
00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:39.960
<v Speaker 2>This guy, I feel like I'm I'm just I'm you Like,

716
00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:42.039
<v Speaker 2>who is it you mentioned the other day Brock Bowlin.

717
00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:44.160
<v Speaker 2>Loved Brock Bowland, by the way, but like that was

718
00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:46.680
<v Speaker 2>you as a kid, just knowing that guy was good

719
00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:48.640
<v Speaker 2>at what he did and people liked him and he

720
00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:51.480
<v Speaker 2>was a weapon. Right, this is me. This guy was

721
00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:53.799
<v Speaker 2>clearly good. His numbers are insane, but like I think

722
00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:55.599
<v Speaker 2>this is more so me just because again, I'd be

723
00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.920
<v Speaker 2>a liar if I told you I remember a bunch

724
00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.839
<v Speaker 2>of specific plays by this guy. But I remember when

725
00:31:58.880 --> 00:32:02.160
<v Speaker 2>Louisville had Arnold and he was I mean, he was

726
00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:05.880
<v Speaker 2>just a he was so damned almost four thou, Yeah,

727
00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:07.720
<v Speaker 2>I mean he was. I mean, he's one of the

728
00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:09.880
<v Speaker 2>most productive receivers in the history of the n C

729
00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:12.960
<v Speaker 2>DOUBLEA when he got finished with his college career undersized,

730
00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:16.079
<v Speaker 2>but man, he was unstoppable. So I'm going with him.

731
00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:20.079
<v Speaker 2>And so tw TO is another guy that really which

732
00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:24.039
<v Speaker 2>is wild because to Tow was great. And yet what

733
00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:28.160
<v Speaker 2>people will forget is that when things started to really

734
00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:31.599
<v Speaker 2>get loud about is Bobby Petrino really gonna be able

735
00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:34.319
<v Speaker 2>to keep this thing going in his second stint? Or

736
00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:36.319
<v Speaker 2>is he gonna be Bobby and it fall apart? And

737
00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:38.799
<v Speaker 2>we know what happened. But the reason I feel like

738
00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:43.160
<v Speaker 2>it got so loud about wait a second, is everything

739
00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:45.160
<v Speaker 2>gonna be okay? Is because two two app was the

740
00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:47.400
<v Speaker 2>guy that they took over Rondell Moore. Now, they still

741
00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:49.400
<v Speaker 2>recruited Rondelle and they wanted him, they liked him, but

742
00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:51.599
<v Speaker 2>I think they they probably made it clear that they'll

743
00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:54.039
<v Speaker 2>take Rondel Moore, but they actually like to do better.

744
00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:57.640
<v Speaker 2>Both were great college players. Yeah, Rondelle was way more

745
00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:00.240
<v Speaker 2>It was way more successful in college than to too,

746
00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:02.599
<v Speaker 2>but both were good and both were still in the NFL.

747
00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:04.799
<v Speaker 2>I hope with the with Rondelle he can get healthy

748
00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:07.400
<v Speaker 2>and really have a strong season. I know he's coming

749
00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.400
<v Speaker 2>off a pretty big injury, but with two two he's

750
00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:11.559
<v Speaker 2>still productive still in the in the league with the Rams,

751
00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:13.680
<v Speaker 2>and he was really really good when he was here.

752
00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:15.599
<v Speaker 2>Another guy that'll probably be forgotten a little bit just

753
00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:17.799
<v Speaker 2>because of the era, right it was it was it

754
00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:21.599
<v Speaker 2>was I keep one to call Sadderfield crack Thorpe, but

755
00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:23.519
<v Speaker 2>it was the Saturfeld era and then one of those seasons,

756
00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:25.880
<v Speaker 2>one of those seasons was uh was you know a

757
00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:28.279
<v Speaker 2>COVID year where it's just easy to forget. So anyways,

758
00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:30.039
<v Speaker 2>there you have it. We'll do defense here on the

759
00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.839
<v Speaker 2>other side and call it a day right here on

760
00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.799
<v Speaker 2>Sports Talk seven ninety.

761
00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:36.640
<v Speaker 1>Now back to coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on

762
00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:38.079
<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven.

763
00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:44.720
<v Speaker 2>Nine day, Jody Messina or Martine McBride, one of the Yeah,

764
00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:48.119
<v Speaker 2>good stuff, good stuff, what a finished strong there? Hit

765
00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:52.920
<v Speaker 2>me with that nineties sassy lady contrast. It was an era, man,

766
00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:54.559
<v Speaker 2>It was an era that I that I was a

767
00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:56.839
<v Speaker 2>big fan of and your cowgirl boots and go be

768
00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:59.839
<v Speaker 2>independent somewhere baby. Yeah, and it's it's it's it's kind

769
00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:02.000
<v Speaker 2>of maybe this is just me, but like it's actually

770
00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:04.519
<v Speaker 2>a really like that You Go, You Go nineties female

771
00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:10.199
<v Speaker 2>country hits. It's actually a decent, surprising workout mix. Like

772
00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:12.760
<v Speaker 2>there's good energy, it's uplifting, that kind of stuff.

773
00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:14.159
<v Speaker 3>So, yeah, you used to listen to that song at

774
00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:16.159
<v Speaker 3>ups Load in seven forty seven.

