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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 Monday edition of our program twelve days

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<v Speaker 1>away from College Football East from Kentucky Football. There are

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<v Speaker 1>some games this week, including the Dublin Ireland Game, Georgia

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<v Speaker 1>Tech and Florida State. But the Wildcats open up, as

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<v Speaker 1>you know, on the thirty first against Southern Miss at

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<v Speaker 1>Kroger Field, a game you will hear right here on

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<v Speaker 1>six thirty wlap. Tom Leech, Jefpichory, yours truly with all

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<v Speaker 1>the action, including our pregame crew. So we're looking forward

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<v Speaker 1>to obviously do every football season, but I was looking

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<v Speaker 1>forward to seeing the Wildcats Saturday. I actually went to

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<v Speaker 1>the scrimmage, and I don't go to all of them,

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<v Speaker 1>but I ask for permission because it's closed to the media,

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<v Speaker 1>and while I am yes on the UK Network, I

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<v Speaker 1>also talk to you guys every weeknight. Now. Jeff Picorro,

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<v Speaker 1>sports director at Channel thirty six, also has to balance

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<v Speaker 1>being a member of the UK Network and a media

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<v Speaker 1>member and Tom Leach, of course with a radio show

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<v Speaker 1>on this very state. So basically what we do is

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<v Speaker 1>agree to keep everything we see in this scrimmage or

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<v Speaker 1>to practice, it may not be open to the public.

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<v Speaker 1>We keep it off the record, quote unquote, So I

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<v Speaker 1>would like to tell you more about what I saw,

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<v Speaker 1>but I have agreed not to. I will tell you

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<v Speaker 1>this that Mark Stoops talked about it, and we noticed it,

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<v Speaker 1>of course in the practice that the starter's got some work,

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<v Speaker 1>but they looked a lot at the twos and the

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<v Speaker 1>threes as they're looking to build depth, obviously, and that

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<v Speaker 1>was one of the first things Stoops talked about when

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<v Speaker 1>he spoke with us after the scrimmage.

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<v Speaker 2>You know last week when I spoke to you, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought we got out of this scrimmage unscathed, and

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<v Speaker 2>that didn't really happen. There's a few things that popped

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<v Speaker 2>up on us after that. Two guys that have some

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<v Speaker 2>significant time missed that were important to us. But other

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<v Speaker 2>than that, just pumps and bruises. Few days, some guys

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<v Speaker 2>that missed a little bit of time. This week with

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<v Speaker 2>this scrimmage, we did a lot of work with the

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<v Speaker 2>younger guys. We feel like there's some young talent that

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<v Speaker 2>needs to just play football, and we did that and

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<v Speaker 2>got the ones some good work as well.

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<v Speaker 1>And Stoots later said that they as far as he

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<v Speaker 1>knew at that moment. This was, you know, twenty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>after the scrimmage, no injuries to report, No serious injuries

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<v Speaker 1>after that scrimmage, So I'll be's always good news. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody always wants to know about the quarterbacks, and Brock

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<v Speaker 1>Vandergriff likely will be the starter. But Stoops talked about

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that and it's interesting given the fact they've

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<v Speaker 1>had issues through the years about quarterback depth not a

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<v Speaker 1>problem this year, as you know, with Vandergriff transferring in,

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<v Speaker 1>bo Allen comes back, Gavin Wimsy transfers in from Rutgers,

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<v Speaker 1>and Cutter Bully signs apparently the quarterback of the future.

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<v Speaker 1>So Stoops likes the quarterback room a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely no knock to anybody that's been here for but

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<v Speaker 2>like as a group, I mean, the four guys that

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<v Speaker 2>we have, I have so much confidence in. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>really good group. And that's really helpful because as you know,

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<v Speaker 2>things have happened in the past, and as you know

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<v Speaker 2>with the portal, sometimes when you have guys, other guys leave.

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<v Speaker 3>And it leaves you thin.

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<v Speaker 2>And I feel like we were in a really good

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<v Speaker 2>situation with the quarterback room. I really do and I

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<v Speaker 2>just told them that that I have confidence in all

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<v Speaker 2>of them. We don't want anybody to get hurt, but

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<v Speaker 2>it lets you have the confidence to let the guys

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<v Speaker 2>go play and just just go play the game. And

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<v Speaker 2>we all know the game is physical and things happen

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<v Speaker 2>and we don't want that to anybody. But I really

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<v Speaker 2>do feel good about the depth, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>all four guys could play.

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<v Speaker 1>And again, I wish I could tell you more about

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<v Speaker 1>what I saw on the scrimmage, but I will say this,

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<v Speaker 1>first of all, I'm not entirely sure what I'm seeing

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm not an expert. A lot of former players

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<v Speaker 1>there and they are, but they all look pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>to me, all the quarterbacks. I stopped trying to judge

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<v Speaker 1>how well the team executes in practice when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to the passing game and things like that for two reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>Number One, as Stoops has pointed out, is it because

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<v Speaker 1>the offense is playing well or the defense is not,

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<v Speaker 1>or vice versa. Is the defense dominating or is the

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<v Speaker 1>offense screwing up? So there's that. But I've talked about

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<v Speaker 1>this before the season, going into what turned out to

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<v Speaker 1>be how mummies last year at Kentucky the summer, I

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<v Speaker 1>should say, went to a lot of practices. They looked great,

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<v Speaker 1>but what were they doing throwing the ball around either

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<v Speaker 1>against just token defense or air And of course in

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<v Speaker 1>the air raid with the guys they had it was

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Lorenzen and some really good receivers never dropped the ball.

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<v Speaker 1>They looked great. Then he went out and won two games.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'll never forget when people were so excited as

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<v Speaker 1>well they should have been about the air raid with

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<v Speaker 1>Tim kouch I said, remember now when it's not working,

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<v Speaker 1>this offense is dreadful because nobody wants to see the

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<v Speaker 1>ball skittering along the ground or receivers obviously dropping passes.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what happened Mummy's last year. And you all

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<v Speaker 1>the fans, for the most part, at least the most

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<v Speaker 1>vocal fans, couldn't wait to get rid of them. They've

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<v Speaker 1>gone to two ball games back to back. But then

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<v Speaker 1>they laid that big egg and Mummy actually got fired

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<v Speaker 1>because of NCA improprieties. But they were terrible that year,

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<v Speaker 1>so I quit trying to figure it out. I'll leave

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<v Speaker 1>that to the experts. Speaking of experts, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people thought Mitchell Trubisky would flop in the NFL, which

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<v Speaker 1>he has so far. He is on what his third

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<v Speaker 1>team now drafted by the Bears, played four years that

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<v Speaker 1>didn't work out, then Buffalo for a season as Josh

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<v Speaker 1>Allen's back up, two years in Pittsburgh where he started

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<v Speaker 1>for a little while, but that didn't work out. Now

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<v Speaker 1>he's back in Buffalo trying to win a roster spot,

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<v Speaker 1>and last night threw a pick against those same Steelers

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<v Speaker 1>and announcer Bob Popp piano from Pittsburgh. They're a little

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<v Speaker 1>shade his way.

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<v Speaker 3>Neither team has crossed the fifty yard line. Trubisky now

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<v Speaker 3>over the middle, looking deep and it's going to be picked.

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<v Speaker 1>Off right there.

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<v Speaker 3>That's Miles killerber raising for the Steelers, Killer Brow, who's one.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the best.

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<v Speaker 3>Well here so far, neither team has crossed the fifty

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<v Speaker 3>yard line. Trubisky now over the middle, looking deep, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's going to be picked off right there. That's Miles

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<v Speaker 3>Killiberg raising for the Steelers, Killer Brow, who's one of

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<v Speaker 3>the best his special teams, trying to make an a

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<v Speaker 3>for himself in the safety position. An overthrown by Trubisky.

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<v Speaker 3>Not sure what happened, but Miles, Killerbrow says, thank you

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<v Speaker 3>very much. The interception and drafts Now the Steelers can

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<v Speaker 3>get things going on offense. We've seen a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>that with Trubisky and Pittsburgh over the year. Is one

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<v Speaker 3>of the reasons why he's no longer here. But clearly

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<v Speaker 3>an overthrown at. Killerbrew has to be extremely happy.

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<v Speaker 1>Ouch, But such is the life of an NFL quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>He was drafted basically on half the season he played

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<v Speaker 1>at North Carolina. Best of luck to him. I will

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<v Speaker 1>say Ray Davis a good game. I didn't get to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't know if he started the game, not that it matters,

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<v Speaker 1>but he led the Bills in carries with eight actually

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<v Speaker 1>tied with Frank Gore Junior, but led the Bills with

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<v Speaker 1>fifty eight yards. That's more than seven yards per carry.

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<v Speaker 1>The only thing that surprised me is according to the

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<v Speaker 1>box score, he did not catch a pass. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if they targeted him or not, but he did

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<v Speaker 1>not catch a pass. And I expect him to do

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<v Speaker 1>that for the Bills. But you know he can carry

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<v Speaker 1>the ball. You know he's a willing blocker, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know he's playing for a good team with one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best quarterbacks in the National Football League, So you

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<v Speaker 1>got to like his chances not just to make the team,

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<v Speaker 1>but to produce for the Buffalo Bills. When we come back,

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<v Speaker 1>just how highly rated is Tyler Bill, Kentucky's incoming freshman shortstop.

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<v Speaker 1>It might surprise you here on the Big bullon Siders

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<v Speaker 1>six thirty wlap Welcome back to the Big Blullonsider. Coming

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<v Speaker 1>up in a few minutes, lots of football chatter are

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<v Speaker 1>going to hear from Van Hiles, the former Kentucky defensive back.

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<v Speaker 1>You hear him now and then on Sunday Morning Sports

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<v Speaker 1>Talk with Anthony White, one of our favorite football chattering guests,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, the former dB for the Wildcats, now living

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<v Speaker 1>in Louisiana, but he breaks down UK video on Twitter

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<v Speaker 1>or ex or whatever you want to call it on

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<v Speaker 1>driving with Styles, So great way to learn football. As

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron gershad of the cast pause, he was there when

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<v Speaker 1>we chatted with Mark Tuobs and the players on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>and he of course covers football, baseball, basketball for the

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<v Speaker 1>Cat's Pause online and in the pages of the Cats Balls.

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<v Speaker 1>A little bit later on as well, we'll hear from

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<v Speaker 1>Kentucky track and field coach Loney green back from Paris

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<v Speaker 1>where he witnessed just a tremendous performance by UK current

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<v Speaker 1>and former athletes over there, and we'll talk with him

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<v Speaker 1>and hear from him and some of the athletes about

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<v Speaker 1>their experience at the Olympics. Earlier this afternoon, it was

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<v Speaker 1>UK's volleyball media day and because we pre record, I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't turn that around for tonight's show. We'll have a

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<v Speaker 1>whole lot about UK volleyball on tomorrow night show, and

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<v Speaker 1>of course I'll get a chance to do some of

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<v Speaker 1>their games on SEC Plus the streaming channel. But Kentucky

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<v Speaker 1>very popular, so a majority of the Wildcat games will

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<v Speaker 1>be on the non linear channel. You'll be able to

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<v Speaker 1>see them on the SEC network. As Kentucky will try

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<v Speaker 1>for an eighth consecutive SEC championship, is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a lot tougher now, with of course Texas and Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 1>in the SEC now. But the Wildcats are good. How

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<v Speaker 1>good are they well? On the SEC Volleyball Preview show

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<v Speaker 1>over the weekend, Missy Whitmore, one of the volleyball analysts

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<v Speaker 1>for the network, likes the chances of this team, which

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<v Speaker 1>is standing on the shoulders, as she points out of

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'm really excited to see what the flavor is

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<v Speaker 4>of the Wildcats this year. Because we talked about that

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<v Speaker 4>national championship. Well, that group of players has filtered through

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<v Speaker 4>now and so this group has an opportunity to really

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<v Speaker 4>create an identity for themselves. And traditionally, the identity of

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<v Speaker 4>Kentucky has been all about building on great libroplay and

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<v Speaker 4>great setters. And Kentucky has both of those things this season.

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<v Speaker 4>And you add to that Brooklyn Delay a young star

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<v Speaker 4>in this game, and I think the recipe for success

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<v Speaker 4>is there, and if anyone can do it, it's Craig Skinner.

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<v Speaker 4>Brick By Brick, he has built that program.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Missy. Whatmore of the sec Neil work And as

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<v Speaker 1>I said, we'll have much more about the volleyball Wildcats

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow right here on the Big Blue Insider while we're

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<v Speaker 1>talking UK sports. In this segment, interesting meme or whatever

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<v Speaker 1>It's back to school top one hundred class of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four prospects headed to college baseball, and it probably comes

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<v Speaker 1>as no surprise that a kid named William Schmidt is

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<v Speaker 1>number one, and he's heading for LSU. Number two on

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<v Speaker 1>that list, Tyler Bell, the Kentucky shortstop, turned down big

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<v Speaker 1>money from professional baseball. He wants to play at Kentucky

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<v Speaker 1>And before long he'll be working and practicing. Fall baseball

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<v Speaker 1>for Nick Minjiem. While we're on baseball, the Reds with

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<v Speaker 1>against injuries. The Dodgers did, but Mookie Bets is back,

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<v Speaker 1>other Baseball Notes saw this on the interweb over the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>John Cruck, the former Big leaguer rather rotn very colorful,

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<v Speaker 1>of the Philadelphia Phillies broadcast crew. Funny colorful knows the game,

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<v Speaker 1>say a sense of direction. When he's in various ballparks,

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<v Speaker 1>one fifteen today. Just look for the signs. But apparently Kruk,

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<v Speaker 1>they make him carry an air tag. That's right, the

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<v Speaker 1>broadcaster carries an air tag. That Another broadcaster, Ben Davis,

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<v Speaker 1>but John Cruk apparently gets lost and sometimes McCarthy has

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<v Speaker 1>not a bad idea, really, If you've got an air

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<v Speaker 1>I've never had to do that with Doug Flynn, although

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<v Speaker 1>Pat McAfee fan, but you might not. Apparently the Athletic

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<v Speaker 1>accepted by critics, and unfortun he has used terms like rat, loser,

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<v Speaker 1>and it'll be as colorful as ever. So if you're

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<v Speaker 1>right when we come back. Van Hius, former Kentucky d back.

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<v Speaker 1>A little later, Aaron Gershin on the Cats Balls, you're

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<v Speaker 1>on six thirty w LA join out in our celebrity

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<v Speaker 1>hotline by one of my favorite guests, Van Hiuse, former

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<v Speaker 1>teaches us about football. Always good to learn from Van.

