WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.240 Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. I mean 2 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:04.679 I may not know you, but you know, if you're 3 00:00:04.679 --> 00:00:06.599 a mom, happy Mother's Day. I'm sure you've got at 4 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:08.359 least I hope you've got folks in your life that 5 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:14.160 will let you know you're appreciated. Mom's, Grandma's. And this 6 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:16.719 is something I probably shouldn't throw out there and like 7 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:19.000 make it a talking point because sometimes when I just 8 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:21.559 when I don't know about something, I kind of just 9 00:00:21.559 --> 00:00:26.160 throw it out there on the airwaves here and hopes 10 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:28.399 of people, like, you know, it's probably an insecurity. It's 11 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:30.839 a crutch that I have, Like hey, I don't think 12 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:32.560 I'm stupid, but let me throw it out there and 13 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:35.079 get reaction to see if like I'm if I'm in 14 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:38.520 the minority or not. But it is, it's really really 15 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:42.719 like I I feel like most people know that you 16 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:46.399 should celebrate the mother of your children on Mother's Day, 17 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:50.640 like you do your mom. But maybe I'm just saying 18 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:52.679 that because like my kids are so young that like 19 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:58.000 they won't be able to like clearly that my son 20 00:00:58.079 --> 00:00:59.679 doesn't have a bank account, he can't go buy his 21 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:03.719 mother gift that kind of stuff. So like whenever they're older, like, well, 22 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:05.319 it's still be a thing. I kind of think it 23 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.879 will because you know, she's not my mama, but she's 24 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:13.760 a mama, and you know, moms are really important. I'm 25 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:17.120 very lucky and blessed beyond belief to have the mom 26 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:21.200 that I have, but also like very happy, you know, 27 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:24.120 this is Mother's Day. Also makes me be thankful that, like, 28 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:27.640 I have a woman in my life who is the 29 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:30.120 mom and my kids and you know, she's pretty damn 30 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:32.319 good at it from what I can tell, at least 31 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:36.920 you know, up to this point. So anyways, Happy Mother's Day. 32 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:44.680 Grandma's mom's, stepmom's mother in law's baby mama's too. I've 33 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:46.680 never referred to my wife as baby mama. I feel like, 34 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:48.719 what if I did this weekend on Mother's Day, she 35 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:51.519 probably wouldn't like that, But I mean, technically she is. 36 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:55.239 She's my baby's mother, although my children aren't babies anymore, 37 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:57.760 which is kind of sad. But anyways, let's get to 38 00:01:57.879 --> 00:01:59.640 hour to or two started. We got two hours left 39 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:01.079 here before we get out of here for the weekend. 40 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:03.599 And if you are just not joining us, the news 41 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:07.040 that I started with that I think is really been 42 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:09.560 a theme this week is getting more info about what 43 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:12.560 Louisville's basketball schedule is going to look like, and mother 44 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:15.639 in the last I guess twenty six hours. I guess 45 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:18.080 maybe twenty five hours because it was at five o'clock 46 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:20.879 yesterday when UL put out the press release announcing that 47 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:25.639 they have renewed their rivalry series with Memphis for six years, 48 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:29.039 and then earlier today it was reported by John Rosstein 49 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:32.479 first and then Eric Crawford had something at DRB about it. 50 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:36.159 And it's not official, but it will be soon, I 51 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:40.080 would imagine. But now Louisville's going to play Cincinnati in 52 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.159 a two year series starting this year. First game will 53 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:49.080 be in December this year in Cincinnati, and then next 54 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:51.800 year Cincinnati will come to Louisville, but not to play 55 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:56.000 in the UMP Center, but to play in Freedom Hall. 56 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:57.759 So the game this year is going to be at 57 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.240 Heritage Bank Center in downtown Cincinnati, which is not Cincinnati's 58 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:05.639 typical home arena. I don't think I could be wrong 59 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:08.240 about that, but I certainly know that Freedom Hall is 60 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:12.039 not where Louisville plays basketball games anymore. So I mean, 61 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:14.039 if they played this at the UM Center, I'd be 62 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:16.879 totally fine with it. I mean I would have expected that, 63 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:19.360 but now that that it's at Freedom Hall, I'm also 64 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:21.560 totally fine with it. And I don't want to act 65 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:23.960 as if like there's been some like big uproar, but 66 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:26.120 at least some you know, Louis of fans that I 67 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:27.840 know that I talk to you, that I'm friends with, 68 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.240 you know, they were