WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.240 I feel like I can trust the loyal listeners of 2 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:06.280 this show. They wouldn't they wouldn't mess with me, they 3 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:09.800 wouldn't mislead me just to see if you know, they 4 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:13.160 can play a prank on the show here Coffee and Company. 5 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:17.879 But I talked about it yesterday, how Louisville going one 6 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.800 month over a month actually without a home game can't 7 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:25.719 be normal in Power for Football, and it was because 8 00:00:26.199 --> 00:00:28.440 somebody had texted in saying, hey, who's to blame for this? 9 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:31.960 Like how could this happen? And I don't know who 10 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:34.960 to blame? I mean, maybe just bad luck. I'm not sure. 11 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:38.880 But somebody who texts in this show pretty regularly just 12 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:42.079 sent this in earlier today that said that they looked 13 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:45.200 it up and there's not a single Power for program 14 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.920 other than Louisville that went as long as they are 15 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:51.520 going to go without a home game. I'm just going 16 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.759 to trust that you did the research. I don't think 17 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:56.799 you need to cite your sources. I'm just gonna believe it. 18 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:59.320 If somebody sent it in to the Ellen and Federal 19 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:01.479 Credit Union X line, then it has to be true. 20 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:03.719 I mean, think about that. That's not normal. I mean, 21 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:05.079 we all know around here, like, Hey, why does it 22 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:07.040 feel like it's been forever since Lowell had a home game. 23 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:09.599 It's because it has been forever, and usually during a season, 24 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:12.079 you don't go this long. So still not sure who 25 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.599 to blame. I guess blame the acc But yeah, I mean, 26 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:17.599 I would not be shocked at all if Louisville is 27 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:19.680 the only program. So therefore, I'm going to trust that 28 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:22.120 this texter who's been texting the show for many years, 29 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:24.760 and they've you know, they've never given me any indication 30 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:27.040 that they would be one to try to, you know, 31 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:29.159 try to pull a prank. And what I mean, you know, 32 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:32.599 by that is maybe sending in something because some people 33 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:35.280 have tried it and I've not been I've not fallen 34 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:37.040 for it yet where I just get caught reading the 35 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:41.000 text line rapidly and then you know, reading something that 36 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:42.799 I probably shouldn't have read on air. I've come close, 37 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:45.040 but it's not it's not happened just yet. But yeah, 38 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:47.799 I mean, I feel like there's been a big loll 39 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:48.480 here in the season. 40 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:48.640 Now. 41 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:51.519 It's nice to have this downtime. Knowing the most recent 42 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:53.680 performance that you saw from Louisville was the first time 43 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.480 they ever beat Clemson. But yeah, just I'm sure basketball 44 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:00.799 emerging getting so much attention last week with the big 45 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.480 lead up to the Tennessee game. But yeah, it feels 46 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:06.000 like I've been without Louisville football for far too long. 47 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:07.959 But they are back in action on Saturday, taking on 48 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:13.759 Stanford West Coast matchup, and you know, here's to hoping 49 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:16.520 that they take care of business. Twenty point favorites right now, 50 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:18.560 so we'll have you covered on game day. We will 51 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:22.400 have our pregame show starting at two thirty, the Louisville 52 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:24.879 Football Pregame Show presented by Pellow Windows and Doors of 53 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:28.520 Central Kentucky and Jefferson Animal Hospital, and then as soon 54 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:30.479 as it ends, we go live for the Louisville Football 55 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:33.719 Postgame Show presented by Alex R. White Lawyers. Sue Distracted 56 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:37.919 Driver dot Com. All right, so they announced the kickoff 57 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:42.599 time for Louisville and Pittsburgh next week, and it's going 58 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:45.319 to be either three thirty or four. It depends on 59 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:49.400 which of the two ESPN networks that the game is 60 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:52.960 going to be on. So relatively we know the time 61 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:55.319 start just going to be three thirty or four, So 62 00:02:56.120 --> 00:03:00.719 that gives Louisville and you know, no night games this 63 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:06.919 season at home. And Kelly Dicky, of course ul statistical guru, 64 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:09.719 who you're not if you're on Twitter at all, be 65 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:13.479 sure you're following real card game because he's always cranking 66 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:17.280 out really interesting stats facts, trivia and honestly he doesn't 67 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.159 know it, but he's helped me a lot with