WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.600 Welcome to the Big Blue Insider. It's a Friday. We 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:07.719 wrap up the week heading into another Kentucky football Saturday. 3 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:12.560 It's the Wildcats and the Ohio Bobcats tomorrow at twelve 4 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:19.280 forty five. Kickoff is at ten pregame at ten thirty 5 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:22.640 with Christy Thomas, Jeremy Jarmin, Logan Stenberg, than Tom Lee, 6 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:26.440 Jeppiicor and me with all the action Kentucky and Ohio's 7 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:28.320 the Cats go for their second win of the year, 8 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:30.920 kind of a get right game. We'll hear from Tom 9 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:33.079 and Jeff a little bit later on an excerpt from 10 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:36.399 the Wildcat Whip. It's out there right now on social 11 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:40.560 media via my Facebook page and Tom's Facebook page as 12 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.759 well as I believe it's. Yeah, it's already up on 13 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:47.719 Twitter on the UK Sports Network site. So you want 14 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:50.240 to get the insights from Tom and Jeff and yours truly, 15 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:53.119 and you will hear on the local version on the 16 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:56.759 Facebook version, the fact that we're at the south of Wrigley, 17 00:00:57.280 --> 00:00:58.920 and we'll tell you more about that a little bit 18 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:02.359 later on when we play the excerpt from the Wildcat Whip. 19 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:04.719 Well else you gonna hear from Marxtoops coming up in 20 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:07.439 our next segment as he met with the media yesterday 21 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:10.799 and wrapped up the week's practice, his team getting ready 22 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:14.319 to take on another form of cat So you'll hear 23 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:17.599 it right here and see it on the SEC network. 24 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:20.560 Last Night's a big story, and really right now, the 25 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:23.599 big story. Even if you're not a baseball fan per se, 26 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:26.000 and you know what, you probably were back in the 27 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:29.439 day and baseball just kind of got away from everybody. 28 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:34.359 But and that's understandable. But what a story right now 29 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:40.359 in baseball about Shohio Tani. And it is very cool 30 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:43.400 when you see history right before your eyes. He became 31 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:45.959 the first player to join the fifty to fifty club 32 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:50.519 fifty home runs and fifty stolen bases. Did it last 33 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:56.680 night against the Miami Marlins, and he did it in style. Man, 34 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:59.519 did he ever do it in style with maybe the 35 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:04.719 greatest single performance in a game ever. Three home runs 36 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:08.120 plus three more base sits, so a total of six 37 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.759 couple of doubles in a single miss missed the triple 38 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:15.560 for the cycle, you know, yawned, But he also drove 39 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:19.159 in ten runs, stole a couple of bases and what 40 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.680 was it a twenty to three, twenty to four wins 41 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:24.680 something like that, and not only do they win the game, 42 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:28.680 but they clinch a spot in the playoffs. But it's 43 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:31.159 been incredible keeping an eye on this. And of course 44 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:33.120 he plays on the West Coast, so it's kind of 45 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:35.759 hard to watch him much unless you want to stay 46 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:40.960 up late. But an incredible performance. Last night. Joe Davis 47 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:45.479 had the TV call for Dodger Television and he did 48 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:49.840 it justice on home run number three, home run number 49 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:53.319 fifty on a one to two time. 50 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:03.039 Who is a Chime her? 51 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:09.080 Who a Charing Season show? He ti he starts the 52 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:10.639 Fifth Stay, Fifth Stay. 53 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:24.879 Tr and again that is Joe Davis on the Dodgers 54 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:28.520 TV and he did what good play by play guys do. 55 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:31.560 He shut up what we call layout and just let 56 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:34.520 the pictures take over. On radio, you gotta paint the 57 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:37.199 word picture. But here's a guy who had plenty of 58 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:40.520 camera angles and all kinds of great video shots of 59 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:44.240 show high hugging his players, hugging his coaches, and the 60 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:48.240 fans in Miami. This was in Miami. Now gave him 61 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:50.479 quite an ovation. So he comes out, of course and 62 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:57.000 acknowledges the fans. But Shohi Otani not only has he 63 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:59.719 proven to be one of and some say the greatest 64 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:01.759 player in the history of the game. I love the 65 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:05.159 debate because you cannot come up with a definitive answer 66 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:09.360 when you talk about stuff like this, simply because you 67 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:13.800 just can't argue generations. But it's fun to talk about 68 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:20.319 