WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:02.759 Welcome to the Big Blue and sider Dick Abriel with 2 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:06.400 you on a Thursday edition of our program. Coming up tonight. 3 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:08.599 We'll talk a lot of football, and we'll listen a 4 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:11.519 lot to Jeremy Jarman of the UK Sports Network. He 5 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.039 will join us at the bottom of our number one 6 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:17.800 here and looking forward to hearing what Jeremy has to say, 7 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:20.640 of course about the Georgia game and about the upcoming 8 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:22.679 Ohio You game, which you will hear right here on 9 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:26.879 six point thirty wlap Jeremy and Christy and Logan Stenberg, 10 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:29.160 like the rest of us up early, they may have 11 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:31.359 to get up a little earlier, although no one's going 12 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.359 to get up earlier than the tailgaters because a lot 13 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:36.799 of folks like the tailgate in the morning, and they 14 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:40.840 will be doing just that at Kroger Field ten thirty 15 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:44.719 Pregame Show twelve forty five kickoff for the Wildcats and 16 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:46.960 the Bobcats, who will be playing Believe it or Not 17 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:50.479 for only the seventh time, and believe it or not, 18 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:53.600 the first time they played, Ohio You came down here 19 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:57.840 and won. That's right back in nineteen seventy one. They 20 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:00.359 came down and I guess it was an upset beat 21 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:04.280 John Ray's Wildcats and then didn't come back for another 22 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:09.079 sixteen years when Jerry Clayburn's team led by Dermani, Dawson 23 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:11.400 and a lot of talented guys who ended up in 24 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:14.159 the NFL. Of course, Dermani ended up in the Football 25 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:16.480 Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They 26 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:20.280 avenged that loss with a first victory in that series. 27 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.959 But you recall in the Rich Brooks are Ohio you 28 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:26.200 came up and spoiled homecoming back in twenty oh four. 29 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:29.439 Dermani remembers that game for us. We'll hear from him 30 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:32.200 on the show tomorrow and he will actually open our 31 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:36.439 broadcast with another one of our celebrity monologues that we 32 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:40.000 have used this year to open the broadcasts. We of 33 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:42.840 course did Rich Brooks last week, Jojo Kemp for the 34 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:48.079 South Carolina game, Bill Ransdell for the open season opener 35 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:51.239 with Southern Miss and by the way, congratulations to Bill 36 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:55.040 and his lovely wife Deidre for a successful opening. Here 37 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:59.359 is an unsolicited plug for two fisted Willies over on 38 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:03.000 Woodland Avenue. It's where the Library Lounge used to be. 39 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:07.400 Bill and Dedre getting back into the pub business is 40 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.240 not really a pub, it's a bar. There's not food available, 41 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:14.639 but it's a great spot. It's got a rooftop availability 42 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:16.800 and it's a lot of fun and they did a 43 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:18.759 great job of it. So go check it out. And 44 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:22.280 again unsolicited, but went to their opening last night. We 45 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:26.879 appreciate Cindy and I being invited. So anyhow, DERMANI Dawson 46 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:29.560 will open up this broadcast and we'll hear his thoughts 47 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.800 tomorrow on the Football wildcast, So you need to be there. 48 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.240 Of course, it'll be on the SEC network, but have 49 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:39.159 your radio handy for Tom Leech, Jeff Pecorrel and yours 50 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:43.039 truly coming up. Also tonight, we're going to hear from 51 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:49.319 dan Orlovski of the NFL Network talking hot dogs. That's 52 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:51.759 all I'm gonna tell you. He has just really interesting 53 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:54.000 takes and he has also been quoted as saying he 54 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:58.039 likes how people lose their mind over the weird things 55 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:00.520 he says, and he says a lot of weird stuff. 56 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:03.639 But you may have seen him or heard him on 57 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:05.280 the air. I think he's very good on the air 58 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:08.840 and has had a longer NFL career than I thought 59 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:11.439 he had. Most of you know him as the quarterback 60 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:13.919 when he was with the Lions. Lost track of where 61 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:15.759 he was, stepped out of bounds in the back of 62 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:19.159 the end zone and cost his team a safety. But 63 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:23.680 he's quite knowledgeable, opinionated, well spoken, which is why he's 64 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.080 got a good TV career going. But he got into 65 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.840 a discussion about hot dogs that I couldn't resist. So 66 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:31.159 you hear that coming up in nour number two as 67 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:34.199 well as West End Bureau chief Gary Moore. He will 68 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:36.479 join us. He was not with us last night because 69 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:40.039 of the UK volleyball broadcast, so we slide him over 70 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:44.439 to Thursday. Volleyball didn't go as planned for the Wildcats. 