WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:09.240 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:11.199 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:11.679 when we. 5 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:14.359 Are get off our show, idiot. 6 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:15.960 The kids are crying or turning off. 7 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:17.559 The concerts are screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:20.760 Gold Play inter Murals, Brother, Goldplay Intermurals. 9 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.039 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:25.760 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:27.679 Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:42.960 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's nick coffee? 13 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:46.240 All right, ladies and gentlemen, let's get it started. You 14 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:49.600 made it. It's Friday. It is our last show before 15 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:53.359 football season actually starts around here for the local teams. 16 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:56.960 Good night at college football action. Last night, I mean 17 00:00:57.479 --> 00:00:59.679 I had my first loss, which you know I knew 18 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:01.880 going in this year there's a good chance I was 19 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:05.319 going to lose at least one bet week zero no losers. 20 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:08.159 One bet last night, and it was a loser, but 21 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:10.079 you know what, it was still fun. I stayed up 22 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:12.840 late watching two teams I don't care about. I never 23 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:14.959 felt good about it, but John and I both were 24 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:19.519 in on Minnesota money line as soon as their quarterback 25 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:21.719 fumbled late in the game and they had a chance 26 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:23.359 to win it. Clearly they missed a field goal that 27 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:25.640 you know would have won it. But it just I 28 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:28.079 don't know, man, I just I didn't have bad energy. 29 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:32.359 Yeah in Minnesota, Yeah game, very bad energy, and I, uh, 30 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:35.359 you know, I got the first loss out of the way. 31 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:37.400 Now I'm ready to you know, get back in tonight 32 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:41.079 and obviously all weekend, and it's exciting. It's exciting. So 33 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:44.760 when it comes to Louisville football, today's the day where 34 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:46.599 it really has kind of hit me, like, man, I 35 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:49.599 don't care about Austin p I mean, I looked at 36 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:52.000 their depth charter earlier today and I thought, Nick, what 37 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.040 are you doing? You don't you don't need this. You're 38 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.719 not gonna talk about this on the show. This is 39 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:01.480 not relevant. This is this is the way time. And 40 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:02.840 it's not that we really do a whole lot of 41 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:05.560 breaking down depth charts from opponents anyway. But you know, 42 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:09.719 I'm trying not to let it impact my excitement and 43 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:11.280 it hasn't yet, and I don't think that it will 44 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:13.840 because I'm excited to see this team in action tomorrow, 45 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.520 regardless of who they're playing. I just as I've mentioned 46 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:22.000 many times, I got used to Louisville starting their season 47 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:24.879 more often than not against an opponent to where you 48 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:28.000 have a chance to like really learn something and I 49 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:33.719 think you can be encouraged or you know, it could 50 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:36.199 go the other way depending on what happens tomorrow. But 51 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:39.120 for me, it's just about no matter what result is there. 52 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:41.719 The only thing where you really feel like you learn 53 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:45.360 something and you, you know, really took something away would 54 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:47.319 be if you lost, or if it's like a really 55 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:50.560 close game, and that's just not going to happen. I mean, 56 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:53.439 I'm looking here at different sports books to see what 57 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:56.280 the spread is for this game, and the highest number 58 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.520 I can see right now is at ESPN Bet, and 59 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:03.400 Louisville is thirty seven point favorites right now, so you 60 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:06.039 know they'll probably blow them out. And if they light 61 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:08.280 up that scoreboard and they do something similar to what 62 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:11.199 Bobby Buttrino did last night for Arkansas, then you know, 63 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.319 I'm gonna be super excited. I'm gonna feel encouraged. I'm 64 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:17.800 gonna feel, you know, probably the same as I do 65 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:21.479 right now. It's just I don't know, I when you 66 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:24.800 play these kind of games, it's really just it mean, 67 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:26.719 it's not an exhibition, it really counts, and you only 68 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:28.719 get twelve games each year, so you know, I try 69 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:30.800 to tell myself that as well, like, hey, even though 70 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:32.520 there's not a whole lot of excitement for the opponent, 71 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:34.319 you only get to watch your team play twelve times 72 