WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.120 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:11.000 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick Coffee. 3 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:17.559 That's right, I'm here. It's Nick Coffee, once again emerging 4 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:20.960 from the water. Somebody had a good, good point on 5 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:22.960 the uh, on the I mean, it was kind of 6 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:23.280 like a. 7 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:24.359 Bad dad joke. 8 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:27.519 But bad dad jokes hit hard for me, like in 9 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:30.160 a major way, like a joke that's so corny it's 10 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:31.600 really funny, or a joke that's. 11 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.079 So like bad like you really do laugh. 12 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:36.600 You know. The older I get, the more I kind 13 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:39.399 of become that guy. Uh, the more I find humor 14 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:42.479 in it. But somebody said the reds or not. They 15 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:44.679 didn't say they actually that they did. It was their fault. 16 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:45.359 They said the red zone. 17 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:47.640 They shows not the red zone anymore. Howry, I'm thinking 18 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:49.039 I forgot that on my show, and it's you on 19 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:49.520 the text line. 20 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:50.039 I forgot it. 21 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:52.320 But they meant to say, I assume coffee and company. 22 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:55.600 But the text reads the red zone more like the 23 00:00:55.640 --> 00:01:00.000 pool zone. See, John couldn't. I didn't want to step 24 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:01.799 in front of it, step on it. I wanted to 25 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:04.519 get John's honest reaction, because that's the I fall. 26 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:06.159 For dad jokes a lot too, And I'm sure the 27 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:08.519 older I get and when I eventually become a father, 28 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:11.239 I'm sure that will hit on a different level as 29 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:11.680 well too. 30 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:17.439 Dude, I've had I've had two moments. I can't think 31 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:20.280 of the other. Maybe I tried to block it out 32 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:22.519 with extensive therapy to never think of it again. But 33 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:24.959 it'll come to me at some point. But there's been 34 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:28.239 some moments where I'm like, oh, man, I say that. Geez, 35 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:32.519 I'm why would I do that? And there's one where 36 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:35.519 it's almost like as it was happening, as I said it, 37 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:38.560 I like I came out of my body and was 38 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.640 looking at myself with a moment of self reflection of like, yeah, 39 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:44.920 that's that's who you are now. And that was when 40 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:47.200 we were at Elma Paul a couple of years ago, 41 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.920 having dinner with the fam, me and my wife and 42 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.719 two kids, and this guy he's coming from the back 43 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.599 of the restaurant and he's wheeling. In fact, he's wheeling 44 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:01.000 two kegs towards the front near their bar, and obviously 45 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:02.159 they needed to be changed. 46 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:02.680 And I don't. 47 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:05.040 I didn't. It just came out of me. It wasn't 48 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:07.760 any thought. It wasn't like, oh, I'm about to lay 49 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:11.319 out this funny joke or clever line. I just I 50 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:15.039 leaned over and said, hey, are those for me? And 51 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:15.840 like that is? 52 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.719 Is that not like the quintessential dad reaction to something 53 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:20.120 like yeah? 54 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:23.240 And if you're like in not that anybody would ever 55 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:26.879 be in a creative space with others, you know, collaborating 56 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.960 on clever dad jokes. You couldn't come up with that one. 57 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:31.960 It would have to be and in the moment, like 58 00:02:32.039 --> 00:02:36.680 only a dad that's becoming peak corny dad can have that, 59 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:39.400 can have that that. It's just you can't. It's it's 60 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:41.960 got to be organic. There was another one too. I 61 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:43.439 can't think of what it was, but again I feel 62 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:45.719 like it was worse than that one that I probably 63 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:48.680 after again many conversations with my therapist, I probably was 64 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:51.879 just able to successfully, you know, get rid of it 65 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:54.080 and no longer have it, you know, as as something 66 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:56.439 that makes me feel like a dork. But anyways, if 67 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:58.800 you don't get the whole reference to the water and pool, 68 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:00.840 it's because of how we're set up today. We were 69 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:05.520 broadcasting I'm remote, Johnny's at the studio and we're rolling 70 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:08.199 along having a fun show. But because of the equipment 71 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:11.199 I'm using today, there's just a little bit of a 72 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:13.240 little bit of changes we've made to not make it 73 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:15.599 sound as you know, poorly produced, which it sounds. 