WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.040 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:08.880 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:11.119 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:11.599 when we. 5 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.279 Are get off our show, idiot, the kids are playing 6 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:15.880 or trail off. 7 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:17.519 The countries are screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:21.399 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. They're 9 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:25.039 supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. Who's 10 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:25.679 the kid here? 11 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:27.559 Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:42.840 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 13 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:48.560 All right, good afternoon, and welcome in Happy Monday. It 14 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:50.840 is coffee and Company. That's us, and we are fueled 15 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:53.479 by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety Nick Coffee, 16 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:55.240 that's me. I hope you knew. If not, now you 17 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:58.039 do the company man, mister John, all alongside as we 18 00:00:58.079 --> 00:00:59.640 do each and every day, we're gonna take you up 19 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:03.159 until six o'clock and again, as I mentioned, happy Monday. 20 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:05.599 Hopefully everybody had themselves a good weekend, a weekend where 21 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:09.000 I would assume those that do in fact celebrate Halloween. 22 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:13.000 You know, without kids, you probably you know you would 23 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:15.319 have done it on Saturday, right, Halloween parties, that kind 24 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:18.040 of stuff, So Happy Halloween. Week. We are just a 25 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:21.760 few days away, and I'm hoping that that it doesn't rain. 26 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:23.799 It seems like and I could be way off here. 27 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:27.120 I don't even really like have any it's just gut feeling. 28 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:30.319 I feel like since i've been taking my kids, both 29 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:32.840 of them, because my son's four, but since like he's 30 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:34.719 been able to walk around, which would I guess, really 31 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:36.879 be the last few christ the last few Halloweens, like 32 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:39.280 it's just been rainy and cold, and I don't know 33 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:40.760 if it's gonna be cold, but I know it's looking 34 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:44.040 like rain. So let's let's hope that doesn't happen. Because 35 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.359 Halloween's always been the holiday for me that I've never 36 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:51.519 really understood why people get into it, like I just 37 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.319 never I'm not like anti Halloween. I just I've never 38 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:57.480 been able to match anybody's excitement and love for Halloween. 39 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:00.159 The people who you know, really love it. Now. Christmas, sure, 40 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:01.799 there's people that love Christmas, but like they know they 41 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.040 can't reach my level because I wish it was Christmas 42 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:06.760 season every day. I mean, that would be great for me. 43 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:09.400 But I'm kind of getting into Halloween more this year 44 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:12.240 than I ever have, and it's got me excited for Thursday. 45 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:14.599 I'm also excited for the next few hours because obviously 46 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:17.240 there's a lot to get into. I have a theory 47 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:22.919 on what happened in Boston on Friday night that could be, 48 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:25.439 you know, something we look back on at the end 49 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:27.800 of the season. Wishful thinking, of course, but like it 50 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:30.159 might have been. And I'll explain why. It might have 51 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.159 been a twenty to nothing deficit on the road at 52 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:37.039 Boston College, when you felt like the season was crumbling 53 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:40.360 and slipping away right before our eyes, it might have 54 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:42.000 been then, Like I don't know where you were, if 55 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:43.599 you were watching it at home, maybe it'd made the 56 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:45.919 trip to Boston. I was out watching the first half 57 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:48.360 with family, having dinner, and like I think we all 58 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:50.479 collectively as the fan base, felt like, okay, yeah, not 59 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:53.759 only has this season been pretty underwhelming, Like they're not 60 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:56.240 twenty to nothing at Boston College and this thing might 61 00:02:56.319 --> 00:03:00.560 end up being like really, really bad. But somehow they 62 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:02.240 bounced back and in the end they did what they 63 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.400 were supposed to do. They beat a team but didn't cover, 64 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:08.319 so again they won. But still they showed us that 65 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:10.800 they've got a pretty consistent identity. But the way in 66 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:14.240 which they pulled that off. I think could could end 67 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:18.199 up being I guess I should say, I hope it 68 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:20.319 ends up being what we look back on and say, Okay, 69 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:23.120 it looked pretty scary there for a little while. It 