WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:08.080 On Sports Talk seven ninety. It's time for coffee and company, 2 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:12.800 fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. Holy crap, 3 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:14.480 I don't know who the hell we think when we 4 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:18.239 are getting off our show, idiot. The kids are playing 5 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:18.800 or trail off. 6 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:20.440 The countries are screwing it up. 7 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:24.399 Gold play Inner Murals, Brother, gold play Inner Murals. They're 8 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:27.960 supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. Who's 9 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.320 the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 10 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:32.359 Now? 11 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:48.759 Here's Nick Coffee? All right? Are we ready to get 12 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:51.439 it started? Here on a Thursday afternoon? Welcome in? Ready 13 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:53.920 or not, We're gonna do it. It's coffee and Company, 14 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:57.560 fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety, Nick Coffee. 15 00:00:57.560 --> 00:01:01.039 That is me the travel Chief, Austin Montgomery, alongside today 16 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.239 and today's today, the second week into the NCAA tournament 17 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:10.560 getting started in just about four hours roughly, and that 18 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:14.319 that's exciting. And I'm going to complain about something, not 19 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:16.920 about the Sweet sixteen. The sweet sixteen is great, but 20 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:21.640 my four year old son, who plays t ball, he 21 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:27.599 has practiced tonight at seven fifteen, and you know, I gotta. 22 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:29.959 Be that oddly clustered time schedule there. 23 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:32.280 Yeah, I mean, look, it's I got a lot I 24 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:33.000 could say about it. 25 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:34.599 But what is a first day of baseball? 26 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:38.159 You know, technically it is, which I should have mentioned 27 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:40.280 it with before we got to the two minute mark. 28 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:43.879 One with three oh one forty five seconds, we will 29 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:46.400 spend all day talking about Opening Day. It's around with 30 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:49.040 major League Baseball. Let's go in all seriousness. I don't 31 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:52.200 I know that, like I don't. I don't consume any 32 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.439 baseball anything, like I don't keep up with Major League baseball. 33 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:00.000 You could bring five of the most popular best players 34 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:02.840 in Major League Baseball in the studio and tell me 35 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:05.879 that you know that they're random strangers, and I wouldn't 36 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:07.280 know what to believe because I just don't follow it. 37 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:10.000 Now again, I don't like it, but clearly baseball's doing 38 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:12.520 fine without me being a fan. At least it seems 39 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:14.960 they are. But I don't know if I've ever had 40 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:19.039 Opening Day for Major League Baseball appear, and like I 41 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:21.120 haven't heard a single person bring it up. The only 42 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:24.039 reason I know is because somebody in my group chat 43 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:26.599 when my buddies was talking about how they live in 44 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:29.199 Cincinnati and therefore, I mean Cincinnati, that's really what opening 45 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:30.759 day is. They just party. I mean, I don't know 46 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.800 if that's like that everywhere where baseball when baseball season starts, 47 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.120 but sports towns, yes, they go crazy for it. So 48 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:40.039 it's a party. And you know, but we got the 49 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:43.439 Sweet Sixteen, like can't I mean, isn't that a bigger deal? 50 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:45.759 It is still kind of overshadowing it, I'd think. 51 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:48.560 Yeah, And you're also getting it introduced in the betting world, 52 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:50.759 so you're gonna start seeing it a little bit everywhere 53 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:53.319 with like promotions the next couple of days, like whenever 54 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:55.479 you open up your app. The one shocked me if 55 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:57.800 college basketball is kind of buried under. 56 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.240 That well, and I wouldn't be. I mean, I would 57 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:03.159 love to know. And it's it's it's there's you know, 58 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:05.879 they're with the Sweet Sixteen. There's eight games over two days, 59 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:08.360 so I mean, it's hard to really look at the 60 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:12.159 numbers and get get an accurate, you know, comparison, because 61 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:14.280 there's you know, how many baseball games gonna be played today, 62 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:16.000 A ton of them. So like, I just to me, 63 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:19.520 it seems like nine out of ten people. If you're 64 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:22.080 into sports right now, you care way more about the 65 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:25.319 Sweet sixteen than you do about Major League Baseball's opening day. 66 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:26.599 But I could be like way wrong, like I have 67 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:29.240 