WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.919 Hell, everybody through the facilities of the iHeartMedia Megaplex. It's 2 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:06.519 Dick Gabriel. This is state wide edition of The Big 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:10.160 Blue Inside. You've heard Mark Stoop's comments, now's your chance 4 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:13.199 to talk some football and hear us talk about football 5 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:16.480 as well. Billy Rutledge in the studio, so is Aaron Gershawn. 6 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:22.519 After the Wildcats win over those Southern Mystic Golden Eagles 7 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:24.839 and now the game Cocks are coming to town, it's 8 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:27.559 already must win situation. We'll come back and chop it 9 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:30.480 up here on the state wide BBI border. The border. 10 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:33.759 It is the Big Blue Insider. Dick Gabriel, Billy Rutligiaron Gershawn. 11 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:37.359 I think we've cut up in our sleep. But Bill, 12 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.159 let me start with you. I think the guy had 13 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:44.200 the most interesting evening of all when it comes to media, 14 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:50.439 was mister Rutledge, our studio manager, producer man. He was 15 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:53.840 trying to keep things straight, keep things on time, communicate 16 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:57.960 with us, communicate with the network, and we were trying 17 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:00.719 to communicate with him, passing along with it for information 18 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.920 we had, which wasn't a whole lot like what's gonna 19 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:08.120 happen next, and just trying to figure out how much 20 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:11.719 weak time literally we had to fill. There's nothing else 21 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:12.159 you could do. 22 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:14.680 It was an interesting night when it comes to that 23 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:17.879 side of stuff. You know, you guys can only fill 24 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:21.280 for so much time. Yeah, you pick and Tom and 25 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:21.719 the booth. 26 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:23.400 Thank goodness for Cole Koublik. 27 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:28.719 Yeah, Mitch barnhart Man, Oh yeah, yeah. So after we 28 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:31.519 had exhausted our options there, then we replayed the Stoop 29 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:34.840 Show from last week BBN Radio. Half of it made 30 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:36.799 it on the air, and then Aaron when we got 31 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:37.799 lightning delighted. 32 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:38.760 In the game. 33 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:40.519 I just threw on the uk U of l game. 34 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:42.799 I was like, you know, people get excited for that 35 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:46.519 so and thank god they ended it, or you know, 36 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:48.560 I would have probably slept in the studio that. 37 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:51.799 Yeah, we were getting ready to do the same thing 38 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:53.560 in the press spot, no doubt. 39 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:58.879 In fact, some of the network people brought hot dogs 40 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:01.920 and hamburgers up to our booth. Yeah you guys, you know, 41 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:05.280 did they take care of you guys? Absolutely not. Well, 42 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:06.079 I guess you had to go. 43 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:08.319 I went to Tako Beut one in the morning or 44 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:10.360 one forty five in the morning, is what I did. 45 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:15.360 I will say this. I was a little well, obviously, 46 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:18.759 I think everybody was disappointed. And Aaron and I were 47 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:21.960 talking about this before we went on the air. I 48 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:27.159 was so curious to see the new guys, the backups, 49 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.960 the new faces, you know, the guys who came through 50 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:35.400 the portal who were looking for reps, and it looked 51 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:37.199 like we were going to see quite a bit of that. 52 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:39.919 And then the next thing, you know, everybody sent home. 53 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:42.879 Yeah, especially after that fake punt that Southern Myss tried 54 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:45.039 and failed. Good sign they could stop a fake punt. 55 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.560 Joking mostly, but all that was almost all true freshmen 56 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:49.879 on the field. I don't know if you caught that. 57 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:52.240 Cam Dooley is the one who made the tackle. He's 58 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:55.960 a true freshman. Steven Soles is right there, uh, gerrod Smith, 59 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:59.360 Willie Rodriguez, Antoine Smith, all those guys were on the 60 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:02.919 field so and honestly, something the last two years that 61 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:05.960 has been kind of a sign of early concern is 62 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:08.639 they haven't been able to put these openers away to 63 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:11.240 the point where they could get the backups, these adequate 64 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:14.199 reps that kind of keep them happy, keep them progressing 65 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:18.120 in their development. And they were definitely on pace to 66 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.479 have that, and maybe then some get some second third, 67 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:23.400 four stringers, and I was excited to see some of 68 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:26.960 those guys too, especially in the secondary, but it just 69 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:29.919 didn't happen. Why my mother nature wasn't having it now? 70 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:32.840 And I also want to see Billy what happens from 71 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:36.360 here on with Southern Miss to give us context. Does 72 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.159 his team go on to have a halfway decent year 73 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:40.759 or are they going to be three and nine again? 