WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.879 Hell everybody through the facilities of the iHeartMedia Megaplex. This 2 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:06.440 is Dick Gabriel. It's a state wide edition of the 3 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:08.800 Big Blue and Society. He heard comments from Mark Stoops 4 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:12.720 and Tom Leach, Darren Hedrick and Jeff Pecoro. And now's 5 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:16.359 your chance to get involved with Billy rut Aaron Gershan 6 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:18.640 yours truly be a part of the state wide BBI 7 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:21.039 Border to border. It is the Big Blue Insider. Dick 8 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:26.000 Gabriel in studio with Billy Rutledge. Aaron gershawan, thanks to 9 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:29.120 these gentlemen for carrying the show last Monday night as 10 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:31.440 I was busy with UK Pro Day. We are going 11 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:34.759 to talk basketball tonight because we do have Pro Day 12 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:36.840 to talk about. Of course, we have Madness to talk 13 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:39.960 about the return of Rick Patino, which didn't set well 14 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:43.280 with fifty percent of the two gentlemen I just mentioned, 15 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.240 so we'll find out more about that. And we've got 16 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.439 to talk football obviously. And Aaron and I both attended 17 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:52.280 the news conference earlier today. Billy was busy with his 18 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:56.679 day job, but Aaron, it really wasn't much tonight that 19 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:59.479 Mark Stoops talked about that he didn't talk about with 20 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:01.759 us had a chance. I think, probably to look at 21 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:05.239 more videos since then, of course, But any way you 22 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:09.560 slice it and dice it, Kentucky played stupid football, just 23 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:13.239 just played really, I mean, I don't understand at the 24 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:17.680 bonehead plays, the penalties. Stoops himself admitted he made mistakes. 25 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:19.640 Sure it was a comedy of errors. 26 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:22.400 Yeah it was. It was a pathetic performance. I mean 27 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:26.120 it was. It was as batter, if not worse than 28 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:29.959 the Week two game against South Carolina. Twelve penalties over 29 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.879 one hundred yards more hidden yards that that even accumulates 30 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:39.200 in the yard totals, even the hidden yards like big 31 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:41.719 plays take them. Wow, Yeah, unaccepted. 32 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:43.120 Puts him at like four hundred jars. 33 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:48.680 Two well, one drop polled, one bad snap, a terrible interception. 34 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:51.000 Oh no, it came off the board, I guess trying 35 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:54.239 to think was of the turnover fumble by Dame Key 36 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:56.760 in the high rid right, the interception that was terrible did, 37 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.959 luckily for Kentucky come off the board. Just just terrible. 38 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.560 And this is all with reviews going their way. 39 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:05.200 Yeah, a lot went their way. I mean, look, Vandy 40 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:07.719 scored forty points last week and it was Kentucky's defense 41 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:10.120 great in this game. No, but they only squeak it up. 42 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:12.400 You should win games in the SEC if you hold 43 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:16.960 your opponent to twenty points. Diego Pavia was was he good? Yes? 44 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:17.719 He was human. 45 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.800 He threw a pick like and they got to him. 46 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:24.280 They got three sacks like Kentucky's defense did enough to 47 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:28.120 win this football game. Offense terrible and the special teams, 48 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.360 I mean not just the drops hold barry On Brown 49 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:33.520 puts you in position to win the football game or 50 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.280 at least tye it where the pot returned to get 51 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:39.240 to the forty eight and a illegal block. 52 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:41.280 In the back nowhere near the football by a freshman year. 53 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:44.520 And I thought, the offense, if you should, you can't 54 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:46.599 do this. But for the sake argument, you can so 55 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:49.400 track the penalties. I thought the offense was really good. 56 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:51.439 Well, they moved the ball, but every time they. 57 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:55.000 Do something good, they turn around. And I mean, if 58 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:57.719 you heard the broadcast, and Billy you did because you're 59 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:01.479 the network half to sir, yeah, you're you're pinned in here. 60 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.080 But how many times did you hear Tom and Jeff 61 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:06.639 and even me say not another flag? 62 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:09.560 It was frustrating, Oh god, it really is. And I'll 63 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:11.280 use a line that I think I've heard already three 64 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:14.240 times today and it came from Stoops. It's a thin 65 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:17.120 line between success and failure in this league and in 66 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:19.680 football and boys, he right, I mean, Aaron and I 67 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:22.319 had a great time hosting the show after talking about 68 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:24.639 a win versus Old Miss and coming off of bye 69 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:28.800 and getting to talk about the Alabama or Alabama Vandy game, 70 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:30.960 and now Vandy was the talk of college football. 