Bleed Blue Primetime | Kentucky vs. Texas A&M Preview

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Welcome into Bleed Blue Primetime.
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Kevin and Paul are here on this Wednesday night, September 16th, 2026.
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Little different setup tonight.
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Just the two of us.
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Just the two of us.
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See that that's hot.
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That's solid.
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So we're gonna have to settle in and talk.
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We're gonna talk Kentucky football.
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Yeah.
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And Paul, I know, Paul.
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You would probably be perfectly happy if I never mentioned the word Alabama again.
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Unfortunately, as your host, I may have to make you suffer through two minutes, maybe.
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Then we're done.
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Then we're done.
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But the bigger participants are not the only time we've had to make someone suffer through two minutes, right, Kevin?
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I know.
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Yeah.
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Give me no, it actually is more like three, and I'm proud of those three minutes.
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Uh, but the bigger story is what comes next.
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Paul, Kentucky has to walk into Kyle Field Saturday afternoon and face number nine, Texas AM.
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And what will be the Wildcats' first true road test of the Will Stein era?
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Last check.
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I mean, look again.
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Spread right now, 16 and a half.
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Actually, is it still 16?
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It's it's held kind of it's held pretty firm there.
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Yeah.
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Uh so, and tonight, that's where we're spending our time.
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What does Kentucky have to fix?
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What can it carry over from what why what can it carry over from the outside?
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Where can Kentucky attack Texas AM?
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What has to happen offensively?
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Can the defense keep Kentucky in this thing?
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And ultimately, does Kentucky have a legitimate path to pulling off the upset?
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We'll also get my man's thoughts on the biggest college football games around the country this weekend and finish with a very quick Kentucky basketball check-in.
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Unfortunately for you, we are starting with Alabama, but I promise the clock is running.
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We'll make it brief.
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Uh, I know you'd rather move on, and frankly, so would I, but I think we need to put a bow on it.
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What's the one thing from that Alabama game that Kentucky has to learn from before Saturday?
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Uh, I think Stein put it well.
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I missed the press conference yesterday.
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Um, I had to, I was, I had to do dad stuff.
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Um, I was very, very busy with the kids yesterday.
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You didn't delegate those credentials to someone else?
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I mean, no, I it's hard.
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I mean, Lucas is in school, so um, and then you know, everybody else is doing other stuff.
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It's okay.
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Um, I I I'm gonna make it up by going to actually Texas AM this weekend.
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So I figure if I I miss it, I miss that.
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Um, I'm having to pay some penance to to go to that game.
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We'll put it that way.
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Um, it's just finish.
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I think it's it's definitely like the finishing aspect of of of the game because you know, we were we led for 42 minutes apparently.
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Um, I think Stein talked about that.
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Um, he said, you know, he talked about he's gotta coach a little bit better.
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He he I really like this.
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He put the teams in practice, he put them the defense up 17-16 with you know four minutes left in the third, and he put the offense down 23-17 with like four minutes left in the third, and he put them in those situations again in practice.
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I like that.
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I and that to me is like something a lot of coaches are like, you know what, let's just throw the game tape out, or you know, we'll learn from he's just like, ah, F it.
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I'm gonna put you right back in that in that effing situation and see how you respond.
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So I really like that.
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And I think it's just it's the finishing aspect.
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Um, you know, he talked about the defense and how well they played.
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He said he didn't like how it how it finished.
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Um, you know, I'd excuse it a little bit more.
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Obviously, he doesn't have to, he's the head freaking coach, so he can do whatever the hell he wants.
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Um, so I'm uh, you know, it was good to see that.
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So I think you know, it's finished and it's finished, it's execute better.
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Um, he said he saw things on offense that they think they can fix, obviously the punting game, but um there was a lot of encouraging signs.
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Um is there anything from the first half that you believe Kentucky can actually carry into and uh Texas?
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Yeah, I'm I think the defensive side of things was really well uh or looked really well.
