WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.040 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:19.000 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick Coffee. 3 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:23.839 A game day edition of Coffee and Company rolls along 4 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:27.000 here on a Sports Talk seven ninety Nick Coffee. That's 5 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.239 me the company man, mister John all On alongside. We'll 6 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:31.000 be out of here a little bit earlier than we 7 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:34.039 typically are because we have some live programming coming up 8 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:37.719 here on the UK Women's side, But until then, we're 9 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:40.039 gonna make the most of the time we do have. 10 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.799 And Mondays are always a lot of fun, well, hell lot, 11 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:47.600 because you have fun after you win. Yeah, I mean 12 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:50.479 I've been able to kind of for the most part. 13 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:52.280 You know, it doesn't really impact me like a in 14 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.359 a big way. Like I'm just a sad fan that 15 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:57.200 like wants my team to win, and I usually, I 16 00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:59.039 mean that's always the case, but usually I don't really 17 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:02.560 I guess that quite as much throughout this show, at 18 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:05.719 least I don't think I did. But I know this 19 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:09.959 year was different because, man, demoralizing wouldn't be the right 20 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:12.760 word to use. I mean, frustrating is still the best 21 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:15.480 the best way I think I can describe it. But 22 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:19.200 it was an unusual, and it still has been for 23 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:21.920 the most part, right, Like I mean, the result on 24 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:23.799 Saturday against Clemson was really I mean, it's at this 25 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:26.799 point it's an isolated game, like there's Louisville hasn't really 26 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:29.560 done that all year. But I think we've always known 27 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:32.079 they were capable of it. We've seen signs that they 28 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:35.120 they you know, can be the team that gets the 29 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.079 type of win that they just got against Clemson. But 30 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:40.719 it it, you know, and look, no matter how you lose, 31 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:44.640 it sucks seeing your team lose to anybody, under any circumstances, 32 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:47.799 the result that you don't want. But man, this has 33 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:50.840 been a real learning experience for me that the way 34 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:56.560 it all plays out is a big factor. And I 35 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:59.480 just can't think of any season that I would compare 36 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:04.400 this one too. I mean, after the Notre Dame loss, 37 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.079 I remember being speechless for the postgame show, just because 38 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:10.000 you know, you were right there fourth and one, you're 39 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:12.520 driving with a chance to potentially, you know, take the lead, 40 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:14.159 depending on what Jeff would have wanted to do there, 41 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:15.840 and then you get a fourth and one, I'm sorry 42 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:17.360 on fourth and one, you get a you get to 43 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:19.000 delay a game like the one thing you can't do. 44 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:20.400 And then you go back and think of all the 45 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.599 mistakes that were made, and I just remember thinking like, man, 46 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:26.840 like you really shot yourself on the foot repeatedly. Yet 47 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:28.400 you showed it you're a good team and still had 48 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:30.479 a chance to win. I'm glad they got that one 49 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:32.759 out of the way. Now they can tighten some things 50 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:37.080 up and and and you know, still achieved the ultimate goal, 51 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.560 right winning the ACC and maybe going to the playoff. 52 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:42.520 And yet they they weak in and week out. I mean, 53 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:45.360 did kind of the same stuff where they were making 54 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:49.280 avoidable mistakes and just not playing clean football. And you know, 55 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:51.719 Brom called it sloppy. That's that's a word that is 56 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:54.960 that is I think that it fits. So, you know, 57 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:57.599 that was frustrating. I just I felt like, Okay, this 58 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:00.680 team's identity is going to be that they had ability, 59 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:02.199 but we'll never know really how good they could have 60 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:04.240 because they couldn't get out of their own way at times. Well, 61 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.439 they're changing their identity. I mean, you still got to 62 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:09.319 live with the losses that you had, right you know, 63 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:11.719 you can't go back and change those. But I'm going 64 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:13.800 to hope that what happened in the second half at 65 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:17.360 Boston College, where this defense really started to look like 66 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:20.080 the defense we were talking about all off season, and 67 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:22.120 your offense has kind of done their part throughout the year. 68 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:26.120 