interesting 68 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:21.560 things for this show, So thank you, Kelly Dicky. But 69 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:23.960 he says Louisville will have no home night games this 70 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:27.719 season for the first time since having none for three 71 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:32.000 straight seasons between nineteen ninety six, ninety seven and ninety eight, which, 72 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.199 of course louisll football was in a much different place 73 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:37.199 at that time. They were not on any big television 74 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:40.639 network or anything like that. So yeah, I mean that 75 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:43.560 that sounds about right, and I can't really you know, 76 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:49.080 I'm sure every fan within the fan base has their 77 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:51.800 own feelings for it, but it does kind of feel 78 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:56.120 like the season has kind of just flown by. It 79 00:03:56.199 --> 00:04:00.719 kind of felt like we never really, you know, had 80 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:02.680 a moment. Now, we did on Saturday a couple of 81 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.240 weeks ago and they won at Clemson. But usually when 82 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:07.759 I think of previous seasons and the ride, that is 83 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:10.719 a twelve game season. You know, I think of big 84 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:14.199 moments for home games, and you know, Louisville this year, 85 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.160 they just had to really mean, look, if you would 86 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:19.759 have won against SMU at that point, it would have 87 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:21.360 just felt like you were taking care of business, doing 88 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:22.800 what you were supposed to do. To be honest with you, 89 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:24.720 but you want to get tot Miami. It would have 90 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.480 been like the ultimate, Hey, we finally broke through and 91 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:29.959 here we go, big game. Brom comes through again. So 92 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:31.839 maybe that's why it kind of feels like it, but 93 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:34.000 it feels like the season's gone by way too fast 94 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.279 because in a way, I kind of feel like, wait, 95 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.360 we haven't really gotten totally started yet. Now again, maybe 96 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:42.319 that's just me, but there's no doubt the home schedule 97 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:46.199 really just being what it was was kind of a letdown, 98 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:49.680 and we knew that going in looking at this schedule 99 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:51.120 on paper, and in fact we looked at a little 100 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:54.199 bit because Miami ended up being a bigger matchup than 101 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:55.920 we thought it would be. I mean, they were top 102 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:58.879 five at the time, and then Pittsburgh they've since lost 103 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:00.560 two in a row, but they're going to better than 104 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.519 what you had anticipated. But other than that, I mean, 105 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:04.800 we didn't know SMU was was good at the time, 106 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.560 and they beat you. So, you know, I think it's 107 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:09.600 a variety of things. One no night games, a month 108 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:13.560 off between home games, which is just ridiculous, and you know, 109 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:17.800 the whole flow has just been off. You had two 110 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:20.800 nothing Burgers to start the season. I mean, you did 111 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:23.079 all you could. You blew out Jacksonville State and Austin 112 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:26.279 p But that to me didn't really feel like anything. 113 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:28.439 I mean, it was nice to see guys putting them numbers. 114 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:30.680 It was nice, you know, for the season to be here. 115 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:33.120 But those games, I mean those I hate those games. 116 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:35.120 Just me, but I hate them. And then you have 117 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:38.079 your first real game against Georgia Tech. After that, you 118 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.160 go on the road to Notre Dame and you know, 119 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:44.519 you lose a frustrating one. And then from from Notre 120 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:47.600 Dame on, it was really about a three to four 121 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.839 week timeframe where you're thinking, like, all right, what's going on? 122 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:51.759 Like are we any good? 123 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:54.759 We keep playing good teams, closed can't get over the hump, 124 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:57.720 making mistakes that you feel like you should you should avoid, 125 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:00.839 and then you know you had the breakthrough again. But 126 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:02.800 I guess, really the breakthrough for me was second half 127 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:04.600 of Boston College, and then of course it carried over 128 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:06.680 to Clemson, which was great. But yeah, the whole flow 129 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:10.240 has been just off. But I will say this to 130 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:14.720 say that there's no night home games this year, I 131 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:18.439 kind of feel like that's not the truth, because if 132 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:22.040 the game starts at four, by the end of the 133 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:24.879 second quarter, it's going to be nighttime, right like it's 134 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:27.879 it might be dark outside right now. I