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The Louisville football pregame show presented by Pillow 18 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:55.799 Windows and Doors of Central Kentucky and Jefferson Animal Hospital 19 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:57.840 will start a two thirty, taking you up till three 20 00:00:57.960 --> 00:00:59.520 thirty and then as soon as the game comes to 21 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:04.120 an end, which probably going to be about six thirty seven. 22 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:07.719 You know, I don't know much about Virginia as far 23 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:11.480 as how fast they want to play, so you know, 24 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:16.680 usually three three hours is like the minimum. I can't 25 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:18.879 think of a football postgame show we've done where the 26 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.760 game didn't last at least three hours. Sometimes it's closer 27 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:24.840 to four. Really just depends. But again, as soon as 28 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:26.840 it ends, whenever that may be, we will go live 29 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:29.640 here reacting to it on the Louisville Football Postgame Show 30 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:32.760 presented by Alex rwy Lawyers to Distracted Driver dot Com. 31 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:40.959 And as I've said throughout the show today, I'm I'm nervous, 32 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:46.799 but it's not necessarily a nerve. It's not like I'm 33 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:50.439 expecting Louisville to lose. It's just as we get closer, 34 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:54.719 I'm coming to grips with the fact that I can't 35 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:56.640 really say that I'm going to be that shocked if 36 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.120 they come out and do the same thing they've done 37 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:02.680 all year, because it's kind of part of establishing an identity. 38 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.200 It's not an identity that you want, but you got 39 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:06.959 to look in the mirror. So a couple of people 40 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:08.680 have kind of asked the same question on the text line. 41 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:09.800 And by the way, if you guys want to join 42 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:11.479 the show, you can. We have no guest scheduled in 43 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:12.960 the five o'clock hours, so you can give us a 44 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.719 call FABO two five seven one seventy nine hundred, or 45 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:17.520 you can text in on the Ellen and Federal Credit 46 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:20.199 Union text line at faveb ooh two six five. 47 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:21.719 Three zero seven ninety. 48 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:26.800 But the question, or you know, the statement was that 49 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:30.840 I'm either keeping something you know, is there something I essentially, 50 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:34.479 is there something that I know that has me worried 51 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:36.800 about this game that nobody knows well. First of all, no, 52 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:40.000 I don't have any inside information about anything, and it's 53 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:41.919 not that I'm telling you lol was going to lose. 54 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:45.719 But I'm also just being real that if they do, 55 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:50.280 and it's because of you know, some avoidable mistakes, a 56 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:53.400 defense that's just not just not good, you know, not 57 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:58.400 not together, not organized, and not coached well right, does it? 58 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:02.680 I mean the head coach himself has said after the 59 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:05.360 game against SMU and in his press conference earlier this 60 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.039 week that like, the defense needs to be better when 61 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:11.159 it comes to strategy, game plan, scheme, you know, what 62 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:15.599 that falls on coaching. So you know, I'm hopeful that 63 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:18.199 they have a better plan in place and that they're 64 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:21.560 simplifying things as they want and that the results are better. 65 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.319 But if they're not, yes, the disappointment is going to 66 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:27.080 be there. But as far as like shock and surprise, 67 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:30.639 I mean, let's be real, You've played five games and 68 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:33.560 you've kind of been the same team. You've shown the 69 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:38.800 ability to really make some big plays on offense. Your 70 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:41.280 offensive line is certainly not the strength of the team, 71 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:45.039 but they're not the reason that you're sitting with a 72 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:48.439 three and two record. I don't think. I mean, it's 73 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:52.439 a collective thing. It's decisions from the coaching staff, the 74 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:56.240 coaching staff, ron English, not having the defense with the 75 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:59.479 right game plan or having them organized in any way. Like, 76 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:02.000 it's not just one thing that has put Louisville here. 77 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:07.840 But you know, it's been there every game, and it 78 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:09.400 was there. You can go back and look if you'd want. 79 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:10.719 I'm not sure why you'd ever want to go back 80 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:14.479 and watch Louisville play Jacksonville State or Austin p again. 