WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:07.679 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:09.400 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:11.759 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:13.279 when we are get. 5 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:16.280 Off our show, idiot, the kids are playing or turn 6 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:18.600 a Lot and your countries are screwing it up. Gold 7 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:22.640 Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inn Murals. They're supposed 8 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.800 to be mature adults, but they're really not. Who's the 9 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:29.160 kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 10 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:30.079 Now? 11 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:35.079 Here's Nick Coffee? 12 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:39.719 All right, let's get it started. Welcome in to a 13 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:43.039 Tuesday edition of Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's here 14 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:46.079 on Sports Talk seven ninety Nick Coffee. That is me, 15 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:50.119 the one and only mister Austin Montgomery alongside today. We're 16 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.920 taking you up till six o'clock. That means we've got 17 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:56.119 you for the next three hours. I hope. I mean 18 00:00:56.159 --> 00:00:57.439 I kind of just said it like it was a 19 00:00:57.439 --> 00:00:59.320 given that you will be with us for the next 20 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:02.240 three hours. I say it like that that maybe you 21 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:05.840 feel like it's a requirement, maybe you feel like it's mandatory. 22 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:07.879 I mean, you really can do whatever the hell you want, 23 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:09.120 but why would you not want to hang out with 24 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:10.840 us right here for the next three hours. We're gonna 25 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:13.599 have some fun and as always, I'll start off by 26 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:15.400 letting you know we are fueled by Thornton's. Make sure 27 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:17.480 you sign up to become a member of the Refreshing 28 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:20.599 Awards program, not only because you'll be able to save 29 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.439 money at the gas pump. But today for lunch, I 30 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:27.519 had the taketos. They are delicious. You can get three 31 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:29.719 of them for three bucks. I mean, can beat it. 32 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.640 Just the perfect perfect amount of food. I mean, everybody, 33 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:34.879 I guess is different when it comes to how much 34 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:37.840 they like me and everybody's appetites different. But I'm real 35 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:42.519 big on like portion control. I mean, I've been able 36 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:44.319 to maintain the weight that I want to be at 37 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:46.480 for a while and it's not any strict diet and 38 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.239 it's not any crazy exercise of all. I do still 39 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:52.640 work out, as if you guys can't tell. But when 40 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:55.480 it comes to you know, portion control, like I'm not 41 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:57.519 watching what I eat that much, I'm just not eating 42 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.159 a whole lot of it. And those taketos it was 43 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.599 the perfect perfect size meal. Are you a big portion guy? 44 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:04.400 You more of a I'm gonna eat one big meal 45 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.040 a day, or I'm eating three small meals. Do you snack? 46 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:10.000 I mean that everybody's metabolism is different, Austin, you just 47 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:10.400 never know. 48 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:12.599 I got a lot of I got a lot of 49 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:15.319 heftiness on my body. I'm a portion kind of guy. 50 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:17.400 There's a lot of times we go to restaurants and 51 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:19.240 they give you, like the small steak on top of 52 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:22.120 like the scoop of potatoes, which is usually nice. But 53 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:24.439 I like there to be a lot, you know, like 54 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.319 a Panda Express, Like there's this thing, there's two sides, 55 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:28.319 there's a I. 56 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:31.199 Like, you want a big spread. I want a big spread. Okay, 57 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:32.879 I love a big spread, and look I do too. 58 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:35.439 It's just you know, I I you'll get there at 59 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.759 some point. And you're thinner now, I think than you 60 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:39.240 were when I met you, to be honest with you, 61 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:40.560 now that I think of it, but that was many 62 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:44.840 years ago. I I've had good balance too, thank you. 63 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:48.560 I've that's a compliment actually, and I appreciate that I've 64 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:50.800 I've found good balance for the last I don't know 65 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:53.360 six months or so that I have not had really 66 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:55.280 ever as an adult. I when I say balance, I 67 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:59.520 mean I'm pretty content where I don't feel like I'm 68 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.960 miserable because I'm following some crazy strict diet, but I'm 69 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:05.719 also not eating a ton to where I feel like crap. 70 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:07.000 And then when I get out of the shower, I 71 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:08.479 