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Speaker 2: louisvill football, been a frustrating season. I think most fans,
Speaker 2: and I will say this before we kind of dive
Speaker 2: into the Colin Lacey news, I think we're pretty much aligned.
Speaker 2: Like I think in recent years when there's been frustration
Speaker 2: and there's been struggles or you know, epic failures like
Speaker 2: basketball was even like the end of the Sadderfield era.
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think we were ever united, and
Speaker 2: we're never going to be full of united, meaning like
Speaker 2: everybody has the exact same opinion and feels the same way.
Speaker 2: That's just not real life. But I feel like the
Speaker 2: majority of Louisville fotball fans are kind of in the
Speaker 2: same spot as far as just being frustrated. I don't
Speaker 2: think many think that this team is terrible and lousy.
Speaker 2: I mean, maybe you do. At the end of the day,
Speaker 2: you are what your record says you are. Your four
Speaker 2: and three and two and two in conference play, which
Speaker 2: by definition makes you average at best. So you know,
Speaker 2: it sucks that they're in this position. But there's still
Speaker 2: a lot of ball to be played, and if they
Speaker 2: can somehow finish strong here, I mean, even if they
Speaker 2: were to go four and one the rest of the way,
Speaker 2: it's still finish eight and four, and you know, if
Speaker 2: one of those wins is against Kentucky or Clemson, I mean,
Speaker 2: I think we could look back and say, yeah, as
Speaker 2: far as the expectation for the regular season, it fell
Speaker 2: a little short, but overall you're still in a positive
Speaker 2: place with Jeff Brom as your head coach. Now, if
Speaker 2: they go undefeated the rest of the way, I mean,
Speaker 2: that would be great. I don't know. I mean, I
Speaker 2: just can't and it's possible, it wouldn't be the craziest
Speaker 2: thing that ever happened. I just can't really, I can't
Speaker 2: really go there at this point when I've watched this
Speaker 2: team play enough. And again it's not because I'm thinking, well,
Speaker 2: they're too vulnerable at this position or they just don't
Speaker 2: have any good players, they're a mess. It's not that
Speaker 2: for me. It's just that they've not been able to
Speaker 2: establish a trait that last year's team had, and that
Speaker 2: is the ability to, no matter what happens, stay locked in,
Speaker 2: climb out of a hole. If you have to avoid
Speaker 2: big mistakes at crucial moments in the game, and you
Speaker 2: hold on to and you find a way to win. Again,
Speaker 2: some call it luck, and maybe luck is involved to
Speaker 2: an extent. I mean luck is involved in every aspect
Speaker 2: of life every now and then if you think about it.
Speaker 2: But I think you can develop the ability to stay
Speaker 2: locked in and find ways to win close games. Never waiver,
Speaker 2: stick to the game plan, don't look up at the
Speaker 2: at the clock and panic and freak out, and you know,
Speaker 2: let a game snowball, let one mistake turn into three.
Speaker 2: Leicester's team wasn't as talented in my opinion, but they
Speaker 2: were able to always stay locked in find ways to
Speaker 2: win close games. And this team has done the opposite,
Speaker 2: and it's frustrating to say the least. But anyways, back
Speaker 2: to the Colin Lacy news that of course was a
Speaker 2: big part of the three o'clock hour is he decided
Speaker 2: last night to opt out the rest of the season,
Speaker 2: meaning he will not play another game for Louisville this year,
Speaker 2: and he will be able to play elsewhere next year,
Speaker 2: or at Louisville next year, whatever he wants to do.
Speaker 2: But because of the injury situation, he's seven games in
Speaker 2: only played four games. Another snap in a game would
Speaker 2: eliminate his ability to extend his college career and also
Speaker 2: have another year's salary as a high level college football player. So,
Speaker 2: you know, one thing that I think is pretty obvious,
Speaker 2: but I didn't really emphasize it much when we were
Speaker 2: discussing this whole thing in the three o'clock hour. His
Speaker 2: injury situation makes this very much different than I mean,
Speaker 2: that's a huge component in factor here. One, he's already
Speaker 2: missed three games. Also, he's not playing at one hundred percent.
Speaker 2: I don't know if you reaggravated his injury, but there's
Speaker 2: some talk that he might have tweaked it a little bit.
Speaker 2: And even if he didn't, I mean, he's not himself totally.
Speaker 2: And that alone will make you wonder, you know, you know,
Speaker 2: what should you do here? So for those thinking, well,
Speaker 2: everybody's gonna do this now, no, because if Colin Lacey
Speaker 2: was healthy, he'd have played in enough games at this
Speaker 2: point that he would not have the ability to do that.
Speaker 2: He is in a unique situation. Look the guy who
Speaker 2: or Devin Neil who really chose to do the exact
Speaker 2: same thing before the SMU game. They didn't give him
Speaker 2: the option because he wanted to not play the rest
Speaker 2: of the season but still be around the team and
Speaker 2: then transfer elsewhere and they told him thanks, but no thanks.
Speaker 2: So he was somebody that you didn't want to lose,
Speaker 2: but he lost his spot to t Mary McDonald. He
Speaker 2: was playing less and less, and again you can call
Speaker 2: him quitters, and you're not wrong, per se. But they're
Speaker 2: also employees now, and they have a short career shelf
Speaker 2: life compared to what we do. Right, most of us
Speaker 2: will work a job, and if you're not in terrible
Speaker 2: health or have some kind of I mean, like I
Speaker 2: can be sixty and do this job. I can be
Speaker 2: twenty and do this job. I mean, obviously it'd be
Speaker 2: much different type of show depending on those two situations.
Speaker 2: But like, you only get five years to play college
Speaker 2: sports four essentially, you know when COVID wasn't a thing.
Speaker 2: But and for some of these guys, it might be
Speaker 2: the best paying job they ever get if you're not
Speaker 2: an NFL player. And let's say you get into an
Speaker 2: entry level position and you know, I guess over time,
Speaker 2: like when you're twenty years in as an employee in
Speaker 2: whatever industry you work in, it's not pro sports, obviously,
Speaker 2: over time your salary is going to jump due to
Speaker 2: cost of living, that kind of stuff. Or maybe it
Speaker 2: won't if the economy stays the same that it is.
Speaker 2: But if you've got a you know, you have five
Speaker 2: years or four years to be a college football player,
Speaker 2: and that's a job. And you know that you could
Speaker 2: have a successful career doing other things, but your job
Speaker 2: as a college football player at a high level might
Speaker 2: be the highest paying job you can ever get. So
Speaker 2: why would you not do everything you can to make
Speaker 2: that last as long as possible and make as much
Speaker 2: money as you can. Like people think this is selfish,
Speaker 2: and it's again, he's just a quitter, quitting on his team.