81 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:16.000 I mean, maybe we end up getting there a few 82 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:19.279 weeks from now, because if the season continues to to, 83 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:20.959 you know, be disappointing me. We go back to those 84 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:23.000 games just to remind ourselves that at one point we 85 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.720 were beating teams really badly. But you didn't notice those 86 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.279 mistakes that those that Louisville made in those games because 87 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:31.439 they were blowouts. You were already up four touchdowns probably 88 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:37.279 when some of those mistakes were made. So it's not 89 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.560 that I'm telling you that Louisville's going to do the 90 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.720 same things tomorrow as they've done all year and it's 91 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:47.040 going to be a sad Saturday once again. I'm just 92 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:50.759 on my end telling you that I think Virginia is 93 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:53.839 in a good spot here and Louisville needs to come 94 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:58.000 out ready to play from the jump. The worst case scenario, 95 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.000 and it doesn't mean that like you're destined to loose 96 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:03.079 if this happens. But if Virginia starts with the ball 97 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:06.839 and they march down the field and they score, hopefully 98 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:08.720 not as easily as SMU did in their first two 99 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:12.079 opportunities last week. But if if Virginia starts with the ball, 100 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:16.160 they punch one in early, that's where it really becomes 101 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:18.399 a gut check time for this team in a major way. 102 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:20.000 Like, that's where I think it. 103 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:21.680 You know, in that point, I feel like you're gonna 104 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:25.120 either find out, okay, we are we in for a 105 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:28.199 really rough year where this thing snowballs and it's tough 106 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:31.800 to really snap out of, especially knowing that the best 107 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:35.560 teams you play are on the back end of the schedule, Like, 108 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:38.519 is is that where we're gonna go or is it 109 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:42.120 going to be a bounce back when where you clean 110 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:44.839 some things up, find a way to win, and then 111 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:48.759 realize the next week against Miami that's where your opportunity 112 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:51.839 is there to really shift it in a different direction 113 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:56.240 going fast, because if you can and again it's never 114 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:58.439 been about can they, It's about will they? 115 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:01.680 And if you you know, And I. 116 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:04.839 Still choose to believe despite clearly there being some issues 117 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:08.480 upfront on the offensive line now with Monroe Mills out 118 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:11.240 that is even more the case. And on defense they're 119 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:13.319 missing Quincy Riley, there's no doubt about it, and and 120 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:15.720 the scheme has been a big factor. But also you know, 121 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:18.279 maybe they do have some issues there where they've they've 122 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:21.600 got some vulnerability. But even with all that, let's be real, 123 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:26.920 if you take away three or four mistakes that you 124 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:30.680 made that could have been prevented, or a play call 125 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:32.720 on fourth down that we now know was a wrong, 126 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:35.800 the wrong decision. Even Jeff's acknowledged he would take one 127 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:38.680 or two of those back. Like if those don't happen 128 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:40.319 and those go a different direction, and it's all would it, 129 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:42.879 could have, should have. But if that happens, you still win. 130 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:45.279 And that doesn't mean anything when you lose, but it 131 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.920 does give you some validation in knowing that you're not 132 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:50.079 really that far off. Like it's not as if you 133 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:53.399 got to go to practice starting this week and just 134 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:55.680 completely become a different team and just you know, have 135 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:59.759 everybody improve individually at a substantial rate. Like it's not 136 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:04.279 that it's just tightening things up and being better and 137 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.519 that's so vague and generic, but like it, you know, 138 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:10.800 that's what it is. So tomorrow is, in a weird way, 139 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:13.199 a huge, huge game for this team in this season, 140 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:16.680 because it's one you're supposed to win and it's unfortunate, 141 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:18.480 but that's where you are. Meaning when I say unfortunate, 142 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:20.560 