WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:02.919 Welcome to the Big Blue and sider Dick Gabriel with 2 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:05.280 you on a Thursday edition of our program. This is 3 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:08.240 sort of a special edition, I like to think, because 4 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:12.800 it will be you know, baseball, football, basketball, But a 5 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:15.560 good deal of our program here in the first hour 6 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:19.760 will involve Rich Brooks, and I bring him up because 7 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:23.480 he is going to be the celebrity monologist. If you will, 8 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:27.519 he will open our broadcast, our radio broadcast on Saturday 9 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:32.159 afternoon Saturday evening as the Wildcats take on the Georgia Bulldogs. 10 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:34.560 And if you've missed our first couple of broadcasts, we 11 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:37.560 forgive you, but come on back. Maybe if you're in 12 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:39.359 the parking lot or if you're at home, you're going 13 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:41.880 to watch the game on TV. Keep the radio handy, 14 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:46.079 keep the phone handy, listen on the iHeartMedia app. Because 15 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:49.479 we have had first Bill Ransdell for the opener since 16 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:52.439 it's the fortieth anniversary of the nineteen eighty four team 17 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:55.359 to Bill quarterback to the Hall of Fame Bowl. And 18 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:59.960 then last week we had Jojo Kemp open the broadcast 19 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:04.560 such as it was terrible game obviously, but Jojo talked 20 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:08.400 about the year or the game ten years ago when 21 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:12.159 he ran wild over South Carolina. So with Georgia coming up, 22 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:14.239 you know how tough it is to beat those Bulldogs 23 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:17.040 of late well, and rich Brooks was here. His team's 24 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:21.480 got two wins over the Bulldogs, one in Lexingon one 25 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:25.239 in Athens. So rich Brooks will take us back to 26 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:28.280 those games. But I also had a chance to chat 27 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:30.799 with him just about his time here. The wins over 28 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:33.599 the Bulldogs. That's coming up at the bottom of this hour. 29 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:36.959 But we will also relive the highlights because you might 30 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:39.879 recall if you were there or watching on the tube 31 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:43.239 where you've seen the highlights. That was the first goalpost game. 32 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:46.480 Kentucky needed a win there. Kentucky had of course been 33 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:50.040 blown out by LSU after an open date, ground out 34 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:54.000 a win at Mississippi State, which wasn't easy, and then 35 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:56.760 pulled off the upset win over the Bulldogs. Not the 36 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:00.480 greatest Georgia team, but still pretty good. Matthew Stafford was 37 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:05.200 the freshman quarterback the Wildcats won it, which put Kentucky 38 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:07.799 into a Bowl game. That was win number six. What 39 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:11.080 a breakthrough for rich Brooks, who a year prior looked 40 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:13.719 like he wasn't going to survive. Then after another one 41 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:15.520 over Vandy. They get seven wins, and they go to 42 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:18.840 the Music City Bowl where they pulled off an upset 43 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:21.960 over a Clemson team that was probably better than Georgia. 44 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:26.080 So that was a great happy time for Kentucky football. 45 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:28.199 So we'll take a deeper dive on that coming up 46 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:31.120 in our next segment. Well, we'll talk about the highlights. 47 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:34.400 We'll hear the highlights from a documentary I produced called Believe, 48 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.199 and then we'll hear from Rich Brooks coming up at 49 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:40.199 the bottom of the hour. Also in our next hour, 50 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:43.000 we're going to talk about Tim Koutch quite a bit. 51 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:46.879 Brian Mileham from WKYT will join us. Brian spent many 52 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:51.199 many years working in Eastern Kentucky for WYMT as the 53 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.439 sports director before moving to lexit in full time and 54 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:58.360 now he's the sports director at KYT. But Brian and 55 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:01.280 I will talk about the legacy of Tim Couch is 56 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:05.159 going into the College Football Hall of Fame in December 57 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:08.840 and we'll be honored this weekend at Kroger Field, and 58 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:11.879 on hand to do some of the honoring. To lead 59 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:15.800 the way will be Matthew Sein, who is the Chief 60 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:20.159 operating Officer of the National Football Foundation and the College 61 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:23.960 Football Hall of Fame, which is actually in Atlanta, and 62 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:26.759 I have not yet gone. I need to put that 63 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:30.159 on my bucket list. I really want to make that visit, 64 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:34.039 but the actual ceremonies in Las Vegas. But Matthew will 65 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:37.159 be here over the weekend to help honor Tim Couch 66 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:39.080 and we had a chance to chat with Himseley. You 67 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:43.120 hear my conversation with Matthew coming up in our number two. 68 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.159 So a lot of football talk in this program, with 69 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:49.879 a lot of specialized football talk, if you will. Yeah, 70 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:52.599 it's going to be tough, first of all, to bounce 71 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:56.000 back from South Carolina. Tougher I think for fans and media. 