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Just The Cats 10-21-26 · Just The Cats

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Just the Cats with Michael Bennett. Hello, Big
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: Blue Nation. Welcome to Just the Cats on this Wednesday,
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: October 21st. I know I'm trying to prepare myself for
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  Speaker 1: you to yell in my ear, and I'm stumbling over
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  Speaker 1: what I'm supposed to say next because, okay, get yourself ready.
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  Speaker 1: I know I was ready for it yesterday, and I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: it's Wednesday. To me, Justin Kalen, good morning, by the way.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning. What if we just had a trick one
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: day where we just said, It's Thursday the entire show,
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  Speaker 1: and it's really Wednesday.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that basically did happen yesterday. Because not only did
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  Speaker 2: you come in and be like, happy Wednesday or whatever
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  Speaker 2: you said.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: John Spears comes in and says the exact same thing.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, did he really? And I'm like, what is wrong
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  Speaker 1: with you all? It's Tuesday. I think it would be
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  Speaker 1: funny just to say, have a great Thursday, everybody. I
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  Speaker 1: just keep it Thursday all day long.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but I feel like phones are so prevalent now
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  Speaker 2: that You always know what day it is. So I
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  Speaker 2: don't know how many people would get.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, you're right. That's like, well,
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  Speaker 1: let me go check this. But I all day. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not kidding. The entire day. I thought it was Wednesday yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: No good. And I went to bed and it's like, okay,
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  Speaker 1: what day is this? And it's like, ah, crap, man.
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  Speaker 1: It's only going to be Wednesday tomorrow. So anyway, but yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said yesterday, now you got to work six days. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you're right. I do. And you know what? We got
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  Speaker 1: two hours of gibberish coming up right now, according to
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  Speaker 1: one texter. So I hope you listen to the gibberish
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  Speaker 1: I'm getting ready to talk about. You know, Bennett talks gibberish.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, admittedly. Yes. When you were spewing that out,
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  Speaker 1: I kind of thought it was gibberish, too. Oh, come on!
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I guess the sentiment's all good, but I
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  Speaker 2: don't see a.
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  Speaker 1: Reason to honor... A Rosarena or even. Oh, you would. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: come on. If you won an award, you would be
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: thanking your mom or dad or your best friend or
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  Speaker 1: something like that. You did something really big. Stop it.
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  Speaker 1: Why in the ALCS?
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  Speaker 2: Why not wait till the World Series when you're in
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  Speaker 2: control of that game and know you're going to the
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  Speaker 2: World Series?
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  Speaker 1: It's a big deal. That's because this is a little
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  Speaker 1: team that doesn't. Get to go to these kind of
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  Speaker 1: events all the time. I understand that.
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  Speaker 2: But if you know you're going to win that game,
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  Speaker 2: why not save it for the World Series? Isn't that
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  Speaker 2: a bigger deal? Well, I would agree with you on
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  Speaker 2: maybe if it's the series. What's the one before called?
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  Speaker 2: I know it's not the division series, but I know
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  Speaker 2: to me it's kind of silly to celebrate division series.
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  Speaker 2: To me, it's a big deal to go from the
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  Speaker 2: ALCS into the World Series. That's a big deal. I
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  Speaker 2: don't disagree with you.
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  Speaker 1: Just like winning your regional in the NCAA tournament. I
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  Speaker 1: think that's a big deal to get into the Final Four.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's a big deal to celebrate going
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  Speaker 1: from the ALCS to the World Series. Anyway, that's just
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  Speaker 1: kind of how I feel. That's okay. You don't have
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  Speaker 1: to feel that way. I don't. Okay. No worries. Your
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  Speaker 1: team's not in it. Mine is. My team will never
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  Speaker 1: be in it. And you know what? The sad part
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  Speaker 1: about it, I kind of feel like is this the
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  Speaker 1: last time I'll ever see the Rays in the World Series? No.
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  Speaker 1: You don't think so? I do. Weren't they just in
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  Speaker 1: it six years ago? They were in 2020. You're right. Yeah. No,
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  Speaker 1: this won't be the last time. I don't know. Unless
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  Speaker 1: you don't have long left. You got something to tell us? Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my gosh. No, I don't have any.
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  Speaker 2: Don't even ask me that question. I mean, you said
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  Speaker 2: that like you got bad news yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I will say my last birthday has kind of
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  Speaker 1: bothered me a little bit. Why? Just because, like, wow,
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  Speaker 1: that's a big number. It's just, it is 61 years old.
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  Speaker 1: I am 61. And I feel like I'm 21. I
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  Speaker 1: do not feel my age. Wait till you turn 69.
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  Speaker 1: Corey Price won't even wish you happy birthday. He'll just
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  Speaker 1: say nice. Exactly. He'll just, nice. Oh, geez. But anyway,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah, thank you, Texter. I will be speaking gibberish
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  Speaker 1: for the next two hours. So there's five more minutes
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  Speaker 1: of gibberish right there for you. But anyway. Yeah, I'm
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  Speaker 1: ready for this Wednesday. There's all kinds of stuff going on,
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  Speaker 1: which makes me happy. And this is the time of
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  Speaker 1: year you got baseball. You now have NBA going on.
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  Speaker 1: You have college basketball going on. And plus you got
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  Speaker 1: college football going on. And it is fun to get
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  Speaker 1: out there and you start reading about UK football. Because
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  Speaker 1: normally this time of year, we are reading basketball. And
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  Speaker 1: it's 90%, 95% all basketball. This year, I would estimate
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  Speaker 1: it's probably 96%, 97% football. I wouldn't go that high. Really?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's definitely north of 70. Maybe north of 80.
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  Speaker 1: I was going to say, come on, give me 80.
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  Speaker 1: But it's a lot of only football. And here comes
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  Speaker 1: the news now because I predicted this a couple of
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  Speaker 1: days ago that they were going to start coming after
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  Speaker 1: Will Stein. You know, there's a report that there's alumnus
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  Speaker 1: and boosters at the University of Texas now looking into
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  Speaker 1: getting rid of Steve Carseesian and wanting to go after
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  Speaker 1: Will Stein. And this is going to be the narrative
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  Speaker 1: now the next, what, two or three months? We're going
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  Speaker 1: after Will Stein. We got an open checkbook. We'll get him.
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  Speaker 1: And I do laugh at it because I don't see him.
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  Speaker 1: Of any place that he would go to, I would
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  Speaker 1: never see him going to Texas. I don't see him leaving.
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  Speaker 1: Or Michigan. I don't see him leaving, period. Do you not? No.
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  Speaker 2: The day will come when he leaves. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: maybe when he's here for. 10, 15 years. Oh, you
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  Speaker 2: think that long?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe. Wow. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe he gets the feeling he overstayed his welcome or
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  Speaker 2: has a bad season or something.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure maybe he'll leave. But I don't think– I
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  Speaker 1: really don't think he will. I mean, does that add
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  Speaker 1: more pressure when you win right off the bat at
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  Speaker 1: a new head coaching position? Or do you think it's
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  Speaker 1: better for the coach to build up? I think it
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  Speaker 1: makes it easier. Really? If you win right away.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, because you're going to– Because recruiting is
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  Speaker 2: so much better? Recruiting is going to be better. You're
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  Speaker 2: going to get more support from– boosters and people who
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  Speaker 2: can build your program up monetarily.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I just, I think winning early is, is the
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  Speaker 1: way to go. You think there's going to be boosters
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  Speaker 1: out there. It's like, man, you know what? I've never
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  Speaker 1: been really a Kentucky fan, but I'm going to be
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  Speaker 1: now because of what Will Stein is doing. It's just
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  Speaker 1: absolutely contagious. I know for a fact that'll happen. Really?
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  Speaker 2: Mark Cuban had never given any money to Indiana for NIL.
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  Speaker 1: Right. And then last year, he gave a ton to
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  Speaker 1: the football program. Did he? Because they were winning. And
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  Speaker 1: look at that. It did absolutely nothing. I mean, now
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  Speaker 1: they're a good gosh. They have won. Just got them
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  Speaker 1: a championship. What the heck? They lost a game to
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State. I mean, the program is plummeting. I'm just
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  Speaker 1: going to tell you right now. Be prepared. I use
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  Speaker 1: number coming back. They're not recovering from any of this.
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  Speaker 1: As you know, I'm being facetious. Until we have Kenny
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  Speaker 1: Minchey next year. Oh, my gosh. It sounded like a
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  Speaker 1: cigarette laugh. No, listen, because I think you're right. I
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  Speaker 1: think there are going to be boosters out there that
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  Speaker 1: were possibly not even UK fans that are going to
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  Speaker 1: be giving them to Will Stein in the program. And
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  Speaker 1: it's just, it makes it a lot of fun. I
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  Speaker 1: just saw the uniforms they're wearing this weekend. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to talk about that in a little bit. I'll go
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  Speaker 1: ahead and let's talk about it now. They're horrible. I
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  Speaker 1: wondered what you were going to say about this. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So they introduced yet again another new uniform for the
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  Speaker 1: game against Vanderbilt this weekend. All right. So if you
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  Speaker 1: haven't seen it yet, it's gray jersey with royal blue
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  Speaker 1: lettering or numbers and then with royal blue outline and
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  Speaker 1: then you got gray pants. Now, I do like the helmets.
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  Speaker 1: They're a royal blue that has the blue that's matted.
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  Speaker 1: Do you like the matted paint jobs?
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  Speaker 2: I do like the matted look. Yeah, like the black
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  Speaker 2: ones last week. Those were kind of cool. Although, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if I mentioned this to you or not,
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  Speaker 2: but as excited as I was about those jerseys, I
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  Speaker 2: think I just said this on my show.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. I didn't think they looked good on TV. I
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  Speaker 1: didn't think they looked good at all. In fact, there
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  Speaker 1: are times that I couldn't tell. Is that Kentucky or
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  Speaker 1: is that... Oklahoma. Yeah, it just didn't look like Kentucky.
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  Speaker 1: I really had a struggle with it. So, yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: didn't like the black. I'm just going to come out
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  Speaker 1: and tell you right now, I did not like the black. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the Giants, the New York Giants are famous for wearing
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  Speaker 1: these kind of gray uniforms. And I always kind of
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  Speaker 1: liked them. But I don't know. It still goes back to, hey, guys,
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  Speaker 1: our colors are blue and white. Why do we keep
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  Speaker 1: going off the color scheme of our school and going
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  Speaker 1: with the black, the gray? So which do you think
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  Speaker 1: is worse? And if you don't like the gray, and
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  Speaker 1: you kind of like the black, I mean, are you going,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like you've gone back on the black and
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  Speaker 1: you don't like it. Well, looks wise, I mean, when
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  Speaker 1: I saw the picture, I loved the black. Yeah. I
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  Speaker 1: just didn't think it played very well on TV. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Now, these I've, I've come out and I've said, I
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  Speaker 2: don't like now watch me watch the game on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: And sure enough, I think they look good on TV.
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  Speaker 2: That's how it'll go.
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  Speaker 1: We need to go back and see which uniforms they
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  Speaker 1: played a war against Alabama. And we need to burn them. Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: And not wear those again and continue to wear the
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  Speaker 1: ones they continue. They still win it. So I don't know. I,
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  Speaker 1: I guess they're fine. I like the helmet. I like
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  Speaker 1: the black helmet. I like the blue helmet. I probably
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  Speaker 1: like the blue helmet more because that's our color. But...
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  Speaker 1: do you like it when IU goes away from their
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  Speaker 1: crimson and cream?
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  Speaker 2: In football, they don't do it all that often. I
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  Speaker 2: don't recall them doing a black or a gray or
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  Speaker 2: anything like that in football.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Did they do it in basketball? They've got a
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  Speaker 1: black uniform in basketball that I am in love with. Oh, really? Okay.
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  Speaker 1: I think it looks incredible. Fair enough. So, well, we'll
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  Speaker 1: see how these do. If I had a choice, I
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  Speaker 1: would probably pick the gray. As I've mentioned before, I
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  Speaker 1: don't even have anything black in my closet. I just
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  Speaker 1: don't wear black. I've never liked it. Black is, to me,
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  Speaker 1: something you wear to funerals. Now, I have black suits,
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  Speaker 1: dark suits, but that's it. It's like I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to go to a funeral. That's always kind of how
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  Speaker 1: I felt about black. So there you go. There's my
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  Speaker 1: uniform description right there. I associate black with louder than loud. Oh,
• 10:59
  Speaker 1: that's a good description right there. Yes. Heavy metal people
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  Speaker 1: wear black, don't they? Why is that? Why do heavy
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  Speaker 1: metal people that go to Louder Than Life, all they wear,
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  Speaker 1: their makeup is black if they're wearing, you know, if
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  Speaker 1: it's a lady, and they have eyeliner black, their hair
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  Speaker 1: is dyed black, they have black leather pants or dresses on,
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  Speaker 1: black boots. Why is that? It's a great question. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Because I'm like you, I've never really been, now I'll
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  Speaker 2: wear black, like I'll wear a black t-shirt or black
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  Speaker 2: sweatpants or black shorts or whatever, but yeah, I'm not,
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  Speaker 2: I won't go all black.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. My wife knows to not buy me anything that's black.
