WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.120 It's time for coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:08.880 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:11.199 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:12.000 we are. 5 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:15.480 Get off our show idiots. The kids are playing or 6 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:19.239 tail off countures are screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, 7 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:22.320 gold Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be. 8 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:24.039 Mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:27.920 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 10 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:28.600 kidding me? 11 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:29.559 Now? 12 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:30.800 Here's Nick coffee? 13 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:37.399 All right, good afternoon, and welcome in Coffee and Company. 14 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:37.920 That's us. 15 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:40.640 We are fueled bout Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 16 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:44.280 Appreciate you joining us here on a Wednesday afternoon. It 17 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:48.000 may sound as if I have just emerged from underwater, 18 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:50.479 but I can I can tell you that's that's not 19 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:53.799 the case. I am actually above water, but I'm not 20 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:58.399 in studio today. I am broadcasting remotely, and for the 21 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:02.039 most part, that's never been a huge issue. But if 22 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:06.599 there in fact is an issue, or you know, just 23 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:10.640 some difficulty, it is usually when we rely on a 24 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:14.840 setup that we are relying on today. So I'm kind 25 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:17.120 of in my own head here in regards to that 26 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:20.760 and usually it ends up working out. But I feel 27 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:23.560 like each time we are forced to rely on the 28 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.000 type of connectivity that we have right now. Each time 29 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:29.640 it's like a reminder you don't want to have to 30 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:31.439 do this again, Like you don't want to have to 31 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:34.719 ever be in the position to connect the way you're 32 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.200 connecting now. And I kind of feel like that's going 33 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:38.040 on as we speak. 34 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:40.959 But we sound great right now, nick, I will say that. 35 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:43.760 Okay, so right now when I'm speaking, when I when 36 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:45.920 I led the show and I just rolled in, it 37 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:47.599 didn't sound terrible. 38 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:50.200 Not at all. It sounded about as good as it 39 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:52.200 could have sounded, giving the circumstances. 40 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.599 Okay, okay, good. So here here's how it works. I 41 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:57.680 don't know why. Nobody knows why. 42 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:01.040 In fact, I'll give some kind of price to someone 43 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:03.879 if they can, if they can give us some information 44 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:08.479 into what would potentially cause this to happen, because I 45 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:12.280 can tell you this, for over a year we used 46 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.159 the same connection and didn't have this issue, And I 47 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:16.960 don't know what happened. I don't know if it was 48 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:20.599 an update, firmware I think that's the thing, or you've 49 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.039 heard of firmware. Yeah, I don't know, I don't know 50 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:26.159 what it was, but at some point it became an 51 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:30.719 issue to where whenever I'm rolling and we're connected, I mean, 52 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:33.240 you really would never know that we're not even in 53 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:39.039 the same studio together. But when it changed whenever there's 54 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:41.719 music being played from the studio, like when we're coming 55 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:45.080 back from break, or maybe whenever I've just been like 56 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:50.199 turned off and then turned on initially. And I'm talking 57 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:54.360 about you know, connectivity perverts, but it it it It's 58 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:57.000 like I got to come out from underwater to start talking, 59 00:02:57.199 --> 00:02:59.560 and you know, and within a couple of seconds, I've 60 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:03.680 emerged from water and I'm and it sounds normal. So 61 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:07.800 if I'm speaking and then John jumps in, like if 62 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:11.319 both of us are talking at the same time, it 63 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:13.360 it won't. 64 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:13.919 Let that happen. 65 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:16.000 Because a lot of times in radio, when we're in 66 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:18.120 the same studio and when we're connected with our other 67 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.560 comra system that I usually use, you could talk over 68 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:23.240 each other. And that's never good radio to talk over 69 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:25.280 each other. But there's a lot of natural talking with 70 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:28.000 you know, amongst each other, and it times over each 71 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:28.879 other to where. 