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<v Speaker 1>And you got to be getting excited now, coach. A

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 5>Away, Yeah, it's man. A couple weeks away. Next week

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<v Speaker 5>we get some games, just to chew on, some actual

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<v Speaker 5>live games, and that really means something that affects the record.

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<v Speaker 5>It's going to be cool next week. Not a lot

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<v Speaker 5>of great games, but but games nonetheless, and yes, in

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<v Speaker 5>two weeks we'll be able to see the blue and

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<v Speaker 5>to steal on team.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but you're right. There are games a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>Can you imagine what that might be like? You never

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<v Speaker 1>man to haul two footballs. Oh and by the way,

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah. No, I actually played in Islan. My what did

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<v Speaker 5>the second preseason game with the Bears? We played the Steelers? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>I actually played over there one. It's interesting. I would

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<v Speaker 5>say this. It was tough the way we did it,

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<v Speaker 5>getting over there a little early because the time difference

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<v Speaker 5>is that it affects you as an NFL, as a

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<v Speaker 5>Lovely Smith did it the right way. Actually did it

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<v Speaker 5>like a normal week. He did not go out there

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<v Speaker 5>two or three days. I hit a schedule. He did

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<v Speaker 5>it on Uh. They left Friday night, Saturday game Sunday

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<v Speaker 5>and they played well. So yeah, it's it's it's a

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<v Speaker 5>great place to go to. I think if these teams

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<v Speaker 1>You get a chance to look around at all, do

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<v Speaker 5>of going early. I played golf there. Uh, since I'm

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<v Speaker 1>That's great. Well you mentioned uh and you showed your

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<v Speaker 1>but would always be Commonwealth to you. No disrespect to

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<v Speaker 1>the fine folks at Kroger, but that's where you played.

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<v Speaker 1>You played the Commonwealth. Uh. But let me start with

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<v Speaker 1>That's got to excite you.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, you you can't win with a porous defense. I

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<v Speaker 5>think we'll figure that out. After coach Curry left and

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<v Speaker 5>be might be the best defense in the Stoop's era,

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<v Speaker 5>and that's exciting to think about with some of the

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<v Speaker 5>there's a lot of potential, there's a lot of depth,

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<v Speaker 5>defensive line. Those two things are all things that are

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<v Speaker 5>little creative with it, but I think that's going to

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<v Speaker 5>happen this year. But finding two more because the theme

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<v Speaker 5>two more corners. I think this defense is going to

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<v Speaker 1>Before we start talking about personnel on the field, let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the personnel on the sideline, specifically the defensive

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<v Speaker 1>coordinator Brad White. You mentioned your time in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the guy who came from the NFL, and is

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<v Speaker 1>it chances that you know Van to leave get some

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<v Speaker 1>more money down there where you are. Lsu wanted him

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what impresses you about him?

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<v Speaker 5>To me? The thing that impresses me about him is

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<v Speaker 5>the same thing that impressed me with Eddie Grant is

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<v Speaker 5>them marph their their scheme to what they had in

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<v Speaker 5>the room with them. The talent level that what those

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<v Speaker 5>get upset about, why we don't do this, why we

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<v Speaker 5>don't do that. Well, here's the bill. When you practice

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<v Speaker 5>If you look at Charenton, Valentine and Kevin Josephs years

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<v Speaker 5>they have played more Man, but then when we didn't

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<v Speaker 5>have them, we'll played more zone. You have to play.

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<v Speaker 5>You have to create a scheme that maximize the talent

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<v Speaker 1>And he is a guy who's not afraid to blitz

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<v Speaker 5>I think so too. I mean, if you just look

417
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<v Speaker 5>at the track record, we've had great defenses. That's up.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean you want to say last year was the disappointment.

419
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<v Speaker 5>I mean, everybody should be disappointment last year, but that's

420
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<v Speaker 5>anomaly for the time he's been to DC, and there

421
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<v Speaker 5>are some issues that happened with injuries and things like that.

422
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<v Speaker 5>And if you want to me, the only thing that

423
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<v Speaker 5>you can maybe dean coach White on is the recruiting

424
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<v Speaker 5>of top level guys on the defense consistently, and maybe

425
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<v Speaker 5>that's the one thing they can ding them on. But

426
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<v Speaker 5>now with the portal, you don't have to have as

427
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<v Speaker 5>great a high school evaluation because now you just grab

428
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<v Speaker 5>a guy out of port if a guy doesn't work out.

429
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<v Speaker 1>Well, let's talk a little bit about about that cornerback spot,

430
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<v Speaker 1>and you mentioned the lack of depth. They it looks

431
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<v Speaker 1>like got some help. We'll find out soon. DJ Walder

432
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<v Speaker 1>trans in transfers in from Michigan. Looks like he'll be

433
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<v Speaker 1>one of the starters opposite Maxwell Harriston. But Ken Janssen done,

434
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<v Speaker 1>He'll have to rotate through Zarwoni and so we'll.

435
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<v Speaker 5>Hard Yeah, yes, we got done hardaway. I've heard Nicholas

436
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<v Speaker 5>is doing great things. I'm waiting to hear some good

437
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<v Speaker 5>things about Addison. If those guys come along, I mean,

438
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<v Speaker 5>they're there. I just named what real four more extra

439
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<v Speaker 5>guys outside of Wallace, So now there's some depth on

440
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<v Speaker 5>that back end that we didn't have last year. And

441
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<v Speaker 5>all you got to do is like, hit on one

442
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<v Speaker 5>or two of them. You if you confident the Waller,

443
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<v Speaker 5>We definitely confident the Wax I mean and Max I

444
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<v Speaker 5>gotta do it. Hit on one of those three or

445
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<v Speaker 5>four guys that we just mentioned, and now you've got

446
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<v Speaker 5>a very good cornerback room.

447
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<v Speaker 1>You got to like the safety room as well. Though

448
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<v Speaker 1>Jordan love It's back. You remember he had a pick

449
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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the Louiso game and Zion Childers,

450
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<v Speaker 1>a veteran ty Bryant looked really good last year as

451
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<v Speaker 1>a freshman, and Mark Stoops was heaping praise on him

452
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<v Speaker 1>after the scrimmage Saturday.

453
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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and we got a story from Alabama, so I

454
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<v Speaker 5>think that room is exceptionally deep. I need those guys

455
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<v Speaker 5>to be more consistent because it's very hard playing safety

456
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<v Speaker 5>because you are the last man of defense, and when

457
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<v Speaker 5>you make a mistake, it really it really hurts the

458
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<v Speaker 5>defense because now at least the touchdowns instead of been

459
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<v Speaker 5>a long play and you have an offense force to

460
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<v Speaker 5>go over downstairs first and ten instead of six points

461
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<v Speaker 5>on the board. I think those guys need to be

462
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<v Speaker 5>more consistent, and I think if they're more consistent down

463
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<v Speaker 5>the teams we have to do like they have there

464
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<v Speaker 5>in the past, where they have to snap the ball

465
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<v Speaker 5>continually to score points, and usually offense they have to

466
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<v Speaker 5>snap the ball out. Eventually they're going to make a

467
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<v Speaker 5>mistake in college. I think that's what we've done prior

468
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<v Speaker 5>to last year, more more than not.

469
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<v Speaker 1>Talking to Van Hiuse, former Kentucky defensive back, we talk

470
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<v Speaker 1>football was manned as often as we can and he

471
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<v Speaker 1>of course is looking forward to the opener coming up

472
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<v Speaker 1>with Southern miss And as we wrap up our conversation

473
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<v Speaker 1>on defense the front seven, you know, it's hard to

474
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<v Speaker 1>remember expectations being higher when you've got a Dion Walker

475
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<v Speaker 1>backed up by an Octavius Oxen Dine. They did have

476
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<v Speaker 1>an injury and nose tackle, but they do have some

477
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<v Speaker 1>depth there Van and you know the linebackers pick up

478
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<v Speaker 1>Dumas Johnson from Georgia. So I'll tell you what if

479
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<v Speaker 1>you're if you're Kentucky, you got to feel pretty good

480
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<v Speaker 1>about the defense, don't you.

481
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<v Speaker 5>I think this defense is going to be great because

482
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<v Speaker 5>one thing about DV you have to be able to

483
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<v Speaker 5>stop the run, and we should be able to stop

484
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<v Speaker 5>the run this year with all the guys that you

485
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<v Speaker 5>have mentioned. We got a former All American and Pop

486
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<v Speaker 5>Dumas as a linebacker next to probably one of the

487
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<v Speaker 5>most solid guys as linebackers since since Square with d Jack.

488
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<v Speaker 5>I think the middle of this defense is going to

489
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<v Speaker 5>be solid, especially if Silver keeps progressing like I've heard

490
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<v Speaker 5>he's progressing. You have to be strong up the middle

491
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<v Speaker 5>of the three four defense. I think if Silver can

492
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<v Speaker 5>can the demand a double team is going to open

493
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<v Speaker 5>up so many things for everybody else. And so I

494
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<v Speaker 5>think the run game is going to be something we're

495
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<v Speaker 5>going to have. It's going to be a strong suit

496
00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:35.640
<v Speaker 5>for all defense, which is going to help us getting

497
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<v Speaker 5>to second and long and third and long. Now that's

498
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<v Speaker 5>when the second dey can can have an easier time

499
00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:43.200
<v Speaker 5>when it's third and eight compared to men third and five.

500
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<v Speaker 1>And Silver is your starting those tackle Deon Walker actually

501
00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:49.319
<v Speaker 1>listen to d tackle. You got to think that if

502
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<v Speaker 1>Silver's double team, somebody's going to have their hands full

503
00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:56.759
<v Speaker 1>one on one with Dion Walker exactly.

504
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<v Speaker 5>So if you think about it, Silver should be the

505
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<v Speaker 5>one who has us has a one on one with

506
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<v Speaker 5>the center, and he's having a natural advantage, so he's

507
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<v Speaker 5>going to have to eat while Deon is getting double

508
00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:11.359
<v Speaker 5>and if he does a good job pushing the pocket

509
00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:14.440
<v Speaker 5>up the middle making running backs bounced, then teams are

510
00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:17.799
<v Speaker 5>gonna have to make a choice. We can we double

511
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<v Speaker 5>de On it do we have to double the guy

512
00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:21.960
<v Speaker 5>who's going to create an immediate problem with the guy

513
00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:24.119
<v Speaker 5>off the middle. So that's a great thing, and that

514
00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:27.960
<v Speaker 5>makes Fonders and Ripped the job easier on the other

515
00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:30.880
<v Speaker 5>side because now they are a single team and when

516
00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:32.960
<v Speaker 5>they when team out to pass that they should get

517
00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:36.119
<v Speaker 5>a lot of pass rushing and hopefully pressures.

518
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I was about to say it's pressure, it's hurries.

519
00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:44.359
<v Speaker 1>You love sacks, obviously, you love picks hurries. That's what

520
00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:47.920
<v Speaker 1>forces mistakes. I mean, you know you love to see.

521
00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:53.039
<v Speaker 5>Those Hurry's usually lead to interception. And I have stories

522
00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:55.200
<v Speaker 5>about that where Chris Warre got a sack and I

523
00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:59.400
<v Speaker 5>was right there waiting for interception. So hurry's brees bre

524
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<v Speaker 5>in a. Interceptions really changed games. Facts are great for

525
00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:06.359
<v Speaker 5>the fans and for the players, but interceptions can flip

526
00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:09.519
<v Speaker 5>the momentum of a game in a constance old quarterback

527
00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:12.400
<v Speaker 5>in one play. So purris for a cornerback and for

528
00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:14.759
<v Speaker 5>safety are much more important than the facts.

529
00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:17.640
<v Speaker 1>Chris Ford sacked a lot of people though, so you know,

530
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<v Speaker 1>yes he did. It's just the way things happen. We're

531
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<v Speaker 1>talking to Van Hius Swimer, Kentucky defensive back. We'll come

532
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<v Speaker 1>back and talk more Kentucky football after the break here

533
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<v Speaker 1>on the Big Booing Sider six thirty wlap Welcome back.

534
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<v Speaker 1>We're talking with Van Hiuse Swimer, Kentucky defensive back, looking

535
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<v Speaker 1>forward to the Wildcats opener with Southern Miss. And I

536
00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:38.519
<v Speaker 1>don't know what it is about Southern Miss, Van, but

537
00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:40.680
<v Speaker 1>it just seems like, well, I do know, I think

538
00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:43.920
<v Speaker 1>those kids down there in Hattiesburg believe that they're everybody

539
00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:47.039
<v Speaker 1>as good as the SEC. They want to prove themselves

540
00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:51.200
<v Speaker 1>and they've given Kentucky a tough time through the years exactly.

541
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<v Speaker 5>And in Southern miss during my time in the nineteen hundred,

542
00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:57.759
<v Speaker 5>so I almost went the Southern Miss. That's actually the

543
00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:59.880
<v Speaker 5>place I was going to go. Wow, for Southern miss

544
00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:03.880
<v Speaker 5>didn't have a mechanical engineering program. So coach Coach Bauers

545
00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:06.119
<v Speaker 5>and I can't remember the coach after him, did a

546
00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:09.319
<v Speaker 5>great job of recruiting that Mississippi area and getting the

547
00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:12.319
<v Speaker 5>guys that were I guess looked over a little bit.

548
00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:14.519
<v Speaker 5>And they did have a chip on their shoulders. I

549
00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:16.599
<v Speaker 5>know when I went on a visit, big chip on

550
00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:18.960
<v Speaker 5>their shoulders because they felt like they could play the SEC.

551
00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:22.240
<v Speaker 5>They have little issues now, but yes, that was a

552
00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:25.240
<v Speaker 5>for those Mississippi guys that was big because I don't

553
00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:28.480
<v Speaker 5>remember missis the state had Jackie Chryl, had Walt Harris

554
00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:31.160
<v Speaker 5>a year. They were really doing well in some of

555
00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:35.519
<v Speaker 5>those and they wouldn't totally recruit Mississippi like they should have. So, yeah,

556
00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:37.880
<v Speaker 5>those those guys back then, man, they really had a

557
00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.920
<v Speaker 5>big chip on their shoulders.

558
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and people forget to saying Southern miss is a

559
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<v Speaker 1>D one program. It's not just the state for Mississippi

560
00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:47.480
<v Speaker 1>State and Ole Miss. And there are so many jucos

561
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<v Speaker 1>in the state of Mississippi.

562
00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:53.039
<v Speaker 5>Right, Yes, yes, Heines College is a big one, and

563
00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:57.240
<v Speaker 5>there's more. But yeah, those you you have, and some

564
00:29:57.359 --> 00:30:00.759
<v Speaker 5>of that that eastern part of Louisia also they can

565
00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:04.319
<v Speaker 5>pick off from. So they have a hot bit of

566
00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:07.480
<v Speaker 5>talent when the right coach is there, and when Southern

567
00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:09.759
<v Speaker 5>Mists can find the right coach in that program or

568
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<v Speaker 5>get back to what it should be.

