WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:02.439 Welcome to the Big Blue Insider. Dick Gabriel with you 2 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:05.240 on a Wednesday as we hit the midweek, and of 3 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:08.880 course every Wednesday we chat with Sean Woods, the Unforgettable 4 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:11.759 Guard and Gary Morrow weston Bureau Chief. We're also going 5 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:15.759 to talk tonight with Kent Spencer from WHAS over in 6 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:20.960 Louisville formerly WTVQ and Lexington and Kent along with Jeff Picoro. 7 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:23.839 They're the guys who cover UK who know what it's 8 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:25.920 like to play in a college football game. So that's 9 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.800 why I like talking football with those guys. And it's 10 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:31.320 going to be a rough one this week. We know 11 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:36.679 that Kentucky and Georgia, especially after the Wildcats performance last Saturday, 12 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:40.359 But how many times have we seen a team that 13 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:44.479 just really lays an egg in one week, rise up 14 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.200 and play well the next You know who did that, 15 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:49.719 South Carolina? You know that they played so poorly, should 16 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:54.039 have lost the Old Dominion, but then regrouped and thanks 17 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:57.640 to some holes in the Kentucky attack, really pounded the 18 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:01.119 Wildcats on Kentucky's home field. Saw you heard it right here, 19 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:05.120 and it's gonna need It's going to take a huge 20 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:08.040 effort by the Wildcats just to hang in there with Georgia. 21 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:10.760 This is a great college football team, as great as 22 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:14.920 other Georgia teams. Well maybe not right now, but we 23 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.719 know how talented and deep Georgia is. So but you 24 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:22.280 know Kentucky's kids, they've got pride, they've got smarts, and 25 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:24.400 they know what they're up against. So we'll hear it 26 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:27.120 right here at a seven thirty start, five thirty pregame 27 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:30.840 with Christy and Jeremy and Logan Stenberg and then of 28 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.519 course Tom Leach, Jeff Piicorro and yours truly what the 29 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:36.959 call of the Cats and the Dogs? How bad was 30 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:40.200 it for the Wildcats over the weekend? Well, bleacher Report 31 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:44.400 has a story about college football fan bases that should 32 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:48.120 be worried after Week two, and yes, the Wildcats are there. 33 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:50.400 And in fact, if you go to bleacher report dot 34 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:54.439 com and click on to it, the lead photograph is 35 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:58.560 Brock Vandergriff. Now they list the teams in alphabetical order, 36 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:03.719 not necessarily which fan base should be worried the most. 37 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:06.519 One of the teams leading it off is Auburn, which 38 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.120 is on Kentucky's schedule. Hugh Freeze, though six and seven 39 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:14.960 last year, not doing well this year. Last year, Remember 40 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:20.240 they lost at home to New Mexico State. But Auburn 41 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.400 comes up and then beats Alabama, A and M to 42 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:30.039 open this season, but loses to Cal twenty one to fourteen. 43 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:35.240 Cal came across the country and beat Auburn down on 44 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:39.280 the plains. And now they've got Oklahoma on the road. 45 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:43.800 Georgia and Missouri never gets easier, as you know in 46 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.000 the SEC. How about Colorado as an out of winning 47 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:50.400 season since twenty sixteen, all kinds of headlines when Dion 48 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:56.319 Sanders got there, blew out the roster, talented quarterback, talented 49 00:02:56.360 --> 00:03:01.960 running back, but nothing, nothing's happened for coach Prime yet. 50 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:06.599 And Nebraska put them down last week twenty eight to ten. 51 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:09.879 So now you've got the big twelve teams to deal with, 52 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:13.479 and you go to UCF and Texas Tech, which ain't 53 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.759 easy four and a last year. They're going to be 54 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:19.520 any better this year. Moving on alphabetically to Florida Gators. 55 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:22.879 We all know about Florida. Florida's been struggling for a 56 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:25.960 while now fired its coach, brought in Billy Napier. He 57 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.840 didn't do so hot last year, losing to among other teams, 58 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:33.800 Kentucky and now they're off to a bad study beat 59 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:38.199 Samford forty five to seven. Miami comes to town and 60 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:42.400 beats Florida by twenty four points. That is embarrassing for 61 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:46.680 any Florida fan. And Miami right now is really the 62 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:49.960 only successful high profile team in the state of Florida 63 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:54.759 because Florida State is struggling as well. Florida State losing 64 00:03:55.360 --> 00:04:00.520 to Georgia Tech and then losing to Boston College State, 65 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.800 which wanted out of the ACC, well, they're definitely out 66 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:06.800 of the playoff race right now. And then again, moving 67 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:11.639 along alphabetically, the Wildcats are listed by bleacher Report after 68 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:15.719 losing to South Carolina thirty one to six, and they 69 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:20.759 underscored the meager passing stats for Brock vandergriv three for 70 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:23.839 ten for thirty yards. We all know that, and of 71 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:26.920 course Keavin wims at three of seven, but with no 72 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:29.759 time to throw, it doesn't matter who's back there. Running 73 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:32.040 game had said labored for one hundred and thirty nine 74 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:35.000 yards on forty six carries. Actually they ran for about 75 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:37.079 one hundred and eighty yards, but you have to subtract 76 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:41.680 in college ball, the yard did you lose from sacks? 