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<v Speaker 1>It's time for Coffee and Company, Fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 2>Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think

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<v Speaker 2>when we.

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<v Speaker 3>Are get off our show, idiot.

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<v Speaker 2>The kids are playing or turn at the countries are.

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<v Speaker 3>Screwing it up.

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<v Speaker 1>Goldplea inter murals, Brother, Goldpleay Intermurals.

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<v Speaker 3>They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not.

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<v Speaker 3>Who's the kid here? Who's the kid?

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<v Speaker 1>Here?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you kidding me? Now? Here's nick coffee?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get it started.

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<v Speaker 4>Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls welcome in Game day

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<v Speaker 4>edition of Coffee and Company, Fueled by Thornton's here on

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<v Speaker 4>Sports Talk seven ninety. I don't know why I said

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<v Speaker 4>that so much like a robot, But.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a robot. I'm human. Hey, I's take, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a man. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>So I was watching you mentioned Ai, I was watching

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<v Speaker 4>a show that you were really guessing up, which I

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<v Speaker 4>value your opinion a lot, Austin, So thank you you

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<v Speaker 4>were talking. I've heard great things about it. The wife

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<v Speaker 4>and I we watched two episodes last night. The show

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<v Speaker 4>so far is phenomenal. Landman Billy Bob Thornton Blairmount Plus.

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<v Speaker 4>At the beginning of the episode, they're showing it's either

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<v Speaker 4>Billy Bob Thornton or it's the one of the leaders

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<v Speaker 4>of the crew that his son works for.

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<v Speaker 2>That of course, we know what happens early on in the.

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<v Speaker 4>Episode, so no spoilers, but one of them is driving

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<v Speaker 4>a truck listening to the radio and kind of talking

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<v Speaker 4>back to it. But it's like talk radio, and I

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<v Speaker 4>mean it's almost like they were introducing something that to

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<v Speaker 4>my knowledge doesn't exist yet, at least I hope not.

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<v Speaker 4>But it was like AI talk radio, like hey, tell

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<v Speaker 4>me what you want to listen to, or when it

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<v Speaker 4>comes to the talk format and it's like a robot.

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<v Speaker 4>It sounded like a robot, and it scared me because like,

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<v Speaker 4>wait a second, are they going to place us, which

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<v Speaker 4>I mean they can't. They can try, can't do that,

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<v Speaker 4>can't do it. They not like us, They not like

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<v Speaker 4>us because we're not robots. We're we're really humans. But

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<v Speaker 4>you like the show so far, Oh my gosh, it's great.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh really, I love it. So I'm glad you do

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<v Speaker 2>everything about it.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Taylor Sheridan, that's who, that's that's the name, correct,

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<v Speaker 4>that's the guy Taylor.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he's I.

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<v Speaker 4>Mean, anything he touches is phenomenal and really one of

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<v Speaker 4>my favorite shows of all time. It wasn't when it

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<v Speaker 4>wasn't that one of his first shows, Sons of Anarchy,

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<v Speaker 4>I think it was.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, I haven't watched Sons of Anarchy, but he also

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<v Speaker 5>does that in Yellowstone Oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean yeah, I honestly, when you look at when

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<v Speaker 4>you look at Yellowstone Landman, although it's new, and then

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<v Speaker 4>you look at Sons of Anarchy, I mean, the guy

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<v Speaker 4>is I mean, he's he's anything he puts together. When

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<v Speaker 4>it comes to series like that, it seems to be

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<v Speaker 4>it seems to be phenomenal. But anyways, I I've always

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<v Speaker 4>told myself, well, hey, like yeah, people don't listen to

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<v Speaker 4>music the way they used to, but we're the music.

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<v Speaker 4>Like you know, you can't just turn on anything and

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<v Speaker 4>get it is because I mean, iHeart media pays a

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<v Speaker 4>pretty penny.

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<v Speaker 2>To be able to get this. H I mean they

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<v Speaker 2>pay something. I mean that's.

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<v Speaker 5>Certainly the fans don't get to see your beautiful faces

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<v Speaker 5>true today, So like truth, I'm on the better end

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<v Speaker 5>of that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I tell you what I mean. AI is a

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<v Speaker 4>really powerful thing, and I've found myself utilizing it here

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<v Speaker 4>and there for things, and it scares me because creative people,

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<v Speaker 4>which technically that's.

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<v Speaker 2>What this is. This is, this is creative art here.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, it sounds really self serving and just ridiculous

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<v Speaker 4>to say that, but technically our job is to try

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<v Speaker 4>to entertain and keep you listening, and of course you

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<v Speaker 4>need to be creative in ways to do that effectively.

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<v Speaker 4>So I think you know what I mean. But AI

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<v Speaker 4>is I'm not scared of AI becoming too powerful to

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<v Speaker 4>where like we get overrun by artificial intelligence like robots,

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<v Speaker 4>but it is sphere.

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<v Speaker 2>It does scare me that it could quite literally wipe

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<v Speaker 2>out not just.

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<v Speaker 4>Low level, entry level and look, those jobs are important

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<v Speaker 4>too for people, especially if it's what you rely upon

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<v Speaker 4>and that's your career, that's how you make a living.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a scary thing.

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<v Speaker 4>But I think for those who haven't really dipped their

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<v Speaker 4>toe into the world of artificial intelligence, they would be

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<v Speaker 4>shocked to see the type of positions, the type.

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<v Speaker 2>Of careers that it could wipe out.

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<v Speaker 4>Which again it's a scary, scary thing. But anyways, I

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<v Speaker 4>didn't mean to sound like a robot. I'm not a robot.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm a real human. I'm a man, damn it. And

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<v Speaker 4>we're ready to rock and roll for the next two

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<v Speaker 4>hours and fifty five minutes. So game day Louisville, n

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<v Speaker 4>C State. We'll certainly talk a lot about that. Kentucky,

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<v Speaker 4>they just keep beating teams they shouldn't beat when they

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<v Speaker 4>don't have a full roster. It's a very unusual resume

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<v Speaker 4>for Mark Pope. But I'll say what I've said many times.

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<v Speaker 4>His resume at this point isn't perfect by any means,

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<v Speaker 4>and their season hasn't been perfect by any means. But

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<v Speaker 4>I think if you look at the losses they have,

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<v Speaker 4>you can justify them for the most part. And I

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<v Speaker 4>think if you look at the wins they have, you

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<v Speaker 4>really can't make much sense of it other than the

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<v Speaker 4>fact that this guy's a really good coach. I wish,

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<v Speaker 4>I wish that wasn't the case, but I think that's

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<v Speaker 4>that's exactly what's playing out. So again, we're loaded the

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<v Speaker 4>rest of the way, taking you up until six o'clock. Yesterday,

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<v Speaker 4>we had a guest scheduled and I completely forgot about him.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how that happened, but it did.

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<v Speaker 4>We had our man Kevin Sweeney, who covers college hoops

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<v Speaker 4>for Sports Illustrated, set for four thirty, and I just

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<v Speaker 4>completely forgot about it. I think I mentioned at the

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<v Speaker 4>beginning of the show, and then of course, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I forgot and then he's like, hey, where you at?

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<v Speaker 4>And I ghosted him, So I kind of feel scared

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<v Speaker 4>to even ask him now, like maybe he'll say, well, no,

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<v Speaker 4>you had your chance with me yesterday and you missed it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like no showing for a date or ghost in

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<v Speaker 4>a chick and then like and then acting like it

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<v Speaker 4>never happened. I'm sure that happens a lot with guys, right.

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<v Speaker 4>I could see a lot of dudes out there just like, hey,

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<v Speaker 4>what's up, knowing you haven't actual like knowing you haven't

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<v Speaker 4>spoken a long time, and the last communication was her

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<v Speaker 4>like asking like, are you alive? I bet that happens

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<v Speaker 4>pretty often now that I think about it. But anyways,

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<v Speaker 4>Valentine's Day's coming up, and I just I'm in a

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<v Speaker 4>good mood. The weather sucks, but it's game day and

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<v Speaker 4>the vibes are strong on my end because I was

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<v Speaker 4>just asked to go on a Valentine's.

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<v Speaker 2>Day date with my wife, Oh look at that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And I said, yes, she's she's she didn't have

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<v Speaker 4>to sweat it out anymore. She's she's, she's good. We're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna be good for Friday because.

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<v Speaker 5>You guys skip the Christmas thing, right, So, like Valentine's

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<v Speaker 5>is is that always going to be a thing.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm glad you asked Valentine's Day. To me, It's

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<v Speaker 4>never really been a thing we we were, I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>of all the holidays that we celebrate together, I mean

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<v Speaker 4>we I would say Valentine's Day is the one that

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<v Speaker 4>really consistently. It's just never really been much of a

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<v Speaker 4>thing for us, Like we'll.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll have a night.

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<v Speaker 4>We'll never do it on actual the actual day of

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<v Speaker 4>the holiday, just because it's it's impossible to get it

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<v Speaker 4>to get a spot at certain at most places. But

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<v Speaker 4>Valentine's Day. Again, if it's like your favorite holiday and

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<v Speaker 4>you love celebrating it with your significant other, that's awesome.

