WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:03.879 Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine day. 2 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:06.160 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 3 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:10.039 we are. Get off our show, idiot. The kids are 4 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:12.560 playing or trail off punctures are screwing it up. 5 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:15.880 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 6 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:19.000 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 7 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:20.760 Who's the kid here? 8 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:22.640 Who's the kid here? 9 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:23.519 Are you kidding me? 10 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:25.800 Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 11 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:31.440 All right, let's get the party started, shall we welcome 12 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:34.600 in to a game day kind of a snow day 13 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:37.600 edition of Coffee and Company, fuel by Thornton's here on 14 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:39.000 Sports Talk seven ninety. 15 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:41.880 There's still snow on the ground there. 16 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:46.000 The temperatures are still very very cold, and roads are 17 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:48.759 kind of you know whatever, I was distracted, we were 18 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:51.000 we were sweating there at the end because we couldn't 19 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:54.039 figure out why we couldn't connect and hear each other, 20 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:57.200 meaning myself and the one and only Austin Montgomery, who's 21 00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:58.759 back at the iHeart studio. 22 00:00:58.840 --> 00:00:59.320 What's up? 23 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:01.119 I figured out what the issue was. 24 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:01.920 Oh what happened? 25 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:04.480 It wasn't me right, I didn't have my microphone plugged in. 26 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:05.719 Oh well that's important. 27 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:08.120 Yeah, that matters. That's actually you know, I can give 28 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:10.000 you guys. Sometimes I do give you guys a little 29 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:12.519 bit of inside info and a little bit of some 30 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:14.920 secrets of the biz. And when it comes to radio, 31 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:17.359 the microphone does need to be plugged in. Yes, I 32 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.000 can confirm. And now you guys know that too. 33 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:21.959 So there was a sweat when I heard you say 34 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:23.840 that I'm talking and I'm like, oh boy, yeah, i 35 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:24.599 know I'm connected. 36 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:27.280 Everything's here. But you're a smart man. I knew you'd 37 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:27.840 figure it out. 38 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.400 Well. I could hear the station and he couldn't get 39 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:32.120 me in, and I'm thinking, what's going on? And then 40 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.239 I realized, oh, yeah, you unplugged your mic because you 41 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:36.200 were I was using it for a different piece of 42 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.280 equipment earlier today. So it was on me and the 43 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:42.120 reason that I was not ready to go, and I 44 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:45.359 had a very unfortunate start to the show. We're going 45 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:46.680 to get this thing back on the rails and we're 46 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:48.920 gonna have fun. But I'll explain myself. So I made 47 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:52.640 the decision today to leave the house in my vehicle, 48 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:56.959 and I had not done that since the snowing on Saturday, 49 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:01.959 Like a Sunday morning, so again, I have a driveway 50 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:04.560 that anybody who ever comes to my home for the 51 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:08.120 first time probably pulls in or chooses not to pull in, 52 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:10.719 and then they walk up to the home, or maybe 53 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:12.639 they did pull in and they just think, man, it 54 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:16.400 would suck to live here. This driveway sucks and it 55 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:17.800 it You're You're not wrong. 56 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:20.560 It's not ideal. I mean we're used to it now. 57 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:24.360 And uh when when whenever we don't have ice on 58 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:27.319 the driveway, it usually is something that you know, that's 59 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:29.240 that's not not much of an issue for us. But 60 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:33.240 my wife, she has a newer vehicle. She's the you know, 61 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:35.960 she's she's the one with all the money. Well, actually, 62 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:37.680 if we have any money, it's because of her, That's 63 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:38.840 what I'll say, because I don't even know. 64 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:40.479 Again, I got this plastic card. 65 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:42.879 I swipe it when I need to survive with gasoline 66 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:45.879 and food and that's where and it works. Got got 67 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:48.800 it connected to my FanDuel sports book accounts, so you know, 68 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:49.439 it's all I need. 69 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:50.319 I'm a simple man. 70 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:53.520 She doesn't get mad when she sees a fandel deposit, 71 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:53.960 does she? 72 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:58.400 Oh, no, no, okay, yeah, she knows if that's all 73 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:00.680 he's gonna If that's all he's gonna be worried about, 74 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:02.439 then I think I'll you know, I don't have some 75 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:04.759 coke habit or anything like that that she's got to 76 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.560 worry about. So she lets me. She lets me get 77 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:09.520 away with, you know, depositing some money here and there 78 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:10.599 to get the action. 