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<v Speaker 1>It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick coffee.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get it started. Our number two a

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<v Speaker 2>little later then we typically get it started.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I started talking about a Facebook rant that I had,

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<v Speaker 2>which I'm sure made for great radio. And again to clarify,

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<v Speaker 2>the reason I brought that whole thing up was not

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<v Speaker 2>to like make myself look like I know, I dunked

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<v Speaker 2>on somebody in the comment section, but it was another

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<v Speaker 2>sign that there's just such a good Like the last

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<v Speaker 2>time I just out of nowhere couldn't control myself at

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<v Speaker 2>wanting to defend Louisville basketball and Louisville fans. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>remember the last time that happened, but it did, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was a reminder to me. And I didn't need

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<v Speaker 2>to be reminded because I kind of knew deep down,

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<v Speaker 2>And if you've listened to me in any way consistently,

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<v Speaker 2>especially you know during the last two years before this

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<v Speaker 2>new era started with Pat Kelsey, I mean.

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<v Speaker 3>I wasn't going out of my wib.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I was doing my job and calling it

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<v Speaker 2>like it is, and maybe at times for comedic relief.

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<v Speaker 2>I would try to, you know, have fun with it

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, and it's not fun that Louisville was

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<v Speaker 2>as bad as it was, but it became such a

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<v Speaker 2>weird place to be in talking louis of basketball at

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<v Speaker 2>least a little bit every single day because that's what

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<v Speaker 2>we do around here. And even as bad as they were,

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<v Speaker 2>a big chunk of our conversations last year around this time,

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<v Speaker 2>other than you know, what was going on in college hoops,

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<v Speaker 2>was who was going to take over? I mean, at

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<v Speaker 2>this point a year ago, the conversation was about who's

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<v Speaker 2>they going to hire because we knew that Kenny wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be you know, wouldn't be here long term.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, it.

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<v Speaker 2>Just was a I think a product of where of

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<v Speaker 2>how bad the program was. And you know, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>trust me, this isn't a poor me thing. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you hear enough of people just claiming, well, you're

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<v Speaker 2>just negative, and you know you're not even really a

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville fan. You're friends with Matt Jones and you actually

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<v Speaker 2>want Louisville to be terrible, you don't even care you're

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<v Speaker 2>not a fan, like you know, ninety nine percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the time, I feel like I can block that out

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<v Speaker 2>and kind of take it for what it is. But

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<v Speaker 2>also every now and then you kind of start to,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe I am being a little little much,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe at times I was, but also like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>think about how bad we were now we're not, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's a lot of fun Louisville SMU Tonight a lot

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<v Speaker 2>on the line for both teams kind of. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I think a win tonight gives Louisville another quad one

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<v Speaker 2>win and maybe I don't know, maybe that bumps them

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<v Speaker 2>up a seed line, but it's also not a well,

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<v Speaker 2>it would be a top forty win. I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a top I mean SMU would have to completely fall

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<v Speaker 2>apart for this to not be a quad one win if,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, Louisville does get the win tonight, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's going to be easier said than done.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm confident that they can and will win, but sim

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<v Speaker 2>use a team that I'm kind of you know, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>kind of not worried about them, but tonight's gonna you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think you can look at them in every aspect

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<v Speaker 2>as far as their resume, what they're doing, as far

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<v Speaker 2>as production from their personnel, and you can kind of

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<v Speaker 2>just come up with whatever conclusion that you want. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no scenario they're a bad team, but like how good

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<v Speaker 2>they are, I think it kind of just depends on,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, how you want to look at it. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no way to know for certain. They don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>bad loss at this point really, at least, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>not not a terrible loss. They're worse loss right now.

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<v Speaker 2>SMU is to Butler, and Butler's a non tournament team,

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<v Speaker 2>probably a bottom tier Big East team, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a Big East team. It's not like they lost

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<v Speaker 2>to you know, Sun Belt team or something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>So Louisville is underdogs currently, they are one and a

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<v Speaker 2>half point underdogs. The Kin Pomp score projection is seventy

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<v Speaker 2>nine to seventy seven.

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<v Speaker 3>So I and.

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<v Speaker 2>I for SMU, this is huge because right now just

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<v Speaker 2>about everybody has them as like the next four out

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<v Speaker 2>or the first full route And if they beat Louisville,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is another sign that we're having a pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good season because a win tonight would be a big

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<v Speaker 2>win for SMU, easily their biggest win of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I'm sure they're coming in with that

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<v Speaker 2>mindset knowing hey, because look, everybody in the ACC realizes,

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<v Speaker 2>says I, now you know if you are, and look,

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<v Speaker 2>there's so many teams in the league that just aren't

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<v Speaker 2>going to sniff the tournament, and we know that. But

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<v Speaker 2>you've got currently Duke the only team that is just

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<v Speaker 2>safely in. I think Louisville as of now is safely in.

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<v Speaker 2>But I guess, you know, technically with as many games left,

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<v Speaker 2>and if they do take some losses given who's on

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<v Speaker 2>the schedule, you know, and I don't predict or expect

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<v Speaker 2>them to lose to some of these teams, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>just one of those things that if you do, man,

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<v Speaker 2>it could be a real glaring loss that just really

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<v Speaker 2>changes your resume, probably doesn't move you out. But anyways,

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<v Speaker 2>tonight big game for both teams because when you only

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<v Speaker 2>have one opportunity left at least as of right now

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<v Speaker 2>on paper, to get a quad one win, you want

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to take advantage of that opportunity. And

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<v Speaker 2>with SMU, same thing this is, you know, looking at

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<v Speaker 2>SMU's schedule, the rest of the way they've got they

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<v Speaker 2>don't have Duke. They already played Duke got beat pretty bad.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll play Gosh, they've got Clemson at home, which that'll

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<v Speaker 2>be February twenty second, that'll be another opportunity for a

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<v Speaker 2>quad one for for SMU if Clemson can stay in

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<v Speaker 2>the top thirty. But outside of that, yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>really looking at it right now, this is the this

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<v Speaker 2>is the only quad one win left for both of

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<v Speaker 2>these teams as of right now. So it's not that

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<v Speaker 2>you know it's gonna make or break your season, but

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<v Speaker 2>just looking at the it used to be where this

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<v Speaker 2>would just be another night at work, I mean, if

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean, Like it used to be

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<v Speaker 2>in the ACC, and certainly when Louis was in the

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<v Speaker 2>Big East. We weren't talking quad one, quad two back

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<v Speaker 2>in those days, but it was it was a rarity

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<v Speaker 2>that you would go a week in league play without

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<v Speaker 2>having an opportunity to get a win that would that

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<v Speaker 2>would improve your resume to a certain extent. And now

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<v Speaker 2>that's just kind of not where the ACC is. So

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<v Speaker 2>certainly a lot on the line tonight a nine o'clock tip,

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<v Speaker 2>and Louis has played well enough in the last really

