WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.040 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.480 Sports Talk seven ninety. Holy crap, I don't know who 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:14.439 the hell we think when we are get off our show, idiots. 4 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:16.760 The kids are crying or turning off, crying. The countries 5 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:17.519 are screwing it up. 6 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:18.480 Gold Play inter. 7 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:22.199 Murals, Brother, gold Play inn Murals. They're supposed to be 8 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.760 mature adults, but they're really not. Who's the kid here? 9 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:27.640 Who's the kid here? 10 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:42.920 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee. 11 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.719 All right, ladies and gentlemen, you made it. It's Friday. 12 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:50.079 As we get you set for the weekend. Here for 13 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:53.560 a Friday edition of Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's 14 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:58.439 on Sports Talk seven ninety. I feel like, not like 15 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:01.880 the last day of school, but I feel like I 16 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:03.880 feel good now. I'm out of here for a week 17 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:05.480 and I'm gonna be heading to Destin and I'm super 18 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:08.200 excited for this trip. It's our family vacation and I'm 19 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:11.519 always excited to go. But I am gonna miss out 20 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:14.480 on some stuff. We're gonna have a huge matchup on 21 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:18.280 Monday Night between Law Familia and The Ville, and I 22 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:21.079 can't imagine that the atmosphere is not going to be electric. 23 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:23.400 So I'm gonna watch that, of course, but you know 24 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:25.439 I won't I'm not going to be able to be 25 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:27.599 there and I won't be able to react to it 26 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:30.680 on the show. And then also, we've got two Louisville 27 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:32.879 basketball games that we're gonna be able to watch because 28 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:37.200 you know, they're playing in the Bahamas, and that's pretty 29 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:40.879 freaking awesome, is it not. So you know, I'm gonna 30 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:44.040 be enjoying vacation and not working. But still, you know, 31 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:45.920 I guess it's gonna be full fan mode, right Like, 32 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:48.359 I don't have to worry about preparing to give thoughts. 33 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.560 I mean, I'll do that whenever I get back from vacation, 34 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:54.000 but you know, at that point, I'm not really sure 35 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:56.799 how relevant it'll be as far as you know, I'll 36 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:58.159 share my thoughts, but you know, it's not like I'm 37 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:00.640 going to come back from vacation and spend three hours 38 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:03.959 talking about a basketball game played in the Bahamas that 39 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:07.640 took place a week before. But anyways, I'm excited for 40 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:09.599 everything going on. You know, this is the worst time 41 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:11.039 of the year when it comes to sports, at least 42 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:13.560 in my opinion, and We've been given a nice shot 43 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:16.520 in the arm with some summer hoops, and football's right 44 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:19.400 around the corner. And I'm pumped. And I feel like 45 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:21.840 when I get back from vacation, like you know, it's 46 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:23.800 gonna be let's see here. I guess the day that 47 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:27.520 I give back will be August the let's see August 48 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:29.400 the fifth, so we'll still have, you know, roughly a 49 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.360 month before football season actually gets here. But you know, 50 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.080 at that point, I kind of feel like we've made it, 51 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:37.919 like we have gone through the dog days of summer, 52 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.879 as they say. So I'm pumped, but I have been 53 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.919 really agitated all day today. But I'm in a good 54 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:47.840 mood now because you know, it's Friday. Friday shows are 55 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:49.719 always a lot of fun. But John, I have a 56 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:51.879 feeling that at some point in my life I may 57 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:54.120 fall victim to road rage. 58 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:57.560 I was. I was pretty pissed coming to work. You're 59 00:02:57.560 --> 00:02:59.840 talking about the traffic. I was pretty pissed too, So. 60 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:02.639 That wasn't even like I was able to avoid that, 61 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:07.120 but not because like I've thought ahead. I actually somebody 62 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.759 that I'm friends with on Facebook posted a picture that 63 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:13.280 showed they were going southbound on sixty five and of 64 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:15.080 course I had north to come to work every day, 65 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:16.639 and they just showed what it looked like on the 66 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:19.879 other side. I mean it was, I mean, nobody moving 67 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:22.400 like it was an absolute for two hours or so. 68 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:24.080 I guess. I mean, maybe it's still that way right now. 69 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:27.000 I'm not