79 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:11.719 She sounds like a keeper. 80 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.759 Yeah, she's great. And again that's why she's got the newer, 81 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:18.599 nicer vehicle. And it has one of those uh you know, 82 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:21.319 you can go into like off road mode, you can 83 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:25.759 go into snow mode. And I've been driving her vehicle 84 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:28.800 yesterday in this morning to take the kids to get 85 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:30.960 him out of the house. And she went to work 86 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:32.879 today and then I had to had to run an 87 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:37.199 errand so I left and I felt not great, you know, 88 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:39.719 because I was I mean, I didn't have to do anything. 89 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:40.639 Other than just have it and drive. 90 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:42.719 I didn't puts the gas and as soon as we 91 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:45.599 hit the driveway hill going down, it was it was 92 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:48.680 a smooth slide to or you know, just ice. So 93 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.479 I come back and it's about two fifteen and I'm thinking, 94 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:54.840 all right, let's make sure you know, we're not coming 95 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:57.960 in crazy hot, but let's get some speed because I'm 96 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:02.360 gonna need to really test this twenty nineteen Volkswagen Atlas 97 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:04.039 to see if it's gonna be able to get up 98 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:04.479 this hill. 99 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:06.280 And it did not. 100 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:08.960 I got close to close to the top and then 101 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:11.840 just kind of slid down, got out of the vehicle, 102 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:15.319 started doing some shoveling, had the not only the snowshovel, 103 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:17.279 but the actual shovel. I just to crack the ice, 104 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:19.079 you know what I mean, Yeah, and get it out 105 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:23.360 of the way. And I thought I'd given myself a 106 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:27.160 pretty you know, pretty decent amount of space for the 107 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:29.800 for the tires, and my tires are new new ish, 108 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:31.639 I should say, there were less than a year old. 109 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.639 So I thought I left enough traction area to where 110 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:36.839 if I get some decent speed, I've now got some 111 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:39.360 spots to kind of, you know, take off from. And 112 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:42.879 I tried, and I got even closer. But what happened 113 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.000 is once I once I started sliding back down, my 114 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.079 vehicle completely slid to the left. 115 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:51.360 So right now I'm in the middle of my. 116 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:54.439 Driveway, which is a big hill, and my vehicle is 117 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.839 facing the street. It's if I'm driving down the street, 118 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:00.680 but I've just been driving through yards, not you know, 119 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:04.160 the actual road itself. So uh, that's you know, I 120 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:06.720 tried to And now now I'm worried if I've run 121 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:09.120 out there during the break, like did you know, did 122 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:12.199 the momentum of my vehicle did it make some of 123 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:14.199 that ice melt to where my vehicle is just gonna 124 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:14.759 flip over? 125 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:16.120 Like it's not not ideal? 126 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:19.439 Wow, but you know that's what is your battery on? 127 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:20.319 Not backwards? 128 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:23.079 Oh no, we don't. We're at that. It's okay, no 129 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:24.040 battery issue here. 130 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:25.879 But I think that's important too. 131 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.399 Yeah. And and I'll tell you what had had had 132 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:33.959 I not had to go run an errand and I 133 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:36.120 mean it's my wife's fault. I'm not gonna blame her, 134 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:37.720 but I'm just gonna tell everybody that listens to my 135 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:39.680 radio sure that it's her fault because I said, look, honey, 136 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:41.279 I don't think it's a good idea for me to 137 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:45.920 be out uh and in risk not having because we've 138 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:47.839 got enough snow here now to where they're the the 