WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:15.199 Coffee. 2 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:20.519 All right, five o'clock here on a Tuesday afternoon, it's 3 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:24.399 Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 4 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:26.760 I don't know if this is going to be truly 5 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:30.760 a rapid fire type of segment, because you know, when 6 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:33.119 I think rapid fire, I think just you know, a 7 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:35.399 new topic every thirty seconds. We're not doing that. But 8 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:38.759 I'm on the clock here. I've got until five thirty 9 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:41.439 five where we hand it off to the Bats, So 10 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:43.359 I'm gonna get in as much as we can before 11 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:46.799 the other Nick takes over. That's Nick Current again. He's 12 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:49.240 the voice of the lovel Bats. They're set for a 13 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:53.320 Current and Company, Current Coffee Company. Everybody, I mean, we're all, 14 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:55.600 I mean we're all. We're all family here, right, So 15 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.719 just a couple Nicks, that's right, that's right. So I'll 16 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:00.399 start with just, I guess the big news the day, 17 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:04.719 just two days after winning the Kentucky Derby, we now 18 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:08.560 know that Sovereignty will not be a triple crown winner 19 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:11.640 because Sovereignty is not going to run in the Preakness. 20 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.640 And I started the show by sort of just referencing, like, 21 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:18.560 you know, it seems as if in every aspect. This 22 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.799 is the decision of the trainer, Billmont, and the ownership 23 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:26.359 trusting his decision, his judgment. And it's unfortunate because you know, 24 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:28.560 it's good for horse racing if there is at least 25 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:32.959 the belief that you can have a potential Triple Crown winner, 26 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.680 because it happens so rarely. Will now as we have 27 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:38.120 weeks that lead up to the Preakness, we know that 28 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:41.799 there's certainly no possibility because there's gonna be no Preakness 29 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.959 race for sovereignty. They're going to get prepared for the Belmont, 30 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:46.599 which will take place, as you know, in the third 31 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.640 leg of the Triple Crown here. So I mean, it's unfortunate, 32 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:54.079 but I keep hearing about horse racing and how it's 33 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:56.400 you know, it can't get out of its own way, 34 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.439 and it's a sport that is, you know, in the 35 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:04.359 eyes of some it's struggling. In fact, this is from 36 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:06.079 Eric Crawford over the weekend, and I'm not picking on 37 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:08.000 Eric at all. I'm just referencing, and again this is 38 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:10.479 what I do. I'm well aware of sort of where 39 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:13.319 I stand when it comes to my knowledge and horse 40 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.439 racing the sport. So I'm trusting people who I know 41 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:20.439 are in fact much more knowledgeable of it. But here's 42 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:26.800 what Eric said on This was Sunday, day after Derby. 43 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:31.240 Derby Day delivers NBC record seventy more seven million average 44 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.719 viewership and the peak was twenty one point eight million 45 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:37.439 that watched at racetime. And a sport that is struggling 46 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:42.639 what is fueling Derby's increasing appeal? So he mentions the 47 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:45.639 sport is struggling. And then today when the news broke 48 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:49.560 about Sovereignty not being available to run in the Preakness. 49 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:53.680 This is from Pat forty Kentucky, deby Winter. Sovereignty is 50 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:56.599 skipping the Preakness, according to a release from the company 51 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:59.960 that runs Peblical race Course and the Preakness. Last sentence 52 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.360 here was what stood out to me. Quote horse racing 53 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:06.360 is the king of self inflicted wounds? End quote. Is 54 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:10.960 the self inflicted wound based off of the schedule, meaning 55 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.560 there's not enough time between these these races? Or is 56 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:17.479 it just because because I highly doubt that Pat would 57 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:21.879 insinuate that, like the self inflicted wound is the decision 58 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:24.039 to keep the horse safe. I mean, I doubt, highly 59 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:25.840 doubt that's what he's inferring to But I'm just saying, like, 60 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:31.759 if horse racing would benefit from making a slight adjustments 61 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:35.000 to the schedule of these races, and there'd be more intrigued, 62 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:36.639 more interest to see if we could potentially get a 63 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:39.280 triple Crown winner, Like, why would you not do that? 64 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:41.360 To me, it seems like kind of a no brainer. 