Your offense has been good enough. And if in fact, 69 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:30.599 they carry this momentum the next few weeks and went 70 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:33.159 out the regular season and finished nine to three, I 71 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:36.199 think we will be able to say that they they 72 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.479 got it together, they changed their identity. They no longer 73 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:41.280 are a team that was just consistently going to make 74 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:46.439 avoidable mistakes. So again, the big picture for Louisville, like 75 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.560 heading into this year, I don't know how many fans 76 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:51.439 realistically expected to be in the playoff, But when you 77 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.240 were coming off of a ten win season where you 78 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:57.360 played in the ACC championship game last year, in the 79 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.840 playoff is expanding to twelve, I think you realized, hey, like, 80 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:02.680 if we could have the type of season we had 81 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:04.520 last year, there's a good chance we're going to be 82 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:07.240 in the mix. So I don't know people expected it 83 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:10.120 and had the mindset if they don't get there, then 84 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:13.639 something wrong. This is a major red flag. I don't 85 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:17.319 think it was that, but for that whole thing to 86 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:19.519 kind of be shot and dead and there being no, 87 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:22.439 I mean you have. You've been out of the playoff 88 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:26.199 picture since you lost your second game, right, I mean 89 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.759 you've been out of the ACC race since you lost 90 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:32.759 to Miami, and then you know, that was pretty much 91 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:34.800 midway through the year. And I don't think anybody believed 92 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:36.920 that this team was bad and that they you know, 93 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:39.279 that there's a major problem with like the talent this, 94 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:42.639 and that it was just kind of a mess. So, 95 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.680 you know, a punch to the gut, if you will, 96 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:50.240 when it comes to midway through the season having to realize, 97 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:53.000 like all the big picture stuff that you that you 98 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:56.759 thought about, that you believed realistically was possible, it's already gone. 99 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:59.519 But all you can do is, you know, go from 100 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:01.839 there and this team does win out, you know, easier 101 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:03.600 said than done. We'll see if that ends up happening. 102 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:06.399 I mean, it'll still be a really really strong second 103 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:08.439 season of the Jeff bron era, and I think you'd 104 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.720 have a lot of momentum and that's better than you know, 105 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:14.800 limping to the rest of the season and feeling sorry 106 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:16.879 for yourself and I well, never know because it didn't 107 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:18.639 play out that way. But when they've been down twenty 108 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:22.079 to nothing in the first half at Boston College. With 109 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:24.839 the way the season had played out up until that point, 110 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:27.120 I think a lot of teams would have just mailed 111 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:29.959 it in. Now. They wouldn't have, you know, collectively, just 112 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:32.120 said hey, we quit. But I think it would have 113 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:35.160 been very natural and almost expected to see the team 114 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:38.160 go through the motions and just kind of realize, man, 115 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.720 this this didn't work out this year, especially when you 116 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:43.399 consider how many guys on this team are new this year. Right, 117 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:45.439 these aren't guys that have been at Louisville for four 118 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:48.360 or five years and played for Jeff for many years. 119 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:50.920 Like these are guys that, honestly a good chunk of 120 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:52.639 the guys we talked about this year. They're only here 121 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:54.720 one year or you know, or they're new here and 122 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:57.959 maybe they'll be here longer than one year. So I 123 00:05:58.040 --> 00:05:59.680 give these guys a lot of credit. I give Jeff, 124 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:04.519 Bram and staff a lot of credit because moral victories 125 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:07.959 are you know, what losers do, and I hate doing that. 126 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:11.360 But the fact that they were able to at least 127 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:16.240 put themselves in positions late in games against Miami SMU 128 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:18.800 and Notre Dame. I mean, you still lost, but I 129 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:20.720 think again, and I'm not saying we got to chalk 130 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:22.279 this up on the scoreboard, like, hey, at least we 131 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:24.720 didn't quit, because you don't want to ever be I mean, 132 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:27.360 it's just it sounds off to give people credit for 133 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:31.079 not quitting. You should never quit. But even in those losses, 134 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:34.480 this team's still after making mistakes, they put themselves back 135 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:36.279 