775
00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.800
<v Speaker 2>And I guarantee you did a better job with those

776
00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:20.599
<v Speaker 2>tunes playing, all right. So lastly, we'll do the defensive

777
00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:23.320
<v Speaker 2>side here. And this was tough at the bottom half

778
00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:26.599
<v Speaker 2>here because I think, honestly, Elvis Dumerville is number one

779
00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:28.599
<v Speaker 2>just because he's I mean, Elvis Duomerville is one of

780
00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:30.880
<v Speaker 2>the best defensive players we've ever seen in college football,

781
00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:33.480
<v Speaker 2>certainly at Louisville forty two and a half sacks, twenty

782
00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:36.199
<v Speaker 2>sacks and ten force fumbles alone in two thousand and

783
00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:39.840
<v Speaker 2>five unanimous Al American five time Pro Bowler. I mean,

784
00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:47.000
<v Speaker 2>Elvis is a legend. Outside of that, I mean, Amobia

785
00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:50.280
<v Speaker 2>Koye was really really good, and obviously I think him

786
00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:53.559
<v Speaker 2>being drafted tenth overall and him being so young when

787
00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:56.639
<v Speaker 2>he was in college, so I don't have a problem

788
00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.639
<v Speaker 2>having him at number two. And it's more so just

789
00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:02.239
<v Speaker 2>because after that there were so many really good like

790
00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:05.199
<v Speaker 2>Louisville football on defense during even the Bobby era the

791
00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:07.800
<v Speaker 2>first time around, obviously with Charlie Strung. There's so many

792
00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:11.239
<v Speaker 2>great defensive players. Uh but you've got a lot of

793
00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:13.760
<v Speaker 2>guys that are that are really good. But how do

794
00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:17.000
<v Speaker 2>you differentiate who would be at number three or number four?

795
00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:19.760
<v Speaker 2>Because I mean a guy that people would forget who

796
00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:23.400
<v Speaker 2>was a who was a bully here defensively was Calvin Pryor.

797
00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:25.320
<v Speaker 2>I mean that dude was was tough.

798
00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.599
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, I mean.

799
00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:28.079
<v Speaker 2>He and he he should have been good in the NFL.

800
00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.400
<v Speaker 2>I don't really know what happened there, but he was

801
00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:32.400
<v Speaker 2>actually successful until the rec until Re's uh Rex Ryan

802
00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.840
<v Speaker 2>got fired by the Jets, and then it kind of

803
00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:36.760
<v Speaker 2>all went downhill from there. But he was great. Gerrod Holloman,

804
00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:38.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean it was it was random with one season,

805
00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:41.679
<v Speaker 2>but they got fourteen interceptions in the Jim Thorpe Award,

806
00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:45.199
<v Speaker 2>and I mean it was just insane how he was

807
00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:47.599
<v Speaker 2>right place, right time, go make a play like it

808
00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:51.639
<v Speaker 2>was not if he dropped four of those interceptions. It

809
00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:53.519
<v Speaker 2>would have been looked at as a special season and

810
00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:55.480
<v Speaker 2>you just to say, well, that's why that guy's on defense.

811
00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:57.639
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he just it was crazy how he was

812
00:35:57.679 --> 00:36:00.360
<v Speaker 2>picking people off. A guy who was consistent from won

813
00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:04.960
<v Speaker 2>always a problem. Lorenzo Maldon Preston Brown. Yeah, I mean,

814
00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:09.960
<v Speaker 2>this guy was a tackling machine for many, many years.

815
00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:11.719
<v Speaker 2>In fact, I think every year he was here, he

816
00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:14.719
<v Speaker 2>was a monster defensively, and you know, longevity. I think

817
00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:18.320
<v Speaker 2>he and then obviously JayR Alexander he became an elite

818
00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:21.199
<v Speaker 2>level player, probably even more so than we realized at

819
00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:23.000
<v Speaker 2>the time because you know, he was overshadowed by his

820
00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:27.719
<v Speaker 2>teammate Lamar Jackson and then Sheldon Rankins, James Bargess, I mean,

821
00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:32.280
<v Speaker 2>Brandon Johnson back during those two thousands teams. Yeah, I mean,

822
00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:35.079
<v Speaker 2>I just I don't really, I think I'm gonna go

823
00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:42.719
<v Speaker 2>so I'm going Dumerville a Koya, I'm gonna go Gay

824
00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:48.960
<v Speaker 2>year and then not bad. I'm down now to either

825
00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:51.000
<v Speaker 2>Preston Brown or Lorenzo Maulden. I think I'm gonna go

826
00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:53.360
<v Speaker 2>Preston Brown, just because I mean he was kind of

827
00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:55.679
<v Speaker 2>like your leader of the defense at that linebacker spot

828
00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:57.960
<v Speaker 2>and was good every year he was here and was

829
00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:01.679
<v Speaker 2>really instrumental in the in the Charlotte mean, when you

830
00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:03.960
<v Speaker 2>think of the Charlie Strong era, he's probably the most

831
00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:06.480
<v Speaker 2>important guy that isn't talked about really at all. I

832
00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:09.440
<v Speaker 2>mean you think of Davonte and obviously Teddy and whatnot,

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<v Speaker 2>but Preston Brown was good. So there you have it.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we're out of time. Back at it tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>for one more farewell, and Austin appreciates your brother. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been a fun ride. I'll see you tomorrow. I just

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be with you on air here. So all right,

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<v Speaker 2>heavy goo on, everybody, talk to you tomorrow.