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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's get it started.

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<v Speaker 2>Good afternoon, Happy Friday, and welcome in coffee and company fuel.

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<v Speaker 2>Beth Thorton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety A beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>Friday afternoon as we get you set for the holiday weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>and really I feel like we're going to get you

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<v Speaker 2>set for the summer as well. This weekend always feels

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<v Speaker 2>like these summer officially starts. I'm not sure if we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to feel that with the weather, but hey, it's

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful outside, a little cooler than what probably most folks

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<v Speaker 2>would prefer, unless you know, maybe you're outside because you

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<v Speaker 2>have to be outdoors for your job. If so, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not sure you could get a much more beautiful and

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<v Speaker 2>pleasant day. But uh yeah, we got holiday weekend, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what, as we get this thing started,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure I have ever been in here at

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<v Speaker 2>three o'clock on a on a I mean, any day.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say Friday, but it is a ghost

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<v Speaker 2>town here at our studios, which that's okay. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not surprised a lot of folks get out pretty

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<v Speaker 2>early when you've got the long holiday weekend coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>So as I made my way around the building once

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<v Speaker 2>I got here about thirty minutes ago.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean there's probably I think it's me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's big Time Carl Bln and who's producing this afternoon,

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<v Speaker 2>Gus Allen, who's producing for Terry Miners, And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that might be it. Maybe one other person, maybe two

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<v Speaker 2>other people, but if they're here, I didn't see them,

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<v Speaker 2>so but that's okay. We'll take you up till six o'clocks.

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<v Speaker 2>Mentioned get you set for the weekend. A lot to

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<v Speaker 2>get into today, and you can take us with you

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<v Speaker 2>wherever you go. Listen live on the iHeart Radio app.

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<v Speaker 2>Also listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. There'll

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<v Speaker 2>be plenty of ways for you guys to participate in

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<v Speaker 2>the show today. Be a part of it if you'd like,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll let you know how you can do that

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<v Speaker 2>coming up here in just a moment. But I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to the Bats game that I'm excited. And I mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>the weather not being maybe as warm as as everyone

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<v Speaker 2>as a lot of people would. Oh, I guess what.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking to people who are going to the lake

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend. I'm talking to people who are going to

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<v Speaker 2>want to be around a pool. I feel like there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of folks that this is the weekend annually

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<v Speaker 2>where they just make sure that they have the poll

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<v Speaker 2>open by then. I mean, you can still enjoy your

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<v Speaker 2>pool all summer without it being opened this weekend, but

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like it's the target date for a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of folks. So if that's you know, if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to be around water, you want to be in water,

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<v Speaker 2>You're probably gonna be pretty chilly this weekend. But again,

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<v Speaker 2>the bat's played tonight, which of course you'll hear that

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<v Speaker 2>game right here on Sports Talk seven ninety, but should

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<v Speaker 2>be a good night. I've got a hoodie on, no shorts.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna make sure when my wife meets meets us

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<v Speaker 2>there at at the ballpark that the kids are not

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<v Speaker 2>bundled up. I mean, I don't want to be dramatic,

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<v Speaker 2>but I mean it's when the sun goes down and

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<v Speaker 2>it's breezy like it has been today, it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be kind of chilly, but should be a good evening.

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<v Speaker 2>And again I'm looking forward to the big holiday weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is the fifth after today, there'll be just

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<v Speaker 2>four shows left for me here on Sports Talk seven ninety,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't want to drag that out. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>I've probably made it a bigger talking point than a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people probably would prefer. But I also want

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<v Speaker 2>to make sure that whenever this isn't here meaning coffee

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<v Speaker 2>and Company fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety,

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<v Speaker 2>when it is no more, starting June second, that you

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<v Speaker 2>at least know where I'm at. You know, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't leave town.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't. I didn't. You know I didn't quit. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't get fired.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess I could somehow get myself fired from now

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<v Speaker 2>until then, I hope that doesn't happen. But I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>going to be moving up your radio dial a lot

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<v Speaker 2>earlier in the day. In fact, it'll be middle of

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<v Speaker 2>the night morning, depending upon how you want to look

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<v Speaker 2>at it. So I'm going to be taking over Tony Cruz,

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<v Speaker 2>who will be retiring. His last show will be Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>a week from today, and then June second, that's whenever

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<v Speaker 2>a new world starts for me. And I was talking

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<v Speaker 2>to Carl before the show started, and I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>telling myself next week, meaning the week before it becomes official,

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<v Speaker 2>I need to I'm going to start getting up as

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm needing to be on the air at five am,

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<v Speaker 2>hoping that by the time we get to June second,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be a little bit more prepared. But I've also

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<v Speaker 2>kind of thought to myself, well, why not just take

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<v Speaker 2>advantage of like the days I still have left to

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<v Speaker 2>sleep in, Because I've talked to Tony Cruz others that

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<v Speaker 2>have been a part of the morning show in some

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<v Speaker 2>former fashion over the years, and you really never get

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<v Speaker 2>used to it. And then some tell me that they

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<v Speaker 2>lose the ability to sleep in because after many years

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<v Speaker 2>of just being programmed Monday through Friday to get up

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<v Speaker 2>at probably three point thirty or maybe four o'clock at

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<v Speaker 2>the latest, it just kind of becomes routine. And I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm hopeful you can go back to sleep after you

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<v Speaker 2>wake up, but still you want to, you know, sleeping

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<v Speaker 2>in For me, the best case scenario for sleeping in,

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<v Speaker 2>which I don't often sleep in.

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<v Speaker 2>Guess sleep until eight o'clock will be considered sleeping in

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<v Speaker 2>moving forward in my new life. But usually you want

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<v Speaker 2>to sleep in unbothered. You don't wake up, you just realize, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I got a few extra hours of sleep, more so

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<v Speaker 2>than what I'm used to and I'm feeling refreshed. I

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<v Speaker 2>hope I can still have that once I make this,

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<v Speaker 2>make this transition. But the only person who has told

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<v Speaker 2>me that they you know that told me two things

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<v Speaker 2>that and I believe both. It never gets easy. You

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<v Speaker 2>get used to it, but it's never easy to just realize, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>it's three o'clock or three thirty or maybe even four

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock and you got to get up and you got

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<v Speaker 2>to start your day. That's really early. But also you know, you,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, will you be able to sleep in? I

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<v Speaker 2>don't sleep in now, even as someone who doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Get up that early.

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<v Speaker 2>But Paul Rodgers, of course, the legendary voice of the

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<v Speaker 2>Cards when he was doing the sports for Kentucky and

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<v Speaker 2>his morning news for many, many many years. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he was the sports anchor for Kentucky and his morning

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<v Speaker 2>news for a long long time before I guess it

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<v Speaker 2>was around twenty twenty when that came to an end.

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<v Speaker 2>But he told me he never had any problem at

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<v Speaker 2>any point sleeping in when he wanted to, which I'm

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<v Speaker 2>hopeful that I can follow in that path because it

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<v Speaker 2>would be nice to because really it's it's the mental component, right,

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<v Speaker 2>like sometimes even if even if you know you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to get up early, but you probably will still

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<v Speaker 2>wake up early. That's a much different evening than knowing, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>now I got it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like a chore. It's a job. You gotta lay.

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<v Speaker 2>Down and try your best to fall asleep because you

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<v Speaker 1>Just the mental component of knowing.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, if I wake up early, cool, I can just

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<v Speaker 2>roll over and try to go back to bed. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a better mindset, I guess than having the well I

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<v Speaker 2>better get to sleep, because three point thirty three, forty five,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it is, it's gonna come, it's gonna come early.

