WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:08.880 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:14.679 Now here's Nick Coffee. Well, I'm not exactly Nick Coffee. 4 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:17.559 I'm Scott Fitzgerald, if a filling in for the vacationing 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:21.239 Nick Coffee. Nick taking well deserved two days off myself. 6 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.320 John Alden down in studio, keeping your company here for 7 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:27.039 the next couple of hours. I'll be back in tomorrow 8 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:29.800 and then Nick will be back with you Wednesday to 9 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:31.679 take you the rest of the way out, John, Do 10 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:33.439 we know where Nick went this time? He went to 11 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:34.960 Missouri last time, didn't. 12 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:37.039 He So he's down for his annual trip to I 13 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:38.920 believe it's Jacksonville. 14 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:39.359 I maybe. 15 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:43.479 Oh, I think I'm incorrect about that. He's in Florida somewhere. Okay, Also, 16 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:45.679 real quick, he'll be He's off all week the underdogs. 17 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:47.359 I've taken over Wednesday through Friday. 18 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:49.240 Oh, I got you? Okay, Boss, all right? Cool? 19 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:50.840 Yeah, I was gonna say he's only going for a 20 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:52.399 couple of days. That seems like could be a little 21 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:57.039 bit Okay, good listen. Speaking of we got some announcements. 22 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:00.920 We were talking about college football. Congratulations to Tyler Shook. 23 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:03.640 He's been named one of the candidates for the eighty 24 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:07.480 eighth Maxwell Award that is presented to the college player 25 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:10.799 of the year that's been done so since nineteen thirty seven. 26 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:16.200 People expecting big things out of Tyler Shook. Also is 27 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:22.239 it's Western Kentucky's quarterback TJ. Finley has been nominated to 28 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:23.879 that watch list as well. 29 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:26.719 Have you seen the College Football twenty five yet? 30 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:29.159 John, the video game you referred? Yeah, right, So I 31 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:31.719 don't have a PS five. I haven't played it myself, 32 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:33.920 but I do have a lot of people in my 33 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:36.480 circle that have been enjoying it, taking it in and 34 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:38.480 I am a little jealous, to be honest. I haven't 35 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:40.799 invested in a PS five or a new Xbox, but 36 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:44.319 it's something that I definitely missed. The nostalgia trip. I 37 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:46.599 talked about that earlier with some other things, but I 38 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:48.079 think it looks like a good time. 39 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:49.000 I know a lot of people are. 40 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:51.200 Doing the Road to Glory, creating their own player, doing 41 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:54.799 that type of stuff, taking dynasties, taking the smaller schools 42 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:56.319 and trying to make him big name powers. 43 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:58.040 So that's a fun thing to do in that college 44 00:01:58.079 --> 00:01:58.640 football game. 45 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:04.439 It is my son is all. He bought the pre release. 46 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:07.280 He couldn't sleep before it came out. I know it's 47 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:09.479 been a big deal. I'm not a big gamer guy 48 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:11.759 myself personally. We used to play when he was younger. 49 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:17.360 To me, the circle, circle, triangle, dot dot, that becomes 50 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:19.000 a little complicated after a while. 51 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:20.000 But he loves it. 52 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:21.800 And to your point, he's doing the Road to Glory 53 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:26.240 stuff and he absolutely loves it. Tyler Shook's used him 54 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:28.560 quite a bit on the game. The game does paint 55 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:31.719 ellenn in a nice picture, as it does Commonwealth in 56 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:33.439 any other stadium you want to go. They've done a 57 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:36.159 really good job with that, So good on them. I 58 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.719 know that is a big deal. And speaking of college football, 59 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:40.680 if you want to get out, whether you're a catfan 60 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:42.680 or Card fan, and you want to see your teams, 61 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:45.039 we're starting to get word now Kentucky fans are going 62 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:46.840 to get their first look at this year squad. You 63 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:50.120 can head to Lexington on Saturday. Open practice is going 64 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:52.599 to start at eleven. It'll run through until twelve forty five. 65 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.840 That'll be at the Joe Kraft Football Training Center. Admission 66 00:02:55.919 --> 00:03:00.159 is free. Unfortunately, in the event of inclement weather, that 67 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:04.039 event will be canceled. So Kentucky is asking fans go 68 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:07.039 ahead and log onto UK Athletics for any updates before 69 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.120 you hit the