of the opinion that, you know, 69 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:33.639 this kind of seems like a force like Freedom Hall. Yeah, 70 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:35.639 there may be some nostalgia, but like it's a dump 71 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.280 compared to the Ump Center. We closed out the Yumps, 72 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:40.360 or we closed out Freedom Hall in perfect fashion. We 73 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:42.520 don't need to go back there, and like that's not 74 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:45.000 you know, everybody's entitled in their opinion. I just don't 75 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.879 really see any harm in playing there. And if you 76 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:51.680 believe that, you know, whatever happens when Cincinnati comes to 77 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:54.639 Freedom Hall next season, not the upcoming season, but the 78 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:57.199 season after in twenty twenty six, like if you think 79 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:01.159 whatever happens might ruin your lasting impression of Freedom Hall, 80 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.599 like I would, I would like to think that you're 81 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:06.520 you're gonna be wrong. I mean, you know, I don't 82 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:09.599 know that for certain, but when Kyle Kuric shut down 83 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:12.840 Freedom Hall, I was sixteen, fifteen years ago, whatever it 84 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.680 was like that wasn't It's been a long time, And 85 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:20.639 watching the TBT team play at Freedom Hall that certainly 86 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:23.160 provided some nostalgia, but like it didn't, you know, it 87 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:26.920 didn't make me think about the way we actually closed 88 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:30.199 that place now, which you know, the more time that passes, 89 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:32.519 the more that seems like something you see in a movie. Right, Like, 90 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:36.040 Louisville was not safely in the tournament. They were not 91 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:38.279 having a very good season to the standard Patino had 92 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:41.800 set for many years prior to that, and they got Syracuse, 93 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:44.399 who by the way, like, do people remember that Syracuse? 94 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:46.480 Weren't they the number one team in the country when 95 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:49.279 they came to close out Freedom Hall? I'm gonna have 96 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:51.279 to look that up because they were up there. Yes 97 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:54.439 they were, I mean they were. They were because Louisville 98 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:55.920 swept him that year and that was the year they 99 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:57.160 were really really good. 100 00:04:57.360 --> 00:04:59.160 That's what got us into the tournament that year. 101 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:03.399 Yes, but I just said, yeah, they Okay, the I mean, 102 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:05.839 you weren't safely in the tournament. You're playing your last 103 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:09.800 game there, and you weren't having a good season, as 104 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:12.399 I mentioned, compared to what Rick had set the standard 105 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:16.360 for and it was a pretty competitive game throughout, and 106 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:19.759 then all of a sudden, Louisville took over because of 107 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:22.199 one man. And that man's name was Kyle Kurrick, and 108 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:24.879 at that point he was pretty unknown, and he wasn't 109 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:28.199 even on scholarship. I don't think, so, you know, I 110 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:31.079 don't think there's any like Louisville could play two games 111 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:33.560 at Freedom Hall and lose and it wouldn't change how 112 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:36.079 I view how we shut that place down, because we've 113 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:38.560 been gone for a long time, and that was such 114 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:41.519 an epic sendoff, and I mean it was like it 115 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.480 was cinematic how that worked out. And I remember he 116 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.000 was known for this because he just had a lot 117 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:52.199 of energy and I love this guy. Man that era was, 118 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:54.839 I don't know, I don't know what they were really good. 119 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:56.839 That was part of it. But when I really kind 120 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.680 of like i'd stopped playing basketball because I realize, you know, 121 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:03.199 I didn't want to play college basketball if it meant 122 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:05.199 being the eighteenth guy on the roster at like the 123 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:08.399 Division three level. So once I decided I was going 124 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:10.000 to not do that, and you know, didn't really know 125 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:11.639 what I wanted to do, I fell in love with 126 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:14.040 Louell hoops all over again in a crazy way to 127 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:16.279 where I just decided, Okay, I want to write about 128 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:18.040 this team. I want to cover him like I you 129 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:21.800 know here I am today. But that era around that time, 130 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:26.680 like two thousand and seven to really on. But Jerry Smith. 