WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:09.320 This is Sports Talk seven nine day. It's time for 2 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:13.919 Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven 3 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:20.320 nine day. Now, here's Nick Coffee. 4 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:28.559 That's right, Coffee and Company here on Thanksgiving. Thank you 5 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:30.800 guys for hanging out with us. Very thankful for our 6 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:33.920 our crew. Here Coffee and Company meeting. My name is 7 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:36.399 Nick Coffee, and I've got a couple of company men 8 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:39.840 that are with me throughout throughout the journey. Here Austin 9 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:42.960 Montgomery who's with us today, the company man, mister John Alden. 10 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:44.759 But like you guys are also part of the company, 11 00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:47.119 hence the name Coffee and Company. We're all together, yeah, 12 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:49.560 and we have a lot of fun. So hopefully you 13 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.799 guys have yourselves a very good holiday. And uh, I 14 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.520 know you you dude, man, I mean, are you I 15 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.079 kind of I kind of I'm kind of worried that, like, 16 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:01.759 I'm not even gonna be really taking in what is 17 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:05.719 a great holiday Thanksgiving because I'm all in basketball mode, man, 18 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:08.319 with Louisville beating the hell out of Indiana the way 19 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:08.640 they did. 20 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:09.519 Now, I know they're. 21 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:13.239 Gonna be playing tomorrow, likely against Gonzaga, who, of course 22 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:14.920 is you know, one of the best teams in the country, 23 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:19.799 big test, no doubt. But like I'm struggling. I don't 24 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:21.280 know if I'm going to be in Thanksgiving mode, but 25 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.439 I really don't care. I've missed what it's like to really, 26 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:25.640 you know, feel like this. 27 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:26.959 Here's what the feeling is. 28 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.439 You could finally talk at the table, both literally and figuratively, 29 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.000 because you're finally there. But now, you know, in past 30 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:35.640 years at the Thanksgiving especially, they know you as the 31 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:36.319 Louisville guy. 32 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:37.200 You're on air talking. 33 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:38.599 About all of their families around here. 34 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:40.439 You know, they start they start talking about it, and 35 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:42.879 then you just kind of shy away, the Rodney danger 36 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:43.920 Field pulling out the collar. 37 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:46.879 Ah, I got, let's just change the subject. And now 38 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:48.319 now let's talk hoops. Baby. 39 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:51.079 Now we can bring it to the table, along with 40 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:54.920 the stuffing, along with the turkey, along with the green 41 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:56.480 bean cast role if he may. 42 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.599 I'm not a green may castro count of either what's 43 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:02.159 your goats? What are you well? 44 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:04.120 And it's a it's a it's a very popular dish 45 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:05.599 for Thanksgiving for a lot of people. It's just not 46 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:09.159 really my cup of tea. I mean, there's really not 47 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:13.319 a specific side when it comes to Thanksgiving that I 48 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:18.360 just have to have. I mean they're all great, at 49 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:21.199 least the ones that I like. But one that I've 50 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:23.240 really become a fan of, that that I hope is 51 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:26.039 a part of every Thanksgiving meal I am fortunate to 52 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:27.879 eat over these next couple of days, is like I've 53 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:31.240 become a big corn casserole or corn pudding guy. Oh 54 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.080 really yeah, Like I never saw it coming, but it's delicious. 55 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:35.639 And of course you got to have mac and cheese. 56 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:39.560 They'd have the green beans. Stuffing not a huge stuffing guy. 57 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:43.639 I like stuffing if it's got gravy on it. And 58 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:46.680 uh but I can I can take her to leave it. 59 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:49.080 Stuffing's fine. Like to me, I do stuffing to feel 60 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:52.520 like it's Thanksgiving because I like turkey, like on sandwiches. 