WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for Coffee and Company, Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:08.759 Sports Talk seven nine. 3 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:10.919 Day, Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we 4 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:11.759 think when we. 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:15.359 Are get off our show. Idiots, the kids are crying 6 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:17.559 or turn at. The countries are screwing it up. 7 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:20.879 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 8 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.000 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.879 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 10 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:42.960 kidding me? Now? Here's nick coffee? 11 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:46.600 You smell that? Can you feel it? 12 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:46.840 Is it? 13 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:46.960 In? 14 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:47.280 Yet? 15 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:49.359 That's what she said. It's a Friday. 16 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:51.359 Let me be immature, Let me be a child? Can 17 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:54.640 we If I can't be immature and childish on a Friday? 18 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:57.439 What is this? This isn't America. If that's the case, 19 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.560 it certainly isn't Coffee and Company. But it actually is 20 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:02.240 because it's three o'clock and we're here with you for 21 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.640 the next three hours, taking you up till six o'clock, 22 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:07.319 getting you set for the weekend. What should be a 23 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:09.840 big weekend. I mean, it's already off to a good 24 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:14.040 start because today I'm not sure it can be, you know, 25 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:16.040 more beautiful than it is today, And I've said that 26 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:17.879 a few times, but today's like the perfect day because 27 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:21.040 there's just enough of a breeze. Temperatures are not really high, 28 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:24.120 but like it's it's perfect out there. So hopefully you 29 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:26.079 are enjoying your Friday, and hopefully you will stick with 30 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:28.159 us for the next three hours. Don't forget you could 31 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:29.959 take us with you wherever you go. Listen live on 32 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.560 the iHeartRadio ABB listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. 33 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:36.319 When I was asking if you can if you can 34 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:38.040 smell it and you can feel it, I mean I 35 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:41.239 didn't just mean Friday, I also mean the big game vibes, 36 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:43.200 they're there, and I don't know if this is much 37 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:45.319 of a sign because I can't feel I mean it 38 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:46.840 just you know, you get the number six team coming 39 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:49.200 to town. I think most fans would say they're a 40 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:52.719 little disappointed with how Louisville football has looked this year. 41 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:55.599 Maybe a little disappointed with already having two losses six 42 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:57.840 games in, or maybe you're a lot disappointed. Everybody can 43 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.840 have their own opinion, but make no mistake of it regardless. 44 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:03.519 If you're not disappointed at all, you're kind of disappointed. 45 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:06.239 You're big time disappointed. We can all agree that tomorrow 46 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:09.280 is a huge opportunity and here's still hoping that Louisville 47 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:11.120 can play their best game of the season. 48 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:13.479 Don't it to be perfect. They can make mistakes. 49 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:15.840 When I say their best game of the season, it 50 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:18.120 really is just, you know, because I'm not really sure 51 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:19.879 what is their best game of the season. You can 52 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:22.400 throw the first two out because of who you played. 53 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.080 I mean, it's all you can do is you know, 54 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:26.800 plays on your schedule. But I mean that one doesn't 55 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:28.560 mean a whole lot to me. If I'm being you know, 56 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:31.199 totally totally honest with you, those two I should say 57 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:33.039 those two games don't mean much. But from then on, 58 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:35.960 you know, you won against Georgia Tech, you bounce back 59 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:38.560 last week against Virginia, and obviously you had a couple 60 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:40.280 of losses in between there at Notre Dame and at 61 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:43.080 home against SMU, But they just haven't put together a 62 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:46.560 game where you can you can reflect on it and 63 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:47.680 say win or loss. 64 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:49.240 You know, they came. 65 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:53.319 Ready, they avoided many avoidable mistakes. That just hasn't happened yet, 66 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:55.719 and it needs to happen tomorrow for Louisville to be 67 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:58.479 able to win and again here's to hoping that it 68 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:01.560 does in fact happen. It is Coffee and Company. 