72 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.800 I've talked about that this week. But kids are more 73 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:03.240 resilient and they have to be because during practice, once 74 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:05.159 they look at the video of South Carolina, they got 75 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:07.919 to move forward. They got to study video of Georgia. 76 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:10.159 They got to figure out how to stop the Bulldogs, 77 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:12.919 how to compete, and it ain't going to be easy. 78 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:16.000 I don't know that this Georgia team is as good 79 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:18.639 as the last two or three that Kirby Smartest had, 80 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:23.040 but it's pretty damn good. And Brad White, the defensive 81 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:28.240 coordinator knows what's coming at the Wildcats, starting with Carson Beck. 82 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:31.079 He's not just a game manager. This is a guy 83 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:35.079 who can make plays, extend plays, and put the football 84 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:36.720 where it needs to be. 85 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:39.639 It's not just Carson Beck. It's a really good offensive line. 86 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:43.879 It's talented fast receivers, talented tight ends, running backs that 87 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:50.680 will run through and buy you. So yes, Carson directs 88 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:55.519 the ship and he is as talented as a quarterback 89 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:57.839 as there is in the country. He's going to throw 90 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:01.000 in complete balls like that. That's just the reality of it, 91 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:03.959 you know. And they've they've been doing it as an 92 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:06.240 offense for a lot of years now. 93 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:08.800 We mentioned that more than once that Georgia has had 94 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:12.519 great players for quite a while, just missing out on 95 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:15.920 national championship runs really since the herschel Walker days until 96 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:21.000 Kirby Smart got there and got them just passed those 97 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:24.360 teams that kept beating them out for national titles, and 98 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:28.839 you know, particularly Alabama. So Georgia became the King of 99 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:33.079 Hill though it lost last year. But Kirby Smart had 100 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:36.120 picked up on where Mark Rick had left off with recruiting. 101 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:39.839 What a great fertile recruiting area. But they have great 102 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:42.839 success going outside the state of Georgia as well. And 103 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:45.959 when you look at that roster, man, are they talented. 104 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.519 That's why Brock Vandergriff had to transfer. I mean, this 105 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:53.319 guy was a five star recruit a quarterback and just 106 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:57.040 could not beat out first Detson Bennett and then Carson Beck. 107 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:00.199 And that's the life for quarterbacks. When you sign up 108 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:02.959 to play quarterback, you know there's only going to be 109 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:05.600 one starter. There's going to be one guy at the 110 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:08.360 head of the room, the quarterbacks room, getting all the 111 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:12.319 attention and getting most of the reps in practice. So 112 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:16.759 Vandergriff transfers to Kentucky. You cannot judge him yet part 113 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:20.040 of a game against an inferior Southern misteam and then 114 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:23.639 a terrible game against South Carolina, which you know he 115 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:26.879 was running for his life, but he never blamed his 116 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:29.360 old line. He said the old line was fine. He 117 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:33.839 took all the blame and that was admirable, but not 118 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:39.079 accurate Anyhow, I can't imagine his knowledge of the Georgia 119 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:43.639 playbook will come into place much for the Wildcats. Maybe 120 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:47.040 tendencies with certain athletes, but he's still friends with so 121 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:50.759 many of them, and he was telling reporters Wednesday afternoon 122 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:55.120 that he has remained in group chats with a lot 123 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:58.759 of guys and talked about how competitive he and his 124 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:02.279 former teammates were when he was there. He would team up, 125 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:05.639 evidently with Brock Bowers, the former tight end who's now 126 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:10.480 in the NFL, and they would take on Jazz Chambliss, 127 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.879 a linebacker and Cash Jones, a running back. So it 128 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:16.800 was the be guys against the Sea guys and all 129 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:18.720 kinds of different competitions. 