70 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:25.240 looked like it was about to combust, and then sure 71 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:28.319 enough they turn it around, and no bigger opportunity for 72 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.319 them to go out and show that they did learn 73 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.319 a lot from the mistakes they've made up to this 74 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:34.759 point when they take on Clemson at their place on 75 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:37.520 Saturday night. So we'll certainly talk about that throughout the week. 76 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:41.360 But anyways, hopefully everybody had themselves a good weekend. You know, 77 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:44.520 I thought about it on the way in because I 78 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:46.560 was texting my wife after I was I was at 79 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.120 the house getting ready, you know, just making sure I've 80 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:50.599 got I tried to clean up the house as best 81 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:52.319 I can John before I leave, just so when she 82 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.240 comes home from work, you know, if the kids are 83 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:56.840 driving her crazy and I'm not home yet, that you know, 84 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:59.199 she'll at least walk into a house that's been cleaned 85 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:00.840 a little bit. I mean, I'm not I'm not on 86 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:03.240 the I'm not mopping the floors, I'm not cleaning the toilets. 87 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:05.159 But you know you did something though, yeah, I made 88 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:06.080 the same thing sometimes. 89 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:08.919 Yeah, I mean, and here's what Here's what I feel 90 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:11.439 like is is not probably not just my wife, but 91 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:13.560 it's probably a lot of women, and maybe it's even 92 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:16.839 your wife as well. They certainly appreciate that we did 93 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.040 try to clean up a little bit, straighten up to 94 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.959 where the house looks more presentable, but like they also 95 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:24.560 know that we probably didn't do it in a way 96 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:26.360 that they would do it if they were actually gonna, 97 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:29.000 you know, clean the house. Yeah, so they appreciated. And 98 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:31.800 my wife, for the most part, has restrained from like, well, 99 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:33.199 why didn't you do this, Why didn't you do this? 100 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:35.079 Or why why did you put the this here? She 101 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:37.680 now just is like, oh, thanks, honey, because because then 102 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:40.279 you know, at least I'm trying. But I was, uh, 103 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:43.199 I was getting everything straightened up before I left, and 104 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:44.800 I just text her was like I had a great weekend, 105 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:46.120 and I'm like, you know, I didn't tell her this, 106 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:48.560 but I'm like, you know what, I might talk about 107 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:51.680 my weekend on the show, rarely ever do that. And 108 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.519 then I realized, like, what I did this weekend that 109 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:56.959 made it a really really awesome, fun weekend. For me, 110 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:00.639 it would probably not make it, wouldn't hit, wouldn't register 111 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:02.759 to anybody as far as why that's fun, because I'm 112 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:04.759 old and washed. Like what you guys probably do is fun, 113 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:08.279 you know, for fun, maybe hanging out, partying, doing Halloween stuff, 114 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:11.519 you know, nightlife, that kind of stuff. I mean, that's 115 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:14.240 that's not really my life anymore. But you know, I 116 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:16.040 guess I'm just old and washed. I mean, Friday after 117 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:17.879 the show, and by the way, big thanks to Alex R. 118 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:19.480 White and his team for having us out on Friday, 119 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:21.600 had a good show. He believed in the power of positivity. 120 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:23.439 He was very confident louis was going to be able 121 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:24.920 to come out, play well and get a win, and 122 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:27.160 he was very wrong in the beginning, and then he 123 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.600 ended up being right. So shout out to him for 124 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.839 giving me a little more positive vibes because I felt like, 125 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:34.759 I felt like Louisville could play poorly and still win, 126 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:36.319 and I guess you could say they technically did when 127 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:38.800 you consider the beginning of the game. But it was 128 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:41.000 nice to see him get a victory. But after that, 129 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:43.519 I made a trip over to is it the Hill 130 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:46.399 Hillcrest Avenue? You know what you know much about that area, John. 131 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:47.120 No, not really. 