WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.120 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:31.600 Sports Talk seven nine day, Now here's Nick Coffee. 3 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:36.119 As much as I enjoyed my vacation, it is nice 4 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:39.920 to be back. And there's no better reminder that I'm 5 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:43.520 back here in the Ohio Valley region than allergies, just 6 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:48.039 you know, saying hello in a very unpleasant way. I 7 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:50.799 don't know what it is, man Like when I'm here 8 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:52.799 for an extended amount of time, like I guess, I 9 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:55.479 get used to it to where it doesn't really impact me. 10 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:58.000 Maybe I just, you know, I get used to it. 11 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:01.560 But when I've been gone for a few days, let 12 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:03.439 alone eight days, like we were just gone and then 13 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:07.000 I returned to this lovely place that I call home, 14 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:09.159 which I do love it here, wouldn't want to live 15 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:13.120 anywhere else. Man a reminder of the watery eyes at 16 00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:17.040 all times. My throat's scratchy. I mean, I'm not getting sick, 17 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:19.439 it's just it happens. I now know that when I 18 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:21.480 come back, it's not me getting a bug or something. 19 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:24.439 It's just my body. I guess needing to adjust back 20 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:27.079 to whatever the hell it's got to do to you know, 21 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:31.599 get used to these allergies that end the humidity like 22 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:33.159 it's really hot here. In fact, I think it was 23 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.200 hotter here than it was in Destined last week. And 24 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:37.640 didn't it rain like all week? 25 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:40.719 It rained a bunch till the weekend pretty much, and 26 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:42.280 now we're not expecting rain at all this week. 27 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:43.840 I don't think, yeah, I mean it was. I mean 28 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:48.480 I probably this probably vacation where I was. I don't 29 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:50.840 ways say unplugged, because you know, I've gone to some 30 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:54.040 places in other countries that if I don't have Wi Fi, 31 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:56.319 I don't have the ability to do anything on my phone. 32 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:59.159 But I just there's that there's that little button on 33 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:01.159 the and I guess everybody can program their phone if 34 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:03.840 it's an iPhone, to you know, to have it set 35 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:07.319 up differently. But I just learned what turning on and 36 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:07.920 off this. 37 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:08.599 Uh. 38 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:10.639 I don't know what this button's called, but basically what 39 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.759 it does is that if somebody texts me or calls me, like, 40 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:16.879 I don't get notified, it's not you know, turning it 41 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:20.439 on silent. Yeah, it do not disturb, which makes total sense. 42 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:22.840 So I turned do not Disturb on on for the 43 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:25.400 majority of my time there, and it made it to 44 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:28.240 where like, you know, it didn't even show me if 45 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:29.680 I had a text message, I had to go to 46 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:33.120 the actual text message app on the messages app on 47 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:34.719 my phone to didn't see it. And it just, I 48 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:36.400 don't know made it enjoyable. 49 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:38.240 Was it one of those things where you turned it 50 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.960 off of do not disturb you got bombarded by all 51 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:43.520 sorts of notifications or were they just already there and 52 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:44.560 you'd have to worry about that. 53 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.280 So I thought my phone was messed up because it 54 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:49.919 wasn't showing me anything and I didn't even realize that 55 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:51.319 I turned it on. So I did it by accident, 56 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:54.039 and a couple of days ago behind, I'm like, this 57 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:55.800 is awesome. And then there were a couple people that 58 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:57.560 I needed to talk to and I'm like, well, I 59 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.360 guess if they if they need me, they'll call me, 60 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:02.520 and they were trying to. So it worked out perfect, 61 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:04.840 and I now know, like if I ever just want like, 62 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:08.439 because it's uncommon to not be attached to my phone 63 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:10.840 for a variety for the for a good part of 64 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:13.319 my day, because I mean, I can be a lot 65 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.080 of people can be productive on their phone, right, Like, 66 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:17.520 I'm sure depending on what kind of work you do, 67 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.680 kind of career you have, Like you're probably using your 68 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:24.159 phone for work a lot emails, you know, I mean, 69 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:25.639 you can do anything on your phone. To be honest 70 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:27.560 with you, It's more powerful than any computer you'll have 