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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Big bluon Sider.

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<v Speaker 2>Dick Gabriel with you on a Wednesday edition of our program,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is one of the rare Wednesdays where we're

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<v Speaker 2>not talking about a basketball game for the Wildcats last night.

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<v Speaker 2>This is kind of the open week for Kentucky to

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<v Speaker 2>catch of course, on Saturday down at Vanderbilt. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>game you'll hear right here on six thirty wlap UK

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<v Speaker 2>women play this week on Thursday night per usual, down

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<v Speaker 2>at Texas A and M. A tough road trip for

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<v Speaker 2>Kenny Brooks's team, trying to remain perfect in the Southeastern Conference.

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<v Speaker 2>His team has lost just the one game and coming

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<v Speaker 2>up an hour number two, we're going to talk with

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<v Speaker 2>Amelia Hassett, who is one of the several international imports

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<v Speaker 2>for Kenny Brooks's team. She is from New South Wales, Australia,

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<v Speaker 2>and she has been one of the pleasant surprises, well

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<v Speaker 2>not really to Kenny Brooks, because she scored a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of points and grabbed a lot of rebounds, blocked a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of shots on the junior college level last year.

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<v Speaker 2>She was a juke call American last year. But with

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<v Speaker 2>Clara Strack having such a big year, and Georgia Aymore

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<v Speaker 2>really putting herself in the player of the Year discussion.

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<v Speaker 2>Some people might overlook a little bit Amelia Hassen, so

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<v Speaker 2>I thought we would talk to her a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>find out more about what she thinks about her ball club.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's coming up in our number two. At the

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<v Speaker 2>bottom of this hour, Sean Woods will join us. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk about Kentucky the lost to Alabama. Going to get

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<v Speaker 2>into this, Jason Williams, Seth Greenberg mess a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>here coming up in just a minute. We'll also talk

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<v Speaker 2>to Sean about it. And then in our number two,

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<v Speaker 2>it's Wednesday, so that means West End Bureau Chief Gary Moore.

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<v Speaker 2>Last night in the Southeastern Conference, there were not There

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<v Speaker 2>was not a rash of upsets as there has been lately.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean that's college basketball, you know this.

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<v Speaker 2>But SEC teams, nationally ranked SEC teams did okay last night.

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<v Speaker 2>Number four Alabama at home with Vanderbilt wins one three

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<v Speaker 2>to eighty seven. Tennessee knocks off Mississippi State sixty eight

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<v Speaker 2>to fifty six. First half a disaster for the Bulldogs.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good team, but Tennessee outscored State thirty four

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<v Speaker 2>to sixteen in the first.

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<v Speaker 1>Half and then cruise to the win after that.

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<v Speaker 2>Also in the SEC, there was one upset, if you

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<v Speaker 2>want to call it that, Missouri, which was four and

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<v Speaker 2>one in the league going in loses at Texas sixty

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<v Speaker 2>one to fifty three to the twenty second ranked Tigers,

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<v Speaker 2>falling for just a fourth time this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Texas really needed.

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<v Speaker 2>Something good to happen. Longhorns now two and four in

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<v Speaker 2>conference play. So for the most part, SEC powers did

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<v Speaker 2>okay last night. I'll tell you who else did okay

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<v Speaker 2>last night. Louisville Cardinals ranked twenty fifth, the first time

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<v Speaker 2>they've been ranked in four years, and they proved that

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<v Speaker 2>they were deserving of the attention of the voters, at

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<v Speaker 2>least last night they did. They beat SMU ninety eight

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<v Speaker 2>seventy three down in Dallas, and the first half Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>outscores SMU fifty to twenty seven. Second half was even

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<v Speaker 2>from beyond that point, But who cares. Louisville looking pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good right now. But that also means it's more valuable

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that Kentucky beat Louisville earlier in the year,

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<v Speaker 2>so that helps Kentucky's strength. The schedule keep an eye

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<v Speaker 2>on Iowa State six and one in the Big twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>third rank beat UCF one O eight to eighty three.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't hear enough. I don't think about Iowa State,

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<v Speaker 2>but that looks like a team. Now watch them play

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit that you're not gonna want to see

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<v Speaker 2>an NCAA tournament. Oh Speaking of Kentucky's record and strength

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<v Speaker 2>to schedule, Ohio State pulled an upset last night at

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<v Speaker 2>eleventh rank per Due, which had a thirteen point halftime lead.

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<v Speaker 2>Buckeyes killed him in the second half and won at

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<v Speaker 2>seventy three to seventy. So again Kentucky's strength to schedule

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<v Speaker 2>up and nine. Because of course, the Wildcats loss to

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<v Speaker 2>an Ohio State team is now eleven and eight, three

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<v Speaker 2>and five in the Big Ten. When do you like

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<v Speaker 2>see Kentucky play Ohio State again with a better idea

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<v Speaker 2>of how to handle them? Oh here's a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>scores from the Big Ten Oregon wins at home against

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<v Speaker 2>Washington eighty two seventy one, Oregon rank fifteenth and UCLA responding.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess to Mick Cronin's rants, he's been ripping his

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<v Speaker 2>own players publicly, but in another Big Ten matchup the

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<v Speaker 2>Bruins at home beating number eighteen Wisconsin eighty five to

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<v Speaker 2>eighty three last night, to me the most interesting score

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<v Speaker 2>of all. Yukon needed overtime to beat an eight now

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<v Speaker 2>eight and eleven Butler team one in seven in the

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<v Speaker 2>Big East. Butler took Yukon to overtime, Husky's winning eighty

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<v Speaker 2>to seventy eight. And there were eclipse out there on

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<v Speaker 2>the internet and the internet of Dan Hurley losing his mind.

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<v Speaker 2>So now you're up to speed on not just the

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<v Speaker 2>conference play, but on Kentucky's strength to schedule getting better.

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<v Speaker 2>And I heard Tom Leishon and Cameron Mills earlier today

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<v Speaker 2>on Tom Show. And by the way, Cameron shamelessly plugging

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that our nineteen ninety six documentary we actually

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<v Speaker 2>aired it in twenty seventeen. But documentary on the ninety

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<v Speaker 2>sixteen will re air on Wkwatty at five o'clock Sunday,

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<v Speaker 2>And that documentary, just by coincidence, features a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>Mark Pope. Mark is a great storyteller, as you know

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<v Speaker 2>by now. And I put that thing together. I physically

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<v Speaker 2>did the editing, and it was really tough when it

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<v Speaker 2>came time to deciding on what to put in and

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<v Speaker 2>what to leave out. For all of these guys, they

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<v Speaker 2>were telling great stories. Mark might have been the toughest

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<v Speaker 2>of all.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so it's a lot of fun and I urge

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<v Speaker 2>you to watch on Sunday at five on WKYT. It's

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<v Speaker 2>called The Team, and that was Cameron's idea. Cameron was

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<v Speaker 2>the executive producer, which means he pulled the funding together

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<v Speaker 2>to make it happen. But Cameron came up with the name,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was very specific about it because that's how

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<v Speaker 2>they want it. And in fact, I will share with

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<v Speaker 2>you right now a comment from an twin Walker. He

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<v Speaker 2>was on the five twenty Club podcast recently and he

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<v Speaker 2>was telling the hosts why he believes that the ninety

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<v Speaker 2>six team was the best team he thinks in the

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<v Speaker 2>history of college basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>I will say this.

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<v Speaker 2>In the documentary, Rick Bettino says the same thing, although

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<v Speaker 2>he does what I think.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got to do. He basically goes all the way back,

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<v Speaker 1>but stops at the back end of the John Wooden era.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say, go through the Wooden era to the

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<v Speaker 2>Leueul Cinder teams. I think the sixty eight team might

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<v Speaker 2>be the best ever. But I would love to see

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<v Speaker 2>that team play the ninety six Wildcats. But here's Antoine

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<v Speaker 2>Walker and the host asked him about the twenty fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>Kentucky team that had that long win streak behind Carl

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Towns and more.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we're the best team ever in COSS basketball.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm not saying that to be, you know, being

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<v Speaker 3>being biased. I'm just I'm one. I would say the

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<v Speaker 3>march in the victory, we won, but like twenty four

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<v Speaker 3>to twenty five a night, So when you look at

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<v Speaker 3>our numbers, you'd be like, oh, he was cool. But

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<v Speaker 3>I ain't played the last seven eight minutes of games.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know what I'm saying, So a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>people don't even understand that. That's so our numbers look

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<v Speaker 3>a little crazy. I let the team in minutes at

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<v Speaker 3>like twenty seven twenty eight minutes a night. You know

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<v Speaker 3>what I'm saying. Most team, most guys are playing thirty

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<v Speaker 3>five thirty six, So our numbers could be totally different

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<v Speaker 3>if we got a chance to play. But most games,

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<v Speaker 3>but just man, we had nine pros.

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<v Speaker 4>Man.

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<v Speaker 3>Our practice, to be honest, was harder than our games.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not gonna even fun Oh, what's the pros on

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<v Speaker 3>your team? Myself, Tony Dill, WALTI McCarty, Derek Anderson, Jeff Shepherd,

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<v Speaker 3>Mark Pope, pops right, uh huh, Jeff Shepherd, h I

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<v Speaker 3>played in Atlanta, Mark Pope the coach. You know, you

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<v Speaker 3>played four or five years with Indiana and in Denver,

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<v Speaker 3>and I feel like I'm missing one more to make

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<v Speaker 3>the knife. One will probably pop up to me. He shortly.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, we was, we were strong man. Y'all forgot

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<v Speaker 3>about Scott Pageant, but so you'll think you better than.

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<v Speaker 1>Book who else?

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<v Speaker 4>They had the two twins twins Tyler, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>They were, they were good. I would They had a

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<v Speaker 3>squad and they did their thing. I was, I was.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to watch a lot of those games. I

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<v Speaker 3>was very supportive of him. And then they have a

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<v Speaker 3>book as your six man speaks value, so I'll see

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<v Speaker 3>where you at with it. But no, well, we've been people.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh superstar and especially that time period.

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<v Speaker 1>The competition around that time was crazy too.

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<v Speaker 4>Us.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, but you.

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<v Speaker 3>Gotta think about me something different. We think when you

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<v Speaker 3>think about us, you think about UNLV at ninety teen. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>the Jordan team, you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't really put that Kentucky team in that same.

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<v Speaker 1>Because they ain't win. I think that team beats the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty fifteen team. I really do, and one of.

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<v Speaker 2>The biggest reasons was the guy with the microphone, Antoine Walker.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he is what set that team above the others.

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<v Speaker 2>He was the best player on the team and as

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<v Speaker 2>he said, only played about twenty eight minutes a game.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all they needed. But to me, he was a

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<v Speaker 2>matchup nightmare for everybody. He was so big. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>he's fat now quite frankly, sadly because you know it's

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<v Speaker 2>a health issue.

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<v Speaker 1>But back then he.

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<v Speaker 2>Was six eight sixty nine. He considered himself a guard

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<v Speaker 2>and had him had guard skills. He could shoot it,

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<v Speaker 2>not as well as some of the other guards, but

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<v Speaker 2>he he could shoot it from the outside, but was

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<v Speaker 2>strong enough to play inside, quick and strong in all

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<v Speaker 2>that stuff. He was the X factor to me on

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<v Speaker 2>that team, and they had a lot of different X factors.

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<v Speaker 2>He was the capitol X factor, if you will, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's why I think against the twenty fifteen team, that

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<v Speaker 2>would have been a great game. They talk about Devin Booker,

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<v Speaker 2>remember now, the Devin Booker who's scoring thirty forty to

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<v Speaker 2>fifty eighty points a game in the NBA. That was

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<v Speaker 2>not Devin Booker back then. Of course he was a freshman,

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<v Speaker 2>but he was a really good player. Tyler ewis really

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<v Speaker 2>good player, even better than next year and the twins.

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<v Speaker 2>They were good. But I'm telling you who guards Antoine Walker?

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<v Speaker 2>Who guards Dereck Anderson? Anthony Epps I think would have

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<v Speaker 2>handled whichever Harrison was running the point, which was Andrew

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<v Speaker 2>at the time, Aaron was a shooter. It's a great argument,

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<v Speaker 2>great discussion. And Karl Anthony Towns great college player, but

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<v Speaker 2>again a freshman back then. Oh, I can understand. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's not just pride. I think it's the basketball guru

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<v Speaker 2>in Antoine Walker talking about that. When you break down

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<v Speaker 2>those teams, you talk about depth, Ron Mercer coming off

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<v Speaker 2>the bench. Mercer is the guy he forgot when he

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<v Speaker 2>was talking about the pros and he mentioned Scott Paget.

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<v Speaker 2>Scott didn't play for that team. He practiced, but he

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even play for that team. But he was such

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<v Speaker 2>a key in the ninety eighteen and the ninety seventeen

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<v Speaker 2>it went to the finals. It's a fun discussion, but

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<v Speaker 2>see for yourself. Sunday, five o'clock on WKYT. It's the

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<v Speaker 2>team looking back at the ninety six championship team. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you that documentary there are so many great

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<v Speaker 2>stories from all those guys and memories.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Pope spinned some pretty good yarns, all right when

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<v Speaker 1>we come back.

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<v Speaker 2>Should John Caliperi even worry about what Kentucky fans are saying?

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<v Speaker 2>ESPN commentator thinks that that's part of the mix as

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<v Speaker 2>to why Arkansas is having problems. Bottom of the hour,

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<v Speaker 2>Shawn Woods on six thirty WLAP, Welcome back to.

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<v Speaker 1>The Big Blue Sider.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming up in a couple of minutes, Sean Woods, the

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<v Speaker 2>Unforgettable Guard, will join us. We're gonna ask Sean a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit about what's going on with John Caliperi in Arkansas,

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<v Speaker 2>and that has been a topic of conversation on the

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to go too deeply into this.

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<v Speaker 2>Simply because I do obviously see Kentucky fans some who

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<v Speaker 2>take pot shots at Caliperi and whatever, and of course

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<v Speaker 2>conveniently forgetting what Caliperry accomplished here and how happy Caliperi

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<v Speaker 2>made the Big Blue Nation for several years when he

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<v Speaker 2>first got here, but of course his productivity really plummeted

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<v Speaker 2>toward the end of his stay at Kentucky. Now just

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<v Speaker 2>a miserable time at Arkansas, where the Razorbacks have lost

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<v Speaker 2>five straight conference games, losing to a poor LSU team.

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<v Speaker 2>But I mean every night is a battle in the Sez.

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<v Speaker 2>Losing to Tennessee Ole, Miss Florida at home, lost at

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<v Speaker 2>Missoo last time I boogie Fland has hurt. He is

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<v Speaker 2>their best player. But coming up tonight at nine o'clock,

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<v Speaker 2>they played Georgia at home. But still it's Georgia, which

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<v Speaker 2>is really good. I don't think they win that one.

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<v Speaker 2>Then they get Oklahoma at home before they come here

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<v Speaker 2>a week from Saturday. After that they go to Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>After that they're home with Alabama. So I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just one thing after the other for Caliperi and I

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<v Speaker 2>talked about this the other night. People forget about the fact.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, they wrongly think that he left Mark Pope.