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<v Speaker 2>the last six games specifically that I mean, I'd just

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<v Speaker 2>be a liar if I told you I didn't expect

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<v Speaker 2>them to come out and play well. Now doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to happen, but they've been pretty consistent. And

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<v Speaker 2>what makes me the most confident is that the things

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<v Speaker 2>that I believe have really made them look like a

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<v Speaker 2>team that not only is taking advantage of an ACC

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<v Speaker 2>that's down, but a team that might be able to

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<v Speaker 2>get a decent seed, maybe make the second weekend. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think that's crazy crazy right now. What I think

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<v Speaker 2>has really gotten fans like myself to kind of envision

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<v Speaker 2>that happening is that the things that they're doing really well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's something you can control, right, playing really good defense,

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<v Speaker 2>doing your work on the backboard, all the stats that

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<v Speaker 2>you know you really want to make sure you're excelling

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<v Speaker 2>at second chance points, offensive rebounds, assists. I mean, Louis

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<v Speaker 2>has been able to win some of these games as

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<v Speaker 2>of late, where you look at box score at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the game you think, like, man, we missed

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<v Speaker 2>that many free throws. We're lucky that didn't bite us

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<v Speaker 2>in the rear end, and look, maybe tonight's that night,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, that's one of those things that because

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<v Speaker 2>of the ride and how much fun it's been I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not really dwelling on things that I think are weaknesses

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<v Speaker 2>of this team, because every team has weaknesses, this one included.

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<v Speaker 3>But Louisville free throw shooting.

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<v Speaker 2>They've had games where they're you know, eighteen to twenty two,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a pretty damn good night, But then they

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<v Speaker 2>have some games where it's just like, wait a second,

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<v Speaker 2>forty seven percent, So you I mean that that is

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<v Speaker 2>that's the one area where they're really inconsistent, And I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's better to be inconsistent where you've at least

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<v Speaker 2>seen games where you shoot a bunch of them and

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<v Speaker 2>you do make a lot of them, but you also

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<v Speaker 2>can't say you'd be surprised if they end up in

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<v Speaker 2>a spot where they have a bad night at the line.

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<v Speaker 2>It just I don't know, that's one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that I don't I don't know what to chalk it

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<v Speaker 2>up to. But they've been inconsistent and at times just

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<v Speaker 2>bad at free throw shooting, and I don't feel like

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<v Speaker 2>in any of the games they've lost this year, that's

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<v Speaker 2>been one, you know, that's been one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that is that has been a key factor or five

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<v Speaker 2>oo two five seven, one seventy nine hundred the number.

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<v Speaker 2>If you guys want to jump in and join us,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go to the phone lines and welcome in.

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<v Speaker 3>Adam. Adam, you're on sports Stock seven ninety. What's up, man?

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<v Speaker 4>Hey? How you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>Nick?

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<v Speaker 5>Doing well?

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<v Speaker 3>Brother?

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<v Speaker 4>All right, I'm telling you what. I'm excited finally for

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<v Speaker 4>the first time in a few years. I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 4>glad we got the team that we have. It's exciting

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<v Speaker 4>to watch basketball again for my team.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it used to feel like a chore where

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<v Speaker 2>you'd be like, well, I feel like I gotta watch.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a fan, although I don't really feel great about

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<v Speaker 2>the team, and now I can't wait for game day.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's nice to be alive again.

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<v Speaker 4>Well and just not sit there like you sit in

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<v Speaker 4>agony'd like, oh man, we play again tonight. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>people don't understand, like we really went through a really

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<v Speaker 4>low time where it was not fun.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not it wasn't fun, Oh it was.

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<v Speaker 5>It was horrible.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And I don't think I'm gonna be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think there's been a worse season in the

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<v Speaker 4>UVL that I can ever remember. And being that bad son,

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<v Speaker 4>I am just glad we were competitive. We're top tier

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<v Speaker 4>in our conference. You know, they can say what they

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<v Speaker 4>want about the SEC the Big Ten's is whatever. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>you can put us up against somebody and we'll compete,

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<v Speaker 4>and we'll fight, and we've got a chance to win

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<v Speaker 4>any game that they put us in. And I feel

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<v Speaker 4>that way, and I haven't felt that way in a

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<v Speaker 4>long time. So I'm just happy. Man, me too, brother,

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<v Speaker 4>And I'm excited about the tournament and everything.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I'm with you. It's awesome, And Adam, I

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<v Speaker 3>appreciate the call.

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<v Speaker 2>Man. Good to hear from you. Yeah, I'm totally with you,

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<v Speaker 2>just knowing that, hey, like we're alive again. And and

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<v Speaker 2>you said something that I probably don't. I probably don't

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<v Speaker 2>because it's It's another thing that I think can give

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<v Speaker 2>Auburn or something in the tournament. I mean, clearly they're

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<v Speaker 2>more often the not. They're probably gonna lose those games,

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<v Speaker 2>but I know this group won't be too wide eyed.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not gonna have deer in the headlights look because

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<v Speaker 2>I think they've got great leadership, their reflection of their coach,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm really interested to see moving forward. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not thinking about it a whole lot, but I really

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<v Speaker 2>have the success that they've had so far is their maturity.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think there's definitely a lot of it that

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<v Speaker 2>not having necessarily a good head on your shoulders and

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<v Speaker 2>not maybe do the right things. I think these are

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<v Speaker 2>good dudes. I think these are guys that are genuinely

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<v Speaker 2>tell you that that was part of the process and

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<v Speaker 2>bringing them in.

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<v Speaker 3>He wanted guys that fit the culture.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes you just you don't know that there's guys

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<v Speaker 2>who committed to come to the Louisville that are a

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<v Speaker 2>part of this great run that they're on right now

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<v Speaker 2>that probably had three conversations with Pat Kelsey before they

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<v Speaker 2>ever decided to commit here, Like it wasn't like you

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<v Speaker 2>have a whole lot of time to really I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess you can talk to other coaches and and

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<v Speaker 2>get references and whatnot and kind of you know, figure

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<v Speaker 2>out what you're getting into as far as who you're recruiting.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think this team, again, they're gonna need.

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<v Speaker 2>Some breaks to go their way if we're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>them knocking off one of the best teams in the country.

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<v Speaker 2>But I just I don't have any worry that they'll

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<v Speaker 2>they'll be ready, and that'd mean they're gonna.

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<v Speaker 3>Win, trust me.

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<v Speaker 2>Like you know, when you play teams that are better

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<v Speaker 2>than you, you're gonna need some breaks to go your way.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna have a you're gonna need to have a

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<v Speaker 2>really good night. But they just and they have a

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<v Speaker 2>confidence about about their their process and they're selfless. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you've had different leading scorers like every night and at

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<v Speaker 2>any moment, like it could be anybody's nights and I

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<v Speaker 2>you just don't know. And it's been a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 2>And man, I'll tell you what the the thing I

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<v Speaker 2>saw earlier today from let me make sure I cite

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<v Speaker 3>I always get this. This is.