look in the mirror and I'm like, oh, my goodness, 72 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:11.879 you have boobs like I'm. I'm right in the middle, 73 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:13.599 which is where I want to be. I'm maintaining the 74 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:16.560 weight that I want. But I fluctuated a lot over 75 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:18.280 the years, and now I've kind of, you know, I've 76 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:20.080 been able to stay where I want to stay, which is, 77 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:23.080 you know, I'm atabolism. I don't know, you know, I 78 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:25.240 don't know if mine's different than anybody else. But there's 79 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:26.879 a lot of things out there that you hear people 80 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.400 tell you when you're young. And if there is any 81 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:31.879 young folks out there, I mean, Austin, you're young. To me, 82 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:34.000 you are a little bit, and I know we have 83 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:38.280 some younger listeners. It's it's true for just about everybody, 84 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:42.000 not the entire population, but most of us. When you 85 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:44.680 do get older and you continue to, you know, eat 86 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:47.520 the way you've eaten. You've been eaten since you were 87 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:50.039 you know, a teenager or your early twenties, it'll catch 88 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:51.680 up with you. But there are some people I know 89 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:54.520 that for the for their entire life, they've i mean 90 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:56.960 I've never seen them not shoving their face with food 91 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:59.159 and they've weighed the exact same so it's like they 92 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:01.039 have a tape warm. Yeah, those are the lucky people. 93 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:04.080 But you know, I'm not so lucky, and I've got 94 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:08.840 to you know, I'm five eight one's one fifty eight 95 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:11.680 as of this morning, which you know is I think 96 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:13.280 the bm I would tell you that I'm that I'm 97 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:14.719 a fat ass, which, by the way, we got to 98 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:17.959 we got to recalibrate the BMI, like everybody's a fat 99 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:19.240 slob ifo we're using BMI. 100 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:22.560 That's like the that's like the BCS of like your body, right, 101 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:24.759 Like who still uses that archaic. 102 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:25.639 A flawed formula. 103 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:28.480 But we need to just scrap BMI because they can 104 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:30.639 tell you that on the little crappy machines at like 105 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:32.639 the gym, whenever you go put your arm into the thing, 106 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:34.720 it tells you your BMI, Like no, I want the 107 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:35.600 human element in that. 108 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:35.800 Well. 109 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:37.639 Also, you know, how do you say that when it 110 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:41.160 comes to BMI, Like you can just you can just 111 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:44.439 get a number, and you know, you can know your weight, 112 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:46.920 your age and just put it in a spreadsheet or 113 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:48.800 put it in an online database or something and it'll 114 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:51.800 tell you r BMI. But like not everybody, like not 115 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:54.639 every pound is the same. Some pounds fat, some pounds muscles. 116 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:58.399 So you know, anyways, everyone's just always told me that 117 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:00.639 as a referendum and making me f a lot better, 118 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:03.360 Like how you put on weight by your muscle ways. 119 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:05.920 You would fa Oh man, isn't that like the ultimate? 120 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:08.360 Like those people that say that, those are the people 121 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:12.279 that it's just instincts for them to want to make 122 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:13.759 you feel better. Yeah, you know what I mean, Like 123 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:16.040 those are those are the good people of society that 124 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:18.240 it's just oh yeah, they could they could look at 125 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:20.279 you and tell that, yeah, they're ain't no muscle here. 126 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:23.120 It just you're a lard ass. But man, I'm gonna 127 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.480 tell them what, Hey, you've been lifting eh, muscle ways 128 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:27.199 more than fat. You've heard that, right? Do we even 129 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:29.040 know that's true? And did somebody just say that one 130 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:30.639 time and we ran with it to not feel as 131 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.040 bad as a society. 132 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:33.639 I'll take you I've ran with it. I don't know 133 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:36.319 if I've actually looked it up. I appreciate when people 134 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:38.879 say that, but or or you're big bone that's what 135 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:40.120 it was when you were as a kid, and I'm 136 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:40.920 just big boned. 