WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:10.880 It's time for coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:31.399 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick coffee. 3 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:28.079 And here to start the five o'clock hour. 4 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:30.440 Then we are out because the Louisville Bats will be 5 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:32.359 taken over. We'll hand it off to the voice of 6 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:34.759 the Louisville Bats, Nick Curran. But it is coffee and 7 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:37.200 company and we are fuel about Thornton's here on Sports 8 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:40.640 Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you hanging out with us on 9 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:43.960 a beautiful, yet breezy Thursday evening. I know the holiday 10 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.079 weekend's coming up, and that usually means really the unofficial 11 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:49.560 or maybe the official start of the summer for a 12 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.000 lot of people. But the weather, I mean, it could 13 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:54.600 be worse. I don't think it's supposed to storm or anything, 14 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:58.200 but we're not gonna have very cold temes, although I 15 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:01.359 do see Saturdays high as now it's any one. But 16 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:04.599 you know, I think people probably are wanting to get 17 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:06.599 something closer to the eighties or maybe in the eighties 18 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:09.400 as we get the summer started. Which has talked about 19 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:10.959 it earlier this week, and I'm sure I'm not alone, 20 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:13.760 but this weekend, this holiday weekend always to me seems 21 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.040 like when the summer actually starts, this is typically around 22 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:18.040 the same time where a lot of kids are getting 23 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:19.840 out of school, which I know is going on. So 24 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:23.079 in fact, looking around our office here, I feel like 25 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:26.280 maybe the holiday weekends already started. I don't know if 26 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.040 we got an event going on or what, but it 27 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:30.239 looks like a ghost town in this place. 28 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:31.159 Which hey, that's okay. 29 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:33.480 I mean, if it din't look a lot of people 30 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:37.719 work from home anyway, So we go anyways, we'll make 31 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:39.200 the most of the time we have left here. So 32 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:41.840 if you have just now joined us, there is a 33 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:44.680 new change to the college football Playoff of the upcoming season. 34 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:49.599 This has nothing to do with the talk about expanding 35 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:54.120 to sixteen and automatic bids going to certain conferences and whatnot. 36 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:57.439 This is just simply about the amount of teams that 37 00:01:57.480 --> 00:01:59.400 are or this is just about how the thing is seated. 38 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:03.480 So instead of giving conference championships to I'm sorry, instead 39 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:06.439 of giving automatic buys and the top four spots to 40 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:09.400 conference champions, they're now just going to seed it one 41 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:12.360 through twelve, which that's the way that it should be. Also, 42 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:15.280 I probably could have talked about it a lot more 43 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:17.960 than I did, but how about my Pacers last night? 44 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:22.199 What a phenomenal come from behind victory and all time 45 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:26.319 come back that I think it probably won't be remembered 46 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:28.879 because it wasn't, you know, an actual I mean, it'll 47 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:31.039 be remembered by Pacers fans for a long time for 48 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:32.960 good reason, and it'll be remembered by Knicks fans for 49 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:35.560 a long time as a painful memory. So I don't 50 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:36.960 know where it's going to end up as far as 51 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.919 an ald timer. But they've now had not one, not two, 52 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:44.560 but three after last night, really legendary comebacks in the postseason, 53 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:48.400 and last night was just the first game of a 54 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:51.759 seven game series. But I kind of feel like the 55 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:55.680 way that that thing played out for the for the Knicks, 56 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:57.400 like it wouldn't be a shocker if they kind of will, 57 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:00.680 especially now that I see on just looking back at 58 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.639 clips from last night that during the big come from 59 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:08.639 behind victory, as Aaron Nesmith went full Reggie Miller, they 60 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:10.800 were crumbling on the bench meeting the Knicks. I mean 61 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:14.719 you had og On and Obi, Josh Hart, Towns and 62 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:20.080 Brunson all bickering at each other. So, you know, easier 63 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:22.599 said than done as far as just thinking that they're 64 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:26.039 completely crushed. But if they are, I won't be shocked 65 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:31.719 because losing like that, I mean, if the and actually 66 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:33.400 that could be wrong here, but I kind of think 67 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.479 it's almost a little bit more