no clue because I'm so disconnected from the sport of 68 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:32.520 baseball in every way, like anytime it comes up in 69 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:34.840 any way. Just so you guys know, and I'm sure 70 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:37.159 you're well aware, I am talking out of my ass 71 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:41.599 like I know nothing about baseball. And look, I'll just 72 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:43.080 just to be clear because my wife and I've been 73 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:44.879 going back and forth because I'm like, does he really 74 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.639 need to go to practice? And I've been complaining about 75 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:50.960 how he's got I mean, look again, hear me out. Parents, 76 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.960 I want you to to listen to this, and you 77 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:56.960 tell me, you know, I'm not asking for phone calls 78 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:58.319 on the whole thing, but like I can use the 79 00:03:58.319 --> 00:03:59.960 text line to get, you know, to get to gay 80 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:02.560 if you guys think what I'm trying to do here 81 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:04.719 is to use the audience to hopefully have them side 82 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:06.439 with me to where I can tell my wife like, see, 83 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:09.479 I'm right, you're wrong. My listeners they agree with me. 84 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:10.919 But I feel like more often than not, when I 85 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:13.319 do this, it ends up working out where they agree 86 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:15.879 with her and not me. But anyways, he's four years old. 87 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.720 They don't keep scoring T ball, at least they don't consistently, 88 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:23.879 and it's not really like all they do is everybody 89 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.199 gets a turn to hit and then they let the 90 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:30.000 other team hit. And when you're in the outfield, I 91 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:34.800 mean one or two kids at most are into it 92 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:36.920 as far as like you know, being on defense out 93 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:39.639 in the field. So I mean it's not really I mean, 94 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.040 I guess it's productive. And he's you know, like when 95 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:45.279 he and I play baseball in the backyard, like he 96 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:47.279 doesn't use a t I just you know, underhand throw 97 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.319 it to him and he can make contact. So if 98 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:52.680 it was basketball, I would still say, like do we 99 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:55.839 really need to do because he's four years old and 100 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:57.600 I know, you know, starting them early and getting them 101 00:04:57.600 --> 00:04:59.319 into it like that, that'll go a long way. Like 102 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:03.399 he's already played baseball, basketball, and football and he's four. 103 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:05.680 I didn't play any organized sport until I was five, 104 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:08.439 so you know, clearly it's gonna be good for him 105 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.199 long term. But I just I think it's very excessive 106 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:15.240 for a four year old bas T ball team to 107 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:20.399 have two practices a week for an hour when again, 108 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:22.480 like we don't really keep score, Like they're not really 109 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:26.480 playing baseball, and it's fifty degrees outside, it's seven o'clo. 110 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.439 And he starts to practice. It's seven fifteen, like seven 111 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:31.399 fifteen to eight fifteen, and he's four. Like it just 112 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:34.480 seems like overkill. But you know, who am I to 113 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:36.639 be a jerk and act like, you know, we need 114 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:38.879 to stop, you know, giving these kids opportunities to be 115 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:40.759 on a team and have fun and all that kind 116 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:43.120 of stuff. But like it just seems it seems a 117 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:46.040 little much. But that's just me, and I'm you know, 118 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.040 I'm selfish. I'm complaining because now instead of watching the 119 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:51.920 Sweet sixteen get started tonight, I'm gonna miss the first 120 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.920 half of the first two games and some more probably 121 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:56.879 just because you know, I gotta go do dad stuff, 122 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:59.360 which is talking about practice. Nick, Yeah, exactly. Love being 123 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:01.439 a dad and it's the best thing. I can't even 124 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:03.720 imagine life practice without being a dad. But like, we 125 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:09.000 don't need two times a week to have T ball practice. 126 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:11.959 I mean, it's just not to have seen. 127 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:14.720 The Soto contract. Man. You gotta get him started early. 128 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:16.800 I mean, if that works out for us, then as 129 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:19.319 a family with him, you know, being something, being a 130 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:22.800 star in baseball, then you know, I'll celebrate it. And 131 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:25.240 who knows, like maybe he is great at baseball. I 132 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:28.160 have no clue. But my wife is of the opinion 133 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:32.040 that I'm just I'm just anti practice at seven fifteen 134 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:35.920 twice a week because it's baseball. And I'm here to 135 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:38.720 tell her it could be baseball, it could be basketball, 136 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:41.240 it could be football, it could be whatever. I just 137 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:43.399 think that's a little too much because. 