71 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:33.759 Couldn't reach each other to pat each other exactly. 72 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:35.960 And they'll be hungover for this game. There's no way 73 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.439 they'd come in to beat Kentucky again like two years ago. 74 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:42.960 But sadly this has become the norm lately and the 75 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:45.719 record of what two and ten in the last twelve 76 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:46.240 home game. 77 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:48.719 You make a great point though, credit Vandy for not 78 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:51.319 being hungover. Yeah, no, absolutely, But you know what, I 79 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:54.120 got to thinking about that during the game. If Vandy 80 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:57.840 were a big play chunk, you know, exciting down the 81 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:00.639 field kind of play, that might have been an issue. 82 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:04.599 But the way they play just grind it out even 83 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:08.599 if you're hungover from again. But you know, yeah, that's 84 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:11.120 a great guard against that, isn't it. It is? 85 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:13.479 You also had an extra week to prepare for an 86 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:15.840 offense that you were probably going to see once this year, 87 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.759 so you thought you'd be very well prepared, and for 88 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:20.360 the most part you were. You held them to twenty 89 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:24.279 Pavia even got hurt in the game and wasn't as effective. 90 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:25.120 But part of the game plan. 91 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:28.079 But yes, story is that you weren't able to get 92 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:31.959 it done when you were across minfields. You it is, 93 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:34.240 but you know, how many years are we going to 94 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:36.759 say that? How many years in a row has it 95 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:39.720 been that discipline has been an issue on this team? 96 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:42.040 I mean, we have to start looking at who these 97 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:45.439 players are being coached by and why that's the case. 98 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:47.519 But weren't they the same coaches? You've got them ready 99 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:48.480 for all miss and Georgia. 100 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:50.839 That's that's why it's a That's why we're called fans 101 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:54.160 stick it's short for fanatic, and we have to somebody 102 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:55.720 has to answer after every loss. 103 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:58.160 I feel like, you know, I think you disagree with 104 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.319 with Pcoro and man, I'm not sure about you, but 105 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:04.279 most of those penalties, if not all, I blame on 106 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:07.319 the players, the guys who do it. And here's part 107 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:10.240 of my reasoning is we have just a baffo NFL 108 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:14.519 game up on the wall tonight Buffalo and the Jets, 109 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:19.319 and you are huge NFL fans, we talk about our teams. 110 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:23.040 A nice win by the Packers. By the way, if 111 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:28.720 that game were an NFL game and players committed those penalties, 112 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:33.000 how many I'm sure some fans might because it's easy 113 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:37.319 to throw barbs at coaches, But you know as well 114 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:39.920 as I do, that an overwhelming majority of the criticism 115 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:43.279 would have been heraled at the players. That that's the 116 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:48.199 difference between pro and college. Coaches are just worshiped in 117 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:51.519 college and in the pros they're just I get rid 118 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:54.600 of them, move on. You know, the coaches are hired 119 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:57.120 to be fired in the pro game. So and I 120 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.839 realized professionals who played a lot more and all that 121 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:02.560 time stuff. But you're talking about I mean, do you 122 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:05.680 have to be coached? Hey, man, don't line up offside? 123 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:08.519 That's wrong. You know how many more times did Jerrow 124 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:09.839 Mincay had to be called for holding? 125 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:10.560 You know? 126 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:13.519 No, that's not easy. I get that I was an 127 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:16.560 offensive tackle for about a minute. It ain't easy. But 128 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:23.639 to play so beautifully in Oxford and so well against Georgia, 129 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:27.560 and I agree with Corol, you know, yeah, it's mental, 130 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:30.879 but I think it's bogus to have to expect a 131 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:33.519 coach to say, hey, guys, let's go, let's go. I mean, 132 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:35.959 if somebody has to tell you that you shouldn't be 133 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:37.040 playing football. 