71 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:49.120 They lost to Louisville in Memorial Coliseum three to one. 72 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.000 The final dropped the first two sets, then took the 73 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:55.919 next one, and then dropped the third. Really, they weren't 74 00:03:55.919 --> 00:03:58.599 even in the third one after the early stages, so 75 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:01.800 Ubill put to Kentucky on its own floor. So the 76 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:06.080 Wildcats still learning lessons and they will learn another one 77 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.879 good or bad. Well, they're all good if you take 78 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:13.000 something away from them. But it's gonna be tough because Saturday, Man, 79 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:17.519 what a schedule. The Wildcats play at Stanford, which is 80 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:21.120 second ranked in the country right now, but is gonna 81 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:27.240 be really steamed because last night lost at Nebraska three zip. 82 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:32.160 So Stanford is gonna be ready. The Cardinal will have 83 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:35.600 the coaches will have the complete attention of their players 84 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:39.199 in practice for the rest of the week. So it's 85 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:42.680 Kentucky and Stanford. I believe they'll be on the ACC 86 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.720 network on Saturday night. It's a ten thirty start. She'll 87 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:50.920 be well rested. After that Kentucky football game. The Wildcats 88 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:54.600 will try to match what they did, of course against Georgia. 89 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:58.600 What a great defensive effort for Kentucky starting up front. 90 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.079 Somebody asks Brad Whiteley last night about the fact that 91 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:04.240 even though Dion Walker is getting double and triple teamed, 92 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:07.680 he seems to be producing well for the Cats because 93 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.439 it frees up as we've said all year everybody else. 94 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:13.480 And Brad white said, yeah, he's pleased with what Dion 95 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.680 is doing and what the guys up front have been doing. 96 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:19.560 You know, his versatility, you know his ability to play 97 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:22.879 on third down and nickel and you know he makes 98 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:25.480 two you know, knocks down the first third down, you know, 99 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:29.120 tips the ball and then he was coming around that 100 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:30.839 forced a bad ball in the third down in the 101 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:33.759 red zone. You know that they weren't able to hit 102 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.600 the check down, you know, so no, I think are 103 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:40.879 all the defensive front right now they're playing good. They're 104 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:46.600 playing good football. I think we're affecting the QB. You know, 105 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:49.480 when it's time to get after the quarterback, and so 106 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:51.480 we need to continue to keep that up. 107 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:55.000 I thought it was great that Brad talked about his 108 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:59.439 versatility and leaving him in on passing downs what doesn't 109 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:02.240 necessarily and he's going to drop back in coverage as 110 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.120 he did last year when he begged to drop back 111 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:09.279 in coverage and help force that crucial interception against the 112 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:12.759 Florida Gators. But the fact that he is such a 113 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:16.120 great athlete, is so quick and nimble that they can 114 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:18.040 leave him in. They don't have to sub him out 115 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:21.199 on passing downs. That, of course, is one of the 116 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:25.160 reasons why the other teams have to account for him 117 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:29.399 every time. So you gotta hope he can be as 118 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:33.800 disruptive on Saturday against Ohio. You coming up will take 119 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:36.480 a look at a milestone in TV history. The show 120 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.240 didn't start out that way, but it turned out to 121 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:41.240 be one of the all time greats in my opinion, 122 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:43.759 and at the bottom of the hour, of course, Jeremy 123 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:46.120 Jarman of the UK Radio Network. I re number two 124 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:48.399 West End Bureau Chief Gary Moore here on the Big 125 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:53.439 Bloom Sider six point thirty WLAP. Welcome back to Gabriel 126 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:55.680 with you on a Thursday. Coming up in just a 127 00:06:55.680 --> 00:06:58.439 few minutes Jeremy Jarman or the UK Sports Network, we'll 128 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.399 look back at the Georgia game and of course preview 129 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:05.560 the upcoming contest with those Ohio Bobcats. A couple of 130 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:09.959 notes off the interweb. John Gruden once back in. That's right, 131 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:13.199 once back into football, which is not a surprise, but 132 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:16.600 you might be surprised at how active he has been. 133 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:19.959 And I don't just mean his YouTube channel. He does 134 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:24.920 interviews there, breaks down video. But he talked to cbssports 135 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:29.199 dot com the other day. Evidently he's been an advisor 136 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:31.240 for the New Orleans Saints or are doing pretty well 137 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:35.279 and apparently was a candidate for their offensive coordinator job 138 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:38.439 that went to Clint Kubiak. Didn't get that job, so 139 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:43.199 became an advisor to the Milano Semen of the European 140 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:47.040 League of Football. I knew they played American style of 141 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:49.560 football in Italy, but I did not know that there 142 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:52.959 was a European League of football anyhow. He also worked 143 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:56.160 with the Kansas City Chiefs coaching staff in training camp 144 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:00.439 and says he would like to come back to college football. 145 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:03.000 He has an ongoing legal battle with the NFL. He 146 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:08.120 accused the Commissioner, Roger Goodell, of orchestrating the leak that 147 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:11.639 tarnished his reputation. Of course, this was the deal where 148 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:17.000 they during the investigation into the Washington Commander's workplace misconduct, 149 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:21.279 it came to light his offensive emails, some racist things 150 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:24.759 that he said, and he claims that the NFL leaked 151 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:29.759 them in order to damage his reputation. NFL of course 152 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:33.919 has denied it, but it's still tied up in legal machinations. 153 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:36.519 But he said I am interested in coaching. He told 154 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:40.120 that the cbssports dot Com reminded them that his dad 155 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:43.960 was a college coach. He coached, of course at Pitts. 156 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.799 And my wife was a cheerleader at Tennessee when I 157 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:49.480 met her. That's why when Tennessee had some openings a 158 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.639 few years ago, everybody kept saying, Oh, it's going to 159 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:54.360 be Gruden, hands down done. Deal, done deal, It's going 160 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:58.000 to be John Gruden. But a group of five athletic 161 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:02.919 director told CBS Sports that in the current climate, this 162 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:07.600 person said they would interview Gruden, but one SEC football 163 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:12.080 administrator called him untouchable. But remember, now, Hugh Freeze made 164 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:15.480 it come back. Bobby Petrino made it come back in 165 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:22.000 the SEC. So we may yet see Gruden at some point. 166 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:26.639 But I've not heard anything publicly about him, and I've 167 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:29.039 not heard him say much about what took him out 168 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:33.399 of football, except that the NFL is guilty of leaking it. 169 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:35.919 Don't know that at all, one way or the other. 170 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:38.480 But keep an eye on that. One. Also keep an 171 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:41.000 eye on urban Meyer, but he said that's a waste 172 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:43.639 of time. People are trying to link him, of course, 173 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:47.039 to what may soon be an opening at Florida. Would 174 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:50.320 they rehire urban Meyer? Would he be interested in coming 175 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:55.480 back to college football? An absolute disaster with the Jacksonville Jaguars, 176 00:09:55.919 --> 00:09:59.919 but after a lot of success in Gainsville and in Columbus, Ohio, 177 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:03.879 he is now on television making a lot of money, 178 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:07.559 and he has said no. He has said in terms 179 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:11.720 of him in college football, he said that ship has sailed. 180 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:14.919 He said, I want that program, meaning Florida to do 181 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.120 well so badly said, I know so many people there 182 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:20.360 gave a big part of our life to that program, 183 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.320 he said. But that ship has sailed. But that won't 184 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:29.480 stop people from floading rumors now, will it. Interesting reaction 185 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:34.399 to Adrian or Janowski's announcement that he is retiring from 186 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:38.519 ESPN and the news industry. He is so well respected 187 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:42.279 and this was a huge shock to the sports world, 188 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:47.559 to ESPN, to sports journalists in general. He has been 189 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:50.200 at it for nearly four decades and he's the man. 190 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:54.279 But he has left. And to me, what's fascinating as 191 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:58.159 well is where he's going. He's going back to his 192 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.279 alma mater, St. Bonav Venture, which is in a tiny 193 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:04.600 town in upstate New York, Olean, New York. I have 194 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:08.279 never been there. Jeff Picorol has been there. He did 195 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:12.879 a ballgame up there, a basketball game on television, and 196 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:17.120 evidently and the woman who is in charge of sports 197 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:20.759 information for UK basketball, Deb Moore, is in a lum 198 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:24.440 of Saint Bonnie's, and people who have been there say 199 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:29.720 it's just tremendous and apparently Woje as they call him, 200 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:35.240 is really, really devoted to his alma mater so much 201 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:38.200 though that he's leaving. Here's what he makes at ESPN, 202 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:42.039 about twenty million a year walking away from that job 203 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:46.759 covering the NBA. He is the top NBA insider, only 204 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:49.480 fifty five years old, a lot of time left to 205 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:53.960 make money. But he's leaving for a huge pay cut, 206 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:58.000 and he's going to basically be the general manager for 207 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:00.679 the athletic department at Saint Bonavit Sure, which of course 208 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:04.480 does not play football, but he would be in charge 209 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:09.480 of raising nil money at his alma mater. Now, if 210 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:12.039 this guy's as smart as I think he is, he's 211 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:14.399 got a lot of money socked away, so he'll be fine. 212 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:17.519 And he's not going for cheap to Saint Bonnie's. But 213 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:20.120 he ain't making no twenty million dollars. We know this, 214 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:23.879 but boy, it is really kind of touching. I don't 215 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:26.399 know the guy at all to see the reaction that 216 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:30.320 people have had as he steps away from ESPN, and again, 217 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.919 a reputation that is unmatched when it comes to covering 218 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:39.679 the NBA. Quick note about an anniversary. First of all, 219 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:43.200 belieated Happy birthday, Rick Patino. His birthday was yesterday, and 220 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:46.240 also I think it was either yesterday or today, forty 221 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:50.480 six years ago that a TV show that became more 222 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:53.600 popular in reruns than it was when it was on 223 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:56.840 the air first hit the airwaves. And it's something near 224 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:58.960 and dear to the hearts of all of us who 225 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:05.399 have made a living in and around commercial radio. If 226 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:22.559 you have one Dude, one Dude game the air in Cincinnati, Cincinnati, WKR, yeah, 227 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:25.120 those of us who have worked in the business. I 228 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:27.200 found it and reruns like a lot of people when 229 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:29.039 I was in radio. I don't think I watched it 230 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:32.440 when it was first on, but yeah, anybody who's been 231 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:35.759 in the business will tell you, sir, it's not entirely accurate. 232 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:39.639 They don't wear headphones and all that. But the characters 233 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:45.600 are basically representative of every kind of person, it seems 234 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:48.720 who worked in AM radio. We all know somebody who 235 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:52.000 was like at least one or more of those people 236 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:56.080 who worked at the station at WKRP. And what's interesting 237 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:01.759 is the opening credits of the first episode highlighted only 238 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:05.799 Gary Sandy, who played the program director, and he was 239 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:09.559 kind of the straight man in that show, and he 240 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:11.519 had come from a soap opera that's where he was 241 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:15.600 best known, and Gordon jumped the station manager, mister Carlson, 242 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.000 who was in a lot of different things. He was 243 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:21.600 always a supporting player, but he played his role in 244 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:25.759 this show just wonderfully. But Herb Tarlk the sales guy. 245 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:29.399 Everybody knew a salesperson who kind of came on like that, 246 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:34.159 and he wore those horrible, horrible plaid jackets. And somebody 247 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.440 once said to him, Herb, I didn't think they made 248 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:39.039 jackets like that anymore, and he said, yeah, you can 249 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:41.720 get him across the river on a pro shop in Kentucky, 250 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:46.679 which I never forgot. Lonnie Anderson, the bombshell Blonde became 251 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:50.759 a poster icon. It's just amazing how things took off. 252 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:54.960 But doctor Johnny Fever, Howard Hessman, he had been in 253 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:57.240 a lot of different things. He'd been a good guy, 254 00:14:57.279 --> 00:15:00.320 a bad guy, but whoever cast him got it right. 255 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:03.480 And the backstory there was he was working at this 256 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:08.399 small station in Cincinnati that was playing it was officially 257 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:11.720 called beautiful music. We all knew it a was elevator music. 258 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:16.320 And my experience with that was when I went to 259 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:21.440 work at WVLK. Our competition now for the longest time, 260 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:26.919 the FM station played beautiful music, elevator music, if you will, 261 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:32.639 but it was extremely popular. They made lots of money advertising, 262 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:38.320 but eventually the audience for that kind of music died out, 263 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:42.960 literally and figuratively aged out. Basically people got older and 264 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.159 older who liked that music, and the ratings showed that 265 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:49.600 no new listeners were coming around. And that, my friends, 266 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:53.279 is why they changed formats and went to country, and 267 00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:57.399 it became and again a competitor K ninety three, which 268 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:01.000 gave rise to different country formats in this market. There 269 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:04.720 was very little country music making an impact in this 270 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:08.159 market until that happened. And now of course with our 271 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:11.879 country station here ninety eight point one doing so well. 272 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:14.840 But it goes back to that. But I remembered that 273 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.519 because the very opening show, with the scene where they 274 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:22.679 changed formats, they bring in Gary Sandy's character. He has 275 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:25.840 brought into program Rock and Rolls. This is back, of 276 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.159 course in the seventies on an AM station and Howard 277 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:34.000 Hesman's character who was asleep literally at the switch, leaning 278 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:38.000 on his arm, going by Johnny Caravello. And remember he 279 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:40.159 had a coffee mug with all these different names he 280 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:44.120 had used on the air throughout his career, and he 281 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:48.120 wanted Gary Sandy's character wanted Johnny to be the rock 282 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:52.799 and roll DJ, and they showed doctor Johnny Fever giving 283 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:59.159 rise the scene where he switches from beautiful music to 284 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:02.559 rock and roll, smashes one record, puts on another one, 285 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:05.400 and at the last second comes up with the name 286 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:13.720 doctor Johnny Fever. Is TV history, all right, Cincinnati, It 287 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:16.160 is time for this time to get down. 288 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:23.079 You Johnny, doctor john f Fever, and I am burning. 289 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.559 Up in here. 290 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:27.799 Look we all in critical condition, baby is. 291 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:31.200 But you can tell me where it hurts because I 292 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:33.240 got the healing prescription here from the. 293 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:35.599 Big Karp Musical Medicine Cabinet. 294 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:40.000 Now I am talking about your fifty thousand what intensive. 295 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:42.319 Carry unit, babies, So just sit right. 296 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:46.559 Down, relax, open your ears real wide, and say give 297 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:47.759 it to me straight doctor. 298 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:59.480 I can take it almost god though, babies. 299 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:05.400 By the way, I left that part out. Johnny Fever 300 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:10.920 had been relegated to the station in Cincinnati because he 301 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:14.599 had accidentally said booger on the air at another station. 302 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:17.839 So the next thing you know, he's doing overnights in Cincinnati, 303 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:21.440 and the program director gave him permission to say booger. 304 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:25.200 Which is why he said it when he played that 305 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:28.359 first album, that first rock and roll album, and he 306 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:30.880 was dancing around the news room having a big time. 307 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:34.200 And of course the probably the most famous episode was 308 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.599 the Thanksgiving episode that gave rise to as God Is 309 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:40.480 My Witness. We thought turkeys could fly. That's the one 310 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:44.559 everybody remembers. There are t shirts and you know Les 311 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:48.400 Nessman describing how the turkeys were hitting the ground like 312 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:52.880 sacks of wet cement. That was just brilliant, brilliant television. 313 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:56.480 Hard to believe it was forty six years ago for 314 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:01.119 WKRP in Cincinnati, but those of us in radio, Hugh Wilson, 315 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:05.559 who created the show, we salute you, including the opening 316 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:09.839 credits with all the scenes in and around downtown Cincinnati, 317 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:13.039 was just tremendous and I do appreciate it all right. 318 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:16.599 When we come back. Jeremy Jarman now a radio star, 319 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:20.039 talking about the football Cats here on six thirty WLAP 320 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:31.799 is double JS and three two one joining us on 321 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:34.000 our Celebrity Hotline. One of our favorite guests, one of 322 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:37.839 our favorite people, my pal, Jeremy Jarmon. You hear him 323 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:41.759 on our pregame coverage with Christy Thomas and Logan Stenberg. 324 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:45.720 How's that Stenberg guy working out? He's an old lineman, Jeremy. 325 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:47.640 But you're you're carrying him along, aren't you. 326 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:52.880 No, Stenny's holding his own, no pun intended their game. 327 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:57.400 He's He's been so. 328 00:19:57.480 --> 00:20:00.200 Fun to work with and getting to meet him him 329 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.319 and getting to know him a little bit. And he 330 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:05.920 and I we have conversations throughout the week, a lot 331 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:10.119 of text message extames between he, Christy and I just 332 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:14.039 about what we're seeing, you know, film study and sharing 333 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:16.960 clips and you know, exits and those stuff. 