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You have to love the laugh. Well, first and foremost,
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this is Eve Sports Radio. As you all well know,
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my phone number is 502-571-7900. This is Sports Talk 790 WKRD.
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As you can tell, starting to lose my voice. I'm soft,
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that's all. I used to tell my assistant coaches, only
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soft people get sick, but it is what it is.
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So.
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We've got a few problems going on. I've got Scott. Scott,
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welcome to the show.
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How are you? Doing great this morning. I'm doing much
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better than your voice.
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There you go.
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I've got Anthony.
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Anthony, how are you, young son? I'm good.
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You know, a glass of water may never hurt you.
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You know what I'm saying? A little salt in there,
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gargle that thing, and then bam, your voice is silent.
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I got you.
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I'm going to try that. So you all don't know.
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We're all on the phone line because for some reason,
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my computer looks like it's working perfectly, but Shannon and
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I are just having one of those days and it
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wasn't connected. So we're all on the phone line. Now,
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which may be difficult for people to call in. If
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you do, Shannon, just put Anthony on hold. If you
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can get it, if someone calls in, if you can.
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We're going to try to work this out at the
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first break. Now, Now that we've gotten that out of
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the way, appreciate everybody listening. A lot to talk about today.
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A lot. Before I even get going, yes, Kentucky is
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a football school. That's all there.
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Is to it.
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No arguments from you, Anthony, nor Scott. Kentucky is a
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football school. And we're going to get into that. But
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before that, we have to talk about Veterans Day. And
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I'm going to. Everyone.
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And my entire family, other than my middle brother Larry
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and myself, is where it stopped in my family where
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we did not go to the service.
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My dad did.
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Both his brothers did. My dad's dad did. My mom's
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dad did. My mom's brother did. My sister Fran wanted
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to go, but my dad's prejudice wouldn't let her. And
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she wanted to serve, but dad would not let her.
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I don't know why.
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I can't tell you why. It's just my dad's prejudice.
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He would not let his daughter serve. But everyone I
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know served. I was raised that way. My dad was no-nonsense.
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He wasn't a huggy-feely kind of guy, which I told
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you all. He was a no-nonsense.
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You got to get it done. That was the bottom line.
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He said at the end of the day, after you've
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gotten through all your lovey-dovey and all your feelings got hurt,
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you have to get it done. And that's what this
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veterans day.
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Is all about.
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Those people that have served in our armed forces had
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to get it done. Anthony was going to serve Scott Anthony.
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Thank you.
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Also, um, with you going to the armed services, honorable discharge,
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just health issue. But again, we here in America don't
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want to speak up the people that truly have put
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it out there on the line. So. I wanted to
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make sure up front, forth, right? Just like Shaquille O'Neal
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was saying, how he came up, that's how I came up.
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That's how my brothers came up. That was just how
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it was. And I've apologized to my boys and daughters
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before because I know I wasn't the best dad in
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the world because I was hard a lot. But that
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was just my upbringing, and it's their job to do
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a better job with their family, but that's just how
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I was brought up. And I just want to thank
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everybody that has served and armed service to make this
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country what it is. It's one of the greatest countries
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in the world. I'm not going to say the greatest.
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I'm not going to say that. I'm not. It's one.
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And it can and has the possibilities to
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be the greatest.
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But we all have to come together.
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That far right and that far left have to come
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to the middle. Some things are facts. Some things are facts.
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They're not woke. Slavery is a fact. Prejudice is a fact.
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Some things are facts. We don't quit lying.
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It is what it is.
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So we can be and will be once we all
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say the truth, stop lying to each other, come to
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the middle, start solving issues, start helping each other, we
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will be again. So that's my piece for Veterans Day
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and appreciate everyone. We all know it was Amstead's day, 1919,
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in honor of World War I. A lot of people
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didn't know that. So name change, I think 1954, somewhere
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in there. Don't hold me to exact numbers, but there's
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a lot behind Veterans Day, national holiday, well-deserved. I hope
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everybody enjoys themselves. I was I'm going to do something today.
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I have work I could do at Simmons. But my
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wife was telling me, saying, you know, sometimes you're just stupid.
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She's right, so I'm not going to do anything. I'm
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going to honor Veterans Day. It's not a holiday for me.