65 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:44.080 So it's a bummer, no doubt, But like it's one 66 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.439 of those things to me. And I'm well aware that 67 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.400 I'm out of my comfort zone here talking about horse 68 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:50.960 racing decisions that are made that I you know, I 69 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:52.879 wouldn't even begin to know the half of what goes 70 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:56.800 into those decisions. But just an outsider's perspective here, this 71 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:00.199 is a bummer. But who's at fault? If anything, it's 72 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:04.639 the schedule more than anything else. And I would assume that, like, 73 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:07.719 if they really felt like a change to that was needed, 74 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:10.360 they would have done it. But then again, horse racing 75 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:12.840 to me, has a little bit of the golf element 76 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:15.840 where it's just the purest it's just how it's always 77 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:18.120 been done and that's the way it's always going to be, 78 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:20.319 you know, I think that's why there was such a 79 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:23.360 I mean, I get there's another element to it that 80 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:27.079 I totally understand, but like the Live Golf Tour, Like 81 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:29.839 you remember how big of a deal that became, Like again, 82 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:33.040 some of it's understandable, but like it became a bigger 83 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:36.920 deal just because, like I think an element of like 84 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:40.360 snob right, Like you know, there's no competition for the PGA. 85 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:44.040 What are you talking about, like horse racing would what 86 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:46.439 would make any change to this schedule that's been in 87 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:49.600 place since you know, nineteen nineteen, which I'm sure it's 88 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:51.879 been even longer than that, because wasn't that the year 89 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:53.560 that was the first triple crown winner? I think is 90 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:55.680 what was was what Austin looked up a little bit earlier. 91 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:58.199 So that's the nineteen There you go. That's the news 92 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.720 that that came out today. No no shot at a 93 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:03.279 triple crown winner, which again is a bummer, but I'm 94 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:06.279 not really sure who is to blame for that. We 95 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:12.199 also talked about the college football Playoff because a decision, 96 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:15.160 well I guess a scheduling decision that was made by 97 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:17.600 Clemson and Notre Dame just got me thinking about there's 98 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:21.040 got to be like going into the playoff last year 99 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:23.759 and seeing how things played out, I think you would be. 100 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:27.839 I mean, I think a takeaway from some programs would be, 101 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:29.959 we don't really need to go out there and play 102 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:33.279 the toughest teams in the country, because if in fact, 103 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:35.399 we take care of business in the league that we're in, 104 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:37.519 we're gonna give ourselves a chance to get in because 105 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:39.879 we're gonna have a chance to win our conference and 106 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:43.399 get that automatic spot. Or if we're playing in the 107 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:47.279 conference championship game and we've done enough elsewhere, they're letting 108 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:49.319 twelve teams in, so we got a shot. Let's just 109 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:51.920 win as many games as we can, and you know, 110 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:55.439 and really just focus on taking advantage of the opportunities 111 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:58.399 against the big boys, like leave us little room for 112 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:01.040 a drop, and then just try to make sure we 113 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:03.759 can capitalize when you play in the big games that 114 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:07.439 can help you win your league. But I think what's 115 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:10.279 happening is that the ACC Clemson is the example here. 116 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:13.720 They're aware that the SEC is fighting for automatic bids, 117 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:18.000 four of them being for their league. And this, of 118 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:20.120 course is if it's an expanded playoff. And I think 119 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:22.319 it was fourteen or sixteen, I don't remember which number 120 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:25.480 it was, so and I think what Clemson's doing here 121 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:27.319 is that they realize, Look, we can't just beat up 122 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:30.120 on the ACC and expect to get in because we 123 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:33.600 don't get the benefit of the doubt. The SEC usually 124 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:35.680 does more often than not, and the Big Ten certainly 125 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:37.839 what over the ACC. I'm not even saying that that's 126 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.839 wrong because those leagues are better than the ACC. But 127 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:43.920 it shouldn't just be about your league being better. And again, 128 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:46.240 your league's value matters to you because it's the only 129 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:48.680 way to really judge how good you are. And you 130 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:50.360 know it shouldn't say it's the only way, but it's 131 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:54.000 the biggest way in how you're judged. But just the 132 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:57.959 thought of auto bids just I don't know why it 133 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:00.920 hasn't gone off like a light bulb in other people's head, 134 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:03.800 or you know, maybe