138 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:45.759 You know again, and yeah, just because the sun's out 139 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:49.240 now at seven doesn't mean that makes me even more motivated. 140 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:50.319 If we had perfect weather. 141 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:51.160 But I'm not a dad. 142 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:53.600 Would we need two times? I mean, I just it's 143 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:55.279 it's a lot of moving, it's a lot a lot 144 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:57.560 going on for T ball it is, Yes, I would 145 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:00.600 agree now to be fair. If there weren't week sixteen 146 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:03.439 games going on tonight, oh yeah, then I would. Then 147 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:06.360 I would absolutely probably not even be thinking about it. 148 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.720 Can I say as a former athlete all the way 149 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:12.199 up until the junior year at my high school, I 150 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:15.680 kind of wish that baseball was It's something I would 151 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:16.560 have participated in. 152 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:18.560 It seems like it would have been fun. 153 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:20.720 I feel like I would have been decent at it, 154 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:24.839 and I don't know, I was just lazy back in. 155 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:28.360 The day baseball. I don't think baseball playing would be 156 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:29.839 boring at all, Like I think, you. 157 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:31.120 Know, no, it seems like it'd be fun. 158 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:33.279 Yeah, I mean I don't think. I think the game itself, 159 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:35.720 it could be you know, in fact, as somebody who 160 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:38.399 you know knows nothing about baseball don't really care to 161 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.680 follow it at all. Like I could be wrong here, 162 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:44.000 but I believe being able to hit a baseball that 163 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:46.759 is being thrown at you, you know, one hundred miles 164 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:48.879 an hour. Like to me, maybe it's just because I 165 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:52.279 have no baseball experience, never played at all. Like I 166 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:53.959 feel like that's one of the hardest things for anybody 167 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:56.000 to do any in any sport, at any level. Like 168 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:59.040 it's like scientific, like being able to hit a baseball 169 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:01.439 that is thrown by somebody that is in the major leagues. 170 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:03.279 I just feel like if you can do that, like 171 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:06.040 you can if you make contact, I feel like you 172 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.720 can kind of get by by calling yourself a professional athlete. 173 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:12.040 I mean, probably not getting a hit off a major 174 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:14.439 league pitcher is probably one of the hardest things that 175 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:17.160 you can do. Yeah, you're not experienced the timing and 176 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:18.240 the speed of that. 177 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:19.199 It's ridiculous. 178 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:21.439 It's a conversation we've had a few times over the 179 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:24.040 years on the show when it comes to the average Joe. 180 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.079 And I don't mean like you know, but somebody who 181 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:29.240 is in like decent shape, you know, not a great 182 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:32.159 athlete in any any particular sport. But like, if there's 183 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:35.320 one thing you could do, or maybe the best way 184 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:37.120 to look at it, I guess would be the hardest thing, 185 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:41.240 nearly impossible to do. I mean obviously, like tackling a 186 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:43.399 running back in the NFL. If you're just some average 187 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:44.840 Joe like that would be very difficult to do. The 188 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:47.759 reality is none of us will ever be able to do. 189 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:49.519 Like there may be things that you see somebody do, 190 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:51.279 You're like, that's not that difficult. I could do it. 191 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:53.519 Good chances you could never do it. I mean, didn't 192 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:55.960 they get rid of that show called pros Versus Joe's 193 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.399 because like, yes, I love that people were getting killed 194 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:00.320 out there. I mean not literally, but I mean it's 195 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:04.679 it's not I mean I would never had. 196 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:07.799 Jerry Rice out there cooking like a mall salesman. 197 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:11.039 And that is like there are there are people out 198 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.000 there that I'm I'm trying to think. There's a few 199 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:15.360 people that I know personally, and then there's like Billy Rutledge, 200 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:18.759 good example, I love our man Billy. You know, he's 201 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:20.519 you know, I don't know where he is as far 202 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.159 as athleticism, but he's he's a really good golfer. You know, 203 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:25.919 I would assume I would just give him the average 204 00:09:25.960 --> 00:09:27.480 or better as far as being an athlete. I could 205 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:30.960 be way wrong, but like Billy, Billy, Billy was dead serious. 