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:37.280 in the regular season. So I've done a good job 73 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:39.919 of just being so excited to where it hasn't impacted 74 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:43.000 my my vibe in regards to you know, this opener 75 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:45.680 being against this opponent. But today's the day where I'm like, man, 76 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:47.840 Austin P, come on, like, what are we doing here? 77 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:50.479 What are we doing? In fact, it's one of the 78 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:52.919 buy games. And I don't have the number as far 79 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:55.960 as what Louisville is paying Austin P to come in 80 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.360 here and bend over and take a butt whooping. But 81 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:02.759 this right up from Front Office Sports. In Week one alone, 82 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:06.360 thirty five million dollars is being shelled out across at 83 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:14.560 least fifty five games with monetary guaranteed contracts. So think 84 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:18.600 about that amount of money and knowing that's just to 85 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:23.399 get somebody to come and play you. So they range 86 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:26.600 from as little as three hundred thousand. That's Middle Tennessee 87 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:29.800 State is paying Tennessee Tech. It's kind of an odd 88 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:32.399 bye game because I think if you don't follow college 89 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:36.560 athletics closely, you would just kind of assume Tennessee Tech 90 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.000 and Middle Tennessee State are kind of in the same world, 91 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:42.120 right They're not. Tennessee Tech is FCS. Middle Tennessee State, 92 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:45.920 I believe, is a Conference USA team maybe something like that. 93 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:49.079 Third G five And then again we talked about it yesterday. 94 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:50.480 The biggest check is going to go to the Western 95 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:54.240 Kentucky Hilltoppers. One point nine million is what they're gonna 96 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:57.079 leave Tuscaloosa with after they probably get you know, bent 97 00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:01.519 over and whooked. Really emphasizing the bend over because I 98 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:04.560 like how much it makes people uncomfortable. Yeah, because like 99 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.839 if I say bend over and you have thoughts that are, 100 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:12.319 you know, perverted in a sexual manner, that's you like 101 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:16.040 I bend over to tie my shoe like bend over 102 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:19.240 like bend over, like I mean, come on, like when 103 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:20.920 I say, and when you get a spanking. I only 104 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:23.120 got spanked like a handful of times whenever I was 105 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:25.439 a kid. We talked about this the other day. I 106 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:28.399 don't really remember having a bend over, Like there was No, 107 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:30.439 it was just kind of like, I, you're gonna get 108 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:33.639 a whooping, and I you know you ever have if 109 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:35.480 you ever got one standing up, you know, like where 110 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:37.560 you kind of like tense your back up and then 111 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:40.839 it actually hurts more because you're like moving awkwardly. But anyways, 112 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:43.079 a lot of money being paid for these schools to 113 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:45.839 come in take a whooping and uh, you know, help 114 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:49.279 fund their program. So that's what's gonna happen tomorrow. And 115 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:52.279 I think the fact that there's so many new pieces 116 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.240 to see that will that that'll help a little bit 117 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:57.000 in regards to like, you know, even though we'll have 118 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:58.959 to wait and see if it really is something that 119 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:00.720 can be done when you play real opponents. But if 120 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:02.920 Tyler shucks out there, throwing it all over the yard, 121 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:06.759 John he's connecting to Jacorey Brooks, He's got Jayden Thompson 122 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.879 in the slot taking one to the house. You know, 123 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:14.240 maybe the freshman Isaac Brown from Miami who's super talented, 124 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:16.399 maybe they let him get a carry in the first 125 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:18.600 half and he turns the jets on and he's gone 126 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.079 like that's because it's the first time seeing a lot 127 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:24.199 of these guys. I'm hopeful that the whole component of 128 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:26.920 who they're playing won't even enter my mind. But either way, 129 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:29.319 we're gonna talk about it beforehand. We're gonna talk about 130 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:32.680 it after because we've got the Louisville Football pregame Show 131 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:36.480 starting at eleven tomorrow, hosted by Yours truly big thanks 132 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.519 to our sponsors. This year for pre and postgame we've 133 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:42.079 got Pellow Windows and Doors of Central Kentucky as well 134 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:44.959 as Jefferson Animal Hospital. So again eleven to noon, we'll 135 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.079 take you right up to kickoff for the pregame show, 136 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:48.920 and then as soon as it ends, we go live 137 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:52.439 