WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:04.000 Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:06.320 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 3 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:07.000 we are. 4 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:09.480 Get off our show, idiot. 5 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:11.119 The kids are crying, or turn them off. 6 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:14.320 Their countries are screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, 7 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:15.960 gold Play Inner Murals. 8 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:19.160 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:20.920 Who's the kid here? 10 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:24.640 Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? Now? 11 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:29.600 Here's Nick Coffee? 12 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:31.280 All right? 13 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:35.039 Every Friday, everybody welcome in coffee and company fuel about 14 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:38.840 Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. That's us, meaning 15 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:40.399 the name of the show and of course the station. 16 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:42.200 My name is Nick Coffee. Nice to meet you, Happy 17 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:43.840 to be here. Hopefully you know who I am. If not, 18 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:46.600 I hope to make a very good impression over these 19 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.000 next three hours. I know you know, the one and 20 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:50.159 only Austin Montgomery. 21 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:50.920 He's here. 22 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:53.960 How's the Christmas? How's the Christmas spirit feeling? Give me 23 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:56.079 a Are the vibes getting better as we get closer? 24 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:59.079 I have a mouthful of Cheetos right now, but oh 25 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:01.520 that's yeah, that's just tell you how the vibes are going. 26 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:04.040 Actually, I was at targeto last for the show, to 27 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:06.159 just shove Cheetos down your throat as we get the 28 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:06.640 show started. 29 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:08.799 But hey, oh yeah, that's three seconds to go until 30 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:09.200 we open. 31 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:11.560 You're just trying to beat the buzzer. It happens. It's 32 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:13.560 quite a rush. It's a competition for you. In fact, 33 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:15.519 I usually I don't throw to you fifteen seconds in, 34 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:17.760 but outs, I mean the Cheetos. 35 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:18.280 Is that mean? 36 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:19.719 I think we eat a lot of junk food during 37 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:21.719 the holidays, right, So I guess God sign for the 38 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:23.280 Christmas vibes. 39 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.120 Right and the and the I don't know if you've noticed. 40 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:26.439 I don't know if you've really been out, but the 41 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:31.400 traffic is ramped up everywhere. Target is a mess. Walmart 42 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:33.680 is a mess. I was out at a Tony and 43 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.239 d White show earlier today at the Oxmoor Mall. Complete mess. 44 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:39.920 But I love it. I love it. I love it. 45 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:43.000 It's trashy, it's it's crowded, you're running into everybody. 46 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:43.120 Like. 47 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:45.040 That's Christmas to me, baby. 48 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:48.239 The full places like the mall, I mean, that gives 49 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:49.359 me the vibe of Christmas. 50 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:50.239 The full. 51 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:52.680 Oh yeah, Walmart and Target and that whatnot? That just 52 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:55.680 gives me anxiety and stress. But I've been I'm really 53 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:58.159 looking forward like this. This is rare that it happens, 54 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:00.680 but sometimes Austin, when the show starts, you know, this 55 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:02.400 is my job, this is what I do for a living. 56 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:04.439 It's something I take very serious and I'm very fortunate. 57 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:07.920 But sometimes when the workship starts from three to six, 58 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.199 it's actually time for me to kind of unwind and 59 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:13.680 just you know, have some fun and relax. I mean again, 60 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:15.319 we're gonna have some fun today and we are gonna 61 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:17.400 be relaxed and smooth. But you know, I don't want 62 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:19.280 to act like we're not ready and prepared to start 63 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:19.599 a show. 64 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:20.000 But I've been. 65 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:22.360 I've been very busy today and it's not been as 66 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:25.599 much running around, although I did had my normal morning 67 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:28.039 taking the kids to daycare into school, and then I 68 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:30.360 had to I had to go and get some stuff, 69 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:31.960 but it was early, so it wasn't like I was 70 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:32.599 running into it. 71 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.120 No disrespect today at any stores when you're trying to 72 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:36.120 return something. 