WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:02.919 Welcome to the Big Blue and Sider Dick Gabriel with 2 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.200 you in a snowy, icy frigid Friday. And as we speak, 3 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:09.400 as you know we pre record, we may be blanketed 4 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:13.359 by snow again. But earlier today, before the snow fell, 5 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:15.679 Cameron Mills made his way to the garage and you 6 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:18.359 will hear that coming up the beginning of our conversation 7 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:21.280 at the bottom of this hour. We'll talk some basketball, 8 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.519 a lot of basketball before that, and of course we'll 9 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:28.199 look ahead to Kentucky Mississippi State tomorrow night. That is 10 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:30.679 going to be a really tough game. This is a 11 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:35.079 really good Mississippi State team in a tough place to play. 12 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:38.079 Stark Bill can be quite unforgiving and we'll ask Cameron 13 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.039 about that. But we'll get his thoughts on what happened 14 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:42.320 with the Georgia game as well. I know we'll get 15 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:46.200 into officiating. Cameron loses his mind sometimes when we talk 16 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:50.000 about referees, but we always have fun talking to Cameron. 17 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.119 We'll try to stay on point, get off on some 18 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:56.960 major tangents at times, but we'll we'll have some fun. 19 00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:59.920 But before we do that, and before we talk about 20 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:02.840 the basketball, Wildcats, both men and women Women got a 21 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:05.719 great win yesterday. Got to talk about that game last night. 22 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:10.920 Penn State, Notre Dame and I had parenthetically, those were 23 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:13.959 two teams that I really rooted for growing up. I mean, 24 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:15.599 I grew up in Louisville, so you kept an eye 25 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:17.079 on U of L. You kept an i on UK 26 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:19.840 when Corso was a Louisville It was fun. They had 27 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:22.000 some wins, but they were usually mediocre. 28 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:22.560 You know. 29 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:24.760 The best Johnny and Nitis ever did at U of L. 30 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:27.640 I think was five and five. Anyhow, in Kentucky was 31 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:31.120 really struggling under John Ray, So I rooted for Notre Dame. 32 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:34.319 Growing up Catholic, I rooted it for Penn State. That 33 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:36.439 was my East Coast team. They were really good under 34 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:41.000 Joe Pa and I really liked USC OJ and the 35 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:45.159 traditional uniforms and all that stuff. And now here they 36 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:48.280 are Notre Dame in Penn State playing last night. I 37 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:51.120 got off Notre Dame. I wasn't a lou Holtz fan 38 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:54.079 at all, and he had success there, but I just 39 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:57.879 wasn't a fan. And you know, Penn State under Joe Pa, 40 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:00.439 I felt bad, but he needed me fired and I 41 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:02.840 said as much and wrote as much, but I just 42 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:05.760 kind of lost interest. But here they were playing for 43 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:08.560 a shot at the national championship, and I wound up 44 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:09.759 rooting for Notre Dame. 45 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:12.280 Part of it is I really. 46 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:15.360 Like Marcus Freeman, but I'm just not a huge James 47 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:18.039 Franklin fan either. And wouldn't you know, And by the way, 48 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:21.879 what a great game, back and forth, back and forth. 49 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:24.599 Penn State jumped out, looked like they were going to dominate. 50 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:28.800 Notre Dame comes back at halftime, and I talk about 51 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:32.800 the fact that quote unquote adjustments are always not always, 52 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:37.240 but oftentimes overlooked and overblown, and this time Notre Dame 53 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:39.840 adjusted whatever they were doing with their run game. It 54 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:43.680 wasn't working in the first half. It worked beautifully in 55 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:46.719 the second half. But one of the key elements of 56 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:50.319 the game, and the TV announcers Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy, 57 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:52.719 they made a great point of it before, during, and 58 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:56.199 after the game. Then Notre Dame lost its starting quarterback 59 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:58.800 for a while, they thought he might have a concussion, 60 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:03.680 and their back came in and played extremely well, and 61 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:05.520 in fact, he was going to be the starter till 62 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:09.840 Riley larn came through the portal from duke and won 63 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:14.520 the starting job, but the backup came in and moved 64 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:16.520 at the end of the half Notre Dame to a 65 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:18.960 field goal and made a ten to three and that 66 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:21.560 ended up being huge, and Notre Dame wins on a 67 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.240 