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<v Speaker 1>With a bunch of talent. We know there was an

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<v Speaker 1>empty roster, but.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what Calipari inherited at Arkansas, and he had to

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<v Speaker 2>throw a team together. But I do agree with some

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<v Speaker 2>of the guys that Jeff Goodman, the veteran basketball writer,

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<v Speaker 2>spoke to the pieces don't fit properly for Arkansas. But

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<v Speaker 2>he had that problem. Calipari had that problem here at Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the things that really I think hurt

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<v Speaker 2>Caliperry here. I'm no expert, but you know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I've covered a lot of basketball. He was stubborn, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's stubborn right now at Arkansas. Now, there

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<v Speaker 2>are some misconceptions. Goodman wrote that with the Arkansas payroll

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<v Speaker 2>and excess of seven million dollars, which is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that lured him to Arkansas, of course that

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<v Speaker 2>that gives a coach some freedom. But Goodman writes with

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of money, he could have brought in pretty

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<v Speaker 2>much whomever he wanted. That's wrong. Yes, he brought in

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<v Speaker 2>a do thero DJ Wagner brought in Big Z. Only

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<v Speaker 2>only Tharro has played. Really, I think up to his potential,

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<v Speaker 2>Wagner's been hurt again a little bit. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>ten points a game from your point guard. Big Z

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't what I think a lot of people thought he

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<v Speaker 2>might be. But he's got Boogie Flann and Carter Knox

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<v Speaker 2>and Billy Richmond. They were all supposed to come here,

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<v Speaker 2>but other than Flann, Knocks and Richmond haven't turned out

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<v Speaker 2>to be what we thought they might be. But getting

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<v Speaker 2>back to a Goodman Road, he could not bring in

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<v Speaker 2>whoever he wanted because they weren't available. And I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>trying to make excuses the Calip Perry, but you know

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<v Speaker 2>what I felt like, Jason Williams was making excuses when

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<v Speaker 2>he pointed fingers at the Big Blue Nation and tried

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<v Speaker 2>to draw parallel as to why Arkansas was struggling.

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<v Speaker 1>This is courtesy ESPN.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, look, this is Arkansas, and all the things

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<v Speaker 5>that you said and Jay Billis said are correct. They

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<v Speaker 5>have to get tougher, learn how to close out games

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<v Speaker 5>defensively after they bat Like, yo, every time you're playing,

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<v Speaker 5>you're in the national spotlight, and the biggest microphone is

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<v Speaker 5>Big Glue Nation.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's keep it a buck.

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<v Speaker 5>So like every time John Caliperry fails, he's going to

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<v Speaker 5>go viral.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody on Big Blue Nation.

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<v Speaker 5>Is going to say, you see those offensive lasses that

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<v Speaker 5>they have, you see.

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<v Speaker 1>That lack of toughness. This is what we experienced.

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<v Speaker 5>For our time here at Big Glue Nation in Kentucky,

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<v Speaker 5>and it makes life difficult.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's the biggest talking what we're gonna have or

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<v Speaker 1>one of the biggest talking points in this sport. I

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<v Speaker 1>guess I'm just a duller because I don't get the connection.

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<v Speaker 2>Why. Why is what as some fans not all of

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<v Speaker 2>Big Blue Nation? That's a big microphone. Yeah, but are

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<v Speaker 2>you trying to tell me that all of Big Blue

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<v Speaker 2>Nation is pointing fingers and making fun of Calipariy in Arkansas. No,

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<v Speaker 2>we know that's not the case. So why is that

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<v Speaker 2>a factor right now? When really it's about how the

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<v Speaker 2>roster was constructed and how they're playing. And they kept

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<v Speaker 2>talking about this, and Greenberg, of course took up for

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<v Speaker 2>his buddy.

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<v Speaker 5>John Cali Perry understands that, seth. It's the life that

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<v Speaker 5>comes along with the territory of being Caliperry and making

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<v Speaker 5>that in conference move and then having that perceived an

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<v Speaker 5>il budget.

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<v Speaker 3>It's what comes along with it.

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<v Speaker 6>He's gonna handle it.

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<v Speaker 5>I think he's gonna be okay.

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<v Speaker 6>It's just gonna be a fight.

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<v Speaker 7>You think it's too much for the players, He look,

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<v Speaker 7>this is Calvin Can had a coach. No hold on,

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<v Speaker 7>I said, calvinf cat had coach last year eighty nine

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<v Speaker 7>points a game, there was seventh in the country, and

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<v Speaker 7>offensive efficiency number one in the SEC and offensive efficiency.

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<v Speaker 7>Their roster construction is not good and he's responsible for

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<v Speaker 7>that and some of the things that you mentioned. Having

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<v Speaker 7>said that, all right, this is his roster, this is

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<v Speaker 7>his schedule.

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<v Speaker 8>You cannot change that.

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<v Speaker 7>So where is the fix?

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<v Speaker 6>And the fix is real simple.

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<v Speaker 7>It's not simple, but it's something he's got to look at.

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<v Speaker 8>One, it's struggling.

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<v Speaker 1>Rebound in the ball. So what can they do.

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<v Speaker 6>They can go to a big lineup.

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<v Speaker 8>What don't mean by a big line.

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<v Speaker 7>They can play Theoro at four, at three, play Brazil

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<v Speaker 7>and play one of the other seven footers.

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<v Speaker 8>Two.

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<v Speaker 5>They can go some zone because if you play big,

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<v Speaker 5>you've got a big backlas set. You're talking about in

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<v Speaker 5>game adjustments.

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<v Speaker 8>It's not a game adjustice, but this is in season adjustice.

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<v Speaker 8>How good coaches have agility. You take your roster and say,

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<v Speaker 8>wait a second, right now, this roster, what we're doing

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<v Speaker 8>and how we're doing it and why we're doing it

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<v Speaker 8>doesn't fit our personnel. So you've got to have some agility.

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<v Speaker 8>You've got to make adjustments.

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<v Speaker 7>If you continue to do the same thing, you're going.

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<v Speaker 6>To get the same results.

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<v Speaker 2>So really, Greenberg kind of contradicted himself. No, Cali Peri

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't forgotten how to coach, But Cali Perry has forgotten.

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<v Speaker 2>I think what made him successful, whatever he was doing

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<v Speaker 2>at Kentucky when he was successful, he ain't doing it now.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's more than just throwing players out there and

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<v Speaker 2>rolling the ball out and letting them play. His best

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<v Speaker 2>teams at Kentucky were combinations of raw talent, the rookies

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<v Speaker 2>and veterans, and if he leaned more. And it's tougher

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<v Speaker 2>to put a roster together like that now with the

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<v Speaker 2>portal and all. But remember when he first got here,

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<v Speaker 2>should have gone to the should have won it all

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<v Speaker 2>his first year. But he had Patrick Patterson and other veterans.

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<v Speaker 2>His twenty fifteen team, the Harrison Twins were sophomores, and

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<v Speaker 2>he had this day and age, those are veterans. But

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<v Speaker 2>you can't just you know, he got I think he

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<v Speaker 2>got a little bit fortunate at the one year he

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<v Speaker 2>was starting five freshmen by the end of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>But that was by the end of the year they'd

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<v Speaker 2>accrued some and they were good enough to make it work.

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<v Speaker 2>But whatever it was that Caliperi was doing, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not the greatest Ex's and o's guy, but you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to give him his props for what he accomplished

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<v Speaker 2>in his early days at Kentucky. And as I said before,

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<v Speaker 2>if not for miss free throws, John Caliperry's got as

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<v Speaker 2>many as four national titles on his resume. And no,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not even having this discussion. He's not at Arkansas.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's just the way college basketball works, It's the

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<v Speaker 2>way he sports work in general. So I'm not going

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<v Speaker 2>to talk much more about Caliperi and the Big Moon

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<v Speaker 2>Nation and all that. We'll talk obviously about it the

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<v Speaker 2>week that Arkansas comes. But the fact that the notion

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<v Speaker 2>that UK fans are partly to blame for his struggles

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<v Speaker 2>is ludicrous, ridiculous, and we shall move on. Shawn Woods

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<v Speaker 2>is next here on six point thirty WLAP. Welcome back

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<v Speaker 2>to the Big bullon Cider. Joining us on our celebrity

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<v Speaker 2>hotl as he does every Wednesday, is the unforgettable guard

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<v Speaker 2>Sean Woods. The jersey hangs in the rafters of RUP

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<v Speaker 2>and he talks about and breaks down UK basketball each

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<v Speaker 2>week with us and the coach. First of all, I

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<v Speaker 2>this is some dangerous weather.

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<v Speaker 1>Man.

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<v Speaker 4>This is I mean, I grew up in it, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>in Gary, Indiana, but man, living in the South for

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<v Speaker 4>the last twenty five years, it hurts.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 4>My body can't take I remember playing basketball in it,

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<v Speaker 4>playing football in it, walking to school backwards because the

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<v Speaker 4>wind from the lake was just so harsh and the swift.

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<v Speaker 4>Now I can't stand to be out there twenty seconds.

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<v Speaker 1>People have no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've only been up there once when the weather's

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<v Speaker 2>really bad in the Chicago area. And that's Gary. How

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<v Speaker 2>cold that wind gets coming off that lake. It's amazing,

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<v Speaker 4>It is amazing. And my mom when I was growing up,

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<v Speaker 4>is from West Tennessee. You know, you get cold weather,

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<v Speaker 4>but you don't get that weather, you know. I remember

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<v Speaker 4>Youngstown steel mill, and my uncle's going to Inland still

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<v Speaker 4>and my mom getting up going to you know, doing

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<v Speaker 4>hair and things like that, and me and my friends

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<v Speaker 4>out there just playing. And we come back in and

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<v Speaker 4>she's like, I just can't believe that you're out there

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<v Speaker 4>playing football in this freaking one degrees outside or three

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<v Speaker 4>below zero. But we did it. Now, I can't stand it.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, me neither.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's the I don't know that that's I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to say old age, but I think that's the

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<v Speaker 4>I appreciate you don't see kids out there now.

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<v Speaker 1>No you don't. You really don't. You know, Well, they're

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, exactly, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, let's get to the basketball course. Kentucky

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<v Speaker 2>coming off a tough loss all of Obama. That game

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<v Speaker 2>could have gone either way, but in the last five

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<v Speaker 2>minutes Alabama executes Kentucky does not. I think, first of all,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to tip your cap to Obama. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>really good team, final four team. Last year's got the

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<v Speaker 2>best best player in the league. I say that, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you think of Mark Sears?

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<v Speaker 4>I told you before the only way that Kentuch twos

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<v Speaker 4>is if they lose the point guard battle. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 4>we ran up against the best guard in the league.

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<v Speaker 4>So you say, and that's one of the main reasons

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<v Speaker 4>we lost because the point guard battle they won, you

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<v Speaker 4>know Butler. I'm not knocking Butler, but he was just

436
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<v Speaker 4>you know, the best point guard in the league. Helped

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<v Speaker 4>helped Alabama win the game. And that's why Alabama is

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<v Speaker 4>Alabama because of great point guard play, and it has

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<v Speaker 4>been for the last two three years. And Kentucky's you know,

440
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<v Speaker 4>shouldn't hang their hat or anything like that. You know,

441
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<v Speaker 4>we we got one of the best too, So that's

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<v Speaker 4>why I lock our chances even in the SEC and

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<v Speaker 4>even maybe it's gonna be tough for playing them at

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<v Speaker 4>Alabama next time, but I foresee, if we meet in

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<v Speaker 4>the SEC tournament, I gotta roll with my guy, you know, Butler,

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<v Speaker 4>because I'm pretty sure he knows how to play him

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<v Speaker 4>the next time.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a great point because he has so much experience

449
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<v Speaker 2>and is so well schooled defensively that he will make

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<v Speaker 2>a study of that game, won't he.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, no doubt about it. You know he's gonna but

452
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<v Speaker 4>he needs help from his teammates, now, you know what

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Because the kid is really good and really

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<v Speaker 4>savvy of coming off ball screens. If you go under,

455
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<v Speaker 4>he can shoot the three from deep. He really wants

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<v Speaker 4>the switch when a big has to take take him

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<v Speaker 4>on defensively and he's going right by him. And unfortunately

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<v Speaker 4>we don't have a backup because every time Travis Perry

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<v Speaker 4>came in the game, he went right at him and

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<v Speaker 4>embarrassed him a couple of times. So, you know, we

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<v Speaker 4>need a complete team effort when you guarden a player

462
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<v Speaker 4>like that, and not only that, you know, when you

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<v Speaker 4>guard a good team like that and Kentucky battle. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>we missed some easy shots. We missed some some wide

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<v Speaker 4>open shots that we normally miss down the stretch. But

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<v Speaker 4>you know, like I tell you before, I don't care

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<v Speaker 4>how good your team is. If you don't have a

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<v Speaker 4>great point guard, you're not winning the NTAA tournament or

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<v Speaker 4>being highly successful. And that's one of the reasons why

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<v Speaker 4>Alabama's so good, and that's one of the reasons why

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<v Speaker 4>the SEC is so tough, because yeah, there's so many

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<v Speaker 4>big time point guards in our league. Right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I will say this about Butler and man, you talk

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<v Speaker 2>about respect for a guy who's been battered and bruised

475
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<v Speaker 2>and bounced off the floor, and it's playing hurd But

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<v Speaker 2>I really felt like Sean a rare mistake by Butler

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<v Speaker 2>in judgment was when he shot a step back three.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there was four or five minutes of but

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<v Speaker 2>it's a crucial juncture of the game, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>fairly early in the shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, right there in front of Mark Both.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, as he went up, I said a lot, I

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<v Speaker 2>went I would know and and you know things went

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<v Speaker 2>downhill from there. You remember the moment obviously, did you

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<v Speaker 2>did you have the same reaction?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, you know, they were having a hard time scoring,

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<v Speaker 4>you know what I mean. I mean, you know, we

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<v Speaker 4>couldn't we couldn't get anything. So you know, he took

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<v Speaker 4>the best shot that he thought, you know, being a

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<v Speaker 4>point guard, you know, trying to make a play for

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<v Speaker 4>his team, because nine times out of ten when he

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<v Speaker 4>has taken a shot, he's made it a big three.

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<v Speaker 4>And he just made one not too long not too

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<v Speaker 4>long before that, so you know, it was a tough shot.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think that was the losing part of the game,

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<v Speaker 4>but you know, when you can't get anything off and

497
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<v Speaker 4>the other team is scouting you, That's been the question

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<v Speaker 4>about Kentucky is when they can't get those threes off

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<v Speaker 4>in their offense or in transition, how can they score. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>and Alabama made them take tough shots, which they made

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<v Speaker 4>Butler take that one, settle for that one. That's the

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<v Speaker 4>reason why Alabama really won the game, not because of

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<v Speaker 4>that shot, just because they posed their will enough defensively

504
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<v Speaker 4>and didn't let them get anything off that they normally

505
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<v Speaker 4>would like to get off. I mean, you know, I

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<v Speaker 4>took my hat off to him. I really respect Alabama

507
00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:28.000
<v Speaker 4>the tough basketball team. And you know, I watched two

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<v Speaker 4>SEC games last night with Tennessee and and somebody else

509
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<v Speaker 4>playing the SEC last night. Yeah, it's just so brutal

510
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<v Speaker 4>they to me defensively, and you know that that goes

511
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<v Speaker 4>to show you how how prolific our offense is. But

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<v Speaker 4>we got to find a way to defend. And that's

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<v Speaker 4>just you know, when you're in last place in every

514
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<v Speaker 4>defensive category mm hmm some sooner or later, that's gonna

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<v Speaker 4>wear on you. And uh, that caught it with us

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<v Speaker 4>the other day.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they got work to do, no doubt. We're talking

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<v Speaker 2>to Sean Woods, the unforgettable guard point guard for the

519
00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:10.559
<v Speaker 2>Wildcats as we were talking, and you were one of

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<v Speaker 2>those guys who was strong defensively but still got it

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<v Speaker 2>done when it came to distributing the basketball. You averaged

522
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<v Speaker 2>more than four assists per game at least your senior year,

523
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<v Speaker 2>and I think about every year. And so clearly your

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00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:30.799
<v Speaker 2>defense didn't cost you on the offensive end. And I

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<v Speaker 2>wonder about how you balance that because it's defense, as

526
00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:37.440
<v Speaker 2>you know, it's such a mental game as well as physical.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet you got to make that switch from one

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<v Speaker 2>end of the floor to the other instantaneously. Tell me

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<v Speaker 2>about that challenge.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I was always a playmaker. I was a past

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<v Speaker 4>first guy. Special Coach Patino got here, and you know,

532
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<v Speaker 4>either I was gonna get all the way to the rim,

533
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<v Speaker 4>or if I didn't get to the rip that made

534
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<v Speaker 4>somebody else had to help and I was kicking it

535
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<v Speaker 4>and that was just natural for me. Or I was

536
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<v Speaker 4>making plays for others. So you know, back then, point

537
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<v Speaker 4>guards were to shoot thee step back three. The game

538
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<v Speaker 4>has changed because of the step step Perry. So I

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<v Speaker 4>would have never I would have never thought about taking

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<v Speaker 4>a step back three. I still be getting the repercussions

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<v Speaker 4>from Coach Patino on that one right about now. But

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<v Speaker 4>not to say I didn't think about taking one, but

543
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<v Speaker 4>I was smart enough not to. But you know, he's

544
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<v Speaker 4>made on these you know, he's enhanced his shooting ability

545
00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:37.960
<v Speaker 4>and you know it's the best shooting year he's had

546
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<v Speaker 4>in his career, and he's made some big ones. But

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<v Speaker 4>we need him sometimes to look at the rim as

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<v Speaker 4>a point guard because he's the only guy really that

549
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<v Speaker 4>can break his man down and create something for himself.

