WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.480 Sports Talk seven ninety. Holy crap, I don't know who 3 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:12.000 the hell we think when we are. 4 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:15.439 Get off our show, idiot, the kids are crying or 5 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:15.919 turn off. 6 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:17.559 Your cultures are screwing it up. 7 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:18.640 Gold Play Inner. 8 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:22.199 Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be 9 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.760 mature adults, but they're really not. Who's the kid here? 10 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:27.640 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:29.519 Are you kidding me? Now? 12 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:46.079 Here's Nick Coffee. All right, let's get this party started. 13 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:47.479 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome in. 14 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:51.039 We made it. We made it to the end of 15 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:51.799 the week. That's right. 16 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:55.880 It is a Friday edition of Coffee and Company. Get 17 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:57.679 you set for the weekend. Maybe the weekend hasn't quite 18 00:00:57.679 --> 00:00:59.240 a arrived for you yet, but I'm sure it'll be 19 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:02.280 here soon at least. So and uh, thank you guys 20 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.400 for hanging out with us. Vib's pretty good here for 21 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:07.239 me on a Friday. I mean, we'll start with how 22 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:11.840 Halloween worked out great? How about Mother Nature having some 23 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:15.120 compassion at least for where I was. I don't know, 24 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:18.719 maybe it did rain elsewhere, but we had our little 25 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:20.599 get together which it turned into a big get together. 26 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.000 A lot of people at the house last night. Good times, 27 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:26.280 and everybody brought like a dish, so like we all 28 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:29.680 kind of ate and it was raining but nothing crazy, 29 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:33.200 just you know that consistent light rain. The best way 30 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.040 to describe it. As I mentioned yesterday, I imagine the levels 31 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:38.879 that you have for your windshiel wipers, like not the slowest, 32 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:41.599 but the second slowest. And then all of a sudden, 33 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:46.599 like right about seven o'clock, it stopped. So it was still, 34 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.000 you know, really wet outside, but the temperature was pretty 35 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.640 good and we didn't get wet, so worked out well. 36 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:54.640 And there was a ton of people out. I mean, 37 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:56.719 my neighborhood I think has kind of become the neighborhood 38 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:59.959 that everybody gets dropped off in because there are men 39 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:03.120 any many people who do it big, which is which 40 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:03.560 is awesome. 41 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:04.359 We really enjoy it. 42 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:06.879 But I was just thinking that because of the weather, 43 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:10.560 like especially right around six thirty it's when it got dark, 44 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.439 I mean, it wasn't looking good, but yet the kids 45 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:16.759 still enjoyed Halloween. Parents did as well, and shout out 46 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:19.840 to two of the folks in my neighborhood. I mean, 47 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:23.120 there was many people out handing out candy and you know, 48 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:26.120 enjoying Halloween night. But there were two different stops along 49 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:29.680 our journey last night where they had they had gifts, 50 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.319 not candy, but gifts treats if you will, for for 51 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:37.479 the adults. One house was given out fireball shots, which 52 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:39.560 it wasn't like one of those many It wasn't like 53 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:41.639 a mini mini bottle like the smallest ones, like the 54 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.159 you know, the airplane shooters, but it was like slightly 55 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:46.639 bigger than that, so it was a decent, decent shot. 56 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:50.400 And then another house was handing out beer. So I mean, 57 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:53.520 I feel like Halloween couldn't win any better on mind. 58 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:54.919 Did you guys have any trigger treaters? 59 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:57.639 No, And I mean there were some around the neighborhood 60 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:00.199 as there typically are, but just because of the you know, 61 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.800 the weather, and it was still raining whenever I got 62 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:06.360 back to my house, and the Halloween vibes weren't as 63 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:09.400 on point as they usually usually are in my neck 64 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:09.800 of the woods. 