WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:02.720 Welcome to the Big Blue and Sider Dick Gabrielle with 2 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:06.400 you Thursday edition of our program. We are one day 3 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:09.119 now into the month of August, and that means we 4 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:12.480 are a one day from Media Day, the talking season 5 00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:16.839 in full force. Tomorrow is UK Football Media Day. Saturday 6 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:21.120 is UK Football Fan Day. So the bus is rolling, 7 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:23.559 it's coming right at us and it's less than a 8 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:26.519 month away Kentucky football and of course you'll hear every 9 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:30.039 game right here on six thirty WLAP. We'll talk a 10 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:32.159 little bit of football tonight. We're going to talk a 11 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:35.960 little more about Lafa Melia, which plays tomorrow. But tomorrow 12 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:38.399 is a big day, isn't it up in Philly against 13 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:43.880 the team composed primarily of Ohio State alumni trying to 14 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:48.679 get to the finals of TBT, the basketball Tournament, million 15 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:51.759 dollar winner take All tournament. That's going to be a 16 00:00:51.759 --> 00:00:54.280 great one. One of the Fox Sports channels will have 17 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:57.920 it for you tomorrow night. Lots of Olympic news as well, 18 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:00.600 and some NFL for you to get to. Here. Coming 19 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:04.599 up tonight, Keith Madison, the Hall of Fame coach and 20 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:08.120 sometime radio partner of Darren Hedrick, is going to talk 21 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:12.079 with us about the changes in college baseball, specifically some 22 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:15.359 of the changes to the UK roster, but in general, 23 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:19.280 they're throwing money around now, and they're throwing money all 24 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:23.760 over the place, and baseball in some corners is going 25 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:26.280 to catch a lot of it. Gone apparently will be 26 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:30.680 the restrictive eleven point seven scholarship rule. That's all college 27 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.760 coaches have in terms of athletic scholarships up until this 28 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:36.760 point for college baseball, and it's really been a problem. 29 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:39.640 We'll talk about that, but now apparently it's going to 30 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:43.439 be with some roster limits, all you can afford when 31 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:46.599 it comes to scholarships, and that will create some huge 32 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:50.439 chasms in the competitive nature of college baseball. So we'll 33 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:52.719 talk with Keith Madison about that. Also going to visit 34 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:55.840 with Kent Taylor, who is now the sports director at 35 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.719 WLKYTV over in Louisville, and we'll talk with him about 36 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:04.640 what he sees upcoming for the Kentucky football season. Ken's 37 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:06.599 been on the beat for quite some time. He was 38 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:10.560 at the NBC affiliate, now he's at the CBS affiliate 39 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:15.159 over in Louisville. So I mentioned Kentucky football, and of 40 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:19.400 course there will be crowds of media around all the quarterbacks, 41 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:21.879 I've got to think at some point, but especially Brock 42 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.520 Vandergriff who in the spring was the guy they brought 43 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:28.960 to the podium after practices. There were so many requests 44 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:31.199 for him, of course when he first got here, then 45 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:35.840 during workouts, So if you were going by interview requests 46 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:37.800 and the fact that he was the guy who stood 47 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:39.840 up in front of the media, you'd think he is 48 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.719 the incumbent starter, although he's never taken a snap for 49 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.439 the Wildcats, but he is. I don't know if he's 50 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:48.199 the odds on favorite, but definitely the favorite to win 51 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:51.240 that job. Bush Hampden I had a comment from him 52 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:53.599 the other night here on the show about the entire 53 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:57.759 quarterback room with bo Allen much more experienced down, a 54 00:02:57.800 --> 00:02:59.879 guy who knows what it's like to be a while 55 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.919 okay quarterback left and came back, and of course Cutter 56 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:06.319 bowliedy incoming freshman who Hamden said is his talented as 57 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.960 freshman as he's ever worked with. And Gavin Wimsit the 58 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:13.960 transfer from Rutgers, who is probably the best runner in 59 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:15.919 the quarterback room, and they may have a package of 60 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:19.439 plays for him. But Hamden started his comments the other 61 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:22.680 day by talking about the transfer from Georgia. 62 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.199 I really feel this about Brock. I mean, he's an 63 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:29.240 old school throwback type player and he's a guy that 64 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:32.159 this is really important to him from a leadership standpoint. 