WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:07.320 It's time for coffee and company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:09.080 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:11.400 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:12.000 when we. 5 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:14.599 Are get off our show, idiot. 6 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.280 The kids are crying or turn off. Their coaches are. 7 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:17.800 Screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.000 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play inter Murals. 9 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:24.280 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:28.120 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 11 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:45.640 kidding me? Now? Here's Nick coffee. 12 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:48.960 So I'm gonna, as I've said all throughout the last 13 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:50.600 couple of weeks, try to make the most of what 14 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:54.640 is left and six hours left here for me at 15 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:57.640 Sports Talk seven ninety. Not to be dramatic, but I 16 00:00:57.640 --> 00:00:59.759 mean it's the truth. We've got today, we've got tomorrow, 17 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.079 and then I make the move to eight forty, whas 18 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:06.280 very excited. But also I've had some moments in the 19 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.319 last couple of days that really kind of get me 20 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:11.239 in the fields as far as just you know, this, 21 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:13.359 this whole thing coming to an end. And this morning 22 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.000 I had one and it was I was I had 23 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:19.439 just dropped the kids off at daycare and at school, 24 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:23.959 and I was listening to eight forty whas, which you 25 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:26.920 should too all the time, and especially you know, starting 26 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:30.200 Monday if you're not already listening in the mornings. But anyways, 27 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:32.560 there's been it's been a fun week, not only for 28 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:36.000 me as a as a person who works here. And 29 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:38.480 you know, I'm a radio guy. Whatever that means, for 30 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.480 better or worse, it's it's my it's my craft, it's 31 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:45.840 what I do. So as there have been many many 32 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:47.599 I'm trying to think of how many, and if I 33 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:49.519 tried to name them all, I would miss somebody and 34 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:50.680 I don't want to do that. But there have been 35 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:52.439 so many people that have been in this week to 36 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:54.480 be a part of Tony Cruz, to be a part 37 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:57.280 of Tony Cruz's show because he's he's retiring and tomorrow's 38 00:01:57.319 --> 00:01:59.840 his last show on AHAs. So it's been nice to 39 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:02.480 hear from people who used to be a part of 40 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:04.400 the station, used to be a part of his show, 41 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:07.400 Legends that I never got to work with, but obviously 42 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:11.240 they're a big factor in why has is what has is. 43 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:16.039 And this morning John L. Smith, former Louisville football coach, 44 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:18.199 was in studio and I could listen to that guy 45 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:19.960 talk all day in fact, he used to be on 46 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:24.560 this station many years ago. But whenever Venette came in 47 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:27.080 to finish up the crew, Tony Cruz is Kentucky in 48 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:30.840 the morning news show and they finished with John L. 49 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:32.360 I think he was in for maybe the last hour, 50 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.520 and it was a lot of fun. He's pretty good 51 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:36.560 at the radio stuff, and I'm sure he knows that, 52 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:38.280 but you know, he's got better things to do he's retired. 53 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:41.840 But what I'm getting at is Tony had mentioned that 54 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.840 John L should write a book, and he told him 55 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:48.919 he because he can just tell stories. I mean, no joke. 56 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:51.199 It could be a Joe By and Denny situation with him. 57 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:53.840 Maybe I don't know who would be the Joe b 58 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:57.000 for him, but he's got some great stories. And Vinetti mentioned, well, 59 00:02:57.039 --> 00:02:58.719 you should write a book, and he said, you know, 60 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:00.639 I don't know if I'd remember all these stories. Like 61 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:03.120 if he just sat down and tried to think of stories, 62 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:05.560 he may not be able to. Actually, you know, it 63 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:08.719 may not be as effective. But in conversation, he's always 64 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:10.919 got a story and they're usually pretty funny stories. And 65 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:13.159 that was certainly the case this morning. But when Venette 66 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.520 mentioned that he should write a book, he Venette said 67 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:17.360 that he knows what he would what he should call 68 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:19.319 the book, and he said that it should be called 69 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:24.360 the players are playing the coach. The players are playing 70 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:26.199 their tail off, and the coaches are screwing it up, 71 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:29.479 and that he mentioned I think John LL mentioned, well, 72 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:31.159 you would you'd had to bring that up, didn't you, 73 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:33.199 you know, playfully, because I guess that wasn't a great 74 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:35.240 moment for John L. But it's certainly a legendary moment. 75 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:38.439 And then Bennetti, without even me really realizing it, I 76 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:40.319 just wasn't thinking of it at the time, that that's 77 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:41.680 a part of the intro for the show that you 78 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:44.759 hear every year. Is so with that, I. 79 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:46.479 Didn't know that that was from John L though. 80 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:47.960 Yeah it was when it was when he was at 81 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:52.080 Michigan State, I believe it was, and he's running off 82 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:56.840 the field at halftime and the coaches were screwing it up. 83 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:58.520 He was he was telling the truth, and in fact, 84 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:03.599 he reiterated that today. And anyways, it just made me think, 85 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:05.319 you know, because Venette said, you know our morning guy 86 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:08.360 on seven ninety who's coming over to take over for 87 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:11.800 Tony cruz Nick coffee, he has that in his opening 88 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.199 for his show, and it's been there for many, many 89 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.839 years and it plays every day, and I thought, you 90 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:22.120 know what, that's true, and what happened with me there 91 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.720 was this. There's a lot of things I'm proud of 92 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:26.879 as far as what I've been able to do here, 93 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:29.240 I mean just being able to do it is meeting 94 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:31.800 having the opportunity. That's something I'm proud of and thankful 95 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:36.800 for beyond belief. But I've always felt like the intro 96 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:39.839 for this show, which really has not changed. I believe 97 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:42.519 I created this intro in twenty sixteen when I got hired, 98 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:46.560 and I believe we've changed the background music. Obviously the 99 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:50.720 show name has changed from Red Zone to Coffee and Company, 100 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:53.680 But other than that, as far as the montage of 101 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:58.519 clips that I put together, it's remained. And just by nature, 102 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:01.800 I'm someone that oftentimes will try to just mix things up, 103 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:03.560 just to mix it up, which I shouldn't do sometimes. 104 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:05.439 You know, if it's not broke, don't fix it. That's 105 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:07.839 that's a saying for a real reason. But anyways, what 106 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:09.680 I'm getting at is, of all the things, and there's 107 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:12.120 many of them, I think the intro for the show 108 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:14.560 is one of the things I'm most proud of because 109 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:18.040 it I think it gives you a pretty good sense 110 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:19.800 of what you're gonna get here. And I think the 111 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:22.639 clips that you hear within are are pretty fitting for 112 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:24.639 you know what it is that you get. Play it 113 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:25.720 for me once more, Austin. 114 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:27.360 You want me to roll it back again? 115 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:29.360 Yeah, you could fade it out once we get past 116 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:31.759 just the just the clips, but I think, like you know, 117 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:33.319 I'm proud of this and it's not gonna be there 118 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:35.519 anymore because obviously you know, it's time. 119 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:36.720 For coffee and company. 120 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:41.319 Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety Holy. 121 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:42.959 Crap, I don't know who the hell we think when 122 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:43.800 we are. 123 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.000 Get off our show. 124 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:48.560 Idiot, the kids are playing or turn off your tuntures are. 125 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:51.519 Screwing it up? Gold play Inner Murals, brother, go play 126 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:55.120 Inner Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're 127 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:59.240 really not. Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? 128 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:00.000 Are you kidding me? 129 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:00.920 Now? 130 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:06.319 So with that, I mean it plays every day. It's 131 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:08.120 it's in one ear and out the other for me. 132 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:11.959 But I hadn't really stopped to think to listen to it, 133 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:14.519 because again, it's just been a constant thing every single day, 134 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:15.800 and I'm sure it's the same way for people who 135 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:17.680 do start the show with us every day at three o'clock. 