in position or where you felt like, Okay, here we go, 136 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.279 we got a chance. Here are we gonna get it done? 137 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:41.319 Are we once again gonna lose a close game and 138 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:42.879 look back on all the mistakes that we made And 139 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:44.879 that's what they did many times until you know they didn't. 140 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:48.639 And if they end up finishing strong, let's say they 141 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:51.519 went out and like they're all blowouts. Again not predicting it, 142 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.240 we'll see, but like, if that's the case, I will 143 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:56.519 look back at that Boston College game and say, I 144 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:58.040 don't know what was said at the halftime there. I 145 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:00.600 don't know what you know, what flipped the switch, But man, 146 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:06.639 that's where this team, that's where they came together. All right, 147 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:10.480 let's see. I will remind you we will have basketball 148 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:12.680 postgame coverage tonight as soon as the game ends. I'm 149 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:14.800 trying to make the most of the time we have here. 150 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:17.399 We haven't talked a whole lot about basketball, but the 151 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:20.639 night Morehead State first real game. When I think of 152 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:25.680 Morehead State, I'm sure the same thing I think about 153 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:27.759 is what comes to mind for you guys, and that 154 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:29.839 is that you know, this Morehead State team did give 155 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:34.120 Louisville their worst loss of the I mean, their worst 156 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:37.160 upset in the NSAA tournament. I'm not even really sure 157 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.319 what would be a close second. But they have a 158 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:45.360 new coach at Morehead. Jonathan Maddox was an assistant of 159 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:47.879 the guy whose name I'm already forgetting. He's a Kentucky native, 160 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.120 but he left to take the job at James Madison 161 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:53.439 and they just promoted from within. So you know, they 162 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:55.160 were really good last year, this Morehead State team. They 163 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:58.040 won a lot of games. They don't bring back a 164 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:00.720 ton from that team just because you know the portal. 165 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:02.439 I mean, believe it or not, Nobody pays attention to 166 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.319 the guys that leave from this level very often. But 167 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.639 even if you're somebody that's not putting up big numbers 168 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:12.399 that's going to attract attention from programs of the Power 169 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.199 five level. You could average eight a game at Morehead 170 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:16.920 and still hit the Portland and up elsewhere. Like these 171 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:18.800 guys actually at this level bounce around more than you 172 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:22.959 might expect. So like Louisville, it's it's, you know, not 173 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:26.519 all brand new, but pretty new if you will, and 174 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:31.560 if you are somebody that keeps up with the gambling 175 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:34.320 side of things. Louisville currently favored by twenty one and 176 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:35.679 a half. I'm going to I was going to refresh 177 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:37.200 there to see if maybe there's been an update, but 178 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:39.200 it does not look like there has, at least not 179 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:43.200 here At DraftKings. FanDuel also has Louisville at minus twenty 180 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:44.840 one and a half. So, look, they may win the night, 181 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:47.080 they may win big, they may cover. That'd be great. 182 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:49.720 I'm not gonna you know, I'm not gonna bet on 183 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:51.240 it because I don't have any need to and I 184 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:54.080 you know, I wouldn't want to bet Morehead State to cover, 185 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:56.559 and I don't feel confident enough that Louisll's going to 186 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:59.159 win this game by twenty two points because Morehead's a 187 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:05.279 respectable opponent and you know, I think more I mean, look, 188 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:07.720 Wolvevill's still going to be putting. I don't want to 189 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:09.679 stay putting it all together because that makes it sound 190 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:12.080 like like that's giving me like PTSD flashbacks of like 191 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:14.559 Kenny Payne telling it's gonna take Tome, It's gonna take Tome. 192 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:18.799 Like No, Pat Kelsey has had these guys in play 193 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:21.440 since pretty early on in the offseason, right he put 194 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:23.879 together his roster. Maybe not as I mean, in fact, 195 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:25.519 he did move pretty quickly. It's just that he had 196 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:27.840 to literally build an entire team, whereas a lot of 197 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.600 schools in college basketball had to add, you know, five 198 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:35.639 six guys. So with that said, you know, I'm not 199 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:38.200 gonna be shocked if you have some segments of play. 200 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:41.840 Meaning when I say segment, I mean you know, in 201 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:44.600 