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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Big Blue and Sider Dick Gabriel with

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<v Speaker 1>you on a Friday as we wrap up the week.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you haven't been able to surmise already, my

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<v Speaker 1>sniffles have turned into a cold, So just bear with

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<v Speaker 1>me on this and we'll get through the show tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot to like though, in my opinion, because

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<v Speaker 1>let's start with the back half of the show. Coming

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<v Speaker 1>up in our number two. My man Jeremy Jarmon's going

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<v Speaker 1>to join me, and I haven't had a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to Jeremy on the show. We talk all the

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<v Speaker 1>time via text your email, but we haven't talked football,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're going to do that tonight. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>take up the entire second half of the show talking

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<v Speaker 1>about not as much last season, but what to expect

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<v Speaker 1>in the spring, what he wants to see, the transfers

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<v Speaker 1>coming in the portal, what is going on with Mark

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<v Speaker 1>Pope's program. So we'll get Jeremy Jarmon's thoughts on that

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<v Speaker 1>coming up in our number two. A little bit later

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<v Speaker 1>on in this hour, Evan Byers will join us. He

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<v Speaker 1>is a veteran left handed pitcher for the baseball Wildcats.

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<v Speaker 1>They begin one week week from today. The UK softball

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<v Speaker 1>team season already underway, and again we pre record my apologies,

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<v Speaker 1>so check the interweb if you'd like to know how

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<v Speaker 1>Rachel Lawson's team did earlier today. They opened up at

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<v Speaker 1>ten am with Pittsburgh down in Clearwater, Florida. Followed up

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<v Speaker 1>with a game against Notre Dame in Clearwater. So two

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<v Speaker 1>games today for the UK women. They play Morgan State

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<v Speaker 1>and Southern Miss tomorrow. First came at noon, next game

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<v Speaker 1>at three o'clock. I don't think there's any TV on

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<v Speaker 1>any of this, but go to UK Athletics dot com

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<v Speaker 1>and follow along statistically. Then on Sunday the Wildcats play

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<v Speaker 1>softball against eighth rank Duke down in Clearwater. So busy,

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<v Speaker 1>busy weekend for Rachel Lawson's ball club. But again Evan

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<v Speaker 1>Byer's coming up at the bottom of the hour. And

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<v Speaker 1>we're also going to talk about the controversy, the conspiracy,

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL and the Super Ball coming up in our

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<v Speaker 1>next segment. But right now we'll talk about those basketball Cats.

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<v Speaker 1>They take on South Carolina tomorrow. They'll hear that game

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<v Speaker 1>right here on six point thirty wlap Mark Pope talked

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<v Speaker 1>to the media yesterday, and one of the topics there's

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<v Speaker 1>obviously more than one, was body language. And if you

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<v Speaker 1>watch the game, even if you weren't there, if you

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<v Speaker 1>just watched it on TV, I think you'll agree. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>the body language for the Wildcats, even before they fell

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<v Speaker 1>behind by a million points, just wasn't very good. And

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<v Speaker 1>Pope talked about how they've addressed that. In fact, the

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<v Speaker 1>way they addressed it, I think was really interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>The most important thing that we can do to deal

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<v Speaker 2>with frustration or worry or doubt or failure setbacks is

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<v Speaker 2>we can keep getting in a huddle where we are

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<v Speaker 2>actually looking at each other, because that's where you find

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<v Speaker 2>trust and faith and energy and enthusiasm and care and

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<v Speaker 2>love and all those things that actually are energy givers.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's probably the thing that we're leaning into the most.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about that for a long time this morning

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<v Speaker 2>in our film session that did right now, we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to find these answers in each other, and that's really important,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's really true. It's actually true in that's well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's true in life.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd honestly never thought of it that way, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if you're down, you're feeling bad, you're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to lock eyes with anybody, and if you're up,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna want to share all that. So yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's a great way to look at it. I think,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Pope kind of does things differently. As

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<v Speaker 1>we all know, we're learning that he also spreads the

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<v Speaker 1>minutes out in a way that some people wonder about.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, Amari Williams is playing really well right now.

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<v Speaker 1>He averages twenty one minutes a game. Oh Way averages

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eight or twenty nine. It's kind of reminiscent of

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<v Speaker 1>Patinos ninety sixteen, the team that that Mark Pope played on.

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<v Speaker 1>But he doesn't spread the minutes out for the same reason.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, oh Way averages twenty eight minutes Lamont Butler

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<v Speaker 1>when he's playing twenty six, Kobe Brad twenty four with Patino,

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<v Speaker 1>it was because he had so much talent. With Pope,

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<v Speaker 1>it's because he wants guys as well rested through the

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<v Speaker 1>game as they possibly can be, because they are so

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<v Speaker 1>up tempo, they lean so much on energetic offense that

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<v Speaker 1>he wants everybody he doesn't want to see fatigue out there.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's something he's actually he said he's wrestling with

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<v Speaker 1>it right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's a real argument that he had, and

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<v Speaker 2>we kind of go back and forth with ourselves, like

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<v Speaker 2>right now, we're trying to stretch exactly the opposite way

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<v Speaker 2>of what are suggesting. We think we have, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>good young players, and so we'd like to expand their

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<v Speaker 2>minutes so we can, you know, so we can have

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<v Speaker 2>more intensity energy on the court more consistently from different guys.

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<v Speaker 2>But time is going to tell whether that's actually a

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<v Speaker 2>winning strategy or not.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'll be curious to see if he spreads the

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<v Speaker 1>minutes any differently tomorrow against the South Carolina, which he

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<v Speaker 1>said is capable of coming in here and winning.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, in this league, there's some teams that really

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<v Speaker 2>struggle and then all of a sudden they are winning,

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<v Speaker 2>and some teams that are winning, all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 2>they struggle.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's because it's close.

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<v Speaker 2>Because there's a lot of good teams in this league,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're certainly one of them. They have superstar talent,

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<v Speaker 2>they have they're really well coached, they got toughness and discipline,

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<v Speaker 2>and so they're and they've you know, they had every

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<v Speaker 2>good team in this league on the ropes. They had

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<v Speaker 2>Auburn on the ropes, they had Florida on the ropes,

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<v Speaker 2>they had you know, everybody on the rope. So a

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<v Speaker 2>good team will coached just like every single team in

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<v Speaker 2>this league.

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<v Speaker 1>Noon tip off here on six thirty WLAP network coverage

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<v Speaker 1>at nine thirty. I'm sorry, a local coverage of nine thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>Network coverage begins at ten thirty here on your number

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<v Speaker 1>one spot for sports. The MVP of the National Football

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<v Speaker 1>League is Josh Allen. Not the Kentucky Josh Allen, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>but the Buffalo Josh Allen. Backlash because Lamar Jackson didn't win,

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<v Speaker 1>and I would have voted for Lamar Jackson. I'm okay

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<v Speaker 1>with Josh Allen winning it, but who voted Jackson fourth place?

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<v Speaker 1>He had won fourth place ballot. Allen got twenty seven

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<v Speaker 1>first place votes, Jackson got twenty three, but somebody voted

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson fourth. I don't get that. And Allen's the first

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<v Speaker 1>player since John Elway in eighty seven to win the

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<v Speaker 1>MVP without also being a First Team All Pro. Lamar

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<v Speaker 1>Jackson was the first Team All Pro. But Josh Allen

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<v Speaker 1>wins the MVP. You know, the guy who cheated Shoheotani

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<v Speaker 1>out of his money or got caught trying to defraud him.

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<v Speaker 1>Sentenced to nearly five years in prison, fifty seven months

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<v Speaker 1>he will do some serious time, three years of supervised release,

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<v Speaker 1>and restitution of more than eighteen million to Otani and

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<v Speaker 1>the ir Yes mitz Ohara he paid. Mitzuhara spoke briefly

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<v Speaker 1>at the sentencing, apologized to Atani, his family, the Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 1>and the US government. Ryan Day got paid. Becomes the

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<v Speaker 1>second highest paid coach in college football. Agreed to a

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<v Speaker 1>new seven year contract pays him twelve and a half

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<v Speaker 1>million annually through twenty thirty one. And if you don't

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<v Speaker 1>already know, the highest paid coach in college football, Kirby

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<v Speaker 1>Smart thirteen point two million per year. Dabo Swiney is

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<v Speaker 1>third at eleven and a half million over a ten

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<v Speaker 1>year deal. Steve Sarkisian makes ten point nine million at

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<v Speaker 1>Texas and Kaylin de Boor at Alabama makes ten point

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five million per year coaching the Crimson Tides. So

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of guys getting paid big time bucks and

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<v Speaker 1>a big time upset last night. If you can call

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<v Speaker 1>it that, I think you can and winmen's basketball Yukon

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<v Speaker 1>Tennessee became such a great rivalry with Pat Summit versus

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<v Speaker 1>Gino Arima. The balls kind of taking a dip, the

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<v Speaker 1>Lady Balls did, but they look like they're coming back.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the first win in the rivalry matchup since twenty

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<v Speaker 1>oh seven. Tennessee beats Yukon in Knoxville eighty to seventy six.

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<v Speaker 1>Kentucky plays Tennessee a little bit later on this season.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you catch the NFL Awards show last night when

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<v Speaker 1>they announced the MVP winners and the offensive and defensive

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<v Speaker 1>players and the rookies and all that stuff. Well, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what made the headlines, don't you. Snoop Dogg, who

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<v Speaker 1>hosted the event, in his opening monologue, it only went

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<v Speaker 1>got a lot of laughs. The biggest laugh came at

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<v Speaker 1>the expense of Bill Belichick in his seventies, who dates

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<v Speaker 1>a woman who I think is twenty four. Her name

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<v Speaker 1>is Jordan Hudson. Lovely woman, and it turns a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of heads and it got a big laugh thanks to

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<v Speaker 1>Snoop Dogg last night.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember back when the Cowboys was good, I remember

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<v Speaker 3>back when the Chiefs was bad, and I remember.

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<v Speaker 1>What was it Bill Belichick's girlfriend wasn't even born yet,

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<v Speaker 1>and naturally the camera goes right to Belichick and right

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<v Speaker 1>to his lady friend, and he laughed and smiled. She

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<v Speaker 1>looked a little bit taken aback, but you know, you've

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't I didn't think it was rude. And I got

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<v Speaker 1>to think somebody at some point has teased her a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit, or she's heard or read the good natured

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<v Speaker 1>ribbing or whatever. But this was national TV, so it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a bad line by Snoop Dogg, and they caught

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<v Speaker 1>her by surprise. Up next, we'll talk about who's going

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<v Speaker 1>into the NFL Hall of Fame. There's a lot connection

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<v Speaker 1>and there are Kentucky connections to the Super Bowl beyond

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<v Speaker 1>Darien Cannard. A little later, Evan Byers here on six

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<v Speaker 1>point thirty WLAP. Welcome back to the Big Blue Insider.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming up in a few minutes away from Evan Buyer's

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<v Speaker 1>Kentucky left hander looking ahead to the upcoming season. They'll

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<v Speaker 1>have to listen to me working through this cold I

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<v Speaker 1>have now going into Super Bowl weekend, and a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a Super Bowl chatter a lot actually about referees,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know about it. We talked about it here

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<v Speaker 1>on the show. Everybody thinks the NFL is fixed, and

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<v Speaker 1>the referees are doing this and that, and games are rigged,

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<v Speaker 1>and the refs favor the Chiefs and all that. Personally,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't, but I understand why some people think that.

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<v Speaker 1>But the first of all, believe in the NFL's rigged.

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<v Speaker 1>Believe what you want, but you would just have to

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<v Speaker 1>have too many people involved any conspiracy like that. Now

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<v Speaker 1>do the Chiefs get calls? Maybe they do subconsciously, but honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've talked about this before, good teams seem to

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<v Speaker 1>get calls because their players are better than bad teams.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes sense, and the better the player, the fewer

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<v Speaker 1>the infractions. If at one d back, if defensive back

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<v Speaker 1>A is better than defensive back B inherently better, he's

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna have to interfere as much as the other

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<v Speaker 1>guy in order to compete. If you've got a superior

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<v Speaker 1>offensive lineman and you're comparing him to another old lineman

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<v Speaker 1>good as the first guy. That's the way it works

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<v Speaker 1>in sports quite often, but a lot of people aren't

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<v Speaker 1>gonna believe that anyway. Mike Perrara will work the broadcast

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<v Speaker 1>for Fox Sports. He was the first former official ever

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<v Speaker 1>to do. This was a great role that the TV press.

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<v Speaker 1>They started pressing former referees into these roles. Some have

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<v Speaker 1>the best. And earlier today on Fox News he talked

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean, I think I would say what Roger

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<v Speaker 3>But to think that.

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<v Speaker 4>There's intent is really ridiculous. And that's the term that

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 4>Kansas City is a great team of a great quarterback,

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<v Speaker 4>great coach, great team period. They teach penalty prevention. Their

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<v Speaker 4>numbers of false starts are less those types of things.

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<v Speaker 4>The officials are out just to manage the game, and

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<v Speaker 4>but it's really won't affect the way they officiate this weekend.

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<v Speaker 5>So as a football fan, somebody watches every Saturday and Sunday,

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<v Speaker 5>about as well, Mike, And it'll be curious how it

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<v Speaker 5>the game looking for infractions, and we can see the

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<v Speaker 5>total in the game of the number of flags thrown.

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<v Speaker 5>them play mindset, and you can see they're letting more go.

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<v Speaker 5>You could call holding on every play in the NFL. Yes,

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and you're right, you can almost call holding on

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<v Speaker 4>every play, and guess what, we'd have a four and

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<v Speaker 4>a half hour game, you know, and everybody would hate

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<v Speaker 4>the game of football. So you have to really choose

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<v Speaker 4>advantage versus disadvantage and make your decision there. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>this is different too, because teams do prepare for crews,

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<v Speaker 4>but this is not a crew. This is an all

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<v Speaker 4>star cruise. So they've come from seven different crews, so

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<v Speaker 4>it's kind of impossible to judge where they might lean. Look,

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<v Speaker 4>it before. But you have different you know, he had

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<v Speaker 4>one hundred and twenty eight people. They don't have the

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<v Speaker 4>same judgment, and so you know.

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<v Speaker 3>It's hard. It's hard to teach.

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<v Speaker 4>Consistency or to expect consistency all the way through. But

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<v Speaker 4>all I care is, you know what is that they

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<v Speaker 3>And I think we can agree.

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<v Speaker 4>You know what, I hope I hope you don't hear

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<v Speaker 3>I hope you don't see me.

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<v Speaker 4>If I don't mumble a word, then that means there's

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<v Speaker 1>That's Mike Pereira on Fox News and he'll be working

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<v Speaker 1>the broadcast for Fox Sports. And yeah, if they don't

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<v Speaker 1>hear from him at all, it's been a good day.

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<v Speaker 1>And I give it to him. He has on more

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<v Speaker 1>than one occasion openly criticized referees. You know, he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>automatically say, yeah, that was the proper thing, or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>he called it because of this way. There have been times,

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<v Speaker 1>several times this year I've heard him say I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have called that, or I can't believe they called that,

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<v Speaker 1>or they shouldn't have called that in the fourth quarter

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<v Speaker 1>to his point earlier, because they didn't call it in the

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<v Speaker 1>first quarter. So I give him a lot of credit

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<v Speaker 1>for that. And by the way, and I've talked about

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<v Speaker 1>this before, people get frustrated with basketball officials for calling

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<v Speaker 1>things late that they didn't call early. My brother's a referee,

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<v Speaker 1>and I asked him once, I said, why do you

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<v Speaker 1>guys call fouls late that you let go early? He said,

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<v Speaker 1>because we spent most of the game saying get your

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<v Speaker 1>hands off him. And so they've tried to use discretion

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<v Speaker 1>early before the by the end of the game, when

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<v Speaker 1>the game's on the line, if you got a guy

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<v Speaker 1>being held, they're going to call a foul, and to

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<v Speaker 1>not call a foul is them affecting the game. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't want referees to affect the game. We don't want

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<v Speaker 1>them to have a say and how yeah, well, if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't call an obvious foul, that's affecting the game.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, back to football, I just hope none of

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff comes and then we don't have to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about this again. On Monday, people are angry about the

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<v Speaker 1>Hall of Fame voting, especially Giants fans. And I talk

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<v Speaker 1>with Aaron Gershaan, a Giants fan, on Monday night, or

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<v Speaker 1>rather on Wednesday, I think, on the State Wide show,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said, Eli Manning belongs in. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>that i'd vote him on the first ballot because there

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<v Speaker 1>are other guys who belong in there, but Manning, Adam Vinettieri,

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<v Speaker 1>the incredible kicker in Terrell Suggs all snubbed by the voting,

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<v Speaker 1>And of course people are up in arms about it.