569
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<v Speaker 1>Well to talk a little bit about the offense, Brock

570
00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:17.759
<v Speaker 1>Vandergriff coming out of this last discrimmage apparently is the starter.

571
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<v Speaker 1>But I'm curious about Gavin Wimsy. He is listed as

572
00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:24.640
<v Speaker 1>the backup. He has listed as the number two QB,

573
00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:27.119
<v Speaker 1>and of course I'm sure they'll have a specific package

574
00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:29.599
<v Speaker 1>for him to run the football. He can throw it

575
00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:32.960
<v Speaker 1>a little bit, man, But what do you make of

576
00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:37.359
<v Speaker 1>the fact that Bush Hampden is wide open apparently to

577
00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:41.480
<v Speaker 1>rotating his qbs a little bit, not alternating them. But

578
00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:44.759
<v Speaker 1>he's not afraid, apparently to run whims it in there

579
00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:47.839
<v Speaker 1>and run the football.

580
00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:50.599
<v Speaker 5>I think for one thing we think about it, especially

581
00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:53.680
<v Speaker 5>the first couple of games, you give the opposing defensive

582
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<v Speaker 5>coordinators something extra to have to prepare for it, chew

583
00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:59.960
<v Speaker 5>on and that means his young kids have to put

584
00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:04.319
<v Speaker 5>air for something, which means more data, more information, more studying.

585
00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:07.240
<v Speaker 5>So that just that's just getting getting another carry out

586
00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:09.960
<v Speaker 5>for these dcs they have to prepare for now. Also,

587
00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:13.039
<v Speaker 5>we don't want to get brocked banged up early, so

588
00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:16.319
<v Speaker 5>I can see on third and short situations maybe we

589
00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:19.880
<v Speaker 5>can run quarterback power read and quarterback r pos and

590
00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:22.519
<v Speaker 5>quarterback read option like those are options that we can

591
00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:25.079
<v Speaker 5>have and take Brock out the game and not have

592
00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:27.279
<v Speaker 5>to deal with all that palty earlier in the season,

593
00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:29.079
<v Speaker 5>kind of like how we did Will Levis in twenty

594
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<v Speaker 5>twenty one. We didn't really start running Will Leves until after,

595
00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:35.000
<v Speaker 5>I guess during the LSU game. So I think that

596
00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:37.319
<v Speaker 5>can that can take less wear and tear off of Brock,

597
00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:40.119
<v Speaker 5>get him confident for the for the stretch runt of

598
00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:42.839
<v Speaker 5>season while using a guy who can run the ball

599
00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:45.960
<v Speaker 5>very well and can pass it when needed as a

600
00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:49.920
<v Speaker 5>change up on the goal lines and third and short situations.

601
00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:53.119
<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about running back because chip train and I

602
00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:56.599
<v Speaker 1>saw him on campus the other day with his hand

603
00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:59.599
<v Speaker 1>heavily taped, heavily wrapped, and he's going to miss at

604
00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:03.279
<v Speaker 1>least two games, I believe, which means Demi Sumo Kongbey

605
00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:07.480
<v Speaker 1>is Krnbay is the starter. He is six foot two ten,

606
00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:10.480
<v Speaker 1>that's not small by any means, but training him's five

607
00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:14.920
<v Speaker 1>eleven to twenty seven. Just a different kind of running back,

608
00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:17.880
<v Speaker 1>different style. Now Demi's got the speed, he can catch

609
00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:21.400
<v Speaker 1>the ball. Can he succeed in then sec? Do you think.

610
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<v Speaker 5>He's a D one running back? So I think he

611
00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:29.799
<v Speaker 5>can definitely be successful. I think that his specialty and

612
00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:32.680
<v Speaker 5>his niche is acted more of a third down back.

613
00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:36.359
<v Speaker 5>I think eventually you will see more Patterson and Willcox

614
00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:39.119
<v Speaker 5>getting more of the lion's share or the or the

615
00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:41.920
<v Speaker 5>true toast of the ball. I think Demi's gonna be

616
00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:45.119
<v Speaker 5>that guy who's gonna be able to pick up blitz this,

617
00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:48.759
<v Speaker 5>run great routes, run the ball when needed. But I

618
00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:51.680
<v Speaker 5>think at the end of the day that those two

619
00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:55.440
<v Speaker 5>young guys are gonna probably get more more more attempts

620
00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:58.640
<v Speaker 5>rushing the ball than than maybe Demmy. I'm not sure.

621
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<v Speaker 5>That's just my guess. Uh. Those two other guys have

622
00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:03.799
<v Speaker 5>a little more juice, in my opinion, than Demi, and

623
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<v Speaker 5>I think that can be a game changer for the golfhin.

624
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<v Speaker 1>Neither one of them is a big power back, though,

625
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<v Speaker 1>so I'll be curious to see how the plays are

626
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<v Speaker 1>called with any one of those guys in the backfield

627
00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:16.400
<v Speaker 1>until Chip does get back. I don't know about you,

628
00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:21.039
<v Speaker 1>but I firmly believe that Dane Key and Barrion Brown

629
00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:24.359
<v Speaker 1>are sitting on big seasons, if for northern reason the

630
00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:28.279
<v Speaker 1>new offense Brock vandergrit, but I also think this being

631
00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:32.960
<v Speaker 1>their junior seasons van that I think they'll probably not

632
00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:36.359
<v Speaker 1>that they weren't working hard last year, but I think

633
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<v Speaker 1>that they based on my conversations with them on media Day,

634
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<v Speaker 1>for whatever that's worth, I think they're going to really

635
00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:45.480
<v Speaker 1>knuckle down this year and play more like veterans. What

636
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<v Speaker 1>do you think?

637
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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I think there's a couple of things in play.

638
00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:52.440
<v Speaker 5>I think there's the obvious obvish maturity issue thing that's

639
00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:55.799
<v Speaker 5>gonna they're maturing. To me, they're just juniors if you

640
00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:59.200
<v Speaker 5>really think about it. Yeah, the most important thing is

641
00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:02.839
<v Speaker 5>getting coach short. I think he's going to the ability

642
00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:04.960
<v Speaker 5>to really teach them how to be a wide receiver

643
00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:07.880
<v Speaker 5>with the experience and being a wide receiver makes a

644
00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:10.199
<v Speaker 5>big difference. Then the other thing is they're going to

645
00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:13.960
<v Speaker 5>have slot receivers in Macklin and failure that would be

646
00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:16.079
<v Speaker 5>able to open a field up for them a little

647
00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:18.679
<v Speaker 5>bit more. You cannot double team them. We have a

648
00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:22.039
<v Speaker 5>slot receiver as potentially as good as those two guys are,

649
00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:24.280
<v Speaker 5>So I think that's going to also open a field

650
00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:27.079
<v Speaker 5>up for him too, with two really good slot receivers

651
00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:30.239
<v Speaker 5>that can go to work on linebackers or safety. If

652
00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:33.159
<v Speaker 5>that happens, now that game will open up for those

653
00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.400
<v Speaker 5>two guys on the outside.

654
00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:39.199
<v Speaker 1>Macklin the guy a proven commodity from North Texas. And yeah,

655
00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:42.719
<v Speaker 1>if he gets off the line of shimming you pointed out,

656
00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:45.000
<v Speaker 1>you know, like Wandlle could get off the line, tab

657
00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:48.639
<v Speaker 1>and Robinson could get off the line. As the slot back,

658
00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:52.519
<v Speaker 1>he has got such a chance to do damage because

659
00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:55.360
<v Speaker 1>the defense cannot look away from Key or Brown at all,

660
00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.719
<v Speaker 1>can it?

661
00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:59.760
<v Speaker 5>Right? And that's the thing. Once he wants he s

662
00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:03.559
<v Speaker 5>that he's that that calboy player. Now the defense can'ke

663
00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:05.639
<v Speaker 5>double on the outside. Now they got to play more

664
00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:07.480
<v Speaker 5>of a straight up defense because they got to take

665
00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:10.360
<v Speaker 5>take it into account the slot receiver, and I think

666
00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:13.039
<v Speaker 5>that's that to me, is a difference with his offense.

667
00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:16.079
<v Speaker 5>We haven't had a slot receiver like that since one

668
00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:19.320
<v Speaker 5>Dale and that just opened up everything for everybody. The

669
00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:22.400
<v Speaker 5>tight end when josh I Lee was was healthy, opened

670
00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:24.880
<v Speaker 5>things up for him. I think if we can get

671
00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:28.199
<v Speaker 5>some some some production out of that position, it opens

672
00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:29.519
<v Speaker 5>up everything for everybody.

673
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<v Speaker 1>The old line may be starting two different transfers. You

674
00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:36.639
<v Speaker 1>got Farmers, a kid who came in from Florida. You

675
00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:41.280
<v Speaker 1>got Gerald Minci who came in from Tennessee. What did

676
00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:43.800
<v Speaker 1>you think of the way the old line performed last year?

677
00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:45.039
<v Speaker 1>What do you expect this year?

678
00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:49.079
<v Speaker 5>The O line performers last year was kind of like

679
00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:52.760
<v Speaker 5>the defense. It was a disappointment. I don't think we

680
00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:55.320
<v Speaker 5>need to get back to the era of John Slom

681
00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:57.559
<v Speaker 5>in a big blue wall. We just need to get

682
00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:00.960
<v Speaker 5>to the to the new era just being fishing and

683
00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:04.039
<v Speaker 5>doing your job. And I think this this old line

684
00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:06.519
<v Speaker 5>has a chance because they have more depth to be

685
00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:08.480
<v Speaker 5>able to be. All they needed to be is an

686
00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:11.199
<v Speaker 5>average SEC line, which is pretty good for the for

687
00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:15.519
<v Speaker 5>the other conferences, just the average through your job. Opening lines,

688
00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:18.280
<v Speaker 5>protect block as much as you can, and I think

689
00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:21.119
<v Speaker 5>that's that's when we are better than last year. Last year,

690
00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:24.320
<v Speaker 5>it just it just didn't work out. And I don't know,

691
00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:27.320
<v Speaker 5>I can't put my finger on exactly why, but it

692
00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:30.000
<v Speaker 5>just didn't work out last year. I hopefully we're getting

693
00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:33.599
<v Speaker 5>coach Wolf's back and getting a new voice with Bush

694
00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:36.760
<v Speaker 5>that that will help that old line play up to

695
00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.719
<v Speaker 5>their caliber too.

696
00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:40.480
<v Speaker 1>Well. They had their moments and they produced to help

697
00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:43.840
<v Speaker 1>produce them one thousand yard running back in Ray Davis.

698
00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:46.559
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I think they need to take it. I'm

699
00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:48.639
<v Speaker 1>think you're right, they need to take another step forward.

700
00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:52.280
<v Speaker 1>Speaking of Ray Davis, uh, just looking back on him,

701
00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:56.400
<v Speaker 1>the special season he had and nobody, I don't think

702
00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:58.920
<v Speaker 1>anybody really expected ready to come in and do what

703
00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:02.920
<v Speaker 1>he did. I think expected it. But it's going to

704
00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:05.719
<v Speaker 1>be interesting to see when you look around and you

705
00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:08.199
<v Speaker 1>don't see him carrying the ball that was That was

706
00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:10.079
<v Speaker 1>a loss that might be bigger than we think, you

707
00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.599
<v Speaker 1>know what I mean.

708
00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:15.280
<v Speaker 5>It's definitely a loss that I think impacts this team

709
00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:18.239
<v Speaker 5>this year more than I would expect it to impact

710
00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:22.440
<v Speaker 5>this team this year. If you really think about it. Honestly,

711
00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:24.639
<v Speaker 5>we might not have used Ray as much as we

712
00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:26.960
<v Speaker 5>should have. Now. I don't know if that was he

713
00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:31.800
<v Speaker 5>couldn't take on that pounding and all that for all

714
00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:34.679
<v Speaker 5>those attempts, But for me, as a season went along,

715
00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:38.000
<v Speaker 5>he was underutilized. And I don't think we have a

716
00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:39.960
<v Speaker 5>runner back this year kind of like Ray that can

717
00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:43.679
<v Speaker 5>be the be the guy who took the ball twenty

718
00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:45.639
<v Speaker 5>five times a game. We're gonna have to do it

719
00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:48.800
<v Speaker 5>by committee. And I wish we had Ray Davis another

720
00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:50.960
<v Speaker 5>year because I think bush would have used them in

721
00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:54.440
<v Speaker 5>that capacity. So yeah, he's a big loss for us.

722
00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:57.159
<v Speaker 5>That more than what I anticipated at the beginning of

723
00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.760
<v Speaker 5>last year.

724
00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:00.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he would have been fun to watch and Bushmen's offense,

725
00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:03.679
<v Speaker 1>but that's college football, man. As you all know, players

726
00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:06.039
<v Speaker 1>come and go, they move on, and you got to

727
00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:09.039
<v Speaker 1>play with what you got. Van Hiles, former uk D back,

728
00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:11.400
<v Speaker 1>love talking football. We shall talk again, by the way.

729
00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:15.000
<v Speaker 1>You can hear Van on his podcast. And I know

730
00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:18.440
<v Speaker 1>you're a favorite of the Sunday Morning Sports Talk, aren't you.

731
00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:21.960
<v Speaker 5>I don't know about favorite, but but my co host

732
00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:24.719
<v Speaker 5>on the Locker four one one is a host on

733
00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:28.400
<v Speaker 5>Sunday Morning sports Talk so so he kind of puts

734
00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:32.880
<v Speaker 5>me on there. Anthony. I yeah, Anti twight now on Wednesdays.

735
00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:36.159
<v Speaker 5>Now give me some standard time the Locker four one one.

736
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<v Speaker 1>That's right. You can find Van's Van on Twitter at

737
00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:42.880
<v Speaker 1>v Style seventeen and he is a co host of

738
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<v Speaker 1>The Locker four one one. Thank you, sir, And we'll

739
00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:46.559
<v Speaker 1>talk again after the opener.

740
00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:48.400
<v Speaker 6>I hope, of course anytime.

741
00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:50.639
<v Speaker 1>Not only will we talk with Van after the opener,

742
00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:52.639
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna find out what he cooks for his game

743
00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:55.840
<v Speaker 1>day feast. Back with that Renumber two Aaron Gershawan and

744
00:38:56.320 --> 00:39:11.119
<v Speaker 1>UK Track and Field on the Big Going Sider six thirty.