73 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:36.840 No disrespect. 74 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:40.360 But I've been I've been basically working for my wife 75 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:43.080 today and she took the day off work because we 76 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:47.360 are hosting our Tonight's actually my first Christmas event, and Okay, 77 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:50.280 so maybe it's because I set it up this way 78 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:52.520 to where I'm like, man, man, I just hate how 79 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:55.240 fast the holiday season's going. We got screwed this year 80 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:59.039 with five fewer days to celebrate the Christmas season. But 81 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:01.319 maybe because I've been kind of stressing about that, like 82 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:03.080 I kind of feel like Christmas is tomorrow and it's not. 83 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:05.719 We still got like five days and we have our 84 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:08.520 first events and I we host my wife's side of 85 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:11.240 the family for Christmas every year, and we love doing it. 86 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:13.639 It's a it's a whole lot of fun. Uh and 87 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.240 and I'm looking forward to having my in laws over. 88 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:18.680 The halls will be here, the Logs, Dens and of 89 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:20.639 course you know my family, and we'll have a great time. 90 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:22.599 It's one of my favorite Christmas events that we do. 91 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:25.360 But when we host Christmas with the coffees. 92 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:28.680 Well, yeah, there's we're the coffees we're hosting. But yes, sir, 93 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:30.879 I guess you're right. Technically we're all family but different 94 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:32.719 last names. So when they're coming here, they're they're they're 95 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:34.879 heading to the coffees to celebrate Christmas, so it all 96 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.479 it all checks out. But when you host, you know, 97 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:40.719 you want to make sure that your home is is well, 98 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.080 it is in good shape, it's clean. 99 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:43.800 Uh. 100 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:46.479 And and my wife, Uh, these are people that she's 101 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:49.199 known her whole life. Like they've seen our home when 102 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:51.840 it's not super clean. They've seen, you know, like if 103 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:55.080 you're if you're worried about somebody seeing maybe your house 104 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:58.599 not super clean, wouldn't you think that the least people 105 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:00.840 you'd be worried about are those that you know, you've 106 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.199 known your whole life. Yeah, that like you are probably 107 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:04.719 not going to judge you. It's one thing if it's 108 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:07.919 like a holiday party for friends and acquaintances or something 109 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:10.879 like that. But you know, she's been running around getting 110 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:12.159 the house in order. I've been done a whole lot 111 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:13.520 of work, but I've just been kind of you know, 112 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:17.160 like when she's in her mode to clean, and you know, 113 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:20.120 and if you're and maybe you'll learn this, maybe you 114 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:21.959 already learn maybe you've alreadylearned it because you know you 115 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:24.040 are engaged, going to be married soon. Yes, it's right 116 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:26.879 you and your significant other live together. But like I'll 117 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:30.360 I'll straighten up and I'll I mean to me, it's cleaning, like. 118 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:31.240 If I do the dishes. 119 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.759 Yeah, if I full the laundry, if I you know, 120 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:37.639 clean up the kids room, which is really a war zone. 121 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:40.199 Oh yeah, that's probably one of the worst rooms, right. 122 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:41.040 Oh yeah, no doubt. 123 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:43.279 And you know there's so many little parts to all 124 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:45.680 their toys that's so hard to put away, Like you know, 125 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:47.920 I'll do that every now and then, probably like once 126 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:49.959 a week during the week to where she comes home 127 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:52.759 and I'm in front of the microphone at five thirty 128 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:54.519 and she's walking in the door and she just sees, 129 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:56.639 oh wow, he straightened up, and she has I was 130 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:00.399 a little sensitive to her not appreciating that, and she 131 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:02.240 heard about it from me. So now you know, if 132 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:04.120 I do get the house in order to where she 133 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:05.600 walks in and you know, we're in good shape, she 134 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:06.120 does thank me. 135 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:06.879 And I appreciate that. 136 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:09.480 But I don't clean like her, if that makes sense, 137 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:12.120 Like she calls it straightening up. So today she's in 138 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:14.720 her cleaning mode, meaning we're talking floors getting mop toilet's 139 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:15.439 getting cleaned. 