forty one yard field goal at the end of the game. 68 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.080 And by the way, Mitch Jeter, the kicker, was hurt 69 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:30.159 much of the year and their kicking game was the 70 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:33.759 worst in America, and ironically enough, a field goal sends 71 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:38.479 them to the championship game. But Notre Dame played so well. 72 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:43.360 Penn State made the crucial turnover late. Their quarterback in 73 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:46.879 the final minute threw a pick. He threw late over 74 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.960 the middle, and that's one of the mantras. McElroy beat 75 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:54.159 it to death on the broadcast, and our own Jeppecoro 76 00:03:54.639 --> 00:04:00.240 on the UK Radio Network constantly reminds us that with 77 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:03.479 an exception or two, because the net's only at the 78 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:07.240 quarterback and someone make it work, never throw late over 79 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:10.759 the middle because the defense will make you pay. And 80 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:14.520 it cost Penn State the game. Notre Dame's kid made 81 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:18.839 an incredible diving interception and the Irish moved the ball 82 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:22.920 into field goal range and won it. But that game 83 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:26.480 might have been decided, if you believe in such things. 84 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.079 Earlier in the week, Notre Dame's coach. 85 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:32.600 Freeman I mentioned, kind of. 86 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:35.959 Felt disrespected by James Franklin apparently at the final news 87 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:40.639 conference before kickoff and both teams were present, kind of 88 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:44.639 a media gathering photo op, that kind of stuff. James 89 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:48.800 Franklin kind of playfully asked Freeman how old he was, 90 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:52.920 and then he complimented his hairline, and evidently that didn't 91 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:56.759 set well with Freeman, Who's I think thirty nine today 92 00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:02.120 happy birthday, And the players were really ticked off about it, 93 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:05.680 and one of their players, Xavier Watts, said coach was angry, 94 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:08.199 said he was angry with the whole press conference thing. 95 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.319 I said all the anger went toward us, and that 96 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:16.279 anger went onto the field. So maybe that played a part. 97 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:19.439 I don't know, but they're one of their star players, 98 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:22.480 they're running back. Jeremiah Love, who played hurt, played with 99 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:25.360 a brace on his knee, said, I'm not going to 100 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:27.600 speak on their head coach. We felt like their team 101 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:31.279 didn't really respect us. We wanted to come into this 102 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.920 game make a statement. Be the aggressors dominate them physically. 103 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:38.439 That's the message to be physical and play violent the 104 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:41.040 whole game. Well they didn't. They only did in the 105 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.000 second half, but that was enough. They wanted twenty seven 106 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:47.399 to twenty four. Now they play the winner of tonight's game, 107 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:51.439 Texas out of the SEC and Ohio State. I do 108 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.079 like Ohio State in that one, but if it's anything 109 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:55.319 like a last night's game, it's. 110 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:57.199 Going to be a good one. And I urge you 111 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:58.120 to keep an eye on it. 112 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:01.560 By the way, all that' stuff, ugh that Jeremiah Love 113 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:04.399 was saying, playing with a chip on the shoulder, that's 114 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:07.759 sound familiar. The best Mark Stoops teams played that way. 115 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:11.839 One other football note, Carson Beck says he will come back. 116 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:14.199 He's not going to go to the NFL Draft, but 117 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.680 he may not go back to Georgia. Pete Thamil of 118 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:21.720 ESPN is reporting that Miami is the favorite right now 119 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:26.000 to lead to land Carson Beck because his girlfriend, Hannah 120 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:29.240 Cavender plays for the Miami basketball team, one of the 121 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:34.120 Cavender twins, very attractive blondes who are hot property when 122 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:38.360 it comes to nil dollars, and Carson Beck may be 123 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.120 down in Coral Gables when the season begins next year. 124 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:46.160 So stay tuned on that. Mark Pope and Wildcats are 125 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:48.839 already in Starkfield. They got the game plan in place 126 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:51.399 and they have been working on fixing things. Of course, 127 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:55.360 somebody pointed out in the news conference yesterday that all 128 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:59.279 three Kentucky losses were similar in the way the Wildcats 129 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:03.439 were eating, you know, that they were having a hard 130 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:07.279 time with physicality, that they weren't being consistent with the 131 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:09.759 way they attacked. They kind of got away from what 132 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:11.040 they were supposed to be doing. 