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<v Speaker 1>And as I said, I realized Eli never won an MVP,

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<v Speaker 1>he never got a vote and was only voted to

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<v Speaker 1>the Pro Bowl four times. But as Aaron pointed out,

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<v Speaker 1>look who else was playing quarterback while Eli was playing quarterback?

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<v Speaker 1>Not to mention his brother, but Drew Brees a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of really good Tom Brady. Manning beat Brady twice in

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<v Speaker 3>Nope.

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<v Speaker 1>But as I said to Aaron, I would vote Eli

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<v Speaker 1>Manning simply because of what he did in the fourth

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<v Speaker 1>quarter of more than twenty games, more than twenty fourth

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<v Speaker 1>quarter comebacks. He led for the Giants, not a traditionally

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<v Speaker 1>of late strong franchise. So that's why I would take

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<v Speaker 1>him again. I don't know that I would have taken

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<v Speaker 1>him on this ballot, but I do believe he belongs,

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<v Speaker 1>and so does Vinitieri. Come on, Adam Vinettieri is the

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<v Speaker 1>only guy who has won two Super Bowls with kicks,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's not all he's done. If you follow the NFL,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm talking about. He was money twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four years. Adam Vinattieri was phenomenal. He held the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he's got to go in maybe next year,

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<v Speaker 1>in sacks courier sacks. Okay, Jared Allen does go in,

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<v Speaker 1>He's twelfth all time, So explain that to me. I

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<v Speaker 1>was happy with Sterling Sharp going in. Former packer Jared

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<v Speaker 1>Allen didn't have strong feelings. He's great, Eric Allen great.

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<v Speaker 1>Antonio Gates goes in and belongs in tight end. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>what's cool about that. I got to watch Kent State

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<v Speaker 1>They pulled a couple of upsets, got to the Elite

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<v Speaker 1>eight in rupp Arena went thirty and six that year

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<v Speaker 1>Understan Heath, which led him to some a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>other good jobs that he couldn't hold. Arkansas one of them.

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<v Speaker 1>But Antonio Gates was the six five six, sixth center

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<v Speaker 1>that guy could be a great tight end, and wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>you know that's what happened. But the upset Oklahoma State.

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<v Speaker 1>They upset the two seed Alabama. Then here in lexing

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<v Speaker 1>in that game. It sent Indiana to the Final four.

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<v Speaker 1>Indiana had just upset Duke a couple nights prior, so

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<v Speaker 1>Would have been better if it had been Kent State,

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<v Speaker 1>but Indiana knocked off Kent State, thus ending Antonio Gates's

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<v Speaker 1>college basketball career. He turned to football, and wouldn't you know,

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Up next, Evan Buyers of the Kentucky baseball team.

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<v Speaker 1>of football with us here on the Big Blue Insiders.

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<v Speaker 1>now as a veteran of Kentucky baseball and Evan Byer's

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<v Speaker 1>left handed pitcher from Nicholasville. Evan, I remember when you signed,

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when you got here, and I remember, think

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<v Speaker 1>that's cool. I got a local kid, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>he had a nice high school career. I sure hope

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<v Speaker 1>he gets to contribute, and you've done a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>than that. Tell me about going into your red shirt

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<v Speaker 1>senior season and what it's meant to you to develop

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<v Speaker 1>into a guy who has contributed in so many ways

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, sir, No, it's been an honor to play for Kentucky,

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<v Speaker 6>just like my hometown school and always kind of dreamed

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<v Speaker 6>coming in my red shirt freshman year, coming in with

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<v Speaker 6>because I wasn't able to contribute, But it was cool

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<v Speaker 6>just kind of seeing how things, you know, went in

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<v Speaker 6>and then developing into the picture I am today. Kind

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<v Speaker 6>of changed a little bit of my pitching to philosophy.

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<v Speaker 6>Coach Rozelle helped me to find like a little bit

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<v Speaker 6>And so seeing my gross here with all the coaches

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you kind of got off to a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a slow start, as you said, what most kids do.

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<v Speaker 1>But the next thing you know, it was a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years ago and you're pitching in twenty four games.

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<v Speaker 1>Your era was like one point six or something. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>can you pinpoint anything at that point in your career.

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<v Speaker 1>What really set that season up for you? Because you've

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, sir, I mean I kind of got to attribute

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<v Speaker 6>I think Coacherzee just harps on that coming in there

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<v Speaker 6>And when you built the strike zone, you get a

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<v Speaker 6>very unique and not many people I've seen that, and

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<v Speaker 6>Kind of got away from it a little bit last year.

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<v Speaker 6>is going to help me out a lot and so

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<v Speaker 6>set me up for success this next season.

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard Nick Benngione talk about arm slaught alp before

421
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<v Speaker 1>our listeners. Explain what you're talking about there and how

422
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<v Speaker 1>it can really be beneficial if you can, you know,

423
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<v Speaker 1>as you said, mix.

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<v Speaker 6>Things up, yes, sir, So I throw from where my

425
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<v Speaker 6>hand placement is like a lot overhead, kind of get

426
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<v Speaker 6>your normal throwing motion, and then my low slides have

427
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<v Speaker 6>more of a submarine look, so where I'm throwing it

428
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<v Speaker 6>and releasing it from a lot lower point kind of

429
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<v Speaker 6>closer to the ground. And basically what helps me out

430
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<v Speaker 6>is that I got three pitches over top, I got

431
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<v Speaker 6>a fasketball changed up on a slider, and I have

432
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<v Speaker 6>three pitches from my lower slot kind of underneath mind

433
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<v Speaker 6>shoulder action. So at any point I kind of have

434
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<v Speaker 6>six different pitches to go to because they all move

435
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<v Speaker 6>a little bit differently from my upslot to my low slot.

436
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<v Speaker 6>So it's kind of cool by saying like, hey, like

437
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<v Speaker 6>I only have three pitches kind of technically right, but

438
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<v Speaker 6>when you think about it, I have six different options

439
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<v Speaker 6>to go to and so it just kind of gives

440
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<v Speaker 6>a hitter to think about a lot to be coming.

441
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and you mentioned Dan Roselle and this much I

442
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<v Speaker 1>know about him. Two things. Number one, you always know

443
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<v Speaker 1>where you stand with him as a pitcher, right, And

444
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<v Speaker 1>number two is his mantra is throw strikes. And that

445
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<v Speaker 1>seems like you think, well duh from a pitching coach,

446
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<v Speaker 1>But it's not that easy, is it. I mean you've

447
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<v Speaker 1>got to constantly pound that zone, especially in the sec.

448
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<v Speaker 6>Yes, certain enough for sure. Like for me, I'm not

449
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<v Speaker 6>going to go up there and overpowered. I'm not going

450
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<v Speaker 6>to throw up in the mid nineties nineties.

451
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<v Speaker 3>That's just not me.

452
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<v Speaker 6>So one thing that I had to make myself different

453
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<v Speaker 6>is that I had to be different, but I also

454
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<v Speaker 6>had to throw strikes and hit my spot. We always

455
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<v Speaker 6>preach ack entuckuy that it's location, movement velocity, So we

456
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<v Speaker 6>focus on the location the most in the movement, and

457
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<v Speaker 6>then at last is the velocity. So like the velocity

458
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<v Speaker 6>is almost like to carry on top, you know, but

459
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<v Speaker 6>we really focus on hitting that location. And I mean,

460
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<v Speaker 6>if you don't throw strikes in this league, you're not

461
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<v Speaker 6>going to fitch. There's no point. So for all the

462
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<v Speaker 6>listeners out there that want of you a college baseball player,

463
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<v Speaker 6>focus on throwing strike, yeah, and then focus on your

464
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<v Speaker 6>movement and then your velocity.

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<v Speaker 1>We always talk up in the booths, Doug Flynn and

466
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<v Speaker 1>Darren Hedrick and Coach Madison and I. We always talk

467
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<v Speaker 1>about soft throwing lefties and how confounding they can be,

468
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<v Speaker 1>and you're not. You've got good velocity. So I wouldn't

469
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<v Speaker 1>say you're a soft throwing lefty, but you are one

470
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<v Speaker 1>of those lefties who can, like you said, move the

471
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<v Speaker 1>ball around and even against right handed hitters that can

472
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<v Speaker 1>be confounding. Tell me a little bit about learning to

473
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<v Speaker 1>pitch that way, yes, sir.

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<v Speaker 3>No.

475
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<v Speaker 6>For like when I came in, you know, everybody wants

476
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<v Speaker 6>to throw hard. Everybody wants to be that power pitcher

477
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<v Speaker 6>and blow you away. So I kind of struggled with

478
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<v Speaker 6>that at the beginning. I'm struggling to be somebody who

479
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<v Speaker 6>I wasn't. I wanted to go in here and gain

480
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<v Speaker 6>blocks and throw hard. But kind of like my sophomore year,

481
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<v Speaker 6>I didn't get like as many innings as I wanted

482
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<v Speaker 6>to see my red shirt freshman year, right, So, you know,

483
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<v Speaker 6>talking to coach Rozelle and he's like, hey, we got

484
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<v Speaker 6>to make you different. And so then I had to

485
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<v Speaker 6>really trust Coach rozel and just be comfortable with who

486
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<v Speaker 6>I am as a pitcher and not try to be

487
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<v Speaker 6>anybody that I'm not, because whenever you start trying to

488
00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:29.480
<v Speaker 6>be somebody that you aren't is when you get away

489
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<v Speaker 6>from all the basics. And we just got to trust

490
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<v Speaker 6>that you're good is good enough.

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking to Evan Byers, Kentucky left handed pitchers. The

492
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<v Speaker 1>Wildcats open up next week and Evan will be one

493
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<v Speaker 1>of the if not the key left hand or out

494
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<v Speaker 1>of the bullpen. Was it difficult, Evan to make that

495
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<v Speaker 1>change when you know you kind of had to take

496
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<v Speaker 1>a look inside. You had what four appearances in twenty

497
00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:56.920
<v Speaker 1>twenty two, so you had to make changes, and you

498
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<v Speaker 1>know you've been you were pitching a certain way all

499
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<v Speaker 1>your life, but you realized that you needed to change

500
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<v Speaker 1>the way you were doing business. How tough was that?

501
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<v Speaker 6>It was a little tough to just try to get

502
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<v Speaker 6>the mechanics right in the beginning, but I was willing

503
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<v Speaker 6>to change. I mean, obviously I didn't get the opportunities

504
00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:17.880
<v Speaker 6>that I wanted that red shirt freshman year, and I

505
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<v Speaker 6>was willing to do whatever it took to get into

506
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<v Speaker 6>the lineup to help the team. Yeah, and so when

507
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<v Speaker 6>you ever, you hear kind of like your backs up

508
00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:27.119
<v Speaker 6>against the wall. Like my back was up against the

509
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<v Speaker 6>wall at that moment, you know, after four ings my

510
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<v Speaker 6>red shirt freshman year, like possibility of me not even

511
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<v Speaker 6>making the team that next year. You know, there's always

512
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<v Speaker 6>a possibility when you're playing in these big times schools

513
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<v Speaker 6>in anywhere. So it was kind of an easy change

514
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<v Speaker 6>for me in that aspect where it's like, okay, like

515
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<v Speaker 6>if this is what you want, this has helped me

516
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<v Speaker 6>get the innings and help me help the team. I'm

517
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<v Speaker 6>willing to change and it worked.

518
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<v Speaker 1>When did it When did it become exciting for you?

519
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<v Speaker 1>When did you say to yourself, Hey, this is this

520
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<v Speaker 1>is okay?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, It's kind of like when I was working a

522
00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.640
<v Speaker 6>little bit in the fall, when I was working on it,

523
00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:05.599
<v Speaker 6>I was getting some ugly swings and people were like,

524
00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:09.079
<v Speaker 6>I've never really seen that before. So it's kind of

525
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<v Speaker 6>cool because you know, just being able to be unique

526
00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:15.000
<v Speaker 6>and be something that's not really seeing a whole out

527
00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:17.440
<v Speaker 6>there in college baseball. There's some some guys do it,

528
00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:20.759
<v Speaker 6>but it's not very common. So to be as unique

529
00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:23.960
<v Speaker 6>as I am is something that I kind of strive for.

530
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you're right about that. I mean we see it's

531
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<v Speaker 1>the SEC and you know every weekend guys come in

532
00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:33.960
<v Speaker 1>and you know they're they're throwing upper nineties and even

533
00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:37.359
<v Speaker 1>touching you know, three figures and uh. And then when

534
00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:40.200
<v Speaker 1>you bring in a guy like Evan Byers who can

535
00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:43.440
<v Speaker 1>confound batters, I mean, you know, and you know what

536
00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:45.279
<v Speaker 1>you're doing out there as well. You've got a plan

537
00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:47.319
<v Speaker 1>when you when you get to the mound, don't you.

538
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<v Speaker 6>Yes, there, Yeah, I know kind of have my my

539
00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:53.799
<v Speaker 6>go to pitches to a right handed batter and to

540
00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:56.400
<v Speaker 6>left handed batter, And we've been kind of working on

541
00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:59.119
<v Speaker 6>a little bit of adding some different things because after

542
00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:02.119
<v Speaker 6>you pitched four years from the SEC, some people pick

543
00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:05.039
<v Speaker 6>up on some tendency. So being able to kind of

544
00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:07.720
<v Speaker 6>mix in things and get more comfortable with certain pitches

545
00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:11.359
<v Speaker 6>against different batters is what's going to, I think help

546
00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:14.400
<v Speaker 6>me this season. I'm just super excited to get everybody

547
00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:17.599
<v Speaker 6>together and everybody see the new team, So it's going

548
00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.160
<v Speaker 6>to be exciting.

549
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<v Speaker 3>You know.

550
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<v Speaker 1>When we talk to you guys the last couple of

551
00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:23.079
<v Speaker 1>years that have been so successful, and every one of

552
00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:25.799
<v Speaker 1>you mentions the fall. I knew we were going to

553
00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:28.039
<v Speaker 1>be good after the fall and that kind of thing.

554
00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:30.680
<v Speaker 1>And Nick said on media day he was really concerned,

555
00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:33.079
<v Speaker 1>you know, with so many new faces, but by the

556
00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:35.160
<v Speaker 1>end of fall he felt a lot better. How did

557
00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:37.519
<v Speaker 1>you feel at the end of fall this year, Evan.

558
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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, like the first you know, a few weeks of

559
00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:43.599
<v Speaker 6>the fall kind of coming around, everybody's learning how we

560
00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:46.480
<v Speaker 6>do things here at Kentucky because we don't have a

561
00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:49.240
<v Speaker 6>whole lot of returners, and so a lot of returners

562
00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:51.920
<v Speaker 6>like me, Jackson Novy and Devin Birds really just try

563
00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:56.079
<v Speaker 6>to focus on teaching everybody what what our program looks like.

