WEBVTT 1 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:46.479 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:48.280 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:50.560 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:51.039 when we. 5 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:53.840 Are get off our show. Idiots. 6 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.159 The kids are playing or tail off and the counts 7 00:00:56.159 --> 00:00:56.960 are screwing it up. 8 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:01.479 Gold play intermurals, Brother, go play Intermural. They're supposed to 9 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:03.399 be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:07.280 Who's the kidd here? Who's the kid here? Are you 11 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:19.680 kidding me? Now? Here's Nick coffee? 12 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:24.519 All right, let's get it started. Happy Friday. Everybody, welcome 13 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:27.920 in Coffee and Company. That's us. We're here for the 14 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:30.760 next three hours getting you set for the weekend. And 15 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:33.480 we are fueled by Thornton's. And I can tell you 16 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:37.959 as of right now at one two it is now 17 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:41.000 three oh one on this clock right in front of me, 18 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:45.280 three oh one pm. In downtown Louisville at four Street Live, 19 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:47.920 it is snowing quite a bit, and I don't know 20 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:50.120 if it's because of I mean, I really don't know. 21 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:54.400 In fact, I'm looking here at the WLKY Live some 22 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.519 of their live cameras they've got set up, and it's 23 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.760 snowing hard everywhere right now. From what I can tell, 24 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:02.239 he's in the you know, in the Louisville area. But 25 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:04.719 I just drew. I was, I've been driving the last 26 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:06.920 hour and a half. Austin, you can attest to this. 27 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:10.960 I just walked in like ninety seconds ago, and uh yeah, 28 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:13.919 and it and the roads seem to be in great shape. 29 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:14.560 I mean, they're. 30 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:18.599 Obviously wet, and uh it is snowing, but so far, 31 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:21.919 I don't feel like this, Uh, this news storm has 32 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:25.199 has done quite as much damage that we got from 33 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:28.039 from earlier this week. So we'll see. I talked about 34 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.199 this yesterday. I'm as soon as the show ends, I'm 35 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:32.599 I'm hitting the road and I'm heading up north to 36 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:35.759 go to the Pittsburgh game. Right, I'm gonna leave again 37 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:37.639 as soon as the show ends, and then I'll stop 38 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:40.599 in Columbus tonight and then we'll get up in the morning. 39 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:42.840 And I feel like, you know, it was a good 40 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.479 confidence boost for me to be out driving here in 41 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:49.639 the last hours. So as it's been snowing and and 42 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:51.639 the road seem to be okay. There's not many people 43 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:53.719 out and that I guess is a It's a good thing, 44 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:55.439 right that when there's not as many people out and 45 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:57.439 about that that that leads you, I guess, to have 46 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:01.680 better success at navigating the roadways and the highways in 47 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:05.000 this weather. But I went from being really nervous about like, 48 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:06.680 all right, should should I just like call it off? 49 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:09.400 Should I try to? You know? Oh, but no, we're gonna, 50 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:11.080 We're gonna, We're gonna. I mean that would have been 51 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:14.280 a really weak move. And I feel like, although it 52 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:18.400 would have had zero impact at all on like Louisville's chance, 53 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:23.479 Louisvell's chances of winning tomorrow, you know, I still feel 54 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:24.759 like I would have been a bad team player to 55 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:26.840 just be like, oh, well, it's snowing outside, so I'm 56 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:29.800 just not gonna go. Now we're going and I'm looking 57 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:32.599 forward to In fact, yeah, have you seen the opening 58 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:33.400 line for this one yet? 59 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:35.759 Uh? No, I have not have checked the line. 60 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:39.400 I just checked right about twenty thirty minutes ago. And 61 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:42.360 I I think I put you on the spot three 62 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:45.039 times this week, maybe four times. I've been doing decent, 63 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:46.800 You've been doing really good. You've been you know, you 64 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:48.560 might be sitting in the lines. You maybe an odds maker, 65 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.039 and that's just not know it. But do you have 66 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:52.919 any any any guesses. 67 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:55.879 Last couple of ones, I've went a little bit low. 68 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.560 I think that the metrics probably like Pittsburgh a little 69 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:02.000 bit more. Let me Pittsburgh five and a half. 70 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:05.800 Close, Pittsburgh minus four and a half. Oh, okay is 71 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:07.800 what it opened up at it vanduels So oh that's 72 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:09.000 not bad. Yeah, not at all. 73 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:10.039 Louisville. 