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<v Speaker 1>It's time for coffee and company.

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<v Speaker 2>Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety Holy crap,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know who the hell we think when we.

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<v Speaker 1>Are get off our show, idiot.

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<v Speaker 2>The kids are playing or trail off their countries are

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<v Speaker 2>screwing it up.

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<v Speaker 1>Gold Plea Inn murals, Brother, gold Plea Inn murals.

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<v Speaker 2>They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's the kid here?

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<v Speaker 2>Who's the kid here?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? All right,

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<v Speaker 1>Happy Monday, everybody, welcome in.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanksgiving week is here, Governor's Cup Week is here, and

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<v Speaker 2>we're ready to do this. I mean, I can only

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<v Speaker 2>speak for myself. My name is Nick Coffee and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>ready to do it. The company man, mister John Olden

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<v Speaker 2>is a long. Are you ready to rock and roll?

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<v Speaker 1>Here?

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<v Speaker 2>I am ready to rock and roll? Are you tired?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you get a nap in? I did not, but

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<v Speaker 2>I slept. I went to bed very early last night.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess what time I went to sleep, or at

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<v Speaker 2>least laid down to go to sleep. Eight o'clock exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I knew it had to be earlier. You wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>emphasized that I'm feeling pretty good today on it. John

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<v Speaker 2>has already produced a four hour radio show today that

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<v Speaker 2>started at five am, and now he's here with us

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<v Speaker 2>to provide you know what, he always doing my own show.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, I'm just doing everything. I mean, he's a

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<v Speaker 2>hard working man, is what company man? Right, So he's ready.

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<v Speaker 2>That means you guys got to be ready. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he's already put in really a full shift already, but

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<v Speaker 2>he's ready to rock and roll with us for the

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<v Speaker 2>next three hours. And again, I hope that is the

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<v Speaker 2>same for you guys at Is Coffee and Company. And

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<v Speaker 2>we are fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven

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<v Speaker 2>ninety short week obviously with the holidays, but man, what

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<v Speaker 2>a lot to get into. This week has turned into

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<v Speaker 2>really for the last I don't know decade or so,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just been a humongous week for a lot of reasons.

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<v Speaker 2>But really locally, I mean Louisville of course, they've got

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<v Speaker 2>their season family coming up to Kentucky. That's that's been

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I still that the game is the last

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<v Speaker 2>game of the year, and I don't think I'll ever

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<v Speaker 2>be to a point where I'm going to say that

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<v Speaker 2>I would prefer it here rather than when it was

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<v Speaker 2>where it was for you a long long time. When

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<v Speaker 2>they reknew the series, it was the first game of

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<v Speaker 2>the season for a long time, and then I don't

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<v Speaker 2>remember how many times it was played as the third

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<v Speaker 2>game of the year when it was in Lexington. But

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<v Speaker 2>then whenever Louisville joined the ACC that's when it moved

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<v Speaker 2>to the end of the year. And I've just been

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<v Speaker 2>thinking about it for the last couple of days. Is

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<v Speaker 2>of course, all attention has shifted on the Louisville side

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<v Speaker 2>to Kentucky. But I still hate that it's the last

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<v Speaker 2>game of the year. I really do. But hey, there's

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<v Speaker 2>nothing you can do about it that won't be an

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<v Speaker 2>excuse if Louisville comes up short, but a lot to

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<v Speaker 2>get into when it comes to that matchup, and we'll

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<v Speaker 2>certainly do that. But also, you've got the first year

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<v Speaker 2>of the College Football Playoff expanded to twelve teams. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not sure you could have had a weekend that that

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<v Speaker 2>anybody would have believed was possible unless you witnessed what

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<v Speaker 2>happened on Saturday. I mean, that was insane, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think it could have really went worse for the SEC,

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm being honest with you. Now, what we don't

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<v Speaker 2>know is will the Committee view it like everybody else

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<v Speaker 2>views it, or will they continue to just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>provide evidence that makes it quite clear that they are

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<v Speaker 2>giving at the SEC program's benefit of the doubt favoritism

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<v Speaker 2>brand bump really just based off of what has been

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<v Speaker 2>done in previous seasons. Now, I can't tell you that

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<v Speaker 2>I think that the teams that got upset this weekend

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<v Speaker 2>are trash. But it's not about like what I think

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<v Speaker 2>they can be. It's about what you do. It's about results.

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<v Speaker 2>And there are a handful of SEC teams that were

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<v Speaker 2>really looking like they were in pretty good shape to

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<v Speaker 2>potentially have one of these last spots, but it probably

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<v Speaker 2>would have been based off of some level of a

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<v Speaker 2>benefit of the doubt eye test, which of course is

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<v Speaker 2>in the eye of the you know, in the eye

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<v Speaker 2>of the beholder. So the way it played out though,

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<v Speaker 2>like now you lost to some of these teams, lost

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<v Speaker 2>to bad teams, to where like the we're gonna find

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<v Speaker 2>out one way they're that what this is done, and

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get into sort of all of the chaos, because

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<v Speaker 2>what's what's crazy, but I think is true. David halo

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<v Speaker 2>vesp bit's out there. There are actually twenty four teams

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<v Speaker 2>that have somewhat of a shot to find themselves in

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<v Speaker 2>the playoff as of today. Now, I think you you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a few that the likelihood of it happening is

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<v Speaker 2>really just not likely at all, in fact, very unlikely.

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<v Speaker 2>But still technically there's there's a scenario that could play

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<v Speaker 2>out to where twenty four different teams could you know,

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<v Speaker 2>could make it in. So what the Committee's going to have?

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<v Speaker 2>What the Committee's going to do here on you know

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<v Speaker 2>following Well, I guess really it'll be next week, but

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<v Speaker 2>the chaos just happened this past week, So technically this

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<v Speaker 2>is what we're really going to see how they view

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<v Speaker 2>what took place. Are they going to hold teams accountable

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<v Speaker 2>for losing games that you really can't lose if you

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<v Speaker 2>want just people to assume, oh yeah, well we're such

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<v Speaker 2>and such in the SEC so like you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't tell me we're not better than this Big ten

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<v Speaker 2>team and that Big ten team. So we're gonna find

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<v Speaker 2>out if the committee really got put in a tough

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<v Speaker 2>spot here, because there's really not a lot of wiggle room.

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<v Speaker 2>They're either going to do what most probably want them

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<v Speaker 2>to do, which is really take these hold these teams

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<v Speaker 2>accountable for losing late, or they're going to make it

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<v Speaker 2>quite clear that they don't view any other league the

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<v Speaker 2>way they view the SEC. And I think I have

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<v Speaker 2>an idea what they're gonna do. It's not what I

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<v Speaker 2>want them to do, but we shall see. So, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville has no chance of the playoff. I keep seeing

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<v Speaker 2>people mention, well, the Stanford loss was really really tough

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<v Speaker 2>because it eliminated I am not the only one that

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<v Speaker 2>never thought there was any scenario Louisville was in the

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<v Speaker 2>conversation for the playoff or even the ACC championship. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I tried not to like insult people, and people want

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<v Speaker 2>to dream big, and when you know there's like somewhat

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<v Speaker 2>of a chance, you're gonna really get excited about it.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not dead yet. But like I couldn't believe how

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<v Speaker 2>many people reacting to the Stanford loss act as if, well,

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<v Speaker 2>there you go, there's your chance at the playoff. Like

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<v Speaker 2>what I mean, I thought Louisville's best case scenario before

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<v Speaker 2>the Stanford loss was to win out and probably end up,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, not making the AEC Championship game, but being

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<v Speaker 2>able to maybe finish I don't know, top fifteen or something,

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<v Speaker 2>which I guess would have been really tough because you're

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<v Speaker 2>right there on the outside looking in and you could

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<v Speaker 2>go back to the games that you lost and feel like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>if we'd have just not done this or not done that.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyways, you know, they're not in it. And I

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<v Speaker 2>bring that up to say, I think you can be

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<v Speaker 2>a college football fan and your team, you know, be