136 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:20.600 But all those clips, most of them, I think nearly 137 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:23.360 all of them are clips from coaches having a meltdown, 138 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:26.480 either at the podium press conference or for John L 139 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:28.720 when he was when he was running off the field. So, yeah, 140 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:31.000 I saw John L earlier and oh he's I mean, 141 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:34.040 he looks like a ball coach. God knows ball, he 142 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:37.399 can talk ball. I was helping a Dwight limp into 143 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:39.720 the office. Did you hear what happened to him? No, 144 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:42.120 he tore his achilles? Are you serious? 145 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:46.319 Or he ripped his Now I guess from what I 146 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:47.879 heard he was helping move something. 147 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:50.279 Okay, I was gonna say, like, I can't imagine, you know, 148 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:53.519 Dwight having that happen when he's playing full court basketball 149 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.600 or something not that he won't give buckets out to 150 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:57.480 anybody who wants to challenge him. I'm just saying, like 151 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.079 I would, I would be curious as to how it happened. 152 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:02.360 But yeah, moving furniture, I can see it, just snapping. 153 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:04.199 But yeah, I was stepping out of the studio to 154 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:07.600 run back into uh load some stuff in the in 155 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:10.399 the radio car. And then I just see a guy 156 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:12.519 on crutches and I look down at Dwight and the 157 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:15.199 first thing that I think of is it's a joke, right, 158 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:18.920 Dwight on crutches? I said, are you all right? He's like, no, 159 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:23.240 Dorman Dam's And I'm like, did this just happen? If 160 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:25.959 he yep, last night? If he was a fag. 161 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:27.800 If he was a football player for John L. Smith, 162 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:29.319 JoNell Smith, would I would have told him to get 163 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:31.079 out there and play play through it. And Dwight would 164 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:32.480 have done it because he's a team player. Yeah, and 165 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:33.959 he'll sacrifice for the squad. 166 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:34.639 He sure will. 167 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:38.720 But uh, this is the this is I believe this 168 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:42.519 is how it. Uh yeah, they I guess they let 169 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:44.920 me see. I think I've got the clip in its entirety. 170 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:46.879 This was in two thousand and five when he was 171 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:50.519 in Michigan State, and I don't remember really the context 172 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:52.639 of what led to him saying that. But let's let's 173 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:53.199 take a listen. 174 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:54.480 Let's go to Jack. 175 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:55.959 As you watch John LL. 176 00:07:58.480 --> 00:07:59.600 He's losing his mind. 177 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:02.920 By the way, cannot believe what is happening. Let's go 178 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:04.399 to Jack his coach. 179 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:07.319 Obviously a miscalculation there, and you're upset. 180 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:08.040 Tell me about her? 181 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:12.040 He upset and above then we're crass. Real goal for 182 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:15.079 coaching center. Man, we're sure to sent it. Man, that's 183 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:17.560 a Dan coaching mistake, that the kids are playing their 184 00:08:17.560 --> 00:08:20.399 tail life and their coaches are screwing it up. 185 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:22.360 You don't have to say anymore than Matt Brent. 186 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:23.439 No, you certainly don't check. 187 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:26.399 I've missed John l coaching football. I also miss Brittain, 188 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:30.560 how about that? So anyways, I hadn't thought of this 189 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:33.440 until John El. So maybe I thank John Ll and 190 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:36.000 Benetti for this because John Hill's been in the intro 191 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.559 for the show forever. I just you know, it's not 192 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:40.799 I don't If you asked me what's in my intro, 193 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:42.080 I would be able to tell you. But it's just 194 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:44.440 not something that's ever on my mind. And John ELL's 195 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:47.360 a clearly a very memorable and special coach for U 196 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:48.879 of L to where I don't think about my show 197 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:50.519 When I think about John LL, I think about damn, 198 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:52.279 I missed that guy. He was great, What a character 199 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:54.559 and what a good ball coach and his success here 200 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:57.639 that he had before leaving for Michigan State was one 201 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:00.200 of the eras of Louisville football that is important for 202 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.519 where for being where it is today. But with this, 203 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.039 I went back and I'm so glad I did this. 204 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:09.399 And I don't really remember doing it, but I remember thinking, know, 205 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:11.200 you better do that, and I'm happy to find out 206 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.039 that I did. My memory is a little bit foggy 207 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:16.840 from the time we moved out of the old building 208 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:20.279 into the new one, and I thought to myself, you know, 209 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:25.120 you've got terabytes of sound on a drive that is 210 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:27.799 attached to the studio computer at the old studios at 211 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:31.440 our old building over there on Newburgh Road. And I 212 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:34.840 at the time had taken everything to drop box that 213 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.159 I used regularly, but like every day in the morning, 214 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.399 I would cut up a bunch of sound every day. 215 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:42.240 And then there's also times where if I heard something, 216 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:44.360 whether it be like a you know, a coach and 217 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:46.600 a press conference or just something. I mean, now, it 218 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:48.080 would actually be a lot easier to do because there's 219 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:49.879 so much you can just pull directly from TikTok, which 220 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:51.279 will be easy to do as far as movie clips 221 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:53.440 and what but I'll be getting at is I grabbed 222 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:55.360 everything I'd ever cut up and put it on a 223 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:57.840 drive that I still have, and it's now on this 224 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:00.720 computer in here, and I'm not gonna play I mean, 225 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:02.360 I wouldn't be able to play it in its entirety. 226 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:03.639 And a lot of it is just clips from a 227 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:07.480 coaching press conference or uh, you know, Paul Rodgers highlights, 228 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:09.559 those kind of things. But I did have a folder 229 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:12.360 specifically for just sound drops that you used to hear. 230 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:14.879 And I don't know why. I think just for the 231 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:18.759 with the moved afternoon, I didn't feel and there's no 232 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:20.919 rhyme or reason for this. It wasn't I don't remember 233 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:23.399 making the decision. But once we moved here, despite having 234 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:25.720 a nicer studio that is much more modern and better, 235 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:28.639 I just kind of abandoned sound And I don't really 236 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:31.000 know why I did that. But there are some that 237 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.919 if you listen tomorrow for my final show, you will, 238 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:36.720 I hope you will be entertained by some of these, 239 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:39.559 if anything, just because you'll you'll heck, if you hear 240 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.440 some of these for the first time, I mean these 241 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:43.799 are clips that there used to just be a be 242 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.919 a certain that there's there was certain things that would 243 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:49.840 be said or certain tone of something said by either me, 244 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:53.440 a producer, a guest, or we played sound and then 245 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:55.120 I would just you know, I had I had a 246 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:57.679 button bar essentially just set up to where I could 247 00:10:58.120 --> 00:10:59.639 I could just hit a button and it, you know, 248 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:01.759 it would would tell you that, you know, you were 249 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:04.120 so dumb, you were really dumb for real. From Antwine 250 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:07.519 Dotson the guy who you know was what was the 251 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:09.559 climbing in your windows snatching your people up? One of 252 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:12.240 the early viral videos of YouTube as far as a 253 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:16.080 news scene. So anyways, two shows left, and I've just 254 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:19.320 spent eleven minutes of the two show of the six 255 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:22.440 hours total, probably accomplishing nothing, but I don't really care. 256 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:25.039 I mean, I've been overthinking it the last day or 257 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:27.279 so as far as man, you really need to make 258 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:30.320 the most of this and do something, go out with 259 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:33.279 a bang, do something that is special, and I mean 260 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.519 it's not anything extravagant. I do have plans for the 261 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:38.159 rest of this show as well as tomorrow, and we're 262 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:40.919 gonna have some fun with it. But I feel like 263 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.440 the best thing for me to do is to just 264 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:45.799 not even think about it being the end and just 265 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.120 enjoy it, because I feel like if I overthink about 266 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:50.799 I overthink it as far as just the little time 267 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:53.159 that I have left and how amazing it's been here 268 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:55.360 for the last nine years. And again, I'm not leaving 269 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:57.759 the company. I'm just taking a different job within the company, 