WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.120 --> 00:00:02.720 That's right. Let's get it started. 2 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:06.040 Welcome in to a Tuesday at Ish Coffee and Company, 3 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:10.320 fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety A beautiful, 4 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:14.800 beautiful Tuesday. It is, and I'll admit it, I'm an 5 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:16.719 open book. I don't think this is going to be 6 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:19.039 like offensive to anybody, Like if you enjoy this show 7 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:21.480 and listen, first of all, thank you very much, really 8 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.679 appreciate that. But you know, I'll just say it, sometimes 9 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:28.120 I really miss Morning Drive. I did that here at 10 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:32.240 seven ninety four, I guess a few years. In fact, 11 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:34.439 it's crazy to think I've done this over nine years 12 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:37.399 now and I've had all three different day parts midday's, mornings, 13 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:39.479 and now afternoons, and there's a lot of benefits about 14 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:41.799 the morning or about the afternoons, which I've been now, 15 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:44.920 I guess in this spot for over two years now. 16 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:45.799 I don't know. 17 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:47.679 It's hard to keep up with how long I've been 18 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:49.560 doing anything, or what day it is, what month it is, 19 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.479 what year it is. But the reason I really miss 20 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:54.960 the mornings today is because I could be outside enjoying 21 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.200 what is an absolutely beautiful day. I mean, it's it's 22 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:01.560 quite literally per fixed outside. I'm not sure what I 23 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:03.399 would be doing. I'd probably be bored, but I would 24 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:05.519 just you know, just just knowing that I could be 25 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:09.519 out enjoying some beautiful sunshine here on a on a Tuesday. 26 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.319 But you know what, do what he calls. It's time 27 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.079 to you know, get the show started and we'll have 28 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:16.200 some fun. If you're out enjoying the weather, I'll I'll 29 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:16.799 live through you. 30 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:18.120 But we are. 31 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:20.560 We've got a little bit of a different set up 32 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:24.280 here on a Tuesday afternoon because Austin he is not 33 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:27.640 with us today. He is out helping set up and 34 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.280 get get you ready for our big night over at 35 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:33.239 Mike Lennox. So the Derby betting preview night that is tonight. 36 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:35.319 We do it every year and it'll be at Mike 37 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:39.120 Lennox as Jody Dimmling and the crew. They'll be taking 38 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:41.959 a look at this year's Derby field, which it is 39 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:43.640 kind of crazy how it snuck up on us. I 40 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:45.519 refuse to believe that Derby is sneaky gump on us 41 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:48.319 because for me, at least, it has nothing to do 42 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:52.599 with not having thunder over Louisville. I mean, I get 43 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:54.280 that that's been mentioned by a lot of folks, and 44 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:57.000 I suppose if that's what's thrown you off to where 45 00:01:57.000 --> 00:01:58.799 you kind of thinking, wait a second Derby week is 46 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:01.560 next week? Make total since But I've never been someone 47 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:03.640 that really pays a whole lot of attention to thunder. 48 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:05.280 So I don't know what it is, but it is 49 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:08.039 crazy that we're almost here, but it is exciting. So again, 50 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:11.039 if you have not made plans tonight for dinner and 51 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:12.479 you're just now finding out about it, I don't know 52 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:14.520 what you've been doing, because we've been promoting it like crazy. 53 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:17.479 But again, it's ther Derby Betting preview tonight over at 54 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:19.800 newsradioight forty whas is going to be at Mike Lennox 55 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:23.840 and should be a good time. So without Austin, we've 56 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:28.240 got Big Tom Carl Blenton producing this afternoon and we'll 57 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:29.759 take you up till five thirty. Had a little bit 58 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:32.199 early today because we have a louisvill Bats game coming 59 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:34.240 your way, so two and a half hours and a 60 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.280 lot to get into. Again, if you want to join 61 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:37.599 us on the show, we will open up the phone 62 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:39.199 notts coming up here shortly. We'll let you know how 63 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:41.039 you can text in on the Ellen and Federal credit 64 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:43.680 Union text line. So again, we'll have some fun today 65 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:48.439 and I will start with something I rarely ever start with. 66 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:51.599 In fact, I'm not sure I ever have maybe right 67 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:54.599 after like the NBA Finals, But let's start with the 68 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:56.560 NBA really quickly, and trust me, there's so much to 69 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:59.919 get into. We've got the portal closing at midnight tonight 70 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:02.759 and a load of other things we can get into today. 