reacting to whatever happens, taking your phone calls. With the 138 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:55.319 game being I guess it'll be dependent upon weather, but 139 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:59.279 I have a feeling that with it being a nooner 140 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.040 and likely being a blowout, like I could see people 141 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.240 doing a lot of tailgating after the game in the 142 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:07.160 parking lot if, of course, you know whether it's not terrible, 143 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:09.639 and I can you know, hopefully those of you that 144 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:12.800 hang out and tailgate at Ellen N Cardinals Stadium after 145 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:15.079 the fact, you have us on for the postgame, you 146 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:17.680 give us a call react. So we've had many people 147 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:19.160 do that over the year, so that's kind that's kind 148 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:21.199 of what I envisioned happening tomorrow. But you never know, right, 149 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:25.839 You never know, And when it comes to being put 150 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:28.279 on like upset alert, not because of like a matchup, 151 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:30.600 not because the team you play is good, but when 152 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.040 you have these Thursday night games that you have because 153 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:35.600 I actually kind of feel like Thursday night of Week 154 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:38.920 one is really like when it starts like Week zero, 155 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:41.600 because there's so few games and very few teams that 156 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.279 you really are familiar with play like you know, those 157 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.519 games count, but it's like they're the again, it's the appetizer. 158 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:50.680 Week one started last night with a bunch of games. 159 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:53.120 We'll talk about some of those results because I actually 160 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:55.399 do think there's some decent stuff to take from from 161 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:59.959 last night in a couple of games, specifically Colorado. But nonetheless, 162 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:02.279 that's what I'm getting at is usually you'll see somebody 163 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:06.360 really scare you, like, Okay, hey, they thought they were 164 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:10.120 thirty six point favorites, like Louisville and they almost got beat. 165 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:13.240 That hadn't happened yet. But n C State, I mean, 166 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:17.839 why they continue to be this darling seemingly every year 167 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:20.439 like a sleep but a lookout man they Dave Dave 168 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:23.120 Doran's got a chance to really pull off something special 169 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:26.160 this year, and they were fine last year, But like 170 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.000 them getting more love than Louisville heading into this year 171 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:34.000 never made any sense to me. Louisll beat him last year. 172 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.720 Louisville got a better quarterback in the portal from what 173 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.480 it looked like last night. I mean, Grayson McCall. You know, 174 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:42.440 maybe it's just one game, Maybe it's just nerves for 175 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:44.799 him because he's jumped up a level from Coastal Carolina 176 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:47.399 to NC State, But I mean, he had some throws 177 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:50.320 last night that, you know, against Western Carolina, looked like 178 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:53.279 he was not an acc caliber quarterback, which, to be honest, 179 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:56.320 is not really a high bar. So anyways, we'll talk 180 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:00.759 about some some of the takeaways from from last night 181 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:04.159 here shortly. But on the Kentucky side, I won't lie 182 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:05.399 to you and act like we're gonna do a whole 183 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:07.679 lot of previewing their match up with Southern miss although 184 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:09.240 we are going to be joined coming up here at 185 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.679 three point thirty by Kent Spencer from WHAS eleven. I 186 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:13.759 will get his thoughts on sort of what, you know, 187 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:17.320 what he could potentially take from tomorrow's game for Kentucky, 188 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:20.440 that would be you know, of value, like they're gonna win, 189 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:24.360 probably win big and cover. But they're in a situation 190 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:27.039 not quite like Louisville's because again, Southern Miss the last 191 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:30.559 time they played Southern Miss did beat them, or maybe 192 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:32.320 maybe it was two times ago when they played them 193 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:34.279 they beat them. But either way, you know, they are 194 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:37.399 playing at a comfort or a Sun Belt team, so 195 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:39.600 therefore it's not like they're playing a FCS. But either way, 196 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.879 I was on with Tony and Dave and Dwight earlier 197 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:46.200 earlier today on has and Venetti brought up something that 198 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:49.759 we have talked about on the show, and you know, 199 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:52.320 I don't get the sense that like he took this 200 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:55.000 from my conversation about Mark Stoops that we had a 201 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:58.440 few weeks ago, but he kind of reminded me about 202 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.039 