140 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:16.360 The gloves on. 141 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:18.560 Yeah, I mean, it's it's it's a it's a real 142 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:20.879 it's a real serious thing that she does. And I've 143 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:23.199 kind of just like known to stay out of her way. 144 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:25.920 So I've been trying to stay out of her way 145 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:27.560 today and I've done a pretty good job. But like 146 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:29.560 you know, I also work from home every now and then, 147 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:31.759 like I am today, and you know, I'm just I've 148 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:34.319 I've I'm ready to just be in my dungeon down 149 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:37.040 here and and and have some fun until six o'clock 150 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:39.800 because you know, she's still running around. I mean, she's 151 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.680 cooking for everybody, so very much looking forward to tonight. 152 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:45.240 But the process that that that leads up to it. 153 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:46.959 I mean it's not a whole lot of stress for me, 154 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:49.160 but you know it's stress for my wife, and we 155 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:50.040 share a life together. 156 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:51.639 Therefore her stress is my stress. 157 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:53.839 So you know, just trying to give you some advice 158 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:55.759 or just say say those kind of things yes to 159 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:57.759 your fiance, and I think you'll be in you'll be 160 00:05:57.759 --> 00:05:58.240 in good shape. 161 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:00.199 Well, what's the main dishes tonight? Or is it just 162 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:01.879 appetizers or is it going to be. 163 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:03.800 Like uh, like I'm embarrassed not to know. 164 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:06.680 I know we have you know, so you're gonna be surprised. 165 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:08.399 We have a lot of sides as far as like 166 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:09.319 what the main thing is. 167 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:11.279 I don't I don't I'll probably be able to tell 168 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:12.399 you here soon when I smell it. 169 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:13.680 I wanted to say. 170 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:17.959 Maybe ham or actually, okay, you know now actually maybe 171 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:19.639 we're doing are we doing? 172 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:22.279 Are we doing pasta? Maybe? 173 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:25.439 No? Actually this is not bad. So my my brother 174 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:28.959 in law, Nate, great guy, Love you Nate. He's he's 175 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:31.000 a big outdoorsman and he's a he's a big hunter 176 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:35.519 and he he oftentimes will provide you know, deer steaks 177 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:39.639 or deer chili and it's delicious, so it may again 178 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:42.000 this is this is where I'm at. I'm never asked 179 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:45.560 to provide anything when it comes to food. Therefore, you know, 180 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:47.639 I kind of just show up whether it's my home 181 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:50.480 or somebody else's home, and when it's time to eat, 182 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:51.439 I get in line and I eat. 183 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:52.079 That's what I do. 184 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:54.480 So but I'm looking forward to it, and it should 185 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:55.160 should be a lot of. 186 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:56.600 There be a charcooterie board. 187 00:06:57.839 --> 00:06:58.199 I don't know. 188 00:06:58.199 --> 00:06:59.800 I actually no, we'll probably just have like some dip. 189 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:03.120 Like oh, wife loves the homemade case, so she has 190 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:04.279 to make a big bowl of it. 191 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:05.800 We'll all we'll all. 192 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:08.600 Double dip and share jerrems because we're all family and 193 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:09.439 you know, it's gonna be. 194 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:09.959 It's gonna be. 195 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:11.480 All cares exactly? 