270 00:11:57.759 --> 00:11:59.279 and I'm still gonna be on your radio dial just 271 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:02.200 a lot earlier than three PM. But I want to 272 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:03.919 live in the moment with it and just enjoy it, 273 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:05.759 because if I if I get to thinking about it, 274 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:07.559 then I'm just gonna be in my own head. And 275 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:11.080 that's really something I'm oftentimes not able to control. I 276 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:12.840 get my own head to overthink things, but I'm gonna 277 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:15.200 try my best not to. As we round it out, 278 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:17.960 and today's Austin's last day with Coffee and Company because 279 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:20.559 he won't be here tomorrow. He's out with some events 280 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:23.159 that he's got to work. And then also he's gonna 281 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:25.360 be he's gonna be going to a wedding. So we'll 282 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:27.039 make the most of the rest of the show. Certainly 283 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:29.440 gonna be a lot of fun. I guess I don't 284 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:32.159 know if I mean again, One thing I need to 285 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:33.960 say is I hope over the years you have at 286 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:36.720 least some level of a radar for sarcasm, because that's 287 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:40.320 always been something that a no, no, you everybody, everybody 288 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:42.639 you do clearly that's why you're such a good fit 289 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:44.639 for the show. But there you know, and I assume 290 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:48.240 most people do. But I often, oftentimes am amused by 291 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:52.080 the random the randomness of people who really don't understand 292 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:55.159 like I was. It was a poor attempted humor for me. 293 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:58.240 I'm not being serious. It was a bad attempt at sarcasm, 294 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:00.240 and the fact that you thought it was real actually 295 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:01.960 amuses me. But then I have that fear of Okay, 296 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:03.440 I've been doing this a long time with kind of 297 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:05.759 the same shick, kind of the same style. I mean, 298 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:07.320 you like it or you don't like it. Clearly you 299 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.399 choose to listen or you don't. But I would also 300 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:11.240 feel really bad if some of the things I joked 301 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.080 about people thought I was serious. And I was about 302 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:14.799 to do that right here, because I was going to 303 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:16.879 say thank you to Pat Kelsey because I feel like 304 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:19.320 he knew Nick's only got a couple of days left 305 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:23.039 with Coffee and Company. So let's get a basketball commitment 306 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:25.519 in addition to the roster, because we want to give 307 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:27.399 him something fun to talk about on his last couple 308 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:29.679 of shows, so thank you, p K. I don't I 309 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:32.240 doubt there's any doubt there's any chance that that's actually 310 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:34.639 how the timing worked out. But the timing worked out, 311 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:37.120 and I'll believe the timing was for me just because, 312 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:45.200 you know, because why not. But anyways, evangelists Zugris probably 313 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:46.879 been having trouble trying to think of what it is 314 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:50.440 to Vangalis evangelist or avangalists. I don't really see how 315 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:52.519 it couldn't be that in the last name z O 316 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:57.120 U g r I S Zugris. I'm guessing evangelist Zugras. 317 00:13:57.639 --> 00:14:01.080 And we'll get a we'll get a pronuncia and see 318 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:02.960 if I see if I'm correct, or I guess see 319 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:06.159 how wrong I may be. But he is another big 320 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:09.159 man from across the pond. He has been playing in 321 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.600 He's from Greece. He's six eight, two fifty, a big fella. 322 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.759 And it looks like the news was broke by the 323 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:21.720 director of scouting for Draft Express, John Chipikovic, and he's 324 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:24.200 he put it out there about an hour ago that a, 325 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:29.000 uh this so he is twenty one years old and 326 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:32.559 uh he was Yeah, he's born in twenty two thousand 327 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:35.799 and four, which means he's he's yeah, he's twenty that's old. 328 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:38.120 He is he's twenty one years old. Uh wait a second, 329 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:40.320 is that right? Yeah, twenty one years old, and or 330 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:42.039 at least will be twenty one this year. So he's 331 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:43.879 he's not some seventeen year old that you got to 332 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:46.000 worry about. As he physical, as he grown, he's he's 333 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.919 grown again. He's six eight, two fifty, and he's apparently 334 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:52.519 just a you know your tip And again I'm I'm 335 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:54.480 I should say this ahead of time. I'm just reading 336 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:57.600 about what what what they're saying about his game. I'm 337 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.120 not going to try my poor attempt to even rea 338 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:02.519 about his game. I do not want it to make 339 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:04.039 it sound as if I'm trying to act like I 340 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:05.960 know anything about this guy, because you know, I don't. 341 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:09.480 I think I found a pronunciation from at least one 342 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:10.559 of these basketball videos. 343 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:13.200 Let's hear let's hear it. What we got van jele 344 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:17.720 zugrievanngely Zugrie. That sounds that's fun to say. 345 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:20.080 It is actually a fantastic. 346 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:23.039 I like that. I like that. So this guy, actually 347 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:25.240 I wouldn't have remembered his name, but he he's been 348 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:28.399 I guess rumored as somebody that may eventually come to 349 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:31.679 play basketball in college. And to my knowledge, Louisville has 350 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:34.320 been the only school that people have connected to him 351 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:36.919 for quite a while now. And uh, you need him 352 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:38.639 because again you you do. You don't know what's going 353 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:43.039 to happen with Ali Khalifa. And you also lost James 354 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:45.080 Scott and I don't think that was an expectation, and 355 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:47.759 and and up until then, you really hadn't done much 356 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:49.679 to replace that. So there have been two guys added 357 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:52.320 to the roster in the last month or so that 358 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:56.440 completely off the radar again, Grees Zugrie or zu Grese 359 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:00.480 say with me, zu Grees or Zugree. 360 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:04.080 Sounds like it's it sounds like they're saying, Zugria to 361 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:06.039 play it on the air hold on, hold on. 362 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:07.200 How easy would that be? 363 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:09.559 I guess that'd be probably be the easiest thing that 364 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:10.080 we've done to it. 365 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:23.720 Yeah, I like that. 366 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.279 I like that. 367 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:24.799 Yeah. 368 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:27.200 So they haven't said his first name, but if if, 369 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:31.080 if it's like the bass is hidden on the Zugri part, 370 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:35.080 I can only imagine it's Evangelie Evangeliz. 371 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:37.639 So the last name is so fun to say, we 372 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.279 can just call him, but you know, he's somebody that 373 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:43.440 again he's just been on the radar as a guy 374 00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:45.679 that that could end up at Louisville and and now 375 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:48.960 he's he's going to be here. So this was this 376 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:52.519 was I guess his This was last October when he 377 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:58.399 was playing in Because with with professional basketball overseas, you 378 00:16:58.080 --> 00:17:02.200 you're Mike. So the basketball basketball overseas it's a little 379 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:04.400 bit like soccer as far as you'll just like there's 380 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:07.039 a club element to it and you know, you have 381 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:09.200 your you know, honestly, the leagues are very much similar 382 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:11.200 to what you see in European soccer. So he played 383 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:13.720 four games with I guess his club in October and 384 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:16.160 was you know, twenty minutes per game. He averaged twelve 385 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:19.319 and a half points, shot eighty six percent from the field, 386 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:22.319 one hundred percent from the free throw line, and averaged 387 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:24.160 about five rebounds. So again I'm not gonna act like 388 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:26.119 I know a lot about him, because I don't. However, 389 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:29.839 he is he's another piece to the front court, which 390 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.400 clearly there's there's a need there. And even if you 391 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:34.480 get good news with Ali Khalifa, which I hope that 392 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:36.519 you do, you know you still you know, he still 393 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:38.599 needs some depth. I mean last year Louisville because of 394 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:41.039 injury more than anything, I guess with Casein and you 395 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:43.079 did bring in Khalifa, but he couldn't play because of 396 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:45.039 the injury that he already had when he arrived. I mean, 397 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:47.240 you had a thin court or a thin front court 398 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:49.160 last year, and I really do think you couldn't have 399 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:52.319 done much better in the front court than how you 400 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:53.720 did with what you had to work with. That's not 401 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:56.640 to say those guys weren't weren't good. I mean James 402 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:58.680 Scott wasn't really an offensive threat at all unless he 403 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:00.319 was dunk in the basketball. And he gave you a 404 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:02.079 lot of energy and effort, but obviously, you know he's 405 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:04.319 not somebody the opposing team really has to guard unless 406 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:06.960 he's right underneath the rim. And then obviously John Hadley 407 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:09.960 stepped up in a big way. And I mean some 408 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:11.720 of your guards, I mean they weren't post players by 409 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:14.400 it he means, but you know, Chuck you, Eburn, Terrence Edwards. 