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<v Speaker 4>So you know, sometimes you got to take the bit

551
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<v Speaker 4>of the sleep. But you know, nine times out of ten,

552
00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:58.599
<v Speaker 4>he's made the right place. Just that day that that

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<v Speaker 4>that particular game on that shot, you know was tough,

554
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<v Speaker 4>but you got to credit Alabama for forcing him to

555
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<v Speaker 4>mentally to have to feel like he had to do

556
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<v Speaker 4>something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Shawn Woods.

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<v Speaker 2>My guess we'll come back and talk more Wildcat basketball

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<v Speaker 2>on the other side of the break with the unforgettable

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<v Speaker 2>guard here on six thirty WLAP Welcome back. We are

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<v Speaker 2>talking with Sean Woods, whose jersey hangs in the rafters

562
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<v Speaker 2>of rupp And I said, Sean a member of the

563
00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:25.279
<v Speaker 2>UK Athletics Hall of Fame. And of course we talk

564
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<v Speaker 2>each week about the basketball Cats, but one of the

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<v Speaker 2>topics of discussion on the ESPN anchor desks this past weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>it's kind of silly really, I think Sean, but Seth

567
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<v Speaker 2>Greenberg a big John Caler Perry fan and friend, and

568
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<v Speaker 2>he and Jason Williams going at it, and Jason, of

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<v Speaker 2>course I played the sound bite earlier talking about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't exactly understand the correlation, but he felt the

571
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<v Speaker 2>need to bring up the fact that when Caliperry struggles

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<v Speaker 2>at Arkansas and I'm late, it's spend every week they're

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<v Speaker 2>they're winless in the league. Williams, it seems like he's

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<v Speaker 2>including as part of the reason the reaction. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>Big Blue Nation. What he's talking about is a small

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<v Speaker 2>fraction of fans who will tweet at Arkansas people.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you know, we tried to tell you blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 2>But I find it fascinating that a guy sitting on

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<v Speaker 2>the ESPN anchor desk is kind of pointing the finger

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<v Speaker 2>at Kentucky fans for some of the problems they're having

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<v Speaker 2>in Arkansas, you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 4>Ah, yeah, I saw that. I don't know if he's

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<v Speaker 4>blaming Kentucky fans. I just think that, you know, with

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<v Speaker 4>social media and young kids and things like that, you

585
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<v Speaker 4>get a lot of that. Now you can't run away

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<v Speaker 4>from it, and everybody responds to social media. So when

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<v Speaker 4>they say when he said that, you know, Kentucky fans

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<v Speaker 4>are you know, tweeting that alb I mean Arkansas fans

589
00:30:57.279 --> 00:31:00.480
<v Speaker 4>saying that. We try to tell you, you know, you're

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<v Speaker 4>going to get some of that. That's natural, you know

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00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:04.960
<v Speaker 4>what I mean. And you're going to get some people

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<v Speaker 4>to respond to that. You know. Unfortunately, and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>let's face it, John Caliperry likes being in the spotlight.

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<v Speaker 4>He likes talking and sometimes you know, you got to

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<v Speaker 4>take the bid of the suite when you're out there

596
00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:25.839
<v Speaker 4>like that, and that comes with it. And you know,

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<v Speaker 4>for whatever it is, you know, people respond to that.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, just go coach your team. When Tubby left here,

599
00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:38.039
<v Speaker 4>he didn't say a word. He went to Minnesota. He

600
00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:40.480
<v Speaker 4>didn't go to Arkansas. He went to one of the

601
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<v Speaker 4>worst programs in the Big Ten and he still was

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<v Speaker 4>solid enough. Or was he a national contender?

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<v Speaker 9>No?

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<v Speaker 4>Is John Caliberry a national contender at Arkansas?

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<v Speaker 1>No?

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<v Speaker 4>Does he have players, yes, but he's got young players.

607
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<v Speaker 4>Everybody else is older in this league. John caliber Perry

608
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<v Speaker 4>is really in a rebuilding stage just because of youth.

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<v Speaker 2>That's kind of what he was doing at Kentucky seemed

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<v Speaker 2>his team until he he tried to go with the

611
00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:15.720
<v Speaker 2>portal to you older players. That didn't seem to work.

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<v Speaker 2>But it just seemed like his teams are always kind

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<v Speaker 2>of young.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but here's the deal. Though, he got the Arkansas

615
00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:23.759
<v Speaker 4>kind of late, and he didn't get the one and

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<v Speaker 4>done and the top twenty five like he wanted to.

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<v Speaker 4>He got Boogie Flaan, but that's about it. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>he he doesn't have any Anthony Davis's and things like

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<v Speaker 4>that right now. That eventually probably he will. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>you know he's gonna get some players now, you know.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what he does more better than probably anybody in

622
00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:45.920
<v Speaker 4>the country. But right now, his team's just not that good. No,

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<v Speaker 4>let's just face it. Yeah, they're not that good. They're

624
00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:52.599
<v Speaker 4>not that talented, they're not that deep, you know. So yeah,

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00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:55.039
<v Speaker 4>you can beat him up right now, and he's an

626
00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:58.680
<v Speaker 4>easy target just because of the way he left. But

627
00:32:58.839 --> 00:33:01.119
<v Speaker 4>they're not that good, they're not that talented.

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<v Speaker 2>So about what about the people? Sean, And you can

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<v Speaker 2>speak to this so much better than I can. Who

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<v Speaker 2>say that what he does is you know, his offense

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<v Speaker 2>this and that is outdated and I do agree when

632
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<v Speaker 2>they say none of their pieces seem to fit. I

633
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<v Speaker 2>get that, and that's that's a product of what you

634
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<v Speaker 2>were just talking about having to throw a team together.

635
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<v Speaker 2>But he's had that knock on him for a while

636
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<v Speaker 2>that what he does is outdated. But then Seth Greenberg

637
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<v Speaker 2>points out rightly that last year they were one of

638
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<v Speaker 2>the best offensive teams in America. So it's hard for

639
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<v Speaker 2>me to assist.

640
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<v Speaker 4>They they were almost exactly like Kentucky's team. Now, they

641
00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:49.240
<v Speaker 4>were really good offensively, but they were one of the

642
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<v Speaker 4>worst defensive teams in America last year. And we all

643
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<v Speaker 4>stated that, Yeah, that was their biggest achilles here was

644
00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:59.200
<v Speaker 4>they were not guarding anyone defensively. They were bad, but

645
00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:04.200
<v Speaker 4>they weren't laugh but they were bad. You know, he

646
00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:06.000
<v Speaker 4>was average. You know, he was leading the country and

647
00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:09.400
<v Speaker 4>offensive efficiency and things like that. We're doing that right now,

648
00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:14.840
<v Speaker 4>you know, except for we're playing a little bit more defense.

649
00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:17.760
<v Speaker 4>I think we're scoring at maybe four or five more

650
00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:21.360
<v Speaker 4>points than they did last year. But it's just a

651
00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:24.639
<v Speaker 4>different deal, you know what I'm saying, Like, you know,

652
00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:30.159
<v Speaker 4>Mark Pope guarding Mark Pope's offense hires you out. You know,

653
00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:33.320
<v Speaker 4>it's a different. Look, you know, ball movement, player movement.

654
00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:37.960
<v Speaker 4>With Cal's just basketball movement. One guy jilling the air

655
00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:40.519
<v Speaker 4>out of the basketball where everybody else is watching. So

656
00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:44.679
<v Speaker 4>from a defensive standpoint, you don't have you don't get tired.

657
00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:48.639
<v Speaker 4>He's not putting pressure on it. Just look up and

658
00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:51.559
<v Speaker 4>watch one guy. Everybody's just standing still. So you're not

659
00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:54.960
<v Speaker 4>getting fatigued, Well, garden Mark, Pope, you're gonna get fatigued

660
00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:57.920
<v Speaker 4>just guarding all that action that he wrote. So it

661
00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:03.000
<v Speaker 4>comes down to style of play, right, and and and

662
00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:05.239
<v Speaker 4>to be honest with you, you know, coming out of

663
00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:08.840
<v Speaker 4>timeouts and things like that, Mark's been a little bit

664
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<v Speaker 4>better because he runs stuff. You know, he makes you

665
00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:15.480
<v Speaker 4>think a little bit. You know, how to guard this action,

666
00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:18.639
<v Speaker 4>how to go to that action. And three, you know,

667
00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:21.800
<v Speaker 4>everything is more off the past than off the bounce.

668
00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:25.679
<v Speaker 4>You know, you had you know Reed Shepherd and and Dillingham.

669
00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:29.159
<v Speaker 4>Everything was off the bounce with dealing Ham, you know,

670
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<v Speaker 4>with his leading scores. Now everything's off the past.

671
00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:36.199
<v Speaker 2>Well, Pope needs that because he doesn't really have, like

672
00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:39.360
<v Speaker 2>you said, and either one and done candidates who are

673
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<v Speaker 2>really adapted taking people off the bounce.

674
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<v Speaker 1>Right.

675
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<v Speaker 4>No, but you know you're getting more team actions. You know,

676
00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:51.440
<v Speaker 4>you're getting more continuity, more so than than than Cal

677
00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:54.840
<v Speaker 4>was getting sorts of different style of play and sometimes

678
00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:59.639
<v Speaker 4>style of plays. You know, it is the factor more

679
00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:01.840
<v Speaker 4>soda and anything else. You know, the numbers could be

680
00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:05.840
<v Speaker 4>you know, deceiving at times, but it's really the style

681
00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:09.679
<v Speaker 4>of play. And that's what separates Mark Folk's team this

682
00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:13.000
<v Speaker 4>year from from Cow's teams the last four or five years.

683
00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:15.760
<v Speaker 2>A couple of minutes up with Sean Woods, we're breaking down,

684
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<v Speaker 2>of course, the basketball catch you take on Vandy down

685
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<v Speaker 2>in Nashville. And I was talking to Jack Gibbons the

686
00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:27.039
<v Speaker 2>other day, Sean, and he said he really liked playing

687
00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:30.159
<v Speaker 2>in that In that gym, it's different, as we all know.

688
00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:33.800
<v Speaker 2>It's unique to the SEC, the way everything's laid out.

689
00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:36.920
<v Speaker 2>I remember I covered the game down there. I don't remember.

690
00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:39.920
<v Speaker 2>I think you were playing when Rick Patino was ejected

691
00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:42.079
<v Speaker 2>from a game down in Nashville.

692
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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, given it. This one of the few Wildcats

693
00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:46.559
<v Speaker 4>that liked playing in that gym.

694
00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:48.360
<v Speaker 1>Okay, so you didn't like it.

695
00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:54.079
<v Speaker 4>I hated it. I'd never played well there. It was

696
00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:59.760
<v Speaker 4>so uncomfortable, not uncomfortable as just you know when I

697
00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:03.199
<v Speaker 4>did it. You know, being a point guard, right, sometimes

698
00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:04.880
<v Speaker 4>you want to run your own stuff. You know, you

699
00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:06.760
<v Speaker 4>want to run a high pick and roll. So my

700
00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:09.199
<v Speaker 4>my bread and butter play was a player we call power.

701
00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:12.320
<v Speaker 4>Which team's running now is just a high pick and

702
00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:16.519
<v Speaker 4>roll with Darren Feldhouse, and either I get to the rim,

703
00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:19.119
<v Speaker 4>I kick it out. If darrenfeld House is man, if

704
00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:21.760
<v Speaker 4>I drag him along, I throw back the house for

705
00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:25.719
<v Speaker 4>three instead of us running continuity kind of take me

706
00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:27.159
<v Speaker 4>out of the game a little bit. So when we

707
00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:30.599
<v Speaker 4>were down that other end, I told coach, I said, Coach,

708
00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:34.000
<v Speaker 4>I can't hear you too. I can't look back at

709
00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:37.280
<v Speaker 4>you because this guy is guarding me. So I got

710
00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:42.280
<v Speaker 4>to go for what I know. And it worked. You know,

711
00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:43.960
<v Speaker 4>he agreed with me. You know what I'm saying. He

712
00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:47.840
<v Speaker 4>gave me two or three things to call, especially if

713
00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:49.840
<v Speaker 4>it got you know, kind of hot style a little bit.

714
00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:53.880
<v Speaker 4>But man, it's just a different look. It was always

715
00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:57.920
<v Speaker 4>a grind because we never shot the ball well there.

716
00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:00.239
<v Speaker 4>And two we never got to go whistle either. You know,

717
00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:04.440
<v Speaker 4>Patino got thrown out. But you know, it's just it

718
00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:07.400
<v Speaker 4>was just never a smooth deal because you're never going

719
00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.840
<v Speaker 4>to play in a place like that.

720
00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.719
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

721
00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:13.119
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's almost like you you're on Broadway, you know

722
00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:16.199
<v Speaker 4>what I mean, and you're and you're just part of

723
00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:19.000
<v Speaker 4>a play because you're looking down. Only thing that looks

724
00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:23.199
<v Speaker 4>normal is behind the basket, but your benches behind that truck.

725
00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:28.559
<v Speaker 2>If it's funny, because I've talked to some kids, you

726
00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:31.760
<v Speaker 2>liked it simply because the coach who was yelling at

727
00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.280
<v Speaker 2>him is.

728
00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:33.840
<v Speaker 1>At the other end of the court and you're running

729
00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.679
<v Speaker 1>away from him.

730
00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:36.599
<v Speaker 2>But you make a great point in that you as

731
00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:39.320
<v Speaker 2>a point cau you needed to be able to communicate,

732
00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:41.440
<v Speaker 2>especially with a guy like Rick Patino.

733
00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:43.199
<v Speaker 1>So we'll see if Kentucky can adjust.

734
00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:46.239
<v Speaker 2>I suspect the wild Cats will, and whatever happens, we'll

735
00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:49.199
<v Speaker 2>talk about it next week with Shawn Woods, the unforgettable Guard.

736
00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:50.719
<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much, coach, Stay warm.

