WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.120 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:08.919 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:11.199 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:11.720 when we. 5 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:15.400 Are get off our show, idiot, the kids are crying 6 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:15.960 or trail off. 7 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:17.039 The punctures are. 8 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:17.600 Screwing it up. 9 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:18.600 Gold Play inter. 10 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:20.920 Murals, Brother, gold Play inter Murals. 11 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.039 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 12 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:27.679 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid? Here? 13 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:28.600 Are you kidding me? 14 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:29.559 Now? 15 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:38.159 Here's Nick Coffee. Happy hump day. Everybody welcome in a 16 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:41.240 post election edition of Coffee and Company, fuel by Thornton's 17 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:44.679 here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Nick Coffee, the company man. 18 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:48.159 Mister John Alden joins me here as we get we 19 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:51.439 get this thing started. Three hours. That's how long we have. 20 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:53.880 And I hope that you guys are ready to commit 21 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:57.399 three hours of your time to us. If so, just 22 00:00:57.479 --> 00:00:59.359 know you can be out and about. You can take 23 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:01.000 us with you wherever you go. Listen live on the 24 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:04.879 Aheart Radio web listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. 25 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:10.439 And it's over, folks, the election is over. We now 26 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:13.120 know who won. We know who's going to be the 27 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.000 new well, the next president, new president. How would you 28 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:18.319 word that? This is somebody that actually has been president before, 29 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:20.040 which obviously has never happened. 30 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:22.159 But here we are. 31 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:24.799 I will say this, and I'm not going to share 32 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:26.799 a whole lot because I know that's not what you 33 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:29.560 came here to listen to. At least I don't think so. 34 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:31.840 If so, you're in the wrong place. That's not really 35 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:38.120 what we do. But I found myself fascinated by being 36 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:42.480 able to and it's it's a teeny tiny percentage of 37 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:45.319 of you know, the amount of people who vote right, 38 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:49.640 but watching this whole thing play out last night was 39 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:52.480 just it was entertaining to me and fascinating to see. 40 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:57.200 As you know, the night went on, I think like 41 00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:58.319 around I don't know. 42 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:04.359 Seven seven thirty ish both sides. 43 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.359 And again it sounds like I'm I've got some like 44 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:10.840 study or something like that. I'm talking about quite literally, 45 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:12.719 like the talking heads you see on social media and 46 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:14.280 like the people that you follow. Like that's what I 47 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:16.400 was consuming last night as far as you know, other 48 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:18.560 than watching the coverage of it and then just have 49 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:21.599 my phone out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram even like whatever 50 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:24.759 people sharing, you know, people were live. I mean people 51 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:27.159 were live on TikTok and all that, And I don't 52 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:29.479 mean like average shows, but like obviously people who are 53 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:32.360 who have a platform rather be independent or they work 54 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.960 for a network like It's It's Selection Nights. So there 55 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:37.479 was endless amounts of places you could go to hear 56 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.840 reaction from what was going on. And obviously this day 57 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:45.759 and age, you're either completely all in on your platform 58 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:48.439 catering to the Democrats or you're all in on your 59 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:51.840 platform catering to the Republicans, but both sides no matter 60 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:55.039 where I went, felt really really confident. And I said 61 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:56.439 that at the end of the show yesterday because it 62 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:59.639 just seemed like that. But what I you know, was 63 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.759 trying to gather as it became clear later into the 64 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:07.280 night who was going to win, is how confident were 65 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:07.800 they really? 66 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:10.360 Like I'm thinking that. 67 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:13.919 Those that did vote for Kamala Harris and felt confident, 68 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:15.680 like I think they believed it, but it almost kind 69 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:19.919 of felt like as the realization hit them that Donald 70 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:22.800 Trump was going to win and Kamala Harris was going 71 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:26.599 to lose, it almost felt like they realized that they 72 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:29.840 should not have been quite as confident as they were. 73 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:32.639 You know, again, I don't really have a whole lot 74 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:34.879 to base it off of, but just a just a 75 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:37.560 gut feeling that there were some that that, you know, 76 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.879 once it became real that the thing was going to 77 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:42.560 go in a direction they didn't want it to go in, 78 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.120 that they maybe realized, hey, we shouldn't have been so confident. 