WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for coffee and company fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:29.280 Sports Talk seven nine days Now, here's Nick Coffee. 3 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.160 All right, our number two here on a Tuesday afternoon 4 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:27.600 Coffee and company fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 5 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:30.320 Thank you for hanging out with us. We appreciate it. 6 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:32.200 Don't forget you could take us with you wherever you go. 7 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:34.880 Listen live on the radio app listen live at seven 8 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:39.840 ninety Louisville dot com. And let's get it started here 9 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:42.759 with the very special guest that joins us each week. Here, 10 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:45.359 it's mister Kendrick Haskins from Wave three Sports. Kendrick, how 11 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:46.159 are we doing today? Brother? 12 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:50.320 I'm doing great. I was just at a gas station. 13 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:53.039 It's not your major sponsor, shone, no give the name, 14 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:59.920 but they play opera music and they blar it really yeah. 15 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:04.040 It's on Lower Brownsboro Road and they just blair opera 16 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:05.159 music all day long. 17 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:08.879 I'm curious. I'm curious if that is a if that's 18 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:11.359 just the person working that's their preference, or if maybe 19 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:13.079 that's just the kind of vibe they're trying to give 20 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:15.760 off there. That's it that it certainly stands out and 21 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:17.719 everybody's trying to stand out in some way, so maybe 22 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:19.920 that is maybe that is their uh maybe that's what 23 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:23.439 they're going for. But uh yeah, opera music's pretty chill, right. 24 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:27.920 Yeah, I mean it definitely is soothing and calms you down. 25 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:30.319 You know, this area can be a little shady sometimes. 26 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.200 Maybe it's well, I want to ask you before we 27 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:36.200 get to Louisville and their first test that's coming up, 28 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.280 We'll get to Kentucky first, just because that was an 29 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:42.760 impressive and very unexpected performance from them where they were. 30 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:46.040 I mean, again, I've said it all week. The if 31 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:48.640 you took everything away that you already knew about each 32 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:50.840 of these two programs and these two teams, and you 33 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:54.040 just watched what you what you watched on Saturday night, 34 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:56.840 you'd say these two teams were pretty comparable. 35 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:02.159 No. Yeah, And I wasn't surprised that Kentucky played. I 36 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:03.959 knew they were gonna play much better than they did 37 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:08.039 the week before. I was surprised that they were right 38 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:10.159 there where they should have won the game. I wish 39 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:12.080 they would have been a little bit more aggressive and 40 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:15.639 fourth down, but I wasn't surprised they made it a game. 41 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:17.639 I was surprised they made it that much of a game. 42 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.800 Stoops's decision not to go forward on fourth has been 43 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:26.039 the biggest talking point from this game, and he's continued 44 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:27.639 to double down. I didn't hear any of his coaches 45 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:29.960 show last night, but I know his press conference and 46 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:32.400 he kind of emphasized that, you know, the way they played, 47 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:36.400 I mean, really, his conservative approach really was why they 48 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:38.000 were in the game, and that's really a big part 49 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.080 of why they've been successful. But to me, it just 50 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:43.360 as an outsider and somebody who's not a UK fan 51 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:45.280 and I'm happy Georgia one. Just to be honest with 52 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:49.000 everybody here, I just think it was a very It's 53 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:50.840 almost like you weren't really trying to win. And that 54 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:53.759 sounds crazy because everybody's trying to win. But if you really, 55 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:57.240 just if you really weigh the most likely outcome from 56 00:02:57.240 --> 00:02:59.400 each of those two decisions to either go for it 57 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:02.520 or it away, I mean, I feel like there's way 58 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:04.520 more up. There's way more opportunity for you to see 59 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:06.360 yourself on the winning end of that game if you 60 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:08.319 get the first down there rather than just punting it 61 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:10.360 away to them, right. 62 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:15.599 And I feel like he's because by his answer yesterday. 