65 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:34.879 I think that was always the starting point anytime you 66 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:37.960 have a guy that's coming in as a transfer and 67 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:41.080 the expectations how he can mesh with the rest of 68 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:43.719 the team. I think he's done a tremendous job. He's 69 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.360 a player that's got a really nice skill set, can 70 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:49.800 run it, can throw it. We're certainly excited about him 71 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:51.719 continuing to take the next step. 72 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.240 That's Bush Hamden at the kickoff lunch. And when I 73 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:59.120 think about Brock Vandergriff and I've seen him a tad 74 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:02.240 bit and drills, but I always go back to what 75 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:06.400 my friend John Klay Harold Leader has said on this program. 76 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:09.159 A couple of times. He talked to a friend of 77 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:13.680 his who covers Georgia football, and that person told John 78 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:18.240 that Rock Vandergriff was very, very close to winning the 79 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:22.680 starting job at Georgia but just couldn't beat out Carson Beck. 80 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:26.959 And that happens when you're talking about a program in 81 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.199 a roster that's riddled with five star athletes. Of course, 82 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:32.720 only one guy is going to be your starting quarterback. 83 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:34.839 The other guys just going to have to sit and 84 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.720 like it. And Vandergriff was a good teammate, but decided 85 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:40.360 I need to go someplace where I'll have a better 86 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:44.279 chance at playing, and apparently Kentucky is that space. So 87 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:46.839 that's what I think about when I think about the 88 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.439 quarterback competition. But Jeremy Jarmer has been on our show 89 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.759 more than one saying he firmly believes it is going 90 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:57.160 to be a real competition for quarterback right up until 91 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:00.800 I guess game week, because he likes how bo Allen 92 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:04.920 has developed. And of course Boldie's got talent, wimsit's got experience. 93 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:07.600 He's been hitting the mouth as a starting quarterback. So 94 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:09.759 it's going to be really interesting. I've got to think 95 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:14.160 Vandergriff will win the starting job. But one thing, Kentucky 96 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:18.120 has been caught in the past suffering from a lack 97 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:21.879 of depth. That's not going to be the case this year, clearly. 98 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:25.439 All Right, let me shift over to Olympics because last 99 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:29.800 night they on the Encore presentation, they showed Katie Ledecki 100 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:34.439 winning the gold in the fifteen hundred, just phenomenal, goes 101 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:38.600 out to the lead almost instantly and blows away the field, 102 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:42.079 winning her eighth gold medal. And now she's talking about 103 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:45.639 swimming in twenty twenty eight. I cannot imagine. It's just well, 104 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:48.720 all of the Olympic events can be grueling, but you know, 105 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:52.839 to swim multiple events, and her specialty is that marathon, 106 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:57.959 the fifteen hundred meter, and nobody else had a chance 107 00:05:58.519 --> 00:06:01.360 at beating her. Last night she's got the best twenty 108 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:04.720 times ever in that event. Last night was her eighth 109 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.560 best time. And we've talked before about how it's a 110 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:10.839 slow pool because it's not very deep and there's a 111 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:13.360 lot of churn and the swimmers have to swim through 112 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:15.800 their own churn going back and forth. Of course that 113 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:19.439 many times in the fifteen hundred, so she wins it 114 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:25.079 and NBC I saw this online. There was the headline 115 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:29.199 said needed a special camera angle for Katie Ledeci at 116 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:33.519 the Olympics. And kudos to NBC's producers for planning ahead 117 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.399 because this had to have come up. When she opens up, 118 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:40.399 not just if, but when she opens up that big lead, 119 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:44.800 how are we going to show this compared to the 120 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:48.240 rest of the swimmers. Think about the film you've seen. Yeah, 121 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:50.879 I was film back then, but you've seen since the 122 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:56.920 replays hundreds of times about Secretariat beating the field at 123 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:01.720 the Belmont. That is still the benchmark for victory in 124 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:05.800 at the very least a classic race, if not one 125 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:08.439 of the best races of all time. Secretariat wins the 126 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:12.480 Belmont by thirty one lengths and they had to go 127 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.639 so wide. I think CBS had it back then just 128 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:19.000 to show where the second horse was. Well, NBC had 129 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:22.600 to do that last night was Katie Ledeci. So they 130 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:25.439 went to what's called the all twenty two camera. And 131 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:28.079 you've seen it before. You've seen it if you watched 132 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:33.000 the NFL on any network. They now use that camera angle. 