410 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:15.880 They'd get in the paint, mix it up a little 411 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:17.599 bit more so than they probably were used to. So 412 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:20.720 there you have it. Another another edition of the roster. 413 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:22.160 We'll try to see if we can get some more 414 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:24.880 info on this on this guy before we get out 415 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:26.440 of here today, because I'm interested. I mean, he's somebody 416 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:28.400 that you know, you just you really never know what 417 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:31.000 you're getting with any player, to be honest with you, 418 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:32.839 I guess you have a better idea now with the portal. Right, 419 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:34.559 if you bring in a guy who's been a consistent 420 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.319 All American caliber player, I think you could expect him 421 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:39.440 to still be that when he ends up with your team. 422 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:42.599 But these are guys that most fans have never heard 423 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:46.519 of until they commit at all, and you can reference 424 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:49.839 what transfers you've never heard of, you can reference their 425 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:52.519 numbers at the previous college and make you know, determine 426 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:54.200 whatever you want to determine right come to come to 427 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:57.480 your own conclusion with these guys, it's really unknown because 428 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:00.000 it's this is new, Like there haven't been that many 429 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:01.960 examples that I can think of in the last couple 430 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:06.519 of years because it's new meaning now with college players 431 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:10.160 making big time money, especially at big time programs, these 432 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:13.240 guys are more interested in coming to college and getting 433 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:17.920 a bag and realizing that they're eligible with four years 434 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:21.400 despite being twenty one or twenty two years old sometimes 435 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:24.720 so again it's the ultimate unknown. But what we did 436 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:28.559 know is that without James Scott and also again with 437 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:32.240 Khalifa situation uncertain, you need to add some pieces and 438 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:34.799 they've done that. Some other things we'll get into today. 439 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:39.319 We now know the kickoff time I think for a 440 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:42.599 third of Louisville football schedule. We can certainly get into that. 441 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:45.400 And then there's still some more to take away from 442 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:48.720 the SEC meetings that went on. The Big twelve meetings 443 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:53.000 took place today, and there's the conversation about what happens 444 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:56.640 with the future of the college football playoff has not 445 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:58.839 died down really at all, and yet I don't get 446 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:02.319 any since there's any the progress made as far as 447 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:05.240 what is going to work right, what everybody will agree upon, 448 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:07.160 But we do know that you've got until I guess 449 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:09.319 the end of November or the beginning of December to 450 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:11.160 get it figured out as far as the deadline, and 451 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:14.240 I guess the deadline is with the TV partners because 452 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:16.359 they need to know sort of what they're going to 453 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:18.640 have to work with because obviously this is this isn't 454 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:21.599 made for TV event. I mean, this is just a 455 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:24.240 tournament that was created that the NCAA has nothing to 456 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:26.920 do with. And obviously it features the best teams in 457 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:29.720 the country and it rightfully determines who's the national champion. 458 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:31.480 But again, this is nothing to do with the nc DOUBLEA. 459 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:34.440 So when you think about the college Football Playoff, heck, 460 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:37.880 keeping your conference championships as well as any bowl game. 461 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:41.240 I mean, those are just made for TV events. But 462 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:44.359 you know, when you make billions of dollars seemingly with these, 463 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:46.920 with the event that is the College Football Playoff, it's 464 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:49.079 a pretty important thing to understand exactly what it is 465 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:52.240 you're you're working with. Also, NBA Playoffs will continue to 466 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:55.279 talk about that. Obviously, not much competition last night at 467 00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:58.680 all between the Thunder and the Tea Wolves. I mean, 468 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:01.880 why they even show up. I mean, they got off 469 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:04.400 to a decent start, they made their first three and 470 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:06.720 got a couple of stops. It almost looked right at 471 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:09.000 the beginning of the game as if this was gonna 472 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:11.799 be like the OKC Thunder were gonna be. You know, 473 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:15.839 they were gonna have their first off night at home, 474 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:17.599 and I guess they've had off nights at home throughout 475 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:19.359 the year. But obviously They've been good all season in 476 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:21.960 the in the postseason as well, but especially when they're 477 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:23.799 playing in front of their home crowd, and it was juiced, 478 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:26.799 and they just got off to a slow start at 479 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:29.559 the very beginning. And then it was all she wrote. 480 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:32.559 They just turned it on. It was they beat the 481 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:35.559 living hell out of out of the uh out of 482 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:38.440 the Tea Wolves, And I was given given Moosa bath 483 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:41.000 and and I had at the TV was on in 484 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:43.160 the living room and I could hear it, and all 485 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:45.640 of a sudden, I just I heard whoever was on 486 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:48.000 the call because the ESPN coverage man, it's I don't 487 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.000 want to pick on him because I. 488 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:51.119 Think Doris Burke just doesn't do it for me. 489 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:55.440 I think Doris Burke and Richard Hamilton are phenomenal as 490 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:58.200 far as knowing basketball. I genuinely mean that Doris sit people. 491 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:00.000 Can you know, maybe she's not an acquired taste, Maybe 492 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:02.200 you just don't like women calling games. Whatever, I mean, 493 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:04.640 you like what you like. I'm not going to try 494 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:08.319 to lecture you, but I love what she brings to 495 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:11.480 the table as far as her knowledge of basketball. It 496 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:13.640 just doesn't work with the trio that they have. I mean, 497 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:16.880 who is it, it's Richard Jefferson Herd, yeah, Breen and 498 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:20.400 Breen's fine, But I mean I can't tell, am I 499 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:23.119 really just that underwhelmed with it because it just doesn't 500 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:24.839 seem to have the dynamic. It just doesn't seem to 501 00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:28.119 really work. He just works so much better with Van Gundy. Yeah, 502 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:31.319 Mark Jackson, sure, for sure, and that's what we think 503 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:33.680 about when we think of him, right, But also I 504 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:35.480 can't tell if it's you know, just that it doesn't 505 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:37.480 seem to work, or if I just realized that the 506 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:40.319 TNT crew is so much better that's what it is too, 507 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:43.839 I mean you kidding me? I mean Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, 508 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:47.119 and I think Stan Van Gunny's been phenomenal. Yeah, he's great, 509 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:48.880 He's got he's got some I mean the bar is 510 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:51.839 set low as far as like character slash personality for 511 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:54.559 a gig like that. I mean, he's not Charles Barkley, 512 00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:57.680 because nobody is. But he's got some personality to him. 513 00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:01.000 But also he clearly you know, he loves talking who 514 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:04.119 so you know the thunder we're not. But anyways, back 515 00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:07.799 to the trio that was calling last night's games for ESPN, 516 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:12.400 Breen made a comment and said, this is a type 517 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:14.839 of deficits you just don't see very often this early 518 00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:17.119 in a game. And I went and looked at the TV, 519 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:20.720 and I think within the time I put the little 520 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:24.319 fella in the bathtub and sat down, you know, let 521 00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:26.839 him play with his toys in the bathtub, We're probably 522 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:29.920 in there ninety seconds. And I feel like they went 523 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:31.880 on like a ten oh run, like it was already 524 00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:33.920 bad and then it got really ugly, really quick. So 525 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:36.640 we now know that the OKC Thunder are moving on 526 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:39.119 to the NBA Finals first time since twenty twelve. I 527 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:42.079 think Sam Presty has been maybe as good as we've 528 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:46.880 ever seen as far as quietly building an NBA roster 529 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:50.400 that is won phenomenal and took chances on guys that 530 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:53.160 others probably wouldn't have taken chances on, like he I think, 531 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:55.359 you knew, hey, we can go get Alex Caruso and 532 00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:57.279 he's going to be a phenomenal piece for us, and 533 00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:59.960 he is. He's probably one of the most valuable guys 534 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:02.680 I can think of in recent years off the bench 535 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:04.680 for a team. And sometimes it does show up in 536 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:06.839 the statute, sometimes it doesn't because he's just out there. 