WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:07.160 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:23.399 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick Coffee. 3 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:26.039 I said this to the beginning of the show. 4 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:27.879 For those of you just now joining us, Thursday is 5 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:30.559 the new Friday here when it comes to Coffee and Company, 6 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:35.039 the vibes are feeling like Friday. Maybe it's because we 7 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:38.159 got football tonight. A lotter than Life is here. I mean, 8 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:40.439 that's probably be a tough day at work tomorrow if 9 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:42.039 you're somebody that goes to a Lotter than Life tonight. 10 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:43.560 But you know what, John's gonna do it. He's gonna 11 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:46.880 be there to see Slipknot tonight and Offspring and who's 12 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:47.280 the other one? 13 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:48.359 Five Finger Death Punch. 14 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:51.000 That's right, five Finger Death Punch. That's a good name 15 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:53.039 for a band. It is good stuff. So it is 16 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:55.880 Coffee and Company. We are fueled by Thornton's a Thursday afternoon, 17 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.119 but again vibes very Friday like, which is how I 18 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:00.359 like it. We've got some NFL football and night. We'll 19 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:02.119 talk a little more about that matchup later on, just 20 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:04.760 because I want to let you guys know what the 21 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:07.439 play is with underdog fantasy, and you can decide what 22 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:09.439 you want to do. I'm just letting you know that 23 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:13.439 on Monday we cashed in on underdog fantasy, so let's 24 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:16.120 keep that momentum rolling, all right. 25 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:17.079 Louisville Notre Dame. 26 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:20.560 The line has moved since the show started, according to 27 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:25.599 sports to Draftking Sportsbook, it's now Louisville plus seven. It 28 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:28.840 was Louisville plus six and a half. I think so 29 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:32.480 Notre Dame is deserving to be the favorite, There's no 30 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:35.000 doubt about it. I mean, they're at home and their 31 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:38.159 Notre Dame, and yes, they did lose to Northern Illinois 32 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:40.959 and that loss aged poorly, but they did go in 33 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:43.799 and beat Texas A and M at their place. Now 34 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:47.519 we'll see how well that win ages for them down 35 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:49.799 the line. But in our conversation earlier, if you guys 36 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:51.799 missed it, we brought in one of the Notre Dame 37 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:54.719 beat writers who I thought was very informative, just kind 38 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:57.079 of given some perspective from that side of it, Tyler Horka, 39 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.239 who is a beat writer for Blue Andgold dot Com. 40 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:02.000 You know, this Notre Dame is in a weird spot 41 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:05.799 because they usually don't have a Northern Illinois type loss 42 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:08.080 on their resume at this point in the year, and 43 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:11.199 any loss to anybody is going to eliminate them from 44 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:13.439 the playoff for sure. I think they've already got themselves 45 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:15.360 in a tough spot. But now they've got a Louisville 46 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:17.840 team that, on paper is a top fifteen team. I'm 47 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:19.439 not ready to say that I know that for sure 48 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:21.560 that they're a top they are a top fifteen team. 49 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:24.240 But either way, this is one of the more challenging 50 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:25.560 games for Notre Dame the rest of the way, and 51 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.000 they've got no room Forrayer. So you could certainly since 52 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:31.400 this is a big, big test for Marcus Freeman. Not 53 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:33.080 that you know this is going to decide if he's 54 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:36.039 the guy for Notre Dame or not, but Notre Dame 55 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:38.520 being out of the playoff conversation before we get to 56 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:40.919 October would not be a good look for him in 57 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:44.719 year three, speaking a good look in Ken Spencer, he's 58 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:46.919 joining us here on a Thursday afternoon. 59 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:48.840 Ken, how are we doing, brother, dude? 60 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:49.599 What a segue? 61 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:51.159 You like that? You like that? 62 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:53.879 I just pulled that one out of the back pocket. 63 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:57.719 I just it just it came naturally. So we saw 64 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:00.080 Louisville play a real team last week no offense to 65 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:03.080 Austin p and and Jacksonville State, but they were playing 66 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:06.199 an ACC FO who has certainly shown under brit Key 67 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:08.840 to be, if anything, a solid team. 68 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:11.280 What did you make of the game itself? 