71 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:06.800 But I for a while, anytime the NBA comes up, 72 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:09.599 I just get to bitching because I used to really 73 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:12.719 like the NBA, and now I just I can't. I 74 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:15.680 can't force myself typically to watch it because it's just 75 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:18.039 not competitive. You know, I walked into my mother's house 76 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:21.199 on Easter and you know, full day of NBA action 77 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:24.400 going on, and the game was ending. I'm not even 78 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:28.080 sure who it was, but the team lost about fifty 79 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:30.280 one points, and that just really made me feel like, 80 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:32.680 you know what, there's the proof. I mean, the NBA 81 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:35.520 has not been competitive in a long long time, and 82 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:37.319 last I checked, that's a big factor. And you know, 83 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:39.840 having a good product, who would want to tune in 84 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:43.800 and watch a game where somebody loses about fifty plus points? 85 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.599 I mean that that to me is like that. I mean, 86 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:48.759 I don't I don't know what Adam Silver can do 87 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:51.400 about that in the moment in real time, but like that, 88 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:55.520 that's terrible. So again I've bemoaned about what the NBA 89 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:58.639 has issues with and how unfortunately there's really no way 90 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:02.039 for them to make the adjustments and changes needed to 91 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:04.360 make it more competitive because that would lead to just 92 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.360 less money, which last I check, nobody's gonna sign up 93 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:07.960 to make less money. 94 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:08.199 Right. 95 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:11.280 They have way too many games, their series are way 96 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:14.159 too long. They put way too many teams in to 97 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:18.040 the playoffs. So again, all I do here lately when 98 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:20.600 it comes to talking about the NBA is complain. But 99 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:23.240 I will give the NBA some props last night because 100 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:26.759 we actually ended up having two really really good NBA 101 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:30.480 playoff games. You had an upset with the Pistons tying 102 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.000 it up at one apiece now against the Knicks, big 103 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:37.160 win for Detroit in the Garden, and I did not realize. Again, 104 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:39.399 I tell you guys all the time when it comes 105 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:40.959 to the NBA, used to be into it, and I 106 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:43.759 just kind of, you know, just not something I keep 107 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:46.639 up with at all really anymore. And the Pistons actually 108 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.319 being a pretty good team. Is a real reminder for 109 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:51.800 me that I've not been really tuned in because, I mean, 110 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:54.399 the last I check, the Pistons were on like some 111 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.639 kind of a crazy multi year like they were one 112 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.319 of the worst. They were maybe the worst team in 113 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.920 the NBA for like multiple years running. And now they're 114 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:04.720 in the playoffs. They've got it tied up at one apiece. 115 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:07.360 And last night with the win, they broke their they 116 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:09.839 broke their drought. I think they'd gone the I think 117 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:11.959 it was a record. They'd gone longer than anybody had 118 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.279 ever gone in the NBA without winning a playoff game. 119 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:16.720 I think the last time they won one was in 120 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:19.480 two thousand and eight. So they snapped that last night. 121 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:21.800 And overall, it was just a good finish. I mean, 122 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:24.759 it was competitive. You had a near I mean, I 123 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:27.439 don't think any of these guys in the NBA, well 124 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.319 not maybe I shouldn't say I shouldn't say any of them, 125 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:32.639 but most of them don't really want to fight. You know, 126 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:36.040 they do the little I wouldn't even call it a melee, 127 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:38.319 but you know, you get a little scuffle, you get 128 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:41.000 tangled up, and you get you give the indication in 129 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:42.519 one way or another that you want to fight and 130 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:44.040 you will fight, but we all know you're not going 131 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:45.480 to fight, and it's just not you know, that's just 132 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:47.560 that's just how it is. But what that did tell 133 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:49.439 me was that like they were, it was competitive, they 134 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:51.639 were into it. It was a good back and forth. 