74 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:44.360 And we'll know more about what Kentucky did against that team. 75 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:46.719 Yeah, and I don't know if it's the same football 76 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:49.639 program that it was maybe five six years ago when 77 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:51.719 it was given Kentucky fits. 78 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:52.879 But it wasn't last year. 79 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:54.919 You know, what I wanted to see from this game 80 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:58.680 was what I saw. It wasn't close. Kentucky handled it 81 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:03.159 early on Rock Vandergriff was running the ball, and that 82 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:05.719 was just really awesome to see. I don't know if 83 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:08.080 it was just me thinking about will Evis's second year 84 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:11.439 and him not running and how great that looked. It 85 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:15.199 just it was honestly refreshing, and I saw enough to 86 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:18.279 where I am really confident and excited about what this 87 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:19.199 guy can do this year. 88 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:23.240 That was some of the most exciting offensive football in 89 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:25.800 the last since twenty one. I mean there are a 90 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:27.839 few games here and there, like the Louisville game last year, 91 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:31.000 where there's some really exciting plays explosives, But I just 92 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.319 thought the balance, the tempo that every time you know, 93 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:35.920 they handed off the running back, you felt like he 94 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:37.560 was gonna have a big game instead of get stopped 95 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:40.199 for two yards. I thought Sumo Karnbay was excellent. Patterson 96 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:43.759 was fun to watch. Some of the three straight shot plays. 97 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:46.920 I think it was toward the in the third quarter 98 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:48.920 they finally hit on the one to Macklin. I just 99 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:51.360 thought it was a it was a relentless attack, it 100 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:55.040 was balanced, it was you know, quicker, It wasn't fully 101 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:57.279 maybe the exact temple they want. 102 00:04:57.279 --> 00:04:58.079 Week one kinks. 103 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:00.759 I think Mark Stups mentioned something today about their headset 104 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:04.639 going out early. Maybe so some kinks there, but I was, 105 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:06.920 you know, outside of the pick the first drive, which 106 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:08.800 you'd never want to see, but you know, first career 107 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:12.240 start plays, it's going to happen. I was as impressed 108 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:12.639 as I think. 109 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:14.519 I think they also time out. 110 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:18.639 Yeah, sure, those two things, you know, stink, But overall 111 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:24.360 like that, I was pretty pretty impressed anywhere, Yes, and 112 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:26.920 I thought the offensive line. I know Mark Stoops said 113 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:29.000 today things to clean up. He's going to say that 114 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:31.839 if they run for six hundred yards. But I thought 115 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:33.720 the offense line was so much better than we've seen 116 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:34.240 the last two. 117 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:37.120 Years and again against US. Yeah, but definitely got to 118 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:40.079 have challenge, that's right. You guys know. I've been around 119 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:42.240 here since they pumped up the first football, and I 120 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:45.079 can tell you I have never that I can recall. 121 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:50.000 I have never seen a Kentucky team throw deep like 122 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:53.759 that three times. I mean deep deep, you know. And 123 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:57.319 the two seasons that I was gone down in Texas 124 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:01.079 were Clayburne's best years. And he's sure didn't throw the ball, 125 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:04.160 and if he did, it wasn't deep like that, but 126 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:06.800 he had. The first one was a little bit forced, 127 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:08.959 but it's like Macoro said on the air, that's just 128 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:11.120 kind of loosen up to do something. But then they 129 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:15.040 come right back and it would have been completed, you know. 130 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:17.800 And then after that it was a perfect throw. Good. Yeah, 131 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:19.839 I think the third throw was better than the first two. 132 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:21.680 Oh, it was his best one in Jamori. 