WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:00.560 Uh. 2 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.640 Oh, guess what day it is. 3 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:04.879 Guess what day it is? 4 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:11.919 Huh anybody, It's hump Day. 5 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:14.919 Yes, it is hump Day. Welcome to the Big Boone Sider. 6 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:17.519 Dick Gabri was he on a Wednesday edition of our program. 7 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:20.679 Coming up tonight baseball, football, basketball, a little bit of 8 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:23.679 horse racing. At the bottom of the hour, Aaron Gershan 9 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:26.600 of the Cats Balls will join us talk about the Wildcats, 10 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:29.519 a little bit of NBA with Aaron as well, and 11 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:32.520 in our number two. As usual on Wednesdays, we visit 12 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:36.280 with our head coach of the Scott County Cardinals and 13 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:40.479 unforgettable guard Sean Woods. Also, our West End Bureau chief 14 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:44.640 Gary Moore joined us in our number two. I wanted 15 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:49.320 to talk a little bit first about UK basketball, the 16 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:53.960 NBA and the media because for many, many years being 17 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.159 a member of the media, I've heard people criticize us, 18 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.719 those of us in the media about being negative or whatever. 19 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:03.880 And that's the case. You're always going to hear that 20 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.239 if somebody says or writes anything that doesn't agree with 21 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:09.799 what they think, and isn't you know, if you're not 22 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:13.879 with us, you're against this kind of stuff. But if 23 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:16.920 you think it's bad here, and I've heard people talk 24 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:19.879 about how terrible it is. No trust me, it's not. 25 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:23.599 And I will start by saying, I remember many many 26 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:28.439 years ago hearing Rick Patino talking to somebody about the 27 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:32.400 media in Kentucky compared to the media in New York. 28 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.319 Because remember he had come from coaching the Knicks. You 29 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:38.120 talk about a lightning rod. Now he had won a 30 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:41.079 bunch of games up there, they had won a divisional title, 31 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:44.680 they had packed Madison Square Garden. But he was still 32 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:47.439 criticized because if you're a pro coach anywhere, you're going 33 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:51.200 to be criticized, especially in New York. And of course 34 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:53.799 Tom Tibodeau just fired by the Knicks. All he did 35 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.680 was win fifty games get him to the Eastern Conference Final. 36 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:59.480 We will come back to that. But I heard Patino 37 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:05.760 explain to somebody comparing media in Kentucky to the media 38 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:08.520 in New York. And when he talked about us, he said, 39 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:12.360 they're like candy compared to New York. I always got 40 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.280 to kick out of that, They're like candy compared to 41 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:17.800 the media in New York. And that's true, you know, 42 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:21.919 because New York is the most competitive media market in 43 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:26.680 the world, and those men and women up there are 44 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:31.240 battling for ratings, for eyeballs, for readers, still for clicks. 45 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:35.080 So what's the best way to get those Well, not 46 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:41.080 by saying everything's great. No, by attacking. And you know, 47 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:44.840 if the team is winning and winning big, yeah, it's fine. 48 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:49.039 But if it's not, they attack, And that has happened now, 49 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:53.759 of course with the Knick's coach who's now fired and 50 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:55.919 it's kind of divided the media. Should he have been fired? 51 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:59.360 Should he not? But of course one of the biggest 52 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:03.919 targets right now, literally and figuratively is Karl Anthony Towns 53 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.599 came over in the trade from Minnesota for Julius Randalls, 54 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:12.120 so two Wildcats being swapped, and Towns was supposed to 55 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:15.159 be the final piece of that puzzle. And you heard 56 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:18.319 Mike Sephaznik talk about this on the show. Are New 57 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:22.800 York based superfan UK superfan the other day. I got 58 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:25.879 some tweets and texts from you guys and joined that interview. 59 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:30.039 I'm glad you did. But as Mike pointed out, Towns 60 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.800 is built like the proverbial aircraft carrier, as Al McGuire 61 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:39.000 used to call, but he is not the classic and 62 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:40.960 I don't know how many of these guys exist anymore, 63 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:44.919 low post bigs who set up shop in the bottom 64 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:47.319 of the paint and do all their work there. No, 65 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:50.800 he's out on the floor, he's shooting threes, but he does. 66 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:54.120 Every big man does that now in the NBA. DeMarcus 67 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:58.000 Cousins was doing that in the NBA before he got hurt. 68 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:03.360 So now he's the big he's the big target, he's 69 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:08.719 the big paycheck, and he's the biggest target for criticism 70 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:13.240 and Mike, not long after we taped our interview, he 71 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:17.800 sent me a link to a SoundBite from WFN Radio 72 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:23.879 knocking Boy, not just knocking destroying Carl Anthony Towns. 