road, because, as we can tell why, 70 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:11.520 they're gonna be a bit dicey here this week. In fact, 71 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:13.280 they just got an alert on my phone telling me 72 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:17.080 that severe storms are possible tonight. They are updating that 73 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:19.199 timeline as well, and it's kind of washed, rins and 74 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:22.400 repeat all week. As you mentioned earlier, John, very humid 75 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:24.360 out there as you make your way out or make 76 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:28.840 your way home tonight. Now Cardinal fans coach bram is 77 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:33.240 opening things up starting well, I guess is it Wednesday, 78 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:37.120 July two days? Okay, So Wednesday to forty five they're 79 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:39.000 going to open up on the grass practice fields off 80 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:42.520 Floyd Street. Then August second you're gonna have a six 81 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:45.400 o'clock chance to see the cards play. And then it's 82 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:49.280 on August third, twelve forty five, and then the fifth, sixth, 83 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:52.560 and eighth of August are all nine forty five as 84 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:56.360 well as the ninth of August, all nine forty five practices. 85 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:58.919 They're open to fans. You can go in and check 86 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:01.199 them out. You have to behind the ropes and do 87 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:04.120 not video and do not take pictures. I wonder how 88 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:06.680 many times guys like Roco have to walk up and 89 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:09.960 down tell folks stop with the cameras, stop. 90 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:10.560 With the cameras. 91 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:13.759 But I certainly understand now in the event of implement 92 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:16.959 weather for the cards, they may move that inside, probably 93 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:19.079 I would imagine to the Tregger Center so you'll be 94 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:22.399 able to see them. But again, they open their season 95 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:25.600 August thirty. First, they're gonna host Austin pe The governors 96 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:26.399 are coming to town. 97 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:28.360 So it won't be too long to remember I was here. 98 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.040 I think it was like the first year I was 99 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:32.040 here at the first or second year when they opened 100 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:33.279 Papa John's. 101 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:36.720 At the time Papa John's, it was so hot. I 102 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:37.680 just remember people. 103 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:39.800 You see people sitting in the stands and like the 104 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:42.959 Grim Reaper was literally behind him and it was just 105 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:45.240 like so they were like, can we cut out this? 106 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:46.879 And that's when they you know, there was some talk 107 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.079 they moved the rock. I like the rivalry game in 108 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:52.800 the last game of the season, and maybe that's just 109 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:56.079 the Michigan Ohio state guy in me. I never was 110 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:58.680 a fan of rivalry games out of the get go. Never, 111 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:01.000 I just I didn't like. It just didn't feel right 112 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.079 because you got rivalry weekend in college football, and it's 113 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.959 always late in the year unless it's that maybe what 114 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:10.720 the third Saturday in October. I believe that's when Alabama 115 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:13.680 and Tennessee play. I mean, there's certain rivalries that don't 116 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:15.360 play at the end of the year, but most of 117 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:17.360 them are at the end of the year. And I 118 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:19.560 like the fact that Kentucky and Louisville play at the 119 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:25.319 end because it works twofold one. If you're both in contention, 120 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:27.800 there's a lot on the line when you play two. 121 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:30.879 If one of you is out of contention, you can 122 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:33.879 play no holds, bar and ruin their season and were 123 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:36.360 at the We were at the game last year, and 124 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:38.920 I mean, let's face it, Louisville fans were optimistic going 125 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:42.160 into that game and Kentucky fans wanted nothing to do 126 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:46.720 without optimism. And it was an exciting atmosphere. It was 127 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:50.199 a crisp, sunny fall afternoon. It wasn't one hundred and 128 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.879 twelve degrees. I remember my son and I making the 129 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:56.560 walk from we parked over by old Cardinals Stadium there, 130 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:57.959 which is not. 131 00:05:57.879 --> 00:05:58.560 A bad walk. 132 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:00.399 I actually prefer to do that because by the time 133 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:01.519 you get to your car, you just get in your 134 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:05.120 car and leave, as opposed to parking in the greenlight. 135 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:10.240 And I just remember being just a crisp afternoon sun 136 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:10.759 was out. 137 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:12.399 I mean that place was packed. 