Speaker 2: You know, you can do whatever you want you the
Speaker 2: way you feel, the way you want to feel about it.
Speaker 2: I'm not trying to influence it, but this is not
Speaker 2: going anywhere, And I'm just trying to provide the perspective
Speaker 2: from the player's standpoint now, because Colin Lacey, I mean,
Speaker 2: if you really consider it just from his perspective, what's
Speaker 2: best for him, he'd be foolish not to do this,
Speaker 2: he would. I hate to say that, because you know,
Speaker 2: I wish he was still playing. Be great if he
Speaker 2: had to change of heart in the next twenty four
Speaker 2: hours and he's out there playing for Louisville when they
Speaker 2: take on Boston College. I mean, that's not happening. But like,
Speaker 2: if you really just look at it specifically from his perspective,
Speaker 2: he'd be foolish not to do this. And I think,
Speaker 2: as I discussed earlier, we are not used to this yet,
Speaker 2: and I don't know if we ever will be, considering
Speaker 2: the fact that for generations we could live in a
Speaker 2: world that really wasn't reality, but we could live there
Speaker 2: and believe that all these players are here because they
Speaker 2: love us, they love the program, they love the fans,
Speaker 2: and they're playing for the name on the front. I mean,
Speaker 2: these guys just they're so appreciative of everything that they
Speaker 2: get because they get to get a free education, and
Speaker 2: you know, they get food, room and board, all that stuff,
Speaker 2: and that's why they're out there playing their heart out.
Speaker 2: And I'm sure some people really did approach it that way,
Speaker 2: but it's always been transactional for coaches especially, but for
Speaker 2: players it wasn't as if you know, you're getting paid
Speaker 2: to play. I mean you weren't for a long time,
Speaker 2: and you weren't at all until recently, unless of course,
Speaker 2: you were getting some money under the table or something.
Speaker 2: Like that, So the transaction wasn't money. In the previous world,
Speaker 2: the transaction was Okay, I'm here because you can get
Speaker 2: me to the NBA or you can get me to
Speaker 2: the NFL, And that still matters, to be honest with you,
Speaker 2: But money matters more now because it's a new world.
Speaker 2: So what people could kind of get lost in, right,
Speaker 2: that wholesome world of college Sportsman, these guys are out
Speaker 2: here for the love of the game, leaving it all
Speaker 2: on the line. Like now, it's in your face every
Speaker 2: day that that's not what this is, and it really
Speaker 2: never has been. It's just never been quite like this,
Speaker 2: and it sucks because again, it's taken away some things
Speaker 2: that people used to really think that they loved about
Speaker 2: college sports because again, they could get lost in that
Speaker 2: world that really wasn't reality. Now you can get lost
Speaker 2: there if you want, but you're reminded all the time
Speaker 2: that it's not really what it is. So I hate
Speaker 2: it that he's leaving, or at least that he's not
Speaker 2: playing this year. But I'm not all that surprised when
Speaker 2: you consider his situation, and I won't be shocked if
Speaker 2: you see other guys who are in his situation. Do
Speaker 2: the same thing. And again, he wouldn't be able to
Speaker 2: do this if he wasn't injured, and he came to
Speaker 2: Louisville and he hurt himself and it kept him from
Speaker 2: being able to play a full season. So for him,
Speaker 2: you know, some people have said, Nick, why wouldn't he
Speaker 2: just do this at the beginning of the year, Well,
Speaker 2: because I'm sure he was being persuaded to not do it,
Speaker 2: and then he did play and now the season isn't
Speaker 2: completely shod, but clearly he's not going to be able
Speaker 2: to play in the College Football Playoff or even the
Speaker 2: ACC Championship. And if he really wants to have those moments,
Speaker 2: he can take advantage of the opt out and then
Speaker 2: going to chase that opportunity and make money next year.
Speaker 2: So there's some conflicting reports out there as far as
Speaker 2: what he's going to do, and I don't believe anybody
Speaker 2: truly knows what's going to happen with Colin Lacy in
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. However, I would say that, you know,
Speaker 2: I don't think they expect him back, but that doesn't
Speaker 2: mean that they know for sure he's not coming back.
Speaker 2: That's what I would say. But again, take that for
Speaker 2: what it's worth. It's not like I'm talking to Jeff Brown,
Speaker 2: you know, specifically, but they don't, you know, I think
Speaker 2: they are preparing for him to probably move on and
Speaker 2: get an offer elsewhere and want to leave and start fresh.
Speaker 2: But I know they would love to get him back
Speaker 2: if they could so. Eric Crawford in his write up
Speaker 2: last night did say that he believes that he believes
Speaker 2: that that you know, Colin Lacy will not be back,
Speaker 2: and that the expertation is that he won't be here later.
Speaker 2: Somebody for On three Sports reported that the two sides
Speaker 2: meaning U of L's nil collective, I guess the five
Speaker 2: or two circle as well as as well as Colin
Speaker 2: Lacy and his agent because he has an agent now
Speaker 2: you know.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Here here's Eric's right up. It says Colin Lacy opts
Speaker 2: out at Louisville, adding comments from his agent to On
Speaker 2: three Sports saying the player quote anticipates coming back to
Speaker 2: Louisville and the parties are working tirelessly to make that happen.
Speaker 2: What is working tirelessly?
Speaker 4: Mean?
Speaker 2: Like I mean, and that's something that like I think
Speaker 2: would be interesting, but it's just none of us in
Speaker 2: least at least not that I know, like the stipulation
Speaker 2: as far as his NIL arrangement, like, I don't that's
Speaker 2: not public record. I have no clue if he's already
Speaker 2: been paid everything or if he is set to get
Speaker 2: maybe two more payments on December. So I don't know.
Speaker 2: I have no clue how it works. But you know,
Speaker 2: Colin Lacy, technically, if he has a contract, the contract
Speaker 2: wouldn't not include that he needed to play in order
Speaker 2: to make that money, because again that it is what
Speaker 2: it is, but it's not And what I mean by
Speaker 2: that is, you're not allowed to pay these guys to play,
Speaker 2: but you pay these guys to play, if that makes sense.
