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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Big Blue Insider.

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<v Speaker 2>Dick Gabriel with you on a Tuesday edition of our program.

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<v Speaker 2>It is game week and as I see it, only

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<v Speaker 2>three more days, three plus because yeah, here it is

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<v Speaker 2>a little after six o'clock, so you're looking at tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>Thursday and Friday, and then that gets us to Kentucky

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<v Speaker 2>Southern miss on Saturday. It's a game you will hear

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<v Speaker 2>right here on six point thirty WLAP. It's a seven

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<v Speaker 2>forty five kickoff, which means five point thirty pre game

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<v Speaker 2>for us, and tonight you're gonna hear from and you

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<v Speaker 2>may have heard him from him last night on a

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<v Speaker 2>BBN radio on the State Wide Show. Logan Stenberg joins

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<v Speaker 2>our pregame coverage along with Christy Thomas and Jeremy Jarmon.

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<v Speaker 1>They had him on for a few minutes last night.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll go a little bit longer with him tonight and

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<v Speaker 2>make a deep dive on these football Wildcats through the

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<v Speaker 2>eyes of the former UK All American offensive lineman. I've

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<v Speaker 2>already talked a lot of football with Logan so far.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're gonna really like him, and a good

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<v Speaker 2>combination with him and with Jeremy Jarmon lineman from both

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<v Speaker 2>sides of the football, and Christy Thomas will referee, so

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<v Speaker 2>you'll hear them as we kick off our coverage of

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<v Speaker 2>Kentucky football this year. Also, it is game night tonight

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<v Speaker 2>because the volleyball Wildcats opened their season really in just

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<v Speaker 2>a few minutes over in Louisville and the American Volleyball

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<v Speaker 2>Coaches Association Classic. It is a round robin event, well

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<v Speaker 2>not a round robin, but it's a doubleheader, I should say,

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<v Speaker 2>with the Wildcats taking on Nebraska. That's right, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the top programs in America, and Kentucky has played in

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<v Speaker 2>Nebraska before in the nca Tournament. So and Craig Skinner,

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<v Speaker 2>of course was an assistant coach at Nebraska. That's where

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<v Speaker 2>Mitch Barnard found him. That's one of Mitch Barnart's characteristics

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<v Speaker 2>is he likes to hire up and coming talented assistants

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<v Speaker 2>and give them the opportunity because he was an assistant

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<v Speaker 2>ad for so long before he got his chance to

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<v Speaker 2>be an athletics director out of Oregon State, so he

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<v Speaker 2>appreciates hard working assistants, and Craig Skinner certainly fit that

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<v Speaker 2>build and look at the job he's done at Kentucky,

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<v Speaker 2>as the Wildcats have won or shared seven straight SEC

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<v Speaker 2>championships and this will be their toughest task yet this

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<v Speaker 2>season with Texas and Oklahoma joining the Southeastern Conference. When

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<v Speaker 2>you talk about tough as the Wildcats open up tonight

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<v Speaker 2>with Nebraska, and Kentucky has opened with tough teams many

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<v Speaker 2>times in the Craig Skinner era, and not all of

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<v Speaker 2>them have been wins, but practically all of them have

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<v Speaker 2>paid off down the road with great experience for his team,

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<v Speaker 2>and he expects that to happen tonight as well. But

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<v Speaker 2>more than anything, he appreciates the facts, the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>the eyeballs on volleyball have grown exponentially every year.

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<v Speaker 1>This sport is exploding.

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<v Speaker 3>We've broken a tenants record at the final Championship last year. Again,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean the thousands if you or watching our sport

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<v Speaker 3>just shows the credit to all the people involved that

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<v Speaker 3>have gotten the sport to where it is and where

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<v Speaker 3>it continues to grow.

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<v Speaker 1>Tonight's match is on the deuce on ESPN two.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a big deal for the opener of the season,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know a lot of it has with a

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<v Speaker 2>programming schedule, but that's why they scheduled it. When they did,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there's no college football, there's no pro football.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going up against baseball. But women's volleyball has grown

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<v Speaker 2>so much. You're coming off an Olympics year when the

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<v Speaker 2>US team medled in part thanks to former Wildcat Every Skinner,

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<v Speaker 2>So lots of people are going to be tuning into

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<v Speaker 2>this one. And what you're going to see when you

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<v Speaker 2>do is a sport that has done away essentially with

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of officials what they call the down officials.

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<v Speaker 2>They're the officials at either end of the court that

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<v Speaker 2>decide whether balls are in or out. And they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to do it more with technology with computers now and cameras,

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<v Speaker 2>and that could take over very quickly in this ward

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<v Speaker 2>to volleyball.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, all kinds of new technology that's happening with it.

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<v Speaker 3>And for US and three other teams be invited to

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<v Speaker 3>an event like this is pretty special for our program

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<v Speaker 3>to kick off the season. So the first serve and

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<v Speaker 3>the last serve of the season will be in the

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<v Speaker 3>Young Center here in Kentucky, so supporting our sport.

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<v Speaker 2>How about that the final four is in Louisville, So

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<v Speaker 2>if the Wildcats can work their way to the final

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<v Speaker 2>four once again, as they did in twenty twenty and

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<v Speaker 2>twenty one the COVID Long season when they won the

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<v Speaker 2>national title. What an advantage that would be, and it

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<v Speaker 2>could be an advantage obviously for U of L, which

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<v Speaker 2>plays the nightcap this evening against Wisconsin. So you've got

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<v Speaker 2>four really good programs in those Midwest powerhouses of Wisconsin

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<v Speaker 2>and Nebraska showing up tonight in the city of Louisville,

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<v Speaker 2>where the final four will be. As Craig said at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the season, Kentucky recruits Craig Skinner and

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<v Speaker 2>his assistants recruit Louisville really.

