WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:08.919 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:11.199 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:11.880 we are. 5 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:15.480 Get off our show, idiot. The kids are playing or 6 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:16.280 turn off, crying. 7 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:17.600 Countries are screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:20.800 Gold play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 9 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.000 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:25.760 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:27.679 Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:29.399 Are you kidding me? Now? 13 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:30.640 Here's Nick coffee? 14 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:47.920 All right, let's get this thing started. Everybody, Happy Monday, 15 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:50.240 Welcome in Coffee and Company. 16 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:50.759 That's us. 17 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:53.719 We are fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 18 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.240 Appreciate you joining us here on a beautiful Monday afternoon. 19 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:00.640 Fall break for a lot of people, right. 20 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:02.119 I know a lot of schools here in the area 21 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:05.640 are out for fall break, meaning a lot of adults 22 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:09.959 took vacation, you know, maybe a little trip somewhere. We 23 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:12.000 didn't have fall break whenever I was a kid, And 24 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:14.319 I don't mean like we didn't like I'm not bringing 25 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:17.000 that up to say that we were you know, we 26 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:20.040 weren't as fortunate as kids today, because I mean that 27 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:21.959 is that is true. But when I was like, it 28 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:24.599 wasn't a thing to like make trips and go places 29 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:27.200 with family, which, hey, more family time is good for everybody. 30 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:29.400 But I know so many people that are traveling this week, 31 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:33.280 and you know, I'm a little envious. I mean, I 32 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:35.560 don't really know where I would go. But you know, 33 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:38.439 I'm at a point as a Louisville fan to where 34 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:40.879 like I'm not really you know, I'm kind of checked 35 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:43.120 out right now, not you know, to where I'm not 36 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:44.040 going to watch Louisville. 37 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:44.640 It's my job. 38 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:46.200 We got to talk about it, and we will today. 39 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:51.239 But like, Saturday was such a wild day for college 40 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:54.040 football and it was still enjoyable, but like it would 41 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:56.159 have been better knowing like that your you know that 42 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:58.799 your team was able to win, and to see where 43 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:02.879 Louisville is right now really really disappointing. So again, happy Monday, everybody. 44 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.879 The weather's beautiful. But we got to talk about you know, 45 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:10.520 the obvious, And if you guys want to talk about it, 46 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.159 you can. Five oh two, five seven seventy nine hundred 47 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:14.879 is the number if you want to give us a call. 48 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.039 We'll open up the phone lines here after a first break. 49 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:19.199 You can also text in on the llen N Federal 50 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.759 Credit Union text line five oh two six five three 51 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:24.879 zero seven ninety again five O two sixty five three 52 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:28.159 zero seven ninety and I guess we'll just dive right in. 53 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:31.960 That sucked on Saturday. 54 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:36.840 And I'm more bummed now than I was during the 55 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:40.319 postgame show, which is pretty rare. Like usually I've had 56 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:43.039 time to reflect, I get it. I mean, usually when 57 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:44.879 I start the postgame show, it's such a raw and 58 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:47.960 immediate reaction that you know, throughout the show I kind 59 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.400 of talked through it, and once it ends, you know, 60 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:52.800 the result is still the same. But by that point 61 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.840 I've usually I've usually found a way to process it myself. 62 00:02:56.599 --> 00:03:02.400 But the last two weeks, I mean, it's just so 63 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.520 frustrating to see that this team's just not very good 64 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:07.800 at this point in the season, and it's just frustrating 65 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:09.680 and disappointing are the two words that I feel like 66 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:13.680 would describe how fans feel. I mean, there's other words 67 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:16.080 you could use, obviously, but you know, those two I 68 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.439 think are most fitting and you know, appropriate for radio. 69 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:21.120 And I try on Mondays to have like a little 70 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:24.120 bit of of a slightly different version than what we 71 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:26.599 did in the postgame show and usually about three o'clock 72 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:29.879 on Monday, I've got something, but I'm just more frustrated, 73 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:33.560 so we'll talk about it. As mentioned, it is a 74 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:36.639 wild weekend. There was a wild weekend in college football. 