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<v Speaker 4>I've gotten to the point where I now I hate

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<v Speaker 4>mentioning things that like I'm not as big of a

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<v Speaker 4>that I'm anti these holidays and that like I'm I'm

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<v Speaker 4>I'm judging people who do like it. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 4>can like whatever you want. It's just it's never and

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<v Speaker 4>it's a cliche you hear from time to time. But

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<v Speaker 4>like we we are in love every day, like we do,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, we celebrate. I mean, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 4>we celebrate, but I mean, like Valentine's Day, is it

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<v Speaker 4>more for like puppy love, like a new thing, Because

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<v Speaker 4>if you've been with somebody for twenty five thirty years,

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<v Speaker 4>well maybe longer. Obviously you can still celebrate the holiday,

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<v Speaker 4>but like that feeling of that day doesn't really do

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<v Speaker 4>much because again, I have it every day. You know

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<v Speaker 4>what I'm saying exactly do you all? Do you and

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<v Speaker 4>the significant other, the fiance?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Do you guys?

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<v Speaker 4>Are you guys big on the holiday or is it

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<v Speaker 4>kind of just whatever?

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<v Speaker 5>We've always gone out for Valentine's Day? Yes, and we're

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<v Speaker 5>we're doing it again this we're doing it again this year,

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<v Speaker 5>actually doing it tomorrow because it was pretty tough. I

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<v Speaker 5>tried to call a couple is a couple of weeks

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<v Speaker 5>ago and they were already booked out for Friday.

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<v Speaker 4>And the good on you, so you know, like hey,

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<v Speaker 4>because you guys are foodies, and you know, if you

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<v Speaker 4>want to get a spot at a nice place on

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<v Speaker 4>Valentine's Day, especially considering it's on a Friday this year,

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<v Speaker 4>like you got to call ahead of.

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<v Speaker 2>Time, it's tough.

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<v Speaker 5>So we're going to La Chase. Have you ever heard

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<v Speaker 5>of that place? No, it's like a French restaurant. The

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<v Speaker 5>Fance loves that kind of stuff. She's traveled all over

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<v Speaker 5>the world. She's see where I'm fine with the place

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<v Speaker 5>that has just like chicken fingers and like double cheese

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<v Speaker 5>Western burgers. She likes a little bit more exotic of

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<v Speaker 5>She has a little bit more exotic of a food taste.

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<v Speaker 5>So this place is like French. I don't like any

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<v Speaker 5>of that stuff. I can't pronounce anything on the menu,

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<v Speaker 5>so I'm gonna I'm going to probably ask for a

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<v Speaker 5>burger or whatever that their steak is. But we're We're

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<v Speaker 5>still doing it as long as she's happy. She's just

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<v Speaker 5>more or less happy that I'm the one that planned it.

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<v Speaker 5>Right as we've gone along, It's like, I want you

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<v Speaker 5>to plan the dates. I want you to like she

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<v Speaker 5>wants to feel wanted to. You know, I just can't

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<v Speaker 5>be complacent. So that's just it. She's been begging about

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<v Speaker 5>that place for a while.

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<v Speaker 4>It's the little things, man, It's the little things, like hey,

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<v Speaker 4>making sure that you did call ahead, you got the reservation.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, it's not like it took a whole lot

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<v Speaker 4>of work, but no, but it'll go a long way.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what.

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<v Speaker 5>I paid tomorrow too perfectly, so I'm gonna have my

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<v Speaker 5>paycheck and it drained in the exact same day record time.

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<v Speaker 4>Let me ask you this when it comes to a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of the restaurants that you've been able to try

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<v Speaker 4>with your fiance. And one of my favorite lines ever

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<v Speaker 4>because for those who don't know what a food influencer

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, she gets to go try these.

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<v Speaker 4>Fancy restaurants and she'll document her experience with photos, video,

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<v Speaker 4>and you know, it's a good look. If you've got

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<v Speaker 4>that's kind of how it works. Are you somebody that

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<v Speaker 3>Meaning?

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<v Speaker 4>Like, did you cause where I'm coming from is these

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<v Speaker 4>restaurants sound very nice. I bet it's a great experience.

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<v Speaker 4>But if I can't pronounce anything on the menu, and

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<v Speaker 4>I just feel out of place because again I have

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<v Speaker 4>the out of a toddler chicken fingers and pizza and burgers.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm good, but you so if you were the same

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<v Speaker 4>with me. But I bet now that you've experienced all

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<v Speaker 4>these restaurants, you're probably like, hey, this is actually pretty awesome.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh yeah, it depends. We've gone to a couple of

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<v Speaker 5>of places where I'm like, what on earth is this.

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<v Speaker 5>We went to a place a couple of weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 5>or brother took us out because he just the first

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<v Speaker 5>we got engaged, and they wanted to pay for our

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<v Speaker 5>meals and shout out Matt and Clair if your listening,

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<v Speaker 5>shout them out. But I didn't really like anything on

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<v Speaker 5>the menu. The only thing that I saw was able

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<v Speaker 5>to pronounce was the duck. So I got the duck,

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<v Speaker 5>and the fiance was really proud of me. She said, oh,

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<v Speaker 5>You're going completely out of your comfort zone, and I

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<v Speaker 5>kind of felt defended. I'm like, I can only imagine

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<v Speaker 5>like duck tastes like chicken. I thought it was pretty good.

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<v Speaker 5>I kind of wish I would have gotten like the halibit,

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<v Speaker 5>but you know, the duck was all right, and I

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know, it wasn't too bad. I just now

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<v Speaker 5>I can't walk in first, She's got to walk in

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<v Speaker 5>with the camera. I love the line walk away everywhere

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<v Speaker 5>I got it. I just stay out of the way.

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<v Speaker 4>My favorite line ever from Austin when he told me

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<v Speaker 4>these restaurants is the phone eats first. You got to

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<v Speaker 4>take a picture before you touch any of the food

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<v Speaker 4>because you got a document it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what pays for it. Yeah, that's uh so we

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<v Speaker 5>If you see somebody hovering over for an extra ten

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<v Speaker 5>amount of seconds trying to get every single angle of

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<v Speaker 5>the steaming hot faheitas that came out, it's probably me

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<v Speaker 5>in Sydney. So come say what's up.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what.

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<v Speaker 4>I've stepped out of my comfort zone and it doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>take much because again, I'm pretty limited as far as

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<v Speaker 4>what I what I want to eat. When it comes

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<v Speaker 4>to the menu, if you've got five pages, just give

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<v Speaker 4>me the page that has, you know, chicken wings or

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<v Speaker 4>a burger or something like that. But my wife, she's

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<v Speaker 4>she's the kind that will like something so much. She'll

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<v Speaker 4>know that you know that you don't like it and

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<v Speaker 4>want you to try it, and if you don't try it,

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<v Speaker 4>she's offended. So finally I started stepping out of my

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<v Speaker 4>umpor zone and trying things that she really liked, because

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<v Speaker 4>I would tell her, no, I've had this before. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't like it. Yeah, I've had a version of that.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, I'm pretty I know that I don't like mushrooms.

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<v Speaker 4>I've never had death, never had dead flesh, but I

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<v Speaker 4>imagine that's what a mushroom tastes like. So finally, after

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<v Speaker 4>a while, I started trying things that she, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>just assumable.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no way nobody wouldn't like this.

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<v Speaker 4>And she finally believes me now because she was just

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<v Speaker 4>of the she thought she could fix me. She thought

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<v Speaker 4>she could have me trying all these different foods and

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<v Speaker 4>I would really expand and no, I'm I think I've

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<v Speaker 4>I've had the same preferences when it comes to food

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<v Speaker 4>since I was probably about thirteen years old, sorely mistaken,

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<v Speaker 4>she was, Yeah, so that's that's just kind of how

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<v Speaker 4>I'm wired. So we actually do go to dinner, but

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<v Speaker 4>not like a full Valentine's Day dinner. So we've gone

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<v Speaker 4>to the same place, no joke, probably seven eight years

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<v Speaker 4>in a row now, but what and we thought we

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<v Speaker 4>found something special because this place we go to it

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<v Speaker 4>is a sit down restaurant, but it's mom and pop,

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<v Speaker 4>it's locally owned. It is not in a great area

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<v Speaker 4>of town. It is in a very very rough shopping center.

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<v Speaker 4>And we just randomly ended up there one time long

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<v Speaker 4>ago and thought, wow, like I would have never ever

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<v Speaker 4>wanted to come here, but we ended up here, and

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<v Speaker 4>it's really good. So we thought, well, nobody's going to

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<v Speaker 4>go there for Valentine's Day because you know, it's not

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<v Speaker 4>it all romantic and you know, I mean it's not.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not really well known. So and anytime we've ever

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<v Speaker 4>been there outside of Valentine's Day, it's empty.

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<v Speaker 2>So every year there's more and more people.

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<v Speaker 4>And this is a place that actually doesn't even have

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<v Speaker 4>like a setup for you to wait in the lobby

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<v Speaker 4>like you can't. You're kind of just hovering around like

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<v Speaker 4>there's no there's no area to wait for a seat,

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<v Speaker 4>that's not kind of in the way where you feel

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<v Speaker 4>like you're just standing on.

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<v Speaker 2>Top of people, so very intimate.

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<v Speaker 4>A few years ago we noticed that like they they've

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<v Speaker 4>never probably had a wait before like that. So what

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<v Speaker 4>I'm worried about now is that like everybody else has

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<v Speaker 4>kind of had the same idea that we've had for

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<v Speaker 4>a while, and we're going to show up and it's

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<v Speaker 4>actually going to be hell on earth like it typically

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<v Speaker 4>is when you wait and wait and wait for dinner,

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<v Speaker 4>you wait to get seated when you don't have reservations.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the place I'm trying to keep its secret of it? Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you off there. Yeah, and I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to give him free advertising either.

