WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.120 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:24.320 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now, here's Nick Coffee. 3 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:29.440 All right, let's get it started. 4 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:32.479 Our third and final hour here as we get Halloween 5 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:36.320 Weeks started. Monday edition Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's 6 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:39.320 on Sports Talk seven ninety. Make sure you sign up 7 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:41.640 to become a member of the Refreshing Awards program at 8 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:43.759 Thornton's if you haven't already, because you're gonna save money 9 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:46.439 at the pump. And I don't know about you guys, 10 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:48.960 but that matters. 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Busy Show has always on a Monday. 20 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:11.560 It is game Day. 21 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:14.680 Louisll in action tonight, taken on Spaulding an exhibition play, 22 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:16.799 which I think we're going to see something very similar 23 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.040 to what we saw last week. But I think there's 24 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:21.120 some potential here for this to get a little uglier 25 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:22.000 than what we saw last week. 26 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:22.359 I don't know. 27 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:24.159 Maybe I'm not given Spaulding a whole lot of credit, 28 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:27.680 but you know, their Division three team, these are athletes 29 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:30.879 that are not on scholarship, and look, they may give 30 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:34.159 Louisville a better challenge than what Young Harris did, but 31 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:38.640 young Harris it's Division two' that's the level just below 32 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:41.480 D one and DVD three is far away from that. 33 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:44.280 So no disrespect to Spaulding in their program. I know 34 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:45.799 coach Gray's been there a long time and they've had 35 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:48.439 a lot of success. They've transitioned pretty nicely from the 36 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:51.040 NAI level to the Division III level. And I know 37 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:52.840 there's a lot of guys in this community the city 38 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:55.359 that grew up here and played at Spaulding and had 39 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:59.959 had good runs. So you know, it's just to see 40 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:02.000 them on the schedule is not something you typically see. 41 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.879 But again, it's an exhibition game. It doesn't matter, and 42 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:08.520 I don't mean if you play. We talked about this 43 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:11.479 earlier because Jerry called in and by the way. You know, 44 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:13.680 a lot of reaction on the text line to Jerry, 45 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:16.120 just because you know, if he ever wanted to like 46 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:19.039 prove that he can be the most pessimistic person out there, 47 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:21.039 he did that today. And it wasn't even like it 48 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:22.360 was him going out of his way. I just think 49 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:24.840 his nature is always glass half MD And he'd tell 50 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:27.159 you the same thing. And sometimes he says things that 51 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:29.680 I think a lot of us don't agree with, or 52 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:31.439 that we do agree with, we just don't really want 53 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:34.120 to acknowledge it. Maybe, but sometimes you know, he can 54 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:35.639 be a little negative. And he would even tell you that. 55 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.000 But he was complaining that Spaulding's on the schedule. How 56 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:39.599 are we not playing? You know, like, how do we 57 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:42.039 benefit from this game? Somebody could get hurt? And to 58 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:44.680 be fair, I guess we'll start with this. You're coming 59 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:47.080 off for two straight years where you couldn't beat exhibition opponents, 60 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:49.199 so like, I don't care who they scheduled this year, Like, 61 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:51.639 I mean, let's just get past. I mean, do you 62 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:53.680 want to go play a really good in AI school 63 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:55.960 or a really good Division two school like Kentucky's playing 64 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:58.840 a team that I think won the Division two national 65 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:01.800 championship multiple times in the last decade. Like they'll probably 66 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:03.240 still blow them out. But like, if you're going to 67 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:04.680 play a team of that level and it's not a 68 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:06.639 real game, play one of the worst, Now, maybe that 69 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.400 won't benefit you in a hope. And you know it's 70 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:11.240 not gonna benefit you because you're being challenged in a 71 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:13.319 major way. But let's be real, I don't think you 72 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:15.560 really learn much about your team at all in these 73 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:17.280 kind of games. I just don't. That's why I've never 74 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.400 been a big fan of them. I've always hated them, 75 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.439 and then we'll start losing them. So now you know, 76 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:26.479 like Spaulding is probably one of outside of Semons College, 77 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:30.039 they're probably the lowest level of college basketball program that 78 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.680 I know of Louisville playing in an exhibition in my lifetime. 