WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.200 Welcome to The Big Blue Insider. Dick Gabriel with you 2 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:05.759 on a Tuesday edition of our program. We are live 3 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:08.800 on tape back in the saddle here in the garage 4 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.119 after some time off my last vacation week of the summer, 5 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:15.160 and I hope you did enjoy the best of the 6 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.160 Big Blue Insider. It's always kind of fun to go 7 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:19.760 back and cherry pick some of those interviews. But we 8 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:22.079 were back at it, and while I was gone, I 9 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:25.079 was up at Saratoga Racetrack with friends and family. We'll 10 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:26.879 talk more about that coming up a little bit later 11 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:30.079 on Great Place you Gotta go if you're a racing fan. 12 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:33.280 But of course it happened during the Olympics the second week, 13 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:36.880 and when we weren't at the racetrack. Honestly, we spent 14 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:38.719 a lot of time. We rented a house or eight 15 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:41.799 of us in Airbnb, and we spent a lot of 16 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:45.200 time watching the Olympics, both live and what they call 17 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.439 the encore presentations. So we had a lot of fun 18 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:53.640 and cheering on. You know, the locals. You know, most 19 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:56.079 of the guys in my group were from Louisville, but 20 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:59.960 they were appreciative of the fact that UK athletes current 21 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.719 and former. We're racking of gold medals and there were 22 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:07.120 people there with Louisville connections winning medals, so that really 23 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:09.359 made it a lot more fun as well. And of 24 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:12.120 course you can't knock the basketball, I mean, whether you 25 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:16.560 think it belongs in the Olympics or not. It was spectacular, 26 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:22.200 especially Steph Curry of course. But right now there are 27 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:28.040 some controversies that are following the games, including Jordan Schilds. 28 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:32.640 She has to return her bronze medal. USA Gymnastics appealed 29 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:35.680 and it sounds like she got hosed. 30 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:37.799 But the appeal was overturned. 31 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:41.200 There was a question about a score, and I'll try 32 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:44.120 to boil it down for you as best I can. 33 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:46.319 Lord knows, I don't know much about it. But if 34 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:51.359 you have a question about scoring, you have one minute 35 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:55.560 to make that known to judges. There is a protocol 36 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:59.480 and you have one minute now. According to the powers 37 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:05.239 that be, the decision came four seconds too late, four 38 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:10.560 seconds beyond the time limit for scoring inquiries. The US 39 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:17.759 says it has video evidence that the inquiry became became 40 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:25.039 thirteen seconds prior to the deadline, so it's been a mess. 41 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:28.919 There was an appeal the USA won it and then 42 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:34.520 the Court of Arbitration voided the appeal. So now they're 43 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:37.879 saying you got to give the medal back, and the 44 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:41.159 USA says, we will fight this to the very very 45 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:44.719 and she has another medal, but she wants this one, 46 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:48.599 and from what you can tell, earned this one. The 47 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:51.280 USA says it will go as far as it can 48 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:54.719 to keep her from having to give that medal back. 49 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:59.319 So stay tuned for that. If you're interested in the gymnastics. 50 00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:08.159 What's next for Australia's tremendous, sarcastically break dancer. What do 51 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:12.360 you like it or not? Does it belong in the Olympics. Well, 52 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:16.080 you can make the argument that it's athletic, that it's 53 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:20.719 very difficult to do properly, and that the athletes train, 54 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:24.400 or that the dancers train like athletes, and if you 55 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:29.319 believe that any activity that needs a judge should not 56 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:33.560 be called a sport, okay, But what about boxing? What 57 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:39.240 about gymnastics? What about synchronized swimming? Nobody complains about that, 58 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:44.919 And what about the diving, you know, which is gymnastics 59 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:49.439 going into the water. So you know they've had ballroom 60 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:51.479 dancing before. I'm not sure why they do this. The 61 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:54.599 problem is they added this and dropped baseball, which is 62 00:03:54.639 --> 00:04:00.240 an international sport, and basketball something basketball doesn't belong. Ours 63 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:03.479 about golf being in the Olympics, those are all international sports. 64 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:04.240 Now. 65 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:06.800 We taught the world basketball, there's no question about that, 66 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:09.080 and we taught the world baseball. 