134 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:39.199 I completely agree with that, especially when you only have 135 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:42.120 twelve thirteen games a year. You should be able to 136 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:45.079 get up for sall all week long. 137 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:45.920 And it's game day. 138 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.160 But I don't necessarily agree with you can blame it 139 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:51.279 on the players because the coaches aren't the ones that 140 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:53.360 committed the penalty. I mean that's always going to be 141 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:57.120 you know, the coaches aren't playing in the game. So yeah, 142 00:06:57.920 --> 00:06:59.800 you know, it's I think it's tough to equate that. 143 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.920 But if it keeps happening over and over again, then 144 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:04.720 I think you have to find the common denominator. 145 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:07.959 Yeah, but this year, how many other games were played 146 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:08.160 out of. 147 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:10.240 The You know, that's the strangest thing, Dick, because they 148 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:12.959 were the least penalized team in the SEC going into 149 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:17.000 this game. So, but there is common denominators like Stoops's 150 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:19.920 record after bye weeks and Stoop's record at home the 151 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:22.519 last four or five years. I mean, these cannot be 152 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:25.879 ignored because these fans keep spending their hard money to 153 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:28.240 buy tickets to go to Kroger Field to continually get 154 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:28.680 let down. 155 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:32.879 Yeah, the home thing is what's mind boggling. I don't understand. 156 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:36.439 And Mark and you know he brushed off when he 157 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:38.399 was asked about it on Monday, and his Monday press 158 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.920 conference before the game. After the game, he acknowledged, yes, 159 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:44.279 like I have had conversations with the guys. Is it distractions, 160 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.639 ticket problems, getting too amped up with family in town? 161 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.319 Like what is the problem? Why what is going on? 162 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:53.879 And it's just you're two in ten and it's not 163 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.079 like we were talking for the show. Yes, you have 164 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.399 two losses of Georgia and there most teams do. But 165 00:07:58.480 --> 00:07:59.759 you have two to Van. Do you have two to 166 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:02.319 Seveuth Carolina? One to Missouri when you're up fourteen to 167 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:04.759 nothing and then up by seven going. 168 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:05.120 Out half fours. 169 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:08.560 It's half those games. They're one in five against Vandy 170 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:11.079 in South Carolina the last three years when they were 171 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:14.360 eleven and one when they got the things rolling from sea. 172 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.319 There's the thing, Bandy I think has improved. I don't 173 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:19.839 think South Carolina is that good. And they then they 174 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:22.560 turn around and play well against other teams. Yeah, I 175 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:25.519 still think Kentucky's better the South Carolina, and I thought 176 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:26.639 Kentucky was better than. 177 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.360 Vander That's another indictment. 178 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:30.800 Yeah, it is another indictment because they are better than 179 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:35.320 both those teams. Especially. I still think, look, Vanderbilt, they're 180 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:37.279 definitely much improved, but I think a lot of it 181 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:40.679 is not necessarily talent scheme, Like their scheme is really 182 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:43.559 good offensively, Yeah, was there defense anything special at all? 183 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:46.639 Not really exactly, and they were ranked near the bottom 184 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:48.679 in the country and past defense, you know what, I 185 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:49.879 think we overlooked. 186 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.279 We talked about it on the radio a little bit, 187 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:55.399 but our heads were swimming from all the yellow flags. 188 00:08:55.759 --> 00:08:59.200 But you could probably see it upstairs as well. Aaron, 189 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.919 He's O line, I thought set the tone as much 190 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:06.679 as anything for Vanderbilt. Those guys are huge. You got 191 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:10.559 a center who's three sixty and now Dan Walker's got 192 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:13.799 his hands full. I thought the push their O line 193 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:17.759 got was really good. And then you look at Tim 194 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:20.840 Beck's offense, where he's got a midget for a quarterback 195 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:22.799 who happens to be a magician, and what does he 196 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:25.559 do half the time? He rolls him out. And we 197 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:29.320 talked about that Vandergriff has been more effective rolling out 198 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:32.919 to protect Kentucky's O line. But Vandy has been doing 199 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:37.279 it since July, you know, working on that offense. So 200 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:43.639 credit uh Vandy. Credit Clark League, good coach for who 201 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:46.320 would want that job? Who would leave Notre Dame? Well, 202 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:49.759 guy who played there there, Yeah, he goes in too, 203 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:55.320 hire Tim Beck and comes home with Diego Pavia and 204 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:56.039 Jerry Kill. 205 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.480 It was a home run. I mean, yeah, safe might 206 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:01.159 look it's Vandy. The really have a pretty long leash. 