WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:02.960 Welcome to the Big Blue Insider. Dick Gabriel with you 2 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.919 on a Thursday edition of our show, One day closer 3 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:09.320 to Kentucky Football, one day closer to the basketball as 4 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:12.439 well Blue White. As tomorrow night, we will be in Gainesville, 5 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:15.199 though we mean in the UK Network crew, so Tom 6 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:18.359 Leach will be calling football this weekend. Darren Headrick will 7 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:21.039 sit in on radio side with Jack Gibbings as the 8 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:24.120 Wildcats play the Blue White game tomorrow night. You'll hear 9 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.960 it right here on six point thirty WLAP. When you 10 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:30.679 talk about the Florida Gators, though you talk about a 11 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:33.840 Kentucky blest, sound like Joe Knuxhall, don't know you talk about, 12 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:36.600 but you're talking about a Kentucky team that of late 13 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.640 four to the last six has beaten the Gators and 14 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:45.039 now Florida without Graham Mertz, a six year quarterback, he's 15 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:47.840 done for the year, he's done with college football injured. 16 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:52.600 So now TJ. Lagway is the quarterback and the Wildcats 17 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.159 will dial up I'm sure a lot of interesting looks 18 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:57.799 on defense for him. We will come back and talk 19 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:00.920 about that in just a minute, but we need to 20 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:03.399 point out a couple of things first, of All Volleyball 21 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:06.359 with a big win last night down in Tennessee. Wildcats 22 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:08.439 four and two in the league. Doesn't look like they're 23 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:11.560 gonna win the conference this year. They won seven straight 24 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.480 because they just lost to Texas. That would have been 25 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:17.560 big to knock off the Longhorns at home, But now 26 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:21.599 you're playing for postseason. So Kentucky with another win against 27 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:24.159 a brutally tough schedule. Four and two in the league, 28 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.799 ten and seven overall. Asian thig Pen with fifteen kills, 29 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:31.920 a freshman with her first start last night, So Wildcats 30 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:34.000 pick up a big win on the road. They play 31 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.200 against Sunday down at Alabama, three o'clock. It's going to 32 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:42.079 be on sec plus Lexingon's Walker Buehller showed out last night, 33 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:46.000 didn't he? Game three at the NLCS Dodgers ended up 34 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:50.599 winning that one eight nothing. Bueller got the start, went 35 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:54.400 four innings, had eighteen swings and misses. If you watched 36 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:57.760 it all, a lot of movement on his pitches. He 37 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:00.840 looked like his old self, and he turned it over 38 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:04.159 to his teammates the bullpen, Shoel Tani who had a 39 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:07.640 home run. And this is something the Dodgers needed. To 40 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:11.039 see from Walker. He has missed the better part of 41 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:16.599 three seasons. Enry Clay product Vanderbilt, a first round draft pick, 42 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:20.560 but he has been struggling since those two different surgeries, 43 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:26.039 and he has really not looked like himself for the 44 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:30.520 most part until last night, and he looked really good. 45 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:34.680 So now you're a step closer to the World Series 46 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:39.080 if you're the Dodgers and a Dodger fan. Something really 47 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:41.400 interesting I found on Twitter this morning. You may have 48 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:45.479 seen it, but Michael Leaves responded to this. Michael, of 49 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:49.639 course a Kentucky native. He's from Western Kentucky, worked for 50 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:52.479 US at KYT, worked up with me in the sports 51 00:02:52.520 --> 00:03:00.240 department now at ESPN. But he retweeted a message a 52 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:04.400 graphic from a guy who goes by Matthew leb on 53 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:08.000 extra Twitter. This guy put up a map of New 54 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:15.240 England and circled Connecticut and Rhode Island and he wrote this. 55 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.000 He said, I honestly believe college basketball means more in 56 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:21.879 this red line than any other part of the country. 