537 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:08.640 You know, he's such a good player. I used to 538 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:10.720 clown on Caruso a lot, but because he was balding, 539 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:12.079 and then he just shaved it off. And now and 540 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.400 now we're rocking with him. 541 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:15.599 Right. He left the Lakers and when he came back, 542 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:17.519 they did like a tribute video for him. I'm like, 543 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:19.200 all right, guys, are we doing this? 544 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.519 Well? 545 00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:21.759 He's well, So you know he for some reason, don't 546 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:24.279 I never was. I never found him unlikable, but I 547 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.839 get why. Like he was kind of easy to be 548 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:28.960 a punching back for certain people, but that was whenever 549 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:31.799 he was playing alongside legends, like with the Lakers. 550 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.119 Yeah. 551 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:34.720 But now that he's the og with some young stars 552 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:38.480 and he is so selfless and conceding to letting it 553 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:40.640 be their team and he's just playing the leader role, 554 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:43.680 doing the dirty work, being a great defender. I mean, 555 00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:45.039 like he's he's hard not to like. 556 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.240 Now. 557 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:47.079 Yeah, it's quite the role reversal, and I believe it's 558 00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:49.640 mostly due to the fact that you know, you're seeing 559 00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:51.680 him be a guy that is no longer the young 560 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:53.240 dude just happy because he's a. 561 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.279 Pre makes me feel old. 562 00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:56.440 Yeah, I'm with you, hitn't he a perfect example of 563 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:58.960 a guy though that when he was playing alongside Lebron 564 00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:02.039 in LA you just assumed that it was because, well, 565 00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:04.480 you know, he's a Norris Cole. 566 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:06.559 Right, he's a he's a mare there. What now is 567 00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:10.640 Austin Reeds? Yeah, he get excited. Yeah, yeah, exactly. So 568 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:13.799 he's really showing his value in OKAC. And I think 569 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.759 if you realize the moves that have been made by 570 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:18.640 the Okac Thunder in recent years, then I'll not only 571 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:20.839 have the a roster that looks like they're they're gonna 572 00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:22.400 be the favorites to win the whole thing, that's for certain, 573 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:26.079 but also they've got like really good draft picks coming up, 574 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:28.119 like they've like he has done a phenomenal job. And 575 00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:30.559 it would get so much more attention if it was 576 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.759 anybody but Oka. See. 577 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:33.799 I mean, if it was the Knicks or the Lakers 578 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:35.799 or something like that, it would be the only thing 579 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:38.279 anybody talked about in the NBA. But it's okay, see, 580 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:40.680 and it's just different. So anyways, let's take a quick 581 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:42.720 time out. We'll come back, keep this thing rolling along, 582 00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:46.519 have some fun before we, uh we end the week. 583 00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:48.440 Keep a lock right here. It's coffee and company, and 584 00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:51.039 we are feel about Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 585 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:55.680 Now back to coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 586 00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:57.440 Sports Talk seven nine day. 587 00:25:58.200 --> 00:26:00.359 That's right, it's coffee and company. Feel about though. Jordan's 588 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:03.599 here on Sports Talk seven ninety nit coffee, Austin Montgomery, 589 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:07.599 the travel chief alongside and I haven't mentioned this just yet, 590 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.839 but we did have a couple of people ask on 591 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:11.759 the text line, and I mean, Austin's not going anywhere. 592 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:13.960 He's still gonna be He's still gonna be around here 593 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:17.640 at iHeart and around and he'll be producing other shows 594 00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:20.359 here and there when needed. And actually, I don't, I 595 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:22.279 don't care. I'll say it. What are they gonna do? 596 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:25.279 Fire me? Please don't. I'm not I'm not challenging you. 597 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:27.559 This is not a this is not a dare. But 598 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:30.519 there are there are plans. There are plans. We don't 599 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:33.240 know what the plans are for sure just yet. However, 600 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:35.880 they're gonna put local programming here. I just don't know 601 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:37.960 when that's gonna happen and what it's gonna be. I have, 602 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:40.240 you know a good feel for kind of what they're 603 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:43.759 at least exploring. But and if that's the case, then 604 00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:45.960 then I would imagine that Austin will be a part 605 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:48.680 of it here and there. And also I think you 606 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:51.559 may hear Austin on forty whas here and there as well. 607 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.839 You already do at times whenever he's he's in with 608 00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:56.039 Tony and Dwight on some of the remotes, or he 609 00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:59.000 just comes in studio with him. So yeah, I mean 610 00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:01.000 he gets here early, so heck, I probably will have 611 00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:02.599 him pop in with me every now and then on 612 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.359 has and the. 613 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:05.559 Saw earlier today, yea in the studio that's. 614 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:07.440 Right in the eight o'clock hour. You know that'll be uh, 615 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:10.240 that'll be you know, see you here and uh. Again 616 00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:13.519 I talked about yesterday. Just to be clear, I did 617 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:15.920 say earlier within this show that at times I can 618 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:19.119 be sarcastic, and I can, you know, I can just 619 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:21.559 hope that I can. I can say something and it's 620 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:23.119 a poor attempted humor, and I just hope you guys 621 00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:25.000 understand that I'm trying to be funny and not being serious. 622 00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:27.160 What I said yesterday was absolutely the truth. This guy 623 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:30.640 has probably done more jobs again, all the jobs I listed, 624 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:33.920 all the things he's done, riding our iHeart vehicles, in parades, 625 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:38.720 producing shows, you know, giving away concert tickets, introducing artists 626 00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:41.720 at festivals that were a part of Like, he's done everything, 627 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:44.200 so you know, even if it's fun, even if you're 628 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:46.000 not looking for him, which I don't know why you 629 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:48.519 wouldn't be looking from a man, I'm just saying, you'll 630 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:50.680 probably just hear him or see him when it's something 631 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.880 related to iHeart Louisville because they rely on it for 632 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.559 just about everything. 633 00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:56.119 Right, You'll see me around somewhere. Yeah, and like I'm 634 00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:58.400 like a spider, I'm never more than like ten feet 635 00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:58.920 away from you. 636 00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:02.720 Well, even earlier today, I was walking out of this 637 00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:05.240 studio and you were in the other studio doing again 638 00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:07.200 one of the many things you do here, and you said, hey, 639 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:09.200 what's up, And I'm like, who's that? And then I 640 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:11.079 said before as soon as I turned around, I'm like, 641 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:13.400 of course it's Austin. He's always here doing something. I mean, 642 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:16.200 he's always working. So it's been a fun ride. I 643 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:19.759 do want to thank everybody who's who's been a part 644 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:21.759 of the show in a producer role, and there have 645 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:24.200 been many over the years that have been a part 646 00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:26.519 of it to some extent, but those that really were 647 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:30.279 around a long time. Again, this stuff doesn't doesn't work 648 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:33.480 without them understanding sort of what I want the show 649 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:36.720 to be and any scenario where I would have Again, 650 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:40.079 I get why that it's always kind of been that way, 651 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:42.640 but it's really not anymore. And that's the whey when 652 00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:45.680 I was hired. The guy who hired me forever grateful 653 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:47.160 for him. But he comes from a little bit of 654 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:51.799 a different era in radio, and he's a legend. I mean, 655 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:54.440 he's a big factor in why the talk stations here 656 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:56.799 at Ihart Louis Will have been so successful over many decades. 657 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:59.599 It's Kelly Carl's again. He gave me the opportunity, and really, 658 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:02.240 you know, that opportunity is why I'm still here today. 