79 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:36.960 But you know, to me, I don't really care. I'm 80 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:39.840 jealous that you're not able to see Louisville go up 81 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:43.319 against like real, legitimate top twenty five caliber teams like 82 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.000 we're seeing with some of these other matchups in these 83 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.719 exhibition charity scrimmages. So but you know, I have no 84 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:52.919 problem with Spalding being here tonight, and in fact, I 85 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:55.479 wish should get rid of these games. And instead of 86 00:03:55.520 --> 00:04:01.560 having exhibition games like we've always had like Spaulding and 87 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:05.520 Young Harris and last year was Wesleyan and Simmons and whatnot. 88 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:09.919 I'd rather just do those charity exhibition games and do 89 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:11.840 two of them, or do one of them, because it's 90 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.080 not a real game. You can, you know, get one 91 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:15.479 out of the way if you end up losing to 92 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:16.879 a good team, and you know, you feel like you 93 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:18.600 got a lot to learn, and you'll learn about your team, 94 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.519 like the coaching staff will make we'll we'll certainly be 95 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:24.519 able to take more from watching his team play another 96 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:27.360 power for caliber program in a scrimmage than he will 97 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:30.279 watching them play Spalding. And there's also a lot of 98 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:30.920 money raised. 99 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:32.360 If it's charity. I don't know what I mean. 100 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:35.600 I'm sure there's different causes, different charities that benefit from 101 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:38.439 these games happening, but like to me, this just seems 102 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:40.160 like the better way to go about it than all 103 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:42.839 aspects for everybody involved. Other than of course, you know, 104 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:45.279 programs like Spaulding who probably are going to get a 105 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:48.000 pretty big paycheck to come in here tonight. So you know, 106 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:50.800 I've never been a big fan of these games, and 107 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:53.879 you know, you guys heard me complaining about the team's 108 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.000 Louisville played to start the year in football, Like, I 109 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:57.720 know why you have those kind of games, but man 110 00:04:57.800 --> 00:04:59.240 like they don't. They're They're kind of a waste of 111 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:03.800 time in my opinion. But I found myself not going 112 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:06.040 the direction Jerry was going when I was thinking about 113 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:09.839 it earlier today, because I don't mean Louisville lost these 114 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:10.839 games last year. 115 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:13.720 And the year before that. 116 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:15.879 They went two and two in exhibition games in the 117 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:19.279 last two seasons, which you know, I'm just happy to 118 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:20.879 know that we don't have to sweat out of potential 119 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:23.680 loss tonight. And yeah, we won't learn a whole lot, 120 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:27.079 but if this team buries a bunch of threes, blows 121 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:32.319 out this opponent, plays hard from start to finish, I'll 122 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.360 be entertained and I'll enjoy every second of it. Now, 123 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:36.279 I'm gonna have to remind myself, Hey, Nick, let's let's 124 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:40.639 get let's let's realize the situation here. But I'm ready 125 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:42.360 to see where they stand against Morehead stayed a week 126 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:44.920 from today, because Morehead's going to be substantially better than 127 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:48.160 anybody they've played in the Bahamas. Or in these exhibition games, 128 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:50.519 and then of course you got Tennessee that following Saturday, 129 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:53.079 where you really get a chance to see where you stand. 130 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:55.399 So exciting stuff. But tonight, as soon as the game ends, 131 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:57.000 we'll go live for the postgame show right here on 132 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:58.759 Sports Talk seven ninety. I would assume it'll be around 133 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:02.199 nine o'clock, so two in, and we will react to 134 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:05.720 whatever it is that happens tonight. All right, So when 135 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:10.319 it comes to Louisville football, if you are just now 136 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:12.040 joining us, I'll kind of tell you where I'm at 137 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:15.600 with it, because I would imagine I'm probably a little 138 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:19.879 more optimistic than maybe you would have expected, because and 139 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:23.519 I look, I I take it. I understand that like 140 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:25.600 me at times for three you know, I got a 141 