WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:23.280 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick coffee. 3 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:26.760 All right, let's get it started hour number two. Here 4 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:31.399 on a Thursday afternoon, I feel like the weekend's already 5 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.520 here because we got football tonight, some college action, not 6 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:37.520 a big game, but Thursday night football, Patriots and the Jets, 7 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:39.079 And of course we're just a couple of days away 8 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:42.240 from the Louisville Cardinals taken on Georgia Tech in their 9 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:44.799 first test, and then of course at Kentucky they play Ohio. 10 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:47.600 I think it is and you know, not much of 11 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:49.640 not much interest in this game, of course, unless you're 12 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:51.960 a Kentucky fan, which I totally understand. It's your team 13 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:53.520 and it is a chance for them to get a win, 14 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:56.359 but it probably won't do much to kind of take 15 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.520 away the bad taste in your mouth after the last 16 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:01.799 couple of weeks. But no doubt about it. College football 17 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:04.319 seasons here, the NFL season is here, and that makes 18 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:07.319 me a very very happy man. I'm a little distracted 19 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:11.159 here as we come back from break because I was 20 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:16.400 talking to a friend, an acquaintance that is big Louisville fan, 21 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:19.560 that hit me up last week about something that they 22 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:22.359 wanted to they wanted to offer, and I'm thinking, if 23 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:24.120 you can make this happen, it's great. Well, I just 24 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:27.480 got official confirmation that it is happening, and I'll figure 25 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:28.920 out how we're going to do it. But I've got 26 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.680 four tickets to the Notre Dame Louisville game up in 27 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:34.560 South Bend next week. Then I'm going to give away 28 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:37.480 on the show. I'll do it next week. So I 29 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:38.920 don't know how we're gonna give them away, but I 30 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:40.640 did just get you know, I never want to mention 31 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:42.519 something like that and unless I know we can actually 32 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:46.120 do it. But I have the tickets myself. Now. Unfortunately 33 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:48.159 they're not in the Louisville section, but that's okay. It's 34 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:51.120 four free tickets to go see Louisville and Notre Dame 35 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:53.400 and hopefully, you know, as a Louisville fan, I'm hopeful 36 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:55.159 that it'll be Louisville with an unefeated record and a 37 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:57.359 chance to go pick up to go pick up their 38 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:00.480 second ever victory up there in South Bend. All right, 39 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:03.480 let's bring him in. He's Kent Spencer from w h 40 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:06.239 AS eleven, joining us here on Sports Talk seven to 41 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:07.359 ninety Ken, how are we doing, brother? 42 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:10.919 Oh man, I'm doing great. I'm doing great. Well. 43 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:13.159 I'm very happy to hear that, and I will start. 44 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:15.960 Let's just start with the Cards here. If you I don't, 45 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:18.800 I feel like I'm a fraud if I say this 46 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:21.759 is a huge game with Georgia Tech coming to town 47 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:24.439 on Saturday, because it really isn't in the grand scheme 48 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.159 of things when it comes to the college football landscape 49 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:29.199 this weekend, and even for Louisville. I mean, every game 50 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:31.039 counts in conference play, and you obviously want to win 51 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:32.879 as many games as possible, and you only have twelve 52 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:35.280 of them. But how would you describe this matchup as 53 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:37.360 we as we get set to see this team tested 54 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:38.039 for the first time. 55 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:41.479 No, look, I mean I think it's a I think 56 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:44.639 it's a critically important game for the Cards to be. 57 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:47.360 To be quite honest with you, I mean, you know, 58 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:50.479 you have to be able to take care of business 59 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:56.240 at home and especially against you know, teams that there 60 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:59.199 might be some similarities there or you might you know, 61 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:01.960 everybody kind of feels that you're better than on paper, 62 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:05.039 So you've got to be able to kind of take 63 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:07.919 care of business at home, and so you know, for Louisville, 64 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:10.719 you know, to accomplish what they want to accomplish, you know, 65 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:13.800 like like the road isn't completely easy for them, you know, 66 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:17.199 so so games like this are are kind of must 67 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:19.159 haves and and games that you want to put in 68 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:22.560 your in your back pocket going forward. So you know, 69 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:26.000 and I'm to be quite honest, like I have been impressive, 70 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:30.000 impressed by what I've seen from from Louisville against inferior competition. 