quite sure. But you know, had I not 70 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:28.840 seen that and thought, okay, well, you know what, let 71 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:31.719 me let me go a different way. So anyways, when 72 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:34.000 I say victim of road rage, like, I'm not gonna 73 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:36.879 you know, I'm I don't. I'm not somebody that is 74 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:39.080 going to seek out confrontation in any way. That's just 75 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:41.800 not me, not my demeanor. You know, I've told that 76 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:45.560 story before years ago. I stopped at I stopped at 77 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:47.520 that truck stop off the Brooks exit when I was 78 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:49.840 coming into work when I did the morning shift, and 79 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:53.080 you know, I parked, you know, kind of half asleep, 80 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:56.639 and there was a guy in a big old truck. 81 00:03:56.719 --> 00:03:59.639 I mean, I'm not good with truck terminology, but his 82 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:02.599 truck was big John. It was a big truck, you know, 83 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:05.719 one's country song big yeah. One that wouldn't fit in 84 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:08.280 like our garage here, you know what I'm saying. So 85 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:10.680 because he had a huge truck and I did not park, 86 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:13.360 you know, correctly at the pump. He kind of had 87 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:15.479 to wait for me to finish pumping gas before he 88 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:18.439 could get maneuvered himself to get to that pump, which was, 89 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:21.199 you know, inconsiderate of me. You know, like I just 90 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:23.279 wasn't thinking. I was half asleep. You know, it's my bad. 91 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.240 But he gets out of the truck all billy badass 92 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:28.519 and coming over and you know, got got real aggressive 93 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:31.519 about like, you know, I don't remember what he said. 94 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:33.920 All I know is I said, look, I'm not looking 95 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:36.079 for trouble, which is something I've never said in my 96 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:38.600 life before. Never, I'm not, like, you know, I've never 97 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:40.519 been in a situation where I got to tell somebody, hey, easy, 98 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:42.360 I'm not looking for trouble. But that's just what I said. 99 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:46.000 And you know, he said something that I'll never forget 100 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:48.040 sticks with me to this day. In fact, some people 101 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:50.319 still bring it up every now and then. He said, 102 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:53.800 well that's good because I'm from Spencer County, and I 103 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.199 just knew at that point, you know, I'm not going 104 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.040 to mess with anybody from Spencer County, and you know, 105 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:02.600 I guess they are looking for trouble. If you're looking 106 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:04.800 for it, they'll they'll deliver it for you. So anyways, 107 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.959 that was like the most intense situation I've ever had 108 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:13.519 communicating with somebody on the road. And I wasn't even 109 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:16.560 on the road, so I'm not gonna yell at anybody. 110 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:19.160 But you never know, like people are crazy, right, Like 111 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:22.519 you might just you know, ride somebody's ass on the 112 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:24.480 interstay of follow you home shoots you in the head. 113 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:27.240 Like that's a little extreme, but you know, you never know. 114 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:29.839 Maybe somebody's having a bad day and they just lose it. 115 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:31.519 I mean, it can happen. I'm not sure if you 116 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:35.680 guys have seen that awful video from Indianapolis where there 117 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:37.800 was clearly a road raged situation going on and a 118 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:40.240 guy jumps out of his truck and has a gun 119 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:42.800 in his hand and leaves it like kind of by 120 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:45.279 his waist, but he walks up to a dude and 121 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.720 you know, starts yelling at him being the aggressor holding 122 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:49.519 his gun. Well, the guy in the truck, the guy 123 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.839 in the vehicle who he approached, he was carrying too, 124 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:54.399 and he just shot him right in the neck and 125 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:58.079 killed him. And honestly that it was justified self defense. 126 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:00.879 I mean, that's that's what it was. So, you know, 127 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:04.000 like I don't think that's ever going to happen to me, 128 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:06.480 but I just get so frustrated. But it's not like 129 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:08.399 I'm going to lay on the horn or you know, 130 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:11.160 get into a fight on the road where I'm like, 131 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:12.879 you know, getting up next to their car. But like, 132 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:16.319 you know, I could just be I get frustrated, right, 133 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:20.560 and I feel like I'm not alone. But then again, 134 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:23.480 everybody deals with traffic, right. Traffic doesn't pick on anybody. 