WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for coffee and company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.519 Sports Talk seven ninety Holy crap, I don't know who 3 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:13.439 the hell we think when we are getting off our show. 4 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:17.199 Idiot. The kids are crying or trail off their countries. 5 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:17.559 Are screwing it up. 6 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:20.920 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 7 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.039 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 8 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.920 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 9 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:48.039 kidding me? Now? Here's nick coffee? All right? 10 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:49.520 I was a little worried there for a second. 11 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.439 Only one only sound was coming out of one of 12 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:54.560 my headphones, not the other side. But we're good to go. 13 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:56.039 I guess it didn't have it plugged in all the way. 14 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.640 Little things like that, in a weird way, can set 15 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:01.240 me in a panic. I mean, it wouldn't have been 16 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:04.400 the biggest deal if I had to use just one side, 17 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.079 the right ear only hearing things, and I could have 18 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.560 grabbed another headset. But you know, I guess the nerves 19 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:12.120 that are there before a show starts. I mean that 20 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:15.120 always reminds me that I really do like what I do. 21 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:17.280 I enjoy doing it, and I want to do as 22 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:20.879 best I can, so you know, I was a little nervous, 23 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:23.359 but I think my nerves, more than anything, are are 24 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:25.040 for tonight where I'm gonna throw out the first pitch 25 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:28.239 at the bats game. And I had not had any 26 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:30.840 feeling like this at all until about an hour ago. 27 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:33.719 And I don't really know why, you know, because it's 28 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:36.200 not like I'm out there to impress anybody. I'm not 29 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:38.239 gonna throw a pitch that's gonna look like I belong 30 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:40.840 on a baseball field. But I guess now that it's here, 31 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:45.879 maybe I've just been like mentally trying to not overthink 32 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:50.120 it to where just it'll be, it'll be, it'll be whatever. 33 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:50.719 Right, it'll be fine. 34 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:53.000 And then now it's here, and it's like, oh, let's 35 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.719 let's try not to embarrass ourselves too much. Anyways, let's 36 00:01:56.719 --> 00:02:00.159 get it started. It's a Thursday coffee and company. We 37 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:03.280 are fuel about Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety 38 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:05.560 Nick Coffey, that's me the company man, mister John all 39 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:08.759 On alongside today. There's always a lot to get into. 40 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:11.360 Are you good today, John? Yesterday you told me when 41 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:13.840 the show started that you you honked at three different 42 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:14.520 people on your. 43 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:16.599 Way in I did say that, didn't I I'm a 44 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:18.199 lot better. I don't think I was in a bad 45 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.319 mood yesterday. But sometimes traffic on the way here, as 46 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:23.879 you've expressed many time before as well, it can just 47 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:25.599 kind of put you in a foul space for a 48 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.120 few minutes. But I'm in a lot better headspace as 49 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:29.280 we get things started today. 50 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:30.080 Yeah, rarely. 51 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.120 I mean, if I'm like really late for something, that's 52 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:36.840 like a totally different thing. But once I am away 53 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:39.840 from traffic, it usually never even like reappears in my mind, 54 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.439 you know what I mean. Like, it's just once you're there, 55 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:45.479 you're no longer sitting around or sitting in the road 56 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:48.280 trying to figure out why the hell you're being delayed 57 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:49.960 and why you're sitting in traffic. Which that's the worst 58 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.000 that actually happened today. I didn't I didn't sit for 59 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:54.840 a long time, but I guess there was just congestion, 60 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:58.319 as they say, on sixty five north right as you're 61 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:01.560 getting close to downtown. And I don't know why I 62 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:06.120 have this obsession whenever I do sit in traffic, I 63 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:09.199 have to know why. And sometimes you end up just 64 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:12.080 kind of slowly making your way through, and then you're 65 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:14.800 moving at the speed limit or faster and you never 66 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:16.719 see as to what held you up, and it makes 67 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:19.439 no difference. You were held up right, knowing what caused 68 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:22.120 you to hit traffic. Knowing what might have made you 69 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:25.840 