and think about the argument who's better Show Hi or 69 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:23.800 Babe Ruth because they were both two way players, you know, 70 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.079 and Show I, of course lately hasn't been pitching, but 71 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:31.519 obviously Babe Bruce stopped pitching at a certain point. It 72 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:34.199 became the greatest offensive player in the history game up 73 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:39.560 until more modern times. But one of the more compelling 74 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:42.480 parts of this story to me, and one of the 75 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:47.560 funniest parts, is the cold takes from back when show 76 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:50.720 I first signed with the Dodgers, because so many people 77 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:52.199 wanted to get out ahead of that, People in my 78 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:55.759 line of work and you know, sound like experts and 79 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:59.120 talk about just how terrible the move. It was all 80 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:01.560 the money they pay him to bring him in and 81 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:04.120 all that when the Angels signed him, and then when 82 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:08.879 the Dodgers signed him away. Mike Francessa, who was such 83 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:12.680 a well known radio sports talk show host in New York, 84 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:16.079 his take simply was the Yankees are lucky they didn't 85 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:21.680 get Otani right. A major league scout when Otani first 86 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:23.879 got here said he wouldn't be able to hit big 87 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:27.199 league pitching, and his quote was, He's basically like a 88 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:32.800 high school hitter. Yeah. Yeah. Keith Olberman, mocking the fact 89 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:36.480 that Otani was a two way player, tweeted, because that 90 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:41.160 Christian Bethencourt thing worked out so well, Otani will be 91 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:45.839 a pinch hitting pitcher by mid season. This is after 92 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:48.480 Richard Justice, who was a great baseball beat writer from 93 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:53.600 MLB dot com, had written at a lot of mlbgms he said, 94 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:56.839 think we could have more two way players, probably in 95 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:00.680 super utility role. So, of course, Olberman, being and mister 96 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:06.040 baseball expert man, brings up Christian Bethencourt, who was and 97 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:09.399 still is a mediocre player. He is a backup catcher 98 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:11.959 with the Cubs, and by the way, he should be 99 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:16.279 respected because his middle name is Gabriel. But his lifetime 100 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:19.959 average is like two thirty. I think this season in 101 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:23.160 a backup real he's hitting two four or something like that. 102 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:30.199 But yeah, you judge all two way players by Christian Bethencourt. 103 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:34.560 Come on, but there were so many bad takes on this. 104 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:40.959 One person on a podcast back then simply said, I 105 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:44.040 think he is one of the most overrated players in 106 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:48.240 the history of professional sports in America. A guy named 107 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:52.600 John Schaefer said that, and not only is that a 108 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.279 horrible take when it comes to baseball, but all of 109 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:59.399 professional sports. But remember now, the biggest expert, and I'm 110 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:04.360 saying this sarcastically, Bill James, the guy, according to The Simpsons, 111 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:08.639 who's made watching baseball as fun as doing your taxes. 112 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:12.199 You know, James breaks everything down to stats. And he 113 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.720 tweeted this. He said, and this is back in twenty nineteen, said, 114 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:19.639 remember how a year ago everybody was all excited about 115 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:23.319 Shohio Tani being the next Babe Ruth. That was fun. 116 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:26.680 Of course I'm adding the tone, but that's how it 117 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:32.720 was presented. Cold takes are tremendous. They're so hilarious and 118 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:35.319 they'll come back and haunt you. But that's the price 119 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:38.160 you pay of having to have or thinking you need, 120 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:43.000 an instant take. I've never been one of those people, 121 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:46.240 but maybe maybe I'm not smart enough to have instant 122 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:48.959 takes like that. I recognize a good take when I 123 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.040 hear one, though, and this kind of falls in line 124 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:55.199 with the way I feel about Bryce Young being benched 125 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:57.560 in Carolina, And I don't follow that team enough to 126 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:01.120 know about how much is his fault, how much is 127 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:04.839 the team's fault. People who followed the team seem to 128 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:09.360 lean toward it being a horrible franchise run horribly, and 129 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:11.680 Bryce S Young is taking a majority of the blame. 