75 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:40.039 I mean the matchups we got not that intriguing, right, 76 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:43.599 I mean the only matchup that featured ranked teams was 77 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:46.240 Texas A and M in Missouri. That ended up being 78 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:47.919 a blowout, one of the worst games of the weekend 79 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:52.080 actually because Missouri just got completely hammered. But you know, 80 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:58.319 despite no big intriguing matchups, absolutely phenomenal. Really, you know, 81 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:00.360 maybe I'm getting caught up in the moment. I'm here 82 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:02.919 some recency bias, Like I feel like I'll remember that 83 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:07.400 Saturday not like forever, but like what happened on Saturday 84 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:10.759 does not happen very often. First of all, Vandy, I mean, 85 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:15.280 beating Alabama in any fashion is just insane. But to 86 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.040 see them do it the way they did, were they 87 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:20.680 just I mean, if they played ten times moving forward, 88 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:24.120 I don't think Vandy keeps it close in those ten games. 89 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:26.040 I mean I kind of feel like I'm not giving 90 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:27.759 him credit when I say that. But let's be real 91 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.160 Alabama is on another planet. But Vandy came out and 92 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:32.839 really they were just the better team from start to finish, 93 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:36.639 and that's just something you never see. And then of 94 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:41.360 course the party in Nashville where they took the goalpost 95 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:43.800 from campus and took it all the way down to 96 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.120 Broadway and I think they threw it in the river 97 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:46.639 or something. 98 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:47.120 I don't know. 99 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:49.519 You never know what's real on the internet, but that 100 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:53.639 that was insane. And then Tennessee losing to Arkansas certainly 101 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:56.040 a big upset. That's the top five team going down. 102 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.120 I mentioned Missouri, but like that one really was that 103 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.040 big of a surprise, Like Missouri might have been like 104 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:06.639 the most fraudulent top ten team ever, but still, you know, 105 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:09.759 they were ranked number nine playing A and M who's 106 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:13.199 ranked twenty fifth, and A and M hammers from forty 107 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:17.319 one to ten. Minnesota pulls off a big upset knocking 108 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:20.439 off usc USC of course ranked number eleven, and then 109 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:24.519 Michigan they go down to Washington in the National Championship 110 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:25.240 Game rematch. 111 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:26.360 So you've got. 112 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:31.800 Five teams in the top eleven that lost four of 113 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:35.600 them against unranked teams, and Missouri A and M was 114 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:37.720 just right in the top twenty five at twenty five, 115 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:40.360 and then Miami should have lost. I mean, cam Ward 116 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:43.839 was special and he's a hell of a player, and 117 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:46.759 Miami's really good, but they have at least shown us 118 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:51.920 that they are vulnerable, and you could make the case 119 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:54.680 that like maybe some calls. In fact, I don't really 120 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:56.759 think there's a maybe to it now. 121 00:05:56.800 --> 00:05:57.240 I don't think. 122 00:05:57.439 --> 00:05:59.560 I mean, I think there are questionable calls that went 123 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:01.160 in their face. I think that's the best way to 124 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:03.199 describe it. Like I'm not saying they got lucky, but 125 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:05.199 then again, maybe they are lucky. Maybe we can say 126 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:09.279 they're fortunate because there are there's two straight games here 127 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:13.519 where the referees are reviewing something in what is, you know, 128 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:17.199 a judgment call, and the judgment was in Miami's favor. 129 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:19.079 It could have easily not been in their favor, and 130 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:22.560 they'd be coming off of two straight losses. So a 131 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:26.439 wild weekend of college football, no doubt. And again I 132 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:27.959 feel like I would have enjoyed it a little bit 133 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:33.560 more had Louisville not lost SMU at home in another 134 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:36.920 very disappointing game where they just kind of show us 135 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.480 who they are, right, A lot of ball left things 136 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:42.800 can get better, but we got to evaluate things for 137 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:44.399 what they are right now. And this is not a 138 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:48.120 very good football team. And we'll get into it in 139 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:49.319 just a second, but I