138 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:16.000 I mean people were crowded in there, and people were 139 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:20.519 standing and it just was exciting as opposed to games 140 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:22.560 where you go I've been to one Kentucky Louisville game 141 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:24.800 where it was the beginning of the season. It was 142 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:29.079 ungodly high. You can't enjoy yourself. You're just you're cooking 143 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:32.680 in the stands. Those those plastic seats are just hot 144 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:35.800 to the touch when you're sitting there. So I don't 145 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:38.000 know I prefer it, but you know, to each through 146 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:39.199 on some people like the heat. 147 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:41.519 Well, and here's the you mentioned being in contention and 148 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:44.439 now you have the twelve team playoff. If that was 149 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:47.240 in place last year, you could argue that Louisville would 150 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:49.920 have been solidifying a playoff spot by that's Kentucky in 151 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:51.920 that game. That Kentucky would have been the spoiler in 152 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:53.800 that considering they did beat them last year. 153 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:55.959 Yeah, you bring up a good point, John, because I 154 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:59.000 really am. I went kicking and screaming into the new 155 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:03.399 expanded Playoff. But for the reason you just mentioned, I'm 156 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:06.720 kind of like warming up to that. What was really 157 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:09.399 hard for me to get used to growing up a 158 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:10.040 Big Ten fan. 159 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:10.879 You're a note you guy. 160 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:12.240 You know the Big Ten is the Big Ten and 161 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:16.759 old you being an original Big ten member. Seeing that 162 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:21.560 new book Big Ten, that was hard to really wrap 163 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:25.759 my head around. But I get it. That's the thing. 164 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:28.759 I get it now. I get Texas and Oklahoma in 165 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:32.519 the SEC. That makes total sense. And I got a 166 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:35.279 kind of reverse course because on the air with Tony Cruz, 167 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:37.680 I just was I'm like. 168 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:39.240 I'm not watching college football. 169 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:41.759 It's not the college football I knew, and this, this 170 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:44.040 and this, and as the more I'm starting to think 171 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:46.399 about it, and the more my son's been home for 172 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:49.319 the summer, more I talk to him about it, he's 173 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:51.839 kind of selling me on it. The thing, I wish 174 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:55.480 the ACC would get together and get something figured out here, 175 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:58.040 because quite honestly, I'm tired of hearing football. I'm tired 176 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:00.959 of hearing about Florida State and Clemson. I just I've 177 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:03.519 never been a Clemson fan. I've never been a Dabos 178 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:08.360 Swinny fan. I just I hope the ACC can find 179 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:12.279 a happy medium here because I think Louisville fans with 180 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:17.319 coach Brom have something special cooking. And I really think 181 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:22.319 Cardinal fans deserve better. I mean, I remember, I remember 182 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:25.920 when Paul Rodgers was with us in the atmosphere around 183 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:29.920 the studio when they played that game with West Virginia. 184 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:32.759 West Virginia came to town. And then that was also right 185 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:35.000 around the time they played Rutgers. They were one and two. 186 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:37.000 I mean that was when they were in the Big 187 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:41.159 East and this place was hoppin'. I mean, Paul was 188 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:45.279 dialed in, Everybody around the studio was dialed in. I mean, 189 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:49.679 this was big time college football, and Cardinal fans deserve that. 190 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:53.039 I mean, look, Ellen N's a beautiful stadium. It's a 191 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:56.080 beautiful venue. They've done a lot with the student center 192 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.279 on the end, and and you know, Louisville's an attractive 193 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:03.159 get for a lot of recruits, and having the Brom 194 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:06.919 family here and having Jeff Brawm at the Helm, that's 195 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:11.240 that's just the cherry on top. So Louisville deserves better 196 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.399 from the ACC. And I know that the AC. I 197 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:16.159 watched a lot of the AEC. I listened to a 198 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:18.559 lot of the speech. Speech is coming out of the 199 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:22.240 a SEC kickoff event. They they've about had it with 200 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:25.200 Florida State and Clemson, and this is the part. I 201 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:26.759 don't know if Nick touched on this, So forgive me 202 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:30.320 if I'm repeating anything Nick talked about. But Florida State 203 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:34.200 and Clemson, you signed a contract. You signed the same 204 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:37.080 deal everybody. That was not a problem when you sign that, 205 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:40.120 and now you want out of it because you don't 206 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:41.559 feel you're getting enough. 