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I'm honoring the people that have served us. So I
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want to thank them for giving me a day off,
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and I'm going to take it. So that's that piece. Now,
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this sports piece that we have, guys, We've got a
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lot going on. Anthony, you're going to hit me with
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some high school football that everybody knows what's going on there.
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Not neglecting that. My Bruins went down. Your Bruins went down.
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But I'm still really happy with the teams that are
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participating in high school football playoffs. You're going to hit
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us with that. You're going to hit us with the
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new college football playoff rankings. And you're going to give
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us some of the great games from last night. After that,
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we're going to get into the Kentucky basketball game. I
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have not, myself, been critical of Coach Polk. I have not.
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I
have people that, I mean, truly want to cut
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my throat because I have not. But I am. After
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the break, I really am. And I'm going to explain
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to people why and what I'm going to have to
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see going forward. Why it took them so long to
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post Malachi Marino. You guys, I just don't. People are
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making a lot of money now. And I'm going to
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read something from one of the most prominent people in
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the city of Louisville. I'm not going to give you
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their name. But I do agree with their statement. I'm
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going to read that to you all after the break also,
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because that's why I do want to know what these
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guys are getting paid.
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I want them paid.
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Everyone knows that. Don't anybody tell me where they shouldn't
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get paid. But they should be held accountable also. I
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didn't like what I saw. So, Ant, I'm going to
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throw it to you.
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Take your time.
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You've got about three and a half, four minutes. Hit
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us with all the high school stuff, the new rankings.
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We're going to touch that. I don't agree with BYU
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over Kentucky. Boy, I just– transparency. I love that they
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have the TV show. We got to watch it in
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between the games. But it just doesn't make sense. So
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we're going to talk about that also. Ant, you're first
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on the docket. Go ahead.
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No, of course, obviously– We're going to get these high
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school games in first. Obviously, the games that happened this
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past following week, they'll beat Campbell County 28-7. We had
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the Seals take down Bartstown 42-18. Cal went and go
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ahead and swept Mercer under the rug 58-0. North Oldham.
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Hold up. Andy, stop right there. Stop right there. Scott,
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you don't know this, but the two best teams in
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this city are Christian Academy and Trinity.
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And Trinity.
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They're different classes. That's the game I want to see.
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I mean, both
teams are going to win their championships
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hands down. But those two teams, there's got to be
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a way we can figure out to get those teams
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to play this year.
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I mean that. It would sell.
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I guarantee you we'd have 40,000 people at either place,
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Kroger or Yum. I mean, excuse me, or LNN Stadium.
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Yes, either one.
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I'm telling you. We'd have 40,000 people. That's a game
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people would want to see. I mean, really good top-ranked
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Division I players on both teams. Kyle's got the best,
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the highest-ranked junior in the country. And one of the
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best wide receivers with the most touchdown passes. Trinity has
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got one loss, but they have flat-napped, just run through
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the city of Louisville and a lot of other teams.
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It would be a great game. So anyway, go ahead, Ann.
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I'm sorry. No, that's okay.
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And then North Oldham beat Western Hills 57-0. North Hardin
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beat Oldham County 21-0. We had the boys in Greene
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County actually tied at 29. Eastern lost to Manuel 10-48.
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Ballard came up short against St.
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X 13-37.
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Then we had the Chargers against, I think I'm not
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100% sure what that school is.
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The Romans? I'm not either. The Ravens.
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I don't either, and I'm sorry. I sent it to you,
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but sorry about that. But the Ravens won 45-12. Whoever
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they played, I.
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Put the nickname in.
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Sorry about that.
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I got you.
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I think it's Jefferson Town. Jefferson Town is the Chargers.
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And then we had Trinity beat PRP 45-0 for our
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high school games. But getting into the juicy stuff and
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some of the favorite stuff that I like, obviously, college football.
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and college basketball. Now, the big things, obviously, I'm just
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going to go ahead and read off these rankings really fast.
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And then when we come back from our break, we're
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going to get more into detail about these rankings. So, obviously,
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this is the 1 through the 15 spot. At the 1,
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we have Georgia. 2 is Utah. 3 is Alabama. 4
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is UCLA. Five is Notre Dame.
