WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.439 Sports Talk seven ninety. Holy crap, I don't know who 3 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:14.359 the hell we think we are. Get off our show, idiot. 4 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:16.920 The kids are crying or trail off. The countries are 5 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.960 screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play 6 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:20.920 Inn Murals. 7 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.000 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 8 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:25.760 Who's the kid here? 9 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:27.679 Who's the kid here? 10 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:28.559 Are you kidding me? 11 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:29.519 Now? 12 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:36.079 Here's Nick Coffee. 13 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:42.000 All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome in. Let's do this. 14 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:44.479 Let's get it started at his Coffee and Company, and 15 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:47.200 we are fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety, 16 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:49.920 taking you up until six o'clock. That's what we do. 17 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:52.439 I say wee because it's not just me. I'm not alone. 18 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:54.039 My name is Nick Coffee. I hope you knew that. 19 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:56.439 Now you do If you did not, the company man, 20 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:59.399 mister John Alden is alongside today and again we're with 21 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:00.880 you for the next three hours. So just know that 22 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:02.520 whatever it is you got going on, you can take 23 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:04.680 us with you. Listen live on the iHeart Radio app 24 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:08.959 Listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. There'll be 25 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:10.719 plenty of ways for you guys to be a part 26 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:12.680 of the show today as well. You can give us 27 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:14.640 a call once we open up the phone lines. We 28 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:17.480 usually do that once the first segment comes to an end, 29 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:20.680 So around twenty minutes from now, if you're itching to 30 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:23.480 hit actually, let me ask you this question, John, I 31 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:25.879 got a question for you to start the show. Tell Okay, 32 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:29.840 when people dial numbers, do they still need to enter 33 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:31.519 the area code like you do? Right? 34 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:33.840 I think if you're outside the region, you have to. 35 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:35.760 I feel like that's how it's always worked. 36 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.480 I can't tell you the last time that I placed 37 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:42.560 a phone call that I did not put area code first, 38 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:44.560 But I don't know if I need to. Right. So, 39 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:46.959 I'm in Louisville. I'm in the five to oh two 40 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:51.519 area code district region whatever I mean, it's the area code. 41 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.560 But like you know, you go certain certain amount of 42 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:56.680 ways up north, you hit eight one two, you go 43 00:01:56.719 --> 00:01:58.920 certain amount of ways down south, you end up and 44 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:01.280 I guess that would be two seven oh East of 45 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:04.319 US would be eight five nine far east of US 46 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:06.120 would be six oh six. 47 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:08.159 Look at you knowing your area code? 48 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:13.879 Trivia and I guess I'm gonna guess far west of 49 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:16.879 US would still hit with two seven oh. Now, what 50 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:19.039 I don't know is when you get up to northern 51 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.919 Kentucky and you're close to Cincinnati. I know there's a 52 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:24.759 lot of eight five nine's in Cincinnati. What I don't 53 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:27.639 know is if you have like you know, if you're 54 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:31.759 you know, is Cincinnati five one three? Is that? Is that? 55 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:34.800 Is that right? That I guess that you think it is? Got? Yeah, 56 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:36.680 I mean, look at me so as someone who's had 57 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:39.120 who I guess it makes sense, right, I'm telling you 58 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:41.599 that the last time. I mean, if I if I 59 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:43.800 see a number I need to call, and I guess 60 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.879 more often than not, put it this way. Like, let's 61 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:49.360 say you are a caller and you wanted to call 62 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:52.280 into the show, and you know that you were in 63 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:54.080 the same area code that we are. If you just 64 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:57.280 put in five oh two, five seven or yea, I'm sorry, 65 00:02:57.319 --> 00:02:58.479 if you don't put in five oh two and you 66 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:02.319 just put in five seven one seventy nine hundred, will 67 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:04.360 that work? It should? Right? 68 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:06.319 I think it would because here here's the way I 69 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:08.599 think about it. Whenever I was a youngin and my 70 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:13.280 family had a landline. Still, if you dialed the I 71 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:15.439 guess the second set of digits and then the third 72 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:17.479 set of digits without putting in the area code, it 73 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.280 would automatically call somebody else with that number in the 74 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:23.560 same area code. So it might be ye, that makes sense. 