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<v Speaker 2>terrible this year or maybe just you know, solid, but

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<v Speaker 2>clearly not in the mix. That's Louisville, to be honest

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<v Speaker 2>with you. And it's still been really fun to watch

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<v Speaker 2>all this chaos that has taken place. So we'll find

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<v Speaker 2>out tomorrow night what the committee makes of the results

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<v Speaker 2>we got on Saturday. And it's not just the SEC. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>Indiana took their first loss and that obviously changes them

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit, but they clearly got all the help

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<v Speaker 2>they could get. I feel like, I mean, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>most people look at Indiana actually as a big winner

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday because of everything that happened after they lost. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>what we don't know is does the committee see it

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<v Speaker 2>that way, and we'll find out tomorrow. Also when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to basketball, I mean, there's already some great basketball

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<v Speaker 2>going on. I know I've been saying this for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time, for the past month, really, it seems. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'll continue to be a broken record. If you're not

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<v Speaker 2>watching college basketball just because you've not gotten into college

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<v Speaker 2>basketball mode yet, you're missing out. There have been some

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<v Speaker 2>phenomenal matchups in November and December, or not December, but

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<v Speaker 2>there are gonna be some really good non conference games

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<v Speaker 2>in December as well. And I don't know if I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just noticing it more so. Maybe it's because I'm no

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<v Speaker 2>longer a lifeless college basketball fan when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>my team, but I feel like that I was going

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<v Speaker 2>to say, well, maybe I'm just noticing it, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>actually been this way as far as scheduling in November

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<v Speaker 2>for the last couple of years. But I've just been

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<v Speaker 2>dead inside because of my team was you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>we were lifeless as a fan base. But actually, no,

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<v Speaker 2>when that happened, I should I mean, I was all

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<v Speaker 2>in on you know, I was focusing on college basketball

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<v Speaker 2>overall more so than my team because my team didn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we knew pretty early last year that it

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be a rough year, so I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like we've been spoiled, and I just want people to

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<v Speaker 2>know that if you are somebody that loves college basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>like I think a lot of you do, if you

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<v Speaker 2>go looking for games, and maybe that's what you don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to do, Maybe you just want to see it

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<v Speaker 2>on your guide, on your YouTube, TV or your spectrum,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it may be. But like if you've got ESPN Plus,

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<v Speaker 2>if you've got Peacock, heck, the CBS Sports Network. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they're the ones who had that tournament in the Bahamas

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<v Speaker 2>that just I guess wrapped up over the weekend. So

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy it. And Louisville, of course, will be part of it,

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<v Speaker 2>as they are going to play their first game in

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<v Speaker 2>the Battle for Atlantis on Wednesday at noon, so they're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna take on Indiana and the next game will be

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<v Speaker 2>against either Gonzaga or West Virginia. I would say if

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville's able to win, there's a really really good chance

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to play Gonzaga. If they end up losing,

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<v Speaker 2>which certainly they could, they're gonna be underdogs, then they'll

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<v Speaker 2>probably play West Virginia, which, to be fair, is still

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a bigger challenge than everybody you've played

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<v Speaker 2>outside of outside of Tennessee. But to be honest with you,

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<v Speaker 2>they've looked more beatable than the majority of the teams

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<v Speaker 2>that I've watched in the field so far this year.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've not watched a lot of these teams super

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<v Speaker 2>close because you know, I just haven't had you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I really wanted to and have honestly haven't bet on

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<v Speaker 2>them to where I would need to go watch them

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<v Speaker 2>in if I do that, It's not like I'm watching

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<v Speaker 2>the entire game. I'm just kind of keeping up with it,

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<v Speaker 2>getting a feel for if my wager is alive or not. So,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, exciting week. Obviously, the Governor's Cup game is

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<v Speaker 2>a big deal. We'll talk a lot about that today

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<v Speaker 2>and of course throughout the week, and then with Louisville basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll have our show Wednesday, which essentially our show will

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<v Speaker 2>be the postgame show because we'll go live. At least

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<v Speaker 2>It was the third game this year that I got

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<v Speaker 2>So my wife, myself, the moose Man, and my nephew Luke.

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<v Speaker 2>We we were cold, we made it work and we

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<v Speaker 2>here in just a moment, But yeah, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>you could have asked for a better response than what

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<v Speaker 2>we saw Saturday, given the embarrassment in Stanford a week prior.

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<v Speaker 2>by the result or really any specific play that was

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<v Speaker 2>made for Louisville, whether it be offense or defense, because

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to their ability. I just question are they

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<v Speaker 2>or at least something close to it. And they've done

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<v Speaker 2>it a couple of times this year, and man, is

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<v Speaker 2>there no more of an important time to do it

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<v Speaker 2>than this Saturday in Lexington. But the experience that was

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<v Speaker 2>the first time I've ever gone to a Louisville game

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<v Speaker 2>like that. Like I've gone with tickets a bunch of times,

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<v Speaker 2>especially when I was grown up, but the majority of

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<v Speaker 2>the games that I've gone to really gosh. In the

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<v Speaker 2>to be indoors when it's really hot outside and they've

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<v Speaker 2>got ac and obviously the heat I'm sure in the

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<v Speaker 2>press box was phenomenal for the guys up there, the

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<v Speaker 2>guys in gals I should say, up there on Saturday

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<v Speaker 2>when it was really really cold, you know. But when

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<v Speaker 2>I would go to games with you know, with tickets

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<v Speaker 2>when I was younger, with my family or just with

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<v Speaker 2>friends like we had, we would get decent seats at times.

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<v Speaker 2>But I was probably like seven eight rows up section

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<v Speaker 2>one thirty five, and it was I mean, it is

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<v Speaker 2>a different experience. Not to say you can't have a

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<v Speaker 2>great experience and enjoy yourself if you're there and you're

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<v Speaker 2>not sitting as close, but it was. It was awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh, there are I don't know how many cameras

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<v Speaker 2>on the field that they're not on the game at

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<v Speaker 2>any point, and I've never I've never really noticed these

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<v Speaker 2>these folks because again I've never I've never set for

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<v Speaker 2>an entire game where I was on Saturday, and even

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<v Speaker 2>when I'm sitting elsewhere, I'm not close enough to where

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<v Speaker 2>I can see them, or if I'm in the press box,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm way far away and can't see them. But there

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<v Speaker 2>are a handful of people that are running a camera,

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<v Speaker 2>but the camera is just in the crowd the whole time,

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<v Speaker 2>like they're just there's probably four or five of them,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess around the whole stadium, field level, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>whenever they want to show people bringing the vibes and

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<v Speaker 2>getting into it, you know, putting somebody up there that's

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<v Speaker 2>going to hopefully enhance the atmosphere, They're going to find people.

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<v Speaker 2>And once my son realized that they were on a

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<v Speaker 2>kid like three or four rows ahead of us that

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<v Speaker 2>was really really close, and he was dancing, He was

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he was entertaining in hopes of getting the

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<v Speaker 2>camera on him, and the kid did a great job.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know if Moose felt at his competition

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<v Speaker 2>orf he was just jealous, Probably a little bit of both,

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<v Speaker 2>but he started really hamming it up, trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>on the big screen, and he made it, and it's,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's all he's been thinking about and talking

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<v Speaker 2>about since it happened. I think he feels like he's

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<v Speaker 2>part of the team now. I think he feels like

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<v Speaker 2>his his his. He was doing the Isaac Brown go

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<v Speaker 2>to sleep thing for people. Think some people thought it

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<v Speaker 2>was Steph Curry, which I didn't even know Steph Curry

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<v Speaker 2>does that, but I have seen the pictures and the

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<v Speaker 2>jiffs that show that, you know, that's a Steph Curry thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess after making big shots. He just does it

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<v Speaker 2>because of Isaac Brown doing it at Clemson. So he

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<v Speaker 2>just felt like that would be the you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if anybody knew what he was doing for sure,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know, that was his movie. He was ready

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<v Speaker 2>and he's feeling like a million bucks. It was pretty