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<v Speaker 1>Really well.

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<v Speaker 2>They've gotten some great players, primarily libro's defensive players. Not

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<v Speaker 2>too many bigs out of the city of Louisville, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's vital for Kentucky to get in there and take

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<v Speaker 2>them away from the Cardinals obviously. And one of the

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<v Speaker 2>players that Skinner got out of Louis's Eleanor Bevin, who

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<v Speaker 2>is probably the best libro in the country. She has

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<v Speaker 2>been the Libro of the Year. She was Liberal the

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<v Speaker 2>Year as a freshman and is tremendous. Went to Mercy

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<v Speaker 2>Academy and excited to be going back to World Stomping Grounds.

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<v Speaker 4>We're really excited. It's my hometown, so a ton of

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<v Speaker 4>people are coming, so I'm really excited. And then we've

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<v Speaker 4>played Nebraska like a lot over the last three years,

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<v Speaker 4>so a familiar team. Hopefully the first year are being

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<v Speaker 4>at the first game, probably be a little bit of

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<v Speaker 4>nerves on both sides, maybe not be the cleanest volleyball,

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<v Speaker 4>but it's a really good opportunity for our program, so

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<v Speaker 4>we're excited.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the players who needs to play big tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>literally assuming she's in there, because Aaron Lamb is one

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<v Speaker 2>of Kentucky's bigs and she was in the lineup out

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<v Speaker 2>of the lineup last year back in played I think

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<v Speaker 2>her best volleyball toward the end of the season when

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<v Speaker 2>they needed her the most. And now she's a senior

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<v Speaker 2>six ' to three from Minnesota and has to hold

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<v Speaker 2>her own tonight against these bigs from Nebraska, and obviously

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<v Speaker 2>she's excited.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, it's huge to the spot. You see the

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<v Speaker 5>timber ben and it's been amazing to be a part of.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm so thankful for that. Kentucky gets the opportunity to compete,

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<v Speaker 5>especially early on such high level team, such a well

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<v Speaker 5>done event. It'll be really really good for this team

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<v Speaker 5>start off playing those teams like that, like Craig usually schedules.

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<v Speaker 5>But yeah, super excited and glad that they could do that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Aaron Lamb and her swing.

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<v Speaker 2>She got the kill that locked up the SEC championship

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<v Speaker 2>at Arkansas last season. It was a huge match, fifth

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<v Speaker 2>set and she closed out the match. So she needs

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<v Speaker 2>to be big literally and figuratively. Tonight, we soccer has

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<v Speaker 2>already opened its season. Volleyball opens tonight officially, and of

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<v Speaker 2>course football on Saturday coming up in a few minut

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna hear from Mark Stoops at seven o'clock. You

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<v Speaker 2>will hear the Kentucky Nebraska volleyball match right here. While

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<v Speaker 2>we're on Kentucky football. Will Levis down in Nashville doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to look over his shoulder at Malik Willis. He

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<v Speaker 2>was a quarterback drafted by the Titans the year before

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<v Speaker 2>they drafted Levis, and he and Levis were sort of

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<v Speaker 2>in a quarterback battle when will first got there.

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<v Speaker 1>Levis obviously wins the battle.

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<v Speaker 2>Some people wondered would Willis just keep plugging away and

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<v Speaker 2>eventually take over if Levis doesn't perform properly. Well, the

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<v Speaker 2>pressure is still on Levis, but not from Malik Willis.

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<v Speaker 2>The Titans have traded him for a seventh round draft

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<v Speaker 2>pick to my Green Bay Packers.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that?

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<v Speaker 2>Willis a highly tatted QB coming in, but he goes

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<v Speaker 2>for a seventh round pick because Green Bay can't decide

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<v Speaker 2>or didn't get good play from their backup quarterbacks. The

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<v Speaker 2>Packers didn't get anything we're seeing from Michael Pratt and

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<v Speaker 2>Sean Clifford. Pratt's a rookie, Clifford in his second season.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's the coincidence. Clifford was the guy you might

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<v Speaker 2>recall this at Penn State who was the reason Levis

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<v Speaker 2>transferred to Kentucky. Levis couldn't get past Clifford on the

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<v Speaker 2>depth chart for whatever reason, and so he decided for

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<v Speaker 2>a new start at Kentucky. And look how that's paid off. Well.

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<v Speaker 2>Clifford had a nice career at Penn State, drafted by

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<v Speaker 2>the Packers, but did not play well. And I watched

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of the preseason obviously, and he was

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<v Speaker 2>not impressive. And so when you think about this, they're

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<v Speaker 2>going into their opener and the Packers trade for a

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<v Speaker 2>backup quarterback. So Lev's former teammate at Penn State now

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<v Speaker 2>with the Packers, Sean Clifford. He's looking over his shoulder.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that?

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<v Speaker 2>Caitlin Clark still making headlines. Twenty first game of the

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<v Speaker 2>year with at least fifteen points and five assists. That's

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<v Speaker 2>almost routine anymore. She made four to three pointers totals

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<v Speaker 2>eighty five. She's tied the rookie record in the WNBA

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<v Speaker 2>set by the Dreams Ryan Howard in twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that.

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<v Speaker 2>But the biggest story seventeen thousand, six hundred eight fans

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<v Speaker 2>Atlanta dream they set a record for the highest attendance

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<v Speaker 2>for a WNBA game in Georgia. It's the fifth time

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<v Speaker 2>this year that a team's attendance record has been broken

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<v Speaker 2>with the fever as the Visitors and d has already

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<v Speaker 2>won fourteen games. Now they're third in the East, seventh

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<v Speaker 2>overall in the league's standings. That's their highest regular season

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<v Speaker 2>win total since twenty sixteen. So not only is Caitlin

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<v Speaker 2>Clark packing them in, but they're winning games. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>Howard had sixteen points for Atlanta teena, Charles at twenty

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<v Speaker 2>eight for the Dream and they're struggling the early ten

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<v Speaker 2>and nineteen on the year. So Howard and Charles they

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<v Speaker 2>need some help up. Next, Mark Stuups talks about his team.

