Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 2: John.
Speaker 1: It is seven oh five here at Kentucky and it's
Speaker 1: morning news on news radio eight forty WHAS Nick Coffee
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Speaker 1: I think if you are a resident of the Bargetown
Speaker 1: Road area near where all the Shenanigans have taken place
Speaker 1: in the last couple of weeks, or if you are
Speaker 1: a business owner, you want to wait and see if
Speaker 1: in fact there's progress made. But I think there's early
Speaker 1: signs of potential progress. We do have at least one
Speaker 1: business that has decided that they will they're going to
Speaker 1: go ahead and start closing two hours earlier, So Highland
Speaker 1: Taphouse is going to close at two am now instead
Speaker 1: of four am. Moving forward, and our partner over at
Speaker 1: woky Addie Minors, she talked to some of the residents
Speaker 1: and here are their thoughts on just the current situation.
Speaker 1: As obviously this has been a big story in the
Speaker 1: last last few days. You know, people go out and
Speaker 1: have a good time till two or maybe four am.
Speaker 1: Now it's more of a contest of what can we
Speaker 1: get away with right how crazy can it get.
Speaker 2: You've got to have the local leadership involved.
Speaker 3: You've got to make sure they're on board with it,
Speaker 3: and you've got to make sure that they're all on
Speaker 3: the same page as the residents and the business owners.
Speaker 2: I think these are steps in the right direction.
Speaker 1: Highland tap Room, that's great they start closing it too.
Speaker 4: I think will be even better if everyone else started
Speaker 4: closing it too. You'll move the noise earlier. Instead of
Speaker 4: being three or four in the morning, it'll be two
Speaker 4: in the morning. But in general, it's probably a better
Speaker 4: idea to close the bars earlier, just because people have
Speaker 4: a little less time to drink and it'll be less
Speaker 4: of a problem at two than four.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 5: Both may Or Greenberg and Chief Paul Humphreys did speak
Speaker 5: publicly again about this issue today. Chief Paul Humphrey said
Speaker 5: that LMPD will once again this weekend have a larger
Speaker 5: police presence on Bardstown Road, and they will be enforcing
Speaker 5: the law. They'll be towing cars, is issuing tickets, and
Speaker 5: arresting anyone that's not complying with the law.
Speaker 1: So last night Mary Greenberg released a statement on social
Speaker 1: media saying that inspectors from the Louisville Metro Department of
Speaker 1: Public Health and Wellness made a visit to Friends who
Speaker 1: Can Lounge on Bargetown Road, and they were able to
Speaker 1: determine that business was operating with an expired license. So
Speaker 1: they've been ordered to remain closed until this is resolved.
Speaker 1: So you've got one bar that had stepped up. Maybe
Speaker 1: you just need one to get others to follow along
Speaker 1: and say, all right, we'll also close our doors earlier.
Speaker 1: And then now you've got at least one. And I
Speaker 1: have no clue really which specific business, And it wouldn't
Speaker 1: be fair to blame what has been going on in
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks on any of these specific
Speaker 1: businesses individually. I'm sure maybe there are some things they
Speaker 1: could do better, but also I'm sure some of them
Speaker 1: feel helpless, and I'm sure there's many of them that
Speaker 1: don't want anything close to what's been going on, because
Speaker 1: not only is it not needed, not necessary, it can
Speaker 1: only prevent more people from wanting to come and give
Speaker 1: those businesses business. So again we've got one bar closing
Speaker 1: down and one that has been shut down for the
Speaker 1: time being because they did not have the right license.
Speaker 1: You got to think if you were operating with the
Speaker 1: hopes that you can fly under the radar without a
Speaker 1: valid liquor license or whatever is needed to be open,
Speaker 1: you had to know they were going to come. Look,
Speaker 1: and just given how much attention this thing has gotten
Speaker 1: in the last couple of days.
Speaker 3: You know, it makes me wonder, Nick, how many other
Speaker 3: places in the city, not just Barstown Road, are running
Speaker 3: about the liquor licenses? And what makes you do you
Speaker 3: ever read the restaurant or not the restaurant, but when
Speaker 3: the health Department goes into different restaurants, Oh yeah, you
Speaker 3: read those when they come out.