77 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:45.399 Pointed out that the defense held on until the dam 78 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:50.079 opened in the third quarter, and UK's first drives offensively 79 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:53.279 resulted in minus twenty two yards South Carolina with all 80 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:57.360 kinds of fuel positions. So everybody knows it was a 81 00:04:57.439 --> 00:04:59.800 rough one for the Wildcats. Oh there's one more SMU. 82 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:04.839 They've got quarterback issues. They lost to BYU eighteen to fifteen. 83 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:07.959 Now they got TCU coming in, they got Florida State 84 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:11.600 coming in, they got Louisville. Welcome to the ACC. How 85 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:14.639 much did you miss the NFL? Well? The league says 86 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.600 they set a new record last week, the most watched 87 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:22.040 Week one of the regular season in league history. The 88 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:26.000 AP reporting that the NFL Week one games were watched 89 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:30.040 by an average of twenty one million viewers per game, 90 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:34.680 highest ever for Week one. The NFL and Nielsen announcing 91 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:39.360 their combined TV and digital ratings of twelve percent from 92 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:42.040 last year. One hundred and twenty three million people in 93 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:46.160 total watched at least part of one game, which was 94 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.399 the most for a Week one schedule since twenty nineteen. 95 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:54.360 NFL is back investigating a lawsuit, another one filed against 96 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:59.519 Deshaun Watson, the Browns quarterback accused of sexual assault that story, 97 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:03.720 it seems, is never going away. Meanwhile, the Bengals, a 98 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:07.439 source close to the situation, said that they offered Jamar 99 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:11.399 Chase four years, one hundred and forty million with ninety 100 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:16.800 million guaranteed, including a thirty million signing bonus. So everybody 101 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:20.360 loved that except Chase was willing to take the four 102 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:24.720 year extension, but he wanted guaranteed money and injury protections 103 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:27.920 to kick in earlier in the deal than the team did, 104 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.759 so they couldn't get together and they're still apart, and 105 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.360 I think it absolutely affected the team and the loss 106 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:39.319 to New England. The Steelers are preparing Justin Fields to 107 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:42.920 be their starting quarterback again. Russell Wilson still recovering, looking 108 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:46.680 right at you, Jeff Drummond. Russell Wilson with an aggravated 109 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:52.240 calf injury, so Fields will start against Russell's old team 110 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:56.079 one of its old teams, the Denver Broncos on Sunday 111 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:59.000 with Bownicks, who did not play well in his first 112 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.879 game as rookie. While we're talking about leg injuries, the 113 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:06.839 forty nine Ers say Christian McCaffrey has a calf injury 114 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:11.079 himself and achilles tendinitis so they're gonna have to nurse 115 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:14.800 him along literally, and evidently it's the same calf injury 116 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:18.639 that had him listed on the injury report last playoff 117 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:23.759 season against the Packers. He played through that injury, and 118 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:26.360 Kyle Shanahan, head coach, said he'd be playing now if 119 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:29.800 it were the playoffs, but it's the regular season, so 120 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:34.360 they are exercising more caution. But you cannot lose Christian McCaffery. 121 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:38.639 But an achilles injury that could be nasty. Just ask 122 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:42.199 Aaron Rodgers, who did play the entire game for the Jets, 123 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:45.319 didn't look particularly great. Thirteen of twenty one with one 124 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:48.199 hundred and sixty seven yards and a touchdown in the 125 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:51.720 loss to the Niners. Also had a pick, and he 126 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:55.199 pointed out look, he said, if we win, we're going 127 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:58.879 to the super Bowl. If we lose, we're terrible. So 128 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:02.720 he knows how fit all right, But he also said 129 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.759 get on the bandwagon now. But if you don't get 130 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:09.639 on now, you can't get on later. I'm basically paraphrasing. 