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<v Speaker 2>cool to see, just because you know, that's not something

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<v Speaker 2>I've ever experienced before as a fan, to be that

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<v Speaker 2>close and you know, to you know, to be that

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<v Speaker 2>close to the action. So it was it was really awesome,

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<v Speaker 2>and it men real quick with Louis Football, I just

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<v Speaker 2>before we get into Kentucky, because we're gonna certainly do

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<v Speaker 2>that on the other side, and there's some things obviously

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<v Speaker 2>that we can discuss from Saturday that can probably make

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<v Speaker 2>you feel should make you feel confident in the game

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday. But we've been there before, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>this is probably not a good tease to throw out

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<v Speaker 2>there fifteen minutes into the show, but it's just the

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<v Speaker 2>honest opinion. I'm now to the point where I with

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<v Speaker 2>this game. It's happened enough to where like I really

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<v Speaker 2>don't care about any result from any team because the

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<v Speaker 2>cliches or cliches for a reason, and this one, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if in other rivalries it is true, but

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like in this one between these two teams,

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<v Speaker 2>in football specifically, you really can throw everything out of

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<v Speaker 2>the window, like whatever you have believed about your team

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<v Speaker 2>or the other and whatever you you know, whatever you've

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<v Speaker 2>looked at to try to maybe be optimistic or pessimistic

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<v Speaker 2>about the matchup. Like where a certain team has a

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<v Speaker 2>strength strength of schedule for each team, Well we played

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<v Speaker 2>them and we beat them bad and then they lost

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<v Speaker 2>to a team that you know then that then beat Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 2>Like you can do those kind of things, but like

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<v Speaker 2>it's I mean, if you want to do that kind

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff, knock yourself out. And there's certainly some things

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<v Speaker 2>like that we can reference, but like, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>it has any any factor in the game at all

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday. I really don't. So anyways, real quick, before

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<v Speaker 2>we take a time out, let you guys react and

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<v Speaker 2>just start, you know, getting into this matchup on Saturday

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville football. I wish I could put it in words

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<v Speaker 2>that don't make me sound as dumb. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if this is a dumb thing to say, but

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<v Speaker 2>I just wish there was a better way to say it.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's just it's just how I feel. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>a weird year. This football season has been weird in

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<v Speaker 2>a variety of ways. And I don't mean that like

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<v Speaker 2>because of any specific result. I mean, it just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of feels like the season never got started. I slept

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<v Speaker 2>walk through the first two games, not because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I was down on the team, but like I get

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<v Speaker 2>nothing out of watching them play Austin p and Jacksonville State.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you had to schedule that because of Indiana

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<v Speaker 2>buying out of the game, and it would have been

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<v Speaker 2>a much different world had you played Indiana rather than

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<v Speaker 2>playing Jacksonville State. But like you know, Louisville is not

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<v Speaker 2>the only team that has those two type of games

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<v Speaker 2>to start your season. It's actually pretty common. We were

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<v Speaker 2>pretty spoiled, to be honest with you. And I say spoiled,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess just from my perspective because I like when

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<v Speaker 2>you play, at least in the first couple of weeks

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<v Speaker 2>a team with the pulse that you've heard of. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you had two games against really nobody's and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>then you beat Georgia Tech. Then you had was it

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<v Speaker 2>a buye? And then it was Notre Dame and you

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<v Speaker 2>played really bad, to be honest with you, yet you

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<v Speaker 2>still could have won, probably should have won. Then you

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<v Speaker 2>had Miami again. That was another setback, and I know

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<v Speaker 2>the SMU losses in between there, but then you went

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<v Speaker 2>like a whole month, in fact, you went over a

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<v Speaker 2>month without having a home game. Like It's just been

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<v Speaker 2>a weird year. And what makes it weird to me

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<v Speaker 2>more than anything is that I believe this team is

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<v Speaker 2>really good. I believe that. Now, that's just my belief.

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<v Speaker 2>I know I'm not alone, but I'm only speaking for myself.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe they're really good. Yet the results this year

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<v Speaker 2>don't back that up. And unfortunately, you can believe whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you want if you've got facts that tell you otherwise.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what matters. Right, there's a win, there's there's a

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<v Speaker 2>win and loss record for Louisville that does not confirm

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<v Speaker 2>that they are as good as I think they are.

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<v Speaker 2>So therefore, you know, you got to go win. Winning

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<v Speaker 2>and losing is how you can determine if you are

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<v Speaker 2>in fact really good or you're really not. So more

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<v Speaker 2>than anything, I guess it's just that they're capable. So,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there's been a part of me that has feared,

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<v Speaker 2>really since the SMU loss, that this could end up

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<v Speaker 2>being one of those years where you think, man, what

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<v Speaker 2>could have been? What could have been? Because maybe j

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<v Speaker 2>Cory Brooks is like an NFL star. Wouldn't shock me.

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<v Speaker 2>He's good. Maybe Tyler Shuck ends up finding a home

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<v Speaker 2>in the NFL and has a decent career, wouldn't shock me. God,

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<v Speaker 2>I hope Duke Watson and Isaac Brown stick around here

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<v Speaker 2>for a long long time. But you know, nothing would

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<v Speaker 2>shock me because those guys are elite. Ashton Julyattie probably

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<v Speaker 2>going to be drafted on Day two of the NFL Draft,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe even as high as a second round. Quincy Riley

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to be drafted as well. Stan Kuon Clark,

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<v Speaker 2>that guy's super talented. I mean, I think this team

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<v Speaker 2>is really good, but it just hasn't worked out to

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<v Speaker 2>where they've had. They have a record that proves that

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<v Speaker 2>it's what it could have should have, so that I

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<v Speaker 2>think they'll they'll always be for me, especially if they

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<v Speaker 2>finish strong, and that's that's what you want. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>we all want them to finish really strong. So if

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<v Speaker 2>they finish strong and they get to ten, and would

418
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<v Speaker 2>it be ten and three, I guess they got four

419
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<v Speaker 2>losses now, so no, they couldn't be the case. They

420
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<v Speaker 2>couldn't be ten and three. They could be nine and four.

421
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<v Speaker 2>At best if they win on Saturday to win a

422
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<v Speaker 2>bowl game, you know, I will always know that they

423
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<v Speaker 2>could have been better. But if a what could have

424
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<v Speaker 2>been year where you have games that you know you

425
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<v Speaker 2>probably could have played just a little bit better against

426
00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:09.000
<v Speaker 2>really good teams, and it would have changed everything if

427
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<v Speaker 2>you just would have avoided the upset to Stanford. I mean,

428
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<v Speaker 2>I'm not ready to go there and say that that

429
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<v Speaker 2>would have put Louisville in a potential path to the playoff,

430
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<v Speaker 2>but I honestly have been so scared to have that realization.

431
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<v Speaker 2>I'm not looking to find out because that would be

432
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<v Speaker 2>the worst thing ever, is that Stanford lost being something.

433
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<v Speaker 2>I mean again, I don't I don't think it would

434
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<v Speaker 2>have been. Hey, they're in it. I mean maybe they

435
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<v Speaker 2>would have been alive in some form or fashion, but

436
00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:35.079
<v Speaker 2>like you know, it'll always be what could have been year?

437
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<v Speaker 2>I think I just do because I believe the team's good,

438
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<v Speaker 2>the players are good. Jeff Bram I think is a

439
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<v Speaker 2>good coach. They just haven't been able to put it

440
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<v Speaker 2>all together. And that's I think, not one person's fault.

