WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.599 Oh, oh, guess what day it is? Guess what day 2 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:05.960 it is? Huh? 3 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:12.240 Anybody, It's hump Day. 4 00:00:12.640 --> 00:00:15.000 Yes, it is hump Day. Welcome to the Big Blue Sider. 5 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:17.679 Dick Gabriel with you on a Wednesday, and it is 6 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:21.079 one day closer of course the college football Thanks to 7 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:24.199 Corey Price and his account on Twitter, we know we 8 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:27.399 are eighty days away. I'm glad Corey is doing that, 9 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:30.719 and he's not the only one. There are countdowns out there. 10 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:33.439 I will take credit for being one of the first 11 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:37.600 to start this several years ago when I was working 12 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:40.000 at KYT and we had the website up for the 13 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.640 Big Blue in Sider. We don't anymore, reason being Curtis 14 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:48.600 Birch actually was so instrumental in our website and we 15 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:52.079 never were able to find another Curtis after Curtis became 16 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:55.079 a full timer. So anyhow, there are plenty of websites 17 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:59.079 out there, but on the KYT website, on the Big 18 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:03.439 Blon Sider website, we counted down actually from fifty days, 19 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:07.599 and on that particular day, we would provide you with 20 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:11.640 a corresponding group of nuggets, Like if there were the 21 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:13.760 fifty a day, we would have all kinds of things 22 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.959 pertaining to the number fifty and UK football. There's a 23 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:19.079 lot of fun to put it together, was labor intensive. 24 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:22.120 I'll share some of that information with you as we 25 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.599 get closer to kickoff, but our thanks to Corey for 26 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.680 getting that work done. And coincidentally enough, and of course 27 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:35.680 he uses a photo online of a corresponding number from 28 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:39.359 a player and I'm not sure which tight end it is, 29 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:45.079 but today's number, number eighty was a Kentucky tight end 30 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:48.480 scoring a touchdown. And again quite the coincidence, given the 31 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:51.879 fact that Vince Merrow has really been taking up a 32 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:55.719 lot of space on social media if you follow such 33 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:59.680 a thing, you've seen the comments from Kentucky fans responding 34 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:02.400 to him. He has come out a couple of times 35 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:05.920 said well, we'll you know, say something you know pretty soon, 36 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:10.439 words to that effect, and man, the bitter Kentucky fans 37 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:12.639 to follow in and I don't blame him, you know, 38 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:14.719 going to U of L Are you kidding me? A 39 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:18.919 month before camp begins. The tone, the least of which 40 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:22.840 was don't bother. The worst of it was you know 41 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:26.000 you've been terrible here, which is not true, and that's 42 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:28.719 what got me. Somebody tried to zing him about bringing 43 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:32.919 in inferior running backs, and come on, he brought in 44 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:36.000 two of the all time greats, two guys who carried 45 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.719 this program, help carry this program to a lot of wins, 46 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:44.520 and that's Benny Snell and Chris Rodriguez. There were other players, 47 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:47.479 but if you're going to go after him on a 48 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:50.800 specific position, I would lay off running back. I mean, 49 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:53.560 both of those guys went to the NFL, and Rodriguez 50 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:57.319 is still there, and Benny, of course set new records 51 00:02:57.840 --> 00:02:59.960 and took this team to one of its health takes 52 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.800 his team to one of its greatest wins down at 53 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:06.000 the Citrus Bowl. So yeah, be mad at Vince Merrill, 54 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:12.159 no problem, but be accurate. I mean, there's a lot 55 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:14.879 of stuff you can use if you're looking to sling 56 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:18.960 accusations and whatever, but I wouldn't go with running backs. 57 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:23.080 We're gonna talk basketball, yeah, I know, and football fans 58 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:25.879 get on me because you know it's not even basketball 59 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:29.120 season or coming up in football whatever. But there's so 60 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:32.560 much happening right now. Number one, Number two, they gave 61 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:35.439 us access to a couple of basketball players, and we'll 62 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:37.080 come back to that in just a moment. We'll take 63 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:41.479 it away yesterday, Brandon Garrison today. But the biggest story 64 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:45.639 that came out from the NCAAA was the fact that 65 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:49.599 the NCAA is approved again. This is the member institutions. 