WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:07.160 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:08.960 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:11.199 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:11.839 when we. 5 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:14.439 Are get off our show. Idiot. 6 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:17.359 The kids are playing or tail off. Countries are screwing 7 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:17.640 it up. 8 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:21.000 Gold play inner Murals, Brother goal play Inner Murals. 9 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.079 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:25.839 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:27.719 Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:43.079 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's nick coffee? 13 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:51.039 All right, let's get it started, ladies and gentlemen. This 14 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:54.439 is the second consecutive day that I've started the show 15 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:57.399 really hearing what I sound like for the first time. 16 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:01.320 I mean, I don't usually out my day have headphones 17 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:04.200 in listening to myself talk. But the voice is getting better. 18 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:06.359 Yeah, you sound a lot better. 19 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:07.280 I feel a lot better. 20 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:08.280 You look a lot better. 21 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:11.959 Thank you appreciate that much, which is like an impossible feat. Anyways, 22 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:14.680 I mean, it just continued to continue to amaze you, 23 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:15.319 don't You. 24 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:18.239 Got the flannel on the flannel flight colored? 25 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:18.439 Uh? 26 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:19.719 Really went a hoodie? Yeah? 27 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:22.519 Really warm? Oh it's nice, kind of kind of roomy too, 28 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:25.079 you know, Yeah, it's maybe I got some room in 29 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:25.840 here for you, big guy. 30 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:27.760 You know what I'm saying, making. 31 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.640 A double xcel what it was always it like eighteen 32 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:31.519 degrees outside. 33 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:33.760 It's very cold, but the sun is shining and okay, 34 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:36.319 cularly definitely has an impact on sort of what the 35 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:38.159 weather can do for you when it comes to morale. 36 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:39.920 Did it snow again last night? 37 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:42.200 A little bit? It was, God, it wasn't nearly as 38 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:44.439 much as I think they were expecting from a couple 39 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:46.599 of days ago, but a little bit of a dusting 40 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:50.959 and uh, you know, it's freezing outside and another NTI 41 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:54.599 day for my kids. And I think JCPS, though, did 42 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:56.879 decide to be tough guys and go to school. 43 00:01:56.959 --> 00:01:57.359 Let me do that. 44 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.280 And I don't say that to mock them, because you know. 45 00:01:59.359 --> 00:01:59.879 They grew up. 46 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:03.959 If you can go to school, you should, And even 47 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:05.879 if there is and that's one of those things that 48 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:08.000 I always remind myself when I look outside of my 49 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:11.080 window at my streets or I'm on the road near 50 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:13.800 my neighborhood. Not everybody's the same. So when they make 51 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.479 those decisions, you know, you got to keep in mind 52 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:18.599 there's a lot more that goes into it than just 53 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:21.599 where you live, especially in JCPS. That's the biggest school 54 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:24.400 district in the state, probably the region, to be honest 55 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.240 with you, I mean, I would imagine there are bigger 56 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:32.080 school districts in parts of Tennessee and Indiana, but maybe 57 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:34.599 I'm wrong. But anyways, it's still cold outside, but the 58 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:38.199 sun is out and that that's an enhancement to the 59 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:41.479 vibes and we're gonna have some fun today. I do 60 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:43.360 have the throat laws and gen so if you hear 61 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:45.439 me sounding a little bit different, it's because I'm trying 62 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:47.560 to not make the same mistake as yesterday. I came 63 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:49.560 in a little bit too hot. When I've got the 64 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:52.919 this whatever it is that I have, it's no longer 65 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:56.000 really sign a see now, it's just it's not even 66 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.400 my throat hurts at all. It's just my voice is 67 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:00.719 kind of just not at hundred percent. 68 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:02.080 Sounds like you're getting over at that. 69 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:05.319 Yeah. So yesterday I thought as the show went on, 70 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:08.199 it got better, and then the last thirty minutes or so, 71 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:10.919 the tank was on e And then I got home 72 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:13.400 and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to 73 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:17.960 go today because I couldn't speak, and I started feeling 74 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:21.639 even worse but sure enough, got some got some liquids, 75 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:23.960 got some rest. I went to better earlier than I 76 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.039 ever do, and I woke up this morning feeling better. 