441
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<v Speaker 2>It's collectively everybody's fault, to be honest with you, But

442
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<v Speaker 2>if the what could have been year instead of a

443
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<v Speaker 2>oh man, we could have been really good, but we

444
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<v Speaker 2>were lousy. We went four and eight. If what could

445
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<v Speaker 2>have been year ends up in a nine and three

446
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<v Speaker 2>or a nine and four season where you beat Clemson

447
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<v Speaker 2>for the first time ever, you in this streak to Kentucky,

448
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<v Speaker 2>not only will I be able to live with it,

449
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<v Speaker 2>I'll be able to say, all right, that was good,

450
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<v Speaker 2>Because to say I'll live with it, it almost sounds like,

451
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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'll not, you know, lose my mind. No,

452
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<v Speaker 2>I mean I'll be satisfied. Now, everybody's satisfaction levels are

453
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<v Speaker 2>probably a little bit different, but there's still something to

454
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<v Speaker 2>play for in a big way here to finish strong

455
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<v Speaker 2>and give you some momentum heading into the offseason. We

456
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<v Speaker 2>all know how it felt last year when you had

457
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<v Speaker 2>no momentum heading into the off season. You lost your

458
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<v Speaker 2>last three games really all an embarrassing fashion. So I

459
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<v Speaker 2>don't know if anybody would sit back and say that

460
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<v Speaker 2>because of the difference and finishes, that this year would

461
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<v Speaker 2>be better than last year, because you played in the

462
00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:47.519
<v Speaker 2>ACC Championship and that has a lot of value. But man,

463
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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot to be said about finishing strong rather

464
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<v Speaker 2>than starting strong and finishing poorly. So they've got a

465
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<v Speaker 2>chance to do that on Saturday, and we'll talk a

466
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<v Speaker 2>lot about it throughout the week, including on the other

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<v Speaker 2>side of you guys want to join us, you can

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<v Speaker 2>The sausage, egg and cheese croissant. Still it's still very

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So currently, I know Louisville has been a

497
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<v Speaker 2>small favorite in this matchup against Kentucky. I think really

498
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<v Speaker 2>all year. I feel like when we've had early lines

499
00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:29.119
<v Speaker 2>that you disappear and then they reappear after a couple

500
00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:31.039
<v Speaker 2>of different weeks of results, they kind of give these

501
00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:32.880
<v Speaker 2>sports books a better feel for where to set it.

502
00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:35.519
<v Speaker 2>Louisvill's kind of always been I think a slight favorite

503
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<v Speaker 2>and as of right now, that is still the case.

504
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<v Speaker 2>According to DraftKings here, Louisville is currently favored by Where's

505
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<v Speaker 2>it out here? Yeah, lowill favored by three and a half,

506
00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:49.799
<v Speaker 2>which I thought last time I checked it was at three.

507
00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:51.119
<v Speaker 2>But either way, three or three and a half, I

508
00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:53.720
<v Speaker 2>feel like what it's been at for since these two

509
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<v Speaker 2>teams finished up their games on Saturday evenings, So I'm

510
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<v Speaker 2>not surprised that Louisville is a favorite, but that doesn't

511
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<v Speaker 2>do anything for me. It just, I mean, I don't

512
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<v Speaker 2>feel better about this matchup because Louis's favorite. I wouldn't

513
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<v Speaker 2>feel worse about it if they were three and a

514
00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:12.279
<v Speaker 2>half point underdogs. And this is again probably not a

515
00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:15.160
<v Speaker 2>great way to, you know, really encourage people to stick around.

516
00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:17.000
<v Speaker 2>We're gonna get you set for this kickoff. The rest

517
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<v Speaker 2>of the week it's Governor's Cup week, It's Rivalry week,

518
00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:21.720
<v Speaker 2>baby like, because I just you know we're gonna do that.

519
00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:23.119
<v Speaker 2>But I like, there's all kinds of things you get

520
00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:25.799
<v Speaker 2>through out there, But for me, I just don't think

521
00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:29.200
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna tell you any real way of which which

522
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<v Speaker 2>way this game is gonna go. I mean, I know

523
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<v Speaker 2>Kentucky Kentucky right now, Like, and I'm seeing Louisville fans

524
00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:37.359
<v Speaker 2>throwing certain stats out there in facts about how bad

525
00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:39.839
<v Speaker 2>they were this year, and they're like they're preventing, like

526
00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:43.240
<v Speaker 2>they're presenting like real numbers like facts, And I'm not

527
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<v Speaker 2>saying that that means nothing, but it doesn't change how

528
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<v Speaker 2>I feel about the game. Like, Kentucky only has one

529
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<v Speaker 2>win against the team with a winning record, and that

530
00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:58.200
<v Speaker 2>is that is All Miss, And then their other wins

531
00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:05.920
<v Speaker 2>came against Murray's Date, Southern Miss and Ohio, and the record,

532
00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:08.599
<v Speaker 2>the combined record of those teams, even like for who

533
00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:11.119
<v Speaker 2>they are, like is really really bad. So yeah, that

534
00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:13.400
<v Speaker 2>probably makes Kentucky look even worse than you thought they were.

535
00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:15.599
<v Speaker 2>But again, for me, I know that Kentucky has good

536
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<v Speaker 2>enough players to beat Louisville. I know that they have

537
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<v Speaker 2>good enough players to beat a lot of the teams

538
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<v Speaker 2>on their schedule that they lost to, some of them

539
00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:29.160
<v Speaker 2>in which they got embarrassed by. So for Louisville, I

540
00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.880
<v Speaker 2>know that they are good enough to go in there

541
00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:33.519
<v Speaker 2>and beat Kentucky. And if Kentucky's the same team they've

542
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<v Speaker 2>been at home this year against you know, comparable competition,

543
00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:39.599
<v Speaker 2>like Louisville, Louisville. If they take care of business, they

544
00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:41.519
<v Speaker 2>should win this game, and it probably wouldn't be close.

545
00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:45.759
<v Speaker 2>But these games never play out like that, man, never ever.

546
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<v Speaker 2>And Louisville, you know, to be honest with you, they've

547
00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:53.880
<v Speaker 2>been super inconsistent. Kentucky's been the more consistent team. But

548
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<v Speaker 2>I also know that they're not sitting here potentially with

549
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<v Speaker 2>a four and eight season. They already fin one in

550
00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:03.480
<v Speaker 2>seven in the SEC. You know you are what your

551
00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:07.079
<v Speaker 2>record says you are, but they're not one in seven

552
00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:09.960
<v Speaker 2>in the SEC because they just don't have players good

553
00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:13.480
<v Speaker 2>enough to go win. And if Stanford's good enough to

554
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<v Speaker 2>beat Louisville at home, Kentucky's good enough to beat Louisville

555
00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:21.000
<v Speaker 2>at home despite how bad Stanford is. So you know,

556
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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna try to find my footing before we get

557
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<v Speaker 2>to I guess the pregame show on Saturday, because I

558
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<v Speaker 2>have no clue what's gonna happen in this game, not

559
00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:36.079
<v Speaker 2>even like a gut feeling. I got nothing, which again,

560
00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:37.559
<v Speaker 2>not a great way to start the week. Let's get

561
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<v Speaker 2>excited about the Governor's Cup game. I got nothing to say,

562
00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:42.920
<v Speaker 2>like that's that's probably not the good way to do it.

563
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<v Speaker 2>But I'm just being honest with you. I have no

564
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<v Speaker 2>clue what's gonna happen here. If you take the average

565
00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:52.880
<v Speaker 2>type of performance that you've seen from these two teams,

566
00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:56.880
<v Speaker 2>like every result, how they played, you get the average

567
00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:58.839
<v Speaker 2>of that. You put those two teams together, Louisvill's better

568
00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.680
<v Speaker 2>and Louisville wins, but they get and that's never how

569
00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:06.480
<v Speaker 2>this has ever worked ever. So again, I'm sure as

570
00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:09.160
<v Speaker 2>we get closer, I'll start to, I guess, you know,

571
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<v Speaker 2>try to predict the future like everybody else is doing

572
00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.680
<v Speaker 2>or is going to do. But I don't think any

573
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<v Speaker 2>of us have a clue. And if you really give

574
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<v Speaker 2>it some thought, take away just the history, recent history,

575
00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:24.680
<v Speaker 2>I should say, of this rivalry series. Obviously, Kentucky's been

576
00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:26.079
<v Speaker 2>on the winning side of it for far too long.