133 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:35.360 It's what they call little generally. I'm sure it's a lockdown, 134 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:38.839 but even if not, even if it's just somebody manning 135 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:41.680 that camera for the whole game, it shows all twenty 136 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.279 two players at all time, a really super wide shot 137 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:47.240 of the field, so you can see it's almost like 138 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:50.759 a chalkboard come to life. How a play unfolds. Well, 139 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:54.199 that's what NBC went to last night because they needed 140 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:58.560 to get so wide to show just how Katie Ladecci 141 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:02.079 was crushed the field. And you can't do that with 142 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:05.480 what you call your main game camera. You've got multiple 143 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:08.040 cameras obviously upstairs, but you've got you know, if you 144 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:10.560 want to call a camera one camera, hey whatever, that's 145 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:13.319 the lead camera that the director goes to, then there'll 146 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:17.199 be another camera virtually right next to them. That's tighter 147 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:19.720 on some of the athletes, and they spread them out 148 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:22.120 all over the arena, but they had an all twenty 149 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:26.560 two ready last night, and that's how they covered Katie 150 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:32.279 Ledeci's smashing victory in the fifteen hundred. Last night she 151 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:36.480 went her eighth gold, her twelfth medal overall, and and 152 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:38.519 o Oopsie, I just patted NBC on the back of 153 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:41.360 little Oopsie for NBC. We were watching I was with 154 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:44.399 some friends watching it last night, and they put up 155 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:50.759 twenty three medals for Michael Phelps and twelve for Katie Ladeci. Oops. 156 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:57.080 Phelps has twenty eight medals, twenty three golds. So somebody 157 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:00.000 got that wrong. But hey, if that's the only mistake 158 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:04.080 they made last night, that's not too bad. The mistake 159 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:09.000 came in my opinion here in the States from the ACC. 160 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:14.519 That's right. The Atlantic Coast Conference now home to Stanford, 161 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.360 which is awful. You know, the PAC twelve dying and 162 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.679 now you've got teams crisscrossing the country. Well, Stanford, which 163 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.799 was trying to survive financially in college sports, sign's on 164 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:31.159 with the ACC. Best opportunity for Stanford. And at some 165 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:35.519 point the ACC tweeted or put up on social media 166 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:42.919 just how proud it was of a former ACC athlete 167 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:48.440 and what she's doing at the Olympics. Huh, Katie Ledecki 168 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:53.159 never competed in the ACC. Yeah, I know, Stanford's in 169 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:55.480 the ACC. Now, this is what stinks about all this 170 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:56.759 conference movement. 171 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:57.039 Now. 172 00:09:57.080 --> 00:10:00.440 People wanted UK to move to the ACC some years ago, 173 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:03.879 which would have meant that all those SEC titles that 174 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:08.200 Kentucky's won in basketball would have been worthless, meaningless. But anyhow, 175 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:11.879 Katie Ldecki won a pair of PAC twelve and NCA 176 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:16.600 team titles with the cardinal fifteen NCA records and did 177 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:22.519 that in the PAC twelve, not the ACC, but the 178 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:27.200 conference quick to claim her Olympic success in a tweet 179 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:32.480 after her victory. Come on, you at least got to 180 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.799 make some mention some nod to the PAC twelve, but 181 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:40.240 now not the ACC. Where are we now in college sports? 182 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:43.200 Coming up next, more weirdness from the Olympics in some 183 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:47.120 great moments. But also a good buddy of Tom Brady, 184 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:52.720 who is likewise famous and from Boston says he won't 185 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:55.879 miss the Tom Brady broadcast and that person is a 186 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:58.519 celebrated actor. We'll tell you about that on the other 187 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:01.080 side of the break. Coming up, Keith Madison, the Hall 188 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.240 of Fame coach, will chat with us as well as 189 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:06.840 Kent Taylor from WLKY here on the Big Blue Sider 190 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:10.519 six thirty WLAP Welcome Back. Coming up in just a 191 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:14.080 few minutes, Hall of Fame baseball coach Keith Madison. We'll 192 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:17.720 talk about a number of things, including a highly drafted 193 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:20.320 high school player who has instead said I Am going 194 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:26.600 to play for the Kentucky Wildcats. Tyler bell enfielder from Frankfurt, Illinois, 195 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:29.759 has said no, thank you to the pros, and we'll 196 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:32.559 be a Wildcat and we'll be eligible to be drafted 197 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:35.399 again in twenty twenty six. But that's a great get 198 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:37.960 for Nick Manjee and we'll talk about him and other 199 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:41.039 things with Keith Madison. Coming up in just a few minutes. 