133 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:24.360 That's what you wanted when you sign him out of 134 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:26.959 the portal at North Texas. He was a big play machine. 135 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:30.319 He was second in the country last year in average 136 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.079 yards per catch and that was on full display right there. 137 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:33.800 He was great. 138 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:36.879 Yes, I loved watching him. I mean, go along, get 139 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:38.959 Barry on the ball as much as possible. They seem 140 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:42.800 to do that with two touchdowns, even Patterson and will Cox. 141 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:44.800 In the run games, he made some tough plays in 142 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:45.560 the middle of the field. 143 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.839 Like that's just maybe depth that Kentucky hasn't had in 144 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.000 the past. That it's You've had a Benny Snell at 145 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:53.519 Chris Rodriguez that does a lot of the hard work, 146 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:55.759 but with train him out, I feel like this was 147 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:57.839 an opportunity to see what kind of depth you have. 148 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:59.879 But it was a different place too that you know, 149 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:03.839 generally they'd go to the Jets sweep once maybe twice 150 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:07.560 a game, not repeatedly, but why not Right with Barrion 151 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:12.000 bo was working. You know, I'm really curious to see 152 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.639 train him whenever he gets back. I'm still not entirely 153 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:21.680 convinced of Demishue McCarn bay running between the tackles when 154 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.480 he's got to carry people with him. Now he hits 155 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.439 holes quickly and if there's a crease, he'll get to 156 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:30.399 that second level right now. I really like that about 157 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:31.920 him obviously. 158 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:33.240 No, it's the tough, gritty Yeah. 159 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:36.120 When he starts running into SEC lineman, what happens. 160 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:37.759 Right and even And it was brought up in the 161 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:39.920 press conferences today and they think they're only third and 162 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:42.199 short play, which is a good sign. They only one 163 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:43.879 third and short. I know it is a shortened game, 164 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:47.199 but still it was a Jet sweep. They didn't go 165 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:49.199 up through the tackles, so it'll be interesting to see. 166 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:51.360 And look, South Carolina will get into them, I'm sure 167 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:54.879 throughout this hour there they looked awful against Old Dominion. Ye, 168 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:57.240 there may be the worst team in the SEC this 169 00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:00.480 year the way Vandy played on Saturday, But the strength 170 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.120 of their team is the defensive line and outside backers. 171 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:04.480 So he'll help. We'll see. 172 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:06.360 That'll be the first big test for Demi in those 173 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:07.560 backs running through the tackles. 174 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:09.600 Well, speaking of the D line is like I just 175 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:14.720 said to Darren talking to Jeffikoro in our abbreviated postgame 176 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:18.839 show about the fact that in terms of the stats, 177 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:23.480 Dion didn't show up, but it was because of Dion 178 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.839 getting so much attention that the other D linemen were 179 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:30.439 having a big day. And that's that's not by. 180 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:34.480 Surprise, and that's just NFL evaluators see that, right, And 181 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:37.559 that's just like a common knowledge. Oh, the sacks weren't there. 182 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:40.679 That's probably because the focus was on him entirely, kind 183 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:42.519 of like a number one defensive back where you don't 184 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:45.159 get the ball thrown your way as much when you're 185 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:48.879 that number one guy. But you know, didn't Ribke have 186 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:50.759 a big play in the stand as well? I mean, 187 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:53.799 that's j that was the circle. I had a big 188 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:55.879 circle around the defensive line this year, and they got 189 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:57.879 some depth through the transfer portal, but this could end 190 00:08:57.960 --> 00:08:59.440 up being the strength of the team this year. 191 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:02.120 Yeah, and you know Dion didn't like like a stat 192 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:04.200 but the pick that Jami and Dumous Johnson had to 193 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:05.840 just see who was chasing down road to Maker and 194 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:07.759 forced him to get rid of that ball, Big Number 195 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:10.759 zero was Freeze. So uh luck, he's gonna make his 196 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:13.159 plays throughout the year. They're gonna double and triple team them. 197 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:15.600 Last year South Carolina was his best game of the season. 