206 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:35.559 Whenever he claimed like he could run, he could beat 207 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:38.519 a former Kentucky receiver in a race. I don't remember 208 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:41.039 which receiver it was, not even trip they ever actually 209 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.039 did it. But like, but like that was a guy 210 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:44.519 that I wouldn't have I would, you know, I guess 211 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:47.519 Billy does have a lot of low key confidence. Definitely 212 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:50.559 a big time believer in himself, which I think that's 213 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.799 a that's that's a quality admirable. Yeah. But but you know, overall, 214 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:59.120 no matter if you are an athlete at the you know, 215 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.840 let's say you're still great shape and you consider yourself 216 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:03.799 to be like a really good basketball player in your 217 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:06.960 thirties because you play all the time you're competitive, you know, 218 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.559 even if you could like still dunk doing that against 219 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:13.559 like you know, college players fresh out of Division one 220 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:16.159 or NBA players. I mean, I mean, it's just it's 221 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:19.399 a different world. But anyways, baseball practice tonight to go 222 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:22.120 along with the Sweet sixteen getting started out of sports 223 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:23.960 and it's and it's a beautiful thing. And then I 224 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.559 got tomorrow's show and then I'm out of here. That's right, 225 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:27.200 I'm out of here. 226 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:29.799 So that always feels like when you're going on vacation, 227 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:32.080 like it always feels like everything's a cram in. 228 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:32.639 Is that just me? 229 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:35.039 Or do you feel in that too? Absolutely, it doesn't 230 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:36.679 matter how much you prepare for it. You could have 231 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:39.240 started Monday, but you know you're gonna spend these next 232 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:41.519 couple of days just jamming as much and as you 233 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:43.039 possibly can, just living. 234 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:46.320 With that thought of you know, you're gonna forget something. Yeah, 235 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:48.679 there's gonna be something that you knew you needed to get. 236 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:51.519 It's not even with me. My wife packs like everything 237 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:55.679 other than you know, like I'll bring a backpack with 238 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:59.320 you know, like my laptop and that kind of stuff. Yeah, 239 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:01.279 but like my wife really packs for the whole family 240 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:04.120 because she's she's great. So for me, it's more about 241 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:06.919 I know there was something or some things that I 242 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:10.600 needed to make sure I got done before I left town. 243 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:13.639 And I mean more often than not, actually don't. I mean, 244 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:15.639 that's that's what sucks, is that you end up like 245 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:18.600 worrying and have an anxiety. And it's really just because 246 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.559 you know, I mean, I get what's called pre travel anxiety. Sure, 247 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:24.080 I've talked about it on the show of the Years, 248 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:27.240 and it's you know, it's not like a real, like 249 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:30.799 you know, serious thing. But anytime I'm about to go 250 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:32.720 on like a trip, if it's like a weekend trip, 251 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:34.480 it's a different thing. But if I'm going to be traveling, 252 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:36.720 especially if it's far away or if it's for you know, 253 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:39.519 more than just a few days, I get this build 254 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:42.759 up of like anxiousness and then like right before it's 255 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:44.240 about time to go, I'm like, yeah, I'm not going. 256 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:46.360 I'm not gonna do it, which you know, when you 257 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:49.240 when you purchase airline tickets and that kind of stuff, 258 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:50.919 like you can't just change your mind. That I've never 259 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:53.200 I've never had it to where I just don't go. 260 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:55.440 But I don't know what it is. I wish I could, 261 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:57.639 because I get excited about traveling, and I'm excited about 262 00:11:57.679 --> 00:11:59.960 being on vacation next week, spring break with the family 263 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:03.200 and friends and all that. It'll be great, but you know, 264 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:04.919 like the lead up to it is kind of the 265 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:07.480 worst part. And of course also get it, like getting 266 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:10.480 back from vacation and like unpacking your bag. Oh my god, oh. 267 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:11.600 Yeah, things left over. 268 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:15.360 That's a bad place to be when you realize, Hey, 269 