659 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:04.599 I mean I was able to leave my full time 660 00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:06.839 job and career and you know, take a chance and 661 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:08.400 see if I could do this, and so far I'm 662 00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.960 still doing it and it's been a great ride. But 663 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:14.920 his style of just putting shows together, programming talk radio, 664 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:17.799 I mean, it's different than than it is now. So 665 00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:22.160 there was always a all right, well, utilize your producer. 666 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.559 They're certainly going to be a part of the show, 667 00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:25.160 but you know it's you. It's you, And I'm thinking 668 00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:29.720 I get that, but I don't think there's many people 669 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:34.599 that can be legitimately entertaining enough interesting enough to keep 670 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:38.279 someone's ear if they're just Rush Limbaugh on an island 671 00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:40.680 with no other voice at any point throughout any part 672 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:43.359 of the show. So Matt Allen was somebody that was 673 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:46.160 with me for a while, and obviously he and I 674 00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:49.000 have a similar sense of humor, and we had some 675 00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:51.839 fun with that a lot of years with him. And 676 00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:54.680 then John Alden was in the seat for a little while, 677 00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:58.880 and man, that was something that really it wasn't rocky 678 00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:00.440 at any point it was. I mean, I always love 679 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:02.559 working with John. John's a great, great guy, but he 680 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:04.440 and I didn't really know each other that well whenever 681 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:06.599 he became my producer, and then certainly over time we 682 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.920 get to know each other a little bit more and 683 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:10.559 it becomes a little bit more natural. And then he 684 00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.720 was taken from me to go to has which he'll 685 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:15.440 now be my producer in the mornings. And then Austin 686 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:18.599 was somebody that I already knew, was friends with, had 687 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:21.200 a relationship with. I never had any worry at any 688 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:25.200 point about it working, and certainly it has worked. It's 689 00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:28.279 been a lot of fun. I think everybody who has 690 00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:32.839 been a producer for this show has brought their own flavor, 691 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:35.359 if you will, and yet I've still been able to 692 00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:37.400 make the show what I want to make it. But 693 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:39.599 you and I, man, we've got a similar sense of 694 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:41.279 humor in a way that I don't have with a 695 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.599 lot of people. And I don't know what that says 696 00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.720 about you, man. I hope you hope you take that 697 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:47.279 as a compliment, because I mean it as a compliment. 698 00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:50.599 So this show has just been going in different directions 699 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:54.480 organically through our own way of doing it, and it's 700 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:56.599 been a lot of fun. And you know, I can 701 00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:59.319 tell that clearly what we've been doing has been working 702 00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:02.599 because throughout the change there was no dropping listeners. In fact, 703 00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:06.240 we gained some more. And you know what I really 704 00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:10.279 really am gonna remember is that the season where Louisville 705 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:13.720 basketball came back to life, we certainly didn't feel like 706 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:15.960 we were working, you know what I mean, We were 707 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.359 in the moment enjoying it. It was it was fun, 708 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:21.759 you know, going to games together. So I'm acting like 709 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:23.039 I'm saying good bye to you I'm still go to see 710 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:24.880 you every day. In fact, i'll probably see you more 711 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:27.160 just because I'm gonna be here during the day more. 712 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:30.519 But in our promotions, closet is literally right next to 713 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:32.720 that door, so you'll always see me popping in. 714 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:34.720 And there we go, there we go. So again, big 715 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:37.400 thanks to Austin and also everybody else who's been a 716 00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:39.400 part of the show in any way. And tomorrow, here 717 00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:44.279 is my plan. Tomorrow. I have got a total of 718 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:48.440 six guests that are gonna come on that have been 719 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:54.119 a part of this show somewhat consistently for nine years, 720 00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:57.319 and there aren't many that have been around where they've 721 00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:59.319 been a regular. There have been some that have been 722 00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:01.079 regulars for a long time and then they move out 723 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:03.160 of the market. There have been some that are that 724 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:05.960 are regulars, but it's more so whenever we're like in season. 725 00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.680 But if you listen to this show just a little 726 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:09.720 bit over the nine years I've been on the air, 727 00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:13.720 rather it be mornings, middays or afternoons, then you'll you'll 728 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:16.799 probably you'll probably remember these people. And I hope that 729 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:20.279 you enjoy our enjoyed our conversations again because they are 730 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:24.319 so consistent and yet you know, if you're a consistent listener, 731 00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.799 then they weren't. You know, clearly it was good enough 732 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:28.200 to where you stuck around. So we'll have some fun 733 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:30.839 and tomorrow. I mean, I'm I mean when I say, 734 00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:34.079 I have no clue really where like how it's gonna go. 735 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:35.680 And I know what I'm doing at least what I'm 736 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.799 gonna try to do, but it could go in a 737 00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:39.160 lot of different directions, and I'm gonna try my best. 738 00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:42.119 I mean, I can, I mean, Austin can attest to this. 739 00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.839 I just talked to him before the break. Please don't 740 00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:46.240 mention what I said potentially could happen, because I don't 741 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:48.680 know if it's gonna happen. But like, I don't want 742 00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:51.279 to be emotional. I don't want to cry. I don't wanna. 743 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:54.240 I don't want to not to say. I don't want 744 00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:57.599 to be that guy like it's some awful thing. I mean, 745 00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:59.519 I don't know if many people have thought, yeah, I 746 00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:01.359 can't wait to get in there and just ball like 747 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:03.359 a baby because I'm emotional. I mean, if you do, 748 00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:05.119 you do, you can't really control it or fight it. 749 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:08.000 So I don't. I don't mean others get I now 750 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:10.880 get why that's happened for people over the years. I mean, 751 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:13.519 I remember Locl McClain doing his last show on Sports 752 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:16.079 Talk eight forty. I remember the I mean, I remember 753 00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:19.400 Adam Neff leaving the Afternoon Underdogs with Tony Venetti and 754 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.880 he couldn't speak. He was crying and he was so emotional. 755 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:24.880 And now I get it, and I'm I'm an emotional 756 00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:28.480 person to an extent. I'm not like super sappy, but 757 00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:31.839 I'm I'm I'm very much content with my emotions, if 758 00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:34.839 that makes sense. Like you know, I'm not somebody who 759 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:36.880 tries to fight off any emotion that comes my way. 760 00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:39.359 But I also am not super sappy emotional all the 761 00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:42.000 time like I'm you know, like I'm a crowdbaby or anything. 762 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:44.319 But here's what I'm worried about. If there's ever a 763 00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:47.400 slight moment where I'm getting close to it, I think 764 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:50.680 I'm gonna explode because i haven't had that moment yet, 765 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:52.559 you know what I mean, and it being the final 766 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:55.839 day and you know, yeah, so if I do, I'm 767 00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:57.920 just gonna let people know this ahead of time. I'm 768 00:33:57.960 --> 00:34:00.240 gonna go to break and I'm gonna gather myself because 769 00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:02.880 I just I'll have to do that because if not, 770 00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:05.359 I won't be able, Like I'm gonna need some time 771 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:07.440 with a you know, give me a thirty second time out. 772 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:09.440 Well probably not even I'm gonna tell Carl to not 773 00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:12.159 even have like a full splot not don't even if 774 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:15.159 it happens, Carl, don't run a full spot block just 775 00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:17.599 hit me with a couple of PSA or is there 776 00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:22.039 just a couple of quick spots or hell carce car Yeah, Carl, 777 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.199 you take the show, brother, I mean, you have, you have, 778 00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:26.079 you know, it's your time to shine. If I can't 779 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.719 speak because I'm emotional and I don't, I don't know 780 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:30.000 if it's gonna happen. But you know, I think most 781 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.760 people would be a little self conscious about that, just 782 00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:35.559 because you don't. Like one of the best things about 783 00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:37.920 this is that people don't think it's work, and we 784 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:39.559 don't think it's work. We work hard at it, we 785 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:41.280 love it. It is something we're able to, you know, 786 00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:44.000 make a living doing right. But like I think, you know, 787 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:47.280 taking yourself too serious is never a good look in 788 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:49.079 what we do, especially on the sports talk. So I 789 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:51.199 just my opinion, and maybe that's just my preference. Obviously 790 00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:53.480 you don't want to completely mail it in and take 791 00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:56.920 nothing serious. But I think being being able to be 792 00:34:56.960 --> 00:35:00.559 a punching bag yourself, being self deprecating to an oh 793 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:03.679 that's my whole personality, it could go a long way. So, 794 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:06.960 you know, I think, I guess my worry is that 795 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.960 if I do get emotional, it'll be it'll be viewed 796 00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:10.239 as if what is this guy doing? He's just the 797 00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:12.519 sports talk host. Dude, your your life's not coming to 798 00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:15.440 an end, you know, So if that's the way you 799 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.920 may take it, I get it. 800 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:20.760 Whatever, but yeah, the same anxiety as me. I swear, Yeah, 801 00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:23.559 this is the type of conversation I would have definitely like, 802 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:26.119 oh right, well, I mean if someone's going to say something, 803 00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:28.599 it's going to because of this and I it's I 804 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.719 it's admirable things. 