132 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:49.160 It's and I wish I and I could probably do 133 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:52.120 a little research. But it's an area of Louisville where 134 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:54.480 if you live, like on Hillcrest Avenue. I think it's 135 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:57.839 like on the corner of and I'm not super familiar 136 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:00.319 with the area over there, but close to old or 137 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:02.040 do I sound like any No, I don't think it's 138 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:05.399 close to Oldham County, but it's it's like Lexington Road 139 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:10.199 and Hillcrest Avenue they have Yeah, if you just go 140 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:12.199 to if you look up Halloween on Hillcrest, it's got 141 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:15.240 its own Facebook page and it's it's a really nice street. 142 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:17.720 I mean, it's probably one of the nicer areas of 143 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:19.800 Louisville as far as just you know, it's just got 144 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:22.480 an awesome vibe to it and older houses but they're 145 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:26.560 all really nice, kind of classics if you will. But yeah, 146 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.639 Hill chrestin Frankfort Avenue is the general area, and like 147 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:29.959 if you live there, I don't know if you have 148 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.439 something in like the hoa, if it's in some kind 149 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.439 of a contract, but like everybody that lives there does 150 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:38.480 it really big for Halloween, Like they've got all kinds 151 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:40.639 of awesome stuff set up, So we did that on Friday, 152 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:42.560 took the kids for a little while, they got to 153 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:45.199 see some cool spooky stuff, and then of course, you know, 154 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:49.399 the game Friday night, and yes on Saturday, my son 155 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:51.560 had had his football game, which was a lot of fun, 156 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:53.920 and then in the evening we went to my parents' house, 157 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:56.079 my mom and my stepdad, they had a little Halloween 158 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.120 get together and he lives, well, they live in an 159 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:02.079 area where they've got a lot of property behind the 160 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.160 house and just kind of a big open field, but 161 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:06.800 there's also a little trail that's back there, and they 162 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:08.759 made what was called us well, I mean what we 163 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:10.800 called it a spooky trail, and it had all kinds 164 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:14.160 of like cool Halloween stuff, and man, the kids loved it. 165 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:16.560 So we went through that a bunch, hung out yesterday, 166 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:20.160 took my family to Churchill Downs for some obvious day racing, 167 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.399 but also they had their trunk retreats. So really it 168 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:25.079 was an awesome family weekend where I did a lot 169 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:27.560 of stuff with my kids, really got in the Halloween spirit, 170 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:29.399 and you know, I'm feeling like this is one of 171 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:31.000 the best weekends I've had in a long time. And 172 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.800 then it hit me, well, one, you don't really live 173 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:35.720 that much of an exciting life, Nick. There's probably not 174 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:40.279 many people that would hear of your weekend shenanigans and say, Man, 175 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.439 this guy's living the life. This guy's got it made. 176 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:45.839 And I feel like I do, but others probably don't 177 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:47.439 see it that way, and that's totally fine. So that 178 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:49.319 was one of the observations when I think, like, man, 179 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:51.600 what a great weekend. You know what else was an 180 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:54.519 observation it shouldn't be this way, because you know, there 181 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:56.800 are more important things than sports, but like, life's better 182 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:59.680 when your team doesn't lose, and Louisville didn't lose and 183 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:03.800 lost more games this year than you know, some people 184 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:06.160 thought they lose all year, and they were down twenty 185 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:08.120 to oven and then they came back and won. So, like, 186 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:10.800 I'll be honest with you, had they just been in 187 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:13.600 it in a rock fight with Boston College all throughout 188 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.720 and then they ended up, you know, just holding on 189 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:19.240 to get a win, and it was a back and 190 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:21.959 forth game where neither team looked very good, but somebody 191 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:24.959 had to win. I mean, you'd still prefer that over 192 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:27.600 a loss. But I really think the way the thing 193 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:30.399 played out was awesome for everybody involved. Again, from a 194 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:32.679 fan standpoint, I thought it was over, like I thought 195 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:34.679 the season was done. I thought we were dead, and 196 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:37.120 then we rose from the dead and really dominated that 197 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:40.480 game after getting down twenty to nothing. And that's why 198 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:42.519 I would have been so demoralizing if they would have 199 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:45.320 somehow not been able to hold on to win. You know, 200 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:47.480 I don't I don't know if I would have, you know. 201 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:49.639 I mean I said this as a joke, and it 202 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:51.480 is a joke, and it's