WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:03.439 Under countries are screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:07.480 gold Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, 3 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:10.000 but they're really not. Who's the kid here? 4 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:11.919 Who's the kid here? 5 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:25.160 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 6 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:31.120 All right, let's get it started. 7 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:34.719 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome in to a Friday edition of 8 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:38.600 Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk 9 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:41.920 seven ninety as we close out another week here, get 10 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.439 your set for the weekend. I feel like it's a 11 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:47.679 big weekend. I mean, I would say that even if 12 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:49.359 I didn't think it was a big weekend. 13 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:52.520 But I'm just gonna go ahead and get it out there. 14 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:53.119 Right now. 15 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:58.520 We are one minute and thirteen seconds into being live here, 16 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:04.640 and I'm really worried about tomorrow's game. I'm not going 17 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:06.799 to be the guy that's saying, like I predict a loss, 18 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:09.719 because one that would be a terrible way to start 19 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:13.280 the show. And I've never been big on giving predictions. 20 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:17.120 In fact, it's, you know, because I'm well aware that 21 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:20.519 whatever I like, nobody has a clue, right. I Mean 22 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:23.200 there's certain games where you know, hey, whenever a big 23 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:27.560 time favorite has taken on a big time underdog. You 24 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:29.280 know the result is likely going to be a big 25 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:31.439 win for the favorite. But like as far as like 26 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:34.079 you know, hey, what's your prediction, what's your score? Like, 27 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:36.840 it's just never really been my thing because if I could, 28 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:40.760 if I gave you a number, meaning a score, and 29 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:43.519 a scenario how it finishes, I don't think I'd be 30 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:45.239 able to sell you, you know what I mean, Like 31 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:48.400 you would you would you would know that as I'm 32 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:53.040 sharing with you my prediction that I'm just guessing and 33 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:56.040 we all are, and I can't do it very convincingly 34 00:01:56.159 --> 00:01:58.439 because you know, it wouldn't be genuine. So I've never 35 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.799 been real big on like, hey, here's what's gonna happen, 36 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:03.239 here's the score, here's how we got there. But with 37 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:07.959 Louisville Virginia tomorrow, I'm scared. Not that I'm scared of 38 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:11.080 Virginia because they're not a scary team. I mean, they're 39 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:13.240 in a pretty good spot here and we can certainly discuss, 40 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:17.840 you know, the matchup. We're going to talk to Alex 41 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:21.639 Kupper coming up here at three point thirty, and I'm 42 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:24.879 really interested in hearing his thoughts on how Louisville is 43 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:28.159 here with losses that you know aren't terrible as far 44 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:31.000 as you lost to, but how they lost and just 45 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:33.759 how sloppy they've been. It's been a big conversation, as 46 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:36.879 you could expect, but the lack of communication on defense. 47 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:40.240 At one point you had fourteen guys on the field 48 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:40.879 on defense. 49 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:41.719 Like, I'm just. 50 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:43.639 Curious if Cup can give us some perspective and like 51 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:46.199 how that could ever happen? Like how can a team 52 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:50.000 be so disorganized and have such an issue with communication? 53 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:53.039 And he may not have the answer, but we're at 54 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:54.719 least gonna ask him. He's gonna join his coming up 55 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:56.800 at three thirty. So again, I'm not here to say, hey, 56 00:02:56.879 --> 00:03:00.719 I'm predicting a Louisville loss. Everybody prepare for the ultimate 57 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:02.919 melt down from the fan base to lose three in 58 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:04.919 a row and drop to three and three on the season, 59 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:06.919 because I'm not here to tell you that I think 60 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:09.319 that's what's going to happen. But I am comfortable enough 61 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:13.599 to at least say, given the last two weeks, kind 62 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:16.039 of given where Louisville is right now as a team 63 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:21.599 and where Virginia is and knowing they're at home, like 64 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:26.400 I'm I'm worried. I'm worried, and it's not because I 65 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:29.840 think Louisville is terrible. I mean, that's what makes it 66 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:33.560 even more frustrating is that I think they if they 67 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:39.960 just come out more prepared, avoid the avoidable mistakes, have 68 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:45.639 a better led defense