63 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:17.919 They asked him because you know, his hand, him and 64 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:21.360 his offensive coordinator has had plenty of success on fourth 65 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:25.560 down when he was at Boise State, and Stoops's answer 66 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:28.759 was like, well, we're not playing uh, the Mountain West, 67 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:34.840 We're playing Georgia. And I'm like, okay, right, right, I mean, 68 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.879 you're playing Georgia, which means you should be going for it. 69 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:40.560 Because you're playing Georgia, what do you have to lose. 70 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:43.039 You're expected to lose the game anyway, at least go 71 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:47.520 out fighting. I get it that, you know, his conservative 72 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:50.439 ways kept him in the game, but sometimes you do 73 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:53.360 have to stick your chest out and you know, go 74 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:56.319 for it and show them you know what and do it. 75 00:03:56.759 --> 00:04:00.039 And and look, yeah, he trusts his defense and and 76 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:02.400 they were doing really really well in that game, and 77 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:04.680 they were, I mean, they were great. But you know, 78 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:06.360 at that point, when you've got a fourth and long, 79 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:08.400 even though it's unlikely that you get a first down, 80 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:11.719 it's improbable, you still have some control there. If you'd 81 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:14.520 have punted it back to Georgia, which he did, and 82 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.639 they just instead of them, you know, running clock and 83 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:19.519 it playing out the way it did. Let's say Georgia's 84 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:22.279 offense decided to wake up, and you played great defense, 85 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:24.800 but you know what, Georgia kind of realized who they 86 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:27.240 were and put one of the end zone pretty quickly. 87 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:29.519 That would not have been a surprising outcome. In fact, 88 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:32.600 nobody should be surprised because it's Georgia. I just feel 89 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:36.160 like you gave up control and really just you know, 90 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:37.839 it just it was a I think it was a 91 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:40.680 weak thing to do, and I get why fans are 92 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:44.360 super critical, and I I know that Kentucky fence probably 93 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:46.160 feel much better about their team now than they did, 94 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:48.399 even though they did lose that game. But I think 95 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.600 his decision there and his continuing to you know, double 96 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:53.759 down on it, it's kind of maybe taking a little 97 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:55.680 bit of the attention away from how well they played 98 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:57.920 and how that's could maybe spring you know, put their 99 00:04:58.240 --> 00:04:59.800 get their season heading in the right direction. Not to 100 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:01.439 say that won't be the case, because there's a lot 101 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:03.319 of positives to take from it, but like, it was 102 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:05.000 such a Mark Stoops thing for him to let his 103 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:08.480 conservative play calling and stubbornness kind of become a bigger 104 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:10.160 part of that story rather than just being like, Hey, 105 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:12.399 this Kentucky team, they just took Georgia to the wire. 106 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:15.439 Right, I mean, I get it. I mean he you know, 107 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:19.600 he asked to answer the question, but I mean I'm 108 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:21.199 just like, he's got to go for it right there. 109 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:25.199 I mean, that's Lane Kivin is, Lane kenvin Is. He 110 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:29.279 totally goes for it right there. You know, Nick Saban 111 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:31.839 goes for it right there. That's the difference between those 112 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:35.519 guys and you know, the smaller programs, because those guys 113 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:38.560 know that there's sometimes you got to be a conservative, 114 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:40.680 but sometimes you just have to throw cafts into the 115 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:41.560 wind and go for it. 116 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:45.759 Yeah. I was, you know, I was. I was not 117 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:49.319 surprised to see that he did, in fact hunted away 118 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:52.120 just because that's his style. Yeah, yeah, no, but nobody 119 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:54.319 really was. And uh, it just I don't know. I 120 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:58.000 guess what Before we move on to Louisville, I think 121 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.720 the answer to this question I'm about to ask is obvious. Right, 122 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:02.600 They're not probably gonna be able to play as well 123 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:04.839 as they did against Georgia every night out, but they're 124 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:06.480 clearly a lot better than what they showed in that 125 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:10.959 South Carolina embarrassment. What do you think is reasonable to 126 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.560 expect from this team moving forward, because they're now one 127 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:15.480 and two and they still have a lot of really 128 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:17.120 good teams on their schedule, nobody as good as the 129 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:19.600 team they just nearly beat. But I guess, you know, 130 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:21.480 do you think this could still be a team that 131 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:23.920 finds themselves around seven maybe eight wins? 132 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:27.600 I think eight might be a little bit optimistic. I 133 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:30.959 think they can get up to seven. It's gonna be tough, though, 134 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:33.800 because and it's not even a knock on them, it's 135 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:36.839 just their schedule is insane. I mean, They've got they 136 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:39.199 have Texas, they have Missouri, you know. 137 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:41.920 Ole miss and let's say Louisville ends up having a 138 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:44.519 great year. I mean, yeah, their schedule is really tough, 139 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:45.000 no doubt. 