75 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:26.039 Cell phones, I never, you know, like if I was 76 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:30.159 calling uh. I mean, I remember calling my wife's home 77 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:32.919 line when we were dating in middle school, which I 78 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:35.439 still feel weird saying we dated in middle school. We were, 79 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:38.080 you know, thirteen out of think we weren't dating. We 80 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:40.319 were you know, we call ourselves boyfriend and girlfriend, and 81 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.479 most of our communication was done on AOL instead Messenger. 82 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:47.159 But if I called her house, which by the way, 83 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:49.039 I remember this I just now thought of it, hadn't 84 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:51.759 thought of it in twenty years. Probably the Pizza Hut 85 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:55.360 in our area where we grew up one letter different 86 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:58.599 than her phone number, so she had a lot of calls, 87 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.879 a lot of calls that were to Pizza Hut and 88 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:04.800 at least intending to call Pizza Hut, but they ended 89 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:09.159 up getting her home residents. Also another random thing about 90 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:15.159 her home phone number her My wife's maiden name is Hall, 91 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.839 a fairly common maiden name, I would say, Hall's a 92 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:20.360 pretty fair I mean, I feel like that's a very 93 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:22.439 common last name, to be honest with you. So her 94 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:26.040 last name was Hall before she became a coffee and 95 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:28.040 I won't mention her her dad's name because he may 96 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:30.199 not want me saying that. But her dad had the 97 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:33.839 same name as the high school football coach where we 98 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:36.240 went to school. So back in the day, you know, 99 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:38.839 cell phones weren't cell phones weren't that big of a thing, 100 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:41.439 so you'd used to mean, I feel old saying this. 101 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:43.720 But back in the day, like if you wanted to 102 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:47.560 find out a friend's phone number to call, like during 103 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:50.199 summer break, you would have to know his parent's number, 104 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:52.199 her parent's number, and look him up in the old 105 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:55.000 Bullet County phone book. And then you know, if you 106 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:58.199 saw an address that you knew was legit, you'd know 107 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:00.279 that was the home phone number. So anyways, she had 108 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:02.720 a lot of calls to her house that were for 109 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.079 pizza Hut that you know they called they missed one number. 110 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:07.240 And then there were also calls made to her home 111 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:09.480 people trying to get hold of the local high school 112 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:11.959 football coach who happened to have the same last name 113 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:14.600 as her dad. So maybe that explains why a couple 114 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:18.160 of times when I would call my my my girlfriend 115 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.639 at the time, whenever we were, you know, twelve and thirteen, 116 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:23.680 I would all her dad never answer the phone like 117 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:25.079 he was in a good mood. And it may have 118 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:27.920 been because he probably just assumed it was somebody calling 119 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:30.000 one to order pizza or one to talk to the 120 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:33.560 local high school football coach. But you know, did you 121 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:35.480 ever go through that like when you were you know, 122 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:37.160 when you had a girlfriend or a girl that you 123 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:38.759 were you know, you were into when you were a 124 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:41.279 kid and you talked on the phone, and like you 125 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:43.560 always if you called, there'd always be a little bit 126 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:47.079 of a fear of the parents answering and not them 127 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:48.839 is Tiffany Holme. 128 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:52.120 Yeah, that's in middle school specifically, there was. So there 129 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:55.639 was a point where using email was before texting. I 130 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:57.759 guess if you read before smartphones and that type of thing, 131 00:05:57.959 --> 00:06:00.240 you would exchange emails and then schedule a phone phone 132 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:02.240 call over email, And I did that a couple of 133 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:03.120 times in middle school. 