577
00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:29.079
<v Speaker 2>LEISLLL the had won this game since twenty seventeen, as

578
00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:33.160
<v Speaker 2>last year Lamar Jackson was here. So you know that

579
00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:37.880
<v Speaker 2>is certainly on the minds of everybody Kentucky. They feel like, hey,

580
00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:39.359
<v Speaker 2>as bad as we are, we know we can still

581
00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:43.200
<v Speaker 2>go beat them. Let's go do that. For Louisville, I mean,

582
00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:45.960
<v Speaker 2>I can only speak for myself, but I'm a Louisville fan,

583
00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:48.559
<v Speaker 2>and I'm sitting here thinking, Man, I'm just gonna say it.

584
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<v Speaker 2>This has kind of built up to maybe being the

585
00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:54.440
<v Speaker 2>worst potential loss to them ever, just given how bad

586
00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:59.720
<v Speaker 2>they've been this year. So you know, the history, the

587
00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:01.960
<v Speaker 2>recent history of the series is a factor when a

588
00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:05.079
<v Speaker 2>lot of people are putting you know, I guess in

589
00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:06.559
<v Speaker 2>their heads what they think is can happen, or if

590
00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:08.480
<v Speaker 2>they're making a bet, whatever it is, but it really

591
00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:15.039
<v Speaker 2>won't matter on Saturday, at least it shouldn't. If it does,

592
00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:17.799
<v Speaker 2>I would say it's Kentucky coming out and not showing

593
00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:19.480
<v Speaker 2>that they're a team that just went one and seven

594
00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:22.559
<v Speaker 2>in their league and finished alone in fifteenth place out

595
00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:26.039
<v Speaker 2>of sixteen teams. Everybody else in the league had two

596
00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:29.400
<v Speaker 2>wins other than Kentucky and Mississippi State. Missisipstate didn't win

597
00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:31.559
<v Speaker 2>a single game in league play. Kentucky only won one.

598
00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:38.920
<v Speaker 2>So you know, if Louisville comes out and they look

599
00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:44.799
<v Speaker 2>you know, offensively tight and you know, just uncomfortable, I

600
00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:46.960
<v Speaker 2>can't say that if they're making mistakes and turning it

601
00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:50.119
<v Speaker 2>over and just making boneheaded plays, I can't sit her

602
00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:52.160
<v Speaker 2>and say, well, it's because they're overthinking the rivalry. They're

603
00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:53.599
<v Speaker 2>in their own head. They know that this is the

604
00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:56.000
<v Speaker 2>one year they can't lose to Kentucky because we've seen

605
00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:59.519
<v Speaker 2>the world do that against anybody this year. But I know

606
00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:01.720
<v Speaker 2>some will here we go again, always Crapp in the

607
00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:04.359
<v Speaker 2>bed against Kentucky because you can look at I mean, look,

608
00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:06.119
<v Speaker 2>Kentucky can live in the world where they're not as

609
00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:07.480
<v Speaker 2>bad as they are. But I think they know this

610
00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:09.240
<v Speaker 2>year like they had a DISASTERUS year. But again I

611
00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:11.559
<v Speaker 2>think they probably agree with me that it's not really

612
00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:13.680
<v Speaker 2>about talent. Like Mark Stoups at his press conference talking

613
00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:16.720
<v Speaker 2>about how they've got they've got the resources better than

614
00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:18.000
<v Speaker 2>they have ever been to be able to go to

615
00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:20.160
<v Speaker 2>the portal and get players, I assume he's talking nil

616
00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:22.720
<v Speaker 2>and go fix this roster. Dude. You get paid nine

617
00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:24.920
<v Speaker 2>million dollars. You didn't need a roster to be fixed. Dude,

618
00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:27.319
<v Speaker 2>you just had a bad year, Like your roster was

619
00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:29.480
<v Speaker 2>not why you went one and seven, And he knows that.

620
00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:37.880
<v Speaker 2>So you know right now the teams that Louisville did

621
00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:41.119
<v Speaker 2>mess up and make mistakes against that sometimes those mistakes

622
00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.519
<v Speaker 2>were you got to give the other team credit. They

623
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<v Speaker 2>had a factor in that, right, like a couple of

624
00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:49.680
<v Speaker 2>the turnovers against Notre Dame. You know, well, in fact,

625
00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:51.880
<v Speaker 2>I think everything that went wrong against Notre Dame at

626
00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:54.519
<v Speaker 2>Notre Dame Louisville was their fault. Like I don't want

627
00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:56.279
<v Speaker 2>to give Notre Dame any credit. That sounds awful and

628
00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.559
<v Speaker 2>that's sound like such a sore loser. But if you

629
00:28:57.640 --> 00:29:00.200
<v Speaker 2>go back and watch that game the way Louisville lost,

630
00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:02.160
<v Speaker 2>like the things they did, like if they snapped the

631
00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:04.839
<v Speaker 2>ball over the punter's head, Tyler Schuck take it off

632
00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:06.759
<v Speaker 2>for the longest run of his life probably and just

633
00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:09.799
<v Speaker 2>coughing up the ball to Corey Brooks, just bobbling a ball,

634
00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:11.839
<v Speaker 2>they take it go the other way and have a

635
00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:17.079
<v Speaker 2>short field. The pass interference double pass interference call where

636
00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:19.160
<v Speaker 2>they called offensive end defensive pass interference. So I mean

637
00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:21.680
<v Speaker 2>lois made some mistakes, but you could also say, well, hey,

638
00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.559
<v Speaker 2>those are the kind of mistakes that probably happen when

639
00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:25.559
<v Speaker 2>you play a really good team like Notre Dame, Miami

640
00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:27.799
<v Speaker 2>and as Si mute three of the teams that beat you.

641
00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:31.160
<v Speaker 2>I still think Louisville had a big factor in those losses.

642
00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:34.200
<v Speaker 2>But either way, I could be wrong, and those teams

643
00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:36.559
<v Speaker 2>are really good and at least, you know, pretty good

644
00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:39.400
<v Speaker 2>with Kentucky if you'd make those kind of mistakes, I mean,

645
00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:43.000
<v Speaker 2>can we sit back and say, well, hey, what are

646
00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:45.920
<v Speaker 2>you gonna do? It's Kentucky. No, not this year. They're terrible.

647
00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:48.559
<v Speaker 2>So people will say, well, hey, here we go again.

648
00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:51.079
<v Speaker 2>Crap in the Bedicans, Kentucky, no excuse to come out

649
00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:53.880
<v Speaker 2>and have this happen. With so much on the line,

650
00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:55.680
<v Speaker 2>this is your chance to get the cut back and

651
00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:59.400
<v Speaker 2>restore bragging rights on this side of the rivalry. So

652
00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:05.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, probably not a great thing to keep emphasizing,

653
00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:07.559
<v Speaker 2>but just being honest with you, I have no clue

654
00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.920
<v Speaker 2>what we're going to see on Saturday, but what I

655
00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:13.200
<v Speaker 2>do know, and it's only my opinion. I can't speak

656
00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:16.920
<v Speaker 2>for anybody but myself, the way this thing has played

657
00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:19.599
<v Speaker 2>out all around As of now, I'm ready to say it.

658
00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:22.880
<v Speaker 2>A loss here would be the worst loss ever for

659
00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:28.480
<v Speaker 2>Louisville in this rivalry series. I mean that, I know

660
00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:31.880
<v Speaker 2>others will say when you lost to Kentucky in two

661
00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:35.759
<v Speaker 2>thousand and seven in Lexington in the third game of

662
00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:39.119
<v Speaker 2>the year, the Stevie got loose game, and you may

663
00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:41.319
<v Speaker 2>be you may be right when it comes to like

664
00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:44.920
<v Speaker 2>the gut punch of that, because Kentucky had been had

665
00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.920
<v Speaker 2>been little brother in football at Louisville for a little

666
00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:49.599
<v Speaker 2>while there and Brian Brohm came back. I mean that

667
00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:51.839
<v Speaker 2>was Crackdores' first year, we all, I think, because that

668
00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:54.680
<v Speaker 2>team ended up actually underwhelming not I mean, what was it.