69 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:12.960 And I guess more than anything, what did you learn 70 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:15.080 about Louisville when we saw them play, you know, an 71 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:16.800 ACC caliber team for the first time? 72 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:20.039 Yeah, I mean honestly, like I didn't, you know, I 73 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:22.319 don't know how everybody kind of looked at that game, 74 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:24.280 but but but I felt we will played pretty well 75 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:28.639 that game, you know, like overall, like I think when 76 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.680 you play against tougher teams, right, Like, you know, one 77 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:35.719 of the things that I liked was it was not 78 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.240 easy Like Tyler Shuck when when he got to his 79 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:40.199 fifth step, he had to get off his mark a lot, 80 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:42.479 and so he wasn't just able to kind of stay 81 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:45.039 in there and he and he had to escape the 82 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:47.919 pocket and make some things happen both with his legs. 83 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:51.520 And I love his decision making process, to be honest 84 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:53.319 with you, Like, I just think that he tries to 85 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.000 make it pretty boring as far as like he's just 86 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:58.360 gonna find an open guy and then you know, he's 87 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:02.439 he's totally willing to take shots, as we saw with 88 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:06.120 the long touchdown to Jacory Brooks, even with the past interference. 89 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:09.560 So you know, I like, I liked all of that 90 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:12.120 stuff because you know, look in the acc and when 91 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:14.240 you play tougher teams, it's not going to be so 92 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.439 easy for your offensive line just to protect you all day. 93 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:19.199 And it's not going to be easy for the offensive 94 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:21.480 line just to open up gaping holes against you know, 95 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.680 pretty good teams, and so like that was that was 96 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.160 kind of what we saw, like right, like, they're not 97 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:29.079 just going to be able to run for days and 98 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:30.199 they're gonna have to work for. 99 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:30.639 A little bit. 100 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.040 And you know what they did, and they made some 101 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:37.120 they made some plays that were the plays that you 102 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:41.240 don't count on going into a game, and sometimes you've 103 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:43.160 got to be willing to do that and take the chance. 104 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:46.680 I like them, and they're aggressive mindset in some of 105 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:51.000 those areas. So yeah, I thought I thought overall, like 106 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:52.759 I thought it was a pretty good performance by them. 107 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:55.839 Yeah, I mean, I think Georgia Tech under brin Key, 108 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:59.199 they've done a good job of just letting team keeping 109 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.680 teams from playing a clean game. You know, Louisville I 110 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:03.800 think did a pretty good job, but it you know, 111 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:05.720 at making plays, and you're right, that's the best way 112 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:07.600 to describe it, because some people have said fluke luck. 113 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:09.720 But yeah, it's just place you don't count on with 114 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:12.040 a special team's touchdown in a defensive touchdown. But I 115 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:13.600 think teams that are locked in they're gonna make you 116 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:15.720 pay for those mistakes. And they certainly didn't have the 117 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:17.360 right coverage on the on the field goal kick, and 118 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:20.040 obviously I don't know what their quarterback was thinking on 119 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:22.720 that on that play. But yeah, I kind of still 120 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:26.040 feel I feel like Louisville right now the team that 121 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:28.759 I thought they had. I feel content that they still 122 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.360 can can be that team. But I think this's gonna 123 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:33.079 be a much different test against Notre Dame. How much 124 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:35.560 do you factor in the lost in Northern Illinois, because 125 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:38.519 clearly it's an upset, but that those things do happen, 126 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:40.600 and I think it's a much different situation if Notre 127 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:43.560 Dame didn't have that win against Texas A and M. 128 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:46.160 Like, I think they should be favored here Notre Dame. 129 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:48.160 They are at home, But I kind of feel like 130 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:49.920 this is where you really learn which Notre Dame team 131 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.639 They've got right because they're winning the they're winning the opener, 132 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.439 still impressive, but that lost inn IU did not age 133 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:55.959 well for them. 134 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:00.360 No, look, I