WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:07.160 It's time for coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:12.839 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick Coffee. 3 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:17.039 That's right, coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's here on 4 00:00:17.079 --> 00:00:20.679 a Sports Talk seven ninety hour number two Nick Coffee. 5 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:26.000 The Tribal Chief Austin Montgomery alongside today. And I'm happy 6 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:29.519 that we have some structure here. We have you know 7 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:31.359 for me, I say we, I'm really just talking about 8 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:35.960 myself a normal week. Last week was weird with the holiday, 9 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:40.240 my illness, the weather which led to of course daycare 10 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:44.039 and school not being opened. So I've been last week 11 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:45.840 was kind of a throwaway and I'm ready to start 12 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:47.840 fresh this week. Yeah, they had to. They had you 13 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:49.799 out of the flea market, my man, right, yes, by 14 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:51.600 the way, would you would you bring us? Okay? 15 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:54.479 So I got I got two things, so technically three things. 16 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:58.640 I got some like dip like some chips pretzel dip 17 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:00.520 from the people like write as soon as you walk 18 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:01.719 and I'll go I'll go ahead and give him a 19 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:04.079 shout out. Dip into sample is what they called it. 20 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:06.799 From a sample turned in two way. You know what, 21 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:08.719 pick which one you want, brother, I'll go ahead and 22 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:12.640 give you one. Hell yes, And I got the the 23 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:16.480 Asciago garlic dip And they're really just packets of like 24 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:19.159 seasoning that you just mix in with like some mayonnaise 25 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:21.239 and some sour cream, because I mean mayonnaise and sour 26 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:24.200 cream is like the base of almost any sauce. Now, 27 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:26.000 I did some walking around, went and looked at like 28 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:28.879 the the action figures and the trading cards and all 29 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:31.599 that stuff. And of course there was the the old 30 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.280 Kentucky Derby, old old Kroger shirt stand. And then I 31 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:38.760 made my way back to the as I did the 32 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:40.560 whole circle. I made my way back to the beef 33 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:42.799 jerky and the people over there, I think they are 34 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:45.319 called shanty man. Shanty man, shout out to them if 35 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:45.920 you're listening, but. 36 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:46.480 Shut them out. 37 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:50.760 They hit me with two free bags of some hickory 38 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:55.000 and some whiskey like jerky, and it was really good 39 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.319 and it's like it tasted it was chewy. 40 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:01.040 You know what question when you're getting it free, are 41 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:02.599 you asking are they just giving it to you? 42 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:04.599 They just gave it well because I was taking a picture. 43 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:08.120 Well, because that's because that's great because usually, like you know, 44 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:10.199 I know how to work these people, I'll say, they're 45 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:12.319 they're there, and they probably don't have a whole lot 46 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:14.120 of product to give away. Even if you like it, 47 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:16.199 if they give it away to you and you like it, like, 48 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:18.599 you may not buy it because you just got it, 49 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:19.120 you know what I mean. 50 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:22.039 I had the I did the disclosure of saying, hey, 51 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:24.240 I'm with the radio station. You mind if I post 52 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:26.520 your face on our on our station website? 53 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:26.960 Oh yeah? 54 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:28.840 And they're like, you know what you're doing, might as 55 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:31.280 well here pick out two that you like, buddy, And 56 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:32.240 I'm like, oh right. 57 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:33.000 It worked. 58 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:34.680 It worked with the first guys, so I knew it 59 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.199 would work with those guys. But nonetheless, they were really smart. 60 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:38.800 They knew what they were talking about. And it was 61 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:41.199 really good beat jerky. It's not the type that breaks 62 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:44.240 your teeth. It was nice, chewy, tender beef jerky, and 63 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.360 it was I don't one bad, didn't didn't last the 64 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:48.919 whole ride back to the station nine. 65 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:51.680 That's like ten minutes. So Austin wasn't wasn't gonna be 66 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:54.039 with us on Friday. We didn't having a live show anyway, 67 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:56.759 but he was pulled away from us to go work 68 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:59.560 at the to go set up for iHeart at the 69 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:02.000 Flea mark and I told them to find some random 70 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:03.879 stuff to get, and I would say some beef jerky 71 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:07.439 and some dip. I think that absolutely, that absolutely qualifies. 