66 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:54.360 These are committees comprised of people from the member institutions, 67 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:57.520 not the guys wearing the suits up in Indianapolis. But 68 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:04.199 the NCAA approving multiple major rule changes in men's college basketball, 69 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.759 and the greatest goal, or one of them, was to 70 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:11.240 improve the flow of the game. Now, some of it 71 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:16.519 involves reviews, replays, challenges, things like that. And there are 72 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:19.199 plenty of stories out there on the web right now 73 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:22.639 about the NCAA Playing Rules Oversite Panel. If you want 74 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:26.600 to look for it, just google that NCAAA Playing Rules 75 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:33.920 Oversight Panel. And they released information late yesterday afternoon on 76 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:36.680 things like the coaches challenge you like in college football. 77 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:40.800 The teams have to have a time out to request 78 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:45.879 an instant replay review, and if it's successful, you can 79 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:49.360 be granted an additional review challenge for the remainder of 80 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:54.319 the game, including overtime. If unsuccessful, you lose the ability 81 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:58.600 to challenge any other calls in the game. Now, challenges 82 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:02.000 will not impact an official use of instant replay for 83 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:08.560 timing mistakes, scoring errors, shot clock violations, two point versus 84 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:12.519 three point field goal tries, flagrant fouls, things like that. 85 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:18.240 But officials can initiate video reviews on basketball interference in goaltending. 86 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:22.720 That's the Kentucky rule. Remember three or four years ago, 87 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:28.040 Wildcats lost a game in rup to LSU on a 88 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:32.839 bucket by the Tigers. It was clearly basket interference. There's 89 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.720 no such thing as offensive goaltending, and I heard a 90 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:41.839 network commentator use that term, but basketball interference, But the 91 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:46.319 officials could not review it. Everybody's screaming and yelling and 92 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:48.360 they were like, hey, nothing we can do. It's not 93 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:52.800 in the rules. They can also initiate video reviews and 94 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.920 restricted arc plays in the final two minutes of regulation 95 00:05:56.360 --> 00:06:01.319 and overtime. There's a lot to it, and they've studied 96 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:05.879 the data about game interruptions and game flow and things 97 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:09.519 like that. NSA refs still are not allowed to conduct 98 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:13.199 video review on out of bounds calls unless first prompted 99 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:15.639 by a coaches challenge. Those are the ones that seem 100 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:19.800 like they take forever. So again, just type in if 101 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:22.680 you want to read the whole thing. NSA playing rules 102 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:27.439 Oversight Panel, and you'll get more information on that. The 103 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:31.319 other basketball related news out there, of course, is about 104 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:35.800 the brand new, essentially salary cap. J Billis has sounded 105 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:40.040 off as you might expect. The ESPN commentator and longtime 106 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:44.920 advocate for paying players and one of the loudest critics, 107 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:50.000 maybe the loudest of the NCAA. He has said that 108 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:53.319 this new deal will allow players. Not everybody's going to 109 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:55.680 get money, by the way, that's up to the schools 110 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:59.279 who gets what. But he says the new deal will 111 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:03.519 allow players to get their money and will allow schools 112 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:06.800 to lock them down. How do you like that? I 113 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:12.720 know you do. Twenty point five million dollars per school, 114 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:16.480 the amount likely rising each year as revenues increase. But 115 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:20.279 it is a salary cap. Schools don't have to spend 116 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.759 that much, but they can. Players still can earn quote 117 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:30.000 unquote fair market additional money from endorsements and other endeavors. 118 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:36.279 But Billi says buyout clauses probably will lock them down. 119 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:39.959 So when you sign a player to a multi year contract, 120 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:43.319 this annual amount that's going to keep going up because 121 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:46.920 revenues keep going up in the negotiations, but you can 122 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:52.040 put buyouts in those contracts, and when you do, those 123 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:58.079 players aren't going anywhere. And he says other streams for 124 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:02.759 players will be police. He said, you put your contract, 125 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:06.000 your name, image and likeness in the marketplace, subject to 126 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:10.560 review by an accounting an auditing firm for fair market value. 127 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:14.240 And he gave an example. Suppose there's a local car 128 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:18.040 dealership that wants to pay your third string quarterback four 129 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:22.120 million a year to do commercials for a dealership that 130 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:25.759 grosses only a million dollars a year, and the firm 131 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:29.600 is likely as ay, nope, that is not fair market value. 