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  Speaker 1: I like colorful. I just, I like, well, you see
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  Speaker 1: me in the summertime. I like colorful, bright colored shirts
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  Speaker 1: and shorts and- And pants, for that fact. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: like when I go to Kentucky Derby, I'm wearing the
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  Speaker 1: brightest stuff you can find out there that's just almost obnoxious.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I like. Black and brown are just kind
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  Speaker 1: of boring to me. They are. I agree with that.
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  Speaker 1: There's just nothing to it. I don't get it. But anyway,
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  Speaker 1: let's talk about Will Stein, who is in favor of
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  Speaker 1: one thing, which I was kind of surprised about. He
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  Speaker 1: said that he is in favor of the 2014 playoff system.
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  Speaker 1: I heard that. Yes. I was disappointed. You were? Why?
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  Speaker 2: I just didn't think that would be the answer. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he did walk it back a little bit, and he
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  Speaker 2: was like, I'm in favor of 16 or 24, whatever
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  Speaker 2: they make it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. But- I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I just wish there was more coaches coming out and
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  Speaker 2: saying how dumb it is. Now, his explanation of I
• 12:43
  Speaker 2: wish people would quit saying that it's going to hurt
• 12:46
  Speaker 2: the regular season, I thought that was really good. I
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  Speaker 2: enjoyed listening to him talk about that, but I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe I'm just so mad about it.
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  Speaker 1: He made the comment, a lot of people out there
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  Speaker 1: said that the season games wouldn't matter. It's like, come on, man.
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  Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? Of course they're going to matter.
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  Speaker 1: They'll just matter more. I couldn't agree more. So he
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  Speaker 1: said that it enhances opportunities for college football's middle class.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's where he believes UK is right now.
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  Speaker 1: It's like that helps us get in there.
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  Speaker 2: Wouldn't that be upper middle class? I mean, if he's
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  Speaker 2: judging on what it is right now, wouldn't you say
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  Speaker 2: upper middle class?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. All right. So first, you're in the
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  Speaker 1: top 12. Isn't that high class? so far but but
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  Speaker 1: this is new for uk and i think that's what
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  Speaker 1: he means by that uh because.
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  Speaker 2: If you're a financial advisor get someone to manage your money.
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  Speaker 1: I know that person her name is patricia bennett yeah
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  Speaker 1: send yeah go send kentucky football to patricia bennett how
• 13:51
  Speaker 1: about that for a plug for my wife yeah yeah
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  Speaker 1: she's a she's a financial advisor by the way with
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  Speaker 1: raymond james if you want to give her a call
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  Speaker 1: so yeah uh but no It enhances opportunities for college
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  Speaker 1: football's middle class. Y'all tell me, here's what he said.
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  Speaker 1: Y'all tell me you wouldn't want a playoff game at UK?
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  Speaker 1: And he's absolutely right. Of course we would. We would
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  Speaker 1: do anything to have a playoff game at Commonwealth Stadium.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm telling you, if they had one at UK,
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  Speaker 1: that would be definitely the toughest ticket that has ever
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  Speaker 1: happened at Commonwealth Stadium. If you all host.
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  Speaker 2: A playoff game at home before we do, I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to be sorry.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's a great question right there. I will be furious.
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  Speaker 1: All right, well, let's talk about that. Is there any
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  Speaker 1: chance that UK hosts a playoff game before IU? Absolutely,
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  Speaker 1: there's a chance. Is there really? Absolutely. Tell me what
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the schedule is for IU. Oh, it's cake.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we don't need to go through it. Well,
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  Speaker 1: then why do you say that?
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  Speaker 2: They're not losing a game. Well, I mean, because Indiana's
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  Speaker 2: going to get a bye. Okay, so from the bye,
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  Speaker 2: won't they host? Oh, that's right, they won't. Oh, that's right.
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  Speaker 2: If the season goes the way I think it's going
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  Speaker 2: to go for the rest of the year, we will
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  Speaker 2: not have a home game.
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  Speaker 1: Well, then if that's the case, you really don't want
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  Speaker 1: to host a game. Do you?
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  Speaker 2: I would almost rather, as crazy as this is going
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  Speaker 2: to sound, I would almost rather give up the bye
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  Speaker 2: to have a home game in Bloomington.
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  Speaker 1: Just to enjoy a host game? Just to see how
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  Speaker 1: the environment is. Oh, you know how it would be. Man,
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  Speaker 1: because I think that's a fair question. Would I want
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  Speaker 1: to host a game or would I want to buy? And, man,
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: that's a tough call right there, honestly.
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  Speaker 2: You've never, as a Kentucky fan, you've never been through
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  Speaker 2: any of it.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly. So I would think ideally. And IU's only been
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: through it once. Don't act like you've been doing it
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  Speaker 1: for years. Okay, whatever.
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  Speaker 2: We just didn't get a buy the first year and
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: we had to play at Notre Dame. Right.
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  Speaker 1: But, I mean, I think the first year that you
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  Speaker 1: all go, you would want that. Because it does. It
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  Speaker 1: makes it a little bit easier. Oh, absolutely. It makes
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  Speaker 1: it easier. Because you're right. I want to see that environment.
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  Speaker 1: I would predict, and I think it would be a
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  Speaker 1: pretty easy prediction, tailgating would be going nuts. People would
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: be showing up the night before the game. You'd probably
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  Speaker 1: hear blue-white chants in Louisville. Oh, well, that's a great point.
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  Speaker 1: Like from Lexington. Oh, you're probably right. But I'm telling you. Wow,
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  Speaker 1: that would be a tough call right there, Justin. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not going to lie to you. It's like, okay, you're right.
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  Speaker 1: I probably would want to have the bar, but I
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  Speaker 1: do want to experience it at Commonwealth Stadium. Yeah, the
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  Speaker 1: teams that are hosting, they still got another road to go.
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's just a little bit longer of a road.
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: I can't remember the last time the UK played in
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: the Sugar Bowl if they ever did. They've never obviously
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: never played in any of those other bowls. So it'd
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: be fun to just see him play in one of
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: those bowls. And I'd be going. I would be taking
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: my entire family. And I would force him. I said,
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: I don't care if you're a Vanderbilt fan. We're going
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: to go see my team play in a bowl game.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: We're going to have fun. They'd go. Yeah, I think
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: they would too. My youngest son, he would be dying
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: to go. He's still a big UK fan. My oldest, no.
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: He's a season ticket holder at Vanderbilt. And he loves it. Yeah.
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: But he's got those swanky season tickets where you get
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: the free buffet and stuff. Come on. Yeah, he does.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: He's taking care of himself without a doubt. All right,
• 17:32
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• 17:35
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• 17:40
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• 17:49
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• 17:54
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• 17:58
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• 18:27
  Speaker 1: ride that chrome three-wheel?
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: Who's gonna make that first mistake?
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: By the way, you had a good call this morning,
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: just to let you know. Playing some Barenaked Ladies. Oh, yeah.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: Love that song. At 7 o'clock in the morning. I mean,
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, that was nice. I wish I had
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: thought about Barenaked Ladies. Love If I Had a Million Dollars.
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: You and me both. They've got a few songs out
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: there that I enjoy. I enjoy that one you just
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: played by Bob Seger. So, anyway, I don't know where
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: you're going with the theme today, by the way. There's
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: no theme. Oh, there isn't? I'm just bouncing off the
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: music that you sent. Oh, okay, cool. All right, then. 502-414-1450.
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: You want to text in on the Whiskey Thief text line.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: One person texted in. To be fair, the uniform combinations
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: are to excite the players and the recruits, not us
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: as much. That's fair. Yeah, I get it. No, no, no.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: And you're right. And listen, it's just not a thing
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: I would have picked out. Even as a kid, I
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: would have probably picked that out. But if that excites
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: the players and that makes them happy, that is all
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: that matters to me. I'm just going to voice my opinion.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: I don't really care for it. But listen, if they're
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: all excited about wearing those uniforms, by golly, those kids
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: should be wearing those uniforms. Whatever gets them going. gets
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: them energetic, ready to go out there and play a game.
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: Anything you want to add? No, couldn't agree more. Okay,
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: there you go. Well, I mean, you didn't mention recruits.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: I mean, if the recruits like them too. Oh, that too. Yeah, yeah,
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: I know. It's all about, listen, the players first and
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: the recruits second. And if they want fire, guess what?
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: They get fire. I sound like a two-year-old when I
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: say that. Fire. Fire. But anyway, you can have it
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: all you want. It's okay. I'm good with it. One
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: person texted in, I don't get the gray uniforms. Are
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: we being led by Will Stein or Robert E. Lee?
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: Not a fan of the gray. Wow, man. That's quite
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: the reference right there. Yeah. What if Ole Miss wore
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: this and they brought out the, you know, they used
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: to wave Confederate flags at their games. Oh, that was
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: almost a slip. I know it, but it didn't happen. So, yeah,
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: that's quite, you're exactly right. I mean, they do like, okay.
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: I think it would look better on Ole Miss. But
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: their colors came with the blue and the red. So, yeah,
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: that gets similar to the Giants, the New York Giants.
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: And I really like those. Now, we can't put in
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: red because we don't have any. Well, we could. I mean,
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: they're using gray. Why not put some red in there?
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: They could do it. I don't know. Red's not allowed
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: in that building. Oh, that's right. I forgot that. Thank
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: you for that reminder right there. Yeah. I would love
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: to know if anybody's made the mistake to wear red
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: and if Will Stein took care of that. No chance.
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: You don't think so? No. You don't think anybody has
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: worn red?
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: I think the guys that have been at Kentucky for
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: a long time and understand what Louisville means to them,
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: like your Ty Bryants or guys that have been around
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: for a long time, they won't allow it. I think
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: they're probably, that's probably like first week stuff where they're
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: indoctrinating all these new players and letting them know about
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: Louisville and the rivalry and how they can't wear red
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: because of Louisville. Oh yeah, I guarantee you that's all done.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: I'm surprised he hasn't said that about Tennessee too. Let's just,
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: come on, why aren't we saying it about Orange? With
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: their gaudy Orange. Yeah, well, I like Tennessee's Orange more
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: than I like Texas Orange. I don't like burnt Orange. Now,
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: if there is a color combination I really love, I
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: do love Auburn's orange with their navy blue. I think
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: that is really sharp looking. I've always liked that. I'd
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: much prefer the bright blue with the orange of Florida.
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: Bright blue. Oh, I like that one, too. So you
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: like royal blue with the orange. Yeah, I think that
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: looks better than Auburn.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, see, I've always liked the Chicago Bears. I think
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: their orange with their navy blue is really good. Because
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: it's the same as Auburn. Exactly. And the other part
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: I like, I love Seattle. The Seahawks with their lime green. Oh, yeah.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: And navy blue. I think that is really good looking. Yeah,
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: I like the lime green. At one time, I thought
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: about why not make the Scenic Hill Silk for horse
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: racing a navy blue with the lime green. And I
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: thought that will be, you'll definitely notice that. Instead, I
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: want the glow green and royal blue, which I think
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: it really spots. But Michael is a colorful peacock. Am
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: I really? You just don't want to wear black. I
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: don't want to wear black. I want to wear bright colors.
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: All right. I've got on. You are the equivalent of
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: a human peacock. Am I really? Yeah. I take that
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: as a compliment, by the way. So I like bright colors.
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: They make me happy. It's not going to change. Coaches
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: are going to want a larger field for the playoffs
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: because it means more teams get a chance. as more
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: bonuses for coaches. Personally, all this class talk has me
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: going back to a better class of losers. Oh my gosh. See,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: that probably isn't, you know, we talked about Will Stein's
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: bonuses kicking in. This weekend, I bet more times than not,
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: coaches are going to want more teams in the playoffs
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: because of that right there. But I bet colleges get
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: a little more ahead of that and say, well, wait
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: a minute now. Let's not make it the first game
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Let's make it the second game when
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: the bonuses start kicking in. Do you think they'll start
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: adjusting coach contracts after this? I'm sure certain schools would. Really?
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: Like the schools that are in every single year. Yeah.
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: I'm kind of surprised. So with the success of Cignetti
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: and IU football, they haven't thought about expanding the stadium.
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: I don't think there's a way to. I just.
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: I truly don't. Because they've already renovated it two or
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: three different times.
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: Right. Since I even graduated. Right.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: And they've got the whole bowl now. Like both end
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: zones are closed. Whereas when I was a kid. You
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: just had stands on the sides of the field.
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: So the way it's all closed in now, I don't
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: know how much more room there is for expansion.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: All right. What does IU seek? I think like 58.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: And see, that's small. And UK went smaller at Rupp
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: and at Commonwealth Stadium. And I've always criticized Mitch Barnhart
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: for doing that. Now I wonder if UK is going
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: to look at this and say, ooh, if we want
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: to continue to succeed at UK, we got to get bigger.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: Because you look at Texas and how big it is.
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: Texas A & M, I think, has the largest stadium. Well,
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: they do in college. As far as the state of Texas,
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: it's not bigger than AT & T Stadium, but it
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: is the largest college football stadium, and it's clearly the
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: largest within the SEC. You've got Georgia, who's huge, Florida, Tennessee,
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: who's really big. Does UK need to keep up with
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: the Joneses and say, you know what, maybe we need
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: to get back to around 70,000?