really not that funny, but 203 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.639 it just popped back in my head as I'm going 204 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:56.000 back to the end of that game as I'm watching, 205 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:57.399 you know, because it was awesome to see them come 206 00:08:57.440 --> 00:09:01.159 from behind, especially you know, the circumstances. But whenever Jeff 207 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:03.360 decided to throw the ball there on third down and 208 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:05.600 stop the clock and then give it back to Boston College, 209 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:08.320 just giving them more time and more more snaps to 210 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:11.679 essentially break our hearts. I mean, I told myself, and 211 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:13.399 I think I'd said it on the postgame show, if 212 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:15.320 he would have if they would have lost that game 213 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:17.440 because Boston College was able to get a few more 214 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:20.639 plays in because of the drop pass, which of course 215 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:22.639 stopped the clock. I would have needed a few minutes 216 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:24.080 before we went live on the air, because I don't 217 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:25.840 know if I'd have been able to do much of 218 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:29.039 anything without cursing. But they didn't. You know, they were 219 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:30.639 able to hold on and win, and that was great, So, 220 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:33.759 you know, it was scary for a while. It was 221 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:35.320 sad for a little while. There was a lot of 222 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:37.759 text messages that I was going back and forth with 223 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:41.960 people about to where you know, like Jeff's interview he did, 224 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:43.639 I think think it was after the first quarter, and 225 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:45.440 maybe it was in the first quarter, but he did 226 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:47.759 one of those interviews during the game that you know, 227 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:49.720 they end up showing to you after they come back 228 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:52.080 from break, and I mean his face said it all. 229 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:55.960 Like the game was going really poorly. You saw Jeff's 230 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:57.720 face and like it just seemed as if this thing 231 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:01.159 was crumbling and everybody knew it, included him. And I 232 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:03.240 thought he said something earlier today in his press conference 233 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:07.080 that was you know, interesting, you know, as far as 234 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:09.320 his philosophy when it comes to like how do you 235 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:10.960 try to you know, how do you get through to 236 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.240 the and I'm paraphrasing, I'm not sure. I think it 237 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:15.120 was Alexis with the Courier Journal that asked the question. 238 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:17.120 And I'm paraphrasing here, so don't you know if I 239 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:18.200 if I throw it out there and it don't make 240 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:19.519 a whole lot of sense, don't put that on her. 241 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:22.519 It's just me, you know, not remembering exactly word for 242 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.080 word what she said, because I'm sure she's much much more, 243 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:27.639 much more well spoken than I am. But the question 244 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:30.440 was like, how do you or I'm sorry it was 245 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:32.399 it was Russ Brown. I think you might have asked it, 246 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:36.480 but somebody asked about the message at halftime and basically 247 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:38.360 said like, how do you balance if you're going to 248 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:41.879 you know, raise hell or not? And Jeff kind of 249 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:43.519 laughed and he was like, you know, well, I've I've 250 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:45.559 done a whole lot of a whole lot of hell 251 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:47.960 raising this year, and I don't. I don't And I 252 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.000 didn't get the sense and how he described it almost 253 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:51.240 because it was almost like, as he was talking to 254 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:53.399 this press conference earlier today, it was almost as if 255 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:55.200 like that moment was kind of coming back to him 256 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:56.759 as well. And you can to me, it just seemed 257 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:58.480 as if he didn't really remember if it was a 258 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.960 planned thing, to not, but it sounds like halftime was 259 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:06.240 actually kind of calm and it worked. You know, it worked. 