74 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:17.080 I think it sounds fine. I did. 75 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:20.560 I did, because we're on such a delay on the app. 76 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:23.560 I did, in fact go to the to the app 77 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:26.280 during our I think it was our It was our 78 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:28.719 first break to go listen because it's you know, like 79 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:29.759 two and a half minutes behind. 80 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:31.039 And yeah, it sounds fine. 81 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:34.080 But for some reason, whenever I first come on air 82 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:36.680 or someone else is speaking, we did. We We probably 83 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:38.919 wasted time, but at least I think we did talk 84 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:41.280 through it. And I'm quite convinced John that the scenario 85 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:44.240 that I put out there. As far as the onzip app, 86 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:46.919 I think they made that change thinking they and they 87 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:49.159 probably did make it better for the MOLT, for the 88 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:51.120 bulk of their customer base, but for how we use 89 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:53.879 their their their product. It made a little bit difficult. 90 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:56.639 But anyways, you know, we're rolling along. I'll stop mentioning it, 91 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:58.400 but again, thank you for the dad joke. Keep the 92 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:00.199 dad jokes coming on the text. Lin Thibo too six 93 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.599 five three zero set of ninety is our ellen n 94 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.199 Federal Credit Union text line members get more at Ellenn 95 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:07.840 Federal Credit Union Union. You can learn more and open 96 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:13.360 your account today at LNFCU dot com. All right, so 97 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.879 real quick on the text line here before we dive 98 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:21.040 back in, This text says Nick, you copy and steal 99 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:25.680 enough from KSR for your own show? Why not do 100 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:30.199 a Louivell version of Unpopular Opinion Day? What do I 101 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:35.120 steal from from KSR? I mean, I usually don't feed 102 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:38.079 the trolls, but like, what would I I mean, I 103 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:40.360 don't really know what I mean. I listened to KSR. 104 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:43.240 You know, I don't listen as much as I used 105 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:45.000 to be able to. But like, you know, I think 106 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.120 it's a great show. Clearly it's super successful. I like 107 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:50.199 those guys, I know all of them pretty well. But 108 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:51.680 I don't know if there's anything on this show that 109 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:54.800 is similar to what they do. And again that's not 110 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:56.519 to say I mean, because clearly what they're doing is 111 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:58.800 pretty damn successful. Maybe I could take a few pointers 112 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:00.519 from what they're doing. I mean, there's show is built 113 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:04.160 much differently, but I know what Unpopular Opinion Day is. 114 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:05.399 I didn't get a chance to hear it today. But 115 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.439 I think each year Matt has a day where Kentucky 116 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:13.600 fans uh share unpopular opinions about UK sports or maybe 117 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:17.800 it's about other things too, and yeah, maybe we could 118 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:18.120 do that. 119 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:19.639 I don't know. 120 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:23.839 I've got to I've got opinions that are I think strong, 121 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:25.600 but I don't really know. Like to me, how do 122 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:28.040 you know? Well, I guess you know if you know, 123 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:31.920 if you feel like something that you believe is unpopular 124 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:36.000 among the your peers and others within your you know, 125 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:38.879 fan base, or just you know you're in you know, 126 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:41.240 someone similar to you, like the average person. I feel 127 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:42.800 like you would know that right, like you know, or 128 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:43.240 I don't know. 129 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:44.680 Because maybe don't. 130 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:46.920 I guess you like self aware, you like self of awareness. 131 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:48.800 Maybe if you have a really unpopular opinion and you 132 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:50.800 don't know now, if you don't care that it's unpopular, 133 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.000 more power to you. You know, that's your that's that's 134 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:54.000 only something you can control. 135 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:55.680 Or we're gonna say, John, The only thing that I 136 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:57.959 can really think of this may not even qualify is 137 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.480 necessarily an opinion. It's more so just me and nature. 