134 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.439 So we never did the email growing up, like we 135 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:08.079 had we had AOL and SE messenger, and that was 136 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:10.399 how a lot of our communication took place. And I'm 137 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:12.879 sure everyone thinks their era that they grew up in 138 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:15.319 was the best, But I'm here to tell you the 139 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:17.120 era that I grew up in was in fact the best, 140 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.120 better than yours, because I had a little bit of both. 141 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:21.279 When I was really young. As a young kid, I 142 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:23.639 couldn't go fire up a tablet, I couldn't get on 143 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:25.920 the internet. I had to go outside and play. And 144 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:27.800 if I wanted to go, you know, hang out with 145 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:29.439 a friend, I had to go walk to his house 146 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:31.199 and knock on his door and see if he was home. 147 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:33.439 And if I made the trip, you know, five streets 148 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:35.680 over and he wasn't home. You know, that's just that 149 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:37.399 you chalk it up to the game. That's part of it. 150 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:39.319 He wasn't home, you got to go home. Now you'd 151 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:41.000 have no way of knowing, right, you can't text, you're 152 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:43.120 not emailing. But by the time I got to be 153 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.800 like late, like seventh eighth grade, you know, the Internet 154 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:49.199 was you know, AOL was a thing. So we would 155 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:51.639 communicate on AOL and stea messenger. And by the time 156 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:54.160 I got to high school, you know a lot of 157 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:57.120 the communication as far as socializing, was done in person 158 00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:59.959 because not everybody had the Internet, especially in bull Account 159 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:02.759 when the Internet was very young, so you'd have to 160 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:05.079 call a home phone. But by the time I was 161 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:07.319 a sophomore, which I think was around like two thousand 162 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:10.560 and three, two thousand and four, the Internet had become 163 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:15.439 a course much bigger. Cell phones became pretty common, not 164 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:18.319 just for you know everybody, but like kids myself. I 165 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:20.839 got my first cell phone was when I was a 166 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:25.160 sophomore in high school, and I remember, you know, texting 167 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:27.319 became a thing, and that really like made it to 168 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:29.680 where that's how we all communicated was text messages. So 169 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:31.639 you know, when I was really young, I couldn't rely 170 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:34.639 on the Internet, and the tablet and the video games 171 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:36.920 we had were nothing like what you have now. But 172 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:41.279 I also got to experience the benefit of technology whenever 173 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:43.399 I was, you know, in high school, Like if I 174 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:45.720 ever wanted to go out with a girl or you know, 175 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:47.439 flirt with a girl, I didn't have to walk up 176 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:49.720 to her during during you know, in between second and 177 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.120 third period and think of some like you know, clever 178 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:54.839 pickup line or some corny joke. I would just get 179 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:57.279 her insta her or not Instagram. That wouldn't around then 180 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:00.279 but I'd get her AOL instant messenger, or I would 181 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:01.959 find somebody who knew her, and like, you know, you 182 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:03.519 could kind of plant the seed that way, and you 183 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:05.120 could kind of communicate to where it's not it's not 184 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:09.439 as intimidating. It was intimidating calling the home phone when 185 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:11.639 like the dad or mom's picking up and they know 186 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:14.920 that it's a boy who's you know, interested in their daughter. 187 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:17.160 A lot of parents were super cool about it, but 188 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:19.279 like there were some that I was like, oh, if 189 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:21.759 he answers, I'm hanging up. Hope they don't. And then 190 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:23.839 if you if you block the number, then they wouldn't 191 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:26.160 answer anyway. Or if you block the number and they 192 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:28.120 did answer, you know, they would say, why are you 193 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.240 blocking your number? You know, so different times. I feel 194 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.720 like you are also in the same way to where 195 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:36.799 the internet was always a thing when you were growing up, right. 196 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:38.919 Yes, even like when I was a child when dial 197 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.000 up is was really a thing the beginning of it. 198 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:43.639 Yeah, but like by the time you graduated high school 199 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:45.639 a year was that twelve thirty sixteen? 200 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:48.720 Oh my god, graduated in sixteen? Started in twelve. 201 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.559 I thought you graduated college in sixteen. 202 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:54.559 Graduated college and fall of nineteen. 203 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.840 Yeah, we can stop talking about that stuff now because 204 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:59.039 that's yeah, I'd rather not real quick. 