57 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:25.400 I mean, you sold out a scrimmage and thousands more 58 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:29.800 watched on TV without Providence even being involved. You could 59 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:33.599 make the argument that the two most passionate fan bases 60 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:38.520 in college basketball. He's a little biased. I know are 61 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:44.000 in this area well, Michael, of course, now a national voice, 62 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:48.000 tweets back and maybe your belief in all caps, but 63 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:51.800 it is nowhere near factual. No state or area exceeds 64 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:57.199 the passion for college basketball like Kentucky. This coming from 65 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:01.439 someone who grew up in Kentucky and currently resides in 66 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:07.800 New England. Michael lives in Connecticut working for ESPN, and 67 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:10.439 Michael knows where if he speaks. Michael lived in the 68 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:13.639 Lodge for at least one year when he was a 69 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:18.879 college student and worked camps for Rick Patino when he 70 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:22.360 was in school, and it was tight with a lot 71 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:25.600 of the players, and of course knows Kentucky basketball inside 72 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:27.800 and out. And I can understand why this guy would 73 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:31.399 get all excited about basketball in that area, especially with 74 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:35.120 yukon going back to back. But when you're talking about 75 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:40.959 the length and breadth of college basketball fan bases, and 76 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:45.079 go back and look at the ratings, the TV ratings 77 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:49.839 for UK and UOL basketball. The number one station in 78 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:56.240 America for college basketball ratings is WLKY and Louisville, the 79 00:04:56.319 --> 00:05:01.680 CBS affiliate. Why well, because they get those CBS big matchups. 80 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:03.720 You know, when UK or U of L are on, 81 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:08.160 not lately u of L, but through the years, and 82 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:12.079 when those teams play, the numbers are off the charts. 83 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:16.120 They get like seventy fives and eighties, just in general 84 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:21.000 the fan bases. Michael nailed it. Yeah, Like I said, 85 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:25.319 understand why you're excited right now, But to make a 86 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:28.360 statement like that, you're not paying attention. That's that's what 87 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:31.279 I always come back to. All right, back to football. 88 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:35.920 Quick note from the interweb. Talk to Justin Rowland about 89 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:40.560 this on Tom Leach's show this morning. Montavin Quizonberry, five 90 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:44.639 to nine receiver kick returner, has flipped from West Virginia. 91 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:48.160 He's going to go to Kentucky. Boyle County High School 92 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:53.560 and Neil Brown, the head coach at West Virginia, was 93 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:59.199 a diminutive wide receiver at Boyle County and at Kentucky 94 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.720 and he had Quistonberry. But he has changed his mind 95 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:07.959 and he has posted that he will be a Kentucky Wildcat. 96 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:12.800 So that's a big get for Mark Soops and his staff. 97 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:16.839 As Quistonberry's coming home, the Boyle County product says he'll 98 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:20.480 be a Wildcat Justin told me that as a high schooler, 99 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:28.000 Quistonberry has fifteen return touchdowns fifteen touchdowns on returns only, 100 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.240 and wants to be a return guy at Kentucky. And 101 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:35.120 that is valuable because you have to want to return kicks. 102 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:35.639 All right. 103 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:38.360 The Wildcats heading down to Gainesville, as we said, facing 104 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:42.759 a freshman quarterback. Anwar Stewart d line coach asked last 105 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:47.959 night about going into a game against the freshman quarterback 106 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:50.600 with an old line that's had its ups and downs. 107 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:52.920 Yeah, you know they've gotten bet up for you know, 108 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:57.759 old lion wise, they've gotten better, you know that way. 109 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.639 You know, he's really athletic, I can move. 110 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:02.839 You know, We're just gonna have to make it tough, 111 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:05.240 you know, up front, you know, be violent, play physical, 112 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:07.720 get out to the quarterback, get him off his point, 113 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:09.240 and make him uncomfortable. 114 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:10.759 That's the name of the game. 115 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:12.240 And what we want to do is we want to 116 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:14.439 finish and finish at his feet and see if we 117 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:17.240 can't get him to get that ball up in the 118 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:20.079 air where our defense d backs can get a few 119 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:21.279 pints a few tournaments. 120 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:25.160 That's anwar Stewart and the unit he is put together 121 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:30.759 for the Wildcats. That defensive front is the top area 122 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:35.439 of this football team. People have recognized that nationwide. That 123 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:38.800 will be the key to the game that will dictate 124 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:41.519 Kentucky's fortunes on Saturday night. 125 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:43.720 We'll have it for you right here. I want to 126 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:45.399 come with a Big Blue Insider Tony. 127 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:48.399 Franklin at the bottom of the hour. Former Kentucky assistant 128 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:51.199 on six thirty WLAP Welcome back to the Big Blue 129 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:52.920 Sider Dick Cabri with you coming up. 130 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:53.399 In a few minutes. 131 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:57.639 Tony Franklin, the former UK football assistant now a consultant. 