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Um if you look at if you look at Texas AM, I mean, you know, we the the the eye test of them hasn't looked particularly great in two weeks.
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Um, you know, I didn't even get 300 yards of offense last week against Arizona State.
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Now we don't necessarily know how good Arizona State is defensively, so I mean maybe it was a fluker.
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Uh it's gonna be really effing hot.
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Really effing hot.
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Um, it's gonna be like 90.
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Over over a hundred thousand people there in attendance.
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No, thank you.
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So you're rolling, you're you're you uh you know the hostility.
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I don't know if it's gonna be as hostile as maybe normal because it's gonna be really hot.
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Um if the defense plays like they did against Alabama, I think that they have a good shot.
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Now the offense has to be able to stretch the field.
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Uh uh Arizona State was able to stretch the field on them a little bit.
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Um, I think they you know they gained almost 400 yards, they had a bunch of bad turnovers, but they threw for 254 yards.
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Um, they rushed for 115, so there's yards to be had there.
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Um, I think uh speaking of which, there's uh um I just got my parking pass for this weekend.
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Um, so I think there's a lot of positives to be had, and and I don't I am a little shocked that the line is 16.
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Now, maybe Vegas knows something that I don't.
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Maybe the matchup is is you know different from how they view it.
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Well, I mean 16 for Bama, I would have maybe understood it a little bit more than this one.
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I honestly maybe maybe not.
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Maybe it's a nine-point game if it's here.
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I don't know.
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I was gonna say, because the Bama last week started at what 13 and a half and then it at game.
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10 and a half like eight and 10 and a half, and it was eight and a half a kickoff.
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Yeah, okay, gotcha.
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Um, all right, that's enough, Bama.
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Um, let's talk AM.
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Paul before we break down the offense, defense, matchups, and all the details, let's start.
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30,000 foot view.
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Does Kentucky have a legitimate shot to win this football game?
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I personally think they they do.
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Now, saying that, do they have a legitimate shot?
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Yes.
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Would I bet that they're gonna win?
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Not necessarily.
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Um, I'm not predicting an upset, uh, but I don't think I know a lot of people like as as as as optimistic as everyone was last week, I think they're as unoptimistic this week.
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And I'm a l I'm a little bit more optimistic going into the the game against AM now, even after last week, and then seeing AM play.
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They didn't particularly play really well against, I think it was Missouri State to start the season.
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Um, they didn't play particularly well against them.
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Now they put up 500 yards of offense, they did beat it, but that first half was ugly.
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They didn't look very good, they did not look good at all.
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They didn't look like worth a toss against Arizona State, and I think our defensive line is probably better than theirs.
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Um, so I think it's an interesting dynamic.
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Um, the heat's gonna play a factor for sure.
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So running the bulk is big.
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What would what would have to happen for Kentucky to make this a four-quarter game for you?
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I think if the defense plays the way they did, they're gonna be in it.
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Now, the real question is gonna be can the offense take a step forward?
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Um, you know, I don't think the offense played particularly bad in the first half.
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They played really bad in the second.
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Um, and you know those guys are gonna get challenged.
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Um, they've put, you know, teams have put up yards um on um, they've put up some yards on uh um Texas AM.
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Uh obviously, like I said, they you know they gave up almost 400 yards last week.
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Now Missouri State, I really I'm not really gonna count them.
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Um their defense, I think, is a little is this more a difficult matchup than Alabama?
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I don't think so.
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I well let me rephrase that.
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Yes, because it's on the road.
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If it was here, I think it would be a different game.
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Um I think it's what Texas AM team do you get next?
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What what Texas AM team are we gonna get?
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You know, I think that that's the thing, you know.
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Um, do we get the Texas AM team that played last week?
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You know, they play LSU next week.
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Uh are they looking ahead?
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Like that's like this is one of those games where this is this is a little bit of a classic trap game.
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You know, they got LSU next week on the road.
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Um, you know, that's obviously LSU's got a big matchup today or this or Saturday against uh Ole Miss.