130 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:21.279 It was like the Bees versus Seas. That was how 131 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:23.439 we did everything. So it was me and Brock first, 132 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:27.959 Cash and Chazz and literally everything we did and the 133 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.319 final tally record, I think the Bees had got the 134 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:33.319 best of the Seas. But I mean it was cornhole, pool, 135 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:37.319 ping pong, pickle ball, We had fishing tournaments, just everything, 136 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:39.959 And I mean we're just where me and Me and 137 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:40.920 Bowers are out there to win. 138 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:43.079 Hey, you got to be. They're all going to be 139 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:44.959 out there to win on Saturday. But it will be 140 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:47.519 a tall order for the Wildcats. You'll hear it right 141 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.000 here on six thirty WLAP five thirty pre game of Christy, 142 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:55.160 Jeremy and Logan seven thirty kickoff with Tom jeff and 143 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:58.199 yours truly. Speaking of Brock Bowers, he now plays had 144 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:00.639 you lost track of him? He now play for the 145 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:04.759 Las Vegas Raiders, who were losers to the Chargers in 146 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:08.040 their opener. Behind Gardner Minshew the quarterback. He threw for 147 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:10.720 two hundred and fifty seven yards, and guess who his 148 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:14.800 favorite receiver was? Rock Bowers the tight end. That's right. 149 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:20.160 Targeted eight times among what nine or ten different receivers, 150 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.920 made six catches for only fifty eight yards. That's almost 151 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:28.040 ten yards per catch. Didn't have any touchdowns, but did 152 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:32.799 have a long of what twenty six yards? And I 153 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:35.440 think on that catch he had like sixteen yak yards. 154 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.559 So Bowers may maybe be a good pickup on a 155 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:42.159 fantasy team. I double checked because the Bills and Dolphins 156 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:46.240 are playing tonight. Ray Davis had I thought a decent 157 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:52.320 debut for Buffalo in the win last week. He carried 158 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:55.159 the ball once four No, I'm sorry, he carried them 159 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:58.720 ball three times for only thirteen yards, but they all 160 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:03.159 came on one play. About that, no gain on two plays, 161 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:06.440 but thirteen yards on another. So that had to get 162 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:10.360 Bills fans excited and don't forget to check in when 163 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:13.480 it comes to the passing game, as Josh Allen had 164 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:16.679 a huge game. But Ray made one catch, but that 165 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:20.600 was for fourteen yards, so again and twelve of those 166 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:25.639 yack yards, so that had to be exciting for Bills fans. 167 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:27.960 And he's a backup, they know this, but that was 168 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:30.480 a tight game. Every time you touch the ball in 169 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:33.039 a game like that. They beat the Cardinals thirty four 170 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:36.159 to twenty eight. So every time you touch the bar 171 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:40.159 in a game like that, it's important, obviously, and Ray 172 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:44.039 Davis had a good one. So switching over to college football, 173 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:47.480 the Pack twelve lives apparently or trying to come back 174 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:53.360 to life. The news coming today that four schools will 175 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:56.600 join the quote unquote Pack twelve or what's left of 176 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:01.480 it for the twenty twenty six twenty seven season Boise State, 177 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:06.080 Colorado State, San Diego State, and Fresno State. Those are 178 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:10.480 credible football schools and a little basketball mixed in as well. 179 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:14.159 Of course, the only Packed twelve schools it still exists 180 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:21.360 in existence are Oregon State and Washington State, but apparently 181 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:24.919 they're working on bringing it back, and a tip of 182 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:27.639 the cap to them. The Pac twelve never should have 183 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:32.679 died and it was mismanaged into the ground. Schools were 184 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.039 bleeding money, which is why they left. And it didn't 185 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:39.559 have to happen. A couple of commissioners mishandled things and 186 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:41.559 that's why I went by the wayside. So they're trying 187 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:44.279 to bring it back all right. Up next Kentucky Georgia 188 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:46.200 from back in the Day, two wins on six point 189 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:50.840 thirty wlap. Welcome back to the Big Blue and Cider 190 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:53.039 on this Georgia week. Coming up next, we're going to 191 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:56.039 hear from Rich Brooks, the former UK head coach. He 192 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:59.039 knows what it takes to beat the Georgia Bulldogs because 193 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:01.679 his teams did it better in the aughts. Now that 194 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:05.120 was before the Dogs that hit their full stride, winning 195 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:08.080 national titles as they have under Kirby Smart. But still 196 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:12.200 winning here in Lexington and then down at Georgia. It 197 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:15.200 ain't easy, But I thought I would take you back 198 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:19.120 via a documentary that produced on that twenty oh six 199 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:22.840 season called Believe, because that's the name of the video 200 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:26.480 that the Wildcats put together and played for their fans 201 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:29.360 on the big screen. We went back and we went 202 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:33.120 over all the wins that season in that documentary might 203 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:35.200 have gone over most of the games. I know we 204 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:39.000 didn't talk about the LSU game, but here is the 205 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:43.279 audio with the highlights and interview clips. You'll hear Rich Brooks. 