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Six is Texas. Seven is Miami.
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Eight is Tennessee. Nine is Indiana. Ten is BYU.
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Eleven is Kentucky.
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And 12 is Texas Tech. And the three looking out,
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trying to get in, is number 13, Wake Forest, 14, Houston,
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and 15, Iowa. But we're at our 7-17 mark right here,
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a little bit past schedule. We're going to take our
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first break. We're going to get back into the details
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of these college football playoff rankings. We'll be right back
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after the break.
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Take it away, Shannon. Shannon, I'm going to try one
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more time to come in. I've turned my computer off,
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and I'm going to see. Welcome back to eSports Radio 720.
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Since we're having issues, you all, I've got three people
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on the line. I know people are trying to call police. Thursday,
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it's just myself and Anthony. I'll promise you I'll take
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every call. Friday, we've got an opportunity for the first
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40 minutes. I'll take every call to get you in.
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But right now, for some reason, And you all know,
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sometimes systems don't work perfectly. That's all there is to it.
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So back to it. Anthony's gone through the games, Scott.
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We have spoken about these rankings. Before we go there, though, Ann,
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I do, I want to get to Kentucky basketball. I
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just do. We're going to do football the second half.
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Since we're not taking any callers, we've got time. I
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want to get into what we watched last night. Then
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we'll work our way into the football aspect. All right.
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We watched Duke not play very well last night either.
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We saw a mature team beat Duke really well, handled
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Duke the entire game. And, yes, I'm sorry that you'll
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hear my computer rebooting. I'm sorry about that. But they
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handled Duke. That's
Anthony's team. They handled your team fairly well, Anthony, easily.
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Physicality defended them, kept them perimeter, made them play off
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the dribble, and Duke didn't play very well. And that
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doesn't surprise me. Izzo's team, more mature, strong team, doesn't
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surprise me. I think that at the end of the year,
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that I think Duke could beat Michigan State, yes. It
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would still be a great game, but I think Duke
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could beat them. We watched Florida and Florida State. I
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watched that game. Florida State played much better than I thought.
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They're physical. They've got some shooters. They're going to be
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a force to be reckoned with in the ACC.
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Porter was able to handle them, but it's a good game.
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Then we had this Kentucky-Kansas game.
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And I.
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Have protected Coach Polk. I thought his first year he
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did more than an admirable job with all the injuries.
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I said his first two seasons, I haven't seen anybody
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have more injuries than Coach Polk than anyone. He had
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more injuries than I think anybody, but that is part
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of the game. And yes, Scott, I went through that
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at A & T. Lost players, spending players, putting players
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off for drugs. I mean, there's things you have to
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go through when you're trying to get your program together.
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But I'm going to read something. I'm going to tell
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you from who's one of the most prominent people in
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this city. I wouldn't make it up if it wasn't
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the right thing to do. And the right thing to
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do is this. Polk needs to be fired now. I
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answered back, I don't like that statement, but you may
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be correct. Then he said, I wouldn't make it if
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it wasn't the right thing to do. How can you
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have the funds that Kentucky has and have a team
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that bad? He put it, and I'm not reading verbatim.
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Coach Polk had better teams at BYU than he does
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Kentucky with the funds from Kentucky. That's a true statement, guys.
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Different league, different environment. Jerry, his players don't care. They
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play like bums. And guess what? I can be critical
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of them as they're getting paid. And he's talking to
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me because I've said this. I answered him back. You're
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100% correct. I want to know.
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What they make.
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I want them to make the money. But yes, we
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can be critical now. That is correct. And I've always
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told him in prior years, this gentleman and I go
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way back. In prior years, Until they pay them, slow
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your roll a little bit. But now that some of them,
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not all of them, are being paid, I have no
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problems with it. When you take the money, there's a
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responsibility that comes with it. All there is to it, guys,
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that goes back to my dad. When you take the money,
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there's a responsibility. Charles Barkley, I'm not a Roma. When
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you take the money, there's a responsibility. But Charles isn't
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the only one. We got politicians that take the money.
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Don't play with me with the games. We're being serious today.
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So he is correct about that. He can be critical.
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What does Kentucky do.
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Is the issue.
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New athletic director, watching this program, the season's not over.