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.759 you were thinking about man, I got another month of work. 270 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:20.840 I got it, three weeks of work. I got two weeks, 271 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:22.320 and then I'm out of here. And then you get 272 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:24.240 back and you unpack and your and then you got 273 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:27.000 to you know, you get that Sunday scary setting in, got. 274 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:29.480 More stuff thrown on your desk as possible when yeah, 275 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:30.840 and see I thought it was only me. 276 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:32.879 No, it's uh, I mean, I think a lot of 277 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:35.639 us out there deal with that kind of stuff. So anyways, 278 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:39.679 I'll stop complaining about, you know, things that aren't really 279 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:43.879 something I should complain about. But my overall point is 280 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:47.559 this last thing I'm gonna say. If this was like 281 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:50.720 because I'm I think he could play up from what 282 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:52.600 he's playing now, Like I think he could like he 283 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:55.480 this will be his third time playing t ball because 284 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.519 I think he's in a two year age range for 285 00:12:57.559 --> 00:12:59.600 t ball, but he played one year. He did both 286 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:02.480 fall ball before we can play football. He did baseball 287 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:04.919 in the spring in the fall. So you know, it's 288 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.360 just this he's this is now the third time he's 289 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:10.480 done it. And I mean again, like they don't keep 290 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:14.240 score and and you know he usually just kind of 291 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:16.000 stands out there in the outfield when he's not when 292 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:18.039 his team's not on offense, they do they call it that, 293 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:20.480 by the way, offense and defense, Like that is that 294 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:24.279 the correct terminology in baseball? Like I'm not kidding you, 295 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.480 I'm not doing this for effect, because all of it 296 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:28.240 do is make me look and sound more stupid. I'm 297 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:30.840 not even sure what the correct terminology is. But whenever 298 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:34.480 his team's out in the outfield, you know, he's probably 299 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:36.000 one of a few kids that are at least not 300 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:39.080 you know, laying on the ground eating grass. It's just 301 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:43.080 you know, that's that's that's what it is. So anyways, 302 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:45.240 I'll quit complaining. 303 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:46.639 Again. 304 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.279 It is Coffee and Company and we are feel about 305 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:49.840 Thornton's make sure you sign up to become a member 306 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:52.200 of the Refreshing Awards program. If you haven't already, because 307 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:54.360 you'll be saving money at the gas pump, life will 308 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:57.120 be better for you. I can't guarantee you that. They 309 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:59.159 certainly can't guarantee you that, but I need you to 310 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:02.159 trust me. Just trust me. And I don't know anybody 311 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:07.000 that hasn't given Thornton's a shot, welcome Thornton's in their life, 312 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.799 that didn't wish they had done it a lot sooner. 313 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:12.639 And if in fact, somebody is out there saying that, 314 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:14.679 you know, they tried Thornton's and they just wasn't for them, 315 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:17.080 that's that's a them problem, Like that's something they need 316 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:20.480 to assess on their end and get worked out. All right, 317 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:22.039 If you guys want to join us on the show today, 318 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:23.519 we will let you do it. You can give us 319 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:26.039 a call five oh two five seven seventy nine hundred 320 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.519 text in on the LLENN Federal Credit Union text line 321 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:31.559 five O two four three eight ninety seventy three. Again, 322 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:33.759 five oh two four three eight ninety seventy three. That's 323 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:36.559 the LLNN Federal Credit Union text line. So we'll spend 324 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:38.440 a lot of time today, of course, getting set for 325 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:41.159 these games. Tonight, and just for those that haven't been 326 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:43.799 paying close attention, we've got some really good ones this evening. 327 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:47.519 I mean, I'm interested in all four of these games, 328 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:49.080 not only just because you know, I'm going to bet 329 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:51.080 on it and hope that I win money and I'm 330 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:54.159 a college basketball nerd, but I just think we've got 331 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:57.639 some really good matchups. Tonight again, Duke in Arizona at 332 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:00.240 nine thirty nine, that's a nine and a half points bread. 333 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:03.240 Obviously Duke is favored. I mean game, I'm looking forward 334 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.360 to the most y that like Duke may end up 335 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:08.279 covering and they may win by you know, twenty, who knows. 