79 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:49.319 And you know, I think, I mean, I'll tell you 80 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:51.800 real quick what I think, and that's this is this 81 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:54.400 really isn't even like a political comment, and even if 82 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:55.919 it was, I don't think it's a big deal. But 83 00:03:56.719 --> 00:04:00.800 I think that there was just the assumption that so 84 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.560 many people loathed the man that is Donald Trump that 85 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:06.759 they just wouldn't vote for him, and then that would 86 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:11.520 be how Kamala Harris would win, because hey, just look 87 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:13.159 at this guy, he's a real a hole. No way 88 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:14.960 you're going to vote for him, right, Like, That's kind 89 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.319 of what I mean. And to be honest, I didn't 90 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:18.600 have a clue what was going to happen. Like it 91 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.920 wouldn't have stunned me if, in fact, like it went 92 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:25.199 the other way. But I felt all along that the 93 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:29.360 really really cool and not even not even super quiet people, 94 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:35.920 but like the majority those that are not loud mouths 95 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:38.240 on social media about it. Those that are very much 96 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:42.720 your average joes that you know, are thinking about what 97 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.000 is best for them when they when they go vote, 98 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:50.040 because they're thinking about themselves, their family. You know, you 99 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:52.360 never really know where they are because you know, it's 100 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:55.720 it's it's not something that you can Some people make 101 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:00.279 their political party or the candidate that they support, make 102 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:02.759 it their whole personality to where you know, but think 103 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:04.879 about how many people where you really don't know unless 104 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:07.199 you know a little bit about him. You may stereotype 105 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:11.680 and just assume based off of honestly a lot of things, appearance, age, 106 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:14.480 where you live, that kind of stuff, But you really 107 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:17.759 never know until people go and they vote. And I mean, 108 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:22.079 it really wasn't that close. And I think that there 109 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:25.560 are many and well, I get this is just a guess. 110 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:29.800 There are a lot of people across the country that 111 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:35.680 don't necessarily care for Donald Trump, they voted for him, 112 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:38.920 that realize, like it's kind of crazy, given you know, 113 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:42.560 everything with him. And I don't mean to say that 114 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:44.279 like he's the worst person in the world, but you know, 115 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:46.560 when you're going to be the president, you know, there's 116 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.480 some things that you can't really have on your record, 117 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:52.839 you can't. You know, he's not necessarily been very presidential, 118 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.279 and that's really just what just stands out. It stood 119 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:58.399 out the first time he won the election, and kind 120 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:03.600 of still stands out today, you know. So I think 121 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:07.480 that that those people probably just knew going in, probably 122 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:11.120 months leading into the election. Election day, I should say that. 123 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:13.839 Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna. 124 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.360 Vote that side, just because I feel like, given the options, 125 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:19.079 that's the best case scenario. He's not presidential. I don't 126 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:22.279 really like, you know, how he carries himself, clearly, you know, 127 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:25.199 there's there's some baggage there. But I just don't think 128 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:28.279 that there was a whole lot on the other side 129 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:32.319 that that, you know, the average jokes could really relate to. 130 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:37.040 And I think that they to me, at least it 131 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:39.120 seemed and I shouldn't say that like the majority of 132 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:41.160 their pitch was, Hey, I mean, look at this guy, 133 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:42.920 he's an a hole. Don't vote for him, vote for me. 134 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:44.839 But man, there was a lot of that, a lot 135 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:47.120 more of that than I think people. You know, everybody 136 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:49.000 was well aware this wasn't some new candidate that we 137 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:52.040 had to like figure out who he was this and that. 138 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:54.480 I mean, Donald Trump's been a celebrity for forever and 139 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:58.120 he's already been the president once. So you know, from 140 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.920 my perspective, I think they're just it fell flat their pitch, 141 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:02.680 and I think. 142 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:05.120 It led to people. There's probably people that. 143 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:09.439 Voted Republican that will probably have never done it before 144 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:11.000 and probably will never do it again, but they just 145 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:13.360 considering the options they And it's not to say that, 146 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:15.120 you know, Kamala Harris is the worst person ever. 147 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:16.519 She may be nice. 148 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:19.759 I mean, none of us know her personally, but like it, 149 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:23.639 I'm not now that a day has passed, I guess 150 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:25.519 not a full day since you know, we got results 151 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:27.560 and started to see which way it was going to go. Like, 152 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:30.199 I'm really not that surprised because when I felt like 153 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:32.040 when he won the first time, it was the same thing. 