72 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.159 And and you gave me a little bit of confidence 73 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.840 with the iHeart brand that I never really thought about. 74 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:17.639 But when you're in like an iHeart vehicle, you can 75 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:20.639 kind of go anywhere. Oh of course. You know, even 76 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:22.719 if they're like some free meals in the iHeart vehicle, 77 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.680 even if they're reluctant like there, they're still gonna see 78 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:27.800 that you are in a vehicle that quite literally is 79 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:30.120 a company car for iHeart Media. Yes, and they're gonna 80 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:32.080 have a hard time saying like, yeah, I guess this person, 81 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:34.639 like even if I wanted to be a real stickler 82 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:38.199 because they don't have the appropriate badge or parking pass. 83 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:42.159 I also know that they're not lying about who they're with. Yes, 84 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:43.840 so they may you know, some people are like oh 85 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:45.759 yeah right away. Others may look at you like they 86 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:47.680 don't want to, but then they will let you yes, 87 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:51.280 Like remember like we did at the football about a year. Absolutely, 88 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:53.080 that's where you taught me. Yes. 89 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:55.159 I think the vehicle has helped me get in more 90 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:58.400 of the parking situations than anything else, which is absolutely 91 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:00.919 great and if anything, it does I'm a service because 92 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:01.840 we are media. 93 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:04.280 We are a media corporation and we're there to work. 94 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:06.639 So wouldn't it wouldn't it be best to like give 95 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:08.599 us somewhere to park, and especially at the fairgrounds. 96 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:10.800 Yeah, take care of us, right, because we may use 97 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:13.520 this platform to prop you up and give you give 98 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:17.040 you thanks. I remember I drove the iHeart Durango to 99 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:20.759 Des Moines, Iowa in twenty nineteen, and I was in 100 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:24.560 the Taco Bell drive through after being out and about 101 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:26.959 and just getting a late fourth meal as they call 102 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.240 it at Taco Bell and heading back to the hotel. 103 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:32.519 And they don't Every Taco Bell that I've been to 104 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.560 has two windows for drive through, but they only use 105 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:38.199 the one. Yeah, of course, so you just drive up 106 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:41.240 then you pay. And I drove up in the vehicle 107 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:44.759 and the young lady she saw the iHeart car and 108 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:46.360 she was like, you work for iHeart And I was 109 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.680 like yeah. She's like what do you do? And I'm like, well, 110 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:52.120 it's not all that exciting. You're probably not our target demo, 111 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:54.639 but I'm I'm a radio host and I talk about sports, 112 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:56.439 and I'm here in town because the civil A tournament, 113 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:58.439 and she just gave me the food and she was like, 114 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:00.439 it's on us, And she had this look on her 115 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:02.639 face as if like that was the coolest thing ever 116 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.800 you were Seacrest basically, I mean basically, it's the best 117 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:08.600 she was gonna she you know, she's in Iowa. It's late. 118 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:10.199 She probably thought, well, this is probably the best I'm 119 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:12.079 gonna get. It's not Seacrest, but I'll live in a 120 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:15.519 world where where you know, he can be Seacrest in 121 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:16.720 Des Moines, Iowa. 122 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:19.160 And everybody always says, I listen to you guys all 123 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:22.839 the time. They never say like a station or anything specific. 124 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:26.000 They just yea the iHeartRadio app. So they listen to us, I. 125 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:28.839 Guess, and they probably they probably worked us right where 126 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:30.720 they talk when they say things like that, And then 127 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.800 if we're giving away stuff, well, hey, if you love us, 128 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:35.560 then here you go. Yeah, exactly, it's true. Could be 129 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:38.399 a total lie. Can out hustle the hustler, Yeah exactly, 130 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:41.519 no doubt. All Right. It's also beautiful outside today. I mean, 131 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:44.079 like it's not crazy hot, but man. 132 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:48.439 Fifty one degrees, no, fifty five degrees, No fifty is 133 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:51.120 it in the fifties, fifty six degrees right now at 134 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.399 forty six, and it you know. 135 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:55.959 It's going to be in the fifties all week until 136 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:59.480 I guess we've got high fifty seven today, high fifty 137 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:02.720 three tomorrow, high fifty nine Wednesday, forty nine is the 138 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:05.319 hot Thursday, and then fifty one is the hot Friday. 