207 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:04.120 But it might have saved his job in the long run, right, 208 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:07.159 I mean that move is a it's a program changing move, 209 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:08.759 and you know, credit to them for making it. But 210 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:12.080 again into this year ten and twenty seven was at 211 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.799 it something terrible? They were two and ten and twenty 212 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:16.399 one and twenty three and I think they went five 213 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:18.279 and seven there. They came in here in one because 214 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:21.320 they beat Florida the next week. But just that's a 215 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:25.600 program saving move. But again Kentucky. Credit to Vanderbilt. But 216 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:29.519 Kentucky beat themselves worse than there's no question about it. 217 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:31.720 And there's bigger problems of foot here. I mean, it's 218 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:34.759 four touchdowns and four sec games. Like, no matter how 219 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:37.519 many offensive coordinators to have been through, I mean, that's 220 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.840 some that teams get in one game. So I mean 221 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:41.200 there is. 222 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.360 This gave one away which he went away absolutely from 223 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:46.559 when they're four inches from the goal. 224 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:49.440 Oh yeah, yeah, and didn't accept that penalty to go 225 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.159 closer and have an extra down, have the extra down. 226 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:54.320 Yeah, they would have been Yeah, I don't know what 227 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:56.159 was it. It would have been half the distance. They 228 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:58.799 wouldn't have been closer, but they'd have first and goal play, 229 00:10:58.919 --> 00:10:59.919 they would have an extra play. 230 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:02.159 But then again, would you really think the way you 231 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:05.480 can run the ball, would you need that when you're 232 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:06.759 four inchers from the goal line. 233 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:10.200 I mean they literally ran in a one yard run earlier. 234 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:14.799 Yeah, and when the flag was thrown, they had run 235 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:15.720 it into the end zone. 236 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:19.320 And that's another thing, the flags. But the offensive tackle 237 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:21.480 play this year's been terrible. Like I'm not trying to 238 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.480 rip into two individuals, but Gerald Mincy hasn't played to 239 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:26.840 the level that they were expecting him to. And Marcus 240 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:29.919 Cox's seventh year senior's playing bad football and it's frustrating. 241 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:32.080 And I did think better last year, much better last year. 242 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.960 And I did Mark Stoups didn't say much new on 243 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:36.960 the radio show tonight that he didn't say already, But 244 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:39.440 one thing that caught my ear was that he mentioned 245 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:42.000 Courtland Ford, who was active this past week, he's active 246 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:44.080 again this week, that he might be a guy that 247 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:46.799 can come in and play. And I do wonder which 248 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:49.000 one of those tackles might lose their job if they're 249 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:50.240 really going to give Courtland a shot. 250 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.639 Well, it all starts up front. Yeah, And as I said, 251 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:57.519 Vandy gave that Kentucky the vaunted Kentucky delon and I 252 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:00.360 say that with respect. They played well all year, but 253 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:04.360 it was I think a battle that not many people expected. 254 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:07.759 I do think Kentucky expected it. Rarely do you see 255 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:10.320 a Brad White defense go into a game. You know, 256 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:14.159 every once in a while it happens. But Terrence point 257 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:18.080 Vanny moved the ball between the twenties, but again twenty 258 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:21.080 points and the touchdown late was a gift. And that 259 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:24.639 again was because and Stoops admitted it was poor clock 260 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:26.279 management at the end of the first half. 261 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:29.759 Oh, and I was a really reoccurring theme. I don't 262 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:32.039 want to be too negative. I will say one thing 263 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:34.080 about Stoops is that he doesn't throw a lot of 264 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:36.600 guys underneath the bus when it comes to press conferences. 