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<v Speaker 2>Bottom of the hour Logan Stenberg newest member of the

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<v Speaker 2>UK Radio Network. And then after that we will head

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<v Speaker 2>to Louisville for coverage here on the radio of Kentucky Volleyballs,

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<v Speaker 2>the Wildcats take on Nebraska and the Coaches Association Classic.

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<v Speaker 2>We're back in a minute around six thirty WLAP. Welcome

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<v Speaker 2>back to the Big Moon Cider coming up game day

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday game night, I should say, really and if

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<v Speaker 2>you need information about how to get in, where to go,

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<v Speaker 2>what to bring all that stuff. UK Athletics dot Com

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<v Speaker 2>is the website for you. They've got a parking map

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<v Speaker 2>where if you have a permit. If you have no permit,

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<v Speaker 2>they have a parking map for you with some suggestions

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<v Speaker 2>on where you can park. If you are a non

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<v Speaker 2>reserve disabled parking person, they'll tell you about that as well.

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<v Speaker 2>The clear bag policy is covered. If you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>find your seats, if you need a snack, if you

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<v Speaker 2>need a beverage. A reminder that they do sell alcohol

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<v Speaker 2>at football games now and there are rules about that.

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<v Speaker 2>So maybe familiarize yourself with that little bit of information

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<v Speaker 2>about the new lighting and ribbon video boards during timeouts

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<v Speaker 2>board instead of using a hashtag, and this is really popular,

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<v Speaker 2>fans like to get up there in the pregame. There

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<v Speaker 2>are dozens and dozens of photos that they put on.

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<v Speaker 1>The video board.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, now you scan a QR code to add photos

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<v Speaker 2>So there's a lot to consider, as you know, when

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<v Speaker 2>how and the best ways to do it at Ukathletics

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<v Speaker 2>dot Com. Can also find out about Mark Stoops and

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<v Speaker 2>with the new language, a new verbiage. You've got the

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<v Speaker 1>The teams can use now.

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<v Speaker 2>And get used to that as being part of your

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<v Speaker 6>We've really tried to head off all those issues, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>We have worked the communication, the new communication, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>And of course, so much of that revolves around avoiding penalties,

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<v Speaker 2>There are always problems and you can only rehearse so much.

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<v Speaker 2>I mentioned new offensive coordinator Bush Hamden. He's going to

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<v Speaker 2>Hamden will be up there exclusively, and Stoops likes that.

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<v Speaker 6>and at his fingertip. So I think it also helps

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<v Speaker 1>It should be a good night for football.

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<v Speaker 2>We may get a little wet at some point on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>Before the week is up. I may get Bill Mechacall

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody tailgates more enthusiastically than Bill mex so we may

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<v Speaker 2>have battling weather forecasts. We'll see if we can make

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<v Speaker 2>that happen this week here on the Big Blue Insider.

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<v Speaker 1>In case you're.

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<v Speaker 2>Wondering, of course, a college football beginning Saturday with Georgia

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth between those two games. Oklahoma plays its

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<v Speaker 2>Kirby Smart's dogs on the Kentucky schedule in week three

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<v Speaker 2>of Southern Myths. Before we hit the break, Aaron Judge

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<v Speaker 2>just an incredible season. He could get sixty three three

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<v Speaker 2>he's just phenomenal, hitting three thirty three, fifty one home runs,

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<v Speaker 2>Judge Bobblehead day at Yankee Stadium and they booed him.

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<v Speaker 2>But his batting average dropped at like one seventy nine

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<v Speaker 2>since then, in one hundred and six games since then,

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<v Speaker 2>one point three two eight. That's phenomenal, and forty eight

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<v Speaker 2>those strikeouts, he's cut him down in the last eight

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<v Speaker 2>whatever he did, whatever he's doing, and he's a bottle

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<v Speaker 2>it and sell it if he can up next Logan Stenberg,

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<v Speaker 2>former Kentucky All American lineman. Now remember the UK Radio

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<v Speaker 2>Network team. Then it's UK Volleyball against Nebraska here on

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<v Speaker 2>Logan Stenberg making the media rounds now is on with

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<v Speaker 2>Darren Hedrick last night. We've got him tonight a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit longer, a little more time to spend with Logan,

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<v Speaker 2>our newest member of the UK Radio Network team. He's

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<v Speaker 1>So we have linemen from.

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<v Speaker 2>Both sides of the football and guys who played in

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<v Speaker 2>then Redskins and I was injured when he was traded

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<v Speaker 2>to the Denver Broncos, which forced his retirement a little prematurely.

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<v Speaker 2>he is part of our radio crew and had a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to talk some football with Logan. Logan, congratulations, welcome

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<v Speaker 7>Big thanks for having me Meam Pump to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>Other than challenging Jeremy Jarman about who's tough or offensive

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<v Speaker 7>I just hope to bring a little offensive line insight,

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<v Speaker 7>kind of break down the offense, you know, to simple

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 7>I just want to make it fun and accessible for everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a great time for you to be joining

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<v Speaker 2>because there is a big question mark hanging over the

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<v Speaker 1>Not in a bad way.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I thought they took a step forward last year,

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<v Speaker 2>But there's going to be a lot to look at,

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<v Speaker 7>I agree, and I think that we've got a lot

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<v Speaker 7>I think if he is a good year, they offensive

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<v Speaker 7>ended pretty well at left and right tackle. I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>You've been busy off playing pro football now that you've retired,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how much you've had a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>see him much last year. But let's start with Eli.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think he brings to a position that

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I think he's very similar to one of my

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<v Speaker 7>And I think that they're just smart, witty guys. They

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<v Speaker 7>And the thing that is underrated at center is they're

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<v Speaker 7>He's good at calling the plays, getting the guards and

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<v Speaker 2>And it's more than just calling out od or even defense,

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<v Speaker 2>if he's not. I mean you can clearly see that.

