WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:07.160 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:08.919 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:11.240 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:12.160 we are. 5 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:14.480 Getting off our show. Idiots. 6 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:17.039 The kids are playing or turn at your countries are. 7 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:17.640 Screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:20.879 Gold Play inter murals, Brother, gold Play intermurals. 9 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:23.399 They're supposed to be mature adults, but. 10 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:24.079 They're really not. 11 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:27.719 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:28.519 Are you kidding me? 13 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:29.480 Now? 14 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:30.800 Here's Nick coffee? 15 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:43.880 All right, Good afternoon, Welcome in to a Monday edition 16 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:47.640 of Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's here on Sports 17 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:51.000 Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you hanging out with us, and 18 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:54.200 I hope that you guys had yourselves a great weekend. 19 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:57.960 I know I really did when it comes to you know, 20 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:00.240 things that I have, you know that are that are 21 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.359 very important to me in life, like my family and 22 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.079 you know, my friends. I had a good weekend, and 23 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:08.599 I guess it's a positive that I wasn't available to 24 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:11.879 do the postgame show on Saturday. And as soon as 25 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.319 you know that whole thing happened, still kind of can't 26 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:17.200 believe that it did happen the way that it did, 27 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:21.760 but I was able to just quickly put my phone 28 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:25.319 back in my pocket because I was I was out 29 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:28.000 of town and I had to watch on my phone 30 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:30.560 because where I was did not have ACC network. Butun't 31 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:33.400 a big deal, but you know, I was quickly able 32 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.920 to just put my phone in my pocket and then 33 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:39.120 head out to celebrate my wife's birthday with a lot 34 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:41.359 of our friends. And it was, you know, I'm trying 35 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:43.879 to find the positives here, trying to find silver lining 36 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:48.040 because you know, I was able to put off talking 37 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:50.280 about what happened on Saturday and just kind of, you know, 38 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:52.519 try to forget about it. It's not something I can 39 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:54.840 just forget about. And now here we are, we've got 40 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:55.439 to discuss it. 41 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:56.719 So we'll do that again. 42 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:59.439 Coffee and Company Fueld. Beth Thorton's here on Sports Talk 43 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:02.159 seven ninety. Make sure that you sign up to become 44 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:04.439 a member of the Refreshing Awards program at Thornton's if 45 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:06.519 you haven't just yet. You'll save money at the gas 46 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:08.560 pump and life will just be better for you. 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But no surprise 58 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.879 without me doing a postgame show Saturday, and with what 59 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.039 happened on Saturday, I'm sure there's plenty of people that 60 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:42.759 want to want to react and share their thoughts and 61 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:44.439 we will certainly let you do that. So again, five 62 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:46.879 oh two, five seventy nine hundred is the number if 63 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:48.919 you want to give the call. Text line five O 64 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:51.960 two six five three zero seven ninety. That is the 65 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:54.639 ln N Federal Credit Union text line. So we've got 66 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:58.280 radio Rick Ryder hanging out with us today producing this afternoon. 67 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:01.800 So we are in good hands. And you know Austin, 68 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:04.560 he's out today and he had to do the postgame 69 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:07.159 show Saturday. What a what a tough break. I haven't 70 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.599 listened to it, and you know, no offense to Austin, 71 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:11.240 but like I probably won't because, like you know, I 72 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:13.120 got to talk about it myself and it's a sad 73 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:19.080 situation in general. So again, more opportunities for you guys 74 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:21.800 to join us today and we'll do that throughout. So 75 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:24.280 once you just let me get through and share my 76 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:26.599 thoughts and the way I see it, then we'll we'll 77 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:29.759 we'll get to you guys. So I mean, look, it 78 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:34.719 sucked everything about it, and I thought about it since yesterday. 