72 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:31.199 You need that. So where if we both get to yap. 73 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:33.479 And at the same time, it'll just sound as if 74 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:36.879 one of us has been dunked underwater and we and 75 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:39.000 I don't mind saying this. Maybe I'm not supposed to, 76 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:42.039 but I don't care because that don't see, this is 77 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:43.599 not how we typically do it, but it is an 78 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:45.400 option when we connect this way. And we're only doing 79 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:47.840 it this way because we have to. We use a 80 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:51.120 program called on SIP. So I'm connected to our studio 81 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:55.759 with a service called on SIP. And again it worked 82 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:58.240 like a charm. I mean I never All I needed 83 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:01.400 was an Internet connection and no external equipment and I 84 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:02.840 could do the show every day from home. I did 85 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:05.479 it during the pandemic. Well at some point there was 86 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:08.439 some kind of a change. Uh, And and here's. 87 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:09.639 What I think, can I can I give you my. 88 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:14.879 Guess, John as to what happened Absolutely on sip the 89 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:18.399 way they initially rolled out what we were using. Believe 90 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:20.160 it or not, I'm sure they didn't cater to us 91 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:24.160 because their services are used for you know, boy, it's 92 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:29.360 it's basically connecting via phone and using you know, a 93 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:32.040 super strong connection to where it doesn't sound digital like 94 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:34.600 you are in fact on a phone. So you know, 95 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:37.040 it worked to where they didn't have something built in 96 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:43.279 that will well will quiet someone it. Basically there's there's 97 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:45.759 something set up to where it actually prevents people from 98 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:47.480 talking over each other, which is what you want. Like 99 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:49.279 if you ever been on a Zoom call and everybody's 100 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:50.800 talking and it doesn't it doesn't you can't like you 101 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:52.000 can't hear anybody. 102 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.000 Think I thought of whenever you were talking or this. 103 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:57.720 Yeah, so that's so they they on SIP was probably 104 00:04:57.879 --> 00:04:59.839 I mean, they've been around a long time. I don't 105 00:04:59.879 --> 00:05:02.319 know if Zoom was created during the pandemic, but we 106 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:04.800 all know it became a really really big deal during 107 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:08.079 the pandemic. And there's other providing Like I don't do 108 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.839 Skype still exist. I'm sure it does, right, John. 109 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:12.600 An't exists, but I don't know who uses it anymore. 110 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:14.560 Yeah, I haven't used a Skype. 111 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:17.519 I haven't been on Skype or seen somebody who's Skype 112 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.360 in a long long time. But there's Skype, and then 113 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:23.319 there's also stream Yard, but that's not for like business communication. 114 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:27.199 That's mostly just for recording podcasts or live streaming a 115 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:30.000 podcast with different platforms. So my guess is that they 116 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.759 were trying to keep up with the Joneses on SIP 117 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:36.600 was to where they would they wanted to add this 118 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.439 feature that would prevent people from talking over each other. 119 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.920 And what that did is it disabled the ability for 120 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:47.079 us to communicate at the same time without its sounding 121 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:49.480 as if And you, by the way, you never you're 122 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:52.040 not connected through Like when you hear John, you hear 123 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:55.279 the station that's coming through the typical setup of the 124 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:59.560 radio station. I'm connecting in on a source that uses 125 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:02.439 on set, So it's really just me that that ends 126 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:05.160 up sounding like that. So anyways, I'm sure we don't 127 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:06.480 sound as good as we typically do. 128 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:07.720 But here's what I. 129 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:09.360 Want to do today, John, Here's what I want to 130 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:11.560 do because I think this, I think this could work. 131 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.160 When we come back from break, you do your thing, 132 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:18.959 company man, John Aldeno, the Ones and two is bringing 133 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:20.160 us back with whatever. 