a red flag. Maybe that's the 135 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:08.279 better way to describe it, because you have no clue 136 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:10.639 how any league or any team's gonna be any given year. 137 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:13.800 You just don't know. So if you're just gonna automatically 138 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:16.120 say the SEC and the Big Ten get four each, 139 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:19.079 what if those leagues fall apart. I don't think that 140 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:22.759 they will, that's not realistic, but like just knowing that 141 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:27.639 no matter what they get four, it totally defeats a 142 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:30.800 huge element of competition and you know, playing games and 143 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.639 winning and getting results that end up earning you a 144 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:37.279 spot there. So Clemson deciding the schedule Notre Dame and 145 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:39.160 for those who missed it, their schedule, I mean, this 146 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:41.439 is maybe this is now the new norm, but this 147 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:45.519 is a lengthy schedule. It's a twelve year series from 148 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:47.439 twenty twenty seven to two thousand and thirty eight. Notre 149 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:48.680 Dame is gonna play each other. You have to keep 150 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:50.879 in mind this was put on the schedule knowing that 151 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:53.240 in that twelve years, with the way the ACC and 152 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:55.800 Notre Dame have their partnership, you were gonna get Notre 153 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:58.160 Dame regardless at least a few of those years because 154 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:01.160 of just you know, pure numbers. So Clemson, I feel like, 155 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:04.360 is putting themselves in a position to where if the 156 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:06.800 ACC doesn't get better, or maybe it gets worse, we're 157 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:08.759 gonna always have Notre Dame. They look like they're not 158 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:12.399 going anywhere with Marcus Freeman and the non conference game 159 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:14.600 that now currently does give them a chance to you know, 160 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:17.560 add some value in the non conference portion. That's South 161 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:23.600 Carolina that game will probably go away because if the 162 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:26.319 SEC does go to nine, I mean, I think it's 163 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:29.319 clear they're gonna tell their league members, meaning Greg SANKI, 164 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:32.120 you don't need to go out and play somebody in 165 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:34.559 the non conference that that matters, because we're gonna play 166 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:36.840 each other, and you're gonna have nine of your twelve 167 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.840 games in the prestigious Southeastern Conference, and that just is 168 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:43.240 so much tougher than anything anybody else will do. That's 169 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:46.039 why there's real belief that Kentucky and Louisville will not 170 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:49.200 play if it goes to nine. I'm sure South Carolina, 171 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:52.559 I don't know. Beamer seems built a little different, but 172 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:54.799 you know, maybe they maybe the league, maybe maybe they 173 00:08:54.840 --> 00:09:00.600 follow marching orders of of the of the league commissioner. 174 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:06.080 So I just you know, the college football playoff, it's 175 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:10.759 now become a realistic thing for so many programs that 176 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:14.200 are good. They can now realistically get there. When it's for, 177 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.840 it's much harder, and when it's for, you're much more 178 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:22.759 in need of getting some kind of a benefit of 179 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:25.120 the doubt and a break to go your way that 180 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:28.519 maybe you weren't expecting when there's twelve, fourteen or sixteen, 181 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:32.279 Like you can know you're not realistically a national championship contender, 182 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:34.000 but you can get to the playoff. And I believe 183 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:38.159 that has value to programs that will be remembered forever. 184 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:41.120 Like I think playoff appearances for certain programs like a 185 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:44.720 Louisville or a Kentucky in Indiana who just made one 186 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:48.720 like that will be viewed as it's the equivalent of 187 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:53.799 a Final four in football, and that matters. That has value, 188 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:57.720 and that's now made it to where there's so many 189 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:01.000 more teams that at least feel like they're they're in 190 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:04.120 the mix, and who knows, it's not like, let's let's 191 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:07.039 be real, if Louisville ends up in the next couple 192 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:10.120 of years in a situation where they're eleven and one, 193 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:12.399 then they're twelve and one because they won the ACC, 194 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:16.360 it might be a realistic thing that they're still a 195 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:20.039 long way away from, you know, knocking off a team 196 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:23.159 like a Georgia in the national championship or knocking off 197 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:29.200 a Ohio State something like that. But I but you know, 198 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:31.519 it'd be fun to get lost in that race to 199 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:33.840 the playoff, right and just think, who knows, man, we're 200 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:35.519 gonna line up and if we get them, we might 201 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:39.799 we might drop them. Like now you can at least 202 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:41.720 kind of live in that world with some level of 203 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:44.200 realism knowing that like, hey, you know, we're not We're 204 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:47.080 not McNee State, an FCS team that's just hoping to, 205 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:48.960 you know, pull off the biggest upset in the world 206 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:52.879 when we get that Payday game in September. So I 207 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:54.960 just there's gonna be changes made. That's why they've had 208 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:58.600 these College Football Playoff spring meetings. And the more I 209 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.279 hear about what's being proposed by the SEC when it 210 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:04.440 comes to auto bids and TV viewership being a part 211 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:08.120 of the criteria, it just makes me sick because I mean, 212 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:10.080 take away like the Louisville component of it, I'm not 213 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:11.799 coming you, I'm not coming to you from that. But 214 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:16.480 like if there's automatic slots just based on conference affiliation, 215 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:20.000 like you're just you're you're fully confirming something that I 216 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:22.759 kind of already know is happening, is that at the 217 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.519 top of college football, Greg Sanke his league and I 218 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:28.360 guess the Big Ten two they don't really care about results. 219 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:30.720 They just they know that they have big brands with 220 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:34.320 big reach, and they just just they want that to 221 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:36.200 matter more than what you do on the field, which 222 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:38.639 is just gross, if you know, if I'm being honest 223 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:43.480 with you. Also, we talked about the updated rankings from ESPN, 224 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:46.679 the college basketball rankings for next season. There's still some 225 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:48.759 pieces out there that could certainly help a team in 226 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:51.159 a big way if they were to land the available 227 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:53.440 players that are there, because there's still some good guys 228 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:56.039 out there, But I'd say the biggest moves have already 229 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:58.519 been made, and I'd say, honestly, the biggest change as 230 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:02.840 far as how a how a team is viewed right 231 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:05.080 like a team if a team makes a big drop 232 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:08.799 or a big jump, actually I guess the big jump. 233 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.080 To me, it seems kind of like, again, there's good players, 234 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:12.679 but I can't think of anybody that's left right now 235 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:17.840 that would drastically change how a team is it's expected 236 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:21.120 to do next season. I mean, PJ. Haggert, he's out there. 237 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:22.799 He's a really good guard in the portal, but I 238 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:24.559 feel like if he's going, if he's down to the 239 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:27.799 two teams everybody says he's down to going back to 240 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:31.200 Memphis or going to NC State, that'll help them, no doubt, 241 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:34.960 but not to the point where they would end up, 242 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:39.919 like being preseason top ten. I wouldn't think so. Anyways, 243 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.960 I'd say the biggest moves have kind of already taken place. Therefore, 244 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:47.080 there's updated rankings out there from Jeff Borzello and he 245 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:52.399 has Louisville at number seven in Kentucky at number eleven. Now, 246 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:54.639 real quick, this isn't something we talked about much today, 247 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:56.399 but it's certainly been a talking point the last couple 248 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:58.720 of weeks. James Scott's decision to enter the transfer portal. 249 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:04.200 I was pretty pretty direct, Like I was downright stunned initially, 250 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:05.879 just because I assume he'd be the last guy that 251 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:09.279 would ever look to leave, because I just assumed he'd 252 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.120 always want to play for Pat Kelsey given how close 253 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:14.919 they are. But he did decide to leave, and uh, 254 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:16.879 he may have. He may have learned the hard way 255 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:19.279 about the portal. Like you, you kind of run a 256 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:24.519 risk of, you know, maybe learning and realizing something that 257 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:27.879 you didn't didn't expect. And I only say this based 258 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:29.759 off the latest report, and that is that Auburn has 259 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:33.919 kind of backed off like yeah, we we you know, 260 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:36.919 we're good. And I don't know if it's because he's 261 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:40.639 asking for too much money. But apparently n C state 262 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:43.039 who those are the teams, by the way, that have 263 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.639 been just viewed as the most interested teams in James Scott, 264 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:47.759 because you got to give mind, there's a lot of 265 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:49.480 teams out there. They don't have room or money left 266 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:52.679 because the majority of their roster's already in place. So, 