67 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:11.319 But the world has. 68 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:13.520 Caught up with us, or at least is challenging us. 69 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:16.879 And it was a very difficult run for men's basketball 70 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:22.199 to win the gold break dancing, you know, it is incredible, 71 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.720 there's no question about that. Some of the things these 72 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:30.079 folks do. But the controversy revolves around a woman from Australia. 73 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:35.839 She's thirty six, has a PhD. Her name is Rachel Gunn. 74 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:39.879 She goes by b Girl Ray gun She's a college 75 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:44.040 professor and she's now famous, but not for how good 76 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:47.879 she is, but for how terrible she was compared to 77 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:51.160 the women that she was competing against, who were half 78 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:54.759 her age. Swept out of a round robin stage, did 79 00:04:54.800 --> 00:05:00.360 not score a single point, and her performance has been 80 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:04.720 called embarrassing. And you've got to wonder how did she 81 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:10.439 even get that bar in this competition? And if you're Australian, 82 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:14.519 are you embarrassed by this. She said, I was never 83 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:16.480 going to beat these girls and what they do best 84 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:19.560 their power moves. What I bring is creativity. Come on, 85 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:26.800 now here's my standard. And I'm sixty eight years old. 86 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:29.720 I'm watching what she's doing, and I'm thinking, for the 87 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:34.040 most part, I could do that, and forgive my grammar. 88 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:36.800 If it doesn't pass the me test, if she's not 89 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:40.600 better than me, she shouldn't be out there. And I'm 90 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:42.040 sure there are things she can do that I can, 91 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:46.800 But for the most part, she in no way even 92 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:49.800 came close to what her competitors were doing. It just 93 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:53.800 seemed like she was making a mockery of what was 94 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.160 going on. And I'm talking more about breakdancing than I 95 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:58.600 ever thought I would on this show. But this, again 96 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:02.920 is residue from the Olympics, So that's out there right now. 97 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:06.240 The discussion is out there as well. Next games are 98 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:09.480 in Los Angeles. Back in LA in twenty twenty eight, 99 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:13.720 way different from nineteen eighty four. Back then the city 100 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:17.279 had seven point nine million. Now LA has nine point 101 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:20.560 seven million, and of course a gazillion people are coming 102 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:24.759 to the Olympics. The folks who run the LA Games 103 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:29.839 say they're studying what happened in Paris looking for improvements. Naturally, 104 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:35.439 Paris made ambitious pledges about sustainability and clean up of 105 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:40.199 the River Seine. Sustainability meaning if you had to build anything, 106 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:45.680 does it fall into disrepaarity you keep using it because 107 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.519 in Rio a lot of the sites where they built 108 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:53.279 are now overgrown with weeds. In Paris they tried to 109 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.319 clean up the river. You know that story by now, 110 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:59.279 some of the swimmers got sick afterwards they're still trying 111 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.399 to turn you know, if it was because of the pollution, 112 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:07.439 come on now. But La has got different issues of 113 00:07:07.480 --> 00:07:13.839 course with water. But they claim that they will have 114 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:18.800 a car free Olympics, meaning if you go to the games, 115 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:23.959 according to the mayor, you will have to take the 116 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:27.680 bus to the events. He said, we're a car dependent city, 117 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:30.680 but if you're going to attend any of the sports venues, 118 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:35.600 you're going to have to take public transportation. That's ambitious, 119 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:38.800 but it's also a great move. They're going to use 120 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:43.040 more than three thousand buses from across the country to 121 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:46.000 help in that endeavor, and they're going to hope for 122 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:51.639 more help from eligible workers remote eligible workers to reduce traffic. 123 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:55.480 So LA's got a big job ahead of it. But 124 00:07:55.519 --> 00:08:00.319 in nineteen eighty four the Olympics made money because then 125 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:02.279 as they are now, they're not gonna build anything. They're 126 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:05.240 gonna use the UCLA campus for the Olympic village. They're 127 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:08.839 gonna use Sofi Stadium, of course, which has hosted the 128 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:11.920 Super Bowl for crying in Atlanta's hosted Taylor Swift. Surely 129 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:14.600 he can handle the Olympics opening ceremony. Some of the 130 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:18.720 swimming events BMX racing in the San Fernando Valley, Pacific 131 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:23.439 Palisades between Santa Monica and Malibu for golf, and we 132 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:28.319 were talking about water long beach triathlon and marathon swimming 133 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.839 that area as according to the AP, a quote mixed 134 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:38.000 history on water cleanliness, but lately the ocean waters there 135 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.639 have scored high when it comes to cleaning. So this 136 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:46.799 is gonna be really ambitious, but they got the head start. 