564
00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:58.200
<v Speaker 6>And that's not even like playing wise, like just the

565
00:28:58.319 --> 00:29:02.119
<v Speaker 6>team culture about the team first mentality being good teammates.

566
00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.839
<v Speaker 6>And so there was a lot of pressure on us

567
00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:07.359
<v Speaker 6>returners that we are trying to just let this culture

568
00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:11.000
<v Speaker 6>leed over into the next year. By the at the

569
00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.960
<v Speaker 6>end of the fall, you can see people buying in

570
00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:15.839
<v Speaker 6>about how to be a good teammate and then buying

571
00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:18.680
<v Speaker 6>into the small ball culture that we are here at

572
00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:22.160
<v Speaker 6>Kentucky by focusing on base running and bunting, and by

573
00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.920
<v Speaker 6>no means we'll be perfect by the end of the fall.

574
00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:26.880
<v Speaker 6>We're still struggling, you know, to lay down buns to

575
00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:30.000
<v Speaker 6>get the base running correct. But right now we're seeing

576
00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:33.319
<v Speaker 6>huge strides in it in the small ball area because

577
00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:35.599
<v Speaker 6>that's what we do here. That's what makes us different,

578
00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:38.640
<v Speaker 6>that's what makes us put pressure on other teams.

579
00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:41.519
<v Speaker 1>Mar with u k left hand or Evan Buyers after

580
00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:44.440
<v Speaker 1>the break here on the Big Blue Siders six thirty WLAP,

581
00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:47.039
<v Speaker 1>we're talking to Evan Buyers. Evan a left handed pitcher

582
00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:50.880
<v Speaker 1>with the University of Kentucky from Nicholasville, a red shirt senior,

583
00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:54.799
<v Speaker 1>and he can't wait to get started. Obviously, when you

584
00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:57.480
<v Speaker 1>talk about Kentucky and you say small ball, I know

585
00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:59.920
<v Speaker 1>that Nick ben Gione likes to say, we do whatever

586
00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:03.319
<v Speaker 1>it takes. It's not just predicated on small ball. And

587
00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:06.200
<v Speaker 1>really he read off some of the stats from just

588
00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:09.240
<v Speaker 1>SEC games. Last year. You guys were fourth in home runs,

589
00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:12.400
<v Speaker 1>so you can you can win any number of ways.

590
00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:15.160
<v Speaker 1>What's that like when you're out there in a bullpen,

591
00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.799
<v Speaker 1>or you're still on the bench before you go down

592
00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:21.720
<v Speaker 1>to the bullpen, watching your team manufacture various and sundry

593
00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:23.559
<v Speaker 1>ways to beat the other guys.

594
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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's super exciting because we can see our guys

595
00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:31.279
<v Speaker 6>just having fun doing like stuff that we do good,

596
00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:33.680
<v Speaker 6>and you can see the other team just get so

597
00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:37.160
<v Speaker 6>frustrated on how we manufacture our runs, whether it be

598
00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:39.599
<v Speaker 6>a home run or we're laying down a bunch to

599
00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:42.440
<v Speaker 6>put pressure on the third basement, or we're laying the

600
00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:44.720
<v Speaker 6>threat of the bunch bringing the third basement in and

601
00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:47.839
<v Speaker 6>then us getting a double down the lone because they're

602
00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:49.839
<v Speaker 6>so far in because of the bunch. It's frustrated for

603
00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:52.000
<v Speaker 6>their teams to play us because they think that we

604
00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:54.440
<v Speaker 6>have like a million ways to score on them. And

605
00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:58.200
<v Speaker 6>it's true, like we talk about having all the basic

606
00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:02.440
<v Speaker 6>tools of offense about they running to strike down, discipline, bunteam,

607
00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:07.200
<v Speaker 6>hitting for situationally just hitting for power. So we kind

608
00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:09.599
<v Speaker 6>of like to say that we have all those aspects

609
00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:12.359
<v Speaker 6>of offense in our toolboat. And so when you have

610
00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:15.960
<v Speaker 6>defenses trying to think about what could possibly be going

611
00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:18.839
<v Speaker 6>on in this scenario, it speeds up their mind and

612
00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:21.519
<v Speaker 6>then one thing another might lead to an error or

613
00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:26.480
<v Speaker 6>a pass ball. So just the pressure of having those

614
00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:30.160
<v Speaker 6>skills in your tool belt kind of makes it exciting

615
00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:32.079
<v Speaker 6>to watch on the bench to see the other defense

616
00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:34.200
<v Speaker 6>kind of like gets sped up a little bit.

617
00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:36.920
<v Speaker 1>And obviously the community loves it. The crowds have been

618
00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:39.000
<v Speaker 1>getting bigger and bigger, And we talked about the fact

619
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<v Speaker 1>that you know, you grew up wanting to be a

620
00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:44.920
<v Speaker 1>Wildcat from Nicholas Will. You've played at LCA, and I'm

621
00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:46.839
<v Speaker 1>sure you came to a lot of Kentucky games when

622
00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:49.119
<v Speaker 1>you were when you were a kid, What did it

623
00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:51.240
<v Speaker 1>mean to you to see the stadium? I mean, you

624
00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:54.640
<v Speaker 1>guys have been breaking records with crowds for the last

625
00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.559
<v Speaker 1>couple three years.

626
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<v Speaker 6>No, it's honestly such a cool thing to see, kind

627
00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:05.960
<v Speaker 6>of a full circle moment. Went to the regional back

628
00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:08.519
<v Speaker 6>in twenty seventeen at the Cliff right and was there

629
00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:11.039
<v Speaker 6>to see that big crowd, And then a full circle

630
00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:15.319
<v Speaker 6>moment about two years ago when we hosted a regional,

631
00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:17.359
<v Speaker 6>and then last year we host a regional and a

632
00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:20.400
<v Speaker 6>super to see these crowds and BB in to show out.

633
00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:23.039
<v Speaker 6>It's just kind of cool to see how much they

634
00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:27.480
<v Speaker 6>care about Kentucky baseball. We've seen crowds grow from small

635
00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:30.039
<v Speaker 6>crowds back here in twenty twenty one, twenty twenty two

636
00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:33.400
<v Speaker 6>to just huge crowds here in twenty three and twenty four,

637
00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:37.400
<v Speaker 6>And it's amazing to see how much the fan base

638
00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:40.920
<v Speaker 6>cares about baseball. You know, we have a big basketball school,

639
00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:43.519
<v Speaker 6>big football school, but when you see the VbN show

640
00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:45.799
<v Speaker 6>out to baseball, it just makes you proud to be

641
00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.400
<v Speaker 6>a wild gut.

642
00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:46.799
<v Speaker 7>Yeah.

643
00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:51.519
<v Speaker 1>And the bullpen and the dugout are so vital. I

644
00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:53.839
<v Speaker 1>guess it's the bullpen before you guys go down to

645
00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:56.880
<v Speaker 1>the pan from the middle of the game on or whatever.

646
00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:00.519
<v Speaker 1>But we know how much stock Nick puts in body

647
00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:05.359
<v Speaker 1>language and being involved and invested in the game. What

648
00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:08.079
<v Speaker 1>is it like being a part of a team where

649
00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:10.480
<v Speaker 1>the head coach worries as much about what's going on

650
00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:14.000
<v Speaker 1>during the game off the field as he does what's

651
00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:15.160
<v Speaker 1>going on on the field.

652
00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:19.440
<v Speaker 6>No, I think it's it's awesome. It really just helps

653
00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:21.440
<v Speaker 6>the guys that maybe not play a whole lot or

654
00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:24.519
<v Speaker 6>like bullpens pictures, like myself, is that we have value

655
00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:27.160
<v Speaker 6>in the dugout. Coach benje always harps on two things,

656
00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:29.799
<v Speaker 6>How you help the team when you're playing, and how

657
00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:32.200
<v Speaker 6>to helps the team when outside of how and run

658
00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:34.519
<v Speaker 6>you're playing right, So no matter what, even when you

659
00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:37.000
<v Speaker 6>aren't playing, like you have a purpose in the dugout,

660
00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:40.279
<v Speaker 6>you can help the team by bringing energy by just

661
00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:43.759
<v Speaker 6>cheering guys on, motivating them, picking them up. So it's

662
00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:45.519
<v Speaker 6>just really cool because it gives you a sense of

663
00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:47.839
<v Speaker 6>purpose in the dougout and it's super fun when everybody

664
00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:50.960
<v Speaker 6>just gets super excited, like just with all your buddies

665
00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.799
<v Speaker 6>ain't out in the dugout and just playing baseball and

666
00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:54.759
<v Speaker 6>having fun. So at the end of the day, it's

667
00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:56.640
<v Speaker 6>a game we're love to have fun and it's a

668
00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:58.720
<v Speaker 6>huge aspect to our game to keep our energy up.

669
00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:02.160
<v Speaker 1>You guys, doll delivered a College World Series appearance to

670
00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:04.279
<v Speaker 1>the Big Blue Nation. I know how much that meant

671
00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:08.079
<v Speaker 1>to you. You went three scoreless against Texas A and

672
00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:11.599
<v Speaker 1>m out in Omaha. That obviously was a thrill for you.

673
00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:13.639
<v Speaker 1>You wanted to play longer, You guys wanted to stay

674
00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:16.440
<v Speaker 1>out there longer. But and again you've only got what

675
00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:19.519
<v Speaker 1>I think fifteen guys back from last year. But what

676
00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:23.039
<v Speaker 1>did that mean to you, guys? To get that experience

677
00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.360
<v Speaker 1>as you hit it, you got to do it all

678
00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:27.159
<v Speaker 1>over again, I know, but that's got to just be

679
00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:30.039
<v Speaker 1>invaluable for your confidence knowing that it can happen.

680
00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:35.079
<v Speaker 6>Yes, sir, it was cool to bring the first Super

681
00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:38.119
<v Speaker 6>Regional championship to the DBN, to be able to kind

682
00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:41.239
<v Speaker 6>of as our names out in the history books, just

683
00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:43.519
<v Speaker 6>to prove that we can do what it takes to

684
00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:48.440
<v Speaker 6>get there. And you know, learning how you know, how

685
00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:50.639
<v Speaker 6>it all went down last season, we kind of know

686
00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:54.000
<v Speaker 6>what it takes to get there, and that's kind of comforting. Honestly,

687
00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:57.079
<v Speaker 6>gives us confidence that we know what it takes to win.

688
00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:59.239
<v Speaker 6>So all we got to do is carried over to

689
00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:02.039
<v Speaker 6>this year, and so if we just continue to do

690
00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:05.400
<v Speaker 6>what we focus on as a team and continue to

691
00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:08.519
<v Speaker 6>do what we do best, it gives me confidence that

692
00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:11.840
<v Speaker 6>we can make it back there this year. Obviously, you know,

693
00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:13.440
<v Speaker 6>you never know if things are going to pan out

694
00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:15.880
<v Speaker 6>in the first few weeks, but I think that we'll

695
00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:18.760
<v Speaker 6>once we hit our sad, I think it'll be hard

696
00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:21.119
<v Speaker 6>to stop us. I'm excited to see all the new

697
00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:23.039
<v Speaker 6>guys just kind of carrying over the culture that we

698
00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:26.480
<v Speaker 6>started last year, and it's going to be different, you know. Yeah,

699
00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.920
<v Speaker 6>not everything's going to be the same. We have different

700
00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:32.199
<v Speaker 6>guys on the team, but we're built for a high

701
00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:37.199
<v Speaker 6>explosive offense kind of just to be stealing bases and bunting,

702
00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:39.599
<v Speaker 6>you know, hitting those home runs. We need them. But

703
00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:42.079
<v Speaker 6>I think it's built kind of similar to the offense

704
00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:44.039
<v Speaker 6>that we have last year. So I'm excited to see

705
00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:46.719
<v Speaker 6>us finally all work together as a unit and actually

706
00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:49.079
<v Speaker 6>play a team that you know isn't ourselves.

707
00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:52.719
<v Speaker 1>Well, and that offense is fun to watch and explosive,

708
00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:56.599
<v Speaker 1>But you guys used one of the nation's best defenses

709
00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:59.119
<v Speaker 1>last year and really over the last year or three years,

710
00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:02.400
<v Speaker 1>And obvious, say with Pete at second base and Grant Smith,

711
00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:05.519
<v Speaker 1>uh and prior to him, Ryan River at shortstop, when

712
00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:07.960
<v Speaker 1>you go out there having to pitch the first time

713
00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:10.239
<v Speaker 1>this year, they're not going to be behind you, obviously,

714
00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:13.440
<v Speaker 1>and you won't have Waldy running down baseballs and left

715
00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:16.480
<v Speaker 1>and Nolan and center. So tell me about your confidence

716
00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:19.400
<v Speaker 1>in this year's defense with all these new faces.

717
00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:23.280
<v Speaker 6>Right, Yeah, I mean we've I've been blessed since I've

718
00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:25.960
<v Speaker 6>been here to have an amazing defense behind me, and

719
00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:28.639
<v Speaker 6>I can be confident again this year. We have some

720
00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:31.559
<v Speaker 6>some good guys up the middle, like Luke Lawrence and

721
00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:35.400
<v Speaker 6>Tyler Bell, Patrick Frere at third base, or Ethan Handle

722
00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.760
<v Speaker 6>and the Dylan Kons of their first base or whoever

723
00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:41.039
<v Speaker 6>it may be. I'm pretty confident in then. Like, obviously

724
00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:42.880
<v Speaker 6>they're a little bit younger than the guys that we've

725
00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:45.400
<v Speaker 6>had in the past, right, you know that with when

726
00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:47.360
<v Speaker 6>you're young, like you're gonna make mistakes, and we all

727
00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:49.840
<v Speaker 6>know that. But we always talk about when some of

728
00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:52.039
<v Speaker 6>the might make an air behind you, like they usually

729
00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:53.320
<v Speaker 6>look at you and say, hey, get me another one.

730
00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:55.840
<v Speaker 6>I'm ready for the other one. But they've been really

731
00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:59.000
<v Speaker 6>good about being vocal in the in the infield when

732
00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:02.639
<v Speaker 6>I'm pitching scrimmages, and I really like that, but like, hey,

733
00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:05.440
<v Speaker 6>go to the next guy or get us in the

734
00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:08.719
<v Speaker 6>dugout took us some run. So the encouragement and vocal

735
00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:12.559
<v Speaker 6>leadership that I've seen us share and like developed that

736
00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:14.880
<v Speaker 6>communication from the start of the faults and now has

737
00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.880
<v Speaker 6>been a huge growth. And communication is key and I

738
00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:20.559
<v Speaker 6>truly believe that. So I'm excited to see the defense work.

739
00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:23.679
<v Speaker 6>There's a lot of guys out there that you'll see

740
00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:25.719
<v Speaker 6>they will make great plays and hopefully make all the

741
00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:29.239
<v Speaker 6>routine plays. Yeah, yeah, but it'll be it'll be good

742
00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:31.400
<v Speaker 6>to see how they all start to connect, drove.

743
00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:35.599
<v Speaker 1>The season, dominate the routine play well. Finally, I'm curious

744
00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:39.519
<v Speaker 1>to see what happens in the Dugout dance numbers, music props,

745
00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:43.719
<v Speaker 1>whatever you guys have. It's got to happen naturally organically.