79 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:37.439 On my drive home yesterday morning, I was thinking, Okay, 80 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:41.759 am I overreacting? Is this recency biased? Is is this 81 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:44.080 Is this really as bad as I want to say 82 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:45.759 it is, because I want to say this is the 83 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:49.240 worst Louisville football loss that I that I that I 84 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:52.719 can remember that I've experienced. Now again, everybody's different, right, 85 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.280 I mean, and I'm not even really talking about the emotion, 86 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:58.599 because there's certain losses that you know, if you lose 87 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.560 to your rival, if you you you know, you made 88 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:03.599 it all the way. I mean, if Louisville was just 89 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:07.319 imagine if Louisville like lost an opportunity to compete in 90 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:10.120 the ACC championship with that loss on Saturday. So like 91 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:14.039 those are ones where outside of you know, the whole conversation, 92 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:16.199 is this one of the worst losses of all time? 93 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:19.600 You know, the other layer is okay, you know it 94 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:23.000 was it a punch to the gut. For example, last 95 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:25.240 year when Louisville lost to Kentucky. I mean that didn't 96 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:29.000 change anything about like the rest of the season for Louisville, 97 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:32.800 but because again last game of the year. But obviously 98 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:37.040 you know that wasn't about the record. I mean you 99 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:38.800 still finished ten and two and you could have been 100 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:41.000 eleven and one, so technically, you know, it did impact 101 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:43.199 it in that way, but like that was just about 102 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.240 getting bragging Rice back and overall it didn't change much 103 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.800 of anything for Louisville at that time, but obviously it 104 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:50.959 felt really bad because you know, that was the year 105 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:54.800 to get them. So you know, take the emotional part 106 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:56.639 of it out of it, because I think again certain 107 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:00.519 losses may hit people differently, just depending upon everybody's individual 108 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:03.360 way of looking at it. But for me, I think, 109 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:09.240 you know, as far as a loss that let me 110 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:11.759 let me let me rephrase, I think you could claim 111 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:13.680 this is the you know, I actually you can claim 112 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:14.040 what you want. 113 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:14.680 I'm going to say this. 114 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:17.600 I think this is the worst loss I've ever experienced 115 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.879 as a Louisville football fan because of who you lost 116 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:24.439 to and how it happened. Like Stanford didn't even do 117 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.279 anything good, and we all know they're not good. 118 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:27.680 They haven't. 119 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.279 They hadn't won a game in two months, They hadn't 120 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:33.720 had seemingly any momentum since they beat Syracuse, and I'm 121 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:36.879 sure they had maybe a momentum type drive or something 122 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:40.439 in the two months between their wins, but like they 123 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:43.240 didn't do anything to like put you on your heels 124 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.879 and give themselves a chance to win the game. They 125 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:51.079 just took advantage of how undisciplined, how sloppy, and how 126 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:55.199 Louisville wanted to give them the game. I mean, that's 127 00:05:55.439 --> 00:06:01.040 that's so, you know, it's terrible from from that aspect, 128 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:03.199 as far as how bad Stanford is. You were twenty 129 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:04.879 and a half point favorites. I mean, I think that 130 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:07.839 just when it comes to point spreads, it's a top 131 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:10.519 five loss of all time when it comes to just 132 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:14.000 you being favored by that much and losing outright. 133 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:16.680 But I also think it's. 134 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:20.040 Even worse when you consider like what happened, like the 135 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:23.079 way in which they lost. I mean, you you really 136 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:25.560 can't make it up. You know, there are things that 137 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:28.639 like and I haven't looked at it. Maybe I should 138 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:32.439 because it would have been worthwhile to have these numbers 139 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:35.920 as I start the show today, But like, I can't 140 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:38.720 go looking up the percentage chances that they had to 141 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:40.879 win up until they actually did it, because it would 142 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:42.920 just make it you know, it wouldn't surprise me. It 143 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.079 would be pretty you know, obvious, because there's certain things 144 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.160 that Louisville had to do to give them a chance 145 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:50.399 to win the game they did, and Louisville did it 146 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:53.240 pretty consistently with a lot of you know, just a 147 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:56.079 variety of errors from everybody involved, play calling from the 148 00:06:56.120 --> 00:07:01.439 coaching staff, just undisciplined, stupid penalties. I mean, just a 149 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:04.319 just a just a bad game overall. So you know, 150 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:05.399 it sucked. 