between TV timeouts, right, you play a twenty minute half 202 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:47.399 and there's you know, there's there's the under sixteen time out, 203 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:50.279 the under twelve. You guys know, if you follow close enough, 204 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:52.399 and you know, I wouldn't be shocked if there's a 205 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:54.279 couple of you know, a couple of segments within this 206 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:56.879 game where maybe morehead state in that segment, maybe they're 207 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:58.440 maybe they were won by four or five points or 208 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:03.440 something like that. And I think that's to be expected 209 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:06.799 when you've got your opener. And again it's not as 210 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:10.399 much that this group like, and again they are all 211 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:12.799 brand new they have. The only experience they have playing 212 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:14.440 together is what we saw in the Bahamas and what 213 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:17.840 we saw in these last two exhibition games. But I 214 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:21.360 just think the difference in competition is going to be 215 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:23.799 so much different that, like, you know, it might you know, 216 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:28.360 it might take some adjusting. Now, with that said, a 217 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:30.279 good question that came in earlier, and I'm glad you 218 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.360 ask it. Anytime you ask it probably doesn't make for 219 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:35.679 good radio. But when people ask questions that like I've 220 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:37.159 given a lot of thought on, I really don't know 221 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.480 how to answer it. I usually bring it to the airwaves, 222 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:42.279 but typically that just makes me look like a fool, 223 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:46.120 I suppose. But if Louisville was to play there like 224 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:49.279 their second unit, do I think that Louisville's second unit 225 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:51.519 would be better than the Like if you put your 226 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:57.000 starting five against your second group, would that be more 227 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.320 of a challenge for your starters than if you took 228 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:04.879 more head state starting lineup? And I feel arrogant saying that, Yeah, 229 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:08.879 the Louisville reserves, guys like Corn Johnson and Casein Pryor 230 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:12.000 who don't start, would clearly be better than whoever Morehead 231 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.840 State starts. So yes, Like I don't want to sound 232 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:16.600 overly confident, but yeah, so maybe, And I think the 233 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.679 question you're asking, maybe you weren't intending for this to happen, 234 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.159 but it's made me realize that maybe I shouldn't expect 235 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:25.679 this Louisville team to take some time to kind of, 236 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:28.840 you know, settle in. I mean, even if you've got 237 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:33.120 a big chunk of your team coming back. In college basketball, 238 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:36.000 like I think there's always been a level of like, Okay, well, hey, 239 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:40.720 it's the first game, you know they'll settle in. I'm 240 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:44.120 just excited, man, because it starts for real tonight. The 241 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.320 exhibition games were you know something, I mean, you were 242 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:50.320 able to see Louisville dominate, and it's nice to be 243 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:54.679 able to complete exhibition exhibition action knowing that you avoided 244 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:57.200 a loss for the first time in three seasons. But 245 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.559 tonight it's real Morehead State. I have a lot of 246 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:06.320 respect for their program and for those asking two people 247 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.679 have asked, what would your reaction be if they lost? 248 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:11.759 Like why are you even saying that? I mean, if 249 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:13.200 you're like a UK fan, I get it, but like, 250 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.279 I'm not even going there not going to go there. 251 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:20.679 Try not to go there because it would be bad. 252 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:23.360 It'd be really bad. In fact, I hope that they 253 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:26.759 play well tonight and cover. But even if they don't cover, 254 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:28.440 but they look good doing it. Maybe it's a backdoor 255 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.600 cover by Morehead State, you know, you know, I think 256 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:34.720 that's the result given that football's off this week, where 257 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.360 you can look at Saturday at noon playing a top 258 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:41.159 fifteen team in Tennessee, a wide out in November, which 259 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:44.000 is rare, Like I hope like crazy that that place 260 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:48.000 is rowdy and close to full. I don't know if 261 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:50.320 that's going to happen. I hope that it does. But 262 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:54.559 you play well tonight, you look good doing it. The 263 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:57.080 programs around here certainly feed off each other. And with 264 00:12:57.120 --> 00:12:59.519 football getting that big win, if Pat Kelsey's able to 265 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:02.759 you know, went impressively tonight in his first real game, 266 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:04.759 there's gonna be a lot of buzz. I mean, there 267 