77 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:28.800 The only thing that really is still an issue is 78 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:31.719 that I just don't necessarily sound the same. But we'll 79 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:37.199 rally today. It's Austin's Friday, right. 80 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:36.560 Yes, that's right. 81 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:39.280 I'm not here tomorrow, man, I forgot about that. I'm 82 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:41.840 here to remind you to make sure we appreciate it. 83 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:43.479 Finished the week strong with you, and I'll be here 84 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:45.080 tomorrow to get your step for the weekend, but also 85 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.080 be at the flea market. That's right. You ever go 86 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:48.759 to the flea market when it's not work? 87 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:49.840 Uh? 88 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:50.080 No? 89 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:53.319 Okay, Well, but sometimes when I'm there, I'm like, you 90 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:55.759 know what, I could probably see myself finding myself here, 91 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:58.280 but I just never never really would have. 92 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:01.520 I've kind of got a kind of got an odd 93 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:05.400 interest in flea market kind of stuff. I don't buy anything, 94 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:06.960 like I've gone to the flea market every now and then. 95 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:08.479 As a kid, I would go and I remember there 96 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:11.919 was little setups that had like basketball cards. I thought 97 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:13.759 that was cool as hell. But I'm not real big 98 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:15.479 on like I mean, I can't think of many things 99 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:18.800 that I've purchased from a flea market. But if I 100 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:21.439 have time to kill, like I've got an appointment or 101 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:23.800 a meeting or something, you know, where I like to 102 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:26.319 kill some time peddler's mall oh. 103 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:28.079 Dude, have you ever been to a peddlar? 104 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:29.160 I don't buy anything. 105 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:31.000 I just walk around. Occasionally. 106 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.120 Occasionally I'll see some like vintage like U of L 107 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:37.639 T shirts and hoodies and stuff, and they're cool, but 108 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:41.000 one they're used, and of course I'll wash it before 109 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.319 I ever wear it. But because those are kind of 110 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.920 like hard to find now, they're expensive, like you'll pay 111 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:49.879 fifty bucks for a decent sweatshirts, and yeah, I mean 112 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:51.920 I do. I don't pay for that because that's just 113 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:52.959 I can't. 114 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:53.639 Just walk in and say. 115 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:57.240 I wish it worked that way, but it doesn't. But 116 00:04:57.279 --> 00:04:59.480 flea markets are you there all day? 117 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.879 I'm only there from three three to five? 118 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:05.839 Okay, Well, I'm sure you're gonna be working hard, but 119 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:08.639 I would be to be there. I'm gonna challenge you, okay, 120 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:09.560 to buy something. 121 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:10.199 Okay. 122 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:13.040 I bought some honey last year from a place, okay 123 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.519 out in Bardstown I thought was like a honey bourbon. 124 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:18.319 Yeah, it was, it was. It was pretty good. 125 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:21.639 They also have last couple of times i've been there 126 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:23.360 the last couple of years, they have like a stand 127 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:26.240 that has like the uh, the football and other cards 128 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:28.519 and stuff like that, athletic cards, and they also have 129 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:31.319 a stand for like a wrestling action figures. I've been 130 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:32.959 starting to collect those in my elder year. 131 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:34.920 When I think of flea market, that's the kind of 132 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:36.120 stuff I think, Yes. 133 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:39.079 An old kid, there's a stand. There's someone that every there, 134 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:42.639 every year that sells old Kentucky Derby shirts. 135 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:44.600 And I don't even think that they're authentic. 136 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:47.079 It's like the ones that Kroger would roll out probably 137 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:49.639 like two months before the Derby that they never like 138 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:51.680 sold all of them. So these guys bought them in 139 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:53.759 bulk and decided to sell them next year. 140 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:55.439 Man, So you'll see that there. 