Speaker 2: So when it comes down to like the con like
Speaker 2: ninety nine percent of money that is going to college athletes,
Speaker 2: it's not truly for name, image and likeness. It's not
Speaker 2: you know, they're not utilizing your brand in your reach
Speaker 2: to it's not an investment for them to get a
Speaker 2: return as far as a monetary return. It's an investment
Speaker 2: to get you to come and play and hopefully the
Speaker 2: team will be good. But they have to call it
Speaker 2: in il. So there's no there's no contract that states
Speaker 2: he has to play in order to get money, because
Speaker 2: you know what, you're not allowed to pay them to play,
Speaker 2: even though that's exactly what you're doing. I know that
Speaker 2: sounds super confusing, but I think most of you know
Speaker 2: what it is. So you know a couple of questions
Speaker 2: and comments that came in on the text line five
Speaker 2: O two sixty five three zero seven ninety is the
Speaker 2: Ellen and Federal Credit Union text line. This text says, Nick,
Speaker 2: there's no way Colin Lacey can just opt out and
Speaker 2: still be with the team making money while they're out
Speaker 2: there putting it on the line every day. That's a
Speaker 2: fair comment. I mean you say there's no way. I
Speaker 2: mean maybe if your bram, you realize that could cause
Speaker 2: some real issues because that I mean again, like it's
Speaker 2: a job, but you would assume these guys do still
Speaker 2: love playing. Therefore they're not looking at it as if
Speaker 2: they're out there having to work, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2: So I don't know, but yes, that that is one
Speaker 2: of the countless things that you have to consider when
Speaker 2: it comes to this new world. Is like if a guy,
Speaker 2: I mean, heck, even players knowing that other guys are
Speaker 2: making more money than them is a potential issue. Louvill
Speaker 2: ran into that in the spring, there were guys here
Speaker 2: that were, you know, just trying to create trouble when
Speaker 2: it comes to that miss, you know, lying about what
Speaker 2: they were making and to make you know, probably just
Speaker 2: to to flex, and it wanted the cloud. And yet
Speaker 2: it made other teammates mad when those teammates didn't realize
Speaker 2: other guys were full of crap. They weren't making the
Speaker 2: money they claim they were making. So your point is,
Speaker 2: I mean, if he sticks around and then comes back
Speaker 2: next year, I would be pleased. But I would also
Speaker 2: understand if you're somebody in the locker room and you'd
Speaker 2: be like, wait a second, this guy's getting money and
Speaker 2: he's not out here playing Like yeah, it's one of
Speaker 2: the many examples that this is a mess. And by
Speaker 2: the way, I've never once stated that this is like
Speaker 2: the right way to go about it and all is
Speaker 2: right in college athletics. I just know that this is
Speaker 2: what it is, and there's no turning back. You can
Speaker 2: have this thing better regulated. But as far as what
Speaker 2: I think people are the most upset about and having
Speaker 2: the toughest time adjusting to, that's what I don't think
Speaker 2: is ever going away and it's going to be right
Speaker 2: in front of your face moving forward. And what I
Speaker 2: mean by that is this is now a job. These
Speaker 2: are employees. Therefore they're going to always be looking out
Speaker 2: for what is best for them because it's work. It's
Speaker 2: not the same thing that you and I do for work,
Speaker 2: but like their employees, and if they can take advantage
Speaker 2: of their employer to make more money and I mean
Speaker 2: or leave this job to go get a different job
Speaker 2: that puts them in a better situation, they're going to
Speaker 2: do that just like you would. So I mean, it's
Speaker 2: it's it's it's not normal, but it's it's it's where
Speaker 2: we are. And again I don't I don't think it's
Speaker 2: I don't think it's going away any anytime soon. All Right.
Speaker 2: So a few people have said that there should be
Speaker 2: more transparency when it comes to what anisle money, like
Speaker 2: what money you give is going towards it, and and
Speaker 2: I believe there is some level of transparency as far
Speaker 2: as you can donate to the FABWA True Circle and
Speaker 2: be specific about which program you want to support, but
Speaker 2: as far as you know, as far as like knowing, hey,
Speaker 2: I'm going to give a thousand bucks and I want
Speaker 2: it to go towards this player that we're trying to
Speaker 2: get in the portal. I don't know if you have
Speaker 2: the ability to do that, I mean, and I don't
Speaker 2: even know if like these collectives have the resources to
Speaker 2: be able to truly document and give you data. And
Speaker 2: they shouldn't be honest with you. I mean, I get
Speaker 2: if you're somebody that is donating, you want to know
Speaker 2: where your money's going. Totally understand that. But I think
Speaker 2: having it all out there, like every little detail, every
Speaker 2: little penny from each person where it's going, I think
Speaker 2: having that transparency can only work against you. But again,
Speaker 2: if that's what you would need in order for you
Speaker 2: to give them a dime, I totally get it. All right,
Speaker 2: real quick, let's go to the phone lines before we
Speaker 2: take a break where we'll come back on the other side,
Speaker 2: and welcome in Trevor Hass who joins us to talk
Speaker 2: to Boston College in Louisville football. He covers BC for
Speaker 2: the Boston Globe. But let's go to Will who joins
Speaker 2: us here on Sports Talk seven ninety. What's happening Will,
Speaker 2: hey man?
Speaker 3: Man, there's so many nuances to this, you know, I
Speaker 3: can argue both cases, you know, like I like it
Speaker 3: for the athletes because they've been getting pretty much, you know, robbed,
Speaker 3: in my opinion for one hundred years. Coaches are pimps.
Speaker 3: They do what they want, so I get that. At
Speaker 3: the same time, the effect is going to be like like,
Speaker 3: I'm a pretty good Louisville fan. I consider myself. But
Speaker 3: you know what, dude, I really don't care, like when
Speaker 3: it comes to like money, like, dude, you're gonna have
Speaker 3: twenty some million bucks to disperse, Like I really don't care,
Speaker 3: Like if you think these kids like if you, oh,
Speaker 3: I love the kids. I love them like down the
Speaker 3: road like big care they're doing around the court. They
Speaker 3: don't care. They're here to do what they gotta do.
Speaker 3: Maybe one out of ten kids, Oh, I want to
Speaker 3: play for the Big Blue out of play for the Cardinals.
Speaker 3: But most of these kids are getting paid. It's a business,
Speaker 3: like you said, Okay, let's say if it's AT and T,
Speaker 3: would you care who AT and T hires as long
Speaker 3: as your phone works? If you say, it's the business
Speaker 3: that you avail you okay wherever, dude. Fans like most
Speaker 3: people don't even know what NIO is, Like we're nerds.