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:06.399 already is a lot of buzz and anticipation for this 268 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:09.720 game against Tennessee on Saturday. But you know, playing well 269 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:11.600 tonight can only help you when it comes to getting 270 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:13.799 more and more people interested in and getting out to 271 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:15.960 the UMP Center. And I mean that would be huge. 272 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:17.240 I mean again, we've got to get past more Head 273 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:18.960 State before you can get to it, before you can 274 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:22.519 get to Tennessee. But if they start too and oh 275 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:25.919 this year, and knowing the football team is off on 276 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:28.080 Saturday with a bye like that would be a hell 277 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:30.080 of a week for a Louisville for a Louisville fans, 278 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:32.840 A hell of a week, all right. Five O two, 279 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:34.840 five seven one seventy nine hundred is the number if 280 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:36.240 you guys want to jump in and join us on 281 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:38.440 the phone lines again, five O two, five to seven, 282 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:40.440 one seventy nine hundred. It is Coffee and Company and 283 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:44.440 we are fueled by Thornton's here game day edition. Good vibes, 284 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:46.639 no doubt. All right, let's go to the phone ones. 285 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.799 Let's welcome in, Ben, Ben, How are you doing this afternoon? Brother? 286 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.679 Hey? What's up? Nick? 287 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:50.919 Man? 288 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:53.480 Uh? Man? I call it talking about football, but man, 289 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:57.120 you got going on basketball and I'm excited, I really am. Uh. 290 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:00.000 I think we can do some things, man, but uh 291 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.759 I want to. I don't love you, hit and and 292 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:03.559 I know you don't like talking about this a lot, 293 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:06.399 but man, the ticket prices are autrgeous right now? 294 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:09.720 Yeah, I know what's going on, like get into like 295 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.200 fifty bucks after fees, and that's just like what you 296 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:14.919 want to take a family of four that's two hundred 297 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:17.360 bucks on a Monday to watch, you know what I mean. 298 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:19.159 It's like, come on, guys, I know I can't do 299 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:20.919 nothing about it, but I know. 300 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:25.200 Talking about it well, well Ben, but then I'll say this, man, 301 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:27.960 I think you know, like I have talked about the 302 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:30.440 attendants a little bit, and it's because like you need 303 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:32.759 people to go to games, you want to have good crowds. 304 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:36.200 It's important, like it matters in every aspect. But anybody 305 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:40.039 who looks at prices at checkout tonight to go to 306 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:43.559 see Louisville play Morehead State and decides that they're not 307 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:46.480 gonna do it, like, I don't blame them at all. 308 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:50.279 So like I I it's important, but like that price point, 309 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:53.320 it's just not realistic to expect eighteen thousand or even 310 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:56.039 close to that to to pay for that on a 311 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:58.399 Monday night against Morehead. And I hate saying that because 312 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:00.159 again it makes it like, oh, we know, we don't care. 313 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:02.919 It's not that, it's just that's really not doable financially 314 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:03.799 for a lot of people. 315 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.360 These days. 316 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:08.480 No, no, and especially you know it's again no sense 317 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:10.039 the more head. But you know we've got a lot 318 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:12.799 more bigger games coming up and we're gonna work over 319 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:14.399 that much for more head might as though saved for 320 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:18.120 you know, a good game. Absolutely whatever, But man, I 321 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:20.799 kind of talk a little about football. Man, I was 322 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:22.480 like you, nigger, I didn't really think we had it 323 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:24.399 to the end. I didn't think we were headed in 324 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.600 the hand at all. Nervous hell, so we did. We 325 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:31.399 pulled it out. But and defense looked great because it 326 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:33.600 was the best they looked all year, and they got tough. 327 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.919 We finished strong and we end up for somehow beating 328 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:38.679 Kentucky and finished nine and three with the win over 329 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:42.639 Clemson of Kentucky. I take that over anything but that. 330 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:45.240 It's probably a playoff bers, but you know that's just me. 331 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:49.000 But I just don't ask you something, Nick, Man. It's 332 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:52.360 say we finished strong and undefeated. Do you think Brian 333 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:54.159 English gets to keep his job? I hang up and 334 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:55.039 listen Nick on the show. 335 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:56.519 But thanks Ben, appreciative brother. 