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<v Speaker 2>This guy's name is Evan Miyakawa, and he is another

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<v Speaker 2>one of the college basketball statistical professionals. His work, his formula,

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<v Speaker 2>his numbers are featured in ESPN, CBS Sports, the Athletic

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<v Speaker 2>Sports Illustrated. He's kind of like a Ken Palm or

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<v Speaker 2>a Bart Torvik. And he's a great follow by the way,

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<v Speaker 3>X slash Twitter. But he put together a graphic that shows.

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<v Speaker 2>Minutes per game missed by rotation players essentially, and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>just read you directly what it says. Here says here

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<v Speaker 2>are the teams who have suffered the most from injuries

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<v Speaker 2>this year based on minutes per game missed by rotation players.

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<v Speaker 2>So again, college basketball teams right now that are that

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<v Speaker 2>are missing guys that we're going to be playing a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of minutes, and we're playing a lot of minutes

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<v Speaker 2>before they got hurt. And there's only one team in

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<v Speaker 2>college basketball that has been impacted more so than Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>and that's a random team McNee State, and that's actually

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<v Speaker 2>where Will Wade is. And he brought in a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of guys from the portal that you typically wouldn't get

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<v Speaker 2>it McNee State unless you know you're Will Wade and

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<v Speaker 2>you've clearly show them that you can coach a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>So I guess technically they've been more impacted by it

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<v Speaker 2>than Louisville. But Louisville is right there and it's outside

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<v Speaker 2>of that. It's really not close. And you know what

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<v Speaker 2>I keep forgetting that I never think of that, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know why, because these guys don't think about it either.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure they wish Cason was out there and Koran

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<v Speaker 3>There, and they didn't. They didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>They weren't with that kid or for as many games

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<v Speaker 2>as he missed. Like, we know they're injured and it's

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<v Speaker 2>still a factor, but like I think, man, and again

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<v Speaker 2>this is where it just gets where I just feel

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm turning into total Homer cardboy here. But like

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<v Speaker 2>I rarely even think about those injuries, and clearly these

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<v Speaker 2>guys don't either, because they they knew that if you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you dwell on it, you use it as an excuse,

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<v Speaker 2>then it's a crutch. And in this group, they didn't

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<v Speaker 2>feel sorry for themselves at any at any point and clearly,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, they've had a lot of tough breaks come

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<v Speaker 2>their way this year that have nothing to do with

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<v Speaker 2>what you inherited, that have really nothing to I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just they've had really bad luck with injuries. But

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<v Speaker 2>they don't seem to be dwelling on it. Fans aren't

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<v Speaker 2>even thinking about it. It's just another sign of how

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<v Speaker 2>good of a job Pat Kelsey's been able to do

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<v Speaker 2>so far. It's exciting, no doubt. All right, quick break,

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<v Speaker 2>lot more to get into before we get out of here,

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<v Speaker 2>If it was anybody else, I probably would just view

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<v Speaker 2>this as like a hard, oh try hard move just

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<v Speaker 2>to you know, just to kind of show you're a

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<v Speaker 2>football guy. But the way Marcus Freeman has really carried

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<v Speaker 2>himself throughout really his entire time as a head coach

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<v Speaker 2>at Notre Dame, I'm willing to give him the benefit

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<v Speaker 2>of the doubt that this is just, you know, him

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<v Speaker 2>doing something not for attention, but it's part of his

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<v Speaker 2>process to you know, be the best coach he can be.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's a video of him forcing himself to watch

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<v Speaker 2>Ohio State celebrate, which he later said that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he needs to see that to fuel him to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>know that they got there and came up short. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm paraphrasing here, but you know, I don't get the

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<v Speaker 2>sense that he was wanting people to kind of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>realize that he was making sure he was watching them

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<v Speaker 2>celebrate after you know, he has nothing to be ashamed

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<v Speaker 2>of it.

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<v Speaker 3>They had a phenomenal year, but engagement forming.

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<v Speaker 2>If anything, I feel like this is just another sign that,

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<v Speaker 2>like Notre Dame's not going anywhere. They've got a guy

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<v Speaker 2>that really he's got a lot that I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>is really really important and valuable. Now with the way

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<v Speaker 2>the college game is, right, I mean, it's certainly becoming

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<v Speaker 2>more and more. In fact, it is, it's pro sports,

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<v Speaker 2>and the same things you're seeing in pro sports, I

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<v Speaker 2>think you're going to see in college and that is

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<v Speaker 2>coaches that maybe more than anything, they just have an

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<v Speaker 2>ability to lead and get guys motivated and they've been

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<v Speaker 2>there before. I mean, you can still be as super

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<v Speaker 2>successful as a coach if you've never been a great player,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know you've got it, and you know you're

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<v Speaker 2>you're able to build old a staff and and and

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<v Speaker 2>and work well with that staff and cleared.

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<v Speaker 3>You got to know what you're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>But I mean, he's he's somebody that I can totally

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<v Speaker 2>see why the NFL has has some real interest. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they didn't win last night, and obviously the

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<v Speaker 2>Bears have hired Ben Johnson, but I heard Colhart say

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<v Speaker 2>it earlier today, and I kind of feel like, even

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<v Speaker 2>though they did lose, maybe there are some Bears fans

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<v Speaker 2>they kind of feel like maybe that was the direction

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<v Speaker 2>we should have gone, and maybe we should have maybe

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<v Speaker 2>maybe we should have tried to go get Marcus Freeman

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<v Speaker 2>instead of Ben Johnson.

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<v Speaker 3>But anyways, Notre Dame comes up.

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<v Speaker 2>Short, and uh, the game kind of played out really

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<v Speaker 2>the way I expected.

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<v Speaker 3>Ohio State was just better and it was.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a late score from Notre Dame to cut

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<v Speaker 2>it to eight, but after that it was, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the clock kept ticking and it really never never appeared

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<v Speaker 2>as if Notre Dame was was going to win the game.

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<v Speaker 2>And look, I don't know what the perfect solution is

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<v Speaker 2>as far as why, you know, how we can you know,

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<v Speaker 2>get it to where it just didn't feel like, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to say a chore and everybody's different.

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<v Speaker 3>But I was relieved to see right before kickoff.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, those that cover the sport nationally couldn't control themselves.

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<v Speaker 2>They had to put it out there, rather it be

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<v Speaker 2>on their coverage or just you know, throwing out a

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<v Speaker 2>tweet like, man, this just feels flat. This just not

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<v Speaker 2>feel like we're about to watch the national championship game.

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<v Speaker 2>And part of it's because it's new. We've never had

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<v Speaker 2>a twelve team playoff, we've never crowned a champion on

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<v Speaker 2>January twentieth. And maybe it'll be more normal down the

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<v Speaker 2>line and we get used to it, but I kind

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<v Speaker 2>of feel like that's too late. Like college football, I

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<v Speaker 2>think should start earlier than it does. And I really,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is trust me that I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to be like the anti college football guy because I

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<v Speaker 2>love college football. And that's why I was kind of

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<v Speaker 2>like insecure a little bit yesterday because I felt like

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<v Speaker 2>a fraud, Like, wait a second, it's a big game,

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<v Speaker 2>national championship game, the last night of the college football season,

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<v Speaker 2>and I keep having to remind myself that there's a game.