198 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:18.519 So and that offensive line still suspect, So well, we'll 199 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.480 see plenty from zero. But yeah, like like you said, 200 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:22.639 Billy Trey Ripkam making a huge play. I thought Clail 201 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:26.000 Saunders popped. Really the best four players though in the 202 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.960 defense in my opinion, and Stoops said the same thing today. 203 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:32.320 Were those four inside backers. Uh Pop we just talked 204 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:34.159 about with the pick and some of the plays he 205 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:36.960 made at a quarterback hurry d Jack tipped the ball 206 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.320 up in the goal line led to a pick, Alex 207 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:42.600 Afari was over the place, two tackles for lost and 208 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:44.799 David Rayner looked a lot better than did a year ago. 209 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:48.480 So Front seven as a whole, it was as advertised. 210 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:50.840 But again, uh let's see it against you know, an 211 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:52.120 sec fo here on Saturday. 212 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:54.799 I don't see any reason why those guys can't keep 213 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:59.039 doing that. They absolutely went against SEC and Afari I 214 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:02.480 love watching him last year as always around the football 215 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:07.039 exactly and that's why he said he'd be applauded and 216 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:10.159 approved of that move because you know, it literally puts 217 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:13.120 him closer and he's he's just a hybrid lineback and 218 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:16.480 we have seen this through the years at Kentucky and folks, 219 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:19.120 I'm not going to say he's as good as but 220 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:24.000 Wesley Woodyard was a similar hybrid player. Wesley Woodyard came 221 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:27.039 in as a safety and put on muscle and became 222 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:29.720 one of the best linebackers in the history of Kentucky football. 223 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:33.960 So you know, in this day and age, and Brad 224 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:36.480 White has talked about it a lot, you got to 225 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:38.840 have defenders who can do a lot of different things. 226 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:42.320 You don't always want, if ever a guy like Dean 227 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:45.399 dropping back and coverage even though it worked last year once, 228 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:47.840 but uh no, you've got to have in the back 229 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:52.679 seven guys who can tackle in the run game and 230 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:55.399 make passes and make plays in the pass game. And 231 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:56.840 Afari man, he fits that. 232 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:58.399 Yeah, he reminds me of I don't know if you 233 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:00.679 watched him much in college. It hasn't worked as great 234 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:02.799 in the pros, but Isaiah Simmons when he was at 235 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:06.600 Clemson was a guy that moved around linebacker, safety, nickel, corner. 236 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:08.840 He just made plays everywhere and he ended up being 237 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:12.440 a top ten pick in twenty twenty with Cardinals, Nyes 238 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:15.519 with the Giants. It hasn't exactly reflected in the NFL, 239 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:17.360 but that's the guy I keep thinking of with the 240 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:19.639 far just he plays well at every place you line 241 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:21.559 him up, and the closer to the ball the better 242 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.600 because he has such speed and pop to him that 243 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:27.559 he's gonna make plays. And he made two chaos plays, 244 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:28.440 two tackles for loss. 245 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.000 I will say, I can't wait until dian Walker drops 246 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:33.360 back into coverage again. Oh he will, can't wait to. 247 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:36.799 Save it for I wonder because even after that play 248 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:40.279 where that it helped turn that Florida game. Oh yeah, 249 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:44.720 last year deflated them. Brad White said that Stoops came 250 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:47.440 up to him on the sideline said, don't ever do that. 251 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:51.919 But oh yeah, it lobbied for it so much I 252 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.559 would let him do it, you know, once every six weeks. 253 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:57.480 Find it, save it for gains. Speaking of it for 254 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:59.399 the right time you see Florida this weekend. 255 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:03.039 I was going to say that and and some of 256 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:05.039 the other SEC games for a little bit later on 257 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:05.519 the show. 258 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:06.279 We'll get back to it. 259 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:09.519 But man, it's uh, it's always interesting. It's you know, 260 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:15.399 everybody calls it overreaction Monday, but because of the way 261 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.360 the Kentucky game was truncated, Billy, I don't think I 262 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.720 don't think you can overreact. But you're still not sure 263 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.840 what you saw, you know what I mean? 264 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.759 Yeah, I was overreacting when they called the game. I 265 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:27.600 didn't know if my my bets were gonna