do kind of want to 140 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:50.959 set this show up as best I can before we 141 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:54.040 just dive in, because I'm just going to start, you know, ranting, 142 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:56.639 and well I'm going to try not to just make 143 00:06:56.680 --> 00:07:00.279 it into a three hour bitching session. But just give 144 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:01.680 me a second. I'll get there, because I do. There's 145 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.160 a couple of things I really want to clarify as 146 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:05.160 far as you know where I'm at now. Again, you 147 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:07.040 can feel however you want to feel. You can be 148 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:10.360 overly optimistic, you can be overly pessimistic. You do you 149 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:12.319 be a fan however you want to be a fan. 150 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:14.800 But I'll at least tell you how I feel coming 151 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:17.160 up here in just a minute. But in the NFL yesterday, 152 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:19.720 I was hoping that my Colts could give me a 153 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:22.839 nice little pick me up. Right, my cards let me 154 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:25.839 down Saturday. Maybe the Colts will come through and move 155 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:27.120 to three and two on the year. 156 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:27.800 What do they do know? 157 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:30.560 They give the Jacksonville Jaguars their first win of the season, 158 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:35.680 and just you know, very very unserious franchise. My Indianapolis 159 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:41.399 Colts embarrassing watching Lamar Jackson do Lamar Jackson things that helped, 160 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:44.240 and you know they could have easily lost. 161 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:44.680 We know that. 162 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:50.519 But right now, five games in and there's again a 163 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:54.360 lot of football to be played. But Lamar's actually, we'll 164 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:56.560 get into some of these numbers later, like he's actually 165 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:00.439 at five games in putting up better numbers, in fact, 166 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:03.439 substantially better numbers than he did last year. Five games in, 167 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:07.480 and it sounds silly to say it on October the seventh, 168 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.319 but like him winning a third MVP would not be 169 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:12.800 a shock at all. Again, they're going to have to 170 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:17.120 keep winning and I think they will, and he's gonna 171 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:18.720 have to keep playing well. And I certainly don't see 172 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:22.040 that changing at all. But right now in the NFL, 173 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:25.839 like maybe we get some separation in the next few weeks, 174 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:28.480 but there's so many two in three or three and two. 175 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:29.120 Teams right now. 176 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:34.039 You got the occasional undefeateds, which is the Chiefs and 177 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:35.600 the Vikings. 178 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:36.720 You got. 179 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:38.759 One and four. 180 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:41.399 I think now, of course the Jags are one and four. 181 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:43.919 I don't know if anybody's winless, are they? I think 182 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:45.720 everybody in the league has won at least one game 183 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.600 at this point. Yeah, from what I can tell, unless 184 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:51.120 there's somebody on a buy that hasn't won, But I 185 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:53.159 don't know. I just it's been the same thing each week. 186 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:55.200 Like you just haven't really seen a whole lot of 187 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:59.200 separation from like the top tier of the league. I 188 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:01.720 think we can still say that the Chiefs are deserving 189 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:04.639 to be up there. The Vikings are still awesome. They've 190 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:07.120 been great, and there's other teams that, like I feel 191 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:08.919 like are pretty good, like the Ravens, but you know, 192 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.519 they're three and two and could have easily lost yesterday. 193 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:14.440 They were very fortunate that that field goal was missed 194 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:17.080 by the Bengals. All Right, some other things we'll get into. 195 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:19.960 Louisville Live was a lot of fun on Friday. Not 196 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:22.080 really sure what we can take from that as far 197 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:27.840 as you know, analysis or you know, predictions on how 198 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:29.360 good the team's gonna be or anything like that, but 199 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:31.320 that's not really what that event is for. But actually 200 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:32.759 thought it being at the Yump Center, the way they 201 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:35.320 set it up was awesome. The atmosphere was great, and 202 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:37.799 I'm sure a lot of Louisville fans that were there 203 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.440 were paying close attention to who was coming out and 204 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:43.960 the names that they were being that were being announced, 205 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:46.879 because it's a brand new team. But I do have 206 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:48.399 a couple of takeaways that I'll get to