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<v Speaker 3>Am I fraud?

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<v Speaker 1>Do?

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<v Speaker 3>I really care about college football?

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<v Speaker 2>So it's nice to see others at least kind of

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<v Speaker 2>felt like that a little bit. But greed money matters

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<v Speaker 2>in everything in life. Money matters, and I know that.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if you have that, you don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>like it or accept it, but you'll probably be able

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with certain things in life better than others

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<v Speaker 2>if you just are aware that money's always going to matter,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe more than anything. So they're never going to get

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<v Speaker 2>rid of conference championship games, they're never going to get

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<v Speaker 2>rid of the meaningless bowl games because they make a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of money and that's what it's all about. But

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<v Speaker 2>it just didn't feel like a sport that is so

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<v Speaker 2>popular and look, I'm sure plenty of people watched last

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<v Speaker 2>night to where it's not going to look like they,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, had a dud as far as the viewership

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<v Speaker 2>and whatnot. But because the things that just kind of

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<v Speaker 2>make you feel a little like it just seems off

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<v Speaker 2>because those things are purely being done because it just

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<v Speaker 2>makes way more money and it's a big time revenue generator.

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<v Speaker 2>That means it's not going away. So like if they

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<v Speaker 2>got the conference championship, games quite literally are pointless. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess technically you can claim that you won and

422
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<v Speaker 2>now that you won your league, and that's you'd rather

423
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<v Speaker 2>be able to say that than not be able to

424
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<v Speaker 2>say it. But think about this, if you've put yourself

425
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<v Speaker 2>in a position where you are playing for your conference

426
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<v Speaker 2>championship and you are in a league like the ACC,

427
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<v Speaker 2>the SEC, the Big Ten, maybe even the Big twelve,

428
00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:23.440
<v Speaker 2>you're thinking playoff, Like you would sacrifice a spot to

429
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<v Speaker 2>even play for a conference championship if it means you

430
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<v Speaker 2>can get in to the playoff. That's the ultimate goal now.

431
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<v Speaker 2>But they're never gonna get rid of them, and it

432
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<v Speaker 2>does sound crazy to think they should just not have

433
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<v Speaker 2>a conference championship anymore.

434
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<v Speaker 3>But like, it just feels a little bit off.

435
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<v Speaker 2>But I think we're just gonna have to get used

436
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<v Speaker 2>to it because they're gonna make a lot of money.

437
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<v Speaker 2>Like there are way more big time events this year

438
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<v Speaker 2>in college football. And when I say big time events,

439
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<v Speaker 2>I guess I just mean made for TV. Like previously

440
00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:54.720
<v Speaker 2>we would have three college football playoff games, right, the

441
00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:57.440
<v Speaker 2>semis and then the championship game. Well, now you had

442
00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:59.680
<v Speaker 2>a lot more of them, and maybe certain games didn't

443
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<v Speaker 2>do the numbers, didn't have the viewership that we had

444
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<v Speaker 2>previously in the fourteen playoff. But you know what, when

445
00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:09.480
<v Speaker 2>you have way more than the three games than you

446
00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:12.519
<v Speaker 2>had previously, it still is bringing in a lot more money.

447
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<v Speaker 2>And that's I don't want to say that's all they

448
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<v Speaker 2>care about, but that clearly is a really it's a

449
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<v Speaker 2>driving influence and big decisions made when it comes to

450
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<v Speaker 2>college football.

451
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<v Speaker 6>What about the fact that I feel like this is

452
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<v Speaker 6>the college football player at the chaos. The chaos has

453
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<v Speaker 6>been great, But you got to keep in mind is

454
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<v Speaker 6>and I hate to say this and be a hypocrite

455
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<v Speaker 6>to but is there maybe such thing as like a

456
00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:38.319
<v Speaker 6>college football like fatigue because of the playoffs'll been going

457
00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:41.400
<v Speaker 6>on since December twentieth, because the Indiana Notre Dame games

458
00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:44.079
<v Speaker 6>what kicked everything off? That was December twentieth, then with

459
00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:46.480
<v Speaker 6>all the bye weeks and everything, so it took a

460
00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:49.279
<v Speaker 6>whole month. So this weekend we're gonna know who's going

461
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<v Speaker 6>to be in the final game basically of the NFL,

462
00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:54.920
<v Speaker 6>and the playoffs started last week. It goes by relatively fast,

463
00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:57.640
<v Speaker 6>and so maybe you could just be dealing with that,

464
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<v Speaker 6>maybe just like we immediately get hit with Monday, here

465
00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:03.480
<v Speaker 6>is the National Championship game, but we're just coming off

466
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<v Speaker 6>an exciting weekend where some of the best teams in

467
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<v Speaker 6>the world had just like the Lions, they just lost

468
00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:12.799
<v Speaker 6>and we're going on to basically divisional championships this week.

469
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think I think the fatigue it feels that

470
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<v Speaker 2>way a little bit because the biggest talking point in

471
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<v Speaker 2>college football I feel like this season was the back

472
00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:29.279
<v Speaker 2>and forth about is the SEC worthy of all this

473
00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:32.240
<v Speaker 2>arrogance they have and maybe the true maybe the Big

474
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<v Speaker 2>Ten will put them in their place, And that kind

475
00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:36.319
<v Speaker 2>of played itself out long before we got to last night,

476
00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:38.960
<v Speaker 2>right like the SEC, because even if Texas would have

477
00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:41.960
<v Speaker 2>made it there, yeah they're in the SEC, but it wouldn't.

478
00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.799
<v Speaker 3>Have been a good look for the SEC.

479
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<v Speaker 2>And look, I was happy to see that the SEC

480
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<v Speaker 2>was served some humble pie. I don't know if they

481
00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:49.720
<v Speaker 2>ate it, because I'm sure you're still going to see

482
00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:52.640
<v Speaker 2>the arrogance that they have. And again, disclaimer, it is

483
00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:54.640
<v Speaker 2>a really good league, the best league in the country,

484
00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:58.599
<v Speaker 2>top to bottom. But you know, the gap that they

485
00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:01.440
<v Speaker 2>have always believed they have between them and everybody else

486
00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:03.559
<v Speaker 2>is just not at all what they think it is,

487
00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:05.720
<v Speaker 2>and it's been proven in the last couple of years. Again,

488
00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:08.759
<v Speaker 2>there are people still triggered by that and they and

489
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<v Speaker 2>they completely ignore the first part of what I said.