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:27.839 three hour radio show. So like when Louisville loses a 142 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:31.920 game and we're discussing the obvious issues that led you 143 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:33.920 to a loss in reacting to it, like some people 144 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:37.639 just think, well that means you're negative. No, Like I'm 145 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:39.839 just being honest, Like I mean to lie and act 146 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:42.399 like Louisville's not four and three going into the Boston 147 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:44.560 College game. Like I'm just being honest with you and 148 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:47.240 I've learned to kind of balance that and not you know, 149 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:49.120 if you just get me for five minutes on your 150 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:52.800 drive home, and you know, I'm referencing, you know, a 151 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:54.480 game where Louisville lost and they made a lot of 152 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:56.920 mistakes that seemed avoidable. Like that's not negative, that's just 153 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:59.160 the truth that like sometimes people just don't want to hear. 154 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.560 But throughout the entire year, what's made this season really 155 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:06.879 frustrating is that it's not about who they're losing to, 156 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:11.360 or the fact that, like we've learned that they just 157 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:14.199 happened to really strike out in the portal they would 158 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:16.199 and thought they got a quarterback who's good, and the 159 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:19.480 stings like it's nothing like that. It's just shooting yourself 160 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:21.720 on the foot as many times as they have. Like 161 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:26.079 that's what's made the losses real frustrating. I mean, you 162 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.480 never want to lose. But again, I kind of put 163 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:31.040 this together earlier on the fly, when I was trying 164 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:32.920 to explain myself as to why I feel so much 165 00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:35.439 better about a Boston College win than I did, you know, 166 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:40.160 really any other result this year. The result itself with 167 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:43.079 a loss at Notre Dame, at home to Miami and 168 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:45.639 at home to SMU. You never want to lose, but 169 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:48.839 those aren't alarming losses to where you feel like you 170 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:52.000 got to panic, Uh, oh, we're in trouble. This could 171 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:54.319 be really bad. Like, no, those aren't bad losses. You 172 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:57.000 never want to lose, but it's not as if you 173 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:00.920 did something that's just you know, a catastrophe. But everything 174 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:05.360 that played out in nearly all of those games is 175 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:08.279 what made it so frustrating, because you're still making mistakes 176 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:10.560 that you feel like are avoidable. I mean, you saw 177 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:13.160 Brahm's face after the first quarter or whenever, that interview 178 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:15.519 he did in the game, the interview he did early 179 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:18.279 in the game at Boston College, like he's beside himself, 180 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:19.879 like he can't hide it on his face, like he's 181 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:24.079 in disbelief. It's some of the mistakes that these teams 182 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:27.399 make that his team makes at times. So you know, 183 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:32.879 I was just frustrated, really not at a maximum level, 184 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:35.519 but like it was just really awful to be in 185 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:38.000 that position and know that like a mistake here or 186 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:40.600 there that you clean up, like you might have won 187 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:42.399 two of those three games. Like let leave me give 188 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:47.200 you example Tyler Shuck running out of bounds and throwing 189 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:50.360 an interception like instead of just completely throwing it away, 190 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:54.519 like that's avoidable, and that's that's a goof that I 191 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:57.120 think is quite literally. Something you can say is shooting 192 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:01.279 yourself in the foot Amaro Ugans Bruce catching the ball 193 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:04.879 over the middle, getting popped, fumbling it right after the catch. 194 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:07.919 That's more of a maybe you can say somebody made 195 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:10.120 a good play, but obviously it's your job. Did not 196 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:12.000 fumble it in that situation when you're coming across the 197 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:16.080 middle like that, You could have one of those mistakes happened, 198 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:19.559 one of those two and feel like, damn, hope they 199 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:21.600 didn't come back to bite us. We should have, We 200 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:24.279 should have and could have avoided that. So like, you 201 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:26.240 can have one and it's still frustrating, But when you 202 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:29.559 have two and sometimes three or four, like the Notre 203 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:33.360 Dame game like that, that's why it's so frustrating. It's 204 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.840 not because you lost by a score to three teams 205 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:37.919 that are currently ranked in the top twenty. It's because 206 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:41.159 the things that happened that led to you there should 207 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:44.840 be avoidable. So I think the same thing can be 208 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:49.639 said about the Boston College win. The result itself not impressive, 209 00:09:49.799 --> 00:09:52.919 it's what you were supposed to do. Win at Boston 210 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:54.480 College because they're not as good as you. 211 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:55.240 You didn't even cover. 