139 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:07.879 So roughly on average we're going to be in fifty 140 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:10.680 degrees or better. And that makes me very happy. Especially 141 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:12.560 when the sun is shining. I need to get my 142 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.480 car into a car wash. It looks absolutely disgusting. And 143 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:17.879 that is, by the way, one of the things that 144 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:20.800 I think I learned. I don't know if we've had 145 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:26.720 a snowy two months in my lifetime as much as 146 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:30.160 we've had in January and February, because again, like we've 147 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:32.199 had big snowstorms, but the one we got in early 148 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:34.839 January that was the most snow we've had in many, many, 149 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:37.720 many years. And again it lingered because we couldn't consistently 150 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:40.959 stay below freezing and then we got dumped on last week, 151 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:43.600 not once but twice. And by the way, I think 152 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:46.959 the snow that we got on Sunday that like nobody 153 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:49.319 was expecting. It's funny. Everybody that I've talked to, Yeah, 154 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:52.199 it woke up from the storm, the flooding from Saturday. 155 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:55.439 They everybody looked outside and thought, what the hell's this? 156 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:57.680 They're looking to see the water damage and everything's covered 157 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.279 with snow. I think that actually left a bay to 158 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:03.480 where we actually did have enough accumulation to where you know, 159 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:06.240 you had schools doing NTI and whatnot, because the rest 160 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:08.800 of the snow that last week really wasn't it really 161 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:11.040 wasn't much. It was just it was so damn cold. 162 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:14.480 Did you see the pictures of the waterfront and how 163 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.600 how gross that looks since the Ohio River just basically 164 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:19.040 flooded up into the river front. 165 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.000 Oh you mean like now that it's going down. Yeah, yeah, 166 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:22.040 it's gross. 167 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:26.240 Debris everywhere, branches, just nasty, nasty. I mean, kudos to 168 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:29.160 them that had like go clean all that stuff up, 169 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:30.920 because I wouldn't do it, but I know that they're 170 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:32.560 asked for like volunteers and stuff. 171 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:35.439 Yeah, the I think we're flooding got really bad in 172 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:39.720 eastern Kentucky, Pikeville. There's some aerial video of their Pikeviielle 173 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:44.079 Universities and actually might have been high school. You mean Packville, Yeah, Pockville. 174 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:47.639 Their their football field is essentially, you know, a swamp 175 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:50.240 or actually worse than that. I mean, it's it's the 176 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.079 flooding there was really bad. But then to see once 177 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:55.120 the water started going down, they've got I guess their 178 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:59.000 government city employees out with snow plows, not for snow 179 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:01.399 but for mud. Ugh, and that, I mean that just 180 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:03.560 speaks to how I think MUD's the worst. Oh, it's 181 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:04.639 so gross and nasty. 182 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:08.399 They closed down the boat too, the Casino Caesar across 183 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:10.720 the river. I don't think that. Well, it's not a 184 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:12.319 boat anymore, so it does get flooded. 185 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:14.279 Well, a lot of people still call the boat. Yeah, 186 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:19.199 you know, I I'll always refer to it as technically Caesars, right. 187 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:22.040 Yes it is. It's always been the boat ever since, 188 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:24.600 ever since I got Here'll always be the boat to me. 189 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:27.519 But like, I don't think that that was actually flooded. 190 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:30.759 But the road, Highway one eleven, that long, dark, very 191 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:34.000 disturbing road that can get flooded very easily. 192 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:36.080 The road to get there, you mean, yes, yeah, the road, 193 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:38.279 the long drive, the long stretch where you're thinking, like, 194 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:40.080 all right, do I have a gambling problem? Like should 195 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:42.279 I be driving over here by myself at two am? 196 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:45.000 The place that's some sort of like I don't know 197 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:47.440 who's in cahoots with who? But could you imagine if 198 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.320 there was just like a bridge somewhere on the south 199 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.480 end that just linked over there, we can be there 200 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:55.519 in ten fifteen minutes. But now at this point that's 201 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:58.320 a thirty minute dry for everybody. You gotta really want 202 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:00.000 to be there, Yes, you know what I mean. Absolutely, 203 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:01.360 I've never really thought about that. 