267 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:55.000 you know, James Scott hit the portal late and at 268 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:56.559 times that can help you. Right, if you've if you 269 00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:58.879 if you've fit a specific like if you if you 270 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:01.799 hit the portal and you are the guy, the type 271 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:04.679 of guy that they missed out on twice elsewhere, you 272 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:06.519 may be able to get a bigger price tag because 273 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:08.919 they now are more desperate than ever and you've become available, 274 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:12.399 they could really fill that void. James is different. James 275 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:13.919 is not a guy that's going to score a lot 276 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:17.600 of points. He's he's you know again, I'm not gonna 277 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:19.240 knock him. You guys heard me gass him up when 278 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:21.039 he decided to leave, and I was the one, I 279 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:23.679 think in the minority claiming that this guy is lost 280 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:25.639 will actually be a bigger deal than people realize, not 281 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:27.559 because you just can't replace him, but like he did 282 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:30.240 some things that I think it's hard to go sell 283 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.240 a guy on the portal to do right. You want 284 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:33.960 to come here and play and not take a shot 285 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:37.519 unless you're dunking it and give us, you know, twenty 286 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:39.879 minutes and four fouls and you know, run, you know 287 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:42.240 rim run, and you know, just be a great energy guy. 288 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:44.240 I mean, that's not a terrible role. But like a 289 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:45.600 lot of guys in the portal are looking for a 290 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:47.279 bigger role, which is why they're leaving the school they 291 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:50.559 were at. So the latest is that there's waning interest 292 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:54.080 from Auburn and NC State. Apparently they did have a 293 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:58.399 big price tag that they you know, they could match 294 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:01.799 or they could meet for James. But now apparently they're 295 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.879 getting PJ. Haggerty from Memphis, which again we're talking about 296 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:08.480 a point guard in a center. But the money I 297 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:11.080 think that initially was going to be coming towards James 298 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:14.279 Scott if he took the offer, is now not there 299 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:16.360 to the same extent because they're having to dig deep 300 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:19.200 in those pockets to give p. J. Haggerty the point guard. 301 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:22.399 So I mean, I don't look at this as hey, 302 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:24.480 you should have realized how good you had it, because 303 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:27.440 that you know, I don't knock anybody for hitting the 304 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:30.679 portal and seeing what the value is, But like, you know, 305 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:34.720 would he want to come back to Louisville, Would Louisville 306 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:38.000 want to have him back? I mean, no clue if 307 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:43.200 that's even like an option. But if he didn't get 308 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:47.440 the money or the role that he thought he might 309 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:50.720 get from somebody in the portal, and he decided his 310 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:52.600 best option was come back to come back to Louisville. 311 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:56.919 Who says no? Like who says no? Because there's not 312 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:58.840 anybody out there right now that you feel like you're 313 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:01.559 going to replace him with. That's like a net positive. 314 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:04.159 And I know some people are saying Bobby Miller, who, 315 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:07.320 by the way, is available still, but I just I 316 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.080 feel like I don't. I don't know, I've no clue 317 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:13.120 about which way he's leaning, but I feel like he 318 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:16.320 would look at Louisville's current put it this way, reasons 319 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:21.080 James Scott probably decided to leave role and money, Like 320 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:23.639 I don't know if Boba Miller would get like I 321 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:26.919 think he would be hesitant to go to Louisville because 322 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.159 he also wouldn't be walking into the role and maybe 323 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:31.919 the same kind of money that he would get elsewhere, 324 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:35.120 because again, Louisville's already pretty set in the front court. 325 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:37.840 So we'll see what happens. But yeah, it looks as 326 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:40.480 if the two schools that were believed to be the 327 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:43.799 likely leaders now are no longer really as I shouldn't 328 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:45.360 say they're not as interested, because I don't know that 329 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:47.960 for certain, but like he's not a priority to them, 330 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:52.759 maybe the way he was initially, and maybe it's because 331 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:56.279 they realize good at like good kid, good like he's 332 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:58.879 a guy we'd like to have. But if he wants 333 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:02.360 that kind of money, he's he's he's not justified in 334 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:05.480 asking for that kind of price because that's not who 335 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:08.559 he is as a player. And it's it's just my 336 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:12.000 curiosity because I love James Scott and I'm bummed that 337 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:14.440 he moved on push the best for him, but I 338 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:16.640 would love to know what ultimately led to him like 339 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:19.079 deciding all right, I'm going to hit the portal and 340 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:23.799 test the waters because sometimes timing is just too there's 341 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:27.039 no Sometimes timing is telling and it's not a coincidence. 