135 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:54.839 The Pistons had a good lead and the Knicks came back. 136 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:57.600 I think they might have even taken a lead briefly 137 00:05:57.639 --> 00:05:59.319 at the end. I know they tied it up, but 138 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:02.360 the Pistons made enough plays. Kate Cunningham, I mean, he 139 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:05.120 took a while for them to be competent as an organization, 140 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:08.279 but he is their franchise player. And you know, after 141 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:10.519 just watching last night, I mean I'd still say the 142 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:13.319 Knicks are probably in good shape to win the series. 143 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:16.399 But just in last night watching those two teams play 144 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:19.160 from almost start to finish, I mean, the Pistons looks 145 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:21.360 as good as the Knicks. 146 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:22.120 They could win it. 147 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:24.800 Maybe, And honestly, I mean, I think Kate Cunningham's best 148 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.399 player in that series. And then a really good finish 149 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:30.480 between the Clippers and the Nuggets. I was up late 150 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:32.920 for that one. Didn't intend on staying up and watching it, 151 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:35.040 but it was super competitive all the way throughout and 152 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:37.240 then Kawhi Leonard reminded us, reminded us that you know, 153 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:41.160 he's an NBA legend. As I say that, I kind 154 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:43.240 of feel like that's an exaggeration, but I don't know, man, 155 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:45.680 this guy has won NBA. I mean, he's won the 156 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.959 NBA Finals with two different franchises and has a Most 157 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:52.680 Outstanding Player of the Finals one in Toronto, which is 158 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:55.519 a very forgettable run that Kawhi had in Canada, and 159 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:57.680 then also whenever he won one of the many titles 160 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.600 that he had in San Antonio, and I kind of 161 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:03.040 feel like he's just been hurt kind of you know, 162 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:06.879 I shouldn't say irrelevant. But the Clippers, you know, they've 163 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:08.639 had they have they have a lot of good pieces. 164 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:09.240 And they have for a while. 165 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:12.519 But ever since the run ended with like Chris Paul 166 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:17.279 Reddick Doc Rivers coaching them, I felt like there was 167 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:19.959 another Oh Blake Griffin like that the Clippers actually had 168 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:23.879 I think, some notoriety and some momentum like they never 169 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:26.680 had before. And now you know, they're decent, clearly, but 170 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:29.279 they just don't seem to really, you know, get as 171 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.560 much attention. But Kawhi was phenomenal last night, thirty nine points. 172 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.800 Clippers also get the upset, tying it at one game apiece, 173 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:38.639 and also another situation where you had I think it 174 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:40.160 was when they go. 175 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:42.480 To the monitor and review it. They call it hostile acts. 176 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:45.680 So again, I don't think anybody's really going to fight, 177 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:49.720 but if they're at least getting chesty like that and 178 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:53.360 there's some high tension, that speaks to the game being competitive. 179 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:56.720 So last night, I mean, if we were to, if 180 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:58.160 we were to again, the NBA is going to do 181 00:07:58.240 --> 00:07:59.800 just fine without me. You know, I know I can 182 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:01.399 play about it all the time, and it's really because 183 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:02.879 I wish I liked it. I wish I could get 184 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:05.360 into it. I used to love the NBA. So it's 185 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:07.560 not like they need to make some of these adjustments 186 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:09.240 or you know they're going to fail. I mean, I 187 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:11.160 think it's an issue, but you know, I'm aware. I 188 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:13.360 could never watch the NBA for a second the rest 189 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:14.839 of my life. And the NBA is gonna be just fine. 190 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:18.839 The association will survive without me. But if last night's games, 191 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:20.519 if that was more of what you'd see on a 192 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:24.360 nightly basis, especially in the playoffs, hell yeah, I'd be 193 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:26.759 all in. I just you know, I'm going to look 194 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:30.079 at last night as a real outlier, and we've got 195 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.440 some action tonight. In fact, we've got three games, and 196 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:36.559 I wouldn't be shocked if two, maybe all three are 197 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:38.639 big blowouts, because that's just what you get. I mean, 198 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:41.559 the first round of the playoffs is maybe the biggest 199 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:45.120 waste of time in professional sports outside of like all 200 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.720 Star games, because those are just not necessary. You could 201 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:50.159 take those away and nobody would care or notice. I 202 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:52.240 mean