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: So, apparently, from what I'm reading here, Kurt Cignetti actually
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: talked about expansion this summer, and there is a plan
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: to get it from $ 56, 000 to.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: $ 80, 000. There you go.
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: I personally have no idea how they're going to make
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: that happen.
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: They're going up. That's how they do it. They'll just
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: go up. I mean, it's already so high. Is it really? Oh,
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: it's so high. It's been a long time since I've
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: been to IU. If you're at the very top of
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: that stadium, you are up there. Yeah. I don't know
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: how you'd do it at UK other than you'd build
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: up the end zone above those suites. That's the only
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: thing I can think of. Or do it like Tennessee does.
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: They just take a seat that's already existing and make
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: it smaller. I can't even get one cheek in a
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: Tennessee seat at Nalen Stadium. Seriously, I'm sitting on my side.
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: It is the most uncomfortable football stadium in all the SEC.
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: It's terrible. I've never liked Nalen Stadium. But now the
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: environment is fantastic. It really is. And that's the one
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: thing about SEC football, the environment at not just nailing stadium,
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: but a multiple stadiums is so much fun. LSU and
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: Ole Miss are probably my favorites. They are just fun. Uh, so, um,
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: Always a good morning when you hear or see bare
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: naked ladies. Shout out to my wife. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: Good text. Oh, well done, Jamie. You're exactly right. I mean,
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: I know. I shouldn't say. She's your wife. Those days
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: are rare. Well, yeah. And when I do, I get
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: yelled at. I just want some privacy. It's like, never mind.
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: I just want to see you naked. Well, exactly. I mean,
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: is that how you say it, by the way? Is
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: it naked? My mom and dad always said naked. No,
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: I don't say it like that. It's not spelled N-E-C-K-E-D.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: Have you ever seen that clip from Family Feud? The
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: naked grandma?
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: I don't think so.
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: So Harvey's asking, I think the question is, what's one
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: thing you don't want to see when you walk in
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: your front door and the guy buzzes in and he's like,
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: a naked grandma.
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. So you're,
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: what's that show called? Family Feud. Family Feud. All right.
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: So you were all about him. Do you remember the
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: original host, Richard Dreyfuss? Oh, yeah, of course. Or not Dreyfuss. Richard. Richard. Dawson. Yeah, Dawson.
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: Richard Dawson. Yeah. He used to be on a famous
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: show back in the, what, 70s, I think, 60s or 70s,
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: called Hogan's Heroes. It was a World War II based. comedy,
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: if you can imagine. He always kind of creeped me out. Oh,
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: he did?
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: I've mentioned that my grandma spent a lot of my
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: childhood watching the Game Show Network.
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: Yes. Yeah, when he would, like, Kiss women on the mouth? Yes.
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: I always thought that was so weird. Yes. All right.
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: So you think that's creepy that he wants to kiss everybody, right? Yes.
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: All right. So we have a friend that, and I'm
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: not going to say his name because he listens to
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: the show, but I'm worried he's going to know who
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: I'm talking about. And I love this guy. I truly
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: love this guy. Huge UK fan. And he always goes
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: up to women and kisses them on the mouth. Now,
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: if you had a girlfriend or a wife and he
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: goes to kiss her on the mouth, how are you
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: reacting to that? It wouldn't be good. Wouldn't be a
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: good reaction. Yeah. Yeah. I'm right there with you. I
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: think it's inappropriate. for a man that is married to
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: go kiss another woman that is married or not married
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: on the mouth. So does he kiss Patricia on the mouth? No,
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: she doesn't let him kiss her at all. She'll do it. Oh,
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: she won't even give him a hug. Okay. Yeah. And
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: he'll try and kiss her on the cheek, but no,
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: he'll go and kiss women on the mouth. I just, I,
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: I love the guy, but man, it's just like, okay,
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: go for it, man. If that's, that's, that's what you
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: want to do. Do it. Does he still do it
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: after COVID? Oh, yeah. Oh, very much so. And he
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: means it in a sincere way, not in any kind
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: of other way. Like, I'm a hugger. I had an
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: appointment yesterday with a young lady that's trying to help
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: me with my ADHD. And, uh, she was testing me
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: and all kinds of stuff. And, and I said, now
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: I'm a hugger when I was leaving. I said, you
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: better just get over it. She said, no, no, no.
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: I liked that. So I hugged her and she gave
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: me a big, strong hug. I saw a lady last
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: night that I've known for many years. I went to
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: eat dinner by myself because Patricia had a business meeting.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: So I went to this place down right outside Prospect
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: called Cunningham's. Have you ever been to Cunningham's on the creek?
• 30:51
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: Love that place. They have the greatest food in the world.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: So I went there to eat dinner, and there was
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: a girl I've known since high school. And I go
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: up to her, and I said, Stephanie, how you doing?
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: She gives me the tightest hug you've ever seen in
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: your life. And I loved it. There was nothing to it.
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: It was just an enduring friendship-type hug. But I didn't
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: kiss her. Still, with Richard Dawson, I don't think there
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: was anything to it. You don't think so? I do
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: think it's a little creepy. I think there are men
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: out there that it's a little creepy.
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: Now, he was only married to his first wife for
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: seven years, so I'm curious if that maybe had something
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: to do with it.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: I don't know. She just was tired of seeing him
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: kiss other women all day? My dad always made the comment, listen,
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: I hug everybody, the pretty girls and the ugly girls,
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: because when you go to hug a pretty girl, nobody
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: thinks anything of it, because I get to hug them
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: a little longer. He was kind of right about that. So, yeah,
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: I hug everybody. Zach texted in, I'm surprised there hasn't
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: been more talk for this year being the last year
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: for conference championship games. That's true. That's extremely true. And, Zach,
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: you're exactly correct. I mean, can you imagine? Is this
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: the reason for the demise of conference championship games? Because
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: UK is finally going to make one? I hope. I mean,
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: can you imagine? UK finally makes it on the last
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: year of ever having a conference championship game. This may
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: be a hot take, but I don't think UK makes it.
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: I know. I don't either, but it's fun to talk about.
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to make the college football playoffs,
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: but everybody throughout the country is talking about them. I
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: could see them making the playoffs. You don't see them
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: making the championship game, but you see them making the playoffs.
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: Yeah, which, I mean, honestly, if you don't play in
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: the SEC championship, it might be a blessing. It is
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: a blessing as far as I'm concerned. It's just like Indiana,
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: their first year. We didn't get to play in the championship.
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: But we still found our way into the playoffs.
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, and I can tell you, for those people
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: that want to weigh in, would you rather make the
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: playoffs or would you rather make the SEC championship game? Now,
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: if UK makes it, so let's just say. If you
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: make the SEC championship, you're making the playoffs. You think so? Yeah, absolutely.
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: What if something crazy happens, UK loses one more game,
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: they play in the, and they still make the SEC
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: championship game? Is there a way for them to make
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: the playoffs if they lose the SEC championship game? So
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: that would be three losses. I don't think with another
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: loss they would make the championship. Even though the championship
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: game should not be discounted. Making it is one thing.
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: Losing it is another is what you're telling me.
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: No, I mean, I think if you lose beforehand and
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: you've got two losses going into that game. That would
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: be your third loss if you filter in that one.
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: I don't know that you do get in, but I
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: also had the same take last year where If you're
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: playing for a conference championship and you're in the Big
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: Ten or the SEC.
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: You should make it. You should make it. It should
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: be a shoe-in. That game should not matter for anything.
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: Now, if you go into that game and you get
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: smacked by 40, then maybe we got some.
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: Room to pause. I don't know. I disagree with you.
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: I think if you make it, it doesn't matter. It
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: should be relied to make the college football playoffs what
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: you did in the regular season. Post-season means nothing other
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: than if you win, you should be seated differently. If
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: you lose, you're going to be seated lower.
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: Well, if you think it means nothing, then that's exactly
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: why they're going to take away conference championships.
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: Well, they can't continue to play these games and continue
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: to beat up on each other because you know what?
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: Why do I want to have all my starters play
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: in that game? Because what means more is not the
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: championship game within the conference. It's the college football playoffs.
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: So I don't want to risk my players playing that
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: game and threat that I might lose one of them,
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: and then they can't play in the college football playoffs.
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: Wouldn't you rather, though, have an SEC championship than go
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: one and done in the playoffs?
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: You mean win it? No, one and done. Like you
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: lose your first game. No, no, no. I know what
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: you're saying. Oh, the championship? Yeah. Win the championship. Wouldn't
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: you rather have that? Well, sure, but, I mean, you
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: can't predict the future. No, I just did. So I can.
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: I can. Okay, all right. Okay, you're really blowing my
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: mind right now. We got to take a break, okay?
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: You've gone Trevor on me. So let's go ahead and
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: take a– I mean, we're going to have all kinds
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: of nicknames on this show, I think. You can't go
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: Trevor on me, and you can't go John Wan Long, okay?
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: And I've gone John Wan Long right now. But we
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: got to take a break. 502-414-1450. Keep sending me those texts.
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: We'll get to them as soon as we get back.
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: This is just a catch.
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: Joe's run off to Fire Lake. Joe's run off to
• 35:54
  Speaker 3: Fire Lake.
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: Who wants to brave those bronze beauties? They just don't
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: make songs like this anymore. I'm a big Don Henley fan.
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: And this song is so appropriate to play right now.
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: All she wants to do is dance. Why is it
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: appropriate for right now? Because that's all I can think
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: of is my wife in the bathroom, not any clothes on,
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: and dancing. I wish that would happen. That's my dream
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: come true. I mean, you're doing radio here, Michael. Okay, sorry. Yeah, sorry.
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: I should not have said that.
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: I was thinking you were going to go like, I
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: don't know, we're talking about Kentucky in the playoffs. All
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: I want to go do is dance.
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
• 37:04
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: That's where I thought you were going. No, my mind's
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: in the dirt. I mean, it's gone to the toilet.
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: And I can tell you right now, because you played
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: bare naked ladies. It all started with bare naked ladies.
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: Good job, Jamie. Exactly. And that's where I am right now.
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: Got another great question right here. Would you rather make
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: the playoffs or a shot to be the last SEC
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: champion ever? God, that's a really, really good question. Man.
• 37:38
  Speaker 2: I really don't know. But if you get one, don't
• 37:42
  Speaker 2: you get the other? Well, I guess not necessarily with
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: the championship. But if you get the SEC championship, you're
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: in the playoff.
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right.
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: I would probably rather take the SEC championship knowing what
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: comes after.
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: But that kind of was the question I was asking
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: is would you rather win that and Go one and
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: done in the playoffs? Or would you rather not win
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: that and potentially have a longer life?
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: You could go two weeks in and lose the second
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: game or something like that. And then, you know, you
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: don't have the championship, the SEC. At least you'd have
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: that to celebrate. I might say I want the SEC championship,
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: the last one ever. is where I would probably go
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: and just say, hey, man, we got this. We got
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: this to celebrate. We've got a trophy to put in.
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: We've got a flag to raise at Commonwealth Stadium. We've
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: got something to show off to all the new recruits.
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: I mean, and that's something that nobody can take away
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: from you. As an IU fan, because of the last
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: couple of years, well, three years, Kirk Cignetti has been
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: the talk of college football. Is that fair to say? Absolutely.
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: Are you a little nervous that he's being replaced? I
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: know it's a little premature, but he possibly could be
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: replaced by Will Stein. No.
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: Why?
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: Because Kurt Cignetti is who he is. He's always going
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: to get spotlight. I mean, he's entertaining, even if it's
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: kind of in a boring way. No, I don't think. No,
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: I don't think that at all. But there's nothing boring
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: about Will Stein. Let me just say, I think there's
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: more room on top of the mountain.
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: Is there really? Okay. I don't think there's only room
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: for one guy. Because he has had, he, Will Stein
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: has had so many quotes this year. And he's only
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: been a head coach for, what, six months? Yeah. And
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: all the... quotes that he continues to say out there
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: is nothing short of amazing. And I love every one
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: of them. I mean, the bull don't care just came
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: out yesterday. I mean, that's his new mantra.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: The bull don't care? The bull don't care. Shouldn't it
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: be the cat don't care?
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: Well, yes, but I mean, the bull, you're looking at
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: the eye of the horns. I mean, I would say
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: the bull, not the cat. But that's not Kentucky. But
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: the cat, I know, I get it. I know, you're just... Oh,
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: is this going towards Texas? Is that what you're saying?
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: There's a little hidden meaning in there? A little innuendo? No,
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: he's not doing that. That's purely a joke. There's no
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: way he would come here, promote his mom's sissy cakes,
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: which I'll talk about for the rest of my life
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: because they're phenomenal, and have his family here. He's back
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: at his dream school of University of Kentucky. Sorry about that,
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: UofL fans. But Will Stein is at his dream school.
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: He would never go to UofL. He would never. I
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: just don't see him going to another school. I don't
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: think he'd ever go back to Oregon. And I think
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: the Oregon fans are like, man, the season they're having,
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: which is just okay. It's not a bad season. But
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: they truly see where Will Stein was a factor with
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: their team, don't they? Mm-hmm. I mean, and he can honestly.