demoralizing to then take 68 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.680 it to Ot and lose because you were gifted by 69 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.479 Haliburton having that foot on the line. Yet you go 70 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:47.800 to Ot a chance to eliminate the all time melt 71 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:51.159 down from happening, and you couldn't quite do it. So 72 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.400 it was it was awesome. As a Pacers fan, I 73 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:55.439 loved it. I'm sure if you're not a Pacers fan 74 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.719 or a Knicks fan and you watched, you were probably 75 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:02.479 still entertained. And the NBA Playoffs, I gave him a 76 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:04.719 a lot of crap before it started, just because I 77 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.120 was wanting to get excited. But I told myself, don't 78 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:08.840 do it again, Nick, don't lie to yourself and act 79 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.759 like the NBA Playoffs are going to be competitive and entertaining. 80 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:14.599 But they have been. Yes, there's still been some blowouts. 81 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:18.199 Some of those blowouts have come in game sevens, which 82 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:19.839 you never want to see, right, if a series goes 83 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:21.560 to seven, you want it to be competitive to the 84 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:25.160 very end and you know, obviously that didn't happen every 85 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:27.079 step of the way throughout the playoffs up to this point. 86 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:29.319 But man, we've had some really really good series and 87 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:32.800 some really really good finishes, and last night again was 88 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:34.879 an Alzheimer for the Pacers. Here's what it sounded like 89 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:38.759 on TNT as Halliburton hit what everybody thought was the 90 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:40.680 game winner, only to find out they had to go 91 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:51.959 to overtime. Hell, don't tree. 92 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:59.079 From them, Reggie. 93 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:08.439 Selfishly, I mean I was, I was in heaven with 94 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.680 the way it ended. And then for Haliburton to be 95 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:14.439 pointing at ready like Reggie being a part of it 96 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.639 is such a gift to me that like I, and 97 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.000 I don't mean like me. To me, I see it 98 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:21.680 as a gift. Obviously, I'm sure others enjoy it too. 99 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:24.040 Maybe some people hate it, but like, I didn't want 100 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:25.480 it to sound like they're doing it because of me, 101 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:30.600 But to watch my Pacers beat the Knicks in that fashion, 102 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:34.639 and Reggie Miller to be narrating it, like, that's heaven 103 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:37.839 for me, especially you know, six seven year old Nick, 104 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:41.759 who idolized Reggie Miller and pretended to be him when 105 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:45.079 I would shoot basketball in my driveway it was awesome. 106 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:48.639 And how about this, This is just an absolute all timer, 107 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.839 something that I'll remember forever probably, and that is what 108 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:58.319 aaron NEI Smith did because in NBA history only two 109 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:02.000 players have had twenty plus points and five plus three 110 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:05.240 pointers made in the fourth quarter of a playoff game 111 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:06.560 on the road. 112 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:08.720 Both of them. 113 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:13.000 Were the Pacers at Madison Square Garden of the Conference 114 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:16.399 Finals on a Wednesday, which makes it really random. But 115 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:18.519 Reggie did it on June first, nineteen ninety four, and 116 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:21.079 then aaron Nie Smith did it last night, So yeah, 117 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:24.759 it was it was awesome to see another. Another crazy 118 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:29.800 stat that just makes it seem, you know, unbelievable, is 119 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:32.720 that NBA teams were owned in nine hundred and seventy 120 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:34.920 in the playoffs over the last twenty seven years when 121 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:38.160 trailing by fourteen or more points with under three minutes 122 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:41.680 to go in regulation, and then last night it became 123 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:44.199 one in nine hundred and seventy because of the Pacers. 124 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:46.639 And this is something else I hadn't seen until just 125 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:51.519 now that since nineteen ninety six, ninety seven teams that 126 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:56.600 have trailed by seven or more in the final fifty 127 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:59.920 seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime in the playoffs 128 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:05.639 are four and one thousand and seven hundred and two losses. 129 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:10.279 The Pacers have three of those wins all this year. 130 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:13.079 I think that's the best way to put in perspective 131 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:15.800 just how crazy this team has been with come from 132 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:19.920 behind victories. When most are dead and it's over, they 133 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:22.519 have been able to claw back and find a way 134 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:28.439 to win again. Since nineteen ninety six ninety seven, teams 135 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:30.319 that have trailed by seven or more in the final 136 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:34.040 fifty seconds of a game are four one thousand and 137 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:37.079 seven hundred and two, and the Pacers have three of 138 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.639 those four wins, and they've all taken place in this postseason. 