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We will not remember this game come February if Coach
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Polk and his staff can get this turned around. We
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won't remember this game, but we do today. So I'm
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going to throw it to both of you before I
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get into the meat and potatoes of what went wrong.
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I'm going to let you all have your points, and
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I'm going to give them verbatim what has to happen.
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I have a friend, a really good friend of mine,
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I'm not throwing out any names, that I said before
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the game, I'm going to see if Coach Polk knows
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what he's doing because he's got to get Manchelevic shots.
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And I said the way he has to do it.
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I only saw it one time last night. One time.
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And I will explain to people what I saw, what happened,
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what they didn't do. They is Kansas defensively. I will
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explain it to people. So I'm going to throw it
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to you first, Scott. It's your day. What did you
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see that you didn't like last night about the game?
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Or what you did like? Well, yesterday I was trying
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to be very positive and say, you know, win or lose,
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you know, They'll be happy with what they saw.
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I lied. Not a good game. Biggest thing that I
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took away is when Moreno got in foul trouble, their
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backup bigs were just not serviceable at all. Couldn't make layups, putbacks,
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little things that could help keep them in the game
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and then just be serviceable while Moreno's on the bench,
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whether it's for his scheduled time to come out to
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get his breather or if he's in foul trouble. Like,
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they just don't have that inside presence. And then, you know,
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you look at Kansas played very well.
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Yes, they did. They made their shots.
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They did. Right.
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Right.
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With a combination of Kentucky not playing well, it really
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makes Kansas... they look a lot better, you know, because
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you watch Kansas play Duke. It was a different game
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for Kansas. And they were also without, you know, one
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of their players. Trey, but. Exactly.
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No.
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Yeah.
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I mean, he was a big difference.
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Oh, absolutely. He can really play.
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Trey, you know, he can really play.
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Big difference with Wren playing.
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Yeah. So, you know, I think Kansas just overall is
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a much better team. And Kentucky's got a lot of
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work to do. And, you know, hopefully they can get
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it together. Gotcha.
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Anthony, what do you have?
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You know, we always talk about this all the time.
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We say that, you know, sometimes
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They think that we lie. But, you know, we always
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say that numbers and stats don't lie. And one of
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the things that popped out to me is the glaring
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thing of that, because I watched the entire game last night,
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and it got to be a snooze at one point.
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What?
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But the glaring discrepancy that I didn't like for Kentucky,
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outside of the bad shooting, they shot four from 21
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from the three-point line, 19% of the team. They had
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more turnovers than assists last night. 13 assists, 16 turnovers. Kansas,
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24 assists, 10 turnovers. And I'm not saying this to
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kill this kid, but I don't think Wilkins is a
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point guard. They brought him in to be a point guard,
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but he was a scorer at Furman. So he's running
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their team. Zoom Diallo did well last night. Malachi Moreno
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did well.
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He did.
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But Malachi Moreno didn't get enough shot attempts, in my opinion.
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For you to go eight for 11 and not really
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touch the ball is just kind of, it's kind of
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like that, uh, factor to me. And the same thing
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with Montilovich. Montilovich is just, I don't know what's going on.
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They have no plays for him. He had five points,
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two for seven, one for three, seven rebounds, and three
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personal fouls. There's no way that you get a guy
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that shoots almost 50% from the three last year and
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only gets three shot attempts from the three-point line. That
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just doesn't make sense to me. As a player, if
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I'm a shooter, I'd be frustrated as heck. I'm going
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to be honest.
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He was.
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He was.
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The best shooter in the country, three shot attempts. You've
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got to understand, Trey White and Tyron Stokes got eight
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three-pointers apiece last night. Taylon Kinney got four. Lynn Belden Jr.
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got four. The guys that don't even shoot threes on
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Kansas got shot attempts up.
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to do with their offense because it's not like Kansas'
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talent is just booming off the paper. Are they a
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more mature, better team than Kentucky?
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Yes.
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But do I think they're a 20-point better team than Kentucky? Honestly, no,
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because we saw Kansas play Louisville, and they could barely
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get a shot off in the paint.
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They didn't have Trey Wren, though, Andy. That's the one difference.
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They did not.
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Have Trey Wren.