71 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:33.520 I want to see how that translates to a team 72 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:36.360 in their conference that that's played some good football so 73 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:37.039 far this year. 74 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:40.039 Doesn't it feel like, even though he has no control 75 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:43.280 over it, that that Jeff Brown isn't a big fan 76 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.120 of how the schedules set up this year with Indiana 77 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:49.240 dropping out, so they've got Jacksonville State added at the 78 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:51.520 last minute, and then a bye week in week three, 79 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:53.080 which is just weird. I mean, again, it's out of 80 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:55.240 his control. I think his team's gonna come ready to play. 81 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:58.000 But just in every every every since I've heard him 82 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:02.120 since following their Jacksonville State victory, his press comments earlier 83 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:04.159 this week, and even a little bit of his Coaches 84 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:06.439 Show last night, like this, this is not ideal for him. 85 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:09.159 I don't think no, I think he hated this bye 86 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:11.840 week with the fire of a thousand sons, well said 87 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:15.000 I And I think that I think that he hated 88 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:19.000 you know, having you know, you know, like back to 89 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.720 back layups and then a bye week, and you know, 90 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:24.519 before you get into kind of the meeting, it's late. 91 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:26.439 September and you've had no real I mean your best 92 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:28.519 test has been your scrimmages in camp, i'd say. 93 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:32.000 Right, yeah, yeah, one hundred percent. And so yeah, I 94 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:34.240 mean I don't think that I don't think he's completely 95 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:38.360 comfortable with that. And and mainly because you know, you 96 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:41.920 want some juice with your guys, and you know what, 97 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:45.600 to be quite honest with you, you know, now, don't get 98 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:47.319 me wrong. You know, in this day and age of 99 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:51.319 college football, you know, guys are a little older at times, 100 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.480 but you know, even the like they're still kids and 101 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:58.800 they don't you know, fully understand sometimes the importance of 102 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:01.199 you know, kind of punch the clock each and every 103 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:04.639 single day. And so you know, they that's. 104 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:06.319 Not just kids, that's humans, Ken, that's me. 105 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:10.720 Look, I mean they take things for granted, and so like, 106 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.439 is he maybe in the back of his mind, like, 107 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:15.279 is he worried a little bit that you know, they 108 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:18.120 may have it may have been too easy for him, 109 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.079 and he's worried about how they're going to come out 110 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:23.839 of the gates on Saturday. Probably, you know, And you know, 111 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:25.680 I think a lot of times these guys worry about 112 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:27.720 a lot of things. But yeah, no, I don't think 113 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:30.199 he likes this schedule. I think he wishes he had 114 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.519 better tune ups before he started conference play. But you 115 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:36.160 know what, Look, this is the this is the hand 116 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:38.560 they were dealt and so they got to play the cards. 117 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:41.079 What do you make of this Georgia Tech team? Not 118 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:44.879 that you've been focusing on them specifically, but Brett Key's 119 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:47.040 pretty impressive to me. I think he's done a good 120 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:49.920 job of being able to really convince his guys that 121 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:52.399 backs against the wall, they're doubted. Every coach wants to 122 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:55.199 give their team locker you know, bulletin board material in 123 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:57.319 the locker room and tell them that they're doubted. But 124 00:05:57.480 --> 00:05:59.439 I think he's he's shown in his brief time as 125 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:01.560 a head coach that when they're big underdogs, he's not 126 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:03.560 only going to cover, They're gonna find a way to 127 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:05.839 outright win some games. They've never lost back to back 128 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:07.639 games with him as a head coach there. I think 129 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:10.120 from a personnel standpoint, they've got They've got some dudes, 130 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:12.480 so uh, they have been tested to some extent. Their 131 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:14.360 Florida State victory doesn't look as good now as it 132 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:16.680 did when it happened, but still it's it's it's a 133 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:19.160 it's a victory against an ACC team, and I actually 134 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:20.879 