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<v Speaker 5>By the way, Well, Valentine or White Castle does the

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<v Speaker 5>thing where you could book in and go to White Castle.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll make you like something special. So are those places busy?

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<v Speaker 4>Because because there are some fast foods, some chain places

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<v Speaker 4>that kind of have fun with it. They kind of

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<v Speaker 4>make fun of themselves, like White Castle's making fun of

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<v Speaker 4>themselves when they do that right, and it works like

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<v Speaker 4>you know, in fact, I had a buddy who took

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<v Speaker 4>his wife one time to white Castle.

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<v Speaker 2>That's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 4>And like, you know, if you just want to have

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<v Speaker 4>time together and you're not really having a certain standard

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<v Speaker 4>set as far as what needs to be fine dining

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<v Speaker 4>and needs to be a you know, exclusive type situation,

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<v Speaker 4>then you know, I mean, look, I could eat anything

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<v Speaker 4>as far as you know what I like and be

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<v Speaker 4>fine with it. So she did call me today and

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<v Speaker 4>asked us, you know, she said, hey, six thirty would

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<v Speaker 4>that be good for you? And I'm like, are you

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<v Speaker 4>asking me out on a date for Valentine's Day? And

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<v Speaker 4>she was like, well I got married. She was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>you didn't ask me, so I figured i'd ask you.

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<v Speaker 4>And I was like, well it worked. I was just

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<v Speaker 4>waiting to see if you'd finally asked, you know, just

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<v Speaker 4>kind of seeing him. She's still got the got the

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<v Speaker 4>fire for me. How could she not?

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<v Speaker 2>Right?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, of course, So anyways, Valentine's Day just a

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<v Speaker 4>couple of days away.

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<v Speaker 5>You remember some places hooters, May they rest in peace.

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<v Speaker 5>They're not dead, well damn near, they're not as well

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<v Speaker 5>be damn near at least here in this area. What

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<v Speaker 5>is there like one or maybe.

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<v Speaker 4>Tall No, We've got So they did get rid of

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<v Speaker 4>the one, by the way, there was one in Dixie,

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<v Speaker 4>which I was well aware of, and there was one

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<v Speaker 4>I think in Clarksville that I don't even know where

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<v Speaker 4>it was, didn't know it existed.

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<v Speaker 2>But they shut those down.

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<v Speaker 4>But the one on Preston Highway somehow is still around,

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<v Speaker 4>and then the one on the one on DuPont Elite Talent,

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<v Speaker 4>and then the one closed no no, and then the

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<v Speaker 4>one on the River in Jeffersonville is still open.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're still around, okay.

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<v Speaker 4>And I get why people at times, because I hope

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<v Speaker 4>they're not a client they are whatever I'm actually I'm

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<v Speaker 4>actually going to work it around to where I'm actually going.

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<v Speaker 2>To give them a compliment. I haven't gotten the Hooters hat.

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<v Speaker 4>There was a stretch where, like any Hooters I would

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<v Speaker 4>go to anywhere, I would be like, man, this place

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<v Speaker 4>has gone downhill, and I don't. And I'm not making

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<v Speaker 4>a comment about like the appearance of the staff. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>just talking about the food and the service.

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<v Speaker 2>Get the chicken, breast, hold the chicken, and then.

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<v Speaker 4>And then after a while, Like I started to go

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<v Speaker 4>there here, you know, every now and then, and it's

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<v Speaker 4>actually like, when Hooters is good, Hooters is.

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<v Speaker 2>Really really good.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, it's been a while, but I wouldn't you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't go to Valentine's Day there.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, they used to, I think a couple of years

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<v Speaker 5>ago they had a promotion to where I like, you

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<v Speaker 5>brought a picture of your accent and like ripped it up.

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<v Speaker 5>They would give you like free wings or something like that,

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<v Speaker 5>And I wonder how many people took advantage. Not a

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<v Speaker 5>bad promo, No, that's great. It's not a bad promote.

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<v Speaker 5>You never know, you can find love at a Hooters

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<v Speaker 5>knowing where or the other you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know what else is anywhere else is a restaurant that,

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<v Speaker 4>like I understand, and I totally get why. There have

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<v Speaker 4>been some people that'll be like, yeah, enough bad experiences.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going back.

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<v Speaker 4>They've lost me. But when I have it and it's good,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm telling you, man, it's elite. It's tumbleweed. Like again,

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<v Speaker 4>Tumbleweed is I don't even know how many of those

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<v Speaker 4>are still left.

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<v Speaker 2>There's not that many. But when it's good, it's really,

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<v Speaker 2>really really good. It Tumbleweed's always been hit or mess

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<v Speaker 2>with me my whole life. Yeah, it's I mean, the

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<v Speaker 2>case so so good, I'm sure. So anyway, which ones

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<v Speaker 2>are still open? There's one there's one.

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<v Speaker 4>In Brooks, which is right, it's in Bullock County, which sure,

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<v Speaker 4>if you knew what I was talking about. But if

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<v Speaker 4>you get off sixty five at the Brooks exit right

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<v Speaker 4>in Bullet County, there you'll see one, okay. And then

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<v Speaker 4>there's also one that's actually not far from uh from

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<v Speaker 4>Barchtown Road, like Hikes Point area, that one is still there.

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<v Speaker 4>And then gosh, I don't really know where there. I

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<v Speaker 4>have no clue if there's any other left any interesting

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<v Speaker 4>there used to be the one that was down on

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<v Speaker 4>the waterfront, and now they've put like eighteen different restaurants

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<v Speaker 4>in there that cannot stay open because I guess the.

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<v Speaker 2>Least restaurant cemetery. Yeah, I mean, did you ever go

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<v Speaker 2>to the one that was on the river? No?

422
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<v Speaker 4>It was, I mean it was a phenomenal location. I

423
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<v Speaker 4>mean it was. It was kind of like if you

424
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<v Speaker 4>were going to go downtown and you wanted to go

425
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<v Speaker 4>to a place where you could actually park in a

426
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<v Speaker 4>parking lot and not you know, in a garage or

427
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<v Speaker 4>on the street. Not to say that going downtown and

428
00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:03.480
<v Speaker 4>eating is bad. It's just this was a huge place

429
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<v Speaker 4>that had a big parking lot. It's set right on

430
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<v Speaker 4>the river. It was right next to the to the

431
00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:10.960
<v Speaker 4>waterfront park, and it started to go downhill and then

432
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<v Speaker 4>it completely, you know, shut down.

433
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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not kidding you.

434
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<v Speaker 4>I was exaggerating about eighteen But there have been more

435
00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:20.519
<v Speaker 4>restaurants that have tried to succeed in that place since

436
00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:23.359
<v Speaker 4>Tumbleweed closed than you would imagine, and none of them

437
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<v Speaker 4>last very long. So anyways, fellas, just know you're two

438
00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:28.920
<v Speaker 4>days away, so don't procrastin in it. If you need

439
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<v Speaker 4>to get flowers, you need to get a car, you

440
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<v Speaker 4>need to get a gift, then yeah, go ahead and

441
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<v Speaker 4>get that taken care of. All right, we need to

442
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<v Speaker 4>get our first break out of the way. We got

443
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<v Speaker 4>a lot to get into. We'll talk about tonight's n

444
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<v Speaker 4>C State matchup. Still no word on Chucky Hepburn, And

445
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<v Speaker 4>I'll admit it, I don't, I don't. I don't mind

446
00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:46.839
<v Speaker 4>being transparent. You guys know that I'm scared about tonight.

447
00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:50.319
<v Speaker 4>And it's not again, it's not about all that I

448
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<v Speaker 4>think in C State's this great team.

449
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<v Speaker 2>It's just that one.

450
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<v Speaker 4>Louisville clearly is a more vulnerable team when they play

451
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<v Speaker 4>without Chucky Hepburn. But also it's just there's so much

452
00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:03.720
<v Speaker 4>to lose with every game left. Like I'm on the

453
00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:05.799
<v Speaker 4>edge of my seat kind of antsy about the rest

454
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<v Speaker 4>of this schedule. And typically that would mean it's because man,

455
00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:09.119
<v Speaker 4>we've got so many big games.

456
00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.720
<v Speaker 2>I can't wait.

457
00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:12.160
<v Speaker 4>There's a lot, a lot on the line, And really

458
00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:15.599
<v Speaker 4>it's the opposite. It's just any loss could really change

459
00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:19.680
<v Speaker 4>how Louisville is viewed as a potential INSTAA tournament team.

460
00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:21.599
<v Speaker 4>So we'll get into all that, and then how about

461
00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:24.759
<v Speaker 4>Kentucky Mark Pope, I mean, the hell's this guy doing?

462
00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:27.680
<v Speaker 4>Like no Lamont Butler for the majority of the game,

463
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<v Speaker 4>No Jackson Robinson sweep in Tennessee. I mean, crazy impressive

464
00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:34.319
<v Speaker 4>performance from them last night.

465
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<v Speaker 2>No doubt we got a lot of other stuff we'll

466
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<v Speaker 2>get too, So stick around.

467
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<v Speaker 4>It's coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's right here on

468
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<v Speaker 4>Sports Talk seven ninety.

469
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<v Speaker 1>Now back to coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on

470
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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day.