490
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<v Speaker 2>It is the best league top to bottom. You take

491
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<v Speaker 2>the three or four best teams every year in the

492
00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:23.279
<v Speaker 2>in every conference, the SEC nine out of ten times

493
00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:26.319
<v Speaker 2>is going to be better, sometimes substant substantially better when.

494
00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:27.240
<v Speaker 3>You go like four deep.

495
00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:29.599
<v Speaker 2>But this year Ohio State won it all and you

496
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<v Speaker 2>know that was that was a win for the Big Ten.

497
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<v Speaker 2>Wouldn't be shocked if the next two champions are from

498
00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:37.359
<v Speaker 2>you know, the SEC. So again, what I can't like,

499
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<v Speaker 2>Let me just give you an example. This was the

500
00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:42.920
<v Speaker 2>Penn State Notre Dame game, which was that was that

501
00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.960
<v Speaker 2>was the semi final game?

502
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<v Speaker 3>Correct? Yes, yes, so it had.

503
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<v Speaker 2>This is from somebody who covers the SEC's name is

504
00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:52.519
<v Speaker 2>Blaine Crane, and he doesn't just cover the SEC, covers

505
00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:56.359
<v Speaker 2>college football, but with an SEC lean it's part of

506
00:22:56.400 --> 00:23:00.799
<v Speaker 2>the daily wires college football or college sports really, I

507
00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:03.279
<v Speaker 2>guess just college football content. But he tweeted this out

508
00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.880
<v Speaker 2>and I'm just thinking, like, man, this is somebody that

509
00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:08.839
<v Speaker 2>has zero awareness of like what he's actually saying here.

510
00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:10.680
<v Speaker 2>And it's not personal. I don't know the guy, but

511
00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:13.160
<v Speaker 2>he claimed and I'll read you directly what he said.

512
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<v Speaker 2>Only seventeen point eight million people tune in to watch

513
00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:18.920
<v Speaker 2>Penn State Notre Dame in the college football Playoff semi final,

514
00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:22.559
<v Speaker 2>a sharp drop from the twenty seven point eight million

515
00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:26.720
<v Speaker 2>who watched Alabama Michigan in last year's semi final. That's

516
00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:28.960
<v Speaker 2>a huge decline, especially for such a close game.

517
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<v Speaker 3>Hmm. What could explain this?

518
00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:36.960
<v Speaker 2>Like I was beside myself reading that, not like have

519
00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:39.519
<v Speaker 2>I mean, there was clearly no awareness from this human

520
00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:43.519
<v Speaker 2>being that you are quite literally making the argument that

521
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<v Speaker 2>we should just put teams in there that more people

522
00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:49.400
<v Speaker 2>will watch because they have a bigger following. You are

523
00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:53.240
<v Speaker 2>quite literally acting as if it should just be a

524
00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:58.200
<v Speaker 2>popularity contest, right, like the committee should quite literally just

525
00:23:58.319 --> 00:24:01.680
<v Speaker 2>decide who gets to to you know, who gets certain

526
00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:07.079
<v Speaker 2>spots in these games based off of the reach they

527
00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:09.400
<v Speaker 2>have within their huge fan bases and how many people

528
00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:11.559
<v Speaker 2>will watch. Clearly the networks want as many people to

529
00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:15.680
<v Speaker 2>watch as possible. Nobody would argue that, but like if

530
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<v Speaker 2>the SEC fans want somebody to acknowledge that they actually

531
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<v Speaker 2>will with their big brands when they're going deep into

532
00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:25.359
<v Speaker 2>the playoff, there'll be more viewership.

533
00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:27.559
<v Speaker 3>Of course, who's are you in that?

534
00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:30.640
<v Speaker 2>There are people who are absolute lunatics about their college

535
00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:34.000
<v Speaker 2>football programs in the South, Like that's the culture and

536
00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:37.519
<v Speaker 2>it's a special thing. But that, I mean, maybe I'm

537
00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:40.119
<v Speaker 2>just reading it wrong and taking it out of context.

538
00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:43.799
<v Speaker 2>But he's like making a snod comment that the viewership

539
00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:46.160
<v Speaker 2>means that the teams that were there shouldn't be there.

540
00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:50.240
<v Speaker 2>That has nothing to do with it. But with that logic,

541
00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:53.160
<v Speaker 2>you shouldn't play games in the regular season.

542
00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:56.079
<v Speaker 3>You should just base it off of popularity. And like

543
00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.200
<v Speaker 3>that to me.

544
00:24:58.680 --> 00:25:01.720
<v Speaker 2>Was so embarrassing or people like Lane Kiffin and I

545
00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:03.680
<v Speaker 2>try not to get caught up in it because coaches,

546
00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:07.720
<v Speaker 2>I get it, you're gonna you're gonna campaign for your

547
00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:11.319
<v Speaker 2>for your team and your league because it probably won't

548
00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:13.279
<v Speaker 2>help you, It shouldn't help you, but it certainly isn't

549
00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.880
<v Speaker 2>gonna hurt you, so like there's really no harm in

550
00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:16.599
<v Speaker 2>doing it. But some of the things they would throw

551
00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:18.759
<v Speaker 2>out there, I'm like, are you are you listening to yourself?

552
00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:22.240
<v Speaker 3>Like what are you talking about? Like why why even

553
00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:25.400
<v Speaker 3>play games? If? Like if what you're arguing.

554
00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:29.039
<v Speaker 2>Should matter more, and like that should be a big

555
00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:32.240
<v Speaker 2>factor in how we decide who gets in the playoff

556
00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:34.319
<v Speaker 2>and whatnot, Like why play like it? Just to me,

557
00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:37.519
<v Speaker 2>it was so embarrassing to have so many people just

558
00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:40.640
<v Speaker 2>get so caught up in the yelling back and forth

559
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<v Speaker 2>about the sec elite teams in the Big Ten being

560
00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:49.160
<v Speaker 2>frauds because Indiana and Penn State didn't play anybody.

561
00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:52.160
<v Speaker 3>Like you may like, you may be right that the Big.

562
00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:55.319
<v Speaker 2>Ten schedule balance was way off, but you know you

563
00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:57.359
<v Speaker 2>also like there again, there is not a team that

564
00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.880
<v Speaker 2>missed out on the playoff.

565
00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.680
<v Speaker 3>Can't look in the mirror and know that.

566
00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:05.440
<v Speaker 2>They did it themselves because they just completely laid an

567
00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:10.680
<v Speaker 2>egg and failed. They were failures. It wasn't the committee's fault.

568
00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:12.240
<v Speaker 2>It wasn't because what are you going to do? We

569
00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:15.279
<v Speaker 2>play in such a great league. Ole Miss lost to Kentucky,

570
00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:17.319
<v Speaker 2>who did not win another SEC game, and they lost

571
00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:21.599
<v Speaker 2>to them in Oxford, I mean Alabama, they got blown

572
00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:24.440
<v Speaker 2>out by Oklahoma in a year where Oklahoma was as

573
00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:26.799
<v Speaker 2>I mean, was as bad as they've been in a

574
00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:31.000
<v Speaker 2>long time. Miami, I don't think anybody was really arguing

575
00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:33.240
<v Speaker 2>for Miami, but like, had they not lost.