• 40:48
  Speaker 2: So I'm looking up the longest 10 years ever in
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: college football because I'm just curious with him being what, 36?
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: Yes. I think he's younger than me, which is crazy
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: to say. Yeah, it is.
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: But I mean, you had. Eddie Robinson, I don't remember him,
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: but he coached at Grambling State.
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: Oh, Eddie Robinson? Oh, absolutely. He was at Grambling State
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: for years. 55 years. He was the most successful Grambling
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: coach ever. Joe Paterno was at Penn State, 46. Wow.
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: He had Bobby Bowden, 34, at Florida State. So, I mean,
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: when I talk about Will Stein and think about what
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: he can be in his coaching career, I think he's
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: going to be the next one of those guys. I
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: really don't see a way where he– Leaves Kentucky.
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: Well, let's talk about the current era. How long was
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: Nick Saban at Alabama? Wasn't it only like eight, nine years?
• 41:42
  Speaker 1: I think it was as long as you think. It
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: was 2007 through 2023. Oh, that's a little longer than
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: you thought. 17 seasons is how long he was there.
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: So it can happen as long as you continue to win. Mm-hmm. And,
• 41:58
  Speaker 1: of course, he has, what, six national titles? Yep. And
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: so you look at that, okay, that's a pretty good
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: season right there. Do you think LSU is still bitter
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: at him? Because that could have been LSU.
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm sure there are people that are, yeah.
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: They have to be upset with Nick Saban. But the
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: university as a whole, probably not. No, I'm talking about
• 42:22
  Speaker 2: the fan base. fan base has to be still upset
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: with him. I would think so, but all right. I
• 42:29
  Speaker 2: I'm going with the sec championship. That's what I would
• 42:32
  Speaker 2: go with. If I had my choice to make the
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: college football playoffs and win a game, maybe one game
• 42:39
  Speaker 2: or lose the first game, I would probably pick the
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: sec championship. What would you think the fan base would want?
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: I would say, well, I mean, it's so hard to
• 42:51
  Speaker 2: say because it, If you win the SEC championship, you're
• 42:54
  Speaker 2: in the playoff.
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but what if you lost the first game? You're
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: guaranteed a couple of wins in the playoffs or you
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: win a championship SEC and you lose the first playoff game.
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: I'd go playoffs. Oh, you would? Yeah. You don't care
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: about the final?
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: Well, just because, I mean, if you're in the playoffs
• 43:11
  Speaker 2: and you're telling me that you're winning a couple games,
• 43:13
  Speaker 2: then you're going to have a chance to hoist a trophy.
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: But you're not going far. You only win in two games.
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: That puts you in the final four. Yeah. Okay, so
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: you would rather make the Final Four than win your
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: final conference championship? Yes. Okay. If everything else after that is...
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: At least we're hoisting a trophy, and that trophy would
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: be the SEC championship. Yeah, but you're also going to
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: lift a, what, Peach Bowl trophy? Yeah. Rose Bowl, maybe?
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: Whatever bowls you run across on the line? Well, all right,
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: then differentiate it that way. If you're telling me... Kentucky
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: is going to not win the SEC championship, but hoist
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: a peach bowl. Who cares? But if it's a Rose
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: Bowl or a sugar bowl, I'm taking the Rose or
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: sugar bowl more than the SEC championship. Because that's putting
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: you into the college football championship. Yeah. But I'd be
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: foolish to not take. Yeah. Well, it'd be fun to
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: hoist one of those things. To see UK and Will
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: Stein hoist one of those things one day would be
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: the greatest dream of my life. I'm just telling you
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: right now. Might see it sooner than you realize. How
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: much time we got? None. Okay, none. All right, we
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: got to take a break. I'll get back to your
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: text message as soon as we get back. Hour 2
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: of Just the Cats is coming up right now. Welcome
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: to Just the Cats with Michael Bennett. Hour two on
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: this Wednesday in Louisville, Kentucky with an absolutely beautiful day outside.
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: That's the one thing that's been really nice, Justin. The
• 45:10
  Speaker 1: weather has just been absolutely perfection.
• 45:14
  Speaker 2: I actually got home yesterday and I didn't have any
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: plans when I got home. I was just going to
• 45:19
  Speaker 2: sit there and watched the Celtics game. I was, I
• 45:22
  Speaker 2: was curious how that was going to play out. And
• 45:24
  Speaker 2: then that game got to halftime and I was like,
• 45:26
  Speaker 2: you know what? It is way too nice. I've got
• 45:28
  Speaker 2: to go outside and do something. So I actually mowed
• 45:31
  Speaker 2: my front lawn. Oh, did you really? I was like, it's,
• 45:33
  Speaker 2: it's just too gorgeous to not be out.
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I sat on my deck and it just, I just,
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: this time of year, uh, it's, it's fun sitting out
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: there and get a little work done, uh, and, and
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: just relax and just enjoy the moment. And that's what, uh,
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: that's what I did. I, I, I loved every second
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: of it. Of course I did, uh, Watch, there's a
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: horse sale going right now. It starts at 10 o'clock
• 45:55
  Speaker 1: again today. It's the Fasig-Tipton's yearly sale. Wow, that's pretty good.
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: How did you know that? Because I've learned a lot
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: from you. Oh, I'm thoroughly impressed. Yeah, I got a
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: call from Mark Glatt. On Monday, Michael, what do you
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: want to talk about? Let's find something for California. And
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: I'm like, I had to pinch myself. If you don't
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: know who Mark Glad is, he's a trainer out in California.
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: He had So Happy in the Derby this year. And
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: I didn't initiate the call or anything. He called me
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: and says, you know, would you like to buy something?
• 46:27
  Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, my gosh. Anyway, all right, that's just
• 46:31
  Speaker 1: me kind of freaking out. I did. I did. I
• 46:33
  Speaker 1: kind of went kind of fanboy on that kind of stuff. Um,
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: I do want to know this though. There is a
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: person out there. I'm not familiar with who he is.
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: He's from South Carolina and his Twitter account is, uh,
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: it's either zero and zero sports or it's O and
• 46:51
  Speaker 1: O sports. I don't know which it is, but, uh, he,
• 46:54
  Speaker 1: he tweeted this out yesterday. He said it, said it
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: last week. And I'll say it again. The only reason
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: Kentucky is in a consensus AP taught Tim team is
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: because of the logo on their helmets. You think that's true, Justin? No. Why?
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: Because I honestly, I take the fan bias out. I
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: kind of believe that because I think you had that
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: identity problem at the very beginning. And I think UK
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: is going through that very same issue.
• 47:23
  Speaker 2: I mean, look, you're number 12 in the country. So
• 47:26
  Speaker 2: you're two spots away from being top 10. So I
• 47:29
  Speaker 2: think this whole thing is kind of dumb anyways. If
• 47:32
  Speaker 2: that's how you want to look at it, they'd be
• 47:34
  Speaker 2: top 10. Oh, so they'd be two spots higher if
• 47:37
  Speaker 2: they didn't have Kentucky on their helmet.
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 47:40
  Speaker 2: To me, I look back at that Alabama game, and, yeah,
• 47:43
  Speaker 2: that was week two, and, yeah, Alabama's proved that they're
• 47:46
  Speaker 2: pretty solid, although they have lost two.
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: In a row. They haven't been solid. Yeah, exactly.
• 47:51
  Speaker 2: I mean, if you lose that Alabama game by, I
• 47:55
  Speaker 2: don't know, Three, ten points, somewhere in that range. Yeah,
• 47:58
  Speaker 2: but you're already in the top ten.
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: I don't think the score dictates how that game played
• 48:03
  Speaker 1: out because, you know, most of those points were scored
• 48:06
  Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, late in the fourth quarter. So
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: I don't know if I necessarily agree. Again, it's just
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: another prime example of Kentucky getting a lot of credit there.
• 48:19
  Speaker 1: And this is from somebody that's not a Kentucky media mind.
• 48:23
  Speaker 2: No, it's like I say all the time. Just continue
• 48:24
  Speaker 2: to win. This will all work itself out.
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: Well, we'll see. Because it does make me nervous that
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: UK's picked by 11 and a half points. Is it still?
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: I haven't seen the spread in a couple of days.
• 48:36
  Speaker 1: Is it because it was varying between 10 and a
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: half and 11 and a half? And it does make
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: me nervous because I think UK always plays better with
• 48:44
  Speaker 1: the chip on the shoulder. Now, granted, they did beat
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: South Alabama. They beat Youngstown State as a pick to
• 48:51
  Speaker 1: win those games. But this is a SEC game. I
• 48:55
  Speaker 1: know it's Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt hadn't won an SEC game all
• 48:58
  Speaker 1: year long, but I still get a little nervous about it.
• 49:01
  Speaker 1: It's ten and a half. Okay, it's down to ten
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: and a half. So, big deal. Still a big point spread. Yeah. Huge.
• 49:07
  Speaker 1: I mean, what should Vanderbilt beat? I mean, what should
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: UK beat Vanderbilt by? Double digits to be able to
• 49:15
  Speaker 1: make everybody happy out there that, yeah, maybe they move
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: up a little bit. or maybe they stay around the same.
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: How do they satisfy? How does UK satisfy the national media?
• 49:26
  Speaker 2: For the love of God, you know what this fan
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: base needs more than anything else?
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: What's that? A not close victory. Well, see, I agree
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: with you there.
• 49:33
  Speaker 2: A game that doesn't come down to the fourth quarter
• 49:35
  Speaker 2: and you're still nervous as all get out. If they
• 49:38
  Speaker 2: win this game, About 17, 21 points, somewhere in that ballpark. Man,
• 49:44
  Speaker 2: that would do a lot for not only the fan base,
• 49:46
  Speaker 2: but I think the national media as well. Even though
• 49:49
  Speaker 2: this game's at home, if you win it in a
• 49:51
  Speaker 2: big way, everybody's going to feel good about this team,
• 49:54
  Speaker 2: which I think a majority of people already do.
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so you're thinking it's got to be at least
• 49:58
  Speaker 1: a double digit. At least a double digit. Yeah. win
• 50:03
  Speaker 1: or spread. So everybody's asked to wear blue this weekend.
• 50:07
  Speaker 1: We'll talk more about that on Friday to get you
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: prepared so you don't forget, but everybody's asked to wear blue. So,
• 50:13
  Speaker 1: and he wants, Will Stein mentioned yesterday, he wants that
• 50:17
  Speaker 1: environment that we saw at LSU. He wants that same
• 50:21
  Speaker 1: type of environment, the crowd loud, the crowd there early, everything,
• 50:26
  Speaker 1: and out there screaming their minds off.
• 50:29
  Speaker 2: I don't think we're at the point in the season
• 50:31
  Speaker 2: where he has to continue to beg for that.
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: I didn't take it as far as begging.
• 50:36
  Speaker 2: I think the people are going to show up, and
• 50:38
  Speaker 2: they're going to be loud.
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: Well, clearly they are because the game's already sold out.
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: When's the last time a Vanderbilt game was sold out?
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: Of all teams, Vanderbilt is sold out, which really surprises me.
• 50:50
  Speaker 1: People are on that hype train, choo-choo. You're exactly correct.
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: John here. Michael, I know football is doing great. However,
• 50:57
  Speaker 1: this morning I am thinking about our basketball cats. With
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: current starting five, Coach Pope put out there for our
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: last exhibition game from the remaining players, who do you
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: feel we need a lot from to really help this team?
• 51:14
  Speaker 1: I am thinking McBride or even Frank Kepnang. because he
• 51:19
  Speaker 1: might be our only other true center on the team
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: behind Moreno. I know we have shooters on the bench
• 51:26
  Speaker 1: as well, but that is who I was thinking about. Okay, Justin.
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: I think that's two good picks right there. It is.
• 51:37
  Speaker 2: With the four and the five spots kind of, I
• 51:41
  Speaker 2: don't want to call them in limbo, but kind of
• 51:43
  Speaker 2: weaker than every other position on the floor.
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 51:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I would say Justin McBride and Frank
• 51:48
  Speaker 2: Kepnong are perfect answers.
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: Listen, I think it's going to be, you're going to
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: think I'm crazy, but I think Braden Hawthorne is going
• 51:56
  Speaker 1: to come out there and make a little bit of
• 51:58
  Speaker 1: a difference. He's going to get out there. They're going
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: to get him open. He's going to make some big shots.
• 52:03
  Speaker 1: Mason Williams is who I'm going to say. Mason Williams
• 52:06
  Speaker 1: is going to be the surprise player the entire season.
• 52:08
  Speaker 1: They've talked about him in practice. They've talked about him
• 52:10
  Speaker 1: on the team. And you saw a little bit of
• 52:13
  Speaker 1: taste of him last Friday night, which wasn't much, but
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: it was a lot more than people give him credit for.
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: I think it's going to be Mason Williams as well
• 52:23
  Speaker 1: as I'm still going with NJ. Usman is going to
• 52:26
  Speaker 1: be my man. Okay. Usman, my man. That sounds silly.