73 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:26.160 Here, it is the biggest issue that the Knicks have 74 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:28.480 going forward to get to the next level is the 75 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:31.319 fact that they waited and waited and waited to go 76 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.360 all in on a couple of guys, and the biggest 77 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:38.000 one being Karl Anthony Towns, and they went and they 78 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:40.680 traded for him, and he's making fifty million dollars a 79 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:44.000 year and at the core, he's a loser. That is 80 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:46.959 their biggest problem. The guy is a loser, He's a 81 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:50.920 losing player. He complains, he is soft. He shows you 82 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:53.920 flashes where he's the best player on the court, not enough, 83 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:58.199 he doesn't play enough defense. He bitches and moans. He is, 84 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.879 up until this point in his career, a loser who 85 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:04.519 is making fifty million dollars, who is going to be 86 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.839 a logjam. As far as them trying to get to 87 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:07.839 the next level. 88 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:11.439 His shot selection on Saturday night was insane. 89 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:14.360 I mean, it's it's he is getting to the point 90 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:17.560 now as one of the most frustrating players I have 91 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:19.480 ever watched in the uniform of a team that I 92 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:21.439 root for because I know how good he can be, 93 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:27.920 and it's just so damn annoying watching him not realize 94 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:29.920 his full potential. And I don't know if it'll ever happen. 95 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.879 I really don't know, but that that is their biggest issue, 96 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:36.000 is the fact that they thought this Town's thing was 97 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:38.560 going to work better than it did and it hasn't. 98 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:43.279 That is Greg Giannati of WFN Radio up in New York, 99 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:47.519 And as I said, very competitive. You gotta go after somebody, 100 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:50.800 So he's going to go after Towns. Right. What happens 101 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:54.759 next year, whoever's coaching, If the Knicks win the title, 102 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:57.800 this guy's going to be all over Karl Anthony towns 103 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:01.120 in a good way. Towns will be a here, They'll 104 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:04.399 have a ticker tape parade, and all will be forgiven 105 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:06.879 and forgotten. But that's just the nature of the media 106 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:10.160 up in New York. But please keep that in mind 107 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:12.800 when you complain about us. And I'm not saying we're 108 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:16.639 above reproach. You complain about us all we all you want. 109 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:20.319 People have complained about me since I began my career, 110 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:23.759 such as it is. But I just think it's interesting 111 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:28.480 when I hear people complain about lexing and media and 112 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:31.720 talk about us, And of course it's all relative. I know, 113 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:34.759 if you grew up in this area and you grew 114 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:39.519 up reading and listening and watching media people, you know 115 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.079 what you like and you know what you don't like. 116 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:46.199 But trust me, it's nothing, nothing like it is in 117 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:50.160 the bigger markets. For that reason, what if Mark Pope 118 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:52.240 it was expected now to make a run for the 119 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:56.560 national title? Legitimate run, as Cameron Mills pointed out yesterday, 120 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:02.360 that's always the mission. What nobody expected that? And I 121 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.759 wonder how many people expected a Sweet sixteen run based 122 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:09.279 on a reaction by the Wildcat faithful. Probably not many. 123 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:12.360 They were so happy with that team last year. Well 124 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:16.720 what about this coming year? And we'll talk about the 125 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.759 preseason Top twenty five here in a minute. So what 126 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:23.439 if Pope doesn't accomplish that, What if he doesn't get 127 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.480 it done in the next three to five years, I 128 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:29.600 guarantee you he won't be trashed away. Karl Anthony Towns 129 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:33.800 has been trashed in New York preseason rankings right now 130 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:38.000 they all two early preseason rankings are out there. And 131 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:40.399 you may have noticed if you listened last night with 132 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:43.319 camer Mills. I didn't bring this up because he loses 133 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:47.439 his mind whenever you talk about polls. This is the 134 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:50.680 blind spot for him. He refuses to accept the fact 135 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:55.319 it's for fun, for us that the consumer, and for 136 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:58.439 the people doing the polls. It's a way to fill 137 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.879 space and time. I always say, the internet's a bottomless 138 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:04.720 pitt and we have to fill it right cbssports dot 139 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:09.959 com as they're all too soon. Top twenty five preseason 140 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:14.879 and number one is Saint John's talk about high expectations. 