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<v Speaker 2>So again, after today, there'll be four more shows because

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<v Speaker 2>we're out on Monday for the holidays. So gonna make

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<v Speaker 2>next week a fun week at least I'm gonna try

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<v Speaker 2>my best to do that, and then of course we'll

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<v Speaker 2>have some fun today. As mentioned, we're gonna take you

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<v Speaker 2>up until six o'clock, and if you guys want to

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<v Speaker 2>HO two four three eight ninety seventy three. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot we can get into today. In fact, I probably

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<v Speaker 2>have more prepared today to run through than I have

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<v Speaker 2>in quite some time. It just kind of worked out

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<v Speaker 2>that way with the recent change to the College Football Playoff,

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<v Speaker 2>meaning they're no longer going to give buys to those

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<v Speaker 2>who win the conference championship. They're just going to seed

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<v Speaker 2>it one through twelve. That'll be this upcoming season. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the way that it should be. And we have two

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<v Speaker 2>completely different I guess ways to react to this from

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<v Speaker 2>those who feel like, because let's be real, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>in the Big Twelve, like Arizona State last year, you

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<v Speaker 2>know you were not somebody that was probably worthy of

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<v Speaker 2>it because you win your league. Same thing for Boise State.

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<v Speaker 2>Boise State last year ended up being I guess the

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<v Speaker 2>highest ranked conference champion. They were ranked higher than the

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<v Speaker 2>AC champ therefore they got they got that spot. So

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<v Speaker 2>Boise State they're boohooin as if they're against it. Whereas

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<v Speaker 2>the Big Twelve commissioner, Brett Yormack, he came out and

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<v Speaker 2>said something that I'll give him credit because I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to just assume that he's being genuine. He's not, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just given us lip service here. But he said today

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<v Speaker 2>might not have This was his comment from yesterday's news.

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<v Speaker 2>He said that, and I'm paraphrasing here. I wish I

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<v Speaker 2>had the quote directly in front of him, in front

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<v Speaker 2>of him, but I don't. But he said, today may

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<v Speaker 2>not have been a great day for the Big Twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's a great day for the future of college

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<v Speaker 2>football and the playoffs something along those lines, which I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's actually a good way to look at it,

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<v Speaker 2>because I mean, you could lie to everybody and act

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<v Speaker 2>as if you, as a Big Twelve champ are annually

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<v Speaker 2>always going to be worthy of a top four seed

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<v Speaker 2>and a bye, but that's realistically not the case. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Kansas State and all these early rankings for next season

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<v Speaker 2>or I guess the upcoming season, I should say for

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<v Speaker 2>college football, Kansas State is the highest ranked team I've seen,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're borderline twenty. So as much as I bag

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<v Speaker 2>on the ACC in needing to be better and mostly basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>but football certainly is behind the Big Ten in the SEC.

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<v Speaker 2>But it also seems as if right now, like if

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<v Speaker 2>the teams going into this season end up being as

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<v Speaker 2>good as we believe they are, the Clemsons, the Miamis,

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<v Speaker 2>the Louisville's, the SMUs, then I think the ACC should

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<v Speaker 2>be firmly at number three. And then you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>hope that there's the occasional year where maybe you can

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<v Speaker 2>be competing better with the big dogs like the SEC

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<v Speaker 2>in the Big Ten. I just think it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be tough to envision, given that those leagues now have

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<v Speaker 2>just so much depth. I mean, the SEC has already

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<v Speaker 2>been a monster for so long, and then now they've

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<v Speaker 2>added Texas and Oklahoma and the Big Ten. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I think the Big Ten really got better with their

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<v Speaker 2>additions more than the SEC did, because the Big Ten

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<v Speaker 2>is Ohio State's conference. Penn State's been there, they've been consistent,

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<v Speaker 2>they're really good. But Michigan had that run with Horrball,

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<v Speaker 1>So anyways, this.

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<v Speaker 2>off season rankings, summer stuff just because it gets me

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<v Speaker 2>so excited for college football season. And it's a better

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<v Speaker 2>scenario when you're able to get excited for the college

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<v Speaker 2>football season and also see things about your team, your

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<v Speaker 2>program that gets you even more excited. So, Jeff Brom

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<v Speaker 2>being listed as the seventeenth best coach in college football,

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<v Speaker 2>that was awesome to see. Not super surprising, but certainly

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<v Speaker 2>nice to see your head coach getting some love. But

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<v Speaker 2>also Louisll's running back room. There is a ranking from

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<v Speaker 2>and not a surprise, but where Louisville ranked was pretty high.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean that just seems dangerous right a Jeff

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<v Speaker 2>maybe not Tyler Shuck but something close to it. Fingers crossed.

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<v Speaker 2>Will see if that ends up happening. But even if

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<v Speaker 2>he can't you got some good running backs that can

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<v Speaker 2>definitely help you move the ball down the field, which

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like giving Jeff brom elite running backs like

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<v Speaker 2>Isaac Brown and Duke Watson. I mean, I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>like it's unfair, but I'll take it. Sticking with college football,

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<v Speaker 2>the annual Athlon Sports Anonymous Quotes from Coaches is out.

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<v Speaker 2>we'll tell you what anonymous coach has said about Kentucky

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<v Speaker 2>football for this upcoming season. It probably won't surprise you

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<v Speaker 2>when you end up hearing it. So we can certainly

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<v Speaker 2>get into that, and also coming up a little later

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<v Speaker 2>on Mark Pope was with the KSR crew this week

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<v Speaker 2>at some point. I don't believe it was a live interview.

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<v Speaker 2>then kind of just sharing it on KSR in chunks.

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<v Speaker 2>But hearing Mark Pope talk about Pat Kelcey will just

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<v Speaker 2>make It's just gonna make me give you a recycled take,

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<v Speaker 2>which is that we can keep hoping and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>believing that one day with these two coaches here within

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<v Speaker 2>the rivalry, Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey. We can hope

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<v Speaker 2>that one day there'll be some real contentious animosity where

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<v Speaker 2>they don't like each other, and maybe they're you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they're they're at each other's throats because of, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>being a rivalry and something is transpired to where they

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<v Speaker 2>don't like each other, somebody did something that made the

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<v Speaker 2>other one feel a certain way, like maybe that ends

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<v Speaker 2>up happening. Who knows, Only time will tell. But hearing

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<v Speaker 2>Mark Pope talk about Pat Kelcey just confirms what I believe,

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<v Speaker 2>which is that it's if you're at this point anybody

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<v Speaker 2>talking about it being like a rivalry within those two,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just a force. Now again, fans make a rivalry

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<v Speaker 2>and that's all that matters. We're always going to be

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<v Speaker 2>going at each other and that's what makes sports great.

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<v Speaker 2>But when I hear Mark Pope talk about Pat Kelsey,

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<v Speaker 2>when I hear Pat Kelsey talk about Mark Pope, I

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<v Speaker 2>do think there's a level of genuine respect among each

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<v Speaker 2>other and that they it'd be a real force if

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<v Speaker 2>they had to speak sideways about one another. Also, I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of forgot this was even a thing, but the

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<v Speaker 2>iu UK basketball series back on, I guess we now

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<v Speaker 2>have the official date for when Indiana is going to

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<v Speaker 2>go into Rup and play And this is the way,

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<v Speaker 2>Like this just seems it's like a really good offseason

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<v Speaker 2>thus far in college basketball around here. When it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to getting games on the schedule that should be played.

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville obviously we know that. You know, they're going to

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<v Speaker 2>play Indiana. That's been in the works I think for

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<v Speaker 2>a while. But they're also now going to play Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 1>That's just the way it should be.