61 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:55.719 I like turkey lunch me. But like turkey. I mean 62 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:58.360 it's I mean, I don't think it's a superior meat. 63 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:00.759 Bro No, But listen, I don't hate it. 64 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:02.319 There's a lot of there's a lot of people that 65 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:04.800 just don't like it or over the novelty of Thanksgiving 66 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.479 as a well, I was about to say as a former, 67 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:11.000 but as a now present fat guy, like I love 68 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.319 Thanksgiving The only thing that always find overrated about it 69 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:16.840 is just for the longest time growing up, like that 70 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:19.360 was Thanksgiving dinner was also like your dinner for the 71 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:22.120 next week, right, because there's so much leftovers and I 72 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.960 can't stand leftovers in the first place. Everything has to 73 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:28.479 be so fresh for me just because I'm pretential. No, no, 74 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.280 my girlfriend hates it. My my parents always hated it. 75 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:34.280 There could be something fresh from yesterday that no, I 76 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:34.800 don't want it. 77 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:36.840 It's already yesterday, but I don't know what. 78 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:40.400 Once again, thank you Thanksgiving for spoiling leftovers for me, 79 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:41.599 because that's usually. 80 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:43.080 On the on the menu for the next week. 81 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:44.840 Dude, I'm a big time leftover. 82 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:46.680 I'm a big time food waster. I don't know. 83 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:49.879 Well, my wife doesn't eat leftovers, just doesn't. I mean, 84 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:51.520 I think she's probably on the same page with you 85 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:53.360 to where it's just not even a thought to like 86 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:58.479 eat something that was cooked previously, and like she's more 87 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:01.840 so to eat leftovers of like her own cooking. Not 88 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:03.919 because she's like a snob and only wants to eat 89 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:06.080 what she said, but if it's like homemade stuff like 90 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:08.879 you know, chili or soup or a certain dish like 91 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:10.719 she'll do leftovers when it comes to that. But like 92 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:14.159 at a restaurant, you know, I usually get spoiled because 93 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:17.240 I'll eat my food and sometimes take home whatever I 94 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:19.079 didn't finish, and then I'll take hers home too because 95 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:21.680 I know she's not gonna eat it. So works out well, we. 96 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:22.680 Make it work. 97 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:26.240 But yeah, Thanksgiving is like, I'm so tired of people 98 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:31.279 claiming that Thanksgiving just gets disrespected and it's insane how. 99 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:33.160 People have already shifted to Christmas. 100 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:35.879 And I get why people say that, because Thanksgiving is 101 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:38.079 one of those days. I feel like as far as 102 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:43.199 holidays that you just know that like nearly everybody is 103 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:45.759 off work. Now there's certain jobs like first responders and 104 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:48.839 just you know, unique careers, and I guess just unique 105 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:51.600 jobs that you know you will have to work. But 106 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:55.079 even but even even jobs that are open on Christmas 107 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:59.040 that aren't first responders or you know, health like medical 108 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:01.480 people that work in the medical field, Like even if 109 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:05.079 you work at like a Walmart or a McDonald's, they'll 110 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:07.319 have a certain part of their day where everybody's away 111 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:09.240 and being able to spend time with their family on 112 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:12.199 usually Christmas and Thanksgiving. So like, I think those are 113 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:13.600 the two days where I just feel like when it 114 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.680 comes to a holiday, you can just tell, you can sense, 115 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:19.360 and you can feel that like everybody's off because we're 116 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:23.040 celebrating this big day just once a year. But with Thanksgiving. Look, 117 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:27.040 Thanksgiving is a day. Christmas is a season. Like it's 118 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:32.160 that easy to understand why Christmas is treated differently than Thanksgiving, 119 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:36.399 Like I do you know, I guess just become a 120 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:38.879 crotchety old man. That's like, why do people keep bringing 121 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:40.720 up that, Like what we don't have to debate like 122 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:42.759 what's better? You can like one over the other, and 123 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:44.920 you can say Thanksgiving should get more love. But again, 124 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.720 Christmas is a season in every aspect of it, Like 125 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:51.040 it's the twenty five days of Christmas, like there's so 126 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.879 much that comes with it. Thanksgiving is literally just a day, 127 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:55.959 just the day, and it doesn't mean it's not great, 128 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:58.240 but it's just the day. That's why Christmas is treated 129 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:00.759 differently than any other holiday. And yes, I'm I'm very 130 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:03.079 much a homer for Christmas because I love Christmas. But 131 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:05.600 Thanksgivings ray too, and I'm looking forward to it. And man, 132 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:10.040 Thanksgiving tomorrow is going to be certainly better now that 133 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:12.319 Louisville beat the hell out of Indiana eighty nine to 134 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:14.040 sixty one. I said this at the beginning of the show, 135 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:15.000 and I'll say it once again. 