am trying I give them a little bit of the 135 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:23.399 benefit of the doubt with Syracuse because they were This 136 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:26.079 team's played four games right now, no bye week because 137 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:28.639 they played Week zero, unlike most teams. So you're not 138 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:30.399 sure if you know a whole lot about this this 139 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.439 Georgia Tech squad. But I would not be shocked if 140 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:34.600 we get to the end of the year, even though 141 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:36.759 they have a very challenging schedule, but they still are 142 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:38.360 a top five ACC team. 143 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:41.319 Yeah, I mean, let me let me just say this. 144 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:44.519 I think, Hey, I think this is a I think 145 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:48.879 Georgia Tech is an extremely gritty team. Like whatever you're 146 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:51.720 gonna get against Georgia Tech. From from what I've seen, 147 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:54.079 you know, even from last year's game to to what 148 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:56.920 they are, you know so far this year, like whatever 149 00:06:56.959 --> 00:06:59.120 you're gonna get against them, you're gonna have to earn it. 150 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:04.639 And they look like they're coach by a former offensive lineman, right, yeah, Yeah. 151 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:07.480 I think James King has gotten a lot better from 152 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:09.560 the time that we saw him last year. So I 153 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:13.040 think he's improved as a quarterback. And you're one hundred 154 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:16.759 percent right, Like, you know, when the Florida State win happened, 155 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:18.800 it looked a heck of a lot better than it 156 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:23.600 does now. Syrahcuse, what what is Syracuse? Like? You know, 157 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:26.959 they've had a couple of games, but that's kind of 158 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:29.519 been it. You know, we'll figure out, you know what 159 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.480 that that Syracuse game was, you know, as the Orange 160 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:35.519 get farther down the road. But I still think like 161 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:37.560 this is going to be like you're going to have 162 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:42.160 to earn this victory on Saturday if you're Louisville, because 163 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:44.079 I don't think Georgia Tech is just going to give. 164 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.000 It to you, no doubt about it. Kin Spencer's our 165 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.519 guest joining us here on Sports Talk seven to ninety. 166 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:51.120 Let's switch gears to the Kentucky side of things, a 167 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:54.040 much different conversation this week. Well, I don't know it's 168 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:57.480 different because I don't know if anybody expected Kentucky to 169 00:07:57.519 --> 00:07:59.879 be in a position to potentially win that game against Georgie. 170 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:01.600 I think it was fair to expect them to kind 171 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:03.199 of bounce back. I think they've done that under Mark 172 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.920 Stoops under some after some bad losses. But let's just 173 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.399 go back to Saturday night. Were you were you shocked, 174 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:11.639 even though you might not have done the same thing. 175 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:14.079 Were you shocked or we were you expecting Stoops to 176 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:14.839 punt it away? There? 177 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:19.120 So the two so the two calls can I I'm 178 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:20.720 going to go into both calls that I think a 179 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.160 lot of people kind of rusted. 180 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:22.959 Absolutely. 181 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.120 There was one at the end of the first half 182 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:29.480 where they just kind of elected to kind of settle 183 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:30.959 for a field goal at the end of the half 184 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:34.120 against Georgia and then go into the locker room with 185 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:37.559 a six to three lead. That's that's a call that 186 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:41.399 I actually don't question because, again, in that moment against 187 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.039 that defense, do you feel one hundred percent comfortable that 188 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.279 your quarterback isn't going to take a sack or throw 189 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:49.799 a pick? Because you gotta be you got to be 190 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:52.120 one hundred percent comfortable with that he's not going to 191 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:54.519 do those two things. If I'm Mark Stoops, I wouldn't. 192 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:57.360 I wouldn't feel one hundred percent comfortable about that against 193 00:08:57.360 --> 00:08:59.919 that defense in a short field, so I don't. I 194 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:04.159 didn't mind him kicking the field goal there because they 195 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:06.480 were also getting the ball coming out in the second half, 196 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:09.120 so I didn't mind that at all. I thought the 197 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:13.000 fourth down punt, I thought that was a really bad call. 198 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:17.120 And the reason is is you're at midfield. You just 199 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:19.919 need a field goal to win the game at that point, 200 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.200 and you're playing against the number one team in the country. 