140 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:48.560 Yeah. I mean because they and even Florida, even though 141 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:51.279 they've kind of owned that series of late, it's in Gainesville, 142 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:54.279 and it's it's further down the schedule, and you never know, 143 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.000 if Florida's got the athletes and the talent, they could 144 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:59.800 wake up and you know, play a decent game. So yeah, 145 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:02.519 They're schedule is so hard. They was going to be 146 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:05.639 tough to get the seven wins anyway, So I think 147 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:08.879 they can, but it's gonna be hard all right. 148 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:11.879 Let's switch gears here. Louisville. They've not been tested at all. 149 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:14.839 I mean, they had two nobody's on the schedule, took 150 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:17.800 care of business, looked solid in both those games, then 151 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:21.040 had the rare win weird bye week in September, which 152 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:22.920 you know, I guess it's now gonna be the norm 153 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:24.720 because they're gonna have two bye weeks every season with 154 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:28.399 the expanded playoff. But this match up with Georgia Tech, like, 155 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:31.399 I mean, their double digit favorites. Obviously, Georgia Tech has 156 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:33.839 played Florida State, won that game. It doesn't look as 157 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:35.279 good now as it did when they pulled it off. 158 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:37.920 They did have that loss to Syracuse. I mean, what 159 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:40.160 are you what's your expectations for this one? I mean, 160 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:42.399 I I kind of feel like we know a little 161 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:44.240 more about Georgia Tech than we do Louisville, and I 162 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:46.879 think fans around here are justified and feeling good about 163 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:49.120 their team. But the reality is this, they haven't been 164 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:50.120 tested in any way. 165 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:53.360 Yet, right, And I think that ten point spread is 166 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.560 a little big. I might have to get in on 167 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:00.279 that one, but they I think they'll play well. I 168 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:02.079 love when they played Georgia Tech because it gives me 169 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:04.160 an excuse to show their shot Lebron with their goosey 170 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:09.920 helmet on after they beat them last year. Yes, I 171 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:11.800 telled it last night. I show it every time I 172 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.839 get a chance. But uh, I think they'll be good. 173 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:18.399 Hans King is a problem though, because I mean, because 174 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:20.160 he can get out and run, he can throw the bay. 175 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:22.519 He's a really good quarterback. He's the best by far 176 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.240 quarterback they've played so far, and so you got to 177 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:30.360 kind of uh contain him. Which the way they defense, 178 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:33.360 way we think, way we think this defense should be 179 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.639 this year. I think they should be able to which 180 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:37.360 they say we haven't really been able to tell it 181 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.720 as much so far, but we know that those guys 182 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:41.879 are good, and so if they play up to their 183 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.600 expectations and coming into the season, I think they'll be fine. 184 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:47.919 But guess it's by far the toughest game they've had 185 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:48.360 so far. 186 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:50.960 What do you think the crowd's going to look like? 187 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:53.960 I mean, I think this is not like a huge game, right, 188 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:56.279 It's not Notre Dame level or Kentucky level from a 189 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:59.200 year ago. It is the opener. Weather's going to be 190 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:02.120 looking like it's on our side. You're coming off at 191 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:04.000 ten win season. There's clearly a lot of good mojo 192 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.519 with the Louisville football program right now in the fan base. 193 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:09.279 But we also have a humongous music festival going on, 194 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:10.919 and I have no clue what to expect as far 195 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:11.600 as the turnout. 196 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:15.120 And I can tell you what's gonna be terrible. The 197 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:18.759 traffic traffic right around there is gonna be awful. 198 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:20.759 But you think it'll be more so bad when people 199 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:22.679 are leaving the game or going to the game. 200 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:28.279 Both, probably both, but most that game. 201 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:29.960 Is gonna the festival is gonna be I guess really 202 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.200 just getting going with the headliners, it's probably gonna be 203 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:33.559 on the way there where it's just a mess. 204 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:36.840 Yeah, I think if that would be a mess regardless. 