138 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:02.959 But the fact that I don't put sauce or syrup 139 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:05.040 on any sort of food ever that I eat, whether 140 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:06.800 it be dressing that kind of e'ven dressed that a 141 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:12.279 long time ago, but I am anti sauce syrup dressed 142 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:14.959 anything you can name that's liquidy that you put on food, 143 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:17.600 with the exception of pizza of course. 144 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:19.879 Cereal. 145 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:22.160 Oh there you go, it's another one. No milk on cereal. 146 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:24.720 I don't really eat cereal very often, but no milk 147 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:25.319 on cereal. 148 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:27.560 I haven't had a bowl of cereal in probably twenty 149 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:28.000 five years. 150 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:32.000 Did you ever have a favorite cereal as a kid? Ah? Man, 151 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:35.360 I love cinnamon, toast, crunch and cookie crisp, pretty much, 152 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:37.680 all of the ones that that aren't good for you. 153 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:40.920 I do like, you know, like honeynut, cereos and stuff too. 154 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:45.000 Though I would say I didn't mind cereal. I just 155 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:47.519 to me it wasn't a meal. It wasn't and I 156 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.439 never ate breakfast growing up. So for me, when it 157 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:53.319 comes to cereal, if I ever wanted to snack, that 158 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:54.959 would never be like, oh, I'm gonna have a. 159 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:55.439 Bowl of cereal. 160 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:57.160 And I think that's how a lot of people like adults, 161 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:01.600 that's what that's usually like. My wife, if she's hungry, 162 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:04.879 wants a snack, wants something sweet at night, She'll go 163 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:07.199 make a bowl of cereal. And I think a lot 164 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:08.839 of people do that, maybe not at night, but like 165 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:11.519 cereal is not clearly just for children, and even the 166 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:16.040 even the sugary like candy type cereal that is frosted 167 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:18.680 flakes and whatnot, Like it's not just for kids. Maybe 168 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.279 it was supposed to be, but a lot of adults eated. 169 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:22.079 But for me. Do you remember corn pops? 170 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:25.439 I do, the little yellow They weren't a little popcornie. 171 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:27.680 Speaking of popular, they weren't. 172 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:29.560 Like, were they popular, I don't think so. 173 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.600 They're not on the mount rushmore of like big time 174 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:35.920 cereals for kids. But for some reason I loved them. 175 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:38.199 They were just sweet enough. I used to eat them 176 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:41.639 at my grandma's house, so that was probably my favorite cereal. 177 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:46.439 But anyways, you not putting anything like any any sauce, dressing, milk, 178 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:51.480 like that's not really an unpopular opinion. That's just psychopathic behavior, right, 179 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:52.360 I mean that's I think. 180 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:54.839 Yeah, I think that's what we established way back whenever 181 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:56.120 we first discussed that. 182 00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:58.839 Well I shouldn't, I mean, it's not he's not a psychopath. 183 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:01.079 But like that, Like I've had a lot of people 184 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:04.240 ask me was that real? And I'm like yeah, and 185 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:06.120 I'm like, why would we make that up? Like that's 186 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:09.399 you know, well and it just so happened. How did 187 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:11.519 it even come up on the show? Like I really 188 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:13.959 don't remember that is wasn't when I was you. 189 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.800 Know, sometimes you bring up food topics and back whatever. 190 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:19.480 I was an infant on Coffee and Company. You may 191 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:21.680 have been asking me about a specific I don't know, 192 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:23.879 sauce or dressing, and I was like, that's probably when 193 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:24.360 it came out. 194 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:27.920 I'm sure, but you you know, but you have awareness 195 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.120 that that that you are in a minority when it 196 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.600 comes to that, right for sure? Yeah, yeah, because so 197 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:36.159 you know, I wouldn't say that's unpopular, it's just you know, like, anyways, 198 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:40.600 here's what I'll do. And again, what what I mean? 199 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:43.399 You produce both shows at least you know here and there. 200 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:45.320 What would be similar? Like what would I steal from 201 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:45.799 ks R? 202 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:49.440 I think maybe he's just referring content, but like you're 203 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:51.639 going to talk about the same stuff. It's Louisville, Kentucky. 