Speaker 3: We're on the we're looking at this and reading this
Speaker 3: and watching sports programs. But if you go to the
Speaker 3: average person in the lot of them and say what
Speaker 3: we think about nil, they don't even know what you
Speaker 3: talked about. Right, So most fans just want to see
Speaker 3: a good team. But most fans are not going to
Speaker 3: just keep paying all this money for a little snotty
Speaker 3: nosed kid that can pop in and pop out when
Speaker 3: they want. It's like, it's it's stupid. It's a terrible
Speaker 3: business plan.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and will I appreciate the phone call. I'll say this,
Speaker 2: I think it is going to be harder and harder
Speaker 2: to get like the average fan to pue me up
Speaker 2: big money corporations. I think it's a different world, and
Speaker 2: I think that's still going to be utilized. In fact,
Speaker 2: that's my guess is that you'll see the twenty two
Speaker 2: million be dispersed among student athletes and that. But again,
Speaker 2: that kind of gives you an even level playing field
Speaker 2: when it comes to the top four conferences. I would
Speaker 2: assume most of those schools may probably all of them,
Speaker 2: will try to get to twenty two million, because if not,
Speaker 2: you just have a tough time getting players at all,
Speaker 2: But the difference make are still going to be an
Speaker 2: il and I would assume that it'll be corporate money
Speaker 2: like you know, Planet Fitness and whatnot that'll you know,
Speaker 2: Morgan and Morgan Like that's my guess that it won't
Speaker 2: be as much fan driven money, But I could be
Speaker 2: wrong because money's gonna always matter and you need as
Speaker 2: much of it as possible. So if they're still asking
Speaker 2: fans for money, I won't be shocked. And yes, real
Speaker 2: quick on your point, like, yeah, it's it's easier for
Speaker 2: people to really get in and get hooked if they
Speaker 2: feel that the kids are there because they love them
Speaker 2: and the program and the city and all that. But
Speaker 2: I guess you won't have as much of a heartbreak
Speaker 2: on your side when these things happen if you just
Speaker 2: see it for what it is and know that it's
Speaker 2: all transactional and it could still be great, like college
Speaker 2: sports is still great, but the emotional connection that fans
Speaker 2: used to make, I just think it's going to be
Speaker 2: tougher to do. All right, quick break, We'll come back
Speaker 2: on the other side right here on Sports Talk seven
Speaker 2: ninety we've hit the halfway point here on a Thursday afternoon.
Speaker 2: It is coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports
Speaker 2: Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you hanging out with us as
Speaker 2: we get you set for well, the weekend's not here yet.
Speaker 2: Again for us, it's I mean, we treat Thursday like
Speaker 2: a Friday, and that makes I mean, that just makes
Speaker 2: Thursday better. So again, it's not really the weekend, but
Speaker 2: it kind of is, so you know, humorous. All right,
Speaker 2: let's talk some football. Let's bring him in. He is
Speaker 2: Trevor Hass. He covers Boston college football and basketball for
Speaker 2: the Boston Globe. Trevor, how we doing this afternoon, sir?
Speaker 4: Doing great? I like that mindset. Thursday is Friday. That's
Speaker 4: pretty good.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Thursday of the new Friday makes you feel like
Speaker 2: he got a long weekend. We can, you know, improve
Speaker 2: the vibes. So that's kind of been our mindset here
Speaker 2: in the last month or so. You should carry it
Speaker 2: on up in Boston. We can take over and net Way.
Speaker 2: Everybody just feels like we're getting longer weekends, which is
Speaker 2: what everybody wants.
Speaker 4: So good stuff that I can do is the European model,
Speaker 4: four day weeks.
Speaker 2: Love it, love it all right. So before we get
Speaker 2: into this matchup between Boston College and Louisville, I guess
Speaker 2: let's go back a little bit to the I mean,
Speaker 2: it was one of the bigger stories I think in
Speaker 2: the offseason of college football where Boston College lost their
Speaker 2: head coach who seemingly was in a decent spot because
Speaker 2: he wanted to go back to the NFL as an assistant,
Speaker 2: and that led to a big name, Bill O'Brien coming
Speaker 2: to take over the program as someone who covers BC
Speaker 2: was Was that a stunner for you guys to see
Speaker 2: to see the former head coach. I don't know why
Speaker 2: I'm forgetting his name already, but just walk away whenever
Speaker 2: you know they went to a bowl game and won
Speaker 2: it last year.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it really was surprising, honestly so Jeff Hafley. He
Speaker 4: had a pretty successful run a PC overall some ups
Speaker 4: and downs. In twenty twenty two, they were just three
Speaker 4: and nine, so that's obviously not going to cut it.
Speaker 4: Then last year they improved a seven and six, had
Speaker 4: a big bowl win over SMU, and things were kind
Speaker 4: of looking up. They had a five DM mini streak
Speaker 4: roable point during the season, then lost three straight and
Speaker 4: then beat smut in the my ball to kind of
Speaker 4: beet into momentum, and then halfway left he I think
Speaker 4: he figured, you know, the Packers are good opportunity. Can't
Speaker 4: really pass that up. He can be a DC in
Speaker 4: the NFL. That's obviously a great, a great chance to
Speaker 4: do that, so I don't fault him for that. And
Speaker 4: then it was kind of a you know, a national
Speaker 4: search BC look for its next guy. And Bill O'Brien
Speaker 4: is a local guy who grew up in Andover. He
Speaker 4: went to Brown He's you know, from here, his family
Speaker 4: lives here, he loves he loves New England, he loves BC,
Speaker 4: and he kind of figured, you know, I want to
Speaker 4: be a head coach, I might as well count from
Speaker 4: this opportunity. And it's worked out lot for the most part.
Speaker 4: They're in a two game skid right now, but over
Speaker 4: all their four and three and things are looking up
Speaker 4: for the program overall.
Speaker 2: That was what I was going to ask you, is
Speaker 2: does it feel as if, so far, you know, you've
Speaker 2: gotten a nice little jolt here from a guy who
Speaker 2: most would say wouldn't consider this job if it wasn't
Speaker 2: for those connections that you mentioned being from the area.
Speaker 2: Did that did that did was the hire itself? Was
Speaker 2: that something that really you know, I can't think of
Speaker 2: any real big memorable moments for Boston College football in
Speaker 2: recent years, but bringing in Bill O'Brien, I mean that
Speaker 2: I would imagine that got fans pretty excited about the
Speaker 2: future even before he coached a game.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: Absolutely. I mean people were fired off about BC like
Speaker 4: twenty thirty years ago, and it was a huge thing
Speaker 4: in town. To be honest, it's kind of lost its
Speaker 4: luster over the past ten to fifteen years. They've had
Speaker 4: some decent years, but they're still looking for for eight wins.
Speaker 4: They haven't really gotten there in a long time. It's
Speaker 4: been fifteen years, which is kind of a crazy stat.
Speaker 4: So I think bringing in Bill O'Brien kind of gives it.