669
00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:57.559
<v Speaker 2>A week later Louisville was thirty something point favorites against

670
00:30:57.559 --> 00:31:00.880
<v Speaker 2>Syracusan lost So like that point, I kind of knew, hey, yeah,

671
00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:03.079
<v Speaker 2>we lost to Kentucky and that's stunk, but like not

672
00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:05.000
<v Speaker 2>so surprised now that we lost to them, because they

673
00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:07.240
<v Speaker 2>ended up actually being pretty good that year in Louisville stunk.

674
00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:09.880
<v Speaker 2>So for me, like the way this thing is played

675
00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:13.960
<v Speaker 2>out to where you have no reason not to go

676
00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:17.680
<v Speaker 2>beat them at their place. The only teams that beat

677
00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:21.079
<v Speaker 2>the only teams that Kentucky beat at CommonWell Stadium this

678
00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:23.279
<v Speaker 2>year are the bums they paid to come in and

679
00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:26.839
<v Speaker 2>bend over the bye games. Murray State, Southern miss who

680
00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:31.160
<v Speaker 2>didn't even get to finish the game. Who else, Ohio,

681
00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:35.599
<v Speaker 2>like everybody else that they hosted beat them. So you know,

682
00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:39.880
<v Speaker 2>I just this is a game that Louisville should win.

683
00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.680
<v Speaker 2>I certainly know they can. It's not like we got

684
00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:44.480
<v Speaker 2>a question do they have the ability to do it? No,

685
00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:46.960
<v Speaker 2>they do, but like will they none of us know,

686
00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:48.640
<v Speaker 2>and we'll find that on Saturday. But the reason I

687
00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:52.799
<v Speaker 2>think it's now really not even not even a second

688
00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:54.759
<v Speaker 2>thought for me as far as saying that this would

689
00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:57.400
<v Speaker 2>be one of the most demoralizing losses for Louisville football

690
00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:00.640
<v Speaker 2>in this series is because of year. It was the

691
00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.839
<v Speaker 2>year to just get it out of the way, just

692
00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:03.759
<v Speaker 2>break the streak, end it. Even if you get out

693
00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:06.680
<v Speaker 2>of their ugly you at least can just say that, hey,

694
00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:08.880
<v Speaker 2>brom he's ended it. And it was more of a

695
00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:10.960
<v Speaker 2>crackthorpe thing than anything. As to how they've built this

696
00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:13.519
<v Speaker 2>big of a lead in this big of a streak

697
00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:16.160
<v Speaker 2>in the series. Well then you you know, they didn't

698
00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:18.359
<v Speaker 2>even have any confidence about themselves. Now, they were worse

699
00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.839
<v Speaker 2>this year than last year, but they limped in that

700
00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:22.160
<v Speaker 2>game last year after getting their butts kicked at South

701
00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:25.079
<v Speaker 2>Carolina against a bad South Carolina team, and you know,

702
00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:27.400
<v Speaker 2>they were down on their coach, not to the level

703
00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:29.279
<v Speaker 2>they are now, but like they didn't really have a

704
00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:31.599
<v Speaker 2>whole lot of confidence. I don't think they were scared

705
00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:33.640
<v Speaker 2>of Louisville, but they didn't feel great about their team.

706
00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:35.200
<v Speaker 2>Well now they feel even worse. They want their coach

707
00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:38.480
<v Speaker 2>gone again. They didn't beat anybody at home that they

708
00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:42.079
<v Speaker 2>didn't pay to come take a butt wompan. They're alone

709
00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:44.759
<v Speaker 2>in fifteenth place out of sixteen teams in the SEC.

710
00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:48.119
<v Speaker 2>You know, Louisville went in and beat Clemson at their place, which,

711
00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.279
<v Speaker 2>by the way, still is a win that has a

712
00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:51.799
<v Speaker 2>lot of value. So like, if you don't do it

713
00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:55.680
<v Speaker 2>this year, I don't even know what the hell I'm

714
00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:57.400
<v Speaker 2>going to say on the postgame show, other than maybe

715
00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:59.920
<v Speaker 2>just cry, which I wouldn't do that because you know

716
00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:03.039
<v Speaker 2>I'll be more professional than that. But I don't know

717
00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:05.240
<v Speaker 2>maybe I will, because I can't tell you for sure

718
00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.960
<v Speaker 2>what kind of reaction, what kind of emotion I would

719
00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:08.880
<v Speaker 2>have if Louisville loses this game, and I know they could.

720
00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:11.359
<v Speaker 2>I know that there's probably some on the Kentucky side

721
00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:14.000
<v Speaker 2>that feel confident in it, and I get it. But

722
00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:16.640
<v Speaker 2>Mark Steve's announcing earlier today that he's going with his

723
00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:22.160
<v Speaker 2>freshman quarterback Cutter Bowley as the starter. It made it again.

724
00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:24.319
<v Speaker 2>That's what I was getting to and I got sidetracks,

725
00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:28.079
<v Speaker 2>almost blocked out, thinking about the scenario of Louisville losing

726
00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:30.920
<v Speaker 2>this game and like how to process it. But what

727
00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:33.839
<v Speaker 2>this does is by starting a true freshman, I mean,

728
00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:36.400
<v Speaker 2>it's another thing you can add to the long list

729
00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:39.920
<v Speaker 2>of things that Kentucky can claim. We still beat you

730
00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:42.839
<v Speaker 2>and this we still beat you, and we sucked, we

731
00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:46.240
<v Speaker 2>hate our team. We still beat you, and we know

732
00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:50.640
<v Speaker 2>we're terrible. We still beat you and we actually think

733
00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:52.079
<v Speaker 2>you're pretty good. I don't know if they'd say that,

734
00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:54.680
<v Speaker 2>but you'd throw that in the list. Throw that, add

735
00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:56.279
<v Speaker 2>that to the list. We still beat you. We put

736
00:33:56.319 --> 00:34:00.200
<v Speaker 2>out a freshman quarterback in his first career start. I mean,

737
00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:03.039
<v Speaker 2>and I don't blame Stoops at all, because what this

738
00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:07.519
<v Speaker 2>does is this absolutely gives them a spark. They played better.

739
00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:09.639
<v Speaker 2>It sounds like when he came in the game against Texas,

740
00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:12.159
<v Speaker 2>it sounds like he's got a lot of talent, a

741
00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:14.760
<v Speaker 2>lot of upside, and there's no there's no risk in

742
00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:17.000
<v Speaker 2>doing this right. I mean, you try it out, brought

743
00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.719
<v Speaker 2>Vandergriff and he gives you the same thing he's been

744
00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:21.079
<v Speaker 2>given you all year, and you end up losing Louisville then,

745
00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:23.480
<v Speaker 2>like I mean that you kind of know what you

746
00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:25.280
<v Speaker 2>have there. You put the young kid out there, see

747
00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:27.320
<v Speaker 2>what happens, and it does kind of give you a

748
00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:29.719
<v Speaker 2>chance to cleanse a little bit when it comes to

749
00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:33.199
<v Speaker 2>the awful stinch that you have from the season for

750
00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:35.400
<v Speaker 2>being a four and seven team that's one in seven

751
00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:37.800
<v Speaker 2>in sec play. Like again, I think they all know

752
00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:39.480
<v Speaker 2>that that. Let me give you the best, let me

753
00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:41.360
<v Speaker 2>describe it the best, the best way I can give

754
00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:43.119
<v Speaker 2>me a second here, because one of the things I

755
00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:47.280
<v Speaker 2>talked about for weeks now about this the one thing

756
00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:49.280
<v Speaker 2>that would make me feel really confident in this game.

757
00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:51.480
<v Speaker 2>And I don't know if that's I just lie to you.