131 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:13.680 So while he said he was grateful at a sense 132 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:17.920 of gratitude as he rode the bus over, but he's 133 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:21.639 not happy with some of the criticism from New York fans, 134 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:24.319 but what did you expect? Speaking of New York fans, 135 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:26.519 Aaron Gershawan is one of them, but he is a 136 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:29.480 Giants fan and he ain't liking this today. Our man 137 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:33.440 from the Cat's Boss Daniel Jones, the quarterback for the Giants. 138 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.759 Aaron talked about him on Monday Night on the show, 139 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:39.679 how he stunk it up and probably will keep stinking 140 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:43.480 it up. The Minnesota Vikings, one of the defensive players, 141 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:48.000 Jonathan Greenard, a linebacker, said during their twenty eight to 142 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:50.559 six win over the Giants. He said, we kind of 143 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:53.840 started to feel a little bit bad for Jones and 144 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:58.720 we're still just completely taking away everything he wants to do. 145 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:00.639 It's good to be on the other side of it, 146 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:03.279 and it's our job to not be on that side, 147 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:06.759 absolutely right, And if they're taking everything away, it's not 148 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:11.279 just the quarterback, it's the game plan, it's everybody. But 149 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:14.279 it's not often you hear that from an opposing player. 150 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:16.639 All Right, we'll take a break. When we come back, 151 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:19.440 we'll talk Kentucky football here from the Wildcats a little 152 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:22.919 bit later on Kent Spencer. We'll break things down when 153 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:25.360 it comes to Kentucky football here on the Big Bloon Sider, 154 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:29.039 six thirty WLAP Welcome back to the Big Boon Sider. 155 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:31.320 A couple of programming notes for you. Coming up tomorrow. 156 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:34.480 We're gonna be chatting with Matthew Sign. He is the 157 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:38.360 COO of the National Football Foundation, and of course that's 158 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:41.679 the outfit that runs the College Football Hall of Fame. 159 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:44.600 You heard from Tim Couch on the show last night, 160 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:47.799 and of course he'll be honored this weekend for his 161 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:51.480 impending induction into the Hall of Fame. The actual ceremony 162 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:56.320 itself comes up on in December out in Las Vegas. 163 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:59.679 So we'll hear from Matthew Sign about the College Football 164 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:03.080 Hall theme tomorrow, but also tomorrow a kind of a 165 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:06.960 special program for you, at least one half of the show. 166 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:11.200 We're going to look back on Kentucky's two victories over 167 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:15.919 Georgia that happened back in the aughts under Rich Brooks. Yeah, 168 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.279 they don't have him very often wins over Georgia, but 169 00:10:19.200 --> 00:10:22.840 in his tenure nine years at Kentucky he beat Georgia twice. 170 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:26.559 He always rude the fact that they couldn't stop the 171 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:30.200 losing skid to Tennessee and he couldn't stop the streak 172 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:33.080 against Florida. And that's one of the reasons that he 173 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:37.159 appreciates Mark Stoops. He really likes Mark Stoops, likes the 174 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:41.519 way he coaches, likes what's happening here, previous game nowithstanding, 175 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:48.720 But he actually coached two Kentucky teams that beat Georgia. No, 176 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.279 Georgia wasn't as good then as it is now, but look, 177 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:56.200 it's Georgia. It's like when anytime any team beats Kentucky 178 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:59.840 in basketball, doesn't matter if it was the Billy gillispe 179 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:05.639 era or the John Caliperry era, whatever. If you beat Kentucky, 180 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:08.600 you beat that name, you beat that tradition. And that's 181 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:11.919 what happened with Georgia. They weren't bad Georgia teams, but 182 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:16.320 Kentucky beat them. Of course they know six the Wildcats 183 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:20.159 had lost that horrible, horrible game down at LSU. One 184 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:23.440 of the longest nights I ever spent on the sideline. 185 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:26.639 I mean, I kept looking at my watch because Kentucky 186 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.639 had no hope. The way that game unfolded was a 187 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.399 good LSU team. Most of that team was back the 188 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:34.080 next year that won the national title. Even though it 189 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:37.279 lost to Kentucky, but that night LSU just had its 190 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:41.120 way with the Wildcats. And I'll never forget standing down 191 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:43.960 there on the sideline thinking, first of all, I will 192 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:46.759 have nothing to talk about with anybody in the post game, 193 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:49.240 and that was if I don't remember who I interviewed 194 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.600 after the game. But it was so bad. And Jeremy 195 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:55.919 Jarman has told that story on our show a couple 196 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:58.799 times that he wondered was he in the right place, 197 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:02.320 playing in the in the right conference? Was he good 198 