141 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:58.079 You just you just gave me a dose of nostalgia, 142 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:00.560 because I'm sure they still do. But I just don't 143 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:03.680 go that much anymore. But when I was a kid, nobody, 144 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:07.920 no store, no local place. I feel like did Derby 145 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:11.959 quite like Kroger. Kroger always had the glasses they had, 146 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:15.360 like you know, they're a set up within the store. 147 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:18.879 They'll have flags and yeah, good stuff, all that kind 148 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.079 of fun stuff. So yeah, so Monday when you when 149 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.399 we return, I'm gonna need you to tell me what 150 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:25.879 you bought. Okay, Okay, I guess try to find something random, 151 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:26.560 something cool. 152 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.480 He'll be uh random and cool. 153 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:30.600 Okay, Like there's really nothing you could take from a 154 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:32.319 flea market that I could sit here and say, wow, 155 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:34.120 I'm surprised that that was there, you know what I mean? 156 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:36.360 Yeah, other than some like honey, and I might find 157 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.439 like the local farmer that sells like beef jerky guarantee 158 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:42.160 you there's good beef jerky definitely, So would that qualify 159 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:44.240 under Okay, okay, so we'll do that. 160 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:48.199 Then why is beef jerkey so expensive? I feel like 161 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:51.519 if I, if I was to ever, you know, start 162 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:54.319 a starting to start a hustle, I would figure out 163 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:58.519 how to produce high quality beef jerky that tastes good. 164 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:00.720 But you know, I would make it half of what 165 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:04.160 everybody else charges, which would still be expensive because I 166 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:06.600 don't understand why beef jerky costs. Would it cost? Now, 167 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:08.439 if there was a way to do that, there's a 168 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:10.199 lot of smarter people out there than me. Then I'm 169 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:11.839 sure they would have been able to tap into the 170 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:14.560 market and make big money. But that's the one thing 171 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:20.879 that I just don't know. I mean, before the recent rise, 172 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:22.639 and really it's not recent. It's been a couple of 173 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:25.680 years that we've had things just skyrocketing. As far as 174 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:28.720 the price, beef jerkey has been consistently expensive. 175 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:30.439 For always has been for whatever reason. 176 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:32.959 Yeah, since the beginning of time, it seems so. 177 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:35.839 Anyways, I will say, my other beef with my other 178 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:38.879 beef with the jerky is do you notice that every 179 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:41.639 beef jerky always comes with like that small little like 180 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:45.120 the salt package, right or something like that, and they 181 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:48.120 always make it the size of the beef jerky in there, 182 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:50.560 so you always have to like fumble around and when 183 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:53.160 you're like picking some out, Okay, accidentally I picked that 184 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:56.759 salt packet out, it tells you absolutely do not eat 185 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:57.439 or consume. 186 00:07:57.800 --> 00:07:58.720 Why is that in there? 187 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:01.399 I'm sure that there's some sort of scientific reasoning for it, 188 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:02.560 but I don't I don't get it. 189 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:04.519 I don't get it either, And maybe if we just 190 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:06.279 read what it says, then maybe it would tell us 191 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.120 I've never paid attention. I just realized, Oh I don't 192 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:09.720 want to eat that. I'm gonna throw it away, says, 193 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:11.720 you don't eat You go in there and get a little, 194 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:14.560 a little small grab yeah from when you're at the end. Yeah, 195 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:16.680 from the beef jerkey bag. You get one one piece 196 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:18.959 that's bigger than two that are kind of on the 197 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:21.399 smaller side. And then you have that white thing that 198 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:23.560 is a little packet that I don't know. In fact, 199 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:27.800 it looks exactly like this throat lozenge packet. It's the 200 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:31.160 exact same size. So anyways, Austin, he's only with us 201 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.639 until six o'clock and then he's out of here till Monday. 202 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:36.080 So we're gonna make make the most of it. For sure. 203 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:38.120 It is coffee and company, and we are fueled by 204 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:41.159 Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you guys 205 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:42.639 hanging out with us. And I need to just get 206 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:46.799 something out of the way. I believe that regardless of 207 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.600 what people put out there, as far as they're you know, 208 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:53.919 being honest with not only themselves but with other people. 