758
00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:53.079
<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure if I ever would feel really confident

759
00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:54.639
<v Speaker 2>in this game, given what's happened in the last five

760
00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:57.519
<v Speaker 2>or six meetings. But if Kentucky, you know, finished the

761
00:34:57.559 --> 00:35:00.880
<v Speaker 2>season the way they did, which they did, and Louisville

762
00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:03.119
<v Speaker 2>didn't have the slip up to Stanford and they looked

763
00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:05.559
<v Speaker 2>good and Kentucky was maybe even more beaten up than

764
00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:08.760
<v Speaker 2>they've already been, and like maybe their losses were even

765
00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:11.559
<v Speaker 2>worse than they were, then then I think the best

766
00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:13.559
<v Speaker 2>case scenario for Louisville would be to just get off

767
00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:16.480
<v Speaker 2>to a decent start, and they'll they'll be hit by

768
00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:19.840
<v Speaker 2>the human element. They're gonna know, wey, We're we're gonna

769
00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:22.480
<v Speaker 2>we're gonna just we're gonna turn it on. New season,

770
00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:24.880
<v Speaker 2>rivalry game, Let's finish strong, let's get the let's keep

771
00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:26.880
<v Speaker 2>the Governor's Cup. Like you can say that, But once

772
00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:29.159
<v Speaker 2>you have any level of adversity hit you, when you've

773
00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:31.440
<v Speaker 2>already played a full season and you've been this bad, like,

774
00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:33.639
<v Speaker 2>it's it's it's not possible. It's almost not possible to

775
00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:37.199
<v Speaker 2>just flip the switch and turn it around. But it's

776
00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:38.639
<v Speaker 2>more possible to do it, I think when you've got

777
00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:40.440
<v Speaker 2>a new a fresh start on offense, right, I mean,

778
00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:42.320
<v Speaker 2>it's almost like they have new life now. And who knows,

779
00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:44.679
<v Speaker 2>maybe this kid ends up being terrible in this game

780
00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:46.679
<v Speaker 2>and he's a factor in the loss. None of us know.

781
00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:50.400
<v Speaker 2>But I think it was a wise move for Stoops

782
00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:52.440
<v Speaker 2>to do that because you've got nothing to lose, and

783
00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.360
<v Speaker 2>it gives you a better chance to maybe be able

784
00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:56.719
<v Speaker 2>to just kind of, you know, approach this game like

785
00:35:56.840 --> 00:36:01.039
<v Speaker 2>the previous eleven games didn't happen. But again, I also

786
00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:03.519
<v Speaker 2>think it makes more it adds even more pressure, I

787
00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:08.559
<v Speaker 2>think for Louisville. All right, quick break, We'll talk some

788
00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:10.800
<v Speaker 2>basketball coming up here before too long, because obviously there's

789
00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:12.440
<v Speaker 2>been a lot of college hoops going on. Louisville did

790
00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.119
<v Speaker 2>play on Friday. We haven't talked about it yet, but

791
00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:19.039
<v Speaker 2>I think what happened against Winthrop a close, closer game

792
00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:20.599
<v Speaker 2>early on than maybe a lot of people expect it.

793
00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:22.320
<v Speaker 2>But still they won without a whole lot of trouble

794
00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:26.159
<v Speaker 2>didn't cover. But I still saw some things that you know,

795
00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:30.119
<v Speaker 2>I'm aware that if you see Winthrop doing it, you're thinking, oh, man,

796
00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:32.840
<v Speaker 2>what's Indiana gonna do? What's good Zaga going to do?

797
00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:35.159
<v Speaker 2>If we play them? And I get it, But I

798
00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:37.840
<v Speaker 2>actually think in these last two games, it's tough to

799
00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:39.880
<v Speaker 2>really know, but I feel like they took at least

800
00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:41.960
<v Speaker 2>some small steps forward as far as just kind of

801
00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:43.639
<v Speaker 2>getting a better feel for who they're going to be

802
00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:46.440
<v Speaker 2>as a team, like their identity. So again, we'll talk

803
00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:49.000
<v Speaker 2>some hoops coming up here and a lot more. It's

804
00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:50.760
<v Speaker 2>a Monday, it's coffee and company, and we are feel

805
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<v Speaker 2>about Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. It's

806
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<v Speaker 2>right coffee and company rolling along here on a Monday afternoon.

807
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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for hanging out with us here on Sports Talk

808
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<v Speaker 2>seven ninety Louisville dot com. On Mondays. There are moments

811
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<v Speaker 2>where I kind of just struggle to speak. I don't

812
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<v Speaker 2>know if it's because you know, I go from just

813
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<v Speaker 2>yapping for three hours straight Monday through Friday, and then

814
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<v Speaker 2>you know, I guess I'm a little rusty when we

815
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<v Speaker 2>come back on Monday. But anyways, there's always no excuse

816
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817
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<v Speaker 2>Text line five O two six five three zero seven

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<v Speaker 2>ninety This says Nick. I know you said it jokingly

823
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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday night, but I totally agree. Had Louisville not lost,

824
00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:44.719
<v Speaker 2>wevill did lose. Think you misspoke? He said, Louisville not

825
00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:49.039
<v Speaker 2>lost to Stanford, the Kentucky loss would actually hurt even more.

826
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<v Speaker 2>Here's what I think you mean because when I know

827
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<v Speaker 2>what I said, and it wasn't really like a planned

828
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<v Speaker 2>thing to bring up and discuss, but it just kind

829
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<v Speaker 2>of hit me on Saturday because if you listen to

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<v Speaker 2>the postgame show, we had some fun. Obviously a great

831
00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:01.320
<v Speaker 2>game for Louisville. I mean, you couldn't ask for a

832
00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:04.679
<v Speaker 2>better bounce back performance from Jeff Brom and this team

833
00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:07.639
<v Speaker 2>given what happened the week before. But what I'd said,

834
00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:10.199
<v Speaker 2>because it quickly shifted to Kentucky right after, you know,

835
00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:12.920
<v Speaker 2>the initial thoughts on the game, and we heard from

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<v Speaker 2>Jeff Brom in the press conference and then it just

837
00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:17.320
<v Speaker 2>kind of shifted and started. It just shifted to talking

838
00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:20.119
<v Speaker 2>about Kentucky in the matchup. But what I'd said was

839
00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:24.800
<v Speaker 2>that if there is a silver lining and losing to Stanford,

840
00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:29.239
<v Speaker 2>was that if you do end up losing Kentucky despite

841
00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:32.760
<v Speaker 2>their season being where it is, it's still gonna hurt.

842
00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:38.280
<v Speaker 2>It's still gonna suck. But I think you probably don't

843
00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:42.320
<v Speaker 2>have much like Louisville went from a team with their

844
00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:48.360
<v Speaker 2>three losses to Notre Dame SMU in Miami. In that

845
00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:51.199
<v Speaker 2>in that world they were viewed you know, you could

846
00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:53.800
<v Speaker 2>you could easily view them as a team that's pretty good.

847
00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:56.440
<v Speaker 2>They've just played a tough schedule and the three teams

848
00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:59.519
<v Speaker 2>that they've lost to, those teams are actually pretty damn good,

849
00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:02.679
<v Speaker 2>and Louisville was competitive and could have won those games.

850
00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:06.639
<v Speaker 2>You know, if you watch loutlever closely that even despite

851
00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:09.440
<v Speaker 2>that pre Stanford lost, they still were you know, these

852
00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:12.800
<v Speaker 2>still times would just make really crucial mistakes at terrible

853
00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:16.639
<v Speaker 2>times and show signs of being undisciplined. But again, the

854
00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:19.159
<v Speaker 2>committee said you were a top twenty team. You know,

855
00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:23.199
<v Speaker 2>you still had results that you know, were respected by

856
00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:26.440
<v Speaker 2>those that ranked these teams and whatnot. But if you

857
00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:28.400
<v Speaker 2>lose to Stanford the way you did it kind of

858
00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:30.440
<v Speaker 2>makes it to where, yeah, you know, like I put it,

859
00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:32.159
<v Speaker 2>put it as way. I bet those other teams out

860
00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:34.920
<v Speaker 2>there that had Louisville as a notable win when Louisville

861
00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:37.559
<v Speaker 2>lost to Stanford, I'm sure they weren't happy because it

862
00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:41.000
<v Speaker 2>wasn't a good look for Louisville. So the way they

863
00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:44.400
<v Speaker 2>lost to Stanford, it's just I guess a refresher, a

864
00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:46.679
<v Speaker 2>reminder that like they still can't do things like that

865
00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:49.599
<v Speaker 2>even after a big win against Clemson on the road.