342 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:30.319 So therefore, like maybe he did hear that prior was 343 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:33.599 coming back and he decided nope, I'm out, But like, 344 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:36.279 didn't everybody think Prior was coming back because it was 345 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:39.640 the day after that Pryor announced it that he that 346 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:42.559 we found out that James did into the portal. So 347 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:44.400 all right, real quick, and by the way, do we 348 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:46.359 have are we do we need to? Like? Should we 349 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:48.799 can we take this up until we hand it off you? Yes? 350 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:51.559 Okay to sell your textion Starry till the twenty three okay? Perfect? 351 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:56.400 All right, so real quick. I mentioned this yesterday. Cities 352 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:00.440 that are kind of like Louisville in this way they 353 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:03.680 embrace an event that they're known for, because I think 354 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:05.599 that's what we do with the Derby. And I was 355 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:07.160 kind of blanking on some of them and a few 356 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:09.599 people texted in and I thought had some had some 357 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:13.480 good uh, had some good responses. One of some good 358 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:17.000 recommend you mentioned Daytona, right, and that's a great one. Yes, 359 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:19.240 I didn't realize this, and this like this city is 360 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:21.519 known for more than this, but I totally understand it. 361 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:25.119 One is that like Boston is like a it's like 362 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:27.039 a holiday in Boston when they have the Boston Marathon. 363 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:29.440 Sure I would have never got that, I would ever 364 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:31.799 thought about that, but like it makes total sense because 365 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:36.039 you know it's it's it's I mean, our horse race 366 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:39.440 is the prestigious one, right, their marathon is the prestigious rise. 367 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:44.079 So like it makes makes total sense horses humans running. Yeah. 368 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:49.519 So and then another one was we talked about Omaha 369 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:52.559 with the Little League World Series and then uh, a 370 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:54.440 big one that I can't believe I blanked on because 371 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:57.799 at times they compare themselves to us for their event 372 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:01.160 and act like it's the same thing. And that's Indianapolis 373 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:03.759 for the NDY five hundred. Yeah, like it's I mean, 374 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:07.119 I know it, it's got its own like like clearly 375 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:09.519 there are people across the planet that love that kind 376 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:12.119 of racing that will come because it's the freaking DY 377 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:14.039 five hundred, But I don't mean does it do the 378 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:17.839 same level of viewers. I mean, like I know, here 379 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:20.160 we are just knowing how big the Derby is, assuming 380 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:22.119 there's no chance that like people tune in for the 381 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:23.920 NDY five hundred like they do. I mean, first of all, 382 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:25.400 the N five hundred it's not a two minute race 383 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:29.599 like the Derby is. But yeah, like I I completely 384 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:31.680 blanked on that. And again I'm not saying it's I 385 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:33.920 don't think the two are comparable as far as like 386 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:37.720 interest in overall viewership. But I could be totally wrong, 387 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:40.519 but no doubt Indy embraces that they have that. It's 388 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:43.720 every like you go to our airport at at Muhammad 389 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:46.039 Ali Airport, like there's a ton of stuff that lets 390 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:48.680 you know you are in the home of the Kentucky Derby. 391 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:50.960 Same exact thing at Indy, Like they embrace that in 392 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:53.400 a big way. But I was thinking when it comes 393 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:59.759 to college events, like the NCAA rotates everything, right, and 394 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:02.559 the in the conference tournaments rotate quite a bit too, 395 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:04.920 so it's hard for a college Like the one that 396 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:06.680 came up when I was just doing some digging was 397 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:09.759 the Rose Bowl. Sure, and that has history, but you know, 398 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:13.640 like I don't think that event specifically is like, oh man, 399 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:15.440 we got to stop what we're doing. The Rose Bowls 400 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:19.119 about to take place, the Bowl parade and stuff like that. 401 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:21.319