135 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.079 I'm not a victim. It's just life. And our traffic 136 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:30.879 here in this area is relatively light compared to most 137 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:32.879 places in fact, you know, I don't know if it's 138 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:34.360 been in proved, but there was one at one point 139 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.639 of study done that said that per population and like 140 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:41.199 size meaning the amount of people and just the size 141 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.560 of the city, Lexington is one of the worst places 142 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:45.519 in the world for traffic. So like, we don't have 143 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:47.279 it that bad, but yet I just get so frustrated 144 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.399 this morning. I mean, I hit every single light. That's 145 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:53.800 nobody's fault, but I do get pissed off when someone 146 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:56.079 is scared of the yellow light. Like we could have 147 00:06:56.199 --> 00:07:00.160 both made the yellow light with ease, yet you you 148 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.199 got low t or something you won't put you won't 149 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.480 put the foot to the floor and and and ride through. 150 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:09.199 And I mean it just you know, it's it's it's frustrating. 151 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:12.720 And then I was at I was on Preston Highway 152 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:14.759 and I needed to get to the turning lane, so 153 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.879 I was going to the bank. And I mean, traffic 154 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.040 is is not great in the middle of the day 155 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:24.680 in that area, but you know, I had to sit 156 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:29.519 through another light only because people leave humongous gaps between 157 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.279 them and other cars. You ever notice that, Yes, like that, 158 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:34.120 Like I'm not saying you got to get bumper to 159 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.199 bumper with somebody, but you know, I could have easily 160 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:41.120 made my way to that turning lane if everybody would have, 161 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:44.439 you know, had a reasonable distance between the car in 162 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:47.199 front of them instead of you know, being ten yards 163 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:50.360 between the two cars. So you know, I finally maneuver 164 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:52.600 around sitting at the light once again, I look over, 165 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.160 I'm like, you know, and I mean I'm not gesturing anything, 166 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:56.560 but I'm just thinking, like, you know, how about you 167 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:58.639 how about people be a little more considerate. 168 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:01.879 I think that that kind of stuff angers me the most, 169 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:04.720 at least just for me specifically, is when I'm at 170 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:07.519 a stoplight and you're in like the turning lane right 171 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.879 and the light turns green, but the car in front 172 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:12.839 of you may be the first car to move, but 173 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:15.480 they're down looking at their phone, okay something, and they 174 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:19.160 don't move, so they keep maybe you, but normally a 175 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:21.199 few other cars who are behind you from making it 176 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:22.720 through the light because they're not paying attention. 177 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:25.240 Yeah, because of their slow start, you know it. And 178 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:28.160 that's where again, like that is that I don't get. 179 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:31.480 That's not malicious, but it is something that someone has 180 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:34.559 done by just being careless and whatever that has not 181 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:37.159 ruined your day, but like they've held you up whenever 182 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.240 you if they would have just been more alert, you 183 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:44.240 wouldn't have been held up. So the traffic today on six, 184 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:45.799 I mean there wasn't a wreck. 185 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:48.320 Right, No, I don't think so. I didn't notice a wreck. 186 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:51.840 So and if so, then that changes it. But you know, 187 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:56.240 I ended up but GPS did it took me from SNYT. 188 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:00.679 It took me Snyder West to National Turnpike, take a right, 189 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.600 and then ended up. I ended up on I guess 190 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:06.399 I was on outer Loop for a long stretch there, 191 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:08.440 and then it shot me from outer Loop to sixty 192 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:11.440 five North and right where that ramp is is exactly 193 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:14.360 where they had three fire trucks. I mean a ton 194 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:16.799 of workers. So I mean it looked like they were 195 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:19.360 doing I don't know what they were doing. I don't 196 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:21.480 want to. I mean, maybe they'd already clean. I don't 197 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:23.240 think there was a wreck because I feel like they 198 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:25.159 it wouldn't have lasted that long. I think I don't 199 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:27.519 know if they paint were painting the road, meaning the lines, 200 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:29.840 or they were you know, fixing something, and like that 201 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.879 stuff's got to happen obviously, but you know, do it 202 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:33.879 at night. I mean, I guess you need daylight, but 203 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:36.720 they got lights. Like