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.799 enough to be an SEC football player? That loss made 199 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:10.600 him doubt himself. And then you might recall Kentucky came 200 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:14.600 back in an open date. Thankfully Rich Brooks really cracked 201 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.679 down on the Wildcats. It paid off with a win 202 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:21.480 at Mississippi State. That one was razor thin. And then 203 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:25.960 Kentucky came home and beat Georgia with the kid named 204 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:28.879 Matthew Stafford as a freshman quarterback went on to do 205 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:32.360 great things at Georgia, but Kentucky took advantage of him. 206 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:36.360 Had two crucial interceptions, one at the end of each 207 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:40.559 half that figured huge in that game. And that was 208 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:44.919 the first goal post game at Commonwealth Stadium, and the 209 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:51.399 video of that goal post coming down is it's really scary. 210 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:55.279 I'm amazed nobody got hurt. But we had Rich Brooks 211 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:57.960 on the line, and he is going to be our 212 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:01.799 celebrity on the logust if you will. He will open 213 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:06.559 our broadcast on Saturday. And I also had a chance 214 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:08.600 to chat with him for quite a while about the 215 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:12.159 wins over Georgia and six and again in nine. That 216 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:16.759 one was down in Georgia in Athens at Sanford Stadium, 217 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:20.080 and of course they shut the scoreboard off the moment 218 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:23.840 the game was over, but Kentucky pulled off that upset, 219 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:27.399 both wins coming under Rich Brooks. So we'll hear highlights 220 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:31.159 from those games and we will hear from the coach 221 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:34.799 both Tomorrow night on the show, I'm going to play 222 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:38.919 an excerpt from the documentary we did on that sixth season. 223 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:42.600 It was called Believe because that was the name of 224 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:47.159 the video. Remember that Raymond Claurin and the other Wildcats 225 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:51.159 put together. Raymond wrote it and then they put a 226 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:54.799 video together, very simple video that appeared on the scoreboard 227 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:57.480 on the video big screen back when the season was 228 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:00.320 in doubt. It wasn't a video that they did so 229 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:03.799 they could crow about their accomplishments. It was about the 230 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:05.840 fact that they were not even midway through the year, 231 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:08.039 just about it at the midway point, still believe they 232 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:11.360 could get things done, and they did. So we'll look 233 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:14.679 back on those wins tomorrow night here on the Big 234 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:17.720 Blue Insider, but looking back at South Carolina as something 235 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:22.840 the media did yesterday last night with Eric Wolford, the 236 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.559 O line coach, and he talked about what he saw 237 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:29.000 on video when he stopped to break things down. 238 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:31.799 I think the biggest thing, you know, after you sit 239 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:33.919 back and take a look at the film, you know 240 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:34.559 everybody has. 241 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:35.240 A one on one battle. 242 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:38.639 Very rarely in today's game do you get two guys 243 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:43.879 on one, And when you look at when we had breakdowns, 244 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:48.399 I think it starts with some very simple things as 245 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.600 far as your hand placement. You know, that's obviously what 246 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:55.320 triggers Holy calls guys with their hands inside, that's important, 247 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:58.960 playing with the bass, playing with the correct pad level 248 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:02.600 on a consistent way. And then I think there's a 249 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:04.879 point too where when you get on blocks, you need 250 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:07.360 to stick on blocks, and you need to finish and 251 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:11.200 play with tremendous strain. And those were the things that 252 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:14.080 we felt like that we need to be better on. 253 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.720 And I think the. 254 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:19.799 Guys are obviously disappointed in the fact that the game 255 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.919 didn't go the way that they anticipated and going or 256 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:25.600 wanting it to go, and there's a sense of pride. 257 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:29.200 And Wolford talked about how his players, the Old Line 258 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:31.440 responded what he saw in them. 259 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.200 I feel like it's a group that's disappointed and they 260 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:37.080 have a sense of urgency to get back because they're 261 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:37.879 a prideful group. 262 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:40.960 Wilford pointed out it was going to take that kind 263 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:44.399 of response if they had any shot at beating Georgia. 264 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:47.200 When I when I talked to him on Sunday, I 265 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:48.919 knew that they were bothered. 