132 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:34.320 So a lot is changing right now. And Billius, of 133 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:37.480 course weighing in. I don't blame him. Everybody else is 134 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:40.639 That's what I'm doing right now, all right. We mentioned 135 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:44.279 Brandon Garrison. He spoke to the media yesterday and I 136 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:47.759 asked him about the fact that Mark Pope can't wait. 137 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:51.679 He's excited about seeing where players go and his system 138 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:55.039 because they've always done fairly well, apparently from year one 139 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:55.720 to year two. 140 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:59.639 Learning things that he teaches us that he did as 141 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:03.320 a player, all the knowledge he knows, pouring it into us, 142 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:07.799 taking a bentice of it, and uh actually doing it. 143 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:08.799 And just stuff like that. 144 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:10.720 What sort of things is he shared as a guy 145 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:12.679 who was a big in the NBA, that can help you. 146 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:17.360 Yeah, just doing things right all the time, being the 147 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:20.240 hardest worker, being the leader, because you know, he led 148 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:22.879 that team to championship, so that's his biggest thing, just 149 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.799 being the leader, being a great teammate, and things like that. 150 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:30.720 Garrison was asked about defense, basically team defense, which was 151 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:34.200 a point of inconsistency last year, got much better down 152 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.399 the stretch, but he did allow us how I believes 153 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.000 that'll be a point of emphasis. 154 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:41.799 Hitting on that, like the summer leading into the season. Uh, 155 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:44.399 you know, just telling the guys that that that really 156 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:47.840 means something to us, and just you know, applying that 157 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.279 into games, not just talking about it. 158 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:52.080 Is that tough for a freshman to come in and 159 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:53.039 say I. 160 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:54.080 Didn't have to play defense? 161 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:58.519 Yeah, as much, I mean, conder, but not really just 162 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:01.080 because like you got lotes, Like you're not a high 163 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:04.279 school no more. You move into the Big boy League, 164 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:06.559 you know, so you got to sit down and play defense, 165 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:07.519 and you're going to play. 166 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:09.759 So yeah, playing in the big boy League, and you 167 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:12.120 got to think Dad really hit home with Brandon Garrison 168 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:14.759 as well. He played, you know, for a D one 169 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:17.600 team prior to getting here, but the SEC that's a 170 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:20.120 different issue, as you well know. Coming up at the 171 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:22.159 bottom of the hour, we'll talk with Aaron Gershan and 172 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:25.279 the Cats balls and it being Wednesday, Shawn Woods, the 173 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:27.600 Unforgettable Guard will join us as now our number two, 174 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:30.600 as will our Western Bureau chief Gary Moore. That's all 175 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:32.240 I had on the Big boon Sider here on six 176 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:36.279 thirty wlap. Welcome back to the Big Bluon Sider. Coming 177 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.919 up to the bottom of the rara and ger Sean 178 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:40.600 to the Cat's pause. We'll talk with him about the 179 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.639 Vince Merrow situation and the impact it may have or 180 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:46.879 already have had on Kentucky football. We'll also talk of 181 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:50.360 course UK basketball and about these NSA rule changes coming 182 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:54.000 up and of the house settlement. Naturally our number two, 183 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:57.200 Sean Woods, the Unforgettable Guard, now the head coach at 184 00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:59.840 Scott Kenny. I will talk to him as well about 185 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:02.799 the these rule changes because Sewn worked and coached and 186 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:06.080 played at the D one level as well, and then 187 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:08.600 West End Bureau chief Gary Moore joined us in our 188 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:13.039 number two as well. NBA playoffs resumed tomorrow night and 189 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.840 Shay Gilgess Alexander had a huge game in Game number two, 190 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:18.759 had a big game in Game one, but shot it 191 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:22.360 way too many times and his team blew it. His 192 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:24.919 team let a huge lead get away and lost to 193 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:27.720 Indiana in Oklahoma City, and then they came back blew 194 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:31.000 them out in game two. So tomorrow night it moved 195 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:35.360 to Indianapolis and SGA with a chance to lead his 196 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:40.159 team to its first NBA championship really since the franchise 197 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:44.200 was the Seattle SuperSonics, that goes back to nineteen seventy 198 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:48.759 nine when that team beat the defending champ. Chance the 199 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:53.320 defending champion the Washington Bullets led by Wes Unseled and 200 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:57.320 Kevin Greevy. Back in the day, the Bullets were favored 201 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.480 to win the championship, but