201 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:27.360 And let's be honest, like they didn't win the national championship, 202 00:09:27.399 --> 00:09:30.080 but Georgia has ruled college football for the past three 203 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:34.320 or four years, and so in my opinion, like you're 204 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:36.879 gonna have to go make something happen, and that was 205 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:39.600 an opportune time to try to go make something happen. 206 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.559 They don't do it. And by the way, you know, 207 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:45.840 Kentucky has doesn't have a good punter, so it's not 208 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:48.759 like you know, you know you're gonna pin them back 209 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:51.399 and all of this other stuff, like does it really 210 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:53.519 matter if you were giving them the ball at the 211 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.000 fifty or the forty five yard line. At the time, 212 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:58.679 I didn't think so I thought that was a bad decision. 213 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:02.320 Yeah, and he's mentioned, you know, they're I don't have 214 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:04.360 the quote in front of me that they're not necessarily 215 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:07.240 built to, you know, to to go down the field 216 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.919 against George. But like that's even more so reason why 217 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:11.639 you'd go for, wouldn't it not, Because again, that's it's 218 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:13.440 like best case scenario. You know, you get the ball back, 219 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:15.720 no timeouts, not a lot of time, you're gonna have 220 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:17.720 to basically turn into a team that you just said 221 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:18.879 you're not you're not built for. 222 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:21.840 Yeah, I mean if you got the ball, if you 223 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:24.039 got the ball at midfield, there's no guarantee that you 224 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:27.480 could just march right back to that position in thirty seconds. 225 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:32.440 And so you know, because you know, and even though 226 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:34.240 in that moment, you were probably gonna have to make 227 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:37.320 a play in the in the passing game. Like, in 228 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:39.720 my opinion, I think the jury for them is still 229 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:41.879 very much out when it comes to their passing game. 230 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:44.879 Against South Carolina. They didn't have any offensive line help 231 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:48.879 at all. And and look, I get it, George is awesome, 232 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:52.159 but and I don't, you know, maybe there were more 233 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:53.759 plays to be made in the passing game. But I 234 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:57.320 don't think they've really proven anything in these last two 235 00:10:57.440 --> 00:10:59.399 games that that they can throw the ball and throw 236 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:00.000 the ball effect. 237 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:02.879 Do you think do you think there we haven't have 238 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:06.039 we I honestly don't think we've really had a fair 239 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:10.120 opportunity to evaluate if Brock vandergriff is capable of really 240 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:13.120 being a guy that that that can lead not a 241 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:15.440 heavy half passing attack, but a guy that can really 242 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:18.399 utilize his arm, because you know, George is clearly gonna 243 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:20.159 get after you. They're gonna you're you're playing is going 244 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:22.279 to be to run the ball and be conservative, conservative 245 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:24.000 against them, and then against South Carolina. I don't know 246 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:26.600 if he ever had any time so in a weird way, 247 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.840 you know, they've played, they've played three games up to 248 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:30.200 this point, but I kind of feel like, you know, 249 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:32.279 he did show some toughness against Georgia. He looked like 250 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:34.480 a gamer that stood out to me honestly, is a 251 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:36.320 guy who was ready to compete. I know it's his 252 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:38.879 former team, but I thought he looked not too big 253 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:41.039 for the moment, necessarily as a competitor and and and 254 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:43.360 as a guy that has some toughness, but I don't 255 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.919 know if we know if he's got the arm needed 256 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:47.600 to utilize those weapons he has in Dane Key and Bearing. 257 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:50.600 Brown and that, and and you know, you're right, the 258 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:53.279 jury is very much still out, and I think you'd 259 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:55.399 like to be like by the time you're going into 260 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.679 week four, I think you'd like to know that answer sure, 261 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:02.399 or or have a better or have a better indicator 262 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:06.679 of what of what he is. And look, you know, 263 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:08.759 he looked a little shaky in his first starting at 264 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:12.200 the Southern Miss and then he settled in quite nicely 265 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:13.519 and had a nice game. But you're right, he was 266 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:17.039 under attack and Georgia is Georgia. That's why, to be 267 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:19.799 quite honest with you, we'll probably