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: That was. But no, I'm going. I get the whole
• 52:36
  Speaker 1: Dustin McBride thing. Everybody's picking Milan Momtilevich. I get that
• 52:41
  Speaker 1: as well. I would like to see a little more
• 52:43
  Speaker 1: out of Malachi Moreno. Just saying.
• 52:45
  Speaker 2: Who's the kid that went door-to-door with Trent Noah, giving
• 52:49
  Speaker 2: the season ticket holders their bags?
• 52:52
  Speaker 1: I remember that. I don't remember who it was, though.
• 52:56
  Speaker 1: That's going to bug me. Yeah, I don't know who
• 52:59
  Speaker 1: that was.
• 53:00
  Speaker 2: Because it's somebody that I'm not expecting anything from.
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: Oh, Jerome Morton. Okay.
• 53:06
  Speaker 2: I could see him having some surprise games that really
• 53:10
  Speaker 2: helps this team out.
• 53:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. I just wish we could get more weight
• 53:13
  Speaker 1: on Braden Hawthorne. I mean, the strength and conditioning code's
• 53:16
  Speaker 1: got to get in there. Dude, we're going to go
• 53:18
  Speaker 1: get you a bunch of cake, and we're going to
• 53:20
  Speaker 1: Baskin Robbins, and we're going to get you filled up
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: with ice cream. I wish I was that skinny, by
• 53:27
  Speaker 1: the way. I do. I mean, I wish I was,
• 53:29
  Speaker 1: I mean, would you ever like to be that skinny?
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: Not particularly. No.
• 53:35
  Speaker 2: I mean, but I mean, then again, I've never really
• 53:38
  Speaker 2: been skinny. I was, I've always kind of been big.
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: Oh, I have.
• 53:40
  Speaker 2: I mean, even when I was in high school, I
• 53:42
  Speaker 2: had a six pack, but I wouldn't, I still wasn't skinny.
• 53:45
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I was, I've always been just kind of a
• 53:47
  Speaker 1: bigger dude. Um, big bones. Kind of like your women. Uh,
• 53:54
  Speaker 1: Why do you think I like him like that? I know.
• 53:56
  Speaker 1: One person texted in, the 24 playoff benefit, the SEC,
• 54:01
  Speaker 1: who's your Hank? So your name, oh, okay, here you go.
• 54:06
  Speaker 1: Who's your Hank? You got to put your, Justin, you
• 54:09
  Speaker 1: got to go fix that. So he's now, who's your Hank? Okay.
• 54:13
  Speaker 1: All right. So yeah, the 24 playoff benefits, the SEC. Yes. Yes.
• 54:19
  Speaker 1: I think it benefits both the SEC and Big Ten.
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: That's what I was getting ready to say. Yeah, it's
• 54:24
  Speaker 1: not just the SEC. It also helps the Big Ten.
• 54:29
  Speaker 1: Come on, Hoosier Hank. You should know that. It helps
• 54:31
  Speaker 1: your own conference as well. So it's going to get
• 54:34
  Speaker 1: more SEC and Big Ten teams in. That's why people
• 54:39
  Speaker 1: are really celebrating this within those fan bases of those conferences.
• 54:43
  Speaker 1: Because it helps your conference. Michigan has the largest football stadium.
• 54:50
  Speaker 1: Do they really? I think so. I've been there before.
• 54:53
  Speaker 1: I think that's, I thought Texas A & M did.
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: I apologize. Then you're, you're right. The big house is
• 54:57
  Speaker 1: the biggest. So yeah. And it, you know, it doesn't
• 55:00
  Speaker 1: feel that, especially when you're walking around the outside of it.
• 55:03
  Speaker 1: Have you been to it before? Really neat. Ann Arbor. Yeah.
• 55:06
  Speaker 1: Cause you walk outside. It's like, really? That doesn't look like.
• 55:09
  Speaker 1: And then you walk in.
• 55:10
  Speaker 2: It's like, Oh my gosh. Cause the stadium, the field
• 55:13
  Speaker 2: is underneath the ground. I never, I didn't even get
• 55:16
  Speaker 2: to walk in. I just had to look at it
• 55:18
  Speaker 2: through the gates.
• 55:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah. And it's still ridiculously impressive. Oh, really? Kyle Field,
• 55:23
  Speaker 1: by the way, number four. Kyle Field's number four? Who's
• 55:27
  Speaker 1: two and three? Penn State and Ohio State. Wow. It
• 55:30
  Speaker 1: just means the most in the Big Ten. Oh, there
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: we go. Okay, then. 48 Hanley said, let's get ready
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: to rumble. Scoots in one corner, Michael in the other.
• 55:44
  Speaker 1: You know, you said it before the end of your show.
• 55:48
  Speaker 1: You and I are not fighters. No. No. I'll use
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: my mouth to fight, but I am not a physical fighter.
• 55:54
  Speaker 1: I'm a lover before I will ever be a fighter.
• 55:57
  Speaker 1: I don't even want to use my mouth. Yeah. And
• 55:59
  Speaker 1: I can honestly say this. In my entire life, I've
• 56:02
  Speaker 1: never been in a fight. I know you said you had, right?
• 56:06
  Speaker 1: Fourth grade. Fourth grade. Yeah. I've never been. Black is
• 56:12
  Speaker 1: emblematic of darkness. Know who's called the prince of darkness. Yes,
• 56:17
  Speaker 1: I do. Leave the colors alone. Go big blue and white. Yeah.
• 56:22
  Speaker 1: I get it. But you know what? If the players
• 56:26
  Speaker 1: want it, I'm for it. Even though I might not
• 56:29
  Speaker 1: like it, I'm for it. Because that's what motivates these
• 56:34
  Speaker 1: players to attend UK. I mean, look at, name some
• 56:38
  Speaker 1: of the schools that have just been had famous uniform
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: color schemes. And I think number one out there is Oregon.
• 56:48
  Speaker 1: And those players go nuts for those. And it's all
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: because of Nike. Mm-hmm. But I would say Maryland is
• 56:55
  Speaker 1: right behind them. And for years you had the owner
• 56:58
  Speaker 1: that went to Maryland of, oh, what's that other brand?
• 57:03
  Speaker 1: I can't think of it. Oh, shoot. And I actually
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: kind of like it. Not Adidas, but. Under Armour? Under Armour.
• 57:10
  Speaker 1: That's it. Yeah. The owner of Under, or the guy
• 57:12
  Speaker 1: that started Under Armour, went to Maryland. And so they
• 57:15
  Speaker 1: would always have some pretty cool uniforms. So. I like them.
• 57:22
  Speaker 1: You do? Mm-hmm. Okay.
• 57:24
  Speaker 2: I always think of, maybe not so much as football,
• 57:28
  Speaker 2: but I always think of UCLA, too.
• 57:31
  Speaker 1: Really? I like their uniform combos. I guess I hadn't
• 57:35
  Speaker 1: paid attention to them. The only thing I paid attention
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: to at UCLA is their dance team.
• 57:39
  Speaker 2: I don't.
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah, sorry. I've never really paid attention to them either,
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: but now I have to. They're in the Big Ten.
• 57:46
  Speaker 1: Robert E. Lee went through West Point without a single demerit.
• 57:51
  Speaker 1: They have other shows where you can express your political views. Yeah.
• 57:57
  Speaker 1: Love Don Henley, like Phil Collins, a drummer who also
• 58:00
  Speaker 1: sang Lee vocals. You broached that subject on one of
• 58:05
  Speaker 1: your shows months ago. Yeah, that is a fun topic,
• 58:09
  Speaker 1: by the way. Lead singers who are drummers. And the
• 58:13
  Speaker 1: only ones I can think of are Don Henley and
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: Phil Collins. And I know there's more out there. I
• 58:19
  Speaker 1: think it was more prevalent back in the 70s and 80s.
• 58:22
  Speaker 1: I don't think you see it as much as you
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: do anymore. I couldn't tell you. Really? Okay. You know me.
• 58:29
  Speaker 1: I don't follow the lead singers and drummers. I know
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: you should.
• 58:33
  Speaker 2: Heck, I couldn't even tell you half the band members
• 58:36
  Speaker 2: for Zac Brown Band. That's my favorite in the world.
• 58:39
  Speaker 1: All right. I have been married. This is from Mr. Illinois.
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: I've been married for almost two years and have started
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: to realize more and more that a key to a
• 58:47
  Speaker 1: happy marriage as a man is sometimes apologizing for the
• 58:50
  Speaker 1: small things that may not even be my, uh, be
• 58:54
  Speaker 1: your fault. Michael, do you agree? Absolutely. That was one
• 58:57
  Speaker 1: of those things I learned from my dad is that
• 59:00
  Speaker 1: even though you might be right, you go and apologize
• 59:03
  Speaker 1: to your wife. In those times, no. I apologize constantly
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: because I'm always wrong. Anyway, but no. And that's the
• 59:13
  Speaker 1: smart thing to do, Mr. Illinois. I'm going to tell
• 59:15
  Speaker 1: you right now. And I'm going to give you a
• 59:17
  Speaker 1: little bit of gibberish because, you know, somebody was telling
• 59:20
  Speaker 1: me I did a little gibberish. I don't remember what
• 59:22
  Speaker 1: texture that was. Flexible. Oh, is that who it was? Okay.
• 59:27
  Speaker 1: But no, anyway, I miss your Coffee Chronicles. Where's the
• 59:31
  Speaker 1: Morning Coffee Chronicles? He probably, after the week he had
• 59:34
  Speaker 1: last week, probably gave it up. You think so? I
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: want the Morning Brew Chronicles. I probably wouldn't be drinking
• 59:39
  Speaker 1: cold brew anymore. I've never missed more of that in
• 59:42
  Speaker 1: my life, just to let you know. One person texted, Justin,
• 59:46
  Speaker 1: this is Josh. There's another one. What's up, Josh? Yeah,
• 59:49
  Speaker 1: you need to add this one. I think the one
• 59:51
  Speaker 1: guy that Kentucky has to have play well is Zoom Diallo.
• 59:56
  Speaker 1: Plenty of shooters. They're not necessarily a strong team in
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 1: the paint. Zoom must get them shots. See, that's the
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 1: one thing that probably concerned me the most. And, Josh,
• 1:00:09
  Speaker 1: you're absolutely 1,000% correct. Because the one thing that concerned
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: me about the exhibition game last weekend was the guard play.
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 1: Nobody– there wasn't a guard taking up for the better
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: part of the entire game. Now, granted, I know it's
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 1: an exhibition, but I'd like to see the guards taking
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: the ball off the court in transition. They weren't doing it.
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 1: It's like, where's the guard play? So, yes, we need
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 1: a court general, and the number one guy that's going
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 1: to be that court general is going to be Zoom Diallo. So, Justin,
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 1: you killed it right there. I mean, Josh, you did.
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 2: Do you trust him– From an offensive standpoint, though, because
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 2: if I have my druthers, I think Wilkins is the
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 2: guy offensively. Whereas I see Zoom as more of just
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 2: a A distributor, take care of the ball.
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 1: That's what I'm talking about.
• 1:00:56
  Speaker 2: Get everybody where they need to be. I don't know
• 1:00:58
  Speaker 2: that he's going to be a threat to score all
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 2: that often.
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 1: I wasn't talking about scoring. I want Zoom out there
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 1: as the floor general. You have to have a floor
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 1: general in order to have a successful team. Zoom has
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: to be that guy. And I hope he wakes up
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 1: pretty soon and realizes, hey, I'm that guy. They said
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: that he was in practice. You clearly knew who was
• 1:01:18
  Speaker 1: in charge of this team. Well, I didn't really see
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 1: that last weekend. Now, I know it's early, so I'm
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 1: hoping I see that Friday night against Texas Tech. We're
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 1: going to see. So, Josh, completely agree with you 1,000%.
• 1:01:32
  Speaker 1: You're right on task right there. One person, Zach texted in,
• 1:01:36
  Speaker 1: would you rather make the playoffs or a shot to
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: be the last? I mean, I already read that. Why
• 1:01:41
  Speaker 1: is that coming up again? That's weird. It turned green. Okay. Well,
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 1: never mind. 48 Hanley said the Derby is about storylines
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 1: and Mark Glatt was one of the best as he
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 1: lost his wife a few months before. It ended up
• 1:01:54
  Speaker 1: being up on a happy note in terms of So
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 1: Happy's performance, but the support of the entire California racing
• 1:02:01
  Speaker 1: community for Mark was something we could all get behind.
• 1:02:05
  Speaker 1: And it was. And it was just because, you know,
• 1:02:10
  Speaker 1: I've got some really good friends that own So Happy
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 1: that were on the radio. Remember? I do. You were
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 1: there with me. At the backside, that was Hans and
• 1:02:18
  Speaker 1: Anna Marin that owned So Happy. And they just, they
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 1: rave about Mark Glatt. And they're very loyal to him.
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 1: And that was just a heart-grinching story because it all
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 1: happened unexpectedly back in February. And people just kind of
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 1: fell in love with Mark Glatt and the horse So Happy.
• 1:02:41
  Speaker 1: And Mark's got a tremendous family that surrounds him. with
• 1:02:45
  Speaker 1: his daughter and his son, and they support him, and
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 1: they support each other, and they've done well. So, Wilkins
• 1:02:52
  Speaker 1: can get his shot. So, do you think Wilkins will
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 1: get his shot?