260 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:10.320 So I mean, again, the result itself is not anything 261 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:12.960 that we should be overall, you know, celebrating, and you 262 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.080 should always feel good if your team wins, especially when 263 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:16.720 it looked as if they were potentially going to get 264 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:18.399 blown out and buy a bad team on the road. 265 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:23.200 But how they did it and really what they had 266 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:26.279 to do again, I think it could be the building 267 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:29.519 block for this team to clean some things up, stop 268 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:35.159 playing sloppy football, and finish this season strong. And I really, 269 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:37.480 you know, get the sense that those guys for the 270 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:40.279 first time proved something to themselves in a major way. 271 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.519 And again it's not because they beat Boston College at 272 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:45.879 their place when they were favored by a touchdown. It's because, 273 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:49.200 you know, they really did have to manufacture some momentum 274 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.519 on there, and there was nowhere near the amount of 275 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:55.000 fans there as is what it sounded like when I 276 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:57.480 was on my way back home from from from dinner 277 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:59.679 at halftime, if we left dinner, went back home and 278 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.159 I was listening as the third quarter had started, and 279 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:05.519 I was listening to Paul Rodgers and he you know, 280 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:07.799 I don't get that. I don't listen to them to 281 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:11.320 many games very often. And you know, Paul does a 282 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:12.960 great job. We're lucky to have him. And I think 283 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:15.519 that crew they've got this year doing football, the trio 284 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.600 of Craig, Jody and Paul, I mean, they're phenomenal. But 285 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:20.360 I was listening to the beginning of the third quarter 286 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:21.320 in a little bit at the end of the of 287 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:24.159 the halftime update, and Paul made a comment about how, 288 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:26.679 you know, yeah, there's some people here tonight, but man, 289 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:30.600 the fake piped in crowd noise is borderline obnoxious. Which 290 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:32.679 that's why a lot of times they don't show a 291 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:34.600 full panned crowd at a game because they don't want 292 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:36.399 to make a network partner look bad, right like the 293 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:39.480 ACC and even the SEC like they're in bed with ESPN. 294 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:40.840 So it's not a good look if you're just going 295 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:43.200 to make sure all your shots are an empty stadium. 296 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:46.120 But nonetheless, like it was an empty stadium for the 297 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:49.440 most part. It's cold, you're on the road, you're down 298 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:51.879 twenty to nothing, like you've got to dig deep all 299 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:54.120 on your own, Like there's no crowd on your end 300 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:56.279 that's going to build you up, you're gonna have to 301 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:58.480 you know, start twenty points in the hole and find 302 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:00.919 a way to win this game. And did that. And 303 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:04.320 again I don't think they should be feeling cocky as 304 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:06.759 if they've shown that there's some great team. But I 305 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:09.519 think internally there's a lot that you can take from 306 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:12.080 what they ended up having to do the rest of 307 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:15.039 that because again I hate giving people credit, and I 308 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:17.759 said this on the postgame show, there's you know, we 309 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:20.120 got to find a better word than credit, like somewhere 310 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:22.759 where you're saying, you know, credit and praise just doesn't 311 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:25.919 seem to fit. But you shouldn't get credit for not quitting, 312 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:28.399 like for actually trying. Should not be something well, hey, 313 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:30.919 that they try, Like usually that's what you throw out 314 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:33.360 there when you realize there's no other compliment to make. Well, 315 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.440 at least they're trying, but like you should always try. 316 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:40.519 So again I hate giving them credit for not mailing 317 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:42.080 it in, but man, it would have been so easy. 318 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:44.919 It would have been like human nature for them to 319 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:48.159 just you know, realize, hey, we're down twenty to nothing. 320 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:52.120 We all know this season has been unsuccessful as far 321 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.240 as where we thought we'd be at this time, and 322 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:56.559 these guys probably know it's on them, right. I mean, 323 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:58.879 I'm sure they're upset about some of the bad officiating 324 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:01.440 that's happened from time to time. I'm sure they've been 325 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:04.200 unhappy with some play calls at times, but like they 326 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:05.879 have to know, especially when you've got a group of 327 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:08.200 veterans that have played so much football because of the portal, 328 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:12.039 like they know they had underwhelmed, and you got yourself 329 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:14.759 in a big hole. One of your top playmakers decided 330 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:17.679 to opt out midweek, You've already got some other guys injured, 331 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:21.440 like it would have been I think very normal, and 332 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:25.000 dare I say, the expectation for most to kind of 333 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:27.360 just mail it in there. So again, it's kind of tricky. 