207 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:43.960 You sign the contract. 208 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:47.559 So I hope that the ACC can find a way 209 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:50.240 to make this thing work. Or if you're Louisville Star, 210 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:51.879 I mean you start looking going, okay, we got to 211 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:54.240 turn this thing around because we we got to get 212 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:56.200 out of this clown car and maybe move on to 213 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:58.399 something better, because Louisville right now is capable of doing that. 214 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.600 The portal has been very kind Louisville. We'll put it 215 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:02.000 that way. 216 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:04.440 Guys like I mean, you know, you take like Ashton 217 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:08.200 g Alotti, amazing, amazing player. I mean there's there's some 218 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:10.919 players this Tyler show. We'll see what he's got going on. 219 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:14.399 It's not like he's just a spring Chicken. He played 220 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:16.799 some ball out in Oregon. I mean, he's got he's 221 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:18.080 got some talent to him. 222 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:19.960 So we'll see what Louisville can do. 223 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:23.200 But as far as you know college football on the horizon, 224 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:25.240 Cardinal fans should be excited. 225 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:27.120 I know they are. We'll see what they can do 226 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:27.720 in year two. 227 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:29.399 I want to ask you this, Scott, and if you 228 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:31.600 don't have an answer to that's totally okay, because Nicks 229 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:33.320 talked about this a little bit and I'm curious if 230 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:35.759 you have any thoughts on it. If the ACC were 231 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:39.159 to implode, whatever that may look like. Yeah, just say 232 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:41.200 Clemson in Florida State, find a way to get out 233 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.039 of this grain of rights and that type of stuff. 234 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:46.399 Where do you think Louisville would best be suited joining 235 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:49.759 the Big Twelve, the Big Ten, or the SEC? Which 236 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:52.240 conference do you think would reach out to them first. 237 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:55.480 It's a great question. May again on the spot that 238 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:57.799 may be too much, but I'm curious about thoughts on 239 00:10:57.799 --> 00:10:58.879 It's a it's a great question. 240 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.159 I think ultimately probably the Big Twelve because I think 241 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:02.440 the Big Ten is about tapped out. 242 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:04.159 That's what Nick's thinking, the same thing. 243 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:06.440 Yoah, I think I think the Big ten's tapped out, 244 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:11.600 And to be honest with you, the Big Ten, I 245 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:15.360 mean that alumni base is unreal. Not to say Louisville 246 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:17.759 didn't have an alumni base. I'm not saying that, but 247 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:21.320 I remember the year Illinois went to the Rose Bowl. 248 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:23.440 And there's a tradition I had with a buddy of 249 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:25.320 mine used to live here. We'd go out every no 250 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:27.360 matter who plaid in the Rose Bowl. He and I 251 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:30.360 would get up New Year's Day, New Year's afternoon, and 252 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:32.399 we'd meet it one of the local establishments to watch 253 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:36.639 the Big Bowl games. On New Year's Day, man Illinois 254 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:40.559 comes walking in with just a ton of fans. I'm like, 255 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:44.200 how many Illinois fans live here in Louisville and they 256 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:47.320 came into roves. They have some pretty big fan bases. 257 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:49.840 Now you send Louisville down, like if you've been on 258 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:51.559 the road for Louisville for a Bowl game, they travel 259 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:54.200 real well. I don't want to I don't hear me 260 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:56.919 say that Louisville doesn't have a fan base. I'm just 261 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:58.720 saying the Big Ten is kind of cut from a 262 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:04.440 different bold right now, where's the Big twelve really suits Louisville? 263 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:06.480 I think Louisville could excel in the Big Twelve the 264 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:10.759 way Cincinnati couldn't. Of course, that may not be saying 265 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:14.279 much because Cincinnati paid Louisville to take Scott Savage Field 266 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:16.360 off their hands, and so. 267 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:20.080 I don't know. Cincinnati's got a lot of issues up there. 