471
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<v Speaker 4>If you guys want to join us on the show today.

472
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<v Speaker 4>You can give us a call five ZO two five

473
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<v Speaker 4>seven one seventy nine hundred. That's the number to call

474
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<v Speaker 4>in text line Ellen and Federal Credit Union tex line

475
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<v Speaker 4>five O two six five three zero seven ninety, taking

476
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<v Speaker 4>you up until six o'clock at his game day. We'll

477
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<v Speaker 4>get into Louisville and NC State throughout the afternoon today.

478
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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I don't want to lie neck like we're

479
00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:14.559
<v Speaker 4>going to break the game down. I think both teams

480
00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:16.359
<v Speaker 4>here are pretty easy to figure out, at least as

481
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<v Speaker 4>of right now. NC State's lost eight in a row.

482
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<v Speaker 4>As I've said for the last couple of weeks, anytime

483
00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:24.000
<v Speaker 4>NC State comes up, I do wonder if their fans,

484
00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:27.079
<v Speaker 4>if they could go back, would they have just taken

485
00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:29.960
<v Speaker 4>the loss in the ACC Tournament, which would have ended

486
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<v Speaker 4>their season and of course ended probably Kevin Keats's time there. Well,

487
00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:35.880
<v Speaker 4>now they go to a Final four, and I'm sure

488
00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:37.799
<v Speaker 4>that was a fun ride. But now they're back to

489
00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:42.240
<v Speaker 4>being really in the same situation they were in last

490
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<v Speaker 4>year around this time. I mean, in fact, that they're

491
00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:46.480
<v Speaker 4>worse now I believe than they were a year ago.

492
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<v Speaker 4>But still they're not a good team. But Louisville is

493
00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:53.640
<v Speaker 4>vulnerable without Chucky. Hepburn more so than they than they

494
00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:57.119
<v Speaker 4>are without him, and he may play tonight. I really

495
00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:01.799
<v Speaker 4>I've spent more time thinking about this, this injury for

496
00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:05.880
<v Speaker 4>Chucky than than I should because there's nothing I can

497
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<v Speaker 4>do about it, right, I mean, just you know, there's

498
00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.839
<v Speaker 4>worrying about it.

499
00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:11.480
<v Speaker 2>Isn't going to do anything other than make it worse.

500
00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:13.920
<v Speaker 4>But this has been such a fun ride of fun

501
00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:18.839
<v Speaker 4>season and obviously the longer he doesn't play again, the

502
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<v Speaker 4>more I guess, I don't want to say likely, but

503
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<v Speaker 4>the more vulnerable Louisville is to maybe lose a game

504
00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:28.359
<v Speaker 4>that could change their resume substantially. And you know, the

505
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<v Speaker 4>longer if he misses the game today and it's just

506
00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:32.960
<v Speaker 4>the same thing and he's now missed two straight games,

507
00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:35.640
<v Speaker 4>that won't tell us anything for sure as far as

508
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<v Speaker 4>like long term. But I would worry. I mean, I'm

509
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<v Speaker 4>worried as it is. And it's not because I have

510
00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:45.519
<v Speaker 4>any kind of intel. It's just, you know, I'm a worrier,

511
00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.759
<v Speaker 4>that's my nature. And I've learned just by talking with

512
00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:51.920
<v Speaker 4>other Louisville fans about Chucky, that I'm a bigger worrier

513
00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:55.680
<v Speaker 4>about things than I even realize, because I mean, I

514
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<v Speaker 4>feel like, if you one thing that people keep mentioning

515
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<v Speaker 4>that I think is true that I need to remind

516
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<v Speaker 4>myself of just to kind of down and not be

517
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<v Speaker 4>so paranoid about it, is that if he had like

518
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<v Speaker 4>a severe injury that was going to potentially keep him

519
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<v Speaker 4>out for you know, a long time.

520
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<v Speaker 2>I think we would know.

521
00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:11.599
<v Speaker 4>I mean, they would tell us that, and I feel

522
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<v Speaker 4>like they would know, meaning they would have had enough

523
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<v Speaker 4>time now to kind of determine if, in fact, you know,

524
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<v Speaker 4>he needs like some kind of procedure.

525
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<v Speaker 2>Gune or something like that.

526
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<v Speaker 4>But again, five two, five, seven, one seventy nine hundred

527
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<v Speaker 4>is the number if you guys want to give us

528
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<v Speaker 4>a call and uh, we'll take your costs here coming

529
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<v Speaker 4>up in just just a moment. Have you seen the

530
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<v Speaker 4>spread in this one tonight, Austin.

531
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<v Speaker 2>No, I haven't.

532
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<v Speaker 5>Shall I go ahead and guests take a guess. I'm

533
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<v Speaker 5>gonna say, Louisville minus five.

534
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<v Speaker 2>Let's see.

535
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<v Speaker 4>I think it opened up a little bit larger than that.

536
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<v Speaker 4>So she said, let me see if it's let me

537
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<v Speaker 4>see if there's an update here. Yeah, right now, Currently

538
00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:51.359
<v Speaker 4>the cards are you were close. It's six and a half,

539
00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:53.440
<v Speaker 4>so Louisville favored about six and a half as of

540
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<v Speaker 4>right now before we get into this this matchup here. Uh,

541
00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:59.359
<v Speaker 4>Kentucky last night, I mean they they they sweep Tennessee

542
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<v Speaker 4>and even going back to I feel like the last

543
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<v Speaker 4>couple of years.

544
00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.359
<v Speaker 2>And I could be wrong on this.

545
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<v Speaker 4>It's not like I'm looking up stats in facts about

546
00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:09.279
<v Speaker 4>Kentucky basketball to make them, you know that are positive

547
00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.880
<v Speaker 4>and impressive, but I kind of feel like they've owned

548
00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:13.680
<v Speaker 4>Tennessee as of late. There was some weird games where

549
00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:16.359
<v Speaker 4>they were supposed to beat Tennessee, like they were the

550
00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:18.839
<v Speaker 4>team that looked better, that had the momentum, and then

551
00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:21.480
<v Speaker 4>they lost. And then I know there's been some games

552
00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:25.200
<v Speaker 4>where Kentucky has ended up beating Tennessee where they were underdogs,

553
00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:27.079
<v Speaker 4>which last night was one of them. Also, you go

554
00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:29.359
<v Speaker 4>back to the Tennessee game where they played them in Knoxville,

555
00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:32.759
<v Speaker 4>they beat them there. I think the last game that

556
00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:34.720
<v Speaker 4>Tennessee lost. I don't know if they won the SEC

557
00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:37.200
<v Speaker 4>Tournament or not, but I remember last year Dalton Connect

558
00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:39.039
<v Speaker 4>that team that went to the Elite eight. I know

559
00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:40.680
<v Speaker 4>one of their last losses might have been their last

560
00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:44.640
<v Speaker 4>regular season loss ended up being against that Kentucky team

561
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<v Speaker 4>that you know.

562
00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.559
<v Speaker 2>Lost to Oakland.

563
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<v Speaker 4>So I can't really make any sense of it, and

564
00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:52.599
<v Speaker 4>I don't really think anybody can, to be honest with you,

565
00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:58.119
<v Speaker 4>But somehow when they have guys that are out, they

566
00:23:58.119 --> 00:24:01.319
<v Speaker 4>play better. And it's not it's not like they're a

567
00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:05.160
<v Speaker 4>better team with a higher ceiling. When you don't have

568
00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:08.759
<v Speaker 4>Jackson Robinson, or you don't have a healthy LaMonte Butler,

569
00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:11.920
<v Speaker 4>or you don't have a healthy Andrew Carr kerk Crisa

570
00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:15.680
<v Speaker 4>hasn't played in months, it seems like so nobody would

571
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<v Speaker 4>tell you that they're better when those guys aren't available.

572
00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:23.599
<v Speaker 4>That makes no sense, But I guess to make sense

573
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<v Speaker 4>of it, what I would say is that when and

574
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<v Speaker 4>I guess maybe you could make the comparison to Louisville, Right,

575
00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.240
<v Speaker 4>like Terrence Edwards was really not comfortable and really didn't

576
00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:37.400
<v Speaker 4>have an identified role at least that was consistent or

577
00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.880
<v Speaker 4>very effective whenever.

578
00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.359
<v Speaker 2>Everybody was healthy.

579
00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:41.200
<v Speaker 4>Now there was only a few games, right, It wasn't

580
00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:44.640
<v Speaker 4>like it wasn't as if he played twenty games and

581
00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:47.920
<v Speaker 4>was struggling. But there's certain guys on Louisville's team that

582
00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:50.279
<v Speaker 4>I'm not sure if they would have gotten as comfortable

583
00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:54.920
<v Speaker 4>and settled into the identified roles they have now if

584
00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:58.799
<v Speaker 4>there were as many players in the rotation. Jamon Hadley

585
00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:02.960
<v Speaker 4>became mister insistent and a guy that is super valuable

586
00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:05.400
<v Speaker 4>for this team. And not to say that he was

587
00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:09.400
<v Speaker 4>playing poorly whenever you had Case and Pryor out there,

588
00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:12.119
<v Speaker 4>but there was no option to just bench. I mean

589
00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:13.799
<v Speaker 4>you had to play him a lot more minutes because

590
00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:16.400
<v Speaker 4>you didn't have anybody else to play. Same thing could

591
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<v Speaker 4>be said about Terrence Edwards right Whenkoran Johnson just wasn't

592
00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:23.279
<v Speaker 4>available anymore because he was done for the year. I mean,

593
00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:25.720
<v Speaker 4>Terrence Edwards was going to be getting more minutes and

594
00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:29.680
<v Speaker 4>was going to need to, you know, find where he

595
00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:33.519
<v Speaker 4>fits to get comfortable. And with Kentucky, the only thing

596
00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:35.680
<v Speaker 4>I will say is that part of it is that

597
00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:38.759
<v Speaker 4>these guys, and I don't mean just for Louisville. I'm

598
00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:40.720
<v Speaker 4>you know, now back to Kentucky. When you look at

599
00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:43.160
<v Speaker 4>the young Kentucky guys that are coming off the bench,

600
00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:47.920
<v Speaker 4>the freshman Travis Perry and Trent Noah, those guys just

601
00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:50.440
<v Speaker 4>played phenomenal last night. I mean nineteen minutes you got

602
00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:53.559
<v Speaker 4>eleven from Noah, he was three or four from downtown Travis.