133 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.800 And Pope agreed that. 134 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:17.639 The fact that they were also the losses were consistent, 135 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:21.240 meant that it made it a little bit easier for 136 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:23.600 the coaching staff to work on fixing things. 137 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:27.879 Well, we love trends as coaches, right, You love trends 138 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:32.399 because trends are easy to attack, you know, And there 139 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:36.480 have been some trends in the three losses. But the 140 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:41.600 trends get a little bit more murky when you include 141 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:43.639 the wins, because some of the same things have happened 142 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.439 in the winds, right, So so that's when it gets 143 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:50.720 really interesting. But yes, for sure, we love trends. I 144 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:53.040 love all the trends, except for any trend that has 145 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:56.800 to do with els, right, so but you know that's 146 00:07:56.839 --> 00:08:00.600 what you do. Like we're patterned seekers. You want to 147 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:02.560 go find patterns. You want to go things that wear 148 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:05.120 their heads more than once because those are easy to 149 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:11.199 they're more tangible, and they're more easy to address for sure, 150 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:13.680 like because it gives you something that's, like I said, 151 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:15.480 this tangible that you can really focus on. 152 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:19.000 Well also said there were good things of course that 153 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:21.199 they need to hang on too, that they notice in 154 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:23.959 terms of trends. But yeah, you got to clean things 155 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:25.519 up and we'll see how well they do it. You'll 156 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:28.399 hear it tomorrow night right here, eight thirty tip off 157 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:32.080 seven o'clock for UK Network, covered six o'clock for a 158 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:34.519 KSR local coverage. So we'll have it for you with 159 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:38.080 Tom and Jack and Cameron and Dave who and Cameron 160 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:40.440 of course will join us coming up at the bottom 161 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:43.559 of the hour. A note from UK Football which I 162 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:47.480 mentioned earlier. Kentucky getting interest or at least is interested 163 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:51.600 in a tight end from Montana State who has an 164 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:55.440 offer from the Wildcats. Rohan Jones six ' three, two 165 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:59.879 thirty five. His team played for an FCS national championship 166 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:04.159 but lost to North Dakota State. Again Montana State won 167 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:08.039 the title forty years ago and was fifteen and oho 168 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:11.679 going into the game. North Dakota State was thirteen and 169 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:17.000 two but won its tenth national championship. Montana State has 170 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:20.840 lost each of the last six games against North Dakota State, 171 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:25.480 all in the SCS playoffs since twenty to ten, and 172 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:29.159 the final was thirty five to thirty two. Despite the 173 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:33.559 fact that Montana State quarterback Tommy Malott, who was the 174 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:37.279 Walter Payton Award winner as the best offensive player in 175 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:40.279 the country at the FCS level, ran for one hundred 176 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:44.799 and thirty five yards on fourteen carries and hit on 177 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:47.799 thirteen to twenty four passing for one ninety five and 178 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:51.440 two touchdowns, but they came up short, and now the 179 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:55.240 Wildcats are interested in a Montana State tight end even 180 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:57.320 though they got some talent at that position. 181 00:09:57.600 --> 00:09:57.679 Well. 182 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:00.679 Here from Kenny Brooks next year on six thirty WLAP 183 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:02.720 Welcome back to the Big Moon Sider coming up in 184 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:05.440 just a few minutes. Cameron Mills of the UK Radio 185 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:08.919 Network two time national champion joined us here in the 186 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:12.399 garage as he often does, to talk about not just 187 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:16.279 the Wildcats, but his former teammate Mark Pope, now the 188 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:19.000 head coach, as you will know, and we'll talk about 189 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:21.679 what he has seen so far. But we do get 190 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:24.480 off topic. A warning if you've never heard one of 191 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:28.919 our shows, welcome with Cameron and yours truly, but we. 192 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:31.240 Often get off on some tangents. 