745
00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:35.079
<v Speaker 1>Welcome back I Renumber two in joining us on our

746
00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:38.400
<v Speaker 1>celebrity hotline is Aaron Gershan to the cats Balls. He

747
00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:41.639
<v Speaker 1>joins us every Monday, and Aaron, this time next week

748
00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:44.239
<v Speaker 1>we'll be live on the State Wide Show because Mark

749
00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:46.679
<v Speaker 1>Stupa's first show is next Monday. Man, it's right on

750
00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:47.280
<v Speaker 1>top of us.

751
00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:51.800
<v Speaker 7>Crazy it flies by, and I'm looking forward to that.

752
00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:53.199
<v Speaker 7>We always have a lot of fun in there. Me

753
00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:56.480
<v Speaker 7>and Billy Roli jump Monday Night. You kind of missed

754
00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:58.599
<v Speaker 7>it during the off season, so it'll be fun to

755
00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:00.480
<v Speaker 7>get back in there with you guys next week.

756
00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:03.400
<v Speaker 1>You were there when Mark Stoops and the players spoke

757
00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:06.199
<v Speaker 1>after the scrimmage, and of course I got a chance

758
00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:08.320
<v Speaker 1>to peek at the scrimmage. You can't really talk about it,

759
00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:11.159
<v Speaker 1>but what were your comments. What was your take on

760
00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:15.920
<v Speaker 1>Mark Stoops's comments after he basically said we came out healthy.

761
00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:20.320
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I think first thing first, Usually we all joke

762
00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:24.280
<v Speaker 7>around before these and usually one of the Saturday scrimmages

763
00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:28.840
<v Speaker 7>in Paul Camp he's happy, you know, content, whatever word

764
00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:30.519
<v Speaker 7>you want to use, and the other one he's all

765
00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:33.280
<v Speaker 7>pissed off and hated how it went. That wasn't the

766
00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:35.960
<v Speaker 7>case this year. I mean, he was simply, I think

767
00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:38.840
<v Speaker 7>a little more upbeat after the first one when he

768
00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:42.119
<v Speaker 7>didn't realize some of the injuries that may have taken place.

769
00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:44.480
<v Speaker 7>And you know, this one again he was it seemed

770
00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:46.639
<v Speaker 7>like he was content and happy with how you know,

771
00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:48.159
<v Speaker 7>the team looked, how they scrimmaged.

772
00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:48.559
<v Speaker 5>It was.

773
00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:50.679
<v Speaker 7>I know, you can't say much, but from what he

774
00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:52.920
<v Speaker 7>described it was mostly young guys, a lot of the

775
00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:55.119
<v Speaker 7>starters just had better days.

776
00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.559
<v Speaker 6>Off or whatever.

777
00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:58.960
<v Speaker 7>So you know, he seemed pretty pretty encouraged with the

778
00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:02.400
<v Speaker 7>way things went. That the starters at least offensively had

779
00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:05.079
<v Speaker 7>a thirteen pleg drive, which got some you know, some

780
00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:08.440
<v Speaker 7>good cars show in per se, just get used to

781
00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:11.480
<v Speaker 7>that game field those long drives and do that ahead

782
00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:13.639
<v Speaker 7>of the season. So you know, that was all good,

783
00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:17.239
<v Speaker 7>but definitely, you know, he was concerned with how no

784
00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:20.840
<v Speaker 7>injuries that popped up at that time from this scrimmage,

785
00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:23.199
<v Speaker 7>but he was definitely concerned about the ones that popped

786
00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:25.599
<v Speaker 7>up the week before, whether a big ship trad Himho's

787
00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:28.119
<v Speaker 7>going to miss time hardly Gilmore who's going to miss

788
00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:31.440
<v Speaker 7>probably the majority of the season, which could be you know,

789
00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:34.400
<v Speaker 7>if Kentucky stays healthy at receiver, could be a blessing

790
00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.920
<v Speaker 7>for the program that you get a red shirt on

791
00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:38.920
<v Speaker 7>that kid, but you know, you'd never want to see it.

792
00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:41.679
<v Speaker 7>At the same time, and then you know, there were

793
00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:44.760
<v Speaker 7>some guys who were noticeable that came in and clearly

794
00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:47.000
<v Speaker 7>didn't practice. Couldn't really tell if they were injured or not,

795
00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:49.480
<v Speaker 7>but guys who were wearing pads and guys who weren't,

796
00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:52.199
<v Speaker 7>so you kind of assume, and seems like Josh Tattis.

797
00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:53.800
<v Speaker 6>Hasn't got back out there yet this fall camp.

798
00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:58.039
<v Speaker 7>So yeah, definitely some injured concerns, but seemed like he

799
00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:59.960
<v Speaker 7>was happy with the work that the team put into.

800
00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:03.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and it sounded like the theme of Saturday scrimmage

801
00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:08.079
<v Speaker 1>regardless was building depth. And we've talked for years about

802
00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:12.800
<v Speaker 1>That's that's been probably the number one reason for success

803
00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:17.360
<v Speaker 1>with Mark Stoops and as recruiters. It's obviously identifying talent,

804
00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:21.800
<v Speaker 1>developing that talent, and building numbers. So when you get

805
00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:25.199
<v Speaker 1>it's not unlike the NFL exhibition games, right.

806
00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:28.760
<v Speaker 7>No, exactly. You want to have as many bodies that

807
00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:32.119
<v Speaker 7>you feel comfortable with. God forbid, there's an injury as possible,

808
00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:34.519
<v Speaker 7>and I think the last two years, especially you know,

809
00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:38.320
<v Speaker 7>on the offensive line, I mean quarterback obviously in twenty

810
00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:41.119
<v Speaker 7>two when Eleves went down for a game and didn't

811
00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:45.159
<v Speaker 7>playing the Bowl corner that year, like it pops up

812
00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:47.000
<v Speaker 7>and you got to have guys who can you can

813
00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:49.960
<v Speaker 7>thrust in there. Because football is such a physical, demanding

814
00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:52.400
<v Speaker 7>sport and guys get hurt every week. It's almost a

815
00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:54.159
<v Speaker 7>surprise when you come out of the game without n

816
00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:58.480
<v Speaker 7>injur So definitely, it seemed like that was kind of

817
00:42:58.480 --> 00:43:00.519
<v Speaker 7>the point of the practice, Like, Hey, our point of

818
00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:02.360
<v Speaker 7>the scrima Chay, we got beat up the week before.

819
00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:04.480
<v Speaker 7>Much of our ones aren't going to be in there.

820
00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:07.119
<v Speaker 7>Let's see what these other guys got and let's build

821
00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:08.960
<v Speaker 7>their confidence. God forbid, they have to go in and

822
00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.480
<v Speaker 7>play in the game.

823
00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:13.639
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And somebody asked, and I don't remember who, about quarterbacks,

824
00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:16.159
<v Speaker 1>and I played the sound by a little earlier Aaron.

825
00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:19.719
<v Speaker 1>But he went in depth, no pun, intended about the

826
00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:22.719
<v Speaker 1>quarterback room and how excited he is to have a

827
00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:24.239
<v Speaker 1>number of talented guys.

828
00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:28.800
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, he basically said, without saying it verbatim, that it

829
00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:31.599
<v Speaker 7>was the deepest quarterback room he's had since he's got here.

830
00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:34.480
<v Speaker 7>And you know that that makes sense to me for sure.

831
00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:38.000
<v Speaker 7>I mean, Rock Vandergrifs was a former near five star

832
00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:39.800
<v Speaker 7>recruit that you have a lot of faith in. The

833
00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:43.119
<v Speaker 7>beer starter Gavin Weinstet has nineteen starts in the Big Ten.

834
00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:46.920
<v Speaker 7>And then you know Rollins played football and cutter Bowlie's

835
00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:49.679
<v Speaker 7>the top quarterback prospect, you know, coming out of high school.

836
00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:52.559
<v Speaker 7>A lot of the marquee programs really wanted him. I mean,

837
00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:55.880
<v Speaker 7>Tennessee gave Kentucky a hell the time and Philliam Cohen

838
00:43:55.960 --> 00:44:00.719
<v Speaker 7>got back, so definitely he felt that way. He made

839
00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:03.039
<v Speaker 7>it clear he even said something I forget exactly what

840
00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:05.840
<v Speaker 7>the line was, but like, nothing against anyone that's been

841
00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:08.159
<v Speaker 7>here in the past, but you know, this is one

842
00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:11.400
<v Speaker 7>of the first times where we have an injury, I

843
00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:14.519
<v Speaker 7>feel comfortable who would come in. Yeah, And the other

844
00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:16.760
<v Speaker 7>thing that he said that caught my attention with that

845
00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:20.559
<v Speaker 7>is since that's the case, it's going to let guys

846
00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:24.280
<v Speaker 7>in that quarterback room play more freely. So that's going

847
00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:27.599
<v Speaker 7>to mean when Rock Vandergriff and the bucket starts to collapse,

848
00:44:27.679 --> 00:44:30.760
<v Speaker 7>they're gonna let him run where they did say. I

849
00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:33.079
<v Speaker 7>don't know if that was a Skangerrillo thing or what,

850
00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:36.199
<v Speaker 7>but that handicaps Will Levis in twenty twenty two with

851
00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:39.199
<v Speaker 7>it Leary, they just didn't have that element in the game.

852
00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:41.920
<v Speaker 7>So that's definitely gonna make the comeback. And we all

853
00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:44.880
<v Speaker 7>know when Gavin Winstat's end, it's not gonna be surprised

854
00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.719
<v Speaker 7>that he's running the ball.

855
00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:48.679
<v Speaker 6>So some encouraging stuff there for sure.

856
00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:52.960
<v Speaker 1>Now I remember Scangarrillo specifically saying yes that he would

857
00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:56.159
<v Speaker 1>not allow Levis to run the ball because he felt

858
00:44:56.159 --> 00:44:58.679
<v Speaker 1>like he wanted to protect him physically, and that's an NFA.

859
00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:03.679
<v Speaker 1>You know, he had that's an nfling. But you know

860
00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:07.039
<v Speaker 1>he never s. Gangarello, as we all know, never made

861
00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:09.960
<v Speaker 1>the adjustment to the college game the way he might have.

862
00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:15.320
<v Speaker 1>And that also means not just long winded verbiage when

863
00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:18.719
<v Speaker 1>it came to calling plays, but allowing a quarterback who

864
00:45:18.719 --> 00:45:22.639
<v Speaker 1>oftentimes is bigger and more athletic than the defenders chasing

865
00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:25.480
<v Speaker 1>him down and ain't gonna happen in the NFL. Brother,

866
00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:27.360
<v Speaker 1>but we saw it happen, and you see it every

867
00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:29.920
<v Speaker 1>week in college right absolutely.

868
00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:32.360
<v Speaker 7>I mean, well, Levice is in twenty twenty one, Rantel

869
00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:35.000
<v Speaker 7>was four hundred yards and had a full rushing touchdown

870
00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:37.840
<v Speaker 7>game at Louisville. Is a great that was such a

871
00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:42.599
<v Speaker 7>strength of his game. Over Line ran over linebackers, hurled

872
00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:44.199
<v Speaker 7>the guys, I mean, and we see it with him

873
00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:44.719
<v Speaker 7>in the NFL.

874
00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:46.159
<v Speaker 6>I mean there was a play.

875
00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:48.480
<v Speaker 7>I don't encourage it here, but in the preseason he

876
00:45:48.519 --> 00:45:51.000
<v Speaker 7>took a big hit on a run against the forty

877
00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:52.800
<v Speaker 7>nine ers two weeks ago, and all these Titan fans

878
00:45:52.800 --> 00:45:54.320
<v Speaker 7>are like, we love it, but please stop right now,

879
00:45:55.239 --> 00:45:56.360
<v Speaker 7>it's for the regular season.

880
00:45:56.440 --> 00:45:58.039
<v Speaker 6>But no, I mean it was.

881
00:45:58.400 --> 00:46:01.159
<v Speaker 7>It was strict from him, and I'll disagree with it.

882
00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:03.039
<v Speaker 7>I get it, I get why he did it. I'll

883
00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:06.400
<v Speaker 7>disagree with that decision. I think it cost Kentucky some games,

884
00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:09.239
<v Speaker 7>but that's in the past. Neither hero door there. And

885
00:46:09.280 --> 00:46:11.159
<v Speaker 7>the good thing is I don't think that's gonna be

886
00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:13.320
<v Speaker 7>a problem this year. I mean, not only with what

887
00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:16.559
<v Speaker 7>Mark Steusch get said there. Obviously you had two quarterbacks

888
00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:20.039
<v Speaker 7>and Vander Griffin and and Winstead who that's a big

889
00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:23.039
<v Speaker 7>part of their game. And you bringing an offensive coordinator

890
00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:25.280
<v Speaker 7>that you look at his track record and he always

891
00:46:25.280 --> 00:46:26.480
<v Speaker 7>had a quarterback that can run.

892
00:46:26.519 --> 00:46:27.360
<v Speaker 6>I mean he unlocked.

893
00:46:27.800 --> 00:46:29.679
<v Speaker 7>I mean I wouldn't say he unlocked, but he definitely

894
00:46:29.719 --> 00:46:33.320
<v Speaker 7>helps unlocked Brady Cook's legs at Missouri. I mean you

895
00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:35.159
<v Speaker 7>look at the three games he called plays there, and

896
00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:37.239
<v Speaker 7>Cook ran for over three hundred yards in those games

897
00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:40.679
<v Speaker 7>and that includes whatever sack. So it had one game

898
00:46:40.719 --> 00:46:43.239
<v Speaker 7>where he ran for over one hundred. So he did

899
00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:45.320
<v Speaker 7>it last year with the quarterback at Beligia State, he

900
00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:48.280
<v Speaker 7>had the sound awkinsas so they're going to run the

901
00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:49.559
<v Speaker 7>quarterback and that's you know.

902
00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:50.239
<v Speaker 6>That's big.

903
00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:55.119
<v Speaker 7>Kentucky's best offenses under Mark steuss have had quarterbacks that

904
00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:56.199
<v Speaker 7>can move in the pocket.

905
00:46:56.760 --> 00:47:00.199
<v Speaker 1>Speaking of depth move out of the pocket. I do

906
00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:03.880
<v Speaker 1>wonder about running back because you know, we all that

907
00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:08.079
<v Speaker 1>of power game Kentucky head with Benny, with Chris Rodriguez,

908
00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:10.760
<v Speaker 1>even with Ray Davis, who wasn't the biggest guy but

909
00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:14.519
<v Speaker 1>he ran big. I'm just not sure about Demi Sumo

910
00:47:14.639 --> 00:47:18.000
<v Speaker 1>Karnbay when it's third and one and a half or

911
00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:20.800
<v Speaker 1>you know, at the goal line and the guys behind

912
00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:23.760
<v Speaker 1>him were freshmen and they're not that big either. Aaron,

913
00:47:23.760 --> 00:47:25.239
<v Speaker 1>what are your thoughts on running back?