206 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.240 You're gonna hear from Mike Archer, who was defensive coordinator 207 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:50.120 back then you'll hear comment from Rob Bromley, who called 208 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:53.440 the game for UK TV the upset of Georgia when 209 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:56.200 the goalposts came down, and toward the very end, you'll 210 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:59.480 hear from offensive coordinator Joker Phillips as well as the 211 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.240 head coach, Rich Brooks. But we're gonna start you off 212 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.519 with a clip from a video that UK Sports Video 213 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:08.440 release right after the game. It's got the pep talk 214 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.799 with Rich Brooks and then the comments to the team 215 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:14.600 after the game. So we'll start with the pep talk 216 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:17.600 from Rich Brooks, then we'll get into the audio from 217 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:21.279 the documentary called Believe Time for doing. 218 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:28.240 This year, Guys. I'm tired of people talking down about 219 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:31.919 this football team, tired about him not giving us the 220 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:37.879 respect that I know that we can deserve. But we 221 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:40.000 have to go out and earn that respect every time 222 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.240 we come out of the shoot. We have to go 223 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:46.000 out there and earn it. You earned some last week, 224 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:47.639 You've earned some this year. 225 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:49.919 You earned some starting. 226 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:51.720 Off three and zero at home the first. 227 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:55.320 Time and a long long time around here. 228 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:57.960 So let's go get some more. 229 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:02.399 Okay, let's earn it, keep burning it and keep calming. 230 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:12.639 After their slam after snap after snash. 231 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:13.000 The Georgia Bulldogs arrived wounded. They were struggling coming off 232 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:15.679 a home field offs to Vanderbilt, and sure enough, after 233 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:17.960 the Cats took an early three to nothing lead, the 234 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.679 Dogs fought their way to a fourteen to three advantage 235 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:25.039 early in the second quarter. The Wildcats steadied themselves and 236 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:28.279 marched seventy six yards in ten plays, Burton and Woodson 237 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:30.840 covering the final five as Kentucky made it fourteen to 238 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:39.000 ten with eight minutes left in the first half. You 239 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.279 gave as a great opportunity for more points late and 240 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:43.600 a half when linebacker Johnny Williams picked off of Georgia 241 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:52.120 pass deep in the Bulldog's territory and nearly scored, but 242 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.320 the Dogs took it right back and marched straight down 243 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:56.080 the field. As the final moments of the half were 244 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:59.200 winding down, someone needed to make a play with the Wildcats. 245 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:02.919 Roger Willie take about the Faith, the good Man and. 246 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:08.480 Seventy Roger Williams zone. It was Trevart Linley who made 247 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:11.240 the play. He betted the faith pattered up into the 248 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:12.799 air and Williams conic. 249 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:14.200 Tivart Lindley doing his job. 250 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:16.120 He tips the ball and Roger's hustling over there. 251 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:16.720 In the baugus kitch. 252 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:18.919 You know, if we don't get that interception, who knows 253 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:19.399 what happens. 254 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:20.600 The game could turn with that. 255 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:22.360 If they go in and score, kick a field goal, 256 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:25.279 it's a minimum of a three point swing, it might. 257 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:27.440 Be a seven or ten point This week it. 258 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:30.639 Was a big Kentucky escapes down only four at the half. 259 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:34.159 Following a score a third period, UK took a seventeen 260 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.840 to fourteen lead on Woodston's second scoring strike to Verton 261 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.639 avoids the rush throws for the back of the end zone. 262 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:45.039 T k Tucky trips tip the lee pits King Marten. 