154 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:34.480 You just assume, well, surely people won't vote for this 155 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:36.439 guy who you know, was on the Apprentice, and you 156 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:38.480 know is I mean, it just it just seemed very 157 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.959 very you know off as far as him not being presidential, 158 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:44.399 he's a celebrity. This is unusual for somebody in this 159 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:46.879 position to be on the ballot running to be the 160 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:50.839 president of the United States. But sure enough, he reached 161 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:53.040 enough people the first time he won and it worked out, 162 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:55.639 and that's that's that's the way it played out here. 163 00:07:56.920 --> 00:08:01.639 So I've not necessar necesarily been monitoring, you know, national 164 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:03.199 news to see if there's been any kind of big 165 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:07.839 widespread reaction US on the losing side, But you know, 166 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:09.879 I guess it wouldn't totally shock me if if if 167 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:13.759 there was, But I do feel like there are you know, 168 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:16.759 I tried to I tried to lay out how I 169 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:19.160 you know, and I don't know for sure. It just 170 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:21.560 kind of felt like those that were really really confident 171 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:23.800 they ended up being wrong. It kind of felt like 172 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:25.480 as it was playing out, they started to realize they 173 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:28.480 should not have been as confident as as they actually were. 174 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:30.720 But I'm sure there are still many that are just 175 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.279 stunned and disbelief because they convinced themselves there's just no 176 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:36.840 scenario that that America would vote him in again, and 177 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:40.879 they did and it really wasn't close. Have you seen 178 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:42.799 any crazy reactions yet, John. 179 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:45.919 Yeah, there's there's a number of people on social media that. 180 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:49.279 You're talking like, like no, people are like okay, people 181 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:51.399 you know, and I know actually from school that you 182 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:52.279 went to high school with. 183 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:53.919 And I'm not going to give names, of course, but 184 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:57.600 there's people that I probably won't unfollow them because this 185 00:08:57.639 --> 00:08:59.960 will calm down, hopefully in a few days, I would hope. 186 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:03.000 But just seeing the way that some people react and 187 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.679 just let themselves lose their minds. I mean, this is 188 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:09.440 why I mentioned that the day after election day or 189 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:11.840 the days after election day or the worst, because you 190 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:14.639 see people just completely It's like they don't. 191 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:15.120 Know how to act. 192 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:18.639 And I hate to put them that kind of little bubble, 193 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:21.679 but like I just can't relate to that type of behavior, 194 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:22.240 you know what I mean. 195 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:23.440 Let me ask you this. 196 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:27.679 You don't have to name anybody, but the first few 197 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:29.559 that come to mind when I ask you, have you 198 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:31.960 seen any kind of like really crazy off the wall, 199 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:35.200 like you know, nothing that's going to get somebody arrested, 200 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.639 but just people, you know, kind of showing their ass 201 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:40.159 because they're upset about what happened. Is it mostly people 202 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:41.639 that are in your age range? 203 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:41.960 Yes? 204 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:44.440 Oh sure, because I think that is a different demo, 205 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:48.639 Like I think that that is a that's a base 206 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:50.440 that probably did really well with. 207 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:52.960 Kamala Harris. 208 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:56.159 To be honest with you yeah, and you know, maybe 209 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.240 they weren't aware that there's people that are you know, 210 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:01.679 old enough to be their dad, their grandpa that you know, 211 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:04.120 they've been voting a lot longer. They probably follow it 212 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:06.840 maybe a little bit closer, and they decided. Again, I 213 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:08.720 don't know if there's a way of knowing this, and 214 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:10.399 maybe you know, maybe there is, and if so, I 215 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:12.159 you know, not that I would make it a show 216 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:14.399 topic or anything like that, but the amount of people 217 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:18.440 who voted Republican for the first time in this election, 218 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:20.519 like I bet I would would not be shocked if 219 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:23.799 that number was really really high. So anyways, it'll continue 220 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:26.279 to be, you know, a national story. Just the fact 221 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:28.480 that we've got, you know, the election's over and Donald 222 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:31.480 Trump's going to be the president again, which still sounds 223 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:34.159 crazy to say out loud. And I don't mean because 224 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:36.559 of you know, well I guess technically I do. I 225 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:39.000 guess I do kind of mean because of him. But overall, 226 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:42.159 like this is this is the whole thing before anybody 227 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:45.399 placed to vote, Like, just seeing where we were as 228 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.000 the election day was approaching, like it is still kind 229 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:49.360 of like, wait, what how do we end up here? 230 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:52.120 I saw a lot of people sharing the same joke 231 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:54.960 if I knew who said it, and originally I would 232 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:56.720 give them credit, but like a ton of people I 233 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:00.360 saw sharing it as their own. So whoever came up 234 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:01.559 with it, I thought it was pretty clever. 