130 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.120 He of course, was the number one draft pick last 131 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:17.120 year out of Alabama. He won everything, won the Heisman, 132 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:22.000 won everything, and was a guy who was a question 133 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:24.879 mark I thought going into the draft because of his size. 134 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:27.240 He's listed at five to ten, so you know he's 135 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:29.800 not five to ten, listed at two o five, so 136 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:31.639 you know he didn't weigh two o five at least 137 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:35.000 when they did all the measuring. But he is surrounded 138 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:39.919 by mediocrity top to bottom on that roster, and he's 139 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:42.879 won two games in eighteen starts, and he took a 140 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:47.320 lot of the blame. And Shannon Sharp on a podcast 141 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:50.320 was talking to Chad Ocho Cinco Chad Johnson, the former 142 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:56.440 Bengals outstanding and outspoken wide receiver, and Sharp you can 143 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:59.840 hear him reading the tail end of Bryce Young's comments 144 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:03.399 and he basically said you know I had an opportunity. 145 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:05.879 I didn't make the most of it. I'm doing what's 146 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.240 best for the team. All that stuff, you know, taking 147 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:11.600 taking the hit as good leaders do, is do quarterbacks 148 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:15.720 good quarterbacks do. And then Chad Johnson jumps in with 149 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:18.799 his reaction, showing why he'll never be a network analyst 150 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:22.519 because I have bleeped everything I could, but he is. 151 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:24.919 I think right on the money here. This is first 152 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:28.279 chan and Sharp and then Chad Ocho Cinco Johnson. 153 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:31.240 For the most part, every snap it hit my hand. 154 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:33.159 I didn't do enough with it at the end of 155 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:34.519 the day, and I don't hit that shit. 156 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:34.919 Man. 157 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:36.639 It's okay. 158 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:37.639 I know you're the quarterback. 159 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.200 You're the most important You're the most important player and 160 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:42.759 most important position on the field because you touched the 161 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:46.759 ball every play. But come on, man, you listen. You 162 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:49.240 have to say the right thing. Bryce Young is saying 163 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:51.159 all the right thing because he's in a position where 164 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:54.799 he has to. You went to a dumpter fires the 165 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.279 reason they were the team to pick and had the 166 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:59.000 first pick in the draft. 167 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:00.879 Anybody can see it. 168 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:03.799 Your family gonna tell you the truth, your friends are 169 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:04.639 gonna tell the truth. 170 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:06.039 I'm tell you the truth. 171 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:07.279 It ain't you. 172 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:16.679 Ain't nothing wrong with you. Some listen, Ojo, you know, listen, find. 173 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:19.279 Me somebody at the Old Testament, find me somebody at 174 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:22.240 the New Testament that can come play for the Panthers 175 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:26.399 and make a difference. Nobody, boy, Jesus himself will come 176 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:30.919 down here. And Sam was even waring, ain't nothing changing. 177 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:32.639 Unk is bad. 178 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:36.480 When Sam Donna was there, was there, they said it 179 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:39.639 was Sam donald fault. When Baker Mayfield was there, they 180 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.080 said it when Baker Mayfield's fault. Rich Young is there, 181 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:47.399 they said, it's Bright Young's fault. Sam Donald and Baker 182 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:50.480 Minfield are off to historic starts. 183 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:54.480 Again, he's not wrong, although historic is kind of hyperbole, 184 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:58.480 but both quarterbacks off the two and oh starts with 185 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:02.600 Baker Mayfield down in Tampa and Sam Donald in Minnesota, 186 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:05.440 which of course had lost Kirk Cousins. And they bring 187 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:09.279 in Sam Donald almost like a placeholder. They thought, I guess, 188 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:11.480 you know, yeah, we'll use this guy until we can 189 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.039 get a better quarterback. At least that's what a lot 190 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:15.279 of the fans thought. And now the Vikes are two 191 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.600 and oh. Nobody expected that. Nobody expected Baker Mayfield to 192 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:21.039 do what he did, especially after he washed out with 193 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:24.919 the Panthers and bounced around. But he caught new life 194 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:28.639 with the Rams. You might recall this, and after signing 195 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:30.720 early in the week with the Rams, he started a 196 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:34.679 game and played extremely well, and you skip ahead, he 197 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:37.840 ends up signing one hundred million dollar contract. This was 198 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:40.080 after he did okay with the Browns, but they got 199 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:42.240 rid of him, and then, as I said, bounced here 200 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:45.200 and there and washed out, and now he's got a 201 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:47.399 new life in his contract. It depends on where you 202 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:50.519 are and what that team is doing, no question about that. 203 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:54.240 While we're on quarterbacks, last night, Aaron Rodgers and the Jets, 204 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:57.039 you might have seen this on Amazon Prime beat a 205 00:11:57.120 --> 00:12:00.320 bad Patriots team and everybody's going nuts over Aaron Rodgers. 