figure out a lot 268 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:22.480 more about him against Ohio. Sure, Ohio's a pretty good team. 269 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:24.679 Yep, they were in they I mean they could have 270 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:27.159 beat Syracuse, that team that beat Georgia Tech. So no, 271 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:29.279 I think it'll in a way, it's kind of a 272 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:31.799 really nice it's a nice opponent because yes, you are 273 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:33.759 supposed to win. I'm not gonna act like Ohio would 274 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:35.480 be a team that really is going to challenge them 275 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:37.960 in a major way. At least they shouldn't. But Ohio 276 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:40.759 is not you know, Austin p It's not even Southern 277 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:42.960 miss to be honest with you, So I guess and 278 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:45.600 we'll never know. But how do you think they bounced back? 279 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:47.759 I mean you, there have been two different teams in 280 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:50.519 the last two years that did almost exactly what Kentucky 281 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:52.759 just did. It was Missouri a couple of years ago. 282 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:56.039 Georgia's on the road, Missouri outplayed him. Georgia, you know, 283 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:58.480 is able to hang on. Missouri doesn't really pick up 284 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:00.840 off that they finished with a losing record last year Auburn, 285 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.559 they outplayed him in that game at Auburn. Georgia finds 286 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.960 a way to win. Auburn has a losing record, loses 287 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:08.320 through New Mexico State. Again, I'm asking you to predict 288 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:10.440 the future here, but how do you see them responding 289 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:13.159 to on Saturday against Ohio? I mean, I I feel 290 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.440 like Stoops's team sometimes have been really hard to predict. 291 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:22.200 You know, I I honestly think and this is I'm 292 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:26.120 gonna go completely reversal of what I thought. Like I 293 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.360 thought it was gonna be last Saturday. It was gonna 294 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:33.200 be a blood bath. Yeah, I thought it was gonna 295 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:33.559 be bad. 296 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:36.120 Vibes were as bad as I can remember for Stoops 297 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:36.679 at that time. 298 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:40.559 Yeah, Like I think I was completely shocked by what 299 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:45.360 I saw. So I actually think that maybe that team 300 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:48.960 against Georgia learned a lot about themselves, about what they 301 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:52.159 what they can be, you know, in a in a 302 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:55.720 dog fight like that. So so I honestly think that 303 00:13:55.879 --> 00:14:00.200 they bounce back in a positive way this week. And 304 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:03.039 that's not always the case. Like I think that, you know, 305 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:06.480 whatever their preparation was last week, whatever, you know, they 306 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:09.279 kind of they were definitely dialed in, specially you know, 307 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:11.919 defensively in the run game and all that stuff. So 308 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.919 if they can take that positive, and they can they 309 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.240 can move it forward against Ohio this week, then I 310 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:20.000 think they have a positive bound back to it. 311 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.159 All Right, rapid fire Kent, are you going to Bourbon 312 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:26.720 and beyond? I am not if you were gonna go 313 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:28.840 and you may not even know the lineup. You gotta work. 314 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:30.960 You're a hard working man, You've got family, you got priorities, 315 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.159 and not even sure if you're a music festival guy. 316 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:37.399 Of the artists there who would intrigue you the most? 317 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:40.480 Can it can? This is? This is I'm so locked in, 318 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:42.120 like I could, I could. I can tell you about 319 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:44.320 high school field hockey right now because my daughter's in it, 320 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:46.039 but I couldn't tell you about Bourbon and Beyond. 321 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:49.159 I love it. That's a dad vibe right there. 322 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:53.519 I'm completely dialed in. Give me, give me like five 323 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.440 or six of the of the big bands. 324 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:58.720 Okay, So Zach Bryan is the guy who seems to 325 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:00.200 be like on top of the world right now. He's 326 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:05.399 headlining on Saturday. Uh. Sting will be there. Dave Matthews Band, 327 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:12.399 Uh yeah, Tyler Childers is there, match Box I mentioned 328 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:17.399 Maxbox twenty, my Morning Jacket, Whiskey Meyers, Cody Jinks, and again, 329 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:19.799 I've heard of a lot Teddy Swims. I've heard of 330 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:22.679 a lot of these bands and artists, but I'm not 331 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:25.519 I mean, it's not necessarily music festivals in general aren't 332 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:27.519 really my cup of tea. But do any of those 333 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:31.480 names intrigue you at all? If they don't, it's fun. 334 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:37.159 Sting Sting honestly would intrigue me a little bit. And 335 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:42.200 then and then early Dave Matthews Band wouldn't would intrigue me. Yeah, 336 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:45.960 those two would probably be the ones that that get 337 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:48.240 me going to the most. I didn't know if like 338 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:50.679 a Pearl jam was back this year or anything like that. 339 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:55.360 So yeah, those I guess Sting and Dave Matthews band 340 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:55.639 for me. 341 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:59.480 All Right, who is the most underrated quarterback in the NFL? 342 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:07.639 Maybe right now? Maybe maybe Baker Mayfield. 