205 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:40.039 You know, that's the good part of covering the games 206 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:41.720 because we have to get posts and all that so 207 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:44.000 we don't leave right right when everybody else is leaving. 208 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:45.919 But I don't think it's gonna make a difference on Saturdays. 209 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:48.559 But I hope the crowd is good. You just never know. 210 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:50.639 If you a U of L crowd, you just don't 211 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:53.840 you'd expect, you'd expect, you could expect a huge crowd 212 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:56.120 and it may not be that great turnout, and really 213 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.360 that even matter what their own team is doing, they 214 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:01.559 just won't worry about who they're because like even the 215 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:04.240 awesome p game, I was surprised to see as many 216 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.519 open seats as I did because it's the season opener. 217 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:10.240 But you know, but then they might show up and 218 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:11.879 it may be a pack half. You just never know. 219 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.080 Yeah, and I think now and I'm happy this has 220 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:19.559 kind of become the talk. You know, not everywhere, I guess, 221 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:23.440 but why there's always been such an emphasis on people 222 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:25.399 that not that don't go to a game rather than 223 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:26.879 those that do go to a game, And something I've 224 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:28.759 never really been able to understand, especially if you're a 225 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:30.600 fan and you're there and you paid, you paid money 226 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.399 for a ticket and you show up and then you 227 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:34.559 look around and see empty seats and like that, that 228 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:37.559 becomes something that impacts your experience. I just I can't relate, 229 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:41.279 but you I now watch college football these last few weeks, 230 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:43.720 and I can see that there are there are stadiums 231 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:46.120 that don't have a full house. Wouldn't even be able 232 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:48.159 to guess the amount of fans there, but they can 233 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.080 it can still look like a really good atmosphere, like 234 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:52.639 you can have a seventy five percent full stadium and 235 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:54.960 it's still be a very big time home environment for you. 236 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:57.519 That should that'll have an impact on the game. And 237 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:00.000 I don't know, I just I the tendance to talk 238 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:01.799 has always been silly to me. But I'm with you. 239 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:04.000 I think Louisville football maybe it's just because we're here 240 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:06.000 and this is where we are and we've lived here 241 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.360 our whole lives. But I'm telling you, you never know 242 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:11.080 what Louisvill fans are gonna do as far as turnout. Now, 243 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:12.879 I know, I do think we do big events, big 244 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:14.879 games well, like if you you know, like Notre Dame 245 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:19.039 last year, Kentucky and Clemson when they came to anytime. Yeah, Miami, 246 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:22.519 no doubt. But when it comes to the you know, 247 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:24.919 middle of the pack conference team, it depends on a 248 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:28.200 lot of things. Weather, traffic, mood, that kind of stuff. 249 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:31.600 Right which way the wind is blowing, and they just 250 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.679 never know. Plus it is always acceptive because of that 251 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:37.679 party deck and you look up and it may not 252 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:39.320 be that many but at the top of the stadium, 253 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:41.519 but the party deck is full. So that part is 254 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:45.320 the season. But I mean, you work at stadiums around 255 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:48.159 the country. Not every stadium was fulling when I was 256 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:50.639 watching Florida State for a bit. Of course they're struggling, 257 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:53.519 but and then I know they're doing construction on their stadium, 258 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:55.679 But there were a ton of efty seats at that game. 259 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:58.320 And that's a traditional power that won the national championship 260 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:01.080 not that long ago. So it's not just U of L. 261 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.240 But yeah, we do seem to focus on it a 262 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:03.960 lot around here. 263 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:07.039 Kendrick Haskins is our guest joining us here on Sports 264 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:10.039 Talk seven ninety. All right, I'll I'll just get right 265 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:13.360 to it. The Cowboys, man, Like what I mean, I 266 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:15.600 don't even feel like you're probably not even surprised as 267 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:17.080 to what happened, because I feel like last time we 268 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:18.480 talked to you, you laid it out that like they 269 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:20.440 really anytime they let you down, it's really not that 270 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:23.080 big of a surprise, just because you've become kind of 271 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:25.519 numb to it. But I feel like the way they 272 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:28.879 looked phenomenal in Cleveland to open up the season, they 273 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:32.360 just paid Dak he looked great, and then to just 274 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:34.639 come out at home and get embarrassed by a team 275 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:36.799 that I'm not really sure is very good. Derek Carr. 276 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:39.200 I mean, I don't know if he's great, but I mean, 277 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:44.159 it's just it seems like this Brinson repeat. 