137 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:47.279 On it right now. 138 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:49.919 All right, we're gonna come back and talk Kentucky football, 139 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:52.799 and a little bit later on Jeff Piicor and Aaron 140 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.240 Gersham will join us here in the garage. Jeff is 141 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:01.960 shooting for a preseason special on SEC football and UK 142 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:04.519 football and the Big Blue Insider will be featured. How 143 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:07.240 about that here in the garage, and we'll talk more 144 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:11.559 about the SEC on ABC after the break. You've already 145 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:14.120 heard some of the music and it has been underwhelming 146 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:17.519 according to the folks who weigh in on such things. 147 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:20.240 But yeah, we'll talk a lot more football, and I'm 148 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:22.200 our number two with Jeff and Aaron Gershon of the 149 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:24.960 Cats Balls, but we'll hear from the Football Cats next. 150 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:28.720 You're on the Big Blue Sider six thirty WLAP. Welcome 151 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:30.360 back to the Big Blue and Sider coming up in 152 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.799 a few minutes. Well here from the Football Wildcats. They 153 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:35.240 scrimmaged on Saturday, and of course I wasn't Darrows out 154 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:37.399 of town, but generally the media we don't get to 155 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:40.240 go anyway. But we'll hear from the Cats and their coaches. 156 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:42.879 And now number two, as I mentioned, we'll hear from 157 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:46.080 Jeff Picorrel and Aaron Gershan Here in the garage. 158 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:47.759 We'll talk a lot of Kentucky football. 159 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.519 We're also going to talk about the SEC on ABC 160 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:55.600 because Jeff now, the sports director of WTVQABC thirty six, 161 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:00.399 is preparing pregame programming for the upcoming season. Thing I 162 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:03.639 used to have to do at Thede KYT. So I've 163 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.919 handed off the mantle to him and we'll talk about 164 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:10.919 that coming up. While I was gone, Mark Stoops spoke 165 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:14.840 for the first time about the penalties handed down before, 166 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:18.679 right before I left on my vacation, where Kentucky has 167 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:22.559 to vacate ten wins and now UK fans are finding 168 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:25.080 out what it feels like that other schools have got 169 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.639 to deal with that vacating wins. Of course, uove La 170 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:31.440 had to take down a banner. UK fans got a 171 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:35.159 big kick out of that. I personally never believed that 172 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:38.559 the penalty fit the crime on that, but that's a 173 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:43.440 different issue. I understand why Kentucky is vacating wins because 174 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.240 the guys who were involved, the eight players of the 175 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:49.519 eleven who played in games while they were being paid 176 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.919 for work they didn't do by rule that made them ineligible. 177 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:57.200 And people like to say, well, now with nil, you 178 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:00.480 know that wouldn't be. Yeah, it would have been because 179 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:05.200 clocking in and accepting money for work you don't do, 180 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:08.799 especially at a university which involves federal funding. 181 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.000 That's serious stuff. 182 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:17.480 If you have an NIL deal where a company or 183 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:20.440 an employer a booster, whatever you want to call him, 184 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:23.159 just hands you a check that's legal. 185 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:25.879 And I know these are the times. 186 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:28.720 We live in now they say everything's legal now, well, 187 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:32.120 no it's not, but much much more of it is. 188 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:37.000 But the bottom line is the Kentucky athletes will help 189 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:39.919 from somebody at the Med Center. 190 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:43.159 Did wrong, got away with it for a while. 191 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:48.799 UK says it's internal investigation turned it up. Bottom line 192 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:51.279 is they got caught. They had to pay the price. 193 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:55.679 And you remember now Chris Rodriguez sat for four games. 194 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:59.480 And I mentioned this when this first came out, that 195 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.480 people were blazing away at Mitch Barnhardt for dragging his 196 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.320 feet on nil And I don't know that he did 197 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:07.840 or he didn't, but I know this on a panel 198 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:11.320 discussion show that I did on k ET with Mitch. 