193 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:33.759 I don't think that'll happen much today because we have 194 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:36.639 so much to discuss. So that's coming up in just 195 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:38.360 a few minutes, starting at the bottom of the hour. 196 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:40.759 The he'lp you with us till the end of the show. 197 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.320 But we always have a lot of fun with Cameron 198 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:45.360 and one of the things we will talk about is 199 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:49.799 UK women's basketball man Kenny Brooks. He's got this team 200 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:53.679 roll in fourteen and one, three and zero thanks to 201 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:57.480 the win over Florida in conference play on the road 202 00:10:57.600 --> 00:10:59.720 last night, and if you heard it right here on 203 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:03.399 six thirty WLAP, as Darren Hedrick called it, Wildcats raced 204 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:06.320 off to lead the gru too as big as twenty 205 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:12.039 four points. It got whittled down to about fourteen midway 206 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.720 through the second half, but Kentucky hung on, didn't really 207 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.960 hang on, just sort of re exerted itself and won 208 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:22.360 seventy one to fifty five, and just another tremendous effort 209 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.600 by Georgia Amore. She had eighteen points. She did have 210 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:32.080 six turnovers, but four steals four assists. Kentucky had thirteen steals, 211 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:36.120 forced a total of twenty turnovers by the Gators. Thirteen 212 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:40.600 of them were Kentucky steals, and Kentucky points off turnovers 213 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:45.559 twenty five to just seven for the Gators. Kentucky did 214 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.240 turn it over thirteen times, as I said, anymore had 215 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:53.639 almost half of those, but Florida only capitalized minimally with 216 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:57.759 just the seven points. So in case you're wondering, by 217 00:11:57.799 --> 00:12:01.360 the way, because I was, Yeah, it's the SEC. Yeah, 218 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:04.720 it's tough, and the schedule's tough. Next up for the 219 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:09.159 UK women is Sunday at Historic Memorial Coliseum, three o'clock 220 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:13.159 taking on Auburn. It will be on the SEC network, 221 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:15.480 but we urge you to tune in Darren two forty 222 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.600 five pregame three o'clock tip. But then after that they 223 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:21.360 go to Georgia to A and M before they come 224 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:25.120 back with Arkansas Alabama. Skip ahead to the end of 225 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:27.559 the schedule. That's what you're wondering about. I've got to 226 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:31.720 think listen to the last three games for Kenny Brooks's 227 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:37.120 team in the SEC Sunday, February twenty third, LSU here 228 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:43.679 in Lexington, Tennessee here in Lexington. That's the following Thursday, 229 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:45.840 and then on Sunday the last game of the year 230 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:50.840 South Carolina, which has lost some games, but still by then, 231 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:54.639 you know it's going to be playing its best. So 232 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:59.000 the last three games and you know what, that's murderer's row, 233 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:04.720 but it honestly it's probably for the best because, yeah, 234 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:07.120 they're going to be the three toughest games, at least 235 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:10.759 theoretically for the UK women, But they come at the 236 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:13.080 end of the year and just think if they can 237 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:16.679 pull off at least one win, how they'll position themselves 238 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:20.440 for a run through the SEC and the NCA tournament. 239 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:23.480 It's going to be interesting. And again, a couple of 240 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:25.960 those games are in electioningon. And believe it or not, 241 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:28.360 there was a good Kentucky crowd in. 242 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:30.159 Gainesville last night. You might have been able to hear 243 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:32.399 it if you watched or listened. I did both. 244 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:35.600 Watched and then I pulled up Daron synced it up 245 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:40.600 with the iHeart app and Kenny Brooks said the crowd 246 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:44.759 definitely helped his team we heard him. 247 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.799 And they gave us a little bit of a boost. 248 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:49.799 Now it wasn't our best performance, but we got some 249 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:53.559 juice from them. And even when Florida, you know, made 250 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:55.840 a run, we were were. 251 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:56.639 Aided by. 252 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:02.440 Obviously weather in the storm, but also because you know, 253 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:04.399 we had a big continuency here supporting it. 254 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:06.360 So, you know, that's our goal. 255 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:10.840 You know, Kentucky is, you know, a basketball state, and 256 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:13.480 obviously there's a lot of history on the other side. 257 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:15.960 We want to do our best to create some history 258 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:17.960 on our side so people can be excited about it. 259 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:21.080 So it helped Kentucky went on the road. Anytime you 260 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:24.960 went on the road anywhere any sport, it's big. And 261 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:27.559 think about this too. With the team that he had 262 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:31.600 to cobble together almost from scratch, a lot like Mark Pope, 263 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:36.960 Kenny Brooks and his players are experiencing the Southeastern Conference 264 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:41.000 for the first time, especially on the road. Of course, 265 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:44.240 he came from the ACC he knew that league inside out, 266 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:47.240 had a lot of success there, took Virginia Tech to 267 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:51.200 the Final four at one point. But now he's kind 268 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:54.559 of starting over when he's learning, you know, some of 269 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:57.639 the coaches of course, either he's played against them, knows. 