151 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:06.560 It really did. 152 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:10.959 And as I mentioned a moment ago, like we're gonna 153 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:15.879 we're gonna let you guys react and let you guys 154 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:18.759 sound off. But I really don't know if anybody's gonna 155 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:22.720 have a different opinion on what happens Saturday. I mean, 156 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:26.160 like usually everybody knows if a team won, er they lost, 157 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:29.040 and what the score was. But there's different different types 158 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:30.879 of opinions that you get from that, right, I mean, 159 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:33.639 that's what that's what this is, that's what sports radio is, 160 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:35.399 that's what postgame shows are really for. But as far 161 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:38.199 as just what happens Saturday, I'm not really sure if 162 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:41.759 there's gonna be anybody providing like a different and unique 163 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:44.759 perspective on what happened, because I don't. I mean, I 164 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:47.600 think it was I mean, it's pretty clear what happened, 165 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:49.720 like that was the ultimate terrible loss. 166 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:54.600 So you know, for me, I'm not sad. 167 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.480 I'm not even really angry because like, who would I 168 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:01.600 be angry at, like team and I But you know, 169 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:04.480 I guess if I was going to direct anger towards people, 170 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:07.560 I would do it towards everybody involved. But like, you know, 171 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:10.360 that's just not really how I'm you know, I've not 172 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.800 been sitting around for the last two days thinking, oh 173 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:15.519 these can believe that, you know, It's it's just what 174 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:17.680 makes this weird, and this season, by the way, it's 175 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:20.040 just been weird altogether. But what makes this weird is 176 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:23.279 that like you deserve to lose that game one thousand percent, 177 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:26.279 So like you know, yeah, you do that, and you 178 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.279 you know, you play like that, you make those kind 179 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:32.399 of mistakes, you know, things that you just ultimately can't 180 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:34.919 do in a close game late you did, like you 181 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:38.200 know that. That's That's what's different for me with this 182 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:40.799 loss than a lot of others that I would chalk 183 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:42.240 up as like, oh man, that sucked. 184 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:43.759 How they lose that? You got to be kidding me? 185 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:48.039 Is that like they made it quite clear really seemingly 186 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:50.360 every play down the very down the stretch in the 187 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.559 very end of the game, that they deserve to lose. 188 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:55.159 So like, you know, you got what you deserved. I mean, 189 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:59.840 that's that's that's that's what happened. And look, I says 190 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:02.240 mentioned a moment ago, this season has just been weird, 191 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:05.080 and I know I said that probably more times than 192 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:07.600 I need to, and I hope that I'm able to 193 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.360 describe what has just made it weird for me, but 194 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:14.960 I'll try once more. You know, at this point, Clemson 195 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:17.679 is the outlier, like that game was the outlier, because 196 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.960 really throughout Louisville has been maybe not a team that 197 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:23.960 was as bad when it comes to just making dumb 198 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:30.440 mistakes and you know, being undisciplined and defense just reverting 199 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:34.399 back to like not really being locked in and you know, 200 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:37.320 committing a comedy of errors that kind of stuff. You know, 201 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:39.440 like that that's kind of who you know Saturday. Saturday 202 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:42.159 was next level, But like because we've seen it happen, 203 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:44.600 even in games they've won, I don't know how many 204 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:47.000 people could watch that thing and be in disbelief the 205 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:49.519 way you probably expected to be in disbelief as far 206 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:51.559 as how it all played out. So when I say 207 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:55.120 it's weird, is that you know, they've they all year. 208 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:58.159 They've been a pretty sloppy team. They've been undisciplined, They're 209 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:00.639 towards the bottom of the acc when it comes to penalties. 