a little 207 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.879 bit later on when it comes to that. So yeah, 208 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:53.519 and then, you know, I don't. This is probably not 209 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:56.799 something we're going to spend much time discussing, but looks 210 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.840 like we're once again gonna have like a very scary 211 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:03.279 hurricane come through. Not here, of course, but like all 212 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:08.240 I'm seeing all over social media is people telling those 213 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:09.759 that live in Florida to get in your car and 214 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:12.399 just go north. And I don't I highly doubt that's 215 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.480 like the entire you know, state of Florida. But it 216 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:17.799 looks as if this is going to be more severe 217 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:20.200 than Helene that just came through. John, do we know 218 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:21.960 the name of this new one yet? I'm sure you 219 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:22.440 don't know what. 220 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:24.840 The m but I can't think of what I've heard 221 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:26.919 a couple of times. I've only heard it in passing 222 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:28.720 a few moments from Milton. Milton. 223 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.279 Yeah, Hurricane Milton is a Category five and Florida has 224 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:38.120 ordered evacuations. As you know, they're trying to prepare for 225 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:41.240 that as best they can. You got to think the 226 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:43.960 awful situation that took place just you know, within the 227 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:47.200 last couple of weeks, with the aftermath from Helene, not 228 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:50.519 only the damage but just the flooding. Obviously the Carolinas 229 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:53.159 is I mean, it's there are parts of Carolina that, 230 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:56.919 like the interstates those people used to drive north and south, 231 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:59.399 east and west, whatever their daily commute was in that area, 232 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:03.919 some of those interstates won't be drivable, they say, best 233 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.120 case scenario till the end of twenty twenty five. Like 234 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:11.519 that's insane. So with you know, as terrible as that is, 235 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.759 and that being such a big story nationally, I mean, 236 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:16.840 I would hope that those that might try to ride 237 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:20.000 out a very dangerous weather situation and just assume that 238 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.720 it's not going to be as bad as people are indicating. 239 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:26.639 The professionals, the meteorologists, hopefully they've learned from you know, 240 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:29.480 what's happened recently that like you should never you should 241 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:34.240 never risk it. So, yeah, very scary situation. Category five. 242 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:37.720 That's that's not good, all right. You know what else 243 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:38.240 is not good? 244 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:39.480 This Louisville football team. 245 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:44.799 They're not very good, and that's not me telling you 246 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:49.320 that they're the worst team out there and they, you know, 247 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:51.679 might not win another game. Like I'm not going there, 248 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:54.679 but I just don't think you can call yourself a 249 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.919 good football team. And when you're not a good football team, 250 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:00.600 what are you average or bad? Like I'm not saying 251 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:02.519 they're average or bad. I mean the record says that 252 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:06.240 they're average. But when you come out and you don't 253 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:09.480 look ready to play, you can't match your opponent's energy 254 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:12.480 on the side, I mean like they're just flat, even 255 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:14.919 when there was a play where you've got some momentum. 256 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:17.600 It just doesn't seem as if things are in sync 257 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:20.480 from top to bottom. I mean coaching staff to player 258 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:24.279 to everybody. It's like everybody's unsure of themselves. They don't 259 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:28.240 really seem to have a lot of confidence. And I'm 260 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:30.200 not a body language expert, but I'm just trying to 261 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:33.320 make sense as to how they could be this sloppy. 262 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:37.200 And it's not just you know, the defense. The defense, 263 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:39.399 of course, is your biggest issue, because if they were 264 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:42.120 just a little bit better, you'd be in a different situation. 