Speaker 4: It's almost like credibility, Like, you know, if Bill o'b
Speaker 4: brown wants to coach here, then you know, we should
Speaker 4: buy into this program. We should believe that we can
Speaker 4: do this and we can kind of do it together.
Speaker 4: So I think I think Bill O'Brien just brings a
Speaker 4: level of accountability and professionalism that you know, they've had
Speaker 4: in the coaches, but it has been quite to this level.
Speaker 4: So I think the winner of Florida State was a
Speaker 4: huge boost for the program. But then it's kind of
Speaker 4: interesting because once they beat Florida State, everyone thought they
Speaker 4: were gonna, you know, go twelve and oh, but then
Speaker 4: people realize that Florida State's really not that good this year.
Speaker 4: So it's been a bit of a weird situation where
Speaker 4: they started four and one but they might have been
Speaker 4: overachieving a bit, and now they're four and three and
Speaker 4: they're under underachieving a bit. So theoretically, if it evens out,
Speaker 4: they should win seven or eight games, but we'll see
Speaker 4: what happens.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'm looking at their their schedule up
Speaker 2: to this point and they're they're kind of a tricky
Speaker 2: team to figure out. I mean, the win against Florida
Speaker 2: State obviously doesn't look as good now as it did
Speaker 2: at the time it happened, but still they dominated that game.
Speaker 2: They bullied Florida State, and yes, Florida State has been terrible,
Speaker 2: but still that was an impressive showing. And then after
Speaker 2: dominating against an FCS opponent in Decay, they they played
Speaker 2: Missouri pretty close at Missouri and Missouri despite taking a
Speaker 2: beat down to Texas a and m a couple weeks ago.
Speaker 2: I mean, that's still that was an impressive showing in
Speaker 2: my opinion from this Boston College team. Then they end
Speaker 2: up knocking off Michigan State, a team that nobody would
Speaker 2: claim is at the top of the Big Ten. But
Speaker 2: still that's a big ten win for Boston College. And
Speaker 2: then a close game against WKU where I believe Castellanos
Speaker 2: was out that game. And then, as you mentioned a
Speaker 2: moment ago, back to back losses, what what shifted here
Speaker 2: in these last two games? Obviously a closer game against
Speaker 2: Virginia at their place and then another road trip to
Speaker 2: Virginia Tech, and that one kind of got away. What
Speaker 2: was there something that really stood out in those last
Speaker 2: two losses that really wasn't there I suppose in the
Speaker 2: in the first four or five games or so.
Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, there's something various that I can tell you.
Speaker 4: So BC's been fumbling the ball a lot in the
Speaker 4: past two games. It's it's tumbled six times against Vicinia
Speaker 4: at Tech and lost it three of those six times. Yeah,
Speaker 4: and against Virginia as well. Some key turnovers and key
Speaker 4: moments like they're you know, they're driving the m momentum
Speaker 4: and they're in the red zone and then they just
Speaker 4: cough it up in a costly spot. So stuff like that.
Speaker 4: It's actually the overall product hasn't really looked bad the
Speaker 4: past two weeks, and for the most part, it's just
Speaker 4: been key turnovers and key moments that have led to
Speaker 4: two kind of you know, disheartening for losses for a
Speaker 4: program that really was trending in the right direction before them.
Speaker 4: So BC could easily be five and two or six
Speaker 4: to one right now, but at the same time it
Speaker 4: could have lost, you know, some of those games. The
Speaker 4: Western Kentucky Michigan stated, as you said, So it's kind
Speaker 4: of an evened out to a four and three, which
Speaker 4: makes sense, but it's in a weird path to get there.
Speaker 4: So I think number one priority for them this year
Speaker 4: or this week is just to minimize the turnovers because
Speaker 4: they're moving the ball pretty well. Their offensive line has
Speaker 4: been playing pretty well, Castellanas has been playing well outside
Speaker 4: of those turnovers. But if they can just stop fumbling it,
Speaker 4: they'll be in a good spot.
Speaker 2: So Louisville favored by about a touchdown here in this
Speaker 2: matchup tomorrow night. How how do you, I mean, how
Speaker 2: do you get a sense for the for coach O'Brien
Speaker 2: and you know, Boston College, FA, I mean, how are
Speaker 2: they looking at this matchup with Louisville. Obviously, Louisville the favorite,
Speaker 2: as I mentioned, but you know, they they've proven to
Speaker 2: be beatable. They've lost three games of their seven, which
Speaker 2: not a lot of Louisville fans were expecting. I mean
Speaker 2: not to say that there's there's you know, a ton
Speaker 2: of confidence from Boston College, but I would imagine they're
Speaker 2: looking at Louisville as a good opportunity to get that
Speaker 2: bad taste out of their mouth with two straight losses
Speaker 2: and then a bye week. I mean again, I think
Speaker 2: Louisville is the deserving favorite at this point, but I
Speaker 2: know Boston College is probably looking at this as a
Speaker 2: big opportunity to get right.
Speaker 4: Absolutely, I think, you know, when you look at it,
Speaker 4: I think Louisville is, you know, it's next opponent. It's
Speaker 4: obviously the team that we're praying for. But I don't
Speaker 4: think VC is worrying too much about Louisville in terms
Speaker 4: of like which opponent is who they're playing. I think
Speaker 4: this team genuinely thinks they can beat anyone, and I
Speaker 4: genuinely think they believe that if they play at the potential,
Speaker 4: they're one of the best teams in the country. Whether
Speaker 4: they are or not, that's another question, but I truly
Speaker 4: think they believe that. So I think for them, it's
Speaker 4: really about fundamentals and kind of just you know, minimizing
Speaker 4: those soulmos and other mistakes and like silly penalties and
Speaker 4: things like that. And I truly believe that if they,
Speaker 4: you know, they think that if they played at their potential,
Speaker 4: bill win this game. So it's more just about kind
Speaker 4: of looking in the mirror and seeing what the needs
Speaker 4: directify and actually doing it. So who knows what will
Speaker 4: happen if they do those things that Louisville stillmight Winless
Speaker 4: was a great team. They hung fifty six points on
Speaker 4: BC last year, which is obviously kind of an absurd number,
Speaker 4: So I think Louisville should be confident as well. But
Speaker 4: I think for me, it's about really the fundamentals and
Speaker 4: just kind of minimizing those mistakes, and if they do that,
Speaker 4: I think it'll be closer.
Speaker 2: Of last year's beat down because it was a blowout.
Speaker 2: One thing that stood out to me, despite Louisville probably
Speaker 2: playing their best game of the year is that Castellanos
Speaker 2: the quarterback for BC. That kid, I mean, he was
Speaker 2: special in that game himself. He's continued to show that
Speaker 2: he's a really, really talented guy and he can do
Speaker 2: something that Louisville's had a really really tough time with,
Speaker 2: and that is running the ball at the quarterback position.