139 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:50.160 the community that I live in, I'm not sure if 140 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:52.920 it's like the government city the city if I don't 141 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:55.560 know who does it, but we get our like the community, 142 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:59.079 we live in plows our roads. So you know what's 143 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:01.000 happened is that like every but the end of everybody's 144 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:03.199 driveway is just a big wall of snow because they're 145 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:06.120 just pushing it to the side. Right, So I don't 146 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:07.879 even like, I don't even have the ability to leave 147 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:09.439 my vehicle in the road. So I did not want 148 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:11.199 to get my car out. I wanted to say, look, 149 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:12.959 I'll just work from home. We're gonna go to the 150 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:15.199 game tonight, Like, well, you know, I'll just meet you 151 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:17.360 meet me here after you get off work and when 152 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:18.680 I'm done with the show, bull head down and we'll 153 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:19.920 go because I don't trust my vehicle. 154 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:21.720 And she's like, no, but we need to meet for lunch. 155 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:22.399 We need to go to lunch. 156 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:24.360 I want to go to lunch, and I mean, story 157 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:26.279 of my life, right, women, women can't get enough. My 158 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:28.759 wife can't get enough of that's right. So you know 159 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:31.079 I ended up meeting for lunch. And I knew whenever 160 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:34.360 I made the trip back here that it was gonna 161 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:34.720 be tough. 162 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:36.399 And now here we are so sounds. 163 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:38.800 Like she's already stir crazy. Once you get out for lunch, 164 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:39.800 get out of the house. 165 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:44.279 It sounds too Yeah, yeah, I was stir crazy myself, 166 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:47.120 and it was it was nice to to to you know, 167 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:49.639 to to leave and actually you know, see other humans 168 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:53.240 and that kind of stuff. But I just I now, 169 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:54.759 you know, I knew when we moved in the hill 170 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:59.120 was an issue. And we had one little weather weekend 171 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:00.959 where it was just really and we got a little 172 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:03.560 bit of something to where it was, you know, for 173 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:05.879 one night, I couldn't get up the driveway and now 174 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:08.720 like I'm worried. I mean, I'm gonna have to literally 175 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:12.439 either pay somebody to come and completely clean off the 176 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.639 driveway or I'm gonna have to do it myself because 177 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:17.920 if not, like we're not getting me we're not getting 178 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:21.160 below freezing anytime soon, and we're gonna get more of 179 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:24.519 this you know, wintery mix or whatever. Maybe it's snow, 180 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:26.279 maybe it's ice. I haven't followed, but I know Friday 181 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:29.040 we're supposed to get more winter weather. So I got 182 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:31.079 to figure something out. But I just now know that 183 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:34.000 with the vehicle that I have, I'm just gonna have 184 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:35.639 to leave it in the garage if in fact we 185 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:38.160 get weather like this, because it's it's a it's a 186 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:41.199 nightmare scenario for me. But hey, at least have electricity. 187 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:42.959 There's still people out there that they don't have power, 188 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:45.560 which would be a real issue. Apparently some folks in 189 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:49.399 Oldham County are still dealing with some power outages, So godspeed, 190 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:52.040 that would be that would be the worst uh being 191 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:55.519 being stuck in with no electricity. And I mean even 192 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:56.959 if you could find a way, like if you have 193 00:07:57.040 --> 00:08:01.079 a fireplace or you've got like a generator, like obviously 194 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.399 you know that could that that could help you get 195 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.199 by to where you're not gonna freeze to death. Maybe 196 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:08.079 you can keep your fridge on that kind of stuff. 197 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:11.639 But still, like that's such an inconvenience and it and it, 198 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:14.600 you know, I mean, if you don't have those resources, 199 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:15.920 like a generator, that kind of stuff, it can be 200 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:18.920 more dangerous. But yeah, if if the only thing I 201 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:23.279 gotta deal with is making the decision myself to leave 202 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:24.639 and then not be able to get up my driveway, 203 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:26.600 then I'd say I'm doing okay compared to some Because again, 204 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:28.879 I'm sure there are many of you right now that 205 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:31.600 may not even be listening because you don't have electricity. 