199 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:13.679 We were both guests. He did a lot more talking 200 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:16.360 than I did, thankfully because obviously he had a lot 201 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:19.759 more to deal with. But his bottom line was, we 202 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:24.720 want to do everything right so we don't come back 203 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:28.679 and have to answer for things after the fact. And 204 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.559 that's exactly what's going on. And UK is not the 205 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:34.080 only school where this has happened. I don't know of 206 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:36.480 any other schools that the vacate wins. But I do 207 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:39.960 know that there was there have been some schools who 208 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:43.720 have been penalized because in the early stages of NIL, 209 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:45.440 which is of course we all know of the wild 210 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:49.759 Wild West, they broke rules that were still in existence. 211 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:53.120 And people who think that, well, we should just move 212 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:55.519 along and get rid of the NCAA and do what 213 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:59.279 you want, Well, that's not fair to the schools that 214 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:01.879 don't have the deep pockets of an Alabama or a 215 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:04.879 Georgia or even in Kentucky. You don't think of that 216 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:07.759 in terms of Kentucky when it comes to football, but 217 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:12.039 Kentucky is one of the few college athletic programs with 218 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:14.960 its head above water. That's what people forget. They see 219 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:20.320 these huge numbers in the media on social media and 220 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:24.080 if you still read newspapers whatever with dollar signs in 221 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:26.679 front of them, and you think everybody's getting rich, and 222 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:30.639 they're not. Some are, but for the most part, an 223 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:38.080 overwhelming majority of college athletic programs lose money. And these 224 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:43.639 are programs unlike UK that are supported at least in 225 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:48.240 some part with tax dollars. Reminder, UK is athletic budget, 226 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.279 which is what one hundred and fifty million or something. 227 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:53.919 That's all independent of tax dollars. People used to love 228 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:57.279 to see my tax dollars are paying for bad football. No, no, 229 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:59.960 you're paying form with your tickets, but you're not paying 230 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:03.559 form of tax dollars. So there's a lot of money 231 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.519 being thrown around out there, but most of it is 232 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:11.919 being spent and not a lot of it is coming back. 233 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:15.240 So any school, I think the last count I heard 234 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:18.320 this is old for like forty schools of the three 235 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:22.480 hundred plus in the NCAA are in the black, UK 236 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:25.639 is U of l IS and other than that, I 237 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:29.960 don't know. I haven't seen numbers lately. So anyway, Stoops 238 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:32.720 talked about it, and we'll hear more about that coming 239 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:36.240 up in our number two. Also, as I said, the 240 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:41.519 ABC music that will be used in some way on 241 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:45.039 SEC football comes out there calling it the anthem. To me, 242 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:50.159 this looks like a promo and people are comparing it 243 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:53.679 and complaining based on what CBS used to use. Now 244 00:14:53.799 --> 00:15:22.000 you'll recognize this music. This was the CBS music. If 245 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:25.720 you watch the SEC on CBS and WKYT here in 246 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:29.480 town or wherever, that's the music that brought you into 247 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:33.279 the ballgame. So it was music that made you feel 248 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:35.320 good because you knew you were about to watch Uncle 249 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:38.919 Vern and Gary Danielson and whatever teams you wanted to watch. 250 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:43.840 So when a different network takes over ESPN, which you'll 251 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:47.480 see at times on ABC and you'll see every week 252 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:50.480 on ABC, you know, they come up with their own music. 253 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:55.759 And what I'm hearing, though, is what I think is 254 00:15:55.799 --> 00:16:01.360 a promotional campaign that you'll see a lot, and it's 255 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:04.159 one of the columns described it. Here's the music we'll 256 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.240 be getting sick of. But I don't believe this is 257 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:10.399 what you're going to hear going into ballgames. Probably some 258 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:14.200 of the musical elements, yes, but it can't be. It 259 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:16.519 just can't be what they're going to use. Because well, 260 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:18.200 if you haven't heard a listen for yourself. 261 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:21.000 This is the SEC. 262 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:31.159 Every walk is a parade, every song is symphony, Every 263 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:36.000 Saturday is a celebration, every game a spectacle. 