278 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:47.159 Right, Yeah, that's Dallas. Soon when they get some positive 279 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:49.960 pub and you know, people start saying, oh they're great, 280 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:52.679 they start believing it, and then they do that. They 281 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:56.639 Dallas is Dallas doesn't surprise me at all, and doesn't. 282 00:12:56.679 --> 00:12:59.159 And when they win big and they play well, that 283 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:02.039 doesn't surprise me either. It's fair because they have the talent. 284 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:05.320 I mean, they definitely have the talent. I understand why 285 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:08.960 every game when they do doubt talk about Dallas and defense, 286 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:11.440 they talk about Michael Parsons and how fast he is 287 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.879 and how talent it is, and he could play safety 288 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:15.759 if they wanted him to. I'm like, well, how about 289 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:18.120 we drop him back and covered sometimes just rushing the 290 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:22.960 quarterback every play? How about that? But it's just Dallas 291 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.279 they play. They play Lamar this week. That game could 292 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:29.240 go either way. Lamar desperately needs a win, so I 293 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:32.279 counterfay Baltimore is going to win that game, but you 294 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:34.480 never know, Dallas might come out win by four touchdowns. 295 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:35.039 You never know. 296 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.399 What do you make of the Ravens tough start here. 297 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:39.399 I mean, they did lose in a close game and 298 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.320 a good showing it looked like in the opener against 299 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.559 the Chiefs, and then of course not a great showing 300 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:46.559 at home as they took on the Raiders. I get 301 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:48.879 a little worried. You know, I'm not a Ravens fan 302 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:51.200 by any means, but I want to see Lamar do well. Therefore, 303 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:53.799 I guess by proxy I am kind of a Ravens fan. 304 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:55.759 But second he left. If he was to ever leave, 305 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:58.679 i'd be I'd support whatever team he's on. But I 306 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:01.279 worry they might have missed their win. Maybe that's an overreaction. 307 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:03.120 It's just two games. They did just take the Chiefs 308 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:05.200 to the wire, but you know, teams only have a 309 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:07.759 certain amount of time where they can really cash in 310 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:10.799 and make a Super Bowl and potentially win it. And 311 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:13.279 I think their personnel's pretty good, right. I think Zay 312 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:15.919 Flowers is a really good draft pick for him. Obviously, 313 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.759 they've got Derrick Henry, who obviously isn't a young guy 314 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:20.840 anymore but still a serviceable running back. And we know 315 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:23.240 what Lamar can do. I don't know, I feel like 316 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:25.320 I'm overreacting a little bit, but they haven't. I mean, 317 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:27.360 even when they did make that comeback against the Chiefs, like, 318 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:29.080 I don't know if I'd say they played, they just 319 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:31.320 haven't looked. They haven't looked the part yet. 320 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.360 They are so weird. I was a diehard Ravens fan 321 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:39.600 that they would draft me pray because they blow leads. Yeah, 322 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.600 every year. I mean, that was their problem last year. 323 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:45.480 That's what happened on Sunday. If they get up and they. 324 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:48.840 Don't do well at coming from behind very often either well. 325 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:50.960 They're not built to come from behind. They're built to 326 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:54.039 they're built to hold the leads because they're a defensive 327 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:57.480 team and a rusting team. But they don't. And it's 328 00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:00.480 very odd. I don't understand it. You talk about Zay Flowers. 329 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:01.960 I love that dude. I love that dude. When he 330 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:03.360 was at Boston College and he'd beat you. 331 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:07.240 Oh yeah, and so I love it was a wild 332 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:09.039 postgame show after that one, Kendrick, I can tell you 333 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:11.440 that the one guy that you can't have beat you 334 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:13.320 at Boston College did exactly. 