74 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:15.199 Actually that that is probably what I didn't. I wasn't 75 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:18.399 thinking a whole lot about what I would have guessed. However, 76 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.879 I do keep up with the kin Palm pretty regularly, 77 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:24.600 especially this time of year, and I subscribed to proud 78 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.759 kin Palm customer. And by the way, Louisville has jumped 79 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:30.759 up two spots in the last two days, so I 80 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:33.800 only checked to see their movement whenever they they you know, 81 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:36.240 finish a game. However, you gotta keep in mind whenever 82 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:39.040 other other teams play and other results happen that could 83 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:41.319 also impact them. And they've jumped from I think it 84 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.720 was thirty nine yesterday to thirty seven now and uh, 85 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:47.920 that's not you know, it's not braggadot, just with thirty 86 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:50.759 seventh in the kin Pom. But again, the last few 87 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:53.680 performances when they've clearly you know, played well and and 88 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:56.600 one big in these games. It's it is. It has 89 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:00.000 helped them more so than just the added win avoiding 90 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.639 loss and the win lost column. But yeah, the projected 91 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.879 score here and ken Palm is seventy seven to seventy 92 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:09.000 two with a Pittsburgh win, So ken Palm says the 93 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.720 Panthers may cover. But I hope that's wrong. I hope 94 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:16.759 a Louisville wins outright. And I mean, look, I think 95 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:18.360 that and I talked to a lot about this really 96 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:20.720 throughout the week, especially yesterday, but we had a shorter 97 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:23.120 show yesterday, so I'm not sure how many of you 98 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:24.920 were able to be with us throughout. 99 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:27.240 But I only got a couple of inches of show. 100 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:29.079 Yeah, only a couple of inches of show, and it 101 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:32.600 was we you know, we need more. I mean size matters, 102 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:36.959 and a show that's only an hour and some change 103 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:39.560 is just not enough. But when it comes to pitt there, 104 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:43.079 I think this is easily the toughest game you have 105 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.480 left on the schedule, considering that pitt is one of 106 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:47.519 the best teams you'll play. In fact, I think pitt 107 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:48.759 is the best team you're going to play the rest 108 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:50.480 of the way. I don't really know who else would, 109 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.000 because again, if you're somebody that believes in the ACC 110 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:55.399 more so than I, Duke's really good. But you don't 111 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:58.800 play them again, Carolina, eh, I mean, you don't play 112 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:02.639 them again, and you already beat them. So Clemson, you 113 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:04.519 don't play them again, you already beat them. When it 114 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:06.160 comes to teams that are expected to be, you know, 115 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:07.839 towards the top of the league at least as of 116 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:11.360 right now, I mean Pits, pitt Is. The Pit's the 117 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:14.279 only team I haven't mentioned yet that is in that tier. 118 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:16.279 And you've got them tomorrow and then they come here 119 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:19.160 to play before too long. It's actually actually no, I'm sorry. 120 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:22.120 It's later in the year. So this is a big test, 121 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:26.399 and I feel like, for better or worse, they're probably 122 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:30.800 ritting more momentum and the energy is seemingly better. I 123 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:32.920 mean not to say they've ever had bad energy. I mean, 124 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:37.920 even throughout losses that aren't great, even throughout bad news 125 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:41.319 like losing guys to injury for the season, they've still 126 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:43.079 managed to kind of you know, not play victim, not 127 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:45.879 feel sorry for themselves and tried to make the most 128 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:48.319 of it. So they've always had good vibes. But man, 129 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.079 the way they've played lately, I mean, they've kind of 130 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:53.279 shown signs of a team that I didn't think they 131 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:55.639 I mean, I had no clue they ever turned into. 132 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:58.399 And when I say things like that, I want to 133 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:00.399 instantly back it up and be like, I'm not. I'm 134 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:03.160 not saying that they're elite. But I remember having to 135 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:05.160 kind of defend myself on this show because I was 136 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:07.800 the one saying that despite them losing by twenty plus 137 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:10.959 