that's just the truth. But like these are you know, 203 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:54.639 this is a postseason in the NBA, Like if you 204 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:58.639 got rid of the first round, meaning like teams, you know, 205 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:02.200 you trimmed it and instead of you know, they're being 206 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:06.039 eight teams that get in all seven game series in 207 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:08.559 both conferences, Like I mean, it would be it would 208 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:12.799 be better. But anyways, as much as I complain about 209 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:14.639 the NBA, I will admit last night it was a 210 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:19.159 good night. And I'm hopeful that that becomes like more consistent, 211 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:19.440 but I. 212 00:09:19.960 --> 00:09:21.200 Highly doubt it. I really do. 213 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:23.600 All right, take us with you wherever you go. Make 214 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:26.039 sure if you have not downloaded the iHeart Radio app. 215 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:28.519 I feel like I've been here as an iHeart employee 216 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:30.559 for I mean, I have been here for almost ten years, 217 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:32.039 and I feel like this is maybe the first time 218 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:34.559 ever I've ever like mentioned Hey, just so you know, 219 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:37.240 if you listen to us in your vehicle or on 220 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:39.799 like an old fashion I say old fashion, I mean 221 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:42.639 any radio like that you plug in and it's got 222 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:45.960 like a dial, I feel like that's old fashion. So 223 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:48.399 I don't I haven't thought about that in a long time. 224 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.799 But somebody who's like got an actual radio, like, can 225 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:53.440 you buy those now? I mean, I'm sure you can 226 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:54.919 if you look, if you look, But I just assume 227 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:56.960 anybody who listens to us, they're in their vehicle or 228 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:58.919 they're listening on the iHeart Radio app. But maybe if 229 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:00.519 you're somebody that you know, you just catch us for 230 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.519 fifteen twenty minutes on your commute in the afternoon. Maybe 231 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:06.200 you don't have the app, Well, I'm telling you should 232 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:08.879 get it because with it, you can listen to us 233 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:11.200 anywhere in the world as long as you have some 234 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:13.799 type of connectivity. So take us with you wherever you go. 235 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:16.759 You can also listen online at seven ninety Louisville dot com. 236 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:18.279 I thought to myself the other day, and I think 237 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:20.679 I might have mentioned it that I'm not sure how 238 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:25.559 many people still, you know, still stream the show on 239 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:27.480 like a desktop, right and like go to seven ninety 240 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:29.919 Louis dot com slash listen and you can listen live. 241 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:32.759 I'm sure there are some people, but you know, a 242 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:34.519 couple of people reminded me as soon as I mentioned 243 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:37.720 that that they do it at work because they use 244 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.360 they eat up all their data. They don't they don't 245 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:41.440 get Wi Fi at work, so they eat up all 246 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:43.840 their data if they stream. So therefore they just use 247 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:47.320 the company Internet and it you know works mine. So 248 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:49.279 a lot of different ways you can listen to us, 249 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:52.639 and we hope you do exactly that. All right, So 250 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:57.279 with today being the last day of the portal and 251 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:01.919 it was what I assumed meaning night, I'm sorry, tonight 252 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:06.519 at midnight is the deadline, and with nothing at all 253 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:10.559 from Cason Pryor, that's gotta be good news, right. He 254 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:14.200 has not mentioned anything. I mean, he's having some fun 255 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:15.840 with it on social media. But I will say, and 256 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:17.600 there was somebody who texted about this yesterday that I 257 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:19.519 didn't get a chance to get into, Like, I don't 258 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:21.559 think he's toying with us. I think he's just having fun, Like, 259 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:25.120 I don't think he's trying to make us panic in 260 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:28.600 fear that he might leave. I think he just realizes 261 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.320 the situation and doesn't have a plan. I mean, maybe 262 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.720 he does. Maybe he waits till midnight tonight and then 263 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:36.240 puts out like some kind of a graphic, or maybe 264 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:40.000 they've produced a social media cinematic video that will announce 265 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:42.320 he's coming back. But regardless if there's any kind of 266 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:46.039 an announcement, any type of content they put together, I mean, 267 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:49.480 as of now, he's not in the portal, so he's 268 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:51.360 coming back, right, I mean, I don't see a scenario 269 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:53.879 where because you got to keep in mind he could 270 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:56.720 he could enter the port like the school has to 271 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:00.159 put you in the portal. So unless something's changed, this 272 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:01.879 was the case as of last year. Maybe they've made 273 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:05.000 some adjustments, but you have to go through your compliance 274 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.679 folks at you at your school to let them know. Well, 275 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:09.720 I guess I don't know if you have to let 276 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:11.879 them know, but you basically submit to them and then 277 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:13.000 they put you in the portal. 