134 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:20.399 You know. 135 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:23.120 I love being surprised with the different music that John 136 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:24.759 likes to give us throughout the show. A lot of 137 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:27.360 times it's just you know, whatever he's feeling from a 138 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:31.240 creative space or maybe something that is relative to what 139 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:33.720 has been discussed on the show. So when we come 140 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.759 back from break, you bring us back, but you know, 141 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:39.120 do it in a way that where people aren't under 142 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:42.360 the impression that you've taken my job, because you know, 143 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:44.759 I know you made a pretty good impression yesterday, and 144 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:45.600 I get a little insecure. 145 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:46.879 I don't want to lose my job. I got a 146 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:47.480 family to feed. 147 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.720 John, So you come back from break, you play the liner, 148 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:53.560 you say, just say, actually, do whatever you want. I'm 149 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.399 not going to try to get in your way creativity, 150 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:59.399 create a creativity creatively. I can't speak either. Again, I'm 151 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:01.000 in my own head. We have these kind of issues. 152 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:02.879 But John brings us back from break. He's let's just 153 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:05.360 give you an example. He's like, Hey, it's coffee and company. 154 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:09.279 Feel by Thornton's nix with us. I'm the company man, 155 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.600 but we're connected underwater today or say whatever. And then 156 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.079 once you fade the music and I hear that we've 157 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:18.839 got a millisecond of complete silence, then I'll emerge from 158 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:21.600 water and it won't sound as if you know, we 159 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:24.959 were already opening the segment with me six feet underwater. 160 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:26.279 You want to give that a shot, You. 161 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:27.879 Can give that a shot. It is what it is. 162 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.759 Because I try to be a perfectionist, and at times 163 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:33.680 it's really a fault of mine. Because there's a lot 164 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:38.199 of things that like, I won't pursue do creatively if 165 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:40.279 I don't think it sounds or looks perfect. That's just, 166 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:44.000 you know, a flaw of mine. So you know, the 167 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:45.839 most one of the most important. Like if you are 168 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:48.120 coming back from break and somebody's never heard your show, 169 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:50.480 if they hear, oh these guys, man, they must suck. 170 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:52.959 They don't even let them broadcast above water, Like these 171 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:56.800 costumers really really be lousy. So it's probably not a 172 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:58.560 big deal. It's never been as big of a deal 173 00:07:58.600 --> 00:07:59.800 as I make it out to be. But I know 174 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:03.639 how I am. It consumes me and it's led the 175 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:05.639 first ten minutes of this show, which really isn't good 176 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:07.959 for anybody. But I feel like in order for us 177 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:14.040 to minimize this uh underwater version of Coffee and Company 178 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:17.199 that you occasionally get, I feel like you bringing us 179 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:20.199 back from break, well one give you more reps. You're 180 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:22.600 you're gonna you're gonna kill it, and that way we 181 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:24.759 just we minimize it as best as possible. So that's 182 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:27.279 not okay, down, Well, I'll do whatever for the sake 183 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:27.680 of the show. 184 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:29.199 That's why I'm the company man right. 185 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:32.399 Perfectly said, could not have said it better. That's why 186 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.840 you are the company man. You're exactly right, all right again. 187 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:37.600 It is coffee and Company above water right now, and 188 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:40.279 we are fueled by Thornton's here on a Wednesday afternoon. 189 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.200 Appreciate you guys joining us. Just know you can take 190 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:44.159 us with you wherever you go. Listen live on the 191 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:47.519 iHeart Radio app. Listen live at seven dot com. I'm 192 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:49.399 gonna rely on the text line a lot today because 193 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:52.080 I'm gonna be straight up with you guys. I'm always prepared. 194 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:53.559 I got a lot of things I could yap about. 195 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.919 You could put me in front of this microphone without 196 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:59.000 me having any you know, formal sitting in front of 197 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:01.559 a you know, sitting in front of a computer preparation, 198 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:03.320 and I've you know, I can play the hits, I 199 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:05.120 can keep it rolling. But I do want to rely 200 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:08.320 on the text line a lot today because I neglect 201 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:10.200 you guys at times, and I've had a lot of 202 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:12.120 time in the last twenty four to forty eight hours 203 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:14.799 to you know, reflect, and I need to be more 204 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:16.159 mindful of the text line. 205 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:17.559 So keep them coming. 