WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:03.759 All right, five o'clock on a Friday, let's get it 2 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:05.480 started one more hour and then we are out of 3 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:08.560 here for the weekend, the holiday weekend. A reminder, we're 4 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:12.160 out on Monday, so you'll hear national programming, and then 5 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:15.599 back on Tuesday for a short week in the final week. 6 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:18.239 For me here at Sports Talk seven ninety is certainly 7 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:20.960 gonna make the most of the time that I have 8 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:23.079 left here. And I'm sure a lot of you listening 9 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:25.160 right now have already started your holiday weekend. If so, 10 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:27.960 hell yeah, I'm sure you're having fun. Least I hope 11 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.239 you are. I haven't looked outside in the last two 12 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:33.439 hours and some change, because you know, I've been here 13 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:36.960 in my cave in the back studio here, Studio B. 14 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:40.159 But it was beautiful when I got here, and I 15 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:41.079 hope that it still is. 16 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:43.320 In fact, I'm. 17 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:44.479 Hopeful that the sun comes out because it's going to 18 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:49.079 be looks like mid to upper sixties this evening. Looks 19 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:50.600 like the sun may come out later, which is good 20 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:52.719 because I feel like when you're in the mid sixties, 21 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:56.079 if the sun's not out like that's actually kind of chilly. 22 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:58.840 But if the sun shining and there's not much of 23 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:01.520 a breeze, it probably feels good. Which I'm heading to 24 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:03.320 a slugger field after the game. Than I'm going to 25 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:04.879 go to the Bats game with the family. Looking forward 26 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:07.239 to that. And you can hear that Bats game right 27 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:09.560 here with the voice of the Louis of Bats, Nick 28 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:12.599 Currn on Sports Talk seven to ninety. All Right, so 29 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:14.560 a lot to get to before we get out of here. 30 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:17.879 But with high school coming to an end, really the 31 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:19.599 school year coming to an end for a lot of people, 32 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:22.439 if not already, probably within the next week or so, 33 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:25.159 I would imagine I'm starting to see more about these 34 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:29.120 these senior pranks, which I remember senior pranks being a 35 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:31.879 thing when I was growing up, when I was a kid. 36 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:35.879 It was, in fact, nineteen years ago that I graduated 37 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:36.640 high school. 38 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:38.920 Which just saying that out loud does make me feel old. 39 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:40.799 I mean, it doesn't feel like it was any time recently, 40 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:42.680 but just to say that next year will be twenty 41 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:47.239 years since I graduated high school. I mean again, when 42 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:49.040 I think back, it does seem like it's been a 43 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.359 long long time. But that the twenty year reunion is 44 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:54.400 not one I'm ready for. I'm sure we'll have one 45 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:57.879 and it'll be fun, but man, time goes by really fast. 46 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:01.159 But anyways, I don't remember any thing we did in 47 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:03.159 my senior year as far as a prank, And if 48 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:05.560 we did something as a class, I probably wouldn't have 49 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:08.360 participated because I was always scared of getting in trouble 50 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:11.159 for stuff. And I could be making this up, but 51 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:13.719 I think there was some type of like there was 52 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:17.360 something set up outside the school that somebody put on, 53 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:20.080 like the roof, and I think like that was that 54 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:21.199 was our senior prank. 55 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:21.840 Haha. 56 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.520 I don't really remember if it had a big reaction, 57 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:27.759 if anybody got in any trouble. We didn't really do 58 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:31.159 it big, I know, not long after I graduated. It 59 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:33.319 might actually have been the year after I graduated, because 60 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:36.680 my wife she graduated the year after me. I don't 61 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:39.719 know if it was her class or maybe one after her. 62 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:44.560 But this, actually, this was such an outlandish senior prank 63 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.680 that got enough attention to where I don't think it 64 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:50.879 made the news and anybody got arrested. But you know, 65 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:54.439 in the smaller community that I grew up in Bullock County, 66 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:57.919 it word got out that they went to one of 67 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:03.479 our rival schools, Mount Washington, full at East High School, 68 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:05.400 and I think they stole a goat. 69 