65 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:13.400 Yeah, and I would say, I mean, it's it's pretty 66 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:15.599 easy to just say, yeah, I guess I'm not gonna 67 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:18.159 trick or treat this year because it's been raining all 68 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:21.280 day and it might start raining again, and I've already 69 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:25.240 loaded up on candy from all the trunk or treats 70 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:28.039 my parents took me to. So you know, I could 71 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:30.479 see it being more of like a you know, most 72 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:32.000 of the kids, in fact, nearly all the kids that 73 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:34.680 were out trick or treating with us, you know, they're 74 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:37.439 younger to where they're not running off doing their own 75 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.680 thing with their friends. It's you know, young small kids. 76 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:42.560 So now that I think of it, most of the 77 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:44.759 kids out and about were younger with their parents, like 78 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:48.439 if you're you know, a teenager or you know, eleven twelve, like, 79 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:50.280 it probably was pretty easy to say, yeah, I'm just 80 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:52.400 gonna I got enough candy. I'm gonna stay inside and 81 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.000 watch my tablet or watch, you know, play video games 82 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:57.680 or something like that. But yeah, like just about everybody 83 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:01.479 that I have either talked to or just her discussing Halloween, 84 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:03.680 I know Shannon and Billy were talking about a little 85 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:06.280 bit this morning about how both of them very light 86 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:09.479 when it comes to the trigger treaters, which was it 87 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:11.080 was the exact opposite for me. So maybe I'm the 88 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:15.000 only one here talking about good vibes from Halloween. Although 89 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:17.439 my kids cleaned up all all the way around, like 90 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:19.480 from all the things we did, and then last night 91 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:22.319 and with inflation, I had to break the news to 92 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:26.160 Moose and De Maaya last night that you know, it's 93 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:28.399 out of my control, but the dad tax has gone 94 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:31.920 up ten percent to now fifteen percent. It's the economy. 95 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:34.160 It's you know, it's out of my hands. It's just 96 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:36.240 you know, it's part of it, all right. 97 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:38.560 I mean, the dad tex sounds like a wonderful thing. 98 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.800 Yeah, And I look, it's like whenever, you know, I 99 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:43.000 told her, told Maya. You know, look, it's just how 100 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:45.800 it is. You know, they were wondering why I wanted 101 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:47.639 their candy, and I'm like, look, it's just how this works. 102 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:50.199 And don't blame me the fact that it's gone up. 103 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:52.879 I'm now paying a lot more every time we take 104 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:54.439 you guys out to eat than I used to. It's just, 105 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:57.639 you know, it's just the way of life. But anyways, 106 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:01.160 good vibes here on a Friday. Let's keep that until 107 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:02.800 six o'clock because that's that's when we get out of here. 108 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:05.000 We're gonna have some fun over these next few hours. 109 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:10.120 And maybe it's just me, because I'd be a liar 110 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:11.639 if I told you that, man, I can you know, 111 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:15.720 everybody in town is talking about this Louisville game against 112 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:18.120 Clemson tomorrow and then winning for the first time ever 113 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:21.720 against Clemson and you know, doing the unthinkable knocking off 114 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:25.480 Dabbo and not the unthinkable for you know, anybody, but 115 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:27.639 like Louisville obviously they've never beat them, so it's not 116 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:29.959 Trust me, It's not like I'm trying to oversell it 117 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:34.079 as if like everybody's just expecting this massive win for Louisville. 118 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:36.759 But I get I mean, I feel like this is 119 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:39.199 a big I mean, it is a big game, and 120 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:41.879 kind of like when Miami came to town a couple 121 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:43.759 of weeks ago. You know, it's just nice to be 122 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.480 a part of games that you know are going to 123 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:50.319 get more eyeballs than you know, the majority of your games. 124 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:55.800 It's under the lights, great atmosphere. I mean, it's not 125 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:57.839 gonna be easy. It's gonna be a big challenge, no doubt. 126 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:01.120 But with that challenge comes a big opportunity, right Like 127 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:03.360 if you somehow were able to find a way to 128 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:06.639 put a full game together and get this win. I mean, 129 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:10.199 I don't want to get anybody's hopes up, but it 130 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.680 would be one of the biggest things that's happened to 131 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.519 Louisville football in a while. I feel like maybe I'm 132 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:18.240 giving Clemson a little too much credit, but you know, 133 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:22.399 despite them not being the same program they were for 134 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:25.399 about a four year window where they were either winning 135 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:29.079 the national championship or playing for the national championship. I mean, 136 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:32.120 when you think of them being down, they're down