to Ole Miss, despite leading Duke for thirty minutes and 138 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:13.480 then getting beat by double digits and the Kentucky loss, 139 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:15.959 that like, I was still able to see some value 140 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:17.399 to where, hey, when we get to this point in 141 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:19.600 the season, I think they're gonna be able to win 142 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:21.360 more games because they're not going to play teams quite 143 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:23.480 as good as they did in that stretch there from 144 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.519 Thanksgiving on. And also they're going to get more comfortable, 145 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:29.120 They're going to get better with this new version of 146 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:30.879 themselves when they now know that they're not going to 147 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:33.000 have prior or Johnson for the rest of the season. 148 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:36.040 So I do think it's safe to say that right now, 149 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:40.920 you know, from a fans standpoint, meaning from those just 150 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:45.319 kind of following along, supporting this team and enjoying watching 151 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:50.399 the ride. I think I'm more confident that confident in 152 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:53.319 them right now than I've ever been. And that doesn't 153 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:54.920 mean that they're going to be able to go and 154 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.959 win tomorrow. And certainly I would imagine Pat Kelsey's not 155 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.199 letting these guys feel as if there's been any real 156 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:02.800 level of accomplishment. I think they've got good energy, but 157 00:08:02.839 --> 00:08:05.480 I'll also they I think these guys are mature enough 158 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:07.879 to understand that you know, you can't you can't just 159 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:09.839 get caught up in that. You got to keep bringing it. 160 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:12.720 And there again, their biggest test tomorrow, or the biggest 161 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:15.279 test the rest of the season, is tomorrow against Pittsburgh 162 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:18.120 at Nude. It's gonna be on ESPN two, and I 163 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:19.480 have no clue what to expect as far as the 164 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:22.519 Pittsburgh crowd, but uh, I'll be there with with my 165 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:25.160 with my dad and my son and my nephew, and 166 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:26.560 we're we're looking. 167 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:26.879 Forward to it. 168 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:29.480 Usually this game I always remember, I know that we've 169 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:32.120 been talking about it. With the Louisville Pittsburgh rivalry, it's 170 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:35.159 been a little bit more important from a year's past, 171 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:39.039 but like usually, like I I don't know if it's PTSD, 172 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:42.399 but I always remember going to Pittsburgh. I've never went, 173 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:45.039 but like Louisville going to Pittsburgh, and it's always been 174 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:46.039 like a late night game. 175 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:49.240 This is very rare. One o'clock. Yeah, it's noon, noon, 176 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:49.879 noon game. 177 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.600 And usually I just have I just have memories every 178 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:55.480 time Louisville goes to Pittsburgh. It's always like a big, 179 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:59.000 highly touted game. It's the zoo at night and you know, 180 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:00.159 the the good old day. 181 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:02.240 And there's been some During their DWN, we talked about 182 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:06.240 their real down stretch of play and since since they 183 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.840 hired Kevin Stallings, and then it turned to Caple We 184 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:10.720 talked a lot about that yesterday. They just have kind 185 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:17.000 of they've been so consistently bad or really bad for 186 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:18.960 a long time until like the last couple of years 187 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:20.759 that I kind of forgot. We went down memory lane 188 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:22.960 yesterday because I'd forgot that pitt used to be like 189 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:24.320 a real threat. They used to kind of be a 190 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:26.360 thorn in your side. And I feel like in the 191 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:27.919 big Ease days, they were one of those teams that 192 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:29.840 Louisville certainly had their fair share wins over, but I 193 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.799 just always felt like they gave us problems. And I 194 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:33.919 feel like even since then, even when they aren't great, 195 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:36.559 there were a couple of times where Louisville beat them badly, 196 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:39.559 and I remember one of them was a Kevin Stallings game. 197 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:43.159 In fact, Kevin Stallings, I think when Louisville played here 198 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:46.080 was this. It's weird that I remember this, it's random, 199 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:49.320 but when Kevin Stallings brought his team here during I 200 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:53.039 guess the season of Damian Lee and and I think 201 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:58.000 at that point they'd already called off the the Oh no, 202 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:00.879 I'm sorry it was it was Tamian Lee. It was 203 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:04.919 the David Paget year, I