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You played with Trey Wren how long ago, Andy, that
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you all were playing together, what, five, six weeks ago?
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Here in Louisville?
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Yeah, probably not even two months ago. And he is good,
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and I will give him credit, but that does go
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to another part of that. Kentucky's backup big men are garbage.
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I'm sorry.
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They got a 25-year-old that's been in college since 2018
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and got a technical, and he's probably one of the
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worst bigs I saw ever play last night. He had
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more fouls than points in minutes.
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I don't understand.
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For you to be at Kentucky and the payroll that
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you have, this is the guy that you can come
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up with.
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They're like, this is the backup that we need right here.
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That's the play that took the lead that put Kentucky
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in the super. I mean, really?
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And just one last point I want to get to
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is just the bench statistics are horrendous. They had a
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total of nine bench points between almost seven players. Maybe
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ten rebounds total. four assists, six turnovers, and probably 10
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personal fouls off the bench. That's all UK's bench got.
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Right. Guys, we're at 730. Great job, Anthony Scott. When
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we come back, I am going to get into the details,
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the inertia of what truly happened. I just, gosh, I
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try not to be overly critical early in the season
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of coaches. And Kentucky can turn it around. And we
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will not remember this game come February. But there's work
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that has to be done. And after the break, I'm
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going to break it down for you. This is Esports Radio.
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We'll talk to you in a minute.
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Hey. Welcome back to Esports Radio. Oh, I just watched
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the hit. Nick Cousins injured. That was, oh, my gosh.
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I'm sorry, you all. I have ESPN on, and they
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just showed the hit in a hockey game. Oh, my gosh. Anyway,
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welcome back to Esports Radio. Phone number is 502. 571-7900.
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I am not taking calls today, but we have worked
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it out. I am on the computer now, so thank you.
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I've got Scott and Anthony on the other line, Shannon
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behind the glass, but we're not taking calls today. I
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promise you, Thursday and Friday, we'll get them all in. Now, Kentucky.
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First things, this was not, I got this from Eric Crawford.
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Thank you, Eric. I was reading all the articles last night.
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I was up late. Coach Polk is coached 75 games
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in Kentucky. His team has trailed double digits in 27
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of the 75. Scott Anthony, that right there in Kentucky
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is unacceptable. That's all there is to it. That's the
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first point I want people to understand. Double digits, 27
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of the 75. 13, 14 have been by 20. That's
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too many. That's not competitive. Not in Kentucky. When I
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say Kentucky is a football school, I was in jest.
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I was playing around, having fun. Kentucky is a basketball school.
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That's all there is to it. And it has to
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stay that way or people have, our heads got to roll.
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It is what it is. That's the first point. Second,
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being behind 20 and 13 of them, I want to
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be exact. This is from Eric Crawford. I want y'all
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to know where I got these things. He's 29 and
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27 power five opponents. 29, 27, a little above 500.
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Not acceptable in Kentucky. It's not. Now, let's work into,
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now this is Jerry Eaves. Last night's game. I told
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a close friend of mine, I said, I'm going to
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find out what he knows if he gets Milan shots.
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When the kid was shooting step back, so frustrated, ready
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to shoot himself, I was like, this is not good.
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And I'm doing it and telling you all from experience.
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I had a 5'9 shooter that scored 40 points against DePaul,
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and we beat them. And SMU, the same thing. I
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had two 5'10 shooters. Both of them had 30, and
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we beat SMU at SMU. Arizona State had to beat
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me in double overtime. You have to know how to
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give people shots. They have no idea. The entire staff.
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I mean, it was embarrassing. as a coach watching. And
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I told a person, I'm not saying any names. Well,
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I'm gonna have that person one day, not today, because
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I don't want to pile in. Not tomorrow. But I
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told him we would know. They had no idea what
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to do. Let me tell you what they were supposed
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to have done before I get to all the other things.
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What you have to do to get Mancillevich shot is
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you must run him off down screens, staggered screens, because
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you know opponents are going to switch He's 6'8, 6'9.
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He's a big shooter. They want to force him off
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the three line. If he gets an opportunity to turn
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and set his feet, it's hard to contest his shots
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because he's got great size. They did it one time.