mean, I 135 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.519 don't believe that it is because it's four o'clock, four ten, 136 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:34.480 I should say, but I mean it'll be Put it 137 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:37.160 this way, if you tailgate for a long time, then yeah, 138 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:39.759 the majority that's going to be taking place during the day. 139 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:42.079 But even if you tailgate for night games, not a 140 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:44.639 lot of your tailgate is actually done when it's dark outside, 141 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:48.120 I would imagine. So you know, there's a good chance 142 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:52.360 that the majority of your experience at Cardinal Stadium next 143 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:56.560 Saturday will be when it's dark outside. So it's kind 144 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:59.600 of something. I mean, I like night games like anybody else. 145 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:03.560 They're fine, but you know, I think to know that 146 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:06.279 the second half of next week will be at night, 147 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:09.000 that's something, right. Yeah, maybe I'm reaching I'm not sure. 148 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:12.199 It's gotta be worth something, all right. It's Coffee and Company. 149 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.680 Hopefully that's worth something to you. We are fueled by 150 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:16.920 Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven to ninety Nick Coffee. 151 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.680 That's me Austin Montgomery alongside. We've got you till six o'clock. 152 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:22.480 We're gonna be joined coming up here about twenty minutes 153 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:24.759 by the one and only C. L. Brown. He is 154 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:28.839 in Atlanta for the Champions Classic. Interested in getting CL's 155 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:32.279 thoughts on really what he took away from the beat 156 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.920 down Tennessee handed Louisville on Saturday. Obviously some big matchups 157 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:37.560 tonight that he's going to be covering for the CJ 158 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:41.639 Kentucky taken on Duke, Michigan State and Kansas. But Seal 159 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.240 also wrote an article that I found to be pretty interesting, 160 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:49.839 and I kind of agree with it, at least until 161 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:52.160 you know it happens, and then I complain because it 162 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:54.519 might be something that I don't like as a Louisville fan. 163 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:58.240 But bringing back divisions is going to end up being 164 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:00.639 something that I think a lot of college football fans 165 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.560 end up wanting to happen, because what you now know 166 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:07.839 is that because there's so many teams in this league. 167 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:12.759 Your schedule one year could be super beneficial for you. 168 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:16.240 Your schedule the next year could be completely terrible. You 169 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:19.399 just don't know. So, you know, like last year, Louisville 170 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:25.120 ended up getting a really, really manageable schedule. This year, 171 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:28.000 they've played the toughest schedule in their conference, and it's 172 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.720 not quite close now. Going into the season, I don't 173 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:34.159 think anybody would have thought that because you had I mean, 174 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:36.360 you didn't have Florida State on the schedule, and nobody 175 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:37.639 knew they'd be the worst team in the league. But 176 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.159 here we are. Nobody knew SMU was going to be 177 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:42.360 the only undefeated team in the league, but here we are. 178 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:47.720 Miami has lived up to the hype that they were 179 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:49.600 getting preseason. In fact, I think even though they lost 180 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:51.480 last week, I'd say that they've exceeded it, to be 181 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:55.080 honest with you. Obviously, Clemson, they only have one loss 182 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:56.480 in the league play, and that's the one that Louisville 183 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:58.759 gave them. So when it comes to the best teams 184 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:02.120 in the league, Louisvill's played all of them, so sometimes 185 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:03.960 it you know, and if you have a division, I 186 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:06.399 guess they could still play out that way. But what 187 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:09.600 you're gonna see is, in the next few years, you'll 188 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:15.919 see teams that are, I don't know, thirteenth fourteenth, fifteenth, 189 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:20.519 sixteenth in the college Football's final playoff rankings, and they'll realize, well, 190 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:25.440 they they didn't get an opportunity to play the best 191 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:27.039 team in the league that would have given them a 192 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:32.120 chance to jump up. And or maybe there's a team 193 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:34.320 that's ahead of them and you know they're ahead of 194 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:38.600 you just because the league gave them a more manageable schedule. 