200 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:44.080 But I mentioned weird things at the Olympics and a 201 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:48.240 lot of news involving coverage, but I can't get off 202 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:52.639 this triathlon thing. It's just so nasty. The athletes had 203 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:55.799 to swim in the polluted Scene River, which was deemed 204 00:11:55.840 --> 00:12:00.320 safe enough for the event. They measured the water on 205 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:03.759 Wednesday and they said, okay, good to go, because there 206 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:05.879 have been a lot of rain that had helped kind 207 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:07.759 of clean it up a little bit. But one of 208 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.000 the athletes from Belgium, she came out of the water 209 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:14.799 and said, I felt and saw things we shouldn't think 210 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:20.240 about too much. She was talking to the TV network 211 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:23.240 from her home country. She finished twenty fourth and said 212 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:26.559 she had ingested a lot of water during the race 213 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:30.600 and concerned about what it would do to her body. Oh, 214 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:32.879 she said, well no tomorrow if I'm sick or not. 215 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:36.960 It doesn't taste like Coca cola or sprite. Of course, 216 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:39.960 that didn't make it on the NBC, but it did 217 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:43.279 make the rounds on social media. What has made it 218 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:46.080 onto NBC, I think is in pretty good. NBC has 219 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:50.279 done a nice job, but so much of this has 220 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:53.519 appeared on Peacock, which is a great thing for NBC, 221 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.960 it's shareholders, its executives. Is it good for us? No, 222 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:01.039 not really, because you know it's it's like we mentioned 223 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.320 more than once. I'm kind of beating this drum to death. 224 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.720 But and it was really because of Peacock. I mentioned 225 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:09.480 three or four years ago, right here on the Big 226 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:15.120 Boo in Sider when NBC announced that Notre Dame's home 227 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:18.440 opener I think it was with Toledo College football opener 228 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:23.039 would be seen only on Peacock. That didn't go over 229 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:25.480 very well with Notre Dame fans, as you might expect, 230 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:28.240 but I said, quite frankly, that's the beginning, not the 231 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:30.159 beginning of the end, but beginning of a new era 232 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:35.080 in sports. Pay per view streaming is the way they 233 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:38.159 will go. And again, John Skipper, the legendary former head 234 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:41.960 of ESPN, once said, one of these days, maybe not 235 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:45.240 sometime soon, but at some point the Super Bowl will 236 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.720 be a pay per view venture. Now comes the news 237 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:53.879 that ESPN, Fox, and Warner Brothers have put together a 238 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:59.279 venture called Venue Sports Venu. It's a streaming venture. It 239 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:02.159 will launch in the fall. It's going to be around 240 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:04.360 fifty bucks a month. And they say they're going to 241 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:08.799 put thousands of events on this channel. You can get 242 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:11.600 a deal on it early in the fall for forty 243 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:14.320 two to ninety nine a month. That price will be 244 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:18.480 guaranteed for twelve months, with the ability to cancel at 245 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:20.399 any time. There's going to be a seven day free 246 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:25.120 trial all that stuff. But it's here. It's not just coming, 247 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:29.279 it's here, So you know what's going on With Sunday 248 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:32.919 ticket prices going up. You can still watch a lot 249 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:38.559 of sports on free TV, but more and more we're 250 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:41.399 going to have to dig deep and decide what do 251 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:43.799 we want to pay to see. You know, there's so 252 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:47.120 much out there because everything is televised now thanks to 253 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:53.000 technology digital technology. There are hundreds and hundreds of high 254 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:57.320 schools that are televising via the internet their games. You 255 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:59.360 can get some of these apps that allow you to 256 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:02.080 just set up and switch them in your own computer 257 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:06.399 and things like that. But it's coming, and there's going 258 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:07.799 to come out. You know what it's really going to 259 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:11.960 turn is when every NFL game is pay per view. 260 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:14.360 Is when you're gonna have to buy some sort of 261 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:18.799 subscription to watch a package that right now might be 262 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.559 on CBS or Fox or whatever technology is going to 263 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:26.000 have to keep up as well. But every it seems 264 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:28.559 like every month there's a new increment that tells us 265 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:33.279 how they're going to get into our pockets. Speaking of technology, 266 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:37.440 the NFL is using what's called Hawkeye technology from Sony. 267 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:40.960 They're experimenting with the way to do away with a 