209 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:59.679 I think every human being on the planet has had, 210 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:03.960 or maybe currently has a level of jealousy about something, 211 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:08.559 and I think being jealous Isn't it one of the 212 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:11.120 worst looks you can have. I mean, it's it's such 213 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:13.840 a common thing. I embrace it though it's a human 214 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:18.679 it's a natural human emotion. I think it makes I mean, 215 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:20.879 I don't know if it's healthy, but like, I don't 216 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:23.879 care what kind of person you are, I'm sure you 217 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:27.879 have had legitimate jealousy in your life over very big 218 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:30.159 you know, things that are a big deal. I don't know, 219 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:32.720 like like your ex wife or something you're jealous of 220 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:36.679 the guy that's now in her life, or maybe somebody 221 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:39.320 at work that got a promotion, or maybe somebody on 222 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:43.440 your high school basketball team that got more playing time 223 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:46.279 than you. I mean, jealousy is a it's you know, 224 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:48.639 how you deal with it, how you handle it, what 225 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:51.320 you let it do to you, that's totally different. But 226 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:53.879 then there's some people that you know would be insecure 227 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:58.080 enough to attack like they've never been jealous. I mean, 228 00:09:58.120 --> 00:09:59.559 I don't know how anybody could look at themselves in 229 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:01.559 the mirror claim that, because I just don't think it's possible. 230 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.440 But obviously some are more open about it than others. 231 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.159 And I don't think I'm like on the super jealous side, 232 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:12.559 But I'm willing to acknowledge and put it out there 233 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:15.039 and be open and real about it when I have 234 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:19.600 legitimate jealousy. And I last night as I was feeling ill, 235 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:23.759 consuming as much college basketball as I could, because we 236 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:27.279 did end up finishing land Man right after dinner, but 237 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:31.120 finishing phenomenal, phenomenal, I mean, one of the best shows 238 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:32.879 I've watched in a long long time. Let's go, and 239 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:34.919 it's set up perfectly for them to of course, you know, 240 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:37.279 give us that second season. 241 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.159 See, I'd love to talk about it, but John, you 242 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.000 don't want to spoil something, so we'll talk about it 243 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:41.360 off air. 244 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:44.360 Yeah, but we'll set up a time probably, I don't know, 245 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:45.799 because I'm a little late to the party. A lot 246 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:47.440 of people have already fished it. When did it actually 247 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:48.200 finish season one? 248 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:48.519 Do you know? 249 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:51.039 I think a few weeks ago maybe, or is it 250 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:54.120 longer than that January? I think okay, because it started 251 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:55.559 like right at Christmas, I think. 252 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:57.639 And if you're watching now, like you have the ability 253 00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:00.200 to finish it right, So maybe we'll wait till next 254 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:01.720 week to kind of do a little segment on it, 255 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:05.039 because I think it's phenomenal television I'm not sure when 256 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:08.039 he's in his bag. As they say, Billy Bob Thornton 257 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:10.279 is as good as it gets. Yeah, I mean, he's phenomenal. 258 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:13.480 I'd never been a huge fan of him personally, probably 259 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:15.600 because you were jealous that he was with Angelina Joe Lee. 260 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:18.919 You remember that she was at her hottest. 261 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:24.240 What's the movie that he's with Halle Berry's at Monster? Yeah, yes, 262 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:26.679 I was at Billy Bob. 263 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:29.519 He's one of those guys that I never thought he 264 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:33.720 wasn't phenomenal as an actor, but I never had any 265 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:36.960 There wasn't ever any movie or show that I was like, Man, 266 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:39.240 I love that. And and he did a show on 267 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:42.279 Amazon called Goliath that I really really liked. Have you 268 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:44.480 seen that? You need to watch it. It's really good 269 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:48.600 three seasons, three seasons. First two seasons are really good. 270 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:52.720 Third not as good. But anyways, Bad Sand is what 271 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:54.759 I thought of, and that he's good in that, but 272 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:56.919 like that's it's it's it's kind of a you know, 273 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:59.919 