is 137 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.920 like still winning nine to ten games. I mean, in fact, 138 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:38.879 I remember initially on the initial drop off they're down 139 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:42.120 was well, they made the four team playoff, but they lost. 140 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:45.000 Like so, you know, this Clemson team, I think tomorrow 141 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:47.199 is a really good chance to see exactly where they are. 142 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:49.720 I mean, because they've been very impressive when it comes 143 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:51.560 to the numbers as far as how bad they're beating 144 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:55.279 teams and whatnot. But you know, this is easily the 145 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:59.519 biggest challenge that they've had since Georgia. And it's really 146 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:01.920 not even like could debate, like Dabo's saying it. You 147 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:03.920 look at their schedule and it's not like, again, this 148 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:06.040 is one of those things that makes me a little 149 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:08.480 more optimistic about the matchup is that you know, it's 150 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:13.120 not like you look at Louisville and think, well, yeah, clearly, Louisville, 151 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:13.839 they're so good. 152 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:14.920 That's why they're the best. 153 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.399 Team that Clemson's played since Week one. It's more so 154 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:21.240 because there's really no conversation to be had. There's not 155 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:23.639 anybody on their schedule they've played as up to right 156 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:26.639 now outside of Georgia, which they played in Week one, 157 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.160 that you would say is even a good team. So 158 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.279 when I say it gives me some optimism. It makes 159 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.480 me look at their results and realize that, yeah, it's impressive, 160 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:39.000 but it's tough to really know if it's because they're 161 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:41.120 that good or because they're just a good team that's 162 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:45.480 taking advantage of who's in front of them. So I'm 163 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:47.399 almost ready to say, you know, like they're gonna do 164 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:49.720 it now. Again, that wouldn't have any impact on the game, 165 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:53.279 but that's how that's how good I'm feeling about this 166 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:55.240 team right now. And again it's mostly just because of 167 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:57.480 what they did against Boston College, not because they beat them, 168 00:07:57.480 --> 00:07:59.000 but as I mentioned throughout the week, because of how 169 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.279 they did it. So what I do feel confident and 170 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:03.439 is that we're going to know right away, like not 171 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:06.199 if necessarily they were able to take something valuable from 172 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:08.439 the Boston College comeback, but like, are they going to 173 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:10.120 be in it, because you know, the atmosphere is going 174 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:12.439 to be insane, probably the best atmosphere any of these 175 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:18.240 guys have ever played in. And Clemson, maybe they strike first, 176 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:19.439 but like, if we get to the end of the 177 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:24.639 first quarter and it's and it's close competitive, maybe louis 178 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:26.519 has got a slight lead by a field goal or something, 179 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:29.360 or maybe maybe Clemson's up by a score, like. 180 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:31.079 If we if the if the if. 181 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:32.480 The first quarter is gonna be so important for me 182 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:35.159 because Louisville can't really dig a big hole and expect 183 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.720 to come back. And now I don't mean it'd be 184 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:40.000 great if they could come out and like strike first, 185 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:42.120 maybe get a scoop and score or something fluky that 186 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:45.120 gives them a little little edge, calms that stadium down, 187 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:46.799 That would be great. But I don't think they have 188 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.840 to get off to like a ten to ohero head 189 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:51.559 start to you know, be able to hold on and win. 190 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.840 I think if they go back and forth but it's 191 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.120 not necessarily a shootout like what we saw in the 192 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:58.600 second half against Miami, I think that's best case scenario. 193 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:03.120 But you could probably say this about a lot of 194 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:06.039 football games. But I feel like we're gonna know after 195 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:09.159 the first quarter if it's going to be, you know, 196 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:12.480 one of three things. Louisve is gonna get killed and 197 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:15.519 it's gonna be ugly the rest of the way, or 198 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:21.200 it's competitive and maybe they compete close and give themselves 199 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:24.080 a chance to win at the end, or you know, 200 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:27.120 maybe Louisville somehow does get off to a great start. 