71 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:29.919 as far as the you know, the things they can 72 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:31.879 do for you, and the convenience of you've been able 73 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:34.599 to just put it in your pocket, so you know, 74 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:37.719 to just have my phone away from me at all times, 75 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:39.800 it just I would feel naked. I would I would 76 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:42.879 feel like, you know, I need to call the cops 77 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:46.280 or something. But having it, the ability to use it 78 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:49.360 when needed but not be hit up with calls or 79 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:51.800 text messages from people. Not that that are that are 80 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:54.719 bothering you, but like what, I'm a vacation. Even if 81 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:57.400 I knew I was gonna look at somebody's text message 82 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.159 and say, hey, you know, I'm on vacation this week. 83 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:02.960 Let's get in touch next week. Hey I'm back in 84 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:08.000 town next Sunday. We can talk. Then they would be understanding, okay, 85 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.080 enjoy your vacation. But then in my mind, I'd be 86 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:12.240 thinking about whatever it is I got to get done, 87 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:15.479 whatever it is I need to do, or whatever POTENTI 88 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:17.480 you know, just things like that. So to have it 89 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:20.560 completely off without anybody being able to like hit me 90 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:23.000 up and distract me. It was. 91 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:22.800 It was. 92 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:25.920 It was awesome. I mean, I'm sure every phone has 93 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:28.040 that kind of feature. I just didn't know. I mean, 94 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:30.120 I turned on accidentally, didn't know what happened, but it 95 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:32.959 ended up being awesome. All right. It is Coffee and Company. 96 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:34.879 Fil Beth Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven to ninety. 97 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:37.399 Appreciate you guys hanging out with us, and as you 98 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:39.360 could expect, when I get back from vacation, I try 99 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:41.680 not to give you a show that you know sounds 100 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:43.519 like it should have taken place a week before. But 101 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:45.600 I do like to react to some things that I 102 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:47.439 miss out on, and I missed out on a lot 103 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:51.920 last week. The TVT was not disappointed to miss out 104 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:53.680 on that, to be honest with you, because of the result. 105 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:59.480 And I asked the question like leading into that potential matchup, like, hey, 106 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.800 we're clearly gonna want Louisville to win. Kentucky fans are 107 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:05.279 gonna want like this, This is a rivalry matchup in 108 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:08.920 an event that none of us ever would have thought 109 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.920 would be possible years ago. And then sure enough, this event, 110 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.879 it becomes pretty popular and former Louisville players get together 111 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:19.959 to have a team. Same thing with Kentucky, and I 112 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:22.439 kind of felt like, hey, if they win, great, If 113 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:25.800 they lose, yeah, who cares. These are guys who played here, 114 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:29.279 you know, ten, nine, eight years ago. I mean, I 115 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:30.800 want them to win, but like, I'm not gonna be 116 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:35.360 experiencing that sadness that we all know when your team 117 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:38.319 loses in the NAA tournament, Like that sucks. I mean, 118 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:41.240 I kind of wish I had that sadness recently because 119 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:42.800 of how bad Lois's been. But you know what I mean, 120 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:45.240 Like whenever the season ending loss happens and you know 121 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:48.879 it's over, like it's sad. So with this I'm thinking, like, 122 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:50.600 you know, I won't be that sad. I'll be able 123 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:52.800 to get over it. And I did. But it hurt 124 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:54.920 more than I thought. And it's because for me, just 125 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:58.399 for myself only, I know a lot of these guys, 126 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:01.399 you know all of them, but I know some of 127 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:05.639 them known pretty well. I care so much about that 128 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:09.399 era of Louisville basketball gave me my first and maybe 129 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:13.240 only national championship I'll ever see at Louisville, which who knows, 130 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:15.800 maybe they win more, but it doesn't happen often, right, 131 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.160 It's not something that you, you know, you can just 132 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:21.839 expect to happen every so often every few years. No, 133 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:24.800 Like I mean, it's hard to win national championships and anything. 