196 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:13.079 Who cares? Now? Have you ever? 197 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:16.680 I've never once even paid attention if someone was double dipping, 198 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:17.319 have you no? 199 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:19.920 Because I mean, I do it anyways, and I would 200 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:23.319 hate for for someone to monitor the number of dips 201 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:25.480 that I've done. So who am I to do it 202 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:26.079 to someone else? 203 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:26.759 Yeah? Same here? 204 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.519 And I understand, like technically, if you take a bite 205 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:31.600 off of something and then you put it into the dip, 206 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:34.879 like you know, the sun Feld double dipper with George Castanz, 207 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:36.360 and that's a real thing. Like the guy laid it 208 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:38.160 out pretty clearly, like he didn't have to be as 209 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:39.920 as hot about it as he was, but what he 210 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:41.800 called George out for was a real thing, like it 211 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.160 is sharing germs. But I've never thought about it, and 212 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:47.279 I you know, I try not to do it. But 213 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:51.000 I also know that there's never been someone that has really, 214 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:53.759 you know, gotten sick and they tie it back to, oh, 215 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:56.000 must have been double dipping. I mean, I guess it's possible, 216 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:57.920 but you know, I'm not. I'm not that worried about it. 217 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:00.439 When you're hosting people over anyways, I mean, are already 218 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.519 kind of sharing the same uh, Chamber of Germs in 219 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:06.120 the first place, so might as well just go all. 220 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:07.800 In on it, exactly exactly now. 221 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:12.040 Uh rarely do we start with with a a sports 222 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:14.759 topic that is volleyball, but we have to. 223 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:15.319 We have. 224 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:17.959 Oh yeah, last night, you know, I was out and 225 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.160 about with the family. I wasn't there, but you know, 226 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:21.519 it was one of those things when you're playing in 227 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:22.920 a final four with a chance to go to a 228 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:25.199 national championship really in any sport, and at U of L, 229 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:28.720 I mean it is, it's a it's a big deal 230 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:30.920 and you can just kind of feel like. We went 231 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:32.799 to Chewi's for dinner and then we ended up going 232 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:35.480 to put Shack because we had such a good experience 233 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:37.559 in Nashville. I wanted to show my wife and you know, 234 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:40.159 wanted to maybe make some contexts, maybe meet the market maybe, yeah, 235 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:41.639 marketing folks out there, you know how that goes. 236 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:44.440 Of course, yes, that put Shack here is so cool. 237 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:44.799 It's awesome. 238 00:08:44.799 --> 00:08:46.600 So we were there and you know, I had the 239 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.440 I had the game on initially on my phone at 240 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.039 dinner and then we go to put Shack. 241 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:53.159 That got on all got on all the TVs and 242 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:54.240 you know, we're not a. 243 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:56.600 I mean, I guess I shouldn't say this without knowing 244 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.399 we're not like a volleyball city. I mean, actually we 245 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:01.399 are as far as like hell we are, well, we 246 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:05.000 produce a lot of players. But like I mean, this 247 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:06.279 is this is where I gotta be careful and I 248 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.679 got to be very you know, mindful of what I say, 249 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:11.799 because when I tell you that, like volleyball is not 250 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:14.799 a needle mover as far as college volleyball on a 251 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:16.840 sports talk show, like people will take offense to that. 252 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:17.519 It's just the truth. 253 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:20.399 I don't mean any issue. I'm not disrespecting it. 254 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:21.039 It's just the truth. 255 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:23.759 So what I was going to say is that women's 256 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:25.639 volleyball has become a big deal around here when it 257 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:27.799 comes to UL because they're phenomenal. Danny Bus from Kelly 258 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:32.200 has been great. I mean she's there now literally with one, 259 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:35.519 you know, one win away. But for a while there 260 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:38.559 women's basketball and baseball and they're not there right now, 261 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.000 but there was a run where at any moment, if 262 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:44.039 you actually break through and win the national championship, nobody's 263 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:46.000 going to be surprised because you've been right there flirting 264 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:48.120 with it for a while. Danny Bus from Kelly's been 265 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:49.799 doing it for a while now and again she's one 266 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:52.320 went away. So you know, when that kind of stuff happens, 267 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.240 there's clearly a lot of interest and it's become a 268 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:57.000 bigger deal in this market with with with folks who 269 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:59.320 probably have no connection to volleyball. They didn't play growing up, 270 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:01.960 they didn't have a a sister who played, but you know, 271 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:04.519 they hear Louisville's good, they support Louisville, they turn it on, 272 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:06.080 they go to a game, and they're like, hell, yeah, 273 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:06.720 this is awesome. 