what Stoops had said, like right or around the SEC 203 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:02.960 media days. He might have said it in a sit 204 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:06.519 down interview with the different reporters there. I know KSR 205 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:09.440 and Adam Luckett had a story on it. I know, 206 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:12.799 was it Darryl Byrd maybe that had another article on 207 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:15.360 it at his website wherever that is where Stupent's just 208 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:17.080 talked about like how he does not know how much 209 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:19.399 longer he can do this, Like it's just I mean, 210 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:21.399 he was just complaining about, you know, having to do 211 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:25.720 his job. And it wasn't as if he said this 212 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:28.320 will be my last year. I'm just not happy. But 213 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.879 like what Venetti said was kind of my exact point 214 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:34.080 whenever we were reacting to it right after that story 215 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:35.720 had come out, and you read those quotes where he 216 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:38.639 acted as if like he's just he's burned out, like 217 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:40.360 he's having to do too much with nil when he's 218 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:42.960 doing it all by himself and he just doesn't know 219 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:44.720 how much longer he can do this. Those are all 220 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:47.720 things that he said, and Venetti reminded me that that's 221 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:50.440 an insane thing for a football coach to say getting 222 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.279 set for a season, like it may just be true. 223 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:54.559 And he's somebody that is now to a point where 224 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:57.279 he's got this new contract, he didn't get the A 225 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:59.679 and M job. He's just gonna put it all out 226 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:03.320 there and one billion percent transparent. And if that's the case, 227 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:07.720 then cool. I appreciate transparency. But even if he is 228 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:10.679 just known as the guy that's always gonna be telling 229 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:13.559 you what what it really is and not sugarcoating it. 230 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:15.480 It's still crazy for a coach to have that. Like 231 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:17.639 usually when you're getting ready for a season, you want 232 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:21.159 your you know, you want to be energetic and enthusiastic, 233 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:23.000 and you know say all the things other coaches say, 234 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:25.720 like I like my team. You know, we're we're doing something. 235 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:27.960 We feel like we could really put something special together 236 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.000 this year, like all the stuff you just hear coaches say. 237 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:34.440 But I get the sense that Kentucky doesn't really know 238 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:36.960 what they're gonna like. I don't think they have like 239 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.840 defined expectations this year as a program. And again I 240 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.799 can't speak for their fans because I'm not one of them. 241 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:44.159 I think they like what they have a receiver with 242 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.159 Barrion Brown, Dane Key. The question mark, of course, is Vandergriff. 243 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:49.120 Can he be you know, can he be the guy 244 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:51.519 to make plays and give them a vertical Because if 245 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:53.600 you've got a quarterback who's lousy and I'm not saying 246 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:55.679 Vandergriff will be, I don't think he will be. But 247 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:58.159 if he is, then that makes guys like Dan Key 248 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:00.720 and Barrian Brown much less of a factor for you 249 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:04.159 and at running back, the guy they got in from 250 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:06.799 Arizona State and Ohio State chip train him. I mean, 251 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:09.240 he's banged up. He'll be healthy probably by the time 252 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:11.559 they get to week three, but you know he's not 253 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:14.360 Their running game is not expected to be you know 254 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:16.639 what it was with Ray Davis or of course when 255 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:18.600 they had Rodriguez. I mean, they had a great run 256 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:21.080 there with some really good backs, and you know, I 257 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.679 don't know if that's the expectation this year. So when 258 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:25.679 I tried to as we are one day away from 259 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:27.960 both fan bases seeing their teams in a real game 260 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:33.360 for the first time, I think Louisville fans are cautiously optimistic. 261 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:35.879 Like last year at this time, I think we were 262 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:39.879 just like, hell yeah, Brom's here. Expectations are kind of whatever, 263 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:41.720 because we don't really know. We got a brand new 264 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:44.600 team with a bunch of transfers. We know Jeff Bram's 265 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:47.440 a good coach and he's clearly known for his offense. 