134 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.160 So you know, when I see those guys lose to 135 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:32.639 Kentucky players again, like it, it's sad. It pains me. 136 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:36.439 I'm a fan, Like I hated it. I also feel 137 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:38.759 bad for those guys who really had nothing to do 138 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:42.800 with anything that went on in Minority Hall, and yet 139 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:46.759 because of the you know, that story itself, and that 140 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:51.000 NCAA investigation leading to Louisville having their banner vacated, all 141 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:53.000 that kind of stuff. Like, I just hate knowing that 142 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:55.560 there are people who don't know much about these guys individually. 143 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:58.040 They only read the headlines. They only know that it 144 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:01.240 was all over ESPN because again it's salacious story. You've 145 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:04.959 got prostitution in the dorm room with college athletes and recruits, 146 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:09.680 like again, that happened. It's awful. So you know, to 147 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.399 know that there are some people that will, oh, yeah, 148 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.480 that twenty thirteen team, wasn't that the team that you 149 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:17.759 know cheated with prostitutes and like that's nonsense, that's not 150 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:19.519 a Louisville was good and most of these guys had 151 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:21.600 nothing to do with that. So you know, I just 152 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:23.839 I wanted them to continue to keep winning in this event, 153 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:27.639 and not that it would do anything to change their legacy, 154 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:29.560 right because winning a national championship. I don't think he 155 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:31.120 gets any better than that as far as how fans 156 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.439 are going to remember a team in former players. But 157 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:35.920 I wanted him to beat the law familiar team and 158 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:38.600 they just they couldn't get it done. I mean, Eric 159 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:40.639 BLEDSOE don't know how that guy's not in the NBA 160 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:44.759 right now. He's he's talented, and nothing made me feel 161 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:46.920 older than hearing that he was in the NBA for 162 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.920 fourteen years and has not played in the NBA in 163 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:50.680 like two years. 164 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:50.800 Like that. 165 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:54.959 Could not believe that. Willie coley Stein another guy that 166 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.079 you know, maybe it's style of play in the NBA, 167 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:58.680 but that guy, I don't know how he's not in 168 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:02.000 the NBA currently. So it was a bummer to see, 169 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:03.720 and I thought, you know what, this is great. I 170 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:05.560 don't have to, you know, be around UK fans. I'm 171 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:09.000 in Destin, I'm on vacation, and the first person to 172 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:11.120 come and speak to me at the pool in Destin 173 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:14.319 the next day on Tuesday was a Kentucky fan letting 174 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:16.720 me know not to let last night ruin my day 175 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:19.639 because it's a beautiful day here and I've got a 176 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:21.720 beautiful family. And I'm like, yeah, you know what, Like, 177 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:23.920 you're right, it's kind of nice to just be able 178 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:26.000 to come out here and not even think about it. 179 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:27.800 Oh wait, you just walked up and reminded me at 180 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:30.360 nine thirty in the morning. Thanks buddy. I mean I 181 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:33.080 say that jokingly. He was very nice and wasn't giving 182 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:34.720 me a hard time, just just you know, just riven 183 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:37.360 me a little bit about it. But again, that speaks 184 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:43.080 to the rivalry. You know, this went from something that 185 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:45.399 a lot of people didn't know much about until here 186 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:49.559 we are, these two teams playing each other, shattering the record, 187 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:52.519 all that kind of stuff, right, NBA players there watching 188 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:54.879 because you know, it's high level. And of course what 189 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:58.279 happened after the fact, like when we play each other 190 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:00.840 in basketball, even if it is a bunch of former 191 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.120 players who hadn't played in a long time, mixed in 192 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:06.960 with some other randos that did not play for the schools, 193 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:09.279 if you've got that love, I mean, clearly there's the 194 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:11.879 connection to both schools there and when it comes to 195 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.519 basketball and this rivalry, it's just different. If there's one 196 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.600 thing that you know does make me happy to see, 197 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:21.120 because I haven't had a whole lot of happy moments 198 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:24.559 when watching Louisville basketball play Kentucky in a long time, 199 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:29.639 is that there are levels to this, you know, hatred 200 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:34.440 that I think does make people realize, Okay, Duke in 201 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:38.799 Carolina great programs, two of the best ever, and they 202 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:42.639 are rivals and they've been super competitive. But I think 203 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:44.960 sometimes when you see the dust up after the fact 204 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:50.200 