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<v Speaker 7>Identifying defenses. We can go into you know, oh, the

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<v Speaker 7>there's a lot that goes in, and you know, each

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<v Speaker 7>he's got a play and the first thing he's doing

422
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<v Speaker 7>is he's identifying the mic, what what linebacker are we

423
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<v Speaker 7>working to And then basically off of that one point,

424
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<v Speaker 7>it tells the rest of the offensive line what's to do.

425
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<v Speaker 7>It tells the right guard and the right tackle, Oh,

426
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<v Speaker 7>I've got plus one or my it's one at that point,

427
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<v Speaker 7>and then so on and so forth on the backside.

428
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<v Speaker 7>So it's really more than just saying an even for sure.

429
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<v Speaker 7>And I mean, of course, depending on what defense they're in,

430
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<v Speaker 7>identifying that mike. Linebackers could be pretty hard sometimes.

431
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<v Speaker 1>You know.

432
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<v Speaker 2>I heard a story not long ago when Eli Manning

433
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<v Speaker 2>was a rookie and he came to the line of

434
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<v Speaker 2>Scrimmers who were playing the Ravens, and he yelled something about.

435
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<v Speaker 1>Whatever ray Lewis was.

436
00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:29.039
<v Speaker 2>I think ray Lewis was fifty two, and it was

437
00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:32.319
<v Speaker 2>only fifty two is the mic? And ray Lewis said, no, Eli,

438
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<v Speaker 2>I'm not the mike, He's the mic. I don't know

439
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<v Speaker 2>often that happens in the NFL, but I'm guessing it

440
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<v Speaker 2>doesn't happen much in college, does it.

441
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<v Speaker 7>There's there's a lot of test match being played up

442
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<v Speaker 7>there at the at the line of scrimmers, that's for sure,

443
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<v Speaker 7>and I was like trying a little light on that

444
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<v Speaker 7>this year. I'd like to highlight those guys more than

445
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<v Speaker 7>they usually are. Well.

446
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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of Cox's brother from another mother, Marcus is I

447
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<v Speaker 2>guess in his seventh year at O tackle and as

448
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<v Speaker 2>you well know, being a former interior lineman, there's there's

449
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<v Speaker 2>no substitute for experience, and that's going to be huge

450
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<v Speaker 2>for Kentucky literally.

451
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<v Speaker 1>Isn't it.

452
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<v Speaker 7>Oh yeah, the Northern Illinois guy, I think he is

453
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<v Speaker 7>going to be a bright spot on that offensive line.

454
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<v Speaker 7>Like you said, experiences everything, and he's got plenty of it.

455
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<v Speaker 7>I think he's going to add a little bit of

456
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<v Speaker 7>astiness to that west side as well with Jagger and

457
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<v Speaker 7>I think they're going to have a big year together.

458
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<v Speaker 7>I'm looking forward to watching them double guys into the ground.

459
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<v Speaker 2>Jagger had some problems last year with penalties and a

460
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<v Speaker 2>few situations. Uh, do you believe that he's worked through that?

461
00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.559
<v Speaker 2>I mean, where there's only one way to find out,

462
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<v Speaker 2>but that's it's vital for him, I think to have

463
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<v Speaker 2>his best year this year, obviously, isn't it.

464
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<v Speaker 7>Yeah. I may not be the one to talk about penalties,

465
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<v Speaker 7>but I truly believe that there's a fine line you

466
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<v Speaker 7>have to walk, and I think he's going to find

467
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<v Speaker 7>that line this year. I think he's figured out, like

468
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<v Speaker 7>you know that there I need to be a aggressive

469
00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:03.839
<v Speaker 7>I need to finish guys, but within the confines of

470
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<v Speaker 7>the game. And I struggled with that as well. And

471
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<v Speaker 7>one thing that coach Suit's always told me is it's

472
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<v Speaker 7>a lot easier to say WHOA than giddy up? So

473
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<v Speaker 7>I think that's a good thing to have sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've heard that before from coaches talking about aggressive penalties.

475
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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's one thing to line up off sides

476
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<v Speaker 2>or something like that, but it's another just to be

477
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<v Speaker 2>a little too aggressive, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 7>Of course. I mean if there are mental mistakes, then

479
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<v Speaker 7>I think that is a direct reflection of coaching. To

480
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<v Speaker 7>be honest with you, not having your guys ready or

481
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<v Speaker 7>prepared or confident in what the scheme is going to

482
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<v Speaker 7>be and what you guys want to do now, if

483
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<v Speaker 7>it's aggression, I mean I'll take one a game.

484
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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, no question.

485
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<v Speaker 2>We're talking to Logan Stenberg, former UK All Conference and

486
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<v Speaker 2>All American offensive lineman's joining us now on the UK

487
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<v Speaker 2>Radio network as part of our pregame coverage and as

488
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<v Speaker 2>he said, he's going to be highlighting maybe a little

489
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<v Speaker 2>more than we have in the past, the offensive line play.

490
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<v Speaker 1>But that's vital.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got two new starters, it looks like, with Jalen

492
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<v Speaker 2>Farmer a transfer coming in, and Gerald Minci another transfer.

493
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<v Speaker 2>Tell me about the process, of course, you started as

494
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<v Speaker 2>a red shirt freshman and started from then on, but

495
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<v Speaker 2>working new faces in to a unit that has to

496
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<v Speaker 2>has to perform as one, tell me about the challenge there.