737
00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:54.480
<v Speaker 2>Hour number two is up next with Amelia Hasset to

738
00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:57.760
<v Speaker 2>the UK women's basketball team in Western Bureau Chief Gary Moore,

739
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<v Speaker 2>you're on six thirty w Lapager, Welcome back to the

740
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<v Speaker 2>Big Blue and sider were joining now Amelia Hassett from

741
00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:48.599
<v Speaker 2>the UK women's basketball team.

742
00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:49.719
<v Speaker 1>I got to ask you.

743
00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:54.440
<v Speaker 2>Amelia, you're from Australia, but you played juco ball in Florida.

744
00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:56.679
<v Speaker 1>How are you holding up with this cold weather?

745
00:40:58.360 --> 00:41:03.400
<v Speaker 9>Yes, sir, actually this is my first kind of experiencing this.

746
00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:08.239
<v Speaker 9>That's cold weather. Definitely hanging in there.

747
00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:10.280
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well that's good to hear.

748
00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:13.440
<v Speaker 2>Oh well, let's talk right away about the success of

749
00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:16.360
<v Speaker 2>your team and when you signed on with Kenny Brooks,

750
00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:19.400
<v Speaker 2>you knew he was a successful coach. I'm sure you

751
00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:22.360
<v Speaker 2>studied the roster, but did you have any idea in

752
00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:24.760
<v Speaker 2>early workouts your team could be this good.

753
00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:30.960
<v Speaker 9>I definitely thought that we were going to be good. Obviously,

754
00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:35.719
<v Speaker 9>everyone's so talented and just coming in with all these girls,

755
00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:38.199
<v Speaker 9>it was just yeah, it was so good to kind

756
00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:41.159
<v Speaker 9>of see everyone working out and the connection kind of

757
00:41:41.760 --> 00:41:43.920
<v Speaker 9>was there straight away, like off the court we got

758
00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:48.480
<v Speaker 9>along so well, and then when we started having team workouts,

759
00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:52.800
<v Speaker 9>you could just see that everyone was kind of connecting

760
00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:55.519
<v Speaker 9>and like, yeah, you could definitely see that we were

761
00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:57.000
<v Speaker 9>going to we're going to be something.

762
00:41:57.639 --> 00:42:01.079
<v Speaker 1>We talked to the players and you and on media day.

763
00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:05.400
<v Speaker 2>But since then, of course, you've you've been in a

764
00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:07.920
<v Speaker 2>lot of games, a lot of practices. Tell me about

765
00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:11.239
<v Speaker 2>Kenny Brooks and what makes him such an effective head coach.

766
00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:17.159
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, he's he's such a great, great coach. He really

767
00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:20.519
<v Speaker 9>knows a lot about basketball. Like we could be doing

768
00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:23.519
<v Speaker 9>one play and then he makes a little tweak to it,

769
00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:28.079
<v Speaker 9>so it like gets you open again, and it's just like,

770
00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:31.000
<v Speaker 9>how did you know to exactly do that? So it's

771
00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:34.559
<v Speaker 9>just like he just knows so much about basketball and

772
00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:36.880
<v Speaker 9>he really cares for each and every one of us,

773
00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:41.519
<v Speaker 9>so that really makes it like why he's the way

774
00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:42.480
<v Speaker 9>he is sort of things.

775
00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:45.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you've been one of the key elements for this team.

776
00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:47.639
<v Speaker 2>And in fact, one of your teammates was on the

777
00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:50.960
<v Speaker 2>radio the other night with Darren Hedrick and said, I

778
00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:55.639
<v Speaker 2>think it was Georgia and said, you were one of

779
00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:58.920
<v Speaker 2>the maybe not a surprise player, but you've been one

780
00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:02.199
<v Speaker 2>of the girls who was so effective with how well

781
00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:02.840
<v Speaker 2>you're playing.

782
00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:04.400
<v Speaker 1>How do you feel about the way you're.

783
00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:10.559
<v Speaker 9>Playing, Yeah, I definitely feel good. Obviously, coming in from

784
00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:13.960
<v Speaker 9>Duco was going to be a big change coming to

785
00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:16.679
<v Speaker 9>play in the SEC, the what they say is the

786
00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:20.559
<v Speaker 9>best conference, so it was definitely I guess it wouldn't

787
00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:23.480
<v Speaker 9>be a surprise, but it was definitely shocking to me.

788
00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:28.280
<v Speaker 9>But it's just, yeah, just working hard and just my

789
00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:31.679
<v Speaker 9>teammates being there and supporting me, and everyone just having

790
00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:34.719
<v Speaker 9>confidence in me really helped the transition easily.

791
00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:39.519
<v Speaker 2>Well, you had a successful career in JUCO at Eastern Florida.

792
00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:42.880
<v Speaker 2>Your average nearly fourteen a game and almost ten rebounds

793
00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:45.599
<v Speaker 2>a game, Amilia, So you know, I don't know if

794
00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:47.760
<v Speaker 2>you're able to pick up where you left off, but

795
00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:49.840
<v Speaker 2>that had to give you confidence, I would think going

796
00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.840
<v Speaker 2>into SEC.

797
00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:55.199
<v Speaker 9>Play, yeah, it gave me a lot of confidence. Obviously

798
00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:59.480
<v Speaker 9>having two years at DUCO definitely helped, kind of be

799
00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:02.360
<v Speaker 9>away from my family and just getting used to the

800
00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:07.800
<v Speaker 9>college lifestyle. So definitely, yeah, I did help a lot.

801
00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:13.960
<v Speaker 9>And then obviously playing there and experienced that definitely helped.

802
00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:16.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you remember, but on media day

803
00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:19.599
<v Speaker 2>I spoke to you about the fact that you are

804
00:44:19.719 --> 00:44:23.320
<v Speaker 2>far from home, and I thought back to when I

805
00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:26.519
<v Speaker 2>was at Kentucky at UK and kids in my dorm

806
00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:29.320
<v Speaker 2>from Louisville were so homesick they went home every weekend.

807
00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:31.079
<v Speaker 1>What is that like me?

808
00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:32.719
<v Speaker 2>And you're not the only one, I guess that helps.

809
00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:35.159
<v Speaker 2>Georgia is far from a lot of kids are far

810
00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:37.800
<v Speaker 2>from home. Do you sort of commiserate a little bit?

811
00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:38.920
<v Speaker 2>What's it like dealing with that.

812
00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:44.480
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, obviously it makes it a lot easier having a

813
00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:48.639
<v Speaker 9>few internationals on the team, but yeah, it does get

814
00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:51.639
<v Speaker 9>hard some days. But just always being around the team

815
00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:55.760
<v Speaker 9>and just being being with everyone kind of helps. So

816
00:44:55.800 --> 00:44:58.159
<v Speaker 9>it's like it's good that we're always around each other.

817
00:44:58.280 --> 00:45:01.159
<v Speaker 9>Becauld then forget about being so far from home.

818
00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:04.559
<v Speaker 2>We're talking with Amelia Hasset's she of course center. UK

819
00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:09.559
<v Speaker 2>basketball teammates are having a terrific year. They are sixteen

820
00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:12.760
<v Speaker 2>and one, five and zero in the Southeastern Conference. Got

821
00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:14.960
<v Speaker 2>a tough one coming up this week at Texas A

822
00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:15.400
<v Speaker 2>and M.

823
00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:17.079
<v Speaker 1>And you'll hear that game.

824
00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:19.679
<v Speaker 2>Right here on six thirty WLAP. It's a seven o'clock tip,

825
00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:22.320
<v Speaker 2>six forty five pre game. Are you looking forward to

826
00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:24.280
<v Speaker 2>going to A and M because that's always a tough

827
00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:25.000
<v Speaker 2>place to play.

828
00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:29.519
<v Speaker 9>Yes, I've never I've never been there, so it'll be

829
00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:32.719
<v Speaker 9>it'll be fun to go there and have another away game.

830
00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:36.679
<v Speaker 9>They're always road games are always difficult, but no, it

831
00:45:36.719 --> 00:45:37.320
<v Speaker 9>would be fun.

832
00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:41.239
<v Speaker 2>Well, you've talked about playing in the Southeastern Conference. Is

833
00:45:41.280 --> 00:45:43.079
<v Speaker 2>it as tough as you thought it would be?

834
00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:49.840
<v Speaker 9>Yes, it is very very tough, very physical, and you

835
00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:52.360
<v Speaker 9>really sticktly have to play for the whole forty minutes

836
00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:55.159
<v Speaker 9>if you, I guess want to get away with the win,

837
00:45:55.360 --> 00:45:57.880
<v Speaker 9>like no one goes away and no team is gonna

838
00:45:58.360 --> 00:46:00.599
<v Speaker 9>it's out by so much. No team is just going

839
00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:04.119
<v Speaker 9>to cruise like they're always going to come back. And yeah,

840
00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:05.519
<v Speaker 9>it is very, very tough.

841
00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:09.159
<v Speaker 2>One of the things you brought to the Wildcats is

842
00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:11.599
<v Speaker 2>three point shooting. That's not all you do, but you've

843
00:46:11.639 --> 00:46:14.400
<v Speaker 2>been pretty good at it. Is that something you did

844
00:46:14.440 --> 00:46:15.800
<v Speaker 2>on the JUCO level?

845
00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:20.320
<v Speaker 9>Yes, so I definitely did start doing that when I

846
00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:25.599
<v Speaker 9>was at JUCO. Obviously now just continuing to work on

847
00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:29.280
<v Speaker 9>it and it's definitely improved since then, so I'm very

848
00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:33.000
<v Speaker 9>happy about that. But yeah, just just continuingly to work

849
00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:36.119
<v Speaker 9>on my shot for over the years when I was

850
00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:38.719
<v Speaker 9>at JUCO, and yeah, it's definitely improved, which I'm glad.

851
00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:42.639
<v Speaker 2>I mentioned Georgia and she's really special. I mean, she

852
00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:45.360
<v Speaker 2>really is the coach on the floor. Tell me a

853
00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:48.800
<v Speaker 2>little bit about playing with her and what she brings

854
00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:50.880
<v Speaker 2>to the team. It's got to be a comfort to

855
00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:51.880
<v Speaker 2>have her out there.

856
00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:56.760
<v Speaker 9>Yes, it's very much a comfort. She's such a great

857
00:46:56.800 --> 00:47:00.199
<v Speaker 9>player and she just knows exactly where each of us

858
00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:03.280
<v Speaker 9>is going to be and she knows exactly what to do.

859
00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:06.159
<v Speaker 9>Like her and coach Brooks have such a good connection

860
00:47:06.280 --> 00:47:09.760
<v Speaker 9>that she kind of knows what he wants from her

861
00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:11.480
<v Speaker 9>and what he wants from the rest of the team,

862
00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:14.679
<v Speaker 9>which makes it easier for all of us because then

863
00:47:14.719 --> 00:47:17.000
<v Speaker 9>she can kind of tell us and tell us what

864
00:47:17.079 --> 00:47:19.840
<v Speaker 9>to do and where to be and all that kind

865
00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:22.519
<v Speaker 9>of the little things. I guess you could say, but no,

866
00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:25.679
<v Speaker 9>she's such a great player. It makes it life very

867
00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:27.559
<v Speaker 9>easy when you're out there on the call with her.

868
00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:30.920
<v Speaker 2>And to have a point guard like that running a

869
00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:37.280
<v Speaker 2>team that basically was built recently, how big a plus?

870
00:47:37.320 --> 00:47:39.920
<v Speaker 2>Because you can't just throw kids together and expect them

871
00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:43.039
<v Speaker 2>to play and to have a floor general like that.

872
00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:43.800
<v Speaker 1>How big is that?

873
00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:49.800
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, it's a very big plus. Obviously he page Brooks

874
00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:53.320
<v Speaker 9>built the team the way he built it, and he's

875
00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:56.960
<v Speaker 9>very good at recruiting own players. So yeah, it was

876
00:47:57.039 --> 00:48:00.360
<v Speaker 9>just everything just kind of jelled and with her being

877
00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:03.599
<v Speaker 9>the point got it. Yeah, it made laugh a lot

878
00:48:03.679 --> 00:48:05.760
<v Speaker 9>easier and made everything so much better.

879
00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:09.199
<v Speaker 2>I haven't yet been to Australia. It's on the bucket list.

880
00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:12.880
<v Speaker 2>My brother's man, he loved it. She is from Victoria.

881
00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:17.320
<v Speaker 2>You're from New South Wales. Tell us geographically how that

882
00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:19.679
<v Speaker 2>shakes out? Is that are they close to one another

883
00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:20.079
<v Speaker 2>or what?

884
00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:27.239
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, so actually we leave around you could say, maybe

885
00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:29.280
<v Speaker 9>five six hours away from each other.

886
00:48:31.679 --> 00:48:36.679
<v Speaker 2>Did you know her before from any basketball related activities

887
00:48:36.719 --> 00:48:38.280
<v Speaker 2>before you both came here.

888
00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:42.719
<v Speaker 9>I did know Alta. She is a little bit older

889
00:48:42.760 --> 00:48:45.320
<v Speaker 9>than me. But yeah, I've definitely heard all time. And

890
00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:50.159
<v Speaker 9>then when I was getting recruited, I guess by coach Brooks,

891
00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:54.559
<v Speaker 9>then yeah, I definitely got to know her a little bit.

892
00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:57.360
<v Speaker 2>More more with Amelia has said on the other side

893
00:48:57.360 --> 00:48:59.360
<v Speaker 2>of the break here on the Big Move Insider six thirty,

894
00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:03.599
<v Speaker 2>your Amilia Hassett as my guest. She is a part

895
00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:06.760
<v Speaker 2>of the UK women's basketball team that's having a terrific season.

896
00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:09.880
<v Speaker 2>The Wildcats take on Texas A and M on Thursday

897
00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:13.920
<v Speaker 2>down in College Station, and we've talked a little bit

898
00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:18.719
<v Speaker 2>about how tough the Southeastern Conference is really women's basketball

899
00:49:18.800 --> 00:49:21.639
<v Speaker 2>and generally is enjoying.

900
00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:22.440
<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

901
00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:25.360
<v Speaker 2>If we can say it's exploded, but it just seems

902
00:49:25.360 --> 00:49:26.960
<v Speaker 2>like it's getting more and more popular over here.

903
00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:31.079
<v Speaker 1>Caitlin Clark a big help. We talked to you folks.

904
00:49:30.760 --> 00:49:34.599
<v Speaker 2>On media day about moving into the new Memorial Coliseum.

905
00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:37.199
<v Speaker 2>You never played in the old one, but I got

906
00:49:37.239 --> 00:49:39.239
<v Speaker 2>to think you're impressed with that facility, aren't you.

907
00:49:40.559 --> 00:49:44.400
<v Speaker 9>Yes, very impressed. I hear stories of people saying that

908
00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:48.079
<v Speaker 9>was no air conditioning and the old ones it was starry,

909
00:49:48.119 --> 00:49:51.239
<v Speaker 9>harding that, but no, it's just it's such a great

910
00:49:51.239 --> 00:49:53.840
<v Speaker 9>place to play in and the fans fill it nearly

911
00:49:53.880 --> 00:49:57.159
<v Speaker 9>every game, so it's it's yeah, it's just exciting to

912
00:49:57.199 --> 00:50:00.000
<v Speaker 9>be in there and having get to playing there is great.

913
00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:03.039
<v Speaker 2>What is it about your team in terms of the

914
00:50:03.039 --> 00:50:06.440
<v Speaker 2>way you play that has led to the success? Can

915
00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:08.239
<v Speaker 2>you put your finger on one or two things?