cash or 266 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:29.440 how exactly that was all. 267 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:31.360 Gonna Actually how did that work? 268 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:33.960 Yeah, well it depends. So like if you had the 269 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:37.440 normal spread with like Kentucky minus twenty five, it cashed 270 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:40.559 and then that counted. But if you took an alternate line, 271 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:43.360 if you were betting the total, which it clearly you 272 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:45.159 probably would have hit the total if it would have 273 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:49.120 kept going. No, that is a I think it's considered void. 274 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:51.080 Okay, so you get your money back. 275 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:54.399 Yeah, So well we'll see how people react over the 276 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.320 coming days. I'm sure everybody will have a calm response 277 00:12:57.360 --> 00:12:57.799 to it all. 278 00:12:58.320 --> 00:12:59.440 Oh yeah right, yeah. 279 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:02.200 You see, the couldn't sell beer during the delay because 280 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:03.320 of the aluminum cans. 281 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:04.720 Oh I did not know that. 282 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:07.240 Is that what I thought it was just because they 283 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:08.480 didn't want everybody getting routed. 284 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:10.440 I was told aluminum cans. 285 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:12.840 That makes sense because as I would I had to go. 286 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:15.120 I went back and forth to the press box maybe 287 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:19.679 three times, and each time I would, I had to 288 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:22.919 you know, like excuse me and cut through the beer line. 289 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.159 And I couldn't understand why people were just standing their 290 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:33.559 patient waiting, waiting, and waiting. I remember it. It looked 291 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:36.240 that way of course before they opened the first time 292 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:40.919 at six thirty or whatever. You know. But now now, okay, 293 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:41.879 I did not know that. 294 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:44.759 Yeah, I just kept getting text from my fiance was 295 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:46.000 in the crowd, some of her friends. 296 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:48.240 They're like, why are they doing this? I did see 297 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:52.600 a message online, a post on social media from somebody 298 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:55.799 that we went home. We were getting absolutely no information. 299 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:57.799 Well guess what, there wasn't any information. 300 00:13:57.919 --> 00:13:58.600 There really wasn't. 301 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:00.200 We weren't getting much more. 302 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:03.240 All the information we were getting was from Twitter, just 303 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:05.080 like everyone else in the crowd. The problem is we 304 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:06.399 had better service than they. 305 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:09.120 The thing is, it was all hurry up and wait. 306 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.919 Sure you know it was and you know you've covered 307 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.159 baseball and then I have obviously as well. Every time 308 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:20.759 there's a lightning strikenutes restart the clock, and I don't 309 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:22.639 know that they were supposed to come on the PA 310 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:24.240 and say, oh, there's another lightning strike. 311 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:26.600 That would just rile them up more than you want 312 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.320 to do that, you know. 313 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:30.080 So I thought they did the best they could trying 314 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:33.799 to keep people in formed. But you know, I grabbed 315 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:36.320 Mitch Barnut at one point, ye put him on the air, 316 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:41.519 he explained the process and then later on he didn't 317 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:44.399 want to come back on because everything was so so 318 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:48.960 many moving parts. But it was game officials, conference officials. 319 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:53.240 This is when they eventually called the game off, and 320 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:56.159 you know, UK had little to say about it except 321 00:14:56.240 --> 00:15:00.960 to agree with Southern Miss. Look, we're willing to go 322 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.600 home if you all want to call the game, and 323 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:05.240 the UK said, yeah, let's do that. 324 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:08.159 Well, I heard that there weren't places for Southern Miss 325 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:10.000 to stay if they wanted to play the next day, 326 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:11.919 so they were going to get it in no matter what. 327 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:14.000 I don't know if if they did agree to it 328 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:16.399 or not. I feel like, you have hotels, you could 329 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.120 get them to stay out. 330 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:19.440 Well, they stated they were in their hotel rooms until 331 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:22.679 well beyond check at Yeah, so they're no their rooms 332 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:24.039 were still I hope. 333 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.120 So. 334 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:25.879 I mean, I feel like that had been an orm 335 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:28.639 natural solution than waiting until two am, which is what 336 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:31.120 the alternative would have been. Yeah, you know, something you 337 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:34.399 missed being on the field was the television broadcasts. You know, 338 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:36.120 because of the lightning, they had to send all their 339 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:39.159 cameram Oh yeah, oh they watched we watched it on 340 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:42.679 the TV on the ALL twenty two UK Scout camera 341 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:45.559 that went zoom in randomly after a playge. 