204 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:56.799 So yeah, anyways, but here's what I'll do in the 205 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:01.720 five o'clock hour, I will I'll lay out some strong 206 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:04.039 I'll give you four maybe five, because I got four 207 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.240 right now on the top of my head that I'll 208 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:09.639 lay out that. Put it this way, if you were 209 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:14.279 to say it at work in your cubicle among all 210 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:17.000 Louisville fans, you know, meaning like that work with you. 211 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.639 Or let's say this, You're at a tailgate at LNN 212 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:22.840 Cardinal Stadium, getting ready to watch Jeff Bram and his 213 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:26.120 team light up a scoreboard against somebody, and you're obviously 214 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:29.279 tailgating with Louisville fans and there's a group of them 215 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:32.039 there and you're about to share an opinion, and you 216 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:36.240 know that by sharing it the majority, maybe all others 217 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:39.559 will disagree, and some will look at you potentially crazy 218 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:42.840 because they'll say, what, I've got four things that I'll 219 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:46.000 share at five o'clock that I feel like would be 220 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.799 similar to that. But I'm also not going to be 221 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:52.679 shocked if like this was said two three years ago, 222 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:57.159 I'd get that reaction, But now nobody would react anyway. 223 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:59.120 They would say, you know, I get it, And you 224 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:01.840 know what that means. Nick's always right. Nick always predicts 225 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:04.080 the future. That's what that means. But anyways, we'll do 226 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:05.320 that a little bit later on, because I look, I 227 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:07.639 love to steal and if KSR did it, I'm gonna 228 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:09.399 do it, right, I mean, what are we without KSR? 229 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:11.440 I mean, what we be talking about here? 230 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:17.000 Shout out KSR promo co KSR. Anyways, was that a 231 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:17.879 little sensitive to that? 232 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:20.120 I think I was. I feel like you. I mean, 233 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:22.120 I wouldn't have seen it as hurt by it, but 234 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:24.480 I mean I also can't see your facial expression to yeah. 235 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:29.120 I mean, I just you know, I here's I'm sure 236 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.120 there are plenty of other shows around here that people 237 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:34.799 you know love and prefer over this one. And if 238 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:38.120 that's the case, again, that's that psychopathic behavior. But everybody 239 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:40.360 has something that makes them a psycho. But I do 240 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:43.639 at least try to be original. That's like, I don't 241 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:45.399 know if it's gonna be great. We're gonna try to 242 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:47.159 make you laugh, We're gonna try to have fun. We're 243 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:50.080 gonna try to keep you informed, not take ourselves too 244 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:53.120 seriously on this show. But like, I don't know. I 245 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.919 mean I would hesitate to do something or discuss something 246 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:59.039 if I knew it. Led Now, there's certain things that 247 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:01.879 are going to be obvious that discussed because again, you know, 248 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:05.720 you know, play the hits Louisville Kentucky content. That's really 249 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:07.480 what this is, mixed in with a lot of other stuff. 250 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:08.720 But I try not. 251 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:12.279 There stole from us, maybe unintentionally, but remember when we 252 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:15.000 had the the Manly Men conversation thing, and this was 253 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:17.240 back a year or so ago, we were talking about 254 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:19.320 things that make us feel unmanly. KOs Are did the 255 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:21.679 same thing about a week later. There you go, So 256 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:22.639 maybe they're stealing. 257 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:26.399 There you go. I mean, who's the real thief here? 258 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:28.120 Exactly? Come at us? 259 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:30.559 Which I do want to play something Matt said on 260 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:32.440 his show yesterday. It's got a lot of attention about 261 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:36.240 Louisville football and their strength to schedule because one of 262 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:40.120 the taglines for KSR is is facts are optional. And 263 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:42.000 it's not because they just you know, and I'll defend 264 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:43.799 these guys to an extent because there are people who 265 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:48.200 hear something that was wrong, and you know, I think 266 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.919 the facts are optional is more of a way to 267 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:51.919 kind of make fun of themselves that they get stuff wrong. 