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 1: Why? I just think he's just more capable, more skilled offensively. Yeah. Than, like,
• 1:03:04
  Speaker 1: a Zoom Diallo. Really?
• 1:03:06
  Speaker 2: I'm telling you right now, I'm expecting Wilkins to average
• 1:03:09
  Speaker 2: at least 15.
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 1: You said this a few times about Alex Wilkins. I'm
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 1: high on it. Okay, all right.
• 1:03:15
  Speaker 2: There's just something about coming from a smaller school where
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 2: you were the man, and now you're coming to one
• 1:03:19
  Speaker 2: of the big boys, and you've got to prove it.
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 2: I just think that chip on his shoulder, kind of
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 2: like Will Stein, is going to allow him to be
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 2: a really good player. Yeah, 480 Hanley said he can
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 2: get the biscuit in the basket.
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: I like that. And the other reason he's right, he
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 1: said quick release. That makes a difference. And he shoots higher, too,
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 1: because those guys that, I don't know, I'm trying to
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 1: think who it was that shot so low. Who was
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 1: the guard last year for UK? I'm already drawing a blank.
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: He just injured himself, and he's out the entire season
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 1: with the Achilles injury. That was his name. Oh, geez.
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 2: Isn't that terrible? The Pittsburgh kid, right? Didn't he come
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 2: from Pittsburgh? Did he come from Pittsburgh?
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh. What was his name? The one that
• 1:04:03
  Speaker 1: hurt her shoulder. I can't think of it. I cannot
• 1:04:09
  Speaker 1: believe nobody's texted it. I know. Otega. Oh, my gosh. Otega. Oh, wait.
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: That's not who I was thinking. No, no. Otega had that.
• 1:04:16
  Speaker 1: Because you remember he got back from the NBA, not
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 1: the tryouts, but the showcase that they do. No, it
• 1:04:25
  Speaker 1: was the tryouts before he got drafted, the year before.
• 1:04:29
  Speaker 1: And they told him to change his shot, and it
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 1: really messed him up, and he started shooting even lower.
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 1: That's one of the things Al Wilkins does well, is
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 1: he shoots high. And it is quick release. I was
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 1: thinking of Jalen Lowe. Oh, yeah, Jalen Lowe. No, no,
• 1:04:41
  Speaker 1: I was thinking of him. So, anyway, yeah. All right,
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 1: we've got to take another break. 502-414-1450. Keep those text
• 1:04:49
  Speaker 1: messages coming in. But we've got to talk about– some
• 1:04:54
  Speaker 1: UK volleyball news and a mid season coach of the
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 1: year was announced yesterday. We'll talk about that too. Cause
• 1:05:00
  Speaker 1: people are really talking about it. And really we're going
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 1: to do this again to a fan base. Let them
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 1: have their fun. So let's talk about that as well.
• 1:05:08
  Speaker 1: Stay right there. More, just the cats coming up. She's
• 1:05:12
  Speaker 1: got it all. Black market.
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 3: Shoes. This loud Cuban band is crucifying John Lennon.
• 1:05:55
  Speaker 1: I think this is one of the most underrated John
• 1:05:57
  Speaker 1: Mellencamp songs.
• 1:05:58
  Speaker 2: No one wants to be lonely.
• 1:06:00
  Speaker 1: I love this song. I don't disagree with you on that. Really?
• 1:06:02
  Speaker 1: And it's never played. It's always check it out, pink houses,
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 1: hurt so good. You never hear this song. And I
• 1:06:10
  Speaker 1: love that song. Anyway, I've just always... Have you ever...
• 1:06:15
  Speaker 1: Run into John Mellencamp at a game up there while
• 1:06:18
  Speaker 1: you were at IU.
• 1:06:18
  Speaker 2: I have not, but I always tell people that he
• 1:06:21
  Speaker 2: is the celebrity that I have seen the most in
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 2: my life.
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 1: Really?
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 2: So I was an usher for Indiana for basketball games.
• 1:06:30
  Speaker 2: I was midcourt in the upper deck, and his season tickets...
• 1:06:37
  Speaker 2: were across the stadium from me, and I knew exactly
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 2: where he sat every game.
• 1:06:41
  Speaker 1: That's cool.
• 1:06:42
  Speaker 2: So every game I would look for him, and he'd
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 2: be there more times than not.
• 1:06:45
  Speaker 1: Would he really? I've technically seen him more than any
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 1: other celebrity. That's pretty cool.
• 1:06:49
  Speaker 2: But I've never gotten the chance to talk to him.
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 1: See, back when I was in college, I dated a
• 1:06:53
  Speaker 1: girl that went to IU. Okay. And I'm stopped at
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 1: a stoplight. And here comes this old, old, old, like,
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 1: 50s car that's a convertible. And I'm looking at the
• 1:07:05
  Speaker 1: car and not paying attention who's in it. And then
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 1: it's John Mellencamp. And he saw me with my facial expression.
• 1:07:11
  Speaker 1: I mean, my jaw dropped because I was like, oh,
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 1: I'm still a big fan of John Mellencamp. And he
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 1: just started laughing at me. And then the light turned
• 1:07:19
  Speaker 1: green and he drove off. And I'm like, wow, what
• 1:07:21
  Speaker 1: an experience. The car behind me blew their horn because
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 1: I wasn't going. You didn't even get to say anything? No,
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 1: I didn't get to say a word. It's like, oh
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 1: my gosh, it's John Mellencamp. Well, at the time, I
• 1:07:31
  Speaker 1: think it was Johnny Cougar. I don't know which it
• 1:07:33
  Speaker 1: was at the time.
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 2: I did get to meet when I was in college.
• 1:07:36
  Speaker 2: I think you and Trevor were talking about him on Monday.
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 2: Angelo Pizzo?
• 1:07:40
  Speaker 1: Who is that? The writer of Hoosiers? Oh, really? I
• 1:07:44
  Speaker 1: did get to meet and talk to him for a
• 1:07:45
  Speaker 1: little bit. Really? Now, how did that transpire? So I
• 1:07:49
  Speaker 1: was at, oh, I guess this was after college.
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 2: This might have been when I first got in radio
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 2: here at Big X. Honestly, I think I was up
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 2: there on a media credential watching a football practice inside
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 2: the Mellencamp Center. And for whatever reason, Pizzo was there.
• 1:08:04
  Speaker 2: I sat and chatted with him for Probably 10, 15 minutes.
• 1:08:07
  Speaker 1: Did you really? Yeah, he was an awesome guy. You know,
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 1: they always say never meet your hero because they're not
• 1:08:12
  Speaker 1: what you think they are. I've never had that experience
• 1:08:15
  Speaker 1: with every celebrity I've ever met. I've never, literally never
• 1:08:19
  Speaker 1: had that experience. Same. And I'm so thankful that's never happened. So, anyway.
• 1:08:25
  Speaker 1: What do you think about University of Tennessee getting fined
• 1:08:27
  Speaker 1: half a million dollars? Because of their... going on the
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 1: field after the outfit. They rushed the field at the
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 1: L and I'm like, that's the part. Excuse me. I
• 1:08:39
  Speaker 1: want to talk about first because they just beat Alabama
• 1:08:42
  Speaker 1: two years earlier in 2024. Why are they rushing the
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 1: field for that game? That doesn't make any sense. It
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 1: didn't make any sense. I didn't even realize they rushed
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 1: the field. Yes, they did. That's great. And they got
• 1:08:54
  Speaker 1: fine 500. Now I am tired of this whole fine thing.
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 1: I know it's Tennessee and it we're supposed to complain
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 1: about Tennessee all the time, but this is ridiculous. And
• 1:09:03
  Speaker 1: of course, Alabama is going to get the advantage of
• 1:09:05
  Speaker 1: that rush in the field for $ 500, 000. Cause UK is
• 1:09:10
  Speaker 1: never going to get that advantage. Maybe years down the road.
• 1:09:13
  Speaker 1: They continue to win, but I just think it's silly. Yeah.
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 1: Let the fans have their fun. Am I wrong to
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 1: say that? No, I mean, because I'm right there with you.
• 1:09:26
  Speaker 1: I think the whole, look, I get it. Rushing the
• 1:09:29
  Speaker 1: field or court can be dangerous, but it's not always dangerous.
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 1: I would say more times. It's not, nothing has ever happened.
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 1: Don't be a dummy when you go out there and
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 1: everything will be a okay. Well, don't be the jerk
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 1: like that Texas kid that was out in the field
• 1:09:44
  Speaker 1: and flipping the bird. It's like, why are you doing that?
• 1:09:47
  Speaker 1: Did you see that video of him doing that? And
• 1:09:50
  Speaker 1: the Florida players are just talking back at them and
• 1:09:53
  Speaker 1: they didn't respond to him. But a lot of people
• 1:09:55
  Speaker 1: are like, we need to find this kid. And evidently
• 1:09:58
  Speaker 1: his dad gives a lot of money to Texas, but
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 1: you know, that's, That's inappropriate. If you're on the field,
• 1:10:03
  Speaker 1: you got to act appropriately. Listen, when I'm down there
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 1: and I've watched UK lose games, trust me, I have
• 1:10:09
  Speaker 1: wanted to run up to the referees and yell at them.
• 1:10:12
  Speaker 1: It's like, no, I can't do that. Give them the
• 1:10:14
  Speaker 1: backwards piece. Yeah. Oh, you remember that?
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 1:10:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I was listening. Okay. Yeah, you were listening. I
• 1:10:20
  Speaker 1: appreciate that. But I just like, no, you can't do that.
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 1: You need to act a pro. If you're on the field,
• 1:10:27
  Speaker 1: you need to act a completely different way. If you're
• 1:10:29
  Speaker 1: a player, you need to act a completely different way.
• 1:10:31
  Speaker 1: If you're a coach, you need to act a completely
• 1:10:33
  Speaker 1: different way.
• 1:10:34
  Speaker 2: Well, maybe Tennessee just knew what was coming with their
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 2: basketball team last night, so they just figured they needed
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 2: to celebrate something.
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 1: God, that was pretty bad, wasn't it? What was it,
• 1:10:43
  Speaker 1: a 40-point difference? Yeah, 103 to 64. Yeah. Now, granted,
• 1:10:48
  Speaker 1: I know that's an exhibition game, but that was scary. Yeah.
• 1:10:54
  Speaker 1: And now, you had to say it yesterday. Now I'm
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 1: really worried. Here we go. They're going to win. Why
• 1:11:02
  Speaker 1: are all these players going to Duke? Because it's Duke.
• 1:11:07
  Speaker 1: Mike Krzyzewski is gone. It don't matter. It's still Duke.
• 1:11:10
  Speaker 1: It's another goofy coach out there. What are they doing
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 1: that's so different that wants these players to go play
• 1:11:16
  Speaker 1: at a tiny little old antiquated coliseum and play for Duke?
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 1: It's more intimate. Oh, they like the intimacy? Is that
• 1:11:26
  Speaker 1: what it is? They want to be intimate? No, I mean, honestly,
• 1:11:28
  Speaker 1: I think it's that simple as it's Duke. All right.
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 2: I don't think it needs to be more complicated than that.
• 1:11:35
  Speaker 2: But as much as you hate them, it is Duke.
• 1:11:38
  Speaker 1: But the richer tradition comes at UK. Why do they
• 1:11:44
  Speaker 1: want to go to Duke and not UK? And the
• 1:11:48
  Speaker 1: same was true. And it's not just don't tell me
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 1: it's because of Mark Pope. Same was true with John Calipari.
• 1:11:53
  Speaker 1: Why were they wanting to go to Duke? And not
• 1:11:57
  Speaker 1: come to UK. What is the actual difference? I don't
• 1:12:01
  Speaker 1: think that's the case, though. I mean, there's players that
• 1:12:04
  Speaker 1: want to go to both places. Yeah. I just don't
• 1:12:07
  Speaker 1: know why you want to go to Duke. I really don't.
• 1:12:10
  Speaker 1: It's North Carolina. I don't get it. North Carolina's great.
• 1:12:15
  Speaker 1: Is it really? That's the one place that I always
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 1: wanted to live. North Carolina? North Carolina. I don't know why. Okay,
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 1: you don't have any idea why.
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 2: I really, I have no reason as to why I
• 1:12:27
  Speaker 2: think that, but for whatever reason, yeah, I've always just
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 2: wanted to live in North Carolina.
• 1:12:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah, meets Florida. I mean, I want- Florida's just gotten
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 1: too overpopulated. Really? Yeah.
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 2: I mean, heck, even, so when I was living down
• 1:12:39
  Speaker 2: in Jacksonville with my aunt and my uncle, I mean,
• 1:12:42
  Speaker 2: their neighborhood, or surrounding their neighborhood is- So much different
• 1:12:47
  Speaker 2: from when I was living down there 10 years ago.
• 1:12:49
  Speaker 1: And see, Tennessee's getting like that. Yep, very much so.