205 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:01.440 Two people called in let us know that they it 206 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:04.440 is possible to call this phone number without using the area. 207 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:07.120 Code, but there's got to be some kind of a line. 208 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:10.799 Yeah, I'm Surom, California. I should have asked the guy 209 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:12.600 where he was calling from. His name was Roscoe. 210 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.720 Roscoe called back, and just drive around and tell us 211 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:17.320 when you hit a point where you got to enter 212 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:19.639 the area code. It's for it's for research purposes of 213 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:21.720 the show. It's for a greater good of coffee and company. 214 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:24.159 And we really we we will we will will pay you, 215 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:27.200 uh with with more shows and and that's how you'll 216 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:29.240 be paid for your services. We really appreciate it. Roscoe. 217 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:30.440 Roscoe is a hell of a name, by the way. 218 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:31.159 It is a great name. 219 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.360 There's a kid who is I think he's a year 220 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:37.600 older than Moose and uh but now Moose just got 221 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:39.360 when he turned four, he joined the four and five 222 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.960 year old room at daycare. So now he's now he's 223 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.080 up with some bigger kids. And there's a five year 224 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:47.519 old named Roscoe. He's got long shaggy hair, he's he's 225 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:49.879 he's the coolest kid. Moose loves him. And I'm like, 226 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:51.480 you know what, I get it. This is Roscoe kid. 227 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:54.039 He's a wild card. He's wild, he's got cool hair, 228 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.799 and his name's Roscoe. If I told you, hey, let 229 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:58.799 me introduce you to Roscoe. You're not thinking I'm about 230 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:00.200 to tell you about a five year old, right, You're 231 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:02.799 thinking of probably a you know, grown up an adult. 232 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:05.919 But Rosco's still alive. I don't There can't be many 233 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:09.039 people five years or younger named Roscoe, right, I. 234 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:10.840 Would say that's probably a true fact. 235 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:12.919 Yeah, So shout out to all the Roscoe's out there, 236 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:14.960 and shout out to the Roscoe who uh who called 237 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:18.039 in to let us know we appreciate you. All right. Anyways, 238 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.919 that was a long winded, you know, distraction there from me, 239 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:22.759 But sometimes that happens, you know, It's part of it. 240 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:24.919 And we got a lot we're gonna get into today. 241 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:29.279 I think we are nowhere. I am nowhere different now 242 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:32.120 than I was yesterday in regards to the Amari Huggins 243 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:34.679 Bruce rumors that are out there, but they're still out there. 244 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:37.879 Like nobody said, Nope, not happening. But nobody's also said, 245 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:42.279 here's the report, here's here's here's what's going on. And 246 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:47.200 I'll admit, just because of how like wild college athletics 247 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:50.879 is now compared to what it was years ago. The 248 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:53.720 thought of a guy, you know, going to a new school, 249 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:58.399 transferring and then coming back right before school starts out 250 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:01.080 of nowhere because a guy got injured, like you know, 251 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.600 years ago, that was unheard of, but now you know 252 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:05.600 it is odd. But yet you think, okay, well here 253 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:07.519 we are. It's a new world. College athletics is so 254 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:09.759 much different, so I guess this really isn't that crazy. 255 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:12.679 But just because of the climate and it being really 256 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:15.360 just a complete you know, as they say, the wild 257 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:19.000 wild West, I never even thought about it. John, the 258 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:23.399 transfer portal's closed, he can't transfer, and I never once 259 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:25.120 thought about that. And here there's a ton of people 260 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:28.320 speculating on it. There appears to be you know, some 261 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:32.559 some where the rumors are coming from. It's originating from 262 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:38.600 a person that has had good information before. So you know, 263 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:41.600 nobody said it's happened, and here we go, and nobody 264 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:44.240 has said nope, that's all nonsense. It's just internet rumor. 265 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:46.960 But at least, you know, because somebody did raise the 266 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:50.039 question like, wait a second, you can't transfer the portal 267 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:53.120 is closed. Well, I'm now to the point where I 268 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:56.080 don't I shouldn't say I don't believe it. But the 269 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:59.519 scenario as to how he would get here and be 270 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:03.159 able to to enroll in school and join the football program, 271 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:05.919 meaning Amari Huggins Bruce who did leave Louisville and it's 272 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:08.960 still currently at South Carolina, someone has at least given 273 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:12.279 me what's been said as far as how it could 274 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:17.559 be possible. But the amount of thing like the just 275 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:20.639 the loops or I guess the hoops as they say 276 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:23.720 you'd have to jump through to make this happen make 277 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.120 me think that, like, yeah, that's just that's not realistic. 