266 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:52.320 You know, there wasn't a time to rant and rave. 267 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:55.519 There's a sense of pride. They're in there watching film, 268 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.799 getting started on, they watched the game, got start on 269 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:01.200 the next opponent, all that stuff. But these guys, these 270 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:03.440 guys would they know what it means to play here 271 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:06.200 at Kentucky. They know what the expectation is. These guys 272 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:09.960 have been around here long enough and they're disappointed. But 273 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:13.120 you know, one game doesn't define you. You know, I 274 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:16.759 say that all the time, And you got to be 275 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:19.360 a head to the league button learn from your mistakes 276 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:22.039 and move forward and make sure that they don't repeat themselves. 277 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:23.840 But one game doesn't define you. 278 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:27.679 Then it was bush Ham. Then the Kentucky offensive coordinators 279 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.919 stepped in and he talked about a number of topics, 280 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:34.320 including the offensive line, and he said he believes the 281 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:38.559 problems there that raise their ugly heads last Saturday, he 282 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:40.240 believes they're fixable. 283 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:40.639 You know. 284 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:42.039 A lot of it just came down to one on 285 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:45.360 one battles, you know, and I think we maybe came 286 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.240 into the game and then put a lot of emphasis 287 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:50.519 on protecting those edges and those pass rushers. There were 288 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:52.840 some things in the interior side that hurt us as well, 289 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:55.759 and so again I thought we ran the ball well 290 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:57.519 at times during the game, and I think that's a 291 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:02.399 huge plus, certainly from a protection standpoint. We know what 292 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:04.119 we got to do to take the next step there. 293 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:08.480 And then starts again with me feel they got, you know, 294 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.039 not as aggressive as we should have been to keep 295 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:13.000 them off balanced, and then obviously I got to do 296 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.880 a better job. 297 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:18.720 Out Amton echoed Wolford's comments about the response by the 298 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:22.160 offensive lineman, by the offense in general, and of course 299 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:24.759 in a situation like this, after a loss like that, 300 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:29.759 with a powerhouse coming in proper attitude is essentral. 301 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:32.119 The good thing about this program, the good think about 302 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.480 this culture. I really don't feel like there's a lot 303 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:37.240 of pointing fingers going on. Everybody came back to work 304 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:40.880 on Monday looking at themselves. Certainly from the staff standpoint, 305 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:43.000 our players, we don't got to do better to do 306 00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:44.680 all one to eleven the crazy. 307 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:47.440 Walls we can play That is bush Ham to end 308 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:51.559 alone with Eric Wolford courtesy of the Cats Illustrated Website. 309 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:54.000 I wanted to make a note, of course today, this 310 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:57.279 being nine to eleven in the anniversary of the attacks 311 00:17:57.319 --> 00:18:00.559 on our country, and I always think back to a 312 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:04.519 number of things. Obviously that horrible day and where we 313 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:07.400 were on this day. I remember being at Channel twenty seven. 314 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:11.519 I saw the second plane hit the tower while I 315 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:13.440 was standing in the lobby, and I realized that this 316 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:17.319 country's at war, and of course it disrupted a football season, 317 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:20.519 which it should have. This was the week that Kentucky 318 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:25.559 was to play Indiana, and everything was postponed that weekend properly, 319 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:30.200 so I do recall when they did play the following week. 320 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:34.400 I think they played Florida and well, the national anthem 321 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:38.160 never meant more, did it? And I remember looking I 322 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:40.160 saw it on video later. I don't know I saw 323 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:43.440 it as it happened, but Steve Moss got an incredible 324 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:47.480 shot close up of UK defensive backs coach Wes McGriff. 325 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:49.480 It was a great guy and a really good coach. 326 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:52.359 He said, Auburn right now for the third time he's 327 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:56.200 coaching at Auburn. But he was saluting. And I did 328 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:00.440 not know that Wes McGriff was a veteran. He was. 329 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:02.680 We asked him about it later he said, you're damn right, 330 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:05.839 I am. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 331 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:08.000 the Army in nineteen ninety and was a member of 332 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:12.720 the reserves until twenty oh one. But as veterans often do, 333 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:16.000 even in playing clothes, they salute during the national anthem. 