270 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:59.840 Them by rep or whatever. But when you go. 271 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:01.879 On on the road, I mean, in a minute's first 272 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.759 time he coached the team in Gainesville. That's pretty much 273 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:08.240 the case throughout the Southeastern Conference. 274 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:09.120 Obviously. 275 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:11.440 Every time we go to a venue, I'm probably there 276 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:13.039 for the first time. Its first time I've ever been 277 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:17.039 to the University of Florida, and you know, we're just 278 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:18.919 we're just trying to get used to it. You know, 279 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:21.320 I think Georgia alluded to it a few games back, 280 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:24.799 which we're almost naive. We're just okay, hey, let's go 281 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.720 into this venue, and if we just focus on ourselves, 282 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:30.080 then we focus on ourselves. It's not something that this 283 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:32.080 group is doing a really good job of and just 284 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:34.080 trying to continue to get better and better and better. 285 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:36.480 That's the main That's the main thing. Make the main 286 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:40.759 thing the main thing. But it's a She'll probably attest 287 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:44.720 to this. It's it's a physical league. 288 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:45.600 Just like a SEC men's basketball. 289 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:49.200 Women's basketball is so much more physical now than it 290 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:52.159 has ever been, and it is probably played at a 291 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:55.279 higher level and that's ever been played. Because the sport 292 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.879 is growing and the coaching is getting better, the facilities 293 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:02.600 are getting better, so it's a pretty tough order to 294 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:05.480 try to work your way up. Kentucky's done it before 295 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:08.480 in the SEC. I'm talking about when Matthew Mitchell was 296 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:11.639 the head coach. Yeah, the Cats won an SEC tournament 297 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:15.840 championship under kyra Elzi won an SEC title back in 298 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:19.320 the day with Valerie still but this league now is 299 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:21.240 so much more athletic than it used to be. But 300 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:25.279 this is an athletic Kentucky team that can make shots, 301 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:28.200 has a lot of size, but quite frankly, it's not 302 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:31.320 as physically strong I don't think as some of these 303 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:35.159 other SEC teams I've seen on TV and women's basketball. 304 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:38.159 But it's going to be interesting as this Kentucky team 305 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:41.360 gets better and better under a pretty good coach and 306 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:46.120 Kenny Brooks, and then finishes up with a run of 307 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:49.399 what are going to be some really really interesting games. 308 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:52.759 And by then, of course, those teams will have Kentucky 309 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:55.480 scouted and figured out and vice versa. You know, the 310 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:58.600 Kenny Brooks and his staff will have, you know, a 311 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:02.120 huge mouth of information and video on those teams. So 312 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:05.200 it's going to be fun. And the way this Kentucky 313 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:10.279 team behind Georgia Amore is getting it done. But Amelia 314 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:14.200 Hassett Georgia Amore was talking. She was interviewed on television 315 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:17.680 after the game, and she said Amelia might be the 316 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.680 biggest surprise. She only had five points, but five rebounds 317 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:24.519 and a couple of assists yesterday in thirty one minutes. 318 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:29.640 But Amore said, here, Amelia comes from junior college and 319 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:33.559 she is starting for Kentucky and playing really, really well. 320 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:37.039 And Dejah Lawrence four of eight from beyond Him Heart 321 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:41.079 by the Arc, had a huge three pointer down the stretch. 322 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:45.200 And of course Clara Strack, who came over from Tech 323 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:50.319 at twelve points and eight rebounds, six foot five and 324 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.119 four assists. 