576
00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:37.000
<v Speaker 3>To Syracuse, they're in. In fact, the team that didn't

577
00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:40.240
<v Speaker 3>get in that actually probably had a better argument they

578
00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:42.759
<v Speaker 3>didn't belong because they really just you know, they were

579
00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:45.440
<v Speaker 3>just on the outside looking in. But South Carolina had a.

580
00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:48.960
<v Speaker 2>Better argument than the other SEC teams that were complaining

581
00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.880
<v Speaker 2>about not getting in.

582
00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:53.960
<v Speaker 3>So I don't know, just I think there was so

583
00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:56.200
<v Speaker 3>much of that. Like I felt like that was the biggest.

584
00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:58.599
<v Speaker 2>Talking point in our first year of the twelve team playoff,

585
00:26:59.079 --> 00:27:03.400
<v Speaker 2>the never ending yelling, you know, about which conference is better,

586
00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:05.440
<v Speaker 2>who deserves the benefit of the doubt, and who doesn't.

587
00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:08.039
<v Speaker 2>And it kind of felt like with that playing out

588
00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:11.039
<v Speaker 2>pretty early in the process, it just kind of felt flat.

589
00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.680
<v Speaker 2>And I think that's why maybe you kind of had

590
00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:14.559
<v Speaker 2>that fatigue that you mentioned, Austin, because I'm with you,

591
00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:18.119
<v Speaker 2>that's probably the best it wasn't like I was bothered

592
00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:20.559
<v Speaker 2>that we still had college football, because you know, I

593
00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:22.400
<v Speaker 2>get sad when it comes to an end, and maybe

594
00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:24.960
<v Speaker 2>when college basketball season comes to and I'm not kidding

595
00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:27.000
<v Speaker 2>you this probably this isn't a good thing to say

596
00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:30.640
<v Speaker 2>about myself, but like I get seasonal depression, Like I'm

597
00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:33.000
<v Speaker 2>a sad name, Like I'm not kidding you, Like my

598
00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:35.960
<v Speaker 2>mental health, like I'm fine, I'm okay. You know, I

599
00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.079
<v Speaker 2>do get therapy and that that's a big deal. And

600
00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:40.359
<v Speaker 2>it's not because of it's not because of sports, but

601
00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:42.920
<v Speaker 2>like everybody has seasonal depression to an extent. I would

602
00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:45.039
<v Speaker 2>imagine maybe you don't, but like certain times of the

603
00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:47.079
<v Speaker 2>year where you just like, oh man, it's over, Like

604
00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:49.839
<v Speaker 2>the best time of the year is now is now

605
00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.680
<v Speaker 2>ending and I got to wait another nine months like

606
00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:53.839
<v Speaker 2>a lot of people have that for summer break. That

607
00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:56.119
<v Speaker 2>kind of stuff. I get it whenever the sports that

608
00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.599
<v Speaker 2>cause it's just such a huge part of.

609
00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.559
<v Speaker 3>Like my routine.

610
00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:00.920
<v Speaker 2>It's now what I it's now really a huge component

611
00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:02.319
<v Speaker 2>of my life because of my job.

612
00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.839
<v Speaker 3>So get I get bummed.

613
00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.440
<v Speaker 2>So trust me, it's not like I'm sad that we

614
00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:07.640
<v Speaker 2>still have college football going on, but I did kind

615
00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:09.720
<v Speaker 2>of feel like that, like, wait a second, I'm not

616
00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:11.640
<v Speaker 2>really in football mode anymore when it comes to college,

617
00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:13.559
<v Speaker 2>because you know, we're about to figure out who who's

618
00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:15.160
<v Speaker 2>going to go to the super Bowl, and usually when

619
00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:18.039
<v Speaker 2>we're here, football's been done for a few weeks.

620
00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.079
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, on the college side.

621
00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.680
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, you're right.

622
00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:22.359
<v Speaker 2>So anyways, let's get to a quick break. We'll come

623
00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:25.279
<v Speaker 2>back on the other side with an update. Remember the

624
00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:27.720
<v Speaker 2>stories that In fact, I think it slowed down so

625
00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:29.480
<v Speaker 2>far here in twenty twenty five, but we had a

626
00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:32.079
<v Speaker 2>stretch where it seemed like every other day there was

627
00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:35.319
<v Speaker 2>a pro athlete whose house was getting broken into while

628
00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:38.359
<v Speaker 2>they were playing, you know, for their franchise. Oh, that's right,

629
00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:43.079
<v Speaker 2>happened to Joe Burrow, happened to Luca. There were some others,

630
00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:49.000
<v Speaker 2>well they've made an arrest. And criminals, man, sometimes they're

631
00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:51.599
<v Speaker 2>really really savvy. And I and I hear of these

632
00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:53.880
<v Speaker 2>schemes and these things they do, and I'm like, man,

633
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<v Speaker 2>you know what, that's really smart. You could you should

634
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<v Speaker 2>use that big brain of yours too, you know, not

635
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<v Speaker 2>break the law, but maybe do something good for society

636
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<v Speaker 2>and make money, you know, with the clear you know,

637
00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.920
<v Speaker 2>skills that you have not use it to you know,

638
00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:10.640
<v Speaker 2>be a criminal. But then criminals, you know, at the

639
00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:12.960
<v Speaker 2>end of the day, if you are a criminal, that's

640
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<v Speaker 2>a foolish.

641
00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.720
<v Speaker 3>Thing to do. That's a dumb thing.

642
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<v Speaker 2>And I think at their core, criminals are always going

643
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<v Speaker 2>to slip up and do something dumb. And what got

644
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<v Speaker 2>these guys caught, I feel like, is something that most

645
00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:25.319
<v Speaker 2>people would have realized, you know, you probably shouldn't do

646
00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.440
<v Speaker 2>if you want to get away with it. But we'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk about that next right here on Sports Talk seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Ninety Now back to coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's

649
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<v Speaker 1>on Sports Talk seven nine.

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<v Speaker 2>Day, I'd say of all the professional athletes that had

651
00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:43.359
<v Speaker 2>their homes broken into while they were either playing in

652
00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:47.119
<v Speaker 2>a game for their employer or traveling, I think the

653
00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:49.759
<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow wuldn't got the most attention, mostly because he's

654
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<v Speaker 2>probably the biggest star that that was a victim to burglary,

655
00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:57.880
<v Speaker 2>but also because of just people kind of realizing wait

656
00:29:57.880 --> 00:30:01.279
<v Speaker 2>a second, like he's he's I mean, he's I don't

657
00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:03.559
<v Speaker 2>know if he's married or he's engaged, but either way,

658
00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:06.240
<v Speaker 2>like it made him. It made people question that maybe

659
00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:10.359
<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow has multiple girlfriends or whatnot, which you know,

660
00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:12.960
<v Speaker 2>if there's somebody that might be able to do that,

661
00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:15.599
<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow would probably be in that group. Have seen

662
00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:17.640
<v Speaker 2>the guy, I mean, just given you know, his status

663
00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:21.759
<v Speaker 2>and whatnot. But anyways, there's been an arrest made as

664
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<v Speaker 2>far as that that particular burglary. So this is this

665
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<v Speaker 2>is from a new station in Ohio. This is from

666
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<v Speaker 2>let's see here, I guess it's up there in like

667
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<v Speaker 2>the Cleveland area. But four people from Chile have been

668
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<v Speaker 2>arrested in connection with a string of burglaries that includes

669
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<v Speaker 2>the home of Cincinnati Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrows.