131 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:29.240 I remember when I think of the final game of 132 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:31.439 Freedom Hall, I think of Jerry Smith, and I think 133 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:34.399 he might have got hurt, but I remember him waving 134 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:37.879 the towel like crazy, because that's what Jerry did. Jerry 135 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:39.959 was going to whip that towel around and it was 136 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:42.800 I mean he was. He was bringing the energy and 137 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.040 again it's all kind of coming together. I think he 138 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:47.480 might have I think Kyle might have played because Jerry 139 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.079 was hurt. A lot of mixed in that game. But 140 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:52.040 that was not a good year by any means. In 141 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:53.680 the next game we saw them, I think they got 142 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:56.079 bounced early in the Big East Tournament, and then they 143 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.160 also got bounced by Cal. Whish We talked about that 144 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:01.120 game whenever Cal came to town, because that's the only 145 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:02.439 memory I have of Cal basketball. 146 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:04.800 Remember whose game it was, rakeeen Buckles. 147 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:06.319 I was so proud that you knew that when I 148 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:07.959 didn't have to tell you that. When we talked about it, 149 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:09.879 I remember it's one of the moments where I was like, 150 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:12.079 this guy, he does he's one of me. He's he's 151 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.519 he's he's like me, I get it because we else, 152 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:16.600 Well remember that random thing, you know. 153 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:18.839 I'm sitting there. I'm sitting there, go a man if 154 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.480 if the rest of the team can match Rackeem's energy, 155 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:24.399 then when we have a shot. Even though like any 156 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:26.879 normal fan that wasn't Pie in the sky like I was, 157 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:29.199 was like, yeah, this game's over, kind of like the 158 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:32.879 year before when we got eliminated by Michigan State. 159 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:33.240 YEP. 160 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:35.439 It seems like a lot of it seems like a 161 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:37.079 lot of fans I've talked to was like, yeah, that 162 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:39.240 just wasn't Louisville's game. And there's a I guess a 163 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:42.120 bunch of stuff going on with Terrence Williams behind the scene. 164 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:44.879 But I'm just sitting there, like halftime, I think Preston 165 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:47.240 Knowles was having a game of his life, like that 166 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:49.319 was a huge comeout game for Preston Noles. 167 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:50.720 I'm sitting there thinking art makes. 168 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:53.319 Sense because it was probably him doing enough. But nobody 169 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:54.879 like what you're thinking. Where's everybody else et? 170 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.639 Yeah, well everybody could get going and they could just 171 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:00.600 match p Ka's energy right here, we'll have shot and 172 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:04.720 it just it never never never maticulated, matriculated. 173 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:10.160 Yeah, I think the the Freedom Hall. I mean, like 174 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.439 I'm not someone that it's been like, hey, we got 175 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.399 to play a game at Freedom Hall because you know, 176 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.959 like we need it for nostalgia. But here's what I 177 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:21.319 believe is probably gonna be the scenario here is that 178 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:24.360 this will not be a because the biggest issue to 179 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:25.920 where like why don't we play one game of your 180 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:28.720 Freedom Hall? It's because season ticket holders, like how would 181 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:30.879 you like, you know, there's not as many seats at 182 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.799 Freedom Hall and you wouldn't be able to get everybody 183 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:35.720 in the same seat. So where what's happened now is 184 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:37.960 that they've this this is how you would have to 185 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:42.000 do it. This is this is considered a neutral site series. 186 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:45.919 You're playing louis Louisville's playing Cincinnati, and Cincinnati not at 187 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:49.600 their home arena. Cincinnati is coming to Louisville to play Louisville, 188 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:52.639 but not at the Yum. And that's where like, honestly, 189 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:54.679 I don't really know how it's gonna work as far 190 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:57.480 as the money, but like this is probably then this 191 00:08:57.519 --> 00:08:59.960 is probably the fairgrounds event. Like I don't know how 192 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:01.279 you again, I don't know if you've got like a 193 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:04.159 contract or whatnot, but like U of L will probably 194 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:06.039 be able to sell tickets, but like, this is not 195 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:08.480 a home game for either, because that's how you have 196 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:10.480 to do it, because if you have season tickets, like 197 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:13.200 you can't just say, okay, well, hey, only the you know, 198 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:16.559 only premiere season ticket holders get access to this game. 199 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:19.559 So it's truly a neutral site game in every aspect 200 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:21.559 other than the fact that you know it's not because 201 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:24.519 you're playing in Louisville, whereas you know you would assume 202 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:26.720 I don't know, I guess, I guess maybe the