if there's something that's going to 204 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:40.240 be a lot of work that's going to cause you 205 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:42.240 to close down, like every lane but one on a 206 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.519 major interstate, there's not a perfect time to do it. 207 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:46.159 I mean, I would say middle of the night, but 208 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:48.399 you know, I'm sure these workers don't want to be 209 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:49.919 working in the middle of the night, and I'm sure 210 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:51.519 it's not as easy to do it whenever you know 211 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:54.519 you're relying on light instead of you know, the sun 212 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:58.879 in daylight. But yeah, just to you know, if that's 213 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:00.480 the worst thing that happens to me today, I'll probably 214 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:02.159 still be able to say that I had a great Friday. 215 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:06.360 But I just find myself getting more agitated about that 216 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:08.399 than I ever had before. And yet I'm not a 217 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:11.159 I mean, in fact, I feel like, you know, as 218 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:13.320 far as getting worked up and stressed out, like I'm 219 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:16.480 in a pretty good place right now, except whenever I'm on the. 220 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:19.759 Road, I'm the same way too. And here's the thing 221 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:21.720 that I think, and one other thing about traffic that 222 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:23.799 pisses me off. I feel like I only get stuck 223 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:25.919 in it whenever I'm running behind, and I don't know 224 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.279 why that always happens, but I feel like nine times 225 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:29.799 out of ten it's when i'm already late. 226 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:33.159 Yeah, I mean, that's quite literally what happened to me today. 227 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.440 In fact, there was something yesterday that I didn't even like, 228 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:38.200 this is a great thing to throw into the conversation 229 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:40.639 we're having here, but today I went and it's look, 230 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:41.960 it's my fault. Like if I would have got him 231 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:43.799 out of the house a little bit earlier than we 232 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:45.559 wouldn't have to worry about it. And you know, maybe 233 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:47.320 it's their fault too, because sometimes they don't listen and 234 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:49.519 they don't do anything quick. But if I got them 235 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:51.960 up earlier, wouldn't have been a problem. So I'll take 236 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:53.799 this one. Kids. But we left the house a little 237 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:55.679 later than we usually do and they still wanted their 238 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:57.639 fizz Freeze from Thornton's, which we got to make a 239 00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:00.159 stop there, so we did and we were in and 240 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:02.840 out quick as can be, and you know, it worked 241 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:06.159 out perfect. We did have a Frequency Club bonus fizz 242 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:08.799 freeze today because we buy enough of them, and sure enough, 243 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:10.799 you get one free after the after I think every 244 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:13.080 nine you purchased, the tenth is free. So we're in 245 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.480 and we're out, and then we're hitting, you know, we're 246 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:17.559 hitting every light. And he has to be at daycare 247 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.440 by nine thirty and he was there at nine thirty two. 248 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:23.879 And I would have probably been a you know, been 249 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:28.519 you know, a little mouth if they told me like 250 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:30.720 he couldn't come in. But they've done that before, so 251 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.879 I'm worried that, like they're gonna say he can't come 252 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:36.120 in today. And if they do that, then you know, 253 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:38.559 I gotta go. I gotta find somebody to watch my kid. Today, 254 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:41.320 So you know, that was frustrating. But yes while I 255 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:42.960 was already running late, is when I hit every light 256 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:46.120 and we I had two different people that absolutely just 257 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:48.960 have no balls for the yellow light, just no balls 258 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:53.240 at all. And you know, I get it's it's quite clear. 259 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:55.519 I mean, if you've been driving long enough, you know, 260 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.080 if you are in a position to where you're gonna 261 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:01.759 make it easily, it's gonna be close, or you know 262 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:04.399 it'll turn red while you're crossing, but you're gonna be 263 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:07.679 You're gonna be your daredevil. These were two situations to 264 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:09.919 where they could have, you know, they could have lowered 265 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.240 their speed and still made it in without any trouble. 