WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:13.519 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:15.279 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:17.600 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:19.879 when we are getting off our show. 5 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:20.800 Idiot. 6 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:22.399 The kids are crying or tilt. 7 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:24.000 The countries are screwing it up. 8 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.359 Gold Play inter Murals, Brother, gold Play Intermurals. 9 00:00:27.719 --> 00:00:30.480 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:31.239 --> 00:00:34.280 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 11 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:39.759 kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee. 12 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:44.159 That's right, you know what time it is? Coffee and Company, 13 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:48.159 fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Thanks 14 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:52.359 for hanging out with us, Nick Coffee, Austin Montgomery, And 15 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.960 I'll tell you what this may be a day people 16 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:58.679 talk about for a long time. Probably not Probably nobody 17 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:02.439 will talk about it or ever reference it. But seven 18 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:07.200 hours of radio for your boy today. I mean, don't 19 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:10.439 say I'm not committed to this company. That is. iHeartMedia 20 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:13.239 in all seriousness. It was an honor, a privilege, and 21 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:15.519 a pleasure to be filling in for Tony Cruz on 22 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.480 News Radio eight forty w h AS this morning. But man, 23 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:20.200 welcome to the Welcome to the company. 24 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:20.719 Man crew. 25 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:23.120 Yeah, well look the company man. You know, they snatched 26 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:26.319 him from me, they took him from us. So now 27 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:29.680 you know, we've look, they've got you working eight jobs 28 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.439 seemingly here at the company, and now I'm working double duty, 29 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:38.000 double shift here on a talk program, sports in the afternoon, 30 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.719 news talk in the morning, and uh, you know, I 31 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:42.760 mean it's just filling in for the rest of the week. 32 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:44.200 But hey, putting in. 33 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:46.000 Putting in work, I mean, get the hard hats out, 34 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:50.159 getting exactly a lunch Poah, that's right, punching that clock, 35 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:52.480 that's right. The old school way. Were used to stick 36 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:53.239 it in the thing and hit. 37 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.120 Yeah, did you up it? So did you ever have 38 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:57.319 a job where you did that? 39 00:01:57.400 --> 00:01:59.519 Yes, I sure did one job. I worked at a 40 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:02.920 bowling That's when I'm so clutched. Eighteen, Yeah, and it 41 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:05.319 was I remember putting it in, you know, putting it. 42 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:08.120 Stamp in that baby. Oh dude, you had to be young. 43 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:10.680 Yeah, I was eighteen, I think as a senior in 44 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:13.879 high school. My guy Joey hooked me up with that job. 45 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:14.719 And he was shut out. 46 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:17.599 Joey. He was yeah, shout out Joey. Uh, he was 47 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.560 just as lazy as a worker as I was so 48 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.400 like when he got a you're honest, well, I mean 49 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:25.240 that's what he got a job there, and he made 50 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:27.360 that job seem awesome, like that's all he had to 51 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:28.840 do was just kind of sit in the back. It 52 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.360 was I didn't basically know it was a janitor's job. 53 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:36.159 He just disguised it as like customer service rep, you're 54 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.919 a CSR. And then he just sat back there the 55 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:40.800 whole time when I was there. So that's all I did. 56 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:43.759 Little did I know that everyone was talking hish about 57 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:46.120 me and everyone hated me because only came out when 58 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:47.960 they were like, hey is. 59 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:49.639 This when is this when you left to do the 60 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:50.680 Chucky Cheese job? 61 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:52.319 Yeah? Yeah, I retired from this and I went to 62 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:52.840 Chuck e chee. 63 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:55.039 Yeah, take that bowling alley, Yeah, missed out. 64 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:57.000 Cactus Bowl is what it was called. 65 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.000 You know what they uh what they typically will really 66 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:03.199 dress up the title for a custodian or janitor. They 67 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.759 call that a custodial engineer. That's a fancy title for 68 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:09.039 somebody who is a custodian, which hey, there's nothing wrong 69 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:10.800 with that. There's a lot of different ways. You know, 70 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:12.400 people are out there working to make a living. 