212 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:58.320 So maybe in the eyes of those who really evaluate 213 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:00.519 things when it comes to point spread, maybe you didn't 214 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:03.480 do what you were supposed to do because you didn't cover. 215 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:06.919 But that's not what it's about. It's about what happened 216 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:10.039 throughout and I think the way this team was able 217 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:12.720 to dig deep, and I gonna give you all the 218 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.720 cliche corny stuff. They kept fighting, they dug deep, they 219 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:18.399 locked in whichever one you want to go with, they 220 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:21.000 did that, and that what you're supposed to do. That's 221 00:10:21.039 --> 00:10:23.720 what you're expected to do because you know, you always 222 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:25.279 want to play hard and not get caught up in 223 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:27.080 the score and fight till the end. Again, I'm giving 224 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:29.879 you all the cliche, corny stuff, but like that's impossible 225 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:32.399 at times, and I think most teams will never know. 226 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.799 But I believe most teams in that position down twenty 227 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:38.480 to nothing on the road when you already have had 228 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:40.320 an underwhelming season, that you have to look in the 229 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:42.960 mirror about one of your top playmakers just decided to 230 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:44.600 opt out. He don't want to play with you anymore. 231 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:46.360 There's a lot of talk about him still getting paid 232 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:49.879 despite not playing like I think most teams would have 233 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:51.480 really gone through the motions from then on and it 234 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:53.279 would have been a blowout in Boston College a favor. 235 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:56.720 This team didn't do that, and coming back from being 236 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:59.879 down twenty to nothing on the road and winning is 237 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:00.720 worth something. 238 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:02.000 There's value there. 239 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:02.080 Now. 240 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:03.759 I don't know the exact value. I can't give you 241 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:06.840 the you know, the dollar amount. But if these guys choose, 242 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:10.919 I think that moment could be where they finally come together, 243 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:13.519 put it all together, and maybe start playing much cleaner 244 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:16.639 football without the sloppy mistakes that they've made all throughout 245 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:18.919 the year. Because look, they still made them against Boston College. 246 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:24.120 It's just they avoided them late and really came from behind. 247 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:25.840 And I think, you know, I think they prove something 248 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:27.399 to themselves. Now, does that mean they can go and 249 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:29.080 beat I mean they can go beat Clemson. I'm not 250 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:32.679 saying that that. You know, if they lose at Death Valley, 251 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:35.159 then we were wrong and they didn't actually get better 252 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:37.360 against Boston College. But I think we'll know. I mean, 253 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:38.799 obviously I want them to win, and I think they 254 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:41.919 can win. We haven't we haven't even seen this team 255 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:45.159 put together a game where they don't make multiple avoidable mistakes. 256 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:47.559 And again, nobody's asking to be perfect, but it's one 257 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:49.360 thing to like drop a pass. It's one thing to 258 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:52.080 you know, miss a tackle or even just have a 259 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:54.759 you know, flukey turnover. Hey games in let's be real. 260 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:56.360 Some of the things we've seen from this team, like 261 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:58.360 you got to ask yourself, like what the hell's going on? 262 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:01.600 So I doubt we completely gotten rid of that altogether, 263 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:06.759 but there's something you can really build from with what 264 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:08.600 happened and how it played out in Boston, and I'm 265 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:12.159 hoping that they do exactly that. And the defense, you know, 266 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:16.120 I think Ron English at times, he's like he's been 267 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:20.519 like the toughest guy to figure out because the results, 268 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.080 things you see with your eyeballs tell you this defense 269 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:27.919 is not good enough. And seeing guys just somehow completely 270 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:31.840 run wide open, sometimes out of a timeout, like I'm 271 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:34.879 sure the players are responsible. In fact, I know they are, 272 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:37.559 but like that's that's a really bad look on the coach. 