it's it's a stupid comedy movie. It's funny, but like 274 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:02.320 you know, it doesn't really show how good he is been. Anyways, 275 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:05.200 we finished Landman last night, so I started going back 276 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:08.480 and forth to some really good college basketball games. Kentucky 277 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.519 ended up running away from Bandy, which was really what 278 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:14.200 a lot of people probably expected. But then you have 279 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:19.039 a great finish between Auburn and Arkansas. I mean that 280 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:22.879 atmosphere there at Auburn, Cali Perry his team. I don't 281 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:24.759 think they belong in the tournament. I don't think they're 282 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:28.879 gonna make it, but Cal still has the factor of 283 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:32.480 when he's in town, he's still a larger than life 284 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:35.000 kind of presence in college basketball, and even if the 285 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:38.360 stinks this year and next year, he's still going to 286 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:41.039 be somebody that you know, he's a fixture within the 287 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:43.840 sport because he's been He's been at it for a 288 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:45.639 long time, and more often than not, he's had really 289 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:48.600 really good teams like the whole Super Bowl kind of 290 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:53.279 comment that he clearly you know that he runs with. 291 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:55.519 I mean, it's true, and part of it is because 292 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:57.360 he did coach at Kentucky, but also he was a 293 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:00.440 factor to that as well. And I know recent you know, 294 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.440 this year, there was clearly a big storyline within the 295 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:05.840 entire sport of college basketball that Cal's and now at 296 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:07.879 Arkansas in the same league as Kentucky and he's gonna 297 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:11.600 go there and play, but like, let's be real, Kentucky, 298 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:14.799 that was their toughest ticket to get in how many years, 299 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:17.679 and cal came in with what one win an SEC 300 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:21.240 play because he's that kind of guy. So they ended 301 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:24.600 up falling short, but it was a great game. You see, Missouri. 302 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:28.759 Just take it to Alabama and Dennis Gates by the way, 303 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:31.200 they would n eighteen in league play last year in 304 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:34.240 the SEC, and this year they are. I mean, they've 305 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:37.879 got a chance. They finished strong, they could end up 306 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:41.080 being like third or fourth in the SEC. So he's 307 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:42.960 done a hell of a job. So I'm just gonna 308 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:47.480 put it out there to see what the SEC has 309 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:52.120 become in basketball in the last few years, and really 310 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:57.399 considering where it was roughly a decade ago, not even 311 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:01.360 I mean maybe not even that far back. I'm jealous. 312 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:06.120 And the ACC being such a dog crap conference. That's 313 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:10.399 also a factor in the jealousy because playing in a 314 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:12.799 good basketball league makes it a lot of fun to 315 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:16.559 where you can get lost in conference play and it's 316 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:19.519 a roller coaster because you can get you can have 317 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:21.919 an emotional week where you get two big wins. They 318 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:26.320 really change how you're viewing your team on Selection Sunday, right, 319 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:30.960 because there's wins there that can really change your situation. 320 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:35.000 And then you have losses and they're never fun. You 321 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:36.720 start to doubt your team a little bit, but you 322 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:39.600 know what, it's losses in a really good league, so 323 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.200 it doesn't really hurt you that much. I mean, I 324 00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:45.200 remember Rick Patino lost three straight games in the Big 325 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:47.960 East in twenty thirteen before winning a national championship. Sure do, 326 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:51.360 I mean Georgetown, Syracuse was it Nova too? I mean, 327 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:54.440 those were the three and those were all quality teams 328 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:57.120 that were probably top five seeds in the NAA Tournament 329 00:14:57.159 --> 00:15:01.120 that year. So you quick forget about that when you 330 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.240 roll through whatever it was, four or five wins in 331 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:06.039 a row after that. So, like, I'm jealous that that's 332 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:09.440 now what the SEC is in basketball, and the ACC 333 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.279 used to be that. 334 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:14.679 And the Big East too. The Big East prepared you 335 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:18.039 for March ball. Basketball absolutely played night in and night out, 336 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:18.720 and the. 337 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.200 ACC I mean, honestly, the Big East