266 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.960 But yesterday my daughter goes to uh she's got a 267 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.759 babysitter who watched her a lot this summer, and she 268 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.440 lives in a neighborhood near where we are, and they 269 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:25.399 were doing they're doing pavement. They were like repaving the road, 270 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:28.279 which is not that uncommon. So there's this guy, he 271 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:30.480 doesn't have it blocked off like the neighborhood entrance, but 272 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:32.120 he's just sitting out there in front of a truck, 273 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:34.279 like in front of the neighborhood sign. So I tried 274 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:35.879 to turn in. He jumped up and was like, no, 275 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:37.679 you know, you got to go in the other entrance. 276 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:40.200 And I said, I where's the other entrance and he 277 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:43.039 pointed down. He was like, it's by the golf course. 278 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:44.720 And I'm thinking, I don't I don't even know where 279 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:46.799 there's a golf course in the next ten miles from 280 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:49.519 where we are, So sure enough, it shot me like 281 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.720 all the way down from Brooks Road to Fairdale. I'm 282 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:55.120 you know, I'm I'm I'm moving around all kinds of 283 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:57.440 different places. I put it in the GPS and it 284 00:12:57.519 --> 00:12:59.679 ends up shooting me right back to the same entrance 285 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:02.480 in the gas like you get lost, And I'm like, yeah, 286 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:04.919 I'm pretty sure the entrance you're talking about it is 287 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:07.519 not an entrance to this neighborhood. You shot me ten 288 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:12.039 miles down the road when I'm literally about two hundred 289 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:15.519 yards from the home I needed to go to. He's like, yeah, 290 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:18.240 you should be good to go ahead and ride on it. 291 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:20.759 You know, I think you're good now. And I'm like, okay, well, 292 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:22.399 this guy doesn't seem too confident. Am I going to 293 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:27.879 drive in? You know? We whatever? You asphalt? Yeah? 294 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:28.440 Is it? You know? 295 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.039 Blacktop. It was blacktop, so I'm like, is my car 296 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.480 gonna just sink? And now I mean like it was 297 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:36.840 just a complete you know what. So yeah, I won't 298 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:39.600 be doing much driving, really any driving next week because 299 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:41.240 I'll be on the beach and I'm looking forward to that. 300 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:44.080 So anyways, I know you guys tuned in because you 301 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.240 care very much about my personal issue for traffic and whatnot. 302 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:49.720 So you know, I appreciate you guys being the therapist 303 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:51.440 and let me talk through it because now I feel better. 304 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:54.039 All right. It is coffee and Company. As I mentioned, 305 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:55.960 we are feeled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven 306 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.320 ninety Nick Coffee. That's me the company man, mister John 307 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:00.519 All on the alongside as we take you up to 308 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:04.000 to get your set for the weekend. And uh, there's 309 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:06.200 a lot to get into today. And I mean that 310 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:09.240 I think I might have a fix for the ACC. 311 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:12.039 Now I'm not gonna take credit for it, as if 312 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:14.360 I came up with this plan, I'll give credit to 313 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:16.080 the one and the only mister C. L. Brown of 314 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:19.600 the Courier Journal, who I didn't see his actual column, 315 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:23.320 but Sports Business Journal, I believe is the is the 316 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:27.679 is the outlet that put together they put together a 317 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:30.639 few different put together a piece that has a few 318 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:35.480 different quick hit quotes from stories from beat writers across 319 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:39.240 the ACC as far as what they expect, what they 320 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:42.159 expect Jim Phillips to do, like what realistically could make 321 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.919 the put the league in a better place. And I 322 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:48.320 thought CL's point was spot on, and that is stop 323 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:54.720 giving Boston College and Wake Forest and you know, Virginia 324 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:56.879 Tech even or something. Mean, maybe they're maybe I'm picking 325 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:59.440 on them, but like, if you really want to keep 326 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:02.600 the league to get and keep everybody happy, the easy 327 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:06.279 scenario is to start paying what you are worth. Because 328 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:09.759 here's the thing. If you start paying less to the 329 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.120 Boston colleges of the world, what are they gonna do? 330 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:18.039 Leave the league? No, they're they're hoping the league doesn't 331 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:21.840 blow up, because if it does, I mean, what are 332 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:24.000 they gonna do? And other schools are in that situation 333 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:27.480 as well, but like they know, they're not worthy of 334 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:30.960 half the money that they get from the ACC. So 335 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:33.480 if you have to, you know, again, you run into 336 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:36.000 an issue where okay, well maybe they'll hold up