thought, you know with that at that 135 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.680 Texas A and M game, and maybe some of this 136 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:07.360 is is Notre Dame's defense. Like I just was, like, 137 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:09.360 this is one of the worst offenses I've ever seen 138 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:11.079 in my life when I was watching that Notre Dame 139 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:14.399 Texas A and M game that night, and so and 140 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:16.759 then they lose Northern Illinois, then they go beat the 141 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:20.360 breaks off of Purdue and then obviously Miami of Ohio 142 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:24.839 last week. No, I think that this this game this 143 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:27.639 week will tell you everything you need to know about 144 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:30.560 Notre Dame. And you know, like you know how you 145 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.199 learn about teams what Notre Dame is. 146 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:37.519 You'll see this week they're at home, you know. I haven't. 147 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:39.680 I saw the forecast yesterday. I don't think it's supposed 148 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:41.040 to be bad in South Bend, like I think it's 149 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:44.600 supposed to be pretty decent, maybe cloudy, Maybe that's maybe 150 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:47.480 that's changed with with Helene. I don't know if it's 151 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:50.480 supposed to get up there or not. But you know, 152 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:52.519 one of the things that that I would say kind 153 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.720 of coming into this thing. And this may be just 154 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:57.959 a gut feeling. I kind of feel like Louisvill's a 155 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.680 bad matchup for very day. And maybe it's because yeah, 156 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:04.720 and I and I just that's like a gut feeling, 157 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.199 and so you know, maybe it's just because of the 158 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:10.240 way Louisville plays, and I feel like the way Notre 159 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:13.279 Dame plays, I feel like Louisville may be a bad 160 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.480 matchup for them, and and so this kind. 161 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:17.199 Of plays into the cards favor a little bit. 162 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:22.199 Probably can't even completely articulate why I feel that's the case. 163 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:23.839 It's just by the games that. 164 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.560 I've watched from both teams. Like I'm like, man at 165 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:28.519 this Louisville team and some of the athletes they got 166 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.839 some of the spots it could give Notre Dame fits, 167 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:35.000 I mean, and it also helps you know, when you 168 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.800 have a guy like Tyler Shuck in my opinion, and 169 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:41.519 maybe you know something changes or whatever, like he just 170 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:43.439 you know, and the best way I can describe it, 171 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:45.600 I feel like sometimes he plays boring football, like he 172 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:47.399 goes back there and he just finds the open guy, 173 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:49.279 and that's and that's the person who gets the ball, 174 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:52.439 like and and and if you're an offensive coordinator, if 175 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:54.319 you're a fan of that team, god, you love to 176 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:54.720 watch that. 177 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:59.040 Yeah, I mean that's sometimes guys who don't have maybe 178 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.120 the best arm, and he's got a good arm, I believe, 179 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:03.519 but you know, keeping it simple and not you know, 180 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:05.360 you know, just making the simple play. I think some 181 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:08.399 guys don't have the ability to fight off the urge 182 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:10.879 to try to make something spectacular happen. And he's been 183 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:12.600 able to make some special plays up to this point. 184 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:15.079 But yeah, Tyler Shuck is just and I can't really 185 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:17.439 articulate why I feel so good about him at quarterback. 186 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:19.519 I mean, his numbers have been good and he looks good, 187 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:22.360 but there's just there's something about his confidence that I 188 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:24.519 think is really going to rub off on this offense. 189 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:25.439 And you know. 190 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:27.240 He's been a pretty good quarterback that his entire career 191 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:28.920 just has not been able to stay healthy. And right 192 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.480 now he is and he'll be relied on for sure 193 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:34.279 on Saturday. I'm gonna sound like such a homer here, Kent, 194 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:36.559 but I think it's a bad matchup for Louis because 195 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:38.200 I think Jeff browms and a lot better coach than 196 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:40.279 Marcus Freeman. Doesn't mean Louisville is guaranteed to win, but 197 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:43.559 I think the match up here, the matchup advantage when 198 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:46.320 it comes to coaches x's and o's, I'd give it 199 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:49.159 to Jeff. And these are games where you know he thrives. 