210 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:05.320 You know, they've they've made mistakes that I think seem 211 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:08.159 to be pretty avoidable, you know, mental mistakes that make 212 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.559 it hard for you to see yourself winning game after 213 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:14.240 you make said mistake. And really that's they played ten games, 214 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:16.039 and that's kind of who they've been all year. If 215 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:18.440 I'm being honest with you, not to say that, like 216 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:20.240 the season's been terrible, you've got a good chance to 217 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:23.799 potentially well, I don't know if I believe that, right now, 218 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.600 But I also can't say that I'd be stunned if 219 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:28.720 they do win against Pittsburgh and then they beat Kentucky 220 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:31.200 and they finish eight and four, and like that wouldn't 221 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:32.840 be a year that we'd have to say that was, 222 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:35.240 you know, the worst lowel of football season ever. So 223 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:38.039 you know, it's just been weird, right, Eight and four 224 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:41.399 is typically a good or sometimes really good year, depending 225 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:43.559 upon you know, your schedule that kind of stuff, and 226 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.960 obviously what expectations were before the season starts. But like, 227 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:51.240 I've never felt like this team is in the position 228 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:52.799 that they're in where they lose some of these games 229 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:54.679 or they barely hold on against teams you feel like 230 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:56.840 you should have blown out, like because they don't have 231 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:00.919 good enough players, And I think that that's what ultimately 232 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:05.600 makes it just, you know, different weird. Like I'll ask 233 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:09.320 Louisville fans this, have you do you feel like you've 234 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:13.200 watched Louisville lose more than two games this year where 235 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:15.399 you felt like it was because the other team was 236 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.679 just better. And I don't want to act like Louisville 237 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:20.519 could go beat anybody if they play well, and like 238 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:22.879 you just you know, I'm not saying this team should 239 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:24.559 be sitting here ten and oh right now, trust me, 240 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:27.799 because I think Miami was just better than you. You know, 241 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:30.000 you could have won. But like, that's not one where 242 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:31.639 I'm like, man, how do we lose to those guys? 243 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:33.919 And in a weird way, I kind of say the 244 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:36.960 same thing about SMU, like they just I mean, maybe 245 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:40.360 if you don't give them two easy touchdown drives that 246 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:43.159 were effortless for them on the first two plays of 247 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:44.639 the game, then maybe it's a little bit different. But 248 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:47.080 they came out there in your house and really just 249 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:49.600 I mean, they set the tone and you had to 250 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:52.639 play from behind, and you were there with a chance 251 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:55.159 maybe to win a shootout and you know you fell. Sure, 252 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:57.039 But I don't. I don't sit here now and feel 253 00:11:57.080 --> 00:11:59.639 like Louisville. You know again, I give SMU a lot 254 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:00.919 of credit, but I don't know if I'd sit back 255 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:03.679 and say, yeah, if they play that ten times, Louisvill's 256 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:06.320 gonna have a really tough time beating them, you know, twice, 257 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:08.399 because they're just so good when it comes to talent. 258 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:10.159 I mean, like, are you. 259 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:12.799 Guys with me Like Louisville, I don't feel like they've 260 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:14.919 got the best roster of all time here at Louisville, 261 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:17.720 but they're I don't think personnel is like a problem. 262 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:21.440 Your star freshman running back gets hurt and then you 263 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:24.159 put in another freshman running back who was sensational in 264 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:24.759 Duke Watson. 265 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:26.039 You know, Chuck. 266 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.519 He you know, he's he's at times showed that he 267 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:31.039 you know, he can make mistakes. He's not perfect. But 268 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:34.080 I don't worry about Louisville having a good enough quarterback 269 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:36.200 to go win games against these teams. I mean, the 270 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:39.360 offensive line, Let's be real. They were criticized and I 271 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.399 think it was deserved early on this year. But I mean, 272 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:46.399 and again they played Stanford, but like they didn't give 273 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:49.080 up a tackle for a loss. I mean they've they've 274 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:53.240 really put it together as of late. Defensively. I mean, 275 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:56.720 maybe guys regress and maybe some of it is on 276 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:02.799 you know, maybe some of it is on the players individually. 