believe, and Louisville of course 204 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.120 moved on from Atino. Up before the season started. It 205 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:10.600 was a big, big talking point and fans were yelling 206 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:13.039 at Kevin Stallings when he brought his team in, and 207 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:17.120 Stallings was heard turning around and yelling at fans, remember 208 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:20.120 that and saying something about at least he's not paying 209 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:23.559 players or something like that. And he was asked about it, 210 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.039 and I mean they got I mean they got killed 211 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:28.720 in that game, and he was asked about it, and 212 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:30.840 I think he kind of, like, to be honest with you, 213 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.399 I could be totally wrong here. I don't really I don't. 214 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:35.279 I don't really ever remember a whole lot of really 215 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:38.840 good Kevin Stalling's moments, like where he looked like, you know, 216 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:41.279 a cool guy that it was. It was, you know, 217 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:44.360 that was pretty sharp in front of the microphone. But 218 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:47.000 I think he kind of was like, well, yeah, we 219 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:50.759 didn't and and they he he had a very like 220 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.000 direct and honest answer that like, well, okay, a least 221 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.799 he's honest, least he's telling us that, like he said 222 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:59.240 that because Louisville did did get involved at that point. 223 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:01.240 You know, there were there was a whole lot that 224 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:03.240 we did not know then at that time as far 225 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:05.240 as that whole situation. But I remember that, and then 226 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:08.240 the year before that, Rix last year coaching. I guess 227 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:12.080 it was the Donovan's last season. They went to pitt 228 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:14.519 when Stallings was there, it might have been his first year, 229 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:16.919 and I think they were up fifty points in the 230 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:19.759 second half. I'm not exaggerating. I know Tyler Sharp, former 231 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:22.000 bullet Bullet County kid. He got in the game and 232 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:24.960 made a couple of threes, and I just remember, you 233 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:27.759 don't go on the road, and it stood out you 234 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:30.240 don't go on the road in the ACC in that 235 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:34.600 time and ever beat anybody like that like they were getting. 236 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:36.519 I mean just I mean, I'm not kidding you. I 237 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:38.639 would not be shocked if we went back, and maybe 238 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:40.399 I can pull up the whole box score. I think 239 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:42.720 louisll was up forty fifty points in the second half. 240 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:45.159 And again, you don't see that kind of stuthing. You 241 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:47.399 don't see that in college basketball really in any level. 242 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:52.360 So anyways, Pitt, other than those two that I mentioned, 243 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.279 the Kevin Stallings years, Jeff Caple, even when his teams 244 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:57.480 weren't good, they would give us trouble. In fact, they 245 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.159 beat Louisville a couple of times whenever. Yeah, it was 246 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:03.720 it was Max's first year. That team with Christian Cunningham 247 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:07.440 and Warwick kind of emerged as the guy, Dwayne Sutton, 248 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:10.039 same thing. And then they brought basically that whole team 249 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:14.559 back that following year without Kristen. But Pitt gave them, 250 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:17.000 gave Mack his first bad loss. I mean, Pitt was 251 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:18.840 an ACC team, it was at their place, but they 252 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:21.639 were terrible. They had a bad record. So I mean, 253 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:26.360 I'm expecting an environment that'll, you know, that'll remind me that, hey, 254 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:29.759 this is a tough place to play, because so even 255 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:32.000 when you do win, it's been a battle. And let's 256 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:35.679 be real, you know, Pitt's a good team, Like I feel, 257 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:37.759 I feel like I need to look around, like before 258 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:39.759 I say it, like I don't want anybody to judge 259 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:41.799 me because Pitt is again, they've been so bad for 260 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:44.720 such a stretch here, and I know that the ACC stinks, 261 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:47.919 But like I firmly believe that Pitt Will is a 262 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.080 good team that could they could you know, I wouldn't 263 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:51.360 be shocked at all if they find a way to 264 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:53.279 the Elite eight. Like I think they're that good. Now, 265 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:55.919 with that said, they could also slip up and loose 266 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:59.519 to anybody. So if Lowell does win, I'll I'll try 267 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:02.799 my best balance it because what I think of Pitt 268 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:05.159 may make it sound as if I'm acting like Louisville 269 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.399 just went out and beat Auburn, and it won't be 270 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:09.480 that at all. It's just that I feel like this 271 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.799 is a really good test for this team at this 272 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:16.000 time when they appear to be in really good form 273 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:19.399 going up against the team that I believe is the 274 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:21.879 best team left on their schedule and it's at their place. 