335 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:16.279 That, right. It was like k Y Hilton all over again. 336 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:21.159 Oh yeah, So I love that kid, and he's he's 337 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:24.440 played great. I think there's they're still trying to figure 338 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:27.639 out their tight end the limma, which is not a 339 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:30.320 bad limit. I have that they have two great tight ends, 340 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:32.120 so I think they're still kind of trying to find 341 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:34.600 their identity on office. But the defense is supposed to 342 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:36.600 mean it's the Ravens. That defense supposed to be good 343 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:39.720 every year. But they blow leads if they're up, if 344 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:42.559 they're up going into the fourth quarter, it's time to tune. 345 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:44.919 In because they may blow it all right, real quick, 346 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:46.600 a couple of questions for you, both on the NFL 347 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:49.200 and in college football. We'll start with college here. As 348 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:52.080 of right now, who do you think are the four 349 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:54.039 best teams? I know the playoff is expanded, but who 350 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:55.840 do you think of the four best teams in college 351 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:57.159 football right now? That you've seen. 352 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:04.440 Texas. I'm still gonna keep Georgia up there despite Saturday 353 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:09.639 then laying an egg. Tennessee looks really good, even though 354 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:12.399 I never trust Tennessee whenever they could as soon as 355 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:16.399 they play a big game, they usually they used to 356 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:19.480 drop a ball. I had to edit myself, and then 357 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:27.720 the forest kind of up in the air. Fourth team 358 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:31.799 maybe Miami, but I'm leary about Miami because they haven't 359 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:32.600 played anybody. 360 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:35.679 Yeah, Miami and Tennessee look insane right now, but I'm 361 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:38.600 with you. We've been here before, maybe not to this level, 362 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:40.480 but you feel like, okay, wow, they look like they've 363 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:42.600 got something special. Maybe they're back, and then you know, 364 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:46.639 they show that they're not. I think Ohio State has 365 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:50.159 been a team that, you know, preseason top two by 366 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:52.200 just about everybody, and I just I feel like they've 367 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:54.320 not got a whole lot of love. But maybe it's 368 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:56.759 just because they haven't played a really good team just yet. 369 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:00.399 Yeah, it's weird to say Ohio State fly hang under 370 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:01.559 the radar, but they kind of are. 371 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:05.039 Yeah, yeah, i'd agree with that. Right on the NFL, 372 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:08.640 who who would who have you seen that that you 373 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:10.559 feel like, you know, like right now, if you had 374 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:13.400 to give me four teams that you think are most 375 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:15.359 likely to be in the Super Bowl, who would it be? 376 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:20.000 Chiefs? Of course? I know a lot of Bengals fans 377 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:22.359 were mad about their past and experience, but it was as. 378 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:25.519 I'm with you, I'm with you, I mean, and here's 379 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:30.519 what's crazy about that, Kendrick. The Chiefs. They probably get 380 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.680 some calls that go their way that maybe other franchises don't. 381 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:35.839 But the reason everybody think and I hate the Chiefs, 382 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:38.200 by the way, but the reason everybody thinks that they're 383 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:41.079 just the refs are in their in their favor, it's 384 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:42.920 because what they do is when you do give them 385 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:44.599 a chance, they make you pay for it. If you 386 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:46.200 screw up, they're gonna make you pay for it. That 387 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:48.559 that's they're not getting every good break, but if they 388 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:50.519 get a break, they'll bury you with it. And that's 389 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:52.920 why it seems as if man, these gunners get everything. 390 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:56.480 It's human nature with fans, yep, this thing and every 391 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:58.960 time there's a good team all the league won't stand 392 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:01.440 to win, no matter it's the Chiefs. Now, it was 393 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:07.759 the Patriots on Sunday, all right, Well, you know it's 394 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:09.400 whoever's and and. 395 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:11.720 The reps and the Chiefs didn't make didn't make Jamar 396 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:16.279 Chase completely lose his mind there for a minute. 397 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.319 Right, Well in his mind, the ref did because they 398 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:23.519 didn't call them. Yeah, but it's really it's the Chiefs. 399 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.519 And then everybody else has been so inconsistent. I guess 400 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:29.960 the Bills, yeah, because they I mean, I mean they 401 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:35.200