as far as you know, scheme, execution, 69 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:48.479 game plan, all that kind of stuff, then I think 70 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:50.800 they're probably sitting at five and zero. And if they 71 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:53.400 were five and oh, I guess the Notre Dame wind 72 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:56.919 would be would be notable. But of course people would 73 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:59.400 still bring up the fact that, well, Northern Illinois just 74 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:03.240 did the same thing two weeks before and SMU, even 75 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:05.960 though at this point it's you know, I don't think 76 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:07.840 you can call that like a bad loss, as if 77 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:10.639 you lost to a terrible team. But you know, I 78 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:12.319 thought we were I thought we were at a point 79 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.879 where you just didn't think you'd be losing many home 80 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:19.240 conference games. And you got Miami coming to town next 81 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:23.480 week and SMU despite them having I mean, they've got 82 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:25.480 momentum right now, they're on a roll. But still like 83 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:27.839 that was not a game. I don't think many expected 84 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:31.439 Louisville to just come out and lose. So tomorrow three 85 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:35.079 thirty Louisville in Virginia. It's not a big game in 86 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:38.399 the grand scheme of things for the college football world 87 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:43.000 and the slate that we have on Saturday. But it's 88 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:46.680 just a weird situation because you win here, there's not 89 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:48.639 a whole lot to gain. I mean, you're beating a 90 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:50.839 team that you feel like every year you should just 91 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:54.959 beat because you are better. But they've always given you 92 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:58.040 trouble in certain spots that you know, they've been the 93 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:01.879 head scratching opponent for Louisville the ACC. You know, overall, 94 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:05.240 they've they've not been very good since Louisville's been in 95 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:08.959 the ACC, but they've either beat Louisville in years where 96 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:12.560 you know Louisville was down, or they play them close 97 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:16.519 when they're not good in Louisville is and that happened 98 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:21.079 last year. I mean twenty sixteen, Louisville needed a big 99 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:24.680 time play from Lamar Jackson to Jalen Smith to avoid 100 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:28.600 a big time upset. They gave Bobby his first ACC 101 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:31.800 loss back in twenty fourteen. And I've never been somebody 102 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:35.759 that believes what you see like trends are real, meaning 103 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:39.199 you can track them right, Like, hey, this team's lost 104 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:41.920 eight of nine to this opponent over twenty years. 105 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:43.199 But I've never. 106 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:45.199 Believed that it actually has anything to do Like whatever 107 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:48.680 happened against Virginia last year, whatever happened against Virginia six 108 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:50.639 years ago, has nothing to do with what's going to 109 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:53.240 take place tomorrow. At least that's what I believe, But 110 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.959 I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong. So again, it's not 111 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.079 a big game. It's a game you should just win, 112 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:03.600 and if you do, we'll say, hey, they avoided a 113 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:08.079 three game losing streak. A win should give them some confidence, 114 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:10.160 even though it's a game they were supposed to win. 115 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:16.160 But a loss here would be I mean, I think 116 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:20.399 it would be devastating. I mean, fans are already upset 117 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:23.959 and disappointed with the record and knowing that, like, it's 118 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.360 not really seemingly a talent issue when you play, you know, 119 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:29.759 That's what I think. Maybe I shouldn't speak for anybody 120 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:31.439 but myself, but I don't think louis a lost in 121 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:33.759 Notre Dame because Notre Dame just has players you can't 122 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:35.839 account for. You can't line up against those guys and 123 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:38.680 make winning plays. I mean, Notre Dame typically is a 124 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:42.519 program that would have a superior advantage there when it 125 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:45.319 comes to talent, but I didn't see that in South Bend. 126 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:47.360 And then last week. I give SMU a lot of 127 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:50.879 credit because if you were objectively watching that game, without 128 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:54.959 knowing anything about either team or either coach, you would 129 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:58.000 just say that SMU is better. So you know you 130 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:00.639 just got beat, but you also just are in a 131 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:07.319 position defensively with your lack of organization making silly mistakes 132 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:10.519 to where you know, if you'd have just tightened up 133 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:12.680 