266 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:49.960 So it was more of just the excitement of Brom 267 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.559 being here, the Brom era getting started. It was new, 268 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:56.600 it was fresh, he's one of us. In that alone 269 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.799 gave you, I think good energy and vibes heading into 270 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:01.360 the season to where we weren'taught talking like nine ten wins. 271 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.279 We were just thinking to ourselves, Hey, let's just see 272 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:05.720 what happens. There's a lot to be excited about here, 273 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:07.559 and even if we're not great this year, we feel 274 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:10.440 like we're in great shape with Jeff Brahm for the future. 275 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:13.480 I don't think there's fans out there that are expecting 276 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:15.519 some kind of a massive drop off, but I get 277 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:19.799 the sense that fans are hesitant to kind of look 278 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:24.519 at this year as being as good as last year. 279 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:26.960 And if you're basing it just off like a number 280 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:28.639 of wins, that's you know, you could go to the 281 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:31.320 You could be nine and three and still potentially find 282 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:35.120 yourself in the ACC Championship game depending on what happens. 283 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:35.240 Now. 284 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.559 Again, I wouldn't recommend doing that if you want to 285 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:39.440 play in the a SEC Championship, But I just think 286 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:42.559 cautiously optimistic is the best way I would describe the 287 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.399 Louisville fans when I, you know, do as best I 288 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:47.120 can to kind of check the pulse of the fan base. 289 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:48.960 Nobody's out there thinking they're going to take some big 290 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.360 step back, but I feel like they're just not as 291 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:55.240 much confidence, and maybe confidence isn't the right word, but 292 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:56.960 what it probably all comes down to is the fact 293 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:59.399 that we all realize when you have a bunch of 294 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:01.559 new players that you've never watched play that are all 295 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.120 coming in via the portal, it's the ultimate unknown. So 296 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:07.080 on the Kentucky side, again, I can't speak for their 297 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.200 fan base, and I certainly don't have the ability to 298 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:12.559 check the pulse of BBN like I would have the 299 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:14.639 ability to at least somewhat check the pulse of the 300 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:19.200 Louisville fans. But if Kentucky is once again just this 301 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:22.759 six and six, seven and five type team, that wouldn't 302 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:24.879 mean they had a bad year, but like, does that 303 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:29.600 ever become stale? With Stoops not meaning you know, from 304 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:34.440 his perspective, I mean from fans, because wanting to like 305 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:36.960 see something different from a guy who you feel like 306 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:40.039 has has has capped out at seven and five, six 307 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:46.200 and six is really you know, I think most most 308 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:49.320 programs out there would fan bases, I should say, would 309 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:51.519 feel like, yeah, if that's really, if that's really the 310 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:53.360 best we feel like can be done. Now that the 311 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:56.799 conference has gotten better, You've added Texas and Oklahoma, You're 312 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:58.840 gonna have a really tough schedule every year, you're eventually 313 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:00.960 gonna be playing nine games in he play like I 314 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:02.799 think a lot of fan bases would say, we love 315 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:05.039 this guy, but yeah, we should probably start something fresh. 316 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:08.519 We should probably see if we can get somebody else 317 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:11.240 in here that can maybe take us up a notch. 318 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.440 But then again, when you talk about Kentucky, if Mark 319 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:18.360 Stoops was a seven and five coach for the next 320 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:20.120 ten years, which he won't be there ten years, I 321 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:23.320 don't think, but if he was, that would make him 322 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:25.919 still like the most successful coach at Kentucky football history. 323 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:28.200 And he's the only coach in my lifetime that has 324 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:33.120 been able to give Kentucky consistent, sustained success. And I 325 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.919 don't mean success to where they're competing for the championship 326 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:39.399 in their league. I mean success to where they're no 327 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:44.200 longer the bottom of the barrel along with Vandy. So 328 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:46.639 I don't know, I just I always try to as 329 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.519 we get to this day, because we've talked about I mean, 330 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:51.840 everything you can talk about when it comes to personnel, 331 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:55.039 the schedule, expectation and all that. I try to, you know, 332 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:57.919 as you get closer, just kind of get a real 333 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:00.480 sense of what fans not only I mean, we all 334 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.120 know what you want to see, right. If you're a 335 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:03.559 