235 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:02.559 But as you're. 236 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:04.919 Waiting last night around dinner time just to kind of 237 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:07.000 see you know, you knew it's it's it's crunch time 238 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:10.720 as far as getting results, getting numbers and whatnot. And 239 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:13.679 somebody said that it's like you are in the in 240 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:16.279 court at a custody battle and you're the and you 241 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:20.480 are the kid, and both parents are unfit, but the 242 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:22.720 judge has to decide who's gonna get who's gonna get 243 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:25.519 full custody. Like that's a little extreme, but like I 244 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:30.399 could see the connection there. So anyways, we'll move on. 245 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.559 Coffee and company. 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Obviously, the college football playoff rankings came out, 261 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:16.399 and I'm a sucker for this because I really do 262 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:20.519 enjoy hearing all the different cases being made for certain teams, 263 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:22.360 and I'm aware that like none of it all matters, 264 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:25.919 Like it might just be considered us wasting our breath 265 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:28.360 debating about, well, how did this team end up at 266 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:30.399 sevent team? Like you know, we all know it's going 267 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:32.440 to play itself out and at the end of the day, 268 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:36.480 nobody's gonna remember exactly where a team was this week 269 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:37.799 or next week. It's going to be about where you 270 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.919 are in the end. But I'm looking forward to getting 271 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.840 into it. Obviously, we can talk. We'll talk about it 272 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:45.279 throughout the show for you know, a good chunk of today. 273 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:46.639 But we are going to be joined coming up at 274 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:49.240 four h five by Zach Barnett fooballscoop dot com. Our 275 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:50.919 first guest is going to join us, coming up here 276 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:54.080 in about seven minutes or so. Once we get our 277 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.200 first break out of the way, it'll be doctor Larry 278 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:58.679 Bin's appropra have physical therapy. Looking forward to catching up 279 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:00.799 with him, and I'm very tells of him. He was 280 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.879 in Death Valley on Saturday night, so I'm going to 281 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:05.960 have to live through him a little bit and have 282 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:08.639 him share a little bit about that experience because I'm 283 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:11.440 sure he's been before on one of Louisville's trips prior. 284 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.120 But man to be there when they knock him off, 285 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:16.080 that's an all time moment. And speaking of that, Louisville 286 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:18.519 they came into number twenty two, the only three loss 287 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:22.200 team in the college football playoff rankings. And you know, 288 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:26.159 when it comes to best case scenario for you in football, 289 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:31.879 right your goals with you having three losses, I still 290 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:33.919 don't see a scenario where you get in the playoff, 291 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:36.279 but you know, we'll see. I mean, I know, some 292 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:38.600 people are thrown out a path that they see. I 293 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:41.200 don't see it, but look, knock yourself out. You're ten 294 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.360 spots away and there's three games left, so you know, 295 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:47.919 maybe crazier things have in fact happened. But went out, 296 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.039 and you will have into the streak against Kentucky. You 297 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:54.039 already knocked off Clemson, and if you win a bowl game, 298 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:57.080 that gives you back to back ten win seasons, that'll 299 00:13:57.120 --> 00:14:00.759 be the second time in program history that that's happened. Also, 300 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:03.360 if you went out, you know what that means. You 301 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:06.159 will have gone two straight seasons where every single week 302 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:09.480 that the college Football Playoff rankings existed, you were in it. 303 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:13.600 And I mean that's really plausible, And I don't know 304 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:15.240 how you wouldn't say, Man, we still have a lot 305 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.200 of momentum, Jeff brom two years in, this thing is 306 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:20.440 working out in a major way. And I don't think 307 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:22.600 there was a whole lot of doubt in regards to that, 308 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:26.559 even whenever Louisville was losing games earlier this year and 309 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:28.279 you felt like, man, why can't we get over the hump? 310 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.200 We should be winning these games. We're making mistakes. You know, 311 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:35.159 it happens, but right now to see them. I mean 312 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:36.720 they have they're the best three loss team in the 313 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:39.080 country according to the College Football Playoff Committee, which, hey, 314 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:40.440 you don't hang a banner for that, but if you 315 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:43.120 finish strong, it could still be a season that I'd 316 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:46.279 have a hard time really understanding how anybody would say 317 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:48.240 that it was, you know, disappointing him. Think you would, 318 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.679 You'd have to say that it was not special maybe, 319 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.360 but certainly a good season, and you've maintained momentum that 320 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.200 you established in year one with Jeff brom. All Right, 321 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:02.080 I'm gonna say this, and I'll I'll leave you in suspense. 