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Yep.
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So it'll be interesting to it'll be interesting to see.
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Um, again, the heat, man.
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Like if Kentucky jumps on them on the road in the heat, that's a little it can play a factor too.
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I'm not I don't think the heat benefits anybody.
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When it's 97 degrees, it's gonna probably feel like 104.
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That's just effing stupid.
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Where do you see AM being most vulnerable?
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Passing game offense.
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Um, their offense is sputtered.
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Even again, I know they played Missouri State, but in the beginning they did not, they didn't look great.
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They had a turnover against Missouri State.
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They had um I think they had one turnover.
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Yeah, their defense looks their defense is is a ha is havoc creed.
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Now I will say, I will say that well, two of the scores were just one was really bad last week.
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Um they did score twice last week against uh AM, so or uh uh Arizona State.
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I think defensively real quick.
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What's your quick thoughts on him so far at Arizona State?
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I mean, he's beat the shit out of one team and had four turnovers against another.
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That's fair.
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I mean, you know, but he you know, 256 yards passing, it's not not a bad stat.
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Um if we if we're in that 200 plus range, I think that they're in that we have a good shot that we might have a good shot at this.
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I don't necessarily think that this is a is an offensive slug fest.
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Now, their offense is a lot of weapons, they are very talented.
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Marcel Reid is a very good quarterback.
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You know, if there's a game where you're like, could this be a good game?
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Yeah, could they come in and beat the absolute dog piss out of us?
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Maybe.
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I just don't know if we I that's the thing I'm worried about.
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I'll just be honest about everything there.
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I don't know, like in a game like this, after a game like last week, what's the thing that you would see a Kentucky team do, right?
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And I put I I you know, I think we talked a little about this on round of shots where I was like, you know, it's the new regime feels a lot like the old.
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And a lot of people thought it was just like Mark Stoops, and it had it wasn't a direct shot at anything, it was just the fact that it felt like Kentucky football.
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I probably could have worded it better.
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That's what I meant.
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Kentucky football, and it's not a shot at Stein and not believing that Stein's gonna turn it around.
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I think he will, but until he does, right, those old feelings creep in, right?
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Like so, and that's kind of what I meant.
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Uh I I get it, I didn't word it as good as I should have.
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Um but that's that's where I think that's where I think going into this game, like if they come in here and like come out here and it's a prize fight, and even if they lose, I think you go, that that's it.
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That we needed to see that.
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Right.
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Yeah, and I'm glad I actually brought round of shots up.
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Um, of course, round of shots partners with Blee Blue Network.
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And I think Paul, you kind of set set it set me straight for it.
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When we do round of shots on Sunday nights, it's really gonna be more of a recap of the weekend game, where tonight we're really leaning towards previewing the upcoming game.
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So wait till we have a basketball game and a football game to talk about.
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I can't wait.
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I can't excited.
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Uh, if we're sitting here midway through the fourth quarter and Kentucky is still one within one possession, what probably went right?
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Defense played really well.
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Turnovers, offenses, uh offenses, uh, ball security.
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Like that's the thing.
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Our turnovers hurt Alabama in the first half, but and right, we capitalized.
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Their turnovers killed us, or our turnovers killed us.
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It was field position.
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Um, we have got to win the field possession battle because that was something I don't think any of us saw.
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What was what was that stat again on their their scoring drives?
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Where they scrolling short fields.
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They had a 68-yard uh field goal drive in the first half, then they had a 72-yard touchdown drive, but that was later in the fourth quarter when the game was kind of already over.
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Their longest drives uh between that was 43 yards.
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So we can't you're giving them short, you know, we're giving them short fields, and that's the thing.
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Like you cannot give a team.
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I think Stein said we had 220 yards in field position lost.
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That's a lot of freaking yards in field position loss, and that was because of poor special teams play.
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All right, let's get into uh Kentucky's offense versus the Aggie defense.