275 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:26.279 So I'm excited. I am pumped up all right. A 276 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:29.200 lot of good college basketball games this weekend, including Kentucky 277 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:32.320 taking on a Mississippi State team that is a really 278 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:36.159 good team. And this to me, like this is a 279 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:38.639 good test for Mark Pope's group when it comes to 280 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:43.080 you're about all the things that have given you trouble 281 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:45.879 this year, that have made you look really vulnerable at 282 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:49.120 times or led to you actually losing games. That's what 283 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:51.960 Mississippi State does. That's who they are. And they've got 284 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:54.519 a really, really good guard that is one of the 285 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.600 best players in the country, to be honest with you, 286 00:13:56.679 --> 00:14:01.519 Josh Hubbard, So, Kentucky right now, kin Palm projection eighty 287 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:04.960 four seventy eight, that's a loss for the Cats. Which 288 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:08.480 that again, that's not a spread, that's the formula. So 289 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:11.320 if the formula is there, I would have you seen 290 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:14.320 the Kentucky spread yet, lust that I have not saw? 291 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:16.440 No, tell me, don't tell me, kay, okay, never mind. 292 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:18.600 Never mind, you've seen it. I was gonna say the 293 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:21.919 six point difference in the kin Palm spread, I thought 294 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:24.320 I thought it would be a little lower than that. 295 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:28.159 I think that the those that set these lines would 296 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:29.759 agree with me. So I'm going to guess that it's 297 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:33.360 a little bit smaller than what the six point differential 298 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:35.360 is in the kin Palm formula. And now I'm testing 299 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:38.279 myself to see, yeah, I was right, it's now or 300 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:40.679 maybe it's changed, but I'm looking at it in real 301 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:42.440 time here, and these just came out not that long ago, 302 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:44.919 so maybe there hasn't been any changes yet. But Kentucky 303 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:47.120 is four and a half point dogs. So look, if 304 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:48.639 you're a Kentucky fan, I think you kind of know 305 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:51.679 what you're walking into. You know, your team, despite being 306 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:55.159 really good as far as resume, and they've got some 307 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:57.960 really good wins and they've shown they're capable of beating anybody. 308 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:01.240 Despite all that, there are certain teams that play a 309 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:04.039 certain style that can really make you vulnerable, and this 310 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:07.200 team at their place, Mississippi State, is exactly that. So 311 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:10.399 I would imagine some Kentucky fans are probably not necessarily 312 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:12.720 like expecting. I mean, they're probably confident in their team 313 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:14.360 that they can win, but like a loss would and 314 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:18.559 shock them. But similar to what I just said about Louisville, again, 315 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:20.440 for me, and I'm only speaking for myself, not the 316 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:23.080 entire Louisville fan base, but a win here would really 317 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:26.200 really tell me a lot, would would kind of would 318 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:28.279 perk me up even more so about this group than 319 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:30.120 I already have been in the last couple of weeks. 320 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:32.080 I think if you're Kentucky, if you can go win 321 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:36.120 here in that environment, with the way they play, that 322 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:39.159 would make you really feel as if, Okay, we are learning, 323 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:42.480 we're getting better from these setbacks against these teams that 324 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:46.440 we know they do some things that we aren't necessarily 325 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:50.320 a good matchup for. But we're gonna we're gonna make adjustments. 326 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:52.200 We're gonna, you know, we're gonna be a little more physical, 327 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.200 a little more tough, that kind of stuff. So I 328 00:15:54.240 --> 00:16:00.000 wouldn't say that outsiders, meaning non Louisville fans or Kentucky, 329 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:02.399 I wouldn't say that. They would say that. I wouldn't say, 330 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:05.080 orright me back up, I wouldn't expect them to say that. 331 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:08.559 These are like really huge tests that will tell you 332 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:10.200 a lot for both teams, But I kind of think 333 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:12.399 they are if you really consider it. So a big 334 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:14.919 weekend of college basketball, no doubt, and of course we've 335 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.440 got another college football playoff game tonight. After last night's 336 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:21.080 win for Notre Dame. I've got some thoughts on that. 337 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:24.559 We'll talk about that. On the other side, also, I 338 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:27.440 kind of feel like tonight all the energy is that 339 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:29.120 Ohio State is just going to come in there and 340 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:32.879 go to work and take care of this Texas team 341 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:34.159 that's really fortunate to be there. 