201 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:28.879 I mean, well, I think we'll know up to the 202 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:32.159 first quarter if we're gonna if we're gonna be in it, 203 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:36.080 and I'm hopeful that they will. But you know, it's 204 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:38.279 the intrigue of the unknown. I have no clue what 205 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:42.960 we're gonna get tomorrow. And that's that's that's exciting in 206 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.600 a way. It's not nerves. It's just you know, you've 207 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:49.879 already come up short three times. You've played good teams. 208 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:52.919 SMU wasn't really considered a team at the time. You 209 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:54.480 felt like, here we go, we're about to play one 210 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.039 of the best, you know, top twenty five teams in 211 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:57.639 the country. But I think they've shown since then that 212 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:02.120 they are pretty good. But like Notre Dame Clemson or 213 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:05.000 sorry Notre Dame, Miami and now Clemson. I mean those 214 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.679 are games where you feel like, okay, let's see where 215 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:10.000 we are. And in both those games, I think there 216 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:11.759 was a lot to like, you just came up short, 217 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:14.000 and now you've got a third chance. Have you been 218 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:17.600 battle tested enough to where you can you can get 219 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:19.679 over the hump and finally win and beat one of 220 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:23.879 these good teams on your schedule. The last time that 221 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:31.159 Clemson lost a home game on a Saturday night twenty thirteen. 222 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:38.360 This is eleven year. They've won eleven. For eleven straight years, 223 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:41.200 they have won every home game they have had that's 224 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:43.799 played on a Saturday night. Keyword there, Saturday night. So 225 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:46.320 they have lost. I think they lost to Florida State 226 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:50.399 last year and it was at Death Valley, but you know, 227 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.399 before then, I think they had the longest Like I 228 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:56.559 could be wrong here, I think they are let's see, 229 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:03.200 like twenty maybe twenty eight, twenty nine and one in 230 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:06.279 home games overall in their last thirty. I think that's 231 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:08.080 what I saw And the only one I think was 232 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:10.440 the only loss was to I think Florida State last year. 233 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:13.960 So beating them at their place, even despite their struggles 234 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:16.879 which really aren't struggles compared to a lot of teams 235 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:19.240 is very difficult to do. But doing it at night 236 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:22.480 hasn't happened in you know, eleven years. What were you 237 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:24.000 doing eleven years ago, John. 238 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:27.240 Man, twenty thirteen in the fall? What would have been 239 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:28.759 in it would have been a fret? No excuse me? 240 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:29.759 A sophomore high school. 241 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:30.759 I mean you were a young buck. 242 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.320 Yeah, I was a young buck. I mean I was enjoying, 243 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.200 I was getting ready to enjoy. Was that a good 244 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.960 season for Indiana basketball in twenty thirteen fourteen? I feel 245 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:39.039 like it might have been a bit of a drop 246 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:41.639 off year because probably because the year thirteen, yeah, was 247 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:43.840 of course the year Louisville one. Everyone was also a 248 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:46.559 one seed. Yeah, you're thinking about those. 249 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:48.960 I don't remember about the drop off after that, but 250 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:51.480 it was it was never consistent with Crean like he 251 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:52.639 would he would be good. 252 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:56.720 And then you know, both both of Crean's best years 253 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:01.120 thirteen and sixteen, the following year was terrible, Yeah, comparison. 254 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:02.559 And he had at least two years where he wasn't 255 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:04.240 supposed to be good. And then they kind of were 256 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:05.799 like when they went to the Sweet sixteen and knocked 257 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:08.240 off Kentucky. That team I remember, there wasn't a whole 258 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:09.679 lot of momentum for him and they ended up being 259 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:12.399 being pretty good. All right, Look, if you guys want 260 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:14.080 to be part of the show today, we will let 261 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:15.799 you do that. You can text in on the Ellen 262 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:18.120 and Federal Credit Union text line FABO two six five 263 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:20.320 three zero seven ninety. We will open up the phone 264 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:22.519 lines coming up here, probably towards the end of the 265 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:24.399 three o'clock hour. We are going to be joined on 266 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:27.039 the other side here by doctor Eric McElroy from pro 267 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:30.879 Reap physcal Therapy. We'll have our weekly chat with doctor McElroy. 