334 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:17.920 I don't know if he ever did it prior to that, 335 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:20.200 or if he does it now, but he did it 336 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:25.640 on that day in twenty oh one, and we did 337 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:29.119 a follow up story on that. But West McGriff, it 338 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:31.880 just made me look back what a career he's had 339 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:34.759 as a defensive backs coach and a decoordinatory. He's coach, 340 00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:37.039 as they often do in a lot of places, but 341 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:42.920 a three job stint had him at Kentucky State, where 342 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:45.400 he was the national Assistant Coach of the Year for 343 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:50.359 Division two. He also coached the secondary at EKU and 344 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:54.319 then coached at Kentucky from one to two before he 345 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:58.839 moved on to Baylor with Guy Morris. But how often 346 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:00.880 do you hear about a college foot fotball coach. He's 347 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:04.799 changed his jobs three times twice technically, but he comes 348 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:09.839 to Kentucky State and EKU and UK. He's on the move, 349 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:12.200 never had to sell his house, or at least never 350 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.200 had to move his stuff, stayed in the same place. 351 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:19.440 But it's just odd what you think back on as 352 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:22.240 nine to eleven comes around. But I know you're keeping 353 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:26.680 everybody in your thoughts on this anniversary. Ken Spencer next 354 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.920 in six thirty WLA welcome back to the Big Blue 355 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:31.440 Insider and joining us now from the other side of 356 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:33.960 the interstate a guy who's covered UK football for many, 357 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:38.440 many years. Ken Spencer's sports director, whas prior to that, 358 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:42.960 he was the sports director of WTVQ here in Lexington, 359 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:47.240 and I need we're going to obviously chop up this game. 360 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:49.200 But I got to go back kent to something you 361 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:53.720 said to me prior to the season about the offensive line. 362 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:55.960 There's so much talk about the Big Blue Wall and 363 00:20:56.079 --> 00:21:00.119 John Schlarman's legacy, and you weren't being mean when you 364 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:03.440 said this, but you you said to me, essentially, they 365 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:07.319 need to afford their own identity and instead of you know, 366 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:11.559 lingering on on the past like that. And I'm wondering 367 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:13.559 if some of us has come home to roost, you 368 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:17.440 know what I'm saying, because these guys are are really struggling. 369 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:22.680 Yeah, and so they're really struggling. And you know, I 370 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:27.000 thought Mark Stuke's on on Monday, you know, certainly admitted 371 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:30.920 to it, right, like different offensive coordinators, different offensive line coaches. 372 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:35.480 I mean, you know, you go from you know, John Schlarman, 373 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:38.039 then you go to Wolford, then you go to Jenser. 374 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:41.519 Now you're back to Wolford. I mean, there's so many changes. 375 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:45.240 There's nothing consistent, you know, both offensively and with the 376 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:51.160 offensive line. You know, it's it's it's tough, and you know, 377 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:55.039 we all remember the culture of the Big Blue Wall, 378 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:59.480 and you know, at some point, you know, when when 379 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.119 I'm Schlarman passed away. You know, it's it's a it's 380 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:06.440 a natural thing that you know that culture is going 381 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:10.720 to slowly erode. It just is, you know, as guys graduate, 382 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:13.799 as guys move on, as new people come in, and 383 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:15.839 you kind of got to find your You got to 384 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:18.920 find your own thing. And they clearly haven't found it. 385 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:23.279 But for me, I think it's it's continuity, right, Like 386 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:25.519 you have to have a coach, you have to have 387 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:30.440 a system that can be around for multiple years because 388 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:35.440 so much change for these for these kids, it just 389 00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:38.160 takes a toll. And it's and I think you're you're 390 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.519 clearly seeing that right. 391 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:43.559 Now, you are, and and everything evolves and I've kind 392 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:46.440 of beaten this drum all year from the old line. Again, 393 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:49.519 I'm not placing all the blame at their feed, but uh, 394 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:51.519 if you can't move the football, if you can't move 395 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:53.400 the change, you put your defense in a hell of 396 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:56.920 a spot. And you know you're you're hoping for points 397 00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:59.880 to come somehow. So that's where it all starts. And 398 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:02.039 you've got to get this thing figured out in a hurry, 399 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.480 don't they. 400 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:06.680 Oh, I mean, look, if we're being honest, I mean, 401 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:08.519