268 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:44.440 chain gang. There have been so many complaints about how 269 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:46.919 they've measured for first downs, and it's only been with 270 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:49.799 the lay within the last few years, because I mean 271 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:52.960 they've complained about it, players, coaches, fans for years, but 272 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:56.960 it's been more acute because now we have technology that 273 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:01.840 can show us things on replay, show us the line 274 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:04.840 to gain and things like that, but they're still dealing 275 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:07.720 with guys holding markers and chains and stuff like that 276 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:11.240 until they perfect it. Though they're not going to use 277 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:14.120 it obviously, but it's on the way. So those of 278 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:16.720 you who are frustrated with the way first downs are 279 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:20.639 measured or not measured, help is on the way. Relief 280 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:24.759 is on the way, and it's called Hawkeye technology and 281 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:29.559 it's from Sony. While we're talking about sports and business, 282 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:32.679 there's a guy who's been tweeting and covering sports business 283 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:35.440 for many many years by the name of Darren Revel. 284 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:38.600 I can follow him on Twitter, and he has kind 285 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:42.440 of moved into a different line of work. He is 286 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:48.240 a collector and Darren Revel recently purchased what is said 287 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:54.120 to be the world's oldest sealed Twinkies. You know the 288 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:57.399 joke about nuclear fallout the only thing that's going to survive, 289 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:00.840 or cockroaches and twinkies. Well, this twinkie and I've seen 290 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:05.000 a picture of its in the wrap from the nineteen seventies. 291 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:08.559 He's trying to get it certified by the Guinness Book 292 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:14.440 of World Records as the oldest sealed twinkie in the world. 293 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:18.319 He bought it for what he is being described as 294 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:23.759 an undisclosed amount over one thousand dollars. They say it 295 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:28.480 likely dates to nineteen seventy six and Revel had to 296 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:34.720 have it. This guy used to cover sports business for ESPN, CNBC, 297 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:38.160 the Action Network, but earlier this year he founded a 298 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:45.440 sports collectibles media platform called CLLLCT and it deals with 299 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:50.240 unusual collectibles. And he tweeted out, or actually posted a 300 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:53.400 commentary on his website some of the interesting items he's 301 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:57.960 picked up through the years, including Shaquille O'Neill's LSU college id, 302 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:03.920 Tiger Woods signed lap dance ticket, and Bruce Springsteen's health 303 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:08.519 insurance card. But now he's turned his attention to a 304 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:13.200 forty eight year old Twinkie and he saw it available 305 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:15.880 at a collectible show in Cleveland, and he said, quote, 306 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:20.359 I knew I had to have it. I hate twinkies, 307 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:25.599 always have, always will. Just the thought of even holding 308 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:29.680 one from nineteen seventy six, oh no, no, thank you. 309 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:33.119 But if that's your thing, now here's what I wonder. 310 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.599 How do you make money off this? How do you 311 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:39.079 monetize it? Well, you hang on to it, and maybe, 312 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:42.759 just maybe, if i'd somebody else might want to buy 313 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:48.559 a Twinkie from the seventies, not I Before the break, 314 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:51.359 I mentioned a Hollywood actor who's a big Tom Brady Fanily, 315 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:54.640 it's Matt Damon from Boston, And of course I grew 316 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:57.119 up a Patriots fan, still a huge Patriots fan, but 317 00:18:57.200 --> 00:19:00.559 a big fan a Tom Brady. They're both huge celebrities, 318 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:04.160 their friends. And I've wondered in the past about these 319 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:08.279 incredible enormous amounts of money, speaking of sports business, that 320 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:11.720 they pay guys like Brady to do TV work a 321 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:13.880 deal said to be worth three hundred and seventy five 322 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:18.680 million dollars from Fox Sports, and you know, they've got 323 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:21.960 smart people crunching numbers. Apparently they think they can make 324 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:24.000 it work and that they will not just break even 325 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:27.880 but make money by paying Tom Brady all that cash 326 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:32.359 to or whatever they're paying him in to do their ballgames. Well, 327 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:36.200 Matt Damon an unabast fan of what I said. I 328 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:38.920 mentioned with the Patriots and Brady said he's not going 329 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:41.960 to miss a game. But how many people are going 330 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:44.160 to say that, Well, if Brady's calling the game, I'm 331 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:46.799 gonna watch it. Yeah, there will be some, but enough 332 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:48.759 to make it work? Who knows? How do you measure that? 333 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:53.720 But Brady was the topic when Damon appeared on the 334 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:56.880 Rich Eisen Show. He's plugging a special or a show 335 00:19:56.920 --> 00:20:00.000 rather called The Instigators, which is coming up on Apple 336 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:04.440 TV starting tomorrow. I'll check it out. But he was talking. 