69 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:01.919 That's us. 70 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.479 We are fuel about Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 71 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:07.000 Appreciate you hanging out with us. My name is Nick Coffee. 72 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:07.599 I hope you knew that. 73 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:10.840 If not, now you do. The company man, the man 74 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:13.800 with the plan, mister John Alden is alongside today and 75 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:17.759 you've got a big game as well, Indiana and Nebraska. 76 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:19.800 And I was just looking at Twitter earlier today, and 77 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:21.800 I've been off Twitter for a good chunk of the day, 78 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:24.039 but when I was looking earlier, it felt like every 79 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:26.319 time I would, you know, scroll down every few tweets, 80 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:27.960 I would see one of the networks or one of 81 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.319 the personalities that covers college football talking about making their 82 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:35.919 way to Bloomington for this game. You know, Varstool, they're 83 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.240 taking their show, Fox is doing Big nuone kickoff. You 84 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:41.080 may not know the answer to this, but if you're 85 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:47.039 coming to Bloomington to cover a game, are you flying 86 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:49.120 into Louisville or are you flying in Indy? I feel 87 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:51.319 like you're flying in Louisville, or maybe does Bloomington have 88 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:52.240 an airport like. 89 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:55.479 They do it's a very small airport, but I feel like. 90 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.159 Like most people aren't getting like a chartered playing to 91 00:03:57.199 --> 00:03:58.000 the Bloomington airport. 92 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.840 I would assume, Yeah, I think traveling why from Louisville 93 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:04.599 to Bloomington and Indianapolis to Bloomington are very similar time wise, 94 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:06.360 is it? 95 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:08.400 I felt like Louisville's closer, but you would know more 96 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:12.479 than I. But either way, you know, we can collectively 97 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.879 have excitement for both programs. You know, I'm a Louisville fan, 98 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:18.759 John's and Indiana fan, and we both have a big 99 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:22.240 game and I you know know, no offense to the Hoosiers. 100 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:24.439 But like, I never really once thought about what life 101 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:26.079 would be like if we was in this, if we 102 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:28.000 were in this position where we both were both happy 103 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:31.160 about football, rightactly, Well, you're you're happier than I am 104 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:33.959 for obvious reasons. But still, you know, tomorrow's a big 105 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:36.519 opportunity for Louisville, and I'm hoping they can they can 106 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:37.480 take advantage. 107 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:40.319 We're both celebrating because both games will conclude around the 108 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:41.240 exact same time. 109 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:42.879 That's right, That's right. 110 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:45.639 So that's a good opportunity for me to remind you 111 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:47.480 that we will have you cover tomorrow for all the 112 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:51.360 game day coverage. Louisville kicks off at noon, which means 113 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:53.480 we will have our pregame show starting at eleven. We'll 114 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:55.879 go from eleven to noon. It is the Louisville Fotball 115 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:58.199 Pregame Show presented by Pellow Windows and Doors of Central 116 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:01.120 Kentucky and Jefferson Animal Hospital. And then as soon as 117 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:02.920 it ends, we go live right here for the louisvill 118 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:06.399 Football Postgame Show presented by Alex R. White Suit Distracted 119 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:10.079 Driver dot Com. And you know, I'm to the point 120 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:11.720 now where you know we can we can discuss, and 121 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:13.319 we will. You know, we'll hit on some things as 122 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:16.720 far as what I think is most important in this matchup, 123 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:18.959 what needs to go well for Louisville, among many things. 124 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:20.519 But you know we've done that a lot. 125 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:22.319 I think everybody kind of knows, like louis Is gonna 126 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:23.839 have to be a different team than they've been all year, 127 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:27.519 and you're gonna have to make sure you offensively can 128 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:29.680 give your quarterback enough time to make some plays, because 129 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:31.240 that's where you're gonna be able to score your points 130 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:34.560 is airing it out to Corey Brooks. I mean, you 131 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:37.240 can even hit Isaac Brown out of the backfield. I 132 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:39.600 mean not to say Tyler Shuck's got to go out 133 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:41.079 there and put up four touchdowns for louis to be 134 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:43.000 able to win. But if you win, I'd say it's 135 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.879 because you're able to match them offensively and you know, 136 