497
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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, and that's all off season work. That's training camp.

498
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<v Speaker 7>You know, you you spend all off season getting your

499
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<v Speaker 7>your test pieces all in one room, and now you

500
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<v Speaker 7>got to figure out how they form together and work together.

501
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<v Speaker 7>And you know, oh, well he worked well at right guard.

502
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<v Speaker 7>Oh let's put him at lest guard. Let's try this out.

503
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<v Speaker 7>And it's really just a trial and error at that point.

504
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<v Speaker 7>That's what they've done this past six weeks in camp,

505
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<v Speaker 7>and I have full faith in the coaching staffs where

506
00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:47.359
<v Speaker 7>they figured it out, and I think there's gonna be

507
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<v Speaker 7>no hitches at all. I think those guys are probably

508
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<v Speaker 7>comfortable next to each other, and I'm excited. I'm glad

509
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<v Speaker 7>you mentioned Farmer. I'm excited to watch him. I heard

510
00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:57.400
<v Speaker 7>he's got a little nasty streak in him, so I

511
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<v Speaker 7>think these guys are going to be one of the

512
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<v Speaker 7>be reckoned with. I'm pretty excited for it.

513
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<v Speaker 2>Of course, Eric Wolford is back as the O line coach.

514
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<v Speaker 2>You did not play under him, but do you know,

515
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<v Speaker 2>do you.

516
00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:09.839
<v Speaker 1>Know him at all? And what do you know about him?

517
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<v Speaker 7>I know Wolf's pretty well and I'm excited that he's back.

518
00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:17.640
<v Speaker 7>I know it was, you know, semi controversial getting them

519
00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:19.240
<v Speaker 7>back here, but I'm glad he's here. I think he's

520
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<v Speaker 7>a great asset to this coaching staff and not only

521
00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:26.279
<v Speaker 7>an incredible recruiter, but a great coach makes it. You know,

522
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<v Speaker 7>one thing that coaches do is they have to take

523
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<v Speaker 7>their players, realize what they can handle, and then teach

524
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<v Speaker 7>it to them in that way, and I think he's

525
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<v Speaker 7>great at doing that. He understands people. He reads people well,

526
00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:39.079
<v Speaker 7>he knows when they get it, when they don't, and

527
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<v Speaker 7>how to modify it.

528
00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:43.359
<v Speaker 2>Zach Enzer was well like, well respected. In fact, he

529
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<v Speaker 2>had just signed a contract extension when Wolford became available,

530
00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:50.039
<v Speaker 2>so that's when he was let go. Of course, financially,

531
00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:52.599
<v Speaker 2>he's taking care of it for a while. But a

532
00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:57.640
<v Speaker 2>different style of O line coach, and that matters, doesn't it?

533
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<v Speaker 7>It does? And I think he's close then, yinser. Uh,

534
00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:05.960
<v Speaker 7>of course, I'm very biased. I don't think any coach

535
00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:08.960
<v Speaker 7>will ever be as good as coach Swarman. Yeah, but

536
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<v Speaker 7>I think he is the best closest we can get.

537
00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:14.000
<v Speaker 7>He's in your faith. He loves on the guys. But

538
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<v Speaker 7>you know, Henna, he's gonna coach you hard and if

539
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<v Speaker 7>you can't take that, you can't play on his offensive line,

540
00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.519
<v Speaker 7>which is something I think is vible.

541
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<v Speaker 2>I covered John Schlarman as an athlete, as a player

542
00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:25.680
<v Speaker 2>from the day he came to campus, so I knew

543
00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:29.559
<v Speaker 2>him pretty well, uh, just as a media person, and

544
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<v Speaker 2>that's something I think logan that people don't remember or

545
00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:36.359
<v Speaker 2>don't know about John is that he was as pleasant

546
00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:39.359
<v Speaker 2>and nice and gentlemanly as could be off the field,

547
00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:41.960
<v Speaker 2>but as a player and a coach, he had that fire,

548
00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.400
<v Speaker 2>didn't he?

549
00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:45.559
<v Speaker 7>Oh? He did well. He was undersized, you know, he's

550
00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:47.920
<v Speaker 7>an undersized guy, and he wanted to play. He loved

551
00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:50.480
<v Speaker 7>the game, and more importantly, he loved Entucky. So he

552
00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:52.680
<v Speaker 7>wanted to be out there and he knew that the

553
00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:54.279
<v Speaker 7>only way they were gonna put him out there is

554
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<v Speaker 7>if he had that Knean streak in him, and he

555
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<v Speaker 7>definitely did.

556
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<v Speaker 1>And he coached that way, didn't he?

557
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<v Speaker 7>Of course, yeah, he coached the way he played. He

558
00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:04.839
<v Speaker 7>demanded a lot from us, but like I said earlier,

559
00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:07.599
<v Speaker 7>he loved the stuff even harder. So he was a

560
00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.440
<v Speaker 7>great name to play for.

561
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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what, being down there on the sidelines

562
00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:14.519
<v Speaker 2>each game watching him come off the field as a player.

563
00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:16.079
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you ever saw a video, but

564
00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:21.359
<v Speaker 2>the heavily bandaged and you know, bracketed knees. I don't

565
00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:24.160
<v Speaker 2>know how he played out there, but it was all

566
00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:27.599
<v Speaker 2>desire and drive. One last question before the break, a

567
00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:30.599
<v Speaker 2>friend of mine media person told me he thought maybe

568
00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:33.720
<v Speaker 2>that the UK offensive line needs to forge its own

569
00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:37.400
<v Speaker 2>identity and move away from the big blue wall label.

570
00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:39.559
<v Speaker 2>How do you feel about that. Do you think it's

571
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<v Speaker 2>still something that they need to aspire to.