195 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:41.840 There's never going to be a perfect scenario. There's never 196 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:44.320 gonna be a perfect way to put twelve teams in, 197 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:46.240 or put four teams in, or put eighteen teams in. 198 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:48.960 There's always gonna be teams right outside that feel like 199 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:52.080 there were some things outside their control that kept them 200 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:56.080 from getting in. So with that said, no matter what 201 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.759 you do, they're gonna always there's always gonna be people saying, well, 202 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:01.679 they should do this, they should do because in the moment, 203 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.639 that's a fan thinking well, we got screwed. This wasn't 204 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:06.919 fair to us. But that's that's you know, that's never 205 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:09.840 that's never going away. All right, Well, we'll talk to 206 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:11.679 see you all again coming up here in about fifteen 207 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:13.320 minutes or so. Let's go to the text line five 208 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.039 oh two six five three zero seven nineties the number. 209 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:17.879 If you guys want a text in the Ellen and 210 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:21.120 Federal Credit Union text line. Members get more at Ellenn 211 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:22.960 Federal Credit Union. You can learn more and open your 212 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:25.879 account today at LNFCU dot com. This text says, Nick, 213 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:29.120 you mentioned Kenny pain and I gotta say it. Noah 214 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:32.320 Waterman keeping the price tag on his shoes while playing 215 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:35.320 in a game bothered me more than I wanted it to, 216 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:38.200 and it reminded me of something Kenny Payne's teams would do. 217 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:41.399 What's up with that? I can't tell you what's up 218 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:44.440 with that, but I can tell you that I saw that, 219 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.919 and I mean I didn't I didn't care for it. 220 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:54.279 I'm trying to understand that. Like, I'm not young anymore. 221 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:57.360 So if that's like just a young thing, like wearing 222 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.840 two different color shoes in a game, like to me, 223 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:04.200 I feel like a boomer, Like this just shows you're 224 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:06.759 not taking the job serious, you're not focused. Well maybe 225 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:09.759 it's just like kids being kids and they're not really 226 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:12.600 kids though. To be honest, these two because Cason wears 227 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.279 two different shoes and somebody texts it about that on 228 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:16.480 the postgame show. Why is he wearing two of the 229 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:19.240 same shoes in different color. I mean, I guess it's 230 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:21.039 the style, it's the look look good, play good. I 231 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:22.720 mean I would never do that. I would never own 232 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:24.320 I mean, I guess I do actually own some shoes 233 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:25.600 that are the same, just different color, but like, I 234 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:27.600 would never think to do it. So it's kind of like, 235 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:32.480 let me give you an example. In the locker room. Over 236 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:37.480 the summer, Kentucky's basketball players kept doing like really cringe 237 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:40.480 level like dancing TikTok videos. I don't know if you 238 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:44.360 saw any of those, Austin, but like there were. I mean, 239 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:47.120 you know, I had a tough time, you know. But again, 240 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:49.919 I can't relate, like I would never do that. I don't. 241 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:52.799 It's just not my generation, which is weird to say 242 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:54.879 because usually I feel like I am the younger generation, 243 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:57.559 but not anymore. I'm kind of in the middle. But 244 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:01.159 like dancing on TikTok and looking kind of silly and 245 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:04.440 kind of like wimpy, like that's just what people of 246 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:07.320 that age do now doesn't mean that they're not taking 247 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:10.919 it serious. So like they're just being being kids. I 248 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:13.519 guess yeah, And it doesn't mean that like if you 249 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:15.639 lose a game, that's why because they were dancing in 250 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:17.799 the locker room because somebody left the price tag on 251 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:21.000 their shoe. But it does give it, you know, it 252 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:24.399 doesn't give the the look or the feel that you're 253 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:26.480 you're really focused and locked in. To be honest, it 254 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.320 probably has nothing to do with anything as far as 255 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:30.519 what happens on the floor, but it is an easy 256 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:34.600 thing for people to point to and say, what are 257 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:37.120 you doing, you knucklehead while you goofing off. Let's take 258 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:39.919 it serious. Let's let's tie our shoes and let's you know, 259 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:42.279 not leave the price tag on them. Did you happen 260 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:43.639 to see that at all, Austin? 261 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:44.279 I didn't. 262 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:47.000 Usually there there is like sort of fashion statement to 263 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:48.399 deal with that, but it's more or less like on 264 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:50.559 the Nike side, like if you've ever seen like some 265 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.320 of their their off white branding, it's what it's called. 