206 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:03.360 Why not in New York because this was the home 207 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:06.639 opener for the Jets, And remember what happened last year 208 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:10.120 at the home opener. After all that hype, he blows 209 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:15.120 his ankle, blows his achilles after four plays last night, 210 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:19.559 twenty seven to thirty five, two touchdowns, and the fans 211 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:23.440 were chanting his name in the third quarter. That's all 212 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:26.879 well and good, that's fine, that's fun. Remember the Patriots 213 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:30.120 are probably the worst team in the legue. How they 214 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.919 beat the Bengals is beyond me. But what came out 215 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:36.360 of that at an interesting sidebar out of that game 216 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:39.840 was the video of Robert Sala, the coach, going in 217 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:42.679 for a hug as Rogers comes off the field and 218 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:45.639 Rogers puts his hands in his chest and shoves him away. 219 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.919 Both of them laughed it off after the game and 220 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:51.080 they both said that was just something we do or 221 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:55.960 something like that, but it was really interesting video. Up next, 222 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:59.519 Mark Stoops. Well, I'll say here from Dermanti Dawson, who 223 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:03.559 will open a broadcast tomorrow. Ryan Black of the Courier 224 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:05.960 Journal joins us here in the garage, and our number 225 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:10.279 two here on six thirty WLAP Welcome back to the 226 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:12.480 Big Moon Sider. Coming up a little bit later on 227 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:15.159 here in the first hour, Dermani Dawson will join us. 228 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:19.559 The NFL Hall of Famer and former Wildcat offensive lineman 229 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:23.440 will tell us what he has seen in Kentucky this season. 230 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:26.360 Our number two, Ryan Black at the Courier Journal, will 231 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:28.960 join us here in the garage. He is the beat 232 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:32.679 writer covers the Wildcats football and basketball. Before we hear 233 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:36.720 from Mark Stoops, reminder that last night the soccer team, 234 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:40.720 the women's soccer team played to a draw against Florida. 235 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:43.440 The Wildcats a rank number twenty going into the game. 236 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:46.399 They were eight to zero Florida. I guess I don't 237 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:49.320 know enough about soccer to come at except that Florida 238 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:54.240 must play a really defensive style because the Gators are 239 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:57.840 three to one and five, and people like to say 240 00:13:57.840 --> 00:13:59.519 they play not to lose. Well, I don't know if 241 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:03.120 Florida plays not to lose in women's soccer, but five 242 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:07.639 draws in nine games, including last night, was nothing. Nothing. 243 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:12.279 Kentucky outshot Florida seven to two with just a single 244 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:17.120 shot on goal, and the Gators apparently have really good defense. 245 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:23.000 But Kentucky still undefeated this season. Club Blue with an 246 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:28.120 announcement Name, Image and Likeness partner of UK Athletics hosting 247 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:32.240 the reimagined A Blue White preseason event. They're calling it 248 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:36.320 presented by the Harrodsburg Tourism Commission that will be on Friday, 249 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:41.039 October eighteenth at Historic Memorial Coliseum. They're not presenting it 250 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:43.759 that way, with a capital H, kind of like that. 251 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:49.960 Historic Memorial Coliseum. Tickets on sale today exclusively through Ticketmaster 252 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:53.679 the event managed by Club Blue. That's why tickets are 253 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:57.720 not available through the UK ticket office, so there may 254 00:14:57.759 --> 00:15:01.159 be still some available, but get online or call ticket 255 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.759 Master if you want a ticket to the Blue White 256 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:08.679 preseason event coming up Friday, October eighteen, Kentucky, O, How 257 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:11.440 are you tomorrow? Mark Stoops met with the media one 258 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:14.960 last time yesterday to talk about his team, and it 259 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.080 was an interesting comment he made about the fact that 260 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:21.360 obviously they're looking for improvement between weeks one and three 261 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:25.879 the USM game, the opener and the Georgia loss, and 262 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:30.320 he asked his team about what they saw when it 263 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:34.480 came to improvement, and he talked about the improvement he 264 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:37.759 has seen in his ball club over the first three weeks. 