336 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:10.360 I doubt that happens, but you know, Duke is really 337 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:12.240 really elite when it comes to talent, and they're playing 338 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:15.559 really well right now. But like, I think that could 339 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:18.639 end up being a pretty good game, and I believe 340 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.080 the others like Arkansas Texas Tech that's the late night 341 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:25.279 game that should be a great game. I mean, I'm 342 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:27.480 starting to get closer to just thinking, like you know what, 343 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:31.440 Col's got better players right like, his guys are playing 344 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:33.600 really well. They've got more confidence now than they've had 345 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:35.840 in any point in the year, which good time to 346 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:39.039 have it right, win or go home. So I just 347 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:41.320 I can't take Texas Tech. I'm sorry, I can't take 348 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:43.639 Arkansas money line. But like I'm not, I'm not going 349 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:45.480 to be looking at anybody funny if they choose to 350 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:47.720 do it, because again, Arkansas is in the position to 351 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:50.279 where they shouldn't be here. They lucky they got in 352 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:52.080 the tournament, to be honest, but they turned it on 353 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.519 at the right time and they're rolling right now. And 354 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:57.559 then of course b YU Alabama. No, I'm still excited 355 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:01.720 for that one, but I'm starting to believe that it's 356 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:04.799 just going to come down to Alabama having dudes that 357 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:07.320 BYU doesn't, and Alabama has dudes that a lot of 358 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:09.159 teams doing. Alabama's one of the best teams in the country. 359 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:16.519 The only thing that would make me less confident in Alabama, well, 360 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:18.879 I mean, I'm confident in them in this game tonight, 361 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:20.960 although I do I think it could be competitive. As 362 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:22.919 we talked about throughout the week, BYU is just one 363 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:24.519 of the hottest teams in the country right now. They 364 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:27.080 really turned it on in the last six weeks or so, 365 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:29.440 and they've got a high powered offense. Man they can 366 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:31.320 score it so it should be entertaining when it comes 367 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:34.399 to that. But I just feel like when BYU ends up, 368 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:36.759 you know, dipping their toe in the water to try 369 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:38.720 to play the same type of game Bama wants to. 370 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:40.960 I just feel like there aren't many teams that would 371 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:43.840 be able to beat Bama at their game. What do 372 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:51.960 you mean, Hey, what are you doing? Huh? Oh sorry sorry, 373 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:55.360 sorry you scared me. He scared me. 374 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:56.799 Uh. 375 00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:01.080 Anyways, So BYU they just they just don't They just 376 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:03.320 don't have the same Again, it's not just it's not 377 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:05.640 to say BYU is some you know, they're to me, 378 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:08.920 they're not like this, h They're not Cinderella. It's just Alabama. 379 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:12.559 They're They're good enough to win this whole thing. They 380 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:14.920 just haven't been consistent. I think what's happened with Alabama 381 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:17.960 and this is something that could keep them from advancing tonight. 382 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.119 They really brought back like the same team that went 383 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:22.839 to a Final four last year, and you think that 384 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:26.720 they would be hungry and you know, driven to know 385 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:29.480 that we gotta like this is it like, if we're 386 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.559 gonna win it? Because this is the truth. If Bama's 387 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:34.599 gonna win a national championship in basketball, this is the 388 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:36.039 year to do it. I mean, it's gonna be tough 389 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:37.720 to do because you got some other really good teams 390 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:40.400 that you got to get through. But like Bama, I 391 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:42.559 don't think they're gonna be slowing down in a major 392 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:45.000 way because Natoates is a really good coach and they're 393 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:47.759 gonna do really well in the portal. But even though 394 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:49.240 it was in the different world, because we are in 395 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:50.680 a different world now than we were back then. But 396 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:52.799 in twenty twenty twelve, Louisville went to the final four, 397 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:56.359 right and they weren't supposed to be there. They had 398 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:59.279 some crazy run and ended up losing to Kentucky in 399 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:01.599 the final four. And then next year you brought back 400 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:05.000 like that whole team outside of Kyle Kurrick and Chris Smith. 401 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:07.599