when it died, 338 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:25.799 as far as you know what it once was, Bill, 339 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:27.399 I don't think we'll ever see a league like that. 340 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:29.639 I know everybody right now is claiming that the SEC 341 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.480 is the best league of all time. And I can't 342 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:35.240 say that right now as far as what's happening as 343 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:37.799 we speak. That that's a crazy thing to say. But 344 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:41.279 anybody who knows college basketball even a little bit, and 345 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:43.559 a lot of people around here do you know a 346 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:47.000 lot of people who talk about college basketball nationally rather 347 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:50.120 be on ESPN, Fox, whatever, Like I don't I don't 348 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:53.960 know why they with a straight face say this is 349 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:58.200 the best season a conference has ever had, Like that's 350 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:02.360 not a crazy thing to say as of now, meaning 351 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:06.559 you know, like as of today, but we doesn't everybody 352 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:09.919 remember how it works in college basketball. It's all about 353 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:11.639 what you do in March. So like, if they get 354 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:13.919 to the final four and there's not an SEC team there, 355 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:16.120 nobody's gonna claim it was the best league ever. And 356 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:18.759 that's kind of silly, right because it doesn't mean these 357 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:22.039 teams weren't good. But that's just that's just how college 358 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:25.240 basketball is. That's how it is. So it's always been, 359 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:28.679 So I don't see the SEC slowing down at all. 360 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:33.399 You know, Bruce Pearl, he could go to Indiana. Indiana 361 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:37.960 could pay him what Auburn could pay him, But like, 362 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:40.360 why would he the only the you know, the only, 363 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:45.519 the only reason anybody in the SEC in basketball would 364 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:49.960 leave their current job, meaning a good job and even 365 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.200 jobs that you don't really consider great because of tradition. 366 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:54.279 If you're in the SEC, they got a lot of 367 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:57.240 money and it's a great league right now, and I 368 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:01.799 don't see that changing. But like ten years ago, saying 369 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:07.519 that the Auburn coach in basketball wouldn't leave Auburn to 370 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:11.240 go to Indiana sounds insane. But things have changed and 371 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.279 this is more about the SEC than it is Indiana. 372 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:17.079 I'm just but Auburn always going to be a football school. 373 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:22.759 Bruce Pearl will always be second in line as far 374 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:26.359 as importance to Auburn because they're football school. It does 375 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:28.680 help him that they suck in football now and he's 376 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:31.319 doing great in basketball. But all it would take is 377 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:34.039 like one Auburn football season where they're like ten and two, 378 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:38.680 and he would clearly distance he would be. It'd still 379 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:41.319 be a fan favorite, and they'd still support basketball. But 380 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:44.000 football is just different. So, like you're we're now at 381 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:49.519 a point where I'm looking at Virginia, a school that 382 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:54.160 I don't know, Virginia and Syracuse. I mean wouldn't you 383 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:57.279 say Austin that Virginia and Syracuse are good basketball jobs. 384 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:59.599 I mean I think they are. I think they're really 385 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:02.599 good job. I mean Syracuse is a little bit different 386 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:05.640 because there their tradition is really just one guy, Jim Beheim. 387 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:10.480 Virginia always been a solid program, and then Tony Bennett 388 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:13.799 won AM a national championship, and Virginia clearly has resources 389 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:15.559 to where if you can coach, you can win at 390 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:19.319 a high level there. But if you are, you know, 391 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:21.519 an up and coming coach, and you let's say you're 392 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:25.039 Ben McCollum, who is a legend at the D two level, 393 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.960 gets to Drake and in his first year at Drake, 394 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:30.759 he's crushing it, and you start getting some phone calls 395 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:35.200 from other jobs, like if you get the LSU job, 396 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:38.359 because it's it's probably gonna open up if they fire 397 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:41.240 Mat McMahon. I mean, an LSU, by the way, is 398 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.720 a really good basketball job. So maybe that's not a 399 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:47.240 good example. But let's say South Carolina, maybe they open 400 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.759 up their job. I doubt they do, but if they 401 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:53.680