200 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:50.919 I mean, he wins these kind of games. Not to 201 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:53.200 say he's never lost one, but more more often than not, 202 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:55.039 he's gonna have his guys ready to play. I think 203 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:57.000 they'll be ready to play on Saturday. But I'm just 204 00:08:57.039 --> 00:08:59.120 curious in your coverage of the team when it comes 205 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:01.720 to Jeff's pres conference and whatnot, Like he hasn't come 206 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:03.320 out and said it. In fact, he's been as boring 207 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:04.879 as he has he ever has been, as far as 208 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:06.759 just saying what he's supposed to say as they get 209 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:08.919 set for this matchup. But I get the sense with 210 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:12.159 the Catholic connection. Obviously he was recruited by Notre Dame. 211 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:13.799 Brian was as well. He talked about that a little 212 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:15.559 bit earlier this week. He'd never come out and say it, 213 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:17.799 but I think he's really embraced. I mean, he's taken 214 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:20.600 Louisville up there to South Bend to play the Irish 215 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:22.039 and they've been there before, but not with him as 216 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:24.639 the head coach. I think this is this game is 217 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:26.399 probably the biggest game for him up to this point 218 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:27.720 as far as just what's on the line. 219 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:31.120 Well, you know, the funny thing about it is too 220 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:34.039 is And I was actually getting ready to say this, yes, 221 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:39.679 Jeff is no for the most part, you know, he 222 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:42.200 won't give you any bulletin board material or he won't 223 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:45.399 you know, like he tries to say pretty even keel, 224 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:48.360 but this is one of those games this week. And 225 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:50.480 he did it at the end of his press conference 226 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:55.519 news conference on Monday, like he let you know that 227 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.360 this was a big game for the program. 228 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:57.759 Yep. 229 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:00.120 To go up there and to have the opportunity to 230 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:03.480 win this game. You know, so many coaches they don't, 231 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:07.600 they don't come off of this and just say it's 232 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:10.200 just the next game on our schedule. It's the biggest 233 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:12.600 game because it's our our next game. That's that's what 234 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:15.279 most say, you know, constantly, and by the way, like 235 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:18.799 I get it. But he also like at the end, 236 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:21.480 he was like, no, if we can go up there 237 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:23.600 and get a win, this is huge for our program. 238 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:27.080 This is a huge game for us. Like, I like 239 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:29.480 the fact that he kind of lays it out there 240 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:29.759 a little. 241 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:32.480 Yeah, Well, it's because it's because he is somebody who's 242 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:35.240 been here around here for so long. His grandfather played 243 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.240 here obviously, you know, so he's somebody who came to 244 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:39.120 Louisville before it was you know. 245 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:40.120 Cool for guys to do it. 246 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:42.120 So I think he it's just one of those one 247 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:44.080 of those reminders that this is different. Jeff's one of 248 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.039 those guys that he can give you something really know, 249 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:48.159 whether coach came just because of his story and I 250 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:50.759 know exactly what you're talking about. Most coaches would not 251 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:52.720 say that, but for him it is kind of personal 252 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:55.000 because part I mean, well, the football is part of him. 253 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:58.759 Well, and you know we remember the game you know 254 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.679 last year that were here. You know, there's there's a 255 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:03.600 ton you know, the games are here between the old 256 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:05.799 one Notre Name. There's a ton of Notre Dame fans. 257 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:07.120 Yeah, because of this. 258 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:09.799 This is you know, the Catholic here and everywhere and 259 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:11.000 surrounded places. 260 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:13.000 You know, it's that's. 261 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:15.600 That's a Marquee brand. And if you could go and 262 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:19.000 you can go beat a Marquee brand, it helps your brand. 