265 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:39.519 He talked a lot about leaders and you know, maybe 266 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:42.720 they made some bad plays in this game, dan Key, 267 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:44.799 and he didn't say them by name. 268 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.600 He handed he said, our best player this. 269 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:50.240 Year is the most consistent player on and off the field, 270 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:52.440 things like that. But then he also said one guy 271 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:54.080 doesn't keep his shoes tied. 272 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:56.120 And that was a question about a specific player. 273 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:59.679 Yeah, So, I mean I could sense the frustration in 274 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:01.960 stud It's not only did I have to dump him 275 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:05.200 during the interview with Tom after the game, but also 276 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:07.080 he got cut off tonight because he was, you know, 277 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:08.080 trying to get it all. 278 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:09.200 In with with coach. 279 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:12.679 Obviously it's on his mind and and you know, kind 280 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:14.879 of like how we started the conversation. It's just such 281 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:18.720 a razor thin margin between you being the hero that 282 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:23.200 deserves a statue and the guy that might get run 283 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:24.639 out of town. It's unbelievable. 284 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:26.600 Yeah, it depends on which Twitter account you're. 285 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:29.720 That's just the type of you're working for. I still 286 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:31.559 think they're gonna win games where there may be an 287 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:35.080 underdog in these last six and they're gonna win games 288 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:37.159 where they're the favorite, I will. 289 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:40.879 Say, And and again Stoops himself kicked himself for and 290 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:44.480 he said trying to be aggressive, which I found interesting 291 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:47.840 talking about the late move to throw, throw a throw 292 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:52.799 and then have to punt, because he knew going in 293 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:55.600 that it was going to be a ball control, possession 294 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:58.240 kind of game. So do you run the ball, run 295 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:01.039 the clock, force Fandy to use time outs, or do 296 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:03.080 you throw the ball and if something goes wrong. Now, 297 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:06.919 Vandy's got the opportunity. When he first got here twelve 298 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:10.320 years ago as a first year, second year, even into 299 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:13.360 his third year head coach, I thought he made mistakes 300 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:15.759 with clock management. I thought little by little he had 301 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:18.759 gotten much better at that. And that's why this one 302 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:22.480 kind of surprised me because he has talked at length 303 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:25.840 about the four minuted offense, winning the last four, winning 304 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:27.799 the first four, that kind of thing, and I always 305 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:30.399 said I felt like, well, clearly with his better teams, 306 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:33.159 they did a great job at that. So that's why 307 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:35.519 I was kind of shocked at the end of that 308 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.879 first half. And again, maybe Vandy settles for three, but 309 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:43.279 Kentucky's defense makes a rare mistake. There's a guy wide open. 310 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:47.440 Yeah, I think he's it's in his head a little bit. 311 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.639 It's in my head. 312 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:50.200 I know that. 313 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:52.600 Oh yeah, you never really feel good about it going 314 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.240 into the middle eight. 315 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:55.440 Now they go down to Gainesville, and I think it's 316 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:59.039 amazing to me. I'm any Kentucky fans had that one 317 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:02.559 circled pre just because of the confidence when it comes 318 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.840 to playing Florida and how poorly Florida had been playing 319 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:08.279 going in this year, and there have been signs of 320 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:09.240 life in Gatorland. 321 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:12.840 Yeah, they played Look, they always they always played Tennessee. Well, 322 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:15.360 it's one of those things we all know that Kentucky 323 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:17.879 has played Tennessee in years they're much better than Tennessee 324 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:19.559 and not played well. It's just one of those things, 325 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.440 same thing that happens in that in that series. But 326 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:26.480 I think this is still a game Kentucky should win. 327 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:29.039 I really do when I I haven't watched Florida to 328 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:32.240 too closely, but they're they're bottom. I think they're ninety seventh. 329 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:33.759 I checked today in rushing defense. 330 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:35.799 No quarterbacks, there are no starting. 331 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:38.080 Yeah, they've been playing two quarterbacks. Now they have to 332 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:41.639 go to the freshman full time. Unfortunately, Graham Wortz towards 333 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:44.440 ACL their wide receivers have been in and out with injuries. 