132 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:02.079 Basically he coaches coaches other players around the country with 133 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:05.040 the Tony Franklin system. So we'll learn more about that. 134 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:08.720 Get his thoughts on Jared Goff, his prized pupil at 135 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:12.079 cal Berkeley and the football Wildcats as well. He is 136 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:16.680 a Kentuckian from Princeton, Kentucky, and was best known at 137 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:18.800 first as the head coach at Callaway County, where he 138 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:21.319 coached the great Pookie Jones. So we'll hear from Tony 139 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:22.319 coming up at. 140 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:23.319 The bottom of the hour. 141 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:28.120 Big story in college football. I think it's big. It's interesting. Nonetheless, 142 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:31.879 you know that loophole that Oregon used to beat Ohio State, 143 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:34.519 or helped him beat Ohio State when he ran a 144 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:38.440 twelfth guy on the field and yes, got penalized, but 145 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:43.039 it helped them burn clock and it forced Ohio State 146 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:44.919 in part to run out of time. 147 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:47.600 Quarterback made a bad decision at the end, of course. 148 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:53.120 But Oregon used a rule, broke a rule, and benefited 149 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:53.519 by it. 150 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:55.879 First thing I thought is, well, they're going to shut 151 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:56.480 that down. 152 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:01.480 What surprises me is how quickly rules people got together, 153 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:04.360 and this is a committee put together. I don't know 154 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:06.480 if there are any officials on that committee. I know 155 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:10.320 somebody once told me that on the basketball rules committee. 156 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:13.399 No former officials or current officials. They run it by them. 157 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:17.120 But anyhow, whoever the people are who get together, the 158 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:21.639 ads and maybe retired coaches whoever, and decide this as 159 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:24.559 part of an NCA committee. They quickly got together and 160 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.799 released a new rules interpretation and had to handle a 161 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:32.120 penalty for twelve players on the field. This comes in 162 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:34.320 the final two minutes of either half. You kind of 163 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:38.720 saw this coming. If the defense has twelve players actively 164 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:43.960 participate in the down, the offense can choose, along with 165 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:47.600 the five yard penalty, to have the game clock reset 166 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:51.480 to the time that had been displayed at the snap. 167 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.440 So it's up to the offense to choose that because, 168 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:55.679 of course, at times you. 169 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.639 May not want that time, You may want to burn 170 00:09:57.720 --> 00:09:59.120 that time away. 171 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:03.120 But and by the way, if it's a twelve man 172 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:05.399 situation where a guy's trying to get off the field 173 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:08.960 and he doesn't make it, that's not the same thing. 174 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:12.879 No time change would be made if that were the case. 175 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:17.440 But they moved quickly to shut this down after Dan 176 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:22.559 Lanning admitted Monday, yeah, his team intentionally used twelve men 177 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:26.039 on defense, and he talked about the fact that they 178 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:29.519 had kind of prepared for such a situation. You know, 179 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:32.679 I assume he and his coaches, his staff sat around saying, hey, 180 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:38.360 what if we did this and investigated and realized there's 181 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:42.000 no downside, it's all upside. And how often is that 182 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:46.000 situation gonna come up? Not very maybe once a year, 183 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:49.279 maybe once every two or three years. But it worked 184 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.840 for the Ducks, and they've had a lot of big 185 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:54.639 wins in their program history. This is one of the 186 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:57.879 bigger wins as they upset the number two team in 187 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:00.559 the country, Oregon number three. I don't know why predicted 188 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:04.799 in Ohio State blowout, which I did. But at any rate, 189 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:08.399 these two teams may play well again in the playoffs, 190 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.320 they may play for a national championship. And if that's 191 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:14.279 the case, man, the buck Guy's got something for him. 192 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:17.919 But right now it's Oregon with the upper hand because 193 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:22.080 of that rule. But now nobody else can take advantage 194 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:25.240 of it the way the Ducks did in the NFL. 195 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:28.120 You know by now probably Tom Brady is an owner. 