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<v Speaker 2>And with Kentucky, they played Indiana for a long time

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<v Speaker 2>and then obviously Cal went to Bloomington and lost and

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<v Speaker 2>cried and talked about how the atmosphere was too dangerous

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<v Speaker 2>for his players, and you know he boohooed. And to

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<v Speaker 2>be fair, Kentucky doesn't really need Indiana on the schedule

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<v Speaker 2>because Indiana, to be fair, is not been really pulling

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<v Speaker 2>their weight when it comes to the college basketball you know,

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<v Speaker 2>blue blood status in quite some time. I mean Indiana,

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<v Speaker 2>I always defend him, and I do think all it

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<v Speaker 2>takes is a good coach and they'll be one of

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<v Speaker 2>the best programs in the country. Now, does that equate

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<v Speaker 2>to Final Fours? In titles. That's much different conversation. But

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<v Speaker 2>if Darien Devrees is as good of a coach as

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<v Speaker 2>I think he is, Indiana should be really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Because they've got all the resources.

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<v Speaker 2>All it takes is somebody to, you know, get it done,

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<v Speaker 2>and they've just really since Bob Knight. They hired one

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<v Speaker 2>coach who I think was really good, and then he

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<v Speaker 2>got caught at the time doing something that was considered

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<v Speaker 2>illegal by NCAA bylaws and that changed a lot of things.

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<v Speaker 2>That was Kelvin Sampson. Tom Creane was fine, but they

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<v Speaker 2>never broke through and he had too many seasons where

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<v Speaker 2>they should have been better than they were. But now

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<v Speaker 2>that this series is back on between Indiana and Kentucky,

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<v Speaker 2>that's just.

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<v Speaker 1>Good for college basketball. These are like these are the.

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<v Speaker 2>Kind of games that can only help when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to attendance in viewership issues that we've seen in college

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<v Speaker 2>basketball prior to March Madness. I don't know if you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to see sellout crowds for these games. Maybe you will,

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<v Speaker 2>but long ago, there should have been a real push

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<v Speaker 2>to say, look, let's stop playing Long Beach State and

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<v Speaker 2>Montana Tech on a random November or December evening, Let's

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<v Speaker 2>actually go out here and schedule games that fans want

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<v Speaker 2>to see, because that will do what It'll get people

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<v Speaker 2>more inclined to say, you know, I want to be there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's going to be a good atmosphere, that's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a good game. And you're always going to have

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<v Speaker 2>the games against the teams that a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>don't know much about or maybe you have never even

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<v Speaker 2>heard of. But reducing as many of those as possible

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<v Speaker 2>can only help you, because one, it's good for the fans,

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<v Speaker 2>but also you'll be more battle tested. And yeah, you

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<v Speaker 2>might take some losses, but I think we've learned recently

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<v Speaker 2>with the NAA Committee, you beating nobody's by thirty doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>do anything for you. If you lose to a decent

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<v Speaker 2>team or a good team, that's still probably going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a means a loss. It still counts as an

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<v Speaker 2>l But I think we've seen recently with the committee

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<v Speaker 2>that they don't really hold that against you if you're

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<v Speaker 2>actually playing really good teams. And then, of course, how

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<v Speaker 2>could I not mention this in our first segment. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got Game two of the Eastern Conference Finals tonight. Hope

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<v Speaker 2>full that my Pacers can carry momentum into this one,

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<v Speaker 2>because man, they're riding some momentum after that come from

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<v Speaker 2>behind victory just a couple of nights ago still doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>seem real. But it was real and it was awesome,

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<v Speaker 2>And if they get this thing, if they win tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a sweep.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the Pacers clearly can be beat They're not perfect,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Knicks they're a good team. They were the

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<v Speaker 2>better team in that game just a couple of nights ago,

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<v Speaker 2>for what ninety eight percent of it maybe, So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not trying to get ahead of myself and get too

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<v Speaker 2>confident here, but I think if the Knicks end up

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<v Speaker 2>leaving Madison Square Garden to head to Indy for Game

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<v Speaker 2>three in Game four and they don't have a win

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<v Speaker 2>to show for their first two games, having home court advantage,

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're just going to crawl in there and

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<v Speaker 1>Down in Indie. Again.

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<v Speaker 2>I could be wrong, trust me, I'm wrong often. We've

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<v Speaker 2>been on the air twenty minutes. I've probably been wrong

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<v Speaker 2>multiple times since we started the show. So I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>guaranteeing anything. I just think if they win tonight, which

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<v Speaker 2>again easier said than done. I think it'll be hard

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<v Speaker 2>to envision New York rallying and being able to keep

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<v Speaker 2>this thing a series, but we shall see. So also,

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<v Speaker 2>one last thing, I want to make sure and mention

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<v Speaker 2>that we get that make sure and mention because I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to get to it later. I think today

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<v Speaker 2>was a big day for those of you that will

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<v Speaker 2>work in college athletics that worry about sort of what

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<v Speaker 2>this new revenue sharing world will do for you. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got one school, a power school by the way, a

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<v Speaker 2>school from the SEC that has already started laying off

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<v Speaker 2>staffers and they're claiming it is due to the revenue

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<v Speaker 2>sharing that is coming. So there's already been so much

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<v Speaker 2>change in college sports in the last three four years.

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<v Speaker 1>Monster Energy drinks.

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<v Speaker 2>I go with the white, but there's all kinds of

422
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<v Speaker 2>different flavors, and I've actually not tried many other than

423
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<v Speaker 2>like maybe two or three.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe if I'm mix it up, I may realize that

426
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<v Speaker 2>there's other flavors that I like, but I just stick

427
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<v Speaker 2>with what I know. But anyways, whatever you like, if

428
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<v Speaker 2>you like them, you can get three of them for

429
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<v Speaker 2>seven bucks. That is not just a deal. That's a steal.

430
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<v Speaker 2>You put in your phone number at checkout, or you

431
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<v Speaker 2>scan your Refreshing Awards membership card and you'll save. And

432
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<v Speaker 2>this is one of those things that I just keep thinking,

433
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<v Speaker 2>there's no way they're gonna keep this around forever, right

434
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<v Speaker 2>because I mean it's a steal. So again, we were

435
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<v Speaker 2>probably feel about Thornton's. If you haven't sign up yet

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<v Speaker 2>to become a member of the Refreshing Awards program, you can.

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<v Speaker 2>All you got to do is down all the app

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<v Speaker 2>on your Android, your iPhone and you will.

439
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<v Speaker 1>Be good to go.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So the Pacers in the Knicks will take

441
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<v Speaker 2>We'll get it started tonight in game two. I'm gonna

442
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<v Speaker 2>do a little I know yesterday I believe it was

443
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<v Speaker 2>Pacers plus five and a half. They were underdogs, and

444
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<v Speaker 2>I'm certain they still are. But let's see if there's

445
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<v Speaker 2>been any change here in the spread. It wouldn't shock

446
00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:54.559
<v Speaker 2>me if there hasn't, and there has been, but it's

447
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<v Speaker 2>actually more so in favor of the Knicks. So now

448
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<v Speaker 2>you've got Nick's. Mine is six, so the Pacers six

449
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<v Speaker 2>point dogs. I don't think I'm going to touch this one.

450
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<v Speaker 2>But I'm also not going to be surprised at all

451
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<v Speaker 2>if the Pacers win this thing outright, because even if

452
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<v Speaker 2>you didn't have the situation that you had on Wednesday night,

453
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<v Speaker 2>which was just i mean, one of the best comebacks

454
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<v Speaker 2>you'll ever see in the NBA playoffs ever, which you

455
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<v Speaker 2>got to wonder if maybe maybe it didn't even seem

456
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<v Speaker 2>as crazy because the Pacers had done it two other

457
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<v Speaker 2>times in this postseason. Now again it wasn't quite a comeback,

458
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<v Speaker 2>and against the Bucks or the Cavs like they were,

459
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<v Speaker 2>I mean again, they would have four, they would have

460
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<v Speaker 2>fourteen points with less than three minutes left and came

461
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<v Speaker 2>back in one, which is just crazy to say. But

462
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<v Speaker 2>Tyre's Halliburton. He has absolutely been the clutch player.

463
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<v Speaker 1>Now.