204 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.559 How how where it's located, and I mean I don't 205 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:09.919 I'm sure they do what's right for their customers and 206 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:13.039 their employees as far as safety, but I also kind 207 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:18.759 of you know, if nobody's there betting, like are they 208 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:20.960 making money? So like my point is for them to 209 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:22.519 be closed as long as they were, it must have 210 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:25.840 meant that the flooding was really really bad, because you know, 211 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:28.360 I'm sure they're going to be just okay, I'm sure 212 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:32.080 they're gonna be everything's gonna be fine, because clearly enough 213 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:33.679 people go there and bet. And it's actually a sad 214 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:35.440 thing to think about because there are people who probably, 215 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:37.399 you know, are there a lot more than they should be, 216 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:39.240 and they've probably ruined their lives about being there as 217 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:41.159 much as they are. But that you know, that's how 218 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:43.720 these companies make money. So for them to just be 219 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:46.759 closed completely, they really have no say. So if it's 220 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:48.960 the road to get to you that's the issue, and 221 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:52.279 not necessarily your facility, then you have no control over it. 222 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.320 But I know they usually send I don't. 223 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:56.320 I'm pretty sure I've heard now this is just here 224 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:59.120 say that when it floods like that, or even if 225 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:02.399 it's like icy and it snows and it's like not 226 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:05.159 safe to get there, that they hire the road crew 227 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.759 because they want to make that money too. They'll they'll 228 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:09.919 be damned if they're going to click business day, so 229 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:12.440 they need they they make it their own to just 230 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:13.879 go out of their way and make sure that they 231 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:16.519 hire somebody or make sure that somebody is out there 232 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.240 fixing those roads just so people can go spend money there. 233 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:23.240 Yeah, and I mean I would I would love to know, 234 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:25.320 and we're not. We're not. I mean, maybe somebody has 235 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:27.200 this information and they want to share with us, that's fine. 236 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:28.960 I wouldn't even really know how you'd be able to 237 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:31.080 get it unless, of course, you know you work there. 238 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:34.720 But the amount of money they get on an average 239 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:37.559 day and then how that's just not there for however 240 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:40.360 many days they're closed. I mean again, they'll be all right, 241 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.480 but I bet that's it's probably the number that would 242 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:45.919 make you sick to your stomach. Yeah. One. And it 243 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:49.360 would also make you realize how much people gamble. Yeah, 244 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:51.799 that's tough. I mean you've seen the people there, though. 245 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:54.159 When are you that you like that are there every 246 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:55.840 time you go? When you go like twice a year 247 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:58.879 and you're like this guy again, yeah at the crabs table, 248 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:02.080 like you know, do you live here, my man? I mean, 249 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:04.399 I remember we would do the show at French Lick 250 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:07.200 whenever we were working with FanDuel before sports betting was 251 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:11.879 legal in Kentucky, and it happened twice, or I would 252 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.320 I would end the night going I would end the 253 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:17.919 night at their belt or French Lick. I'm sorry, bel Terra, 254 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:19.840 you're correct, yeah, a bel Terra. I would end the 255 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:21.840 night at their great little sports bar they've got there, 256 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:25.799 and I'd head up to my room eleven thirty midnight 257 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:27.919 or something. This is when you know, this was this 258 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:30.480 is different. We would always do it big March Madness, 259 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:32.279 which was a great setup that we had. But I 260 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:34.159 would I would leave and you can see like the 261 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:37.279 first area of slot machines right there where the restaurant is, Yeah, 262 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:40.120 and there'd be a woman who was sitting in that machine, 263 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:42.960 and I would I would go to bed, you know, 264 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.679 eleven thirty midnight, and she'd be sitting there. I'd get 265 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:47.399 up the next morning to set up the show walk 266 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.159 down at like six o'clock and she'd still be sitting there. Wow, 267 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:53.000 And like that was sad to me, like that because look, 268 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:55.480 maybe she's just cleaning them out, but I doubt it, 269 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:57.919 you know, Like it just made me like that's probably 270 