277 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:04.080 I mean it is like the players have to take 278 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:05.919 accountability as well. But like I still think from a 279 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:08.159 defensive perspective, like I don't think that like you are 280 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:11.159 terrible when it comes to it's not even that I 281 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:12.679 don't think you're terrible. Like I think you have good 282 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:15.000 enough players to where if you were a little bit 283 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:20.799 more sharp and you you know, you didn't make avoidable mistakes, 284 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:23.039 and you were a little more disciplined, you again, you 285 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:25.639 probably wouldn't be ten and zero, but maybe you'd be 286 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:28.240 eight and two, nine and one. And they're not terribly 287 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:29.960 far from that, right. We're not talking about a three 288 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:31.720 you know, a three and five team or four and 289 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:36.559 six team, but like they just should be better. And 290 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:41.919 that's I mean, put it this way, Jeff Brams has 291 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:45.120 said Jeff bromb has said this many times throughout the 292 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:47.639 entire season, and it's really each time he said it, 293 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:50.519 it stands out to me, and it's not some I mean, 294 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:53.559 it's really what you would expect a coach to say, 295 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:58.159 but for some reason, this specific quote from him, and 296 00:13:58.200 --> 00:13:59.559 I guess it's not really a quote, but it's just 297 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:02.919 something that he has said many times. When discussing his 298 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:06.879 team's shortfalls this year, he said that can't happen. He 299 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:08.519 would tell you you could give you an honest answer 300 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:11.000 as to why or as far as you know, what happened, 301 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:13.320 where a play broke down or somebody made a mistake 302 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:17.480 or you know, questionable decision by somebody, and then he 303 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:19.879 always throws in at the end that can't happen, that 304 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:21.360 can't happen, that can't happen. 305 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:22.320 I mean, he said it a lot. 306 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:25.720 Well, it's happening, and there's only one guy responsible for 307 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:30.120 it continuing to happen, and that's Jeff Brom. So, you know, 308 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:32.759 I think you guys are probably not going to be 309 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:35.240 surprised to hear me say that. I still do not 310 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:36.960 have any doubt in my mind that Jeff Brom is 311 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:41.799 a good coach and he has the ability to, you know, 312 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:44.159 he's a good enough coach in my opinion, for Louisville's 313 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:46.279 program to win at a high level and maybe even 314 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:50.480 accomplish some things we've never accomplished before, like last year 315 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:52.480 when they made it to the a SEC Championship for 316 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:56.200 the first time since they've been in the league. But 317 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.080 right now, this team is six and four. They're underwhelming, 318 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:04.440 it's disappointing, and there's ultimately one guy that's responsible. 319 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:05.480 He's not the only one here. 320 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.480 It's not like it's all his fault, but like he's 321 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:09.399 the head coach here, he's making a lot of money. 322 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:11.279 He knows and look, I don't think there's anything I 323 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:12.759 said that he would disagree with. Maybe there is, I 324 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:15.039 don't know, We'll never know, but my point is, like, 325 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:17.600 you know, we got to call like it is. I 326 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:19.759 don't think it means that the fan base wants him 327 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:21.519 to be gone, but I do think they they want 328 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:22.679 him to make some changes. 329 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:22.919 To his staff. 