603
00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:57.519
<v Speaker 4>Perry also made two out of three threes and hit

604
00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:59.480
<v Speaker 4>some big ones. So it wasn't as if these guys

605
00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:02.799
<v Speaker 4>put up crazy numbers, but they were. They were needed

606
00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:07.039
<v Speaker 4>and relied upon more than they typically are, and they delivered.

607
00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:09.000
<v Speaker 4>So there's a part of that that's just being being

608
00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:11.400
<v Speaker 4>clutch and tough knowing, hey, my team needs me, I

609
00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:13.000
<v Speaker 4>gotta go make plays. I'm gonna go get it done,

610
00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:15.960
<v Speaker 4>not being overwhelmed knowing, hey, there's some more. There's some

611
00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:19.160
<v Speaker 4>added pressure here because you're not just getting some minutes

612
00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:21.319
<v Speaker 4>to come off the bench and give somebody a quick breather,

613
00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:24.480
<v Speaker 4>because you know you're the eighth, ninth, tenth man on

614
00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:27.319
<v Speaker 4>the bench. You're gonna have to play and actually contribute

615
00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:30.559
<v Speaker 4>to an extent and really just not mess up as well.

616
00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:33.000
<v Speaker 4>So credit to those guys, which I think those guys

617
00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:35.799
<v Speaker 4>have a really bright future. I mean, and I'm sure

618
00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:37.839
<v Speaker 4>Kentucky fans are gonna eat it up right. They haven't

619
00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:41.319
<v Speaker 4>had kids like that from eastern Kentucky. I don't Travis

620
00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:43.880
<v Speaker 4>is more from western in Lyon County, but I mean

621
00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:47.279
<v Speaker 4>these are Kentucky kids who grew up probably worshiping the

622
00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:49.640
<v Speaker 4>program like most kids out in the state do. They

623
00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:51.920
<v Speaker 4>were really good players and they probably wouldn't have been

624
00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:55.119
<v Speaker 4>playing for Kentucky had it not been for Mark Pope. Now,

625
00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:58.599
<v Speaker 4>Travis Perry did end up committing pretty early. And I've

626
00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:01.240
<v Speaker 4>watched Travis play when he was a junior in high school.

627
00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:03.279
<v Speaker 4>Didn't see any of these games as a senior, and

628
00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.599
<v Speaker 4>I knew the kid could play. I mean, I don't

629
00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:06.079
<v Speaker 4>know if he'll ever be like an All American, but

630
00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:09.400
<v Speaker 4>he could play for Kentucky with Caliperi there, with Patino there,

631
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<v Speaker 4>with Pope there. Now again, he'll probably have a better

632
00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:14.599
<v Speaker 4>role and thrive more playing in the system that Mark

633
00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:17.400
<v Speaker 4>Pope coaches, but he can play. Trent No, I never

634
00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:19.319
<v Speaker 4>watched him play, but I remember, and you hear this

635
00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:22.200
<v Speaker 4>a lot, And there's many players that you know, you

636
00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:26.119
<v Speaker 4>hear this about, and sometimes it's just not the truth.

637
00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:29.359
<v Speaker 4>But kids that are out in the state, whether it

638
00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:33.319
<v Speaker 4>be in the Thirteenth Region in eastern Kentucky or even

639
00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:36.559
<v Speaker 4>northern Kentucky at times, and look, I guess it happens

640
00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:39.559
<v Speaker 4>around here in Louisville too, where these guys are really

641
00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:43.079
<v Speaker 4>good put up big numbers. They've got Division one offers,

642
00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:44.680
<v Speaker 4>but you know they're not getting the Louisville or the

643
00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:48.079
<v Speaker 4>Kentucky offer because that's that's a top tier program. And

644
00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:49.720
<v Speaker 4>there's folks that will tell you, look, you got this

645
00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:51.759
<v Speaker 4>kid can play. I'm telling you he can play Louislle,

646
00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:54.480
<v Speaker 4>he can play Kentucky, and a lot of times you

647
00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:57.640
<v Speaker 4>hear that and it's not true. It's just not And

648
00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:01.000
<v Speaker 4>sometimes you know, sometimes you know.

649
00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:03.359
<v Speaker 2>You you see that they were right.

650
00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:05.519
<v Speaker 4>And I guess people will write about Trentoah because I

651
00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:09.319
<v Speaker 4>will say the noise about this kid was louder than

652
00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:12.119
<v Speaker 4>really anybody I can remember in recent history as far

653
00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.559
<v Speaker 4>as a kid that you knew that was going to

654
00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:17.319
<v Speaker 4>play Division one basketball, but he wasn't getting interest from

655
00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:19.759
<v Speaker 4>the big programs in the state. He committed to South Carolina,

656
00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:22.480
<v Speaker 4>signed with South Carolina, and really, it's got to be

657
00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:26.079
<v Speaker 4>like fate for that kid, because he probably dreamed to

658
00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:29.480
<v Speaker 4>play for Kentucky. I'm sure he did, and he asked

659
00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.680
<v Speaker 4>to be let out of his letter of intent because

660
00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:33.519
<v Speaker 4>Cali Perry left, and I think he thought, you know what,

661
00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:35.920
<v Speaker 4>I might be able to get a look from Mark

662
00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:38.559
<v Speaker 4>Pope because he's a little bit different than Cali Perry,

663
00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:41.319
<v Speaker 4>and sure enough it all worked out. He ended up

664
00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:43.079
<v Speaker 4>in Kentucky and now he's given him good minutes and

665
00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.920
<v Speaker 4>he's gonna be a good player.

666
00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.720
<v Speaker 2>He's a really good shooter.

667
00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:47.720
<v Speaker 4>He plays tough, a competitor, a guy that you know,

668
00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.119
<v Speaker 4>I don't know what his ceiling is as far as

669
00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:51.599
<v Speaker 4>like NBA upside, but he's a good freshman that'll only

670
00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.559
<v Speaker 4>get better. And he's the kind of kid that, let's

671
00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:56.359
<v Speaker 4>be real, Travis Perry and trentt Noah, they're not leaving

672
00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:58.519
<v Speaker 4>Kentucky right. They're not going to hit the portal like

673
00:28:58.559 --> 00:29:01.440
<v Speaker 4>they They may even fall behind in the rotation over

674
00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:03.440
<v Speaker 4>the years, but if they're still getting valuable minutes and

675
00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:05.960
<v Speaker 4>they have a valuable role, they're going to stay there

676
00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.680
<v Speaker 4>because that's.

677
00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.799
<v Speaker 2>Where they want to be.

678
00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:10.960
<v Speaker 4>And they'll probably clean up with nil more so than

679
00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:13.559
<v Speaker 4>other five star recruits from anywhere because you know their

680
00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:16.880
<v Speaker 4>Kentucky kids and that matters. So again, with Noah, he

681
00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:19.279
<v Speaker 4>was the guy that I think it was around. Yeah,

682
00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:21.480
<v Speaker 4>I think his team, Harlan County. They played in the

683
00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.680
<v Speaker 4>King of the Bluegrass, which is a big high school

684
00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:26.200
<v Speaker 4>basketball tournament here at Fardel High School. It's been going

685
00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:29.880
<v Speaker 4>on for many years. Lloyd Gardner put it together and

686
00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:34.680
<v Speaker 4>it's I mean, it's legendary. So I remember, I guess

687
00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:36.880
<v Speaker 4>it was maybe last year during his senior season, or

688
00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:38.559
<v Speaker 4>maybe the year before, because I think he'd already signed

689
00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:40.279
<v Speaker 4>with South Carolina, but at some point he came as

690
00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:43.640
<v Speaker 4>high school player and it was I mean, anybody who

691
00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.839
<v Speaker 4>watched him play would.

692
00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:46.960
<v Speaker 2>Say, look, you got to go see this kid. If

693
00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.599
<v Speaker 2>you're going to go to the.

694
00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.759
<v Speaker 4>King of the Bluegrass, make sure you go when Harlan plays,

695
00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:52.160
<v Speaker 4>Harlan County plays. I think that's where he went because

696
00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:55.359
<v Speaker 4>he's not just a good kid from Kentucky that can

697
00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:58.279
<v Speaker 4>light it up. He's a really good player. And so

698
00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:01.039
<v Speaker 4>far it looks like looks like they were right. So anyways,

699
00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:03.839
<v Speaker 4>back to sort of trying to make sense of how

700
00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:09.240
<v Speaker 4>Kentucky has their best wins of the season when they're shorthanded.