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The last picker has to be Marino, Malachi Marino. They
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did it one time. Kansas did not switch. All night,
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Kansas switched out. on Mancinovich, everyone's going to switch on Mancinovich.
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They're gonna take away that three point shot. Everyone in
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the country knows that he's lethal, but he needs help.
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He cannot, he's not Rex Chapman. He can't do it
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on his own. He can't do it off the dribble.
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He needs help. So the one time that they do
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run him off, Malachi last, last picker, they do not switch.
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The passer wasn't even ready to deliver the dang ball. Scott, everybody, Anthony,
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you were too young, but everyone on the team knew.
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When Steve Rush came open, you better be ready because
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he's got to get it and get that shot off
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because he's 5'10. The passer wasn't even ready to deliver
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the ball. When you have people off the bench, I
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mean this, when you've got people off the bench, McBride,
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0 for 3 from 3, and you've got Mancelovic, 1
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for 3 from 3, Somebody needs to lose their job. Scott,
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that's all there is to it. They're the wrong people shooting.
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I mean, and they were shooting it with no hesitation.
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It was like, oh God, this is kindergarten I was
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watching last night. I have not done this to Coach Polk,
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but it was. And I did tell a person to
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watch what I'm telling you all. I did so that
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I'm going to have him tell you all the truth
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next week. Not now, it's not time to pile on.
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but he didn't have any idea. So I called Scott
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during the second half. I didn't talk to anybody but you, Scott.
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I texted a real good friend of mine, but I
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didn't talk to him. I wanted to watch the game.
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I called Scott, I said, Scott, I don't think this
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kid has a clue on how to get that boy shot.
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Right, Scott?
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Not a clue.
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And he didn't. And then Mancilovic, the one he hits
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is a falling out of bounds three on the right side,
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which was an incredible shot that went in When it
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went in, you could just see it on the kid's face.
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I'm so tired of this. And they haven't played but
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three games. A lot of things have to change with
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that coaching staff. A lot of coaches today hire people
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that are friends, I don't know, relationships, but Dan can't
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coach a step, and I mean that. And I'm not
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going to. I wanted Kenny Payne. He's a great friend
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of mine. Couldn't coach a step either. Fact, I'm not
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putting any punches. Today is the truth. I couldn't understand it.
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I didn't learn anything from Coach Kyle. His approach, but
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he didn't. I'm starting to lean, Coach Polk. It better
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change in the next quality game. Yes, you can come
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back from behind and beat James Madison, but in a
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quality game, you have to know how to get your
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best players in position to score. That's the coach's job.
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That's the coach's job.
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Kansas, 24 assists.
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On 32 baskets, 10 turnovers. Kentucky applies no pressure defensively whatsoever.
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And when they are foaming at the mouth, and what
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do I mean by that? When they're trying to deny
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the wing and do things, it's not team built. That's
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why the pinch post worked all night. What is the
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pinch post? That's side of the free throw line and
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free throw lane to where players would catch it and
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strong side players would backdoor for easy layups. Got me?
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First thing, I want people to understand defensive. When your
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team lets a, opponent catch the ball on the pinch post,
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you cannot guard them. I'm not telling you all this
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from last night. Scott, I want you to step in.
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Where did I not allow Thomas Coleman, best player I
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ever coached, when he got lazy and let him catch
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it on the elbow, we had to have a conversation.
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That's a no-no. you can't let a team catch the
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ball in the elbow. Correct or not, Scott? Seven years
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you've lived.
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Yeah, so what you were.
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Watching, when you saw them catching at the elbow all
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night last night, poorly coached. I swear to you now,
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I'm just telling you all. Poorly coached. The ball cannot
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be caught on either elbow. That means no weak side help.
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That means everyone's open. That's why after timeouts, When they
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came out of timeout, Bill Self had them hit the
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pinch balls and run the back door, and it worked.
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It's like, oh, my gosh. My assistant coaches, Scott's job
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would be out of timeouts. When a team called one,
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we would tell our team what we could not see. Remember, Scott?
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Winston-Salem loved to run the back door out of timeouts.
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I mean, teams love to do these certain things they
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want to do. Fades for threes. Back doors for layups.