Speaker 2: I mean, I would imagine that's going to be a
Speaker 2: big emphasis for this Louisville defense. But it's been an
Speaker 2: emphasis for them for the last you know, five to
Speaker 2: six games, and they've still had a tough time. Is
Speaker 2: is Castellanos still a guy that you obviously he can
Speaker 2: make plays both ways, but I'm assuming that's still a
Speaker 2: weapon that coach O'Brien is letting him utilize. You want
Speaker 2: to keep your guy healthy, but when you got the
Speaker 2: ability to really create plays just with your god given talent,
Speaker 2: I would imagine he's got the green light to do
Speaker 2: that when need be.
Speaker 4: Yeah, So that's been an interesting kind of balance to
Speaker 4: strike this year for BC. I personally thought that Catsalanos
Speaker 4: would run more than he has last year. Has They
Speaker 4: kind of let him run wild and it worked for
Speaker 4: the most part. I mean, they lost some games, they
Speaker 4: probably should have won, but they did finish seven and six,
Speaker 4: and Catalanos is a huge reason why. But catslanus give
Speaker 4: himself a C minus for his performance last year, which
Speaker 4: I thought was pretty pretty self critical. I would have
Speaker 4: given him a BB minus. They'd be played pretty well overall,
Speaker 4: but he thought he could have been better because he
Speaker 4: had fifteen touchdowns fourteen interceptions, so it was kind of
Speaker 4: like a mixed bag in his eyes. So this year
Speaker 4: with Bill O'Brien obviously a quarterback guys coach, Tom Brady,
Speaker 4: Deshaun Watson, some of the best you know in the world,
Speaker 4: he really knows the thing or two about quarterbacks. So
Speaker 4: he's kind of come in and, you know, molded Castlanas
Speaker 4: in a new way where it's like, all right, you
Speaker 4: have this talent, you can run, but also we want
Speaker 4: to make you a pocket pass where we want to
Speaker 4: make you make the right reads, make good decisions, avoid
Speaker 4: those interceptions. So outside of the past two games, he's
Speaker 4: really done that. He's played a fret be good, you know,
Speaker 4: see pretty good five games up until those last two
Speaker 4: and then the last two, like I don't know, it
Speaker 4: might be concussion based because that was the reason is
Speaker 4: out again. Western Kentucky. Maybe his head's not quite right.
Speaker 4: We don't really you know, we can't see inside his brain,
Speaker 4: but that could be it, or it could just be
Speaker 4: the defense, you know, maybe give them some credit for
Speaker 4: causing those turnovers. But if you just take those two aside,
Speaker 4: he's really had a good season and shown some positive strides.
Speaker 4: So and the next step is pramise, just getting back
Speaker 4: to what he was doing before, because if you played
Speaker 4: like he did the first five, then BC is good
Speaker 4: enough to win most games. So it's just about consistency
Speaker 4: and minim as most mistakes. As I mentioned earlier, Yeah.
Speaker 2: I'm looking at the numbers here, and yeah, he has
Speaker 2: not been very effective as a runner, at least not
Speaker 2: from what we saw at times last year. But man,
Speaker 2: I wouldn't be shocked at all if if during that
Speaker 2: by week, and obviously after taking a couple of l's,
Speaker 2: that maybe they realize, Hey, if we want to get right,
Speaker 2: we want to bounce back, we've got a guy who
Speaker 2: can really seemingly exploit something Louisvill's had a lot of
Speaker 2: trouble with again, which which is why I mentioned stopping
Speaker 2: the quarterback. I mean every quarterback they've played seemingly has
Speaker 2: been somebody that is viewed as somewhat of a dual threat,
Speaker 2: and their ability to make plays with their legs has
Speaker 2: been a factor. And in certainly every loss for Louisville,
Speaker 2: and even in some of the games they were able
Speaker 2: to uh to hold on and win. And with Costellano's
Speaker 2: you know, maybe I'm maybe I'm giving him a little
Speaker 2: too much credit for what he did last year overall.
Speaker 2: Obviously he did play really well against Louisville, but you know,
Speaker 2: he's somebody that I would have just assumed would have
Speaker 2: hit the portal because he showed what he can do
Speaker 2: for a Boston College program that you know, isn't elite
Speaker 2: by any means, and everybody seems to want to jump
Speaker 2: in the portal this day and age. How How how
Speaker 2: does Boston College navigate that having a former NFL coach
Speaker 2: as your as your head coach is certainly an impressive
Speaker 2: thing when it comes to recruits or kids that want
Speaker 2: to transfer. But you know, I mean, I would imagine
Speaker 2: Boston College is probably not in a position to be
Speaker 2: one of the leaders when it comes to NIL and
Speaker 2: when it comes to you know, leveraging what you have
Speaker 2: in NIL in the portal. I mean, it's it's everywhere
Speaker 2: in college sports. But I guess my overall question is,
Speaker 2: how have you seen BC sort of handle this new
Speaker 2: world of college athletics since it's been i mean much
Speaker 2: different than it once was. For sure.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so b C. You know, it's it's an interesting
Speaker 4: situation because BC really prides itself on its academics, you know,
Speaker 4: being embossed in a real community feel, you know, kind
Speaker 4: of being the only predominant football team in the city
Speaker 4: playing in the DCC. There are lots of things that
Speaker 4: if you're looking for a good education, you're looking to
Speaker 4: maybe make the NFL if you're talented enough, it certainly
Speaker 4: puts you in a good spot. And especially with this coaching staff,
Speaker 4: I think it really gives them a leg up that
Speaker 4: they didn't have in the past. So that's definitely the
Speaker 4: marketable side of it. But the flip side is O'Brien
Speaker 4: is blatantly said that they're not really looking to do
Speaker 4: anil too much. They're not really exploring that avenue. I mean,
Speaker 4: obviously it's part of the situation and part of the
Speaker 4: equation that it's just going to be what it is,
Speaker 4: but it's not really a point of emphasis from his staff.
Speaker 4: I think they really just want players who genuinely want
Speaker 4: to play for VC and want to be part of
Speaker 4: that community and just you know, build something special as
Speaker 4: a football team. So you know, some players wouldn't like that,
Speaker 4: some players would. It kind of depends what you're looking for.