343 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:09.639 Yeah, I was gonna go he's starting to get some 344 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:11.519 love again. But I think that's I think that's a 345 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:13.279 good call. A guy who was looked to be done 346 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:15.720 in the NFL bouncing around and now he's found a nice, 347 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.799 a nice, a nice spot in Tampa and there they 348 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:20.240 look like a pretty good team at this point. 349 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:23.039 And by the way, not only is he playing well 350 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:25.919 like his teammates love. 351 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:28.600 Him, yeah, because he I mean, he seems to be 352 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:31.600 really unpopular, or at least he was with kind of 353 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:33.559 how he carried himself in college and early on in 354 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.720 the NFL, And I never really understood it totally. I mean, 355 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.519 I guess maybe he was kind of a knucklehead with 356 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:40.200 some of the stuff he would do. But like I think, 357 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:42.320 if you're a competitor, like in the locker room, like 358 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:44.120 you respect the hell out of that guy. Because I've 359 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:46.200 always it's weird. I've always been a big make Baker. 360 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:48.919 I just love his story and I'm actually not that 361 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.559 surprised to see him thriving because he's got a belief 362 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:53.840 in himself that at times you can just tell because 363 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:56.200 he'll you know, and his younger self would tell you, 364 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:58.919 or maybe his actions. But he's got a quiet confidence 365 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:02.000 and I think, you know, the respect that he gets 366 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:04.519 from his guys is a good I mean, I'm with you. 367 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:06.519 You can tell that they feel good about him being 368 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.960 their guy moving forward in Tampa. 369 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:11.319 And Baker Mayfield is one of those guys, these kind 370 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:13.839 of guys, and I think he's he's dialed it way 371 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:18.960 down since he had his struggles in Cleveland. But Baker Mayfield, 372 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:21.720 especially in college, he was the dude that if he's 373 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:25.200 on your team, you love him, and then if not, 374 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:29.759 then you hate him. Like that. That's he was in college. 375 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:32.359 And some guys are like that and they're just solid, 376 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:35.240 like Draymond Green is not an elite player, but like 377 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:38.000 Baker was the guy who's really really good and you 378 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:39.680 hate him if he's not your guy, and if he 379 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:42.079 is your guy, you know he's he's the best thing ever. 380 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:43.680 All right, all right, one more question for you when 381 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:47.359 it comes to the Bengals zero and two, they've been 382 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:49.799 there before. I mean, they clearly could have and probably 383 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:53.279 should have beaten the Chiefs. Is it fair to say 384 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:55.079 that was a nice bounce back? Again? They lost and 385 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:56.759 you got to win in the NFL, but they did 386 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:59.119 go toe to toe with the Chiefs in Kansas City. 387 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.680 You feel any better about your Bengals after last week? 388 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:04.400 Or you feel worse encouraged? 389 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:07.160 You know, Look, I feel I you know, because I 390 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:11.200 actually got to watch them, So I feel encouraged. And 391 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:15.039 there's a couple. There's two things here. I you know, 392 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:18.759 I saw a lot of folks magic, Maholmes magic. Look, 393 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:21.440 it was fourth and sixteen, and they called it past interference. 394 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:23.400 By the way, I'm it was a good call. He 395 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:26.799 got there early time with that. But like if if 396 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:30.319 he doesn't, if if there's not past interference there, Cincinnati 397 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:31.720 wins the gamee. 398 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:35.039 And isn't that like I mean that is that would 399 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:36.519 make it even worse for me if I was a 400 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:39.519 Bengals fan, because like, you quite literally did something that 401 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:41.640