late doesn't change anything. But for some reason, I think 70 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:28.159 it is a worst case scenario to be in traffic 71 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:32.240 and then not know what caused that. But the last 72 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:36.000 time there was a big time traffic nightmare situation, we 73 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:37.719 discussed it on the show. We then went to break 74 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:39.120 and found out it was because there was a dead 75 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:42.479 body laying on the interstate. So hopefully whatever did you know? 76 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:44.039 I don't think it was anything crazy again, I didn't 77 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:45.639 even see a rack or anything like that. It was just, 78 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.599 you know, probably a lot of people at the same 79 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:51.800 time in the same spot. That's usually how traffic works. 80 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:54.000 I mean, we we've talked about this before, but when 81 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:56.759 it comes to traffic, Louisville is pretty I mean, for 82 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:58.400 as big of a city as we are, and we're 83 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:00.960 not humongous, right, We're not you know, New York City, LA, 84 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:05.439 or anything like that, But for the Louisville metropolitan area, 85 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:11.719 I feel like you can get just about anywhere relatively quickly. Now, Obviously, 86 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:14.319 if you're gonna go from the South end to the 87 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:16.279 East end, that's gonna be a pretty big haul, right, 88 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:18.279 That's not like you're just you know, you can't walk there. 89 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:21.439 You're gonna have to obviously make a trip. But if 90 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:25.959 there's not construction or a wreck that has closed a lane, 91 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:28.279 I feel like we're we got it pretty good here, 92 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:31.399 And I have to remind myself of that pretty often, because, 93 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:34.600 you know, any little inconvenience that makes me have a 94 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:38.040 ten to fifteen minute longer commute, I just feel, I guess, 95 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:42.480 like a victim and being in Atlanta traffic, before being 96 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:46.360 in Chicago traffic, before being in Miami traffic, before you know, 97 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:47.759 I gotta I gotta go back to there. 98 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:48.040 Not me. 99 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:49.319 I mean I I would love to go back to 100 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:52.120 those places, but I gotta go back on those trips 101 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:54.360 every now and then mentally just to remind myself, hey, 102 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:56.000 it's not that bad. It could be a lot worse. 103 00:04:56.600 --> 00:05:01.560 So anyways, where do we start? I mean, I think 104 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:06.120 the Amari Huggins Bruce situation is worth a quick little 105 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:08.040 check in here. I mean, I can't lie to you 106 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:10.439 and act as if I you know, if I know 107 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:16.079 any major update, but it still continues to be very 108 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:18.480 I mean, I think it's real. I said yesterday, I 109 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:20.160 didn't want to call it a rumor anymore. 110 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:22.800 But there still isn't really. 111 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:27.639 Any any type of official report that like they're trying 112 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.920 to make this work or that here's the plan. Now 113 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:34.399 they wait to see what the NCAA is going to do. 114 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:37.600 So I mean, I don't know, like if this ends 115 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:40.839 up all being for nothing, then it'll end up being 116 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:42.639 one of those things that we look back on and say, wow, 117 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.279 we probably spent way too much time on something that was, 118 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:48.600 you know, not real at all. But it sounds like 119 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:52.279 the South Carolina folks have essentially accepted that he's no 120 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:54.800 longer with them. I mean, I'm reading that right now 121 00:05:54.839 --> 00:06:00.160 from the South Carolina SI website, and you know, their 122 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:03.000 headline here says South Carolina Football News, what's going on 123 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:06.319 with the Mary Huggins Bruce And they go on to 124 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:08.600 say that he has been missing from practice the last 125 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.120 three days. Again, it's just, you know, when I say 126 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:15.439 rumor and subliminal tweets, like, it's not like I'm calling 127 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:18.639 anybody out for making stuff up or acting like they're 128 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:20.879 in the know when they're just guessing like all of us, 129 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:22.879 although that probably is the case with a lot of people. 