572
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<v Speaker 7>I don't care what name we put on it. Let's

573
00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:47.599
<v Speaker 7>let's be honest here, Dick. I just want those guys

574
00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.519
<v Speaker 7>to go out there and win football games. Yeah, and

575
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<v Speaker 7>I think it truly starts up front with the offensive

576
00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:55.359
<v Speaker 7>line and the defensive line play. We can call him

577
00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:57.200
<v Speaker 7>the big teleteby's for all I care. Let's just go

578
00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.119
<v Speaker 7>out there and win games.

579
00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:02.720
<v Speaker 2>Well, Frank Kersey did football one oh one with me

580
00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:05.079
<v Speaker 2>back in the day, and he said, every game begins

581
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<v Speaker 2>with the old line. Everything revolves around the old line.

582
00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:10.359
<v Speaker 2>You know, how long you have the ball, how long

583
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<v Speaker 2>your opponent doesn't have the ball. So I learned early

584
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<v Speaker 2>on about the importance of it. We're talking with Logan Stenberg,

585
00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:19.599
<v Speaker 2>former UKL American offensive lineman. He is now a member

586
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<v Speaker 2>of the UK Radio Network team. He'll be on the

587
00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:24.799
<v Speaker 2>pregame show with Christy Thomas Jeremy Jarmo will come back

588
00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:27.079
<v Speaker 2>and talk more Kentucky football in just a minute with

589
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<v Speaker 2>Logan on the Big Blue Sider here on six thirty WLAP.

590
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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back.

591
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<v Speaker 2>We're talking with Logan Stenberg, former Kentucky All American offensive lineman,

592
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<v Speaker 2>NFL veteran and now a member of the UK Radio

593
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<v Speaker 2>Network team. He'll be pregame show with Christy Thomas and

594
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<v Speaker 2>Jeremy Jarman. All right, now, you're Oklahoma drill you against Jeremy?

595
00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.759
<v Speaker 1>Come on? Who wins?

596
00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:51.920
<v Speaker 7>Oh? It's me every day? And I think Jeremy would

597
00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:53.240
<v Speaker 7>say the same. You know, he's had a couple of

598
00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:55.799
<v Speaker 7>years on him here, so I think I've got him.

599
00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:58.920
<v Speaker 1>I think maybe right now you probably do too.

600
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<v Speaker 2>But you need to learn from him when it comes

601
00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:06.000
<v Speaker 2>to radio experience, because Jeremy is a natural. As you know.

602
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<v Speaker 2>We're talking, of course, about the Kentucky offense as the

603
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<v Speaker 2>Wildcats open up with Southern Miss new oc new quarterback.

604
00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:18.160
<v Speaker 2>Let's start with bush Ham Dan. Changing coaches is a

605
00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:22.160
<v Speaker 2>way of life in football at whatever level. But this

606
00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:24.920
<v Speaker 2>is a Kentucky offense where each of the last three

607
00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:27.480
<v Speaker 2>years they've had to learn new verbiage. How much of

608
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<v Speaker 2>a challenge is that logan and it seems like they've

609
00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:32.240
<v Speaker 2>had quite a while to get that done. Going back

610
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<v Speaker 2>to the spring, do you expect that to be an issue?

611
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<v Speaker 7>I don't see that to be an issue. We've had

612
00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:39.400
<v Speaker 7>plenty of time in the offseason to get all that

613
00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:42.799
<v Speaker 7>ironed out. One thing that I'm super excited with Bush

614
00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:44.720
<v Speaker 7>is I heard him say that if he could run

615
00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:47.240
<v Speaker 7>the ball fifty times a game, he would, and like

616
00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:50.759
<v Speaker 7>you said earlier before the break, controlling that line of scrimmage,

617
00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:54.160
<v Speaker 7>controlling the ball and time possession of huge. I think

618
00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:58.000
<v Speaker 7>if we control the ball and we beat them up front,

619
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<v Speaker 7>it's going to be a long game for them. If

620
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<v Speaker 7>we get to run at forty fifty times a game,

621
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<v Speaker 7>I'll be loving it.

622
00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:05.720
<v Speaker 2>I feel a lot better if and this is not

623
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<v Speaker 2>a reflection on any other running back, but if Chip

624
00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:11.079
<v Speaker 2>train and were healthy, because he appears to be the

625
00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:13.279
<v Speaker 2>guy who can get you a yard and a half

626
00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:15.559
<v Speaker 2>or two when you really need it. How concerned are

627
00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.960
<v Speaker 2>you about the power run game.

628
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<v Speaker 7>I think we're getting lucky that it's only is it

629
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<v Speaker 7>a two week we think, yeah, okay, we're thinking two weeks.

630
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<v Speaker 7>I think Sumo's going to hold it down. Fine. I

631
00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:30.079
<v Speaker 7>think it's going to be good. It's it's not going

632
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<v Speaker 7>to be a Parle medal, But I am excited to

633
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<v Speaker 7>have him back. I think he's going to be a big,

634
00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:35.480
<v Speaker 7>big asset for us this year.

635
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<v Speaker 2>Well, Demi on the edge gives you a lot, though,

636
00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.440
<v Speaker 2>doesn't he He's got the speed.

637
00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:43.200
<v Speaker 7>Oh yeah, he's definitely got the breakaway speed. And then

638
00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:45.640
<v Speaker 7>when we get chipped back, he'll be He'll be the

639
00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.799
<v Speaker 7>ground and pound kind of guy.

640
00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:49.880
<v Speaker 2>And he thoughts on Rock Vandergriff because he was a

641
00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:53.400
<v Speaker 2>five star guy coming out of high school, lost in

642
00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:56.000
<v Speaker 2>a close battle to Carson Beck for the starting job

643
00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.200
<v Speaker 2>at Georgia.