325 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:52.240 By the way, how about that. 326 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:56.279 Brought the ball up the floor at one point. Now, 327 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:58.880 not a lot of depth. Two Kentucky's best players are 328 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:02.519 injured out for the year, so a lot of minutes 329 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:05.759 played by a very few. But they've just got to 330 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:09.759 figure it out as they go along. But one final 331 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:13.960 note on that game, twenty four point lead, almost got it, well, 332 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:17.319 I will say almost got away, but Florida made a 333 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:19.799 run and Aymore said later we knew they were going 334 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.359 to because that's what they do. Kenny Brooks never called time, 335 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:26.039 and I know a lot of fans out there they get. 336 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.759 So narrow, aren't you calling time out? 337 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:30.680 Kenny Brooks made it a point to say I didn't 338 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:35.880 call time because I feel like when the other teams 339 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:39.240 make it a run like that, we need to learn 340 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:42.920 how to figure it out. The players on the floor 341 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:45.359 need to learn how to figure it out on their 342 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:49.920 own and stop it. And Kentucky did that. Wildcats got 343 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:52.759 back into their stuff offensively, got a better shot and 344 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:56.160 hit it and stopped the Florida run and rebuilt the lead. 345 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:58.839 I thought that was pretty interesting. That's something we'll talk 346 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:01.720 about with Cam, as well as a lot of other 347 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:03.839 stuff on the other side of the break. Here on 348 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:05.960 the Big Bloon Sider six thirty Welcome back to the 349 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:08.079 Big Blue and Sider. We are here in the garage. 350 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:10.640 As we said with Cameron Mills, who we thought if 351 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:12.720 there was snow, a lot of snow, it's going to 352 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:15.519 be here. Well, probably falling as we speak, but we 353 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:18.319 pre record. Uh, it was going to be a zoom call. 354 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.920 But no, the streak is alive. 355 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:24.880 Here is cameronage even zoom. I mean it's better than 356 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:27.559 just on the phone, but this is just better. I 357 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:30.359 mean you and I. It's like doing zoom calls for 358 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.599 business or if I'm there for I mean when I 359 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:34.400 when I work from the healthcare company, I work for 360 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:38.960 LC Group. I travel, thank you, try I travel well. 361 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:41.640 I mean locally, it's care Tender's Home Health, Lifeline Home Health, 362 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:44.680 and Commonwealth Home Health. If everybody's interested, I should have 363 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:46.640 a sound effect ready for that. Yeah, we actually yeah, 364 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:48.359 we actually have four agencies here. 365 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:48.599 Uh. 366 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.000 They can say that again. 367 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:55.960 Uh, Lifeline home Health, care Tender's Home Health, Commonwealth Home Health. 368 00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:59.880 Thank you, thank you very much, or I could. 369 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:01.079 Have gone yep. 370 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.720 As right now, we're taking care of a very a 371 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:06.279 very a very famous local person. But I'm you know, hippolos. 372 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:08.000 I'm not allowed to tell you who, but. 373 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:10.200 Checked in there. I'll get it out. 374 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:13.279 Yes, I'll tell you checked in ut because it's it's 375 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:16.240 it's it's it's known this person is uh is recovering, 376 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:18.640 but very proud to be taking care of him or 377 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.440 her good. 378 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.200 But here you are. 379 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:20.640 Yes. 380 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.039 Uh. 381 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:23.960 And before we go one nano second further, you were 382 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:26.480 telling me right before we began to record. 383 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.880 Yeah, I don't think I knew this. 384 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:31.119 I'm surprised I'm hurt you. 385 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:33.480 We were talking about the media, but you didn't know 386 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:35.960 how you and I are now good friends. But yes, 387 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:37.759 I was covering your team. Obviously. 388 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:41.119 I only knew you as a UK player. 389 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:43.240 Right, and I only knew you all as the enemy. 390 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:46.240 That's right, Yeah, as it should be, totally wrong, as 391 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:49.240 it should be. You all asked all these questions that 392 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:51.799 are none of your business. You take it out of 393 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:56.440 the world of sports. Question is rude? 394 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:59.480 What is it going to take to be George? What 395 00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.759 I mean? 396 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:02.559 That's Obie Braya're gonna play tonight? 397 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:07.240 How's that you're all's business because we're covering the team anyway? Apparently, 398 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:09.440 And I swear to you, I don't remember this all that. 399 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.880 It was a long time ago. 400 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:13.279 Yeah, your parents, uh huh? 401 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:16.200