130 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:26.160 I mean, I saw somebody post that he's here, he's arrived, 131 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:29.199 he's in Louisville, and maybe there's proof of that, like 132 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:31.439 on an Instagram, but I don't think I follow him 133 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:34.639 on Instagram or any social media. So it has certainly 134 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:38.560 become a big talking point throughout the week, and I 135 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:40.360 hope they can make it work out right, Why not 136 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.040 give you some more depth at a position that you 137 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.279 just lost a guy for potentially, you know, six to 138 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.759 eight weeks. He knows the offense. He's not a star 139 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:52.720 by any means, but he's been productive. I mean it 140 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:54.680 would make sense if in fact you can make it work. 141 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.000 But as we discussed yesterday, I just don't know how 142 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.720 you could make it work. But if he's in fact 143 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:02.120 here or on his way here, as some are saying 144 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.160 or speculating, then I guess that means that you know 145 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:08.519 they're gonna try to make it work. But to go 146 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:12.680 back to yesterday's conversation, when it comes to like doing 147 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:15.160 something that could get you flagged by the NC double A, 148 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:18.439 I mean it didn't worth it, no offense. I mean, again, 149 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:20.319 if you can make it work great, But I just 150 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:23.720 don't see a scenario where you just, you know, put 151 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.319 him on the field and hope the NC DOUBLEA doesn't 152 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:29.319 notice or say something like, you know, as much as. 153 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:30.560 We don't want to. 154 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:34.040 I mean, I've said it many times in recent weeks. 155 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:38.240 I don't think that the NC DOUBLEA has ever been 156 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:41.600 less you know, feared when it comes to their constituents, 157 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.680 those that, of course are underneath the ncuablea's umbrella. Not 158 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:47.879 that everybody's out there just blatantly breaking rules and you know, 159 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:50.639 double bird in the NC DOUBLEA, you know, in their 160 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:52.439 face saying hey, you don't like it, come do something 161 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:54.439 about it. Like it's not to that point. But it 162 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:56.639 just doesn't seem as if people are worried about the 163 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.480 NC doublea's wrath like they once were, because the recent 164 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:03.160 trend is that you hire a lawyer, they're gonna lose, 165 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:07.360 meaning the NCAA. I mean, heck, Congress has stepped in 166 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:09.439 and be like, yeah, you can't do that. You're you're 167 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.079 not You're not allowed to rule like that, Like what 168 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:13.959 you're doing is in fact illegal. If you don't let 169 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:16.480 these players make money, if you don't don't let these 170 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:22.240 players transfer it's illegal. So anyways, and I'm already it 171 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:25.720 started yesterday. I'm already to the point where I kind 172 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:28.639 of feel like, I don't know, I kind of feel like, 173 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:32.840 just because of this unusual situation where he just randomly 174 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:37.080 decides he doesn't want to be at South Carolina, the 175 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:40.399 guy who essentially replaced him on Louis's roster gets hurt. Like, 176 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:45.559 I just think then the overall situation itself is interesting 177 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:48.879 enough to where it would be, you know, something worth discussing. 178 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:51.480 But I think it's also sort of put a little 179 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:56.200 bit of a it's it's made people, I think, believe 180 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:58.200 that this guy's actually gonna if he is here, that 181 00:08:58.240 --> 00:08:59.600 he's gonna be able to do more than what he'll 182 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:01.080 actually do, if that makes sense. Like I don't want 183 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:02.840 to I'm dancing around because I don't want to say 184 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:04.960 that the guy isn't talented because he has made plays. 185 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:08.039 But like, if it all works out, it would be like, Wow, 186 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:12.480 that's awesome because of the timing, because of the circumstances, 187 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:15.720 But as far as like what he brings, like, it 188 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:21.279 doesn't change a whole lot in regards to Louisville's expectations, 189 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:23.960 for their offense while they wait for Colin Lacy to 190 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:25.759 get healthy. Now, maybe he proves me wrong and he 191 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.039 ends up being a guy that is making plays, is 192 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.960 really productive, and you think to yourself, Wow, it's gonna 193 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:32.600 be tough for Colin Lacy to get that spot back 194 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:34.919 because Mariy Huggins Bruce is killing it. So you know, 195 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:37.200 still getting ahead of myself here because who knows what's 196 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:39.600 going to happen. But if in fact it is true 197 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:41.120 that he's here, I guess now you just wait to 198 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:44.200 figure out if he's going to be able to walk 199 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:48.720 onto the team and be able to play immediately without 200 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.879 ever entering the portal because the portal is closed. I mean, 201 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:55.840 you're an objective outsider here, John, You've heard me discuss 202 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:59.399 this current situation. I mean, what are your thoughts on it? 203 00:09:59.440 --> 00:09:59.679 Again? 