Speaker 1: Sometimes I don't want to, but I do.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a it's weird.
Speaker 3: And so you wonder how many other restaurants are doing
Speaker 3: that in along the same lines, how many other folks
Speaker 3: Barston Rose getting the attention right now because she's lightning
Speaker 3: right and rightfully so, because the people aren't riding in
Speaker 3: other places. But it does make you wonder how many
Speaker 3: other people are flying.
Speaker 1: Under the right well, and you've got to think that
Speaker 1: you know if if in fact me so, if you've
Speaker 1: been to a restaurant, a bar, a gas station, wherever
Speaker 1: you can purchase alcohol, whether it's you're going to take
Speaker 1: it home or you're gonna buy at the bar, you're
Speaker 1: gonna get it at the table while you're eating dinner,
Speaker 1: you can always sense when there's more of a real
Speaker 1: strict awareness of ID and that means they probably got
Speaker 1: cited for something. They probably weren't following rules, so they
Speaker 1: keep up with it as best they can. But as
Speaker 1: far as just I mean, that's it's one thing to
Speaker 1: maybe just assume somebody was of age and you didn't
Speaker 1: check and they weren't, or maybe you didn't realize there
Speaker 1: was somebody there just to test you, to see if
Speaker 1: you were going to be if you were going to
Speaker 1: actually ID someone, but to operate with a license that
Speaker 1: is clearly I mean, I feel like the resources they have,
Speaker 1: I mean, if you if you're if you've if you're
Speaker 1: open for business and your license is not up to date,
Speaker 1: they're gonna know I mean, I wouldn't. I certainly wouldn't,
Speaker 1: wouldn't risk it, but you know some people, some people do.
Speaker 1: But yeah, four am being the closing time for a
Speaker 1: lot of bars in the area. And I'm not knocking
Speaker 1: anybody who enjoys the night life. I mean, I would
Speaker 1: hope those would go out and be responsible and have
Speaker 1: a good time in a safe manner and you know,
Speaker 1: don't be a criminal that kind of stuff. But knowing
Speaker 1: that I now get up a lot earlier than bars
Speaker 1: stay open, it's been a real it's really stood out
Speaker 1: in the last couple of days that this is absolutely
Speaker 1: a lifestyle change for me. But hey, so far, so good.
Speaker 1: It's a lot of fun. And yeah, you're maturing. I'm
Speaker 1: an early roser. Now, yeah, maturing. I don't know, do
Speaker 1: we have to.
Speaker 2: Just some as you don't turn into a They told me.
Speaker 1: I didn't have to mature on this show.
Speaker 2: I kid.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Anyways, all right, we've got another update of trafficking weather
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Speaker 1: I'm someone who enjoys fast food, just like most people
Speaker 1: probably do. I know not everyone does. Some people say
Speaker 1: they don't, but they're liars. Some people just know that
Speaker 1: it's tasty, but they don't need it because they're really healthy.
Speaker 1: Which reminds me of our conversation earlier this week. We're
Speaker 1: talking about snacking and you know, eating things and drinking
Speaker 1: things that maybe aren't great for us, and I referenced,
Speaker 1: you know, too many have to limit the bush like
Speaker 1: consumption now that I got to go to bed a lot. Earlier,
Speaker 1: John was talking about eating Dorito's and Scott mentioned his
Speaker 1: his his weakness. His midnight snack is watermelon. I mean
Speaker 1: that's weekends, it's chocolate.
Speaker 2: I sucked.
Speaker 1: Half the reason I bring this up is because McDonald's
Speaker 1: and I like McDonald's. I don't eat it a whole lot.