866
00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:52.559
<v Speaker 2>So you know, I don't know for sure, and I

867
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<v Speaker 2>don't want to find out, but I said it two

868
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<v Speaker 2>days ago, forty eight hours ago, roughly, I still stand.

869
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<v Speaker 2>I think there won't be any level of like shock

870
00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:08.039
<v Speaker 2>or disbelieve if Louisville comes out and does kind of

871
00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:10.280
<v Speaker 2>the same things they did against Stanford and the same

872
00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:12.760
<v Speaker 2>things they did against these other teams, and it has

873
00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:16.440
<v Speaker 2>a big factor in them being unable to win. Had

874
00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:19.440
<v Speaker 2>they rolled Stanford by forty, wouldn't have meant much because

875
00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:21.559
<v Speaker 2>Stanford's that bad, and then they did what they did

876
00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:23.840
<v Speaker 2>the other night against Pittsburgh, I still would not be

877
00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:26.559
<v Speaker 2>feeling like, oh yeah, Louisville's gonna cruise. There's no scenario

878
00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:29.639
<v Speaker 2>that they lose this game because of what this game is.

879
00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:33.199
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I think if there is any silver lining,

880
00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:37.119
<v Speaker 2>I now am not necessarily you know, like, nothing's off

881
00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:40.480
<v Speaker 2>the table for me when it comes to Saturday. And

882
00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:42.360
<v Speaker 2>I mean this, and again, probably not a great way

883
00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:44.840
<v Speaker 2>to really build up excitement for the game and get

884
00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:47.599
<v Speaker 2>people interested in listening along with us for the next

885
00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:49.199
<v Speaker 2>few days as we get you set for the game.

886
00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:51.119
<v Speaker 2>But there's not a result out there that would shock

887
00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:55.639
<v Speaker 2>me if Louisville lets it get away early or something

888
00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:57.880
<v Speaker 2>and they implode, Like I hope that doesn't happen. I

889
00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:59.480
<v Speaker 2>don't think it's likely to happen, but I can't say

890
00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:01.440
<v Speaker 2>i'd be stunned. I mean, you saw what they did

891
00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:05.159
<v Speaker 2>just the game before the Pittsburgh game. If they start

892
00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:10.679
<v Speaker 2>clicking offensively and they've got Cory Brooks making plays, your

893
00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:13.840
<v Speaker 2>freshman duo at running back, Brown and Watson, those guys

894
00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:17.280
<v Speaker 2>are are getting loose. The defense, you know, is the

895
00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:19.440
<v Speaker 2>good defense like what we saw Saturday, and Stan Kuon

896
00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:22.760
<v Speaker 2>Clark's out there making plays, Ashton July's getting loose despite

897
00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:25.880
<v Speaker 2>being held every play seemingly in Louisville roles. That wouldn't

898
00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:28.239
<v Speaker 2>shock me. I mean, that's obviously what I hope to happen,

899
00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:30.719
<v Speaker 2>But like a close win for either side also really

900
00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:34.960
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't shock me. I thought about it yesterday and a

901
00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:37.360
<v Speaker 2>lot throughout the day today. How can I put an

902
00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:40.000
<v Speaker 2>interesting twist on this matchup? How can I provide a

903
00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:43.280
<v Speaker 2>perspective that maybe you're not getting elsewhere as everybody's shifted

904
00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:45.599
<v Speaker 2>gears to this Governor's Cup matchup, but I got nothing,

905
00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:50.280
<v Speaker 2>Like nothing would shock me. I clearly have you know,

906
00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:52.480
<v Speaker 2>wishful thinking on my end as far as what happens.

907
00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:57.320
<v Speaker 2>But I really and honestly probably just me being a

908
00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:59.880
<v Speaker 2>warrior as a human being. That's just part of my personality.

909
00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.880
<v Speaker 2>It's an issue I have. I worry way too much

910
00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:04.239
<v Speaker 2>about things at times. I try not to. But them

911
00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:07.760
<v Speaker 2>starting their freshman quarterback like that made it even more so,

912
00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:10.559
<v Speaker 2>Like Wow, I mean, who knows, Maybe Kentucky's a new

913
00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:12.960
<v Speaker 2>team because this freshman who's never started a game he's

914
00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:14.800
<v Speaker 2>getting his first start. Maybe he's the guy they should

915
00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:16.519
<v Speaker 2>have been playing all along, and they'd have a way

916
00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:18.760
<v Speaker 2>different year if he was their guy. I mean again,

917
00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:21.199
<v Speaker 2>I hope that's not the case, but none of us know.

918
00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:23.599
<v Speaker 2>What I do know is where you need to turn

919
00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:26.800
<v Speaker 2>to when it comes to keeping your pets safe and healthy.

920
00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:29.280
<v Speaker 2>That's the Jefferson Animal Hospital over there on Outer Loop.

921
00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:31.159
<v Speaker 2>They've been around for a long time. In fact, since

922
00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:34.360
<v Speaker 2>nineteen eighty that's forty four years, almost forty five years

923
00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:36.840
<v Speaker 2>if you can count. And you don't stick around with

924
00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.679
<v Speaker 2>a great reputation like that they have over there at

925
00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:41.199
<v Speaker 2>Jefferson Animal Hospital unless you're doing what you claim you

926
00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:42.960
<v Speaker 2>do and doing it really well, and that's taking care

927
00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:46.599
<v Speaker 2>of your pets. Pets are family members, and they obviously

928
00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:50.760
<v Speaker 2>can't communicate with us like humans can, so they may

929
00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:52.519
<v Speaker 2>not even know they've got some kind of an ailment,

930
00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:54.320
<v Speaker 2>some kind of a health issue going on. So you

931
00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:57.039
<v Speaker 2>should always get him checked out. Don't wait for an emergency,

932
00:42:57.079 --> 00:43:01.039
<v Speaker 2>don't wait for something to happen, some kind of sign

933
00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:04.320
<v Speaker 2>that something's wrong. Just make sure. Hey, even if they're

934
00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:05.960
<v Speaker 2>not showing any signs of something, we should go get

935
00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:07.559
<v Speaker 2>a check up, just to make sure, just to be safe.

936
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<v Speaker 2>So it's Jefferson Animal Hospital. Give them a call FABO

937
00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:13.360
<v Speaker 2>to nine hundred pets. Visit them online at Jefferson Vets

938
00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:15.320
<v Speaker 2>dot com. They're open twenty four hours at eight, three

939
00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:17.559
<v Speaker 2>hundred and sixty five days a year, folks, So even

940
00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:20.199
<v Speaker 2>on a holiday, there's an emergency, they're there for you.

941
00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:22.480
<v Speaker 2>All right. We're here for you too for the next

942
00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:24.760
<v Speaker 2>two hours, So stick around. Let's talk to some college

943
00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:27.440
<v Speaker 2>hoops coming up on the other side, as Louis's getting

944
00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:30.440
<v Speaker 2>set for this battle for Atlantis. How you feeling about

945
00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:33.880
<v Speaker 2>those Hoosiers, Johnny, I'm feeling good. Could be feeling better

946
00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:36.079
<v Speaker 2>about them. People probably thought I was talking about football,

947
00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:38.599
<v Speaker 2>but I was talking basketball because these two teams play

948
00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:41.119
<v Speaker 2>the Hoosiers and the Cards on Wednesday at noon, which

949
00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:44.599
<v Speaker 2>I don't feel great about the matchup on my end,

950
00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:46.840
<v Speaker 2>but we shall see, We shall see, all right. Stick around, everybody,

951
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<v Speaker 2>Two more hours left right here on Sports Talk seven

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