746
00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:46.480
<v Speaker 6>Right, Yes, sir, there's a there's a little bit of

747
00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:49.559
<v Speaker 6>brainstorm and that goes on behind the scenes, but yeah,

748
00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:52.239
<v Speaker 6>it's definitely gonna happen naturally. I don't think we can

749
00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:54.239
<v Speaker 6>use all the same stuff we used last year. Wouldn't

750
00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:57.639
<v Speaker 6>be you know, unique. So usually we have a meeting

751
00:37:58.039 --> 00:38:00.599
<v Speaker 6>with all the pictures and Trevor Fidz kind of headed

752
00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:03.320
<v Speaker 6>up as a doug Out Mafia, which is our director

753
00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:06.679
<v Speaker 6>of player development, and we kind of just start brainstorming

754
00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:08.239
<v Speaker 6>the things that we want to do. And I have

755
00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:10.920
<v Speaker 6>a feeling that'll probably be in the next few days

756
00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:15.159
<v Speaker 6>since our first game is next Friday, so we'll be

757
00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:17.760
<v Speaker 6>cooking up some good ideas for the DBN to get involved,

758
00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:20.559
<v Speaker 6>and you'll see some carry over a little bit of

759
00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:22.480
<v Speaker 6>the same stuff from last year, but We're definitely gonna

760
00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.920
<v Speaker 6>have to do stuff this year as well.

761
00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:27.119
<v Speaker 1>And you need a new dugout captain, right. I mean

762
00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:30.000
<v Speaker 1>it was Ryan Hagen now last year, but he's gone, so.

763
00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:35.400
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, not sure, not sure who that's gonna be. Yeah,

764
00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:39.239
<v Speaker 6>coach you Minche might nominate somebody. It might just happen organically.

765
00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:40.320
<v Speaker 6>We'll see how it happened.

766
00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:42.480
<v Speaker 1>Okay, all right, I do thank you for your time

767
00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:44.000
<v Speaker 1>in best of lu like have a great season.

768
00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:46.440
<v Speaker 6>Thank you. I really appreciate it and I appreciate you

769
00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.960
<v Speaker 6>having me on tonight.

770
00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:50.800
<v Speaker 1>At UK left hander Evan Bayer's up next to nour

771
00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:54.119
<v Speaker 1>number two. Jeremy Jarman of the UK Sports Network, we

772
00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:57.000
<v Speaker 1>will go deep on Kentucky football here on six thirty

773
00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:58.119
<v Speaker 1>w lap.

774
00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:56.760
<v Speaker 7>Any such tact, taking anything, do anything any.

775
00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:54.039
<v Speaker 8>Welcome back to the Big Blue and sider joining us

776
00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:56.480
<v Speaker 8>now one of my favorite people, one of my favorite guests,

777
00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:59.039
<v Speaker 8>and a buddy of mine who is part of our

778
00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:01.559
<v Speaker 8>UK radio new recoverage of Kentucky football.

779
00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:03.079
<v Speaker 9>Mister Jeremy Jarman.

780
00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:06.440
<v Speaker 8>Are you enjoying your off season, sir, with your youngster

781
00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:09.559
<v Speaker 8>and keeping an eye on the basketball team as well

782
00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.599
<v Speaker 8>as his football team.

783
00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:14.239
<v Speaker 3>Hey Man, the off season has been great. Can't complain

784
00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:19.159
<v Speaker 3>good holidays. Did some ice skating with young JJ and Ah.

785
00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:22.840
<v Speaker 3>He likes being in motion man ice skating, roller skating,

786
00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:27.599
<v Speaker 3>keeping him keeping him busy. There, wife's good and round

787
00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:31.239
<v Speaker 3>balls looking great. It's been that's been pretty good. Man.

788
00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.679
<v Speaker 3>How about you?

789
00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:34.159
<v Speaker 8>You and I talk all the time via text and

790
00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:36.639
<v Speaker 8>calls whatever, But I believe this is the first time

791
00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:39.719
<v Speaker 8>I've had you on the air since the season was over,

792
00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:42.960
<v Speaker 8>and since then, as you know, the portal door has

793
00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:47.679
<v Speaker 8>been spinning in both directions. Uh, let's talk first, Jeremy

794
00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:50.920
<v Speaker 8>about the guys in general who have come through, including

795
00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:53.880
<v Speaker 8>new faces on that old line. As I as I've

796
00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:56.079
<v Speaker 8>kind of turned the season over, you and I have

797
00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:59.679
<v Speaker 8>talked about this. So many things happened this It's just

798
00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:03.840
<v Speaker 8>a strange year. But in terms of lack of success

799
00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:06.719
<v Speaker 8>over the last three years, in my opinion, I still

800
00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:09.960
<v Speaker 8>think it comes back to an offensive line that never

801
00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:11.199
<v Speaker 8>really has found itself.

802
00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.239
<v Speaker 9>Do you see it that way?

803
00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:14.239
<v Speaker 3>I do see it that way.

804
00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:14.960
<v Speaker 6>Uh.

805
00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:18.400
<v Speaker 3>These guys, however, individually and coming from you know the

806
00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:21.400
<v Speaker 3>places they're coming from. These guys have all had success.

807
00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:24.880
<v Speaker 3>Now you know this hasn't been success on the sec level,

808
00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:29.440
<v Speaker 3>But that is not an indicator of future success. You know,

809
00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:32.559
<v Speaker 3>I've been on teams with a lot of guys that

810
00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:34.960
<v Speaker 3>that didn't play football in the SEC. This is just

811
00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:37.079
<v Speaker 3>going to come down to, you know, how good of

812
00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:39.639
<v Speaker 3>a job Eric Wolferd can do pulling these guys together,

813
00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:43.840
<v Speaker 3>keeping them focused. Uh, these guys, certainly, each one of them,

814
00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:47.079
<v Speaker 3>I'm sure comes in with different deficiencies. Are they willing

815
00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:48.679
<v Speaker 3>to get in the weight room, are willing to get

816
00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:52.239
<v Speaker 3>in the film room? H and become better football players,

817
00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:56.519
<v Speaker 3>become better leaders and ultimately hold each other accountable.

818
00:42:57.679 --> 00:43:00.519
<v Speaker 8>You spend your career in college, I assume high school

819
00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:04.920
<v Speaker 8>as well, and the pros kind of attacking offensive lineman,

820
00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:08.119
<v Speaker 8>and you talk about deficiencies and everybody has.

821
00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:10.280
<v Speaker 9>Them, whether they're mental or physical.

822
00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:15.719
<v Speaker 8>What cand of coach do to try to facilitate a

823
00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:18.039
<v Speaker 8>group of guys working together as one?

824
00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:22.840
<v Speaker 3>That was one of the questions I asked Mark going

825
00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:26.159
<v Speaker 3>into last season. You know, around this time last year,

826
00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:28.880
<v Speaker 3>was you know, what do you do with so many

827
00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:31.480
<v Speaker 3>new young faces, Like what's the you know, what's your

828
00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:35.480
<v Speaker 3>what's your theory, what's your you know, what's your subscription model?

829
00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:39.880
<v Speaker 3>To figure that out and ultimately, you know, your off

830
00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:43.800
<v Speaker 3>season when you talk about some of the accountability games

831
00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:46.760
<v Speaker 3>and things that take place in the off season where

832
00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:50.639
<v Speaker 3>you divide guys into groups of eight to ten uh,

833
00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:54.039
<v Speaker 3>and ultimately you just kind of have gold oriented boards

834
00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:58.519
<v Speaker 3>that guys are able to get points. So just accountability systems,

835
00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:01.119
<v Speaker 3>you know, that's one of the things. I think some

836
00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:03.199
<v Speaker 3>of the other stuff is things that are just off

837
00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:05.679
<v Speaker 3>the field. You know, what kinds of things are you

838
00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:11.000
<v Speaker 3>encouraging these guys to do amongst themselves to build brotherhood

839
00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:14.880
<v Speaker 3>and build it quickly but authentically. What kind of challenges

840
00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:17.159
<v Speaker 3>are you throwing at these guys when they are in

841
00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:21.119
<v Speaker 3>the weight room to you know, to kind of create

842
00:44:21.199 --> 00:44:24.039
<v Speaker 3>that sense of camaraderie. I'll tell you you and I've

843
00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:27.239
<v Speaker 3>talked with Corey Peters and some other former guys over

844
00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:29.679
<v Speaker 3>the course of the last few weeks, and you know,

845
00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:31.679
<v Speaker 3>I had a lot of respect for our strength coach,

846
00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:36.039
<v Speaker 3>Mark Hill, who's now athletic director, but I disliked him

847
00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:39.559
<v Speaker 3>a lot of days, you know, as as a student athlete.

848
00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:42.320
<v Speaker 3>And you know, and I still laugh about some of

849
00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:44.199
<v Speaker 3>that stuff today, you know when I see him, But

850
00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:47.719
<v Speaker 3>the relationship is real. You should not enjoy. You should

851
00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:51.320
<v Speaker 3>not like your strength coach while you're an athlete not

852
00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:55.880
<v Speaker 3>playing football, you shouldn't and and you know, and those

853
00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:57.800
<v Speaker 3>are the kind of things that I want to see

854
00:44:57.920 --> 00:45:00.079
<v Speaker 3>and hear come out I think over the course. So

855
00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:03.920
<v Speaker 3>these these next few months gave I want I want

856
00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:07.320
<v Speaker 3>to hear stories about how the strength coach is really

857
00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:12.360
<v Speaker 3>pushing these guys to their absolute genetic mask and challenging them.

858
00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:16.440
<v Speaker 8>And by the way, Jeremy's referring to the Mark Ollers too,

859
00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:19.599
<v Speaker 8>to the Mark the one with the CE who's the

860
00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:22.400
<v Speaker 8>assistant or deputy, a d whatever you want to call it.

861
00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:27.440
<v Speaker 8>And now Kentucky's strength and conditioning coach is another Mark Hill.

862
00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:32.599
<v Speaker 8>So you're kind of hoping these guys developed this intense disregard,

863
00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:35.280
<v Speaker 8>let's say, for him and for coach Edmund.

864
00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:40.239
<v Speaker 3>For sure, you're offensive line and your defensive line. On

865
00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:45.760
<v Speaker 3>game base, they have to be absolute, nasty, monocal individuals

866
00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:50.400
<v Speaker 3>who just enjoy havoc and wreaking havoc and putting their

867
00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:54.440
<v Speaker 3>hands on people. And that mindset, that mindset like that

868
00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:57.960
<v Speaker 3>can be built, that can be manufactured, and it has

869
00:45:58.039 --> 00:46:01.440
<v Speaker 3>to be manufactured, not necessarily in practice. That's where you

870
00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:05.000
<v Speaker 3>kind of sharpened those that mindset is manufactured in the

871
00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:09.639
<v Speaker 3>weight room. You know that's mental, you know, throwing weight around,

872
00:46:10.199 --> 00:46:13.159
<v Speaker 3>moving weight six o'clock in the morning, eight o'clock in

873
00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:18.800
<v Speaker 3>the morning, just because that's the task at hand, and

874
00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:22.400
<v Speaker 3>part of that is it's mental. You know, you gotta

875
00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:24.840
<v Speaker 3>find you got to tap into things that happened to

876
00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:28.000
<v Speaker 3>you over the course of your college career to get

877
00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:31.800
<v Speaker 3>through some of those. For me, Gabe, the embarrassment of

878
00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:37.880
<v Speaker 3>losing the LSU as a redshirt sophomore, those are uncomfortable

879
00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:40.239
<v Speaker 3>moments that I had to tap into on days that

880
00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:43.440
<v Speaker 3>I just quite honestly didn't want to train, didn't want

881
00:46:43.440 --> 00:46:45.639
<v Speaker 3>to work, didn't want a job, didn't want to eat right.

882
00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:49.840
<v Speaker 3>But those uncomfortable memories are have to be what fuels

883
00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:52.440
<v Speaker 3>you to be a better player and want to be

884
00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:53.280
<v Speaker 3>a better teammate.

885
00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:57.639
<v Speaker 8>That blowout loss down at LSU that had you wondering

886
00:46:57.719 --> 00:47:00.199
<v Speaker 8>if you were on the right career path on the

887
00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:01.280
<v Speaker 8>flight home, You've told me that.

888
00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:04.039
<v Speaker 9>Story many times. And when rich Brooks got home, he

889
00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:05.320
<v Speaker 9>thought he was on his way out.

890
00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:06.920
<v Speaker 8>I thought he was gonna have to sell his house.

891
00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:09.679
<v Speaker 8>But that was really the beginning of the turnaround. I

892
00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:12.639
<v Speaker 8>think so you're right, And you know, as you talk

893
00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:15.880
<v Speaker 8>about what happens in the weight room, I think back

894
00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:19.159
<v Speaker 8>to all the video clips I've seen from Kentucky and

895
00:47:19.239 --> 00:47:24.119
<v Speaker 8>other schools on social media where somebody is moving an

896
00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:27.039
<v Speaker 8>enormous amount of weight for the first time, or setting

897
00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:30.400
<v Speaker 8>a weight room record, or just doing something incredible, and

898
00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:35.119
<v Speaker 8>he's surrounded by a couple dozen of his teammates cheering

899
00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:38.360
<v Speaker 8>him on. It might be one rep, it might be

900
00:47:38.519 --> 00:47:41.239
<v Speaker 8>you know, going for a record number of reps, and

901
00:47:41.400 --> 00:47:45.360
<v Speaker 8>these guys are screaming like banshees and they celebrate like

902
00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:49.280
<v Speaker 8>they've just won a big game when it's over. People

903
00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:52.199
<v Speaker 8>like me, I mean, I tried my best in the

904
00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:54.039
<v Speaker 8>weight room, but I was never a part of anything

905
00:47:54.199 --> 00:47:57.159
<v Speaker 8>like that. What do we need to understand about a

906
00:47:57.280 --> 00:48:00.719
<v Speaker 8>moment like that and what it means to a football team?

907
00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:02.519
<v Speaker 9>You almost just answered that.

908
00:48:04.840 --> 00:48:07.679
<v Speaker 3>I think the thing that's not spoken about spoken about

909
00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:10.559
<v Speaker 3>a lot of those situations is is that here you

910
00:48:10.719 --> 00:48:14.480
<v Speaker 3>have a guy that is getting ready to potentially break

911
00:48:14.679 --> 00:48:18.280
<v Speaker 3>a personal record. So the mindset that you have to

912
00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:23.360
<v Speaker 3>be in right to be willing to to to be

913
00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:26.199
<v Speaker 3>willing to put yourself in that situation because you can

914
00:48:26.239 --> 00:48:30.159
<v Speaker 3>get injured weightlifting, right, you know, and also the mental element.

915
00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:31.840
<v Speaker 3>You got to be in the right mindset to say,

916
00:48:31.880 --> 00:48:36.280
<v Speaker 3>you know what, I'm going for PR today, personal record, Yeah,

917
00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:38.719
<v Speaker 3>I'm going for PR today. And to have your teammates

918
00:48:38.760 --> 00:48:40.559
<v Speaker 3>that are there with you, that are pushing you through.

919
00:48:40.639 --> 00:48:43.320
<v Speaker 3>I think everybody in the weight room in those moments

920
00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:49.119
<v Speaker 3>they understand the significance of that because you know, there's

921
00:48:49.159 --> 00:48:51.800
<v Speaker 3>a mental element. There's a big mental element. Yeah, you

922
00:48:51.840 --> 00:48:54.760
<v Speaker 3>know you throw that extra five pounds on what difference

923
00:48:54.760 --> 00:48:57.119
<v Speaker 3>does that extra five pounds make? Well, you know there's

924
00:48:57.119 --> 00:48:59.280
<v Speaker 3>a mental right. You got to bust through that. You

925
00:48:59.400 --> 00:49:02.400
<v Speaker 3>got to bust through that wall of where you thought

926
00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:05.159
<v Speaker 3>for so long that this was this was my this

927
00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:10.320
<v Speaker 3>was my ceiling. Right, five pounds less, that was good enough.