914
00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:29.079
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, chick trainum is a huge blow. Hopefully you can

915
00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:32.719
<v Speaker 7>get him back asap, but yeah, it's a wait and

916
00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:35.960
<v Speaker 7>see Moses. I mean, look, Sumocarmbay last year, I think

917
00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:38.440
<v Speaker 7>Ray Davis played. I thought they were gonna they were

918
00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:41.880
<v Speaker 7>gonna platune a little more going into the year. Ray

919
00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:43.840
<v Speaker 7>Davis ran away with the chop like what are you

920
00:47:43.880 --> 00:47:46.159
<v Speaker 7>gonna do? He was outstanding. He couldn't keep him off

921
00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:49.360
<v Speaker 7>the field. So you know, that limited what we got

922
00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:52.119
<v Speaker 7>to see from sum O'carbay last year at NC State.

923
00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:54.840
<v Speaker 7>The year before, he was banged up, but he played

924
00:47:54.840 --> 00:47:56.360
<v Speaker 7>a bit and he did average five and a half

925
00:47:56.440 --> 00:47:58.719
<v Speaker 7>yards per carry, but a lot of that was outside

926
00:47:58.800 --> 00:48:00.559
<v Speaker 7>zones that I didn't see too much where he just

927
00:48:00.639 --> 00:48:02.199
<v Speaker 7>ran it up the gut and I was able to

928
00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:04.320
<v Speaker 7>get those gritty yards. So you know it's going to

929
00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:06.719
<v Speaker 7>be a let's see, let's see what he's got week

930
00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:09.119
<v Speaker 7>one and two when he's gonna get it. It's very

931
00:48:09.119 --> 00:48:13.760
<v Speaker 7>similar to me. It's not fair because Chris Rodriguez was

932
00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:16.760
<v Speaker 7>coming back and Chip Trandon's not Chris Rodriguez, but similar

933
00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:19.280
<v Speaker 7>to how they started the twenty two season right where

934
00:48:19.320 --> 00:48:21.840
<v Speaker 7>Sea Rod was suspended and it was just all right,

935
00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:24.159
<v Speaker 7>someone in that running back room he got.

936
00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:24.599
<v Speaker 6>To step up.

937
00:48:24.719 --> 00:48:27.119
<v Speaker 7>I mean Cavasse Smoke ended up at the starter early.

938
00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:31.599
<v Speaker 7>Lavelle Wright spelled them, Jason McClain spelled them. No one

939
00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:34.159
<v Speaker 7>really got it done. So you hoped this time, with

940
00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:39.480
<v Speaker 7>the offensive line being better, honestly, and the quarterbacks adding

941
00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:41.599
<v Speaker 7>an element in the run game, that one of those

942
00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:44.760
<v Speaker 7>guys can emerge, and I think Simil Karba is the

943
00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:47.159
<v Speaker 7>guy they're going to lean toward first. And if it

944
00:48:47.159 --> 00:48:49.719
<v Speaker 7>doesn't work out, you know, Jamarion Wilcox and Jason Patterson

945
00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:50.960
<v Speaker 7>two fresh and ury next man up.

946
00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:57.320
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Well, and the notion that Schimocarnbay can catch the

947
00:48:57.360 --> 00:49:00.719
<v Speaker 1>ball out of the backfield. That's that excitesment help and

948
00:49:00.760 --> 00:49:02.519
<v Speaker 1>I think we'll see that from this offense.

949
00:49:03.480 --> 00:49:05.360
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, they're gonna have to get very creative now that

950
00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:08.079
<v Speaker 7>they don't have that bruiser running back that they're used

951
00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:10.920
<v Speaker 7>to having. So and I think that will And you know,

952
00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:14.119
<v Speaker 7>back at the football luncheon before camp started and we

953
00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:17.920
<v Speaker 7>knew Charinum was gonna get hurt, I mean, bush Hampton

954
00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:20.920
<v Speaker 7>said they brought in Gavin Winstat to supplement some.

955
00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:21.719
<v Speaker 6>Of the runs.

956
00:49:21.760 --> 00:49:24.719
<v Speaker 7>So they're gonna get really creative. I'm actually really excited

957
00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:27.360
<v Speaker 7>to see exactly what the game plan there is. But

958
00:49:27.719 --> 00:49:31.400
<v Speaker 7>they also got to go execute such plan because the schedule.

959
00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:34.320
<v Speaker 7>It's not like last year where we had a preseason, right,

960
00:49:34.599 --> 00:49:37.920
<v Speaker 7>they basically had a preseason slate the first three four games.

961
00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:40.119
<v Speaker 7>If you want to throw a van in there. This year,

962
00:49:40.280 --> 00:49:43.239
<v Speaker 7>I mean, Southern miss obviously should beat them, but we

963
00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:46.360
<v Speaker 7>all know the bad the bad karva or not that karma,

964
00:49:46.480 --> 00:49:49.039
<v Speaker 7>the bad history in that matchup, whether it was the

965
00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:52.119
<v Speaker 7>loss in sixteen or close game down in Hattiesburg in seventeen,

966
00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:54.079
<v Speaker 7>and then you jump right into the sec place. They

967
00:49:54.119 --> 00:49:55.039
<v Speaker 7>got to figure it out quick.

968
00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:57.760
<v Speaker 1>Aaron Gershan, our guest Daron and beat Righter for the

969
00:49:57.800 --> 00:49:59.840
<v Speaker 1>cash Plows, and we'll come back with more football t

970
00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:02.159
<v Speaker 1>for Aaron here in a minute. On the Big Bloon

971
00:50:02.280 --> 00:50:06.199
<v Speaker 1>Sider six thirty Wlap Welcome back to the Big blueon Sider.

972
00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:08.559
<v Speaker 1>We're chatting with Aaron Gershwan. He is the beat writer

973
00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:11.920
<v Speaker 1>for the Cats pause Baseball, football, basketball covers at All

974
00:50:12.320 --> 00:50:16.039
<v Speaker 1>and of course has some good work in the football yearbook.

975
00:50:16.079 --> 00:50:18.239
<v Speaker 1>If you haven't picked it up yet, you need to

976
00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:21.480
<v Speaker 1>prep yourself for the upcoming season with the Cats Paws

977
00:50:21.800 --> 00:50:26.360
<v Speaker 1>Football Yearbook. We talked so much offense in the first segment,

978
00:50:26.880 --> 00:50:31.079
<v Speaker 1>and everybody knows defense should be the strength of this team.

979
00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:34.039
<v Speaker 1>There are some question marks I just had Van Hiles

980
00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:37.760
<v Speaker 1>on talking about. We mentioned depth quite often in that

981
00:50:37.880 --> 00:50:41.719
<v Speaker 1>first segment. Depth at cornerback could be an issue. Maybe

982
00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:44.119
<v Speaker 1>they've got it. It's unproven right now though.

983
00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:46.800
<v Speaker 6>Right Hey, you get that Van on All show. He's

984
00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:47.320
<v Speaker 6>so good.

985
00:50:47.800 --> 00:50:50.480
<v Speaker 7>Oh yeah, I just want to give him quick shout

986
00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:52.880
<v Speaker 7>out there. But yeah, no, it definitely is and I

987
00:50:52.920 --> 00:50:55.000
<v Speaker 7>did think it was interesting. Maybe it's just trying to

988
00:50:55.039 --> 00:50:57.840
<v Speaker 7>hype his guys up or whatever. That Max Harrison said

989
00:50:57.840 --> 00:51:00.119
<v Speaker 7>it was the best cornerback room he's been in here.

990
00:51:00.719 --> 00:51:02.199
<v Speaker 6>You know, to be seen.

991
00:51:02.280 --> 00:51:04.719
<v Speaker 7>I know last year they weren't great outside of Max

992
00:51:04.840 --> 00:51:09.679
<v Speaker 7>twenty two, Carrington and Kedrin were pretty darn lockdown as starters,

993
00:51:09.719 --> 00:51:11.719
<v Speaker 7>so I'd argue he was in a better room that

994
00:51:11.840 --> 00:51:14.159
<v Speaker 7>year on paper at least, So maybe he's onto something

995
00:51:14.199 --> 00:51:19.159
<v Speaker 7>we'll see. But yeah, definitely. And I had heard Jensen Dunn,

996
00:51:19.280 --> 00:51:22.440
<v Speaker 7>who had a great spring and I'm not sure exactly

997
00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:25.440
<v Speaker 7>how it's translated or not in the fall, didn't practice Saturday,

998
00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:28.039
<v Speaker 7>So that's one to watch. Heard that not from you,

999
00:51:28.159 --> 00:51:29.679
<v Speaker 7>don't worry if I goot new in trouble, but I've

1000
00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:32.280
<v Speaker 7>heard it from other people that were at the scrimmage

1001
00:51:32.320 --> 00:51:36.360
<v Speaker 7>that told me. So they hopefully he's okay and can

1002
00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:38.000
<v Speaker 7>get him in there because I think he is a

1003
00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:40.039
<v Speaker 7>chance to. I thought he played really well at the

1004
00:51:40.159 --> 00:51:42.400
<v Speaker 7>end of the year against Louisville. At the end of

1005
00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:44.119
<v Speaker 7>the game, he made some really key plays.

1006
00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:46.599
<v Speaker 6>He played. He was the best TV for.

1007
00:51:46.440 --> 00:51:48.840
<v Speaker 7>Them in the cleansing game when Max and Phillips got hurt.

1008
00:51:48.920 --> 00:51:50.639
<v Speaker 7>So that's the guy I want to see you get

1009
00:51:50.639 --> 00:51:52.400
<v Speaker 7>a shot. I think he has a chance. I'm not

1010
00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:54.800
<v Speaker 7>thinking he can be right away, but a chance to

1011
00:51:54.880 --> 00:51:57.039
<v Speaker 7>kind of do what Phillips did, which is when they

1012
00:51:57.079 --> 00:51:59.119
<v Speaker 7>have two corners on the field, he'll play outside and

1013
00:51:59.119 --> 00:52:01.280
<v Speaker 7>when they have three, move into the spot and they

1014
00:52:01.280 --> 00:52:04.159
<v Speaker 7>bring in someone else. Last year was Jordan Robinson who's

1015
00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:08.800
<v Speaker 7>now gone obviously, but maybe it's JQ Hardaway DJ Waller

1016
00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:11.360
<v Speaker 7>to be seen who that is. I think he might

1017
00:52:11.400 --> 00:52:13.920
<v Speaker 7>have a chance to play that type of role for them.

1018
00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:17.079
<v Speaker 7>But yeah, and other than that, you know, need one

1019
00:52:17.079 --> 00:52:20.519
<v Speaker 7>of those two long guys to step up in Hardaway

1020
00:52:20.519 --> 00:52:25.320
<v Speaker 7>and Waller. Those are your prototypical six to three long, lengthy,

1021
00:52:25.880 --> 00:52:29.480
<v Speaker 7>speedy corners that Mark Sukes loves and has had success

1022
00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:33.039
<v Speaker 7>within the past. The Chris Westry Bronnie Johnson Body touched

1023
00:52:33.039 --> 00:52:36.400
<v Speaker 7>on Derek Batty as well. If one of those guys

1024
00:52:36.480 --> 00:52:40.519
<v Speaker 7>can step up and be a solid number two corner

1025
00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:45.800
<v Speaker 7>across from Max, I think that just the defense's ceiling

1026
00:52:46.360 --> 00:52:48.880
<v Speaker 7>raises just a little bit more, a lot more, honestly,

1027
00:52:48.920 --> 00:52:51.079
<v Speaker 7>because I think I think they're gonna be better at safety.

1028
00:52:51.159 --> 00:52:53.679
<v Speaker 7>I think that room just got banged up last year

1029
00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:56.360
<v Speaker 7>and Ty Bryan played well, but he's a freshman. There

1030
00:52:56.360 --> 00:52:59.760
<v Speaker 7>were freshmen mistakes in there. Jordan Lovett was in and

1031
00:52:59.760 --> 00:53:03.000
<v Speaker 7>now Zion Childers kind of had a May year. He

1032
00:53:03.079 --> 00:53:05.320
<v Speaker 7>was banged up a little too, and then Jalen Geiger

1033
00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:07.920
<v Speaker 7>obviously didn't play much with injury. So you know, this

1034
00:53:08.039 --> 00:53:11.079
<v Speaker 7>year you got Jordan love It healthy, He has Zigon

1035
00:53:11.159 --> 00:53:13.360
<v Speaker 7>Children's healthy and seems like he can move in and

1036
00:53:13.360 --> 00:53:15.199
<v Speaker 7>play in box corner two if you need him to.

1037
00:53:15.639 --> 00:53:18.800
<v Speaker 7>You have Christian story added to kind of replaced guy

1038
00:53:18.800 --> 00:53:21.039
<v Speaker 7>here and hopefully keep him healthy. And then he has

1039
00:53:21.079 --> 00:53:23.280
<v Speaker 7>Ti Ryan back for another year, a guy that Mark

1040
00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:26.920
<v Speaker 7>Souso incredibly high on. Ye he doesn't really give out

1041
00:53:26.920 --> 00:53:29.320
<v Speaker 7>that type of praise anymore. That's the guy he can't

1042
00:53:29.360 --> 00:53:32.039
<v Speaker 7>help it with every time he talks about. So I

1043
00:53:32.079 --> 00:53:35.000
<v Speaker 7>really like the safety rohim. I obviously love the defensive

1044
00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:37.880
<v Speaker 7>line and the middle linebackers if and what JJ can

1045
00:53:37.920 --> 00:53:41.280
<v Speaker 7>do it outside backer if he's healthy. So it's really

1046
00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:42.920
<v Speaker 7>I think those two guys are kind of the X

1047
00:53:42.960 --> 00:53:44.599
<v Speaker 7>factors on that defense. Uh.

1048
00:53:44.880 --> 00:53:46.400
<v Speaker 6>One of the two long guys.

1049
00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:48.880
<v Speaker 1>You know what might be another X factor? I should say,

1050
00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:52.280
<v Speaker 1>who is Alexafari? They move him from d bat to

1051
00:53:52.440 --> 00:53:56.079
<v Speaker 1>what they call star it's a linebacker spot and are

1052
00:53:56.119 --> 00:53:58.039
<v Speaker 1>sort of a monster man. I guess she depends on

1053
00:53:58.079 --> 00:54:01.559
<v Speaker 1>any want to describe it, but that guy Aaron, it

1054
00:54:01.679 --> 00:54:03.760
<v Speaker 1>just seemed like he was always around the ball.