464
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<v Speaker 2>Aaron Nesmith is the reason. Halliburton was in the position

465
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<v Speaker 2>to hit the big shot to at the time seemingly

466
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<v Speaker 2>end it. But then we learned his foots on the

467
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<v Speaker 2>line and obviously he you know, he only got two.

468
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<v Speaker 1>Therefore they went to overtime in one.

469
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<v Speaker 2>But Aaron Nesmith was in I'm not sure if he'll

470
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he may end up having a really good

471
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<v Speaker 2>career the rest of the way.

472
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<v Speaker 1>Which he probably will. He's a good player.

473
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<v Speaker 2>But what he did in the fourth quarter against the

474
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<v Speaker 2>Knicks on Wednesday, I mean, you won't see that.

475
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<v Speaker 1>Maybe ever.

476
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, again, this sounds like hyperbole, This sounds like

477
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<v Speaker 2>recency bias, sounds like a Homer Pacers fan, which I am.

478
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<v Speaker 2>But the only other time that that has happened in

479
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<v Speaker 2>the postseason, And I know I said this many times yesterday,

480
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<v Speaker 2>but this just this is so crazy. Why not say

481
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<v Speaker 2>it once again? But the only other player that did

482
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<v Speaker 2>what Aaron Nei Smith that did on Wednesday was Reggie Miller,

483
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<v Speaker 2>and he did it against the Knicks in nineteen ninety

484
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<v Speaker 2>four in the Garden. The only two players in league

485
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<v Speaker 2>history to have twenty plus points and five plus three

486
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<v Speaker 2>pointers in the fourth quarter of a playoff game on

487
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<v Speaker 2>an opponent's home court. So credit to Nei Smith. But again,

488
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<v Speaker 2>Haliburton has really just been the clutch player, and I

489
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<v Speaker 2>felt it when he had the ball late with that

490
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<v Speaker 2>chance to either tie or potentially when I mean, I

491
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<v Speaker 2>had confidence that I don't typically have. I'm a pessimist

492
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<v Speaker 2>by nature, That's just how I am. But currently Halliburton

493
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<v Speaker 2>is an elite company because when it comes to the

494
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<v Speaker 2>most game tying or go ahead field goals made in

495
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<v Speaker 2>the playoffs. Lebron James has eight, which is the lead.

496
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<v Speaker 2>Nobody has more than eight. Reggie Miller has five, Halliburton

497
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<v Speaker 2>has four, Kobe Bryant has four, and this is random

498
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<v Speaker 2>as hell. Chris Middleton has four, which I don't. I mean,

499
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<v Speaker 2>I remember Chris Middleton, of course for his role in

500
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<v Speaker 2>the Bucks when they were in a much different spot

501
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<v Speaker 2>than they were in the last couple of years. But yeah,

502
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<v Speaker 2>I would have never guessed it was Chris Middleton, but

503
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<v Speaker 2>it is, so shout out to him, all right, So

504
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<v Speaker 2>let's talk about the Let's see, let me make sure

505
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<v Speaker 2>I'm given proper credit here. Yeah, it is Pro Football Focus.

506
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<v Speaker 1>They do a.

507
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<v Speaker 2>Lot of football content and a lot of analytics, as

508
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<v Speaker 2>some would say, a lot of nerd driven content, but hey,

509
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<v Speaker 2>I'm nerd out for it, especially when it's propping up

510
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<v Speaker 2>the team I root for, which is Louisville. So they

511
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<v Speaker 2>have given us their annual off season rankings for certain positions,

512
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<v Speaker 2>and they now have the top ten running back rooms

513
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<v Speaker 2>in the twenty twenty five season, and Louisville comes in

514
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<v Speaker 2>at number four. I mean, you got to keep in mind,

515
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<v Speaker 2>they've got Isaac Brown and Duke Watson who were phenomenal

516
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<v Speaker 2>last year as true freshman. I mean, Isaac Brown was

517
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<v Speaker 2>one of the best freshmen in the country, was acc

518
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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if they call it Freshman of the

519
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<v Speaker 2>Year or Newcomer of the Year, whatever it is, but

520
00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:44.559
<v Speaker 2>he was special and you could tell Lee as you

521
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<v Speaker 2>got closer to the start of the season. I think

522
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<v Speaker 2>they wanted to kind of play it cool, as if

523
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<v Speaker 2>maybe they didn't realize they had something super special with

524
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<v Speaker 2>Isaac Brown, but it was really hard for them to

525
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<v Speaker 2>do that. I think anytime you'd have a coach talking

526
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<v Speaker 2>after practice, during fall camp or even during the summer,

527
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<v Speaker 2>I mean I think they it would be hard for

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<v Speaker 2>him not to. When talking about the personnel on offense,

529
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<v Speaker 2>mentioned Isaac Brown as a guy that's just a little

530
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<v Speaker 2>bit different, and he showed that early on. And then

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<v Speaker 2>really it was a Notre Dame game up in South

532
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<v Speaker 2>Bend where I feel like it really stood out that

533
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<v Speaker 2>he was he was a special talent even though he's

534
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<v Speaker 2>a true freshman eighteen years old. He's a guy that's

535
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<v Speaker 2>going to be a factor for you right away, and

536
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<v Speaker 2>he was. And the Duke Watson if you remember, he

537
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<v Speaker 2>didn't he didn't necessarily get a whole lot of action

538
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<v Speaker 2>early on. But by the time this season was, this

539
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<v Speaker 2>past season was winding down, it was you had you

540
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<v Speaker 2>had two running backs that were really the core of

541
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<v Speaker 2>your of your backfield, and they were both really good,

542
00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:41.720
<v Speaker 2>and again they were both true freshmen. Because Duke Watson,

543
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<v Speaker 2>he ended up I'm pretty sure I can go back

544
00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:48.200
<v Speaker 2>and double check this, but he ended up getting enough

545
00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:50.720
<v Speaker 2>carries because of just the workload he was given in

546
00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:53.559
<v Speaker 2>the last three to four games to where he did

547
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<v Speaker 2>qualify as far as this stat most rushing yards per carry,

548
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<v Speaker 2>and I'm pretty sure he led the country in yards

549
00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:05.759
<v Speaker 2>per carry. And then Kewan Brown. There's not really any

550
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<v Speaker 2>stats specifically that I can think of that make him

551
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<v Speaker 2>as good as I believe he is. And he's not

552
00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:18.079
<v Speaker 2>proven quite like Isaac Brown or Duke Watson. But I've

553
00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.920
<v Speaker 2>always felt like this kid's got a lot of potential.

554
00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:23.039
<v Speaker 2>He's a really good athlete, strong, strong running back from Atlanta.

555
00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:26.559
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he showed it against FCS opponents in the

556
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<v Speaker 2>first couple of years, and then he's made some plays

557
00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.759
<v Speaker 2>here and there. It's not like he's only done it

558
00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:32.960
<v Speaker 2>against that caliber competition. But if he's your third back,

559
00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:35.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think that speaks to how talented you

560
00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:38.440
<v Speaker 2>are in your running back room. And I'd forgot that

561
00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:42.519
<v Speaker 2>he initially hit the portal and it committed to Boise State.

562
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<v Speaker 1>I believe it was.

563
00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:45.640
<v Speaker 2>I guess he was going to be the potential replacement

564
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<v Speaker 2>for their star running back who's now in the NFL.

565
00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.640
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, I can't think of his name, but

566
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<v Speaker 2>you know what I'm talking about, right, So, Kewan Brown

567
00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:55.680
<v Speaker 2>being your third back again.

568
00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.960
<v Speaker 1>That speaks to just how loaded you are.