a little bit, you'd probably end up winning that game. 134 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:16.040 So tomorrow, in a weird way, I don't want to 135 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:18.839 be dramatic within the first seven minutes of the show, 136 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:21.199 and certainly I'm not doing it for effect, Like I 137 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:23.439 don't you know, I don't want to turn this into Hey, everybody, 138 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:24.839 let's be on the edge of our seats for the 139 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:27.959 next three hours as we anxiously wait to see if 140 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.519 we lose to Virginia and the season's washed. But you 141 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:32.319 know I'm not trying to do that. I'm just being 142 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.160 honest with you. Tomorrow, I feel like whatever happens will 143 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:40.079 be a big time factor in the morale, the energy 144 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:44.920 of this fan base, because again, a win, what it 145 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:48.040 does there is at least you know, you've avoided the 146 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:52.120 three game losing streak. You've reminded yourself as a team that, hey, 147 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:56.480 you know, we can't win games against acc competition, and 148 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:00.879 then you try to really get right against Miami. Easier 149 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.160 said than done. But they're gonna be coming off a 150 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:08.639 bye week. They've avoided two losses that easily could have 151 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.439 gone the other way, and they could have been you know, 152 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:14.040 they could have lost. But I think a loss here 153 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:17.079 would get us to the point where fans are kind 154 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.759 of just accepting, hey, we're halfway through and this thing 155 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:23.079 has been wildly underwhelming, and we have not even played 156 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:27.000 the best teams on our schedule yet. I mean, if 157 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:31.279 you're three and three after six games and you still 158 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:35.759 have Clemson on the road, Miami at home, Kentucky on 159 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:40.600 the road, I mean, I think a lot of fans, potentially, 160 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:44.480 you know, would be valid in saying, like, yeah, the 161 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:46.840 season at this point, I'm still gonna watch, I'm still 162 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:48.759 gonna go to games, I'm still gonna cheer for them. 163 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:51.919 But we're halfway through, and at this point it's already 164 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:55.759 kind of a I'm already underwhelmed. I hope they win 165 00:08:55.799 --> 00:08:59.600 as many games as possible, but this has been kind 166 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:03.879 of it as based off of, you know, what expectations were, 167 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:06.759 So let's not let that happen. 168 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:07.720 Let's not lose. 169 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:10.960 I mean, we have no control meeting myself and Austin 170 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:12.720 who's producing today, Like we're not going to have an 171 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:13.440 impact on the game. 172 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:13.960 We know that. 173 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:16.799 But I just really hope they can avoid a loss tomorrow, 174 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:19.559 because you win, it's just what you're supposed to do 175 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:21.440 to kind of get yourself set up for a big 176 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:27.159 opportunity against Miami. You lose, and I you know, I 177 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:30.799 just think you'll see this fan base in a way 178 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:34.360 that they probably never felt like they'd be in with 179 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:36.440 Jeff Brown. Not to say that they expected to go 180 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:40.120 ten in two every year, but you know, losses to Virginia, 181 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:43.320 those aren't Those aren't supposed to happen, and they shouldn't happen, 182 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:45.519 and I hope they don't. I hope it doesn't happen tomorrow. 183 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.360 And even losses to the last two teams that beat you, 184 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:51.320 it's not like, how the hell did that happen? 185 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:53.279 This is the biggest surprise ever. 186 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:55.840 But to see how it happened, and to see what 187 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:58.759 is keeping you from being able to hold on and 188 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:02.600 win these games is just super disappointing. So tomorrow they 189 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:05.240 got a chance to, you know, avoid this losing streak 190 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:08.120 and or three game losing streak and get right. But 191 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:10.440 I'd be a liar if I said I had a 192 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:12.759 lot of confidence in it. But again, I don't want 193 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:14.559 you to think that. I'm just saying, hey, everybody, prepare 194 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:16.840 for a loss. I'm just going to say this. If 195 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:19.440 we end up getting to the postgame show tomorrow, which 196 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:21.759 will start as soon as the game ends right here 197 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:25.320 on Sports Talk seven ninety, and we are reacting to 198 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:28.600 a loss, I'm not sure I'm going to be that stunned. 