1055
00:54:03.840 --> 00:54:05.119
<v Speaker 6>You know he is.

1056
00:54:05.199 --> 00:54:06.960
<v Speaker 7>He is always around the ball, even as a freshman

1057
00:54:07.599 --> 00:54:10.239
<v Speaker 7>in twenty two. So they, yeah, it's gonna be really interesting.

1058
00:54:10.920 --> 00:54:12.159
<v Speaker 7>I don't have it in front of me, but I

1059
00:54:12.199 --> 00:54:15.519
<v Speaker 7>did write something about his versatility earlier this camp and

1060
00:54:15.880 --> 00:54:17.639
<v Speaker 7>was able to find the snack counts of where he

1061
00:54:17.840 --> 00:54:20.679
<v Speaker 7>was on the field, mostly safety, played a little bit,

1062
00:54:20.719 --> 00:54:24.000
<v Speaker 7>inside back, or played a slot corner. So yeah, he's

1063
00:54:24.039 --> 00:54:26.199
<v Speaker 7>definitely a guy that can move around a ton, And

1064
00:54:26.239 --> 00:54:27.800
<v Speaker 7>I just wonder if it's going to come down to

1065
00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:31.400
<v Speaker 7>where they need him, right if they struggle in slot

1066
00:54:31.440 --> 00:54:33.199
<v Speaker 7>in the slot, are they going to move him there

1067
00:54:33.239 --> 00:54:37.559
<v Speaker 7>and feel comfortable if Pop Johnson or d Eric get

1068
00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:40.480
<v Speaker 7>hurt and David Raider is not who you want filling

1069
00:54:40.480 --> 00:54:42.599
<v Speaker 7>in those reps? Is he just going to play there

1070
00:54:42.960 --> 00:54:44.719
<v Speaker 7>or if they need a blow or is he going

1071
00:54:44.760 --> 00:54:47.039
<v Speaker 7>to be the guy they stick in there? So he's

1072
00:54:47.159 --> 00:54:50.239
<v Speaker 7>just such a he's such an intriguing player because think

1073
00:54:50.280 --> 00:54:53.079
<v Speaker 7>you said he's always around the ball. He's extremely versatile,

1074
00:54:53.360 --> 00:54:55.920
<v Speaker 7>but with some of the death they have more so

1075
00:54:56.079 --> 00:54:58.960
<v Speaker 7>in the linebacker room and outside back or even I

1076
00:54:59.039 --> 00:55:01.519
<v Speaker 7>think tyer reesair various health. He's on pace to kind

1077
00:55:01.519 --> 00:55:05.559
<v Speaker 7>of break out a little bit this year. It's just

1078
00:55:05.599 --> 00:55:09.000
<v Speaker 7>like there's like nowhere exactly you can pinpoint and say

1079
00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:11.480
<v Speaker 7>you're playing right there. And I think that picture for

1080
00:55:11.599 --> 00:55:13.760
<v Speaker 7>him will be more clear next year, going into his

1081
00:55:13.800 --> 00:55:16.239
<v Speaker 7>senior year, because you're gonna lose the Erica and Pop

1082
00:55:16.320 --> 00:55:18.400
<v Speaker 7>and you could probably just blame at Mike or play

1083
00:55:18.760 --> 00:55:21.800
<v Speaker 7>at a week sidebacker. But uh, they gotta find They

1084
00:55:21.840 --> 00:55:24.719
<v Speaker 7>gotta finn rest for that guy because he's an impact

1085
00:55:24.719 --> 00:55:26.519
<v Speaker 7>maker and has been really since.

1086
00:55:26.639 --> 00:55:27.159
<v Speaker 6>They won't.

1087
00:55:27.679 --> 00:55:32.320
<v Speaker 1>Jamon Dumas Johnson is a unique story. And by speaking

1088
00:55:32.320 --> 00:55:35.719
<v Speaker 1>of unique, you guys want to be called Pop anymore?

1089
00:55:35.760 --> 00:55:38.280
<v Speaker 1>Which man, you know, when you're when you're quote unquote

1090
00:55:38.280 --> 00:55:41.639
<v Speaker 1>building your brand, seems like that would be a plus.

1091
00:55:41.679 --> 00:55:44.920
<v Speaker 1>But we all abide by his wishes. Uh. But Aaron,

1092
00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:47.239
<v Speaker 1>you know, I've covered football since they pumped up the

1093
00:55:47.239 --> 00:55:51.280
<v Speaker 1>first ball. I can never recall, and transfers are much

1094
00:55:51.320 --> 00:55:55.159
<v Speaker 1>more prevalent now as you as you know. But a

1095
00:55:55.199 --> 00:55:58.840
<v Speaker 1>guy was an All American two years ago transferring within

1096
00:55:58.960 --> 00:56:01.400
<v Speaker 1>the league. I don't know if that happened on the

1097
00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:02.400
<v Speaker 1>Georgia Bulldogs.

1098
00:56:03.159 --> 00:56:07.519
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, from the from the Georgia Bulldogs from Vanderbilt. So yeah, no,

1099
00:56:07.639 --> 00:56:10.280
<v Speaker 7>it's a very he's a very, very intriguing player and

1100
00:56:10.360 --> 00:56:14.119
<v Speaker 7>intriguing person The personality has been, Uh he's unique. He's

1101
00:56:14.199 --> 00:56:17.679
<v Speaker 7>unique to say the least. But uh yeah, I mean

1102
00:56:18.239 --> 00:56:21.320
<v Speaker 7>you said it two times, our first team All American,

1103
00:56:21.760 --> 00:56:24.920
<v Speaker 7>two time National Championship starting mike linebacker for an undefeated

1104
00:56:24.960 --> 00:56:27.679
<v Speaker 7>national championship team. And really he just got you kind

1105
00:56:27.679 --> 00:56:29.639
<v Speaker 7>of got Wally pipped out of a job, if you will,

1106
00:56:29.679 --> 00:56:33.239
<v Speaker 7>Like last year, he gets hurt and they're too. It's Georgia,

1107
00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:35.800
<v Speaker 7>so there's always going to be. If you think Kentucky

1108
00:56:35.840 --> 00:56:38.440
<v Speaker 7>has death, Georgia has four times more. Just just how

1109
00:56:38.480 --> 00:56:42.280
<v Speaker 7>they are to everybody. And you know they're two inside backers,

1110
00:56:42.440 --> 00:56:43.119
<v Speaker 7>are they?

1111
00:56:43.199 --> 00:56:44.559
<v Speaker 6>I think they had two. I think they might have

1112
00:56:44.599 --> 00:56:46.000
<v Speaker 6>had to either two.

1113
00:56:45.840 --> 00:56:48.360
<v Speaker 7>Injuries at inside backer or I forget what it was,

1114
00:56:48.400 --> 00:56:50.079
<v Speaker 7>but I know they had two guys waiting in the

1115
00:56:50.119 --> 00:56:53.000
<v Speaker 7>wings and both of them shines, and the plane was

1116
00:56:53.079 --> 00:56:55.199
<v Speaker 7>kind of just kind of let them play this year,

1117
00:56:55.239 --> 00:56:58.239
<v Speaker 7>and and ums Johnson was kind of the odd man out,

1118
00:56:58.320 --> 00:57:01.360
<v Speaker 7>so he hits the portal and a huge win for Kentucky.

1119
00:57:01.360 --> 00:57:04.199
<v Speaker 7>I mean they were battling atron in Florida State. So

1120
00:57:05.639 --> 00:57:09.840
<v Speaker 7>he is probably the most intriguing piece of this defense

1121
00:57:09.880 --> 00:57:12.559
<v Speaker 7>because his ceiling is extremely high.

1122
00:57:12.599 --> 00:57:14.079
<v Speaker 6>You just got to keep him healthy and see how

1123
00:57:14.079 --> 00:57:14.360
<v Speaker 6>he fit.

1124
00:57:14.760 --> 00:57:17.840
<v Speaker 1>No, I couldn't agree more. And I do believe he's

1125
00:57:17.880 --> 00:57:20.719
<v Speaker 1>the most intriguing. I mean, Dion Walker is going to

1126
00:57:20.800 --> 00:57:24.119
<v Speaker 1>make you know the headlines. He'll be drafted. Probably he's

1127
00:57:24.159 --> 00:57:27.199
<v Speaker 1>just the best one. Yeah, exactly. But just having a

1128
00:57:27.239 --> 00:57:31.440
<v Speaker 1>guy next to the Eric Jackson who played next to

1129
00:57:31.480 --> 00:57:34.880
<v Speaker 1>his buddy Trevin Wallace for so long, and JJ Weaver

1130
00:57:34.960 --> 00:57:37.719
<v Speaker 1>who came back because he knew last year wasn't the

1131
00:57:37.800 --> 00:57:40.920
<v Speaker 1>year he wanted to have. I'm curious to see, you

1132
00:57:40.960 --> 00:57:42.559
<v Speaker 1>know what his focus is this year.

1133
00:57:44.440 --> 00:57:46.360
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I'm sorry you cut out there. Who's the player?

1134
00:57:46.639 --> 00:57:47.280
<v Speaker 1>JJ Weaver?

1135
00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:51.480
<v Speaker 7>J Yeah, sorry cut out for two seconds. But yeah, JJ,

1136
00:57:52.239 --> 00:57:54.840
<v Speaker 7>it's all health with him. In my opinion, it really is.

1137
00:57:54.920 --> 00:57:57.880
<v Speaker 7>I think when he's healthy and he's right, he's dominant.

1138
00:57:57.880 --> 00:58:00.639
<v Speaker 7>We saw it in twenty twenty one, saw it towards

1139
00:58:00.639 --> 00:58:02.519
<v Speaker 7>the end of last season. I thought he really like

1140
00:58:02.960 --> 00:58:04.360
<v Speaker 7>we all know what he did in the Louisville game,

1141
00:58:04.400 --> 00:58:05.840
<v Speaker 7>but I think he had two sacks in the clemsing

1142
00:58:05.920 --> 00:58:08.760
<v Speaker 7>game as well. So he finished the season like on

1143
00:58:08.840 --> 00:58:11.559
<v Speaker 7>an incredibly high note. And for him, it's it's staying

1144
00:58:11.599 --> 00:58:15.360
<v Speaker 7>healthy and consistent. And you know he's he's six five,

1145
00:58:15.519 --> 00:58:18.400
<v Speaker 7>two forty five whatever he is now, he's got the body.

1146
00:58:18.559 --> 00:58:19.400
<v Speaker 6>We all know, he's.

1147
00:58:19.280 --> 00:58:22.440
<v Speaker 7>Got all the experience in the world. It's just staying

1148
00:58:22.480 --> 00:58:25.280
<v Speaker 7>healthy and just more the mental side of all, Right,

1149
00:58:25.320 --> 00:58:27.320
<v Speaker 7>next play, if you screw up. I think sometimes when

1150
00:58:27.320 --> 00:58:29.440
<v Speaker 7>he has a play that whether he misses a sack,

1151
00:58:29.519 --> 00:58:31.679
<v Speaker 7>whether he gets beaten one on one, it kind of

1152
00:58:31.679 --> 00:58:34.039
<v Speaker 7>deflates him for the whole game if he can just

1153
00:58:34.400 --> 00:58:38.039
<v Speaker 7>stay with it when he makes a mistake. That guy's

1154
00:58:38.079 --> 00:58:40.239
<v Speaker 7>as talented as anyone on this defense, and he's been

1155
00:58:40.280 --> 00:58:43.719
<v Speaker 7>around the block longer than anyone. So I think if

1156
00:58:44.239 --> 00:58:47.440
<v Speaker 7>those things happen for him, he's gonna end up leading

1157
00:58:47.480 --> 00:58:49.440
<v Speaker 7>the team in sacks like he has the last three years.

1158
00:58:49.440 --> 00:58:52.519
<v Speaker 7>It's just our two years at least, uh two of

1159
00:58:52.559 --> 00:58:55.119
<v Speaker 7>the last three, twenty one and last year. So uh

1160
00:58:55.840 --> 00:58:57.440
<v Speaker 7>just just got to put it together for a full

1161
00:58:57.519 --> 00:59:01.239
<v Speaker 7>year because when that guy's right, he's he's a different thinker.

1162
00:59:01.280 --> 00:59:05.639
<v Speaker 1>To me. The biggest question as a unit is quarterback hurries.

1163
00:59:05.719 --> 00:59:09.920
<v Speaker 1>How much can this defensive produce, this defensive unit produce.

1164
00:59:10.559 --> 00:59:12.880
<v Speaker 1>And I've talked a lot about hurries, Aaron, I've talked

1165
00:59:12.880 --> 00:59:15.239
<v Speaker 1>about it with you as well. Those are the plays

1166
00:59:15.239 --> 00:59:20.519
<v Speaker 1>that forced quarterbacks into making mistakes. You've got lineman starting

1167
00:59:20.519 --> 00:59:23.679
<v Speaker 1>with Dion Walker, and you've got guys who can come

1168
00:59:23.719 --> 00:59:26.079
<v Speaker 1>off the edge. If they can get that done for

1169
00:59:26.159 --> 00:59:29.239
<v Speaker 1>Brad White who likes to once in a while blitz

1170
00:59:29.280 --> 00:59:31.920
<v Speaker 1>from the edge with a corner, and this this defense

1171
00:59:31.920 --> 00:59:32.840
<v Speaker 1>could wreak some havoc.

1172
00:59:34.280 --> 00:59:37.039
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, and I thought the passwords finished really strong, and

1173
00:59:37.079 --> 00:59:39.360
<v Speaker 7>that was even something that our last season that is Yeah,

1174
00:59:39.559 --> 00:59:41.800
<v Speaker 7>that was even something that Dion Walker mentioned after the

1175
00:59:41.840 --> 00:59:44.199
<v Speaker 7>game when they lost against Clenson. I mean, they had

1176
00:59:44.199 --> 00:59:47.119
<v Speaker 7>eight sacks in that game and Clemson's offensive line was

1177
00:59:47.159 --> 00:59:49.719
<v Speaker 7>all the starters, like no one up at out. So

1178
00:59:51.239 --> 00:59:52.920
<v Speaker 7>the team that I think going into that game was

1179
00:59:52.960 --> 00:59:54.920
<v Speaker 7>near the bottom of sacks allowed in the country. So

1180
00:59:55.320 --> 00:59:57.960
<v Speaker 7>you know, they proved they can do it. Louisville offensive

1181
00:59:57.960 --> 00:59:59.800
<v Speaker 7>line had a great year last year too, and Kentucky

1182
01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:01.960
<v Speaker 7>dominated them, So you got to go do it. An

1183
01:00:02.000 --> 01:00:04.320
<v Speaker 7>SBC play obviously, I know it's a little different, a

1184
01:00:04.360 --> 01:00:09.760
<v Speaker 7>lot different, but they have the experience between Weaver, Walker,

1185
01:00:10.000 --> 01:00:12.920
<v Speaker 7>oxtendne if Man, if they can get there's some There

1186
01:00:13.000 --> 01:00:15.159
<v Speaker 7>was White with Brad. White was talking a little bit

1187
01:00:15.199 --> 01:00:17.440
<v Speaker 7>like we see slashes of that guy that we saw

1188
01:00:17.440 --> 01:00:20.360
<v Speaker 7>against LSU, Like they can model that up and have

1189
01:00:20.440 --> 01:00:23.599
<v Speaker 7>that for six or seven games. I mean that that

1190
01:00:23.639 --> 01:00:26.960
<v Speaker 7>guy's a monster too. So it's all about at the

1191
01:00:27.039 --> 01:00:30.119
<v Speaker 7>end of the day, health inconsistency. I think there's just

1192
01:00:30.159 --> 01:00:32.559
<v Speaker 7>been a lack of consistency in the past.