• 1:12:52
  Speaker 1: People are moving in droves to Tennessee. Is it because
• 1:12:54
  Speaker 1: the no income tax? People are just wanting to live
• 1:12:57
  Speaker 1: it up? Yep. So when you retire, they want to
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 1: move there. Or business, because the no income tax. Businesses
• 1:13:04
  Speaker 1: are moving there in droves. Retired people are moving there
• 1:13:08
  Speaker 1: in droves. Because of all those tax advantages. They're not
• 1:13:12
  Speaker 1: coming to Kentucky anymore. But don't get me started with
• 1:13:14
  Speaker 1: that because, you know, we don't talk that stuff on
• 1:13:17
  Speaker 1: this show. Will Stein named midseason college coach of the year.
• 1:13:22
  Speaker 1: Rightfully so. Because his energy is contagious and translating that
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 1: to wins in the toughest league in football is the reason.
• 1:13:34
  Speaker 1: He won it over UCLA's Bob Chesney, Utah's Morgan, how
• 1:13:39
  Speaker 1: do you say his name, Scali, Scali? I think it's Scali.
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 1: I don't know who Utah's coach is. Yeah. And BYU's
• 1:13:45
  Speaker 1: Kalani Sataki. So, Lance Hurd was also named mid-season All-American. So,
• 1:13:52
  Speaker 1: on the first team. So, another thing that's just absolutely deserved. So...
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 1: For those of you that are like, well, he's lost
• 1:13:58
  Speaker 1: a game. But look, no offense to Bob Chesney. Bob
• 1:14:03
  Speaker 1: Chesney has not had the schedule that Will Stein has.
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 1: And Bob Chesney has not beaten two top ten teams.
• 1:14:11
  Speaker 1: Will Stein has. Now, granted, he did lose a game,
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 1: but still. I'm giving it to, I think you've said
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 1: it a couple times, they lost their quarterback, so they're
• 1:14:21
  Speaker 1: getting ready to experience some losses. Absolutely. I'm going to
• 1:14:24
  Speaker 1: give it to Will Stein every time. It's deserved. And
• 1:14:27
  Speaker 1: I know that's a bias. I completely. I'll fully and
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 1: readily admit it right now. I have a bias. But
• 1:14:34
  Speaker 1: I look at it and think, who has gone through
• 1:14:38
  Speaker 1: this kind of schedule and survived and won and succeeded?
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 1: I don't have a bias, and I agree with you. Well,
• 1:14:46
  Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you right now. His style, his energy,
• 1:14:50
  Speaker 1: it is completely. I think contagious is the best word
• 1:14:53
  Speaker 1: to describe it right now. All right, UK women, their
• 1:14:59
  Speaker 1: basketball team made the preseason AP poll, top 25. Yeah,
• 1:15:03
  Speaker 1: got ripped off. You think so? Yeah, absolutely. All right,
• 1:15:06
  Speaker 1: so UK comes in at 14th. Now, let me, and
• 1:15:11
  Speaker 1: we'll talk about it in a second, Justin, so hold
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 1: your thought. But South Carolina comes in at number one. Shock, shock, shock.
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 1: Texas is number six. Vanderbilt is number eight. LSU, number nine.
• 1:15:24
  Speaker 1: All ahead of UK. So you already have one, two, three,
• 1:15:29
  Speaker 1: four teams ahead of you in your own conference. I mean,
• 1:15:34
  Speaker 1: and then behind that, you got... Ole Miss at 19
• 1:15:38
  Speaker 1: and Oklahoma at 21. So you've got four or five,
• 1:15:44
  Speaker 1: seven teams out of 16 in the top 25 in
• 1:15:47
  Speaker 1: the SEC. It's just going to be brutal. All right, now,
• 1:15:51
  Speaker 1: go ahead. UK comes in at 14. Your thoughts?
• 1:15:55
  Speaker 2: I mean, knowing what I know and looking at this
• 1:15:58
  Speaker 2: roster and knowing what Kenny Brooks has done at Kentucky
• 1:16:02
  Speaker 2: so far in his early tenure, I just, this to
• 1:16:06
  Speaker 2: me is a top 10 team, no question.
• 1:16:09
  Speaker 1: I'm shocked by it. No question. why are they not
• 1:16:12
  Speaker 1: is it because they they already saw well we got
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 1: already four teams from the sec in the top 10
• 1:16:17
  Speaker 1: we can't put a fifth so we got to put
• 1:16:19
  Speaker 1: them somewhere else and it's going to be kentucky that's
• 1:16:21
  Speaker 1: going to receive the negative uh ranking is that the
• 1:16:24
  Speaker 1: reason why do you think.
• 1:16:25
  Speaker 2: I wouldn't imagine that no i mean because they're not
• 1:16:27
  Speaker 2: going to limit a conference on top 10 like like
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 2: all these voters are putting out their own brackets or
• 1:16:33
  Speaker 2: their own rankings and that's just how it all how
• 1:16:36
  Speaker 2: the chips fell but Use it as motivation, Kenny Brooks.
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 2: You know, I mean, Will Stein's been able to use
• 1:16:42
  Speaker 2: motivation throughout this season. That's going to fuel this Kentucky
• 1:16:46
  Speaker 2: team because I don't see a world where they're number 14.
• 1:16:50
  Speaker 1: I really don't. I don't either. And is all my
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 1: UofL friends, I'm so sorry, but is UofL better than UK?
• 1:16:59
  Speaker 1: I don't think so. See, I don't either. And they
• 1:17:01
  Speaker 1: get all the love in the world. They're at seven.
• 1:17:04
  Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? Seventh in the country? I mean,
• 1:17:07
  Speaker 1: at least. At least put UK at 10. Then I'd
• 1:17:11
  Speaker 1: probably be okay with it. But, again, I don't see
• 1:17:14
  Speaker 1: UofL better than UK. I'll take Kenny Brooks any day,
• 1:17:18
  Speaker 1: all day. Of course, I love the guy.
• 1:17:20
  Speaker 2: I admittedly am not as up-to-date with Louisville's women's basketball roster.
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 1:17:27
  Speaker 2: I do have belief in Jeff Walls just because he
• 1:17:30
  Speaker 2: does it year after year after year.
• 1:17:31
  Speaker 1: Great guy. Oh, yeah, I love Jeff. Jeff Walls is
• 1:17:34
  Speaker 1: a great coach.
• 1:17:35
  Speaker 2: I truly, I cannot understand how. That roster is better than...
• 1:17:40
  Speaker 2: You're exactly correct. You got Shaquille O'Neal's daughter for crying
• 1:17:43
  Speaker 2: out loud.
• 1:17:44
  Speaker 1: Kidding me? That is going to be pretty cool to
• 1:17:47
  Speaker 1: have Shaquille O'Neal at the games. Although not cool for
• 1:17:50
  Speaker 1: the guy sitting behind him. Well, that's a great point.
• 1:17:54
  Speaker 1: They should require him to sit in the last row.
• 1:17:57
  Speaker 1: Or off in the corner by himself. You've never experienced
• 1:18:01
  Speaker 1: having kids playing sports. And I... Part of me enjoyed it,
• 1:18:07
  Speaker 1: but there were times I hated it. I didn't like
• 1:18:09
  Speaker 1: watching my boys out there playing because it's like, oh,
• 1:18:12
  Speaker 1: I don't want to be that parent yelling. That's the
• 1:18:15
  Speaker 1: one thing I worked on the most is I don't
• 1:18:17
  Speaker 1: want to be the yelling parent. I just want to
• 1:18:19
  Speaker 1: have fun. There's enough of them. And I got to
• 1:18:21
  Speaker 1: a point where my youngest son, who really excelled at baseball,
• 1:18:26
  Speaker 1: I got to a point where I really enjoyed watching
• 1:18:28
  Speaker 1: him play. It just took a while. But watching him
• 1:18:31
  Speaker 1: and my older son play football and basketball and stuff
• 1:18:34
  Speaker 1: is like, yeah. There's enough yelling people out there. They
• 1:18:37
  Speaker 1: don't need an additional one. It's exhausting. It is exhausting.
• 1:18:41
  Speaker 1: By the way, UK extended, and I'm going to take
• 1:18:44
  Speaker 1: credit for this, okay? I am taking credit right now.
• 1:18:48
  Speaker 1: I texted him last night. and he said, Michael, you're right.
• 1:18:52
  Speaker 1: You get all the credit in the world. UK extends
• 1:18:54
  Speaker 1: volleyball coach Craig Skinner's contract, which now runs through 2031
• 1:18:58
  Speaker 1: and adds two more years to his contract. I'm taking
• 1:19:03
  Speaker 1: credit because I told him he should get a better contract.
• 1:19:07
  Speaker 1: I'll give you credit. Will you?
• 1:19:10
  Speaker 2: Although it doesn't sound like you need me to give
• 1:19:12
  Speaker 2: it because you're taking it.
• 1:19:14
  Speaker 1: I did have fun with him last night and said, hey,
• 1:19:16
  Speaker 1: I get a little commission for that, don't I? He
• 1:19:19
  Speaker 1: just laughed at me and didn't say anything else. He's like,
• 1:19:21
  Speaker 1: come on, Craig. You owe me something. He knows you're
• 1:19:25
  Speaker 1: a horseman. Well, that's very true. I know. When I
• 1:19:28
  Speaker 1: ran into him, last time I ran into him, he goes,
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 1: you're really into those horses, aren't you? I said, yeah, why?
• 1:19:34
  Speaker 1: What's wrong with that? I mean, he was kind of
• 1:19:35
  Speaker 1: making fun of me. UK did announce yesterday that 27
• 1:19:39
  Speaker 1: former cats made NBA rosters with the season starting last night. Yeah.
• 1:19:45
  Speaker 1: I mentioned this on my show this morning. What did
• 1:19:47
  Speaker 1: you say?
• 1:19:48
  Speaker 2: Indiana basketball put out a post and it was like,
• 1:19:51
  Speaker 2: good luck to all of our Hoosiers in the NBA.
• 1:19:54
  Speaker 2: And there were four guys on the poster. Kentucky had
• 1:19:58
  Speaker 2: six players in three games yesterday.
• 1:20:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I just don't think it's great. I mean, you
• 1:20:05
  Speaker 1: had all I always thought it was a knock towards
• 1:20:08
  Speaker 1: Cal because Cal really promoted it. But I thought, you know, well,
• 1:20:12
  Speaker 1: wait a minute now. If all those players in the NBA,
• 1:20:15
  Speaker 1: shouldn't you have maybe one or two more championships? Probably so.
• 1:20:21
  Speaker 2: That's what I think. You don't want to look at
• 1:20:23
  Speaker 2: it that way, though. That's the way I look at it.
• 1:20:25
  Speaker 2: Stinking thinking. OK, it is stinking thinking. And I'm thinking, well,
• 1:20:28
  Speaker 2: the stinking coach. So there you go.
• 1:20:30
  Speaker 1: So, all right, we got to take our last break.
• 1:20:32
  Speaker 1: I'll get to your text as soon as we get back. Plus,
• 1:20:35
  Speaker 1: we got to talk about this Canadian tourist. He is
• 1:20:38
  Speaker 1: facing four and a half years of prison time, and
• 1:20:42
  Speaker 1: it's deserved. We'll talk about that next. Stay right there.
• 1:20:44
  Speaker 1: One more segment of Just the Cats coming right up
• 1:20:47
  Speaker 1: after this. I saw you first.
• 1:21:23
  Speaker 3: All right, so there was a Canadian tourist.
• 1:21:53
  Speaker 1: That estimated to have drank 30 to 40 beers. Whoa.
• 1:22:00
  Speaker 1: And decided to, while he was staying at the Flamingo
• 1:22:05
  Speaker 1: Las Vegas Casino Hotel Resort, decided he thought it would
• 1:22:11
  Speaker 1: be funny to steal one of the live flamingos and
• 1:22:15
  Speaker 1: take it to his room. So you think it's funny.
• 1:22:20
  Speaker 1: Hell yeah. And now this tourist is facing four and
• 1:22:25
  Speaker 1: a half years in prison for doing it. That's crazy.
• 1:22:28
  Speaker 1: Is it really? I showed a picture of him in
• 1:22:30
  Speaker 1: court and he's just, I mean, he's crying out of
• 1:22:32
  Speaker 1: his mind. He's like, dude, I had 30 to 40 beers.
• 1:22:36
  Speaker 1: What do you expect me to do? I saw that story.
• 1:22:39
  Speaker 1: It's like, okay, is this funny or is this not funny?
• 1:22:42
  Speaker 1: That's hilarious. It is hilarious. But how do you keep
• 1:22:45
  Speaker 1: people from doing it? Cause you're right. I think it's funny.
• 1:22:49
  Speaker 1: It's scary to have 30 to 40 beers. If I
• 1:22:52
  Speaker 1: had 30 to 40 beers, I'd be out of my mind. Oh,
• 1:22:55
  Speaker 1: I'd probably be taking a Flamingo, too. You would be? Absolutely.
• 1:22:59
  Speaker 1: But you have to teach this person and everybody else
• 1:23:03
  Speaker 1: out there. You can't do stealing Flamingo stuff. Well, I think, well,
• 1:23:07
  Speaker 1: Flamingo Casino, maybe you shouldn't have live Flamingos. Just have
• 1:23:11
  Speaker 1: some fake ones out there because it's going to happen more. Yeah.