196 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:31.600 He has been approved as a minority owner of the 197 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:35.759 Las Vegas Raiders. He bought I think five percent of 198 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:39.399 the team and apparently will be active as an owner, 199 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:45.960 but now that has put certain conditions on him as 200 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:50.919 a broadcaster. Brady has said in a letter release on 201 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:53.799 social media this week he's eager to contribute to the 202 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:57.000 organization in a way in any way he can, but 203 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:03.080 he cannot sit in now with producer, director, playbook play 204 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:09.080 guy in pregame meetings with players and coaches in the game. 205 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:12.960 He's going to broadcast, and that's big. I mean, I've 206 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:13.679 had a chance. 207 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:15.399 To do that a little bit through my career, such 208 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:19.360 as it is, and when you can sit in with 209 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:22.200 coaches and I haven't done NFL games. But if you 210 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:25.759 know they talked to quarterbacks and they talk to linebackers 211 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:29.000 and team captains and things like that, and that adds 212 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.879 a heck of a lot to the broadcast. You can 213 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:33.799 you know hear that well and talking to so and 214 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:39.039 so helps him predict plays things like that. Don Cricky 215 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:40.480 was a long time NFL guy. 216 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:41.240 He said, those. 217 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:44.120 Meetings are the most useful thing we do all week 218 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:48.080 and preparation for the game, so we have access to 219 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:52.720 information that the audience doesn't have. Well, now they can't 220 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:58.480 allow Brady to sit in on those meetings because he's 221 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:02.200 an owner. Might not be the other team across the side, 222 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:07.320 across the field on the other sideline. But who's to think, well, 223 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:10.639 maybe he shares that information with somebody in the Raiders 224 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:14.639 front office for a later game or a game involving 225 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:17.840 the standings or things like that. That's got to be 226 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:22.360 tough for the lead color commentator for Fox Sports, who, 227 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:25.440 by the way, will be part of the broadcast crew 228 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:30.639 for the Super Bowl. This is a very weird and 229 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:34.480 difficult situation. And he had already signed his deal with 230 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:37.799 Fox and people knew he was looking to buy interest 231 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:41.159 in a team while he was signing a contract for 232 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:46.200 three hundred and seventy five million dollars with Fox Sports. 233 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:50.159 In the NBA, Lonzo Ball is back. And say what 234 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:52.399 you will about the Ball family, we all kind of 235 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:55.879 get tired of them because of their dad, but look, 236 00:13:55.919 --> 00:14:00.360 these guys can play. The ball kids and Lonzo's been injured. 237 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:07.039 Lonzo hasn't played for thirty three months. And he checked 238 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:09.519 in for the Bulls last night into a preseason game 239 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:14.480 against Minnesota about midway through the first quarter and got 240 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:17.519 a huge ovation in the United Center, the house that 241 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:21.919 Michael built. He had not played in one thousand and 242 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:27.440 six days. He had suffered a minor meniscus injury in 243 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:32.879 his left knee, but needed three operations. I don't know why, 244 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:39.039 but they kept him sidelined for two seasons plus. But 245 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:43.399 evidently he looked good last night. He hit a three pointer, 246 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:47.799 his first one since January fourteenth of twenty twenty two. 247 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:53.159 Kaitlin Clark making headlines again, named to the All WNBA 248 00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:57.159 team as a rookie and got fifty two of a 249 00:14:57.279 --> 00:15:01.679 possible sixty seven votes. She of course, was the Rookie 250 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:05.399 of the Year in a WNBA finished fourth in MVP 251 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:09.320 voting in her first pro season set all kinds of records, 252 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:12.840 and now it's the first time since twenty eight that 253 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:15.879 a rookie was selected to the first team. Now that year, 254 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:20.120 Candice Parker, who might be the greatest women's player ever 255 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:24.360 number one pick in the draft Tennessee Volunteer, was the 256 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:27.399 as a rookie now eight MVP Rookie of the Year 257 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:31.879 First Team All Conference. Since two thousand and only five 258 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:37.919 rookies have earned first team honors Parker and Clark, Diana 259 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:43.559 Tarassi in four, Sue Bird in two, Tamika Catchings in two. 260 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:49.960 So the awards just keep rolling in for Caitlin Clark. 261 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:55.759 Ryder Cup. If you're a golf fan, you may have 262 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:58.559 been to the Ryder Cup. You may enjoy following this event. 263 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:01.480 Well know this if you watch. 264 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:01.960 It on TV. 265 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:09.519 The paying patrons you'll see paid a fortune for tickets. 266 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:13.320 Practice day tickets now two hundred and fifty five bucks. 