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:07.360 I'm not making it up. I don't know. 70 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.680 There were no pets, there were no animals whenever I 71 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:13.719 was in school, but I think over time they've added 72 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:17.919 like agriculture classes, departments or whatnot, farming stuff. I really 73 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:20.840 don't know, but there was a goat that was I 74 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:23.680 guess part of one of the schools in Bullock County 75 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:25.120 that I mean, I don't know what you would do 76 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:29.199 in class with a goat, but they stole the goat 77 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:32.800 and brought it back to our high school, which I mean, 78 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.759 that's kind of funny, But I hope the goat was 79 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.319 safe and not scared. And I kind of feel like 80 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:42.039 that probably happened at the perfect time to where it 81 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:49.319 was still seen as relatively harmless. Maybe it was not popular, 82 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:51.439 but I feel like if that happened now, it would 83 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:54.599 make news. People would get arrested, and you know, not 84 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:57.479 to say that they shouldn't, but obviously the reaction to 85 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:00.159 things over the years has changed quite a bit the 86 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:03.400 last in the last twenty years, and I don't I'm 87 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:05.280 I'm gonna do a little quick Google search here because 88 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:08.919 I know this is something that happened recent recently, and 89 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:11.199 I know it. I think it either it went viral 90 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:13.639 online or yeah, WK why covered I knew, I knew 91 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:15.520 I had seen it other than just on Facebook. But 92 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:19.079 our partner's over at WKY they covered a recent senior 93 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:22.319 prank that North Oldham students pulled off and it caused 94 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:26.600 traffic delays because kids drove they rode bikes to school. 95 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:29.600 Says here that drivers in Oldham County may have run 96 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:31.639 into some delays. Thursday morning, seniors in North of Oldham 97 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.079 High School decided to have a little fun and and 98 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:37.199 and bike and scooter to school for their senior prank. 99 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:41.240 This prank cost some temporary delays for drivers along Highway 100 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:44.000 thirty two. That to me, like, I don't really think 101 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.879 that's a prank, but like that that that that works. 102 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:49.120 That's you know, I'm sure if you're sitting in traffic 103 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:51.639 and you're running late to work, you're probably you're probably 104 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:54.639 pissed because you're thinking, you know, have real funny, I'm 105 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:55.480 gonna be late to work. 106 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:56.120 You know. 107 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:58.959 I'm sure there were some that were inconvenienced by it, 108 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:01.879 But it's the most part, it's pretty harmless, right, I mean, 109 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:06.680 it's it's not super dangerous. I guess it could be, 110 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:11.439 but seemingly everybody involved, you know, had some fun with it, 111 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:14.399 and it didn't it didn't become a big controversial thing. 112 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:17.360 But over the years, across the country, senior pranks have 113 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:22.360 at times unfortunately become not just controversial, but just really stupid. 114 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:24.879 That like, you know, even though your kid and you're 115 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:30.560 you're not quite I guess mature enough or aware, you 116 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.920 don't have the self awareness to understand that, like, yeah, 117 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:35.360 that might get a laugh, but really pro and pros 118 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:37.879 and cons here, is it really beneficial for me to 119 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:40.879 do this? Even if I get a few laughs, probably 120 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:42.360 not worth it if it ends up, you know, getting 121 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.800 me arrested or ruining my future. And that, in fact, 122 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:50.160 has has happened over the years this was in It 123 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:52.839 looks like this actually wasn't just one isolated area, but 124 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.360 in the last few years there have been multiple different 125 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:00.360 senior pranks that were involving live animals. I guess this 126 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.240 is similar to what I just referenced that happened in 127 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:04.399 Bullet County long ago, which I guess I can't be 128 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:09.560 too judgmental here, but students would bring and release chickens 129 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:13.720 pigs or goats in school, and of course, you know, 130 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:16.800 I guess some people found it funny, but obviously, you know, 131 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:19.920 for health and safety reasons, you know, you probably shouldn't 132 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:22.279 do that. That's probably again, I think the senior prank, 133 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:24.720 it's a delicate line, right, like, are you going to 134 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:27.360 because I think what I just mentioned that north Oldham 135 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:29.319 did this year, In fact, I think it was yesterday. 