71 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:14.840 First check was I think like three hundred and sixty 72 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:16.960 four dollars, and I thought it was hype. I went 73 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:18.960 to the mall, was there for two hours, and I'm 74 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:20.439 counting my money. At the end of the day, I'm like, 75 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:22.520 how do I only have twenty bucks left? I thought 76 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:23.159 I was rich? 77 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:23.719 Man. 78 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.919 I tell you what one hundred dollars that that first 79 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:32.560 pay check that I got when I worked part time was. 80 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:35.039 I mean, I still am owed by the way, I'm 81 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:37.199 pretty sure. I mean, if I went there and asked 82 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:39.240 to pick up my check, I doubt they would have it. 83 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:41.960 But I worked at Hollister for three hours. Oh that's right, 84 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:45.680 and I never I never went back. I was very uncomfortable. 85 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:48.039 I'm an introvert, and all I had to do was 86 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:49.919 fold and unfold genes all day. 87 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:50.840 It does sound terrible. 88 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:54.759 And I got like a five percent discount on clothes, 89 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:56.759 which really wasn't much of anything, And I just had 90 00:03:56.800 --> 00:03:58.680 to ask people as they walk by, have you heard 91 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:02.280 how great our genes fit? And what was crazy is 92 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:04.560 they never even actually told me what to say. If, 93 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:06.680 in fact, somebody called me on it, I asked it. 94 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:10.400 I asked one. I asked one time if anybody had heard, 95 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:11.919 and they just looked at me like I was speaking 96 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:15.000 a foreign language. So then when I got my break, 97 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:16.680 I went to the food court and called my mom 98 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:18.680 and I was like, Mom, I want to quit. She's like, 99 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:22.160 it's your first day of your first job. Like, Mom, 100 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:25.480 come on, I don't want to do this. Disappointed, I 101 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.600 don't think so. I mean, anyway, I was well, I 102 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:30.680 was driving at the time, and I think at that point, 103 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:33.639 like I was getting paid so little. It was one 104 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:36.120 of those jobs that they knew they could hire teenagers 105 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:38.680 for pennies because it was cool to work there, because 106 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:41.279 Hollister was the cool place, you know, you get to 107 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:45.839 socialize with, you know, people your age, that kind of stuff. 108 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:48.680 But from where I was driving, it just didn't make 109 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:50.160 a whole lot of sense. And I can only work 110 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:53.519 certain days. So yeah, but when I ended up getting 111 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:59.439 my first I worked probably more hours. During the week 112 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:03.560 of Thanks Again Black Friday, I worked for Finish Line. Yeah, 113 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:05.680 and that was the first time I had a paycheck 114 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:08.759 that actually I felt like, Okay, that's a decent amount 115 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:10.920 of money for me. And man, I felt like I 116 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.319 was I was set and more. 117 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.439 More, you're more at home at a finish Line than 118 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:16.040 a Hollister. 119 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:18.120 Oh absolutely absolutely. 120 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.639 Do you get any leads on some like, uh like 121 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:23.480 where the was Jordan releases as hot back in you know? 122 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:23.879 Oh? 123 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:24.439 Yeah, as it was. 124 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.040 And I wasn't you know, I wasn't a sneaker head 125 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:30.680 like like some, but you know I was. I was 126 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.240 dangerous enough to you know, I knew, I knew what 127 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:35.199 certain shoes were like. If you asked me for a 128 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:37.839 certain Jordan or a certain air Max, I wouldn't know 129 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:39.759 what it is. I just you know, I didn't. I 130 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:41.959 wasn't somebody that was a collector or anything like that. 131 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:44.600 But man, I really you almost had to compete at 132 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:47.519 finish Line with the others because you know, everybody whoever 133 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:49.560 had like the best shoe game, you know, it just 134 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:51.319 it was it was worth bragging about when you work 135 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:52.000 at a place. 136 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:52.839 Like that, right exactly. 