at Freedom Hall, the old Hawktua from Shinano Onawaku, and 205 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:53.320 you see guys looking like they're going to fight each other, Like, again, 206 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:55.320 what a good look from Nanu by any means, And 207 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:57.159 I'm glad to see that you did apologize, But like 208 00:09:57.720 --> 00:09:59.759 the level of hatred's just different here, right, Like I 209 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:02.080 don't want to say that Carolina and Duke fans are 210 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:03.919 too nice to each other, but it's just different. And 211 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:06.000 I did see a lot of college basketball national guys 212 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:08.480 last week saying like, hey man, like this is the 213 00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:11.120 most heated rivalry. Man, this is just different, and it 214 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:14.480 is and I'm proud of that, but I wish Louiell, 215 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:16.639 of course, you know, had more victories on their side. 216 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:19.159 And you know, in the last I don't know howver 217 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:22.559 many years something on the text line earlier asked if 218 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:26.759 that was sort of like the the ending of the 219 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:32.879 cal dominance against Louisville, which though all those guys are 220 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:36.519 clearly cow guys, so maybe you know, maybe that I 221 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:39.399 don't know, maybe that, uh, that was it. And now 222 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:41.399 we're gonna see, you know, Mark Pope put together teams. 223 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:43.000 They're gonna be good, and I think more Pope's a 224 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:44.200 good coach. I don't know what kind of love. I 225 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:45.840 don't know what level of success he's gonna have, but 226 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.120 I have I believe he'll put together good teams and 227 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:50.799 they'll have they'll have good players. But the days of 228 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:54.240 just you know, looking out there and thinking, okay, they 229 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:57.360 got a Willie Cauley Stein, feel really good about our guys, 230 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:00.639 But man, like that guy's different. How about John Wall, Yeah, 231 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:02.600 nobody's staying in front of him. I don't care who 232 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:04.639 you are. Like the days of having to worry about 233 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:06.879 going up against those kind of teams I think are over. 234 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:09.879 But they doesn't mean Louisville will start winning. I hope they, 235 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:12.279 you know, not that I want more than for the 236 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:15.720 for the rivalry to you know, be a little bit 237 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:20.840 more balanced on the Louisville side. All right, it is 238 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:22.679 Coffee and Company again. We're fueled by Thorton's here on 239 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:25.759 Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you guys hanging out with 240 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:28.360 us as we take you up until six o'clock. So 241 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:34.759 Jim Harbaugh was asked today following Chargers practice on the 242 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:37.720 reported NCAA notice of allegations that Michigan is going to 243 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:39.799 get which, of course, you know, he got out of 244 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:42.360 there just in time, won a national championship. Quite clear 245 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:44.759 that they cheated, and it was quite clear that when 246 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:47.759 that cheating started, they got a lot better. But he 247 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:49.360 got the hell out of town and did have to 248 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.440 worry about it. Pulled at old Pete Carroll, who of 249 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:53.240 course did the same thing when he was at USC 250 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:58.200 then went to Seattle. But Harbaugh's response was this quote today, 251 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.039 I do not apologize. I did not participate, was not 252 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:06.120 aware nor complicit in those set allegation and those set allegations, 253 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:09.559 so so for it's back to work and attacking with 254 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:12.720 an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. What the hell is he 255 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:18.360 talking about? That's so Jim Harbaugh. So what I think 256 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:21.879 is wild is that this notice dellegations, by the way, 257 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:24.559 is not official, like they haven't. Like it's a draft 258 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.600 and somehow somebody got their hands on the draft that 259 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.440 the NCAA is about to send to a mission about 260 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:33.279 to send to Michigan, and it does include their new 261 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:36.799 head coach, Sharon Moore, former Louisville assistant, who apparently deleted 262 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:41.679 a bunch of text messages between him and the you know, 263 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:45.279 the guy who did it all, Connor Stallions, And you know, 264 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:47.399 let's be real, that's not a great look that you're 265 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:49.799 deleting a bunch of text messages before you turn over 266 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.039 your phone for an investigation. Or maybe he didn't turn 267 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:55.000 over his phone. I'm not sure, but either way, when 268 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:59.080 it comes to I think there's not a person out 269 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:01.960 there that's not a Michigan fan that looks at this 270 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:05.960 and says they did not cheat. They were elaborate like 271 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.000 it was, and they weren't like if you remember how 272 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:13.879 how brazen Connor Stallions was, Like somebody found his Venmo, 273 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:18.120 and you can see him like buying in insane like 274 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:21.440 buying insane sets of tickets to games. Not because you 275 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:24.320 know he's a high roller with a bunch of money. 