264 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:42.200 The SEC takes us into the wild and it always 265 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.159 feels like home. 266 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:47.440 This is the SEC on ABC, and this is how 267 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:48.360 it's done. 268 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:50.840 All right, that's that's well done. 269 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:53.679 And they've tried to coin a new phrase and they're 270 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:54.519 hoping that. 271 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:58.360 It overtakes, It just means more in popularity. I'm sure. 272 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.879 I guarantee you there was a room full of people 273 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:05.920 sitting around throwing ideas and hoping that the one would stick. 274 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:06.759 And that's what they came up with. 275 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:11.039 But can you imagine going into a ballgame and trying 276 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:14.599 to build up hype and emotion and reach into people 277 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:17.680 and pull their emotions out of them with that. No, 278 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:21.640 so I think we're criticizing or judging it in the 279 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:24.839 wrong way. I want to hear the music they run 280 00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:29.359 going into and up to kickoff, or coming in and 281 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:31.759 out of breaks, that kind of thing. You know ESPN's 282 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:37.079 got down N that has become iconic. I worked for 283 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:43.440 a little while for IMG and they wrote their own 284 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:45.839 music that they have coming in and out of breaks, 285 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:48.880 and it doesn't work, in my opinion, doesn't work. They 286 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:52.720 firmly believed it would take over as another version of 287 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:55.680 and it doesn't. I don't care how many times you 288 00:17:55.759 --> 00:18:00.119 play it. It didn't work. So I'm curious to see 289 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:04.759 what ABC and ESPN come up with. And I guarantee 290 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:09.440 you they are sparing no dollars. They will pay top dollary. 291 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:12.680 By the way, the guy who wrote the sec theme 292 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:15.279 song as a composer from New York and they have 293 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:20.039 been using that music. It's nineteen eighty seven, which I 294 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:21.880 think is kind of cool. And if you recall back 295 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:27.480 during the Final Four, we did a commentary on One 296 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:30.559 Shining Moment. I saw the story on the guy who 297 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:33.400 wrote One Shining Moment. It was actually written I think 298 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:35.200 for the Super Bowl. They never got a chance to 299 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:39.880 use it, and somebody suggested they reposition it, repurpose it, 300 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:43.480 and they use it on the Final Four. And I 301 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:45.720 brought it up because every year now it seems like 302 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:49.319 there are complaints that people try to become relevant, but 303 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:51.960 they need to stop showing that. They need to do 304 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:55.160 away with One Shining Moment. It's old, it's tired of stupid. 305 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:58.359 My suggestion has been, don't watch it if you don't 306 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:00.359 like it. Most of us ere e least many of 307 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.519 us love it. And again it always runs at like 308 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:07.079 twelve forty five am on the night of the championship game. 309 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:09.680 So if you don't like it, go to bed, turn 310 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:13.559 your TV off and go to bed. But music matters, 311 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:15.240 and I really really want to see you. And like 312 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:17.039 I said, Jeff Picrow is going to be here a 313 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:19.160 little bit later on, maybe he can shed more light 314 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:22.400 on that. All right, Coming up next stoops in the Wildcats, 315 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:25.799 on the scrimmage, and more here on six thirty WLAP 316 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:28.039 Welcome back to the Big Blue Insider. Coming up in 317 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:30.920 hour number two, Jeff Pikorro Aaron Gersham will join me 318 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:34.400 here in the garage and we'll talk Kentucky football. And 319 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:37.559 I'm guessing that Jeff got a chance to go to 320 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:40.160 the scrimmage on Saturday. He often does, but we'll find 321 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:43.240 out because, of course he is the color analyst on 322 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:48.119 the UK Football Network, although now also sports director at WTVQ, 323 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:51.079 so you know, maybe they decided to not let him 324 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:54.920 in because he's in regular media along with Aaron of 325 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.680 the Cash Boss. We'll find out coming up at the 326 00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:59.480 top of the hour, but we will find out more 327 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:01.920 about the scrimmage. Of course, I was on vacation and 328 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:04.799 get a chance to see it or hear from the coaches. 329 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:07.440 I know there's been a lot of media coverage since then, 330 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:10.079 but I was interested in some of the comments that 331 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:13.960 a couple of the players made After the scrimmage was over, 332 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:18.240 and JJ Weaver came out and spoke for the defense. 