204 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:01.960 Take way like what he can do as a player, 205 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:04.159 because obviously you're not real familiar with him, I'm sure, 206 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:07.240 but just again, a guy practicing over the weekend at 207 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:10.919 South Carolina and then four days later he's back at 208 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:13.879 his old school trying to become eligible without actually getting 209 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:15.360 released because he can't enter the portal. 210 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:16.600 Like it's just it's a lot here. 211 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:19.120 It's weird, and I know I shared a thought yesterday 212 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:20.919 that I hope people didn't take the wrong way, and 213 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:23.120 I hope it's not like a personal issue that like 214 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:24.960 he just can't kind of get his mind straight with 215 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.159 where he wants to be, how he wants to kind 216 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:29.960 of I guess cement his legacy in college football in general, 217 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:32.799 because whenever you're flip flopping around, and I know, you 218 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.279 know you can transfer whenever you want, it just kind 219 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:38.759 of shows indecisiveness, at least to me, and that maybe 220 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:40.679 it's tough for you to kind of commit to where 221 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:41.159 you want to be. 222 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:44.000 And again, I'm probably overthinking. 223 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:45.159 The way players do this type of stuff because I 224 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:46.879 know they are kids, But that's just the way that 225 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:48.440 I look at situations like this. 226 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:55.559 Yeah, I mean, I I mean, it's just hard to 227 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.759 see this just randomly aligning to where, Oh, wow, what 228 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.799 do you know, He's unhappy at South Carolina, he wanted 229 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:05.320 to come back to Louisville. Oh, Colin Lacey's hurt, He's 230 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.279 just gonna walk on, and Nil is going to pay 231 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:09.200 for his scholarship. I mean, it's just to me, it's 232 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.879 just so far fetched to where you'd see him on 233 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.720 the field next Saturday when Louisville starts their season. But again, 234 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:18.000 I guess crazier things have happened. There's also the other question, 235 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:23.559 which is, if in fact this does happen and he's 236 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:28.000 he's he's good to go by the opener, would that 237 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.879 sort of make people more concerned that by doing this 238 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:33.879 they must really be worried about their offense because a 239 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:35.639 guy who wasn't even close to being one of their 240 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:38.919 best receivers last year, he's available and they're doing a 241 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:41.159 lot to try to get him back. Somebody asked me 242 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.360 that yesterday on the text line, and I think it's 243 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.080 a fair question. 244 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:46.240 However, I think it. 245 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:48.360 Really like I don't I don't believe that Louisville was 246 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:51.799 out there trying to Again, this is not me saying, well, no, 247 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:53.600 they would never do that because they would never tamper, 248 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:56.039 they would never break rules, and I'm I'm assuming they wouldn't. 249 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:57.759 They don't, They're not out there trying to break rules. 250 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:01.879 But me saying this is not to act like Louisville 251 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:03.919 would never break rules. It's more so because like I 252 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.480 don't think that they would. Like when Colin Lacy went down, 253 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:11.039 I don't think there's anybody on Louisville's staff that went 254 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:12.840 to to you know, to do a check in on 255 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:14.879 the depth chart at South Carolina to see if this 256 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:18.399 kid was starting or not as he first string, and 257 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:20.360 if he's not, maybe we can you know, talk to 258 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:22.480 his high school coach and see if he might want 259 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:24.360 to come back. Like I would be really shocked if 260 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:26.720 it was Louisville in fact that kind of put a 261 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:29.799 plan in motion to pry him back here. My guess 262 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:32.799 would be it would be more him wanting to come back, 263 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.960 because again, he loved Louisville like this was I mean this, 264 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:39.279 He had no bitter feelings when he left. On his 265 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.559 way out, he made that quite clear. And from what 266 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:44.919 I understand, he was really close to just accepting that 267 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:47.320 he'd been recruited over and not leaving because that's how 268 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:51.080 much he liked it here. Now he is from South Carolina, 269 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:53.919 and obviously I'm sure he knew that he had a 270 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:56.399 chance to end up on their radar if he hit 271 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:58.440 the portal and you know, as they say, you know, 272 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:02.279 going back home. So yeah, he's from Dylan, South Carolina. 