Speaker 1: When I do, it's pretty pretty damn good if I'm
Speaker 1: being honest with you. But I stick with just a
Speaker 1: double cheeseburger. That's my go to. But I know a
Speaker 1: lot of folks right now are pumped because McDonald's announced
Speaker 1: they're going to bring back an item permanently that I
Speaker 1: guess has been away for quite some time. The snack
Speaker 1: wrap is going to be back on the menu starting
Speaker 1: July tenth, and it was last available in twenty sixteen,
Speaker 1: and it now comes in spicy and ranch flavors with
Speaker 1: new mccrispy strips. This decision, of course, it was it
Speaker 1: was very much approved by those that are big McDonald's
Speaker 1: crunch trap fans. And it reminds me, by the way,
Speaker 1: have you guys had one of those?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 1: I one, Yeah, I haven't. I'm sure it's tap, I'm
Speaker 1: sure it's fine, but you know, I'm very I have
Speaker 1: the palette of a toddler. I like what I like, cheeseburgers,
Speaker 1: chicken wings, pizza, you know, when it comes to those
Speaker 1: kind of when it comes to fast food, there's not
Speaker 1: many places where I've got a diverse selection. I'm usually,
Speaker 1: you know, I know exactly what I'm gonna get, But
Speaker 1: there are food items that maybe these these industry, these
Speaker 1: these franchises, they never realized We're going to be so popular,
Speaker 1: or maybe they didn't realize they were going to be
Speaker 1: missed so much. But I mean, I remember when the
Speaker 1: MG rib went away. I don't know anybody pre McRib
Speaker 1: being gone. That was big McRib fan. I knew what
Speaker 1: it was. They took it away, and it was can
Speaker 1: you believe they got rid of the McRib and they
Speaker 1: brought it back. Is there any fast food item that
Speaker 1: you you miss that you wish was still around? I'll
Speaker 1: say ster watermelon guy.
Speaker 2: Was thinking about it.
Speaker 6: You're you're talking McDonald's. They've only had these, I believe, once,
Speaker 6: and I don't know if they've ever brought them back.
Speaker 6: But they did their own version of spicy chicken McNuggets
Speaker 6: a couple of years ago. And I'm not a big
Speaker 6: McNugget guy in general, but I tried the spicy ones
Speaker 6: and I went back two or three different times for
Speaker 6: a second or third order of them on different days.
Speaker 2: I don't know if they'll ever bring them back by
Speaker 2: the McDonald's, Yeah, they had them.
Speaker 1: I know Wendy's they have spicy chicken nuggets and they
Speaker 1: were discontinued in twenty seventeen. People rided in the streets
Speaker 1: until they brought them back in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 3: Speaking of that, do you guys ever go get like
Speaker 3: like nostalgia? For for example, I was at the store last
Speaker 3: night and they had the Doritos. This isn't fast food,
Speaker 3: but they had the Dorito's taco flavor in the old
Speaker 3: school packaging, which I just inhaled as a kid, and
Speaker 3: I was right there wanting to pick up a bag
Speaker 3: for the weekend. But over the weekend I did buy
Speaker 3: Fego's Big Up in Michigan. Pego Redpop is amazing and
Speaker 3: it's kind of like Big Red here, same different, different
Speaker 3: few but it was Fago.
Speaker 1: So it was the last time you had the Taco
Speaker 1: bell got or the Taco Doritos. I got to ask,
Speaker 1: oh Man, probably talking like many years.
Speaker 2: A long time ago, dude, since I was.
Speaker 1: A kid, I want you to get them.
Speaker 2: I will.
Speaker 1: I'll give it because what I want to see is
Speaker 1: are they as good as you? Remember?
Speaker 5: Who?
Speaker 2: Is it more?
Speaker 1: You just you just don't because I'll admit I was
Speaker 1: a big fan of the chicken fries at Burger King.
Speaker 1: They were briefly around and they were like the perfect spice.
Speaker 1: I mean, it was like you were eating French fries,
Speaker 1: but they were chicken Wichigan, hence why they call them
Speaker 1: chicken fries. They discontinued him in twenty twelve, and I
Speaker 1: was bummed, and they brought them back permanently in twenty fourteen,
Speaker 1: and they were fine. I enjoyed them, but I think
Speaker 1: it was the intrigue of you know, they were good,
Speaker 1: and I don't think they changed them, but it was
Speaker 1: the knowing I may never have them again that had
Speaker 1: me thinking, oh, those were the best thing ever. I'm
Speaker 1: so sad they're gone. So I'm just curious if you
Speaker 1: end up having the Doritos, will they You gotta keep
Speaker 1: us up thered this is still this is a story
Speaker 1: we're gonna follow here on news Radiot Forny whas did
Speaker 1: the taco flavored Doritos uphold the way they did for
Speaker 1: Scott Fitzgerald, The taste as good as they did many
Speaker 1: years ago.
Speaker 3: I'll posted social media and to your point, we have
Speaker 3: a few place back home that we used to go
Speaker 3: to as kids that we love.
Speaker 2: Purchase a big.
Speaker 3: Thing back home, and so many people have gone back
Speaker 3: to this place. It's still there, but they say it
Speaker 3: doesn't taste like it did because obviously they had to
Speaker 3: get rid of transfats.
Speaker 2: That was a good deal. So a lot of these
Speaker 2: foods are changing taste.
Speaker 1: Heck, if there's been a long time since you've made it.
Speaker 1: You may not even be able to get the same
Speaker 1: ingredient she used to.
Speaker 3: That's exactly right, that's where it's going with that. So
Speaker 3: I'm going to try it. I'm going to take a
Speaker 3: look and see what they are. But nostalgic foods are amazing.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean, and I want to continue this
Speaker 1: conversation a little bit further coming up in the eight
Speaker 1: o'clock hour, because these are items that were really popular
Speaker 1: that everybody brought back. I mean, I think my wife
Speaker 1: camped out at Taco Bell when they brought back the
Speaker 1: Mexican pizza a couple of years ago. It was a
Speaker 1: big deal, was a big moment in the coffee household.
Speaker 1: She was very, very happy. She was happy once again
Speaker 1: and to have the Mexican pizza. But there's also a
Speaker 1: lot of menu items from these fast food places that
Speaker 1: you probably forgot about that were big failures, right, So
Speaker 1: I want to hit on that coming up in the
Speaker 1: eight o'clock hour, So stick around. It's Kentucky and His
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Speaker 1: News Radio eight forty whas. Thank you, John. It is
Speaker 1: seven thirty five here at Kentucky and it's morning news
Speaker 1: on news Radio eight forty whas it could just be me,
Speaker 1: but I feel like seeing that new episodes of Jeopardy
Speaker 1: and Will of Fortune set to just stream only for
Speaker 1: the first time is a big is a big step
Speaker 1: in pretty much everything is going to eventually be exclusively
Speaker 1: on streaming. I mean, maybe I'm wrong here because those
Speaker 1: when I think of just randomly throwing on something that
Speaker 1: is on live television, I think of local news sports.
Speaker 1: Obviously that's really the only thing I watch consistently that
Speaker 1: is live. Anything else I just watch on demand, whether
Speaker 1: it be YouTube TV or anything on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon
Speaker 1: Prime and whatnot. And I know I'm not alone. We've
Speaker 1: made a big, big push to the streaming world in
Speaker 1: the last ten plus years. But like Jeopardy and Will
Speaker 1: of Fortune, I feel like those are two of the
Speaker 1: rare type of programs that would still have a good
Speaker 1: audience for folks who watched that live. But you can
Speaker 1: still watch it live, but some of them are going
Speaker 1: to be just streaming exclusively, which I mean, it doesn't
Speaker 1: it doesn't it feel like a big sun because those
Speaker 1: are those are shows that have been around for a long,
Speaker 1: long time.
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, And that's what I used to do a
Speaker 3: lot of antony and I had this conversation. That's how
Speaker 3: I picked them on Reacher. I would picked them on
Speaker 3: full swing on Netflix. I think Netflix has hit it
Speaker 3: out of the park when it comes to sports documentaries.
Speaker 2: Totally agree, you know. And and then I.
Speaker 3: Don't watch much on regular TV, although I'm not home
Speaker 3: a lot now because I'm a bit more active. When
Speaker 3: I get home, I might watch an episode of Bob's
Speaker 3: Burgers or Three's Company, but I'll find it on demand
Speaker 3: on my Internet or on my cable provider.
Speaker 2: And and then I'm going to bed.
Speaker 1: Yeah, when I think to watch something, if it's not sports,
Speaker 1: it's something that is not live and yeah, I can
Speaker 1: watch anytime and it's on one of those many platforms.
Speaker 1: I mean, there are shows that I would would consider
Speaker 1: some of my favorites that were lengthy, multiple seasons, that
Speaker 1: you really just binge. And I'm not sure if I
Speaker 1: would have stuck around if we were in the previous
Speaker 1: world where you you know, you know, let's say pre DVR,
Speaker 1: where you know, you can't just wait for it to
Speaker 1: build up in DVR. It you have to literally watch
Speaker 1: it every week and and and if not, you maybe
Speaker 1: need to get the VCR out and record it. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's that's way back in the day, but I'm sure
Speaker 1: many people remember that. Again, I like these shows, but
Speaker 1: I do wonder if if I would have stuck it
Speaker 1: out and I would have missed out, because they're really good.
Speaker 1: But I think consuming shows in a in a in
Speaker 1: a quick binge, it's a different experience than than watching
Speaker 1: a show where each week it's a different it's a
Speaker 1: you know, it's a different episode and you gotta wait
Speaker 1: a week to see the next one.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and they're in this trend now where they'll release
Speaker 3: everything but the last episode so you can binge it
Speaker 3: all the way up and then have this premiere at
Speaker 3: the end. Let me ask you this. When it came
Speaker 3: to the NFL on Prime, did you watch that coverage?
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah see.
Speaker 3: And I remember when they first announced, people like I'm
Speaker 3: not streaming this, and.
Speaker 1: Then NASCAR liars, right, they're liars.
Speaker 2: And then NASCAR now is on Prime. Prime bought into
Speaker 2: NASCAR now. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, look, the reason that these streaming networks are
Speaker 1: paying unheard of money, money that I'm not even sure
Speaker 1: physically could exist if you had to go to a
Speaker 1: bank somewhere and get it out. I don't think it.
Speaker 1: I mean it's the money that they're paying to have
Speaker 1: exclusive rights for a Thursday night game on Amazon, for
Speaker 1: a Christmas Day game on Netflix with the NFL. It's
Speaker 1: because they realize the power the power of that right.
Speaker 1: There's not much content out there that people consume at
Speaker 1: a high level that is live, and sports is the
Speaker 1: monster has been for a long time. So they're going
Speaker 1: to get a return on that investment because maybe there
Speaker 1: will be some that do say, yeah, I used to
Speaker 1: just be able to turn on my television and watch
Speaker 1: the game. If I got to go download an app
Speaker 1: and sign up for this, and that I'm not doing
Speaker 1: it enough will, I mean it's be proven enough, will,
Speaker 1: and it'll be a profitable thing.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 3: And the three easiest people to market to are new parents,
Speaker 3: sports fans, and pet lovers yep, because they will spend
Speaker 3: money on anything.
Speaker 2: And so when you get to.
Speaker 1: A sports people know how to take advantage of that boom.
Speaker 3: And because I'm telling you right now, with the Tigers
Speaker 3: having the best record in baseball, now I throw my
Speaker 3: cell phone provider, I get MLB TV subscription for free,
Speaker 3: and this cell phone provider actually signed up for another
Speaker 3: three years because it's a deal breaker because people will
Speaker 3: come over and purchase that plan if they get that
Speaker 3: for free, And it makes me wonder. I don't think
Speaker 3: the NFL will ever do it because right now, Sunday
Speaker 3: ticket still is the cash cow.
Speaker 2: Sure, and it always will.
Speaker 3: Be because it's it's the machine that feeds the beast.
Speaker 3: But you know, you look at college football. Would you
Speaker 3: pay extra to your Cardinals fan? Would you pay extra
Speaker 3: to watch the Cardinals every week if they suddenly pulled
Speaker 3: them off regular TV?
Speaker 2: Yes?
Speaker 1: I mean I don't want to get into a bidding war,
Speaker 1: but I mean I wouldn't if in fact, there was
Speaker 1: a price that, you know, let's say I had let's
Speaker 1: say I had to pay nineteen ninety nine per week
Speaker 1: to watch the game. That would add up and I
Speaker 1: wouldn't like it, yep. But I'd be lying to you
Speaker 1: if I said I wouldn't do it, because I would
Speaker 1: want to watch my team. It's a big part of
Speaker 1: you know, of you know, in a sad way, it's
Speaker 1: a big part of my happiness.
Speaker 3: It's exactly, that's not a sad way, I came over
Speaker 3: to a new provider because they provide NHL Network, because
Speaker 3: I love watching the World Junior Tournament at Christmas.
Speaker 2: I sweech providers.
Speaker 1: Because you like what you like, and you'll you'll make
Speaker 1: you'll make changes because you know people are gonna they
Speaker 1: want to consume what they want to consume. Yeah, totally
Speaker 1: get if. Anyways, new new Jeopardy and Will of Fortunate
Speaker 1: episodes We're going to be on Peacock, Hulu and on
Speaker 1: Disney Plus. So big changes, but again not surprising by
Speaker 1: any means. Your next update of trafficking Weather's coming up
Speaker 1: right here on News Radio eight forty whas. It's seven
Speaker 1: forty five here Kentuckyates Morning News on News Radio eight
Speaker 1: forty whas. We were discussing just how when it comes
Speaker 1: to consuming television movies, just content on your TV or
Speaker 1: really any device, it's it's now mostly the streaming platforms,
Speaker 1: and Scott had mentioned the Netflix sports documentaries and I'm
Speaker 1: a big fan of the Untold series. I think it's
Speaker 1: Netflix's version of the thirty for thirty that ESPN did
Speaker 1: and did so well. However, the one complaint that I
Speaker 1: think is legit. I've still been entertained by most of them,
Speaker 1: but they are a little bit more. I wouldn't call
Speaker 1: them puff pieces, but I think those that have agreed
Speaker 1: to be a part of them for Netflix, there's some
Speaker 1: level of an understanding that we're not going to make
Speaker 1: you look as bad as you might think if you'll,
Speaker 1: if you'll be a part of it. Well, Brett Farr
Speaker 1: was not a part of the one they did on him.
Speaker 1: Have you seen that one?
Speaker 2: That one and the one with the Jets. Mark Gaston
Speaker 2: I think was ahead of for it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so the one on Brett Farv in regards to
Speaker 1: just what happened with Gen Stater, Yeah, in the era,
Speaker 1: that was Brett Farve sending chaft shots and and you
Speaker 1: know the whole New York Giants situation, and then the
Speaker 1: Jets I'm sorry, and then of course the fraud situation
Speaker 1: that he's been involved in where he was accused of
Speaker 1: knowingly taking money that was supposed to go to welfare
Speaker 1: in Mississippi. And it was just fascinating to see that
Speaker 1: when you are a quarterback and you are you know,
Speaker 1: you just have that aura about you that people will
Speaker 1: want to refuse to believe that you could ever not
Speaker 1: be this guy that's just such a special, special person.
Speaker 1: And I wondered initially why Mike Vick was a part
Speaker 1: of it, the documentary, I mean, and it was just
Speaker 1: because he was there providing a perspective of when you
Speaker 1: have everything going your way and you're on top, people
Speaker 1: want to know you, they want to shake your hay,
Speaker 1: and they want to be around you. Influential people, people
Speaker 1: that you would maybe never think you'd have anything in
Speaker 1: common with if you're the quarterback with all the buzz,
Speaker 1: all the hype, and Michael Vick certainly had that during
Speaker 1: his early years in the NFL, and then of course
Speaker 1: it all came crashing down when he was involved in
Speaker 1: the in the dog fighting and whatnot. So he did
Speaker 1: provide a perspective of, how, you know, there's some people
Speaker 1: that you look at you in a way you didn't
Speaker 1: even realize, as far as just putting you on a pedestal.