337 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:06.319 He's a huge sports fan, of course, and was talking 338 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:10.119 to Rich Eisen about Brady and about the fact that 339 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:14.240 he mentioned Damon did Tony Romo the expertise that he 340 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:17.640 brought to TV, which he did. I mean, he has 341 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:20.160 made some deep dives. I'm not a huge Romo fan, 342 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:23.240 and it's more than just when it comes to what 343 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:26.119 he brings predicting plays that are going to be called, 344 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:29.279 but the insights that he brings, And of course Brady 345 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:33.240 brings more really than anybody, given the longevity, given the 346 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:36.400 ups and downs, given the number of Super Bowl wins, 347 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:39.680 the fact that he has played in every stadium before, 348 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:42.519 every fan base has beaten every team in the league, 349 00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:46.559 won multiple Super Bowls with one team went ten years 350 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:49.000 without winning one, then won another one went to another 351 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:51.240 team and won a Super Bowl. So it's a deep 352 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:55.319 dive with Tom Brady. And that's why Matt Damon says, 353 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:58.480 among other reasons, he ain't gonna miss a game from a. 354 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:00.559 First person perspective, and he can and he knows what 355 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:02.000 all of those things feel like. 356 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:05.920 And he's just I think for anybody who knows him, 357 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:07.000 I mean, you know him off. 358 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:09.240 The field, he is the nicest guy. And that's what 359 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:11.559 you know. People have been rooting against him. You know, 360 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:13.440 the majority of people who are going to be watching him, 361 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.799 we're rooting against him for years. 362 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.400 They're going to. 363 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:19.240 See that too, and it's impossible not to love that guy. 364 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:21.200 Once he once he spent a little time with him. 365 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:24.880 He's he's just a great person. But he's so knowledgeable 366 00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:27.319 that I think I can't wait to I'm going to 367 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:30.480 watch whatever games he's broadcasting because because it's going to 368 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:30.920 be fun. 369 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:34.039 That is Matt Damon appearing on The Rich Eisen Show 370 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:38.799 courtesy of the NFL Network. Up next, we'll talk Kentucky baseball. 371 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:40.559 Keep coming back to the Big Blueing Cider or our 372 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:44.200 previous segment we heard from Matt Damon talking about Tom Brady. 373 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:46.839 Will the celebrities just keep right on rolling here on 374 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:49.519 the Big Blueing Sider. Keith Madison joined us on the 375 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:54.400 celebrity hotline Coach, how are you? I'm great, I'm good, sir. 376 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:57.200 You and I and Doug and then Darren talked here 377 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:59.599 in the garage right after the World Series we were 378 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:02.119 out in all together. But there's been a lot of 379 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:06.599 news about Kentucky baseball of late, the portal and scholarship 380 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:10.559 limits and signees and guys who have gone pro and 381 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:12.640 not gone pro. And that's what I wanted to talk 382 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:15.680 about first with you because I mentioned in the earlier 383 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:19.519 segment Tyler Bell, who was a high school infielder from Frankfurt, 384 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:21.799 Illinois didn't even know there was a Frankfort of course, 385 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:25.960 says he will sign, is already signed with Kentucky, will 386 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:30.200 play at UK despite the fact coach he was selected 387 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:34.440 number sixty six overall in the Major League Draft. He'll 388 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:38.599 be eligible again after twenty twenty six. But you had 389 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:41.799 players come to Kentucky and player for you instead of 390 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:44.640 going pro. You had guys commit and then sign and 391 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:47.119 kind of leave you hanging. They knew this was a 392 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:50.799 possibility with Tyler Bell. But what does it mean big picture? 393 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:53.839 Do you think to Nick man Jones ball club gets 394 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:57.319 a great infielder, And this is kind of a high 395 00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:58.680 profile story. 396 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:00.400 Isn't it is? 397 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:04.480 Because very, very seldom does a young man that's drafted 398 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:07.839 that early out of high school not signed. You know 399 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.920 they it And when you get when you get a 400 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:14.240 young man like that, it sends a message in the 401 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:19.079