137 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.240 Well, I didn't get written up, but I got a 138 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:58.439 verbal warning because I do think that that my manager 139 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:00.399 at the time realized I didn't have a clue that 140 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:02.800 I was making a mistake. But I had a friend 141 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:04.959 who worked at foot Action, which I'm not sure they're 142 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.879 still around. They were underneath the foot locker Champ some relation, 143 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:09.839 but I think they do still have like maybe one 144 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:11.480 or two of them. Some food action. I think there's 145 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:15.319 a nevermind, it's gonna make a bad joke. I got, 146 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:18.079 I got. I got these urges to, you know, just 147 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:20.199 be a knucklehead on the radio because I had to 148 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:22.160 be really I had to be really sophisticated and buttoned 149 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:24.399 up this morning on news radios. 150 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:26.040 I had to stick your up in the air. 151 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:30.160 Yeah, exactly. So anyways, I ended up I love and 152 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:33.360 I don't know if if if you're familiar with these, 153 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:36.600 but I loved Airmax ninety fives. Sure love and I 154 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:38.439 still do, by the way, I like them. And there 155 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:43.319 was an air there was an exclusive release from foot Action, 156 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:46.680 and I didn't know that it was exclusive. So I 157 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.600 got a pair of Nike Airmax ninety five's that were 158 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:52.720 like white with like a navy and chrome. I mean 159 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:54.279 it was I mean, I loved him, and I felt 160 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:56.000 I felt like I was showing up for my next 161 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.759 shift and they're gonna be like, okay, all right, the 162 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.759 new guy, he's he's got something for us. And then 163 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:04.839 I've found out, you know, you probably shouldn't wear an 164 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:08.319 exclusive pair of shoes that only a competitive, a competing 165 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:11.639 shoe store cells and it made total sense. Yeah, but 166 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.519 but I didn't know it was exclusive. Are you're just 167 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:15.519 trying to get h I was just trying to fit in, 168 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:16.879 you know what I'm saying, Just trying to be one 169 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.519 of the gang. But anyways, I had one job where 170 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:22.720 you punch that you punch that old school thing that 171 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:23.800 actually stamps the time. 172 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:24.120 It was. 173 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:26.519 It was the first job that kind of humbled me 174 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.040 that I need to figure out what I want to do. 175 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:30.879 I came back and worked on an assembly line briefly 176 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:35.639 for a place where my dad was working at the time, 177 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:39.160 and it was a nice experience. As a younger adult. 178 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:40.439 I was still kind of a kid. I mean I 179 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:42.279 think I still was. I felt like a kid. I 180 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:44.240 was eighteen, but I felt like a kid, and it 181 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.040 was you know, hey, make sure this isn't what you 182 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:47.680 do for the rest of your life. Not to say 183 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:49.079 that it's the worst thing ever, but you know, I 184 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.759 wanted to do more than that. And honestly, that's the 185 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:54.399 job where I really started listening to talk radio and 186 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:58.879 really obsessing with this this industry that is sports talk radio. 187 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:01.000 Because I was interesting on an assembly line all day 188 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.079 and I was listening to Joe By and Denny. I 189 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:06.480 was listening to The Afternoon Underdogs with Adam Neft and 190 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.480 Tony Venetti. And you know, here I am Adam Neft. 191 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:11.759 Here I am many many years later. And and you know, 192 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:12.680 living the dream. 193 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:16.439 Yeah, living as you're right under their right under their shadows. 194 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:18.199 Yeah, it's been it's been a lot of fun. And 195 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:20.560 speaking of fun, let's uh, let's do exactly that. We've 196 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:22.959 got a lot of hoops to talk about. We've certainly 197 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:25.720 been doing that. It's college basketball season. As I've been 198 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:28.319 saying throughout the week, we really needed to not take 199 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:30.720 it for granted because it'll be gone before you know it. 200 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.679 And last night a lot of good college basketball games. 