342 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:48.519 Was in disaster. Here's here's the thing I found out 343 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:55.480 today about that they UK there are two different standards. 344 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:59.679 If the UK standard is if if the lightning is 345 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:06.120 a eight miles out or closer, everybody scatter. Okay, the 346 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:09.679 SEC network, when it comes to their camera people that 347 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:14.159 are up, it's twelve miles. So when they found out 348 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:16.720 that the lightning was that close, their guys are required 349 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:20.080 in gals are required to abandon their posts, lock their 350 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:22.720 cameras down, cover them up, and get the hell out 351 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:28.000 of there. But the Kentucky people were still at their cameras. 352 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:30.720 And you're absolutely right. It was the ALL twenty two. 353 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:35.840 The end Zone cameras were the UK camera people, and 354 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:39.000 I thought they did a great job. ALL twenty two 355 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.080 is what it is. What that means, folks, is the 356 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.200 camera what you saw is so wide because that's what 357 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:49.039 the coaches used to break things down and teach, you know, 358 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:53.799 and yeah, that's what a zooming wasn't quite as smooth 359 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:56.039 as it might be. But here's the other thing. Those 360 00:16:56.039 --> 00:17:00.399 guys didn't know that their cameras were being used by 361 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.039 the SEC network. They didn't know that during the game 362 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.759 because there was no communication with the truck. With the 363 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:09.359 SEC truck, how could there be There was no you know, 364 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:11.680 it's not like they're going to run some headsets up 365 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:13.599 to them up to the sixth floor and say, oh, 366 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:15.759 by the way, you're live on the air. Now, you 367 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.519 know a good thing. 368 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:18.640 They weren't zooming in on people in the crowd and 369 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:20.880 doing just random counts on Yeah. 370 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:23.119 Well no, because that's the video that goes to the coaches. 371 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:27.880 So now it's going to be disciplined, Yes, but I 372 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:30.319 tipped my cap to them for hanging in there sure 373 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.359 and making it work. Somebody may have gotten words somewhere, 374 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:37.559 hey you're on TV, but officially no, So everybody kind 375 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:40.640 of pulled together. And Tom hard benched I watched the replay. 376 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:43.480 He mentioned it that they're up camera people, and I 377 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:47.519 flashed on the tornado night in the Georgia Dome all 378 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:51.240 those years ago when I saw those people, their camera operators, 379 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:54.839 the up high people locked their cameras down when the 380 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:57.960 tornado tore the roof open, and Buddy, they came scrambling 381 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.039 down like mountain goats. 382 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:03.799 So safety first, now, worth it for Southern Miss Kentucky. 383 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:07.119 Anytime, anytime, we'll step back on back and talk more 384 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:09.920 football and weather. It's the same wide edition of the 385 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:15.039 BBI from Pikeville to Paduca. It is the Big Moon 386 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:18.240 Sider Dick Gabriel, Billy Rutledge, Aaron Gershan. I don't know 387 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:20.119 if I did. I ask you what time did you 388 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:22.759 get to sleep Sunday morning? 389 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.759 Well, I left the studio at like three tens, and 390 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:28.039 I can't just go to bed after no, no, so 391 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.400 it was like four thirty. 392 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:34.359 Wow, I think I left the stadium at one thirty. 393 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.279 I left. 394 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:38.599 Yeah, you just kind of had to put everything to bed. 395 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:41.039 Well, yeah, there's a there's a postgame show after your 396 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:43.839 network post game, and then you got to save the 397 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:46.599 eight hour broadcast file that we had the other night. 398 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:48.519 So it's there's a couple of things to go into it. 399 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:51.160 Yeah. I don't know if I'll be putting together a 400 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.119 highlight melt this week or not. I have to talk 401 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:55.519