330 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.720 And there's one guy specifically that obviously comes to mind, 331 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:28.919 and that's Ron English. And I don't know how you 332 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:32.080 can do that for another season. I mean, I don't 333 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:36.159 know what getting rid of him now would accomplish. In fact, 334 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:40.399 there's you know, I'm not at all saying this has 335 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:42.919 happened at Louisville or that I expected to. But in 336 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:44.960 college football sometimes you get to this point of the 337 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:47.200 season and coordinators know if they're coming back or not, 338 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:50.080 and you know they're professional and you know they ride 339 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:52.639 out the season. But and again, maybe Jeff will bring 340 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:57.120 him back. I highly doubt it, but you know, usually 341 00:15:57.240 --> 00:16:02.200 with six with a six win team ten games in, 342 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:06.600 still having a legitimate opportunity to go when your last 343 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:10.519 two and go eight and four. I feel like this 344 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:15.600 exact scenario in different eras, different seasons, we probably wouldn't 345 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:18.080 feel the way that we feel right now and everybody. 346 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:19.759 You know, maybe you guys feel totally different than me. 347 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:21.840 That's something we'll find out when we get to the 348 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:25.519 phone lines. But I will say, you know, like it's 349 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:27.440 a reminder that with Bram here, we do have higher 350 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:31.519 expectations because we expect to be better. That's why, that's 351 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:38.080 why he's here. And also you know, I mean, I 352 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:43.240 think when it comes to this, I mean this year 353 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.840 and again I don't want to go back to what 354 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:46.919 I've said probably way too many times when it comes 355 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:49.320 to just the season has just been unusual when it 356 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:51.080 comes to not really knowing like where you are. But 357 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:52.720 after ten games, I kind of feel like, look, we 358 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:53.519 know who this team is. 359 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.399 Whatever. 360 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:56.919 There's nothing that would happen against pet or Kentucky that 361 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.159 I can sit here and say would be like totally surprising, 362 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:02.879 because you know, they've been rather consistent, and again Clemson 363 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:05.200 is the outlier. But even when they are consistent and 364 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:08.720 they make, you know, mistakes that you feel like are avoidable, 365 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:13.559 they are undisciplined and make a boneheaded mistake and get 366 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:16.839 a penalty that'll extend the drive for an opponent when 367 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:18.400 you could have got off the field, or they'll make 368 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:20.440 a penalty that'll kill your drive. Like those kinds of 369 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:22.920 things have happened, right, Like, even in those games, even 370 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.480 when you see that happen, you still watch them go 371 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:27.039 out there at times and you can tell they've got 372 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:29.400 like they've got good pieces, like they're a pretty good team. 373 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.799 But the way everything about Saturday was just, you know, 374 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:36.960 worst case scenario is a nightmare. And you know, I 375 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:40.359 hope that they finished strong, but like I don't even 376 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.839 at this point, and I'm sure by the time we 377 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:43.359 get to you know, a little later in the week, 378 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:46.799 it'll be different, but right now I really don't. I mean, again, 379 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:49.279 what can I say about the pit game or the 380 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:51.319 Kentucky game for that matter, as far as like, you know, 381 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:56.279 like I feel like, if Louisville plays close to their potential, 382 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:58.440 they should win these two games. 383 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:01.039 But are they gonna do that? 384 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:03.279 Are they gonna are they gonna give give us stretches 385 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:04.920 of play where they look like they could you know 386 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:07.720 that they're good, but then they'll you know, revert to 387 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:11.759 doing just things you shouldn't be doing out there. I mean, 388 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:14.720 just a bad weekend overall for Louisville fans. Jeff Walls 389 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:17.680 and his team, They lose at Kentucky in the first 390 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:21.160 game for Kenny Brooks as the Kentucky women's coach Lamar 391 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:22.720 and the Ravens fall to the Steelers. 392 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:25.359 The Chiefs finally lost. Do we care about that? 393 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:27.680 I was happy to see the Chiefs lose, but that 394 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:29.240 didn't do enough to where I you know, I feel 395 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.640 like the weekend wasn't a disaster when it comes to 396 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:35.039 the sports teams that I care about. Although Pat Kelsey 397 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.279 and his team are back in action tomorrow against Bellerman 398 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:39.799 and Coach Davenport's team does not have a win yet 399 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:42.200 this year, so I feel good that we'll we'll see 400 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:44.519 a victory for Louisville tomorrow, it won't mean much of anything. 401 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:46.359