263 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:52.080 The Bulldogs answered immediately with the scoring drive that covered 264 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:54.840 eighty three yards and Kentucky trailed twenty to seventeen with 265 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:58.919 less than five minutes to play. That's when the Wildcats 266 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:01.519 put on the methodical march of their own behind tailback 267 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:04.600 Tony Dixon on a sixty nine yard drive that took 268 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:08.039 eleven plays. The sophomore from Parish, Alabama, caught two passes 269 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.879 and ran the ball another four times, howering the final 270 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:13.200 three yards into the end zone for the go ahead 271 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.960 touchdown and on the. 272 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.600 Nixend, the. 273 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:25.759 Fans across the Commonwealth braced themselves. 274 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:30.120 A lot of fans were still holding their breath from 275 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.399 remembering the LSU game before I got here and whatever 276 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:36.919 games that Kentucky had find a way to lose it. 277 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:41.200 And you're asking yourself that question, can Kentucky answer right 278 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:42.879 here at the end, with only what about two and 279 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:44.879 a half minutes or so left to go in the game, 280 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:48.039 And there's you know, there is there's that little bit 281 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:50.720 of doubt in your mind. But then again, on the 282 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:54.039 other hand, you know, this isn't the same type of 283 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:56.679 Georgia team that had won nine straight over Kentucky. 284 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:01.240 This time the defense came through. This time it was 285 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:03.600 the Cats who made the play. It was the Dogs 286 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:06.679 who made the mistake, and Trevard Linley made them pay. 287 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:09.279 Stafford retreats mony. 288 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:10.440 Of time out of protection is breaking down. 289 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:11.840 He slides right, he throws. 290 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:17.519 Torley the Georgia forty one yard line. 291 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:21.559 I think our players now are beginning to believe that. 292 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:24.159 You know, they were a lot better and they expected 293 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:26.600 to win up to that point. I think they hoped 294 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:28.960 to him, you know, for three years, we hope to him. 295 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:31.960 He is it, Abriel down on the sidelines, tell us 296 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:32.440 what it's. 297 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.799 Like Christmas morning. 298 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:38.159 This one is twenty seconds away from being over, but 299 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:42.279 the celebration is already on. Fans are coming out of 300 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:45.639 the end zone on each side as the Wildcats have 301 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:50.679 beaten Georgia for just the eleventh time and sixty tries, 302 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:52.679 and the police would just say the heck would have 303 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:58.840 let him go. Kentucky twenty four, Georgia twenty three two one, 304 00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.679 it's over. 305 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.679 The celebration began and it didn't end until the gold 306 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.599 post came down. 307 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:08.799 Coming on the on the road win at Mississippi State. 308 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:11.799 This was a huge, huge. 309 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:15.920 Win for the Kentucky football program, and obviously the players 310 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:21.039 were as thrilled as the fans, because I know some 311 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:24.400 of my younger players were out there participating in that 312 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:29.720 uh and it was just a great environment, and I 313 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:33.400 just think it set the tone for what was to 314 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.680 happen the rest of the season. 315 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:39.759 I got Marcus McClinton part of that defensive unit. Marcus, 316 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.759 how did you guys do this? 317 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:41.759 Oh? 318 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:43.039 No, just doing our job. 319 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:45.279 We knew they came here in a little week and 320 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:47.119 we're trying to prove what we use on defense. 321 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.599 But we just executed every play. 322 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:51.839 Nobody's been through more than Manma Cutch and the injuries, 323 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:54.720 disappointing losses. What does this mean to you? 324 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:56.319 You know, this is this is why I stuck around, 325 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:57.200 You know, this is why I. 326 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:59.599 Came to Kentucky to keey wins like this at. 327 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.680 Home and for at our house. 328 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:02.720 You played on one leg for most of this game, 329 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:05.319 and you weren't coming out, were you. Hell no, they 330 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:06.559 weren't taking me out of this game. 331 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.519 I want you to let them. 332 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.480 It was exciting. 333 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:11.359 I mean most the good thing is our. 334 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:14.000 Players got to experience something like that, you know, seeing. 