276 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:27.360 He's doing it because it's his job. They've been putting him, 277 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:29.840 you know, in that position to go watch those games 278 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:32.799 Steel signs and you know, it looked like it worked. 279 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:38.159 So we'll never know, like did they become a top 280 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:42.919 ten caliber team? Do they go from a top ten 281 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:44.879 caliber team to a top three team because of something 282 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:48.039 that we'll never know, Like just the actual advantage they 283 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:51.639 had is just impossible to know. But clearly they had 284 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:54.200 an advantage and they cheated. And I think because it 285 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:57.320 was so out in the open, everybody just said, well, Okay, 286 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.559 I guess they know what's going on, and the NCAA 287 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:01.559 is not doing anything, so I guess they got away 288 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:04.960 with it. Well, now you have this Netflix documentary which 289 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.840 is about to come out where they're talking to Stallions. 290 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.879 I think it's going to be his first time ever 291 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:13.720 being on record discussing any of this, and maybe it 292 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:17.159 maybe it made the incident a realize. Uh oh, we 293 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:21.639 just crowned the national champion, and word is that in 294 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:25.639 this documentary. He's not going to be super discreet about 295 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:27.600 what he did. He's going to be pretty open about 296 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:31.679 what happened. I mean, that's the noise. Who knows if 297 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:33.919 that's true or not, but you have to think you 298 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:39.679 wouldn't go through with this being one of your documentaries 299 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:42.879 for this Netflix untold series. They I mean they think 300 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:46.039 thirty for thirty but on Netflix and honestly sometimes better, 301 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:47.840 like they're that some of them are that good. But 302 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:49.840 you're not going to do this if Connor Stallins is 303 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:53.440 going to play like you know, the card of innocence 304 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:55.200 to where he did nothing right, Like why would it 305 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:58.000 would be terrible television? Like you would only do this 306 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:02.720 if you actually had him on record, maybe not completely 307 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.519 admitting to everything, but like discussing it right. 308 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:08.080 And what kind of trouble can he actually get in 309 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:09.600 at this point by admitting any of this? 310 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:11.399 Well, and that's the thing he never like they removed 311 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:13.960 him from. Like he may be bitter towards Michigan now 312 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:16.320 because they got rid of him. They had to, And 313 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:18.879 you know, Harball's gone. I don't know Harball was this guy, 314 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.159 but like Harball's response to me today, I mean he's 315 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:24.960 kind of out there. But I feel like he is. 316 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:29.279 He's comfortable that he won't have fingerprints on it, you 317 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:31.320 know what I mean? Yes, and it's gonna end up 318 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:34.519 falling back on somebody else there, and if it's Sharon Moore, 319 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:36.440 you know, probably not a good look. But I mean, 320 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:37.639 they're not gonna fire him, isn't. 321 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:40.519 It's so weird though, how everything just kind of got 322 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:43.559 pushed under the rug last season because Michigan was so good. 323 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:46.759 It's almost like the networks didn't And maybe the networks 324 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:48.480 had nothing to do with it, but it's almost like 325 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.240 they realized all the revenue was there because they were 326 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:53.639 having such a wonderful season, people were tuning into Michigan 327 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:57.159 football that they didn't want to prematurely end this run 328 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.679 that they were going on because they knew they could 329 00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:59.440 win the entire thing. 330 00:15:59.600 --> 00:15:59.799 Yeah. 331 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:03.039 I remember thinking to my and we talked about it, 332 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:09.919 how this is so clearly cheating and they're good because 333 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:14.600 of it, and yet there's nobody taking action to hold 334 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:20.039 them accountable. And I would ask myself, well, what can 335 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:21.679 they do right this stuff? And I just looked it 336 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.720 up like this broke like during the season, right, so 337 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:28.879 you're not going to you know in fact, didn't he 338 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:31.480 get suspended or was horrible suspended for something else. 339 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:33.679 So this happened. Oh, actually, that's a good question because 340 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:35.320 I know he didn't he didn't coach the first four 341 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.200 or five games. 