136 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.240 That to me is like the perfect balance of okay, 137 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.839 far from controversial. Might have been annoying to some people, 138 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:41.000 but you know, you probably laugh it off. But bringing 139 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:44.319 live animals to school and letting them loose, that's probably 140 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:49.639 not you know, and what's probably not worth it. This 141 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:50.360 one's really funny. 142 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:50.720 By the way. 143 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:53.680 This was in Texas in twenty eighteen. A student hired 144 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:56.439 a mariachi band to follow the school principle around for 145 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:59.399 the day, and the principal in the news story here 146 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:02.439 is quote, is he found it hilarious and even danced 147 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:04.839 with the band at times. That's a good one. I mean, 148 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:08.279 I guess it really is dependent upon the principle. Is 149 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:10.120 he willing to play ball have some fun or is 150 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.319 he going to be you know, real strict and not 151 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.720 lean into it, but that's a good one. And I'm 152 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:17.839 also surprised that the mariachi band took him up on it. 153 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:19.800 Like I can see a mariachi band thinking like, yeah, 154 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:21.199 you know, I get what you're trying to do here, 155 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:23.480 but I don't want to go and you know, get 156 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:28.120 arrested for trespassing on school grounds where I'm not supposed 157 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:28.319 to be. 158 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:30.279 This what I feel. 159 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:31.879 I don't even want to bring it up because it's 160 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:34.040 just so stupid, but like, apparently it did happen. In 161 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.279 twenty nineteen, there was a high school in Pennsylvania whose 162 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:38.480 senior prank. 163 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:39.720 Was a fake active shooter. 164 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:43.439 It was a fake active shooter text, not a fake 165 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:46.879 active shooter on campus, which, as you could expect, that's 166 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:49.839 I mean, that's the last thing you should ever joke about. 167 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:54.120 But yeah, it ended up being a big deal because 168 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:57.600 it was reported as a serious misuse of emergency systems. 169 00:07:57.600 --> 00:07:59.959 And I don't know if you could actually I guess 170 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:02.040 you could face some type of criminal charge for that. 171 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.720 And this one, this one, I give these guys a 172 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:09.160 lot of credit. I don't know how they pulled it off. 173 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:12.360 But in twenty seventeen, a high school in Florida students 174 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:18.720 somehow got a small car that I guess was disassembled prior, 175 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:21.079 and then they reassembled it on the roof of their 176 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.279 school overnight. So they actually put a car together, and 177 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.600 when people showed up, there was a car on the roof, Like, 178 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.360 that's good work. There was a lot of you know, 179 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:32.159 a lot of national and local coverage because of the 180 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:35.399 engineering work that went into that. But also, you know, 181 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:38.279 like anything, there's people that claim, well, they could have 182 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:38.919 hurt themselves. 183 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:40.720 Well, yeah, you know what, you can get hurt every day. 184 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:41.559 I like that one. 185 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:44.120 I guess it could have gone wrong, somebody got hurt, 186 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:48.799 or even if the car is disassembled, getting all the 187 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:51.639 parts on the roof to then assemble said car, that 188 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:53.639 could be a dangerous thing. That probably took a lot 189 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:55.559 of work. And I don't know why, but I feel 190 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:59.200 like you'd have to be in a really rural area 191 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:02.559 to not hit the radar of somebody when you're pulling 192 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:03.759 off one of these pranks. I mean, I guess a 193 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:05.360 lot of folks are sleeping in the middle of the night. 194 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:08.200 But yeah, that one is listed here as one of 195 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:10.440 the controversial ones. But I actually think that's pretty creative. 196 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:14.080 This was actually I remember this making the news back 197 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:17.720 in twenty twenty two in Missouri, somebody went through the 198 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:23.559 process of listing the actual school property for sale on Zillo. 199 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:26.639 I'm looking at it here and it does look like 200 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:30.519 a legitimate Zillo posting that somebody can purchase the property. 