139 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:41.839 Unbelievable. 140 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:44.560 And again those wins are down seven with forty seconds 141 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:46.839 left to the Bucks, they won, down seven with forty seven, 142 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:49.879 I'm sorry, down seven forty seconds left to the Cavs. 143 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:50.199 They win. 144 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:52.600 And then last night, down fourteen with two minutes and 145 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:55.040 thirty five seconds left against the Knicks. I mean, just 146 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:58.240 think about that, just saying that out loud, down fourteen 147 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.399 with two and a half minutes left, and you win 148 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:05.199 a game. Somebody asked this on the text line earlier, 149 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:08.040 and it's not a bad point. What's more, impressive, the 150 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:11.519 Knicks finding a way to win I'm sorry, the PACER's 151 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:12.920 finding a way to win, or the Knicks finding a 152 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:13.439 way to lose. 153 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:17.120 You may argue that the both impressive. I mean both were. Yeah, 154 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:19.759 both were were certainly impressive. All right. 155 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:23.360 Something else we discussed was the updated list of college 156 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:26.879 football coaches. As far as the rankings. CBS Sports does 157 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:32.000 this every year. We talked yesterday about the Mark Stoop's ranking. 158 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:34.399 He's at number thirty six. He's fallen quite a bit 159 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:36.960 over the last couple of years, and really, I mean 160 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:40.639 he went from I think twentyth to thirty six, so 161 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:43.120 he's dropped substantially after a really down year last year. 162 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:44.879 And it was the outlier year. 163 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:47.200 I mean it was, I mean it was absolutely the 164 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:51.320 year that you know, is different than any of the other's, 165 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:54.000 meaning they actually had some decent players and some legitimate 166 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:57.559 expectations and they didn't just fall short, they fell very 167 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:05.240 short of what those expectations were. So anyways, this the 168 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:08.799 latest and I guess the final part of these rankings 169 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:10.519 came out today is they gave us one through twenty 170 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:13.039 five and Jeff brom Is up from number nineteen to 171 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:16.000 now at number seventeen. And I don't need to run 172 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:20.360 through all the list of accomplishments and all the accolades 173 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:21.879 for Jeff Bram because I would imagine a lot of 174 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:24.279 you listening are well aware because you know he's our guy. 175 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:30.600 But when you consider what he did at Purdue, that's 176 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:33.879 actually to me what makes him I think, I mean, 177 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:38.080 that's to me what makes him worthy of that top 178 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:40.879 seventeen ranking, because yes, he's done a phenomenal job in 179 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:44.080 his first couple of seasons at Louisville, but at Purdue, 180 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:48.480 you know, the same thing that Mark Stoops deservedly got 181 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:52.600 a lot of credit for winning somewhat, you know, winning consistently, 182 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.240 even though it wasn't at a high level. Kentucky was 183 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:59.080 much more successful with Mark Stoops over the you know, 184 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:01.000 the vast majority of his time there than they really 185 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:05.200 ever been in my lifetime. So Jeff Bram, I think 186 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:07.000 when you you know, for those that may look at 187 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:09.720 him and say wow, because I wouldn't be shocked if 188 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:13.120 you know, college football fans across the country, maybe they 189 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:15.440 see Bram at number seventeen and they're thinking, yeah, I 190 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:18.399 don't know, that seems to be a little bit high 191 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:25.320 for him, all right, we have good news. 192 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:30.159 We have good news. We don't have an early dismissal today. 