201 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.039 At Parlays were cash. 202 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.519 Oh yeah, both of us on on the on the 203 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:40.240 good side of the business last night, Yeah felt good. 204 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:43.080 Rick Patino obviously came through for me. And we need 205 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:44.559 to talk about Rick Patino coming up a little bit 206 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:47.080 later on because my man's got the juice right now. 207 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:50.799 And uh, you know, I'm not like having any thoughts 208 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:52.480 of man, I wish this guy should still be here, 209 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.799 because to be fair, it's great if a coach as 210 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:56.799 Rick is, I mean, a lot of time has passed 211 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:00.759 since then, and I just I never really even whenever 212 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:05.240 he was at Iona and when Louisville was terrible and 213 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:08.679 he was having success early at Saint John's or wherever, like, 214 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:11.159 I've never once had I just I'm somebody that understands 215 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.879 that's not possible, Like there's no scenario we'd ever be back, 216 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:15.799 So why even like spend any time on it. So again, 217 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:17.120 I don't want to make it seem as if I'm 218 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:19.960 gonna make the case that Rick patino is is great 219 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:21.639 and we should still have him as our coach. But 220 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:23.919 I mean, he is great, and I don't think anybody 221 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:26.159 would dispute that. And if he ends up, it's great 222 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:27.879 to see him back going on. Yeah, and by the 223 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:29.639 way he like it kind of feels like in the 224 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:32.919 last few days, especially last night, he is back, meaning 225 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:36.279 there's more chat like they were quietly emerging, meaning Saint 226 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:39.200 John's as this team that looks like they're in great 227 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:41.120 in a great spot with the Big East and could 228 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:44.759 win the league. But really last night with Marquette in 229 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:47.159 town at the Garden, they sold it out. It really 230 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:50.879 did seem as if there was more awareness of Rick 231 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:53.960 Patino doing what he's doing at Saint John's, then there's 232 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:57.080 been so far this season. And I mean if he 233 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:59.039 makes a final four, I mean you could make the 234 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:00.759 case now if Rick never coach again and he never 235 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:03.639 came back to college after he got out at Louisville, 236 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.279 you can make the case that he's still one of 237 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:08.159 the all time best coaches ever. But if he makes 238 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.679 the final four at Saint John's and he would have 239 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:16.320 taken Providence, Kentucky, Louisville, Saint John's to a final four, 240 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:20.240 I mean that that's insane. I mean, heck, even if 241 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:22.639 he finishes great and they losing the Elite eight, I mean, 242 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:26.279 he's still just, in my opinion, furthering what a lot 243 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:28.919 of us already know that when it comes to just basketball, 244 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:34.039 coaching the game, he's I really do believe he's the 245 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:36.080 best to ever do it. And I you know, I 246 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:39.000 don't think am I bias for saying that. Again, I mean, 247 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:41.679 Rix got his issues as well. I mean, nobody's perfect 248 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:44.120 and Rick's you know, you know, I'm not here to 249 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:47.039 kiss his ass. But even if though even those who 250 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:50.600 despise him have no problem, I think openly admitting that 251 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:53.559 like this guy is. I mean, he's a special, special coach. 252 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:58.159 So anyhow, Louisville in action tonight, promise you we're going 253 00:10:58.200 --> 00:10:59.879 to get to that. There's not a whole lot that 254 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.639 can really be said about this matchup. I mean, I 255 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:04.440 guess there is. Louisville. They are favored tonight. Last I checked, 256 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:05.960 it was at twelve and a half. They're playing a 257 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:08.720 really bad Boston college team. And I could give you 258 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:13.960 what you probably were expecting to hear, bouncing back. And 259 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:15.600 I think I probably have said that throughout the week, 260 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:17.240 because you know, when you lose and then you want 261 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:18.840 to win, what do people say, bounce back? So I 262 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:23.159 guess technically that is true. However, I believe that Louisville 263 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:25.240 came out against Georgia Tech and they didn't play their 264 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:27.639 best game. But like, I don't view this as hey, 265 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:30.720 what the hell was that? What happened? I mean, to 266 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.399 be honest with you, they were rather consistent. They they 267 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:36.840 