141 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.519 Thirty one and five. Last year, upset in the nca 142 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:23.920 Tournament by Arkansas, but they get a bunch of transfers 143 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:28.279 a guy from North Carolina, Bryce Hopkins from Providence, got 144 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:32.879 a kid from Arizona State from Cincinnati, Stanford, Idaho State 145 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.480 crying out loud an Naia player transferring in. They're bringing 146 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:40.639 in a kid from overseas and a four star high 147 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:43.360 school kid. Patino said he was going to ignore high 148 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:47.159 school kids. He did sign one, and CBS Sports has 149 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:50.320 them number one preseason. I will save you the time. 150 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:55.559 Kentucky is number twelve, and this is after well Tago 151 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:59.080 Away made his announcement, but of course they cite him. 152 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:04.200 Brandon Garret Garrison, all the transfers coming in and the 153 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:10.120 four star freshman class Jasper Johnson, Malachai Moreno, and Brayden Hawthorne. 154 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:13.600 So now you're wondering, well, who could be better than Kentucky? 155 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:19.720 In between uk and Saint John's Well Houston three at 156 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:22.120 the top seven scorers are back from a team that 157 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:26.840 played for a national title last year. Brigham Young is third. 158 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:32.879 How about that they've got freshmen, They've got transfers. Perdue 159 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:38.720 is fourth, Yukon fifth. Florida defending champion is six, but 160 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:43.600 five of its top ten scorers back. Texas Tech is seventh, 161 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:52.000 then Michigan Duke, Ucla, and Arizona, following Kentucky, Iowa State, Alabama, 162 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:56.480 and Louisville at number fifteen. I've seen Louisville in the 163 00:09:56.519 --> 00:10:00.000 top ten in one of these way too soon surveys. 164 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:04.879 So again, it's just for fun, and I doubt if 165 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:08.919 this changes much now between the beginning of the season 166 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:14.759 and today, unless somebody gets hurt. But it's just for fun. 167 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:20.399 Nobody's saying that Saint John's is a lot. But it's 168 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:22.679 going to be fun to see what Patino does for 169 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:25.000 an encore, just as it's going to be fun to 170 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:29.399 see what Mark Pope does for an encore. And remember 171 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:32.360 they play each other down in Atlanta. We'll talk about 172 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:35.120 this in more, but Aaron Gershawn when we come back 173 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:38.279 up next the College Football Hall of Fame ballot. I 174 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:42.039 mentioned the other night Randall Cobb is on the ballot. 175 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:44.919 He'll get my vote, But as for who else I'm 176 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:47.039 going to vote for, this is one of the toughest 177 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:50.879 years I can remember, and so many of the players 178 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:55.320 you and I have seen them play against Kentucky or 179 00:10:55.360 --> 00:10:58.759 we've seen them play in high profile games. That's all 180 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.399 ahead here on the big Blue side. Six thirty Wlap 181 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:04.720 Welcome back to the Big Blue Sider. Coming up at 182 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:07.399 the bottom of the hour, Aaron Gershawn of the catch Pause, 183 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:11.120 and then in hour number two, Sean Woods, the unforgettable Guard, 184 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.480 and West End Bureau Chief Gary Moore. We speak to 185 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:17.919 each of those guys scheduling permitting on Wednesdays. I talked 186 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:20.639 a little bit yesterday about the fact that Randall Cobb, 187 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:23.799 the maybe best all around player in the history of 188 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:27.279 Kentucky football, is now on the College Football Hall of 189 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:32.080 Fame ballot the class of twenty twenty six, and he 190 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:37.440 is up against some serious, serious competition. But think about 191 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:39.919 this now, Remember now, Tim kouch went in what was 192 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:44.440 it last year, they put out these numbers, five point 193 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:49.639 seven eight million players in college football since the first 194 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:53.600 game Princeton versus Rutgers in eighteen sixty nine. No, I 195 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:58.039 didn't cover it, but since then, only a total of 196 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:02.480 one thousand, one hundred and eleven players eleven to eleven 197 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:06.399 have earned induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. 198 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:11.440 That is point zero two percent, less than two to 199 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:15.080 one hundredth of a percent of anybody who played the 200 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:18.879 game in the last one hundred and fifty five seasons. 