201 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:34.000 And what makes this creative and well done in my end, 202 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:37.039 at least from my perspective, is that you can't just 203 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:40.480 go I mean, you have to somebody who probably works 204 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:43.320 in real estate has to help you get that posted. 205 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:45.840 So I'm sure there were some resources used to make 206 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:46.399 that happens. 207 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:47.200 That's well done. 208 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:49.240 I think most would realize, hey, that's the school that's 209 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:51.200 not really for sale, but that's a good one. I 210 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:55.360 like that one, and then this one. I don't remember this. 211 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:57.840 This was in Wisconsin, just a couple of years ago. 212 00:09:58.080 --> 00:09:59.559 I'd have to see it to really know if I 213 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:02.759 think it's like well done or not. But students at 214 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:05.240 Cumberland High School in Wisconsin made it appear as if 215 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:09.000 a car had crashed through the building using half a car. 216 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:13.000 So apparently somehow they had half a vehicle and they 217 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:16.039 put like bricks, tape and black tarp around it to 218 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:17.639 where there was actually no damage. 219 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:21.360 To the school. But when people arrived, they had half 220 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:22.200 of a car. 221 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.879 And then all the stuff in front of it looking 222 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:25.799 as if it had crashed into the building. That's well done, 223 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.000 that's not I mean, that's again a lot of creativity, 224 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:30.600 and I'm sure a lot of these students had help. 225 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:33.679 Like who has half a car availables for a senior prank? 226 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:37.480 And now makes me wish we did something more creative, 227 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:39.480 And look, maybe we did. I just didn't participate because 228 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:42.519 this mentioned I was always scared of getting in trouble. 229 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:45.440 I'm just happy I was able to graduate. That was 230 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:47.759 probably my main focus at the time, just making sure 231 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:49.600 I got what needed to be done in order to 232 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:53.559 be able to actually, you know, finish high school. All right, 233 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:56.919 let's see what do we want to get to here. 234 00:10:56.919 --> 00:10:58.360 I don't want to get to a break just yet, 235 00:10:58.519 --> 00:10:59.759 because we got a lot of things I want to 236 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.039 run through before we run out of time today. But yeah, 237 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:06.080 this isn't new information, but to see that Indian Animated 238 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:09.240 official they announced that they're going to be playing at 239 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:14.159 Ropperena this year on December thirteenth. That that's a game 240 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:17.679 that should always happen. Indiana and Kentucky I mean, it 241 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:20.720 is a rivalry, but if you are somebody around my 242 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:24.159 age or certainly younger, I kind of get it that 243 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:27.360 you don't. You don't really see it as a rivalry 244 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.039 because I feel like when it was it, it's heyday. 245 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:33.120 It was back honestly long before I was even around 246 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:38.320 Bob Knight, Joe b those guys, and they played a 247 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:39.279 lot in my childhood. 248 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:40.799 But I don't really like, to me, there's not a 249 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:41.440 whole lot. 250 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:44.600 Of big memories of the of Indiana and Kentucky playing 251 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:46.360 in basketball when I was a kid. And I'm sure 252 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:48.639 they had memorable games, and I'm not a Kentucky fan, 253 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:50.960 but obviously when you grow up around here, you know 254 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:53.399 what's going on with both programs pretty much at all times, 255 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:55.960 because there's so many fans and so much coverage on 256 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:56.840 both sides of it. 257 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.799 My memory. 258 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:02.039 Comes to mind when I think of Kentucky and Indiana 259 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:05.200 playing in basketball is when Mike Davis was in Indiana 260 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:07.480 and they played the game at Freedom Hall. I think 261 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:09.679 they did that more than once. I think they actually 262 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:11.279 did that a handful of times. But they played at 263 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:14.720 Freedom Hall and Mike Davis wanted a foul call, didn't 264 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:17.559 get it and he just ran onto the court directly 265 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:20.000 in front of the ref and just started putting his 266 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:23.080 hand in his face, I guess, trying to tell the 267 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:24.960 ref that his player had got hit in the face. 268 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:29.120 But you know, the one that comes to mind for me, 269 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:31.879 not as a child, but the twenty what was it 270 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:35.120 twenty the twenty twelve game