274 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:12.519 That's kind of me. So to see people who are probably. 275 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.120 Louisville fans, but you know, maybe you know, probably not 276 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:17.360 big volleyball fans. Maybe some of them are, but they 277 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:20.919 just know Louisville's about to potentially break through and get 278 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:23.919 to a national championship match. Last night, which is what 279 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.120 they did. They knocked off Pittsburgh, which was phenomenal. And 280 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:28.840 to see like that many people like celebrating it, knowing 281 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.759 that the majority of them are probably not super locked 282 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:34.679 in and watching every single match and can't probably name 283 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:37.039 the roster like that's just it was a good feeling 284 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:39.320 to be among Louisville fans and kind of know that, 285 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:41.240 like they're all probably like me. And the reason I'm 286 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.720 bringing up this way is one because it's awesome and 287 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.200 what Denny buspom Kelly has done has been phenomenal. And 288 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:49.159 I've said it many times when it comes to college volleyball, 289 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:53.519 it is a great television product and it's growing. I 290 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:55.480 wouldn't be shocked if it continues to grow at a 291 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:59.440 rapid rate to where it ends up becoming outside of 292 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:04.080 men's basketball, outside of foot college football, men's basketball, women's basketball. 293 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:06.200 I think you could make the case that maybe women's 294 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:10.039 volleyball becomes that fourth most watch sport among college athletics. 295 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:12.480 Baseball gets there and it's actually pretty good when you 296 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:14.440 get to the postseason, but other than that, it's just 297 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:15.720 there's so many games. 298 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.399 Some of them are during the day, Like. 299 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:19.399 It's just not as the way the season sets up, 300 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:21.799 it's not a big TV thing, and again until you 301 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:24.759 get to the postseason. So one thing I've always struggled 302 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:26.759 with that I kind of found my footing when it 303 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:28.879 comes to how I want to lay it out there 304 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:33.519 for you, because I don't watch Louisville volleyball a whole lot, 305 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:36.080 but I do every now and then and I want 306 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:40.080 them to win. I don't watch a whole lot of baseball, 307 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:42.480 but when things are going well and you get closer 308 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:45.000 to the postseason, I want to watch it, and I'm 309 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:47.759 always wanting them to win. But you know, I'm not 310 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:50.679 there in February when the season starts for baseball and 311 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.120 it's twenty degrees outside, and again, I've only been to 312 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.519 a couple of volleyball matches ever enjoyed it, But like 313 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:00.960 I used to hesitate to even really want to go 314 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:02.960 there and discuss it on the show because I was 315 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:05.240 you know, I just didn't. I didn't want to hear 316 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:07.639 the energy from those that are like, well, oh now 317 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:10.080 you talk about it once, they're good? 318 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:12.559 Where you know? Where were you? Oh now? 319 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:14.919 Oh yeah, now you just and it used to really 320 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:16.919 irritate me to where I would just kind of avoid it. 321 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:18.480 And I don't know why. 322 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:23.720 I do understand why people have that mindset, But do 323 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:27.519 you want it to grow or not? Meaning like, do 324 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:29.840 you like, yeah, I get it, You probably think like, hey, 325 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:32.159 why is it Nick or other sports talk shows in 326 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:33.919 this market, why are they not talking more about this 327 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:34.679 volleyball team? 328 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:34.799 Man? 329 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:35.679 They're good? 330 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:38.039 And I hear you but you know there's a reason 331 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:40.559 for that, trust me, Like there's a reason and I 332 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:42.120 don't even need to get into it, but like it's 333 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.639 just not something that would be a you know, you 334 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:46.240 can mention it here and there, but like we can't 335 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:47.799 focus a ton of time on it. And we could, 336 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:49.879 but like, I mean, that's not what my bosses would 337 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:50.519 want me to talk about. 