201 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:24.440 And from the coaching ranks. Only two hundred and thirty 202 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:28.840 seven individuals have been named to the College Football Hall 203 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:34.360 of Fame. So amazing, amazing those numbers, which is why 204 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:36.799 it's so tough to get in. I do have a 205 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:40.120 vote as a member of the College Football Writers Association, 206 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:43.159 and going through the ballot, yeah, I will vote for 207 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:46.200 Randall Cobb. And I know it's terribly parochial, maybe a 208 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:49.480 little biased, but that's why there are people like me 209 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:55.240 across the country with votes with ballots. So but as 210 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:57.679 I said, I went through the names, and you know, 211 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:01.840 they just conjured so many memories. But so many of 212 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:06.080 these players played against Kentucky or we had seen them 213 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:09.679 play somehow. In some of these names, you're gonna know regardless. 214 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:14.840 Morton Anderson, the great kicker from Michigan State. Eric b 215 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:18.159 Enemy to Colorada running back nineteen ninety third in the 216 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.360 Heighspan Trophy balloting. Courtney Brown, a great defensive end of 217 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:25.799 Penn State, played against the Wildcats in the nineteen ninety 218 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:28.320 eight outback Well actually played it on January one, nineteen 219 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:31.600 ninety nine. But he was an incredibly good player, unanimous 220 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:34.840 first team All American and Penn State's all time career 221 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:40.200 leader in TFLs and sacks and played against Tim Couch 222 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:43.799 in Kentucky. How Mummy's team back then another Penn State 223 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.679 player Kase Johnnick Carter. If you're a Bengals fan, you 224 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:49.519 saw him play. Injuries meant he did not have a 225 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:52.559 great pro career, but he unanimous first team All American 226 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:56.440 and a Heisman runner up In nineteen ninety four. Brad 227 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:01.360 culpeper Florida defensive tackle Wildcats had to play against Aaron Donald. 228 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:03.600 Kentucky never played against him. He played at pitt and 229 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:06.639 then of course went on to a great NFL career. 230 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:12.080 Super Bowl champion Elvis Doomerville, UFL defensive end, unanimous first 231 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:15.240 team All American and twenty oh five winner of the 232 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:19.120 Negerski Trophy. Led the nation in sacks that year with 233 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:23.399 twenty and was ranked fourth in TFLs with twenty two. 234 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:26.360 What may have won him that Nigersky Award was his 235 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:30.240 performance against Kentucky that year. Cardinals won that game thirty 236 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:32.600 one to twenty four. Good game and he was a 237 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:37.799 difference maker six sacks in one game that broke the 238 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:42.039 NCAA single game sack record. Later on, he broke the 239 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:47.360 NSA record for forced fumbles that season. Von Dunbar, running 240 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:51.159 back for Indiana, played against the Wildcats. Robert Griffin third 241 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:54.320 RG three from Baylor, consensus first team All American, blew 242 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:56.879 his knee. He killed his NFL career, but a great 243 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:00.919 player in college. Percy Harvin two, I'm first team All 244 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:05.480 American for Florida. Remember watching him play against Kentucky. Kentucky 245 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:08.480 had no answers for that guy. Nobody had answers for 246 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:12.279 that guy. Also, Garrison Hurst, running back nineteen ninety two 247 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:16.919 from Georgia, was so great watching him play against the Wildcats. 248 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:20.039 His senior year. He ran for one hundred and seventy 249 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:24.519 one yards in a touchdown against Kentucky beat the Wildcats 250 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:28.279 forty to seven, mark Ingram Alabama running back Believe it 251 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:32.879 or not, Alabama's first ever Heisman Trophy winner, and he 252 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:36.240 graduated in twenty oh nine. Up until that point, Bama 253 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:39.080 had never had a Heisman Trophy winner, but he was 254 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.399 sec offensive player of the year, led the league in 255 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:45.240 rushing and touchdowns. You know who else is on the ballot? 256 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:49.600 Riot Leaf, Washington State first team All American quarterback, third 257 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:53.000 in the Heisman Trophy voting. Remember the NFL draft that 258 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:56.399 year came down to Peyton Manning or Ryan Leaf. Colts 259 00:15:56.440 --> 00:16:00.440 made the right decision. Leif had terrible problems with his 260 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.399 personal discipline, shall we say when he got out. But 261 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:08.000 a great college player, Marshawn Lynch Cal running back is 262 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:10.519 on the ballot. You know who else is on the ballot? 263 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:14.279 Kellen Moore from Boise State quarterback twenty ten first Team 264 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:19.080 All American, finished his career as the winningest starting quarterback 265 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:24.720 in college football history, still Boise States all time leading passer. 