shot thirty six percent from three point range May nine. 268 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:40.080 Had they made eleven, maybe it's a different ballgame. They 269 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:42.200 did have more turnovers than Georgia Tech, which that's a 270 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:46.159 little bit uncharacteristic. Georgia Tech turned points off of Louisville's 271 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:48.240 turnovers more so than Louisville did. So there are some 272 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:51.000 things like on the stat sheet that you know, going in, hey, 273 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:54.519 if these numbers are not in your favor and you 274 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:57.559 know you're at a disadvantage on the stat sheet right here, 275 00:11:57.639 --> 00:12:01.120 that's not ideal. So again, I'm not acting like they 276 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:07.879 didn't have a performance that was you know, it was. 277 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:11.039 What I'm trying to say here is you know, now 278 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.879 that I'm deep into a long day of talking into 279 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:16.559 a microphone, my brain just as having moments where it 280 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:20.440 just stops working. But I don't think that Louisville came 281 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:22.759 out flat like, I don't think that they needed to 282 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:24.639 be humbled or anything like that. I just think what 283 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:27.720 happened is they ran into a hot Georgia Tech team 284 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:31.399 that couldn't couldn't miss early in the game. And then 285 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:33.960 as soon as Louisville was about to maybe bury them 286 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:37.879 on two different instances, Georgia Tech, to their credit, kept 287 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.759 fighting and they hung around, and then they put another 288 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:41.840 run together and it was a close game and then 289 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:45.039 they kind of slowly pulled away. Louisville, of course, didn't 290 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:47.960 execute great down the stretch, and they missed a lot 291 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:49.639 of free throws, and obviously you don't want to do that. 292 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:52.720 I mean, eleven of nineteen at the free throw line 293 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:56.360 that's not good. But heck, Georgia Tech was actually worse. 294 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:58.720 So again, I'm not here to defend their performance and 295 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.360 act like, you know, they played great, but I think 296 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.960 it is. I think this team's just gonna come out 297 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:06.679 and pick up where they left off as far as 298 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:11.679 just you know, locking down on defense and knocking down shots. 299 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:13.879 I mean what led to them having that ten game 300 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:17.320 winning streak where they were beating down some teams in 301 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:20.840 the ACC albeit bad team still, I mean they were 302 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:22.919 playing really, really well, Like I don't think that we 303 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:25.399 saw performance that that Oh wow, they took a huge 304 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.320 step back. So I wouldn't be shocked if they win 305 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:31.000 this game about thirty tonight. And I really do think 306 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:34.720 that after Georgia Tech ended up knocking off Clemson last 307 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:37.759 night in triple overtime, that doesn't make Louisville's loss to 308 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:40.039 Georgia Tech really any better. I mean, maybe the optics 309 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:41.519 aren't as bad, but I mean it's still something that 310 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:43.440 you're gonna have to deal with on selection Sunday. That 311 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:46.320 is a bad loss. But I guess it does kind 312 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:48.480 of confirm that Georgia Tech is a is the kind 313 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:50.440 of team that if they are, if they're hot and 314 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:53.200 they're playing with confidence and they're knocking down shots, they're competing, 315 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:55.639 you know, they're probably a lot better than their record. 316 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:59.120 But again that doesn't necessarily matter. But george Tech, you know, 317 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:03.120 beat Clemson at their place, and Clemson's not elite. Trust me, 318 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.960 I don't know how good they actually are, but they're 319 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:07.480 a good team. They're safely in the tournament. And you know, 320 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:10.360 a healthy Kentucky team who's still a good team, and 321 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:11.679 we got to talk about them in a second. But 322 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:15.080 I mean Kentucky lost to Clemson when Clemson hosted them 323 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:18.559 earlier this year. So again Georgia Tech beating Clemson again, 324 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:20.960 I do with that, which you will. I just it 325 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:22.679 kind of confirmed to me because I didn't really want 326 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:24.799 to go on and on about how Georgiat tack. I'm 327 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:26.720 telling you they're better than the record, don't you know. 328 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:28.879 Don't look at the record. They got a lot of talent, 329 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:30.679 