268 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:54.799 I don't believe that it is a line that is 269 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:56.480 used to let people know that we're going to make 270 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:58.279 stuff up and run with it. I mean, I don't 271 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:01.480 think that's what it is, but we'll save that for 272 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:02.679 later as well, because I do want to talk some 273 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:04.399 basketball in just a second. But when it comes to 274 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:08.440 the strength of schedule stuff, I did lead with it 275 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:12.320 to start the show. I mean, it's pretty simple if 276 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:16.919 you look at historically both programs and their historical strength 277 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:19.240 to schedule and where their strength of schedule currently is 278 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:21.720 right now. And yet I feel like one of the 279 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:27.480 reasons that one of the reasons that it's become a 280 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:30.480 bigger talking point lately for Louisville and Kentucky fans about 281 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:33.000 strength to schedule is because you don't play in the 282 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:35.879 first game anymore, and you know, there's no way to 283 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:38.559 really know how you stack up against each other until 284 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:41.639 And this is not to say Louisville is at a 285 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:43.600 disadvantage because they played the last game of the year, 286 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.120 trust me. I mean, you can play them first game, 287 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:48.240 eighth game, fourth game, whatever. If you're not ready to 288 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:49.840 play your rival and beat them and you lose, that's 289 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:53.279 on you. But when it was the first game of 290 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:56.240 the year, we were able to really just you know, 291 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:00.039 spend a good chunk of the summer. I mean, and 292 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:02.200 I kind of don't remember us breaking down like the 293 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:05.240 matchup their receivers versus our defensive backs. But you know 294 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:07.600 that was a long time ago. Maybe we did, but 295 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:10.759 now you're going back and forth about who's better, and 296 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:13.320 by the time we get to November, it just, I 297 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:15.799 don't know, it feels flat. I don't know what. Like 298 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:19.679 there have been years where both teams trotted in at 299 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:25.080 six and five or seven and four, whatever it may be, 300 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.399 and you knew that it's all about bragging rights, but 301 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:31.159 you know, this game really doesn't mean anything but another 302 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:33.080 win for somebody. It's not going to change the bolt 303 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:35.720 projections at times. So you know, when you played in 304 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:38.759 Week one, nobody knew what the outlook was, nobody knew 305 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:42.399 realistically what you were so you could could you could 306 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:44.679 lose to your rival, and of course anytime you lose 307 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:46.679 it sucks. Losing in the first game, losing in the 308 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:48.159 last game are going to be a pain in the 309 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:51.399 ass no matter what. But if you were able to, 310 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:55.000 you know, win that game. You know it's a non 311 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:57.279 conference game, and you'd know, I guess if the team 312 00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:58.919 you beat is expected to be good or bad. 313 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:00.399 But like it was just better. 314 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:03.240 And I'll you know, I hate beating that dead horse 315 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:06.360 because you know it's probably never gonna change. Although I 316 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:09.559 do think if they did request to move it, I 317 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:11.720 don't think they would be met with like, oh, hell no, 318 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:13.600 we're not doing that. I think they would the AEC 319 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:16.519 would probably say, I mean, if you want, knock yourself out, 320 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:19.519 I mean, we don't care. When we think of arrivals 321 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:21.960 in the a SEC and the SEC, we don't really 322 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.559 think of you guys. But again, we'll get back into 323 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:26.679 that a little bit later on. Let's talk about John Rostein. 324 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:31.240 Shall we I give me a grade one through or 325 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:33.320 give me a number one through ten? Ten means you 326 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:36.639 love him, one means you hate him. What are your 327 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:39.240 thoughts on one? John Rostein? Mister company man, John? 328 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:41.559 And it really depends on if I'm in the mood 329 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:44.600 for some John Rothstein. But if I'm gonna, if I'm gonna, 330 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:46.440 if it's a good day for me, and I'm and 331 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:49.320 I'm seeing his content, I'm saying he's about eight because 332 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:51.919 there are some things that he says that have kind 333 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:54.879 of become cliche, like the you know, the whole by game, 334 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:56.879 what is it? The tweet he always puts out the oh, 335 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:59.639 the epitome of brutality that's kind of run its course 336 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:02.279 a little bit. He'll never sleep a moment. Yeah, oh 337 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:05.000 that's the that's probably the worst most cliche thing he does. 338 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:07.840 We sleep in May, which also I've never really understood 339 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:10.879 because there's only like a few days of basketball in 340 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.279 April for college basketball at least, So I mean, I 341 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:15.360 guess I kind of get it. But there's times where 342 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.919 I love me some Rothstein. I love his passion overall. 