266 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:55.960 They usually have like the tickers and the pull the 267 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.879 stickers and the pool tag on them still and but 268 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:01.080 not in this case. I would like to think other 269 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:02.840 than just kind of being like at Doufist and just 270 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:05.360 leaving it on and thinking that's cool. Like I would 271 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.600 like to think that they probably get fresh shoes every 272 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:10.080 game for Medida's right, and that's just kind of something 273 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:12.519 that you kind of missing because you're pulling out like 274 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:15.879 the inside stuffings or tying the shoe. Maybe the small, 275 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:18.480 little generic tag was something he forgot to pull off. 276 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:21.360 I'm going to try to give him the benefit of 277 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:23.200 the doubt here and again, even if he did leave 278 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.200 it there because he thought it looked cool whatever, Like 279 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:27.639 you know, that's if that's a cool thing to do. 280 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:29.759 Who am I to say it's cool or uncool, because 281 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:31.279 you know, I'm not the police when it comes to 282 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:33.120 that stuff, and in fact, I'm not qualified to know 283 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:34.879 what's cool and what's not for kids that are in 284 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:37.159 college this day and age. But I used to work 285 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:38.960 at a shoe store. One of my first jobs was 286 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:41.759 I worked at finish line. Where that tag is is 287 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:45.799 not normal. So I'm I mean, I'll give him the 288 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:47.679 benefit of the doubt that like maybe he didn't even 289 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:50.039 know that it was there and he started tying his 290 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:52.919 shoes and he pulled the tongue up and there it was. 291 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:55.440 But like that's not typically where that would be like 292 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:59.600 if that shoe was going to be on like display 293 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:01.919 somewhere like that would never be where it was almost 294 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:04.159 like it was placed there to just say, hey, look 295 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:05.960 here's the price tag, which again I don't know what 296 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:09.519 the benefit of doing that would be. But you know, 297 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:12.000 I'm not surprised that somebody has texted about it. I 298 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.720 thought about bringing it up on the postgame show, but 299 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:15.480 I didn't want to sound like a boomer. But here 300 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:17.440 I am again. I'd be a liar if I said. 301 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:20.279 It really boiled my blood and I was angry and 302 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.080 feel like that's a factor in why Louisville lost. 303 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:22.480 But like. 304 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.120 I don't even like when guys are out there playing 305 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:28.120 with their shirts untucked. And I don't know if it's 306 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:32.840 because I'm an old crotchety man. Now that's like, you know, 307 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:34.919 you should be more presentable, but like to me, it 308 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:37.759 just gives off the look that you're not locked in it. Probably, 309 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:39.759 I mean, it probably doesn't have any factor in anything 310 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:42.919 like that, but just just you know, just the way 311 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.440 I see it. 312 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:45.440 So you remember there as a fad and this is 313 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:47.320 something I fell in two years ago. You said you 314 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:49.639 used to work at a like a shoe store. That's 315 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:51.840 why I usually like the foot locker and like the 316 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:54.360 dicks and stuff and what foot action. That's where I 317 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:56.600 used to I went through the tall tee phase where 318 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:58.799 everyone wore like the really tall T shirts and they 319 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.399 still had the sticker that said tall Te's on them. 320 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.799 I would a rocket with the stickers still on, or 321 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:05.559 like with the hat, the new era hats where they 322 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.399 still have like all the price tags. 323 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:10.120 And all that boy on it. That used to be me, brother. 324 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:12.440 That was a wild time. I remember that time well, 325 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:13.600 remember it well. 326 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:15.360 I don't know if that's still the thing though, But 327 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:17.080 like I said, I know, I know that the price 328 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:19.240 tag and the poll tag on the shoes is more 329 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:21.440 like a like a Nike thing. But I would to 330 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:23.799 give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe just sort 331 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:25.480 of forgot about it because it wasn't a weird place. 332 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:28.240 Wasn't that Like the front, like where the laces. 