206 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:32.559 Maybe your phone. 207 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:34.159 Died, I don't know, or maybe you're in your car 208 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:36.759 driving around staying warm because you have no heat in 209 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:37.360 your home. 210 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:38.679 Which that's right, that's the case. 211 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:40.240 I feel sorry for you, but at least you know 212 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:43.480 we're here and hopefully we can distract you from from 213 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:46.879 those from those inconveniences. So anyways, we got we got 214 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:49.559 a big afternoon for you, guys. I was gonna say 215 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:52.559 three hours, but I've already wasted eight hours or not. 216 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:54.960 I've already wasted nine minutes of the first hour here 217 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:57.559 discussing my personal issues, which I'm sure none of you 218 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.720 care about, but Louisville Clemson's and eight Can I say 219 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:03.639 it kind of feels like a big game, like it 220 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:07.399 kind of feels like, you know, it kind of feels 221 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:09.480 like something we haven't had in a while. And when 222 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:12.039 I mean by that is a conference game where you 223 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:16.000 have momentum and you realize you're playing well enough to 224 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:17.360 where you should win. 225 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:18.559 You're on your home floor. 226 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:22.279 And also it's a win that has value, right, I mean, 227 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:25.440 this one has more value than the Carolina one. I mean, 228 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:27.559 maybe that won't be the case at the end of 229 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:29.879 the season. And look, I'm well aware that even the 230 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:33.159 wins that we are claiming have some type of value 231 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:36.759 in the acc those that value is not very much, 232 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:39.960 but at least it's something. So I don't know what 233 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:42.440 the crowd's gonna look like. I know Rick Kieber has 234 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:46.679 really been very gracious with tickets. I mean, he's purchased 235 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:48.720 I'm not sure how many in total, but I know 236 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.000 a lot of folks were able to secure a couple 237 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:53.360 of tickets, and I think even earlier today. I don't 238 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:55.440 know if they're still available now, but I know he 239 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:59.759 did a giveaway yesterday, last night and even earlier today, 240 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:01.919 So I'm sure if you want to try to find 241 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:04.200 some tickets for free, it wouldn't be that difficult to do. 242 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:07.720 Maybe I'm wrong, but either way, the folks that are 243 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:09.279 there like this is where we're at now. And I 244 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:12.120 know I'm setting myself up here to say something that 245 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:14.919 gets used against me, to make fun of Louisville basketball 246 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:17.200 and all that kind of stuff, and I know people 247 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:19.039 are going to hear what they want to hear and 248 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:20.679 take it in whatever direction they want to take it. 249 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:21.799 So I'll live with it. 250 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:27.320 But right now, if you have the Lower Bowl rocking 251 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:32.360 and there's good basketball being played, there are plays where 252 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:36.120 there's clearly some momentum being shifted, like the atmosphere is 253 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:39.039 gonna be good and it'll look good on TV. And 254 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:43.480 unless the players themselves are looking up to the upper 255 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:45.960 level and noticing some empty seats, like I don't think 256 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.000 it'll be much of an issue. So I know that 257 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:54.159 that's not ideal, meaning where Louisville basketball just becomes a 258 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:57.799 program that you know, for games that have value, they're 259 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:59.879 at least filling up the lower bowl. Like I know 260 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.919 we want to get back to twenty two thousand plus 261 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:03.960 and all that, and maybe we will one day when 262 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.799 it comes to the big games. But I mean, I 263 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:10.080 bring all this up to say, I still feel like, 264 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:13.960 even though the number may not be impressive on the 265 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:17.720 box score or whatever they announce, maybe you'll go tonight 266 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:20.039 and you'll look up, you'll look upstairs and see that 267 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:20.759 it's not full. 268 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:23.279 Maybe it'll be the leading. 