701
00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:12.440
<v Speaker 4>I mean, you can't really make sense of it. But

702
00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:16.200
<v Speaker 4>I would guess is that when you have veteran players

703
00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:19.319
<v Speaker 4>like Almanor, who was a really good player at a

704
00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:23.839
<v Speaker 4>low level, Kobe Brea, who played thirty three minutes last

705
00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:28.400
<v Speaker 4>night and was productive, hit three threes at eleven points.

706
00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:33.119
<v Speaker 4>I mean, always been their leading scorer all year. He

707
00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:38.720
<v Speaker 4>had a solid night. But I just if I had

708
00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:40.880
<v Speaker 4>to guess, it would just be that these guys are

709
00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:45.599
<v Speaker 4>are getting more minutes and simply playing a little bit

710
00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:49.599
<v Speaker 4>more loose, more comfortable. But there really isn't anything on

711
00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:51.920
<v Speaker 4>the stat sheet that just tells you that can that

712
00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:54.279
<v Speaker 4>you know there wasn't a That's what makes it even

713
00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:57.119
<v Speaker 4>more puzzling is that when they do get these wins

714
00:30:57.680 --> 00:31:00.960
<v Speaker 4>against Tennessee at Tennessee beat them last night in Lexington,

715
00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:07.599
<v Speaker 4>they beat Gonzaga without Lamont Butler and Kirk Criesa, they

716
00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:09.960
<v Speaker 4>ended up beating who was There was another victory I

717
00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:12.240
<v Speaker 4>feel like they got when they were injured and it

718
00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:15.559
<v Speaker 4>felt like a game they probably shouldn't have won. They

719
00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:18.759
<v Speaker 4>were healthy when they knocked off Duke, and I think

720
00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:21.839
<v Speaker 4>they were fully healthy when they knocked off Florida, which

721
00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:25.160
<v Speaker 4>is a great win for him. But it's almost like

722
00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:27.519
<v Speaker 4>you tell Mark Pope he's gonna be without some guys

723
00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:31.359
<v Speaker 4>and it's no for no real reason. You just kind

724
00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:33.039
<v Speaker 4>of feel like they're gonna win because so far that's

725
00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:35.599
<v Speaker 4>what they've done. That is that is the pattern that

726
00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:39.599
<v Speaker 4>has taken place, and it's not like they needed an

727
00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:42.039
<v Speaker 4>insane night. They did shoot fifty percent from three, which

728
00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:44.960
<v Speaker 4>is pretty damn good, and Tennessee shot three of eighteen.

729
00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.799
<v Speaker 4>I guess that that's what stands out on the stat

730
00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:48.680
<v Speaker 4>sheet as to how that ends up happening to where

731
00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:51.119
<v Speaker 4>they win by eleven points. But like Rick Barnes, I

732
00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:54.519
<v Speaker 4>think he's a good coach, and I'm not going to

733
00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:56.720
<v Speaker 4>do the thing where I act like Tennessee stinks because

734
00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:59.319
<v Speaker 4>they lost by eleven to Kentucky, Because if Tennessee was

735
00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.680
<v Speaker 4>really good, they would be losing this game when Kentucky

736
00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:05.319
<v Speaker 4>doesn't have Jackson Robinson and Lamont Butler, you know, only

737
00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:09.240
<v Speaker 4>plays twenty minutes. I mean, I wish I could, but

738
00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.279
<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't. I don't want to lie to you. I

739
00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.960
<v Speaker 4>don't want a lot to myself. Tennessee's a really good team.

740
00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.920
<v Speaker 4>Kentucky just has got the best of him. But if

741
00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:16.400
<v Speaker 4>I had to blame it on something, Rick Barnes just

742
00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:19.400
<v Speaker 4>he's a good coach. But I don't know why he doesn't.

743
00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:22.000
<v Speaker 4>It's like he doesn't scout Kentucky and maybe they're hard

744
00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.799
<v Speaker 4>to scout. Whenever you realize, oh yeah, the guy we

745
00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:26.200
<v Speaker 4>really wanted to take away. He's not even playing tonight,

746
00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:29.640
<v Speaker 4>Jackson Robinson, he's out Lamont Butler, we don't really know

747
00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:31.440
<v Speaker 4>what we're gonna get because he's been kind of in

748
00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:35.480
<v Speaker 4>and out as far as being healthy all year. Kobe Brea,

749
00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:38.720
<v Speaker 4>we know that. Don't let him get open from three.

750
00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:41.680
<v Speaker 4>But then whenever you really give too much attention to

751
00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.720
<v Speaker 4>the three, then he can.

752
00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.680
<v Speaker 2>You know, he can. He can hurts you in other ways.

753
00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.720
<v Speaker 4>And they probably didn't have a whole lot on the

754
00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:50.480
<v Speaker 4>scouting report, I would imagine with Perry and Noah. I mean,

755
00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:53.720
<v Speaker 4>Carr played nineteen minutes last night, had two points in

756
00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:59.279
<v Speaker 4>two rebounds, like they beat Tennessee by eleven, And I

757
00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:04.960
<v Speaker 4>mean it's not just that they didn't get Jackson Robinson

758
00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:09.039
<v Speaker 4>at all. Butler played fine, but again six points. And

759
00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:11.319
<v Speaker 4>then Carr another guy who I would I feel like

760
00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:13.440
<v Speaker 4>he's one of the more valuable players on that team,

761
00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:17.319
<v Speaker 4>yet he didn't do anything in the time he played.

762
00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:22.359
<v Speaker 4>Mauri Williams six points in twenty one minutes. So just

763
00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:25.480
<v Speaker 4>a good team win for Kentucky and they have a

764
00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:28.880
<v Speaker 4>very unusual resume. They still don't have any terrible losses

765
00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:31.640
<v Speaker 4>because the sec is just not going to give you

766
00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:34.400
<v Speaker 4>any terrible losses when it comes to the metrics. But

767
00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:36.519
<v Speaker 4>I mean, they got a lot of good wins. They're

768
00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:40.440
<v Speaker 4>gonna have some real value, I mean, Tennessee. And I'm

769
00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:43.319
<v Speaker 4>not saying this is correct because again, like the formula

770
00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:46.960
<v Speaker 4>is clearly flawed when it comes to factoring in and

771
00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.559
<v Speaker 4>the net and the kin Palm. It just does not

772
00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:50.599
<v Speaker 4>factor in winning and losing as much as it should.

773
00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:53.680
<v Speaker 4>If you play really good teams competitively, you will maintain

774
00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:57.880
<v Speaker 4>the same range of your net in kin Palm ranking,

775
00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:59.839
<v Speaker 4>which I just don't think that I just don't think

776
00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:02.599
<v Speaker 4>that should be the case. Like, for example, Ohio State

777
00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:08.239
<v Speaker 4>is fourteen and ten and six and seven in Big

778
00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:10.119
<v Speaker 4>ten play and they're ahead of Louisville in the NET

779
00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:14.400
<v Speaker 4>and they are nowhere near a tournament team. They're twenty

780
00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:17.679
<v Speaker 4>eighth in the net in the kim Palm, and they

781
00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:23.400
<v Speaker 4>have I guess like one or two decent wins, but

782
00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:27.119
<v Speaker 4>yet they've lost six I'm sorry, they're six and seven

783
00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.920
<v Speaker 4>in league play.

784
00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:31.000
<v Speaker 2>So like, you shouldn't just play teams.

785
00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:34.119
<v Speaker 4>Competitively and compete and have the wins and losses not

786
00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:36.920
<v Speaker 4>have a bigger factor in how you move up or

787
00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:40.440
<v Speaker 4>move down in the formula here. But what I was

788
00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:43.760
<v Speaker 4>getting at is that a sweep of Tennessee that Kentucky

789
00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:47.760
<v Speaker 4>now has, who's going to have a better data point

790
00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:50.280
<v Speaker 4>on their resume as far as like the net and

791
00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:54.440
<v Speaker 4>the Kim palm and that kind of stuff. I mean,

792
00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.960
<v Speaker 4>you look at the rest of their the rest of

793
00:34:56.000 --> 00:35:00.400
<v Speaker 4>their resume right now, they're lost to Clemson, can tenues

794
00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.199
<v Speaker 4>to look better.

795
00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:05.719
<v Speaker 2>Ohio State. I mean, I don't think it's a good loss.

796
00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:07.559
<v Speaker 4>They lost by twenty on a neutral site, but again,

797
00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:11.320
<v Speaker 4>the numbers seem to really like Ohio State, so therefore

798
00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:14.239
<v Speaker 4>it's not a bad loss. Georgia at their place not

799
00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:16.000
<v Speaker 4>a good loss, but I mean it's certainly not one

800
00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:17.480
<v Speaker 4>that's going to be a real stain on the resume.

801
00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:21.119
<v Speaker 4>It's still considered Quad one. And then Bama one of

802
00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:23.159
<v Speaker 4>the best teams in the country. Ole Miss at third place.

803
00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:27.719
<v Speaker 4>Arkansas at home is not a good loss, but it's

804
00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:30.519
<v Speaker 4>still a team that's in the top forty bobbish when

805
00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:33.280
<v Speaker 4>you look at the numbers. So I wish I could

806
00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:36.280
<v Speaker 4>I wish I could say otherwise, but I feel like

807
00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:39.000
<v Speaker 4>a lot of these wins that Kentucky has has picked

808
00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:41.320
<v Speaker 4>up this year that have real value when you consider

809
00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:44.519
<v Speaker 4>the circumstances in those matchups. It's just a sign that

810
00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:46.800
<v Speaker 4>they're a really well coached team, not to say he's perfect.