343 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:20.879 I would say, on an average day, I give him 344 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:22.720 an eight as his content. 345 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:27.919 I'll say, yeah, I mean, look, I think I put 346 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:29.919 it this way. John Rostein is somebody as far as 347 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:33.000 somebody that covers college basketball in that role specifically, I 348 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:36.519 think he's great, Like he is plugged in, he works 349 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:40.200 his tail off, he has great sources, like he breaks news, 350 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.399 and we need more people like that in college basketball. 351 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:46.559 To be honest with you, like, I don't think if 352 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:50.440 we had more entertaining personalities covering the sport in a 353 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:53.759 media role or a reporter role or whatever commentator, that 354 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:55.759 it would make it up there with football, because that's 355 00:15:55.759 --> 00:16:00.840 just not realistic. But I do truly believe that one 356 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:03.080 of the reasons why college basketball doesn't move the needle 357 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:05.600 nationally because the people that we consider to be big 358 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:08.600 time entertainers in the sports media world love him or 359 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:10.919 hate him. They're the ones you see all over your screen, 360 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:13.919 whether it's your phone or your television, and they don't 361 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:16.320 talk a lot about college basketball, and unfortunately, when they do, 362 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:19.159 you can quickly figure out within a few minutes they 363 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:20.679 don't really know much about the sport. So like that, 364 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:22.759 I don't know who fixes that. But Rosstein is one 365 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:25.080 of those guys that is I mean, he eats sleeves 366 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:28.919 and breathes college basketball and he doesn't sleep until May, 367 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:32.919 as he says, so in that area, I give him 368 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:37.759 a ten. But he doesn't have personality at all. Like 369 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:42.639 I think he's back college basketball robot, and that doesn't 370 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:44.200 I mean that you know you are who you are, 371 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:47.559 but I when I see him try to do things 372 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:50.879 that you know, make him stand out, get him attention, 373 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:56.559 it's it's psychopathic behavior that's really not clever or entertaining. 374 00:16:56.600 --> 00:17:00.840 Like whenever you've got a presidential debate going on where 375 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:04.880 Donald Trump's challenging Joe Biden to a round of golf 376 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.799 and then Joe Biden counters with you know you're going 377 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:12.119 to carry your clubs you had sex with a porn star, Like, 378 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.119 that's something I think I'm gonna remember the rest of 379 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:16.359 my life that happened in a presidential debate. While that's 380 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:21.079 going on, you got Rostein strategically tweeting out Prairie View, 381 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:25.119 A and M will travel to take on Dayton November 382 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:30.319 eighteenth standalone game. We sleep in May like the track 383 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:33.160 record of him, like he thinks the way to look 384 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:35.839 cool and stand out and get attention is to tweet 385 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:39.400 about the most obscure college basketball information at a time 386 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:43.759 where nearly everybody on the planet or certainly in the country, 387 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:47.480 is consumed with something else that, in all seriousness, is 388 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:51.519 bigger than sports. And that's to me, Like, that's not like, oh, 389 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:53.720 why this guy's funny, this guy's mean, he's crazy. No, 390 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.799 I'm like, no, that guy's weird. 391 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.480 You know what I mean? 392 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.119 It is that it makes sense. 393 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:00.160 Yes, So I think he's probably aware though, that he's 394 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:03.079 just you know, accepted that he thinks he's trying to 395 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:05.519 be cool. I think he just accepts that, like, you know, 396 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:07.880 that's who he is. He's gonna be weird and maybe 397 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:10.559 it'll rub some people the wrong way sometimes. 398 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:11.400 Well, and it doesn't rub me the wrong way, like 399 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:13.240 it doesn't make me mad, but like that's to me, 400 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.680 that's like, what are you aiming for here? And by 401 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:16.160