199 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:32.399 I'm not going to be that surprised because in games 200 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:36.639 against you know, legitimate competition, and maybe Virginia in your eyes, 201 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:39.679 is not a legitimate team, that's scary. They're they're not 202 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:44.879 Jacksonville State, they're not Austin P And in games against 203 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:48.799 teams that aren't Austin P and Jacksonville State, Louisville has 204 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:51.159 put themselves in positions to lose to any of these 205 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:53.600 other teams, and they've lost two of those three games, 206 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:57.039 So I'm hoping they can. You know, I'm hopeful, That's 207 00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:00.279 what I am. I'm hopeful, But I just it hit 208 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:03.559 me last night when I on my flight back from Charlotte, 209 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:06.639 kind of getting back into football mode after a very 210 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:09.600 busy couple of days. When it comes to basketball, you know, 211 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:12.480 I think they'll win, but I'm not gonna be that. 212 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:14.679 You know, to know that, I you know, and I 213 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:17.240 can only speak for myself, and maybe you guys feel 214 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:20.000 completely different, and that's fine, but to know that, like 215 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.039 if they lose to Virginia, I can't say that I'm 216 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:25.600 stunned is a real disappointment. And also it's kind of 217 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:27.879 a scary thing because like it may have been like 218 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:31.840 the first step in me as a fan realizing, oh yeah, 219 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:35.759 this this isn't this is nowhere near what we thought 220 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:38.000 we were going to get this year. But again, a 221 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:40.759 win there sets you up for a big opportunity next week. 222 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:43.320 And if you can somehow win tomorrow and then win 223 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:45.960 next week against Miami, who knows what that, you know, 224 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:47.840 you're still going to be in a tough spot when 225 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:51.159 it comes to like the acc but that'll at least 226 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:53.279 give you a lot of confidence as you hit the 227 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:56.360 last half of your schedule. But again tomorrow three point 228 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:00.000 thirty Louisville and Virginia. We'll see what happens. 229 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:03.200 I was gonna ask, are you a big You may 230 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:05.960 not be, but are you big? Like sports superstitious guy 231 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:08.399 like you got to sit on like the same couch, 232 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:11.039 where the same socks, because I always feel that I 233 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:14.200 have that effect on my sports teams, like maybe and 234 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:17.639 maybe the cards or the vikings will catch when that 235 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:19.759 I'm still sitting in the same spot or I'm still 236 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:22.159 wearing the same underwear from the win last week. Have 237 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:24.600 you ever is that ever crossed your mind in your 238 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:25.320 fandom at all? 239 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:29.480 I'm glad you asked that, because I've never really believed 240 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:32.720 in it. But I'm such a die hard fan and 241 00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:36.480 such a lunatic when it comes to watching my teams 242 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:40.320 play Louisville of course, being the main one that like 243 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:42.480 I've thought about Okay, Like, hey, I don't believe in it, 244 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:44.080 but I'll do it with you guys, right, Like we 245 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:46.600 are we burned? Are we burn in sage? Are we 246 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:48.960 bringing out Grandpaul's old letterman jacket? 247 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:49.679 Like it's right? 248 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.480 I mean, I don't believe it, but like anything that 249 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:56.159 could potentially like put it this way, I don't believe it, 250 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:58.000 but I'm willing to acknowledge I could be wrong. So, 251 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:00.919 like if somebody was encouraging me to, hey, go back 252 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:02.639 to the seat you were sitting in in the first 253 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:05.320 quarter or whatever, like I may, I may do it, 254 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.159 but I would be a phony to say like that 255 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:10.279 you actually believe that has an impact. And I think 256 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:12.559 more often than not, when you're in that spot trying 257 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:16.200 to like bring in some kind of a superstitious thing 258 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:19.919 to reverse momentum to go your way, isn't that like 259 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:22.919 the ultimate sign of desperation that you realize like you're screwed. 260 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:24.159 Yeah, I'm a desperate man. 261 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:26.799 Yeah, I've never I've never been big on it, but 262 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:30.039 that's you know, I'll try it, Like, hey, if they're 263 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:32.240 like if I gotta you know, if I gotta wear 264 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:34.600 like that leather helmet that Jeff Brown wore when they 265 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:37.960 beat Georgia Tech last year in Atlanta, every day for 266 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.399 the rest of the season, even at work, even at 267 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:44.200 you know, everywhere, like I will, like, I'm not I'm 268 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:46.600 not against it. I'm not telling people they're wrong. I 269 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:49.039 just have never truly believed in that kind of power 270 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:53.440 from you know, a superstitious spot. But again, I'll try 271 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:57.279 anything you fit if it avoids a loss to Virginia. 