335 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:16.440 Where the program had came came from when we. 336 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:20.559 First got here, uh four years ago, and seen where 337 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.079 it was. 338 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:23.799 You know, at that point, I was really excited about 339 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.599 the program. 340 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:27.039 And again at the end there that was Joker Phillips 341 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:30.759 at the time, the offensive coordinator. So all the goal 342 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:32.920 post came down and when they got all the players 343 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:36.079 back into the locker room safely because it was dangerous 344 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:38.759 out there. Rich Brooks talked to the team he had 345 00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:40.880 just fired up like three hours ago. 346 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:44.559 I can't tell you how proud I am of you. 347 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:49.759 That was a real SEC football year, a real. 348 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:53.960 Football game, and we were the one to get it made. 349 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:59.240 Guy. That win over Georgia was number six on the 350 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:01.559 ear so it didn't sure that the Wildcats would go 351 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:04.240 to a bowl game. And then, of course they beat 352 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:06.799 Vanderbilt the next time out. They had to struggle a 353 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:09.200 bit to beat Vandy because they had been dealing with 354 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:12.440 their emotions all week, but it sent Kentucky to the 355 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:15.119 Music City Bowl. You know, the lost of Tennessee followed, 356 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.000 but what else was new? But yeah, that was the 357 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.440 first time the Wildcats had been to a bowl game 358 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:23.680 in quite a while, and it was a lot of fun. 359 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:26.680 Of course, they pulled off the upset of Clemson. And 360 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:31.359 then three years later Kentucky spilled Georgia in Athens in 361 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:34.640 a game that was just crazy, Kentucky forcing four turnovers 362 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:38.400 and I'll never forget doing the postgame sitting on the 363 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:41.680 bench on the Kentucky sideline, I looked up because I 364 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:44.400 was trying to remember exactly what the score was. They 365 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:48.279 had shut off the scoreboard it was dark, so I 366 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:50.720 always look for that when I'm on the road. If 367 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:53.440 Kentucky bulls off a road wind to see does anybody 368 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:57.319 else turn off the scoreboard as quickly as Georgia does? 369 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:01.680 And the answer so far is not. Up Next, we'll 370 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:03.960 here from Rich Brooks, who of course will be the 371 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:08.839 celebrity broadcast opening voice this Saturday when the Cats take 372 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:11.759 on the Bulldogs at Kroger Field. We're back in a 373 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:14.599 minute here on the Big Blue Sider six thirty WLAP. 374 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:17.200 Welcome back to the Big Blue Insider Thursday edition of 375 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:21.240 our program UK football coming up Saturday afternoon into the 376 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:25.279 evening five thirty broadcast time seven thirty kickoff. And if 377 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:27.559 you've been listening to the first couple of games, which 378 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:31.960 we appreciate, you've noticed that we have added celebrity Wildcats 379 00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:36.640 basically opening our broadcast bill Ransdell week number one, Jojo 380 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:39.599 Kemp last week, and we thought for the Georgia game, 381 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:42.680 why not a guy who knows about beating Georgia, that 382 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:46.039 is the former head coach Rich Brooks. And of course 383 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:50.160 the indoor facility now named for Rich and his wife Karen, 384 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:53.799 and we got hold of him the other night to 385 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:57.319 record the open and to talk about Kentucky football and 386 00:20:57.880 --> 00:21:00.839 talk a little bit about what it takes to be 387 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:03.519 Georgia and what it was like for him to see 388 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:06.599 his team, which in six, let's face it, early in 389 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:09.359 the year, was struggling, but put it together in time 390 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:12.880 to beat first Mississippi State after that awful loss to 391 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:16.839 LSU and then the Georgia Bulldogs with a freshman quarterback 392 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:20.640 by the name of Matthew Stafford. My conversation with the 393 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:25.400 former UK coach, I know you talked at length about 394 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:28.200 how things turned around in twenty oh six, but that 395 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:31.519 Georgia game in particular, what do you remember about that? 396 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:34.480 Because Stafford was a freshman, but he was pretty darn 397 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:37.480 good quarterback, wasn't he? 398 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:41.359 He was a very good quarterback. But you know, we 399 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:47.680 had gone through the very tough loss at LSU bye week, 400 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:51.359 and then we got a tough win on the road 401 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:55.279