338 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:51.279 That's just how it is. 339 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:51.600 Now. 340 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:53.360 If we have a direct affiliation with you of L 341 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:55.559 and they're a partner, totally different ballgame because at that 342 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.519 point you work with your partners together. 343 00:12:57.559 --> 00:12:58.000 We're not that. 344 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:01.320 So it used to really me like I would love 345 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.840 to at least bring up that I watched and I 346 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:05.519 enjoyed it, but I don't want to be bombarded by 347 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:07.120 people who, you know, call me a poser. 348 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:08.440 Oh you're not a real fan. 349 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:10.639 You only you only talk about it or even acknowledge 350 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:12.759 it when they're good and it's it's you know, I 351 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:15.279 guess technically that is the case. It comes up more 352 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:18.360 so whenever you're in this moment. But like, do you 353 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:19.919 want it to grow or not? Because are you a 354 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:22.279 gatekeeper to where like if people don't do it every 355 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:26.039 day like you do, they can't support, Like I'm making 356 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.240 sense here. It's almost lost in like people who love 357 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:31.000 a band or an artist, but man, it really goes 358 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:32.759 south for them when they get big and famous. 359 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:36.159 Oh you mentioned a gatekeeping gatekeeping for volleyball. Volleyball is 360 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:38.720 crazy because you just got to understand. As much as 361 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:42.080 we'll love and support the Cards in this sort of market, 362 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:44.080 it's always going to always fly under the radar no 363 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.320 matter what. And and they're a really really good team, even. 364 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:49.519 The support they're getting now, which is great, and it's 365 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:51.399 going to be in the headlines, like obviously it's it's 366 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:52.960 probably one of the most talked about things right now 367 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:55.799 in local news, regardless of the platform television, radio, whatever, 368 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:58.639 print web, because of course it's a big deal. So 369 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.639 like this is just kind of how it works. But 370 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:03.320 you know, it's a niche thing. And here's something that 371 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:05.240 a lot of people I think don't want to hear. 372 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:06.120 But it's just the truth. 373 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:09.120 Like you of l like the deep dive stuff, that's 374 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:11.399 a niche thing. Like there are people who listen to 375 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.480 this show or shows like this that if I get 376 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:17.879 into the weeds on recruiting and the portal and you know, 377 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:21.600 just into the weeds like you know, hard hitting stuff, 378 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:25.039 like there are a lot of people and there's nothing 379 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.759 wrong with this, but like they check out, they tune 380 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:28.440 out because they're just not really interested in that to 381 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:30.240 that level. So like that's one of the things that 382 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:32.840 I now have done this long enough to understand how 383 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:35.440 that works. And I'm no longer, I guess sensitive to 384 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:38.440 people who say that my show sucks because I didn't 385 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:40.159 talk about the tennis team winning last night, and I'm 386 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:41.759 supposed to be a Louisville guy. Like that's something that 387 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:44.879 used to bother me. Now I'm pretty content. But you know, 388 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:46.600 we're gonna talk about it today. 389 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:47.080 We already have. 390 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:48.919 I'm not sure much more how much more I'm gonna 391 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:50.679 add to it, but we'll let you hear some sound 392 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:52.720 from Danny Buspim Kelly, as well as Pat Kelsey, who, 393 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:54.879 of course this morning at his press conference was really 394 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:58.919 gassing up the volleyball squad and and and Danny. 395 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:00.559 Which was obviously what you want you want to see. 396 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:03.519 And it's just I guess this is me circling around 397 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:05.120 to kind of land the plane here on this whole, 398 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:09.200 this whole discussion, it's very much natural for people to 399 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:11.879 not follow certain sports as much as others outside of 400 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:13.799 maybe the high you know, the ones that you know 401 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:16.720