273 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:43.080 So I think the criticism has been fair. I still 274 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:45.840 think at times Louisvill's biggest issues look like they're disorganized. 275 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:49.279 They don't have an identity. They switch things up too much. 276 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:51.759 I mean, they didn't tackle against Miami like at times 277 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:55.919 it's looked like, really in all systems failure. But on Saturday, 278 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:58.080 I'm sorry, I'm Friday against Boston College. Again. I know 279 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:02.799 the opponent's not great, but thirty one plays for a 280 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:06.360 total of sixty eight yards and no points allowed in 281 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:10.399 the final six possessions for Boston College. That's got to 282 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:13.759 be the best this defense has played consecutively at any 283 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:20.200 point this year. I mean, also, let's look at and 284 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:25.360 let's look at let's see. Yeah, after the first score 285 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:28.639 for in the first drive of the second half, Boston 286 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:31.000 College scored, which again I thought that was a potential 287 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:32.840 death blow, Like I thought, hey, you did, in fact 288 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:36.519 generate some momentum. And then they came out and scored 289 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:39.919 right away and that probably quieted things, but they didn't stop. 290 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:41.840 I mean, this game, I said it during the postgame 291 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:43.840 show and it just came to me out of nowhere. 292 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:45.639 But I think a few days later, I think it 293 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:48.240 still fits. That game was a lot like Georgia Tech 294 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.559 last year. You come out, you're getting blitzed early by 295 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:52.000 a team you know you're not supposed to be getting 296 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.240 beat that badly. It's the first game for Jeff Brown. 297 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:56.240 People are panicking. It looks like it's going to be 298 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:59.639 really bad. And then it wasn't like two big plays 299 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:01.799 that flipped it all around in a matter of you know, 300 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:03.120 five minutes of game clock. 301 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:03.559 It was. 302 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:06.240 It was gradual, but slowly but surely you came back 303 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:09.480 and not only one you dominated that game. You got 304 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:13.200 down twenty was it twenty to Yeah, you were done 305 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:16.440 twenty to nothing in that game. And you came back 306 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:18.840 and after you spotted them twenty points, you beat them 307 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:23.320 thirty one to seven. So again after that first score 308 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:27.240 in the third quarter for Boston College, from then on 309 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:31.039 for Boston College, they had four points and turned it 310 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:33.320 over twice on downs. Again, that's what they did in 311 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:35.440 the last six possessions. So really a good job of 312 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:38.039 the defense and in the offense. You know, I've never 313 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:39.919 really worried. I mean that they've been good enough this year. 314 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:41.960 Let's be honest. They've made mistakes, there have been some turnovers. 315 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:43.720 The old line has not been consistent when it comes 316 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:46.480 to pass protection. Like you can nitpick and find areas, 317 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:49.320 find specific parts of games where you can be critical 318 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:50.759 of the offense, but to be honest. 319 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:52.320 With you, they've. 320 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:54.919 Really done enough, and at times they've done more than enough. 321 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.679 I think that's why the numbers love Louisville. And again 322 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:00.960 I'm not somebody that's telling we should trust what the 323 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:04.919 computers say and not what results say. But you're seeing 324 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:08.559 Louisville in like the top twenty in some of these metrics, 325 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:12.559 because you know, Louisville has played pretty good football this year. 326 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:15.200 They just have made some killer mistakes that have put 327 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:16.840 them in a position to have the record that they 328 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:21.360 have right now, I mean going into last week's game, 329 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:22.759 and I don't know if it's still the same now 330 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:28.960 I can look it up. Nine power for offenses are 331 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:32.799 in the top twenty five of passing and rushing, meaning 332 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:35.200 you've got a really good offense and it's balanced because 333 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:46.919 you're good at both Texas, Oregon, Ole, miss Ohio State, Miami, Alabama, Indiana, Louisville. 