263 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:21.559 It raises you up, and you know it gets more 264 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:23.759 eyeballs in you so are on you. 265 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:25.399 So no. 266 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:28.320 I think that the fact that he recognizes that and 267 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.840 he'll and he'll convey that to his team throughout the 268 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:35.159 course of this week. I can imagine that the pregame 269 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:38.399 speech on Saturday afternoon is going to be pretty fiery 270 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:42.120 because it does need something, it does beat a little 271 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:42.639 bit more to it. 272 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:45.480 Ken Spencer WJS eleven is our guest joining us here 273 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.200 on Sports Talk seven ninety. Mark Stoups and his team 274 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:50.879 heading down to Oxford to take on Lane Kiffin and 275 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:53.320 Ole Miss. As they are number six in the country, 276 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:55.440 certainly off to a great start, but they've not really 277 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.039 been challenged yet. Before we get to Ole Miss specifically, 278 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:00.440 I mean Kentucky, I think you can make the case 279 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:02.120 they're a pretty tough team to figure out too, right. 280 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:03.639 They look really good at a game that they didn't 281 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:05.919 get to finish against a bad Southern Miss team. Then 282 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:09.080 they get hammered by South Carolina, played Georgia really close, 283 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:11.279 and then really just took care of business, played well 284 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:14.120 against an inferior opponent. I mean, if I was a 285 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:16.399 Kentucky fan, I wouldn't have a clue what to expect here. 286 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:18.840 I think they'll be competitive because they are a much 287 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:21.240 bigger test than what anything Ole Miss is seen up 288 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:23.039 to this point. But just kind of your thoughts on 289 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:25.840 this Kentucky team as they hope to avoid zero to three, 290 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:29.360 but certainly a tall task winning down there at Ole Miss. 291 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:33.200 No. I mean, look Oxford's you know they Layne Kiffin 292 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:36.399 has made that a tough place to play, and you 293 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:37.639 know that's a really good team. 294 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:38.919 They play ultra fast. 295 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:43.799 You know, Kentucky hasn't faced anybody so far this year 296 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:47.799 in the stratosphere of how you know, Old Miss likes 297 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:51.960 to play, and you know they've they've had a little 298 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:54.039 bit of success at times. I mean it's not like, 299 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.120 you know, Old this just puts up forty against them, 300 00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:59.440 I don't think, but you know, trying to slow them down, 301 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:02.360 you know a touch and being competitive in these games. 302 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:04.159 I think all their games with all this have been 303 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:07.879 pretty close. But but Lane Kiffin, you know, went out 304 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:09.360 the transfer portal and recruited. 305 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:10.519 He's got a heck of a roster. 306 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:14.200 And I just think that, like you know, when you 307 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:17.440 look at Kentucky and these up tempo teams under March Stoops, 308 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:19.840 specially the last couple of years. They've had a really 309 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:22.000 hard time trying to slow these guys down. You know, 310 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:23.720 And I because I look at ole Miss and I 311 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:28.320 look at Tennessee, you know, the last couple of years 312 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:31.399 for the with the balls and and those those super 313 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.279 up tempo teams has given Stoops and and Brad White 314 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:39.320 and and that team fits. So I guess I'm more 315 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:42.440 anxious to see, you know, or or interested to see 316 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:45.279 what Kentucky looks like offensively, because you know, against the 317 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:49.320 inferior teams they've they've actually looked pretty good. And and 318 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:52.039 and against uh Ohio this past week, I thought the 319 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:54.399 passing game looked a lot better. The running game has 320 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:56.279 been pretty consistent, But can you do it against the 321 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:57.159 team for the SEC. 322 00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:59.919 This is kind of one of those those. 323 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:03.120 Big yeah, I think to see that they've not scored 324 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:05.879 a touchdown yet an SEC play against Georgia and against 325 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:09.279 South Carolina, I'd say that those two defenses are certainly 326 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:11.320 a factor in that. But knowing that you're going to 327 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.240 have to score to keep up because of what Ole 328 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:16.320 Miss is going to do offensively, not an ideal recipe 329 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:19.600 for this. For this Kentucky team. But if in fact 330 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:22.720 they you know, they they end up getting getting housed here, 331 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:24.840 maybe they lose it by a few touchdowns. You know, 332 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.279 wouldn't be a humongous shock. It wouldn't be about Kentucky 333 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:30.080 falling apart nationally. It would be just a good look 334 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:31.919 