811
00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.199
<v Speaker 2>He'll lose.

812
00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.960
<v Speaker 4>Who knows what they're going to do the rest of

813
00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:51.199
<v Speaker 4>the way. Who knows what will happen in the n

814
00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:53.599
<v Speaker 4>SAA tournament. I mean, you just never know. But as

815
00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:56.639
<v Speaker 4>of now, twenty five games in. This are twenty four

816
00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:59.079
<v Speaker 4>games in, I should say they've I think they've got

817
00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:00.199
<v Speaker 4>themselves a pretty good coach.

818
00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:02.320
<v Speaker 2>All right, I'll move on now.

819
00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.519
<v Speaker 4>I know it probably made a lot of you want

820
00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:06.719
<v Speaker 4>to vomit if you're you know, big UFL fan anti uk,

821
00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:09.159
<v Speaker 4>which I am. But you know, it's my job to

822
00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:13.119
<v Speaker 4>be honest and say what I think, even if it's

823
00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:15.400
<v Speaker 4>you know, something you don't agree with. And a lot

824
00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:17.079
<v Speaker 4>of times, believe it or not, I share things that

825
00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:21.760
<v Speaker 4>are my opinion that are wrong. But they still let

826
00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.960
<v Speaker 4>me do this, which is a lot of fun. So

827
00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:24.639
<v Speaker 4>let's just keep that between us if we can. Let's

828
00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:26.280
<v Speaker 4>take a quick break. We'll come back on the other side.

829
00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:30.920
<v Speaker 4>Talk a little n C State Louisville tonight. Also some

830
00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:34.840
<v Speaker 4>other things we'll get into today there is a great

831
00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:37.800
<v Speaker 4>article from Pat Kelsey at I keep saying, yeah, who's

832
00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:41.400
<v Speaker 4>not Sports Illustrated, But it's a real good column about

833
00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:43.920
<v Speaker 4>Pat Kelcey with some really good quotes from different people,

834
00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:47.440
<v Speaker 4>and it's just a reminder how lucky we are to

835
00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.760
<v Speaker 4>have this guy.

836
00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:52.119
<v Speaker 2>And there are some teams out.

837
00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:57.280
<v Speaker 4>There, some individuals that we as Louisville fans, realize we

838
00:36:57.400 --> 00:37:03.079
<v Speaker 4>owe a big thank you, right like Cincinnati hiring Sadderfield,

839
00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:05.960
<v Speaker 4>those kind of things. When it comes to Pat Kelsey,

840
00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:09.199
<v Speaker 4>if this thing continues to work out, which it's working

841
00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:10.679
<v Speaker 4>out right now, at least in my opinion it is.

842
00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:13.039
<v Speaker 4>I don't know how you could disagree, but we will

843
00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:15.559
<v Speaker 4>have somebody to thank. And I'll tell you who that is.

844
00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:17.119
<v Speaker 4>On the other side, it's probably somebody you may not

845
00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:19.639
<v Speaker 4>even know who it is. But to keep it locked,

846
00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:22.039
<v Speaker 4>it is game day. It's coffee and Company fuel by

847
00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:24.000
<v Speaker 4>Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety.

848
00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:27.559
<v Speaker 1>Now back to coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on

849
00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:31.400
<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven nine day.

850
00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:36.079
<v Speaker 4>So, if you haven't checked out the article at Sports

851
00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:39.079
<v Speaker 4>Illustrated that that Pat Fordy put together, I would highly

852
00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:42.119
<v Speaker 4>encourage you you do exactly that I remember a couple

853
00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:44.760
<v Speaker 4>of weeks ago, Pat Kelsey was at the press conference

854
00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:46.400
<v Speaker 4>I think it might have been before the Georgia Tech

855
00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:48.960
<v Speaker 4>game that Friday, and I thought it was one of

856
00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:53.079
<v Speaker 4>the better press conferences for Pat Kelce, not because of

857
00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:56.280
<v Speaker 4>any you know any, I mean, it was just he

858
00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:58.280
<v Speaker 4>was being asked questions that kind of told us a

859
00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:02.000
<v Speaker 4>little bit more about him as as a coach, as

860
00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:05.519
<v Speaker 4>a person, his story, and it's just and we know

861
00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:07.960
<v Speaker 4>a lot about him already, but I just I found

862
00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:10.000
<v Speaker 4>it to be very informative. And Pat was there clearly

863
00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:12.320
<v Speaker 4>working on a piece that he spent some time on

864
00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.960
<v Speaker 4>and he published it earlier this morning.

865
00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:16.239
<v Speaker 2>Again it's as Sports Illustrated.

866
00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:18.920
<v Speaker 4>Title is how Pat Kelsey revived Louisville hoops and his

867
00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:23.039
<v Speaker 4>passion along the way, And Josh heard, I mean so

868
00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:26.039
<v Speaker 4>far deserves a lot of credit for this move because

869
00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:29.719
<v Speaker 4>even though he wasn't the first or maybe he wasn't

870
00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:34.239
<v Speaker 4>the second choice either, it's still somebody that probably would

871
00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:37.159
<v Speaker 4>have still been at Charleston had Louisville a really good

872
00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:41.079
<v Speaker 4>job not not offered it. So clearly regardless of when

873
00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:43.280
<v Speaker 4>he or where he was on the on the order,

874
00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:45.920
<v Speaker 4>as far as who Josh Hurd wanted this was a

875
00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:48.800
<v Speaker 4>move that you know, so far looks like it was

876
00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:50.559
<v Speaker 4>a home run. And it's not just because louisll has

877
00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:52.239
<v Speaker 4>been able to have some success and win some games

878
00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:56.840
<v Speaker 4>and this team is playing a good brand of basketball

879
00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:59.480
<v Speaker 4>that fans are really really excited about. I mean, Bar

880
00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:01.800
<v Speaker 4>was separateretty low as far as just you know, given

881
00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:05.199
<v Speaker 4>effort and playing hard. But even if we didn't have

882
00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:09.000
<v Speaker 4>a stretch of terrible seasons like we did for three

883
00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:12.280
<v Speaker 4>straight years, we still, I think, are a fan base

884
00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:14.800
<v Speaker 4>that does appreciate guys who play hard and play with

885
00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:17.519
<v Speaker 4>a lot of energy. And Pat Kelsey has that and

886
00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:20.119
<v Speaker 4>these guys are a reflection of it. But really he

887
00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:24.679
<v Speaker 4>just he seems to be a guy that his personality,

888
00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:30.119
<v Speaker 4>his energy, his work ethic, his story. I think it's

889
00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:32.599
<v Speaker 4>it's the perfect fit for Louisville at the perfect time

890
00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:37.159
<v Speaker 4>because he probably wakes up every day thinking like is

891
00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:37.599
<v Speaker 4>this crazy?

892
00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.039
<v Speaker 2>Is this real?

893
00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:39.679
<v Speaker 4>Am I the head coach at Louisville. Not to say

894
00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:42.960
<v Speaker 4>that he thinks he's undeserving, but I mean there's certain

895
00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:46.320
<v Speaker 4>things that played out in order for it to work

896
00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:48.920
<v Speaker 4>out like this to where he is the guy. So

897
00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:51.199
<v Speaker 4>I would encourage you to check it out. It's it's

898
00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:54.079
<v Speaker 4>really really well done. And what I what I took

899
00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:56.639
<v Speaker 4>from it, among many things that that I hadn't really given.

900
00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.400
<v Speaker 2>Much thought to, is that.

901
00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:01.719
<v Speaker 4>The first and I don't even think Louisville offered the

902
00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:04.679
<v Speaker 4>job to Scott Drew. I mean, I think what it

903
00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:09.039
<v Speaker 4>came down to is that they just knew that if

904
00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:11.159
<v Speaker 4>in fact he was gonna kick the time, if he

905
00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:13.599
<v Speaker 4>was going to be interested, it was gonna be very,

906
00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:16.679
<v Speaker 4>very very expensive, and really not even because of like

907
00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:18.880
<v Speaker 4>a buyout, but just because of what he was going

908
00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:22.159
<v Speaker 4>to cost. And we'll get to this later. I don't

909
00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:23.960
<v Speaker 4>want to spend too much time on it because it's

910
00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:26.000
<v Speaker 4>not super relevant.

911
00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:27.880
<v Speaker 2>Well I guess it's relevant. It's just it's not fun

912
00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:28.400
<v Speaker 2>to talk about.

913
00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:31.480
<v Speaker 4>But Louisville got Pat Kelsey really cheap, and yet they're

914
00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:35.639
<v Speaker 4>still really struggling financially because of a lot of things,

915
00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:38.920
<v Speaker 4>including Kenny Paynes buyout and the fact that nobody spent

916
00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:41.679
<v Speaker 4>money on the program going to games whenever Kenny was here.

917
00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:43.079
<v Speaker 4>So we'll get to that later. It was a good

918
00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:46.000
<v Speaker 4>breakdown by the CJ earlier today. But anyways, you know

919
00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:50.480
<v Speaker 4>Pat Kelsey, I mean I think that was one of

920
00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:53.320
<v Speaker 4>the factors that made him attractive, one of the many,

921
00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:56.480
<v Speaker 4>I'm sure, but he was somebody who knew wouldn't say no.