334 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:51.759 What's different about Louisville than all those other teams. Louisville's 335 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:55.279 lost way more games than them, Like, you have been 336 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:59.759 good offensively and you've been good defensively at times, Like 337 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:01.879 that's sounds crazy, and the numbers may not back it 338 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:05.360 up here and there. But like, it sounds so foolish 339 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:07.639 because you know, it sounds like what a loser would say. 340 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:09.960 It sounds like somebody who's trying to find a way 341 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:12.039 to tell you, yeah, my team loses a lot, but no, 342 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.600 we're good. 343 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:14.000 We're not a bad Like. 344 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:16.200 I know it sounds like that, but I still actually 345 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:18.279 think Louisville could be a really good team. That's what 346 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:20.000 it could have should. At this point, you've already lost 347 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:22.320 enough games to where the thought of you getting in 348 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:25.679 the ACC Championship game is just a dream. But you 349 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:27.679 can still finish strong, and I look, there's still a 350 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:31.639 lot of value there the rest of the way. I mean, 351 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:34.840 you play two top twenty teams in your next two games. 352 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:39.480 Then you've got Pitt, I'm sorry, Then you've got Stanford, 353 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.480 maybe Stanford. 354 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.639 Stanford's in between them. 355 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:47.159 So you've got Clemson, Stanford, Pitt, and Kentucky. Two of 356 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:48.600 those teams are in the top twenty right now, and 357 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:52.679 Pitt looks really good. You got them at home Clemson. 358 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:54.360 We all know what the challenge is there. So again 359 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:56.559 I'm not telling you, hey, everything's fine now, they're gonna 360 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:57.960 win out. You're gonna go nine and three and we're 361 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:00.679 gonna feel great. Like I hope that happens. I can't 362 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:02.840 tell you that I believe it's gonna happen, but the 363 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:05.519 way in which they pulled it out at Boston gives 364 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:07.440 me more belief to think that they could have found 365 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:09.839 a moment to really kind of come together, put it 366 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.039 all together. But also, I know that a win against 367 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:16.160 Clemson would be awesome because we've never done it. I 368 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:19.200 know a win against Kentucky, even if they're terrible, is 369 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:21.480 needed now more than it's ever been in the history 370 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:25.039 of this Leva football program. So not only could you 371 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.960 finish strong, but two, I mean, honestly, three of these 372 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:32.680 wins will likely give you a better feeling than what 373 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:36.599 you have when you beat Virginia and you beat who 374 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:40.839 else Georgia Tech and Boston College. These are wins that 375 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:43.799 would give you a little more, I guess, feel as 376 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:46.960 if you actually did something. And who knows, maybe they 377 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.559 don't end up doing that, but they still have opportunities 378 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:55.599 to go out and finish this thing strong in a 379 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:57.359 way to where you won't look back and say, well, 380 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:00.279 we only beat the teams on our schedule that work Again, 381 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:02.119 if you end up going if you end up finishing 382 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:06.799 the season with I mean, heck, let's be real, what 383 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:08.359 are they four? Are they five and three? 384 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:08.599 Now? 385 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:10.680 I mean they're going to They're gonna be they should 386 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:13.480 become Bowl eligible with their game at Stanford, because Stanford's 387 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:16.200 really bad, I think. But you know, there's a lot 388 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:17.720 on the table that could happen. You could end up 389 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:19.880 going six and six, or you could end up going 390 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:22.519 nine and three, or you could end up, you know, 391 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:25.880 going eight and four, and how it looks, you know, 392 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.799 will be a big factor I think in how fans, 393 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:30.319 I guess reflect on year two of BROM. It's been 394 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:34.039 underwhelming at this point, but they could still finish strong 395 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:35.920 to where we don't look back and say, man, they really, 396 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.079 you know, underwhelm, because again, six and six would be 397 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:40.200 a big disappointment, seven and five would be a big disappointment. 398 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:44.359 But eight and four, I think it depends on who 399 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:47.839 those eight wins are against. And I think at nine 400 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:49.480 and three, you know, you got to run the table 401 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.920