206 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:19.960 Five O two six five three zero seven ninety Ellen 207 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:22.559 n Federal Credit Union text Line members get more at 208 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:24.720 Ellenn Federal Credit Union. You can learn more and open 209 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:28.919 your account today at LLENFCU dot com. We'll see what 210 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:30.919 we get on the phone lines today. I will encourage 211 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:32.759 you to give it a shot. But again, if we're 212 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:36.240 going back and forth with this type of connection, you know, 213 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:38.519 it could be a lot of you know, you dunking 214 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:41.679 me under water and then me coming above water to react. 215 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:43.840 So text line is always the best way to interact. 216 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:45.679 I always tell people that, I mean, we do encourage 217 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:48.639 phone calls and we'll see what we get. But yeah, 218 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:50.279 plenty of ways for you guys to be a part 219 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:52.519 of the show today. Today's one of those days where 220 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:58.080 whenever I pop open Twitter and it's it's got to 221 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.720 be a me thing on my Twitter settings, my x settings, 222 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:05.200 and that is that it defaults to the for you 223 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:07.840 rather than the following. Because I actually think I did 224 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:11.480 without realizing it is I punched this microphone here. I 225 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:15.600 do spend more time on the for you than the following, 226 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:18.240 and I think I actually at times find the for 227 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:21.200 you a little more useful than the following, which makes 228 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:24.039 me a hypocrite, because I think one of the best 229 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:27.720 things Twitter has going is it is a real organic timeline. 230 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:30.759 If you go to the following section of the platform, 231 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:33.720 now you're going to see ads mixed in there, but 232 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:35.919 nothing like honestly with people can say what they want 233 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.039 about elon Musk and X and Twitter and whatnot. It 234 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:42.799 has given us the ability to control what we see 235 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:45.799 on the platform. You can't do that on Facebook. You 236 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:47.960 can't do that on Instagram. They tell you you can, 237 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:49.759 but you're still going to be bombarded. In fact, it's 238 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:52.440 a really good write up I saw yesterday about what 239 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:56.320 really what Facebook and Instagram have turned into in regards 240 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:58.840 to like what you see, I mean everybody's I mean 241 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.120 it's the same thing you do. See someone that you 242 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:04.559 know posts something, then it's an ad for something that 243 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:07.000 you probably searched. Then it's the people you may know. 244 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:10.320 Then it is reels that they show for you to 245 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:12.480 check out. Like you know, they're controlling what you see. 246 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:17.120 Any you know, organically growing your brand via those platforms, 247 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:18.879 it's just not what it once was. And by the way, 248 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:21.480 ex is getting there in regards to like how you 249 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:24.120 can grow, But as far as the timeline itself and 250 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:25.799 what you see, they still let you for the most 251 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:28.559 part controlled it better than anybody. But anyways, I've always 252 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.360 wanted a real timeline. But again I'm a hypocrite because 253 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.480 I think for you helps me. Like if I've been 254 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:35.960 away from Twitter for a few hours, if I pop 255 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:37.559 it open and go to the for You, more often 256 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:40.120 than not, I'm going to see something that is newsworthy 257 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:41.799 to me. Then I'm like, oh wow, I missed this 258 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:44.360 when I was away from the platform. Now I can 259 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.399 you know. Now I can read about it and maybe 260 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:48.000 talk about it on the show. That kind of stuff. 261 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:49.720 But anyways, today when I go to the for You, 262 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:55.960 outside of everybody discussing the election, I see that there's 263 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.480 a ton of back and forth between Louisville and Kentucky fans. 264 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:02.679 Most most people I don't follow, by the way, So 265 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:04.600 again the four you will show you people that you 266 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:07.639 don't follow, But it's people that they may think you're 267 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:11.039 interested in their content, interested in what they're saying. And 268 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:13.200 it's not that I am that interested in it, but hey, 269 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.120 they know me right. Louisville and Kentucky, the rivalry, that's 270 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:18.480 something that I consume quite a bit. So the back 271 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.600 and forth, once again about strength of schedule, one that 272 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:23.600 tells me that we are, in fact getting closer and 273 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:27.559 closer to real football because you know, we've exhausted all 274 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:32.000 different ways of discussing the upcoming season, so now the 275 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:35.159 rivals are going back and forth. And because we don't 276 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:37.039 play until the end of the season and we know 277 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:38.759 we won't be able to find out until the end 278 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:39.519 of November. 