272 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:58.240 I'll i'll uh. 273 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:01.080 I mean, look, you would you would agree with me, Austin. 274 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:03.399 You're a fan of Louisville in a major way, but 275 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:06.000 you certainly lean maybe none of the I don't know. 276 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:07.480 I don't want to put I don't want to speak 277 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:09.919 for you. But are you more of a pessimist? 278 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:12.799 Oh no, I'm very oh yeah, yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, 279 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:15.120 I'm very much pessimate the whole world is falling if 280 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.960 if one thing goes wrong. 281 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:17.240 Yeah. 282 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:18.919 So, so you know, and I thought that was the case. 283 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:21.039 And the reason I bring it up is because you know, like, 284 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:25.120 I'm not saying they're gonna lose. I'm I'm just preparing 285 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:28.799 myself that if they do, Like, let's not act as 286 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:31.480 if we didn't see some signs and they haven't shown 287 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:34.480 us that they're vulnerable to lose to anybody with the 288 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.080 way they play with their mistakes and this kind of stuff. 289 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:39.960 But given that you are sort of on that side 290 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:43.360 of like the world's ending, and you know, you said it, 291 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:46.240 not me, So I'm not trying to frame you in 292 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:49.279 a way that that isn't legitimate. But like a loss tomorrow, 293 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:52.000 I think as much as we've already had a lot 294 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:55.759 of fans upset, disappointed, expressing frustration, and by the way, 295 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:59.159 I think all the frustration and the criticism has been justified, 296 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:01.600 but I think that goes up five notches if they 297 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:04.399 lose tomorrow, Like I think it's it's it's you know, 298 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:06.240 I don't want to say we're gonna ever be toxic 299 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:09.639 again like we once were with some previous coaches around here, 300 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.000 with both football and basketball. But you know, there were 301 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:16.480 real expectations here this year. This wasn't like, hey, honeymoon 302 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:18.480 Jeff Bram, We'll see what happens. He did a good 303 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:21.440 job building a roster. We're just happy Sadderfield's gone and 304 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:23.840 Brom's our guy, Like Brom is our guy, we love him. 305 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:27.840 But this year, you know, I think there were more 306 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:30.519 expectations than than last year. And that's one of the question. 307 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:33.080 That's one of the things that I can't really like 308 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.480 I don't know the answer to, and it's really just 309 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:39.759 however each individual fan feels. But I'm aware that they 310 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:41.559 could have easily lost many of the games they won 311 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:43.759 last year. But I'm not going to look at that 312 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:46.000 and say, well, you know what, now we're getting. Now 313 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:50.120 we're getting it's evening out because if you really look 314 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:53.360 at what's like the things that are going again that 315 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:55.320 are you know, that are hurting this team in a 316 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.600 major way, weren't there last year. 317 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:00.679 Like last year it was just hey, you're right there. 318 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.960 It's you know, you know, you put yourself behind ten 319 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:07.960 points for whatever reason, or this dribe is super crucial 320 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:11.519 because it's likely gonna determine who wins the game. You 321 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.240 were just in close games for whatever reason. You didn't 322 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:16.960 have like a lot of room for error. Last year, 323 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:20.080 you had a quarterback that was subpar, and you know 324 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:24.360 that at times can really hurt you. And occasionally you'd 325 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:26.919 play a team that really found a way to you know, 326 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:30.519 take advantage of some weaknesses that you have. But you 327 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:32.480 were just in close games and you found ways to win. 328 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:37.080 This year, they're in close games, desperate to find ways 329 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:39.759 to win because they've shot themselves in the foot a 330 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:42.639 bunch of times. So like, I you know, again, fan 331 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:44.559 how you want to fan, you with the way you 332 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:46.720 want to view it, But I'm not