268 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:22.200 But I think the Big Twelve and I think winning 269 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:25.320 cures everything, and the way the system is set up, 270 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:28.679 as you just mentioned, you can go on and win 271 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:29.720 a national championship. 272 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:31.600 It doesn't really matter what conference you come from. 273 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:35.840 And you know, I just don't want to see Louisville 274 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:38.279 become like a note like Notre Dame is just come on, 275 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:38.879 Notre Dame. 276 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.240 Figure it out. 277 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:42.279 By the way, I do think the Big Ten would 278 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:45.080 expand again if Notre Dames, if they came calling and 279 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.240 needed the place to be a player. Yeah, I get you, 280 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:50.240 and I don't understand that. 281 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:55.679 I don't understand because look, I gotta be careful because 282 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:59.159 I'm not a Notre Dame hater, but I'm just I 283 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:01.399 grew up with I was glad when that rivalry with 284 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:04.080 Michigan came to an end because I just didn't do 285 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:07.480 anything for me. You know, Notre Dame played as a 286 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:10.039 college hockey guy, Notre Dame played in Hockey East, which 287 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:13.120 was at the time was kind of like the SEC 288 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.159 for college hockey. Okay, that was where the good, good 289 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:18.720 teams and good players were bubc you name it, yeaha 290 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:21.840 YadA yah. Well, Notre Dame went to the hockey They 291 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:24.000 went to Hockey East thinking Okay, we're going to play 292 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:27.279 over here, until they start getting the tailkicked and they say, nah, 293 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:30.000 we want to go to the Big Ten. Okay, so 294 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:31.159 now you want to go to the Big ten. Now 295 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:33.440 you want to play in the Big ten. Not doing 296 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:35.000 real well in the Big Ten, but you got nowhere 297 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:36.279 else to go. It kind of reminds me that scene 298 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:40.200 in Hunt for Red October. We're sitting there and he goes, 299 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:41.840 wait a minute, you want us to find you another 300 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.480 missing submarine. I mean, it's like you'll get Notre Dame's 301 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:46.799 kind of shopping around. Then you want to play in 302 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:48.279 the AEC. But you don't want to play in the 303 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.120 a SEC for football, but you want to play there 304 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:56.360 for basketball. I mean, business wise, totally understand, totally understand, 305 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:01.639 diversify yourself, diversify your investment, but that doesn't mean I 306 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:03.159 gotta like it so. 307 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:05.919 But that said, the entire. 308 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:09.639 College sports landscape has changed and turned on its head 309 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:15.440 as we know it. And as I was telling Tony, 310 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:17.000 my old man would tell me about the day as 311 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:19.759 the Big Eight. You don't know college football till you 312 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:22.159 know at the Big eight Arkansas and Texas. 313 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:24.679 Okay, Dad, yeah, I understand. 314 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:29.000 I vowed I would never do that with my son, 315 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:32.240 and I have it. So what he sees when he 316 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:36.039 sees college football twenty five, he sees the new look 317 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:38.320 Big Ten, he sees the twelve team playoff. That's all 318 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.000 these folks are gonna know. That's all this next generation 319 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.879 is gonna know. And right now, that's what they care about. 320 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:46.360 They care about what this younger generation knows because other 321 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:49.600 ones are gonna be spending money coming up. And so 322 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:53.080 whatever college sports is doing right now makes total sense. 323 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:57.279 And I l however, has turned the world upside In fact, 324 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:59.639 when we hear from coach Chancellor Dugan, she talked a 325 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:03.960 lot about an IL and what's what that's done for 326 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.919 her at Bellamant and what that's doing to college athletics. 327 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:11.679 Now along those lines, I was listening to. 328 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:12.879 I don't know, if you get a chance to listen 329 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:15.919 to Geno RIM's conversation he had a while back on 330 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:18.840 Dann Patrick, and he said, that's a big reason why 331 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.639 I that's something he helps does not change in women's 332 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:26.840 college basketball, because the women stay generally with the teams 333 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:29.679 in women's college basketball, unless like a Hailey van Lit 334 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:31.960 who just jumps around all over the place. 