279 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:41.639 The one way to you know, at this point. 280 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:43.440 The way to go back and forth, other than Kentucky 281 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:46.120 being able to continue to say they've got bragging rights, 282 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:49.279 which they do. You've got people talking strength to schedule, 283 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:51.360 and I don't want to tell you that I don't 284 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:53.799 have the energy for it, because I always do when 285 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:56.279 it comes to back and forth with Kentucky fans and whatnot. 286 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.360 But I'm going to give Louisville fans some advice when 287 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:03.080 it comes to the strength of schedule situation with Kentucky 288 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:08.159 fans because you know, I don't think you're sensitive if 289 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:10.799 you want to chirp back when you know you've had 290 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:12.919 a good year. You know you were a good program, 291 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:18.440 a better program historically. But all they throw at you is, well, 292 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:21.600 you ain't play nobody you play in the acc I mean, 293 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:24.879 Kentucky fans are convinced that Trinity High School would beat 294 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:27.279 anybody in the ACC. That's how they act in that 295 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:30.320 and it's a complex that they have because they have 296 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:32.799 nothing to show for their existence in their own conference. 297 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:36.159 And you know, one of their ways to feel better 298 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:38.399 about themselves they can't look among their peers in their 299 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:41.840 league because they're middle of a pack at best in 300 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:42.279 that league. 301 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:42.960 That's the ceiling. 302 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:45.080 I'm not even sure the ceiling is that high now 303 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:47.840 considering the fact that their league just got better and 304 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:51.120 some teams that they used to be equal to or 305 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:54.960 better than, are now either equal or better than them. 306 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:58.320 So one of the ways Kentucky football has felt better 307 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:01.639 about themselves and really kind of created a new brand 308 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.200 is that one they no longer suck. 309 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:05.080 They don't. 310 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:07.120 They're not a bad I mean, they are a good, 311 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:09.320 solid program, There's no doubt about that. And they had 312 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:10.960 a couple of years where they were pretty damn good, 313 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:14.759 especially considering what they've always been, so you know, with 314 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:17.039 that they can put together. I mean, even when they 315 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:19.000 have a ten win season, at the end of the day, 316 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:21.159 what do they really have to show for it. They 317 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:23.360 didn't really beat any they didn't have any monumental wins 318 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:23.759 along the. 319 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:26.600 Way, but they beat their rival. They've beat their rival. 320 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:29.919 Consistently for the last I don't know, six seven years, 321 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:32.879 and that that that, you know, is the cherry on 322 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:35.600 top of them, right because they you know, And I'm 323 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:37.759 not saying that it shouldn't be like anybody who acts 324 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:39.600 like all who cares just another game, Like those are 325 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:41.919 people I don't want to be in a rivalry with. 326 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:44.480 Why It's always been my pet peeve. Why do we 327 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:47.600 not embrace the fact that we hate each other? And yeah, 328 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:50.679 beating them feels better than beating just about anybody, Like, 329 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:52.559 I don't know why there's that insecurity to say that 330 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:54.360 when it's true, Like I know it didn't have anything 331 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:56.200 to do with conference standings. I know it doesn't have 332 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.960 anything to do honestly with anything. Usually that game means 333 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:03.080 nothing to either team when it comes to a bowl 334 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:08.120 game or you know, a playoff appearance. It's usually just 335 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:11.120 about bragging rights, and that stuff matters a lot when 336 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.000 it comes to a rivalry. So what I'm getting at 337 