scenarios 203 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:29.799 that you would get a more mixed crowd because you know, 204 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.639 there's not anybody that's going to be at either game 205 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:35.200 that's there because of a season ticket. So yeah, Louisville 206 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:38.879 right now in this upcoming season is going to be 207 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:46.759 playing in the non conference portion of their schedule. Kentucky, Indiana, Memphis, Tennessee, 208 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:51.600 and Cincinnati of course what I just mentioned, and then uh, 209 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:53.879 we don't know for certain, but it sounds like it's 210 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:57.840 gonna be Arkansas in the acc SEC Challenge. So there 211 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:01.279 is clearly some real connections in every aspect to every 212 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.919 one of those opponents. And look, that's the stuff that 213 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:05.960 makes sports fun, right, Like we're gonna watch our team 214 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.080 play and hope that they win no matter who they play, 215 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:11.960 especially if it's a good team. But when there's familiarity, 216 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:16.039 there's history, and there's rivalry, which clearly there is between Cincinnati, 217 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:20.039 Memphis and you know, Louisville. So it's good. And I 218 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:22.080 don't again I started the show, I think given Pat 219 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.320 Kelsey a lot of credit for, you know, really understanding 220 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:26.799 the fan base and kind of playing to us and 221 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.879 understanding that these are games that we would really appreciate. 222 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:32.039 And I'm not saying he doesn't deserve credit for that, 223 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:34.279 but like, I'm sure there's more to it than just him, 224 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:36.799 but like, these are the kind of things like put 225 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:38.559 it this way. This is the best way I can 226 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:41.759 say it before we move on. It's hard to get 227 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:45.279 to get people interested in like coming to your games 228 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:47.679 if they're not season tickets holders, unless they're just you know, 229 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:49.759 like it's what they do. There's a core group of 230 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:51.960 every fan base that's gonna be there regardless of whatever's 231 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.440 going on. But then there's others that, like, you know, 232 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:57.320 they're gonna support their fans, they'll come to games, but 233 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:59.279 like it's really just whenever it's convenient for them or 234 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:04.480 whenever it's a big game. Having games against Memphis, Cincinnati, 235 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:08.440 and Indiana and even Tennessee to an extent, although that 236 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:10.159 series will come to an end after this year and 237 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:13.039 we played them last year, Like those are games that, yeah, 238 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:15.200 you know, I definitely would like to make sure I 239 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:16.720 have a ticket to come to that one rather than 240 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:22.120 playing bellerman E, k u UTEP, you know, Florida A 241 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:25.200 and M something like that. And also you clearly are 242 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:28.200 playing a tougher schedule, which is going to matter more 243 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:29.600 now than it ever has when it comes to the 244 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:33.120 non conference because the ACC obviously taken some steps back. 245 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:39.639 All right, So the College Football Playoff is going to change, 246 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:41.679 and we've only had it one year as far as 247 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:46.600 it being an expanded playoff. So there were meetings that 248 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:48.360 took place a few weeks ago in Dallas. It was 249 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:53.159 the College Football Playoff Spring meetings, and this came out 250 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:56.200 from Ross Ellinger, who I would say it is probably 251 00:11:57.120 --> 00:12:00.279 the top guy to follow when it comes to the 252 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:04.399 college football playoff conference realignment, that kind of stuff. He 253 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.919 used to work. He's worked for a lot of folks. 254 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:08.120 He used to be at Sports Illustrated. Now he's at Yahoo, 255 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:11.480 and he's the one who reported that as sixteen team 256 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:17.320 college football playoff bracket has gained big time support, and 257 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:20.720 of course it's mostly from the Big Ten of the SEC, 258 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:24.600 which again, like I don't know, I just I feel 259 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:30.799 like I'm not able to just like not be I 260 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:34.960 don't know, this is big news, but like I can't 261 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.919 share this news and discuss it without being sour grapes 262 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:41.960 because it's just to me, this is becoming a popularity 263 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:46.279 contest more than anything else, and that's just sad to me, Like, 264 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.559 clearly you got to win, like you can't be terrible. 265 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:55.919 But what I assumed what happen is apparently happening, and 266 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:59.320 that is that there's going to be guaranteed automatic bids 267 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:02.559 for four teams from the SEC, four from the Big Ten, 268 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:07.360 two from the ACC, two from the Big twelve, one 269 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:12.240 from the G six, which what is G six, it's 270 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:14.440 G five. There's only four conferences. 