whenever they you know, the 271 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:37.759 Watford shot, which Indiana still celebrates like it was a 272 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:41.320 national championship moment, which is really embarrassing. And I've defended 273 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:43.279 Indiana a lot over the years because I do believe 274 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:45.559 they're just one coach away. They've got all the resources 275 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:47.879 that you would need to be really, really good at 276 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:50.919 basketball and win national championships. They just have yet to 277 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.919 get it right since they fired Bob Knight, which was 278 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:57.519 a long time ago. But what really reminds you of, 279 00:12:57.559 --> 00:13:02.879 I guess their humongous gas up and being you know, successful, 280 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.559 is the way in which they really like go overboard 281 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:10.600 about a regular season win against a team that, look, 282 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:12.200 they were good. That Kentucky team's one of the best 283 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:15.720 teams you'll ever see in college basketball in twenty twelve, right, and. 284 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:19.440 The finish was insane. The buzzer beater from. 285 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:22.039 Watford, like it was all great, but like now it's 286 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:25.960 actually watered down because they tried to make it a 287 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.120 bigger thing than it actually was. And I think the 288 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.559 biggest component as far as like what makes that just 289 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:33.759 seem so lame for them to do, to just go 290 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.919 overboard and celebrating that, is that that same Kentucky team 291 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:41.159 that they beat on the last second shot ended their 292 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:44.200 season in the NCAA tournament, Like you can't really dunk 293 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:47.759 on Kentucky whenever you went one and one against them, 294 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.080 and then they won the game that mattered, Like it 295 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:53.559 just to me, it really made me aware that, man, 296 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:57.399 these Hoosiers have not had many big moments in a 297 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:58.879 long time. And look, they haven't won a title in 298 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:00.879 my lifetime. Their last one was in eighty seven. Now 299 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.120 clearly they've got five of them, and not many can 300 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:08.440 say they have that many. But anyways, Indiana has always 301 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:12.039 just been a coach away from being really really successful. 302 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:14.639 And who knows, maybe that guy ends up being Darian Devrees, 303 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:20.919 but he'll be in rupt this year. And Louisville playing Indiana, Kentucky, Memphis, 304 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:24.039 and Cincinnati all in the same season next year is awesome. 305 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:25.879 And Kentucky. 306 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:28.200 I don't know if they really need to play Indiana, 307 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:30.559 but I'm glad they are. 308 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:32.120 I think it's a game that should be played. 309 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:35.279 And when it comes to college basketball, if you're somebody 310 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:37.679 like myself who wants the sport to be super successful, 311 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.320 I wish there was more viewership. I wish more people 312 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.039 loved it the way that I do. You need games 313 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:44.919 like this, right, I mean, it's not going to compete 314 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:48.559 with the NFL in November and December, certainly, but these 315 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.559 are the kind of games that are clearly in every aspect, 316 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:56.000 a much better thing for college hoops than playing Savannah 317 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:58.399 State or Florida A and M. And you're always going 318 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:00.759 to have some games against those kind of teams. But 319 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:03.080 if you know, like I just think it's wild. But 320 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:06.360 to this, like the Louisville's basketball schedule is not complete, 321 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:08.759 but let's just say they've got Winthrop on the schedule. 322 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:10.960 I'm only guessing Winthrop because I know Winthrop will be 323 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:16.120 probably an annual opponent because of Pat Kelsey's history there. 324 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:18.559 Obviously he got his head coaching start at Winthrop and 325 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:22.519 his mentor, the late Skip Prosser, his son. I believe 326 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:25.240 Mark Prosser is the head coach at Winthrop, so I 327 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:27.080 wouldn't be shocked if they're on the schedule every year, 328 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:28.759 and I have no problem with that. But let's say 329 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.159 they play this year on a Wednesday in December at 330 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:34.759 nine o'clock at night on the ACC network. I mean, like, 331 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:37.200 I feel like you got some real gall to like 332 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:40.559 criticize fans who decide not to go. I mean again, 333 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:43.279 I know we sometimes are wired and we compete with 334 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:45.480 one another. Is who can be the biggest fan, who's 335 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:48.080 the who's the most die