569
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<v Speaker 2>So the only other programs that have better running acts

570
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<v Speaker 2>according to Pro Football Focused, You've got Texas at number one,

571
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<v Speaker 2>Notre Dame at number two, and then Penn State at

572
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<v Speaker 2>number three. And I know that Louisville's receivers, you know,

573
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<v Speaker 2>there's some that think that maybe that's a spot that

574
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<v Speaker 2>they really are gonna, you know, gonna have a question

575
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<v Speaker 2>mark there, which I don't know if that's the right

576
00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:24.240
<v Speaker 2>way to describe it, because I think everybody realizes with

577
00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:26.279
<v Speaker 2>Colin Lacy coming back, that's a pretty big deal.

578
00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:28.000
<v Speaker 1>I mean, he's a special player.

579
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<v Speaker 2>And I mean right at the time he decided to

580
00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:33.279
<v Speaker 2>opt out and just salvage a year of eligibility. I

581
00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:35.000
<v Speaker 2>mean that was right around the time we realized that

582
00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:37.480
<v Speaker 2>we had something special. But to get him to stick

583
00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:40.759
<v Speaker 2>around here, that's big time. And you even saw it

584
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<v Speaker 2>in the bowl game. He was able to play in

585
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<v Speaker 2>that Bowl game without it counting towards him burning a

586
00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:48.920
<v Speaker 2>year of eligibility. And then I think Corey Bell or

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<v Speaker 2>not Cory Bell, Chris Bell, I.

588
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<v Speaker 1>Think he's he.

589
00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:53.920
<v Speaker 2>I think it's safe to say his season last year

590
00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:56.680
<v Speaker 2>was a breakout type season. So I like what they've

591
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<v Speaker 2>got at receiver. But I know some people aren't as optimistic.

592
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<v Speaker 2>But even if you do take a step back at

593
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<v Speaker 2>the receiver spot, because you do, you're gonna miss you

594
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<v Speaker 2>Cory Brooks obviously. But if you've got these if you've

595
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<v Speaker 2>got a line that can that can, you know, do

596
00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:15.400
<v Speaker 2>their part. You've got some ball carriers that can can

597
00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.200
<v Speaker 2>absolutely help you sustain drives and help you put some

598
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<v Speaker 2>points on the board. All right, it's coffee and company.

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<v Speaker 2>Phil about Thorton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. If

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<v Speaker 2>you guys want to give us a call, you can

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<v Speaker 2>five oh two five seven seventy nine hundred is the number.

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<v Speaker 2>You can also text in five h two four three

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<v Speaker 2>eight ninety seventy three. All right, So this text came

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<v Speaker 2>in right as the show had started, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>a question surrounding.

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<v Speaker 1>The exhibition, the charity exhibition.

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<v Speaker 2>Games that college basketball programs have been playing I think

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<v Speaker 2>for the.

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<v Speaker 1>Last few years.

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<v Speaker 2>And I the question is, you know, is there a

611
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<v Speaker 2>scenario where Louisville could end up playing one of these

612
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<v Speaker 2>big time exhibitions that fans can watch and get a sense.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm paraphrasing here. I don't have the text in

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<v Speaker 2>front of me, but to answer your question, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if Louisville has any right I mean, I don't

616
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<v Speaker 2>think they have any right now that have been announced,

617
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<v Speaker 2>and maybe they're working on some from behind the scenes.

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<v Speaker 2>But Kentucky, I know they're playing Georgetown that got announced

619
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<v Speaker 2>earlier this week, where they're going to play them in

620
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<v Speaker 2>an exhibition game. And I could be wrong, but I

621
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<v Speaker 2>believe the format is this. It's not a real game,

622
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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't count, but you can per you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>think they I don't know if I don't remember if

624
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<v Speaker 2>they let fans come or not. But even when they

625
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<v Speaker 2>don't let fans come, it'll be available for you to

626
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<v Speaker 2>watch in some way, And I think money, like if

627
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<v Speaker 2>you pay in some of these games, if you pay

628
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<v Speaker 2>to like buy the stream to watch it, that money

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<v Speaker 2>goes towards charity. So you get a chance to actually

630
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<v Speaker 2>play a good team before your season starts. It doesn't

631
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<v Speaker 2>count against you if you lose. Also doesn't count towards

632
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<v Speaker 2>you if you win, towards your resume if you win,

633
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<v Speaker 2>but it gives you a chance to, I guess, kind

634
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<v Speaker 2>of see where you stand before you actually get a

635
00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:01.279
<v Speaker 2>season started. So yeah, I'm envious. I think a tucky. Also,

636
00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:04.160
<v Speaker 2>maybe this is something I'm making up in my head,

637
00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:06.640
<v Speaker 2>but I think, aren't they playing Perdue as well in

638
00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:08.000
<v Speaker 2>one of these exhibition games?

639
00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.640
<v Speaker 1>Maybe I dream that.

640
00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:12.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, But either way, I would love for

641
00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:15.039
<v Speaker 2>Louisville to have one of these games on the schedule.

642
00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:18.680
<v Speaker 2>But as far as is it actually happening, I've got

643
00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:21.599
<v Speaker 2>no clue, no clue at all all right, what I

644
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<v Speaker 2>want to get to coming up here on the other side,

645
00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:27.920
<v Speaker 2>the athletic they have put together it's really Stuart Mandel

646
00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:30.640
<v Speaker 2>who does the bulk of the college football work for

647
00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:34.000
<v Speaker 2>the athletic, and he has put together his top twenty

648
00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:37.720
<v Speaker 2>five college programs of the two thousands, and I'll go

649
00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:40.079
<v Speaker 2>ahead and give you a spoiler alert. There's no local

650
00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:42.680
<v Speaker 2>team here mentioned, but I do want to take a

651
00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:45.039
<v Speaker 2>look at sort of how it came together. We're not

652
00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:47.680
<v Speaker 2>going to break it down one through twenty five, but

653
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<v Speaker 2>I feel like Louisville was probably maybe just on the

654
00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:56.000
<v Speaker 2>outside looking in. Maybe I'm wrong here, but when I

655
00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:58.599
<v Speaker 2>see teams twenty one through twenty five, I feel like

656
00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:03.200
<v Speaker 2>Louisville had it not been for the Bobby year of

657
00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:07.880
<v Speaker 2>completely just falling apart, had it not been for I

658
00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:09.440
<v Speaker 2>guess maybe the Crag years.

659
00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:13.240
<v Speaker 1>And then I suppose, I mean, SAT.

660
00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:15.799
<v Speaker 2>Never had a bad, bad year, but you really were

661
00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:18.759
<v Speaker 2>just you were stuck in no man's land where you

662
00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:21.640
<v Speaker 2>weren't really good, but you also weren't terrible enough to

663
00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:23.759
<v Speaker 2>fire a coach. So we can take a look at that.

664
00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:26.640
<v Speaker 2>And uh, we got a lot more to get into,

665
00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:29.759
<v Speaker 2>including something that makes me happy that we can talk

666
00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.440
<v Speaker 2>about later.

667
00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.799
<v Speaker 1>The penny.

668
00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:35.559
<v Speaker 2>Yes, the penny, the actual you know, the the coin

669
00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.160
<v Speaker 2>that people probably just throw away now is dead. The

670
00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:42.400
<v Speaker 2>US Treasury has announced they're going to officially stop manufacturing

671
00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:45.200
<v Speaker 2>the penny in twenty twenty six, and My question is this,

672
00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:51.240
<v Speaker 2>who's upset about this? I mean, who wants pennies? It

673
00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:53.480
<v Speaker 2>is wild to think about that pennies may eventually down

674
00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:56.359
<v Speaker 2>the line, like when I'm really, really old, god willing,

675
00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:58.880
<v Speaker 2>I make it to be very, very old, that like

676
00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:00.759
<v Speaker 2>a penny is going to be a rare thing to fined.

677
00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:02.599
<v Speaker 2>But then again, there's so many of them, and nobody

678
00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:04.759
<v Speaker 2>want like, nobody's keeping them as a I mean, nobody's

679
00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:07.400
<v Speaker 2>keeping a penny any at any point. Now, hard for

680
00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.519
<v Speaker 2>me to imagine it would be like a collector's item

681
00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:11.920
<v Speaker 2>down the line, But I guess only time will tell us.