somebody that's like, well, 333 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:48.440 you know what, I guess this is just our luck. 334 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.960 You know, we got we had a lot of break 335 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.399 scar away last year and now this is just us 336 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:55.960 getting the other end of it. I mean again, I 337 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:57.320 tell you to feel the way you want to feel, 338 00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:59.080 and here I am mocking you if you feel that way. 339 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:00.759 But like, if you really go back and look at 340 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:04.200 last year and this year, the issues we're seeing was 341 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:07.480 with the you know, the miscommunication defensively, just not being 342 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.400 organized penalties even like. 343 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:11.920 That wasn't there last year. 344 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:14.559 But would you agree though like lost tomorrow would be 345 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:15.880 you know, I want act like it's the end of 346 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.640 the world, but I think you'll see a lot of 347 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:20.759 fans start to say, hey, I'm gonna pull for him, 348 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:22.400 but this season's already washed. 349 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:25.000 I already put myself on the pessimistic side just so 350 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:27.839 I can always feel pleasantly surprised when it goes the 351 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.240 other way, and even just just. 352 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.960 Kind of prepare for the worst, hope for the best. 353 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:35.559 Exactly, and just going back to the superstition thing. Not 354 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:37.640 as much for me as I was when I was 355 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:39.839 like a little kid, and I'm still a diehard fan now, 356 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:42.200 but just as an adult I've just more or less 357 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:45.160 went off vibes, either like the day before or like 358 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:47.319 the day of, and I just kind of feel that 359 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:49.039 pit of my stomach. That's where I just kind of 360 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:51.079 went away from the All right, Austin, it doesn't matter 361 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:53.359 if you're wearing the same shirt during last week's winning out, 362 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:54.319 whatever is gonna happen. 363 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:56.119 So you are a superstitious guy. 364 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:58.680 I definitely was, And you know, after going to games 365 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:00.400 and stuff like that, I just found out it doesn't 366 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:02.960 really matter where I sit or what kind of towel 367 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:05.799 that I'm waving. But I just know from the last 368 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:08.759 two weeks, I just felt the weird feeling in the 369 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:12.039 pit of my stomach against Notre Dame and then especially 370 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:15.880 it was even intensified last week when we had that game. 371 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:18.960 So it I just don't know. It's it's just more 372 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:20.079 or less off vibes. 373 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:21.839 And and to be honest with you, I mean to 374 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:24.319 spoil anything now, but I still have like not that 375 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:26.039 great of a feeling for tomorrow's game. 376 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:29.039 Yeah, and I think having you know, not a great feeling, 377 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:34.359 I mean, I think that's understandable just considering like what 378 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.160 we've seen and there are some and in you know 379 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:39.480 this is this is a battle I try not to 380 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:43.440 get in because I do understand, like there's no need 381 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:47.400 to have, you know, a screaming match with people who 382 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:50.119 see it the other Like if you're a fan, you say, well, no, 383 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:52.680 I'm a that's my team, those are my cards. So 384 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:55.359 hell yeah, I'm gonna say that that I think they're 385 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:55.799 gonna win. 386 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:58.880 Well, like again, do you But that's just like they 387 00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.200 could be. 388 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:02.079 They could have lost every game for five straight seasons 389 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.000 with that mindset, and you would still say, you know what, 390 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:07.759 we got Bama this weekend, we got Georgia, we got 391 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:09.359 Ohio State, But you know what, I think my cards 392 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:11.799 are gonna win. And look, God bless you for having 393 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:16.119 that love and that confidence, because you know that's because 394 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:17.720 you care so much and you love them and I 395 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:21.599 do too. But you know, I'm also gonna be real 396 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:26.279 and be honest with myself. It's kind of what I'm 397 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:28.680 supposed to do. So again, as much as it probably 398 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:30.599 sounded like a very negative way to start the show 399 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:34.400 when it comes to football, one of the things that 400 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:41.279 makes this so irritating is that I don't think Louisville 401 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:43.359