273 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:06.960 So maybe the only reason he hit the portal is 274 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:09.440 because he knew that he could get he could get 275 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:11.919 a scholarship, and he would be somebody that South Carolina 276 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:16.080 would be interested in, and it's it's giving him a chance. 277 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:16.360 To go home. 278 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:21.360 So anyways, I I think people are on the edge 279 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:24.360 of their seat trying to figure out if, in fact, 280 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:27.480 you know, this is really happening, and if it does, 281 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:31.320 it's wild. It's a crazy, you know, circumstance. But again, 282 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:33.440 for me, it's not like, uh oh, everything's okay now, 283 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.200 louisll was going to be just find a receiver. It look, 284 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.879 they maybe just find a receiver. Regardless of Amari Huggins 285 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:40.639 Bruce right, they maybe find a receiver, even if it 286 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:42.559 takes longer to get Colin Lacy back than what you 287 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:43.360 would have expected. 288 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:44.720 So again, I. 289 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:47.679 Feel silly even leading the show with that because I 290 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:52.200 just it's I just still have I just still considering 291 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:54.000 all the loops, the hoops that you got to jump 292 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:55.399 through to make this happen. It to me, it still 293 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:58.759 just seems as if it's something that will will probably 294 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:00.840 not work out, Meaning if he is here, I still 295 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:02.720 think it's going to be a really, really big hurdle 296 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:05.639 for him to be able to get clear to be eligible. Now, 297 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:08.799 if he's back and he wants to sit out, that 298 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:10.639 just makes it even more weird, doesn't it. Like if 299 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:13.039 he knew coming back that it's an extreme long shot 300 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:15.000 to be able to play and that he would have 301 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:18.120 to sit out a season because of the portal window 302 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:21.840 and all that, then that makes it even more weird 303 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:24.000 to me that he you know, he must really love 304 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.200 it here, you know what I mean? Just does he 305 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:26.679 just wants to be back in louisvill which isn't the 306 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:30.679 craziest thing ever. But anyways, I don't feel like I 307 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:33.120 have much more of an update today as I did yesterday. 308 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:35.080 But again, it's still being talked about and there are 309 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:40.200 there are more and more. I guess what's the best 310 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:43.840 way to describe it. I guess subliminal texts or not 311 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:48.120 text but subliminal tweets, like people sharing old videos of 312 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:51.039 him catching touchdowns, like trying to give a I don't 313 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:53.360 believe anybody truly knows what the hell's going on, but 314 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:55.240 there's always going to be a desperation for people to 315 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:56.840 want to make it clear that they're in the know 316 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:01.360 and that they've talked to people, and I I don't 317 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:03.679 do that because honestly, I don't talk to many people. 318 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:06.480 I just I don't have those I don't have those 319 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:09.759 those relationships and the ones that I do, it's just 320 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:12.759 not really in my nature to, you know, go out 321 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:16.440 of my way and ask or maybe even beg for info. 322 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:19.279 So anyways, there's your update on Amari Huggins, Bruce. We'll 323 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:23.559 see if there's any like legitimate update that is confirmed 324 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:26.480 by one of the Capitol j's out there in regards 325 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.799 to what's really going on. All right, So we're loaded 326 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:32.320 today here on a Thursday afternoon. We're gonna be joined 327 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:34.399 coming up here on three thirty by the one and 328 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:37.559 the only, Kendrick Haskins, looking forward to catching up with 329 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:41.080 him from Way three Sports. College football season is here. 330 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:43.320 We've been saying it all week. Obviously, we've got another 331 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:47.159 weekend until Louisville and Kentucky and Indiana the local teams play, 332 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:49.799 but we've got week zero matchups in just a couple 333 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:51.639 of days. And I don't know about you, but I'm excited. 