268 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:33.519 Looking forward to that. But let's set the table for 269 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:35.320 the rest of the show. Obviously, we'll continue to talk 270 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:37.320 about this matchup. I'll go ahead and let you know 271 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:39.600 I don't have a whole lot of things to add 272 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:42.360 that I haven't already said. When it comes to this 273 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:44.799 matchup and what is important for Louisville, we can certainly 274 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:46.879 reset that. But one thing I will add is that 275 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:51.080 Debo Sweeney. I went back and listened. I remember seeing 276 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:53.559 some quotes from earlier this week from his press conference, 277 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:57.480 just really talking of Louisville. But I ended up listening 278 00:12:57.480 --> 00:13:00.639 to his presser earlier today, and I mean, maybe it's 279 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:04.240 just Dabbo and that's what he always does, and coaches 280 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:07.159 are always going to talk up their opponent. So Dabo 281 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:11.039 Sweeney saying that Louisville's got a pro quarterback and that 282 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:14.080 Brown is one of the best running backs in the country, 283 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:17.639 and that offensively, Louisville can go with anybody, Like that's 284 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:21.399 what most coaches would say in that situation. But I 285 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:24.919 believe him, Like it's such a weird year for Louisville. 286 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:29.360 I think that this team is good. But the reason 287 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:32.720 there's hesitancy to kind of finish that statement, Louisvill's a 288 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:36.639 good football team because of the record and because of 289 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:38.600 some of the things we've seen that are just like 290 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:40.960 things you don't typically see good football teams do. Like 291 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:42.759 it's such a weird year. Now, maybe I'm just in 292 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:44.679 denial and my team isn't good, but I just can't. 293 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:46.799 I can't accept it. So I'm just holding on. But 294 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:48.279 I get I get the sense that a lot of 295 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:51.399 Louisville fans sort of know exactly what I mean, despite 296 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:53.320 probably not you know, making a lot of sense to. 297 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:57.000 Others, like this team should be good. 298 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:00.000 But it's not, like, you know, because how many team 299 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.039 can say that at the end of the year that 300 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.200 they should have been better, Like everybody says that. But 301 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:06.279 the way in which everything has come together for Louisville 302 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:08.799 or maybe the way it's falling apart in certain games, 303 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.279 Like it's just been a weird year. And I think 304 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.519 I've been pretty consistent, Like I wouldn't tell you that, 305 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:18.480 Like I felt good about a game and I thought, 306 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:22.720 like you know, I wouldn't be totally shocked if it had, 307 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:24.879 Like I wouldn't say that I didn't believe it. Now again, 308 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:27.200 I've been wrong about certain games that I was worried 309 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:31.000 about or games that I, you know, felt like Louisville 310 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:32.759 was gonna roll and then it didn't work out. So, like, 311 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.519 you know, I'm not just saying this to try to 312 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.000 get people excited about the game. I mean, I hope 313 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:38.600 you are excited about the game, but like I just, 314 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:41.399 I don't know. I'm not calling I'm not put I'm 315 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:45.759 not predicting it. But when Dabo was talking about all 316 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:47.840 the pieces Louisville has, I'm like, you know what, He's right, 317 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.320 And again I had to remind myself many times throughout 318 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:52.639 listening to that that this is just. 319 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.200 What coaches do. 320 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.440 They're going to talk up the other team before a game. 321 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:58.679 That's again just how it works. But he was really 322 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.080 talking up Louisville and that may be more confident. But 323 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:03.639 maybe I'm falling into a trap. Maybe I'm internally getting 324 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:05.639 my hopes up and then you know, I'll be let down. 325 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.159 But I don't know. 326 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.799 If they get killed, that's going to be a big 327 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:13.039 let down. But if they're competitive and they play well, 328 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:15.960 maybe play their most complete game, but come up short. 