137 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:44.279 Yeah, I remember a baby fat? Like was that really 138 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:44.879 a thing? Like? 139 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.920 I mean, oh, I got that a lot during my 140 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:50.519 teenage years. But were you a big baby too? 141 00:05:51.439 --> 00:05:53.560 I still am a big baby? Well, okay, fair enough, 142 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:57.519 because you know, I remember kids in school would talk 143 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:59.920 about when they were you know, they were bigger, and honestly, 144 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:02.160 probably because they're getting teased for being big, they would, oh, 145 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.160 it's baby fat. And they probably heard that, you know, 146 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:06.720 from their mom or their dad because they didn't want 147 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:08.600 to make them feel self conscious about being maybe a 148 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:11.160 little bit on the hefty side. Which but but like 149 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:14.079 I'm not really sure that's the thing. Like babies are 150 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:16.720 you know, babies can be fat. You know, I think 151 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:18.639 every baby, maybe not every baby, but a lot of 152 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:21.800 babies go through a certain phase from like infant to 153 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:25.959 pre toddler where they're they're they're they're fat, they got 154 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:27.240 a lot of you know, they got a big they 155 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:29.279 got big legs, they got a big belly, that kind 156 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:32.000 of stuff. But eventually you kind of like you know, 157 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:36.000 like if you're a if you are above eight years 158 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:39.000 old and you have maybe some excess fat and you're 159 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:41.519 a little bit larger than the average weight, I'm not 160 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:43.720 really sure you can call baby fat. I mean you can, 161 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:45.120 but I'm not really sure that's what it is. 162 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:47.000 But I could see them saying that through the whole 163 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:50.160 thinning out process as you hit the magic puberty age. 164 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:52.560 Oh yeah, that's just baby fat, You're gonna thin out. 165 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:55.839 I never I never got tall enough to where like 166 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:58.360 you know, that's why that that actually get What I 167 00:06:58.399 --> 00:06:59.600 was getting to is that I don't have a good 168 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.800 frame hide weight. Like if i'm if I get to 169 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:07.360 be about ten twelve pounds heavier than I am right now, 170 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:10.279 and you know it's not muscle, because you know, muscles 171 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:13.160 more than fat, then like it's it's showing in the moves, 172 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:15.879 It's showing in the gut, you know, it's showing in 173 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:19.240 the neck, yeah, the love handles. Yeah, I got. I 174 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:21.680 feel like if I if I know that I've picked 175 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:23.439 up some weight and pick, I don't want to step 176 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:25.600 on the scale and I'm like maybe not even trying 177 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:27.199 to look in the mirror because because I don't want 178 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:28.639 to I'm not going to like what I see. The 179 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:30.800 area where I notice it first is my neck. I 180 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:32.319 don't know what it is about it, but it's just 181 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:35.439 it stands out. So anyway, stay healthy, everybody. And this 182 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:37.399 was a long winded way of me telling you to 183 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:40.680 check out the tiketos at Thornton's because they're delicious. And yes, 184 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:44.879 they may not be the most nutritious, you know, lunch item, 185 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:46.519 but you know what, if you only have a couple 186 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:48.680 of them or three of them, you're probably gonna be okay. 187 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:51.639 Moderation right, it's right, don't they They have produced there too. 188 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:53.560 I thought they got to grab a banana tuo. 189 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:55.040 Oh they've got it all there, you go, trust me, 190 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:56.480 they've got it all. So shout out to our friends 191 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:58.439 over there at Thornton's. All right, if you guys want 192 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:00.319 to take us with you wherever you go today, listen 193 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:03.600 live on the iHeartRadio listened live at seven ninety Louisville 194 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:05.879 dot Com. I feel like there's a lot going on 195 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:08.600 when it comes to like national stuff. Right. We've got 196 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:12.160 the college football playoff rankings coming out tonight. We've actually 197 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:13.519 got a handful of things I want to get into 198 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:16.120 when it comes to college football that really are probably 199 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:19.279 not of local interest, but certainly you know more signs 200 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:22.120 that this sport, well, really, college sports in general is 201 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:24.879 nothing like what it once was. I mean, you've got 202 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:29.439 coaches during the season now already moving behind the scenes 203 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:31.519 to try to prepare for which quarterback they're going to 204 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.720 go get that hasn't even hit the portal yet. You've 205 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:38.360 got some schools realizing they have paid way