267 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:15.440 Last time they had. 268 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:18.840 A Ryder Cup, that was what you paid for a 269 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:22.679 regular round ticket two hundred and sixty one I think, 270 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:26.480 which came with some food. That's for the first two days. 271 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:30.559 Now third day practice ticket four hundred and twenty three 272 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:34.639 dollars and sixty four cents. Now, what that does is 273 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:37.919 also gives you access to the Junior Ryder Cup opening 274 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:43.159 ceremonies and some kind of celebrity match deal. So if 275 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:47.879 you go to the three actual match days, nearly seven 276 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:54.399 hundred and fifty dollars phenomenal. How do they justify that, Well, 277 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:59.519 they don't have to, They're the Ryder Cup. Serena Williams 278 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:03.480 underwent surgery recently had a cyst removed from her neck, 279 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:08.119 a bronchial cyst that she said was the size of 280 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:12.720 a grapefruit. Found the lumpback in May. Decided against surgery. 281 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:16.480 Several tests confirmed it was benign, but it kept growing 282 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:21.359 and doctor said, this thing could get infected. These things 283 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:24.640 are like little sacks of fluid that you are found 284 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:30.680 in the neck or under the arms. They can be tiny, 285 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:34.559 they can be huge. And she decided, Man, I'm gonna 286 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:36.519 get rid of this thing. That's kind of scary when 287 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:38.799 you think about it. As we go to the break, 288 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:43.119 an rip and a tip of the BBI cap. Klani 289 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:48.720 Demrie a long time Kentucky football superfan and a guy 290 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:53.359 who covered football for various publications. He has been a 291 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:56.519 fixture on the UK beat. He was more into football 292 00:17:56.559 --> 00:18:01.480 than basketball, loved football, actually played football throughout his life, 293 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.839 played football in the service when he was in the Army, 294 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:05.480 and so he knew. 295 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:06.759 The game, no question about that. 296 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:09.640 And I sat next to Lonnie in the press box 297 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:13.160 at the basketball games. Lonnie had suffered from cancer. He 298 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:17.319 also took a serious fall in a parking garage a 299 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:21.119 couple of seasons back, and I knew he was sick 300 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:24.240 as well during the basketball season. And I come back 301 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:27.640 from an open heart surgery, and so we sat next 302 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:29.400 to each other a couple of old war horses on 303 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:33.000 the mend, and he and I like to talk, and 304 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:36.920 Lonnie really liked to talk. I could barely hear him 305 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:40.200 though he had weakened, and I just felt bad. I 306 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:42.119 leaned in and wanted to hear what he had to say. 307 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:45.680 But he battled, he struggled, but he lost that battle 308 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:48.920 last night, and we say rest in peace, Lonnie Demery. 309 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:53.119 Up next, Tony Franklin, former UK assistant. We'll talk about 310 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:56.079 high school in college football and how he helps people 311 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:58.680 get better here on the Big Moon Sider six thirty 312 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:02.119 WLAP Welcome back to the Big Winsider, joining us now 313 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:03.920 as a guy I've known for a long time when 314 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:07.000 he was an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky 315 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:10.240 and went on to coach in several other spots, including 316 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:13.039 cal Burkelee, where he had one Jared Goff. 317 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:15.160 As a student who's now doing some great things in 318 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:15.720 the NFL. 319 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:18.759 Coach Tony Franklin is back with us. He is, of course, 320 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:22.880 the owner and creator of coach tf dot com, and 321 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:24.799 we'll get him to explain that in just a minute, 322 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:26.039 the Tony Franklin system. 323 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:27.079 But at coach, how are you. 324 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:30.839 I'm doing awesome, Dick. Was good to hear your voice 325 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:34.680 and good to think about all the great memories of 326 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:36.319 the great city of Lexington. 327 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:40.200 We were talking a little bit on the show the 328 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:43.440 other night about some of the things that you tweet out. 329 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:46.079 You basically you kind of coach coaches a little bit. 330 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:51.039 And you posted the other day on Twitter about this 331 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:53.920 kind of being halftime of the football season with some 332 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:58.079 really sound advice. And I got to think the coaches 333 00:19:58.119 --> 00:20:00.519 all over the country, no matter what level, high school, 334 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.599 college bro can do some of these simple things you 335 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:08.920 talked about, like you know, attention to the tail fundamentals coaching. 