271 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:17.200 There's fly like a G six. You remember that song. 272 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:19.759 Well, I guess it's now power four and the G 273 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:21.960 six is what it used to be called the G five. Oh, 274 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:25.639 I get it, now, I get it. The PAC twelve 275 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:28.039 is being told you can call yourself the PAC twelve. 276 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:31.360 You're you're not power five, it's power four now, which 277 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:34.639 is true. Like anybody worth a dam in the PAC 278 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:39.240 twelve got taken, you know what I mean, Like Oregon 279 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:43.360 State in Washington State, don't get to say we rounded 280 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:46.799 up some bombs from the Mountain West and the WCC 281 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:49.320 and now we're Power five two, Like, no, you're not. 282 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:52.480 So that's what that means. So there's now G six 283 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:56.279 and only one team from those is going to get in. Well, 284 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:58.399 I guess you could get in as an at lard, 285 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:01.960 like there's one guaranteed slot for Boise, for an app State, 286 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:06.279 for a Memphis something like that. But the at largest 287 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:08.039 can be anybody. So like if there was a year 288 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:10.360 where there were two teams from the so, I guess 289 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:12.679 one of the at largest has got to be Notre Dame, 290 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:17.759 right has to be? So really in years like Notre Dame, 291 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:19.799 if Notre Dame stinks and they're six and six and 292 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:21.720 they wouldn't get in so therefore there'd be three at 293 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:24.799 largs and I guess technically one of those at large 294 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:26.399 could be another G six. But here's what I think 295 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:28.919 is gonna happen. You're gonna get You know, clearly we 296 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.039 know four from the SEC, four from the Big Twelve, 297 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:35.679 and the likelihood of the three at larges going to 298 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:43.440 a Big twelve or an ACC team non existent. I mean, right, 299 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:47.600 because it's popularity. They want to talk about viewership being 300 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:49.840 a factor being part of the criteria to get in. 301 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.759 And I'll be honest, in recent years, like I'm not 302 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:57.159 saying that there's been enough from the ACC or the 303 00:14:57.159 --> 00:14:59.399 Big Twelve to where like they're gonna they're getting screwed, 304 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:04.480 but just to know that you can be terrible, Like 305 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:09.120 the SEC coaches could collectively get together and say, yeah, 306 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:12.480 y'all want to take the year off. I mean, we're 307 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:15.039 kind of tired, we ran out of money to pay 308 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:18.519 players other than the REV share, We're going to automatically 309 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:21.279 get four in any way, Like, let's just do that. 310 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:25.399 Like guaranteeing four spots in this college football Playoff before 311 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:28.200 any game is played to any team in any conference 312 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:35.919 is insanity and it is absolutely the biggest step made 313 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:41.600 in college football. To make it quite clear, it's based 314 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:46.200 off of popularity in brand more than it is results. 315 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:53.600 That's what this is. And I'm aware that there could 316 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:57.679 be no guaranteed spots and it still play out this 317 00:15:57.759 --> 00:16:00.840 exact way. I know that at least lie to me, 318 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:03.519 make me think that it was based off of what 319 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:07.639 you believe that these teams earned, regardless of what conference 320 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:15.440 they're in. And this is not an this is not 321 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:18.440 an ACC thing from my end, meaning I'm not here 322 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:21.320 acting like the ACC is gonna get robbed and gonna 323 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:24.600 get screwed. I mean they are if they're good, because 324 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:28.559 they won't get Like anybody agreeing to this, you're agreeing 325 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:33.320 that moving forward, no matter what happens, those leagues are 326 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:37.720 just better and they probably will be. Or maybe I 327 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:40.320 don't know, like maybe Nick Saban comes out of retirement 328 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:48.840 and takes over at Virginia Tech. Maybe Kirby Smart gets arrested, 329 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:57.840 gets fired, then he gets hired at Miami. Like I'm 330 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:00.080 giving you crazy hypotheticals here, but I'm just saying like, 331 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:02.679 if in fact those things happen, it wouldn't matter because 332 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:07.440 ACC's only slotted too. Like think about that, like we're 333 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:12.279 saying before a season starts, results don't matter. Why would 334 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:18.480 