928
00:49:10.719 --> 00:49:12.960
<v Speaker 3>But now you're trying to you're trying to beat that,

929
00:49:13.199 --> 00:49:16.360
<v Speaker 3>and you know that's what that's about. And to be

930
00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:19.239
<v Speaker 3>surrounded by your brothers or your sisters, you know, in

931
00:49:19.360 --> 00:49:22.920
<v Speaker 3>moments like that really special. And I remember being in

932
00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:25.840
<v Speaker 3>those situations, not the ones that I was a part of,

933
00:49:26.159 --> 00:49:28.199
<v Speaker 3>like per se because the weight's on my back, but

934
00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:31.480
<v Speaker 3>I remember days Mayron Pryor, I mean, just such a

935
00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:34.800
<v Speaker 3>strong individual days where we surrounded guys like that in

936
00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:38.239
<v Speaker 3>the weight room, you know, Micah Johnson, some of the

937
00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:41.239
<v Speaker 3>guys you know that were extremely strong, or some of

938
00:49:41.280 --> 00:49:44.719
<v Speaker 3>the guys that were going for vertical vertical leap wrecords

939
00:49:44.760 --> 00:49:47.360
<v Speaker 3>that have been working and training for those things just

940
00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:49.400
<v Speaker 3>as important too. Yeah. Yeah.

941
00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:52.760
<v Speaker 8>Jeremy Jarman is my guest from the UK Radio Network Day,

942
00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:54.159
<v Speaker 8>former All Conference.

943
00:49:53.840 --> 00:49:55.880
<v Speaker 9>Defensive end for the Wildcats.

944
00:49:55.920 --> 00:49:57.559
<v Speaker 8>We'll talk more football on the other side of the

945
00:49:57.599 --> 00:50:00.519
<v Speaker 8>break here on six thirty w LAP come back. We're

946
00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:03.480
<v Speaker 8>talking with Jeremy Jarman of the UK Sports Network. Hey,

947
00:50:03.559 --> 00:50:06.960
<v Speaker 8>and Logan Stenberg, Christy Thomas anchor our pregame coverage, and

948
00:50:07.039 --> 00:50:09.719
<v Speaker 8>then you hear Jeremy all over social media, including the

949
00:50:09.760 --> 00:50:13.039
<v Speaker 8>Big Blue Insider throughout the year and the UK Sports

950
00:50:13.119 --> 00:50:17.159
<v Speaker 8>Network websites. We were talking earlier about the offensive line

951
00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:19.960
<v Speaker 8>and I go back and I'm looking at the Big

952
00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:23.239
<v Speaker 8>Blue Wall and I've talked before with you about how

953
00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:26.280
<v Speaker 8>it kind of evolved, and really I think it began

954
00:50:26.400 --> 00:50:30.159
<v Speaker 8>when Drake Jackson took over at center. Because Bunchie Stallings

955
00:50:30.239 --> 00:50:33.239
<v Speaker 8>was struggling a bit with long snaps. They moved Bunchie

956
00:50:33.320 --> 00:50:36.440
<v Speaker 8>over to O guard he becomes an All American, Drake

957
00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:39.960
<v Speaker 8>becomes an All Conference performer. You got Big George Asapo

958
00:50:40.039 --> 00:50:43.679
<v Speaker 8>a j on that line. You have just incredible talent there.

959
00:50:44.159 --> 00:50:48.960
<v Speaker 9>But those are guys who developed over a number of

960
00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:50.360
<v Speaker 9>years now.

961
00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:53.519
<v Speaker 8>And you and I talked before about how Kentucky with

962
00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:57.559
<v Speaker 8>the portal is selected or recruited through need. But it's

963
00:50:57.599 --> 00:51:00.880
<v Speaker 8>a different process now. You know, you don't have guys

964
00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:03.920
<v Speaker 8>who are maybe in their third year finally getting a

965
00:51:04.119 --> 00:51:06.760
<v Speaker 8>chance to start. But those first two years when they

966
00:51:06.800 --> 00:51:10.039
<v Speaker 8>were part of the process were so vital in becoming

967
00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:12.639
<v Speaker 8>a fabric, part of the fabric of the team. Is

968
00:51:12.719 --> 00:51:16.280
<v Speaker 8>it possible, Is it fair for us, Jeremy to expect

969
00:51:16.360 --> 00:51:20.679
<v Speaker 8>a big blue wall kind of response.

970
00:51:20.400 --> 00:51:24.840
<v Speaker 9>Or I don't know, I don't know what the word is.

971
00:51:24.880 --> 00:51:27.079
<v Speaker 9>I'm looking for big blue wall.

972
00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:28.840
<v Speaker 3>Kind of like a resurgence.

973
00:51:29.360 --> 00:51:34.039
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, when you're building through the portal as much as

974
00:51:34.079 --> 00:51:35.360
<v Speaker 8>you are recruiting.

975
00:51:36.239 --> 00:51:38.639
<v Speaker 3>I mean, at the end of the day, they make

976
00:51:38.679 --> 00:51:41.880
<v Speaker 3>a long yes, no, no, no, it's not unreasonable. I

977
00:51:41.920 --> 00:51:45.480
<v Speaker 3>think it's very reasonable, you know, to expect these guys

978
00:51:45.559 --> 00:51:50.039
<v Speaker 3>to transition into this league. They're leveling up, they think

979
00:51:50.159 --> 00:51:52.960
<v Speaker 3>that they can play in the SEC. They need to

980
00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:55.119
<v Speaker 3>come with the mindset that they're here to prove it.

981
00:51:55.639 --> 00:51:58.440
<v Speaker 3>You know. Now it's their job to come here and

982
00:51:58.559 --> 00:52:00.480
<v Speaker 3>to turn this around and get the moment I'm going.

983
00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:02.880
<v Speaker 3>You know, the only guy probably on the list that's

984
00:52:03.119 --> 00:52:05.800
<v Speaker 3>that that we know, without a with without a shadow

985
00:52:05.800 --> 00:52:07.760
<v Speaker 3>of a doubt, is going to be able to perform

986
00:52:07.840 --> 00:52:10.559
<v Speaker 3>at this level is Josh Braun. You know, the lineman

987
00:52:10.599 --> 00:52:14.079
<v Speaker 3>coming from Arkansas formaw let's to see Lineman. Yeah, everybody

988
00:52:14.159 --> 00:52:19.039
<v Speaker 3>else they check the boxes, size, strength, performance on the tape,

989
00:52:19.440 --> 00:52:23.239
<v Speaker 3>but it's not until you know, really till September where

990
00:52:23.280 --> 00:52:26.360
<v Speaker 3>you really know. And even with that, you can't just

991
00:52:26.440 --> 00:52:28.079
<v Speaker 3>go off for the first body of work because we

992
00:52:28.280 --> 00:52:33.280
<v Speaker 3>know that longevity, durability that those things have to be there.

993
00:52:33.559 --> 00:52:35.679
<v Speaker 3>It's not you know, it's not just one game, it's

994
00:52:36.000 --> 00:52:38.519
<v Speaker 3>you know, it's twelve games in a row game, so

995
00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:41.760
<v Speaker 3>you got to be durable, uh in the process too.

996
00:52:43.199 --> 00:52:47.159
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, and you know you got to say healthy non

997
00:52:47.280 --> 00:52:51.159
<v Speaker 8>conference versus conference play is big. So it's it's a

998
00:52:51.199 --> 00:52:53.719
<v Speaker 8>great mystery and it's going to play out right in

999
00:52:53.800 --> 00:52:57.199
<v Speaker 8>front of us. And now there will maybe well there

1000
00:52:57.199 --> 00:53:00.760
<v Speaker 8>will definitely be a new Opening Day QB, whether it's

1001
00:53:00.800 --> 00:53:04.400
<v Speaker 8>cutter Bully or the kid who transferred in or you know,

1002
00:53:04.519 --> 00:53:09.480
<v Speaker 8>we'll know by August obviously, but his success, whichever one

1003
00:53:09.559 --> 00:53:13.840
<v Speaker 8>it is, will depend entirely on that big blue wall.

1004
00:53:13.840 --> 00:53:15.920
<v Speaker 8>That's why I think we're always going to wonder about

1005
00:53:15.960 --> 00:53:18.800
<v Speaker 8>Brock Vandergriff because if you go back Jeremy and look

1006
00:53:18.840 --> 00:53:21.639
<v Speaker 8>at some of his clips from his first three or

1007
00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:26.480
<v Speaker 8>four games, including Ole Miss, he looks like a different

1008
00:53:26.599 --> 00:53:30.480
<v Speaker 8>guy than we saw down the stretch. And not all

1009
00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:31.559
<v Speaker 8>of that's on him, is it?

1010
00:53:32.519 --> 00:53:35.920
<v Speaker 3>It's not all on him. I was concerned about some

1011
00:53:36.039 --> 00:53:38.000
<v Speaker 3>of the shots he took in the Southern Miss game

1012
00:53:38.320 --> 00:53:41.679
<v Speaker 3>in a short and a shortened game, and I think

1013
00:53:42.199 --> 00:53:44.679
<v Speaker 3>I think Brock Vandergriff came to Lexington and gave us

1014
00:53:44.719 --> 00:53:47.119
<v Speaker 3>everything that he had, and you know, there were some

1015
00:53:47.280 --> 00:53:49.320
<v Speaker 3>hits that he took in that game where you know,

1016
00:53:49.360 --> 00:53:53.159
<v Speaker 3>I'm wondering if if it was him or you know,

1017
00:53:53.400 --> 00:53:56.199
<v Speaker 3>or if it was the expectations that had him feeling

1018
00:53:56.320 --> 00:53:59.960
<v Speaker 3>the need to try to run through you know, linebackers,

1019
00:54:00.199 --> 00:54:01.800
<v Speaker 3>and you know, in open field, at the end of

1020
00:54:01.840 --> 00:54:05.679
<v Speaker 3>the day, you're a quarterback and nobody's expecting I shouldn't

1021
00:54:05.679 --> 00:54:09.639
<v Speaker 3>say nobody, but I'm not expecting, you know, Kentucky quarterback

1022
00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:13.119
<v Speaker 3>to be running over linebackers, therefore trying to run over

1023
00:54:13.199 --> 00:54:16.159
<v Speaker 3>linebackers unless it's like a fourth to one situation game

1024
00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:18.280
<v Speaker 3>on the line. I just didn't like some of the

1025
00:54:18.360 --> 00:54:21.960
<v Speaker 3>shots that he took early. I think it compromised him

1026
00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:25.400
<v Speaker 3>and his his mobility and his ability to throw the

1027
00:54:25.480 --> 00:54:28.239
<v Speaker 3>football in the weeks that came after Southern Miss and

1028
00:54:28.599 --> 00:54:30.960
<v Speaker 3>it was just basically it was a it was a seesaw,

1029
00:54:31.000 --> 00:54:35.000
<v Speaker 3>it was a spiral that it most certainly was uncomfortable

1030
00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:37.840
<v Speaker 3>for him for the remainder of the season.

1031
00:54:38.280 --> 00:54:41.320
<v Speaker 8>I wondered if he was trying to match some of

1032
00:54:41.400 --> 00:54:45.400
<v Speaker 8>those spectacular plays that Will Levis made putting his shoulder

1033
00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:49.079
<v Speaker 8>into the chest of a linebacker and that was Will's

1034
00:54:49.119 --> 00:54:51.639
<v Speaker 8>rep But he only did it Jeremy a couple of times.

1035
00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:55.400
<v Speaker 8>He hurtled one guy, but for this, and this was

1036
00:54:55.480 --> 00:55:00.159
<v Speaker 8>a guy who was bigger than vandergriff was. But I

1037
00:55:00.280 --> 00:55:03.079
<v Speaker 8>did wonder that did go through my mind, And there

1038
00:55:03.119 --> 00:55:05.400
<v Speaker 8>were times I'm staying in my mind, get down, get

1039
00:55:05.480 --> 00:55:06.320
<v Speaker 8>down slide.

1040
00:55:07.360 --> 00:55:09.320
<v Speaker 9>But he was going head first, and that was.

1041
00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:10.840
<v Speaker 3>The mo o on him. When you go back and

1042
00:55:10.920 --> 00:55:12.920
<v Speaker 3>you look at what his teammates at Georgia were saying

1043
00:55:13.199 --> 00:55:15.119
<v Speaker 3>that they said he wasn't a guy that shoed away

1044
00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:19.679
<v Speaker 3>from contact. But you know, ultimately, ultimately as the quarterback,

1045
00:55:19.719 --> 00:55:21.760
<v Speaker 3>you have to stay healthy. You got to. You gotta

1046
00:55:21.840 --> 00:55:25.239
<v Speaker 3>be serviceable for the coaches and for your team, and

1047
00:55:25.760 --> 00:55:28.639
<v Speaker 3>you can't. You can't go out there and be something

1048
00:55:28.719 --> 00:55:32.000
<v Speaker 3>that you're not. And that would be the advice that

1049
00:55:32.079 --> 00:55:35.360
<v Speaker 3>I have forzout Zach Calzada coming back into the SEC

1050
00:55:35.519 --> 00:55:38.239
<v Speaker 3>this season. Don't try and be something you're not. Get

1051
00:55:38.280 --> 00:55:41.440
<v Speaker 3>the yards as you can get, slide, dive, whatever you

1052
00:55:41.519 --> 00:55:43.840
<v Speaker 3>need to do, but stay on the field for your

1053
00:55:43.920 --> 00:55:46.639
<v Speaker 3>team and pick and choose those pick and choose those

1054
00:55:46.760 --> 00:55:49.280
<v Speaker 3>moments where you know you show your toughness.

1055
00:55:50.239 --> 00:55:54.119
<v Speaker 8>I talked to our colleague Jeffikoro more than once about this. Uh,

1056
00:55:54.679 --> 00:55:58.119
<v Speaker 8>you mentioned Zach coming in and I've talked about Cutter Bowley.

1057
00:55:58.760 --> 00:56:01.599
<v Speaker 8>Were you surprised given the fact that the staff turned

1058
00:56:01.639 --> 00:56:03.360
<v Speaker 8>the cutter and almost really had to you by the

1059
00:56:03.480 --> 00:56:05.880
<v Speaker 8>end of the year as the starter.

1060
00:56:06.320 --> 00:56:08.079
<v Speaker 9>But went out and got a guy who.

1061
00:56:09.519 --> 00:56:13.800
<v Speaker 8>It looks like he has starting QB written all over him.

1062
00:56:13.800 --> 00:56:16.079
<v Speaker 8>The guy who came through the portal. He didn't come

1063
00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:19.119
<v Speaker 8>here to sit, but he knows he's got to win

1064
00:56:19.239 --> 00:56:22.000
<v Speaker 8>the job, just as Levis did, just as Brock did.

1065
00:56:22.599 --> 00:56:24.719
<v Speaker 8>Were you surprised Kentucky made it a point to go

1066
00:56:24.800 --> 00:56:28.519
<v Speaker 8>I didn't get a guy with starting QB credentials.

1067
00:56:28.599 --> 00:56:31.119
<v Speaker 3>No I'm not. And they owed it to the team

1068
00:56:31.199 --> 00:56:32.679
<v Speaker 3>to go out and get a guy that can come

1069
00:56:32.760 --> 00:56:36.000
<v Speaker 3>in and compete for the starting quarterback job, a guy

1070
00:56:36.079 --> 00:56:39.079
<v Speaker 3>that's got experienced throwing the ball, being dual threat and mobile.

1071
00:56:39.440 --> 00:56:42.119
<v Speaker 3>I think that his skill set in Calzada, I think

1072
00:56:42.159 --> 00:56:45.039
<v Speaker 3>it's very complementary to a team, you know, this team

1073
00:56:45.039 --> 00:56:47.719
<v Speaker 3>where there's still going to be some question marks. Gay,

1074
00:56:49.079 --> 00:56:52.039
<v Speaker 3>we've seen college football and we've seen how it has evolved.