334 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:54.240 Not because you know, I can't wait to see Georgia 335 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:57.279 Tech in Florida State play and SMU and Nevada, but hey, 336 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:59.960 it's real college football and it's games that I can 337 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.440 bet on and that makes me makes me very very happy. 338 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:05.200 All Right, some other things we'll get into today. Uh, 339 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:08.440 there is a suspension for Kirk ferentz Uh and his 340 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:12.759 wide receiver coach for I guess it's tampering and what 341 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:15.440 I'm curious and we can get into it. Did they 342 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:19.519 just decide to Okay, they probably got something on us 343 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:22.720 that says we did, in fact tamper with our quarterback 344 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:24.960 that we brought in via transfer. So let's just fall 345 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:28.639 on the sword. We'll, we'll, we'll, we'll, we'll self impose 346 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:31.840 a suspension here against you know, maybe they maybe they 347 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:35.120 got a butt cracked state butthole tech on the on 348 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:38.480 the schedule. I don't know, But this is this is 349 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.080 sort of a counter to what I've been saying for 350 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:41.879 a while now. Is anybody really fearful of the n 351 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.039 c double A. Well, if Iowa decided to just self 352 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:47.399 impose a one game suspension, you know, maybe that's a 353 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:51.519 sign that the NCAA still can put people in their place. 354 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:53.159 But I just feel as if the trend has been 355 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:55.960 for a couple of years now, really, especially the last year. 356 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:58.200 Hire a lawyer, take the n s Douaa to court 357 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:02.360 and they're gonna lose or they'll just cave. Also, I 358 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:06.079 don't I mean, drama is always interesting to me. And 359 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.680 there's I wouldn't even call it drama, but just some beef, 360 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:10.559 some tension here. I mean, some of the things that 361 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:14.359 we now know that Lane that Nick Saban has said 362 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:18.119 about Lane Kiffin, I mean tells you that, like those 363 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:20.400 guys didn't like each other. And I kind of love 364 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:22.799 that because I can see it happening. You know, there's 365 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:24.920 gonna be a lot of lot of hype, a lot 366 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:28.319 more attension, even more so than usual for Lane Kiffin 367 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:30.359 this year at ole Miss, because they've got I mean, 368 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:32.519 there are a lot of people are projecting them to 369 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:34.880 be a playoff team this year. Well, now, Nick Saban, 370 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:38.400 of course, he's he's working for ESPN cover in college football, 371 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:41.480 and like I can see Sabin taking a jab here 372 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:44.200 and there at Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss, and I 373 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:47.039 can see Lane Kiffin firing right back, and I think 374 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:50.920 that could be entertaining. In fact, I know it'll be entertaining. Also, 375 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:54.359 Rick Patino has found himself back in the news because 376 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:57.839 somebody broke into his office at Saint John's apparently a 377 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:02.680 burglar and stole a bun to memorabilia and he's upset 378 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.000 about it. 379 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:05.640 He's sharing that on Twitter. 380 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:08.519 But what in fact they took and the value of 381 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:10.839 some of these things is what got my attention. So 382 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:14.559 we can certainly get into that, and you know, we'll 383 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:16.000 talk about a lot of things. Let you guys be 384 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:17.880 a part of the show. We didn't get to finish 385 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:21.400 all of these candid coaches stories that are out there 386 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:24.039 at CBS Sports. We did talk about which programs are 387 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.680 believed to be in the best shape when it comes 388 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:30.039 to college basketball nil. But there's also a rundown of 389 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:32.960 what college basketball coaches had to say when they were 390 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:34.640 asked about who would be the best player in the 391 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:36.680 country this year, who would be the best team in 392 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:40.400 the country this year, and which programs hired the best 393 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:44.680 coaches this past offseason. So again, we are loaded the 394 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:47.319 rest of the way. Hopefully you guys will will stick 395 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:48.880 with us. I mean, why would you not? What else 396 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:50.000 are you going to do? I mean, I know there's 397 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.160 a lot of a lot of things you could be 398 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.960 doing right now, but I mean, what's better than the 399 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:57.200 coffee and company experience on a Thursday afternoon, another day 400 00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:59.759 where the weather is just absolutely beautiful outside. 401 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:02.519