342 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:34.440 Again. 343 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:38.159 They're very thankful that the refs decided not to not 344 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:41.960 to call targeting when it was blatant targeting. So Ohio State, 345 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:45.039 I feel like this is one of those postseason college 346 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:49.440 football games that ninety nine percent of the people talking 347 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:51.519 about what's going to happen or saying Ohio State's gonna win, 348 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:54.120 which I agree with that. However, when that happens, usually 349 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:57.519 you end up getting shocked. So I would imagine we'll 350 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:59.919 get an entertaining game tonight. But there's also a chance 351 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:02.960 that Ohio State went through what they went through and 352 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:06.279 then kind of rounded into form after that. Because when 353 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:09.759 you really consider they have more talent than than anybody left, 354 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:11.759 I mean they do. I mean they've got a roster 355 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:14.799 that is a high dollar and a lot of NFL players, 356 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:17.160 and look, everybody left has good players as well. But 357 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:19.880 I'm just I kind of feel like it's gonna be 358 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:23.119 a really i'd be The one result I don't see 359 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:26.160 is that Texas winning and you know, having some comfort. 360 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:29.720 I think it's a close game that comes down to 361 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:32.000 the wire and Ohio State wins, or it's a blowout, 362 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:36.480 meaning I don't see like a you know, uh in 363 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:38.839 between there right, like maybe and I guess a ten 364 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:41.519 point loss would still be considered a loss where maybe 365 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:43.279 you probably late didn't feel like you were you had 366 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:45.119 a chance to win. But I think it's gonna be 367 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.839 really ugly or it'll be really close in Ohio States 368 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:51.279 just better. But either way, I'm gonna I'm gonna be well, 369 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:53.720 I guess I won't. I lie. I'll be listening as 370 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:56.319 I drive to Columbus tonight because uh, you know. 371 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:58.720 That's you're gonna be in Buckeye Country. 372 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:02.000 That's right. I never even thought about that. Holy crap time. 373 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.480 I never even I'm such a dumb ass. I never 374 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:06.640 even consider that I'm actually together. I never actually I 375 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:08.000 never know. I never thought about the fact that I'm 376 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:11.119 going to be stopping tonight in Columbus, Ohio when they 377 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:14.359 potentially punched their ticket to go play for a national championship. 378 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.799 Get pretty crazy. 379 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:16.880 It could be, could be, could be fun, could be 380 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.279 a mess. 381 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.640 I don't know. 382 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:19.519 I guess we h. I guess we shall see. 383 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.480 It's not snowing up there. 384 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:23.880 I don't know. I looked yesterday and they it didn't 385 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:25.359 look as if, in fact, I feel like they were 386 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:28.400 going to have not only not not the snow that 387 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:31.480 we that we have had and I guess currently are 388 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:33.440 having right now, but also it wasn't going to be 389 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:35.240 quite as cold. It was gonna be cold. But you know, 390 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:38.319 we're not getting a blow freezing till Sunday. I don't 391 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:41.920 think so. And clearly that is that is much needed. 392 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.720 Right some of the things we'll get into today, there 393 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:47.079 are certain states that are that are putting out new 394 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:50.839 NIL bills that I just I think you're gonna see 395 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:53.599 a lot of copycats. I think you're going to see 396 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:56.920 certain bills out there in certain states that that quite 397 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:59.799 literally are are in place to help the programs that 398 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:02.240 clearly are going to need to have a good NIL 399 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:06.079 situation to be successful. And Colorado has one that I 400 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:08.119 that I that I think will will be picked up 401 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:11.759