329 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:18.320 I mean, we'll have to acknowledge that that, hey, they 330 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.759 did take a step forward as far as playing better 331 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:22.720 and cleaning some things up, but you know, they still 332 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:24.279 lost at the end of the day. That would actually 333 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:26.320 be like the ultimate gut punch. Like I don't know 334 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:28.799 what would be worse. If they play really well and 335 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:31.159 show that they're good enough to compete with Clemson on 336 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.399 the road at Death Valley, but then they have another 337 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:36.879 mental goof and it gives them no chance to win 338 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:40.240 the game. Like I think that would be worse than 339 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:42.279 just them getting killed. And when I say killed, I 340 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:43.759 don't mean like by fifty, but like if they just 341 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:45.919 end up, you know, getting down a couple of scores 342 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:50.480 early and can never overcome that deficit. I mean, that 343 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:52.240 would still suck. But I'm telling you, I think I 344 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:54.639 may lose my mind if they continue to lose games 345 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:57.120 the way they have against good teams throughout the year 346 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:00.000 thus far. All right, I want to talk about it 347 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.919 the ACC as a whole today, not necessarily about the 348 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:05.960 race to the to the championship. You know, like we 349 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:07.279 kind of know who's going to be in the mix. 350 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:09.799 There could be a wild tire breaker that plays out, 351 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:15.120 But the league has gotten better. The league is solid, 352 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:20.360 and I think, to be honest with you, like this 353 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:22.960 might be maybe not the best that the league's been 354 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:27.200 like in a long long time. But I've been hard 355 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:29.600 on the ACC in football, and I'm not saying that 356 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:32.240 it's it's great, But like the more you look at 357 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:34.840 teams right now, as far as the analytics and the metrics, 358 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:37.919 like the ACC does deserve the benefit of the doubt 359 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.600 at this point. I think when it comes not to 360 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:41.840 say that they're the best league, but like you know, 361 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.840 if Louisville beats Clemson, there will be many that just say, 362 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:47.279 all Clemson, Yeah, they're frauds. They didn't play anybody until 363 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:49.559 this game, and then they got killed by Georgia. Like, 364 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:51.480 I know that's gonna be the reaction from a lot 365 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:53.879 of people, but like I think it would mean that, Yeah, 366 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:56.080 that leaks pretty deep, and I'm just curious if we're 367 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:57.639 ever going to get there. But I'll lay out some 368 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:00.759 numbers for you that you know aren't aren't me trying. 369 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:02.440 You know, the numbers are aren't going to make you 370 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.640 think that the ACC is the best league in the country, 371 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:07.440 because it's not. But I think really the Big Ten, 372 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:10.119 the ACC, and the Big twelve, Like I think there's 373 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:11.720 a pretty distinct order. 374 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.240 But we'll get to that a little bit later on. 375 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:17.119 When it comes to the college football Playoff, I'm fascinated 376 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:20.319 with a lot of the logistics here because The Athletic 377 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:23.039 did a really good write up on sort of not 378 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:26.000 knowing if you're going to host a college football playoff 379 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:28.960 game until, like, you know, a little bit before. It 380 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:31.720 is really a disaster for those putting the thing together, 381 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:35.200 Like logistically, like hotel rooms getting blocked off, Like the 382 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:36.799 amount of people that are going to becoming some of 383 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:39.039 these schools that may host aren't even in big cities, 384 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:41.880 so I never thought about the behind the scenes stuff. 385 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:44.480 But it's one of those things that, yes, fans are 386 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:46.920 all going to enjoy the expanded Playoff, but those that 387 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:50.519 kind of work with logistics when it comes to these 388 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:53.119 big events, and that's what big college football games are. 389 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:56.799 I mean, it's really been a nightmare and also something 390 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:59.759 else we can get to the I mean I saw 391 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:02.480 a report from it might have been Andy Staples with 392 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:07.039 the Athletic about the iPads being sent to everybody that's 393 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:09.920 on the College Football Playoff committee. They're all getting iPads 394 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:14.119 delivered to them that have forty five minute games that 395 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:17.119 have been condensed and mixed. But it's like, you know 396 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:20.400 it's been it's it's by a private company, not like 397 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:23.119 the YouTube condensed game that you find from like all 398 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:25.759 college football games. And it's just a reminder to me, 399 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:29.039 and it pisses me off that like nobody just screams, 400 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:31.279 like what are we doing here? The people who are 401 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:33.799