1193
01:00:32.639 --> 01:00:32.800
<v Speaker 1>Rush.

1194
01:00:32.840 --> 01:00:35.480
<v Speaker 7>There's been games where they've been dominant, in games where

1195
01:00:35.519 --> 01:00:36.159
<v Speaker 7>they just can't win.

1196
01:00:36.159 --> 01:00:38.400
<v Speaker 6>They're one on ones, or they just miss sacks.

1197
01:00:38.199 --> 01:00:40.519
<v Speaker 7>That are right there to have, like they did against

1198
01:00:40.559 --> 01:00:44.199
<v Speaker 7>South Carolina that cost them the game. So very very

1199
01:00:44.239 --> 01:00:45.800
<v Speaker 7>talented room. They just got to go do it, or

1200
01:00:45.880 --> 01:00:47.880
<v Speaker 7>talented group, I should say, gotta go do it.

1201
01:00:48.280 --> 01:00:51.840
<v Speaker 1>Aaron Gershwan of the Cast Pause a Gershan ninety nine

1202
01:00:51.960 --> 01:00:53.880
<v Speaker 1>is where you find him on Twitter or x and

1203
01:00:53.920 --> 01:00:56.559
<v Speaker 1>you find him in the pages of the Cast Pause

1204
01:00:56.639 --> 01:00:59.360
<v Speaker 1>and the Cast Pause Yearbook. You need to pick that

1205
01:00:59.480 --> 01:01:01.840
<v Speaker 1>up if you have already. Aaron, thank you. We will

1206
01:01:01.840 --> 01:01:06.400
<v Speaker 1>see you at practice all right. Up next. Olympic gold

1207
01:01:06.480 --> 01:01:10.880
<v Speaker 1>medalist Messi Russell, the former Kentucky Wildcat, and UK coach

1208
01:01:10.960 --> 01:01:14.679
<v Speaker 1>Lonnie Green, who was in Paris watching UK athletes win

1209
01:01:14.800 --> 01:01:18.159
<v Speaker 1>medal after medal. That's next on the Big Goo Insider

1210
01:01:18.199 --> 01:01:20.360
<v Speaker 1>six point thirty. Talk about to the Big Blo Insider

1211
01:01:20.559 --> 01:01:23.840
<v Speaker 1>earlier today, we got a chance to dive into campus

1212
01:01:23.880 --> 01:01:28.880
<v Speaker 1>traffic and here from olympians. Yeah, moving in the day,

1213
01:01:29.039 --> 01:01:32.159
<v Speaker 1>still happening. It started over the weekend, but shout out

1214
01:01:32.199 --> 01:01:35.480
<v Speaker 1>to UK campus police. They did a great job of

1215
01:01:35.559 --> 01:01:38.599
<v Speaker 1>funneling traffic in and out like they do every year,

1216
01:01:38.639 --> 01:01:40.079
<v Speaker 1>and we were able to get over to the Jim

1217
01:01:40.159 --> 01:01:44.800
<v Speaker 1>Green Track and Field facility named after the great Jim Green,

1218
01:01:44.880 --> 01:01:48.880
<v Speaker 1>the great sprinter, my buddy, who is one of the

1219
01:01:48.880 --> 01:01:51.719
<v Speaker 1>guys people really need to know about when it comes

1220
01:01:51.920 --> 01:01:54.760
<v Speaker 1>to the history of UK sports. So we got a chance,

1221
01:01:54.800 --> 01:01:59.719
<v Speaker 1>as I said, to talk Olympics with Massi Russell, Olympic

1222
01:01:59.800 --> 01:02:03.800
<v Speaker 1>cham in the one hundred meter hurdles, and Devin Charlton,

1223
01:02:04.119 --> 01:02:09.119
<v Speaker 1>a volunteer coach at UK two time Olympic finalist in

1224
01:02:09.159 --> 01:02:12.000
<v Speaker 1>the hundred hurdles she is from the Bahamas, and UK

1225
01:02:12.079 --> 01:02:15.800
<v Speaker 1>head coach Lonnie Green. So it was fun given all

1226
01:02:15.840 --> 01:02:20.920
<v Speaker 1>the success that Kentucky athletes had over in Paris, and

1227
01:02:21.639 --> 01:02:23.880
<v Speaker 1>got a chance to fire a lot of different kinds

1228
01:02:23.880 --> 01:02:28.519
<v Speaker 1>of questions at the athletes and the coach, and somebody

1229
01:02:28.559 --> 01:02:32.199
<v Speaker 1>asked Messiah Russell about the fact that, you know, you

1230
01:02:32.239 --> 01:02:35.960
<v Speaker 1>step into the starting blocks as an Olympian, you have

1231
01:02:36.039 --> 01:02:39.960
<v Speaker 1>trained all your life, and sometime in the next ten

1232
01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:42.639
<v Speaker 1>to twelve seconds, you're going to know are you an

1233
01:02:42.639 --> 01:02:46.960
<v Speaker 1>Olympic medalist? Are you a gold medalist? But she said,

1234
01:02:46.960 --> 01:02:50.079
<v Speaker 1>it's not like that. You don't think about all the

1235
01:02:50.159 --> 01:02:53.559
<v Speaker 1>hard work and all the years and years of preparation

1236
01:02:53.760 --> 01:02:57.280
<v Speaker 1>it took to get there. You think about that after

1237
01:02:57.320 --> 01:02:57.840
<v Speaker 1>the fact.

1238
01:02:57.960 --> 01:03:00.239
<v Speaker 8>So after it's all said and done, yes, And it's

1239
01:03:00.280 --> 01:03:03.360
<v Speaker 8>like I had a lot of losses that I had

1240
01:03:03.400 --> 01:03:04.920
<v Speaker 8>to go through, a lot of tears, a lot of

1241
01:03:04.920 --> 01:03:09.079
<v Speaker 8>long nights like that, you know, ended up coming to

1242
01:03:09.199 --> 01:03:12.239
<v Speaker 8>this moment, but you're not really well. For me, I

1243
01:03:12.280 --> 01:03:15.719
<v Speaker 8>wasn't really thinking about it until like afterwards, because for me,

1244
01:03:15.760 --> 01:03:19.320
<v Speaker 8>I like to stay in the moment and just kind of,

1245
01:03:19.400 --> 01:03:21.800
<v Speaker 8>you know, get the job done while I'm there. But

1246
01:03:21.840 --> 01:03:25.559
<v Speaker 8>when you do think about like the big picture, it

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<v Speaker 8>is like we work our whole entire lives for these

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<v Speaker 8>small amount of seconds. So that's why you just have

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<v Speaker 8>to make sure that you are doing the right things.

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<v Speaker 8>You are taking those lessons for what they are, because

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<v Speaker 8>once you're in that moment an opportunity, you have to

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<v Speaker 8>take advantage of it. And that's just where my mind was.

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<v Speaker 1>And the head coach, Lonnie Green kind of chimed in

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<v Speaker 1>by saying, you know, you see the end result, you

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<v Speaker 1>see the smiles and the metals, but you need to

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<v Speaker 1>go back and think about how hard these kids work

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<v Speaker 1>just to get there.

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<v Speaker 9>It was good to see the hard work, you know,

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<v Speaker 9>actually pay off, see it come to fuition for these

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<v Speaker 9>young people.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I think when.

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<v Speaker 9>People see the finished product, they they make it look

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<v Speaker 9>so easy, but in reality, there's a whole lot of work,

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<v Speaker 9>the whole lot of time they put into it. You know,

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<v Speaker 9>for these babies. You know, you're looking at training for

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<v Speaker 9>four years just to run for twelve seconds. You know,

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<v Speaker 9>that's a lot. That's a commitment.

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<v Speaker 1>Russell at one point talked about the tough times, the

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<v Speaker 1>sleepless nights, the tears, and I followed up on that

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<v Speaker 1>because I said, you know, we do see the end

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<v Speaker 1>results the photos tv uh, you know, biting the metal,

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<v Speaker 1>all that stuff, but we never think fans media about

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01:04:34.079 --> 01:04:37.239
<v Speaker 1>tough times and I asked her to take us through

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<v Speaker 1>some of that, take us behind the curtain on what

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<v Speaker 1>the tough times are like, and she talked about the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that obviously you can't win every time, and it

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<v Speaker 1>becomes a real mental game, a mental.

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<v Speaker 8>Battle, like you have to go through those failures, you

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<v Speaker 8>have to go through those tough times, those uncomfortable moments.

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<v Speaker 8>Because last year when I used to run, I mean

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<v Speaker 8>I broke the Cocleusive record indoor, I told Coach Green,

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<v Speaker 8>like after I started to overthink everything, like surprisingly, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 8>how did I do that? What do I need to do?

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01:05:05.199 --> 01:05:06.280
<v Speaker 8>What do I need to fix? How do I get

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<v Speaker 8>back to that? So like when I ran to SECS,

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<v Speaker 8>it was like I kind of found it again and

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<v Speaker 8>then I won, and then I was like all right,

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<v Speaker 8>I was like living in fear of not performing to that.

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<v Speaker 8>So that's when I came up short at n C

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<v Speaker 8>Doublea's and then I broke the Cleegesic record again outdoor.

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<v Speaker 8>I had the talent, I had the capability, but it

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<v Speaker 8>didn't show up when it needed to because I didn't believe.

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<v Speaker 8>I was living in fear of what if I'm not

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<v Speaker 8>this athlete again, rather than just like being in the

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<v Speaker 8>moment and just allowing what God has for me, like wherever,

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<v Speaker 8>like I said, wherever the chips falls, where it falls.

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<v Speaker 8>I can't force or create anything that wasn't there. So

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<v Speaker 8>I'm just glad that I went through those opportunities to

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<v Speaker 8>come second place and to lose and to come up short.

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<v Speaker 8>You know, I mean it was it was heartbreaking when

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<v Speaker 8>you know that you have the fastest cleechure time ever

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<v Speaker 8>but you don't put it together on that day. So

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, I'm an Olympic Goo medalist now, and I

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01:06:00.239 --> 01:06:03.480
<v Speaker 8>mean I had to go through those losses to be

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<v Speaker 8>having this conversation with you, So I mean, I'm blessed

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01:06:06.239 --> 01:06:08.440
<v Speaker 8>and thankful for it, even though it was uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>At the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously, as a veteran coach, he was successful at Purdue

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01:06:12.440 --> 01:06:17.519
<v Speaker 1>before coming to Kentucky. Lonnie Green has worked with so

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<v Speaker 1>many great athletes, and it's not all about patting him

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<v Speaker 1>on the back after they win. He said, he has

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01:06:23.719 --> 01:06:26.480
<v Speaker 1>had to put his arm around a lot of athletes

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<v Speaker 1>through the tough times.

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<v Speaker 9>If she would permit me to tell a story of

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01:06:30.519 --> 01:06:33.199
<v Speaker 9>the NCAA Championship indors, you know, and she lost the

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01:06:33.239 --> 01:06:34.960
<v Speaker 9>meat she lost to meet by like two one hundreds

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<v Speaker 9>of a second, and then she went into the bathroom.

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<v Speaker 9>I had to send Devin to go get I said, Devin,

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01:06:38.679 --> 01:06:40.519
<v Speaker 9>go get her, because I couldn't follow him, you know

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<v Speaker 9>what I mean. And when she was done, I looked

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01:06:42.079 --> 01:06:44.559
<v Speaker 9>out and saw you done, and so you done? You're done?

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<v Speaker 9>Are you done? I said, you can't. You can't call

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01:06:46.800 --> 01:06:48.639
<v Speaker 9>that back. You can't un ring that bell. Now we

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01:06:48.679 --> 01:06:50.159
<v Speaker 9>gotta get ready for the next event, you know what

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<v Speaker 9>I mean. And she said to me, court me if

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<v Speaker 9>I'm wrong, correct me, if I'm wrong. I just want

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<v Speaker 9>to cry because I didn't lose. I just want to

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<v Speaker 9>cry it. So, okay, cry and pick it up, pick

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<v Speaker 9>it back up.

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<v Speaker 5>But we still got a mind. Really, we got running.

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<v Speaker 9>She was a part of the relay, you know. So

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<v Speaker 9>it's just I think it's just it's it's just the

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01:07:04.920 --> 01:07:08.039
<v Speaker 9>rigors of competition. It's just the things you go through

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01:07:08.480 --> 01:07:10.840
<v Speaker 9>when you're competing, you know, the ups and downs, you know.

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<v Speaker 9>I think that's one of the reasons. I think you

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<v Speaker 9>see people shed a tear when they on the on

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01:07:14.920 --> 01:07:16.480
<v Speaker 9>the on the metal stand, you know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 9>Because in that moment when they when they're recognized for

1339
01:07:19.679 --> 01:07:22.360
<v Speaker 9>what they've accomplished. It all just comes flooding back in

1340
01:07:22.440 --> 01:07:25.079
<v Speaker 9>and like jingle bells. I gave up all of this,

1341
01:07:26.199 --> 01:07:28.199
<v Speaker 9>you know, all of everything I've given up for this

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01:07:28.280 --> 01:07:30.440
<v Speaker 9>moment right here now it's actually reality.

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<v Speaker 1>UK athletes, current and former, when it came to collecting

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01:07:35.280 --> 01:07:39.559
<v Speaker 1>medals in Paris did better than most countries in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>It was amazing. UK athletes kept racking them up. And

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<v Speaker 1>Ronnie Green, of course a guy who goes out to

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01:07:47.679 --> 01:07:50.599
<v Speaker 1>recruit athletes. He talked about the fact that he didn't

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01:07:50.599 --> 01:07:54.119
<v Speaker 1>have to fire off many text messages. Recruits were texting

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01:07:54.239 --> 01:07:58.800
<v Speaker 1>him about perhaps competing at UK. He was loving it.