too much 206 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:40.919 guaranteed money to coaches that are not getting it done. 207 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.039 Lincoln Riley, by the way, who I mean this is? 208 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:48.720 This is probably not a bad move. It's just something 209 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:53.279 you don't typically see USC turning themselves in for violations 210 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:57.240 to the NCAA and probably trying to find any little 211 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:59.720 rule that they broke so they can turn themselves in 212 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:02.879 so they can maybe fire Lincoln Riley with cause and 213 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:04.879 not have to pay him his massive buyout. But that's 214 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:08.120 I mean, money matters, and they don't have the money 215 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:10.320 to get rid of that coach and he's not getting 216 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:13.039 it done. So again, we'll get the updated rankings tonight, 217 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:16.799 and I think Louisville stands to move up, and that's 218 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:18.919 gonna be great, But I don't want to lie to 219 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.159 anybody and act like that means I think they've got 220 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:24.759 some kind of a scenario to find themselves in the playoff. 221 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:28.600 In fact, I just I think with three losses and 222 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:32.879 given you know the league you're in, and you're only 223 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:37.159 having one notable win, and that win doesn't really I mean, 224 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.480 it's not really even like a Tier one win. I mean, 225 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:42.519 winning at Clemson is tough to do, but Clemson is, 226 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:45.919 you know, right around barely in the top twenty five. 227 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.240 So it's gonna be a little bittersweet to see him 228 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:50.360 move up because I think if they beat pitt next week, 229 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.080 they could I mean, you could get to the last 230 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.039 week of the season heading into the Kentucky game, where 231 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.399 because of what's going on elsewhere, you may find yourself 232 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.039 sniff in the top fifteen, and you know what, they 233 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:03.559 put twelve teams in the playoffs, So you might feel like, hey, 234 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:06.600 but just the way it, I mean, one, I don't 235 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:08.759 want to get my hopes up because and also I 236 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:10.799 just know it's not realistic. But I hope others don't 237 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:12.879 get their hopes up, because you're you're probably gonna see 238 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:15.240 them move up a little bit over these next few weeks. 239 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:17.120 As long as they take care of business, and that'll 240 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:19.919 be good to see. But because of how the playoff, 241 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:21.720 you know, is structured, it's not just the teams that 242 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:24.559 are ranked one through twelve, it's you know, there are 243 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:27.080 slots within this twelve team bracket that are you know, 244 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:30.159 spots for certain teams that accomplish certain things like winning 245 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:32.320 your league, the G five team and all that kind 246 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.120 of stuff. So again a little bittersweet, but I have 247 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:38.799 decided to and I've really talked about this since they 248 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:41.120 beat Clemson, and I talked about it right before that game. 249 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:45.679 To be honest, with you, losing the shot at playing 250 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:49.000 in the ACC Championship within just you know, the first 251 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:52.320 half of the season was pretty rough, especially knowing that, 252 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:54.240 like they played good teams and if they just play 253 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:56.000 like a little bit better in some of those games, 254 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:58.519 they probably win. And man, we're talking about a totally 255 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:01.519 different situation. So that's still a little bit of a 256 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:05.960 bitter feeling. But you still had something to play for 257 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:09.799 finishing strong, and them beating Clemson really put it in 258 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:12.559 motion here to where they can finish the season really strong. 259 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:14.679 And I'm gonna embrace that and I'm gonna try not 260 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:17.080 to think back to what could have been, because it's 261 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:18.519 it's you know, it would it could have, should have. 262 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:22.320 And yet three games that you could have probably tightened 263 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:24.159 up just a little bit and you would have avoided 264 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:26.320 a loss, but you can't go back and change it. 265 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:29.200 And this is where it really sounds like I'm drinking 266 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:31.799 the bram kool aid and I'm really being a homer. 