265 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:41.279 I was proud of the growth, you know, because you know, 266 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:44.159 when you know, when you play the way we played 267 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:46.960 in Certain Williams and again you have to go back 268 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:49.120 and credit the team we played, you know, not taking 269 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:52.440 anything away from them, it's just you know, we we 270 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:56.720 have had pride in this program and and you know, 271 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:00.559 I think you know, I just asked them, asked our 272 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:02.639 team what the difference was, you know what I mean? 273 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:05.399 And you know what what you know who's going to 274 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:08.519 show up here this week? And I believe in them, 275 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:10.639 and we've had a good week, so we have to 276 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:12.039 just go put it on the field and we have 277 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.720 to go play. I think the most important thing that 278 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:18.279 we can't ever lose sight of is just you know, 279 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:19.000 getting better. 280 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:23.039 As we all know, the Ohio Bobcats are a good team, 281 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:26.200 ten wins in back to back seasons, but they're not 282 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:29.600 a quote unquote name brand. They're not an SEC team obviously, 283 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:34.559 So is this Kentucky team going to be focused enough 284 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:37.240 and just hungry enough to get that win when they 285 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:38.720 really need a bounce back game? 286 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:42.240 You know, hopefully we're staying in the mindset of doing 287 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:45.399 the right things to get better, you know, for to 288 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:49.960 be a better football player, a better team. And yeah, 289 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.039 it's important to win. I mean they ply they train 290 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:54.360 all year, you know, to to to compete to win, 291 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:58.720 so you know, but you know, the results will be 292 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:01.320 the results if we do everything we can, you know, 293 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:03.720 and work as hard as we can and have a 294 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:05.960 good plan and you know, play as hard as we 295 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:08.359 can and all those things, you know, So that's what 296 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:09.079 we're looking for. 297 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:12.160 That's really all they can look for because if they 298 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:14.240 do the right thing. That means they will play the 299 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:18.640 way they played against the Bulldogs. They'll come out mentally ready. 300 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:21.400 Obviously they're physically ready. They have practiced well this week, 301 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:24.359 Stoop said. But it's all about focus. They were not 302 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:29.880 focused against South Carolina. They were laser focused against Georgia. 303 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:33.119 They had a great game plan. Yes it was conservative, 304 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.839 but that's how you just got to stay close and again, 305 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.160 playing not to lose. People like to throw that around, 306 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:42.599 well against Georgia a team like that, if you're trying 307 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:45.240 to pull off an upset, you play not to lose. 308 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.960 You play to keep it tight and then at the 309 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:50.079 end maybe you have a chance to take a shot. 310 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:53.240 And it didn't work out for the Wildcats last week, 311 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:56.880 but they should handle their business tomorrow. But it's not 312 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.440 going to be as easy as a lot of people think. 313 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:01.759 I believe. We'll be on the air with it at 314 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:05.440 ten thirty am. Dermini Dawson will open our broadcast. We'll 315 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:07.440 hear from him coming up a little bit later on 316 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:11.079 the Big Moon Siders six thirty WLAP Welcome Back coming 317 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:12.680 up in just a couple of minutes, we'll hear from 318 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:15.759 Dermani Dawson. We'll open our broadcast tomorrow, and I had 319 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.720 a chance to interview him as well about the Wildcats. 320 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:21.079 He of course is the Pro Football Hall of Famer 321 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:24.680 Hall Conference performer at Kentucky at guard, he didn't move 322 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:27.440 to center until he got to the Pittsburgh Steelers and 323 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:31.279 then of course had a legendary literally a legendary career 324 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:35.400 in the NFL, but also played in the Kentucky Ohio 325 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:38.319 game where the Wildcats beat the Bobcats for the very 326 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:40.759 first time. That was back in the mid eighties. So 327 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:43.920 we'll hear from DERMANI opening our broadcast tomorrow, but you'll 328 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:46.079 also hear from him coming up in our next segment 329 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:50.400 as he talks about Cats versus Cats. Shameless plug for 330 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:53.359 the Wildcat Whip As I mentioned earlier, it's out on 331 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:56.920 my Facebook page, Tom Leech's Facebook page, you can