1075
00:56:52.119 --> 00:56:56.000
<v Speaker 3>Now the NFL is following suit. You gotta have you

1076
00:56:56.119 --> 00:56:58.239
<v Speaker 3>got to have a guy on your roster that is

1077
00:56:58.320 --> 00:57:01.599
<v Speaker 3>dual threat. If he's not dual threat, well he better

1078
00:57:01.760 --> 00:57:10.199
<v Speaker 3>be I mean just absolutely an incredible pocket passer. Yeah. Yeah,

1079
00:57:10.239 --> 00:57:11.800
<v Speaker 3>he's got to be laser sharp. He's got to have

1080
00:57:11.880 --> 00:57:13.320
<v Speaker 3>quick reads. He's got to be willing to get the

1081
00:57:13.360 --> 00:57:16.039
<v Speaker 3>ball out of his hands because you know, he's got

1082
00:57:16.119 --> 00:57:19.480
<v Speaker 3>a scheme, a system of comprehension of the blitz schemes,

1083
00:57:19.599 --> 00:57:22.599
<v Speaker 3>rotations that allow him to process the place quickly where

1084
00:57:22.639 --> 00:57:24.440
<v Speaker 3>he can get the ball out before he gets hit.

1085
00:57:25.480 --> 00:57:31.119
<v Speaker 3>And uh, you know, so going into this season seeing

1086
00:57:31.199 --> 00:57:34.760
<v Speaker 3>these two guys with different skill sets compete, that that's

1087
00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:38.280
<v Speaker 3>what this is about. And we know what the data shows.

1088
00:57:38.320 --> 00:57:41.719
<v Speaker 3>The data shows that whoever's name the starter, that they're

1089
00:57:41.760 --> 00:57:44.159
<v Speaker 3>probably not going to be a starter for at least

1090
00:57:44.199 --> 00:57:47.079
<v Speaker 3>one one or two games or or or or more

1091
00:57:47.280 --> 00:57:49.880
<v Speaker 3>just because you get banged up. That's that's the nature

1092
00:57:49.920 --> 00:57:50.559
<v Speaker 3>of this league.

1093
00:57:50.840 --> 00:57:54.119
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, look at Georgia end of the year, whether it's

1094
00:57:54.199 --> 00:57:56.559
<v Speaker 8>with Carson Beck on the bench. Yeah, you know, and

1095
00:57:56.679 --> 00:58:00.440
<v Speaker 8>some think that's what costs Georgia in the postseason. Everybody's

1096
00:58:00.480 --> 00:58:03.760
<v Speaker 8>blessed like Texas with two guys who could start anywhere

1097
00:58:03.760 --> 00:58:04.320
<v Speaker 8>in the country.

1098
00:58:04.440 --> 00:58:06.239
<v Speaker 9>So, uh but no, you're right.

1099
00:58:06.400 --> 00:58:08.159
<v Speaker 8>I mean, you know, and name of a team that

1100
00:58:08.280 --> 00:58:13.199
<v Speaker 8>goes through a season with a quarterback unscathed, and of

1101
00:58:13.280 --> 00:58:18.000
<v Speaker 8>course whoever's the quarterback will be looking at a different

1102
00:58:18.320 --> 00:58:20.599
<v Speaker 8>for the most part, set of receivers. You got a

1103
00:58:20.639 --> 00:58:23.000
<v Speaker 8>couple guys back, some young guys who are going to

1104
00:58:23.039 --> 00:58:26.000
<v Speaker 8>get an opportunity, but others who have come through the portal.

1105
00:58:27.519 --> 00:58:29.639
<v Speaker 8>I kind of think we've all expected Brian Brown to

1106
00:58:29.679 --> 00:58:32.039
<v Speaker 8>move on. I guess we shouldn't be surprised that Dane

1107
00:58:32.159 --> 00:58:34.880
<v Speaker 8>moved on because he needs to go someplace where he

1108
00:58:34.920 --> 00:58:36.559
<v Speaker 8>can really showcase.

1109
00:58:36.079 --> 00:58:39.400
<v Speaker 9>His skills for the NFL, and that was questionable whether

1110
00:58:39.440 --> 00:58:40.000
<v Speaker 9>he be able.

1111
00:58:39.880 --> 00:58:40.480
<v Speaker 1>To do that here.

1112
00:58:41.119 --> 00:58:43.639
<v Speaker 3>Well, it should have been here, It should have been here.

1113
00:58:44.239 --> 00:58:47.559
<v Speaker 8>Uh and to a point it was, I think, but

1114
00:58:47.760 --> 00:58:50.360
<v Speaker 8>not to the point where you know, we all thought, oh,

1115
00:58:50.440 --> 00:58:53.519
<v Speaker 8>this guy, we thought maybe after I think his first year,

1116
00:58:53.559 --> 00:58:57.440
<v Speaker 8>we wondered what he declare after his third year. But

1117
00:58:58.559 --> 00:59:02.400
<v Speaker 8>I think this new room of receivers in the receivers coach,

1118
00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:05.440
<v Speaker 8>who I know you like a lot, I think the

1119
00:59:05.599 --> 00:59:09.480
<v Speaker 8>balance could end up being a real weapon for the wildcatch.

1120
00:59:09.079 --> 00:59:13.800
<v Speaker 3>Do you Yeah, yeah, it can be. And there's there's

1121
00:59:14.000 --> 00:59:18.400
<v Speaker 3>just you know, there's just there's question marks. And you

1122
00:59:19.000 --> 00:59:21.719
<v Speaker 3>mentioned Dane, and to lose a player of his caliber,

1123
00:59:21.800 --> 00:59:24.880
<v Speaker 3>skill set, being a legacy guy, that just can't happen.

1124
00:59:26.119 --> 00:59:30.760
<v Speaker 3>You know, just very disappointed there. I think that for

1125
00:59:30.920 --> 00:59:32.840
<v Speaker 3>him to continue to grow as a player, I think

1126
00:59:32.920 --> 00:59:37.800
<v Speaker 3>that he needed he needed, uh, you know, stronger performances

1127
00:59:37.880 --> 00:59:41.159
<v Speaker 3>from guys in the wide receiver room as well, guys

1128
00:59:41.199 --> 00:59:45.639
<v Speaker 3>that had the ability to play outside play inside and

1129
00:59:45.880 --> 00:59:48.960
<v Speaker 3>ultimately we got to a point, Gabe, where we had

1130
00:59:49.039 --> 00:59:52.480
<v Speaker 3>games where he was being targeted. Yeah, twelve to fifteen

1131
00:59:52.599 --> 00:59:53.280
<v Speaker 3>times a game.

1132
00:59:53.519 --> 00:59:53.719
<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

1133
00:59:55.159 --> 00:59:58.199
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. And I mean they're just dropping, you know, linebackers

1134
00:59:58.280 --> 01:00:00.760
<v Speaker 3>right into the you know, right right right into the

1135
01:00:01.159 --> 01:00:04.639
<v Speaker 3>under the route. Yeah, you know, in breaking routes and

1136
01:00:04.679 --> 01:00:08.079
<v Speaker 3>stops and curls. Just frustrating. You know, they literally no

1137
01:00:08.159 --> 01:00:11.360
<v Speaker 3>pundit now actually pun intended. They keyed on him, Yeah,

1138
01:00:12.119 --> 01:00:15.159
<v Speaker 3>and they forced other players to try to show that

1139
01:00:15.239 --> 01:00:18.239
<v Speaker 3>they could step up and make some plays. And you

1140
01:00:18.360 --> 01:00:22.280
<v Speaker 3>saw Macklin succeed in some instances down the stretch. Tennessee

1141
01:00:22.400 --> 01:00:24.679
<v Speaker 3>being one of those games when he got a chance

1142
01:00:24.760 --> 01:00:27.119
<v Speaker 3>to get back out on the outside where you know,

1143
01:00:27.199 --> 01:00:28.440
<v Speaker 3>maybe he should have been all year.

1144
01:00:29.960 --> 01:00:33.239
<v Speaker 8>Well, miss made it a point to not only key

1145
01:00:33.320 --> 01:00:36.440
<v Speaker 8>on him, double team him. They interfered with him, and

1146
01:00:36.559 --> 01:00:39.559
<v Speaker 8>he still made big plays. Down in Oxford. We're talking

1147
01:00:39.599 --> 01:00:41.719
<v Speaker 8>to Jeremy Jerman of the UK Sports Network. More to

1148
01:00:41.760 --> 01:00:45.239
<v Speaker 8>come here on six thirty WLAP Welcome Back. We're talking

1149
01:00:45.320 --> 01:00:48.400
<v Speaker 8>with Jeremy Jarman of the UK Sports Network, former Kentucky

1150
01:00:48.840 --> 01:00:51.119
<v Speaker 8>defensive end and now you hear him with Logan Senberg

1151
01:00:51.159 --> 01:00:54.440
<v Speaker 8>and Christy Thomas anchoring our pregame covers. We talked a

1152
01:00:54.480 --> 01:00:57.320
<v Speaker 8>lot about the offense, didn't talk about running backs, But

1153
01:00:58.079 --> 01:00:58.519
<v Speaker 8>I need to.

1154
01:00:58.480 --> 01:01:00.000
<v Speaker 9>Get you over to the defense.

1155
01:01:00.079 --> 01:01:03.880
<v Speaker 8>It's a side where the Wildcats had an okay season

1156
01:01:03.960 --> 01:01:05.719
<v Speaker 8>last year. But I think you and I agree, he

1157
01:01:05.719 --> 01:01:11.039
<v Speaker 8>should have been better personnel moving on from all levels,

1158
01:01:11.400 --> 01:01:16.039
<v Speaker 8>the line, linebackers, Harriston moves on. He's getting some review

1159
01:01:16.159 --> 01:01:19.840
<v Speaker 8>rave reviews now in some of the all star situations.

1160
01:01:20.719 --> 01:01:23.360
<v Speaker 8>The real deal he is, the real deal he is,

1161
01:01:23.480 --> 01:01:24.960
<v Speaker 8>and it's a shame we didn't get to see him

1162
01:01:24.960 --> 01:01:26.760
<v Speaker 8>at his best is last year.

1163
01:01:26.840 --> 01:01:27.000
<v Speaker 3>Here.

1164
01:01:27.519 --> 01:01:30.119
<v Speaker 8>So does the defense and I know how you feel

1165
01:01:30.119 --> 01:01:33.440
<v Speaker 8>about Brad White, but does the defense take a step

1166
01:01:33.559 --> 01:01:36.400
<v Speaker 8>backward this year? And again some guys that come through

1167
01:01:36.440 --> 01:01:39.920
<v Speaker 8>the portal, But it's kind of a mystery right now.

1168
01:01:40.000 --> 01:01:40.519
<v Speaker 1>I think.

1169
01:01:44.239 --> 01:01:47.320
<v Speaker 3>On paper, the defense looks like it's ready to take

1170
01:01:47.360 --> 01:01:50.480
<v Speaker 3>a step back, if not a couple steps back. However,

1171
01:01:50.880 --> 01:01:53.280
<v Speaker 3>the thing about Brad White is that he's shown that

1172
01:01:53.760 --> 01:01:55.840
<v Speaker 3>he can do a lot with a little. He's a

1173
01:01:55.920 --> 01:01:59.760
<v Speaker 3>good chef and he's very creative of how to get

1174
01:02:00.960 --> 01:02:06.519
<v Speaker 3>how to get desirable results, you know, in difficult circumstances.

1175
01:02:08.199 --> 01:02:11.119
<v Speaker 3>It's going to be interesting to see, you know, you know,

1176
01:02:11.239 --> 01:02:13.280
<v Speaker 3>down the stretch. There's times gave where I would have

1177
01:02:13.360 --> 01:02:15.639
<v Speaker 3>liked to have seen more pressure. There's times where I

1178
01:02:15.679 --> 01:02:17.440
<v Speaker 3>look back at last season and I say, you know,

1179
01:02:17.639 --> 01:02:20.199
<v Speaker 3>maybe this team when when I look at how how

1180
01:02:20.840 --> 01:02:24.400
<v Speaker 3>how good this defensive line group was, maybe there's times

1181
01:02:24.440 --> 01:02:26.559
<v Speaker 3>where we should have had four d tackles across the

1182
01:02:27.000 --> 01:02:30.679
<v Speaker 3>across the front at times. Yeah, And you know, you

1183
01:02:30.800 --> 01:02:33.039
<v Speaker 3>can't go back and redo, but I'll be curious in

1184
01:02:33.119 --> 01:02:36.199
<v Speaker 3>the spring with practices and going into the fall to

1185
01:02:36.280 --> 01:02:39.679
<v Speaker 3>see if Brad evolves and maybe gets a little bit

1186
01:02:39.719 --> 01:02:45.320
<v Speaker 3>more aggressive, maybe transitions and puts you know, four hands

1187
01:02:45.440 --> 01:02:50.159
<v Speaker 3>down across the defensive line at times versus the outside

1188
01:02:50.239 --> 01:02:55.000
<v Speaker 3>linebacker edge rush position where it has not been productive

1189
01:02:56.039 --> 01:02:58.199
<v Speaker 3>or as productive as I know that he would like

1190
01:02:58.320 --> 01:03:01.119
<v Speaker 3>over the last few years. And you see us, You

1191
01:03:01.239 --> 01:03:04.519
<v Speaker 3>see two young edged guys basically get into the portal.

1192
01:03:04.800 --> 01:03:08.760
<v Speaker 3>We graduate JJ Weaver and there's a lot of there's

1193
01:03:08.800 --> 01:03:12.079
<v Speaker 3>a lot of room for growth at the edge rush position.

1194
01:03:12.239 --> 01:03:14.280
<v Speaker 3>In his defense, you.

1195
01:03:14.360 --> 01:03:18.679
<v Speaker 8>Lose a talent like Dion Walker, you know, and everybody

1196
01:03:18.719 --> 01:03:22.440
<v Speaker 8>knew from his freshman year on how great he was.

1197
01:03:22.760 --> 01:03:25.559
<v Speaker 9>And he was a guy who allowed some of the

1198
01:03:25.639 --> 01:03:28.119
<v Speaker 9>guys around him to eat.

1199
01:03:29.159 --> 01:03:31.440
<v Speaker 8>I don't know if that happened as much this year

1200
01:03:31.559 --> 01:03:34.559
<v Speaker 8>as you expected or the experts expected.

1201
01:03:35.559 --> 01:03:38.960
<v Speaker 9>But saying goodbye to somebody like that ain't easy, is it.

1202
01:03:39.199 --> 01:03:42.239
<v Speaker 3>It's not easy saying goodbye to Keyshawn Silver, who was

1203
01:03:42.320 --> 01:03:45.719
<v Speaker 3>really good at the nose this year. That was not easy.

1204
01:03:47.039 --> 01:03:50.599
<v Speaker 3>Losing Trevon Ripke, guy with a lot of experienced guy

1205
01:03:50.639 --> 01:03:55.280
<v Speaker 3>that I thought extremely highly of, Octavius Oxen Dye. I mean,

1206
01:03:55.559 --> 01:04:00.639
<v Speaker 3>you just you lose so much beef up front and experience, yeah,

1207
01:04:01.920 --> 01:04:06.679
<v Speaker 3>and experience there that it's man, it is. It's They're

1208
01:04:06.679 --> 01:04:09.239
<v Speaker 3>in a tough spot, they really are. They have to

1209
01:04:09.320 --> 01:04:12.159
<v Speaker 3>get the transfers. They got to get the young players,

1210
01:04:12.639 --> 01:04:14.079
<v Speaker 3>They got to get them ready to play.

1211
01:04:15.719 --> 01:04:20.400
<v Speaker 8>You know, we talked about Hairston, and I keep reminding

1212
01:04:20.480 --> 01:04:24.159
<v Speaker 8>myself that there have been years. One in particular was

1213
01:04:24.199 --> 01:04:27.559
<v Speaker 8>the year after Kentucky had four d backs wind up

1214
01:04:27.599 --> 01:04:30.760
<v Speaker 8>in NFL camps and we all wondered, what in the

1215
01:04:31.360 --> 01:04:33.199
<v Speaker 8>you know, what are they gonna do? How are they

1216
01:04:33.239 --> 01:04:36.440
<v Speaker 8>gonna And they were fine the next year because they

1217
01:04:36.519 --> 01:04:39.760
<v Speaker 8>had developed, recruited, developed, coached.