916
00:50:11.840 --> 00:50:15.159
<v Speaker 9>I guess you could just say being us all being

917
00:50:15.199 --> 00:50:20.199
<v Speaker 9>connected as we progress each and every game, like on

918
00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:22.679
<v Speaker 9>the defensive end and offensive end. You can just tell

919
00:50:22.800 --> 00:50:26.639
<v Speaker 9>that where we just understand each other a lot more now,

920
00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:30.039
<v Speaker 9>which definitely helps. It helps the flow of the game.

921
00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:34.360
<v Speaker 9>So I would definitely say that that is a big facto.

922
00:50:34.760 --> 00:50:35.840
<v Speaker 1>There is a definite flow.

923
00:50:35.880 --> 00:50:38.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you use that word because I was trying

924
00:50:38.400 --> 00:50:40.480
<v Speaker 2>to put my finger on it the last time I was.

925
00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:43.239
<v Speaker 1>At one of the games. And the ball movement.

926
00:50:43.400 --> 00:50:48.199
<v Speaker 2>I think Amelia is so sharp, and I think perhaps

927
00:50:48.239 --> 00:50:50.440
<v Speaker 2>some of that is because you all are veterans.

928
00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:52.519
<v Speaker 1>It's a team that was pulled.

929
00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:55.960
<v Speaker 2>Together, but there there's a lot of experience out there.

930
00:50:56.639 --> 00:50:59.360
<v Speaker 2>And of course we talked about Kenny Brooks. You all

931
00:50:59.360 --> 00:51:02.400
<v Speaker 2>clearly know what you're doing, but the ball doesn't. The

932
00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:04.599
<v Speaker 2>things don't bog down, do they. The way the ball

933
00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:08.000
<v Speaker 2>moves around is so key. It looks like am I

934
00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:08.760
<v Speaker 2>seeing that right?

935
00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:13.079
<v Speaker 9>Yeah? No, that is one hundred percent correct. One of

936
00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:15.880
<v Speaker 9>the things that coach Brooks always tells us before the

937
00:51:15.920 --> 00:51:18.760
<v Speaker 9>game is we have to play for each other. So

938
00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:22.000
<v Speaker 9>that just being I guess stuck in our heads all

939
00:51:22.039 --> 00:51:25.320
<v Speaker 9>the time, it just makes it so much easier for

940
00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:28.159
<v Speaker 9>that ball to just not stick and keep moving and

941
00:51:28.679 --> 00:51:32.400
<v Speaker 9>it's disrupting the defense. And yeah, that is definitely a

942
00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:33.400
<v Speaker 9>skill that helps.

943
00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:36.039
<v Speaker 2>We talked a lot about Georgia and about your game,

944
00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:38.960
<v Speaker 2>but tell me about Clara Strack and how she is

945
00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:40.440
<v Speaker 2>just really blossomed this year.

946
00:51:41.840 --> 00:51:46.400
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, obviously hearing that her coming from Virginia Tech and

947
00:51:46.760 --> 00:51:49.920
<v Speaker 9>all the all the stories about her and everything, but no,

948
00:51:50.119 --> 00:51:54.480
<v Speaker 9>she's definitely blossomed into such a great player and she's

949
00:51:55.239 --> 00:51:58.719
<v Speaker 9>she's very physical and she knows exactly what to do

950
00:51:58.800 --> 00:52:02.920
<v Speaker 9>and it. Yeah, she's just amazing to watch, let alone play.

951
00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:05.519
<v Speaker 2>With the last game I was at, I watched her.

952
00:52:06.320 --> 00:52:09.320
<v Speaker 2>I guess because of the way defenders were guarding, she

953
00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:11.159
<v Speaker 2>ended up bringing the ball up the floor. I mean,

954
00:52:11.519 --> 00:52:13.400
<v Speaker 2>she can do a little bit of everything, can she.

955
00:52:14.599 --> 00:52:17.719
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, she can do a little bit of everything. I

956
00:52:17.760 --> 00:52:22.679
<v Speaker 9>remember the one day in practice Prince Brook said to her, yeah,

957
00:52:22.760 --> 00:52:24.800
<v Speaker 9>you can you need to play the point guard and

958
00:52:24.920 --> 00:52:27.039
<v Speaker 9>she kind of looks at him like what are you thinking?

959
00:52:27.360 --> 00:52:31.000
<v Speaker 9>But no, Yeah, she definitely can do a bit of everything.

960
00:52:31.079 --> 00:52:32.280
<v Speaker 1>She's a point forward.

961
00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:34.960
<v Speaker 2>And then on the other side of the floor generally

962
00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:37.239
<v Speaker 2>from you, is Daddah Lawrence, who was an All Conference

963
00:52:37.239 --> 00:52:41.119
<v Speaker 2>player last year at Charlotte. But man, when she gets hot,

964
00:52:41.239 --> 00:52:44.280
<v Speaker 2>you know, she can fill it up. How great is

965
00:52:44.320 --> 00:52:46.119
<v Speaker 2>it having her on the opposite side of the floor.

966
00:52:46.199 --> 00:52:48.320
<v Speaker 2>That's got to create opportunities for you as well.

967
00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:53.400
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, definitely she can let that thing fly from wherever,

968
00:52:53.480 --> 00:52:56.519
<v Speaker 9>and it always looks like it's going in. Having her

969
00:52:56.599 --> 00:53:01.199
<v Speaker 9>on the other side now, it's definitely fantastic. And obviously

970
00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:04.800
<v Speaker 9>not only the defense have to worry about her, like

971
00:53:04.920 --> 00:53:08.280
<v Speaker 9>it does give opportunities to me. So and I guess

972
00:53:08.280 --> 00:53:12.519
<v Speaker 9>those vice versus you could say, but having her out there, yeah,

973
00:53:12.599 --> 00:53:16.039
<v Speaker 9>and her being such a veteran player as well definitely

974
00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:17.239
<v Speaker 9>definitely helped.

975
00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:17.760
<v Speaker 1>Well.

976
00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:20.519
<v Speaker 2>We talked off air about the fact that your journalism major,

977
00:53:21.239 --> 00:53:23.039
<v Speaker 2>Why did you choose that as a major, and what

978
00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:24.800
<v Speaker 2>do you want to do with your with your career

979
00:53:25.039 --> 00:53:26.480
<v Speaker 2>whenever basketball is over.

980
00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:31.559
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, So I definitely chose this major just because it

981
00:53:31.599 --> 00:53:34.320
<v Speaker 9>was I'm kind of interested in staying in sports, and

982
00:53:34.880 --> 00:53:38.000
<v Speaker 9>I see over when I'm watching TV, like on ESPN,

983
00:53:38.159 --> 00:53:43.000
<v Speaker 9>people talking about like the basketball games or commentating the games,

984
00:53:43.039 --> 00:53:45.199
<v Speaker 9>and that was just something that I was kind of

985
00:53:45.199 --> 00:53:49.440
<v Speaker 9>interested in. So I'd definitely like to like to do

986
00:53:49.519 --> 00:53:52.960
<v Speaker 9>something with that and just maybe commentate a game or

987
00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:57.320
<v Speaker 9>like be be on the thing on SPN, like something

988
00:53:57.360 --> 00:53:58.199
<v Speaker 9>around those lines.

989
00:53:58.239 --> 00:53:59.360
<v Speaker 1>I guess that sounds good.

990
00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:02.280
<v Speaker 2>And there are so many more opportunities now with so

991
00:54:02.400 --> 00:54:05.199
<v Speaker 2>much more TV out there. And I will tell you

992
00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:07.880
<v Speaker 2>a quick story of a friend of mine from earlier

993
00:54:07.920 --> 00:54:11.119
<v Speaker 2>in my career went to Missouri, but he played pro

994
00:54:11.239 --> 00:54:14.840
<v Speaker 2>ball in New Zealand and wound up working in television

995
00:54:15.280 --> 00:54:19.760
<v Speaker 2>and he actually was a basketball commentator for the Olympics

996
00:54:19.800 --> 00:54:23.960
<v Speaker 2>for the Worldwide broadcast every country in the world saw

997
00:54:24.519 --> 00:54:26.519
<v Speaker 2>that broadcast except for the US.

998
00:54:27.079 --> 00:54:28.440
<v Speaker 1>But there's so much.

999
00:54:28.320 --> 00:54:31.679
<v Speaker 2>Out there right now, and there's so many opportunities as

1000
00:54:31.719 --> 00:54:36.599
<v Speaker 2>well in basketball. I know professionally, obviously you'll pursue that

1001
00:54:36.679 --> 00:54:37.840
<v Speaker 2>as much as you can, right.

1002
00:54:38.920 --> 00:54:40.639
<v Speaker 9>Yes, I definitely want to pursue that.

1003
00:54:40.960 --> 00:54:42.239
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

1004
00:54:42.320 --> 00:54:45.880
<v Speaker 2>And the fact that that you're well traveled that helps

1005
00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:46.920
<v Speaker 2>prepare you, doesn't it.

1006
00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:48.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

1007
00:54:48.440 --> 00:54:52.519
<v Speaker 9>I think I think it very much does. Just knowing

1008
00:54:52.599 --> 00:54:56.679
<v Speaker 9>that being away from family and just obviously flying such

1009
00:54:56.719 --> 00:54:59.719
<v Speaker 9>alongside it helps you get prepared for anything.

1010
00:55:00.599 --> 00:55:02.519
<v Speaker 2>Well, I've been to Japan a couple of times, but

1011
00:55:02.599 --> 00:55:05.679
<v Speaker 2>I think it takes even longer to get to Austria.

1012
00:55:05.079 --> 00:55:08.000
<v Speaker 2>So well, all right, I got I can't let you

1013
00:55:08.079 --> 00:55:11.239
<v Speaker 2>go without asking. I'm sure they're cliche questions, but first

1014
00:55:11.280 --> 00:55:14.360
<v Speaker 2>of all, are you and Georgia able to speak to

1015
00:55:14.400 --> 00:55:19.599
<v Speaker 2>each other in terms of Australian terms or whatever to

1016
00:55:19.639 --> 00:55:21.760
<v Speaker 2>the point where your teammates can't understand you?

1017
00:55:23.400 --> 00:55:28.079
<v Speaker 9>Yes. So there are some words that we say and

1018
00:55:28.079 --> 00:55:29.920
<v Speaker 9>our teammates are like, oh, what are you saying? And

1019
00:55:29.960 --> 00:55:32.519
<v Speaker 9>then one of us is like, oh, Georgia, like do

1020
00:55:32.559 --> 00:55:34.199
<v Speaker 9>you know what it means? And she's like, yeah, I

1021
00:55:34.239 --> 00:55:38.840
<v Speaker 9>know exactly what that means. So sometimes, Yeah, it is

1022
00:55:38.960 --> 00:55:42.400
<v Speaker 9>nice having had to kind of support what you're saying.

1023
00:55:42.440 --> 00:55:43.880
<v Speaker 1>I guess well.

1024
00:55:43.760 --> 00:55:45.599
<v Speaker 2>And you have a head start because you've played a

1025
00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:47.920
<v Speaker 2>couple of years at Juco ball. But have you had

1026
00:55:47.960 --> 00:55:51.400
<v Speaker 2>a difficult time understanding people in Kentucky at times? We

1027
00:55:51.480 --> 00:55:54.079
<v Speaker 2>have a bit of an accent, as you've noticed.

1028
00:55:54.440 --> 00:55:59.719
<v Speaker 9>Yes, one of our managers is very I guess country Kentucky.

1029
00:55:59.800 --> 00:56:03.199
<v Speaker 1>Yes, Eastern Kentucky.

1030
00:56:02.239 --> 00:56:07.599
<v Speaker 9>Yes, I think so. So definitely that accent change, like

1031
00:56:07.840 --> 00:56:11.199
<v Speaker 9>is something that I haven't really heard. And then obviously

1032
00:56:11.760 --> 00:56:16.159
<v Speaker 9>Cassidy Rode her accent is also very country. So I

1033
00:56:16.199 --> 00:56:18.599
<v Speaker 9>think it's it's cool to hear these different accents.

1034
00:56:18.679 --> 00:56:19.159
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

1035
00:56:19.320 --> 00:56:21.360
<v Speaker 2>Oh, I'm a big I'm a big fan of accents,

1036
00:56:21.400 --> 00:56:25.280
<v Speaker 2>I really am. And way up in the hollers of

1037
00:56:25.280 --> 00:56:27.480
<v Speaker 2>eastern Kentucky, believe it or not, you can if you

1038
00:56:27.519 --> 00:56:30.079
<v Speaker 2>listen carefully, there's a little bit of an Irish brogue

1039
00:56:30.559 --> 00:56:32.840
<v Speaker 2>because that's where a lot of the Irish settled.

1040
00:56:32.519 --> 00:56:33.480
<v Speaker 1>Way back in the day.

1041
00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:34.159
<v Speaker 2>Uh.

1042
00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:36.519
<v Speaker 1>Well, I'll let you go with this. Tell me about food.

1043
00:56:36.639 --> 00:56:39.599
<v Speaker 2>Tell me about maybe something that here in the South

1044
00:56:39.679 --> 00:56:43.400
<v Speaker 2>or Kentucky that that you didn't know about, or you

1045
00:56:43.519 --> 00:56:46.039
<v Speaker 2>or you were encouraged to eat to try. Is there

1046
00:56:46.079 --> 00:56:48.719
<v Speaker 2>anything that hasn't been put in front of you and

1047
00:56:48.760 --> 00:56:50.000
<v Speaker 2>you're thinking, what is that?

1048
00:56:51.679 --> 00:56:51.880
<v Speaker 8>Oh?

1049
00:56:52.000 --> 00:56:57.880
<v Speaker 9>That that is a hog question? It definitely. I would

1050
00:56:57.880 --> 00:57:01.960
<v Speaker 9>say this really shows me that here in America, you

1051
00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:05.159
<v Speaker 9>guys don't really eat like roast lambs much.

1052
00:57:05.320 --> 00:57:05.800
<v Speaker 1>Not much.

1053
00:57:05.920 --> 00:57:09.880
<v Speaker 9>Nope, yeah, yeah because that card Like with my family,

1054
00:57:09.880 --> 00:57:12.239
<v Speaker 9>we used to eat that at least maybe once a week.

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00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:16.039
<v Speaker 9>Kidding that that definitely did surprise me.

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00:57:16.280 --> 00:57:20.719
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. What about grits, Oh yeah, grits.

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00:57:20.880 --> 00:57:24.840
<v Speaker 9>That that is definitely something that I do not eat.

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00:57:24.960 --> 00:57:25.039
<v Speaker 5>That.

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<v Speaker 9>That is something that kind of scares me a little bit.

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00:57:30.280 --> 00:57:32.920
<v Speaker 2>Well, I really like grits, but you got to dress

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00:57:32.960 --> 00:57:35.400
<v Speaker 2>them up. You can't just take him straight, you know.

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00:57:35.559 --> 00:57:38.280
<v Speaker 2>It's like it's like porridge, man, you just you just

1063
00:57:38.320 --> 00:57:41.719
<v Speaker 2>gotta add stuff to it. But did you try him

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00:57:41.719 --> 00:57:42.480
<v Speaker 2>here when you're done?

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<v Speaker 1>In Florida?

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00:57:45.719 --> 00:57:48.119
<v Speaker 9>I think I tried them here. I was a little

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00:57:48.639 --> 00:57:52.039
<v Speaker 9>scared to try them in Florida. But one time I

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00:57:52.079 --> 00:57:55.119
<v Speaker 9>guess we went out for breakfast or something and someone

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00:57:55.159 --> 00:57:58.000
<v Speaker 9>got them and that I tried them. But the texture

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<v Speaker 9>really just.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I get it. It's a shock.