136 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:19.639 If you are unaware of the score, you've. 137 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:22.560 Been disconnected because you've got you know, you're at work, 138 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:24.920 or you're just tied up doing whatever you may be doing. 139 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:28.480 Maybe you were away from connectivity and you just found 140 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:30.360 us right now. And I tell you that Louisville one, 141 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:33.639 eighty nine to sixty one over number fourteen Indiana today 142 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:36.279 in the Bahamas. I believe that you would not believe me. 143 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:38.160 I think you would assume that I'm making that up. 144 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:40.879 You would probably say, there's no scenario that happened. And 145 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:42.959 it's not just because you know Louisville one, but because 146 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:44.519 of the score. But what if I told you this, 147 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:47.560 It wasn't even as close as the score indicated. Louisville 148 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:50.120 eighty nine to sixty one, a twenty eight point beat down, 149 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:53.199 by the way, one of their biggest wins ever against 150 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:54.759 a ranked team as far as margin. Let me pull 151 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.680 up the number again, really quicker, just to reference, because 152 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:00.839 it does speak to how impressive it is for Louisville. 153 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:03.360 And of course how embarrassing it is for this for 154 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:06.560 this Indiana team. But yeah, Louisville winning today against They 155 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:08.759 won by twenty eight points against number fourteen Indiana. It's 156 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:11.839 the largest margin of victory against a ranked opponent since 157 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.959 they beat Yukon eighty one to forty eight in twenty fourteen, 158 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.639 and that was the AC the American Conference championship game. 159 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:23.079 And you know what's crazy, that Yukon team went on 160 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:26.199 to win the national championship and it pains me to 161 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:28.560 know that that Louisville team could have had back to 162 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.879 back titles. But you know what, it also is great 163 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:33.879 because that Yukon team kept Kentucky from winning another one 164 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:37.399 under Calipari, which I'm happy happened. So this is the 165 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:40.399 biggest win versus the top fifteen team since nineteen eighty 166 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:42.519 six when Louisville beat Virginia Tech one O three to 167 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:45.959 sixty eight. And it's the biggest ever against a team 168 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.399 that is in the top fourteen, which is a you know, 169 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:51.480 top fourteen is not something you typically here mentioned, but 170 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:53.360 when it comes to I mean, this is the most 171 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:57.519 they've beat somebody buy that is that in that tier there. 172 00:07:58.079 --> 00:07:59.800 But also again, like I'm not even kidding you when 173 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:01.279 to time, it should have been a lot uglier. Louisville 174 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:02.879 put the walk Ons in with a couple of minutes left, 175 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:05.639 Indiana scored seven points. They went on a seven zero 176 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.199 run with less than thirty seconds into the game. We're 177 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:11.199 talking about a you know, a couple of quick buckets 178 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.480 and a three after a steal at the buzzer to 179 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:15.800 give you a twenty point or twenty eight point beat 180 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:18.439 down instead of a thirty five point blowout. So again, 181 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:21.079 it was not as closed as the score indicated. Woodson's 182 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:23.120 out there pressing with its starters when the walk Ons 183 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:24.360 are in, and to be fair to him, I get 184 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:27.600 it because you know the numbers matter now like you 185 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:29.199 need to not get it beat as bad and you 186 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.040 need to beat teams really bad. When it comes to 187 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:33.879 every night, no matter who you play, there's something you 188 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:38.159 can do to potentially improve or I guess worse than 189 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:40.679 your situation. When it comes to resume, it sounds kind 190 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:42.240 of silly, like some say that you should cap it 191 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:44.759 to where hey, a thirty point victory and a fifty 192 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:46.639 point victory is treated the same, but they don't do 193 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:48.639 it that way. Therefore, that's why you're seeing some teams 194 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:51.159 go out there and try to win by sixty if 195 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:53.000 they can, Louisville probably wouldn't have been able to do 196 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:55.639 wouldn't have been able to do that today. But I 197 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:57.679 wonder if Pat Kelsey didn't have to worry about getting 198 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:59.960 his guys ready for a game twenty four hours