670
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<v Speaker 3>So this is from w LW TV skyline.

671
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<v Speaker 5>Chile.

672
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<v Speaker 3>Uh, well, it's Chile the country. Am I saying that? Oh?

673
00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:53.319
<v Speaker 5>No, No, you're right. I would just chill.

674
00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.799
<v Speaker 3>Well, well, I mean.

675
00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:56.039
<v Speaker 5>He's making a funny about Ohio.

676
00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:57.960
<v Speaker 2>I know, I know that you were making the funny,

677
00:30:58.000 --> 00:31:00.240
<v Speaker 2>but I also thought, I hope you were and of

678
00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:02.160
<v Speaker 2>funny because I feel like I might have said that

679
00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:04.599
<v Speaker 2>wrong that it says for Chile in but that just

680
00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:07.440
<v Speaker 2>doesn't No, you're right, But if they're from Chile, are

681
00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:09.720
<v Speaker 2>they Chilean or am I saying Chile a wrong like

682
00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:13.279
<v Speaker 2>sometimes let us say Chile and then I'm like, well

683
00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:15.759
<v Speaker 2>that can't be you know, that can't That doesn't sound right.

684
00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:19.960
<v Speaker 2>But either way, they were arrested following an ongoing investigation

685
00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:24.359
<v Speaker 2>involving the burglaries of multimillion dollar homes in multiple states.

686
00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:27.440
<v Speaker 2>So these four men were arrested in Clark County, Ohio

687
00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:30.440
<v Speaker 2>after being pulled over by Ohio State Patrol.

688
00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.839
<v Speaker 3>And this is a quote here.

689
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<v Speaker 2>It says all four males were identified as being illegally

690
00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:37.279
<v Speaker 2>in the country or overstaying their permissions.

691
00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.960
<v Speaker 3>That's what the.

692
00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Arrest reports said, as all of them provided fake IDs.

693
00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:46.519
<v Speaker 2>So when it comes to Burrow, Core documents added that

694
00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:51.200
<v Speaker 2>authorities found an old Lashue shirt and bingals hat that

695
00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:53.880
<v Speaker 2>they did confirm came from Joe Burrow's house.

696
00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.920
<v Speaker 5>Wow, was still in their car.

697
00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:59.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah again, dumbass, right, Like the search of the vehicle

698
00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:04.039
<v Speaker 2>the suspects were also in discovered. What it says here

699
00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:07.559
<v Speaker 2>that it's like it's a two Husky automatic center punch

700
00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:10.640
<v Speaker 2>tools wrapped in a cloth towel, which, of course, this

701
00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:13.000
<v Speaker 2>is the tool that they were claiming was being used

702
00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:16.319
<v Speaker 2>by a South American theft group. According to authorities, what

703
00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:20.359
<v Speaker 2>they were doing, because I mean I was I wasn't

704
00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:24.079
<v Speaker 2>fascinated by this, but I mean I feel like it's

705
00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.640
<v Speaker 2>a known like there's a lot of people, like if

706
00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:28.839
<v Speaker 2>you're a famous athlete and somebody wanted to maybe pick

707
00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:31.119
<v Speaker 2>a time when they know you're not home, it might

708
00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:32.839
<v Speaker 2>be when they turn on TV and know that you're

709
00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:35.799
<v Speaker 2>at work. But I would just assume that maybe you

710
00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:39.000
<v Speaker 2>have security, maybe you have like somebody that watches your

711
00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:41.319
<v Speaker 2>home or stays there. And that's that's what happened with Burrow.

712
00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:44.880
<v Speaker 2>A girl that was staying there. She called police whenever

713
00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:46.640
<v Speaker 2>somebody was trying to break into the home. So they

714
00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:49.160
<v Speaker 2>just assume, well, he's not here, we can break in.

715
00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:51.559
<v Speaker 2>There's nobody here. We'll just have to bypass the you know,

716
00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:54.319
<v Speaker 2>the the alarm and what they were doing. And this

717
00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:56.039
<v Speaker 2>this makes sense, you know, I don't. I don't think

718
00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:58.759
<v Speaker 2>like a criminal, but you know a lot of criminals

719
00:32:58.839 --> 00:33:01.839
<v Speaker 2>are effectively until they get caught because they're pretty smart.

720
00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:05.279
<v Speaker 2>They usually end up doing something stupid that gets them caught.

721
00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:08.319
<v Speaker 2>But it sounds like they're using different tools that like

722
00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:12.519
<v Speaker 2>jam your Wi Fi to where your your security system

723
00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:15.200
<v Speaker 2>is connected to Wi Fi. Right, Well, if you're, well,

724
00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:17.440
<v Speaker 2>if they can, if they can like jam your Wi

725
00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:21.519
<v Speaker 2>Fi or like put it on like airplane motor something,

726
00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.960
<v Speaker 2>what they're going to do is when they break in

727
00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:26.920
<v Speaker 2>at that time, the alarm's not gonna work. But because

728
00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:29.680
<v Speaker 2>the why, because there's like no connectivity at all, you're

729
00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:32.359
<v Speaker 2>not even getting any notification that you like, the only time,

730
00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.960
<v Speaker 2>the only way you would know, it sounds like is

731
00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:36.200
<v Speaker 2>if you just happen to actually check your system, like

732
00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:38.319
<v Speaker 2>on your phone at that time, and you know what,

733
00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:40.559
<v Speaker 2>they probably assume you're not going to do that. In fact,

734
00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:42.640
<v Speaker 2>it just sounds weird thinking that Joe Burrow would be

735
00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:45.519
<v Speaker 2>the one checking his phone to see like what's on

736
00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:47.359
<v Speaker 2>with the security cameras at his house.

737
00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.400
<v Speaker 3>That's what he's checking on.

738
00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:50.440
<v Speaker 5>The surface protab after he just threw a pick.

739
00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:53.759
<v Speaker 2>So, uh, they've they've been caught, and I guess it

740
00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:57.480
<v Speaker 2>sounds like their their tips and their leads were were

741
00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:59.480
<v Speaker 2>accurate as far as just where they think this was

742
00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:02.279
<v Speaker 2>coming from. It was a South American organized crime group

743
00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:05.240
<v Speaker 2>and they were able to figure out where these guys lived,

744
00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:08.360
<v Speaker 2>and they you know, they were able to I guess

745
00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:11.480
<v Speaker 2>just get lucky because again, what happened here is that. Uh.