193 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:32.879 That was my fault. So do the Bats even play today? No, 194 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:36.240 they do. They just they're there. Their their broadcast starts 195 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:39.679 at sixtcha. Okay, so hey we got we got extra time. 196 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:42.679 It's I just read the whole Tuesday for Thursdays. We've 197 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:42.960 had that. 198 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:44.840 We've had that a couple of times where we get it, 199 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:46.960 where we get it wrong. But hey, it's it's I 200 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:49.559 look at it as a as A as A as A. 201 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:53.519 I mean, now, this is like unexpected extra time, which 202 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:56.159 technically not extra time because you know, it's our normal 203 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:59.919 three hour formatted show. But here we are thinking we're 204 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:01.519 out early and we're not. 205 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:05.720 So I'm glad. I'm glad you. I'm glad I caught that. 206 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:07.519 Did you go look at it? Did somebody tell you? 207 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:09.960 Just because as soon as you as soon as I 208 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:12.320 was looking at how to time this out, I just 209 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:14.559 noticed that there was all the spots leading up to 210 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:16.879 the hour, and I thought to myself, hmm, that doesn't 211 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:20.399 look great. Did I read that email as Tuesday or Thursday? 212 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:23.559 And sure enough, I mean everybody else had it right, 213 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:24.960 our guy, Jim Benn had it right. 214 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:26.960 I just of course read it wrong. Of course he did. 215 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:29.039 He's Jim Fenn. What am I thinking? Come on, He's 216 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:30.840 Jim Finn. So I was ready to get out of 217 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:32.679 here early. Yeah. 218 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.120 I mean, I guess if you hadn't looked at it 219 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:37.480 and we just you know, I guess somebody would have had. 220 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:40.080 Somebody would have had to have been there asking, hey, 221 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:41.720 Nick Kurran, are you there? Are you ready to get 222 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:43.399 it going? And then we would have realized, oh wow, 223 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:46.039 you know, we're supposed to be a yeah, we're supposed 224 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:46.399 to be on air. 225 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:47.600 So anyway, yeah, yeah. 226 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:51.000 But back to the College Football Coaches rankings, I mean, 227 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:54.559 when it comes to where, when it comes to where 228 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:56.919 Brahm ends up, I think when you look at what 229 00:11:57.080 --> 00:12:00.639 he did at Purdue, that is probably more impressive than 230 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:03.519 a lot of people realize. And it's not because you know, 231 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:05.759 you would go and like, you know, hang a banner 232 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:08.759 or anything like that, because it's not as if it's 233 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:13.240 some never before seen success and they didn't win any 234 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:16.240 conference championships or anything like that. But for him to 235 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:19.000 leave Purdue with a winning record in Big Ten play 236 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:22.720 after six seasons there when the guys who were there 237 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.919 the previous eight seasons, you had four with Darryl Hazel 238 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.639 who went three and twenty four, and then four with 239 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:31.200 Danny Hope who went thirteen and nineteen. So I think 240 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:33.519 that puts in perspective that the guys is a winner. 241 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:35.879 And again I'm not telling you anything that you probably 242 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:40.639 don't already know, but nice to see you know, objective 243 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:43.159 folks who cover college football, letting you know you got 244 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:45.919 yourself a really good football coach. All right, So this 245 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:47.840 isn't something we've talked about just yet, and I don't 246 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:50.240 really know how interesting it is to those of you listening, 247 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:53.120 but it is probably a pretty big deal when it 248 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:56.759 comes to the future of UFL athletics because they've hired 249 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:59.720 a man by the name of Andrew Brand as a 250 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:03.200 strategic advisor. So this is somebody who used to be 251 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:05.919 the VP of the Green Bay Packers and. 252 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:07.759 He has joined. 253 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:09.480 It sounds like this is maybe like a he's like 254 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:12.440 a going to be like a contractor, but nonetheless he's 255 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:14.399 he's he's been brought in to help U of l 256 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:17.879 H and he's one of the most influential voices in 257 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:21.840 sports law and business. According to you know, the press 258 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:24.960 release that UFL sent out. So he is going to 259 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:29.679 serve as a key advisor in regards to the athletic 260 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:31.720 department here and this is somebody has mentioned former VP 261 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:35.480 of the Packers. He is the current he's the current 262 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:39.120 executive director of the Mora ad Center for the Study 263 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:42.440 of Sports Law at Villanova, which for those who don't 264 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:46.039 understand the connection here, Josh Hurd was at Villanova prior 265 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:48.360 to coming back to Louisville and of course becoming the 266 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:49.840 full time athletic director. 267 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:53.440 So this is a quote from Josh Hurd on this hire. Quote. 