267 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.440 But I'm just gonna tell you what I think. I 268 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:38.000 don't know how many other programs or teams would have 269 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:42.120 been able to respond the way Louisville did when they 270 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:45.519 got down twenty one against Boston College. That's to me 271 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:47.480 another sign that we have a pretty good ball coach 272 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:52.080 leading the program. Now again, they could crumble and lose 273 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:55.039 by lose is twenty point favorites. It's like they are 274 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:58.200 against Stanford on Saturday. But I don't believe that's gonna happen. 275 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:00.320 And you went out and then you go in a 276 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:03.960 bowl game. That's a ten win season. And I know, 277 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:08.039 with the portal and with nil, you're seeing some teams 278 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:12.519 really just turn into something totally different in one year's time. 279 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:17.000 And that's awesome, But to just I don't know if 280 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:18.919 we're ever going to be at a point as a 281 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:21.919 Louisville football fan base to where you can look at 282 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:24.799 a ten win season and not feel like you had 283 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:27.120 a really good year. I don't want to say special. 284 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:30.559 I don't want to say historic, because you did it 285 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:32.679 last year, but this will be if they went out, 286 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:34.639 this will be the second time in program history that 287 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:38.559 Louisville has had two con or back to back ten 288 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:43.120 win seasons. I mean, so let's hope that happens, all right. Also, 289 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:45.480 we've got a big college basketball event tonight, and I 290 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:49.159 do love this event just because you can tell. I mean, 291 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:53.879 it's four of the bigger programs in college basketball getting us, 292 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:56.879 you know, essentially started. I think it would have been 293 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:59.200 last week had it not been for the election, So 294 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:01.159 I think it's bit later than it typically is. But 295 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:04.279 either way, you know, the Champions Classic is really the 296 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:10.000 national reminder that college basketball season is here, because you're 297 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:14.240 gonna I mean, this event gets so much viewership for 298 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:18.639 a couple reasons, mostly because you know, when these two teams, 299 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:21.799 when these four programs play college basketball on a national 300 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:24.039 network anytime in the year, you're gonna get some pretty 301 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:25.919 good numbers. Now, nothing compared to what you see like 302 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:28.600 in the NFL or big time college football games. But 303 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:32.440 because they give you the updated college football playoff rankings 304 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:35.200 between the games, there's gonna be a lot of eyeballs 305 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:38.159 on these games just for that, and I would hope 306 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:40.039 that people would stick around and watch, just because you know, 307 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:42.000 I love college basketball and I want as many people 308 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:44.600 to consume the product as possible. But I have no 309 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:46.559 clue what's going to happen in these games tonight. Not 310 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:49.360 a clue. And that's really kind of become an every 311 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:54.879 year thing because we know that all these teams are 312 00:13:56.440 --> 00:14:03.960 featuring many new players. Kentucky's a brand new team. Michigan State, 313 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:05.360 I gotta admit I don't know a whole lot about 314 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:09.440 their their roster this year. Obviously Duke, they've got Cooper Flag, 315 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:13.039 a guy who is as hyped as anybody I can 316 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:15.679 think of entering college basketball in a long, long time. 317 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:19.799 And then Kansas, they've already they've already picked up a 318 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:22.440 big time when early on this season knocking off North 319 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:27.000 Carolina so a big event. But I was thinking about 320 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:30.279 all the different ways I could wager on this, but 321 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:33.000 we're all just guessing, because it's if you're putting something 322 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:34.759 together tonight to bet on these games. And if you're 323 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:36.519 a Kentucky fan, I'm sure you're gonna bet on your 324 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:38.679 team because you want to not only get that win 325 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:41.480 as a fan with that emotional high, but you know 326 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:43.200 you win some money that makes it even better, right, 327 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:47.440 But it's not about who you think is gonna be better. 328 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:50.799 It's not about who you think has more talent. It's 329 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:54.519 really it's just about being able to guess at this point, 330 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:59.559 this early in the year, who's more capable of you know, 331 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:02.440 better than the other team. And you know typically that's 332 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:05.080 that's always how you would put together any kind of 333 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.399 decision when you're betting on something. Who do I think 334 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:09.320 will play better and win? Will they win by this? Much? 335 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:09.519 Like it? 336 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:12.159 It's it's how it always works. But my point is, 337 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:15.399 like tonight I might, like I might, I'm not gonna 338 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:18.000 do it because I would, I would just block out, 339 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:21.720 Like I think Kentucky plus six and a half is 340 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:25.080 the play. I'm not gonna bet it, and I hope 341 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:27.159 it doesn't work out that way. I hope they get killed. 