278 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.440 So you know, if you wait till like after this 279 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:18.360 is what gets tricky. If you wait till. 280 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.559 Like after business hours today, Like if you submit your 281 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:24.519 and you can do anything online this day and age, 282 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:26.159 you can do anything on your phone, so like maybe 283 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:27.519 it would be able to be done. But like if 284 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:29.600 you submitted that you wanted to into the portal at 285 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:32.159 five point forty five today, but the compliance folks clocked 286 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:33.720 out at five o'clock and went home and they never 287 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:35.399 saw it, Like, are you actually going to make it 288 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:36.279 in the portal in time? 289 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:38.679 I mean, I doubt that would end up happening. 290 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:41.519 But what I'm trying to get at is that there's 291 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:45.080 no scenario at this point that I could see where 292 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:47.039 he wouldn't be back. Given the fact that he hasn't 293 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:49.840 said anything. You still see him working out. He's here, 294 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:52.679 I mean he's there's some video footage of him on 295 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:56.679 social media working out with the strengthen conditioning coach. So 296 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:59.159 maybe he'll be the guy that's like, yeah, I never 297 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:01.080 hit the portal, so I didn't owe you guys anything 298 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:04.120 as far as an explanation, I never planned on leaving 299 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:07.480 and we're running it back. So again, regardless of anything 300 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:09.039 that is said, as long as he's back, that's good 301 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:12.399 news for Louisville. And I anticipate that that's that's the case, 302 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:14.679 although he does have a chance to do like the 303 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:18.279 I mean the worst thing ever, right, Like it would 304 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:21.799 be real, it would feel personal if, in fact, like 305 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:24.279 at the last minute, we find out that he did 306 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.480 in fact, like let somebody know, hey, put me in 307 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:29.200 the portal. I'm gonna at least open things up and 308 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:32.080 see what kind of market there is for me right 309 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:34.799 now coming off this injury, which, to be honest, it 310 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.960 wouldn't be I mean, I shouldn't say that that I'm 311 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:42.399 surprised that he didn't do that, or that I'm surprised 312 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:47.279 that Javon Hadley didn't do that, because this is all 313 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:49.679 still relatively new to where you just don't know. Like 314 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:51.799 if this had been if we were twenty years into 315 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:54.840 this new world and good players that you don't anticipate 316 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:57.399 to leave, they all just hit the portal to see 317 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:59.799 what kind of market they had for themselves, then it 318 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:02.200 may just become a norm. But like, if they did 319 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:03.720 do that, I mean, if you do it the last minute, 320 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:06.320 it almost feels like it's personal. I mean, right, you 321 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:08.600 have every right to do it, but I mean I 322 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:10.840 almost feel like you knew all along but you wanted 323 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:12.440 to tease us or something like that. 324 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.679 So I doubt that happens. 325 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:19.120 But like, if in fact players do that, they meet again, 326 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:22.360 Like we shouldn't be shocked now again, totally different things. 327 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:24.440 Had he done it a few weeks ago or even 328 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:26.360 a week ago, different story. But to do it today 329 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:29.039 would be would feel like something fell apart, or that 330 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:30.600 he just had you know, he had cold feet or 331 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:35.039 something like that. So we'll see, and I'm gonna make 332 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:38.080 a prediction, and maybe it's already happened, because we're fifteen 333 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:40.919 minutes in and I've yet to check Twitter to see 334 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:43.679 if there's been any you know, real big breaking news 335 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:47.960 types of stuff, you know, when it comes to big 336 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:50.879 names hitting the portal. But I have a feeling by 337 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:54.799 the time we get to five point thirty, there'll be 338 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:58.799 at least one college basketball player that hits the portal 339 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:05.120 that that will be a big name that everybody's thinking, Okay, wow, 340 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:09.120 this this last minute addition to the portal, somebody's going 341 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:11.679 to get a really good player. That could be wrong. 