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:16.480 is they have this complex of like, well, you know, 338 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.960 we even when we are really good for our historical standard, 339 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:24.120 there's really not much else to show for it. We 340 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:26.799 usually finished three and five or four and four in 341 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:29.480 our league, despite getting seven wins in the regular season, 342 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:31.799 and then again they had two ten win seasons which 343 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:33.399 were special. But you go back and look at that 344 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:35.399 from top to bottom. The one year they did have 345 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:37.120 a I mean, that was a big, big year form 346 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:39.000 not just for who they were, but they ended up 347 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:41.960 beating was it they beat Penn State in that bowl game? 348 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:44.120 That was a good win form like that is a notable, 349 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:46.759 memorable season, maybe one of the best ever for them. 350 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:50.000 And then you know, since then, you know, they've been 351 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:52.120 kind of average. They did have another ten win season 352 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:54.679 that has since been vacated, but even that year, you know. 353 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:56.320 Hard to say that that. 354 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.799 They can't control it, right, They happen to run into 355 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:01.840 LSU when they fired at they happened to, you know, 356 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:06.440 beat Florida whenever. You know, was that Dan Mullins last 357 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:09.879 year and then he got canned after he lost to Kentucky. Again, 358 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:12.120 they can't control that. Those teams probably were expected to 359 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.320 be pretty good and they just weren't. So I don't 360 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:16.480 know why Louisville fans go back and forth. Again, part 361 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:19.200 of me says, well, no brainer, it's because it's a rivalry, 362 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.799 and you're always going to go back and forth and 363 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:24.519 be caddy and be petty with the other side. But 364 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:29.200 like Louisville fans need to understand that Kentucky will always 365 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:30.960 be able to for the most part, be able to 366 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:32.399 hold it over our head. At the end of the year, 367 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:35.320 they played a tougher schedule because of their conference. Their 368 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:39.480 conference is better than ours, it's not questionable. So what 369 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:42.600 it usually comes down to is, you know, did they 370 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:45.120 have a season where they played anybody in the non conference? Well, 371 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:47.000 they never do, and the only time they ever have 372 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:50.000 a non conference notable opponent is when Louisvill's pretty good. 373 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:53.879 So just accept the fact that they bring up the 374 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:57.720 schedule because it's one of the things they feel like 375 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:01.200 they can throw out there that solid defies them. That Yeah, 376 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.039 even the Louisville played in their conference championship, even the 377 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:07.359 Louisville's been in two BCS Bowl games, even though Louisville 378 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.839 has a Heisman Trophy winner, even the Louisville historian. You know, 379 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:13.480 in the modern era of college football, since they stopped 380 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:16.720 playing with leather helmets, Louisville has been a better program. 381 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:21.960 And it's not that Louisvill's become, you know, like a juggernaut. 382 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:25.319 Trust me, they're not. But Kentucky has been a bottom 383 00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:27.759 feeder of the SEC historically. They're not that now and 384 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:31.440 that has since changed, There's no doubt about that. But like, 385 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:35.440 don't let their oh, well, that the reason that they have, 386 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:38.319 the reason Lamar Jackson won the Heisman trophies because he 387 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:40.319 played in the ACC and it's like a high school 388 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:42.799 league and he put up big numbers against like all 389 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.359 the high school teams and that's why he got Heisman 390 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.519 just because of the conference. 391 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.400 That's the thing. 392 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:49.319 The conference is so bad. That's why they win games. 393 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:51.519 That's how they have these all these accomplishments because they're 394 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:53.559 com And now again I'm willing to acknowledge that if 395 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.920 in fact Louisville played in the SEC and had a 396 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:58.759 tougher schedule, would they have had seasons where they found 397 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:01.799 themselves in the Sugar Bowl or the Orange Bowl. 398 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.279 We'll never know. 399 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:04.200 I mean, I happen to think that they had a 400 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:05.799 couple of teams that were really good that could have 401 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:10.559