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:49.879 hold on long enough to to you know, to to 137 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:51.439 score eight maybe get it maybe, you know. 138 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:52.319 I don't know. 139 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.240 I've not thought about any scenarios specifically as far as 140 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:58.600 what needs to happen, but as far as specific matchups, 141 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:02.439 just you know, the off line's gonna have to make him. 142 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:04.920 You know, I don't want to say they got to 143 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:06.360 be perfect, and I don't want to act as if 144 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:09.399 they're terrible, because you know, it's not as if Louisville 145 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:12.399 has been unable to move the ball offensively this year. 146 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:14.560 Is just that at times it looks like Tyler Shuck 147 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:16.600 doesn't have a whole lot of time in the pocket, 148 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.079 And I feel like this offensive line is gonna have 149 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:21.720 to play their best game tomorrow because what Miami has 150 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:24.680 upfront is I think easily the best defense you will 151 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:26.360 have faced up to this point. I don't know, maybe 152 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.879 Notre Dame. They're pretty good upfront as well. And then 153 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:34.439 defensively avoid all the miscommunication issues that you've had and 154 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:37.839 obviously find a way to make cam Ward uncomfortable. I mean, 155 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:41.839 I would imagine I shouldn't say it's impossible, but the 156 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:44.079 thought of him just completely lay in an egg. I mean, 157 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:46.839 it's certainly possible. It happens quarterbacks have bad games. But 158 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:48.759 I don't think you can just bank on that. You're 159 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:51.519 gonna have to throw some things at him that maybe 160 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:55.120 he's not expecting, just keep him from getting comfortable. I mean, 161 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:59.360 Louisville hasn't done this in a while, at least not 162 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:01.040 you know, this year. I mean, you go back to 163 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:04.120 last week, Virginia was moving the ball pretty easily in 164 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:07.600 the first couple of possessions. They had obviously smu my goodness, 165 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:12.879 I don't remember two drives for opponents where their offense 166 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:16.680 so effortlessly moved the ball down the field and scored. So, 167 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:20.720 you know, doesn't seem ideal to give Miami any kind 168 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:22.600 of a head start. So if the defense can't find 169 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:25.079 a way to get off the field on third down 170 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:28.680 on the first couple of possessions, again easier said than done, 171 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:30.759 that could go a long way, right. That gives you 172 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.560 a chance for you to put some points on the board, 173 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:36.959 maybe establish some early momentum, get that stadium rocking. 174 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:39.240 So I'm excited. 175 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:41.560 But you know, I've been asked a few times in 176 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:43.439 the last couple of days, not by you know, it's 177 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:44.800 not like people are just running up to me in 178 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:46.839 the street. But I was talking to somebody last night 179 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:48.839 at dinner that came over to have a chat with us, which, 180 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:50.920 by the way, they said they're not interested in meeting me, 181 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:54.399 They're interested in meeting Moose, which you know, I get it, 182 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:57.120 he's the star of the family. But we were talking 183 00:07:57.120 --> 00:07:58.319 about the game, and they're like, you know, what do 184 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:01.160 you think happens, and I'm like, well, I don't really know, 185 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.160 Like I we'll see. And then I think their initial 186 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:07.879 reaction was, without saying it, well I guess he thinks 187 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:09.639 we're gonna lose. And I could sense that, so I 188 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.920 was like, well, I'm not saying that. You know, I'm 189 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:13.920 convinced that it's going to be a loss and they'll 190 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:17.000 really surprise me if they win. But I just I 191 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:19.439 don't have much of a feel for because what it 192 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:21.279 all comes down to for me, and again this doesn't 193 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:22.199 mean it's not gonna happen. 194 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:23.959 You know, maybe Louisville win's big tomorrow. 