late, 199 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:02.200 or I guess really less than twenty four hours later, 200 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:04.159 then maybe he would have left the starters in and 201 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:05.559 not emptied the bench, and maybe it would have been 202 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:06.559 a forty point beat down. 203 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:08.159 But I said this. 204 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:10.679 Earlier on the show and had some people reach out 205 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:13.480 on the text line, not really answering the question, but 206 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:16.120 sort of I guess assuming that I was probably right, 207 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:17.679 which that's right. We don't have to look it up. 208 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:18.799 We don't have to do our homework. We can just 209 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:20.759 assume what I say is true. I kind of like that, 210 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:23.879 But I think this Kenny Payne probably. In fact, I 211 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:28.039 know Kenny Payne lost more games, but you know he 212 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:30.440 lost games about twenty eight points or more. But I 213 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:34.279 think the reason like Indiana fans are so beside themselves 214 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:36.440 is because one Indiana, even in years they're not very good, 215 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:37.960 doesn't lose the way they lost today. 216 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:39.320 Louisville won twelve. 217 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:40.600 Games the last couple of years, came into this game 218 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:46.200 unranked and Indiana was favored. So you know, I tell 219 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:49.120 you what, man, when it comes to this kind of 220 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:51.039 a beat down, I think it's safe to say that 221 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:53.440 this was a loss that's probably worse than any of 222 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:55.480 the losses Kenny Payne had as far as just how 223 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:58.840 bad it was, Like I thought throughout the game, especially 224 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:00.720 in the second well the second half. I mean, I 225 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:02.559 thought to myself, there was a sequence that Louisville put 226 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:05.000 together that really just buried Indiana, and then at times 227 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.879 it got a little worse, and then they would slowly 228 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:08.840 but surely make a bucket to kind of stop the bleeding. 229 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:12.039 But I really had to question if I was really 230 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:14.480 watching what I was watching, like is this really happening? 231 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:16.480 And it was great. 232 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:19.600 I'd like to experience that again tomorrow on Thanksgiving if 233 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:21.759 we can. Much easier said than done, because you know, 234 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:23.440 you're likely going to be playing one of the best 235 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:25.320 teams in the country in Gonzaga. 236 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:27.279 But I don't know, let me check the score here, 237 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:28.799 have we seen an update? 238 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:32.799 Because last commercial break, I went to the restroom and 239 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:34.679 at that point I think West Virginia had gone on 240 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:37.600 a little bit of a run and it was close, 241 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:41.159 but I haven't checked since then. I probably should have 242 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:43.639 done that during the break. Let's see here right now. Wow, 243 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:48.799 three minutes left and West Virginia is up one on Gonzaga. 244 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:51.919 So how about that shout out? 245 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:54.440 We actually just had a call or call in that said, 246 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:56.559 I don't know, we might be playing Virginia. He didn't 247 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:57.879 even want to talk, He just wanted to kind of 248 00:10:57.960 --> 00:10:58.840 lead that one out there. 249 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:02.879 You mean West Virginia. Did you say Virginia. 250 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:04.759 Because it's way what did I say? Virginia? 251 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:05.080 Yeah? 252 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.039 No, not West Virginia. No, No, he was right. I 253 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:07.440 was wrong. 254 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:12.559 So I mean what, I kind of want West Virginia 255 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.480 to win because it gives you an easier path to 256 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.519 potentially find yourself playing for the Battle for Atlanta's championship. 257 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:23.039 But also, if West Virginia can compete with Gonzaga, give 258 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:27.879 me Gonzaga because that would be a much more valuable win. Right, Like, 259 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:29.960 you can't control her. They're gonna play who they're gonna play. 260 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:32.240 And to be fair, Louis's not a team that can 261 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:34.320 look at a West Virginia upset here and think they 262 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.039 can just roll in and win. I mean, they're gonna 263 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:37.799 have to play well and play hard, and I think 264 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:41.000 they will. But I'm kind of torn here. I kind 265 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.480 of think I'd rather have Gonzaga. But then again, like 266 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:45.159 maybe be careful what you wish for. And I don't 267 