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00:58:04.599 --> 00:58:07.880
<v Speaker 2>The first time I know that but I kind of

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00:58:07.880 --> 00:58:10.639
<v Speaker 2>eased into him, but I can fully understand.

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00:58:10.760 --> 00:58:12.440
<v Speaker 1>I think I'm the only person in my family who

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00:58:12.559 --> 00:58:16.719
<v Speaker 1>likes him so perfectly understandable. Listen, thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're very busy, but we kept you out

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00:58:19.320 --> 00:58:21.079
<v Speaker 2>of the cold for a few minutes. And best of

1078
00:58:21.159 --> 00:58:24.960
<v Speaker 2>luck down at Texas A and M. And congratulations on

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00:58:25.000 --> 00:58:26.159
<v Speaker 2>all the success this year.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, no, I thank you for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Kentucky, Texas A and M. Thursday.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll hear it right here, six forty five pregame with

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00:58:33.840 --> 00:58:37.360
<v Speaker 2>Darren seven pm. Tip as the Cats try to remain

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<v Speaker 2>perfect in the SEC. Western Bureau Chief Gary Moore up

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<v Speaker 2>next on six thirty WLAP Welcome back to the Big

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<v Speaker 2>Blue and cider. As mentioned earlier, this being Wednesday, that

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00:58:47.320 --> 00:58:50.239
<v Speaker 2>means we visit with our Western Bureau chief, Gary Moore,

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00:58:50.280 --> 00:58:53.679
<v Speaker 2>who I believe was telling me it's just about as

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00:58:53.679 --> 00:58:56.639
<v Speaker 2>cold and his end of the interstate as it is

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00:58:56.679 --> 00:58:59.159
<v Speaker 2>on our end of the interstate, colder than.

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<v Speaker 6>My prom date.

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00:59:00.000 --> 00:59:04.000
<v Speaker 1>If you went, oh wow, got it, that's getting there anyway.

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00:59:04.079 --> 00:59:06.159
<v Speaker 6>Yes, it's time for two guys and a six pack

1094
00:59:06.280 --> 00:59:10.320
<v Speaker 6>frosty mugs, oh sports with you and me today and

1095
00:59:10.760 --> 00:59:12.719
<v Speaker 6>we got a lot of stuff to cover here. Let's

1096
00:59:12.719 --> 00:59:14.840
<v Speaker 6>get into it then our first swig here on the

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00:59:14.880 --> 00:59:19.000
<v Speaker 6>six pack Dick. In these days of inflation and shrinkflation,

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00:59:19.119 --> 00:59:20.480
<v Speaker 6>you know as well as I do, you don't always

1099
00:59:20.480 --> 00:59:24.320
<v Speaker 6>get what you paid for. But there are two championship

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00:59:24.360 --> 00:59:27.480
<v Speaker 6>exceptions to that, one being the team that I've covered

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00:59:27.480 --> 00:59:30.880
<v Speaker 6>since nineteen eighty six, the Los Angeles Dodgers, who ended up,

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00:59:30.920 --> 00:59:33.480
<v Speaker 6>by the way twenty twenty four, the highest payroll in MLB.

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00:59:33.519 --> 00:59:34.679
<v Speaker 6>I don't know if it started out that way, but

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00:59:34.679 --> 00:59:36.199
<v Speaker 6>they ended up with a three hundred and fifty three

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00:59:36.199 --> 00:59:39.360
<v Speaker 6>point three million dollars payroll, if my numbers are right.

1106
00:59:39.800 --> 00:59:42.880
<v Speaker 6>Seem to do well however, when it counted back in October,

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00:59:43.559 --> 00:59:46.519
<v Speaker 6>probably again this year. And the other most recent example

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<v Speaker 6>well Monday Night, Ohio State, which spent seventy two point

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00:59:51.480 --> 00:59:55.639
<v Speaker 6>four million dollars on football alone in the twenty three

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00:59:55.639 --> 00:59:58.880
<v Speaker 6>to twenty four fiscal year. The Buckeys, get this, enjoy

1111
00:59:58.880 --> 01:00:01.280
<v Speaker 6>an athletic budget of two two hundred and seventy four

1112
01:00:01.280 --> 01:00:04.519
<v Speaker 6>point nine million for their thirty five sports, according to Sportico,

1113
01:00:04.599 --> 01:00:08.280
<v Speaker 6>and that's about one hundred million more than the average

1114
01:00:08.280 --> 01:00:10.719
<v Speaker 6>Big Ten school at one seventy four point three and

1115
01:00:10.800 --> 01:00:14.360
<v Speaker 6>way above the average FBS school that has about one

1116
01:00:14.440 --> 01:00:16.599
<v Speaker 6>hundred point seven million. I did some digging over here,

1117
01:00:16.599 --> 01:00:18.920
<v Speaker 6>dick U of L has an athletic budget of one

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01:00:18.960 --> 01:00:22.159
<v Speaker 6>hundred and forty five million for the twenty twenty five

1119
01:00:22.239 --> 01:00:25.440
<v Speaker 6>fiscal year. That does not count the extra twenty million

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01:00:25.639 --> 01:00:27.440
<v Speaker 6>next year that they got to cough up for the

1121
01:00:27.480 --> 01:00:31.320
<v Speaker 6>antitrust settlement money. That's I think almost all the Power

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01:00:31.400 --> 01:00:33.599
<v Speaker 6>five schools have got to do. Twenty four point four

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01:00:33.679 --> 01:00:37.199
<v Speaker 6>million for football, a mere fifty million less than Ohio

1124
01:00:37.239 --> 01:00:40.800
<v Speaker 6>State paid, and nine point three million in basketball for

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01:00:40.960 --> 01:00:43.679
<v Speaker 6>U of L. Oh and even though Notre Dame lost

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01:00:43.719 --> 01:00:46.360
<v Speaker 6>on Monday Night, they get to keep that twenty million

1127
01:00:46.360 --> 01:00:49.039
<v Speaker 6>that they made in college football playoff money since they

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01:00:49.039 --> 01:00:52.360
<v Speaker 6>don't split it with other conference schools. Yep, So no

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01:00:52.440 --> 01:00:53.800
<v Speaker 6>wonder they want to stay independent.

1130
01:00:53.920 --> 01:00:57.360
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah football, Yeah, well I cut that deal with

1131
01:00:57.800 --> 01:01:00.760
<v Speaker 1>NBC what thirty up ten years ago.

1132
01:01:00.920 --> 01:01:02.880
<v Speaker 6>I'll never forget that or forget it.

1133
01:01:03.760 --> 01:01:04.800
<v Speaker 1>And yeah, I.

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01:01:04.719 --> 01:01:08.480
<v Speaker 2>Mean people keep trying to nudge them into a conference.

1135
01:01:09.239 --> 01:01:12.800
<v Speaker 2>But why, Like you said, in case you're wondering, UK's

1136
01:01:12.920 --> 01:01:16.239
<v Speaker 2>athletic budget is one hundred and seventy six million. It

1137
01:01:16.400 --> 01:01:20.079
<v Speaker 2>last look So yeah, Ohio stayed with a cool one

1138
01:01:20.119 --> 01:01:25.400
<v Speaker 2>hundred million more, and there are going to be many

1139
01:01:25.440 --> 01:01:28.360
<v Speaker 2>many power schools looking at the Buckeyes and see, hey,

1140
01:01:28.400 --> 01:01:30.480
<v Speaker 2>just how can we get in on that kind of stuff.

1141
01:01:32.079 --> 01:01:35.320
<v Speaker 1>Here's a clue, you can't if you're not Ohio State.

1142
01:01:36.760 --> 01:01:38.920
<v Speaker 6>Second swig in the six backs. So we're fresh out

1143
01:01:38.960 --> 01:01:41.480
<v Speaker 6>of college football to watch, well, except for those All

1144
01:01:41.480 --> 01:01:43.840
<v Speaker 6>Star Game audition thinkings that they do, and we'll have

1145
01:01:43.880 --> 01:01:45.800
<v Speaker 6>more on that in just a little bit. So there's

1146
01:01:45.840 --> 01:01:49.360
<v Speaker 6>only three pro games left, including the two conference championships

1147
01:01:49.440 --> 01:01:52.840
<v Speaker 6>this Sunday. You remember, not so long ago, it's all

1148
01:01:52.880 --> 01:01:55.199
<v Speaker 6>about the NFC North and how it's going to be well,

1149
01:01:55.360 --> 01:01:58.639
<v Speaker 6>lines and Vikings and Packers, two of those are going

1150
01:01:58.679 --> 01:02:00.719
<v Speaker 6>to be in the final game. Right then you got

1151
01:02:00.800 --> 01:02:03.719
<v Speaker 6>Dan Campbell saying to Minnesota head coach Kevin O'Connell see

1152
01:02:03.760 --> 01:02:05.920
<v Speaker 6>you in a couple of weeks after the Lions beat

1153
01:02:05.960 --> 01:02:08.400
<v Speaker 6>him in week eighteen. Of course, he was meaning the

1154
01:02:08.519 --> 01:02:11.480
<v Speaker 6>NFC Final this weekend, not seeing him two weeks later

1155
01:02:11.519 --> 01:02:15.679
<v Speaker 6>at the Cancun Hyatt, which both are now free to enjoy. Okay,

1156
01:02:15.679 --> 01:02:19.599
<v Speaker 6>So first up on Sunday, an all NFC East Final

1157
01:02:19.800 --> 01:02:23.239
<v Speaker 6>Washington six point underdogs at last check at Philly. That's

1158
01:02:23.239 --> 01:02:27.159
<v Speaker 6>on Fox Oh God with Brady at three o'clock Sunday afternoon.

1159
01:02:27.960 --> 01:02:31.079
<v Speaker 6>And then at six point thirty Buffalo at Kansas City,

1160
01:02:31.320 --> 01:02:35.000
<v Speaker 6>Chief's two point favorites. That's with the Nansen romo. And

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01:02:35.039 --> 01:02:38.039
<v Speaker 6>of course, as you've noticed, we've all noticed, all four

1162
01:02:38.079 --> 01:02:41.920
<v Speaker 6>of those teams have mobile quarterbacks, unlike the Rams and Lions,

1163
01:02:41.920 --> 01:02:43.480
<v Speaker 6>for example, who are going to be home or in

1164
01:02:43.480 --> 01:02:48.679
<v Speaker 6>some tropical location watching Washington and Buffalo, according to me,

1165
01:02:49.360 --> 01:02:52.480
<v Speaker 6>advanced to Super Bowl licks or fifty nine.

1166
01:02:53.000 --> 01:02:54.000
<v Speaker 1>That's what I come with you.

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01:02:54.559 --> 01:02:58.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Jalen Hurts is banged up. If he were one

1168
01:02:58.280 --> 01:03:01.519
<v Speaker 2>hundred percent, I would take Philly. But we have seen

1169
01:03:01.760 --> 01:03:05.559
<v Speaker 2>what a healthy Jaden Daniels can do, and he does

1170
01:03:05.599 --> 01:03:06.800
<v Speaker 2>more than just run the football.

1171
01:03:06.840 --> 01:03:07.119
<v Speaker 1>I think.

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01:03:07.199 --> 01:03:09.519
<v Speaker 2>I think what he's doing is what people thought justin

1173
01:03:09.639 --> 01:03:12.360
<v Speaker 2>Fields will be able to do it, and maybe someday

1174
01:03:12.760 --> 01:03:14.199
<v Speaker 2>with the right coaching, he can.

1175
01:03:15.000 --> 01:03:16.159
<v Speaker 1>But Jade Daniels is.

1176
01:03:16.119 --> 01:03:19.800
<v Speaker 2>Doing it yesterday, today, and tomorrow and and and Hurts

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01:03:20.000 --> 01:03:22.320
<v Speaker 2>is a terrific quarterback, but he's not one hundred percent,

1178
01:03:23.079 --> 01:03:24.800
<v Speaker 2>and you've got to be one hundred percent. I like

1179
01:03:24.840 --> 01:03:28.119
<v Speaker 2>Philly's defense, but I'm you know, we also we've seen it.

1180
01:03:28.199 --> 01:03:29.679
<v Speaker 2>Daniels is the secret sauce.

1181
01:03:29.960 --> 01:03:30.440
<v Speaker 1>I'm like you.

1182
01:03:30.559 --> 01:03:33.440
<v Speaker 2>I like Buffalo. I've rooted for the Chiefs since I

1183
01:03:33.480 --> 01:03:35.880
<v Speaker 2>was a kid. I am rooting for the Bills though

1184
01:03:35.920 --> 01:03:39.880
<v Speaker 2>because of Ray Davis. It's not going to like. But

1185
01:03:39.960 --> 01:03:42.559
<v Speaker 2>I also think it's it's their time. And I also

1186
01:03:42.599 --> 01:03:45.719
<v Speaker 2>think it's interesting Gary that we experts and I don't

1187
01:03:45.719 --> 01:03:49.159
<v Speaker 2>know how much stock you put in this, you know

1188
01:03:49.159 --> 01:03:53.400
<v Speaker 2>knowledgeably in toned Well. The windows closing for Buffalo, they

1189
01:03:53.800 --> 01:03:55.960
<v Speaker 2>kicked it open this day. They took a hammer and

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01:03:56.000 --> 01:03:58.280
<v Speaker 2>busted out all the panes of glass.

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01:03:58.320 --> 01:03:59.639
<v Speaker 1>Man. They're making their own window.

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01:04:00.519 --> 01:04:03.280
<v Speaker 6>And a footnote to all of that, here's another reason

1193
01:04:03.360 --> 01:04:06.519
<v Speaker 6>that Buffalo might end up finally getting to the Promised

1194
01:04:06.599 --> 01:04:11.199
<v Speaker 6>Land again. Last week, referee Clay Martin was the referee

1195
01:04:11.239 --> 01:04:15.559
<v Speaker 6>for the Chiefs. Did you see this? Klay Martin? Every

1196
01:04:15.559 --> 01:04:18.360
<v Speaker 6>game that he's riffed for the Chiefs in the Mahomes era,

1197
01:04:18.440 --> 01:04:23.719
<v Speaker 6>they've never lost this Sunday though. Clete Blakeman's the ref

1198
01:04:24.320 --> 01:04:28.119
<v Speaker 6>and the Chiefs with Mahomes are five and six When

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01:04:28.119 --> 01:04:29.920
<v Speaker 6>it's Cleete's crew, and they like to throw a lot

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01:04:29.920 --> 01:04:32.440
<v Speaker 6>of flag. They throw a lot of flags Kalete's crew so.

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01:04:33.920 --> 01:04:34.239
<v Speaker 1>Well.

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01:04:34.440 --> 01:04:37.880
<v Speaker 2>The Chiefs have played eleven playoff games over the last

1203
01:04:37.880 --> 01:04:40.519
<v Speaker 2>four years. They have not been called for more penalties

1204
01:04:40.559 --> 01:04:42.239
<v Speaker 2>than their opponents in.

1205
01:04:42.079 --> 01:04:44.800
<v Speaker 1>Any of those eleven games.

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01:04:44.920 --> 01:04:50.079
<v Speaker 2>But I remind people good teams are good because they

1207
01:04:50.119 --> 01:04:53.079
<v Speaker 2>know how to play better than their opponents. Duh, and

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01:04:53.159 --> 01:04:54.920
<v Speaker 2>they don't commit as many penalties.

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<v Speaker 6>Yep, I'm making many mistakes. And I love how Eightman

1210
01:04:57.719 --> 01:05:02.760
<v Speaker 6>was like, oh, come on, yeah, roughing the passer right,

1211
01:05:03.079 --> 01:05:06.920
<v Speaker 6>that was bad. It was our third swig and six pack.