334 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.559 So it's been fun. Man. 335 00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:21.519 Now he's doing a great job. He really is. Well, 336 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:25.000 let us start with his position. That is old line. 337 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:28.240 I thought, clearly against a team like Georgia, you run 338 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:32.119 the ball the way Kentucky did that, that's a major 339 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:36.319 jolt of confidence of nothing else right it. 340 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:38.440 Is, and it just lets me know that those guys, 341 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:41.680 in my opinion, gave They got back in the film room, 342 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:45.519 and they got back in the playbook, and they got 343 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:48.960 with Woolford, they got with Humden and they just played. 344 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:53.039 In my opinion, they played a little faster, a little 345 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:55.319 less thinking. And that was one of the things that 346 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:57.599 Logan and I talked about on the pregame show, is 347 00:20:57.640 --> 00:21:00.599 that it just seemed like there was some play in 348 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:04.519 the South Carolina game where the guys weren't as they 349 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:08.799 they weren't moving as fast, not as efficient as as 350 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:11.880 they were on some other plays. And as a former player, 351 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:15.119 sometimes I feel like you can sense these things when 352 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:17.440 the guys will be playing half a step too slow, 353 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:21.039 and that's when you're doing a lot of thinking and 354 00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:22.799 uh and and and a little less reacting. 355 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:26.359 You got to feel it, don't you. I don't care 356 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:29.400 what sport you're playing, but if you have to think 357 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:31.920 about putting one foot in front of the other, you're 358 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:34.240 you're a step or two behind your opponent. 359 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:39.359 Correct And football is a physical sport, but there's that 360 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:43.039 mental piece, And the mental piece is is just understanding 361 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:46.920 your scheme inside and out and being unfazed by any 362 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:51.079 kind of stunts up front, by defensive lignment, any late shifts, 363 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:56.279 and understanding what the core competency of this blocking scheme is. 364 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:59.480 Because you know, that's the thing about offense is that 365 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:05.200 every single play game, if blocked correctly, should be a touchdown. 366 00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:07.599 In the run game. You know people fail. 367 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:11.359 To remember that, but yeah, if you block every person satisfactory. 368 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:15.319 It's an explosive play at a minimum. And this offense 369 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:18.319 is shown throughout the first three weeks that they're capable 370 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:22.119 of being able to generate explosives in the run game. 371 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:27.160 And it's not surprising to me because you have a 372 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:31.200 veteran group of offensive linemen. You got some fifty year guys, 373 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:34.400 six year guy you know at your left tackle position 374 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:39.160 and cocks. We know that these guys are strong, we 375 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:42.799 know that they're capable. So you know, where's the disconnect. 376 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:46.640 Where the disconnect It has to be film room, It 377 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:49.480 has to be understanding kind of that some of the 378 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:53.000 blocking concepts, and that's to be expected when you have 379 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:56.440 when you have your third offensive coordinator in the last 380 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:00.160 three years, you got a new offensive line coach. It 381 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:05.000 can't overcome all of these things in fall camp. You know, 382 00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:09.359 like camp creates that that element of adversity, It creates 383 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:13.680 that simulation that's needed. But on game days, that's when 384 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:17.680 offensive court or defensive coordinators are going to give our 385 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:20.839 offensive line. They're going to give them new looks. They're 386 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:23.039 going to give them stunts, they're going to give them shifts, 387 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:26.359 they're going to give them different alignments. And man, it's 388 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:30.119 you can't replicate, you can't simulate it all over the course. 389 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.319 Of the week. 390 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:35.240 Yeah, and you can't really get to know the guy 391 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:37.559 next day or the guy on either side, can. 392 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:42.039 You you know? And and those are the things that 393 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:44.400 those are the growing pains, but that you know, that's 394 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:47.440 the that's the beauty of football is is that as 395 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:49.359 you get to know and you get used to just 396 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:53.119 kind of playing next to people and you talk about 397 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:58.319 things in between series using the iPad on the sideline, 398 00:23:58.519 --> 00:24:02.240 that you're talking and you're learning okay about each other 399 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:04.839 and what your capabilities are. You're talking, Hey, man, this 400 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:07.160 guy's a little bit better than. 401 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.960