you don't really whole lot to gain. Now, maybe you 143 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:22.360 don't care. I mean if these guys on the team 144 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:24.360 don't care, I mean they shouldn't care right about perception, 145 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:26.439 But a win here's what you're just supposed to do. 146 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:28.199 But it also. 147 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:32.319 Calms some things, avoids the three game losing streak with 148 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:35.680 a huge opportunity coming next week to potentially really shift 149 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:38.560 it again in the positive direction. A loss here, you'd 150 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:41.279 be sitting at one and two in league play, three 151 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:46.639 and three overall, Jeff would then be one and five 152 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:50.160 or one and six in his last seven games against 153 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:53.360 FBA or against Power four teams. And oh, by the way, 154 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.720 with Miami next week, a trip to Clemson coming up 155 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:59.839 before too long a trip to Kentucky to end the year, 156 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:04.800 I mean, they gotta win tomorrow. If not, Like, it's 157 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:07.360 just gonna be tough for me to with a straight 158 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:10.000 face tell you that. Like I think the season's gonna 159 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:16.959 be in any way a positive one. I mean, I 160 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.759 guess anything is possible, right, Like a loss here, maybe 161 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:22.959 you beat Miami the next week and then you get 162 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:24.600 it rolling. But like it's just hard for me, Like 163 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:27.600 that's just wishful That's all that is, is wishful thinking. If 164 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:29.639 you played six games and this team tomorrow comes out 165 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:33.360 and they once again show that they are prone to 166 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.440 make those same kind of mistakes. Then you just have 167 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:37.080 to accept that that's who they are and they may 168 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:41.519 change at some point, but until they don't, don't. 169 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:42.200 Expect it, you know. 170 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:45.360 I mean that that's kind of where I'm at. So 171 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:50.639 never thought we'd be here, but Game six, October twelfth, 172 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:53.960 I kind of feel like this result tomorrow is really 173 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:57.559 gonna kind of. I mean, it's when I say I 174 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:59.840 hesitate to say it because I realize it sounds so dramatic, 175 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:03.080 but that's the way I see it. You lose here, 176 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:05.759 I just think it's snowballs. Not to say that you 177 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:08.559 end up in a situation where you're two and ten 178 00:09:08.679 --> 00:09:12.600 like you were in Bobby's last year. But right now 179 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:16.600 you can claim and I think it's way bigger than this, 180 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:18.080 and I think we all know it's not just this, 181 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:20.720 but you can claim that the two teams you lost 182 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:22.960 to are actually just good teams. You know you could 183 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:24.639 have won, but you know, it's not as if you 184 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:27.000 have that head scratching, puzzling loss that you're thinking, how 185 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:29.879 they hell we lose to those guys? 186 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:30.519 Notre Dame. 187 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:35.200 It's Notre Dame, and regardless of how good you actually 188 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:35.720 think they are. 189 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:37.639 And I made it pretty clear. 190 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.159 One of the reasons why I was so disappointed after 191 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.720 that game is because Louisville played so poorly and made 192 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:45.679 so many dumb mistakes, did so many stupid things, and 193 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:48.080 yet they still looked like they were a better team 194 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:51.039 from a talent perspective, and yet they lost. Like that's 195 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:57.000 just a big missed opportunity. Still frustrating, But SMU, maybe 196 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:59.799 they're just really good. Like they completely changed who they 197 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:02.240 are when they made that switch to Jennings at quarterback. 198 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:05.799 With Preston Stone, they were slow, he wasn't that effective. 199 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:08.919 And now, I mean Red actually is in his bag. 200 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:09.679 As the kids say. 201 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.200 He's got a running quarterback that can make some plays, 202 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:14.759 and he's also pretty good with his arm as well. 203 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:18.000 And they'd been carving up teams and they came into 204 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.399 Cardinal Stadium last week and did the same thing. So 205 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:24.120 I don't like saying SMU may just be better than Louisville, 206 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:26.799 but they were last week and that's all that matters. 