Speaker 4: But you know, it's it'll be interesting to see over
Speaker 4: the next five ten years whether they can you know,
Speaker 4: maintain that traction that they're currently building now when you know,
Speaker 4: kids in today's day and age do want the money,
Speaker 4: they want the you know, the perks. So I'm curious
Speaker 4: to see how that shakes out, and I think I
Speaker 4: think it will work overall. But they may struggle compared
Speaker 4: to some other aths programs just because of you know,
Speaker 4: the stubborness to do that. But at the same time,
Speaker 4: it certainly has its perks.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think it really is is a
Speaker 2: good fit for both sides, meaning coach O'Brien in Boston College.
Speaker 2: Because if you don't have a big war chest of
Speaker 2: money for nil from a collective or something like that,
Speaker 2: that clearly is going to be seen as a disadvantage
Speaker 2: for some players. However, you do have something that a
Speaker 2: lot of schools don't have as a guy who has
Speaker 2: proven to be a good coach and a guy who's
Speaker 2: been in the NFL, and you know, this day and age,
Speaker 2: if you're going to have players really just want to
Speaker 2: be somewhere and want to play and buy in for
Speaker 2: a coach that they feel can can really you know, utilize,
Speaker 2: you know, get the most of their potential. I mean,
Speaker 2: that's the kind of guy that that would do it.
Speaker 2: Was there any tall I mean, like whenever, to go
Speaker 2: back to what we first discussed as soon as it
Speaker 2: opened up? Was it a quick thing as far as
Speaker 2: him being interested in Boston College clearly knowing, Hey, if
Speaker 2: he wants to come here, will gladly take him. I
Speaker 2: kind of feel like it, you know, it came out
Speaker 2: of nowhere, but certainly a good a good pickup for
Speaker 2: b Cen doubt.
Speaker 4: Yeah. So when I was, you know, looking at it,
Speaker 4: I knew that he had local tides. I knew he
Speaker 4: was from here obviously coached the Patriots previously, But I
Speaker 4: didn't really think it was realistic, to be honest, I
Speaker 4: was kind of like, wow, this feels kind of like
Speaker 4: a pipe dream. As you alluded to earlier, it's kind
Speaker 4: of a big hire, so once once it happened, I
Speaker 4: really thought it was a perfect fit, and I still
Speaker 4: think it is. I think he's the guy who you know,
Speaker 4: he knows the community, he knows the area, he has
Speaker 4: tied to the area. He cares about BC, he cares
Speaker 4: about you know, the players, the program overall and building
Speaker 4: into something special. So I do think it was kind
Speaker 4: of at a left field in a sense, but at
Speaker 4: the same time, it's also a perfect fit once you
Speaker 4: know all the variables. So his son has a rare
Speaker 4: condition called listen seph Lee. He's nonverbal and he's not
Speaker 4: doing too well physically. Fortunately he's okay, he's stable, but
Speaker 4: he's not in the best health. So having those hospitals,
Speaker 4: you know, in Boston is imperative to the family, and
Speaker 4: his wife, Colleen went to BC that the parents are
Speaker 4: here as well, so they're just and his son plays
Speaker 4: other son Jack or other son Michael plays baseball. It's tough.
Speaker 4: So when you kind of think about all those ingredients,
Speaker 4: it really makes total sense. And I don't think he
Speaker 4: is going anywhere anytime soon, so I'll be curious to
Speaker 4: see how he shakes out. But I think this is
Speaker 4: a good spot for him and a good spot for
Speaker 4: BC to have them.
Speaker 2: One more question for you, Trevor, And by the way,
Speaker 2: is Trevor Hass who joins the series covers Boston College
Speaker 2: for the Boston Globe. What kind of atmosphere are you
Speaker 2: expecting on a Friday night in Chestnut Hills. Obviously Friday
Speaker 2: night is not the typical night for most programs when
Speaker 2: it comes to playing college football. But are you expecting
Speaker 2: a good crowd? Obviously they're coming off back to back losses,
Speaker 2: but a season right now that I think was probably
Speaker 2: a little bit better than they would have expected.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: So that's the interesting part to me is that when
Speaker 4: people the BC was not supposed to be like great
Speaker 4: this season, like from the outside, they were picked pretty
Speaker 4: you know, far down in the a SEC poll in
Speaker 4: the preseason. But if you ask the players, they wouldn't
Speaker 4: really you know, give you the same answer. They genuinely
Speaker 4: think they're one of the better teams in the ACC.
Speaker 4: And then when they had that forum on start, people
Speaker 4: were kind of you know, all in the Michigan's date
Speaker 4: game with the Red Bandanic game where they honored nine
Speaker 4: to eleven hero Wells Crowder and that that was a
Speaker 4: hecking environment. It was a lot of fun when of
Speaker 4: the best games they've covered at PC and they came
Speaker 4: back to win that game and things were looking up
Speaker 4: and everyone was bumping, and then they lost the past
Speaker 4: two and all of a sudden, like like this team's
Speaker 4: four and three, what's kind of going on here? So
Speaker 4: I think it's a good opportunity for the students and
Speaker 4: the fans from the city to show up and kind
Speaker 4: of show that they're still behind the team. I don't
Speaker 4: think it's going to be like a completely packed house,
Speaker 4: but I think it'll be a good environment. It will
Speaker 4: be allowed, and if BC can win this game and
Speaker 4: get back to five and three, then all of a sudden,
Speaker 4: things you're looking up. So I think it's a good
Speaker 4: chance for the students and fans and show they're still
Speaker 4: behind the team.
Speaker 2: Trevor, appreciate you making time for us and enshore the
Speaker 2: game tomorrow night.
Speaker 4: My pleasure.
Speaker 2: Thanks for having take care again. That is Trevor Hass
Speaker 2: who covers BC for the Boston Globe. Good stuff there,
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Speaker 2: LNFCU dot com. So this take says Nick. Each year
Speaker 2: we go to at least one road game. Sometimes we
Speaker 2: actually make it to two. This year we're just doing one,
Speaker 2: and it's the trip to Boston College. We're still going
Speaker 2: flying out tomorrow morning. But I gotta say I'm not
Speaker 2: as excited about the game as I am just about
Speaker 2: being in Boston fair enough. I mean, when you I
Speaker 2: assume you say you're not as excited about the game,
Speaker 2: is because that you expected Louisville to not be four
Speaker 2: and three and two and two in league play when
Speaker 2: this game happened. But you should be excited about Boston.