322 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:05.720 I mean, it's not like something crazy, but I'm just 323 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:09.360 gonna tell you the honest truth. I think Tennessee basketball 324 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:13.559 is mid like. I don't think that they're that. I mean, 325 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:15.519 I looked up their roster, looked up their numbers, and 326 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:19.120 I'm thinking, like man like, I think Louisville on paper 327 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:23.960 is better. We'll find out soon enough, but we can 328 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:26.080 certainly talk some hoops because no football this weekend, and 329 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:29.919 we'll we'll have a Nune tip off at the Youm Center, 330 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:31.720 and I'm hoping there's a big rowdy crowd there on 331 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:37.519 the Kentucky side, Mark Stoops, he talked yesterday and he 332 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:40.320 going anywhere. Guys'll you all just need to accept the 333 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:42.440 fact that, like you're gonna have to trust him to 334 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:44.000 get it fixed because he ain't walking away. 335 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:46.279 And I don't know if you want him to, but 336 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:47.360 I kind of feel like you do. 337 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:47.840 I don't know. 338 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:48.600 Quick break. 339 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:50.120 Doctor Benz joins us on the other side right here 340 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:54.960 on Sports Talk seven ninety. Welcome back in Coffee and 341 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:58.039 Company Field by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 342 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:01.480 Thanks for joining us here on a Wednesday afternoon. And 343 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:04.360 now joining us is our dear friend, doctor Larry Ben's 344 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:06.480 of pro Reap Physical Therapy. How are we doing this afternoon, 345 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.440 Doctor Ben's. 346 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:09.799 We're doing wonderful. How are you doing, Nick? 347 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:12.159 Doing good? Doing really really well. 348 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:14.720 I'd be doing even better if I was able to 349 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:18.240 say I was alongside doctor Ben's in Death Valley on Saturday, 350 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.720 because that was one heck of a victory. And I 351 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:25.480 imagine even though you're at someone else's place, it's not home, 352 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:27.799 but you know, it's special to win there. What was 353 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:30.559 that atmosphere like for the Cards fans that did make the. 354 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:32.320 Trip, Well, I'll tell you. 355 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:36.399 It's there are certain special stadiums around the country. You know, 356 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:38.399 it's interesting, a lot of good games over the past 357 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:41.960 few weeks. You saw the West Coast games that Oregon, Washington, 358 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:43.519 certainly Penn State. 359 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.039 Ohio State. 360 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:49.039 But it's hard to beat, you know, the fan surroundings, 361 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:52.279 the culture, the atmosphere of big time college football, and 362 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:53.399 Death Valley brings. 363 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:53.840 All that more. 364 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:56.440 And let me tell you, there's nothing better than not 365 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:59.000 only just beating them, but mauling them. You know, we've 366 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:02.240 had two other chants at that valley and came up 367 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:04.200 a little short. Actually probably more than two, but two 368 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:07.079 we were very very close to leaving with a victory, 369 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:10.119 and so it made this one even much more sweet. 370 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:13.599 And you know, we played a complete game. It was 371 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:17.119 just an absolute gem and a wonderful prep by the 372 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:20.640 coaching and the players came to play. And the doubters 373 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:24.640 who are still in doubt are still probably doubting today. 374 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.880 Yeah, I tell you what. 375 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:29.119 The way they came out defensively, I mean it really 376 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:31.039 was that they got I don't know what was said 377 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.480 at halftime in Boston, but man, I tell you what, 378 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:35.519 they came out and after giving up a score to 379 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:37.880 Boston College early on in that third quarter. They really 380 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:41.240 were dominant in that game. And you know, the time 381 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:44.319 of possession I think really influenced the numbers to where 382 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:46.799 you can't really look at what Clemson did offensively and 383 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:49.200 feel like the Louisville defense had. 384 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.279 A great game. 385 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:51.039 But man, if you watched it, man, they were in control. 386 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:53.759 They were the most consistent unit. Special teams came ready 387 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:55.759 to play too. So yeah, when you've had some tough 388 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:59.200 losses to really good teams, you really need that breakthrough 389 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:01.400 win and they got it and you saw it last night. 390 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:03.000 I mean, the only three lost team in the college 391 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:05.599 football playoff rankings. That speaks to this resume. 392 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:09.400 Absolutely, And I think you know, for Losville fans who've 393 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:11.839 been around for a while, there are two football games 394 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.000 that brought back the same sense of a little bit 395 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.519 of surprise but then an absolute mauling, and that would 396 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:22.079 be the Teddy Bridgewater in our victory over Florida, you know, 397 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:23.400 down in New Orleans. 398 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:26.039 Heck, and you know how many how many outside kicks 399 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:26.759 did that game have? 400 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:29.319 Well, the game the other day, it had its fair share, 401 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:32.319