207 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:28.799 And moving forward, if they're really good, that makes Louisville 208 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.360 look good. And I suppose, you know, if they end 209 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:33.720 up going on and winning a bunch of games this year, 210 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:36.320 I mean, technically you want SMU to lose because they 211 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:39.039 already have the tiebreaker over you, But I'm not sure 212 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:40.679 who's going to beat him. 213 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:41.039 You know. 214 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:45.240 Going into their first season in the ACC, SMU had 215 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:48.559 to have thought that their first two, their first two 216 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:50.200 games in league play, are going to be the toughest 217 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:54.679 games they play, right, that's Florida State and then Louisville, 218 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:59.159 and they beat both of them, so they could easily 219 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:01.240 lose if they don't come ready to play. But if 220 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.639 you go back and look at their schedule, that's why 221 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:08.000 they were always mentioned when it comes to being a 222 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:13.559 potential ACC title game team, not just because people thought 223 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:15.039 they were going to be great, because everybody looked at 224 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:19.159 their schedule and realized it worked out well for them, 225 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:21.879 just like it did Louisville last year. So again I'm 226 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:24.440 I'm I'm ready for this thing to start tomorrow, but 227 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:28.840 I'm also kind of like not ready because I don't. 228 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:29.159 I don't. 229 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:30.799 I just think if they come out and do it 230 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:34.879 again and just look like a like a sloppy team, 231 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:38.360 that would be really disappointing, but it would also just 232 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:40.159 kind of give me the you know, I'm not going 233 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:41.600 to say that, I'm just going to write off every 234 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:43.519 game the rest of the way as if the season's over. 235 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:46.720 But I will probably turn into the guy that just says, look, 236 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:49.519 it's not about ability, it's about what you can do. 237 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.600 But they haven't shown that they're able to do what 238 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:55.200 we need. What they need to do, which is play 239 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:58.159 clean football, come ready to play, and you know, not 240 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.440 hurt themselves. And I don't want to make it out 241 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:03.759 to sound as if, well, they're so good, they just 242 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:05.840 make mistakes, that's why they're I mean, they're no. I 243 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:08.120 mean it's not There's gonna be games against teams that 244 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:10.080 we know Loulve was better at that the other team 245 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:13.240 will probably have an advantage at a certain position. That's 246 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:16.799 just how it works. But Virginia is a team that 247 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:20.279 I feel comfortable in saying you shouldn't lose to them, Like, 248 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:23.720 even though you're struggling, you shouldn't lose. So you know, 249 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:25.960 going right now you can claim SMU and Notre Dame, 250 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:29.360 even though how they got there is frustrating to fans. 251 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:31.759 Those aren't looked at right now as really bad losses, 252 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.559 especially with SMU now in the top twenty five. I mean, 253 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:36.519 it's not a good loss, but like it's not like, damn, 254 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:39.600 how'd you lose to them? Virginia would be that team, 255 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:41.559 even though they would move to five and one with 256 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:43.960 a win. Let's be real, like, they haven't beaten anybody 257 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:46.759 with a pulse, and they've got a lost to Maryland, 258 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.559 which doesn't really look like a good loss. So we'll 259 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:55.120 see what happens tomorrow at three thirty, and hopefully it's 260 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:58.360 a good result. All right, So Kentucky's got big blue 261 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:02.120 madness tonight. Did they sell it out? I think they did? 262 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:02.720 Yes? 263 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:06.320 Now is it at Rup? What is that memorial? 