746
00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:13.519
<v Speaker 2>I guess these guys probably would have been caught regardless.

747
00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:15.519
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if they were, because they broke in

748
00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:18.639
<v Speaker 2>and started stealing stuff, and I guess maybe they did

749
00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:21.239
<v Speaker 2>realize once they were in the in the act that

750
00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.400
<v Speaker 2>that somebody was there, so.

751
00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.119
<v Speaker 3>Maybe they bailed.

752
00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:27.559
<v Speaker 2>But what I've always found to be really stupid is

753
00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:34.199
<v Speaker 2>stealing something that might technically be worth an insane amount

754
00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:38.280
<v Speaker 2>of money, but it's so rare, you know. One of

755
00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:41.360
<v Speaker 2>the reasons why it's worth so much money that you

756
00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:45.639
<v Speaker 2>can't you can't fence it because like, it has no

757
00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.480
<v Speaker 2>value if you have to.

758
00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.079
<v Speaker 3>Keep it hidden.

759
00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:51.960
<v Speaker 2>Like if I stole Joe Burrow's super Bowl ring, which

760
00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:54.760
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't have, but if he did have one, I

761
00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:57.719
<v Speaker 2>would have, that has no value because I would have

762
00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:02.039
<v Speaker 2>to find somebody that just has throw away money that

763
00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:04.960
<v Speaker 2>would want to buy Joe Burrow's super Bowl ring and

764
00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:07.360
<v Speaker 2>never tell a soul that they had it. They would

765
00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:10.480
<v Speaker 2>just have to keep that possession of themselves. And I look, right,

766
00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:13.920
<v Speaker 2>sports memorabilia is cool. I just have never been able

767
00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:16.000
<v Speaker 2>to really get into it because when they tell me

768
00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:20.199
<v Speaker 2>that such and such as jersey or some a card

769
00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:23.000
<v Speaker 2>went for this amount of money. I don't like you

770
00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:25.760
<v Speaker 2>can say that, and I guess by definition you're correct.

771
00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:28.000
<v Speaker 2>If somebody paid a billion dollars for it, then by

772
00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:30.880
<v Speaker 2>definition it was worth a billion dollars to somebody and

773
00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:34.639
<v Speaker 2>that transaction was made. But like, no, it's not worth that. So, like,

774
00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:36.760
<v Speaker 2>you know, I hate saying this because there's a lot

775
00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:38.119
<v Speaker 2>of people that I'm sure that are really big into

776
00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:40.280
<v Speaker 2>sports memorabilia, because I would assume people that listen to

777
00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:43.760
<v Speaker 2>the show, you know, are sports fans. But like you

778
00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:45.519
<v Speaker 2>must be really well off to be able to like

779
00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:48.920
<v Speaker 2>pay for that stuff, because again, it really the value

780
00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:50.559
<v Speaker 2>of it is just what you decide you can pay

781
00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:52.800
<v Speaker 2>for and of course, like what somebody would be willing

782
00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:54.599
<v Speaker 2>to sell it for. But when I hear if somebody

783
00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:57.440
<v Speaker 2>stealing a certain item, I'm like, well, okay, good luck,

784
00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:59.400
<v Speaker 2>Like hopefully it just means a lot to you to

785
00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:02.159
<v Speaker 2>have internal and you keep it to yourself because the

786
00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:04.960
<v Speaker 2>scenario where like you really cash in on it is

787
00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:08.320
<v Speaker 2>just by somebody who is stupid rich that they just

788
00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:10.199
<v Speaker 2>wants to be able to claim they have it. It

789
00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:12.639
<v Speaker 2>makes sense like certain items, like if you stole all

790
00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:15.119
<v Speaker 2>the valuable items in the you know, if you stole

791
00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:17.480
<v Speaker 2>all of the valuables as far as like electronics and

792
00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:19.800
<v Speaker 2>maybe even vehicles, Like you can you know you can.

793
00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:22.199
<v Speaker 2>You can find the right people in an organized crime

794
00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:24.320
<v Speaker 2>to where you can still make a lot of money

795
00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:27.079
<v Speaker 2>off off your crime. But there's certain things to where

796
00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:28.880
<v Speaker 2>you just really have no. I mean, it's cool to

797
00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:30.960
<v Speaker 2>say you have it and you know that it's really valuable,

798
00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:32.880
<v Speaker 2>but like, good luck on cash it in.

799
00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:36.000
<v Speaker 6>I mean like me trying to break into like Rick

800
00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:38.960
<v Speaker 6>Flayer's house to steal like his robe that he wore

801
00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:41.719
<v Speaker 6>a WrestleMania or steal one of his championship belts.

802
00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:44.320
<v Speaker 5>Like, yes, it's valuable. Who am I going to sell

803
00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.960
<v Speaker 5>this to? Though?

804
00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:46.920
<v Speaker 2>And one of the big components as to why people

805
00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:48.199
<v Speaker 2>want that stuff is for clout.

806
00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:49.960
<v Speaker 3>They want to be able to say they have it. Well,

807
00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:51.119
<v Speaker 3>if you say you.

808
00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:53.800
<v Speaker 2>Have something that is clearly something that was stolen, then

809
00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.880
<v Speaker 2>like you're gonna go to jail.

810
00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.320
<v Speaker 5>You just can't flaunt that.

811
00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:57.960
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and again if.

812
00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:00.519
<v Speaker 2>You have no, if you don't have any way, like

813
00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:03.519
<v Speaker 2>if it's just in your closet locked up and you've

814
00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:06.639
<v Speaker 2>got something like that, like a like a big memorabilia

815
00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:08.159
<v Speaker 2>item from an athlete.

816
00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:10.599
<v Speaker 3>What good is it doing you Like you just are

817
00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.119
<v Speaker 3>sitting there.

818
00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:13.119
<v Speaker 2>You're probably worried you're gonna get caught at some point,

819
00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:16.000
<v Speaker 2>and you have no way to like cash in on it.

820
00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:18.400
<v Speaker 2>So anyways, there's a lot of things like that that

821
00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:22.159
<v Speaker 2>just fascinate me that people would really like not realize, Hey,

822
00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:24.079
<v Speaker 2>this really isn't worth the risk. I could get caught

823
00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.800
<v Speaker 2>and go to jail and get in trouble. And even

824
00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:27.760
<v Speaker 2>if I do get away with it, where where's where's

825
00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:30.119
<v Speaker 2>the payday? So anyways, we got another hour to go,

826
00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:31.639
<v Speaker 2>It's game day. We'll talk a little more about this

827
00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:34.480
<v Speaker 2>SMU match up with Louisville tonight as we roll along.

828
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<v Speaker 2>Keep it locked right here on Sports Talk seven ninety