682
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<v Speaker 1>So stick with us again.

683
00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:14.839
<v Speaker 2>We'll take you up till six o'clock, getting you set

684
00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:17.000
<v Speaker 2>for the holiday weekend. A lot of you seemingly have

685
00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:19.920
<v Speaker 2>already started the holiday weekend, so cheers to you, but

686
00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.960
<v Speaker 2>double take you up till six. Right here, it's coffee

687
00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:24.240
<v Speaker 2>and company, feel about Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety.

688
00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:28.240
<v Speaker 2>That's right, coffee and company, fuel about Thornton's here on

689
00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:30.799
<v Speaker 2>Sports Talk seven ninety, getting you set for the holiday weekend.

690
00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:34.039
<v Speaker 2>Appreciate you hanging out with us, and we now bring

691
00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:36.880
<v Speaker 2>in a special guest from Racing Louisville as well as

692
00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:39.200
<v Speaker 2>Louisville City FC. It is the one and only mister

693
00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:42.480
<v Speaker 2>Jeff Milby. Jeff, how are we doing, brother Nick?

694
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<v Speaker 3>I am doing wonderfully, but not as wonderfully as I

695
00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.000
<v Speaker 3>hear you were doing. I just wanted to be among

696
00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:49.839
<v Speaker 3>the last to congratulate you on your move to the

697
00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:53.519
<v Speaker 3>mothership over at News Radio eight forty. Whas really excited

698
00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.759
<v Speaker 3>for you, man, what's cool news.

699
00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.359
<v Speaker 1>Thank you.

700
00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:59.240
<v Speaker 2>I really appreciate that. And I ask you, what's it

701
00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:01.599
<v Speaker 2>like getting up that early regularly? Because I know you've

702
00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:04.039
<v Speaker 2>done it before, and and you know, I've yet to

703
00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:06.240
<v Speaker 2>have anybody tell me it was gonna be easy, and

704
00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:08.199
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure you probably aren't gonna do that either.

705
00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:11.559
<v Speaker 3>No, I mean it's it's not easy, and especially for

706
00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:13.639
<v Speaker 3>you because you are not a coffee drinker despite your name.

707
00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:15.679
<v Speaker 3>Correct you in the coffee.

708
00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:19.159
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, though it might be.

709
00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:21.079
<v Speaker 3>I'd tell you when I was on that shift working

710
00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:23.639
<v Speaker 3>that show with Tony Cruz, I don't know that I

711
00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:25.559
<v Speaker 3>could have made it without some coffee. I mean, come,

712
00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:28.239
<v Speaker 3>like Wednesday Thursday. You sleep in on the weekend, right,

713
00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:30.239
<v Speaker 3>but Wednesday Thursday you start to feel it when that

714
00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:34.480
<v Speaker 3>when that three thirty alarm alarm kicks in. So you know,

715
00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:37.320
<v Speaker 3>my advice to you just live on the vibes of

716
00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:39.000
<v Speaker 3>the show man, live on the vibes of the show.

717
00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.719
<v Speaker 3>And I tell you what the biggest challenge of that

718
00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:42.280
<v Speaker 3>show is making sure that you have an extra set

719
00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.679
<v Speaker 3>of clothes for Dwight Whitten when it comes in. And

720
00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:46.960
<v Speaker 3>I'll come in without a shirt, and you just got

721
00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:49.079
<v Speaker 3>to be ready for him. So you know, maybe pack

722
00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:51.760
<v Speaker 3>pack an extra set shirt, shoes, some underwear form just

723
00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:53.599
<v Speaker 3>in case, because you never know when he's gonna when

724
00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.400
<v Speaker 3>he's gonna turn up.

725
00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.239
<v Speaker 1>That's a good point.

726
00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:57.599
<v Speaker 2>And and I think you and I are relatively close

727
00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.239
<v Speaker 2>to the same aide. So you're telling me that when

728
00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:01.320
<v Speaker 2>you were doing the S Show with Tony Cruz and

729
00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:03.519
<v Speaker 2>getting up really really early, like I'm about to start,

730
00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:07.039
<v Speaker 2>you were still able to, like the mental alarm clock

731
00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.199
<v Speaker 2>would be off. On the weekends, you could actually sleep

732
00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:11.880
<v Speaker 2>in a little bit without like just waking up automatically.

733
00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:15.239
<v Speaker 3>You know, Nick, I've never been a dude that just

734
00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:18.599
<v Speaker 3>wakes up. I mean natural sleep in kind of person. Good.

735
00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:20.480
<v Speaker 3>I didn't have a children right now, I would sleep

736
00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:24.440
<v Speaker 3>into like noon every day. So for me, for me.

737
00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:27.880
<v Speaker 3>It never reset, But boy oh boy, was it an adjustment.

738
00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:30.760
<v Speaker 3>Those afternoon naps really hit. That's what I'll tell you

739
00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:33.159
<v Speaker 3>after I get home from work. Those afternoon naps were

740
00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:34.360
<v Speaker 3>really important, really much.

741
00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:36.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna have to embrace the nap and also found

742
00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:38.960
<v Speaker 2>the balance to where it's not where I sleep so

743
00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:40.880
<v Speaker 2>long to where then I can't sleep at night because

744
00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:42.599
<v Speaker 2>then it just turns into a really bad cycle.

745
00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.320
<v Speaker 1>But I'll adjustin.

746
00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:46.440
<v Speaker 2>I really do appreciate you your kind words there. I'm

747
00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:49.599
<v Speaker 2>excited and gonna make the most of these last last

748
00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:52.800
<v Speaker 2>five shows i've got here on seven ninety. Let's get

749
00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:54.920
<v Speaker 2>an update on how things are going. We'll start with

750
00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:56.719
<v Speaker 2>Racing lou before we get to Lose City.

751
00:35:57.400 --> 00:36:00.079
<v Speaker 1>How's the club been doing lately? I know they are.

752
00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:03.000
<v Speaker 2>They're on the road this weekend against Angel City FC,

753
00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:05.400
<v Speaker 2>but they'll be back in action here as we get

754
00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:08.159
<v Speaker 2>June started at Lynn Family Stadium.

755
00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:11.039
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, next home game opportunity for both teams is that's

756
00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:15.239
<v Speaker 3>first weekend in June June sixth, June seventh, back to

757
00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:17.679
<v Speaker 3>back nights of soccer Lynn Family Stadium, Racing on the

758
00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:19.559
<v Speaker 3>Friday night, lou City on the Saturday night. But yeah,

759
00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:22.840
<v Speaker 3>racing this weekend at Angel City. Where are they located?

760
00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:24.800
<v Speaker 3>You might be asking, well, in the City of Angels,

761
00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:28.519
<v Speaker 3>Los Angeles out in La California, Sunshine for racing this

762
00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:31.360
<v Speaker 3>week and makes sense, right, some solid branding there from

763
00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:34.679
<v Speaker 3>Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney who owns that team. Look,

764
00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:38.599
<v Speaker 3>it's another game, Nick, This NDWSO league is so there's

765
00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:40.559
<v Speaker 3>a glut of teams in the middle. There are like

766
00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:43.920
<v Speaker 3>two teams that have separated themselves, Kansas City, San Diego's

767
00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:47.079
<v Speaker 3>up there now, Washington they're in that group that separated themselves.

768
00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:49.400
<v Speaker 3>And there are two teams at the bottom Chicago and Utah.

769
00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:52.599
<v Speaker 3>But everybody else in the middle is a winnable game

770
00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:55.320
<v Speaker 3>for racing Louisville right now, from second down to racing

771
00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:59.000
<v Speaker 3>Louisville in eleventh place, only six points separate those teams

772
00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:01.280
<v Speaker 3>from second to eleven, and six points is two wins,

773
00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:03.400
<v Speaker 3>get three points for a win, So it is close.