195 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:27.480 I don't know, but I know for them to pull 196 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:30.839 off this win, it really feels like they're going to 197 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:34.080 have to show us some things we haven't seen yet 198 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:35.879 this year, which again, not to beat the dead horse, 199 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:38.879 but just you know, cleaning things up, don't make the 200 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:42.080 avoidable mistake. And they just haven't done that yet this year. 201 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:44.720 So that's not like asking them to go out in 202 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:48.440 a week's time and become some substantially better team and 203 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.440 you know, go get new players or you know, mix 204 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:54.240 up the rotation, nothing like that. It's just you know, 205 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:56.799 being a little more disciplined, being a little more organized, 206 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:00.639 don't make the avoidable mistake. And again, it sounds like 207 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:02.200 something you could just Okay, well that's easy. 208 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:02.679 I won't do that. 209 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:04.879 I won't hold I won't commit a silly penalty that 210 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:06.960 gives the opponent an extra set of downs when we 211 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:08.759 could have got off the field. I mean again, it 212 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:11.039 seems pretty easy to not do, but they haven't yet 213 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.720 done it yet. So you know, for me, I'm not 214 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.120 big on given like predictions. Here's the score, here's what 215 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:18.080 I think happens, and here's how we got there. It's 216 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:21.080 just not really, it's just not men. I don't do that, 217 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:23.120 and I don't think anybody needs me or wants me 218 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:24.799 to do that. But it's not that I don't have 219 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:26.480 confidence in them. It's just I know they're going to 220 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:28.759 have to show something in Game seven that we really 221 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.440 haven't seen yet, and maybe that happens tomorrow or maybe 222 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:33.720 you know, they continue to kind of be the same 223 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.159 team they've been, which isn't a terrible team, but it's 224 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:38.399 not a team that I feel like would be able 225 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:41.159 to knock off a Miami team that I happen to 226 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:42.279 think has momentum. 227 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:43.120 Now, maybe that. 228 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:45.039 Is just the way I view it, because yes, they 229 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:47.840 have avoided some really close calls. 230 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:49.159 They could have easily lost. 231 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:52.360 Both the Virginia Tech game and the game against cal 232 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:55.120 But I feel like them being able to hold on 233 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:58.759 and survive. Guys on that Miami roster right now that 234 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:02.039 know last year, even the year before that, those are 235 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:04.720 games we lose. Well, we were able to survive when 236 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:07.720 and get into the bye week, and you know, I 237 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:12.919 maybe it's the complete opposite of that. Maybe they are 238 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.759 on their heels because they realize how lucky they are, 239 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:19.360 and you know they're vulnerable, right, they were able to 240 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:21.720 escape without losses. 241 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:23.600 Some would say it's a miracle. 242 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:27.360 So maybe they just maybe they're just feeling like they're 243 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:29.200 you know, it's about to happen, right, They're finally going 244 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:31.360 to have somebody that gets them in the position where 245 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:32.120 they can knock them off. 246 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:32.559 We'll see. 247 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:35.000 But with cam Ward and the swagger that he has, 248 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:37.159 the confidence that he has, and really just his ability 249 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:40.159 I mean quarterback, and by the way, quarterbacks have such 250 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:42.080 an impact on those kind of things. I mean, I 251 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:44.840 think we're seeing it with Tyler Shuck this year. I mean, 252 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:46.519 you could tell this offense, man, they know that the 253 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:49.440 guy under center has a lot of confidence in himself 254 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:52.120 and his ability to lead the offense down the field. 255 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:55.080 And it's just that's a healthy offense when your quarterback 256 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:58.360 is the guy that's carrying the energy and guys are 257 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.120 feeding off him, and it's infectious. And certainly you could 258 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.639 tell the cam Wore does that. So, by the way, 259 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:05.759 one of the things that I totally forgot about when 260 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:07.320 it comes to this matchup, and I wouldn't say this 261 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:11.000 is some big storyline between Louisville and Miami, However, a 262 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:14.279 little trivia for you. You want to hear John, I 263 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:17.279 think this is somewhat interesting. Mario Christoval when he was 264 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:19.919 before he was the coach at Miami, he was the 265 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:22.799 head coach at Oregon, and at Oregon he recruited Tyler 266 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:26.240 Shuck out of high school. So you know, I don't again, 267 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:29.720 that's just a random fact, but you know, me being 268 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:31.879 the pessimist that I am, it did have me