1218
01:04:40.119 --> 01:04:41.800
<v Speaker 9>The guys and built depth.

1219
01:04:42.400 --> 01:04:44.800
<v Speaker 8>And I do think that's something while they weren't haven't

1220
01:04:44.800 --> 01:04:46.960
<v Speaker 8>been able to do that with the O line, I

1221
01:04:47.079 --> 01:04:49.400
<v Speaker 8>think they have been able to do that. Jeremy with

1222
01:04:49.519 --> 01:04:53.360
<v Speaker 8>a d BacT, which is a tribute to whoever's been

1223
01:04:53.400 --> 01:04:57.000
<v Speaker 8>a D backs coach through the years, and Brad White

1224
01:04:57.079 --> 01:04:59.719
<v Speaker 8>and Mark Stoops because you know how he feels about

1225
01:05:00.119 --> 01:05:02.000
<v Speaker 8>kind of pitching in and helping with D backs.

1226
01:05:03.159 --> 01:05:07.239
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think I think at the cornerback position, I

1227
01:05:07.320 --> 01:05:10.400
<v Speaker 3>think Chris Collins has done an excellent job of coaching

1228
01:05:10.480 --> 01:05:13.960
<v Speaker 3>that group. That guy, that guy is a he's an

1229
01:05:14.079 --> 01:05:16.800
<v Speaker 3>up and coming star at the position. The year that

1230
01:05:16.920 --> 01:05:21.280
<v Speaker 3>Tarryan Nichols. Uh, the emergence of JQ Hardaway at those

1231
01:05:21.400 --> 01:05:27.199
<v Speaker 3>positions legitimized him. And you know in this defense, I

1232
01:05:27.280 --> 01:05:32.000
<v Speaker 3>thought Tarryan was was excellent at times. Matchup at Old

1233
01:05:32.079 --> 01:05:34.960
<v Speaker 3>Miss against all the first team All America. Yeah, you know,

1234
01:05:35.199 --> 01:05:37.559
<v Speaker 3>taller than him by two to three inches, thought he

1235
01:05:37.679 --> 01:05:41.440
<v Speaker 3>competed extremely well. They're huge PBu there in a big

1236
01:05:41.519 --> 01:05:45.159
<v Speaker 3>play situation in the second half. Uh, there's a lot

1237
01:05:45.239 --> 01:05:47.079
<v Speaker 3>to like. There's a lot to like there at the

1238
01:05:47.119 --> 01:05:51.360
<v Speaker 3>cornerback position. You know, you bump back inside and you

1239
01:05:51.440 --> 01:05:53.880
<v Speaker 3>look at the you know, you look at the linebackers

1240
01:05:53.920 --> 01:05:57.000
<v Speaker 3>and you know there's some tough losses there to overcome. Yeah,

1241
01:05:57.320 --> 01:05:59.440
<v Speaker 3>the kind of losses that could make it hard on

1242
01:05:59.639 --> 01:06:02.920
<v Speaker 3>the back back in for the corners and the safeties.

1243
01:06:04.239 --> 01:06:09.400
<v Speaker 8>You talked about how offenses now need quarterbacks who can

1244
01:06:10.039 --> 01:06:11.880
<v Speaker 8>run it in throw it, and you know it's interesting.

1245
01:06:12.000 --> 01:06:14.280
<v Speaker 8>Generally things trickle down, as you know, you played in

1246
01:06:14.320 --> 01:06:18.599
<v Speaker 8>the NFL, but now that dual threat QB stuff looks

1247
01:06:18.639 --> 01:06:21.400
<v Speaker 8>like it's moving up. You know, whether the pros are

1248
01:06:21.480 --> 01:06:24.840
<v Speaker 8>borrowing more from the college game when it comes to

1249
01:06:24.880 --> 01:06:26.599
<v Speaker 8>the playoff. I mean, look at the qbs in the

1250
01:06:26.679 --> 01:06:30.199
<v Speaker 8>Super Bowl coming up and Jalen Hurts, who's not quite

1251
01:06:30.280 --> 01:06:35.719
<v Speaker 8>the runner that Patrick Mahomes, but they're crafty. Right. How

1252
01:06:35.800 --> 01:06:42.400
<v Speaker 8>of defenses had to adjust and become more I don't know, intricate,

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01:06:42.480 --> 01:06:44.800
<v Speaker 8>if you will, more complex.

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<v Speaker 9>To handle this kind of offense.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's just the incorporation of more speed off

1256
01:06:53.679 --> 01:06:57.360
<v Speaker 3>the edge. You're seeing teams get really smart about how

1257
01:06:57.400 --> 01:06:59.320
<v Speaker 3>they're coming off the edge, who they're coming off of

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01:06:59.400 --> 01:07:01.840
<v Speaker 3>it with. You know what I'm saying, I'm seeing hybrid

1259
01:07:01.960 --> 01:07:06.039
<v Speaker 3>safeties now coming off the edge as as an offensive

1260
01:07:06.079 --> 01:07:09.760
<v Speaker 3>line as often to tackle your kick slide has to

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01:07:09.840 --> 01:07:14.519
<v Speaker 3>be perfect. With a guy that's potentially a ten yard split,

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01:07:14.639 --> 01:07:17.599
<v Speaker 3>he's you know, the safety's four four four five guy,

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01:07:18.199 --> 01:07:20.599
<v Speaker 3>you know, his ten yard split may be you know,

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01:07:20.719 --> 01:07:24.679
<v Speaker 3>one four. Your kickslide has to be perfect, you know.

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01:07:24.880 --> 01:07:27.280
<v Speaker 3>So I think these teams doing a good job of

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01:07:27.480 --> 01:07:30.239
<v Speaker 3>trying to counter some of you know, counter some of

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01:07:30.280 --> 01:07:33.639
<v Speaker 3>the things that they're seeing with you more blitzes, more

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01:07:33.760 --> 01:07:36.800
<v Speaker 3>chips from the tight ends, more quick game.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>And when I look at us last year, I'm certain

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01:07:41.719 --> 01:07:45.320
<v Speaker 3>that one of the things that really hindered, really hindered

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<v Speaker 3>Bush Hamden is the lack of mobility of our offensive

1273
01:07:50.760 --> 01:07:56.079
<v Speaker 3>line last year. A lack of mobility, and we needed

1274
01:07:56.239 --> 01:07:58.360
<v Speaker 3>those guys to be able to get out in space

1275
01:07:58.480 --> 01:08:01.559
<v Speaker 3>for quick hitting screens. And when you can't hit teams

1276
01:08:01.760 --> 01:08:05.920
<v Speaker 3>that are aggressive pass rushers with screens gave, that's difficult

1277
01:08:05.960 --> 01:08:08.880
<v Speaker 3>for an offensive coordinator. So I'm hopeful that with this

1278
01:08:09.360 --> 01:08:13.199
<v Speaker 3>incoming group of offensive linemen that these guys are having

1279
01:08:13.280 --> 01:08:15.000
<v Speaker 3>the kind of off season that they need to have,

1280
01:08:15.760 --> 01:08:19.479
<v Speaker 3>being able to get out in space, wait underneath their

1281
01:08:19.520 --> 01:08:23.840
<v Speaker 3>knees and their toes, able to catch contact with smaller

1282
01:08:23.960 --> 01:08:28.760
<v Speaker 3>defenders to aid in an offense that Bush Hampdon is

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01:08:28.840 --> 01:08:30.039
<v Speaker 3>going to deploy this fall.

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<v Speaker 8>We'll come back and finish up with Jeremy Jarman in

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01:08:33.279 --> 01:08:35.319
<v Speaker 8>just a minute here on six thirty WLAP.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back.

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<v Speaker 8>We're talking with Jeremy Jerman of the UK Sports Network

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01:08:39.039 --> 01:08:41.560
<v Speaker 8>and we've kind of gone through offense and defense quickly,

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01:08:41.600 --> 01:08:43.800
<v Speaker 8>and we will do this through spring in summer. But

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01:08:44.199 --> 01:08:46.880
<v Speaker 8>haven't had a chance to talk to double JS since

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01:08:46.920 --> 01:08:48.800
<v Speaker 8>the season ended here on the air. We talk all

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01:08:48.840 --> 01:08:53.279
<v Speaker 8>the time via text and phone calls, but I've talked

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01:08:53.279 --> 01:08:56.199
<v Speaker 8>a little bit through the weeks following the season in

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01:08:56.279 --> 01:09:01.039
<v Speaker 8>Jeremy about Mark Stoops and what he came here to

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01:09:01.159 --> 01:09:05.000
<v Speaker 8>do and how he pledged the day he was hired

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01:09:05.479 --> 01:09:09.039
<v Speaker 8>to do it, and that was hard work recruiting and

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01:09:09.399 --> 01:09:15.720
<v Speaker 8>he said more than what's no shortcuts, but evaluate, recruit, sign, develop,

1298
01:09:15.840 --> 01:09:21.000
<v Speaker 8>in other words, coach kids into becoming SEC players, you know,

1299
01:09:21.399 --> 01:09:24.560
<v Speaker 8>multiple kids, And that's exactly how he got this program

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01:09:25.119 --> 01:09:27.960
<v Speaker 8>to a tend win situation on more than one occasion

1301
01:09:28.479 --> 01:09:30.760
<v Speaker 8>and had us talking about man one more win and

1302
01:09:31.199 --> 01:09:33.439
<v Speaker 8>maybe they're in the SEC title game.

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01:09:33.520 --> 01:09:34.079
<v Speaker 9>That kind of thing.

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01:09:34.800 --> 01:09:38.439
<v Speaker 8>With the portal in the NIL, he's clearly not happy

1305
01:09:39.279 --> 01:09:43.600
<v Speaker 8>and I think it's unfortunate. He can't really coach, and

1306
01:09:43.800 --> 01:09:46.279
<v Speaker 8>most coaches can't the way they want to coach, you

1307
01:09:46.319 --> 01:09:46.760
<v Speaker 8>know what I mean.

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01:09:46.960 --> 01:09:49.720
<v Speaker 9>And by that I mean develop a program. But you

1309
01:09:49.840 --> 01:09:50.920
<v Speaker 9>got to adjust, don't you.

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01:09:51.640 --> 01:09:53.520
<v Speaker 3>You got to adjust, and you got to be authentic.

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01:09:53.600 --> 01:09:56.159
<v Speaker 3>And I think that that's the thing about Mark that

1312
01:09:56.279 --> 01:10:00.279
<v Speaker 3>I've always I've always liked this and with them and

1313
01:10:00.479 --> 01:10:05.600
<v Speaker 3>and his staff, these Youngstown guys, is that they're authentic guys.

1314
01:10:06.039 --> 01:10:08.159
<v Speaker 3>And at the end of the day, at the end

1315
01:10:08.199 --> 01:10:11.439
<v Speaker 3>of the day, these players, your former players, they will

1316
01:10:11.520 --> 01:10:15.159
<v Speaker 3>continue to helping age you and recruiting if you just

1317
01:10:15.560 --> 01:10:18.800
<v Speaker 3>if you're just honest, upfront with the kids and the parents,

1318
01:10:19.520 --> 01:10:24.159
<v Speaker 3>you ask for consent to push them hard, coach them hard,

1319
01:10:24.880 --> 01:10:26.520
<v Speaker 3>love on them when they need to be loved on,

1320
01:10:27.199 --> 01:10:29.199
<v Speaker 3>and grind them when they need to be grinded, and

1321
01:10:29.399 --> 01:10:32.159
<v Speaker 3>and and and and everybody can look back at the

1322
01:10:32.279 --> 01:10:35.439
<v Speaker 3>memories that were that were made, uh, And I think

1323
01:10:35.479 --> 01:10:37.359
<v Speaker 3>that that's what it is. This is this is a

1324
01:10:37.439 --> 01:10:39.920
<v Speaker 3>situation that I know Mark can dig himself out of

1325
01:10:40.039 --> 01:10:43.279
<v Speaker 3>if he wants to, if he wants to dig in.

1326
01:10:43.920 --> 01:10:45.920
<v Speaker 3>You know, had a chance to be at the table

1327
01:10:46.000 --> 01:10:48.239
<v Speaker 3>with him when he first came in and I saw

1328
01:10:48.319 --> 01:10:50.039
<v Speaker 3>how he put the frank and the beans on the

1329
01:10:50.079 --> 01:10:53.079
<v Speaker 3>table and was willing to do whatever it took to

1330
01:10:53.199 --> 01:10:56.239
<v Speaker 3>get Kentucky football torrelevance. And he did that and he

1331
01:10:56.399 --> 01:11:00.199
<v Speaker 3>deserves the opportunity to to do that again. To hell

1332
01:11:00.239 --> 01:11:02.960
<v Speaker 3>the fan base. I know that we're in a tough situation,

1333
01:11:03.159 --> 01:11:04.720
<v Speaker 3>but this is how we're gonna get out of it.

1334
01:11:05.279 --> 01:11:07.199
<v Speaker 3>You know, this is how we got it. I think

1335
01:11:07.239 --> 01:11:10.520
<v Speaker 3>that our fan base is is smarter than what you know,

1336
01:11:10.800 --> 01:11:14.319
<v Speaker 3>people like you and I, former players, media people give

1337
01:11:14.359 --> 01:11:17.159
<v Speaker 3>them credit for. You know, I get online and I

1338
01:11:17.239 --> 01:11:19.640
<v Speaker 3>see the posts and comments, and I can't interact with

1339
01:11:19.720 --> 01:11:22.159
<v Speaker 3>a lot of them. I don't think that our bosses would,

1340
01:11:22.159 --> 01:11:25.119
<v Speaker 3>you know, would would appreciate would But we have a

1341
01:11:25.279 --> 01:11:30.279
<v Speaker 3>very intelligent fan base that deserves the truth. They deserve transparency,

1342
01:11:30.680 --> 01:11:33.000
<v Speaker 3>and I'm hopeful that Mark will give them that in

1343
01:11:33.159 --> 01:11:36.359
<v Speaker 3>terms of just saying, hey, this is how we're gonna

1344
01:11:36.399 --> 01:11:39.359
<v Speaker 3>do this thing. And with that, the recruits that are

1345
01:11:39.399 --> 01:11:42.279
<v Speaker 3>coming in the expectation has got to be, hey, I'm

1346
01:11:42.319 --> 01:11:44.840
<v Speaker 3>bringing you in here to compete. This is and ay,

1347
01:11:44.880 --> 01:11:46.920
<v Speaker 3>hey I get you ready next year, I'll get you

1348
01:11:47.000 --> 01:11:49.840
<v Speaker 3>ready into you We're gonna redshirt you. No, this is

1349
01:11:50.079 --> 01:11:52.680
<v Speaker 3>mom Dad. I expect you to be up here, have

1350
01:11:52.880 --> 01:11:56.560
<v Speaker 3>lodging this fault, you know, every week every weekend for

1351
01:11:56.680 --> 01:12:00.319
<v Speaker 3>home games, because I'm expecting your son to be on

1352
01:12:00.359 --> 01:12:03.439
<v Speaker 3>the football field helping us win games. And if he

1353
01:12:03.520 --> 01:12:06.720
<v Speaker 3>can graduate and get here in January or you know, great,

1354
01:12:07.479 --> 01:12:09.159
<v Speaker 3>but you know, if he can't get here to June

1355
01:12:09.199 --> 01:12:11.159
<v Speaker 3>and July, then we'll get him. We'll get him ready.