774
00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:05.639
<v Speaker 3>It is tight right now in the NWSL.

775
00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.440
<v Speaker 1>Is that typical?

776
00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:08.760
<v Speaker 2>Is that typical with the league for it to be

777
00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:11.960
<v Speaker 2>that competitive that that you know you've got a lot

778
00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.719
<v Speaker 2>of balance there.

779
00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:15.639
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, for sure, it is typical of the league, would

780
00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:16.960
<v Speaker 3>say Nick. Last year was a little bit of an

781
00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:18.760
<v Speaker 3>outlier because there were a couple of teams that ran

782
00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:21.119
<v Speaker 3>away with it, namely Orlando who won the title. But

783
00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:23.400
<v Speaker 3>this this is the league that operates on a salary cap,

784
00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:25.280
<v Speaker 3>and it's a really strict salary cap. I mean, you

785
00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:27.239
<v Speaker 3>talk about the NBA, there's a lot of conversation about

786
00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:30.079
<v Speaker 3>second second apron teams and teams spending over the cap.

787
00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:33.440
<v Speaker 3>Not the case in the NWSL, and everybody spends pretty

788
00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:35.840
<v Speaker 3>close to that cap limit. So there is a lot

789
00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:37.800
<v Speaker 3>of talent spread across the league. There's a lot of

790
00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:41.320
<v Speaker 3>parody spread across the league. Generally, year in and year out,

791
00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:43.840
<v Speaker 3>it is a very competitive league from top to bottom.

792
00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:45.679
<v Speaker 3>By design, that's what they want, right They don't want

793
00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:47.599
<v Speaker 3>any team to feel like they're out of it in

794
00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:50.360
<v Speaker 3>any given year. So that's the way the league typically is,

795
00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:52.599
<v Speaker 3>and it's an opportunity for Racing Louisville. They've got four

796
00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:55.960
<v Speaker 3>games left before they shut down for a month for

797
00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:59.400
<v Speaker 3>summer international tournaments like the European Championships and other big

798
00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:01.960
<v Speaker 3>international tournaments for the national teams get together, kind of

799
00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:04.039
<v Speaker 3>like the World Cup. They're going to pause the league

800
00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:05.760
<v Speaker 3>for a month in the summer for that. So there's

801
00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:08.400
<v Speaker 3>four games to go for Racing Louisville before that pause.

802
00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:11.480
<v Speaker 3>They've got angel City this weekend. They're in seventh place,

803
00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:13.840
<v Speaker 3>Racing down in eleventh, so a gettable game and scene

804
00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:16.519
<v Speaker 3>that's competing for that final playoff spot in eighth place.

805
00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:19.320
<v Speaker 3>And then next week when they come or rather after

806
00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:21.320
<v Speaker 3>this international break next week and they'll come home for

807
00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:23.960
<v Speaker 3>that June sixth game, they take on Utah, who is

808
00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:26.039
<v Speaker 3>one of those two teams in the bottom. They are

809
00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:27.760
<v Speaker 3>second from last in the league. So it is a

810
00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:30.840
<v Speaker 3>very winnable game, maybe a should win game for Racing

811
00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:32.639
<v Speaker 3>Louisll when they come back to Lynn Famley Stadium on

812
00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:35.480
<v Speaker 3>June sixth. So an important time right now with these

813
00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:37.840
<v Speaker 3>four games leading into that month long break in July

814
00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:41.079
<v Speaker 3>for them to get some points, make some hay, get

815
00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:44.199
<v Speaker 3>into that playoff picture before they go on that break,

816
00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:45.719
<v Speaker 3>and then the second half of the season will start

817
00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:47.840
<v Speaker 3>in August. We're calling it the down the stretch part

818
00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:50.599
<v Speaker 3>of the season. That'll be really when they make the

819
00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:52.920
<v Speaker 3>difference for this playoff push. But an important crucial time

820
00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.400
<v Speaker 3>right now to get some points in the bag, move

821
00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:57.480
<v Speaker 3>up the standings before they take a little pause for

822
00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:57.840
<v Speaker 3>a while.

823
00:38:57.960 --> 00:39:00.639
<v Speaker 2>Well, so the last month they had to draw against Portland,

824
00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:02.960
<v Speaker 2>and then they got two wins with the win against

825
00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:06.599
<v Speaker 2>Houston as well as Gotham FC, and then fell short

826
00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:09.719
<v Speaker 2>recently to to Seattle Rain. What has been I guess

827
00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:12.519
<v Speaker 2>a theme with this group in the last month or

828
00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:14.159
<v Speaker 2>so as they start I feel like, when you get

829
00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:16.880
<v Speaker 2>to this point in the season, you certainly developed an identity.

830
00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:19.880
<v Speaker 3>I would say, Yeah, that's exactly what I was gonna say, Nick.

831
00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:22.119
<v Speaker 3>They have really honed in on what their identity is.

832
00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:23.840
<v Speaker 3>You talked about those back to back wins. They'd be

833
00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:26.199
<v Speaker 3>Houston on the road, then they come home and they

834
00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:28.440
<v Speaker 3>have a win over Gossam in a nationally televised game

835
00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:30.920
<v Speaker 3>on Amazon Prime. Is the team that's going to press,

836
00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:33.440
<v Speaker 3>They're going to outwork the opposition. That's the idea of

837
00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:36.079
<v Speaker 3>this team. They're going to run harder, run more, and

838
00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:38.159
<v Speaker 3>work harder than the team that they're facing on the

839
00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:40.119
<v Speaker 3>other side of the field. And in many ways that

840
00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.880
<v Speaker 3>was the case last week and that lost to Seattle.

841
00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:44.199
<v Speaker 3>It's one of those frustrating games. I talk about soccer

842
00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:47.400
<v Speaker 3>being a game where there can be flutes. If this

843
00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:50.480
<v Speaker 3>were a football game, Racing would have out gained the

844
00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:53.280
<v Speaker 3>up the opponent like four hundred yards to one fifty,

845
00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:55.440
<v Speaker 3>but still somehow managed to lose the game. That's the

846
00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:57.480
<v Speaker 3>way the game went. They dominated possesion, They had over

847
00:39:57.519 --> 00:40:00.960
<v Speaker 3>sixty percent possession, They had twenty shots, twelve corner kicks,

848
00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:03.360
<v Speaker 3>and Seattle hardly had the ball on the other half

849
00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:06.199
<v Speaker 3>of the field. But Seattle hit them on one fast break,

850
00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:09.719
<v Speaker 3>one counter attack going the other way scored and Racing

851
00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:12.159
<v Speaker 3>just couldn't break them down because after Seattle went up,

852
00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:14.800
<v Speaker 3>they dropped everybody back and just sat outside of their

853
00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:16.679
<v Speaker 3>box and said, here, Racing, you can have the ball.

854
00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:18.440
<v Speaker 3>See if you can break us down. We're gonna put

855
00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:20.960
<v Speaker 3>all eleven players pretty much in the in the mouth

856
00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:23.360
<v Speaker 3>the goal of the goal of the mouth of the

857
00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:26.239
<v Speaker 3>goals that I'm trying to say, and they just couldn't

858
00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:28.320
<v Speaker 3>do it. It was just one of those unfortunate games. But

859
00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:31.599
<v Speaker 3>still for a loss, a good performance and a performance

860
00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:34.079
<v Speaker 3>you can take some positives out of and some confidence

861
00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:36.199
<v Speaker 3>out of, and so they have an opportunity to take

862
00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:38.960
<v Speaker 3>that confidence, maybe take a little a little edge after

863
00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:40.639
<v Speaker 3>losing a game they felt like they should have won

864
00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:43.239
<v Speaker 3>based on the performance and go out to California and

865
00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:46.800
<v Speaker 3>get an important result against Angel City ten o'clock Saturday night.