333 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:29.720 Are, and that's what I'm saying, like that wouldn't even 334 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:32.240 be there. It would be on like the it would 335 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:34.120 be on one of those holes where the laces go 336 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:36.919 in or end right, or it would be like tucked 337 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:40.080 underneath or something like that. Or honestly, This is what 338 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:42.279 makes it even more unusual. These those shoes were not 339 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:45.000 sent from a store. I mean they were manufactured by 340 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:47.240 Adidas and sent to an Adida's partner school, which is 341 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:48.759 U of L the where you wouldn't even think that 342 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:50.919 they would need to put a price tag on them, 343 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:52.679 just very And it might not even have been a 344 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:54.480 price It might have just been something that just had 345 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:57.000 the Adida's brand on it or something. I'm not sure, 346 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:59.320 but it does remind me how bad I was working 347 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:03.600 in retail from being an employee at Hollister for a 348 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:06.120 very brief Oh. In fact, I think I only worked. 349 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:08.120 I worked half a shift and then left and never 350 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:09.600 went back. I think they still owe me a paycheck. 351 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:11.919 By the way, whatever I was, whatever minimum wage was 352 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:14.440 in an employee discount, that was my rate. But I 353 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:16.360 worked two hours of a four hour shift and I 354 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:18.159 got my break, and I called my mom and asked 355 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:20.840 if I could leave, and I don't remember if she don't. 356 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:22.639 So you were just done with it half the shift, 357 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.440 Oh dude. 358 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:26.480 I just had to fold an unfold close and then 359 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:28.799 if people walked by, I had to say, have you 360 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:31.240 heard how good our jeens fit? And that's just not 361 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:35.919 something I was comfortable doing. Luckily, nobody ever actually took 362 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:37.879 me up on it, like, well, actually, now that you say, 363 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.440 I don't know, can you tell me, because I don't 364 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:40.840 know what would have said. They didn't give me that part. 365 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:42.360 They just wanted me to say, if you heard our 366 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.519 gread our genes fit And it was really uncomfortable. I 367 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:48.120 felt like a real d bag. So I went on 368 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:50.840 my break and I got tumbleweed at the food court 369 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:53.000 in the Saint Matthew's Mall, and I called my mom 370 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.080 and I asked if I could get a different job, 371 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:57.759 and she said yes, So I ended up going to UH. 372 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:01.279 I went to finish line after that, and I actually 373 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:03.960 worked there for you know, about six seven months, and 374 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:06.160 I didn't mind the job because I you know, as 375 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:08.160 far as retail, that wasn't fun. But you know, I 376 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.720 worked with some friends, and you know, I was really 377 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:12.759 into shoes at that time. And then I had a 378 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:14.599 long break where I didn't care about shoes. I was 379 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:16.400 like Fred Flunstone, I didn't care if I wore shoes. 380 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:18.000 And now I'm kind of back on my on my 381 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:20.920 shoe kick. Yes, but but I wasn't good at that 382 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:25.319 job because you really can get incentivized by selling the extras, 383 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:27.799 which you know, as somebody who buys shoes, I've never 384 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:31.119 actually purchased what they're trying to hustle, the shoe cleaner, 385 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:34.480 the laces, the insoles, like all that. They really, they 386 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:36.160 really tell you when you sell a pair of shoes, 387 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:38.960 if you can, if I remember correctly at the time, 388 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:41.559 if you sold those extra add ons, you'd get like 389 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:43.559 a you know, you get a commission of that, which 390 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:45.319 you know always you know it always would go a 391 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:48.880 long way. But two things that I was bad at. 392 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:51.799 One time, I showed up wearing a pair of Nike 393 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:55.440 Air Maxes that were probably my favorite shoes at the time, 394 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.400 but I didn't know that they were Afoot Action Exclusive. 395 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:01.720 So I'm on I'm on the floor at finish line 396 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.279 and my boss comes over and was like giving me 397 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:06.480 crap about my shoes, and I'm like, I thought these 398 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:08.640 were Like thought, I'm trying to compete with you guys. 399 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:10.079 You guys worked here a long time. You all got 400 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:14.000 really really awesome shoes, some rare ones, expensive ones. I 401 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.519