Louisville fan, you want to see a bunch of wins. 336 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:05.919 You're a Kentucky fans, same thing, But like, what do 337 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:11.600 you realistically see happening here? Because I think Louisville nine 338 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.600 in three is what I is the safest guess I 339 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:17.320 have for their record. I think ten and two is 340 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:21.080 extremely doable. It'll just you know, you'll have to find 341 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:23.080 You'll probably find yourself. If you would get to ten 342 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:26.720 and two, I think you'll once again have games where 343 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:28.759 you could have easily lost, but you had some breaks 344 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.879 go your way. And there were a few of those 345 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:33.039 games last year. Let's be real. And as I said 346 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:34.720 last year during that time, yeah, you never want to 347 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:36.320 be in that position. You never want to have to 348 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:39.000 look back and say, man, that was that was so lucky. 349 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.320 But also being able to stay locked in and win 350 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:47.279 close games whenever the back your back's against the wall 351 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:49.720 and it doesn't look good like that. That's a skill 352 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:52.679 that teams develop and if that becomes part of Louisville's 353 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:54.720 you know, DNA over the next few years under Jef Brown, 354 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:56.600 that's a great thing. So ten and two I think 355 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:58.279 is going to be much chuper to do this year 356 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:00.559 than it was last year. But it's doable. Gonna have to, 357 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:03.600 you know, have some breaks go your way. I also 358 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:08.920 think eight and four is realistic, but I think eight 359 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:10.960 and four would be looked at as a big step back. 360 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:13.440 I don't think that means fans would be calling for 361 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:16.720 Jeff brohmshead, acting as if you know, we're in big trouble. 362 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:19.319 But I just I think even if you didn't win 363 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:23.119 ten games last year, I still think people would look 364 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.039 at eight and four this year and say, yeah, you know, 365 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:27.839 that's not a terrible year, but that was below what 366 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:31.559 I expected. I think this team should have been better 367 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:33.319 than that. And it's tough to say that right now because, 368 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.759 you know what, there's so many new pieces and we 369 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.599 haven't seen this team yet. Like last year, if we're 370 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:40.599 being honest with ourselves, Louisville winning ten games they capped out, 371 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:42.559 that was as good as they were gonna be. They 372 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:44.599 had some games go their way that they you know, 373 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:48.119 could have easily lost, but like ten wins was the 374 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:51.039 ceiling for that group, and that's what they did in 375 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:53.480 this year. I kind of feel like ten wins is 376 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:58.680 the ceiling once again. I mean, you're gonna have a 377 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:00.759 tough time going on the road and beatingson tough time 378 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.720 going on the road and beating Notre Dame. Obviously, Miami 379 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:06.640 at home is going to be a challenging game. Georgia 380 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:09.960 Tech they clearly look like a more challenging opponent today 381 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:11.720 than they did a week ago when we talked about them. 382 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:17.440 And then you know, I'm not buying SMU. And then Kentucky, 383 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:19.680 I mean, that's a game that, let's be real, we 384 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:21.920 learned the hard way. You can go in feeling really 385 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:25.039 confident about the game and knowing you've had a season 386 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:30.079 better than theirs, knowing that objectively speaking, everybody watching, I 387 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:32.359 mean I didn't see a single person pitck Kentucky. Louisville 388 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:35.559 was favored by more than a touchdown, and yet you 389 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:40.240 still went in there and lost. So I think nine 390 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:45.319 to three is most likely, but eight and four is 391 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:49.039 certainly something that could end up happening, and anything lower 392 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:50.519 than that, I feel like it would be viewed as 393 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:53.880 not only hey, that fell below my expectation. I think 394 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:56.680 a seven and five type year would be viewed as 395 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:58.920 one that was not anywhere close to being good enough 396 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:02.960 and saying that about our own Jeff Brohm, who I 397 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:05.480 clearly you know, love and I'm so happy he's our 398 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:08.319 coach here. Just things are he's one of us. You know, 399 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:13.720 the examples are everywhere. But you know, like that would 400 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:16.279 be I mean seven and five years would be would 401 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:19.160