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:47.399 say give me Gonzaga because I know Louisville's got to 268 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:49.440 match up advantage and they're gonna beat him. I just 269 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:52.960 more so mean, like I would love the opportunity to 270 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.320 see Louisville get a chance to get another real valuable win. 271 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:57.159 Now some would say, well, if West Virginia beat him 272 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.240 and then you beat them, how valuable is it. Well, 273 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:00.559 I don't know, but I feel in Zag at the 274 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:01.879 end of day is gonna end up being a much 275 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:04.080 better team than West Virginia at the end of the season, 276 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:08.480 regardless of what happens today. So you know, we'll see 277 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:10.320 what happens. But before we get to a break and 278 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:11.799 then we're gonna get your phone calls to stick with us. 279 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:13.240 If you're on hold, I promise you we're gonna get 280 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:15.519 to you. But I mentioned Indiana kind of just being 281 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:22.480 you know, distraught and dumbfounded by the embarrassment that took 282 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:28.320 place today and Dan Dockich, a former ESPN analyst, which, 283 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:29.919 by the way, I know Docic is not a super 284 00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:32.320 popular guy around here. And Dockage, I mean, I think 285 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.159 his brand that he wants to have is just to 286 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:36.320 be kind of unlikable. Now he claims he's just being 287 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:38.639 real and telling you like it is, but like, I 288 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:40.559 don't think Docage wants to be liked. I think that's 289 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:43.279 kind of just his his brand. But he's a really, 290 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:45.879 really good basketball analyst. And you can't say that around 291 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:47.639 here without people throwing stuff at you, because you know, 292 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:49.039 some people just think he's the worst. 293 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:49.600 And I get it. 294 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:52.240 But if you just take away the personality, you take away, 295 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:56.320 you know, the prickliness of Dan Dockicch and you just 296 00:12:56.480 --> 00:13:01.799 I mean, he he ESPN lost a valuable basketball analyst 297 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:04.600 when he when he got fired or left whatever happened. 298 00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:06.559 Now he's talking politics, which just whatever. I don't care 299 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:08.919 about that. I'm just saying, like, he's really good at 300 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:12.600 talking hoops. And he apparently has been out front saying 301 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:14.720 that Indiana's got some problems here with Mike Woodson, and 302 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:18.320 he did about two minutes on Twitter after the game 303 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:22.320 and Austin. I don't I checked it there. I don't 304 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:24.399 think there's any cursing that we would have to dump, 305 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:26.279 but just be careful in case I might have missed something. 306 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:29.720 But here's Dan Dakich after Indiana got their ass kicked 307 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.919 today by by Louisville. 308 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:50.720 So I sent the same thing to Woodson and Whitman. 309 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.080 Just now, look, I'll give Indiana fans a little hint. 310 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:58.840 Only two coaches since Bob Knight have been successful in Indiana. 311 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:04.559 Half of Tom Crane and Calvin Samson both just emphasized toughness. 312 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:08.039 That's it. Calvin Samson's not a great coach. Calvin Samson 313 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:11.679 can't begin to coach near what Bob Knight could. Tom 314 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.000 Crean's not even in that conversation. But when Crean came in, 315 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:17.080 he talked about toughness. Then he got a little full 316 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.600 of himself and got kind of stupid, and he, I guess, 317 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:21.759 had to go. I didn't think he should have, but 318 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:25.519 Samson was gonna be successful. Samson didn't care about offense defense. 319 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:28.000 He just cared about toughness. I sent that to Woodson 320 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:30.360 and I sent that to Whitman, and I'll laugh at 321 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:32.600 all you guys and get mad at me about TikTok 322 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:37.440 videos little guys Cooper, Cup and Galloway acting like I 323 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:39.399 don't know. I didn't want to say little girls because 324 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:42.639 little girls are tougher. So Indiana gets embarrassed. They spent 325 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:44.799 over a million dollars on a fat ass center that 326 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:47.120 can't run up and down the court. They're an entitled 327 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:51.559 team that never talks about toughness. Now again, I said 328 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:54.200 they're going undefeated, but I always say they're going undefeated. 