that 337 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:38.159 grand of rights. Well nobody can hold it because nobody 338 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:39.840 can actually see it. They keep it locked away, nobody 339 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:41.960 can actually view it. But you know they'll start yelling 340 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:44.639 grand of rights, grand of rights because they signed and 341 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:46.559 it was till twenty thirty six, and you know they 342 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:48.320 would be they would be entitled to do that, and 343 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:51.480 they and they probably should do that. However, give them 344 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:54.080 the latter, All right, Well, okay, that's what you want 345 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:56.840 to do, Maybe we let Florida State, Miami and some 346 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:59.559 other schools out. Do you want that, because then you 347 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:02.679 get less? Like either way, you're getting less, because if 348 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:05.120 those schools leave and we have to do a new deal, 349 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:07.960 we have less value and you're gonna get less anyway, 350 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:12.080 like holding to the fire. And I don't know if 351 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:16.080 that's gonna make Florida State and Clemson happy. But I 352 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:20.240 actually don't think that deep down they really want to 353 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:23.600 be away from the ACC because they run the league essentially, right, 354 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.360 they're the big brands. They like, there's some real benefits 355 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.840 to being the big dog, right especially now with the 356 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:30.399 playoff expanded, if they go to the Big ten or 357 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:32.600 the SEC, you know, much harder it is for them 358 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:34.960 to get in the playoff a lot harder now. They 359 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:37.240 want money. Money matters, but again you can, you know, 360 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:40.799 and by the way, it's still not gonna put you 361 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:42.759 close to where the Big ten in the SEC is. 362 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:46.600 But I wasn't like I crunched some numbers. But there 363 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:49.639 was a great breakdown from some I'm trying to figure 364 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.679 out who it is because I want to make sure 365 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:51.960 I give this guy credit because he did a great 366 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:55.559 job of really kind of laying out. It's Luke Fletcher, 367 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:58.720 who as a college football writer for Saturday Blitz, and 368 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:02.759 he really broke down that there is added revenue coming 369 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:05.960 in for the ACC. You know, they're they're they're they're 370 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:09.960 increasing revenue, and that's what you want. But you know 371 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:12.920 it's not a whole lot, right and you know you're 372 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:15.880 locked Angel twenty thirty six. So it's not as if, okay, 373 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:18.799 it's all blown out of proportion, everybody's overreacting. The league 374 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:22.839 is bringing in more money. Everything's great, but it's something. 375 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:28.359 It's something, and that that, you know, anything helps. Also, 376 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:31.079 I do want to let you guys hear what Matt 377 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:33.359 Ruhle had to say at the Big Ten Media Days 378 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:39.559 yesterday and Paul Finebaum's response to it, which is not 379 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:43.519 so surprising that Paul Finebaum is very anti Big ten. 380 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.400 But I want to take that whole conversation in a 381 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:51.839 little bit of a different direction because it still amazes 382 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:55.160 me that college coaches, because I don't know if there's 383 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:59.920 really any other profession quite like it to where you 384 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:02.559 can be in front of a huge crowd at a 385 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:08.480 press conference, holding court, maybe it's live on television, and 386 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:12.640 you can say things that every single person in that room, 387 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:16.400 every single person watching, and you yourself know is a 388 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:23.200 flat out lie, and it's just whatever. I mean, I 389 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:26.759 I think NFL coaches can't do that. NBA coaches can't 390 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:28.559 do that. I mean, like they can. Nobody's gonna stop them, 391 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:32.680 They're not gonna get arrested. But college football coaches, specifically, 392 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:35.559 some with basketball as well, especially you know the likes 393 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:37.920 of the John Caliparis and the Rick Patinos of the world. 394 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:42.000 But in college football, like these guys are all again, 395 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:46.880 they're some of them are wired to just present themselves 396 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:50.200 as if they're not human. They're just football robots that 397 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:53.880 live in an alternate universe like Matt Ruhle does, where 398 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:57.160 he can say things that he believes and nobody calls 399 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:01.319 him on it, and you know, it's just whatever. Because 400 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:03.759 that's what college football coaches do. I mean, him claiming 401 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:07.319