the Sonics jumped up and 202 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.960 won it. But then many years later moved to Oklahoma City. 203 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:06.320 This is their second trip to the NBA Finals and 204 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:10.200 their best chance to win a title, and that's primarily 205 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:13.600 not the only reason. Because of Shay Gilders Alexander l 206 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:18.080 league's MVP, and he had a couple of big games 207 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:22.639 and a chance to become the playoffs MVP if indeed 208 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:25.720 he can lead his team to a championship. If he doesn't, 209 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:30.399 my guess, of course easy it would be Halliburton. But 210 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:35.559 they got to keep the Pacers from coming back, and 211 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:39.799 other teams have had an extremely difficult time doing that. 212 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:44.200 Here just in this year's playoffs, they came back. They 213 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:46.799 were down nine with two minutes and fifty two seconds left. 214 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:49.639 They were down double digits most of the game in 215 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:53.240 Game one, and Halliburton hits a shot to win it. 216 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:58.720 They led forer point three seconds. But in the conference 217 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:02.039 quarterfinals they were down seven against the Bucks with thirty 218 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:04.879 nine seconds left. They come back and win. At Game 219 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:08.399 two of the conference semifinals, Indiana had a four percent 220 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:12.639 chance of winning the game, down seven with fifty seven 221 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.639 seconds to go against the Cavaliers, and they win it. 222 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:20.399 Then they come from as many as fourteen down with 223 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:23.960 a little less than three minutes to play in the 224 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:29.799 conference finals and beat the Knicks in overtime. Karl Anthony 225 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:32.600 Towns missed a key free throw and open that door. 226 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:39.360 So NBC News essentially NBC Sports, did a survey, did 227 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:43.919 some research, crunched the numbers, and went back to try 228 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:47.279 to figure out what were the odds of the Pacers 229 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:52.200 winning all four of those close playoff games. And you 230 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.200 know you can crunch numbers and get them to say 231 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.360 this and that, but it's just for fun. But according 232 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:02.960 to the NBC Sports research, there's a one in ten 233 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:08.879 million chance of the Pacers winning those four close playoff games. 234 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:15.519 Other rare events are more likely. For instance, the odds 235 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:18.639 of you pitching a perfect game in the major leagues 236 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:22.320 are point zero zero zero ninety eight three e to 237 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:26.200 like one to one thousands of a point. Your odds 238 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:30.360 of competing in the summer Olympics basically two to one 239 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:35.080 thousands of a point being dealt a Royal flush and 240 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:38.519 poker just a little bit better than your odds of 241 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:43.840 competing in the Olympics. Okay, now, being hit by lightning 242 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:50.000 this year zero point four zeros eight to two. So 243 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:54.440 your odds of being hit by lightning, relatively speaking, are 244 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:59.519 greater than the Pacers winning those games. But wait, there's more. 245 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:04.000 The odds of you being attacked by a bear. And 246 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.279 you hear about these grizzly attacks this time of year, right, 247 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.399 but the odds of you being attacked by a bear 248 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:15.720 are point zero zero zero zero four zeros four to eight, 249 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:20.600 less than one half of one thousandth of a percent. Okay, 250 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:27.440 as for the Pacers, five zeros zero point and then 251 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:33.320 five zeros nine percent, so that's what like less than 252 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:38.679 ten a tenth of a ten thousand percent. I think 253 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:42.360 of the Pacers winning all four of those games, and 254 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:46.720 yet they do it. They do it. They come back, 255 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:49.159 they grind, they hit three pointers, they steal the ball, 256 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:57.559 and if the and if OKC goes on to lose 257 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:02.399 this series by a game, they will forever and they 258 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:07.879 should and the fans will remember Game one when Indiana 259 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:10.960 came out, turned it over twenty five times, shot poorly, 260 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:15.879 and got to hang around because OKC began to play 261 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:18.639 with an eye on the clock. And that to me 262 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:21.600 is truly playing not to lose. I get tired of 263 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:24.919 people saying this team came out and mostly in football, 264 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:27.159 the way they call plays, they play not to lose. Well, 265 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:29.679 in football, you can play not to lose by not 266 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:32.039 throwing the ball down the field all the time and 267 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:35.240 putting it up for interception or pitchouts. They could end 268 