342 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:15.279 Trust me, I'm wrong often. I've probably been wrong more 343 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:17.639 than once in the first sixteen minutes of this show today. 344 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:19.200 But I just have a feeling there's going to be 345 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:21.600 some kind of big name that pops that it'll be, 346 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:23.279 you know, big news for college basketball. 347 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:23.919 But we shall see. 348 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:25.559 I'll check in it by thirty when we're wrapping it 349 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:28.279 up today and see if you know, my prediction was 350 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:30.480 was correct or not? All Right, some other things we'll 351 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:36.320 get into through throughout the afternoon. Here the news that 352 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:40.080 they're considering. When I say they, I mean the College 353 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:42.879 Football Playoff Committee or I guess you know, and actually 354 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:46.519 it's not the committee because the committee they're the ones 355 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.759 right who you know, who decide who gets in and 356 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:50.879 that changes. But you know, those who are part of 357 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:53.039 this meeting that have influence on the changes to the 358 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:55.519 format of the college football playoff. They're having a spring 359 00:15:55.559 --> 00:16:00.159 meeting in Dallas, and to hear that there are or 360 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:06.440 there are folks advocating that they should include TV ratings 361 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.200 as criteria to make the college football playoff. I don't 362 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:13.879 want to be dramatic, but that to me is like 363 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:17.440 the first thing I've heard when it comes to all 364 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:20.639 these changes in college athletics that actually makes me sad 365 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:22.440 to realize that this really would I mean that would 366 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:25.399 that would change everything about we already know that kind 367 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:27.240 of stuff matters when it comes to conference affiliation. 368 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:29.559 And you know, if you want to. 369 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:31.399 Get invited to a new league and you know, move 370 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.840 move up the food chain in college football, you better 371 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:36.840 be highly tell you better get a lot of numbers 372 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:38.320 when it comes to people who watch you on TV. 373 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:41.919 So it's not like it's it's it's new and I'm 374 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:43.960 you know, surprised to hear that having a lot of 375 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:47.480 viewers in college football is something that people pay attention to. 376 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:50.720 But to have that as a as a as a 377 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.399 data point essentially when you review resumes to see who 378 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:57.120 gets in the college football Playoff, that's the that mean. 379 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:59.960 I've already been feeling like this was the case anyway, 380 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:02.440 but that's proof that it's a popularity contest and not 381 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:04.839 about what you do. I mean, that was I mean, 382 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:08.119 I kept thinking to myself during the lead up to 383 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:11.240 the College Football Playoff last year, right the first year, 384 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:13.920 we're twelve teams. I mean, you had all these sec 385 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:18.000 hawks yelling about strength to schedule, and you know, you 386 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:20.240 can't tell me that we're not this and that, and 387 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:23.079 you know, I'm just thinking, okay, well, but you didn't 388 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:25.480 you didn't perform, like you didn't do what was needed 389 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:28.079 to get in and you had like, you know, clear 390 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:32.519 losses that made it obvious that you don't belong. And 391 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:35.519 they won't say it, but it's like they're they're full 392 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:38.359 on advocating that we don't even need to have a 393 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:41.759 season or have games because it's about you know, all 394 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:45.279 the hype and your popularity and all the momentum and 395 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:48.319 the buzz that you get, right, I mean that, So 396 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:52.079 I almost didn't believe this was real. But Heather Dinisch 397 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:54.279 of at ESPN, she's going to be there covering the 398 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:57.839 college football playoff meeting in the spring meeting that they're having, 399 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:01.400 and we'll I mean, I don't know how anybody, I mean, 400 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.720 I could get that. You like, if you're something, I'm 401 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:05.759