thinking, oh, well, 269 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.600 I guess this. You know this guy, he'll know how 270 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:37.679 to really take away shuck strengths because you know he's 271 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:39.960 coached him before, which you know that's just me being 272 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:43.200 a pessimist. I mean, I don't even know how much 273 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:46.120 Tyler Shuck actually played for him. Obviously, throughout Tyler's career 274 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:47.960 he's been banged up and has never played more than 275 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:50.879 seven games in a season. But certainly they'll be some 276 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:54.000 familiarity there, and I don't know, maybe they can lean 277 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:57.000 on Maybe they can lean on Shuck meeting the defensive 278 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:59.639 staff for Louisville because maybe he knows what Mario Christabal 279 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:00.799 is gonna want to do. I don't think any of 280 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:02.279 that's gonna matter, but it is one of those things 281 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:04.279 that I hadn't really given much thought to, but yes, 282 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:08.000 those two have a connection from when he started his career, 283 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:10.679 which was a long time ago. We all know Tyler 284 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:13.480 shuck Is is a grandpa here in college football, but 285 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:16.000 he's a damn good grandpa. And again, I know I've 286 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:19.480 said it many times and maybe I'm maybe I'm gassing 287 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:21.679 him up a little more than he might deserve. But 288 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:24.360 I would just hate for this season to feel even 289 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:26.799 a little bit underwhelming when you've got this guy for 290 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:29.200 only one year and I happen to think. 291 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:30.519 He's really really good. 292 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:34.360 So again, tomorrow three uh not three noon nuone kickoff, 293 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:36.399 and I am certainly excited for that. 294 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:37.679 Some other things we'll get into today. 295 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:39.759 Obviously a lot of games we can we can look 296 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:41.840 look look at other than the local ones here, I 297 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:44.320 mean Kentucky and Florida. I feel like this is as 298 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:48.480 quiet as Kentucky fans have been about their football team 299 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:51.679 in a long time. And I get it. You just 300 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.200 lost to and Andy. You kind of feel a little 301 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:57.720 bit stuck when it comes to to Mark Stoops or whatever. 302 00:12:58.360 --> 00:12:59.279 And maybe you don't feel that way. 303 00:12:59.279 --> 00:12:59.480 I don't. 304 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:02.480 I shouldn't be like, I know what every Kentucky fan 305 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:05.559 is feeling. But you know, the loss to Vandy coming 306 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:08.120 off of a bye, I mean, it took you right 307 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:09.440 back to close to where you were. 308 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:11.039 Maybe you're maybe maybe you're right there. 309 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.240 Maybe you're just close to where you were after that 310 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:15.440 South Carolina loss where it just looked like, you know, 311 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:18.759 your season was going to be terrible. I mean, you 312 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:21.080 did you produced KSR this morning? I mean, did they talk? 313 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:22.600 I got to listen to a little bit. I heard 314 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:24.799 some of their trivia, But did they talk a whole 315 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:25.759 lot about this game tomorrow? 316 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.080 We talked about it during the first hour. It wasn't 317 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:30.960 super extensive or juicy like maybe you might think. 318 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:32.759 But it wasn't like extensive breakdown. 319 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:34.399 It was that kind of just really A lot of 320 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:36.879 the talk was about blue white games and blue White 321 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:39.519 game and having you know, stoops, having really bad clock 322 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:41.279 management management and stuff like that. 323 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.480 So and I think, you know, weird, like this is 324 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:48.440 a big game for both of these programs because Billy Napier, 325 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:49.919 I mean, I have a hard time thinking that he's 326 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:53.320 going to be able to survive after this year. And 327 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:55.840 I don't really think Florida would benefit at all by 328 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:57.840 getting rid of him. Mid season, but he has for 329 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.000 a while been talked about as one of the coaches 330 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:04.320 that could potentially lose his job. You know, if in 331 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:07.120 fact there was somebody that does get fired from a 332 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:10.080 Power five gig mid season. Which has that happened yet, 333 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:12.159 I feel like maybe I'm did somebody get fired? 