268 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:56.559 As college athletics continues to evolve into a more professional, 269 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:00.799 professionalized model or positioning Louisville to Lee need not follow. 270 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:04.600 Andrews one of the most respected minds in sports business 271 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:07.399 and law. His insights give us a real strategic advantage 272 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:10.960 as we navigate this transformative period. So it says here 273 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:13.759 that his role comes at a critical inflection point for 274 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:18.679 college athletics. Obviously, NIL has become a humongous factor in 275 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:21.240 the college sports landscape, and now you're going to have 276 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:24.960 revenue sharing, which is the framework of that is going 277 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:28.320 to be I mean, that's a big deal. It's a 278 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:33.679 really it's an entirely new, I guess component of how 279 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.919 you run your athletics department because I guess could choose 280 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:40.799 not to. I mean, I guess I don't remember the 281 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:43.080 specifics of it, because anybody if they did give you 282 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:46.639 the option to choose not to share rev I mean, 283 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:49.240 you wouldn't get any players because players would not come 284 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:51.080 and just play for you for free when they could 285 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:52.799 go anywhere else and make money. So I don't even 286 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:55.360 remember what it was as far as how they laid 287 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:57.919 it out. But revenue sharing is now a whole new 288 00:14:57.960 --> 00:14:59.919 component that you know, there's gonna be a lot that 289 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:02.480 goes into that and how that works, and it's really 290 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:05.600 a new department probably within your athletic department. So it 291 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:09.000 sounds like this higher brand is going to be somebody 292 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:11.679 that is very much involved in that. This is a 293 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:13.639 quote from him in the press release. This is a 294 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.159 transformative time in college sports, and it's been a privilege 295 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.720 to work with Louisville Athletics. I guess he's already kind 296 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.879 of been working alongside without the official title that he 297 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:25.759 has now, but he says, Josh Hurt is a visual 298 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:29.399 sorry as a visionary leader, and his team is smart, collaborative, 299 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:32.960 and proactive Louisville. Louisville isn't just preparing for the future, 300 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:37.799 They're shaping it. So again, having people who have this 301 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:42.519 kind of, you know, experience is going to be vital 302 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:46.879 as you continue to try to find your footing in 303 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:50.960 this seemingly ever changing landscape of college sports. I mean, 304 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:52.720 I know I've said it many many times, why not 305 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:55.559 say it once more? Where we are now compared to 306 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:59.919 where we were just five years ago is really crazy 307 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:03.399 when it comes to just how college sports looks overall. 308 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:06.240 And speaking of that, I haven't seen any kind of 309 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:09.840 an update on the lawsuit, which I guess it wouldn't 310 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:13.000 be realistic to expect an update like right away. But 311 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:16.600 what ends up happening with the lawsuit that sze KaiA Ziggler, 312 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:19.440 the former Tennessee point guard file, that's going to be 313 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:24.240 that's going to be huge. And I can't really see 314 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:28.000 a scenario where he has success with this lawsuit because 315 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:31.559 you know, I just can't. He's played four seasons of 316 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:35.000 college basketball. I don't know why he would be entitled 317 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.159 to another. But his argument is I'm still a student. 318 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:43.080 Why can't I play. I'm still a student at Tennessee, 319 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:46.000 but now I'm in the undergraduate program. Everybody else has 320 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:48.919 a five year window to play four. Well, I'm still here, 321 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:51.720 it's within my five years. Why can't I play again? 322 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:56.759 I just don't. I don't see that being a winnable argument. 323 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:58.200 But what do I know. I'm not a lawyer. 324 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:02.200 Maybe because there is a five year window, that's the 325 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:05.079 loophole here to where he somehow gets granted a fifth 326 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:06.000 year of eligibility. 327 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:08.599 But if he does, I mean. 328 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:13.359 That means guys like you know, Chucky Hepburn and rain 329 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:16.759 Smith could come back hypothetically, and that just doesn't seem 330 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.839 like realistic. 331 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.480 But we shall see. 332 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:23.759 I mean, there's been a couple of different lawsuits that 333 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:27.000 the NCAA has had in front of them that they've won, 334 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:29.799 and I'm not surprised by even though the majority of 335 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.559 the attention lately has been on them getting beat in court. 