1212
01:05:07.199 --> 01:05:10.559
<v Speaker 6>And look, by the way, you knew the Lions were jinxed,

1213
01:05:10.679 --> 01:05:15.079
<v Speaker 6>at least I did when photos started appearing on social

1214
01:05:15.119 --> 01:05:18.159
<v Speaker 6>media of some moron who got a Lion's twenty twenty

1215
01:05:18.199 --> 01:05:21.480
<v Speaker 6>five Super Bowl Champs tattoo a couple of three weeks ago.

1216
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<v Speaker 6>Those never end, well, those can't wait until the game

1217
01:05:26.320 --> 01:05:28.679
<v Speaker 6>every year? Why you can't wait until the game is

1218
01:05:28.679 --> 01:05:31.280
<v Speaker 6>beyond me? And as if that was bad for people

1219
01:05:31.280 --> 01:05:32.000
<v Speaker 6>like me whore?

1220
01:05:32.320 --> 01:05:34.760
<v Speaker 1>Why because they're want to say how smart they are.

1221
01:05:36.000 --> 01:05:38.039
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I already had this one.

1222
01:05:38.079 --> 01:05:40.719
<v Speaker 1>I already knew exactly. That wasn't bad enough.

1223
01:05:40.599 --> 01:05:42.360
<v Speaker 6>For people like me pulling for Detroit who did not

1224
01:05:42.400 --> 01:05:45.440
<v Speaker 6>get tatted comes the news that Tom Brady's going to

1225
01:05:45.480 --> 01:05:47.800
<v Speaker 6>be back in the Fox booth next season and beyond

1226
01:05:48.639 --> 01:05:51.119
<v Speaker 6>still learning on the job obviously, unless, of course, the

1227
01:05:51.199 --> 01:05:54.079
<v Speaker 6>NFL steps in and says, Okay, this is too much

1228
01:05:54.079 --> 01:05:57.000
<v Speaker 6>of a conflict of interest being part owner of an

1229
01:05:57.079 --> 01:05:59.519
<v Speaker 6>NFL team as you are, So, hey, why don't they

1230
01:05:59.519 --> 01:06:01.719
<v Speaker 6>just get Jerry Jones is sitting with Tariko and collins

1231
01:06:01.800 --> 01:06:03.800
<v Speaker 6>Worth if this is going to be like the norm? Now, Okay,

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<v Speaker 6>Tom didn't even talk up Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson

1233
01:06:09.239 --> 01:06:12.440
<v Speaker 6>during the game on Saturday. Why because Ben Johnson was

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01:06:12.480 --> 01:06:17.239
<v Speaker 6>a candidate for Tom's raiders. Good thorough color commentary there, Tom,

1235
01:06:17.760 --> 01:06:20.760
<v Speaker 6>So then you had some Fox Sports suit I don't

1236
01:06:20.800 --> 01:06:22.519
<v Speaker 6>know if you saw this. Brad Zaeger, guy who said

1237
01:06:22.519 --> 01:06:25.880
<v Speaker 6>the criticism of Tom's quote unquote ridiculous, said that to

1238
01:06:25.920 --> 01:06:29.719
<v Speaker 6>the athletic, pointing out his own ill conceived conflicts of

1239
01:06:29.760 --> 01:06:33.800
<v Speaker 6>interest like Herb Street calling Ohio State games and Dodgers

1240
01:06:33.840 --> 01:06:38.400
<v Speaker 6>announcer Joe Davis on his own Fox network calling LA

1241
01:06:38.519 --> 01:06:41.440
<v Speaker 6>games in the playoffs in the World Series. Would you

1242
01:06:41.480 --> 01:06:43.719
<v Speaker 6>like to straighten this guy out on the differences between

1243
01:06:43.800 --> 01:06:46.519
<v Speaker 6>Brady being an owner and these other guys just being announcers.

1244
01:06:46.840 --> 01:06:49.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but obviously an owner's got so much more of

1245
01:06:49.920 --> 01:06:53.719
<v Speaker 2>a vested interest. But you know, and it's also interesting

1246
01:06:53.719 --> 01:06:56.519
<v Speaker 2>that he's just not real good. I mean, he's okay

1247
01:06:57.039 --> 01:06:59.960
<v Speaker 2>Rady as a color guy. He's not better than old

1248
01:07:00.480 --> 01:07:04.079
<v Speaker 2>whom he replaced, and maybe he will be someday. And

1249
01:07:04.159 --> 01:07:06.000
<v Speaker 2>as I said, when he first started and was catching

1250
01:07:06.039 --> 01:07:08.840
<v Speaker 2>all kinds of flak, who of us in this business?

1251
01:07:08.920 --> 01:07:08.960
<v Speaker 5>Me?

1252
01:07:09.159 --> 01:07:14.360
<v Speaker 2>You anybody would put up your very first example of

1253
01:07:14.400 --> 01:07:17.719
<v Speaker 2>your work and aircheck from your first time and let

1254
01:07:17.760 --> 01:07:19.679
<v Speaker 2>it stand twenty five years later.

1255
01:07:19.800 --> 01:07:20.239
<v Speaker 1>No way.

1256
01:07:21.119 --> 01:07:25.480
<v Speaker 2>But for an insane amount of money, Brady's allowed, of course,

1257
01:07:26.159 --> 01:07:31.559
<v Speaker 2>to ease into this job. And I can't imagine anybody

1258
01:07:31.599 --> 01:07:34.440
<v Speaker 2>again tuning in ooh Brady's doing.

1259
01:07:34.239 --> 01:07:37.400
<v Speaker 1>The game, or fill in the blank, ooh Gary Moore

1260
01:07:37.440 --> 01:07:39.320
<v Speaker 1>is doing the game. Dick Gabriels, Yeah, I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Gonna watch or look now, they will leave if they don't,

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01:07:42.599 --> 01:07:46.280
<v Speaker 2>if you're annoying. So I just got to wonder, dude,

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01:07:46.320 --> 01:07:48.519
<v Speaker 2>does Fox really think it's worth it?

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<v Speaker 1>And I guess they do.

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<v Speaker 6>I like Olson, but Olsen seems to talk in all

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01:07:53.039 --> 01:07:55.440
<v Speaker 6>caps a lot. He seems to really it's all caps

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01:07:55.480 --> 01:07:57.920
<v Speaker 6>all the time. It's just okay, man, just yeah, you

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01:07:58.079 --> 01:08:00.800
<v Speaker 6>did it. But you remember when back in the World

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01:08:00.880 --> 01:08:02.519
<v Speaker 6>Series day, some of us are old enough to remember

1270
01:08:02.519 --> 01:08:05.440
<v Speaker 6>when Cardinals announcer Harry Carey got to do some of

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01:08:05.480 --> 01:08:07.599
<v Speaker 6>the play by play for the World Series games, like

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01:08:07.639 --> 01:08:11.239
<v Speaker 6>in sixty eight. Yeah, and the same thing happened with

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01:08:11.320 --> 01:08:14.440
<v Speaker 6>the with Ernie Harwell, who got a chance to take

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01:08:14.480 --> 01:08:18.880
<v Speaker 6>turns doing that sort of thing, stunt casting exactly. Our

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01:08:18.920 --> 01:08:22.439
<v Speaker 6>fourth swig, one last NFL note. The greatest NFL game

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01:08:22.479 --> 01:08:26.119
<v Speaker 6>in history according to you, Dick Gabriel is okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm going back to that overtime.

1278
01:08:30.239 --> 01:08:32.079
<v Speaker 1>Game when.

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01:08:33.239 --> 01:08:36.920
<v Speaker 2>Gosh it was was it the Dolphins when they carried

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01:08:37.439 --> 01:08:38.840
<v Speaker 2>a tight end off the field.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't remember.

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01:08:41.640 --> 01:08:44.039
<v Speaker 6>Dolphins and the Chiefs that double over the longest game

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01:08:44.039 --> 01:08:48.159
<v Speaker 6>in history. Yeah, that seventy one. I think that's when

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<v Speaker 6>they I'll give you mine. January twelfth, nineteen sixty nine,

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01:08:52.119 --> 01:08:55.520
<v Speaker 6>Super Bowl three Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida Broadway. Joe

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01:08:55.600 --> 01:09:00.800
<v Speaker 6>Willie name pro Football's white cleated rock star. In New

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01:09:00.920 --> 01:09:04.079
<v Speaker 6>York Jets, the much maligned afl Over, the heavily favored

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01:09:04.119 --> 01:09:07.600
<v Speaker 6>Baltimore Colts of the alleged mightier NFL sixteen to seven,

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01:09:07.640 --> 01:09:11.039
<v Speaker 6>after Joe even guaranteed it. But Sports Illustrated Dick says,

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01:09:11.399 --> 01:09:14.840
<v Speaker 6>not so fast, my football fanatics. That's only number three

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01:09:16.239 --> 01:09:18.720
<v Speaker 6>in their list, which probably explains why they have some problems.

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<v Speaker 6>February February twenty twenty five, spokesperson in the Issues got

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01:09:22.039 --> 01:09:26.920
<v Speaker 6>their top fifty number one, number one all time greatest

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01:09:27.000 --> 01:09:30.359
<v Speaker 6>NFL game. You were Green Bay Packers New Year's Eve

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01:09:30.600 --> 01:09:34.479
<v Speaker 6>nineteen sixty seven, lambeau Field thirteen below Pack twenty one.

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<v Speaker 6>How about the Top Boys seventeen? Yeah, onto a Super

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<v Speaker 6>Bowl too, where they'd win another World championship against the

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<v Speaker 6>raid Is.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's so subjective, of course. I think your choice

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01:09:46.760 --> 01:09:51.960
<v Speaker 2>is maybe the most important because it helped facilitate the merger. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. And by the way, Joe Namas brother went

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01:09:56.520 --> 01:10:00.239
<v Speaker 2>to UK, Joe Namath thought about going to UK. We

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01:10:00.359 --> 01:10:03.520
<v Speaker 2>want to play for Bear Bryant and Joe Nama I

1304
01:10:03.520 --> 01:10:06.359
<v Speaker 2>found this out. The d one of only two quarterbacks

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01:10:06.359 --> 01:10:10.800
<v Speaker 2>ever to win a national title and win an NFL

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01:10:10.880 --> 01:10:15.640
<v Speaker 2>champions As Super Bowl, the other being Joe Montana.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't think Montana ever wore a ankle link fur coat.

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01:10:19.680 --> 01:10:24.279
<v Speaker 1>Though did he not yet.

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<v Speaker 6>Our fifth swig and the six pack for bluegrass bowlers

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01:10:27.319 --> 01:10:31.159
<v Speaker 6>across the Commonwealth. Your eyes do not deceive you. UK

1312
01:10:31.680 --> 01:10:33.880
<v Speaker 6>and U of L are both in the AP Top

1313
01:10:33.920 --> 01:10:37.920
<v Speaker 6>twenty five pole this week, first time since the final

1314
01:10:38.000 --> 01:10:42.199
<v Speaker 6>poll of the disastrous well the weight ended up was

1315
01:10:42.279 --> 01:10:46.119
<v Speaker 6>disastrous the twenty nineteen twenty season before COVID canceled everything.

1316
01:10:46.880 --> 01:10:48.560
<v Speaker 6>They were both in there at the very last time.

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01:10:49.800 --> 01:10:52.119
<v Speaker 6>So last night, the number twenty five Cards down in

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01:10:52.119 --> 01:10:55.840
<v Speaker 6>one of your former addresses and cities in Dallas, Texas,

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01:10:56.479 --> 01:11:00.520
<v Speaker 6>celebrated being back in the poll by absolutely eviscerating at

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01:11:00.520 --> 01:11:03.720
<v Speaker 6>that time the top shooting percentage team in the ACC

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01:11:03.880 --> 01:11:07.079
<v Speaker 6>SMU ninety eight to seventy three, and I believe Vegas

1322
01:11:07.079 --> 01:11:10.000
<v Speaker 6>even had the Cardinals a two point underdog. I don't

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01:11:10.000 --> 01:11:12.279
<v Speaker 6>even what are you guys even watching this team as

1324
01:11:12.279 --> 01:11:15.319
<v Speaker 6>it's gone on this eight game winning street nine in

1325
01:11:15.359 --> 01:11:17.319
<v Speaker 6>a row for the Cards now, who like UK, have

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01:11:17.399 --> 01:11:20.439
<v Speaker 6>got a week between games, rest up, work on some stuff.

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01:11:20.439 --> 01:11:23.159
<v Speaker 6>They'll return home to play an upstart Wake Forest team

1328
01:11:23.600 --> 01:11:26.399
<v Speaker 6>next Tuesday. Meanwhile, Number nine UK, as you've talked about,

1329
01:11:26.880 --> 01:11:30.319
<v Speaker 6>will be on the road and on ESPN Saturday afternoon

1330
01:11:30.760 --> 01:11:33.399
<v Speaker 6>at two thirty at Vandy. They've needed this breather to

1331
01:11:33.479 --> 01:11:35.680
<v Speaker 6>rest and work on some defensive stuff. And oh, by

1332
01:11:35.720 --> 01:11:37.840
<v Speaker 6>the way, one other game on Saturday I'm watching. This

1333
01:11:37.840 --> 01:11:41.600
<v Speaker 6>will be interesting. Belmont and Murray State, these two former

1334
01:11:41.640 --> 01:11:44.800
<v Speaker 6>OVC rivals now in the Moe Valley Conference. They still

1335
01:11:44.800 --> 01:11:47.199
<v Speaker 6>get after each other. Oh yeah, and they always have

1336
01:11:47.239 --> 01:11:49.159
<v Speaker 6>a full house down to Murray. It's like the old

1337
01:11:49.239 --> 01:11:51.159
<v Speaker 6>Murray and Western rivalries kind of used to be. And

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01:11:51.159 --> 01:11:53.920
<v Speaker 6>that'll be on ESPN Plus if you got that to watch.

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01:11:54.039 --> 01:11:57.199
<v Speaker 2>Bellmont is a sneaky good program. Yeah, you know, you're

1340
01:11:57.239 --> 01:11:59.960
<v Speaker 2>never surprised when Belmont pops up in the NCAA tournament.

1341
01:12:00.079 --> 01:12:04.159
<v Speaker 2>Maybe does some damage. Boy, the ACC, I mean just

1342
01:12:04.319 --> 01:12:07.880
<v Speaker 2>last night you mentioned Wake Forest beats North Carolina, Yeah,

1343
01:12:07.960 --> 01:12:11.800
<v Speaker 2>which is really in a bit of a spiral now Tailspinuh,

1344
01:12:12.079 --> 01:12:14.800
<v Speaker 2>but you got to wonder about you know, Duke's obviously

1345
01:12:14.960 --> 01:12:19.000
<v Speaker 2>very good, but top to bottom, how good is the ACC?

1346
01:12:19.159 --> 01:12:22.039
<v Speaker 1>And Louisville is coming along at just the right time.

1347
01:12:22.520 --> 01:12:25.479
<v Speaker 2>And by the way, for it with every win UK fans,

1348
01:12:26.079 --> 01:12:29.720
<v Speaker 2>that makes Kentucky's win over Louisville even more valuable when

1349
01:12:29.760 --> 01:12:31.720
<v Speaker 2>it comes to the postseason.

1350
01:12:32.479 --> 01:12:35.279
<v Speaker 6>Sure does and boy, the Louisville guys are really jelly.

1351
01:12:35.319 --> 01:12:37.439
<v Speaker 6>You can see how how they're getting closer in the court.

1352
01:12:37.439 --> 01:12:40.880
<v Speaker 6>They really like each other. This team, if they keep

1353
01:12:40.880 --> 01:12:42.760
<v Speaker 6>going up, this is going to be an interesting you know,

1354
01:12:42.760 --> 01:12:45.359
<v Speaker 6>the only five wins away from a twenty win season.