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When they call a timeout, it's the time you do
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something different defensively. You don't have to tear your defense up,
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but you give them a different look to change what
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they called. Make a team really be good. I mean, honestly,
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make a team really be good to where they're disciplined enough.
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We were at A & T. Never went to the tournament,
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but I don't care what anybody says. We were well coached.
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When I called a timeout and had to have a basket,
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I would tell my team going out, if they change
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their defense, as soon as they go back to man-to-man,
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we're running this plate. Y'all understand we're going to run
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the pinch post back door, but we're going to get
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what this timeout was called for. But Kansas was getting
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it right off the.
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Bat.
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Sure.
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On the breakdown side, scouting report side, the technology is there.
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The platforms are there because everything, when we left, it
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was just coming in. We were using Synergy, which everybody uses.
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And it's broken down for you, the after timeouts. So
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all you have to do is click on a button,
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and you can see every after timeout play that Kansas
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is going to run. And you can prepare yourself.
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For years, guys. It's just not this year. Last year
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was on Synergy. The year before was on Synergy. That's
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why it's really, I'm being honest with you all, for
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the money Kentucky's paying, that was a disgrace. Let's continue.
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Coach, can we go back for half?
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I would, I'm telling people, hey, the most I ever
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made was 145. I guarantee you, I honestly, I'm not
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lying to you all. They need to find people that
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can really coach. I mean this. Quit hiring their friends.
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I'm just, it was embarrassing last night. 13 assists for Kentucky,
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16 turnovers like Anthony said. Why was that? Kansas was switching.
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I don't want anybody to be surprised that most teams
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are going to switch against Kentucky because you're playing perimeter basketball.
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So that didn't surprise me, which forced Kentucky into everything
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off the dribble. And when you're trying to put out
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the dribble, you're going to have turnovers. I told Scott
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last night, the first half was the worst officiated first half.
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Both ways, no teams got an advantage. The rest were awful.
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Both ways had nothing to do with the score. I'm
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not talking about Kentucky. Don't call me insane with Kentucky. No,
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the rest were awful. It was hard to watch. They
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were so inconsistent. Both ways. A lot of things got
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to change. Kansas outscores Kentucky 22 to nothing off turnovers,
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which means they don't practice transition basketball, Scott.
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Right.
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And I don't understand that. Denny Crum, we were doing
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that in the 70s. John Wooden was doing it in
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the 60s. Coach Izzo is doing it now. Not to
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have a point off a turnover, is almost unthinkable, which
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means you haven't built your defense correctly. When your best
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shooter gets less shots than everyone on your team, if
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it happens again, people need to lose their job. I
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mean that. I want people to understand what I was watching.
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I didn't take any calls. I called you, Scott. I
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had people text me all night. I mean, I called
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nobody for a reason. I didn't want any biased. I
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saw it, but I didn't call him. I wanted to
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watch the game. And people were right. If this doesn't
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change itself in quality games, Pope's got to go. There's
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nothing else I can say. Bench points like Anthony was speaking. Oh,
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my gosh. You had bench players that shot the ball
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more than your best shooter. That's the coach's fault. Period.
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That is the coach's fault. I just want everybody to understand.
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There's no doubt about it. So, will we remember this
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game in February? No. Can Kentucky turn it around? Yes.
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Do they have adequate talent?
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Yes.
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I told you all. I see them fifth, sixth, if
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they turn it around. If they don't, they'll be ninth,
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tenth in the SEC. The league's tough. That's all there
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is to it. The league's tough. And They're not the
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most athletic group. But Scott, I watched Virginia two nights
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ago pressing with thick-legged white boys. Sorry, you all, but
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we're telling the truth today. It's a sports show. Extending
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their defense, working Arkansas, who thrives off athleticism. Virginia, you
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00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:50.070
can press without foaming at the mouth. You can make
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teams work the ball up the floor. You can make
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teams do things without being extremely quick. So I'm telling
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Kentucky fans this for a reason. Kentucky can extend their defense.
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You just have to be tall correctly. We press with five,
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nine shooters, even in our league.
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They're doing over there. And you have to be in shape.
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You got to be in shape, gentlemen. And getting in
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shape is not easy. That's where the discipline factor comes in.
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That's where the players either know And love the coach
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because they know he's going to get them in shape.