805 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:33.760 Well, well I'll say this. I I have learned that 806 00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:36.199 without even really any attempt, I guess, just doing it 807 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:40.000 long enough, and it just you know, like, there's not 808 00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:42.760 much different about what you hear at all on this 809 00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:44.480 show than what you hear when I'm not on the air, 810 00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:46.400 and that everybody wants to do that, but that's not always. 811 00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.960 You got to kind of find your own style of 812 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:50.119 your own voice and really kind of find your footing 813 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.719 as far as what you who you want to be 814 00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:54.440 on the air. And I've never been more comfortable with 815 00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:57.440 with with there being some real consistency with both sides 816 00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:59.360 of it. And again I think that's harder for some. 817 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:02.000 But I now like what I just said that you 818 00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:05.800 mentioned You're the same way, and trust me, this is 819 00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:08.360 not a gas myself up kind of thing, But I don't. 820 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:10.119 I think a lot of people wouldn't even like I mean, 821 00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:12.159 I have no problem telling people I have my own issues. 822 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:14.880 I can get in my own head. I've had mental 823 00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:17.800 health issues to it to an extent, and I mean, 824 00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:21.599 like you know, regardless of what is going on in life, 825 00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:24.800 everybody's human and they have emotions. And I'm now comfortable 826 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:27.719 in just saying whatever I really feel. For the most part, 827 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:29.599 I don't want to give myself in trouble, but just 828 00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:33.239 being myself to a fault and if it turns you off, 829 00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:36.960 turns you off. And honestly, even if I was to 830 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:41.199 share something about me, or you know, a side of 831 00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:44.719 me maybe that you didn't like as much, my hope 832 00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:46.559 is that even if that's the case, you would maybe 833 00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:48.519 find me a little bit more relatable because I'm human. 834 00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:50.559 I'm flawed like anybody else, right, And I don't mind 835 00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:53.159 admitting my own flaws and just being me here on 836 00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:55.079 the air and having the platform to do it and 837 00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:57.400 knowing that I can do it and people actually give it, 838 00:36:57.480 --> 00:37:00.400 damn and they listen like that's cool as hell. So anyways, 839 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:02.239 quick time out, we'll come back wrap up at three 840 00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:04.239 o'clock hour. We'll let you know we've gotten now kickoff 841 00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:07.719 times for four of Louisville's twelve games. Football season will 842 00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:09.840 be here before you know it, and should be another 843 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:11.920 really fun season for Coach brom and the boys. So 844 00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:14.360 and I didn't forget we're going to do the rest 845 00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:17.559 of the all time football player rankings. We've got to 846 00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:20.679 do wide receivers, and we've got to do defensive players. 847 00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:22.719 And I think that this one that's about it should 848 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.880 be a lot of fun. Stick with us right here 849 00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.760 on Sports Talk seven. 850 00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:28.880 Ninety Now back to coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's 851 00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:31.000 on Sports Talk seven nine day. 852 00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:36.519 All Right, So the Louisville football season will be here 853 00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:39.440 before you know it. I say that just to speaking 854 00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:42.239 into existence because a lot of times the summer goes 855 00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:44.679 by really, really, really slow because I'm just feeding for 856 00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:47.920 some football to watch, and we've had football over for 857 00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:50.920 quite some time now. Basketball season, as far as college hoops, 858 00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:52.519 has come to an end. We've got the NBA Finals 859 00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:54.960 coming up, and once that's over, then I'm really going 860 00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:58.320 to be just a just a fiend looking for a 861 00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:00.639 you know, a crack rock. In the crack rock is 862 00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:03.760 a college football parlay I can put together and probably 863 00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:06.840 lose but still enjoy the ride. That's what I'm feeding for. 864 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:09.679 So it really isn't going to be here that soon. 865 00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:12.079 We've We've still got many months to go, but we 866 00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:15.159 now know at least the kickoff times for four of 867 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:17.559 these games, which I think should you know that's at 868 00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:21.199 least part of the process is getting there, right Or 869 00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:22.840 maybe I'm just again saying that because it's what I 870 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:25.079 want to believe. But when Louisville kicks off the season 871 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:30.119 opener on Saturday against Saturday August the thirtieth against EKU, 872 00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:33.400 it's going to be on the ACC Network at three pm, 873 00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:37.440 and you will play the following week but on a 874 00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:43.639 Friday against James Madison at seven o'clock and then also 875 00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:48.639 Friday again, I don't know what's new here, and I'm 876 00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.280 not you know, I saw this earlier, and I got 877 00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:51.719 to be honest with you, I didn't realize the James 878 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:53.920 Madison game is such a whatever game to me because 879 00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:56.719 I just you know, I watch and I'll probably go 880 00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:58.480 and I'll have fun and it'll be great and I 881 00:38:58.519 --> 00:39:00.639 hope to see brom light up the scoreboard. But you know, 882 00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:02.599 if FULLIVI wins by forty, I'm just gonna say, hey, 883 00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:04.440 team look good. But that's kind of what I would 884 00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:06.079 expect you to do against a team like that. So 885 00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:10.320 it's not like I'm not excited about the game. It's 886 00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:14.480 just I treat those kind of games as just really, 887 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:17.039 I mean, hopefully entertainment, because if you do win, you 888 00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:19.519 win big. It's tough to know if it really meant anything. 889 00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:21.119 That's what you would hope you would do against those 890 00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:23.320 kind of teams. And if you end up winning and 891 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:27.159 maybe you don't cover but it's close, you also shouldn't 892 00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:30.280 panic as if that's a reason to be alarmed, because 893 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:33.199 human nature is a powerful thing. The human element in 894 00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:37.280 sports is really really an under talked about thing. Because 895 00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:40.559 Louisville could get up four touchdowns against James Madison if 896 00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:43.199 they're lucky enough, and like, you know, are you gonna be? 897 00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:45.400 Like you can tell yourself every play, keep playing hardkey, 898 00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:47.119 playing hard, key, playing hard, but like you know, maybe 899 00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:48.480 you take your foot off the guest a little bit. 900 00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:50.360 So what I'm getting at is I didn't realize that 901 00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:52.119 the three. I mean, it's obvious if you play out 902 00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:53.880 a Friday night, you're gonna play on a Friday night. You're 903 00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:55.840 not playing at Friday at noon or Friday at four 904 00:39:55.880 --> 00:40:00.559 pm or Friday at six am. So Friday's the first 905 00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:03.239 Friday game of the season will be against JMU on 906 00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:05.039 September fifth, and that's gonna be at seven pm on 907 00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:08.079 ESPN two. And then you also have October seventeenth, another 908 00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:11.239 Friday game where you will play Miami and that'll be 909 00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:15.639 at seven pm on ESPN or ESPN two. And then 910 00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:18.800 your home game, this is gonna be a party Clemson 911 00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:22.400 November fourteenth, on Friday night. That also happens to be 912 00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:26.960 the same week you play Kentucky and basketball, so that'll 913 00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:28.880 be a big time gaming. Look Clemson's supposed to be 914 00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:32.760 if Louisville is the team we hope, and I think 915 00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:34.840 most of us expect them to be a team that 916 00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:38.920 could compete for the ACC Championship. There's a scenario where 917 00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:43.519 that Friday, November fourteenth, if Clemson does their part as 918 00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:45.840 well and they're as good as everybody expects, that could 919 00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:47.880 be one of the biggest home games we've ever had 920 00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:51.199 here at ellen And Stadium. I mean, that's just it 921 00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:53.960 could not only be. I mean, the hope would be 922 00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:56.559 that both teams are really good. I mean, I don't 923 00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:58.440 know how realistic it is to both be undefeated at 924 00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:00.760 that point. Louisville does have to go to Miami and 925 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:04.079 play on October seventeenth. Then they're gonna be tough to 926 00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:06.880 beat because they're always talented and just I understand the 927 00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:09.079 criticism of Mario Cristobal, but I actually think he's a 928 00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:11.639 better coach than a lot of people think. But anyways, 929 00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:14.119 that'll be huge because that could be if if Clemson's 930 00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:16.760 in a good spot and Louill's in a good spot meeting, 931 00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:19.199 they're clearly looking like the two best teams in the conference. 