264 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:06.639 Okay? 265 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:09.399 I think Memorial is where they're doing their their their 266 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:10.159 blue white game. 267 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:10.639 Yes. 268 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:12.960 But I'm just gonna say this now because you know, 269 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:18.279 I got to say it at some point, because you know, 270 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:22.240 my job is to share thoughts, uh and opinions, even 271 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:24.120 if they may not be popular to some of the 272 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:26.120 people that listen, and some of you may not care 273 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:29.480 because you know, hype doesn't actually do much for you 274 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:31.279 if you don't deliver, and we have we don't have 275 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:34.159 a clue how either of these coaches are going to deliver, right, They. 276 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:34.519 Got to win. 277 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:38.360 We love Mark, we love Pat Kelsey here with Louisville 278 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:40.200 and Kentucky fans love Mark Pope. 279 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:40.759 We know that. 280 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.399 But if these guys don't win, then like that love 281 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:45.879 will fade, not on a personal level, but like you know, 282 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:49.399 you gotta win here, so you know, we'll see. But 283 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:51.759 I think, I think, I think rep Areena tonight. I 284 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:55.120 think Big Blue Madness as a whole Austin is gonna 285 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:58.559 be insane. Like I think they are gonna be. This 286 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:03.720 fan base for them is so energized because of everything 287 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:07.440 that they were so sick of with Cal is the 288 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:09.879 exact opposite of what Mark Pope is. Like he's he's 289 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:12.960 he's so refreshing in every way. And they got a 290 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:14.840 new team, and again, who knows how good they're gonna be. 291 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:19.480 But I think you'll see, like rupp Arena for Big 292 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:21.799 Blue Madness in a way that you haven't in a 293 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:24.080 long time. And it's gonna you know, it's gonna be. 294 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.360 I mean, it's gonna be annoying for Louisville fans to hear, 295 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:28.440 but I'm just willing to. 296 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:30.200 Tell you that, Like I get it, like they're excited 297 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:31.440 for a new era just like we are. 298 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:34.720 And you know they they have a humongous fan base 299 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:37.639 that loves their basketball program, and while a lot of 300 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.879 them have probably in recent years decided not really to 301 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:42.840 be you know, they don't want to go to I 302 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:46.039 mean they love to bring up like the crowd stuff 303 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:48.399 when it comes to U OFL meaning Kentucky fans, but 304 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:51.159 like blick Blue Maddness and even some of their basketball 305 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:53.919 home games against the Bums, like they got just as 306 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:57.240 many empty seats as a lot of teams. So you know, 307 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:00.440 big Blue Maddness had kind of lost its luster under 308 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.919 col and maybe the event as a whole has, But 309 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:05.320 this is like the just like Louisville Live last week 310 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:09.240 for Louisville fans, for Kentucky, this is like their first legitimate, 311 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:12.080 like Mark Pope leading the program event, and I think 312 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:14.840 they're going to show out and it's gonna be it's 313 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:17.559 gonna be crazy to see and that court that lights 314 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:20.799 up is crazy. I'm watching it again here. I'm looking 315 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:24.279 at this week that Mark Pope sent out earlier today. Dude, 316 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:28.480 like I'm jealous. That looks cool as hell. Yeah, Like, 317 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:29.919 why can't we get that? I don't even know what 318 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:31.159 that kind of that thing cost? 319 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:33.840 When when do you think it started fizzling out? The 320 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:37.080 Big Blue Madness for cal because I remember when he 321 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:39.919 first got there, it was it was the red carpet 322 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:43.000 you have. That's when Drake showed his allegiancies there and 323 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:45.159 that's when it like that was a huge thing and 324 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:47.960 that always had the infamous people camping out for it too. 325 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:50.320 Even though they're like free, right, like the tickets are. 326 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:52.919 Free, I don't know, I have no clue. I'm pretty 327 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:53.679 sure that they're free. 328 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:55.600 They line up to get them and they're just distributed 329 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.759 out how much that they can fit in there. And 330 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:59.799 I just know that it just gets resold on like 331 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:01.879 this secondary market and stuff like that. 332 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:03.960 That yeah, I mean I'm not sure if they're free, 333 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:09.440 but I would imagine if you're a Kentucky fan. I 334 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:11.679 mean just the incentive of being there, like it's not 335 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:14.799 you know, like I don't even know what they do 336 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:16.840 at Big Blue Madness. Did they do a three point 337 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:19.360 shoot undone contest too? Like I think they do. 338 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:22.840 You know, they have like they have all the stars, 339 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:25.639 especially then with the whole col all the stars that 340 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:28.039 were Kentucky fans for a few years. 