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:38.559 up in fumbles and things like that. But in a 269 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:42.399 game where there's a shot clock, and we've seen Kentucky 270 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.799 do this. That was one of the complaints I had 271 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:46.639 about Calipari and you did too. They tried to sock 272 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:49.200 games away with nine minutes to go and start to 273 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:52.039 play more deliberately and run that stupid weave out front 274 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:54.279 and now at eight seconds ago, look for a shot. 275 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:59.080 It was terrible and you can see that in the NBA. 276 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.080 I cannot let Indiana work back into that. So yeah, 277 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:05.799 I'm rooting for OKAC. I can't. I can't root for 278 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:08.519 the Pacers. Gary Moore is coming up. He's a big 279 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:12.319 Pacers fan. His wife's from Indiana. Can't do it. They 280 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:14.599 beat the Colonels too much. When I was a kid, 281 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:18.960 that was my number one enemy team. That was the villain. 282 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:22.400 If you're a Colonels fan, the Pacers, well, Roger Brown, 283 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.279 Bob Nettlelickey, Oh no, I couldn't. I couldn't take him. 284 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:31.200 George McGinnis. No, So yeah, I'm rooting for OKC. I'm 285 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:34.680 rooted for Oklahoma City. Wellever it happens or not, I 286 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:38.160 don't know, but they can't let him stick around and 287 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:43.440 come back. ABC Chaneral thirty six tomorrow night starts at 288 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:48.200 eight thirty. Another honor for Tyler Bell, the Kentucky shortstop 289 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:51.359 now named the first team Freshman All American by the 290 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:55.359 Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Perfect Game had him second team. 291 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:58.000 He is the first freshman to get that honor since 292 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:02.240 John Rose was named co Freshman of the Year in 293 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:06.240 the COVID year in twenty twenty. Rose is still part 294 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:09.279 of the Orioles chain. Tyler Bell was the only UK 295 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:13.240 player to hit better than three hundred in conference play 296 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:17.839 wow at three eighteen, and led the team in doubles, homers, RBI, 297 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:22.720 and slugging percentage in those games. So you go back 298 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.119 to the Rhodes at the outfielder in twenty twenty. Prior to that, 299 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:29.319 Zach Thompson, left handed pitcher with a freshman All American. 300 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:31.480 He's on the injured list with the Cardinals right now. 301 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:35.319 By the way, the year before, Sean Jelly, another pitcher 302 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:41.400 developed by Gary Henderson, and Justin Lewis two right handed pitchers, 303 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:45.559 both freshman All Americans in twenty sixteen, and you go 304 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:47.880 back to twenty twelve oft aj Reid, who is the 305 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:52.240 College Player of the Year. Austin Kuzeno, currently in Kentucky 306 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:56.160 coach a freshman All American in twenty twelve and Chris 307 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:59.119 Wade shortstop back in twenty year eight. All right, we're 308 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:01.359 gonna step out, come back and talk with Aaron Gershan 309 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:03.920 on the Cat's Balls here on six point thirty WLAP 310 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:07.039 Welcome back to the Big Blue Insider. Joining us as 311 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:09.559 he does each week on our Celebrity Highline is Aaron 312 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:13.559 Gershan of the Cat's Balls, covers baseball, football, basketball, anything 313 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:16.559 on the UK Beat and boy the headline this week 314 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:20.160 and it was a stunner, Aaron. Although there were some 315 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:24.839 rumblings a while back about merriw and Ul and then 316 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:27.799 apparently within the last week or so people had heard rumors. 317 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.480 How surprised were you? 318 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:31.680 Yeah? 319 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:34.240 I was very surprised to happen now. If you were 320 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:36.279 to tell me it was going to happen in December 321 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:41.519 or shortly even late November, shortly after the Governor's Cup, 322 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:45.400 even January, I wouldn't have been that surprised. But the 323 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:49.720 fact that happened now June, which is prime high school 324 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:54.119 recruiting season, like tons of official visits, the camp visitors 325 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:59.279 like it is both busy off the fields, not even 326 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:01.839 off the field camp. It's just the busiest high school 327 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:07.480 recruiting month on the calendar, and your recruiting coordinator who's 328 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:10.400 been you know, the childhood best friend of your head coach, 329 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:14.640 and then you know they come together and build this 330 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:17.559 thing up, and you know it's obviously taken some steps 331 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:19.880 down the last three years, but leads for the arch 332 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:23.200 rival right in the middle of that, just a few 333 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:26.559 you know, six weeks or so before fall camp and 334 