932 00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:22.440 Which again I'm sure teams like SMU and Miami are 933 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:24.960 going to have something to say about that. But that 934 00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:27.840 could be monumental and the best case scenario is that 935 00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:30.880 you go in at that point looking as if and 936 00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.239 I don't think it's going to be the case because 937 00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:34.239 it's just hard to imagine. It's hard to imagine, but 938 00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:37.800 I would hope that it'll be. It'll be another scenario, 939 00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:40.000 not where you get the entertainment value that you got 940 00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:42.920 with Lamar Jackson versus Shan Watson in twenty sixteen. But 941 00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:45.760 if you remember the reaction of that game after the fact, 942 00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:48.719 outside of the emotional damage that Louisville fans went through 943 00:41:48.760 --> 00:41:50.559 with just knowing that you were right there, how'd you 944 00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:54.199 lose the James Quick situation? Right? We all know that 945 00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:57.199 we remember it. It's a nightmare. But after that game, 946 00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:59.360 the reaction from just about everybody, take away Louisville fans 947 00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:02.320 and Clemson bands, I think the consensus reaction everywhere was, 948 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:04.000 all right, those are the two of the best teams 949 00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:05.480 in the country. They should absolutely be playing in the 950 00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:08.159 College Football Playoff or they should both still be a 951 00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:11.239 live of the College Football Playoff, and obviously didn't play 952 00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:15.159 out that way. But what I'm getting at is, if 953 00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:17.079 it looks that way this time around, now that the 954 00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:19.440 playoff is at twelve teams, it could be, it could 955 00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:20.880 be much more realistic. But I don't know why I'm 956 00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:23.320 gonna Why do I lie to myself? I mean, why 957 00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:27.079 do I lie to myself? Because Louisville. I mean, look, 958 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:28.760 let's look at their schedule as far as that, I mean, 959 00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:30.280 we know the opponents, but let's look at the order 960 00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:32.559 of the schedule. So when they get to Clemson, I 961 00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:36.480 mean Clemson, so you play right before SMU in Kentucky. 962 00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:39.400 So I would say s CMU in Dallas is gonna 963 00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:42.280 be your second or third toughest game. I mean, you 964 00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:44.159 should start the season. I'm just being gonna be real 965 00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:47.000 with it. You should start the season without any issue 966 00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:49.039 at five. And oh, I know Pittsburgh has been good 967 00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:50.480 at times and they beat you a couple of years 968 00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:52.760 ago and it was a head scratcher. But louisll should 969 00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:54.559 beat Pittsburgh. They should beat Virginia and of course they 970 00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:57.639 start the season with EKU JMU and Bowling Green. So 971 00:42:57.679 --> 00:43:00.400 then you've got Miami. If you can get past my Miami. 972 00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:04.679 I like your chances against Boston College, Virginia Tech. You 973 00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:07.199 got to go to Blacksburg. That'll be a tough environment. 974 00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:08.760 But they've they're not. I mean they've not. Mean last 975 00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:10.440 time Lovell played them, they beat the hell out of them. 976 00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:14.679 And then you look at cal, who you know probably 977 00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:16.440 won't be very good. I don't think they come to 978 00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:19.079 lenn So I'm not saying you will be, but you 979 00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:23.719 could be undefeated in week nine against Clemson, going to 980 00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:26.800 be ten and zero, and I feel like even if 981 00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:31.800 you did have wins against Miami and maybe Virginia Tech's decent, 982 00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:36.079 the conversation once again will be about, well, you know, Louisville, 983 00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:38.519 I don't play nobody in the ACC. I mean, it'll 984 00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:40.599 probably be the same kind of conversation people were having. 985 00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:42.559 Actually to be worse, because if you remember when you 986 00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:47.320 were undefeated until late in the season in Brom's first year, 987 00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:49.880 you already had a top ten win against Notre Dame 988 00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:51.679 at home, and people were already doubting you. You won't really 989 00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:53.880 you probably won't have that this time around. And again 990 00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:55.360 I'm not saying they're going to be undefeated when they 991 00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:58.440 get to Clemson, but it's certainly possible, it's certainly realistic. 992 00:43:59.199 --> 00:44:02.920 And I just I now know why Brohm was very 993 00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:05.440 much trying to get a different game on the schedule, 994 00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:12.519 meaning Indiana canceling and you having to scramble to make 995 00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:15.199 up those games. Last year, I don't remember who it 996 00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:20.320 was you played instead, who was it it was? It 997 00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:22.400 was I think it was Jacksonville State who ended up 998 00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:24.920 on your on your schedule at the last minute because 999 00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:29.800 of the UH, because of the cancelation from Indiana. So 1000 00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:33.159 now it's this year, this upcoming season, it is UH, 1001 00:44:34.199 --> 00:44:38.880 it's JMU, and actually JMUS is a it's actually a 1002 00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:40.920 return game from when they played a couple years ago. 1003 00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:42.719 What I'm getting at is, I think you have to 1004 00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:45.480 just understand that with the just like basketball, the ACC, 1005 00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:51.719 they decided to get away from two conference games because 1006 00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:54.639 they want their league members to go play other teams 1007 00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:56.920 that aren't in the ACC, because they're having the self 1008 00:44:56.920 --> 00:44:59.400 awareness of understanding that those other teams and other leagues 1009 00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:01.400 willbably give you a better chance of having a better 1010 00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:03.960 resume on selection Sunday, because the AEC has just taken 1011 00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:06.079 that many steps back. In basketball, I mean, you can't 1012 00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:08.079 control it if you're Louisville or you're anybody. I mean, 1013 00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:11.920 it's just what it is. In football, I don't think 1014 00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:14.119 you need to make any changes to the amount of 1015 00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:17.920 games you play. But if for some reason this year 1016 00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:22.199 you have it play out where you're left out and 1017 00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:25.320 it's just because nobody's giving you the benefit of the 1018 00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:28.000 doubt based off of previous years what you've done in 1019 00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:30.880 the non conference, then there should be a meeting with 1020 00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:33.320 Jim Phillips to tell all the members, Look, you are 1021 00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:37.079 now required to go play a really good team in 1022 00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:39.199 the non conference from a power league. Again, maybe not 1023 00:45:39.239 --> 00:45:41.880 even requirement as far as how good they are, because 1024 00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:45.199 you can't control that year by year. But I mean, 1025 00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:48.320 if the ACC continues to just not get any respect 1026 00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:50.920 for winning in the league, and I'm not even saying 1027 00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:53.559 they totally deserve it, I think the ACC has actually 1028 00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:56.840 at times been picked on a little more in football 1029 00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:58.800 than they should be. But I'm not going to act 1030 00:45:58.840 --> 00:46:00.559 like that that the league's great and it's not been. 1031 00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:02.559 It's not been close to the Big twit the Big Ten, 1032 00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:06.719 or the SEC for that matter. I mean, to be honest, 1033 00:46:06.719 --> 00:46:09.119 it would be nice if Kentucky didn't think. I wouldn't 1034 00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:10.840 trade it for the world. I love knowing that they're 1035 00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:13.360 gonna be awful next year probably and they were terrible 1036 00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:15.320 last year. I mean, I wouldn't I wouldn't change it. 1037 00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:16.719 But you know if you did beat them and they 1038 00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:20.079 were good, it would help you. So anyways, football season 1039 00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:23.199 will be here soon and I'm excited. Quick break, We 1040 00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:25.400 got two hours left, so stick around at Is Coffee 1041 00:46:25.440 --> 00:46:28.639 and Company. We are fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk 1042 00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:34.599 seven ninety