278 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.399 But then again, we're in a world right now with 279 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:31.080 college athletics where like nothing is gonna surprise us, So 280 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:33.279 we can dive back into that coming up here after 281 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:37.360 our first commercial break. But also we now have the 282 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:41.360 battle for Atlantis matchups. We're getting cards versus Hoosiers. I mean, 283 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:43.639 we're not going to break down the game today, but 284 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:48.000 I mean that's not exactly what I mean. I don't 285 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:51.080 really know what I wanted, But I did want Louisville 286 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:52.919 to get a good opponent in their first game, just 287 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:55.039 to kind of see where they stand in Indiana on 288 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:58.200 paper heading into this season. Should be a good opponent, 289 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:00.799 maybe a very good opponent. It'll be a test, no 290 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:04.440 doubt so. And I've always been someone that loves to 291 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:08.240 see a challenging non conference schedule because I want to 292 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:11.120 watch my team play games where I know when the 293 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:14.519 clock hit zero and we fire up these microphones to 294 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:18.320 do a postgame show. I learned something it doesn't have 295 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:20.440 to be, you know, like one game doesn't tell the 296 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.519 whole story of a team and how good they can be. Guy. 297 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:25.120 Teams have games where they play above their mind. They 298 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:27.799 have games where they play, you know, below what you 299 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:30.360 know they are. But I I you know, there's gonna 300 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:32.320 be something to take from these games in the Bahamas 301 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:34.879 more so than when you play you know, butt crack State. 302 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.919 So you know, give me more of these kind of games, 303 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:41.200 less of the butt crack States. And I love it 304 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:43.039 because again I'm I'm you know, when I can get 305 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:45.519 if we can get through November and December and every 306 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:47.840 now and you know, pretty frequently, you're you're getting a 307 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:51.240 chance to see where you stand. I mean, that's that's 308 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:54.240 the that's what you want. But then again, Louisville has 309 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:55.639 a brand new team and a brand new coach to 310 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:58.120 where I'm thinking, Okay, they got Tennessee in their second game, 311 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:00.519 and then before too long they take off of the 312 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:02.639 Battle for Atlantis, which again they're gonna play some good 313 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:05.440 teams because they're either gonna play in their second game 314 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:09.360 depending on what happens between Indiana and Louisville, and again, 315 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:12.679 depending on what happens between Gonzaga and West Virginia, it's 316 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:14.159 gonna be one of those two teams. So you're gonna 317 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:18.080 play Indiana in West Virginia or Indiana and Gonzaga, and 318 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:20.679 you know in two of your first what six seven 319 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:23.679 games of the season, And that's I mean that if 320 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:27.200 you get Indiana and Gonzaga, that would probably mean you 321 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:30.039 beat Indiana. And I would imagine that Gonzaga is gonna 322 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:33.080 beat West Virginia because they're preseason top five team. And 323 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:34.799 again we're getting ahead of ourselves here as far as 324 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:36.679 you know, if they win. But still, like you're talking 325 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:38.399 about playing some of the best teams in the country 326 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:42.639 in the first you know, two three weeks of the season, which, again, 327 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:45.320 as a fan, I like it just to kind of 328 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:47.600 see where you are. But then again, if you're Pat Kelsey, 329 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:50.200 you're probably thinking, Okay, look, I might need a little bit. 330 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:52.360 You might you might want to throw me some more 331 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:56.000 butt crack States here to kind of ease in. I 332 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:57.360 don't know why I'm going with butt Crag State. 333 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.759 You may have created a Butthole Tech's rival with buck b. 334 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:02.720 Old Tech in but correct, stay, Look you throw the 335 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.440 records out the window when those two teams play each other, John, 336 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:08.759 you have to, because it's it's a rivalry. A smelly 337 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:12.000 during Yeah, a lot of houses divided with with those 338 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:14.120 with the luma from from both sides. There. Yeah, there 339 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:16.759 you go. Well said. So we'll talk a little more 340 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:18.879 about that because we're getting closer to college football and 341 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:20.639 that's on the horizon. I mean, in fact, we've said 342 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:22.240 it's here. I mean, it's not here yet for the 343 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:24.960 local teams just yet. But hey, we got football games, 344 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:28.080 and I mean after today, we got two shows and 345 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:29.960 then the next time we're on the airwaves, we're gonna 346 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:33.440 be reacting to real college football games that took place. 347 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:37.080 And that has me excited. But basketball season, you know, 348 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.840 we all know it doesn't start that long after football. 349 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:42.240 And it's a new era around here. Man. We got 350 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:44.559 a brand new coach at Louisville, a brand new coach. 351 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:47.080 I mean, everything's brand new for Louisville and Kentucky. And 352 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:51.360 I mean everything new players, new coaching staff, new, I 353 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:55.559 mean new culture, everything. And that's that's exciting. Although I'm 354 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:58.440 a little jealous because there's these charity scrimmages, which we're 355 00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:59.799 gonna get into a little bit later on. I don't 356 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:02.960 know how how Louisville and Kentucky don't get involved in this, 357 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:07.799 because you know, both fan bases around here are feening 358 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:11.559 for chances to watch their team play. Louisville was spoiled 359 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.080 with that trip to the Bahamas, right, But you've got 360 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:17.120 Duke in Arizona State playing each other, Memphis and Alabama, 361 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:19.759 Creighton and Purdue just to name a few of the matchups. 362 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:24.000 These are these charity scrimmages that don't count. You get 363 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:26.559 you get to play not a real game against a 364 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:29.960 real opponent, to really see where you stand, and they'll 365 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:32.080 stream it and people who buy it. All the money 366 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:34.480 that's raised goes to a charity so you know, I 367 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:39.399 don't really see any downside to playing in these games. So, 368 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:41.679 you know, Pat Kelsey, if you're listening, and I'm sure 369 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:44.399 you're not, Mark Pope, I'm quite sure you're not listening, Like, 370 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:47.720 why don't you give one of these games for charity 371 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:51.039 and you know, give the fans what they want, a 372 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:53.039 chance to you know, as many chances as possible to 373 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:56.879 see these brand new teams. Also, sticking with college basketball, 374 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:58.360 I talked about it this late last week and it 375 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:01.320 hasn't haven't brought it up since. But the Candid Coaches 376 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:04.599 series that CBS Sports does, I mean, I don't think 377 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:09.079 you'll find a better group of guys who cover college basketball. 378 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:10.640 And that's not to say that they're on it. Like, 379 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:12.359 for example, I think the Field of sixty eight's got 380 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:14.880 a great group of guys that are connected and put 381 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:18.000 out really good college basketball content. I value their opinions 382 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:21.920 on college hoops. But CBS Sports with Matt Norlander, Gary 383 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:24.839 Parrish a blanking on another one. Who else is it? 384 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.319 I feel like there's one more within the CBS basketball 385 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:30.039 that I'm blanking on. Maybe it's Kyle Boone, but either way, 386 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:32.480 parish In Orlander, those are two guys that if you 387 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:35.880 know college basketball, you know who they are. They've got resources, connections, 388 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:39.480 relationships with just about probably every college basketball coach around. 389 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.359 In fact, Norlander, if you remember all the big, big 390 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:45.440 breaking news that took place during the college basketball coaching 391 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:47.759 search this time this past time around, I feel like 392 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:50.400 Norlander broke almost all of it. So anyways, what they 393 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:53.680 do is they talk to a bunch I mean one 394 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:57.240 hundred different college basketball staffers. Some of them are probably 395 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:00.640 the actual head coaches at these big time programs. Maybe 396 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.839 it's a top assistant, maybe it's a lead recruiter, and 397 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:08.160 they ask all of these coaches various different questions. You know, 398 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:11.200 last week they talked about the best hire, right, Hey, 399 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:15.720 who do you think had the best hire this time around? Who? 400 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:18.200 Or what's the most amount of money that you have 401 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:22.279