334 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:13.759 I don't, I mean, unless I missed it, I don't 335 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:16.159 think so. Yeah, it's time. Last year there was. 336 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:17.159 A couple of them. 337 00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:20.679 Yeah, I think yeah, I don't think there's been anybody 338 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.200 can just yet. But Napier's been talked about for about 339 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:26.440 a year now as far as somebody that at any moment, 340 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:28.720 if he gets fired, nobody's going to be super surprised. 341 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.159 So a loss to Kentucky, Look, there's a lot of respect. 342 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:32.919 Well I'll put it this way, there's a lot more 343 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:37.919 respect for Kentucky from the Florida football side, probably now 344 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:40.360 than maybe there's ever been because what was it, twenty 345 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:44.000 something years consecutively Kentucky never beat him, And of course 346 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:46.080 during that time, Florida had some really good teams. 347 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:46.840 But even when they. 348 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:49.159 Weren't up towards the top of the SEC, I mean, 349 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:52.039 they were still beating up on Kentucky and then things changed. 350 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:55.080 I mean Mark Stoops has you know, has has had 351 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:59.080 some success against Florida against multiple different coaches, and you know, 352 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:04.080 I I know earlier this week, Napier talked about that 353 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:06.519 exact thing, meaning that Kentucky's not going to sneak up 354 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:08.600 on us because again they've I mean, Napier's lost to him, 355 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:11.279 what two straight years or something like that, and Stoops 356 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:13.240 again has had at least four I feel like he's 357 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.240 had at least three or four maybe five wins against 358 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:19.039 Florida since he's been there. But Florida previously has fired 359 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:21.360 coaches seemingly because like, the one thing you can't do 360 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:24.360 is loses to Kentucky. I mean Dan Mullen, I mean 361 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:26.120 he got he got let go in a year where 362 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:27.519 they were you know, I don't know how good they were, 363 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:31.120 but like, and again this is I know, it's sounding 364 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:32.759 as if I'm acting as if anybody who loses to 365 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:34.639 Kentucky and the SEC is automatically going to be fired, 366 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:36.279 because that's not the way it is right now, but 367 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:40.120 it once was that way, and right now this you know, 368 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:43.679 this Florida team they lost in overtime to Tennessee, which 369 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:47.120 I mean it's Florida. They've got big expectations. However, given 370 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:49.200 where they are right now in this current season and 371 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:51.559 how tough their schedule is, that doesn't look like a win. 372 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.720 But it obviously looked pretty good for billion Napier. They 373 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:57.159 got blown out by Miami earlier this year at home, 374 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.480 and that's when it looked like it was going to 375 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:00.200 be really bad. But really, since then, I mean, they've 376 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:02.600 not I mean Florida, I think at this point they're 377 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:05.240 not great, but I think they're better than maybe people 378 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:06.799 thought they would be, because I think at one point 379 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:09.240 there was belief that this thing could completely fall apart. 380 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.720 He may get fired mid season. I mean, they were 381 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:14.679 underdogs at home last week to Central Florida and they 382 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:17.799 blew them off the field, unless maybe that game got 383 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:19.440 closer late, but I know at one point I was 384 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:21.399 watching and it wasn't much of a game at all. 385 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:26.879 So a loss here for Kentucky, I mean weird to 386 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:29.879 think a loss to Florida would be like, oh my god, can. 387 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:31.240 You believe Stoops did this? 388 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:34.360 Because again, like Florida, in the majority of most of 389 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:36.879 your lives, if you're a Kentucky fan listening listening to 390 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:39.559 this the vast majority of your life. Kentucky has not 391 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:43.559 been Florida in football very often, but you know, they're 392 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:45.519 they're not good right now, at least they're not believed 393 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:47.960 to be so. And if Kentucky does win, you know, 394 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.720 maybe that does speed up the process for. 395 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:51.399 That. 396 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:53.600 I keep saying, did I say Dan Mullen, what's his name? 397 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:56.600 What's the Billy Napier? Billy Napier Mullen was there before, which, 398 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:59.639 by the way, I still don't understand what really led 399 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:02.600 to them moving on from Dan Mullen, Like he wasn't great, 400 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:06.319 but I mean for him to get fired that quickly 401 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:08.200