336 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.880 What really matters. 337 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:13.119 Now You're just kind of sharing the knowledge you've accrued 338 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:14.200 through the years, aren't you. 339 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.039 Yeah, I do. 340 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:20.559 It's funny the I think that when I first, you know, 341 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:25.160 was out of coaching and was using social media, I 342 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:29.759 think that maybe sometimes my goals were a little different. Uh, 343 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:33.960 And today when I go on, I very simply just 344 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:36.920 want to help somebody that might need help. And so 345 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:41.880 it's been it's been very rewarding, especially this season, and 346 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:44.000 I think it's because I've had a little bit of 347 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:50.200 a refreshing attitude and the feedback has been really, really good. 348 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:52.759 It's been good for me. And the good thing is 349 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:56.359 that coaches they appreciate it, and they use it and 350 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:59.279 they and they send me It makes a difference. I mean, 351 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:04.039 I know that sometimes one thing can change your career. 352 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:06.799 And you know, I've had a business since two thousand, 353 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:09.839 two thousand and one where I helped coaches, and I've 354 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:14.279 had coaches throughout the country that through something that I've 355 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:17.160 been able to present to them in some former fashion 356 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:19.960 that they accepted is that it changed their life and 357 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:22.240 gave them a better life. And many of them are 358 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:25.559 multi millionaires today. So it's been fun to watch that happen. 359 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:27.839 And then you know, high school coaches, you're high school 360 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:30.319 coach and you're making forty thousand dollars a year and 361 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:33.119 you get a job making sixty five. That's the same 362 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:36.039 as you know, being a big time college coach making 363 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.599 a mean and getting a job at to me, and 364 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:41.319 so it changes their lives. So it's fine. I enjoy 365 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:43.359 doing it. And it's the one that's like my brother 366 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:45.200 told me once, he says, a good thing you can coach, 367 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:49.119 because you sure can't do anything else. So I keep 368 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:50.240 trying to coach coaches. 369 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:53.160 Yeah, you touched on a little bit, well, why has 370 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:56.200 this season been especially rewarding for you? 371 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:59.960 Well, I think it's probably because I figured out that 372 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.640 a lot of the things that maybe I read about 373 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:09.160 how to create and build business was probably wrong. I 374 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:13.680 think that I was too invested still in and maybe 375 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:17.319 the business of coaching, and I think I was. I 376 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:19.799 was very angry, and I think that a lot of 377 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:23.359 times my anger came through, and even when I when 378 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:26.240 I was doing podcasts, you know, my anger came through 379 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:28.920 more than my teaching came through. And so I just 380 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:32.559 kind of made a point that there's enough anger out 381 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:35.960 there without me adding to it, and I would just 382 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:39.680 try to help and try to educate and u and 383 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:42.599 not worry about whether or not just built my business 384 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:45.319 or not, but make it more of can I help 385 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:47.759 somebody out there to have a better life and to 386 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:50.000 have a better day and going through some of the 387 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:52.319 stuff that you know, ha's happened to our country, and 388 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:56.480 you know, and being affected by myself from my hometown 389 00:22:56.599 --> 00:23:00.960 is devastated by the tornados. My brother's home is completely destroyed, 390 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:03.960 and the people in Mayfield that I care so much about, 391 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:06.880 so many people that I knew, lost everything. So you know, 392 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:09.400 it's it's kind of a different reckoning with life when 393 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:13.240 you all those things happen. And so it's been it's 394 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:15.839 been rewarding, and you know, the good thing is there's 395 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:18.799 lots of people that do appreciate it, whether they're high 396 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:23.079 school coaches, middle school coaches, fans, or college coaches or 397 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:26.160 even NFL coaches. So it's it's it's good to see 398 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.200 that people respond to. 399 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:33.240 Your website Touched the Tony Franklin System. One of the 400 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:37.880 testimonials is from a coach in Alabama. You said, since 401 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:40.279