644
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<v Speaker 1>But we're not sure what we're going to see, are we.

645
00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:02.640
<v Speaker 7>I like him. I think he's composed. I've lost my

646
00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:05.160
<v Speaker 7>practice a couple of times. He puts the ball where

647
00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:08.559
<v Speaker 7>he wants to put. He's got a great throw. I

648
00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:10.920
<v Speaker 7>think that the switch up with Gavin as well is

649
00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:12.720
<v Speaker 7>going to be off. You know, a lot of people

650
00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:16.119
<v Speaker 7>are scared about running two quarterbacks, but I'm not subscribing

651
00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:19.079
<v Speaker 7>to that whatsoever. I think if you can effectively do it,

652
00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:21.079
<v Speaker 7>it just makes it so much harder for that defense

653
00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.680
<v Speaker 7>to game plan.

654
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<v Speaker 1>Well that's a great plus, But why are you confident

655
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<v Speaker 1>they can do it.

656
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<v Speaker 7>I'm confident because we've done in the past, even just

657
00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:33.039
<v Speaker 7>due to injuries. I mean, I think when we had win,

658
00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:36.240
<v Speaker 7>nobody could. Nobody could game plan against the lyn They

659
00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.640
<v Speaker 7>knew we were going to run the ball. They stacked

660
00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:40.000
<v Speaker 7>the boss with eight nine guys and we still ran effectively.

661
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

662
00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.759
<v Speaker 7>So I think that we're going to be able to

663
00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:44.839
<v Speaker 7>game plan all these teams and do what we want

664
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<v Speaker 7>to do upfront.

665
00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:49.480
<v Speaker 2>For sure, you block Berlin Bowden, What what was it

666
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<v Speaker 2>like when you suddenly had to change the offense so dramatically.

667
00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:57.640
<v Speaker 7>When's one of those guys, He'll make you look good now?

668
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<v Speaker 7>So it was it was pretty easy to block for Lynn,

669
00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:03.960
<v Speaker 7>believe me. I mean we could go sweet to the

670
00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:06.680
<v Speaker 7>right and he would do a reverse run to the left,

671
00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:10.840
<v Speaker 7>sideline hurdle of guys and score. And so it was

672
00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:13.039
<v Speaker 7>pretty easy blocking Prownd. He just found a whole win.

673
00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:16.360
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and he could throw it better than most people thought.

674
00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:18.119
<v Speaker 2>And of course, you guys win the Bell ball on

675
00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:22.440
<v Speaker 2>a touchdown pass. It was highly unexpected. Tell me a

676
00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:26.039
<v Speaker 2>little bit about the white outs for this Kentucky team.

677
00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:28.239
<v Speaker 2>How special are they and what do you expect from

678
00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.880
<v Speaker 2>them this year?

679
00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:29.800
<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 7>I think Barry, ar and Dane are gonna have a

681
00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:34.159
<v Speaker 7>big year. It's obviously a pivotable year for them going

682
00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:36.559
<v Speaker 7>into their junior year. I expect a lot out of

683
00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:38.440
<v Speaker 7>them and I think that the experience is going to

684
00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:41.199
<v Speaker 7>really bode well for them in this offense. They're going

685
00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:45.079
<v Speaker 7>to have better route running, better awareness, and I think

686
00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.039
<v Speaker 7>it's going to be a big year.

687
00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:48.599
<v Speaker 2>I know how much they really liked a new wide

688
00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:51.199
<v Speaker 2>receivers coach, Takeuill Schwartz. We had a chance to talk

689
00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:54.519
<v Speaker 2>to him, the media did the other day. Younger guy,

690
00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:59.519
<v Speaker 2>but as I understand it, logan really demanding, I unlike Wolford,

691
00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:02.840
<v Speaker 2>and apparently they're leaning into that, aren't they.

692
00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:06.000
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, you know, I think coach Steps liked a certain

693
00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:07.840
<v Speaker 7>guy on his coaching staff. I think he hits the

694
00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:10.760
<v Speaker 7>mold pretty well. And you mentioned his age. I think

695
00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:13.039
<v Speaker 7>that having a young guy in the receiver's room is

696
00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:15.760
<v Speaker 7>always big. To be able to relate to them, be

697
00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:18.960
<v Speaker 7>able to get them to buy into the system. It's

698
00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:20.840
<v Speaker 7>huge and I think he's going to be super successful

699
00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.079
<v Speaker 7>at that.

700
00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:23.559
<v Speaker 2>Let me ask you a question that people were asking

701
00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:25.760
<v Speaker 2>the guys who went to media day down to the

702
00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.559
<v Speaker 2>SEC media.

703
00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:28.719
<v Speaker 1>Did you ever do that, by the way, go to

704
00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.519
<v Speaker 1>Birmingham or.

705
00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:33.679
<v Speaker 7>Did you we went down? I think we were in Hoover.

706
00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.920
<v Speaker 7>We went down one year.

707
00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.199
<v Speaker 1>Do you enjoy it?

708
00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:40.880
<v Speaker 7>It was good? It was kind of my first like

709
00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:43.559
<v Speaker 7>open to the media side, so I was a little nervous,

710
00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:46.440
<v Speaker 7>but enjoyed the process and they make it easy for you,

711
00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.440
<v Speaker 7>so it was a good time.

712
00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:51.719
<v Speaker 2>Well, one question that people were asking the Kentucky players

713
00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:54.039
<v Speaker 2>down there was what is it like to play for

714
00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:56.719
<v Speaker 2>Mark Stoops? What would you say if somebody asked you

715
00:35:56.800 --> 00:36:00.239
<v Speaker 2>that question why you were a Wildcat or now as we.

716
00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.679
<v Speaker 1>Ask you tonight.