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Or they're going to hate the coach because they're going
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to hate what they go through to get in shape.
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It's one of the two. It's what we're called by
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and in. That's all. So we'll wait and see.
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749.
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That's all I'm going to hit you with right now. Yes,
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they can turn it around. Yes, they have adequate talent.
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They're not super talented. But they're not as bad as
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they showed. But a lot of coaching things have to change. Honestly.
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This is Esports Radio. When we come back, we're going
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to hit you
with some interesting football notes. Talk to
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you after the break. Welcome back to Esports Radio. So, Anthony, Scott,
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how does BYU– quick, Landon, you got 30 seconds. How
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is BYU ranked higher than University of Kentucky in the
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college football playoffs? And then you and I will do
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more tomorrow.
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How?
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How did they do that?
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That, I'm not sure.
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I'm not– I'm not setting stone on any of these rankings, honestly.
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You know, Georgia and Utah are okay. But, you know,
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Notre Dame being fifth. I mean, Indiana being nine, which
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is honestly where they rightfully should be. But BYU 10,
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I don't agree with. BYU had one little upset against
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Notre Dame, and Notre Dame always loses to the team
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when it matters. They beat Miami, but at the same time,
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Miami plays probably one of the weakest schedules in the
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Power Five. ACC is horrible. So it's like Miami is
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up there, yes, but they played absolutely nobody. They played
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half a team and lost. Got killed, actually. I'm sorry.
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I think Kentucky should at least be in the top 10.
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They've had two losses just about the same as 10
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other teams in the top 15 right now with a
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much harder schedule and unexpected expectations to even be this far.
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I think they should be higher.
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Gotcha. Scott? Great point, Scott.
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All I can say is November 11th, And who would
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have thought that we would be talking about Kentucky football
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right now?
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Not me.
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In a positive way.
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Yeah, being honest.
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No, not me.
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I'm being honest.
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Yes.
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I said, give the kid some time. I said, give
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him time.
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Who knew time was only a month? Because he stepped
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up and bringing it. I mean, their strength of schedule
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is at the top. Again, Not surprised where they put
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them at 11 after that loss. But I think everyone
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agrees that they should be higher than 11. BYU should
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not be in front of them. Notre Dame is Notre Dame.
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They do deserve to be in the top 12 at least.
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Their strength of schedule is not very good. Their remaining
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strength of schedule is not very good. So at least
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they'll get in if they don't blow it. Biggest thing
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for Kentucky is they just need to win out. They're
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on the verge of making history, and they just can't
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afford a bad loss.
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In the remaining games. What is Kentucky's strength of schedule
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the remaining three games, Scott? Where does it rank?
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The remaining– rank 23rd. So out of everybody else, I mean,
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Texas has a tougher schedule remaining, but they're at 14. Miami,
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even Alabama, who has the toughest schedule so far, their
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remaining strength of schedule is 69th.
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So Kentucky still has a tough schedule. Yeah, they've got
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a tough schedule. So, Scott, you told me that strength
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of schedule, Alabama was one, Ole Miss was two, Mississippi
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State was three, and Kentucky was four, correct? Strength of schedule.
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Florida was five. Strength of schedule. This is nationally. Auburn
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was six. Stanford was seven. Texas was 11th. Miami's was 25th.
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And BYU was 30th. So I have no idea how
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they ranked BYU in front of Kentucky. I just don't.
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No.
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By their matrix. So we're going to talk about it
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more tomorrow, Anthony and I. Send me all of that, Scott.
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But it makes it an interesting time. I know that.
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So Florida, who has the fifth toughest schedule, everybody's knocking Florida.
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Florida's played a tough, tough schedule, just like Kentucky. So
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It's formidable. I don't want people to think it's going
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to be a cakewalk Saturday for the Cats. The Gators
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are going to play.
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No.
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Thank you. Make sure tomorrow at 940, Anthony, I'll be on,
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but 940, we got Lee Sterling. The first 40 minutes,
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we're taking your calls and all day Friday. It's Esports Radio.
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We love you. Great job, Scott. Great job, Anthony. Talk
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to you tomorrow, Anthony. You all have a great day.
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Veterans Day. Put a smile on someone's face.
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Bye-bye.