334 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:29.080 I'm balancing it as best I can because I don't 335 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:30.360 want to say, well, hey, at least they didn't quit 336 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:32.120 when they could have. But like I think it would 337 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:33.879 have been a lot easier to do than most people realize, 338 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:35.480 even if they told themselves we're not going to I 339 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:37.159 think you start to go through the motions. You hear 340 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.200 me say this all the time. The human element within 341 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:41.759 sports is way more powerful than I feel like most 342 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:43.759 people give it credit for. So the fact that they 343 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:46.279 did climb out of a hole, come back and win. 344 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:49.720 I mean it gives them a chance to grasp on 345 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:53.200 to not only momentum if you want to call it that. 346 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.840 I mean, maybe it's momentum they have internally, but they 347 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.120 I think they prove something to themselves with how they 348 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:00.840 were able to come back and win, and no better 349 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:03.720 time than now to get it turned around. And as 350 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:07.279 far as learning, if in fact there was a whole 351 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:09.399 lot of value to take with you out of Boston, 352 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:12.120 we'll find out on Saturday, because again, they're gonna play Clemson, 353 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:14.639 a team they've never beat before, a team that you know, 354 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:16.679 has really dominated this league for the most part since 355 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:18.840 the level has been in it, and there's gonna be 356 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:21.759 a big challenge there. They're eleven point underdogs, and I 357 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:23.639 can't tell you right now that I think they're gonna win, 358 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:26.960 but I do. I do feel like this this team. 359 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:29.879 You know what, have you heard a lot of fans 360 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:32.200 say for lack of a better well not only for 361 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:35.159 a lack of like a better description, but really because 362 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:38.879 nobody can quite pinpoint why they've just had the struggles 363 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:41.080 they've had this year and why they've been sloppy they 364 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:44.240 just something's off. Like I remember watching the Miami game. 365 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:46.000 I mean, I feel like every game this year, even 366 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.759 games when they've won, like the Virginia game, like I 367 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:52.679 felt it. I've heard fans say it, something's just off. Well, 368 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:55.919 maybe whatever happened on Friday night in Boston, they were 369 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:57.679 able to kind of come together, and now they're going 370 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:59.759 to be more in sync. And look, they could play 371 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:01.799 much better and still lose to Clemson. To Clemson because 372 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:04.159 Clemson's obviously a good team that's playing really good football 373 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:08.600 right now. Rarely do teams go into Death Valley and 374 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:12.919 leave with a victory. But I do love knowing that, Hey, 375 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:15.919 it was, it was almost over, and then now you 376 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:17.559 did find a way to win. You clawed back for 377 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:19.720 an exciting finish, and now you get to go see 378 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:22.639 what you're made of. I mean, the point still needs 379 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:25.240 to be to be made about Louisville's current season as 380 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:27.039 of now. I mean, they did move to five and three, 381 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:32.279 and they are four and two or two. I think 382 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:35.399 they're two. What are they? They got four games left? So 383 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:38.159 are they three? Yeah, they're three and two in the ACC. 384 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.519 So of the three teams that have beat you, all 385 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:44.000 of them are still playing really really good football right now, 386 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:47.240 and they're still top twenty teams. That doesn't mean Louisville, 387 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:49.960 you know, can just act like those losses didn't happen. 388 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:54.519 But you've had three chances to beat good teams and 389 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:56.559 you were there and you just couldn't get it done 390 00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:59.080 for various reasons. 391 00:16:59.159 --> 00:16:59.320 Right. 392 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:01.360 I feel like, to be honest with you, a win 393 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:03.039 at Notre Dame would have been the most impressive, But 394 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:04.960 that's the one. I feel like you really shot yourselves 395 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:08.640 in the foot repeatedly, and then SMU, you know, they 396 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:10.720 just came in and got you. I think Louisville was 397 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:13.680 not in a good place at that time, and obviously, 398 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:15.200 you know, if you'd had a little bit of a 399 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:18.000 better plan defensively, you still probably would have given up 400 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:20.119 a lot of yards because that SMU offense is pretty 401 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:22.519