Speaker 2: Boston is a cool city, and you know, I'm jealous
Speaker 2: that you're going. And if you're flying out tomorrow, you
Speaker 2: know the game is tomorrow, so then you'll have like,
Speaker 2: you know, it works out good because you got Friday
Speaker 2: to get there, get settled. Don't know much about any
Speaker 2: tailgating situation there in Boston, but I have been to
Speaker 2: Chestnut Hills and beautiful area. I mean, especially this time
Speaker 2: of year. I would imagine I went and it was
Speaker 2: it was winter time and it was still beautiful. But
Speaker 2: you know, it's it's just outside of Boston, and you know,
Speaker 2: again it's it's it's a nice place. But like there
Speaker 2: wasn't a whole lot of enthusiasm about Boston college sports
Speaker 2: when I was there. But yeah, you've got all day
Speaker 2: Saturday to explore Boston. Maybe you're staying on how long
Speaker 2: you're staying. But I hope that you and whoever you're
Speaker 2: going with, I would assume your family. Hope you guys
Speaker 2: enjoy yourselves. And I mean, I think Louisville is gonna win.
Speaker 2: I just you know, I'm I'm well aware that they
Speaker 2: could lay an egg and lose, and and they've kind
Speaker 2: of you know, they barely gotten by in both of
Speaker 2: the ACC wins they have. So if this one ends
Speaker 2: up being the same way, I mean, I think that
Speaker 2: would probably be what we you know, should have seen coming.
Speaker 2: But maybe they give us their best performance of the
Speaker 2: season in a game that we didn't expect. And if
Speaker 2: you expect that, then then you know, why would you
Speaker 2: you know, I get it. If you want to just
Speaker 2: assume your team's going to bounce back, I mean, that's
Speaker 2: that's a good way to get excited. Right, Let's let's
Speaker 2: be highly anticipating watching our team play and expecting them
Speaker 2: to come out and really put together a great game.
Speaker 2: Like so if you if you take that mindset, I mean,
Speaker 2: I get it. I just you know, I feel like,
Speaker 2: for me, I'm gonna base it off of like what
Speaker 2: I what I've seen and the results that we have
Speaker 2: this year. And if they did come out and play
Speaker 2: a clean football game that didn't include some mistakes that
Speaker 2: are crucial that you just can't make. I mean, you
Speaker 2: never want to make mistakes, but nobody's gonna be perfect.
Speaker 2: But like if they came out and played a really
Speaker 2: clean game and they dominated in one big That would
Speaker 2: be the first time this year that they have done
Speaker 2: that against you know, legitimate teams. And not to say
Speaker 2: they're legitimate, meaning Boston College is great, but I mean,
Speaker 2: like they're not Austin p and Jacksonville State. So enjoy
Speaker 2: yourself in Boston. I went to Boston one time, and
Speaker 2: I have a story to share that I often share
Speaker 2: when I talk about my trip to Boston, but like
Speaker 2: it's not a good story, it's just embarrassing. So I
Speaker 2: went in twenty twenty. In fact, it was January right
Speaker 2: as soon as I got back from Boston, and then
Speaker 2: I think it may have been like the third or
Speaker 2: fourth case of coronavirus was reported in the country and
Speaker 2: it was in Boston, and I remember being in the
Speaker 2: airport not knowing while so many people were already wearing
Speaker 2: masks like from other countries, like I got in. Boston's
Speaker 2: one of the biggest airports in the world. So gosh,
Speaker 2: it seems like it was so long ago. But what
Speaker 2: was embarrassing about my trips. I got there and at
Speaker 2: that time I was on in the mornings, so I
Speaker 2: ended up traveling in getting in at night, went to
Speaker 2: the hotel that night. It was late, ended up doing
Speaker 2: like a walking next door to get something to eat,
Speaker 2: and then went to bed, got up early from the
Speaker 2: at the hotel and did my show, and then Louisville
Speaker 2: played that night, so I had after my show ended
Speaker 2: at ten am, I was gonna have all day to
Speaker 2: go explore Boston, you know, have some fun and enjoy myself.
Speaker 2: And after the show ended at ten o'clock, I jumped
Speaker 2: in the shower, got out of a shower. I think
Speaker 2: I called my wife or something, just to like, you know,
Speaker 2: check in, let her know I was in Boston. And
Speaker 2: then I laid down in the hotel and I slept
Speaker 2: for like seven hours and I woke up and it
Speaker 2: was like an hour before the game started. So I
Speaker 2: had to get an uber to Chestnut Hills from where
Speaker 2: I was staying. And then I came back to the
Speaker 2: hotel that night, got dinner, and then you know that
Speaker 2: was it. Woke up the next day, did my show
Speaker 2: from the hotel, took a uber to the airport and
Speaker 2: left like the full the full day that I had
Speaker 2: to like explore Boston. I took a fat nap, took
Speaker 2: a fat nap that I wasn't planning and didn't want
Speaker 2: to take and it you know, that's that's my trip.
Speaker 2: Like I remember telling that story. It might have been
Speaker 2: like my mother or somebody and they were like, God,
Speaker 2: that is such a you story. And I'm like, yeah,
Speaker 2: you're right, like that's that's that's that's kind of something
Speaker 2: I would do. And you know, now I gotta make Now.
Speaker 2: I got to find a way to get back to
Speaker 2: Boston so I can, you know, and oh and not
Speaker 2: just sleep, although the hotel must have been really comfortable,
Speaker 2: because I never nap like that. All right, let's talk
Speaker 2: about Jefferson Animal Hospital. I'm sure you know all about them.
Speaker 2: They've been around since nineteen eighty taking care of your
Speaker 2: pets for forty four plus years. That are open twenty
Speaker 2: four hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days
Speaker 2: a year, including Christmas. Because they know emergencies happen, and
Speaker 2: when an emergency happens with your pet, you want to
Speaker 2: act quickly. Right. It's it's a part of your Your
Speaker 2: pets are part of your family. They are family. So
Speaker 2: it's I'm sure you're gonna panic. I would too, but
Speaker 2: just know that they're there for you so you can
Speaker 2: always rely on them. I mean, you don't have to
Speaker 2: just rely on them for emergencies. It can be you
Speaker 2: just want to get your dog or your cat or
Speaker 2: your pet checked out because you have it. They haven't
Speaker 2: had a check up in a while. So it's Jefferson
Speaker 2: Vets dot com. That's the website to get more information,
Speaker 2: or you can give them a call. If fivebo to
Speaker 2: nine hundred pets again, it's Jefferson Animal Hospital Quick break.
Speaker 2: We got the five o'clock hour coming your way. We'll
Speaker 2: finish strong here, So hang out. Why would you not
Speaker 2: what else you got to do? Don't answer that. Don't
Speaker 2: looking for other things to do. I shouldn't have asked
Speaker 2: the question. You may evaluate your situation and find something better.
Speaker 2: So I'm just gonna I just need you to trust me.
Speaker 2: You have nothing better to do. The only thing you
Speaker 2: need to be doing right now is be locked in
Speaker 2: with us here on Sports Talk seven ninety. So stay put.
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