341 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:29.879 I mean, they do the big show and they have 342 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:34.000 like the big entrances and players dance and whatnot, and 343 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:36.799 you know, just like I mean, not every program, but 344 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:38.799 a lot of programs have an event like this. But 345 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:43.399 I would imagine before this current situation where they've got 346 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:45.799 they're probably gonna have a full house and there's excitement. 347 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:48.840 But I think, like you can be like I don't know, 348 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:52.080 I've in the last few years really just I guess 349 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:56.960 really post COVID, Like I don't second guess anybody who 350 00:16:57.039 --> 00:17:00.279 just decides they don't want to go to a AIM 351 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:04.440 or an event, because I just think we're we're in 352 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:07.480 an era now where like you can you can get 353 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:09.759 the same Like there's just not it's not just about 354 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.759 an incentive of saying you were there where you can 355 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.039 frame your ticket stub like they did in the eighties 356 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:15.480 if you were at a big game that was an 357 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:18.160 ald timer, But like, what are you getting out of 358 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:21.079 that in game experience that makes it worth going when 359 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:23.759 you could just watch it at home and really take 360 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:27.000 in everything other than you know, saying you were there. 361 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:31.160 So I think, to answer your question, I think it 362 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:33.720 kind of lost its luster, not because anybody did anything wrong, 363 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.200 it's just that people realized, Okay, like I don't really 364 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:38.680 need to be there for this now with Pope being 365 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:41.160 in his first year and there being you know, a 366 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:43.680 new era and a brand new team for them, Like 367 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:45.400 I think it just sets up for this to be 368 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:48.680 crazy like where they're going to have a big crowd 369 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:50.440 and I'm sure they got a bunch of recruits coming in, 370 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.480 so you know. 371 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.440 It is. 372 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:55.440 You know, I'm not excited about the Mark Pope era, 373 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:57.839 although I do think he's he's gonna I mean, I 374 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:59.799 don't know. I don't think you have the ceiling with 375 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:02.720 Pope as you did with cal But also you know, 376 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:04.759 you probably won't lose in the first round to Oakland 377 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:08.319 and Saint Peter's. But what I'm most anxious to see 378 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:12.119 is that the love they have for Pope, which I 379 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:14.519 believe is genuine their fans because again he's one of them. 380 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:16.839 I mean, I will say this. Pat Fordy had a 381 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:22.319 phenomenal column at s I just about Mark Pope and 382 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:24.640 how he is. I mean, who knows if he can 383 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:26.960 win enough games to keep Kentucky where they want to 384 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:29.839 be as far as the standard. But he checks boxes 385 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:32.359 that you really can't get anybody else to check, no 386 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:33.920 matter how good they are as a coach, and that 387 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:37.079 stuff's great unless you can't win. So my question is, 388 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:39.160 and only time will tell as far as the answer here, 389 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:42.079 is that if they just end up being a good team, 390 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:46.920 but their ceiling is like fourth or maybe fifth in 391 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:50.519 the SEC because Nat Oates is taken over the league 392 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:53.799 and Bruce Pearl still got it rolling at Auburn, Rick 393 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:57.240 Barnes is doing great. Who knows, maybe cal really gets 394 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:02.119 it rolling at Arkansas and he is, you know, reborn essentially, 395 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:06.839 and he starts making championship runs. Again, like, if that's 396 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.960 the hierarchy of your league and you're good, but you're 397 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:12.240 not there with those four, are you cool with that 398 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:15.240 because you're not terrible and he's your guy? Are you 399 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:17.440 gonna say, look now we need to be elite. It'll 400 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:19.759 be an interesting dynamic to see how that all plays out. 401 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:22.000