336 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:56.799 Yeah. 337 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:59.759 I mean I would say, regardless of the finish, the 338 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:03.840 probably be. I mean there's gonna be there's conversations with 339 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:06.679 every staffer after the year to kind of reset reevaluate 340 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:09.639 that kind of stuff. But I would say for Ron English, 341 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:14.080 you know, he really I mean, that was huge for 342 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:18.720 him on Saturday because there were some callers even in 343 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:22.120 the post game show kind of acknowledging, Hey, how could 344 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:24.559 how could this defense have been so bad earlier this 345 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:27.759 year that kind of stuff, And you're not wrong, but 346 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:31.279 that was impressive. And I'm given credit to both the players, 347 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:34.000 but obviously the guy that's that's that's running that defense, 348 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:36.679 and these guys really do, like I mean, I don't 349 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:40.399 know about everybody, but like there's never been a a 350 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:44.320 thought that Louisville's defense is struggling and there's poor communication 351 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.080 and there's mass confusion at times because they don't like 352 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:49.799 their coach like I think they they love Ron English 353 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:52.399 and he has a lot of support from these players, 354 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:54.559 and he clearly had enough support from Jeff Brohm. He's 355 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:57.960 still his guy. But that was like, if he doesn't 356 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:01.080 revert back and they continue to play really well defensively 357 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:03.960 the rest of the season, then I would say more 358 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:07.799 likely than not, he'll probably still be here. But then again, 359 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:14.279 I don't know. I mean, it's just I shouldn't say inexcusable, 360 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:16.759 because it does happen from time to time, but it 361 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.720 felt like, really all here until Clemson, until Saturday night, 362 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:23.119 the Louisville defense would kind of need to see the 363 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:25.359 other team have a couple of possessions to figure out 364 00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:27.160 what they want to do. And sometimes you'll have a 365 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:30.079 team that'll throw something at you that you didn't expect. 366 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:32.319 You didn't see it on film taking you were taking aback, 367 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:35.440 But that wasn't really what was happening. Right every week, 368 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:39.839 quarterbacks that can run, they were able to see, hey, 369 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:41.960 you all are making this easy. We're gonna take off 370 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:43.519 and run with our quarterback, and it was working. There 371 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:46.519 were no adjustments, and at least not big adjustments. So 372 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:49.359 it's tough to say if he'll be back for sure. 373 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:53.400 I mean, I would imagine, you know, Jeff brom is 374 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:56.400 going to consider what's best for the program, and Ron 375 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.319 English certainly took a huge step in the right direction 376 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:00.279 as far as showing that he is somebody that can 377 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:04.240 get good results for the defense. But I don't know. 378 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:06.359 I hate to give you such a non answer, but 379 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:09.079 I could see I could see both things playing out 380 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:11.000 where they make a move to go in a different 381 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:14.559 direction just because they, you know, want to try something else, 382 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:17.519 or maybe he's still the guy because hey, you know, 383 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:22.759 brom has really only had one defensive coordinator at all 384 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:27.559 three stops that has really at times not only worked out, 385 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.759 but like had good defensive play and it's run English. 386 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:32.599 So I think that's why he came. He didn't come 387 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:36.960 to Louisville from Purdue with Jeff because of a phenomenal resume. 388 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.279 Jeff built a staff there and he had a defense 389 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:42.960 that was working more so than really ever has as 390 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.880 his time as a head coach, and it would make 391 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:47.079 total sense to carry that over here with you. And 392 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:48.920 since he's been here, we've had a mixed bag. A 393 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:51.079 great start last year kind of fell apart late this 394 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:53.640 year kind of been a rough start, and now they're 395 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:56.920 kind of getting it together. So we shall see, all right, 396 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:58.440 quick time out, we'll come back on the other side. 397 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:00.599 And what I want to get to again, I I'm 398 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:02.640 not gonna share something that I've not shared before, but 399 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:06.880 like I don't know the solution to the tickets and 400 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:10.920 attendance kind of thing, and I don't, you know, it's 401 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:12.519