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:01.480 somebody's mother, or maybe like that's somebody who there's people 271 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:04.919 that like don't and I shouldn't say like that's somebody's mother, 272 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:08.320 what an awful person. I just mean, like that's somebody 273 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:10.240 that you've probably tried to help, and like they just 274 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:12.159 have a problem, I would imagine, or I don't know, 275 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:14.200 maybe it was just a random thing to where the 276 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:16.879 two times I did a show there on a Thursday, 277 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:19.559 or do the show on a Friday morning, and I 278 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:22.399 stayed Thursday night she happened to be there. But yeah, 279 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.440 people gamble a lot, and that makes certain people very 280 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:29.840 very very very wealthy. All Right, we've got a streak 281 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:33.120 that has come to an end. The Kansas men's basketball 282 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.200 program has ended their eighty week streak of being in 283 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:40.360 the top twenty five. Now this comes after getting blown 284 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:44.279 out twice in their last three games. They did come 285 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:47.840 back and really take care of business and just absolutely 286 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:50.679 least I'd check. They were up nearly forty points in 287 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:56.080 their game against against Oklahoma State on on Saturday. Yeah, 288 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:00.840 their final score there was ninety six to sixty. So, yeah, 289 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.639 they got blown out by Utah, got blown out by 290 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:08.720 BYU and then two games prior to that two game 291 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:11.480 losing streak, they lost to Kansas State, had a loss 292 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:14.799 to Baylor. So you know, they're eighteen and nine, eleven 293 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:19.120 and nine in conference play and they have a top twenty. 294 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:22.799 Actually they're twenty first in the kin Pom, so they're 295 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:26.360 not ranked, and they certainly have had some stretches of 296 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:28.799 play this year where they were they were a mess. 297 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:31.799 But I'm just putting it out there. I won't be 298 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:35.039 shocked if we end up seeing Bill Self's team like 299 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:38.039 make the Elite eight because they're not in this position 300 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:41.919 because they don't have players. He's a phenomenal coach, and 301 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:45.960 they already have, you know, a win against Duke, and yeah, 302 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.240 it happened earlier in the year, probably wouldn't play out 303 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:53.240 that way now. But again, even this month, they beat 304 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:56.399 Iowa State, who last I checked, is still believed to 305 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:58.799 be a really good team. So you know, it seemed 306 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:02.919 like it was Bill Self's funeral last week because you know, 307 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:08.120 the standard has been set so high that I want 308 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:09.879 to and we'll get to a break in just a moment. 309 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:13.600 But Bill Self having this kind of a year, I mean, 310 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.240 you think that he's notine and eighteen. And look, he 311 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:19.360 deserves criticism because it's his job. But what we do 312 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:23.080 is that guys are so consistently good that like when 313 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:26.399 they take us a step back, the perception is that 314 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:30.120 the bottom's falling out. And it's really not like Kansas 315 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:32.399 is safely in the tournament. They're still a top twenty 316 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:35.200 five team in the metrics that matter. You know, it's 317 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:37.240 kind of like Matt Paynter, he lost four in a 318 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:42.159 row after they got killed by Indiana yesterday. Matt Paynter 319 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:45.279 is a really good coach and Perdue. They're still safely 320 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:49.720 in the tournament. But Perdue's been a consistent one seed 321 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:51.799 the last couple of years. They played in the championship 322 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:55.679 game last year. So yeah, they're nineteen and nine. Now, 323 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:59.120 they're eleven and six in conference play, four losses in 324 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:01.840 a row, melt down yesterday in the second half to 325 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:07.000 to Indiana again. I think the perceptions like, damn, they 326 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:09.840 got to get it fixed. Something's wrong, and maybe that'll 327 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:12.519 maybe that'll prove out to be the case in a 328 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:15.039 couple of years or something. But it's just when guys 329 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:18.399 consistently win at such a high level and then they 330 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:22.960 start to have, you know, losing streaks or big time losses, 331 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:27.000 you think that like the world's falling, and really that's 332 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:27.519 not the case. 333 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:27.639 Now. 334 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:29.480 I don't know what the ceiling is for this Purdue team, 335 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:34.039 but for example Yukon, Like