because I don't really know if I believe that, But 330 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:34.000 what I saw on Saturday, it didn't even have me 331 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:36.240 thinking about their record or how good they are. I 332 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:39.840 was just watching guys make tough shots consistently to where 333 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:43.720 you really couldn't have defended it much better. And yeah 334 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:46.960 they were, they weren't really picking on rain Smith. And 335 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:48.559 I don't know why that's triggered me a little bit. 336 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:50.639 A lot of people acting like we need to worry 337 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:53.000 about Rain Smith being on the floor, Like, with all 338 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:56.919 due respect, y you all are, I mean, I mean 339 00:14:56.960 --> 00:15:03.080 that's insane. Like again, there's a stereotype that guys like 340 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.679 rain Smith, you know, that are white and maybe not 341 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:08.080 as athletic as others, that when they get scored on, 342 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:10.960 it's just because they can't guard. Sometimes guys just make 343 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:14.159 tough shots because they're basketball players, and that's the game. 344 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:19.120 And the way rain Smith got scored on at times Saturday, 345 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:21.639 everybody else on this team has been scored on like 346 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:23.960 that as well this year. So it's not to say 347 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.399 that they can't find somebody that's got a favorable matchup 348 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:29.679 to where Rain's defending it well and then you know, 349 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:33.759 all of a sudden, they just you know, they hit 350 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:36.320 a tough shot. But like, I don't know, I long 351 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:37.919 story short, I don't really think there's a whole lot 352 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:40.039 wrong with this team that has me worried that they're 353 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:43.000 going to come out and like have a bad performance tonight. 354 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:45.759 One thing though, that has consistently been an issue for them, 355 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:48.840 that kind of feel like it is what it is. 356 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:50.279 I'm not going to be surprised if we get to 357 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:51.519 the end of the year and there's still a very 358 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:54.320 inconsistent free throw shooting team. So that's been an issue 359 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:56.799 even though even in games during their ten game winning streak. 360 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:59.279 So I'm confident they come out take care of business tonight, 361 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:01.720 and they need to because again, you can't afford another 362 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:06.080 loss of that magnitude and you really honestly need to 363 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:08.200 blow these kind of teams out, which I'm hoping that's 364 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:11.000 what happens tonight. There was a blowout last night in 365 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.720 Oxford for a good chunk of the game, Kentucky had 366 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:16.480 a comeback but still fell short. And I'm telling you 367 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:18.720 Kentucky's resume, I've been talking about it for a while 368 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:21.399 really weird, right, But they also just have a weird 369 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:23.799 team when it comes to some stats, Like they've got 370 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:27.399 some statistics that you would see that you would think, 371 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:29.480 how the hell they lose. So we'll get to that 372 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:31.320 in a lot more. It's coffee and company. We're rolling 373 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:47.200 along here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 374 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:52.000 Now back to coffee and company fueled by Thornton's on 375 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:53.799 Sports Talk seven ninety. 376 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:56.679 That's right, it's coffee and company fueled by Thornton's here 377 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:59.159 on a sports Talk seven ninety. 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But to see Georgia Tech 388 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:32.079 continue that momentum and beat Clemson at their place, it 389 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:33.680 kind of makes me feel like thirteen and a half 390 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:35.839 is free money. But then again, maybe I'm maybe I'm 391 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:39.240 too confident, but I just I think this group, their 392 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:43.240 maturity they're they're not hanging their head. They're gonna come 393 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:46.200 ready to play tonight. And Boston College is the kind 394 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:49.680 of team that you should be. I mean, you should 395 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:51.440 be able to bury them. And what I mean by 396 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:55.599 that is they know they're bad and they will probably 397 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:59.000 see a big deficit early in this game and then 398 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:01.680 kind of go through the motions. I mean, right now, 399 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:06.599 Boston College, they are ten and eleven overall. They do 400 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.960 have that win against Florida State over the weekend, which 401 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:13.240