866
00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:51.239
<v Speaker 3>It's one for the late nighters, ten pm on nationally

867
00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:54.199
<v Speaker 3>televised game, you know, for the night owls. This might

868
00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:56.320
<v Speaker 3>be your last opportunity neck to be a night owl

869
00:40:56.360 --> 00:41:01.079
<v Speaker 3>before you have to start right. No, so this is

870
00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:03.440
<v Speaker 3>your your Saturday night opportunity here is, you know, get

871
00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:05.840
<v Speaker 3>a few cold ones on the couch, watch the game

872
00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:08.639
<v Speaker 3>on I for one in the morning. That's right, watch

873
00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.239
<v Speaker 3>a little footy.

874
00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:10.039
<v Speaker 1>I like it all right.

875
00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:14.599
<v Speaker 2>So with Louisville City FC, obviously they had the close

876
00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:16.760
<v Speaker 2>one that they fell just short in the Open Cup

877
00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:20.000
<v Speaker 2>against Minnesota United and then since then a couple of

878
00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:22.679
<v Speaker 2>a couple of draws. What kind of momentum do we

879
00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:25.239
<v Speaker 2>have here? Again, we're spoiled when it comes to Low CITYFC.

880
00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:27.320
<v Speaker 2>They've just they just went a lot. We're just used

881
00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:31.800
<v Speaker 2>to that. But since that that close loss to Minnesota

882
00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:33.800
<v Speaker 2>United FC, sort of, where where do we go from here?

883
00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:36.239
<v Speaker 2>You mentioned the next chance to see both these teams

884
00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:38.880
<v Speaker 2>will be next weekend. I'm sorry, once we get to June,

885
00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:40.920
<v Speaker 2>so kind of I guess where they are as far

886
00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:43.920
<v Speaker 2>as developing their identity again they win, But is it

887
00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:46.920
<v Speaker 2>another year where we can expect and hope for a

888
00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.480
<v Speaker 2>push in the postseason.

889
00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:51.920
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, look, I mean that's the standard for Louisville City, right.

890
00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:54.440
<v Speaker 3>They are the winningest all time team in the USL Championship.

891
00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:56.159
<v Speaker 3>They're the only team to win back to back titles

892
00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:58.400
<v Speaker 3>in the history of the league in twenty seventeen twenty eighteen,

893
00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:00.760
<v Speaker 3>you know, with a nine consecutive Eastern Conference finals in

894
00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:03.199
<v Speaker 3>the playoffs up until last year. This is a team

895
00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:07.079
<v Speaker 3>that perennially wins. And so for that reason, back to

896
00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:10.400
<v Speaker 3>back ties with a loss in that three game stretch,

897
00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:12.119
<v Speaker 3>a loss and then two ties kind of feels like

898
00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:14.679
<v Speaker 3>a downward swing, right, three games without a win feels

899
00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:17.800
<v Speaker 3>like a downward swing. Based on the standards of this team,

900
00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:22.079
<v Speaker 3>we are absolutely, we absolutely are spoiled. Yes, but it's

901
00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:24.800
<v Speaker 3>a team that's struggling with injuries right now, especially up top.

902
00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:27.480
<v Speaker 3>They're a little fin in the forward position. Uh, Philip

903
00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:30.519
<v Speaker 3>Goodroom is healthy, but he's kind of battling a leg

904
00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:33.079
<v Speaker 3>injury at the moment. And then Sam Glidal, the backup

905
00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:35.159
<v Speaker 3>forward to him, is out for a little while right

906
00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:37.599
<v Speaker 3>now with an injury as well. So it's injuries are

907
00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:40.079
<v Speaker 3>playing a factor, and then there's travel. Last week they

908
00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:41.880
<v Speaker 3>were at Hartford in Connecticut, all the way up in

909
00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:44.320
<v Speaker 3>New England. This week they're at Monterey Bay, which is

910
00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:47.760
<v Speaker 3>in a place called Seaside, California in northern California, so

911
00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:49.599
<v Speaker 3>a California trip, And the next week they're going to

912
00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:51.920
<v Speaker 3>be in Virginia to face Loud and United. So they're

913
00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:54.559
<v Speaker 3>criss crossing the country right now while they're a little

914
00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:56.679
<v Speaker 3>bit beat up. So I think for for lou City,

915
00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:59.199
<v Speaker 3>the mentality right now is just survived this little stretch.

916
00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:01.960
<v Speaker 3>Survived for the most try to avoid taking a loss,

917
00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:04.360
<v Speaker 3>try to avoid having a few bad results in a

918
00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:06.960
<v Speaker 3>row until you get your guys healthy, get your team healthy,

919
00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:10.000
<v Speaker 3>and maybe get some reinforcements in the potential for a

920
00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:12.239
<v Speaker 3>move in the works over the next week or so

921
00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:13.840
<v Speaker 3>that you might keep your eyes peeled for if you're

922
00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:16.679
<v Speaker 3>a Loose City fan, that would be a reinforcement in

923
00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:19.639
<v Speaker 3>that attack in the in the offensive end. But they're

924
00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:21.559
<v Speaker 3>just trying to survive right now and get home on

925
00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:24.079
<v Speaker 3>June seventh, where they'll face the Tampa Bay Rowdies, typically

926
00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:26.159
<v Speaker 3>a great team that's been a rivalry in the last

927
00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:28.519
<v Speaker 3>five six years. They met in the Eastern Conference final

928
00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:30.519
<v Speaker 3>two years in a row. But Tampa Bay is down

929
00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:32.159
<v Speaker 3>on their luck right now, they're down in last place.

930
00:43:32.280 --> 00:43:35.519
<v Speaker 1>We'll take advantage of just what the doctor, exactly.

931
00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:37.760
<v Speaker 3>What they're going to do. That's exactly what the doctor ordered.

932
00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:39.880
<v Speaker 3>They perhaps will need it when they get home after

933
00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:41.960
<v Speaker 3>this road trip that's coming up. On June seventh, LU

934
00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:44.760
<v Speaker 3>City against the Tampa Bay Rowties at Lynn Family Stadium.

935
00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:47.559
<v Speaker 3>A chance for Lucity to maybe knock a few in

936
00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:50.280
<v Speaker 3>against their old rival of years past when they're kicking

937
00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:52.599
<v Speaker 3>while they're down. Kind of game against your rival. So

938
00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:54.480
<v Speaker 3>we'll see what happens. That's the mentality right now for

939
00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:55.960
<v Speaker 3>LU Cities. Just survive right now.

940
00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:56.599
<v Speaker 1>Good stuff.

941
00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:59.119
<v Speaker 2>Jeff is always appreciate the time. Enjoy the holiday week

942
00:43:59.119 --> 00:44:00.639
<v Speaker 2>in my man, and we'll talk next week.

943
00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:03.639
<v Speaker 3>Yes, sir, appreciate you that. Congrats again, man.

944
00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:06.039
<v Speaker 2>Thank you, take care. That's Jeff Milby from Racing Louisville

945
00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:08.639
<v Speaker 2>and Louisville City FC. Always appreciate his time. Good vibes

946
00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:11.960
<v Speaker 2>as always from our man, Jeff. So again, we'll be back.

947
00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.920
<v Speaker 1>Once we get June.

948
00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:14.800
<v Speaker 2>Once we get to June, you'll be able to get

949
00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:16.480
<v Speaker 2>back out there to ll In Family Stadium and see

950
00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:18.719
<v Speaker 2>both clubs, Racing Louisville and Low CITYFC.

951
00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.440
<v Speaker 1>All right, quick break.

952
00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:21.039
<v Speaker 2>We've got two more hours left before we get out

953
00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:22.559
<v Speaker 2>of here for the weekend, so stick around right here

954
00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:24.079
<v Speaker 2>on Sports Talk seven ninety