334 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:46.759 They're often the protection hasn't been good. Like this is 335 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:48.080 not a very good Florida team. 336 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.679 You have to be. 337 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:51.759 They're favored by three, you get three for being at home, 338 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:55.320 So it's basically a pick them game. Kentucky's played with 339 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:57.000 Florida really well. I think they're going to get up 340 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:00.440 for this game. They always seem to do so. And look, 341 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:03.039 I was saying it before the show. My prediction is 342 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:04.720 they win this game and they're gonna lose to Auburn 343 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:06.159 at home next Wow. 344 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:06.960 How about that? 345 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:08.039 As far as anyone. 346 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:09.120 You freeze. 347 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:13.759 Kroger Field, that's true, that's true. I mean it is 348 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:17.080 an advantage for Kentucky to be on the road or whatever. 349 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:19.799 Yeah, and they, I mean, if they think about this, 350 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:21.519 if they lose to Auburn at home, it would be 351 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:23.639 their first zero to four and sec play at home 352 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.559 since twenty thirteen. 353 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:26.679 Yikes, that was not a great year. 354 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.320 All right. 355 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:29.240 When we come back, we'll talk about a little bit 356 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:32.639 of a happier subject. That is Kentucky basketball. It is 357 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:35.759 a statewide edition in a big Blue insider from Pikeville 358 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:38.279 to Paduca. It is the Big Blue insider Dick Gabriel, 359 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:43.879 Billy rutlives Aaron Gershawan and it is overlap time, this 360 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:46.679 time a week ago Pro Day and then of course 361 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:50.320 Friday was madness and a certain former coach showed up. 362 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:52.039 First of all, let's talk about the floor. 363 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:56.000 That was pretty cool, very cool, very very cool. I 364 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:58.200 think the only time it had been used before was 365 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:01.600 the NBA All Star Game, so it was incredible. I 366 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:04.119 mean from all the I thought the coolest thing that 367 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:06.039 did the football field was cool when Stoops came out. 368 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:08.119 But the coolest thing was when and we'll get to 369 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:09.799 Patino in a second, but when when they had all 370 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:11.880 the ex players come out and they shifted the floor 371 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:14.720 from different generations in Kentucky basketball. I thought that was 372 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:15.000 a right. 373 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.960 I wish they would introduce the players. Yeah, that was. 374 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:19.839 Crazy to I mean, there were a lot, so itd 375 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:22.359 have taken time, but I think everyone in Rubbery would 376 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:24.920 have taken that five minutes to go through the list 377 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.839 of the sixty something. 378 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:27.559 What did you think you've been to several of those? 379 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:27.960 Oh? 380 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:30.759 Well, I purposely didn't go. I wanted to watch it 381 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:33.440 on TV because of the floor. Yeah, I wanted to 382 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:34.240 see that's good point. 383 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:36.400 Well, to be honest with you, I stopped going because 384 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:38.359 there was nothing to cover the same thing everything. So 385 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:40.359 I went my freshman year as a student at UK 386 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:43.279 and then I think I covered one and that was it. 387 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:45.039 I just stopped going because it was like, all right, 388 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:47.400 we're not getting interviews which didn't happen this week, but 389 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:50.279 we know what's going to happen, we know the exact format, 390 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:53.079 what's there to go see. Sometimes I wouldn't even watch it, 391 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:55.079 to be honest with you, but this year, you know, 392 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:57.359 I only I didn't really I saw the floor thing, 393 00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:58.839 so I was like, okay, that'll be cool. But it 394 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:01.559 was Mark Pope's first one to see the differences, and 395 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:04.640 I just thought from the floor to I really thought 396 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:06.319 it was a really cool idea to have the players 397 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:08.680 come out from the crowd and interact with the crowd 398 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:09.039 that way. 399 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:12.519 Pope's in the cheapest of cheap seats. Absolutely was it 400 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:14.000 the worst seats and a half. 401 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:15.680