for Ole Miss because they look like they are positioned 335 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.559 to potentially make the playoff. But you got to wonder, 336 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:37.120 if Kentucky starts zero and three in the SEC, they 337 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.600 still have to play Texas, which is the number one 338 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:41.200 team in the country. Right now, they know there are 339 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:44.240 games out there on their schedule moving forward that that 340 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:46.600 they can win, and they should win. I mean, Auburn's 341 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.240 a win, they should get, Florida's a win. They should 342 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:51.039 get Bandy certainly, and they probably will. But I just 343 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:53.240 I feel like this will be an unusual spot for Stoops, 344 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.840 this this early in the year, to have this many 345 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:57.799 losses piling up, and again, two of them will be 346 00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:59.759 against top six teams. But regardless of who it is, 347 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:01.519 I think that kind of a start it can mess 348 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.799 with your psyche as a team. 349 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:08.000 Well, and and that that's the reason why the South 350 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:12.559 Carolina game is always going to be the highlight of 351 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:17.360 the season, the fact that they just lost, they lost 352 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:19.960 the game, you know, and then the fact that the 353 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:23.840 manner in which they lost the game, because that game 354 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:27.039 right there puts them behind the eight ball, you know, 355 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:30.159 when you're playing the Georgia's and the Old Myths and 356 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:33.039 the Tennessee's and the Texas and now the locals of 357 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:35.080 the world at the last game of the season, right like, 358 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:37.679 you know, you don't have a ton of room prayer. 359 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.519 So the games that you need to get, you need 360 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:42.600 to go get them. And so that's why the South 361 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.080 Carolina game, that's why, you know, like you're right if 362 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:47.720 and it's just set. I think the spreads what seventeens 363 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:51.799 in this game right now, So like you know, yeah, 364 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:53.919 if you lose by a couple of touchdowns, they have 365 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:56.879 to be they really really need to be competitive in 366 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.399 this game. 367 00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:59.559 And see what that happens. 368 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:02.879 You know it's in there because you know they they 369 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:07.320 took Georgia to the wire, and so if you're competitive 370 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.039 in this game, then then you can still get some 371 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:13.440 positive momentum going. And then you have that stretch where 372 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:15.879 you kind of need to clean house against you know, Vanderbilt, 373 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:18.519 Florida and Auburn if you can, which is crazy to 374 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:20.960 say you need to need a house against it and 375 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:23.639 name Florida and Auburn. But that's where we are in 376 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:25.639 the Year of Our Lord, twenty twenty four. 377 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:30.440 This this Hurricane Helene. Uh, she's impacted some local high 378 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:31.879 school games here in the area where a lot of 379 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:34.440 schools have decided to move it up to tonight. I 380 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:37.320 could be wrong, and I'm not not trying to put 381 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:38.879 you in a bad spot here on live radio, but 382 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:40.159 that's got to be a pain in the ass for 383 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:40.960 you guys, right. 384 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:44.480 Well, you know, look, when you're in the news industry, 385 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:45.519 you react to the news. 386 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:47.080 That's true. What I mean, Well, I said, that's a 387 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:48.600 that's a pro's answer right there, Kent. 388 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:50.360 Yeah, man, we just we. 389 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:51.799 Just got to roll with the punches and you do 390 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:53.639 the best job you can. I mean, yeah, we have 391 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:55.159 a we have a bunch of games. Like but I 392 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:58.159 can tell you now, like we're slated right now. We're 393 00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:59.840 gonna we're gonna get out there and get as many 394 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:01.360 as we can tonight. I think we're going to try 395 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:03.879 to get about six of them, you know, tonight, and 396 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:06.559 then turn around and and make sure we got the ring. 397 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:08.279 You're good to go and do it to get the 398 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:12.079 bar night. So yeah, you just kind of plan accordingly, 399 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:14.240 you know, honestly, we've got a great team here, and 400 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:16.319 everybody's just kind of all right, hey, what do we need? 401 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.160