1356
01:12:11.239 --> 01:12:16.119
<v Speaker 8>Then Ohio State spent an enormous amount of money and

1357
01:12:16.279 --> 01:12:21.479
<v Speaker 8>one a national championship. Uh. Most people believe a led

1358
01:12:21.520 --> 01:12:25.399
<v Speaker 8>to be led to see. Uh, it may have, but

1359
01:12:26.680 --> 01:12:28.760
<v Speaker 8>you've got to wonder is that the answer?

1360
01:12:28.880 --> 01:12:29.039
<v Speaker 3>Now?

1361
01:12:29.159 --> 01:12:32.640
<v Speaker 9>Can you fix this problem by throwing more money at it?

1362
01:12:32.720 --> 01:12:35.000
<v Speaker 8>And if that's the answer, there are not a lot

1363
01:12:35.039 --> 01:12:37.119
<v Speaker 8>of schools that can that can compete like that, you

1364
01:12:37.199 --> 01:12:37.680
<v Speaker 8>know what I mean.

1365
01:12:38.159 --> 01:12:40.720
<v Speaker 3>I'm adamant that you can't buy your way into heaven

1366
01:12:41.319 --> 01:12:43.880
<v Speaker 3>and you know, but but it can help, you know,

1367
01:12:43.960 --> 01:12:46.600
<v Speaker 3>if you're blessing you're you're in a football rich state

1368
01:12:46.840 --> 01:12:49.479
<v Speaker 3>like like the state of Ohio, with the kind of

1369
01:12:49.520 --> 01:12:52.640
<v Speaker 3>boosters that they have. Those kids that go to Ohio State,

1370
01:12:52.680 --> 01:12:54.439
<v Speaker 3>they know what the they know what the assignment is,

1371
01:12:55.079 --> 01:12:58.039
<v Speaker 3>and you know, they have a culture that demands excellence.

1372
01:12:58.600 --> 01:13:00.399
<v Speaker 3>So I just think what coach days. I think he's

1373
01:13:00.439 --> 01:13:03.239
<v Speaker 3>an outstanding coach. I know that there's probably ten to

1374
01:13:03.319 --> 01:13:05.680
<v Speaker 3>twenty percent of Ohio State fan base right now. They

1375
01:13:05.760 --> 01:13:09.600
<v Speaker 3>may still disagree with that despite this post recent national championship.

1376
01:13:09.920 --> 01:13:12.079
<v Speaker 3>But he's a good ball coach and he knows what

1377
01:13:12.199 --> 01:13:18.720
<v Speaker 3>he's doing. And so you gotta have enough resources to

1378
01:13:18.840 --> 01:13:22.119
<v Speaker 3>be able to get to get the right prototype, the

1379
01:13:22.239 --> 01:13:26.079
<v Speaker 3>right physeeke onto campus. But once they get the campus,

1380
01:13:26.239 --> 01:13:31.560
<v Speaker 3>I mean there's not a ton of separation between athletes

1381
01:13:32.000 --> 01:13:35.159
<v Speaker 3>from school to school, like when you talk about this

1382
01:13:35.359 --> 01:13:38.039
<v Speaker 3>first dring versus this first dring. We take the weight room,

1383
01:13:38.119 --> 01:13:39.880
<v Speaker 3>we go out and we do in recess. I remember

1384
01:13:39.880 --> 01:13:41.520
<v Speaker 3>in first grade through fifth grade, we go out and

1385
01:13:41.520 --> 01:13:44.119
<v Speaker 3>we do phield day, and we do the bag jump

1386
01:13:44.199 --> 01:13:47.680
<v Speaker 3>and we do the Listen. These guys are pretty comparable

1387
01:13:47.720 --> 01:13:51.840
<v Speaker 3>across the board strength. You know, short shuttle et cetera.

1388
01:13:51.960 --> 01:13:53.960
<v Speaker 3>Shuttle and you got a few outliers. You got a

1389
01:13:54.000 --> 01:13:56.840
<v Speaker 3>few avatars that fall outside of that. But I mean

1390
01:13:57.000 --> 01:13:59.560
<v Speaker 3>this is when I look at the losses and things.

1391
01:14:00.159 --> 01:14:02.239
<v Speaker 3>These losses aren't because we had a guy that was

1392
01:14:02.279 --> 01:14:04.760
<v Speaker 3>too slow or man, we needed a guy to have

1393
01:14:04.880 --> 01:14:08.760
<v Speaker 3>a higher vertical. It wasn't that. This is discipline, This

1394
01:14:08.960 --> 01:14:12.520
<v Speaker 3>is guys needing to lock in and be engaged. This

1395
01:14:12.760 --> 01:14:16.000
<v Speaker 3>isn't this isn't a this isn't a talent. You know,

1396
01:14:16.119 --> 01:14:18.920
<v Speaker 3>last season the four and eight, it wasn't talent deficiency.

1397
01:14:19.199 --> 01:14:20.840
<v Speaker 3>You're not going to sell me on that, and I'm

1398
01:14:20.840 --> 01:14:25.399
<v Speaker 3>not going to push that narrative execution, execution from the top,

1399
01:14:25.479 --> 01:14:28.199
<v Speaker 3>from the top down. You know, are the guys ready

1400
01:14:28.279 --> 01:14:31.720
<v Speaker 3>to play? Are they confident? Do they have the ability

1401
01:14:31.840 --> 01:14:35.159
<v Speaker 3>to recognize the changes that the coordinators are throwing at them.

1402
01:14:35.359 --> 01:14:37.840
<v Speaker 3>I saw guys where it appeared that some guys froze

1403
01:14:38.399 --> 01:14:40.920
<v Speaker 3>in some moments. You know, maybe some moments were too

1404
01:14:41.000 --> 01:14:44.359
<v Speaker 3>big for guys. Guys couldn't adapt to pre snap movement.

1405
01:14:45.960 --> 01:14:49.239
<v Speaker 3>But now, this this wasn't a talent This wasn't a

1406
01:14:49.359 --> 01:14:52.119
<v Speaker 3>talent deficient football team. I mean, this team's got a

1407
01:14:52.159 --> 01:14:54.279
<v Speaker 3>lot of pros on it, and we're gonna see that

1408
01:14:54.439 --> 01:14:57.039
<v Speaker 3>here in the coming months as these guys get drafted.

1409
01:14:57.920 --> 01:14:59.720
<v Speaker 8>I have less than two minutes left. What are you

1410
01:14:59.760 --> 01:15:01.680
<v Speaker 8>going to be looking for here in the spring? I

1411
01:15:01.800 --> 01:15:06.359
<v Speaker 8>know it's probably a long laundry list or is it now?

1412
01:15:07.119 --> 01:15:10.199
<v Speaker 3>For me, it's pretty simple. I want to see which

1413
01:15:10.319 --> 01:15:14.399
<v Speaker 3>young players are going to make plays this spring. That

1414
01:15:14.600 --> 01:15:17.119
<v Speaker 3>to me, that's all I'm focused on. I think everything

1415
01:15:17.199 --> 01:15:19.520
<v Speaker 3>else I think with the transfer guys, I think that

1416
01:15:19.800 --> 01:15:22.239
<v Speaker 3>that will take care of itself. I want to see

1417
01:15:22.319 --> 01:15:26.319
<v Speaker 3>the red shirt freshmen, the sophomores that have taken a

1418
01:15:26.439 --> 01:15:28.920
<v Speaker 3>jump and are ready to make an impact this fall.

1419
01:15:29.279 --> 01:15:31.079
<v Speaker 3>I want to see that list. That's the only list

1420
01:15:31.119 --> 01:15:31.680
<v Speaker 3>I want to see.

1421
01:15:33.520 --> 01:15:35.560
<v Speaker 9>I would love to see a blue white game, wouldn't

1422
01:15:35.560 --> 01:15:36.199
<v Speaker 9>Would that help?

1423
01:15:36.600 --> 01:15:38.199
<v Speaker 8>I got to think, I mean the fan we would

1424
01:15:38.199 --> 01:15:41.640
<v Speaker 8>help the fan base, but would that help us everybody

1425
01:15:42.079 --> 01:15:43.359
<v Speaker 8>figure out who those guys are?

1426
01:15:43.640 --> 01:15:45.239
<v Speaker 3>I think it would help everybody, And I think it

1427
01:15:45.239 --> 01:15:48.119
<v Speaker 3>would help the players because now you're able to You're

1428
01:15:48.279 --> 01:15:50.880
<v Speaker 3>you're able to create this this you know, this pseudo

1429
01:15:51.039 --> 01:15:56.119
<v Speaker 3>game day atmosphere and and and and simulate what could

1430
01:15:56.199 --> 01:15:59.239
<v Speaker 3>be perceived as pressure for some young guys. And I

1431
01:15:59.439 --> 01:16:01.159
<v Speaker 3>like any time you get a chance to do that.

1432
01:16:01.680 --> 01:16:04.800
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, here is Jeremy Jermy. He is a vital part

1433
01:16:04.840 --> 01:16:07.640
<v Speaker 8>of our coverage of Kentucky football. He and Logan Stenburg

1434
01:16:07.720 --> 01:16:10.640
<v Speaker 8>Christy Thomas set the table force on game Day with

1435
01:16:11.039 --> 01:16:15.720
<v Speaker 8>pregame coverage of the Wildcat football games each and every fall,

1436
01:16:15.880 --> 01:16:17.640
<v Speaker 8>and we're looking forward to it. It's going to be

1437
01:16:17.880 --> 01:16:20.560
<v Speaker 8>here before long. Double Jays will see you with practice.

1438
01:16:20.600 --> 01:16:23.920
<v Speaker 3>I hope sounds good, Gabe. I appreciate it. You're definitely

1439
01:16:23.920 --> 01:16:25.079
<v Speaker 3>gonna see me out there.

1440
01:16:26.000 --> 01:16:28.720
<v Speaker 1>And I can't wait. Hope you enjoyed this hour we

1441
01:16:28.840 --> 01:16:31.760
<v Speaker 1>spend with Jeremy talking football. We haven't had a chance

1442
01:16:31.840 --> 01:16:35.159
<v Speaker 1>to talk much with Jeremy Jarman as the offseason war on,

1443
01:16:35.439 --> 01:16:38.960
<v Speaker 1>so we thought we would get caught up. And since

1444
01:16:39.039 --> 01:16:42.279
<v Speaker 1>I recorded that, as you can tell, I have come

1445
01:16:42.359 --> 01:16:43.960
<v Speaker 1>down with a little bit of a cold just in

1446
01:16:44.079 --> 01:16:46.960
<v Speaker 1>time for the weekend. But I'll still enjoy the Super

1447
01:16:47.000 --> 01:16:50.880
<v Speaker 1>Bowl and I wanted to share this with you about

1448
01:16:50.920 --> 01:16:53.239
<v Speaker 1>the Super Bowl. You always look for Kentucky connections, at

1449
01:16:53.319 --> 01:16:56.119
<v Speaker 1>least I do. And we talked about Darien Canard who

1450
01:16:56.239 --> 01:16:59.479
<v Speaker 1>now plays for the Eagles, and if you hadn't heard already,

1451
01:16:59.520 --> 01:17:04.560
<v Speaker 1>he won two with the Chiefs as a backup. Now

1452
01:17:04.640 --> 01:17:08.439
<v Speaker 1>he's a backup with the Eagles, so if the Eagles

1453
01:17:08.479 --> 01:17:12.079
<v Speaker 1>win the Super Bowl, he will win his third consecutive

1454
01:17:13.079 --> 01:17:16.439
<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl ring. And they keep talking about Ken Norton

1455
01:17:16.520 --> 01:17:18.079
<v Speaker 1>junior is the only guy who's done it, which is

1456
01:17:18.159 --> 01:17:22.479
<v Speaker 1>true Super Bowls. That is, the Packers won three straight titles.

1457
01:17:23.199 --> 01:17:26.000
<v Speaker 1>But Ken Norton Junior, you know, played for the Cowboys.

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<v Speaker 1>Cowboys then sides with the Niners and they beat the

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01:17:28.760 --> 01:17:34.199
<v Speaker 1>Cowboys in the Super Bowl. So Canard can win his

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01:17:34.319 --> 01:17:36.960
<v Speaker 1>third ring if the Eagles win it. But there are

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01:17:37.039 --> 01:17:40.920
<v Speaker 1>other Kentucky connections to this Super Bowl, believe it or not.

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01:17:42.079 --> 01:17:46.159
<v Speaker 1>You've got Ethan Driscoll, who is from Louisville, went to

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01:17:46.199 --> 01:17:50.199
<v Speaker 1>Holy Cross High School, played his college football at Marshall

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01:17:50.319 --> 01:17:54.199
<v Speaker 1>and was undrafted, but fought his way into the NFL

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01:17:55.239 --> 01:17:58.760
<v Speaker 1>and now he's with the Chiefs, so he could win

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01:17:58.840 --> 01:18:03.279
<v Speaker 1>a Super Bowl ring. Mackai Becton played at u of

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01:18:03.439 --> 01:18:05.920
<v Speaker 1>L for three years. He was a really good blocker

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01:18:06.720 --> 01:18:08.840
<v Speaker 1>at u of L, good old lineman, first team All

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01:18:08.920 --> 01:18:12.880
<v Speaker 1>Conference starting guard for the Eagles. So the Louisville Cardinals

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01:18:13.439 --> 01:18:18.479
<v Speaker 1>have a starter on the Eagles O line. But you've

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01:18:18.479 --> 01:18:23.359
<v Speaker 1>also got Jason Michael on the Eagles coaching staff. He's

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<v Speaker 1>the tight ends coach. He was the starting QB on

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01:18:26.680 --> 01:18:31.640
<v Speaker 1>Western Kentucky's ONEAA national championship team back in twenty oh two.

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<v Speaker 1>But you got one more, Bobby King. I had never

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01:18:37.600 --> 01:18:40.119
<v Speaker 1>heard of this guy. He went to Trinity High School,

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01:18:40.560 --> 01:18:44.000
<v Speaker 1>my school, and I had to dig and find out

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01:18:44.079 --> 01:18:47.439
<v Speaker 1>where he went to college. He went to Texas L

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01:18:47.560 --> 01:18:52.880
<v Speaker 1>Paso and played there. He is the Eagles inside linebackers coach.

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<v Speaker 1>And get this, that job became available when Dj Elliott,

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01:18:58.479 --> 01:19:04.800
<v Speaker 1>Kentucky's former defensive coordinator left the Eagles. I mean, he's

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01:19:04.880 --> 01:19:10.079
<v Speaker 1>done nothing but college football up until that point. He

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01:19:10.239 --> 01:19:13.600
<v Speaker 1>was a Temple as the de coordinator and outside linebackers coach.

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01:19:13.800 --> 01:19:16.479
<v Speaker 1>So he just moves across town takes a job with

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<v Speaker 1>the Eagles last year in twenty twenty three, I should say,

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01:19:20.479 --> 01:19:25.119
<v Speaker 1>as inside linebackers coach under Nick Sirianni. Then he leaves

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01:19:25.199 --> 01:19:27.640
<v Speaker 1>in December of twenty four to become the NC State

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01:19:27.760 --> 01:19:31.640
<v Speaker 1>de coordinator and linebackers coach, and that opens up the

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01:19:31.720 --> 01:19:34.760
<v Speaker 1>spot for Bobby King, the former trendy shannows. Now you

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<v Speaker 1>have it all right, enjoy the Super Bowl. Everybody, have

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01:19:37.159 --> 01:19:39.239
<v Speaker 1>a great weekend. That said good night from the garage

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<v Speaker 1>and Lexington.

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<v Speaker 3>We read it must be going.

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<v Speaker 9>Thank you for a memorable afternoon.

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<v Speaker 7>Usually one must go to a bowling alley to meet

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01:19:46.840 --> 01:19:47.960
<v Speaker 7>a woman of your stat.

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<v Speaker 10>Child such tact to.

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<v Speaker 7>Back outsta.

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<v Speaker 3>To the.

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<v Speaker 7>Tip and then too