342 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:37.080 But I think that was from something else. 343 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:38.639 Yeah, maybe that wasn't related to this. 344 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:42.919 Yeah, I mean, I'm trying to see the exact day 345 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:45.000 because it may just been a timing thing to where 346 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.799 they weren't going to be able to like in real time. 347 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:50.960 Oh yeah, your game at Michigan State this weekend not 348 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:55.240 happening because we're investigating the sign stealing allegation. Maybe it 349 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:58.080 was just one of those things that, you know, the 350 00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:59.759 timing of it made it to where they were going 351 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:01.320 to be to finish the season if they won the 352 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:04.839 national championship. They won the national championship, but the NAA 353 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:07.119 was still going to take its sweet ass time like 354 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:10.200 it does for everything, and do their own investigation and 355 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:13.519 I guess, you know, hold somebody accountable. But when I 356 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:15.400 say the whole thing start, I mean when there was 357 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:18.440 news of it, like clearly it had been going on, 358 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:23.039 you know for a while. I mean says here that 359 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:28.119 NAA's draft obtained by ESPN states that investigation investigators used 360 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:32.640 ticket information, film, photographs, and interviews to determine that Stallions 361 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:36.839 had impermissibly scouted at at least thirteen future Michigan opponents 362 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:40.119 on at least fifty eight occasions between twenty twenty one 363 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:42.839 and twenty twenty three. Like he was doing this last 364 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:44.960 year and then he got caught, Like that's what happened. 365 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:48.359 So it may have just been where the NAA always 366 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:51.480 planned to hold Michigan accountable. I guess as best they can, 367 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:55.039 but like they couldn't in real time. I mean, I 368 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:57.920 guess they probably could have started investigating, but either way, 369 00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:59.680 what they weren't going to have enough time on their 370 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:04.319 hands to step in and say, hey about that playoff 371 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:06.400 spot that you feel like you've earned not so much 372 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:07.920 by the way, which would have been stupid for them 373 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:09.640 to do anyway, Like it would have been terrible for 374 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:11.720 the event, like it would have been it would have 375 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:14.640 been dumb. But I can't wait to hear what Connor 376 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:16.359 Stallion says. But I'm trying not to get my hopes 377 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:21.559 up because again, like it may not be some like 378 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:24.519 elaborate plan, like I doubt he's gonna completely turn on 379 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:27.920 everybody and give names and but but you know, he's 380 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:29.599 a mystery. We've never heard him talk, so we don't 381 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:31.480 know his demeanor. We don't know if he feels like 382 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:34.839 he's been you know, if they've turned their back on 383 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:36.680 him after he was the guy out there boots on 384 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:40.599 the ground helping them cheat. But if I was Michigan, 385 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:43.960 part of me would say, look, dnstaa, they've never had 386 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:46.720 less power. They'll come in and maybe tell us we 387 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:49.680 got to vacate some wins from previous years. But who cares, 388 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:54.720 or maybe you are worried because you know, maybe they 389 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.839 will take swift action in some former fashion and remind 390 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:00.960 people we are still going to hold cheaters accountable. But yeah, 391 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:03.079 I mean, there's just not a whole lot, Like the 392 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:06.079 reaction is pretty blah, pretty vanilla, because we all know 393 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:09.359 exactly what they did and it was cheating. I guess 394 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:12.359 where it becomes interesting is knowing who was given Connor 395 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:14.720 stallions the assignment, who was given him money, that kind 396 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:16.640 of stuff, And maybe we find out in the documentary. 397 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:19.119 Maybe we don't. All right, quick break, we'll come back 398 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:21.759 on the other side talk some more Louisville hoops as 399 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:25.400 well as this Coaches Poll preseason College Football Coaches Poll, 400 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.920 which came out earlier today. I've got some thoughts on that, 401 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:30.839