• 1:23:14
  Speaker 1: What do you think? Who is at fault here? The
• 1:23:17
  Speaker 1: Flamingo Resort for having live flamingos? Or you think it's
• 1:23:21
  Speaker 1: the fault of the Canadian tourist that's now facing four
• 1:23:24
  Speaker 1: and a half years?
• 1:23:25
  Speaker 2: Any chance we can blame a Canadian, that's the road
• 1:23:27
  Speaker 2: I'm going to take.
• 1:23:28
  Speaker 1: So it's his fault. You're going to blame the Canadians.
• 1:23:32
  Speaker 2: This reminds me a lot of a story that I
• 1:23:34
  Speaker 2: read late last week. Have you seen the story about
• 1:23:37
  Speaker 2: the little boy with the lobsters at the Mexican resort?
• 1:23:40
  Speaker 3: No.
• 1:23:41
  Speaker 2: So apparently there's this resort in Mexico that has all
• 1:23:45
  Speaker 2: these live lobsters in a tank that they use for cooking, right? Well,
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 2: the little boy, it made him sad. And so he
• 1:23:53
  Speaker 2: goes to his room after looking at these lobsters, and
• 1:23:56
  Speaker 2: he doesn't change anything else about his clothes, but he
• 1:23:59
  Speaker 2: puts on a Spider-Man mask. And he goes back to
• 1:24:04
  Speaker 2: the tank, and he proceeds to take a couple of
• 1:24:08
  Speaker 2: the lobsters And take them down to the ocean and
• 1:24:11
  Speaker 2: put them in the ocean.
• 1:24:12
  Speaker 1: Oh, nice! Because he wants to save them all, right? Yeah, yeah.
• 1:24:16
  Speaker 2: Well, then the parents, they get hit with like a $ 4, 000
• 1:24:19
  Speaker 2: bill because this little boy was caught on camera taking
• 1:24:23
  Speaker 2: lobsters and releasing them.
• 1:24:25
  Speaker 1: And- That costs them a bunch of money. Wow. Could
• 1:24:29
  Speaker 1: you imagine, like, if you're a parent, would you pay
• 1:24:31
  Speaker 1: that bill? Yeah. You would? Yeah, absolutely. I'd be like,
• 1:24:35
  Speaker 1: I'm not paying it. My son's just an idiot. Sorry. No,
• 1:24:38
  Speaker 1: you are stuck with that bill. He's got a soft heart.
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 1: What do you want from him? Yeah, but you know what?
• 1:24:43
  Speaker 1: You can't release those things. Anyway, but that's a nice
• 1:24:46
  Speaker 1: little story right there. One person texted in.
• 1:24:51
  Speaker 1: I hope we can just let this team play and
• 1:24:54
  Speaker 1: get it figured out. I can't make it the whole
• 1:24:56
  Speaker 1: season with these ridiculous fans and media. Preach, bro. Preach.
• 1:25:02
  Speaker 1: I'm right there with you. But be realistic. I mean,
• 1:25:07
  Speaker 1: let's just be realistic. So that's the only thing. And
• 1:25:10
  Speaker 1: I'm worried that fans are.
• 1:25:13
  Speaker 2: I mean, being realistic is the fact that you're going
• 1:25:17
  Speaker 2: to lose games. But there's not a reason to freak
• 1:25:21
  Speaker 2: the bleep out after every loss because.
• 1:25:24
  Speaker 1: They're going to happen. Zach texted out, said, did you
• 1:25:28
  Speaker 1: see the video of the Tennessee AD? The guy filming
• 1:25:31
  Speaker 1: asked him if it's worth it. His response was, it's
• 1:25:34
  Speaker 1: worth it every time. I love that. I love that
• 1:25:38
  Speaker 1: they're saying that. Yes. And I would agree with that.
• 1:25:42
  Speaker 1: I did not see the video. Did you see the video?
• 1:25:43
  Speaker 1: I didn't. And I'm like, video then proceeds to show
• 1:25:47
  Speaker 1: the field and everyone storming from a suite. That's fantastic.
• 1:25:52
  Speaker 1: Because I think that would be the case with J-Bat.
• 1:25:55
  Speaker 1: J-Bat would totally agree. It's given UK football and UK
• 1:25:59
  Speaker 1: for that fact, all athletics, the biggest marketing probably in
• 1:26:05
  Speaker 1: the history of UK football. You can't deny it. Just
• 1:26:09
  Speaker 1: by winning that game and the fans going down there
• 1:26:12
  Speaker 1: and celebrating, what... This staff has done for UK football
• 1:26:16
  Speaker 1: and the fan base is nothing short of amazing. And
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  Speaker 1: I love it. No, I did not see that. And
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  Speaker 1: I wish I got to go look it up now
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  Speaker 1: to see it. I lived at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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  Speaker 1: for two and a half years. You had the beach
• 1:26:30
  Speaker 1: at Wilmington and the mountains in Asheville. Billy Graham, probably
• 1:26:33
  Speaker 1: the most famous North Carolinian. Ooh, that's a good question
• 1:26:36
  Speaker 1: right there. Is Billy Graham the most famous person from
• 1:26:40
  Speaker 1: North Carolina? I'm going to take 48 Handley's word for it. Yeah.
• 1:26:45
  Speaker 1: But these rides, you do have the Smoky Mountains at
• 1:26:47
  Speaker 1: one end and the ocean at the other end.
• 1:26:49
  Speaker 2: Maybe that's why I like North Carolina. I mean, you
• 1:26:51
  Speaker 2: just get a little bit of everything.
• 1:26:54
  Speaker 1: I kind of like South Carolina a little more because
• 1:26:57
  Speaker 1: you get all the golf down in South Carolina. Yeah.
• 1:27:00
  Speaker 1: And you got the same thing. You got the mountains
• 1:27:02
  Speaker 1: at one spot. My grandmother's from North Carolina or South Carolina.
• 1:27:07
  Speaker 1: She's from Cherokee, South Carolina, just outside of Clemson. And
• 1:27:10
  Speaker 1: then you got the beautiful, you got Myrtle Beach. You
• 1:27:14
  Speaker 1: got Hilton Head and all the golf courses around there.
• 1:27:17
  Speaker 1: I'm taking South Carolina for that fact.
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  Speaker 2: So other people born in North Carolina? You got Andy Griffith. Oh,
• 1:27:25
  Speaker 2: I forgot about Andy Griffith.
• 1:27:27
  Speaker 1: Yes. Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson. Okay. And Steph Curry. Wait, wait, wait.
• 1:27:31
  Speaker 1: Andrew Jackson? Yeah, seventh president of the United States. Really?
• 1:27:36
  Speaker 1: Because I relayed him to Tennessee. They got his home
• 1:27:38
  Speaker 1: down there in Nashville. He was born in North Carolina. Wow,
• 1:27:42
  Speaker 1: I had no idea. And then you said Seth Curry?
• 1:27:44
  Speaker 1: Steph Curry. Or Steph Curry. Oh, yeah, Seth too, I guess.
• 1:27:47
  Speaker 1: I didn't know they were from North Carolina. Yeah, he
• 1:27:50
  Speaker 1: played at Davidson. I knew he played at Davidson. I
• 1:27:52
  Speaker 1: just didn't realize they grew up in North Carolina. Grew
• 1:27:54
  Speaker 1: up in Charlotte. Cool. Okay, then. Well, thank you for
• 1:27:58
  Speaker 1: that quick looking up there. That's the part I love.
• 1:28:01
  Speaker 1: You're quick to the draw on this stuff. I'm just
• 1:28:04
  Speaker 1: inherently curious. Yes, I am too. For stuff like this. Yep, yep.
• 1:28:08
  Speaker 1: Right there with it. All right. Former Vanderbilt quarterback. Here
• 1:28:13
  Speaker 1: we go. I was waiting for you. Diego Pavia is
• 1:28:18
  Speaker 1: currently in negotiations to play in the UFL. Please, not
• 1:28:22
  Speaker 1: the Kings. Please, dear God, not the Kings. November 18th,
• 1:28:29
  Speaker 1: which is coming up, is the start of the UFL
• 1:28:31
  Speaker 1: draft that's going to happen in St. Louis. Would you
• 1:28:35
  Speaker 1: root for the Kings if they... Oh, come on!
• 1:28:39
  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: You're killing me unless unless it meant that i got
• 1:28:44
  Speaker 2: to have a few drinks with pavia's mom before a
• 1:28:47
  Speaker 2: game that's the.
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  Speaker 1: Only way uh-huh okay All right, then. No, I'm out.
• 1:28:53
  Speaker 1: If he gets drafted by the Kings, I am out.
• 1:28:56
  Speaker 1: I will find another team. I've never been more disappointed
• 1:28:59
  Speaker 1: in you in my life. Now I'm begging and pleading
• 1:29:05
  Speaker 1: with the Louisville Kings, please go get him and bring
• 1:29:08
  Speaker 1: him to Louisville.
• 1:29:08
  Speaker 2: You better call up Chris Redman and let him know
• 1:29:10
  Speaker 2: your thoughts.
• 1:29:11
  Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh. No, I don't have Chris Redman's contact information.
• 1:29:17
  Speaker 1: If somebody has it, I am calling him. I would
• 1:29:20
  Speaker 1: call him in a second. To say you've got to
• 1:29:22
  Speaker 1: go get Pavia. How much fun would that be? Oh,
• 1:29:25
  Speaker 1: my gosh. Wait, wait, wait. But what if his mom
• 1:29:29
  Speaker 1: came to all the games? No, I mean, that would
• 1:29:31
  Speaker 1: be the one positive. Okay, then there you go.
• 1:29:34
  Speaker 2: But does his mom coming to all the games outweigh
• 1:29:37
  Speaker 2: having to hear you every day? Pavia for MVP. Best
• 1:29:41
  Speaker 2: quarterback in the league. I just don't know if I
• 1:29:44
  Speaker 2: can deal with it.
• 1:29:45
  Speaker 1: Oh, come on. All right. New York Knicks celebrated in
• 1:29:49
  Speaker 1: their first game last night. since the NBA started, celebrated
• 1:29:53
  Speaker 1: their NBA championship and got their rings. Have you seen
• 1:29:56
  Speaker 1: the rings that they got? I didn't look up the rings. Oh,
• 1:29:59
  Speaker 1: you got to look them up. All I know is
• 1:30:01
  Speaker 1: they took that L. Yeah, they definitely did that. But, man,
• 1:30:06
  Speaker 1: the rings, I mean, they're unbelievable. Those are cool. Okay,
• 1:30:11
  Speaker 1: so the top of the ring pops off, and it
• 1:30:14
  Speaker 1: shows the inside of Madison Square Garden. Mm-hmm. The basketball
• 1:30:19
  Speaker 1: court and then the stadium, the stands. And I thought
• 1:30:22
  Speaker 1: whoever designed that deserves a reward because, man, those are cool.
• 1:30:28
  Speaker 1: I'm just scared that thing's going to pop off and
• 1:30:30
  Speaker 1: we're going to lose the top. That's the only thing
• 1:30:32
  Speaker 1: I'd be scared of. That's why you keep it in
• 1:30:34
  Speaker 1: a protective box and never open it again. Well, but
• 1:30:37
  Speaker 1: you know, if you had won a championship ring in
• 1:30:41
  Speaker 1: any sport, wouldn't you want to wear it? No. I've
• 1:30:44
  Speaker 1: also never been a ring guy. Oh, you haven't? Okay.
• 1:30:47
  Speaker 1: All right, then. Fair enough. I mean, my buddy Marty
• 1:30:50
  Speaker 1: Moore used to play for UK, a linebacker for Kentucky
• 1:30:54
  Speaker 1: under Bill Curry. He played for the Patriots, and he
• 1:30:59
  Speaker 1: got a Super Bowl ring. Every Super Bowl, he brings
• 1:31:02
  Speaker 1: it out, and he wears it for the day. And
• 1:31:04
  Speaker 1: I think that's the coolest thing ever. I don't know
• 1:31:07
  Speaker 1: if I would wear it all the time, but I
• 1:31:09
  Speaker 1: would want to wear it. I would.
• 1:31:12
  Speaker 2: There would certainly probably be special occasions that I'd want
• 1:31:15
  Speaker 2: to break it out for.
• 1:31:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah. But, yeah, not on a day-to-day or even week-to-week basis. No,
• 1:31:21
  Speaker 1: not day-to-day or week-to-week. But, no, I think I'd wear
• 1:31:24
  Speaker 1: it to special occasions without a doubt. All right. Fun
• 1:31:27
  Speaker 1: show today. Appreciate everybody listening. Listen, we're going to talk
• 1:31:31
  Speaker 1: about more U.K. football tomorrow, get you started ready for
• 1:31:35
  Speaker 1: that game on Saturday. But you've got to wear blue.
• 1:31:37
  Speaker 1: Don't forget to wear blue. So we'll talk about that
• 1:31:38
  Speaker 1: more as well. Everybody have a great day. We'll see
• 1:31:40
  Speaker 1: you tomorrow on Just the Cats. We'll be right back.