266 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:28.440 Really part of that Boise team that put that program 267 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:30.639 on the map. I'll tell you another guy who's got 268 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.159 to go in first ballot. I gotta think Cam Newton 269 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:36.639 of Auburn and since his first team All American Heightsman 270 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:39.159 Trophy winner in twenty ten led the Tigers to a 271 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:43.279 national title. But the toughest game that year for Auburn 272 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:47.320 go look it up. Prior to the championship game, Kentucky 273 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:51.600 in lection It Wildcats had a chance just barely missed 274 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:55.720 upsetting Auburn, which needed a game winning drive led by 275 00:16:55.759 --> 00:17:00.120 Newton in a closing seconds and a field goal to 276 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:03.759 beat the Wildcats. And until the championship game. That was 277 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:05.599 their toughest game. I know they fell behind it to 278 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:09.839 come back against Alabama, but they won easily over Alabama 279 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:15.039 compared to the win over Kentucky. Ken Norton, Junior UCLA 280 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:19.279 linebacker is on the ballot. His son He is the 281 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:23.119 son of the boxer. Ken Norton Junior's son. At one point, 282 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:26.720 he's a sports catch. At one point worked at WLKY 283 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:31.279 and Louisville. How about that Antwine Randall l Indiana First 284 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:35.160 Team All America quarterback in twenty one as a senior. 285 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:38.279 His team had a losing record. What was the first 286 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:42.359 team All American and his last game of his college 287 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:45.920 career was a win over the Wildcats. They were supposed 288 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:49.839 to play Kentucky second weekend of September, then nine to 289 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:52.759 eleven happened. That game was moved to the end of 290 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:55.720 the year and Randall LL had a big game. His 291 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:59.839 team carried him off the field. After winning over Kentucky, 292 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:04.039 he became the first player in FBS history to throw 293 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:07.599 for six thousand yards and rush for three thousand yards. 294 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:11.799 Ran for more yards in any quarterback in FBS history 295 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:15.039 at that point. At the conclusion of his career, switched 296 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:18.440 to wide receiver, had a nice pro career. Larry Severs 297 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:23.359 Tennessee wide receiver, first team All American consensus nineteen seventy 298 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:27.279 five at seventy six, but his last game as a 299 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:31.839 collegiate a lost to Kentucky in Knoxville, sixth to nothing. 300 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:35.559 Kentucky went on to the Peach Bowl. Tennessee did not 301 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:38.480 get a bid and their coach was fired. But Larry 302 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:42.039 Sivers great player. Also in the ballot and Dominican Sue 303 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:46.640 the great Nebraska defensive tackle Mantit Tew Notre Dame linebacker, 304 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:50.920 unanimous first team All American. Unfortunately was best known because 305 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:54.519 he got catfished. Also in the ballot Peter Warwick, great 306 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:58.440 wide receiver from Florida State. Five years with the Bengals. 307 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:01.160 If you're a Bengals fan, you watched him. So that's 308 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:05.720 what I'm saying. This is an incredibly talented ballad. Not 309 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:07.200 sure who I'm going to vote for, but I will 310 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:10.279 vote for Randall Copp Back in the minute with Aaron 311 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:13.599 Gershean on six thirty wlap welcome back to the Big 312 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:15.720 Blue and sider joining us now as he does each week. 313 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:19.000 Aaron Gershan of the Cats pause, and before we talk 314 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:22.160 about the current Wildcats, Aaron, I got to ask you 315 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:26.200 about a former Wildcat. You covered Karl Anthony Towns when 316 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:27.960 he was here, or at least, let's see, were you 317 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.960 in Indiana by then? 318 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:32.920 Not yet? No, this was before I was actually still 319 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:35.640 up in New York. Okay, all right, that's right, Yeah, yeah, 320 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.599 two years ahead. 321 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:39.240 Of me, that's right. But as I mentioned in a 322 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:43.119 previous segment, growing up in the New York area, being 323 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:46.799 as sportsman as you are, you're used to hearing, seeing 324 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:51.319 reading the media coverage that we played earlier with the 325 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:56.799 SoundBite of a radio host destroying Carl Anthony Towns. I mean, 326 00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:58.839 is that just business as usual up there? 327 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:02.960 Business as usual up there? I mean, it gives me 328 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:05.119 some pleasure right now. But go listen to the Jan 329 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:08.160 Soto rants. With how he's performing so far with the Mets, 330 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:10.799 you'd act like he's in the fourteenth year of that 331 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:13.960 contract and it's all over and he's a bus So 332 00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:16.400 that's just how it is in New York. Everything's under 333 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:20.960 a very sick microscope and you got to perform and 334 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:24.480 look that clip. I actually I agree with the fact 335 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:28.039 he could be frustrating and the shot selection sometimes is 336 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:30.920 way off, and he's such a good player, and he 337 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:34.319 is inconsistent, and I think those are all good takes. 