Speaker 1: So the farv one was not a puff piece by
Speaker 1: any means, and it was, I mean, it was. It
Speaker 1: was well done, but not a great look for far
Speaker 1: of by any means. I'd recommend people check that out
Speaker 1: if they have they haven't. Just yet, We've got another
Speaker 1: update of sports coming with Scott before too long. However,
Speaker 1: he did mention earlier a big exhibition game that's come
Speaker 1: into the Young Center that should excite Louisville fans. However,
Speaker 1: this Kansas level exhibition game, it'll be a good test.
Speaker 1: But if you do end up prevailing and you find
Speaker 1: a way to win this exhibition, it may be one
Speaker 1: that you wish was a real game. In fact, you
Speaker 1: would wish it was a real game because that would
Speaker 1: be a real valuable resume win. In Louisville, going eighteen
Speaker 1: and two in the ACC last year and being an
Speaker 1: eight seed still doesn't seem real. But I think the
Speaker 1: ACC taking such a step back was the biggest factor
Speaker 1: in that. But anyhow, the value in this is just
Speaker 1: getting a chance to see where you stand before you
Speaker 1: actually have to play a real game. But it'll be
Speaker 1: on October twenty fifth, that's a Friday at the em Center.
Speaker 1: And this is new meaning that the NCAA used to
Speaker 1: not allow you to have these type of games, but
Speaker 1: they approved allowing teams to play up to two of
Speaker 1: these type of preseason exhibition games against any school that
Speaker 1: you want that is Division one team. In previous years,
Speaker 1: these exhibitions were approved through some type of a waiver process,
Speaker 1: and the proceeds from those games were donated to charity.
Speaker 1: Now they're just letting you do it. So as far
Speaker 1: as tickets and how you can how you watch it,
Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll get more details on that as as
Speaker 1: we move forward. But even if it's not a real game,
Speaker 1: Kansas coming to town, the Bill self fresh off a
Speaker 1: national championship just a couple of years ago, that's that's
Speaker 1: a pretty big deal.
Speaker 3: Dr top pick, by the way, top recruit in the
Speaker 3: class of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: Yep, and Bill self, I mean he's he's got two
Speaker 1: national championships. There aren't many. I think there's maybe three
Speaker 1: current coaches that can say they've got two titles that
Speaker 1: are actively coaching, Bill Self, Rick Patino and obviously Dan
Speaker 1: Hurley that won a couple of them, but they have
Speaker 1: taken a little bit of a step back in the
Speaker 1: last couple of years. But then again, a step back
Speaker 1: for Kansas is not necessary. I mean, it would be
Speaker 1: considered major success for just about anybody else, but yeah,
Speaker 1: for Pat Kelce, I'm sure these are the kind of
Speaker 1: games that that you're really you want to not only
Speaker 1: do you want them because it's a great team to
Speaker 1: play and it'll get you know, get it'll get fans excited.
Speaker 1: But you want to see where you stand, I mean
Speaker 1: playing Kansas before you actually have to play a game
Speaker 1: that counts, well, we'll absolutely let you know. And again
Speaker 1: maybe if you end up struggling it, it's a real
Speaker 1: reminder of things you need to work on. And luckily
Speaker 1: for you that's the case, it doesn't count. But maybe
Speaker 1: you see, hey, we're in a pretty good spot and
Speaker 1: there's going to be so much more unknown from coaches
Speaker 1: moving forward every year because they got a bunch of
Speaker 1: new pieces every year. You won't have what you had
Speaker 1: moving forward around here, meaning entirely new rosters for both
Speaker 1: Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey. But that's because they took
Speaker 1: new jobs. They had to start all over. But the
Speaker 1: portal is here to stay. Free agency is essentially what
Speaker 1: the transfer portal is. So there's gonna be a lot
Speaker 1: of new pieces every year, and you don't want to
Speaker 1: see where you stand in This exhibition game certainly gives
Speaker 1: them the chance. Told you that.
Speaker 3: Would you rather have the exhibition game or have like
Speaker 3: the like when we have four Street live down here
Speaker 3: with the big celebration of the team.
Speaker 1: Both anything Louisville basketball I will consume, Scott, give me anything.
Speaker 2: I gotcha.
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