342 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:29.360 Also wouldn't be shocked if they win, to be honest 343 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:32.399 with you, but I know that in February. There's a 344 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:35.360 good chance that Duke will be much more polished because 345 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:37.759 their true freshmen will have a lot more reps, and 346 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:40.600 they have elite level talent and a lot of NBA 347 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:43.320 guys on their roster. I'm not sure if there's anybody 348 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.919 on the Kentucky roster that's going to have a link 349 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:47.200 the NBA career. That's not an insult. I mean, they're 350 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:49.240 used to having those NBA guys, but obviously things are 351 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:50.879 gonna be done a little bit differently with Mark Pope. 352 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:53.320 So I don't know. I'm gonna watch it. I'm excited 353 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:55.240 for it, but I want to bet on it, but 354 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.000 I have I mean, I don't have a clue what 355 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:00.879 to do here. Wouldn't you say, though, Kentucky plus six 356 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:02.399 and a half? Like, doesn't that you know? I'm not 357 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:04.360 even sure if you've watched much Kentucky this year, Austin, 358 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.720 because you know, I don't know why you would, but 359 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:08.480 this to me screams like the veterans will be more 360 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:09.360 ready than the young guys. 361 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:11.519 Oh absolutely, I love that number six and a half. 362 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:13.759 We were talking about it before the show. I can, 363 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:16.159 I can, I can hammer that. You know, this seems 364 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.200 like everyone's kind of focused on the whole Cooper flag thing, 365 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:23.279 and you've already had some passive s talk coming from 366 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:25.799 that Kirk Chris and I watched him at Arizona too, 367 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.200 so I've seen a lot of him. I think he's 368 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:31.600 really very unbrand for him, right, yeah, absolutely, the from 369 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:35.039 one Wildcat to another. But you know, he's, Uh, this 370 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:38.960 seems like I wouldn't even say, like backed into a 371 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:41.440 corner type of Pope team because I think there's a 372 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:43.639 lot of people anticipating that there's gonna be really good, 373 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:46.519 probably exceed expectations for a first year coach. But I 374 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:48.519 feel like they could take this as a scenario where 375 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:50.720 kind of no one believes in us. We're going up 376 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:53.759 against this and this this talent that's supposed to be 377 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:56.879 the most talked about since like Zion Williams sitting there, 378 00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:58.679 and I still don't even when it comes to that, 379 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:00.639 I still don't think anythings were going to talk the 380 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.679 Zion madness. So like, I really don't believe in that 381 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.480 Cooper flag kid all that much just yet, but I do. 382 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:09.160 Talking to tonight, I think he's gonna be I don't 383 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:11.519 know what he's gonna do tonight, I think he's I 384 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:16.599 mean legit, it comes down to what you view as like, okay, next, 385 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:21.000 Like I could watch Zion and know that's not normal 386 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:23.039 at any at any point, you know, for a guy 387 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.519 that big, with that frame to be able to jump 388 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:27.839 off the ground that high and have feet that quick. 389 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:30.920 And I mean he was, he was a special talent 390 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:33.440 and he's one of Zion will always be one of 391 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:35.720 those guys. To me that to say that you know, 392 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:38.200 he's a unicorn doesn't mean he's the best player ever, 393 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:40.759 but like there's nothing you would really compare him to. 394 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.920 And and I don't know if Cooper Flag is that, 395 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:47.160 but when he was playing against and with Team USA 396 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:49.960 this summer and holding his own and sometimes getting the 397 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.079 best of guys that are stars in the NBA, I 398 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:56.000 mean that that's not normal. So and you know, maybe 399 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:58.279 he's got this killer's instinct that people talk about. I 400 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:00.680 don't you know what what what Kirk Chris has said 401 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:03.119