329 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:56.679 That was embarrassed. That was a mess. 330 00:14:57.039 --> 00:15:00.799 That was god awful, and I got to assume it's 331 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.480 a one off right now, right, But when you watch 332 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:06.600 that fat ass center, and you watch how silly, stupid 333 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:11.039 and ridiculous that Galloway kid is and that Cup is, 334 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:13.480 and I've learned that half the team is tired of 335 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:16.720 those two and their social media stupidity, you might have 336 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.799 a real problem. We'll see. Anyway Indiana gets embarrassed, they'll 337 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:23.840 win tomorrow and it'll be back to winning a national championship. 338 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:27.919 I put us on everybody involved with the program. If 339 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:30.600 you're at Indiana, you talk about toughness. If you don't, 340 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.759 you get your ass kicked. 341 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:36.480 So I don't know, if I believe the wow social 342 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:39.559 media dancing on TikTok is why they're not tough. But 343 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:44.799 to be fair to Dockage, you know, Indiana did have 344 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:47.840 an advantage physically, but they didn't. 345 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:49.120 I mean you wouldn't have known. 346 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:51.080 I mean physically, you would have known just by watching, 347 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:55.120 meaning like just looking at the pound per pound presence 348 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.039 that they had in the post. 349 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:59.120 Louiel didn't have much of that at all. But Louisville was. 350 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:01.799 Tougher and and you know, along with other you know, 351 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:03.919 toughness was one of the many reasons why Louisville was 352 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.519 able to win the way they won the day, and 353 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:08.039 it was awesome to see. And I mean, I hope 354 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:10.000 Indian ends up being good this year because obviously that'll 355 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:11.600 be good for Louisville. I don't know if they're going 356 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:14.799 to be, but I will say this, the talent is there. 357 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:16.759 I mean, they have good players in Louisville did a 358 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:18.919 lot of good things to take that away, and really 359 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:21.799 it was dictating the style of play in the tempo. 360 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:26.480 And what that did is that let Indiana never get comfortable. 361 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:28.919 They got sped up without realizing, and then sure enough 362 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:31.399 Louisville just kind of boomed them, I mean, and just 363 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:33.039 kind of took the game over and they took a 364 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:36.159 good lead into the half and then really got it 365 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.639 rolling right out of it. I mean, in fact, the 366 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:39.879 first first two plays of the second half were not 367 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:44.440 great Louisville. I think they had an empty possession, offensively 368 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:46.480 gave up a transition bucket, and I think it might 369 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:48.559 have been Debbie Antonelli who had said, that's the first 370 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:50.879 time I've seen Indiana beat Louisville down the floor. That 371 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:53.919 was the first two plays of the game, first two 372 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:56.799 plays of the second half. Well, then after that, Louisville 373 00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:58.960 just started running them out of the gym and it 374 00:16:59.279 --> 00:16:59.879 was a beautiful thing. 375 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:02.879 He called Gabe Cup Cooper Cup. 376 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:06.400 Did he Yes, Well, the fat ass center that he's 377 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:09.279 referring to. And I mean, I'm just referencing what he said. 378 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:13.519 I'm not doing the name calling Omar Ballo is. I mean, 379 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:17.680 he's he's talented, he's really big, but he's become a 380 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.599 guy that, like, you don't even have to follow college 381 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:23.599 basketball that closely to know that there's a reputation that 382 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:25.920 he's kind of lazy. There's been some plays that have 383 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.559 surfaced on you know, people clipping a clipping something on 384 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.079 Twitter and putting it up there where it's just like, 385 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:35.119 all right, there's really no excuse for that, for this 386 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:37.799 lack of effort that's out there. And you know today, 387 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:40.920 I mean, he clearly and I don't know, I don't 388 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:43.039 know if it was due to him not given everything 389 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:43.359 he had. 390 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:44.400 I don't think he played that hard. 391 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:46.119 But either way, I'm not sure would have mattered, because 392 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:49.440 again Louisville Toms looked forty points better than Indiana today, 393 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:51.400 which again was a beautiful thing. All right, quick break, 394 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.720 we'll come back on the other side, talk a little 395 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:55.400 more football. College football playoff rankings are out, get back 396 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:58.240 into this Governor's Cup matchup, and the first thing we'll 397 00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:59.400 do is get to your phone. 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