265 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:50.879 And I mean, I'm kind of speechless, which isn't good. 266 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:52.519 You know, I got a three hour radio show that 267 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:54.480 I have to do, and we've got about two hours 268 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:58.960 and forty five minutes. But it's just so frustrating to 269 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:03.720 be in this position. But my initial takeaway on Saturday, 270 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:05.519 I was at my son's game. I watched the first 271 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:08.799 first half of his game, and I had had my 272 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:11.080 phone out, being I guess a bad dad, because you know, 273 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:13.879 I was watching more of what was going on in 274 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:15.559 the Louisville game than I was in the four and 275 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:19.000 five year old flag football game. But you know, it 276 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:21.480 just they came out and it wasn't like they were asleep, 277 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:26.679 but they're just flat and SMUs on the road and 278 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:29.679 they don't have any home field advantage and they're bouncing 279 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:32.960 around on their sideline. They're more into it like that's 280 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:35.279 It was a big game for both teams. We all 281 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:37.240 knew that, we discussed it quite a bit last week, 282 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:41.799 and they were more into the moment, ready to execute. 283 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:47.879 Than Louisville. And it wasn't even close. So you know, 284 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:50.200 it sucks. 285 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:53.919 And what's crazy is that you wouldn't know it unless 286 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:57.799 you really wanted to be that guy, the pessimistic, always 287 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:00.919 trying to find something negative, And you know, I wasn't 288 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:02.600 doing that, and I don't think many were, because who 289 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:04.000 would want to be. But you can go back to 290 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:05.960 those games against the Bumps they played and they still 291 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:08.159 did some silly stuff. They weren't very sharp, but it 292 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:11.559 didn't matter because of who they played. It's like there's 293 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.159 things that you don't pay that much attention to until 294 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:16.639 the team gives you a reason to. Meaning like when 295 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:20.519 you are sloppy, getting you know, senseless penalties, twelve men 296 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.320 on the field, the defense, you know, looking around like 297 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:27.759 they don't know what's going on. You've got an offensive 298 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:31.679 line that you just can't consistently pass protect, and because 299 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:34.240 of that, you know, they're picking up costly penalties at times. 300 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:37.320 So like whenever that's going on, like you go back 301 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:40.559 to you know, you start to overanalyze everything, right, Like 302 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:44.840 if Louisville won that game with a you know, late 303 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:47.639 score there, Let's say, on that late drive on fourth 304 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:49.320 down when they tried their running up the middle once 305 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:52.960 again and didn't get it with Cheney, if they'd have 306 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:56.039 been able to score a touchdown there and then get 307 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:57.879 a stop and then the game's over, they win by 308 00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:01.360 a score, none of us will probably thinking about the 309 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:03.960 start of the game, or like the energy on the sideline, 310 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:06.240 I will probably we'd probably still be criticizing the defense 311 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:09.480 because it's just head scratching, how confused everybody looks. But 312 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.320 like when you are struggling and we know this team 313 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:13.840 should be better and they're making avoidable mistakes, that's when 314 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:15.720 you start to look at the energy on the sideline. 315 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:18.279 You start to look at the body language. After the 316 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:21.080 defense gives up a big play, they're looking around, confused, 317 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:22.879 not really knowing what they were supposed to be doing. 318 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:27.519 You know, Ashton Julotti preseason All American, didn't get a 319 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:30.440 tackle on Saturday. Was not a factor, really has not 320 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:32.840 been a factor for this team this year. And I 321 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.840 know he's double team and I know that there's some 322 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:37.759 obvious you know, like he's getting held at times, and 323 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:40.360 he's so good that he's going to be a focal 324 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:43.399 point for the opponent to try to take him away. 325 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:47.000 But like if you're winning, nobody really like you don't 326 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:49.720 really you're you're not thinking about that that much, but 327 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:52.200 you're losing, and it's just it's it's been kind of 328 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:56.159 a mess. So as frustrated as I am, and I 329 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:59.039 know a lot of fans are the same as disappointed 330 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:02.080 as we all are. I don't think this needs to 331 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:05.639 be said, but given sort of you know, the reaction 332 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:08.519 in the last forty eight hours from at least some fans, 333 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:09.720 I'll go ahead and say it. Like if you were 334 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:12.879 of the mindset that every year it's got to be 335 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:17.679 the twelve team college football Playoff for Louisville and if 336 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:19.080 