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:29.440 a month away from SEC media days when you're gonna 335 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:34.160 just get absolutely torched with questions about it. Just just brutal, 336 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:36.880 there's no way around it. It's a massive hit for 337 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:41.279 Kentucky pr wise, it's a massive hit on the recruiting show, 338 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:44.799 you would think. And it's also just another tough look 339 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.039 for you know, Mark Stoops. And again there's probably a 340 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:50.000 lot more to the story, but this is just what 341 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:52.279 the public reception is going to be. It's a tough 342 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:55.519 look for Mark Stoops because this program is taking three 343 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:58.799 steps back. He hasn't. It's kind of similar to toward the 344 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:00.920 end of cows Time, where he has been very visible 345 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:02.880 this summer and I get you know it doesn't talk 346 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:04.839 that much in the summer, but you didn't see him, 347 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:07.400 you know, invested on the Paul Fine Mom Show, which 348 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:10.519 is something he does sometimes. You know, he hasn't done 349 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:13.680 I think he did one or two press conferences during 350 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:16.279 the spring, which is normal, and then one after the showcase. 351 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:19.400 But you know, no local radio interview, not just haven't 352 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:23.000 heard much from him and then this happens. It's just 353 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:26.039 it's been a rough offseason. It's been a rough couple 354 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:27.440 of years. And gets adds to it. 355 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:31.039 He did do an interview with the SEC this morning, 356 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:35.039 which they replayed I think over there yesterday. But yeah, 357 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:38.160 you're right, not nearly as much as he's done in 358 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:40.599 the past. And there's so much to unpack, as you 359 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:44.480 kids like to say, with the mirror move. Yes, losing 360 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:47.200 the recruiting coordinator, the guy who brought in so much 361 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:52.680 talent from Ohio, and then at Stoops's behest lockdown Kentucky, 362 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:55.880 oh when they were getting beat a few times. You 363 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:59.559 cannot diminish what happened there. Well, he will not be 364 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:02.279 the recording coordinator at Louisville. He'll be there. Quote to 365 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:05.720 woe GM. I'm curious to see. Maybe it's halready been 366 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:11.480 reported Aaron if he will be cleared to recruit off 367 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:14.000 campus Number one, but even if he's not. I mean 368 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:15.799 you they can only an x amount of as you know, 369 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:19.200 only an X amount of assistant coaches and head coaches 370 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:22.039 can be clear to recruit off campus. Otherwise you've got 371 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:26.200 fifty thousand recruiters out there. But you know as well 372 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:29.000 as I do, he's got some charm to him. And 373 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:31.799 if they can get a kid on campus and they 374 00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:35.000 sit down and talk, here's our GM, Vince Merrill, to 375 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:37.839 tell you about our nil program. That's going to go 376 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.880 a long way, isn't it. 377 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:42.839 Yeah, he's going to have that. And basically my understanding 378 00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:44.319 of it is he's kind of going to run point 379 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:47.279 on where everyone else is recruiting and who the players 380 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:50.519 they're focusing on, the areas they're focusing on. And again 381 00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:53.519 I'm not exactly sure how if he's the one who 382 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:56.119 can go make phone calls to kids, if he can 383 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:58.960 go visit them, or if it's something where, like you said, 384 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:02.880 you can't talk to him till on Vel's campus. But yeah, 385 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:05.000 he's gonna make it, make your impact if he's the 386 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:07.720 Vince Marrow that Kentucky has had for most of his 387 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:11.559 tenure here. And you know, I'm not gonna put anything 388 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:14.799 out there I just it's interesting when you see Louisville 389 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:17.279 already starting to clean up in the state of Kentucky 390 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:19.640 before this move, and I don't I know, Vince Marrow 391 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:22.039 was still recruiting in my half of Kentucky as of 392 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:24.920 last weekend. It's just like, did they say, hey, we're 393 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:27.759 trying to make this happen and try to get like more. 394 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:29.400 I mean, they got the top kid at the North 395 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:32.160 Pard and that hasn't happened in quite some time, so 396 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.319 it's already getting interesting. 397 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.119 They've had more. 398 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:38.319 Success in Ohio this cycle than ever before, where Kentucky 399 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:41.759 has hardly been recruiting Ohio. So yeah, I think I 400 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:44.440 think Marrow, if he's again, if he's the same Vince 401 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:47.319