338 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:36.920 But to say he's what's holding them back, to tell 339 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.359 them back this year is crazy to me, based on 340 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:42.039 the fact they went further this year. And I know 341 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:44.519 the same team beat him. I get that, but and 342 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:46.640 you know everyone's going to make the argument, oh, if 343 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:49.640 Jason Tatum to get hurt, well in Game five, when 344 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:53.200 Jason Tatum unfortunately did arraus achilles, the Knicks had all 345 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:57.079 the momentum before that injury occurred. They were in the lead, 346 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:59.200 and they were probably still going to win the game, 347 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:01.599 and they would have been up three to one, and 348 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:06.200 then they still lost the game with Tatum backs without 349 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:09.160 with Tatum out, so you know, and then they were 350 00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:12.160 able to finish off that series and dominate Game six, 351 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:15.839 and you know, so to me, they actually took the 352 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:17.960 next step this year, even if you want to call 353 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:20.880 it a little lucky that you know, a superstar went down. 354 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:25.880 To me, the Knicks had bigger issues. It was their 355 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:29.559 offense really, And you know, I don't necessarily agree with 356 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:33.079 firing Tom said though, with given what he's done with 357 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:37.160 this franchise that has been just awful until he arrived 358 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:39.359 and they made the playoffs his first year, and they've 359 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:41.480 been the playoffs all but one year he was there. 360 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:45.240 But you know, their offensive times kind of similar to 361 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.839 what we saw toward the end of the cal era, 362 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:50.079 a little bit outdated, a little bit slow, and then 363 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:54.200 the short rotations, and you could demply tell fatigue got 364 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:57.119 the guys like Kat and Jalen Brompton and Josh Hart 365 00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:59.000 by the end of the year because they play such 366 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:01.759 a darn large low during the regular season. And that's 367 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:03.799 not to say they need to be I'm not a 368 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:06.640 load management fan, so it's not the fact like, yes, 369 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:09.319 he can play his eighty two games, but playing forty 370 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:13.400 minutes in seventy of eighty two games, yeah, I don't 371 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.960 know if that's the best strategy. You've got to have 372 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:17.240 a bench, and you've got to have depth. In Indiana 373 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.079 had it in the next. 374 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:21.039 Day, Yeah, And which to me points the finger at 375 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:24.680 the front office. Basically, you know, give him if you're 376 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:26.559 going to play short rotation, there's a reason if you 377 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:29.519 give him a reason to play deeper in the bench. Yeah, 378 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:32.119 I mean, he's not going to be Mark Pope playing everybody. 379 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:33.200 But you know exactly. 380 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:35.079 Yeah, So I just thought that was interesting. And as 381 00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:38.000 I said earlier, I always kind of have to smile 382 00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:41.359 when I hear people ripping on us, the media. I mean, 383 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:43.519 that's all part of it. We you know, we take criticism. 384 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:47.240 But you know, if you really want to know what 385 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:51.000 it's like to hear media trashing the team they cover. 386 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:53.920 Yeah, New York and Philadelphia for you. 387 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:56.880 Yeah, I would think Boston Philadelphia, I would think, yeah, 388 00:22:57.640 --> 00:23:01.039 which I call the abreast city in America. So anyway, yeah, 389 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.640 so I did want to touch on that with you. 390 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:06.160 But now, speaking of Mark Pope, in the all too 391 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:11.720 premature polls and surveys and rankings and all Kentucky's up there, 392 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:15.559 CBS Sports has him twelfth preseason right now, it's all 393 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:20.480 in good fun. But on your website, Isaac Trotter of 394 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:24.640 two four to seven Sports as Kentucky seventh, not twelve, 395 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:29.599 and gives Kentucky a huge shot at winning a national title. 396 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:33.839 But that's what people expect. So that's Is it a 397 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.599 big deal or no? 398 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:38.880 I mean, look, it is in a sense that last 399 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:41.000 year it was a little different. You know, you're coming 400 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:43.359 in with a ton of unknown with guys that had 401 00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:46.160