hard fan? That kind of stuff, 336 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:52.320 And I guess it's nice to have that competitive energy 337 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:54.679 because you really love and support your team that much. 338 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.519 But I mean, I just don't have the I can't. 339 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:02.320 I can't with a criticize somebody who decided, yeah, I'll 340 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:04.399 watch that one at home. So again, you're always gonna 341 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:06.200 have some games like that. But the more you play 342 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:09.759 teams that aren't nobody's and that there's history rather it 343 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.480 be a rivalry or just a team that you have 344 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:14.399 a lot of history with, that's a much better scenario 345 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:17.360 to get a full crowd, a good atmosphere, and probably 346 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:22.000 a better TV Number two. So Indiana and Kentucky renewing 347 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:25.840 their rivalry. And that's the way it should be. These 348 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:28.360 teams should always play. All right, let's get to a 349 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:30.799 quick break. We'll come back on the other side. Let 350 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:33.600 you hear what Mark Pope had to say about Pat Kelcey. 351 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:37.080 I think, I mean, I wouldn't call it a bromance, 352 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:39.960 but the two clearly like each other and it seems 353 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:42.360 natural and I've got no issue with it. But I 354 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.799 guess I can understand if some people are bothered by it, 355 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:48.000 because I guess best case scenario is that you know 356 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:51.320 your coach hates the rivals coach, vice versa, but you 357 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:53.799 can't force it. You can't force it, And I just 358 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:58.039 don't really see a scenario where these two specifically don't 359 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:02.120 have seemingly a good relation like a friendship. Even so, 360 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:04.079 we'll let you hear that, And we got a lot 361 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:05.440 more we'll get into before we get out of here, 362 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:08.000 So stick around. It's coffee and company. Feelbout Thornton's here 363 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:12.400 on Sports Talk seven ninety All right, thank you big 364 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:16.759 thanks to big time Carl Blatten for getting us ready 365 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:19.559 for the weekend. This This song used to be an 366 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:22.279 annual Friday thing and then it kind of just faded away. 367 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:25.319 I guess I could have forced it, but I didn't. 368 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.319 But thank you, Carl, I forgot this used to be 369 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:30.480 our Friday sendoff, and now it's back, and I was 370 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:32.519 already ready for the weekend. Now I'm even more ready, 371 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:34.640 So good stuff there. It also kind of made me 372 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:36.839 think back on all the you know, the years where 373 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:40.119 every Friday that was that was a staple. And again 374 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.880 next Friday, a week from the day, it will be my 375 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:45.240 last day here at seven ninety and I'm gonna make 376 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:47.240 the most of the time we have left. And this 377 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:49.240 weekend we've got an extra day, so a long weekend. 378 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.880 I'm going to try to get a plan together as 379 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:53.559 far as really what I want next week to look like. 380 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:55.200 I mentioned this at the beginning of the show. Don't 381 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:57.119 know if it's gonna actually happen, but I'm going to 382 00:17:57.160 --> 00:18:00.200 try to find a way to get us out next 383 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:02.200 week at some point to do the show somewhere and 384 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:06.279 have a sendoff. And you know, as soon as I 385 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:08.000 know if we can do that, I'll share info with 386 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:10.920 you and hopefully you guys can can come and join us. 387 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:13.960 All right, let's finish strong here about thirty minutes left 388 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:17.640 before we get out of here. The love fest, if 389 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:20.440 you will. I don't think it's a LoveFest necessarily, but 390 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:23.640 I heard it described as that, and I can't say 391 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:25.920 that that's an outlandish thing to say. But Pat Kelsey 392 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:28.359 and Mark Pope, I think, not only do these guys 393 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:33.160 respect one another, they don't have the exact same background. 394 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:37.480 One is very tall, one is very not. But they 395 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:44.440 got opportunities to take over programs that probably always were 396 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:47.559 viewed as dream jobs for them, especially Mark Pope at Kentucky, 397 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:50.200 Whereas with Kelsey, I don't really know what his dream 398 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:53.519 job is. Obviously, he's got history with Cincinnati, that's where 399 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:56.759 he played. I'm sorry with Xavier. He hates Cincinnati. He's 400 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:59.200 a Xavier Musketeer and that's a big rivalry. But he's 401 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:01.799