717
00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:04.639
<v Speaker 7>He's a player's coach. I mean, if you give him

718
00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:07.519
<v Speaker 7>effort and you play hard, you do what you're supposed

719
00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:10.519
<v Speaker 7>to do, you know he'll take care of you. There

720
00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:12.719
<v Speaker 7>have been plenty of week that we have been playing

721
00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:14.559
<v Speaker 7>and everybody's banged up, and he's like, guys, take the

722
00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:17.199
<v Speaker 7>pads off, we're good. We're just gonna do a walk through,

723
00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:20.559
<v Speaker 7>take care of your body, get home early, go to bed.

724
00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:23.440
<v Speaker 7>So he understands the grind in a full twelve week

725
00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:26.760
<v Speaker 7>season and hopefully even longer, and he's definitely gonna have

726
00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:28.679
<v Speaker 7>those guys ready to play and take care of them.

727
00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:31.880
<v Speaker 2>What was your reaction when it looked like he was leaving.

728
00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:34.760
<v Speaker 2>I mean, in a way, I wasn't surprised because he

729
00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:38.760
<v Speaker 2>has built something special at Kentucky where a lot of

730
00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:42.280
<v Speaker 2>people said that could never happen, and he's done it,

731
00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:45.119
<v Speaker 2>so that didn't really surprise me when I heard these rumors.

732
00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:47.320
<v Speaker 1>What was your reaction, I was.

733
00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:49.239
<v Speaker 7>The same way. I wasn't surprised at all. I mean,

734
00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:53.679
<v Speaker 7>he's built an incredible culture around this team, one that

735
00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:55.880
<v Speaker 7>has not been here. I don't know, Dick, You've been

736
00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:58.440
<v Speaker 7>covering way longer than I've been alive. I don't think

737
00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:02.760
<v Speaker 7>that it's ever been like this, and that's something special.

738
00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.360
<v Speaker 7>I mean, there's not a lot of coaches walking the

739
00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:06.159
<v Speaker 7>street right now. They can build a program from the

740
00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:08.559
<v Speaker 7>ground up, and I don't want that to be overlooked.

741
00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:10.719
<v Speaker 7>I think we have something special in Mark Stoops here UK.

742
00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:14.599
<v Speaker 2>Well, Rich Brooks had success, but not as long as

743
00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:16.920
<v Speaker 2>Mark Stoops. And by the way, Brooks thinks the world.

744
00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:19.280
<v Speaker 1>Of Mark Stuops. You know how Mummy had it going.

745
00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:20.960
<v Speaker 2>For a couple of years and then it all fell apart,

746
00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:24.960
<v Speaker 2>same with fran Kersey, but no to sustain it is

747
00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:28.239
<v Speaker 2>what's incredible about what Stuops has done. But now Logan,

748
00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:31.320
<v Speaker 2>the job's so much tougher with the SEC expanding. I

749
00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:33.119
<v Speaker 2>don't know if you would I'm sure you would have

750
00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:37.119
<v Speaker 2>liked the challenge of facing Oklahoma and Texas, but I

751
00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:39.920
<v Speaker 2>do believe doing away with divisions and all this stuff

752
00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:43.199
<v Speaker 2>just makes it that much tougher on the Kentuckys of

753
00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:46.039
<v Speaker 2>the world. The Georgia's and Alabama's can handle it a

754
00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:47.679
<v Speaker 2>heck of a lot easier, don't you think.

755
00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:52.079
<v Speaker 7>I completely agree, And I think that it's all about

756
00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:54.800
<v Speaker 7>depth in that situation. I think that the depth problem

757
00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:57.159
<v Speaker 7>will be fixed here shortly, especially at the nil and

758
00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:59.480
<v Speaker 7>all that, And I mean, that's what the fans need

759
00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.800
<v Speaker 7>to do. They need to buy in. We need to

760
00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:03.559
<v Speaker 7>be able to have depth, and we don't need true

761
00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:05.760
<v Speaker 7>freshmans backing up our starters all the time. And I

762
00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:08.880
<v Speaker 7>think slowly, within the next two or three years, we're

763
00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:10.800
<v Speaker 7>going to see that change in that gap from in

764
00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:15.320
<v Speaker 7>Alabama Georgia versus the Kentucky is going to slowly shrink

765
00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:18.840
<v Speaker 7>when you can start, you know, paying players and getting

766
00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:21.639
<v Speaker 7>guys to come over. And I think that that's really

767
00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:24.079
<v Speaker 7>just going to change the whole landscape of college football.

768
00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:27.679
<v Speaker 2>He is Logan Stenberg, former Kentucky All Conference and All

769
00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:30.639
<v Speaker 2>American offensive lineman and now a member of the UK

770
00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:32.960
<v Speaker 2>Radio Network. Listen for him on our pregame show with

771
00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:36.679
<v Speaker 2>Christy Thomas and Jeremy Jarman. Follow him on X or Twitter,

772
00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:39.960
<v Speaker 2>whatever you want to call it at lb Stenberg, ste

773
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<v Speaker 2>n b E R G. Hey, thanks for the time

774
00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:45.360
<v Speaker 2>and looking forward to seeing you Saturday. Good luck to

775
00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:46.360
<v Speaker 2>you break a leg.

776
00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:48.639
<v Speaker 7>Big thanks man see Saturday.

777
00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.079
<v Speaker 1>Now I do it.

778
00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:52.480
<v Speaker 2>For now, We're going to make way for UK Volleyballs.

779
00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:56.639
<v Speaker 2>The Wildcats take on Nebraska over in Louisville and the

780
00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:58.280
<v Speaker 2>Coaches Association Classic.

781
00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:00.679
<v Speaker 1>That's a good night in the garage.

782
00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:01.440
<v Speaker 2>And the.

783
00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:19.599
<v Speaker 1>Man Mass

784
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<v Speaker 7>Masses sang