333 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:23.279 He talked about the fact that he is basically going 334 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:27.279 to enjoy this senior year by just setting himself free 335 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:30.119 and not putting any pressure on himself except for like 336 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:32.319 in a good way. But he just wants to be 337 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:35.640 able to play fast and not worry about things. And 338 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:38.359 with that said, he was asked, what do you tell 339 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:41.880 the young people on the defensive side of the football 340 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:45.599 about just how to execute and how to compete? 341 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:47.799 Man, Just be competitive? 342 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:51.759 Show coach White, show coach US officers of coordinated what 343 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:55.119 y'all can do? Just be competitive, play fast, play physical, 344 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:58.200 everything that's gonna take place. If you messed up, at 345 00:20:58.279 --> 00:21:01.480 least you did it fast. Only the first scrimmage, so 346 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:04.519 next week we actually erase the names and put the 347 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.519 names on the boards. 348 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:08.599 You're only as good as your last scrimmage. I can't 349 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:11.519 say the same about practices. If he keeps screwing up 350 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:13.279 the same drill, you're gonna get that rep. 351 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:15.519 But you know how it goes. 352 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:18.599 Where the defense usually outshines the offense and the first 353 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:23.720 scrimmage because their execution levels are different. But the next time, 354 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:26.119 it seems every year the offense gets a leg up 355 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:28.880 on the defense. But as Weaver said, the key is 356 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:31.480 make a mistake at full speed. If you're going to 357 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:34.960 screw up, make it at full speed, because at least 358 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:38.480 that way, and I'm kind of paraphrasing here, you show 359 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:42.279 the commitment you have to trying to make the right 360 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:45.759 play and do the right thing. So make a mistake 361 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:48.519 at top speed. If you're gonna make one at all, hey, 362 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:51.920 at least you look better, right brock Vandergriff came out 363 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:55.960 and spoke for the offense, and of course one of 364 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:58.559 the questions he answered was about the offensive line, and 365 00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:02.160 the word was the old line look pretty good. And 366 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:04.880 you're never going to air a quarterback come out of 367 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:09.319 a scrimmage, a practice, a drill, a dinner party and 368 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:12.759 speak poorly of the offensive line. Those guys have got 369 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:16.480 to be his best friend. But he did go a 370 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:19.880 little bit deeper when people asked him about how the 371 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:22.119 old line has been doing, not just Saturday, but in 372 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:23.119 the camp in general. 373 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:24.440 They've had a good fall camp. 374 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:27.359 The best thing with O line is all just chemistry 375 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:30.279 and stuff and making sure they're working together on some 376 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:32.240 of the different stuff that the D line brings and 377 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:34.200 brings on us and make sure they're on the same page. 378 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:36.680 So just building that chemistry with them has been great 379 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:36.960 with them. 380 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:39.680 Coach Wolf spin on them. That's good. 381 00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:41.680 And the O line's been having a good fall camp 382 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.960 and we're looking forward to this. 383 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:44.000 Season with them. 384 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:47.440 By all accounts, they should be better. This offense should 385 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:51.279 be a little less complicated in terms of verbiage and 386 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:54.279 ability to get plays off and things like that. But 387 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:56.759 also the helmet comes, you know, the. 388 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.720 Radio and the helmet. 389 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:59.559 That's going to be a big deal this year throughout 390 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:03.240 college football. There will be a lot said, written and 391 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:06.279 spoken about it, and it's gonna take some getting used to. 392 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:08.039 They've had it in the pros for a while now, 393 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:13.119 but Rock Vandergriff talked about the helmet come and just 394 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:15.200 getting used to that and how it's gonna make his 395 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.960 life easier. 396 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:18.599 I can get the whole play whatever, I only gonna have 397 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:21.480 to look to the sideline, So I'm getting it to 398 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:23.079 the O line to play, and I can go ahead 399 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:25.279 and do my pre snap whatever my little routine is 400 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:28.359 whatever one high two high man's own blitz coming yes 401 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:31.000