hear 332 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:01.119 it through the UK Sports Network Twitter app, and it's 333 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:05.359 just Tom and Jeff and me opening the broadcast like 334 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:08.599 a day early. We have the whip around on game day, 335 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:10.799 which lasts about two and a half minutes, so we 336 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:13.640 thought we'd get together during the week and share more 337 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:17.079 of an expanded version of the Whip Around. So we 338 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:20.519 meet at South of Wrigly on Southland Drive. It's a 339 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:24.400 great place to get a Chicago style hot dogs. So 340 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:27.920 many different kinds of hot dogs and sausages, and a 341 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:32.240 great chicken palm, sandwiches and sides. It is truly a 342 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:35.480 slice of Chicago on Southland Drive. And so we get 343 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:40.119 together there to talk about Kentucky football, the past game 344 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:42.440 and the game coming up. And here's a little taste 345 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:46.200 from south of Wrigley on the Wildcat Whip. Guys, this 346 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.640 is the real thing, isn't it. 347 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.000 Oh? 348 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.400 It is. 349 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:52.079 It's a fantastic couple of a guy or maybe a 350 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:54.920 couple of I'm sure the full story move back here 351 00:19:55.079 --> 00:20:01.039 from Chicago, but created this kind of Chicago themed place. 352 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:04.359 And so you get like, yeah, I've been to Wrigley Field. 353 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:07.079 You get like the sausage with the peppers and the onions, 354 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:09.640 well you can get that here. Or Chicago hot dogs, 355 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:11.880 you know, Chili dogs, Italian beef. 356 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:14.480 You made a lot of trips working with the Reds 357 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:17.160 wrily how legit is this place? In your opinion? 358 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:20.200 This is just like a joint that you'd see in Wrigleyville. 359 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:22.440 I mean it's it's just like anything you see on 360 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:26.759 a corner. It's small, it's fantastic. 361 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:30.440 Just yeah, it reminds you of you. 362 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:34.039 I mean, it's it's hot in the air, but it's 363 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:36.920 exactly like you would think it would be in Chicago. 364 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:40.039 Did you when you were working games, they always feed 365 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:43.559 the media. Yeah, various and sundry ways. Is this what 366 00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:45.559 they fed you at Wrigly? Did you have this option? 367 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.200 No? 368 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:50.799 They actually had more like dinner actually wasn't bad. They 369 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:52.559 had a salad bar and they had you know, and 370 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:54.279 they feed you real food and stuff. 371 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:56.240 Wriggly was one of the better spots. 372 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:58.480 We'll have to do the food review. Get into road. 373 00:20:58.519 --> 00:21:01.519 Get the worst broadcast in all of baseball, no doubt. 374 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:03.920 But other than that, it was was great. 375 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:06.640 Let us get down to it. It's Kentucky and Ohio. 376 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:09.240 You after that Georgia game. The biggest question will be 377 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:11.119 and Jeff, I'll start with you, since you claim to 378 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:13.720 have played at Kentucky. Although I did see the team 379 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:18.559 photo at Bill Ransdell's new spot, two fisted Williams hand 380 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:21.920 hand Deidra and that you're eighty fourteen pictures up there. 381 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:24.400 Pointed it out to my wife, said, look at number 382 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:28.200 thirty six there. It doesn't even look like him. I'll say, 383 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:29.319 well that was a while back. 384 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:33.599 Actually that's the eighty five team, because the eighty four 385 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:35.720 they will not let that picture out. 386 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:40.400 It was just like Bob Gibson place scrapped it, yes, yes, 387 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:43.720 or or Larry Zaker was Larry Zonker, Jim kick. 388 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:47.920 Frank k this was Frank Harry Camp Jacob, my gosh, 389 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.960 we're number one. 390 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:52.240 Yeah. Yeah, So you will not let that out. You 391 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:54.920 couldn't air brush it back, so you could do it 392 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:58.119 now about there anyway, Jeff, how tough will the beef 393 00:21:58.160 --> 00:22:00.559 for these guys? And has it been this week for 394 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:03.720 these guys? You gotta at least try to match that 395 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:08.279 intensity in motion, the focus that they surely had against Georgia. 396 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:10.039 I think the biggest thing it does is shows you 397 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:13.359 can play with anybody. I think that the South Carolina game, 398 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.920 they just kind of threw their helmets on the field 399 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:16.960 and said we're Kentucky, we're at home, We're gonna kick 400 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.359 your butt. 401 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.000