they don't get there, then it's going to be a 337 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:24.679 disappointing season. With all due respect, that's crazy. And I 338 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:26.600 don't like to tell people how to fan. I mean, 339 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:30.919 but it's just insanely unrealistic and you're setting yourself up 340 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:32.240 to be a pretty miserable fan. 341 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:34.120 But you can do what you want. 342 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:38.039 Like this year, Louisville was coming off of a good 343 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:41.240 season with momentum. It didn't end well, but because of 344 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.840 you know, the twelve team playoff, the playoff expanding you 345 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:48.639 being in a league where you know you can compete 346 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:50.480 towards the top. You just did it last year and 347 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:52.240 you look around the league and there's really nobody that 348 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:54.480 scares you in a major way. You know you could 349 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:56.480 lose to a lot of teams. You just lost SMU. 350 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:01.159 But like I'm not to the point now where I'm saying, well, 351 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:03.279 the season's a wash. I mean, what are you gonna do, 352 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.039 Like they've already lost a Notre Dame, they slipped up 353 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:11.039 at home to SMU. Like, I'm not somebody that's going 354 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:13.960 to live in the world where any result that's not 355 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:16.160 a twelve not an appearance in the twelve team playoff, 356 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:18.640 means that they didn't That they didn't have a good year, 357 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:20.240 doesn't mean we have to celebrate like they had a 358 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:24.079 great year. But like the playoff expanding is exciting, especially 359 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:26.559 given the fact that Louisville appears to be at least 360 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:28.359 appeared to be in great shape with Jeff Brom and 361 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:30.559 I think they still you know, I'm not gonna act 362 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:32.119 like we got to worry about Jeff Brom as the 363 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:34.640 head coach here. But my point is, like this year, 364 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:36.640 you were talking playoff because you were coming off of 365 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.720 a ten win season where you just played in the 366 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:41.519 ACC championship game of season ago, and had you won 367 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:44.119 that game, which you honestly could have a couple of 368 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:46.519 plays go different way, you'd have been in the playoff. 369 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:50.920 So you know, I like that, we embrace it, but 370 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:52.920 like those that just think kind of the season's over 371 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:54.960 because of you falling to one in one of the 372 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:59.039 acc I don't, you know, I'm just I think we're 373 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:01.319 on the same page in regards to like our level 374 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:03.799 of disappointment. But for me, it's not because I feel 375 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:09.240 like they've completely you know, ruined a great opportunity to 376 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:12.440 go to the playoff. I mean, they have kind of, 377 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:14.680 but like, I think you can still salvage this and 378 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:17.400 have a good season. Doesn't mean you're gonna look back 379 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.960 and say it was the best year ever. But like 380 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:21.519 I to hear so many people acting as if, well, 381 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:23.000 now it looks like there's no chance to make the 382 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:24.880 playoff unless you need a lot of luck on your side, 383 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:27.039 Like you're not wrong, but I just, you know, I 384 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:30.079 would advise not having that set as the bar, because again, 385 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.440 more often than not, you're gonna probably be be disappointed. 386 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:36.880 So for me, it's not about being you know, dejected 387 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:41.200 because of something, you know, an opportunity that's been ruined. 388 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:45.640 It's because this team's nearly halfway through their schedule and 389 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:51.440 they're not very good. I mean, if they tighten some 390 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:58.079 things up, simplify the defense, stop you know, committing some 391 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:03.400 silly penalties, get a better strategy on fourth down, clearly 392 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:07.960 like those things. I mean, that would go a long way, right, 393 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:15.079 but they haven't done that yet, and it's just so 394 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:17.359 frustrating to know that it's doable, and yet they just 395 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:21.519 they they can't get right. And Saturday was I mean, 396 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:23.680 it was quite clear what this was. It was an 397 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:27.279 opportunity for you to get that bad taste out of 398 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:29.880 your mouth, prove to yourself that you can go play 399 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:34.559 a sharp game and not hurt yourself. And I mean 400 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:37.640 it was the way that they were able to score 401 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:40.599