269 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:27.039 Topic on KSR tomorrow if there's some empty seats like whatever, 270 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:29.919 I just know that the crowd tonight that is gonna 271 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:32.679 be there. There'll be enough of them to where again, 272 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.440 if there's good basketball being played, that place is gonna 273 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:38.080 be an atmosphere where you have an advantage. If you're 274 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:39.960 Louisville now doesn't mean you're gonna win. And I know 275 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:42.639 some people have complained about this team maybe not playing 276 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:45.679 as well at home and all that nonsense. But I'm 277 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:49.000 pumped for tonight, I really am. And I hate that 278 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:51.159 I even brought up attendance. I really didn't want to 279 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:54.000 do that, but I started talking about how the tickets 280 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:56.519 could still be available, and I just, you know, I 281 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:57.279 can't help myself. 282 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:58.320 Like Austin, you and I were. 283 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:02.639 There along with Mercedes on on Sunday for the sorry 284 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:06.000 on New Year's Day for the Carolina game, and at 285 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:09.120 no point did I ever even look or think or 286 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:14.200 let alone speak about crowd or seats and the amount 287 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:18.159 of people because Louisville was playing well and really led 288 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:21.000 for what the nearly the whole game, yeah, to where 289 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:23.440 like it just you know, the energy was good, Like 290 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:27.279 you know, I just I hate that it's still a topic. 291 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:30.120 But that's that I guess that's really just a rivalry. 292 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:30.120 Thing, you know. 293 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:33.799 Yeah, and we're having a good time. We're vibing. 294 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:37.240 And honestly, as I've gotten older and have gone to 295 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:40.039 these games, as long as especially at the Young Center, 296 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:43.279 as long as like the lower bullpart is packed, then 297 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:45.799 that's where like all the enthusiasm comes from. 298 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:46.399 It's awesome. 299 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:48.399 Whenever you could get was a young center hold like 300 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:51.840 about is it twenty thousand and twenty two, twenty two thousand, 301 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:53.840 and I would I would at least say an extra 302 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:56.480 eight to ten thousand is probably up at the top, 303 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:59.360 but it was pretty still lively and kicking in the 304 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:01.960 lower bowl air. I feel like that always makes a difference. 305 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:05.679 I think, you know, I go back to the whole 306 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:10.279 generational conversation because I think it's really just an example 307 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:15.519 of how different generations, different eras of society developed different 308 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:17.320 habits as far as what they do when it comes 309 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:20.240 to how they spend their money, how they spend their time. So, 310 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:23.679 you know, Louisville basketball and even Kentucky ran into this 311 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:25.120 at some point, and I'm not sure if it's still 312 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:28.200 the case or not, but the lower level people would 313 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:31.720 be dressed like you know, business first class, and they 314 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:34.679 wouldn't necessarily be into it as much, and it would 315 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:37.320 be a complaint because you know, there'd be you know, 316 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.600 it's funny how things evolve. The conversation about a crowd 317 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:44.639 and attendance this day and age is now about like way, 318 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:47.200 there's many people go into games like, well, can you 319 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:50.559 believe there's empty seats? That kind of stuff, but you know, 320 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:52.600 not even I guess maybe right around ten years ago, 321 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:55.919 the conversation was about not about the people who went, 322 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:57.600 because you had people that went, but it was about 323 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:00.000 who they were, right, like why can't we get more 324 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:03.919 or the high energy fans down there instead of the 325 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:07.639 red sweater vests that have their arms crossed. You know, 326 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:11.200 why is the students section not a bigger representation? Why 327 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:14.080 isn't our student section better? Because years ago we didn't 328 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:15.799 leave that many seats for the students because you know, 329 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:17.759 there were other people that will be paying top dollar 330 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:20.120 to get season tickets in that spot because that was 331 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.679 kind of a thing to do. So look, I think 332 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:25.559 the whole you know, the generational aspect of it is 333 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:29.279 is a bigger deal than people realize. But to your point, 334 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:32.120 the people that are down there