335 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:35.799 He said, there's there's truth to what happens there. 336 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:38.279 When players stay and fans can get attached, and they 337 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:40.679 stay and they develop with a program, it does wonders 338 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:43.159 for the program. But unfortunately, I think he even acknowledged 339 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:44.720 to some degree, that's just not going to happen. 340 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:47.320 I think if you're eventually going to see it taper 341 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:51.320 off with the men's sports too. That's kind of want 342 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:53.440 to call it a salary cap, but there's going to 343 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:55.600 come a point where the schools don't want to spend 344 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:59.120 as much money as they're asking for. And maybe it 345 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:01.840 won't change with the biggest of the biggest names, but again, 346 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:04.360 the biggest of the biggest names that they had that 347 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:06.480 NBA town of the NFL town, they're gonna jump to 348 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:10.120 the league anyway, So hopefully there comes a point of 349 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:13.320 no return or diminishing returns if you will when it 350 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:16.120 comes to this INIL stuff and having some more continuity 351 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:16.840 with these teams. 352 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.879 Well, you're right. 353 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:19.960 And when I was trying to figure out there was 354 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:25.320 a softball player that signed a million dollar deal basically 355 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:28.639 ANIL deal, I mean a softball and that's not tall 356 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:30.559 you look if you listen to the show in the morning. 357 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:33.360 I love college softball. These one greatest games out there. 358 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:37.639 Moves fast, I love the action. The athletes are awesome. 359 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:40.720 I couldn't hit anything off them. You're throwing me a 360 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:42.759 sixty five mile an hour pitch. I'm not hitting that, 361 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:47.320 bad boy, I guarantee you. But now they're talking about 362 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:52.960 you're talking about a million dollar deal in college softball. 363 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.200 That's just insane. 364 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:58.600 Now, if NIL can get it to the point where 365 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:02.039 and I've heard every coach say this, let's get some 366 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:07.079 uniform standards, let's get this across the board, and let's 367 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:11.519 reel it in, the problem is, can you put. 368 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:15.119 That toothpaste back in the two? I guess you could. 369 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:17.720 If you're the NCUABLEA, you can say, okay, okay, enough 370 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:20.759 of this, we're done. But then against the NCUBA, so 371 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:25.720 but then these athletes are driving the TV revenues, and 372 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:28.240 the TV revenues are off the chart right now, Dude, 373 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:31.680 they are off the chart. It is crazy to think 374 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:36.519 what the TV revenues are doing, so I mean, you 375 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:39.680 take those and college athletics in general. 376 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.000 I don't know where we're going with this. 377 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:43.519 I don't know what's happening, but all I know is 378 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:46.759 it's a new generation and we just we as a 379 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:49.119 fan base. And I don't want to use the word 380 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:51.119 tolerate because I think that's too strong of a word. 381 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:54.359 We as a fan base embrace it. And I think 382 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:57.759 as long as a fan base embraces it because we 383 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:03.279 have no choice, then it's going to continue to stay 384 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.640 this way. 385 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.960 And the question is does. 386 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:07.519 The train keep roiling down the tracks, so to speak, 387 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:12.519 uncontrollably until it actually implodes. And nobody wants to see 388 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:16.039 that happen. I don't think it'll happen, but nobody wants 389 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:17.640 to see it happen. It's just a different game. 390 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:19.119 And I told my. 391 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:21.240 Son, I said, the sad part, dude, is that you 392 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:24.599 don't have he knows a little bit about it, but 393 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:27.039 you won't be able to feel like, wait, why TBT 394 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:29.799 is so special? It's special because a guy like Peyton 395 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:33.359 Siva played his entire time at Louisville. Peyton Siva didn't 396 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:37.799 jump around different programs. And David Johnson, a Trinity product, 397 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:41.519 he stayed here, he stayed home. You know, with nil, 398 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:44.359 you don't say I'm not saying that athletes don't do 399 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.680 that in general. There are athletes that go to a 400 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:49.440 school and play there for their entire four years. But 401 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:52.319