1355
01:12:45.359 --> 01:12:48.359
<v Speaker 6>Already about that? How about that six and final swig

1356
01:12:48.439 --> 01:12:50.640
<v Speaker 6>of the six pack? Did you get enough bowl games

1357
01:12:50.760 --> 01:12:53.520
<v Speaker 6>over the past month? Good, because ball season is not over.

1358
01:12:54.199 --> 01:12:57.119
<v Speaker 6>Two college All Star Bowl games. First, the East West

1359
01:12:57.119 --> 01:12:59.399
<v Speaker 6>Shrine Bowl, the oldest all Star game by the way,

1360
01:12:59.399 --> 01:13:01.680
<v Speaker 6>it supports the sh Ryer's Hospitals. Of course, that's a

1361
01:13:01.680 --> 01:13:05.199
<v Speaker 6>week from tomorrow at and T Stadium down there in Arlington, Texas.

1362
01:13:05.199 --> 01:13:07.199
<v Speaker 6>And then you got the Senior Bowl two days later

1363
01:13:07.239 --> 01:13:11.159
<v Speaker 6>in Mobile. As usual, Super Bowl fifty nine February ninth,

1364
01:13:11.399 --> 01:13:15.319
<v Speaker 6>New Orleans. But my favorite right before the Super Bowl,

1365
01:13:15.680 --> 01:13:19.359
<v Speaker 6>Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl this year, featuring not one, but

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01:13:19.520 --> 01:13:23.800
<v Speaker 6>two two shelter pups from the Kentucky Humane Society right

1367
01:13:23.840 --> 01:13:27.520
<v Speaker 6>here in Louisville in the bowl. Yeah, there's going to

1368
01:13:27.560 --> 01:13:30.279
<v Speaker 6>be a Colonel the Beagle pup and Julip, the first

1369
01:13:30.359 --> 01:13:33.880
<v Speaker 6>ever Saint Bernard mix in Puppy Bowl history, vying for

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01:13:33.920 --> 01:13:41.479
<v Speaker 6>their teams to bring home the Lombardi Trophy. Uh Kentucky

1371
01:13:41.560 --> 01:13:44.439
<v Speaker 6>Humane or Kyhumane dot org has all the deeds and

1372
01:13:44.439 --> 01:13:46.840
<v Speaker 6>even have t shirts to support either Team Colonel or

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01:13:46.920 --> 01:13:50.720
<v Speaker 6>Team Julip. That's Kyhumane dot Org. If you've ever watched

1374
01:13:50.720 --> 01:13:53.199
<v Speaker 6>these things, are you not always entertained?

1375
01:13:53.720 --> 01:13:54.039
<v Speaker 1>Well?

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01:13:54.439 --> 01:13:57.840
<v Speaker 2>I love the Lombarkie Trophy because well, for many reasons,

1377
01:13:57.840 --> 01:14:00.560
<v Speaker 2>but one of them being my dog, who was asleep

1378
01:14:00.640 --> 01:14:04.239
<v Speaker 2>right here at my feet, is named bark Starr. You

1379
01:14:04.319 --> 01:14:08.600
<v Speaker 2>go after the famous Packers quarterback. But yeah, I don't

1380
01:14:08.600 --> 01:14:10.960
<v Speaker 2>remember how long they've been doing this, the Puppy Bowl,

1381
01:14:11.720 --> 01:14:14.439
<v Speaker 2>but it's when it's them. I think it's probably that

1382
01:14:14.840 --> 01:14:16.680
<v Speaker 2>and the Budweiser. Clydesdale's.

1383
01:14:17.199 --> 01:14:19.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the most successful idea for.

1384
01:14:20.039 --> 01:14:23.840
<v Speaker 2>A Super Bowl spot since they started really spending insane

1385
01:14:23.840 --> 01:14:24.439
<v Speaker 2>money on him.

1386
01:14:25.039 --> 01:14:26.479
<v Speaker 6>I think it's been going for like about twenty years

1387
01:14:26.560 --> 01:14:26.760
<v Speaker 6>or so.

1388
01:14:26.840 --> 01:14:29.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's gotta be who doesn't love puppies and then

1389
01:14:29.720 --> 01:14:31.039
<v Speaker 2>puppies and beer come on?

1390
01:14:31.560 --> 01:14:34.039
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, perfect combination, you and me both.

1391
01:14:34.560 --> 01:14:36.399
<v Speaker 1>He's our West n Burea chief Gary Moore.

1392
01:14:36.600 --> 01:14:38.960
<v Speaker 2>We'll come back and talk some hot reeds right here

1393
01:14:38.960 --> 01:14:43.119
<v Speaker 2>on the big Mollon Sider. Six point thirty WLAP Welcome back.

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01:14:43.199 --> 01:14:45.640
<v Speaker 2>We are talking with our West End Bureau chief, Gary Moore,

1395
01:14:45.720 --> 01:14:48.840
<v Speaker 2>formerly the West Coast Bureau chief and now some hot

1396
01:14:48.880 --> 01:14:52.000
<v Speaker 2>reeds for Gary. And we went through two guys in

1397
01:14:52.079 --> 01:14:55.439
<v Speaker 2>a six pack and we didn't talk about I'm kind

1398
01:14:55.439 --> 01:14:57.079
<v Speaker 2>of surprised you didn't include this, but you had a

1399
01:14:57.119 --> 01:14:59.760
<v Speaker 2>lot to talk about the Hall of Fame each ye

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01:14:59.840 --> 01:15:05.800
<v Speaker 2>ro oh goes in. Not unanimously one person did not

1401
01:15:05.960 --> 01:15:08.720
<v Speaker 2>vote for this guy. I love the stat And then

1402
01:15:08.760 --> 01:15:11.039
<v Speaker 2>he had bringing up maybe once a year in his

1403
01:15:11.199 --> 01:15:15.319
<v Speaker 2>tenth ab in the major leagues here in the US,

1404
01:15:15.920 --> 01:15:19.560
<v Speaker 2>his base hit put him over the three hundred mark.

1405
01:15:19.800 --> 01:15:23.000
<v Speaker 1>He never hit below three hundred ever.

1406
01:15:23.159 --> 01:15:29.239
<v Speaker 2>Again, maybe Biggs, he is absolutely phenomenal. But the fact

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01:15:29.279 --> 01:15:33.680
<v Speaker 2>that he was not a unanimous choice once again screams

1408
01:15:33.760 --> 01:15:38.960
<v Speaker 2>for transparency from the voters, and generally journalists are the

1409
01:15:38.960 --> 01:15:45.800
<v Speaker 2>ones demanding transparency in sports, in politics and government. I'm

1410
01:15:45.840 --> 01:15:48.439
<v Speaker 2>amazed Gary that we still haven't got that, aren't you.

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01:15:49.159 --> 01:15:50.960
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, And I don't know who the coward is that

1412
01:15:51.199 --> 01:15:53.840
<v Speaker 6>not only didn't vote for him, who also there's one

1413
01:15:53.880 --> 01:15:56.560
<v Speaker 6>guy maybe it's the same guy or woman who didn't

1414
01:15:56.640 --> 01:16:00.840
<v Speaker 6>vote for Derek Jeter. Yes, Mariano Rivera. Rianna Rivera is

1415
01:16:00.880 --> 01:16:06.199
<v Speaker 6>the only unanimous Hall of Fame entrant so far. Get this?

1416
01:16:06.520 --> 01:16:06.720
<v Speaker 1>Are you?

1417
01:16:06.800 --> 01:16:10.760
<v Speaker 6>Are you sitting down? Babe Ruth was not unanimous in

1418
01:16:10.800 --> 01:16:13.640
<v Speaker 6>the Hall of Fame. Yeah, he's eleven vote shy. Hank

1419
01:16:13.720 --> 01:16:18.119
<v Speaker 6>Aaron was nine votes shy. Willie Mays was twenty three

1420
01:16:18.239 --> 01:16:20.920
<v Speaker 6>votes shy and maybe the most amazing of all of

1421
01:16:20.920 --> 01:16:24.279
<v Speaker 6>these besides Babe Ruth, did you know Joelton Joe DiMaggio

1422
01:16:24.840 --> 01:16:28.640
<v Speaker 6>was snubbed on the first ballot. It took three years

1423
01:16:28.800 --> 01:16:32.960
<v Speaker 6>for Joe DiMaggio to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1424
01:16:33.399 --> 01:16:36.399
<v Speaker 6>If this doesn't tell you the mentality some of the

1425
01:16:36.439 --> 01:16:39.319
<v Speaker 6>people in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the baseball writers,

1426
01:16:39.840 --> 01:16:41.880
<v Speaker 6>I don't know what does. I've been in many a

1427
01:16:41.880 --> 01:16:44.680
<v Speaker 6>baseball press box, and you have two some of the

1428
01:16:44.680 --> 01:16:46.840
<v Speaker 6>most miserable some of the nicest guys I've ever run

1429
01:16:46.840 --> 01:16:49.640
<v Speaker 6>into in sports, and yet some of the most miserable.

1430
01:16:49.239 --> 01:16:50.680
<v Speaker 1>Guys, Yes, I've ever run into.

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01:16:51.000 --> 01:16:54.960
<v Speaker 2>Well, and what you just talked about Aaron Ruth Demagio

1432
01:16:55.199 --> 01:16:59.920
<v Speaker 2>not being voted, that's the excuse you often hear from somebody. Well,

1433
01:17:00.439 --> 01:17:02.600
<v Speaker 2>if Babe Ruth wasn't a first ballot, How can I

1434
01:17:02.640 --> 01:17:03.720
<v Speaker 2>make each year or whatever.

1435
01:17:04.159 --> 01:17:06.720
<v Speaker 1>Just because people back then were stupid doesn't mean you

1436
01:17:06.760 --> 01:17:10.359
<v Speaker 1>have to be stupid. Drives me nuts, drives me crazy.

1437
01:17:10.760 --> 01:17:13.600
<v Speaker 2>Our second High Red, SEC and Big Ten Athletics directors

1438
01:17:13.640 --> 01:17:16.439
<v Speaker 2>will be discussing a lot of key issues at a

1439
01:17:16.479 --> 01:17:20.319
<v Speaker 2>February nineteenth meeting in New Orleans, including the.

1440
01:17:20.319 --> 01:17:22.560
<v Speaker 1>College football playoff playoffs.

1441
01:17:23.000 --> 01:17:27.640
<v Speaker 2>And that's the second time the conference's ads are getting

1442
01:17:27.680 --> 01:17:31.199
<v Speaker 2>together to talk about college athletics in general and the

1443
01:17:31.199 --> 01:17:32.560
<v Speaker 2>playoffs in particular.

1444
01:17:32.760 --> 01:17:35.520
<v Speaker 1>But that comes a.

1445
01:17:35.439 --> 01:17:39.479
<v Speaker 2>Week prior to college football playoff commissioners getting together in

1446
01:17:39.600 --> 01:17:44.520
<v Speaker 2>Dallas to talk about their or to continue their discussions

1447
01:17:44.880 --> 01:17:47.560
<v Speaker 2>from the week. I know some people are not happy

1448
01:17:47.600 --> 01:17:52.199
<v Speaker 2>about the fact that ME included Ohio State underseated, Notre

1449
01:17:52.319 --> 01:17:56.159
<v Speaker 2>Dame underseated. They're talking Gary about maybe going to a

1450
01:17:56.279 --> 01:18:00.119
<v Speaker 2>fourteen team format, not this coming year, but maybe a

1451
01:18:00.159 --> 01:18:04.319
<v Speaker 2>couple of years. Four automatic bids each for the Big

1452
01:18:04.359 --> 01:18:06.600
<v Speaker 2>Ten in the SEC, two for the Big twelve, and

1453
01:18:06.720 --> 01:18:10.720
<v Speaker 2>ACC whatever they do to me, Like I said, it's

1454
01:18:10.760 --> 01:18:14.960
<v Speaker 2>all about the seating, right it's I think they're gonna

1455
01:18:15.000 --> 01:18:17.640
<v Speaker 2>make even more mistakes before they actually will they ever

1456
01:18:17.720 --> 01:18:18.640
<v Speaker 2>settle into something.

1457
01:18:18.840 --> 01:18:19.840
<v Speaker 1>Everybody likes.

1458
01:18:20.319 --> 01:18:22.840
<v Speaker 6>Probably not. And you could almost tell as soon as

1459
01:18:22.840 --> 01:18:26.479
<v Speaker 6>the seedings were announced this year. You know, you don't

1460
01:18:26.479 --> 01:18:28.159
<v Speaker 6>even have to be a football expert to go why

1461
01:18:28.159 --> 01:18:30.399
<v Speaker 6>are they getting a buye? You know, there was that

1462
01:18:30.439 --> 01:18:32.560
<v Speaker 6>sort of a thing. It should have been more along

1463
01:18:32.600 --> 01:18:34.039
<v Speaker 6>the lines of the record of the.

1464
01:18:34.000 --> 01:18:36.960
<v Speaker 2>Team or just but that was a lockdown ahead of time,

1465
01:18:37.359 --> 01:18:39.199
<v Speaker 2>right predetermined, which is nuts.

1466
01:18:40.159 --> 01:18:42.399
<v Speaker 6>And I think that's gonna have to change at some point,

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<v Speaker 6>don't you.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 6>And I like the fact that there's some you know

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01:18:46.680 --> 01:18:48.520
<v Speaker 6>that you're doing some of this on the college campuses,

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01:18:49.199 --> 01:18:51.439
<v Speaker 6>but at the same time, don't do the automatic stuff

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01:18:51.479 --> 01:18:52.920
<v Speaker 6>before you even get the team in there.

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<v Speaker 1>Well we talked before. I think a team that gets

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01:18:56.199 --> 01:18:58.760
<v Speaker 1>a buye should not necessarily.

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01:18:58.279 --> 01:19:00.800
<v Speaker 2>Get a home game as well. That's rewarding them twice.

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01:19:01.439 --> 01:19:03.760
<v Speaker 2>And you talk about stacking the odds. That would really

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<v Speaker 2>take care. But I do think, though I'm a Bowl

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01:19:06.159 --> 01:19:07.760
<v Speaker 2>Games guy, they need to protect.

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01:19:07.520 --> 01:19:09.680
<v Speaker 1>The bulls and screw that up as well. Though.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, well that'll do it. Thank you so much, sir.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to look for you on Twitter.

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01:19:13.680 --> 01:19:16.319
<v Speaker 6>Knee x at at at nine to five five Gary,

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01:19:16.319 --> 01:19:16.920
<v Speaker 6>where you're at.

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01:19:17.199 --> 01:19:19.800
<v Speaker 1>I'm at Big Blue and cider once stay warm over there.

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01:19:20.159 --> 01:19:22.079
<v Speaker 6>Same to you go Buffalo, Go Washington.

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01:19:22.319 --> 01:19:24.800
<v Speaker 2>My thanks to Gary Deshaan Wood was to Amelia hass it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it, good night from the garage in Lexington.

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<v Speaker 9>I don't want.

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<v Speaker 8>Anything without spamming it well, span, egg sausage and spam.

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01:19:32.399 --> 01:19:35.279
<v Speaker 8>It's not much spam in it. I don't want spam.

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<v Speaker 8>Walk on.

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01:19:35.960 --> 01:19:37.800
<v Speaker 6>You have egg, bacon, spam and sausage.

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01:19:37.920 --> 01:19:40.520
<v Speaker 8>It's spam in it as much as spam, egg sausage

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01:19:40.560 --> 01:19:41.000
<v Speaker 8>and spam.

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<v Speaker 3>Nang