we do that if you truly believe that you are 335 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:23.960 as you know, dominant as you are in football, which 336 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:25.839 I'm not saying that you're not great in football, though 337 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:29.720 timing isn't great here because last year things played out 338 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:33.480 to where you didn't do anything out of conference to 339 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:36.000 prove that you deserve the benefit of the doubt, meaning 340 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:38.440 you can be an eight and four nine and three 341 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:40.720 team in the SEC and you can live in delusional 342 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:42.480 world of like, well that means we basically would have 343 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:44.599 been eleven and one in any other league. Well, then 344 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:46.960 you played teams from other leagues and you lost or 345 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:50.519 you lost to teams in your league that everybody knows, thinks. 346 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:57.240 So like, you know, if you really do believe that 347 00:17:57.319 --> 00:18:02.640 you are as dominant as you think you are, then like, 348 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:05.599 why do you need the guarantees? Just go be badass? 349 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:11.279 It's like you claim you are. And again, I don't 350 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.880 want to sound like a hypocrite because if you're Greg 351 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:14.640 Sank and this is what you're fighting for, you're doing 352 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:18.119 your job. I mean, hell, Greg SANKI would he be 353 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:21.440 out of line to request all twelve. I'm sorry all 354 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:24.240 sixteen be SEC teams, Like, I mean, that's not realistic. 355 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:26.920 But like his job is to advocate for his conference, 356 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:34.119 his league. So I mean, if you're the ACC or 357 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:37.720 the Big twelve, you can be real with yourself and 358 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:42.960 know that right now you are behind. But agreeing to this, 359 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:46.279 what's your incentive to even go out and get better. 360 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:48.880 You're slotted it too, they got two more than you, 361 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:55.200 Like what like why would you agree to this? You 362 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:59.319 could get substantially better and you'll still know that no 363 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:01.720 matter what, the are getting double up to what you're 364 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:07.160 getting in in the playoff. I just I just don't 365 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:10.359 want to understand how this this makes. I mean, again, 366 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:12.640 it makes sense for the SEC and the Big ten 367 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:14.599 if you can get away like if if it if 368 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:17.920 it it's what if they agree to it? But like, 369 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:20.880 and I know what kind of leverage did the ACC 370 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.759 and the Big twelve have? 371 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.039 Not much? 372 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:30.079 Right, But at some point, like if you're not gonna 373 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:33.559 lie to me and tell me that it's all based 374 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:36.400 off of like what teams did and how you evaluate them, 375 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:41.680 not by predetermined slots set up for each conference at 376 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:46.799 a certain amount, then just tell us it's popularity. And again, 377 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:49.440 I'm always gonna watch college football because I don't know 378 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:51.880 a scenario where I wouldn't. I love it. But like 379 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:54.480 this is this is take this is making it to 380 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:57.440 where it's like it's not really about what you do, 381 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:59.119 like because you can do whatever and it won't matter. 382 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:07.599 So we'll see if that gets you know, approved, then Also, 383 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:09.680 like if you're in the like if you're in the 384 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:15.519 SEC and you're like a Kentucky, I mean, you're never 385 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:20.559 gonna get one of the four, right, Like I think 386 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:25.960 Kentucky's only chance and Mississippi State's only chance is gonna 387 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:27.599 be one of the at largest and you're just gonna 388 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:31.839 have to get in based off of like again benefit 389 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:33.559 of the doubt, Like, well you played in the SEC 390 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:36.440 and yeah you weren't. Like imagine any world where you're 391 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:38.519 not one of the four best teams in your league, 392 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:41.680 but you get a chance in the playoff over a 393 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:43.240 team that might have been, like, you know, the second 394 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:48.359 best team in their league. Again, because results don't matter. Affiliation, popularity, 395 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:51.599 that's what it's about. Now, all right, let's take a 396 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:54.319 quick break. We'll come back on the other side. We 397 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:59.920 got to talk about the Bill Belichick situation, because despite 398 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:03.759 this statement from North Carolina today about you know, I 399 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:07.039 guess wanting to put people at ease and and I 400 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:10.240 guess correct something that they felt they needed to correct 401 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:15.960