922
00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:58.599
<v Speaker 4>I think the first conversation, it's what it said in

923
00:40:58.599 --> 00:41:01.760
<v Speaker 4>the article, the first conversation that Josh heard and Pat

924
00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:03.960
<v Speaker 4>Kelsey had, which by the way, I don't even know

925
00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:05.519
<v Speaker 4>if this was in the article, but I just the

926
00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:08.880
<v Speaker 4>first coach that Josh talked to was Pat Kelsey. He

927
00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:12.639
<v Speaker 4>also in some way kicked the tires on Scott Drew.

928
00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:14.880
<v Speaker 4>But it just financially you weren'tna be able to do it,

929
00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:19.039
<v Speaker 4>and well, I guess you could have, but then like

930
00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:21.239
<v Speaker 4>money that you're gonna need for an IL and that

931
00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:23.239
<v Speaker 4>kind of stuff like it would have gone probably towards

932
00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:26.000
<v Speaker 4>whatever you had to do to afford to bring somebody

933
00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:30.320
<v Speaker 4>like Scott Drew from Baylor. And then Dusty May. I

934
00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:34.719
<v Speaker 4>think they believed that Dusty May wanted the job, but

935
00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:36.440
<v Speaker 4>Dusty May didn't want the job. Now I don't know

936
00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:38.760
<v Speaker 4>if he maybe it was gamesmanship, maybe he would have

937
00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:42.320
<v Speaker 4>taken and had Michigan not actually offered, maybe he would

938
00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.159
<v Speaker 4>have ended up at Ohio State. I'm not sure, but

939
00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:47.199
<v Speaker 4>he was somebody that they wanted and he's doing a

940
00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:48.679
<v Speaker 4>great job. I mean, they got a big win last

941
00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:51.039
<v Speaker 4>night against Purdue, like Michigan got themselves a good coach.

942
00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:52.519
<v Speaker 4>Now will he be there long term? I don't know,

943
00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:56.360
<v Speaker 4>because Indiana is a job that he certainly didn't didn't

944
00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:58.039
<v Speaker 4>shut that down the other day when he was asked

945
00:41:58.039 --> 00:42:01.800
<v Speaker 4>about it. But then from there it was shirts at

946
00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:05.920
<v Speaker 4>Indiana State. And that's the one I didn't hate the

947
00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:09.719
<v Speaker 4>idea of hiring Dusty May. I just felt like Dusty

948
00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:13.280
<v Speaker 4>May was somebody that, more than anything, just had one

949
00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:16.480
<v Speaker 4>specific impressive thing on his resume, and then he went

950
00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.599
<v Speaker 4>to a final four and that matters.

951
00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:19.760
<v Speaker 2>That's valuable. But like to me, he could have.

952
00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:22.360
<v Speaker 4>Easily been the guy who had the random tournament run

953
00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:24.719
<v Speaker 4>and then ten years later you realize, yeah, that guy's

954
00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:26.679
<v Speaker 4>pretty average. The only thing, the only reason you know

955
00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:27.960
<v Speaker 4>who he is is because he took a team to

956
00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:31.159
<v Speaker 4>the tournament. Like maybe Porter Moser is that guy who's

957
00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:34.159
<v Speaker 4>at Oklahoma now and struggling Shaka smart. I mean, he's

958
00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:37.119
<v Speaker 4>doing well at Marquette now, but like he's very far

959
00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:39.840
<v Speaker 4>removed from from the final four, and he hadn't made

960
00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:43.320
<v Speaker 4>the second weekend since that final four until last year,

961
00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:45.519
<v Speaker 4>so that was my worry. But I wasn't like, oh,

962
00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:48.719
<v Speaker 4>you better not hire Dusty may I just I knew

963
00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:50.679
<v Speaker 4>I wasn't gonna be as juiced about it as others

964
00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:52.199
<v Speaker 4>because one, he was kind of boring, and I just

965
00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:55.079
<v Speaker 4>didn't feel like he had he had not done what

966
00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:56.679
<v Speaker 4>Kelsey had done to be honest with you and for

967
00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:58.280
<v Speaker 4>what it's worth, and it's worth nothing. It's just I

968
00:42:58.280 --> 00:43:01.440
<v Speaker 4>guess my own insecurity wanting people to know that, like, hey,

969
00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:07.480
<v Speaker 4>I was always Pat Kelsey ahead of Shirts and Dusty

970
00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:09.679
<v Speaker 4>may I just you know, I never thought they would

971
00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:12.320
<v Speaker 4>actually hire a guy from that level because I was

972
00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:15.199
<v Speaker 4>just delusional thinking that Louisville was going to have to

973
00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:18.039
<v Speaker 4>go out and get some big name when clearly Josh

974
00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:19.920
<v Speaker 4>Hurt had a plan and so far it looks like

975
00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:23.719
<v Speaker 4>it's working. But anyways, back to Josh Shirts, that's the

976
00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:25.679
<v Speaker 4>one that I just felt like, man, no, like you

977
00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:29.079
<v Speaker 4>can't do that, and they offered him the job, and

978
00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:33.400
<v Speaker 4>what ended up happening is that he did not end

979
00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:38.559
<v Speaker 4>He did not end up winning the Missouri Valley Tournament.

980
00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:41.360
<v Speaker 4>So that changed sort of like his availability and when

981
00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:44.480
<v Speaker 4>to talk to where he had taken the Saint Louis job.

982
00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:45.480
<v Speaker 2>I mean that's a real thing.

983
00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:47.920
<v Speaker 4>By the way, Like Louisville was in the process and

984
00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:49.639
<v Speaker 4>I think pretty much offered in the job and he

985
00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:52.920
<v Speaker 4>couldn't take it because he'd already signed something with Saint Louis.

986
00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:56.679
<v Speaker 2>That's what happened, and it was a blessing in disguise.

987
00:43:56.920 --> 00:44:01.239
<v Speaker 4>So I feel like when it comes to who we

988
00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:04.199
<v Speaker 4>should be thinking, especially if things continue to work out

989
00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:07.599
<v Speaker 4>really well with Pat Kelsey, I mean, I think we

990
00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:10.400
<v Speaker 4>got to be thinking Darien Devrees, who was at Drake,

991
00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:13.719
<v Speaker 4>who beat Indiana State in the Missouri Valley Tournament, and

992
00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:17.639
<v Speaker 4>had Indiana State won that, I think Josh Shirtz would

993
00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:19.079
<v Speaker 4>have been our coach, and who knows, maybe it would

994
00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:22.159
<v Speaker 4>have been okay. But man, and look, I think if

995
00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:24.360
<v Speaker 4>you are a good coach, you could win here.

996
00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:26.639
<v Speaker 2>It's Louisville. You have resources, they're gonna help you. You

997
00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:27.239
<v Speaker 2>can win here.

998
00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:29.440
<v Speaker 4>But Pat Kelsey, I think what's made it to where

999
00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:33.280
<v Speaker 4>fans are just enjoying this first season so much and

1000
00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:35.159
<v Speaker 4>the riot has been so fun and you can't get

1001
00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:37.480
<v Speaker 4>enough of it is because of him, as a dude. Now,

1002
00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:39.360
<v Speaker 4>if he did all this stuff that he didn't win,

1003
00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:43.880
<v Speaker 4>totally different conversation, but he does win and it's just

1004
00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:46.960
<v Speaker 4>been amazing. So maybe we had Darian Devrees who beat

1005
00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:49.000
<v Speaker 4>Drake or I'm sorry, who coached Drake at the time.

1006
00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.800
<v Speaker 2>Now he's a West Virginia.

1007
00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:51.440
<v Speaker 4>We beat him earlier this year, by the way, but

1008
00:44:51.480 --> 00:44:54.559
<v Speaker 4>now he's at West Virginia. His Drake team beat Indiana

1009
00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:58.199
<v Speaker 4>State and that really led to it playing out where

1010
00:44:58.199 --> 00:45:01.199
<v Speaker 4>Pat Kelsey got the job because Shash Shirts couldn't take it. It

1011
00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:05.000
<v Speaker 4>sounds like, so throw him in there with Luke Fickle

1012
00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:07.800
<v Speaker 4>who took the Wisconsin job, and then Cincinnati because they

1013
00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:12.679
<v Speaker 4>hired Scott Saderfield Maryland for leaving the ACC to go

1014
00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:14.960
<v Speaker 4>to the Big Tens so we could get in the ACC.

1015
00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:17.559
<v Speaker 4>We got a long list of folks that for random,

1016
00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:19.039
<v Speaker 4>well not really random.

1017
00:45:18.760 --> 00:45:20.119
<v Speaker 2>But it's like a butterfly.

1018
00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:22.159
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, exactly. We probably owe him a thank you

1019
00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:24.480
<v Speaker 4>more than people would realize. And I think Darien Debris

1020
00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:29.079
<v Speaker 4>at West Virginia certainly is is oh to thank you

1021
00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:30.840
<v Speaker 4>for beating Indiana State last year.

1022
00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:32.760
<v Speaker 2>All right, we got two hours left. Stick with us.

1023
00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:34.480
<v Speaker 2>It's game day Louisville, n C State tonight.

1024
00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:36.079
<v Speaker 4>We'll talk about it next right here on Sports Talk

1025
00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:39.360
<v Speaker 4>seven ninety