336 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:36.319 But like the JUCO ruling was a legitimate one. Like it, 337 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.759 I don't know if I agree that you can go 338 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:39.599 play two years at JUCO and then get four years 339 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:41.920 to where you basically get six years of playing college sports. 340 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:46.279 But the argument was legit, meaning how are you counting 341 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:49.039 towards my eligibility when the first two years out of 342 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.119 high school I did not play in the nc DOUBLEA. 343 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:54.519 Doesn't make it right or wrong, But like, that's a 344 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:57.880 good argument because they're counting you as using two years 345 00:17:58.359 --> 00:18:01.359 that you did not use within a NCAA member institution. 346 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:06.880 I guess the situation here would be well if others 347 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:09.519 get a five year window even though you've already played. 348 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:13.519 I mean again, here's where it gets tricky. He's played 349 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:19.240 four and yet he's he's he's within his five year clock. 350 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:22.720 And yet there's other guys that have played more than 351 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:25.799 five that are with that are outside of their five 352 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.960 year clock. I mean, there's not a ton of them, 353 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.720 but there's You could you could find a handful of 354 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.160 examples of guys that are still playing college sports that 355 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:34.680 it makes no sense how they are. And now again, 356 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.480 every everybody's situation is probably a little bit different. So 357 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.119 I mean, I'm not monitoring this as like, here we go, 358 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:43.359 maybe he wins, because I just assume that he won't. 359 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:46.960 But again, I guess nothing should surprise me in the 360 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.799 grand scheme of things. 361 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.799 All right, let's do this. 362 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:53.200 Let's get to a quick break, we'll come back. We 363 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:55.400 actually have more time than realize, so we'll make the 364 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:57.079 most of that time. We'll finish strong. Here it's the 365 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.960 five o'clock hour on a Thursday afternoon, Coffee and company, 366 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:02.480 and they feel about Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 367 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:06.680 Now back to coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 368 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:08.519 Sports Talk seven nine day. 369 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:19.799 So apparently there are some green flags that are signs 370 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:24.799 that you're aging well. I mean, you can be any 371 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:26.880 age and be aging right. I guess a lot of 372 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:28.920 people when you think of aging, you're thinking of I 373 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:32.799 guess like getting legitimately old. I'm not there yet, but 374 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:35.440 these are the five green flags as far as you 375 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:40.920 aging in a healthy way, maintaining physical strength and mobility. 376 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.640 I mean. 377 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:46.400 I'm moving, I'm getting around pretty good. I mean that 378 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:49.240 to me seems more like somebody who might quite literally 379 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:52.880 be like getting up there in age. Being curious and 380 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:54.960 having a sharp cognitive function. 381 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:58.680 Yeah, yes, that's it. I mean the key, yeah, I 382 00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:00.559 mean it's a big one in sharp. 383 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:04.400 This this actually lists out like learning new skills and hobbies, 384 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:08.240 things like that, brain boosting hobbies. I mean I feel 385 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:12.200 like I'm I'm pretty pretty sharp there, having a positive outlook. 386 00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:16.880 I mean, I'm pretty positive about about things. Yeah, this 387 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:18.839 is where I feel like maybe I'm not aging well 388 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:22.000 Austin keeping strong social connections. 389 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:25.519 Okay, you don't have strong social connections. I mean I don't. 390 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:30.079 I don't seek out being social with like you know 391 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:32.720 what I mean, Like I'm not Actually yeah, I'll just 392 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:35.000 be honest, I'm not. I'm not super outgoing when it 393 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:38.000 comes to, you know, meeting people and being social. I 394 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:40.680 kind of find my I'm an introvert, which is a weird, 395 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:44.079 which is weird for people who do this, but I'm 396 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:47.200 I'm I'm very much introverted to where I'm not outgoing 397 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:49.680 as far as meeting new people and making new connections. 398 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:52.039 But obviously I'm not you know, I'm not against it. 399 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:56.240 I'm not anti meeting someone. But the older I get like, 400 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:58.359 what are my buddies brought this up not that long 401 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:00.480