now in those lower seats, 335 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:34.399 I mean, I feel like more often than not, it's 336 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:36.159 not just like what they show on the big screen 337 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.759 or what you see on television, but like if you're there, 338 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:42.960 like it's a good atmosphere. The people that are there 339 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:44.320 clearly are all. 340 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:44.919 In on this team. 341 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.799 Not to say they think they're going to be, you know, 342 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:48.919 phenomenal and make a deep run in the tournament. But 343 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:51.279 I think those that are showing up, maybe not every game, 344 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:52.679 but those that do make it a point to be there, 345 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:54.840 especially for a night like tonight where the weather sucks 346 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:58.000 and it's convenient to just not go because of how 347 00:14:58.039 --> 00:14:59.320 cold it is, all that kind of stuff. 348 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:01.240 Like, the people that are going to be there, they 349 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:02.240 made the decision. 350 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:06.039 They're excited about this game, and they're expecting Louisville to 351 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:08.519 to continue to ride that momentum that they have. So 352 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.120 I'm excited. And it's not just Louisville that's got a 353 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.039 big game tonight. There's a lot of really good college 354 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:17.399 basketball games. We are only seven days into January and 355 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.240 really just kind of getting into the year now that 356 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:23.600 the holiday has passed. So you're gonna start seeing every Tuesday, 357 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:27.360 every you know, every Wednesday, the occasional Thursday, like the 358 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:30.960 college basketball we got conference games from the Power five leagues. 359 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:34.360 Really Monday through I mean, it's all week, to be 360 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:36.039 honest with you, but I think Tuesdays are going to 361 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:37.440 continue to be the big days where. 362 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:40.279 You see more college basketball games than any other day. 363 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:42.559 Of the Yeah, any other. 364 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:44.720 Weekday, I should say, So we'll get into all that 365 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:47.120 also some of the things I want to spend some 366 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:49.480 time on before we wrap it up here and get 367 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.519 out of here at six o'clock. 368 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:52.600 I do want to talk. I'll give you you know 369 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:54.000 where Louisville is right now. 370 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.159 And I hate acting like I'm about to provide information 371 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:59.039 that you guys probably don't already have or you clearly 372 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:01.600 you know you just don't utilize this show to get 373 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:04.240 your information. But they're starting to run out of spots, 374 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.440 I feel like in the portal for Louisville. So we've 375 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:08.320 got a pretty good feel for what the class looks 376 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:09.679 like right now, and I'll give you kind of my 377 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:13.440 thoughts as to where it is right now. Bracketology is 378 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:17.200 something that I oftentimes kind of laugh at, and I 379 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:19.799 still think it is funny that we look at it 380 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.399 so much, because you know, we know there's gonna be 381 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:25.559 a lot of games played, and whatever your resume looks 382 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:28.000 like now may not look that way. In fact, there's 383 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:29.720 a good chance it doesn't look exactly the same when 384 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:32.440 you get to selection Sunday. But I've just been able 385 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:35.679 to ignore bracketology in recent years for obvious reasons. But 386 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:40.600 now I'm looking everywhere any you know, anybody that's got 387 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:43.440 to that's got a bracket that they've put together that 388 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:46.840 partakes in bracketology. I'm wanting to see where Louisville is. 389 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:49.000 And it's just nice to know that, like, hey, we're 390 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.720 we're able to kind of right now. No guarantee they 391 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:54.000 make it, but right now looks like they're probably in. 392 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:57.159 And to know that, you know, you're alive when we're 393 00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:58.960 you know, a couple of months away from from from 394 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:02.320 selection Sunday. We don't want to feel like this is 395 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:04.160 like a reason to party, but it kind of feels 396 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:05.960 like a reason to party because of how bad things 397 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:09.599 have been in recent years. And we got a lot 398 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:11.200 of other things we'll get into today, so stick around. 399 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:13.480 It's Coffee and Company. 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