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<v Speaker 9>I guess that mixed bag, you know, because you know

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01:08:01.400 --> 01:08:03.199
<v Speaker 9>you always want, you want, you want all your babies

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01:08:03.199 --> 01:08:06.519
<v Speaker 9>to perform exceedingly well. But just to know that, you know,

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01:08:06.719 --> 01:08:09.760
<v Speaker 9>you had Sidney mcloughlinstead of world's record, to know that

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01:08:09.920 --> 01:08:13.119
<v Speaker 9>Jasmine being the Olympic champion, the former Olympic champion, was

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<v Speaker 9>a bronze medalist up in the side win the hundred hurdles,

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01:08:16.880 --> 01:08:19.439
<v Speaker 9>and then to have Daniel Roberts get silver, who ran

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<v Speaker 9>for me here when I ran when I under my

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01:08:21.680 --> 01:08:24.000
<v Speaker 9>tenure in the men's once ten hurdles. You know that's

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<v Speaker 9>you know some schools call themselves hurdle you I would,

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<v Speaker 9>I would surmise. The Lord knows, I'm not the type

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<v Speaker 9>of guy to get get prideful or anything like.

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<v Speaker 5>That, but I would.

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<v Speaker 9>I would say we could votes that we are the

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<v Speaker 9>University of Kentucky is.

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<v Speaker 1>Hurdle you Assia Russell class of twenty twenty three, but

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01:08:41.800 --> 01:08:48.520
<v Speaker 1>still considers yourself a wildcat happy for all Kentucky athletes

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<v Speaker 1>in Paris.

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<v Speaker 8>I think it was more of a thought afterwards, just

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01:08:52.359 --> 01:08:57.319
<v Speaker 8>to see how great Kentucky's legacy is and has been,

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<v Speaker 8>and I'm glad that I'm still holding that throne super strong.

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<v Speaker 8>It just means a lot, like the fact that I

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01:09:03.359 --> 01:09:07.359
<v Speaker 8>won this Olympics, and then Jasmine won the last Olympics,

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01:09:07.439 --> 01:09:11.600
<v Speaker 8>and then Sydney won both this year and in twenty

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01:09:11.680 --> 01:09:14.479
<v Speaker 8>twenty Slash twenty twenty one. So it's just a great

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01:09:14.520 --> 01:09:17.920
<v Speaker 8>honor to be able to continue to hold that legacy

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01:09:18.000 --> 01:09:18.479
<v Speaker 8>so strong.

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<v Speaker 1>As Messiah Russell, she was the first UK athlete who

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01:09:22.800 --> 01:09:31.000
<v Speaker 1>really jumped on nil had a gazillion followers and I

1379
01:09:31.199 --> 01:09:33.520
<v Speaker 1>talked to her about that. She said she was just

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<v Speaker 1>happy to take all her followers on this journey with her,

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<v Speaker 1>So a lot of smiles from her, from her teammates,

1382
01:09:41.800 --> 01:09:45.239
<v Speaker 1>current and former, and from the head coach. One final

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01:09:45.359 --> 01:09:48.079
<v Speaker 1>look at the medals, and it seemed like every time

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01:09:48.199 --> 01:09:50.560
<v Speaker 1>you turned on the TV or looked at the internet

1385
01:09:50.640 --> 01:09:54.159
<v Speaker 1>or whatever, they were talking about another Kentucky athlete, UK

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01:09:54.359 --> 01:09:59.279
<v Speaker 1>athlete with the medal Eleven Wildcats with thirteen medals, nine gold,

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01:09:59.680 --> 01:10:04.439
<v Speaker 1>two silver, and two bronze. If you use the formula

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01:10:04.600 --> 01:10:07.119
<v Speaker 1>for the medal table where the medals count as one

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01:10:07.199 --> 01:10:09.960
<v Speaker 1>no matter how many athletes run a single team, Kentucky

1390
01:10:10.000 --> 01:10:13.479
<v Speaker 1>would have ten medals, six goal, two silver, and two bronze.

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01:10:14.119 --> 01:10:16.760
<v Speaker 1>But if they were on the national medals table, like

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<v Speaker 1>I said, the ten total would rank twenty first and

1393
01:10:20.880 --> 01:10:25.760
<v Speaker 1>six goals would rank fourteenth in the world. So just

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01:10:25.840 --> 01:10:31.399
<v Speaker 1>an incredible contribution to the USA's world leading medal count

1395
01:10:31.439 --> 01:10:34.560
<v Speaker 1>of one hundred and forty goals. I'm sorry, forty goals,

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01:10:34.760 --> 01:10:39.640
<v Speaker 1>one hundred and twenty six total medals. Seven Wildcats responsible

1397
01:10:39.680 --> 01:10:42.960
<v Speaker 1>for six goals team medals counting is one medal. Of course,

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01:10:43.800 --> 01:10:46.279
<v Speaker 1>you had one goal for the three Cats on the

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01:10:46.439 --> 01:10:50.920
<v Speaker 1>US men's basketball team. Bam Adebayo Devin Booker, Anthony Davis,

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01:10:51.520 --> 01:10:53.560
<v Speaker 1>and one medal for the two or on the women's

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01:10:53.600 --> 01:10:58.319
<v Speaker 1>four by four hundred Sidney McLaughlin, Lebron and Alexa's Holmes.

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01:10:58.920 --> 01:11:03.640
<v Speaker 1>Five Cats winning six medals in track and field, foreign basketball,

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01:11:04.279 --> 01:11:08.760
<v Speaker 1>one medaled in volleyball, and one league keeper who actually

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01:11:08.840 --> 01:11:11.680
<v Speaker 1>competed at Notre Dame but she's in the UK MED

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01:11:11.760 --> 01:11:16.720
<v Speaker 1>school actually won two goals in fencing. Believe it or not,

1406
01:11:16.960 --> 01:11:22.840
<v Speaker 1>SEC competitors at the Olympics, UK second on the SEC

1407
01:11:23.560 --> 01:11:28.960
<v Speaker 1>medal table does not count lee keepers two goals. UK

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01:11:30.159 --> 01:11:34.039
<v Speaker 1>and the SEC schools don't compete in fencing at the

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01:11:34.119 --> 01:11:38.640
<v Speaker 1>varsity level. Twenty four UK student athletes, alumni and coaches

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01:11:38.760 --> 01:11:44.840
<v Speaker 1>represented nine different countries across six sports at the Olympic

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<v Speaker 1>Games earlier this month. Just incredible what they have done

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<v Speaker 1>there and the program they have now. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>today was the first chance I had to go to

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01:11:59.319 --> 01:12:04.960
<v Speaker 1>the Jim Green Track facility. It's fantastic. I was out

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01:12:05.000 --> 01:12:07.600
<v Speaker 1>of town when they dedicated it and I hated the

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01:12:07.720 --> 01:12:10.119
<v Speaker 1>fact that I missed it. But now you'll see even

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01:12:10.239 --> 01:12:15.239
<v Speaker 1>more pictures up of all the Olympians I mentioned. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>put up leaue keeper's picture. But Sidney McLaughlin with the

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01:12:19.960 --> 01:12:23.239
<v Speaker 1>gold and the hurdles and the relay Messih Russell with

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01:12:23.359 --> 01:12:27.079
<v Speaker 1>the golden one hundred hurdles. Daniel Roberts gets silver in

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01:12:27.119 --> 01:12:31.560
<v Speaker 1>the one ten hurdles. Avery Skinner, the former volleyball wildcat,

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01:12:31.640 --> 01:12:36.920
<v Speaker 1>gets silver with Team USA. Jasmine Camacho Quinn got the

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<v Speaker 1>bronze for Puerto Rico. She carried a flag for her

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01:12:40.079 --> 01:12:43.760
<v Speaker 1>home country. Ryan Howard gets a bronze four three on

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01:12:43.880 --> 01:12:48.359
<v Speaker 1>three basketball. Very cool and I enjoyed the Olympics. I've

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01:12:48.399 --> 01:12:51.119
<v Speaker 1>always wanted to cover one. Annie Green said this was

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<v Speaker 1>his fifth. I don't know. LA's four years away. Who knows.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll come back and talk college football. Who belongs in

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01:12:59.840 --> 01:13:03.560
<v Speaker 1>the playoff? Yep, the discussions are already underway. You're on

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<v Speaker 1>the Big bulld Sider six thirty WLAP Welcome Back, final

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<v Speaker 1>segment of our show. I mentioned college football begins this

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<v Speaker 1>week and it's actually Thursday. There are four top twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five teams in action on Thursday night. Western Carolina's at

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01:13:18.800 --> 01:13:22.800
<v Speaker 1>nc State number twenty two, Murray State future Kentucky opponent

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01:13:23.279 --> 01:13:26.680
<v Speaker 1>at number eleven Missouri. So Marktopson Company will study that

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01:13:26.760 --> 01:13:30.119
<v Speaker 1>one hard Lyndon wood Is at number twenty four Kansas

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01:13:30.600 --> 01:13:35.760
<v Speaker 1>and Southern Utah at number thirteen. Utah sixteenth ranked. Oklahoma

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01:13:36.079 --> 01:13:40.760
<v Speaker 1>now of the SEC, plays Friday night against Temple at home.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a seven o'clock start, then the noonkick on Saturday

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01:13:45.239 --> 01:13:49.359
<v Speaker 1>with Georgia and Clemson. Georgia rank number one, Clemson ranked

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01:13:49.800 --> 01:13:53.479
<v Speaker 1>number fourteen. I was listening to one of the college

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01:13:53.520 --> 01:13:56.880
<v Speaker 1>football talk shows on the radio earlier today and I

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01:13:56.960 --> 01:14:02.319
<v Speaker 1>heard Chris Childers and Rick Neuheisel talking on Serious XM Radio,

1444
01:14:02.439 --> 01:14:08.279
<v Speaker 1>and they were discussing the college football Playoff. And all

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01:14:08.319 --> 01:14:11.079
<v Speaker 1>you can do right now, of course, is talk about it.

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01:14:11.760 --> 01:14:15.640
<v Speaker 1>But that's what the powers to be love about the

1447
01:14:15.720 --> 01:14:20.319
<v Speaker 1>college football Playoff because it generates interest, it generates discussion,

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01:14:20.840 --> 01:14:24.279
<v Speaker 1>and when people such as I or you or these

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01:14:24.359 --> 01:14:29.000
<v Speaker 1>guys are talking about college football, they're not talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL, and trust me, this all comes into play.

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<v Speaker 1>But new Heisel got into a topic about who belongs

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<v Speaker 1>in the playoff, and he started snipping around the edges

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<v Speaker 1>of an argument that I have made for years. And

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<v Speaker 1>I was one of those guys who didn't lose my

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<v Speaker 1>mind over the BCS. You should never vote. I think

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<v Speaker 1>a College champion they ought to play, but two teams

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01:14:59.800 --> 01:15:02.079
<v Speaker 1>were playing, and then four teams were playing, and now

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01:15:02.159 --> 01:15:04.680
<v Speaker 1>twelve teams are going to play. I always felt like

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<v Speaker 1>when they had two teams playing, there should have been

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<v Speaker 1>an additional game, in other words, a final four. So

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<v Speaker 1>I guess additionally Thember three games because I felt like

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01:15:15.159 --> 01:15:17.560
<v Speaker 1>there was always an argument over some team that was

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01:15:17.640 --> 01:15:20.279
<v Speaker 1>left out, and then again after the four teams, the

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01:15:20.399 --> 01:15:24.079
<v Speaker 1>fifth team was going to complain, which was inevitable, but

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<v Speaker 1>it didn't seem like that happened very often. But my

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<v Speaker 1>contention was and still is, that no matter how many

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<v Speaker 1>teams you take, there will be teams complaining about not

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<v Speaker 1>getting in. And people believed, honestly that twelve teams would

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<v Speaker 1>minimize that. My response is, no, that will double or

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<v Speaker 1>triple the amount of teams complaining. And here's why you

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<v Speaker 1>speak to new Heisl's point. He asked Childers, should a

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<v Speaker 1>team from the SEC or the Big Ten, arguably the

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<v Speaker 1>two toughest conferences, get into the playoff with only nine wins,

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<v Speaker 1>and Childers said yes, and new Heizels jumped on that

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<v Speaker 1>and said, well, that means the committee is totally giving

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<v Speaker 1>in to the two power conferences, which he said they

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<v Speaker 1>did not do with the fourteen playoff, And of course

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<v Speaker 1>my reaction was immediate, so was Childers, although he had

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<v Speaker 1>new Heidel's ear and I clearly did not. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>but look at the two conferences now, and he rattled

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01:16:37.279 --> 01:16:40.439
<v Speaker 1>off all the teams that have joined the Big Ten,

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<v Speaker 1>far more than have joined the SEC, but the two

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<v Speaker 1>that did make it a brutally tough conference, Oklahoma and Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>But look at all those teams from the West that

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01:16:53.079 --> 01:16:55.800
<v Speaker 1>came east and joined the Big Ten. If you win

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<v Speaker 1>nine games in the Big Ten, are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 1>You absolutely should at least be considered, not automatically taken.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, you can't do that. You win nine games

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<v Speaker 1>in the SEC unless you've got, thanks to the computer,

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01:17:11.840 --> 01:17:15.039
<v Speaker 1>a powder puff schedule in the league and some teams

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01:17:15.119 --> 01:17:21.520
<v Speaker 1>fall apart. Yeah, you belong, But my point is new

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<v Speaker 1>Heisl is already complaining, and he won't be the only one.

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<v Speaker 1>There'll be some team out there that's eleven and one

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<v Speaker 1>and it's left out because a nine and three SEC

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01:17:35.159 --> 01:17:38.880
<v Speaker 1>team or a nine and three Big Ten team will

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<v Speaker 1>go in. Team A will have the prettier record, Team

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<v Speaker 1>B will have the tougher road. It's gonna happen. It's

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<v Speaker 1>bound to happen, so just keep that in mind. You

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<v Speaker 1>may not have heard it here first, but I've been

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<v Speaker 1>beating this drum for a long time and I bring

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01:17:57.520 --> 01:17:59.399
<v Speaker 1>it up only because I get so tired of it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's going to happen, Trust me on that. Thanks to

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<v Speaker 1>my guests Aaron Gershan and Van Hile's congrats to the

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<v Speaker 1>UK Track program. That's it. Goodnight from the garage. In Lexingon,

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<v Speaker 1>life moves pretty fast.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't stop and look around once in a while.

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<v Speaker 8>You could miss it.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh,