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 --> 00:00:08.919 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:10.039 Holy crap, I. 4 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:12.039 Don't know who the hell we think when we are. 5 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:14.359 Get off our show, idiot. 6 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:16.920 The kids are playing the trail off their countries are 7 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:20.920 screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, Goldplay Inner Murals. 8 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.039 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.640 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? 10 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:28.559 Are you kidding me? 11 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:37.119 Now? Here's Nick coffee. 12 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:40.600 You may not know it, but today is actually a 13 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:45.240 big day. Not because it's our last day without football 14 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:47.200 for the next what four days? 15 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:49.600 Five days? 16 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:52.320 And that's that's been the case the last few weeks, 17 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:54.840 but actually today's the last day we're gonna be without 18 00:00:54.880 --> 00:01:00.240 football to watch and wager on until Thanksgiving starting to borrow. 19 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.600 There will be football on your TV every single day 20 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:07.920 until November twenty seventh, So fifty five consecutive days of 21 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:13.319 football thanks to Conference USA and the MAC because they're 22 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:15.439 going to have gay games on Tuesday Wednesday. 23 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.079 And it's a great thing. It's awesome. Soak it in. 24 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:19.640 We made it. 25 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:21.599 You know, football is going to be here for a while, 26 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:25.239 and it's exciting. It's Coffee and Company. I hope you 27 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:27.280 guys are excited about that. I'm excited to be here today. 28 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:29.719 My name's Nick Coffee. The company mana John all On alongside. 29 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:32.079 I won't speak for him, but I can just tell 30 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:33.079 he's excited today. 31 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.159 Right, I'm in a great mood, and I think a 32 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:37.079 lot of it has to do with the extra dose 33 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:38.439 of sunshine we're getting today. 34 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.239 Oh yeah, I mean, I don't know how accurate the 35 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:44.400 vehicle I'm driving is when it comes to the thermostat 36 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:50.159 by the way, I've driven every vehicle that iHeart has. 37 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:52.840 I think I've driven one that like is not even ours. 38 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:55.519 Maybe it's supposed to be in Lexington, because I've been 39 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:58.599 using company vehicles until I get my car back. And 40 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.840 you know, there's certain vehicles that are I mean, I 41 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:05.560 don't know if they're assigned to certain people, but you know, 42 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:08.360 if you are going to a remote for AMZ or 43 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:11.960 for KSR or for HAS, like I guess anybody who 44 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:15.199 is in charge of those productions, those remotes, you know 45 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.560 they have, They've got a vehicle they take each time, 46 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.560 so you know, one day this one who's needed. So 47 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:23.319 all right, I'll take the gep, all right, I'll take 48 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:26.639 the Durango. I'll take the I don't even know what 49 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:29.159 it is that I'm driving right now. It's a Dodge something, 50 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:32.319 but it said seventy five on the thermostat, and I 51 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:34.520 don't know if that's accurate or not, but I believe 52 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:37.759 it because seventy five's no not it's actually some would 53 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:40.360 say perfect. But you're throwing that breeze. We got going 54 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:44.560 on today, and it's a very, very beautiful day, so 55 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:47.280 enjoy it, everybody. As I mentioned, we are fueled by 56 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:49.560 Thornton's I think I mentioned that. I know you know that, 57 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.439 but I'm supposed to say it, and I love saying it. 58 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:54.919 I say it a lot. You guys know it, and 59 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:58.280 you'll hear me say it many times throughout I don't know, 60 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:01.039 hopefully forever. 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The Frequency club, the 72 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.800 giveaways they have throughout the year. So Refreshing Awards dot 73 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.199 Com is the website, and that'll get you to where 74 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:37.080 you can download the app, whether you have an Android 75 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:39.639 or an iPhone, and you'll be good to go. All right, So, 76 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:43.800 not a great game this week in college football. Like 77 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:48.719 I'm looking here at the top ten matchups courtesy I 78 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:51.479 think this is from This is a graphic that I saved. 79 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:54.280 I think it came from either twenty four to seven 80 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.919 Sports or maybe on three, and they're ranking the biggest 81 00:03:57.960 --> 00:03:59.680 matchups of the week. And I have a you know, 82 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:05.000 if Missouri and Texas A and M is the best 83 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:07.759 matchup of the week, I mean, isn't that pretty telling? 84 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:10.599 No offense to the SEC. But like, you know, A 85 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:14.599 and M. They're still ranked, but you know, I don't 86 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:16.360 think they've had a game where you can really figure 87 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:18.160 out if they're any good or not Missouri, you could 88 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.160 say the same exact thing. Boston College, by the way, 89 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:22.519 should have beat Missouri. It's kind of an under talked 90 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:27.360 about game that you know, was really a close one 91 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:29.399 that Boston College. I shouldn't say they should have won, 92 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:30.759 but they were right there with the ball with a 93 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:33.199 chance to score and win it, and they came up short. 94 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:35.759 So I have no clue what's gonna happen. But that's 95 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:37.000 not a game that I think a lot of people 96 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:39.560 are juiced about. Not a ranked matchup this week meeting. 97 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:42.680 There's no ranked teams playing each other. So to see 98 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:48.279 Louisville and SMU as the fifth best matchup here, I mean, 99 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:52.480 I think that's pretty telling one as far as what 100 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:55.839 the week looks like for college football. And I don't 101 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:57.759 want to overdo it. But I also think, like you know, 102 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:02.959 for only the program involved in the game, Louisville and SMU, 103 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:07.519 and I guess those watching the ACC race, I mean 104 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:09.959 maybe they know it. I'm sure nobody else knows or cares. 105 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:11.759 But it's a big game and I don't want to 106 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:15.680 overdo it because you know, I don't want to say 107 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.399 seasons on the line here, but if in fact the 108 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:21.879 goal was to get back to Charlotte. A loss here 109 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:26.680 doesn't make that impossible, but it makes it, you know, 110 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:29.480 pretty unlikely. And it may be unlikely right now because, 111 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:31.879 as we discussed yesterday, the way the schedule sets up, 112 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.079 I mean, you gotta win this. You gotta win the 113 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:37.199 games you're supposed to win, and you got to split 114 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:42.120 with Miami and Clemson. A lot easier said than done. 115 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:49.279 And I'm sure SMU is looking at this as I 116 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:50.959 was gonna say, the biggest game since they've been in 117 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:52.959 the ACC. I'm pretty sure this is what their second 118 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:57.120 ACC game. But think about it, like, right now, there 119 00:05:57.160 --> 00:05:59.759 are four teams that I think people realistically think could 120 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:03.040 find their way to the ACC championship game in Charlotte. 121 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:06.839 The obvious two are Miami and Clemson. After that, it's 122 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:11.040 Louisville and then SMU. But not because SMU is viewed 123 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.160 as this team that's gonna run through the league because 124 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:17.439 they're elite. Their schedule, this is the last ranked opponent 125 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:20.639 that SMU is gonna play. I mean, I was I 126 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:23.439 was kind of speechless yesterday on the show. I don't 127 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:24.720 know if it was the four o'clock hour or the 128 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:26.800 five o'clock hour, I don't remember, but I kind of 129 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:29.000 stopped in my tracks when somebody on the text line 130 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:31.240 kind of asked, you know, hey, you know, if we 131 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:33.279 want to get to the AEC Championship game, you know 132 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:35.920 you gotta split those two games. 133 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:37.720 And you're right. I mean, you never know. 134 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:39.480 I guess crazy things can happen, but like, if you 135 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:42.680 don't want to bank on some very unexpected result playing out, 136 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:46.160 then take care of business and try to split with 137 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:48.040 with those two teams Clemson in Miami. But when I 138 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:50.000 looked at SMU schedule just to kind of see who 139 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:53.519 may have the best chance of getting there, SMU has 140 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:56.000 a very very manageable schedule. They got the gift that 141 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:59.480 Louisville got last year, but then again they kind of 142 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:03.399 didn't because last year Louisville they didn't have to play 143 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:06.160 Miami or they'd have to play North Carolina, Florida State 144 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:10.279 or Clemson. And in the end, only one of those 145 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:12.199 teams ended up being really good, which is Florida State. 146 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:18.079 But SMU got Florida State. They just got them, and 147 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:19.600 nobody knew they were going to be as bad as 148 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:21.600 they are, so like they got past that one if 149 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:24.360 they get past Louisville at that point, they can put 150 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:26.000 it on cruise control. Not to say that they won't 151 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:27.720 slip up, because I'm not really sure how good they are, 152 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.319 but they're playing well now, and like this is a 153 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:35.439 huge like in early October, they can, they can potentially, 154 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:37.360 and I don't think they're going to. I think Louisville 155 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:40.240 will win their touchdown favorites for a reason. But like 156 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:42.279 if you're SMU, you look at this, it's like, Okay, 157 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:44.839 we get this done and then we just stay focused 158 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:47.000 and you know, try not to screw up, and we 159 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.879 should find ourselves in Charlotte, which is crazy, but that's 160 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:53.480 that's where we are. So Duke, they're undefeated, but like 161 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:55.800 I don't know if anybody really thinks Duke's good. I mean, 162 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:59.639 who's Duke's best win? Maybe Northwestern, I guess, I guess 163 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:04.160 North Carolina, but like North Carolina is terrible this year. 164 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:05.600 I mean, it's a big win for them because of 165 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:08.920 the rivalry. But you know, so this game actually has 166 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:13.000 uh you know, and here's the thing. Louisville could beat 167 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.480 SMU and then SMU could win out when it comes 168 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:23.519 to conference games. But if Louisville loses to both Clemson 169 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:26.360 and Miami, which again they're gonna be underdogs. I mean, 170 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.839 SMU is gonna have the have the spot ahead of you. 171 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:29.240 Now. 172 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:32.320 You know, we'll see what happens with Miami and Clemson. 173 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:33.879 They don't they don't. They don't play each. 174 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:34.320 Other this year. 175 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:38.960 So at the end of the day, what you need 176 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.480 to do is go seven and one. I mean, it'd 177 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:42.919 be great if you can go undefeated. I don't think 178 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:44.799 that's realistic at all. And I'm not even saying they'll 179 00:08:44.799 --> 00:08:47.200 go seven and one because I still want to see 180 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:51.360 this team put together a clean game, and you know 181 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:53.720 it's going to take a while for it to become 182 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:54.759 a consistent thing. 183 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:57.720 But they've just been sloppy. I mean, make no mistake 184 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:58.039 about it. 185 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:00.600 They have now when it comes to person I mean, 186 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:04.200 I'm pretty pleased with everything. I feel better from a 187 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:07.320 personnel standpoint than I did before the Notre Dame game. 188 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:10.960 I mean, Colin Lacy, that's a hell of a debut 189 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:12.960 for a guy who really hadn't played since he broke 190 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:17.039 his collarbone. I mean, j Cory Brooks continues to show 191 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:19.840 that he's a very, very good wide receiver, Tyler Shuck 192 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:23.759 had himself a day and then Isaac Brown. You know, 193 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:25.919 not to say I predicted it, but I kind of 194 00:09:25.960 --> 00:09:28.519 did predict it when it comes to the running back position, 195 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:31.159 that true freshman, don't be surprised if you get to 196 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:34.480 I don't know, week three, week four, week five, and 197 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:37.519 he's the guy that is the Folt is the ball carrier, right, 198 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:39.039 Like he's not going to get every carry, but he's 199 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:41.120 going to be the main piece and he should be 200 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:42.960 and I think he will be, which makes it even 201 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.080 more puzzling as to why they tried to go outside 202 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.840 with Donald Cheney, which that's not really his strength at all. 203 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:52.440 So I feel good about Louisville. 204 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.080 But you know, I want to see him consistently play 205 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:57.720 some clean football because you've got SMU, You've got Virginia 206 00:09:57.799 --> 00:09:59.480 next week on the road, a game you should win 207 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:02.759 because as Virginia stinks, and then you play Miami and 208 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:04.600 that's where you really get a chance you'll be you know, 209 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:07.559 you'll be hopefully at that point, you'll be a five 210 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:10.000 to one football team with a chance to take on 211 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:12.519 one of the best teams in the country on your 212 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:16.120 home field. Now, they got to take care of business. 213 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:20.240 Before then. But if that presents itself, I mean that 214 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:23.159 that'd be awesome. So here in Rick Bose it should 215 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:26.320 WDRB did a write up here and I'll just read 216 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:31.039 you the the headline here at WDRB ACC Power Rankings 217 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.120 why SMU is a must win for Louisville and he 218 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.399 lays out sort of what what I just discussed when 219 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:40.039 it comes to the schedules for both teams. So Clemson 220 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:41.840 to Miami will not play each other unless it's in 221 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:43.759 the AEC championship game. So if you just go off 222 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:47.840 of the rankings right now, Clemson has one remaining game 223 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:51.799 against a ranked opponent. Miami has one remaining game against 224 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:54.399 a ranked opponent. You know that opponent is it's Louisville. 225 00:10:55.200 --> 00:11:02.559 So the schedule favors Clemson and Miami me because you know, 226 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:06.360 not only I mean that's that's their toughest game left 227 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:09.519 on the regular in the regular season. Now, Clemson will 228 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:11.000 play South Carolina at the end of the year, but 229 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:15.080 that will have no impact on the ACC standings. So 230 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.679 Louisville's gonna have to get through the best two teams 231 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:23.120 in the league. A home lost against SMU is gonna 232 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:27.559 make it to where one. You might at that point, 233 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:29.039 you're gonna have to get better, right if you know, 234 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:31.200 if you lose SMU, I would say, then you're probably 235 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:34.360 gonna have to improve substantially, maybe if you're gonna be 236 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:36.120 able to get past one of those other teams. Anything 237 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:39.039 can happen on any given Saturday, as they say, but 238 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:41.240 this is a huge game, kind of low key. It 239 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:44.279 feels weird because you know it's SMU. But it's a 240 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:50.360 big game, no doubt. So you slip up here, you're 241 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:52.240 gonna need to one improve and then just kind of 242 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.960 bank on an unexpected result happening. And look, those happen 243 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:57.120 more often than not. Those happen. Now how many of 244 00:11:57.159 --> 00:12:00.200 them I don't know. And again an unexpected result like 245 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:02.919 there could be some shake up, some prise, some surprises 246 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:05.600 in the ACC, but it may not be an upset 247 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:08.000 that really helps you when it comes to your your 248 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:09.840 your chase to finish in the top two. So you 249 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:13.440 can find yourself in Charlotte. So big game, no doubt, 250 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:18.840 and we will talk about SMU. Yeah, we just got 251 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:22.240 the RSVP. Billy and Body is a which a hell 252 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:23.279 of a name. Billy and Body. 253 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:23.759 Uh. 254 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:27.279 He is a beat writer covering SMU for their on 255 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.519 three site, and uh, he's gonna join us coming up 256 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:35.960 here at four thirty. The Pony Express is there is 257 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:38.480 their website and I like that. But he's gonna join 258 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:40.519 us coming up at h at four thirty to talk 259 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:43.559 about SMU. Looking forward to that conversation, So join us 260 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:46.120 for that, and real quick, I don't wanna again, I 261 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.200 don't want to overdo this because I'm trying my best 262 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:51.399 to to really emphasize the importance and the value here 263 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:53.799 for Louisville on Saturday. But like, I'm not gonna act 264 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:56.559 like college football is going to be just, you know, 265 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:58.879 fowming at the mouth waiting for these two teams to 266 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:00.720 kick it off, because I know that's not the case. 267 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:00.919 Now. 268 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:04.159 Again, comparatively speaking, it's not a bad matchup considering this 269 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:06.799 week kind of stinks when it comes to big time games. 270 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:10.200 But nude is never good for fans. Fans hate noon games. 271 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:10.600 I get it. 272 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:13.960 I selfishly love noon games, but I get why fans don't. 273 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:16.200 Just so you know, and I'm sure you've heard him 274 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:17.759 say it before on his coaches show or at a 275 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:20.039 press conference, Jeff Brown loves noon games. He play every 276 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:21.559 game at noon if he could, he played nine am. 277 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:23.320 If he could, I think he wants to wake up, 278 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:26.000 get his guys ready and hit the field. But none 279 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:30.279 on ESPN, not the Deuce, not the ACC Network, but 280 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:35.000 noone on ESPN. I mean there's value there. I wouldn't 281 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:38.919 be You're going straight from college game day to this 282 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:41.559 game at Cardinal Stadium. I would not be shocked if 283 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:46.279 this is one of the higher rated games for Louisville 284 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:50.519 this year, probably top three. I mean it kind of 285 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:52.759 sounds like a stretch when you play Clemson and you 286 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:59.320 play who is the Clemson and Miami. You know, maybe 287 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:01.440 that changes, but it'll depend on where where the game 288 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:05.200 is slotted and who you're competing against and Notre Dame 289 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:07.080 was a big game. But like for rating, I'm talking 290 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.320 ratings like only Peacock subscribers watch that game, So that 291 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:13.159 won't come close to what you get when you're just 292 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:14.000 on ESPN. 293 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:17.080 Like being just on ESPN, they're they're, you know, the 294 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:17.679 big sticks. 295 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:21.960 They say, you're just getting a big boost in viewership 296 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.840 because so many people just have their TV on that 297 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:27.000 channel and they also have it on game day. So 298 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:28.919 just for the bleed in crowd that you're going to 299 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:32.960 get from game day is substantial. So I'm hoping that 300 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:35.360 the team comes out ready to play. But I'm kind 301 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:38.799 of just thinking, Okay, well, you know we'll see. Don't 302 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:44.720 be sloppy, you know, limit penalties, limit avoidable turnovers, get 303 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.960 off the field on third down consistently, and you know 304 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.559 you should be able to take care of business. By 305 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:52.159 the way, just a random stat that they're at you 306 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:56.559 SMU the most penalized team in the ACC, So let's 307 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:59.240 make sure we don't have more penalties than they do. 308 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:02.519 Have you noticed John, I say we a lot now 309 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:06.320 I started. I didn't used to do that. I used 310 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:09.960 to clearly, I'm never I've never acted like I'm not 311 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.279 a big fan, and I think on this show and 312 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:14.600 you know, over the years, like people can tell from 313 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:17.240 an emotional standpoint that, like, you know, I'm impacted by 314 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:19.639 winning and losing because I'm a fan like anybody else. 315 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:22.039 But I've always felt like it was unprofessional as a 316 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:24.240 broadcaster to say we, And I. 317 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:27.000 Catch myself doing it too, and it's easy to kind 318 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:28.240 of get in your head after you say it. 319 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:32.240 I feel like I now it doesn't even like register 320 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:34.120 to me that I did it, because I used to 321 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:35.600 do it and be like, oh wow, I can't believe it. 322 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:37.200 Just do that, And I'm like, no, who cares, Like 323 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:39.639 I'm you know, I know, I'm like, it's a running. 324 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:42.080 It's it's a running, you know line that people use 325 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:44.480 when somebody says it we or you on the team, no, 326 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:46.799 dumb ass, but like it's my team, So I say, 327 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:49.600 we can, you can? You quit taking yourself so seriously, 328 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:53.759 So I'm saying we. I mean again, I don't play 329 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:55.879 for the team. It'd be problematic if they were lied 330 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:56.799 on me for anything. 331 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.919 But this, my. 332 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:01.519 Conversation, reminds me of of whenever fans say you can't 333 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.559 look ahead, as if we are. 334 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:07.440 Yes, yes, yeah, and you know, like it's one thing 335 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.840 to say you hope the team doesn't look ahead, right, 336 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:15.320 but like quite literally, fans aren't gonna look ahead and 337 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:19.639 it won't have any factor on the team itself. And 338 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:22.120 if so, then you got big problems. But also like 339 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.080 that's what fans do, like you speculate, like you know, 340 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:28.320 like that's part of it. Imagine like living life as 341 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:30.960 a fan where you're like, nope, cannot think about anything else. 342 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:32.840 We've got a job to do. We've got to focus. 343 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.919 Sorry, boss, I'm not gonna be able to get those 344 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:36.480 reports to you. 345 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.759 I gotta watch film. 346 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:40.559 I've got to make sure I'm ready for something that 347 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:44.639 SMU is gonna throw at us. Can I get some 348 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:49.360 extra PTO? I have not watched enough film. I want 349 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:50.879 to make sure I get some more conditioning in so 350 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:53.480 I'm ready to play. Like you know, fans can look ahead, 351 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:56.039 and that's really what I mean Hex Sports Talk Radio. 352 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:59.320 Big part of that is speculation, and you know we 353 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:01.879 just only looked at in the now. I mean, that 354 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.639 wouldn't be fun. 355 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.079 Imagine if the entire week was an SMU deep dive. 356 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:10.759 That would be Although I don't know a lot about SMU, 357 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:12.480 not only their team, but like I know, they got 358 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:16.160 in trouble a long time ago and they were now this, 359 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:18.079 I think this is interesting about SMU, to be honest 360 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:23.680 with you. They were quite literally paying players, buying teams 361 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:26.160 essentially many many many years ago, and they got the 362 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:31.079 death penalty. But yet you know, here they are in 363 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:34.759 the ACC because they just wanted an invite. They got 364 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:40.400 Texas Oil money from alumni and boosters to where money's 365 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:42.799 never been a problem for SMU. I mean, they were 366 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:45.359 paying for players back then and they were the first 367 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.200 college program. And keep in mind this is not because 368 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:52.519 they've got like money from a big time lucrative TV 369 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:55.240 deal SMU. I'm pretty sure joined the league knowing, Hey, 370 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:57.160 we don't we don't need we don't need any any 371 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:01.440 money upfront, like maybe we'll start getting our revenue share. 372 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:03.279 We'll do that five years down the line. 373 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.720 We're good. 374 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:05.960 And then they raised enough money to where they won't 375 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.240 need it, and that speaks to how much money they 376 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:11.160 can pull in, which is pretty impressive, which honestly, I 377 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:12.920 think it means they're a sleeping giant, to be honest 378 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:16.200 with you, but they were the first program in the 379 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.279 NIL era to have I think it's called like the 380 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:21.759 Mustang something. I don't know what they call it. Maybe 381 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:25.720 it's the pony something. But they have a collective and 382 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:28.480 I only know this because Sam Williamson, former little basketball player, 383 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:30.440 transferred there have it. 384 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:31.599 They had it set up. 385 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:34.240 And I think it might have been before last season, 386 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:40.200 Like before last year's sports calendar started, every college football, 387 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:44.039 every football player, and every men's and women's basketball player 388 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:47.119 from the collective was earning a minimum of thirty five 389 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:51.240 thousand dollars just almost just like a salary, Like that's 390 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:54.559 a that's an nil stipend that they could offer, And 391 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:57.039 that's before you mean, keep in mind, let's say you 392 00:18:57.039 --> 00:19:00.799 get no nil money anywhere else, that's all you get. 393 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:02.839 You've got to pay for a car, you have to 394 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:04.640 pay for where you live, you have to pay to eat, 395 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:07.240 you have to pay for health care. Like you also 396 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:10.440 get your your cost of some kind of a stipend 397 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:12.880 that like student athletes have been getting long before nil. Like, 398 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:16.799 you're doing great, stack that money up when you leave college. 399 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:20.119 I mean a little spending money here and there to 400 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:21.720 have some fun. But if you save the rest of it, 401 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:24.000