this Yukon team, they're gonna 336 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:36.559 get in, and they're clearly not what they were the 337 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:39.799 last couple of seasons where you know, they won the 338 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:43.720 national championship two times in a row, and they've they've 339 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:45.879 been average in the big now, so they'll get in, 340 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:47.799 probably be like a seven or an eight seed I 341 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:52.159 would expect. But like when you hear Danny Hurley and 342 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.080 I look, I love it when Danny Hurley's going to 343 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:57.919 be arrogant in your face because things are going well, 344 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:00.879 that's fun, right, because I've think he's a good character 345 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:04.720 for college basketball and whenever you know, he's pointing at 346 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:06.879 his The best thing ever was him pointing at his 347 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:09.960 two national championship brings as he walked off the court 348 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:13.240 after beating Creighton and obviously they had dollar beer night. 349 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:16.039 Well then he turns around and loses to Seaton Haul, 350 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:19.159 the worst Power five team in the country the next game. Like, 351 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:22.159 to me, that's phenomenal, not because I hate Dan Hurley, 352 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:25.440 but like you know, it's just that's funny. But clearly 353 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:27.919 they're still in a good spot to where they're gonna 354 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:29.720 make the tournament. And I don't know about you, I 355 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:31.519 wouldn't be signing enough to play Dan Hurley in the 356 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:36.200 first round. Like, people don't know what down is until 357 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:39.360 you go through what Louisville fans went through with Kenny Payne. 358 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.440 Like that's one thing that like I think is worth 359 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:44.399 reminding people about. All right, quick break, we'll come back 360 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.879 on the other side. A lot more to get into 361 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:48.600 before we get out of here. How do we feel 362 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:52.600 about Jeff Brohm and the Brom squad being with Rick 363 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:56.000 Patino yesterday at the Garden for his game? That was 364 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:57.960 kind of weird. I don't have an issue with it, 365 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:00.279 but just not something I would have expected. But we 366 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:05.279 can certainly talk about that. Also, the creative ways these 367 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:09.160 schools are now, I mean, they're having to be creative 368 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.319 when it comes to finding how they can make money 369 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:14.039 through nil There's one out there that I feel like 370 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:16.920 is probably not going to get the money they want, 371 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:20.000 but I at least admire their creativity. So we got 372 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:21.640 a lot the rest of the way, So stick around. 373 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:23.720 It's coffee and company. Feel about Thornton's right here on 374 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.599 Sports Talk seven. 375 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:29.400 Ninety Now back to Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's 376 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:32.880 on Sports Talk seven nine day. 377 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:39.400 Oh hell yeah, hell yeah. Well Sawyer Brown, Oh yeah, 378 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:42.359 you know ball, that's really that's really how I live 379 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:46.200 my life. I ain't first class, but I ain't white trash. 380 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:49.039 Probably closer to the ladder, but you know, yeah, of course, 381 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:50.519 but not completely over. 382 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:54.279 That's I wouldn't have it any other way. So good stuff, 383 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:56.200 all right, So what do we do with Rick Patino. 384 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:01.480 You know, he came back to Lexington, and I don't 385 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:04.880 believe that he was really going out of his way 386 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:08.079 to like rub it in Louisville fans face that he 387 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:11.359 came back, and really we should thank him because Kentucky's 388 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:16.119 football season completely fell apart bo Midtum. Any momentum that 389 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:18.599 Mark Stoops had at the time Rick Patino was there 390 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:21.720 is gone because they finished the season really bad and 391 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:24.640 they have seemingly no momentum in the off season. But 392 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.960 Rick donating to the NI by the way, didn't ever 393 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:32.079 confirm that actually happened, like Rick said, So well, Rick, 394 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:35.640 Rick says a lot of things that people kind of 395 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:39.279 just take it as like a partial truth. So it's 396 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:41.599 Rick Patino theater. Yeah, Like it wouldn't shock me if 397 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:43.799 Rick didn't actually ever donate any money to the Nile 398 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:47.640 Collective for Kentucky football like he said, just like whenever 399 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.759 he said he would have loved to have come back 400 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:51.880 to Louisville, but he hasn't been invited back. Like that 401 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:54.680