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Um does Will Stein need to simplify things Saturday, or does Kentucky need to open the playbook?
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I don't think it was one thing.
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I don't think it was a thing that they didn't open it.
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I don't think it was uh um I I think that they just need to to put to execute.
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Um AM is very good.
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Um, I think they have the number one pass defense and the number three rush defense.
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Um, like they're like now it's two games.
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Take it with a grain of salt, right?
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I I understand that.
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Um, but it's gotta be it's gotta be execution.
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You gotta establish the line of scrimmage, we've got to block better.
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Um Malachi Woods gotta play better.
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Um, he did not have a good game um against AM.
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I don't think AM's offensive line is gonna necessarily particularly fail or fare a whole lot better.
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Our defensive line showed up, like our defensive line looked like the D like that first game, we're like, eh, that second game, our defensive line looked like the defensive line that we were like, yes.
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Like that's that's the defensive line we thought we're gonna have.
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Depth depth could be a big problem here, though.
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Like that's the thing.
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Like it's 90, it's 90, it's gonna be 97 degrees, it's gonna feel hotter.
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If it's a one possession game in the fourth quarter, it could come down to depth.
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Um, and and that's the thing I think, Kevin.
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We're we're looking at like if it's one of those games and it's like a seven-point game or a six, you know, five-point game, whatever, and AM kicks a field goal or scores late to put the game away, you're kind of like, you know what, just didn't have enough horses.
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But if AM comes out and beats us, you know, 38 to 10, it's gonna be like, that's that's that's just now that's now now we're in a trend.
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Sun Sunday night round of shots.
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We talked ad nauseum about Kenny Minchie.
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Um at what point?
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I mean, I I know it's two games in, but is it at what point do we stop evaluating him like a new quarterback and simply say, This is your offense?
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Gotta go make plays.
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We don't because we don't necessarily because there's a lot of aspects to the offense we don't know, like right, like like Tom Brady with no wide receivers is not Tom Brady, you know.
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Now, maybe now Tom Brady outside on the lead offensive line, he made average guys look good, but I mean like look West Smoker's a Hall of Famer, right?
00:14:56.640 --> 00:14:58.879
Like, like he had Roger and Kowski, right?
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You have those guys that can get open.
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I think our tight ends, when you look at that, we need to put a probably a little bit more pressure on those guys.
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Um, you know, and not that it's fair, but I think they're the most talented offensive unit that we have.
00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:20.560
Um, I don't know how much I like I didn't look at Minch now, he had one really bad throw, but the rest of the game, were there any throws that you looked at and you're just like, ooh, like what the F are you doing?
00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:20.879
Right.
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And we've seen that from quarterbacks last two years of just like, that's a terrible throw.
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That's a terrible read.
00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.320
He did it once, it it kicked us in the ass, right?
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Let's see what he does this week.
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Does he make another really bad read?
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But were there any throws out of that game that made you go, shit, that guy can't read a defense?
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I I'm just my my my issue right now with him is that I don't trust him um to um to uh make that that long pass.
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You know, I I'm not confident in his ability.
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One, I I it's I know it's still early, but uh he's he's not impressed me with his downfield play yet.
00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:03.120
And and you know, I mean he's made really good throws downfield when he's been open, but I mean your guys got to get open to make downfield throws too, man.
00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:03.600
All right.
00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:10.640
Uh to follow that up, how much of that is is on Minchie versus uh the receivers just not getting separation?
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Minchy receive.
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I mean, if your receivers aren't gonna get separation, your offensive line can't block for for 10 seconds, you know.
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Like that's not at this level.
00:16:18.640 --> 00:16:26.879
So you know, I think that that's the aspect of like what we're talking about and like looking at here is like Minchie's gonna get a lot of the shit because he's the quarterback, right?
00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:29.520
He's QB1, he's the guy who touches the ball the most.
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That's just the nature of the game in this in this world.
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I just don't know if it's fair for him right now to be getting all that criticism when we're not running our running backs, have uh, you know, need to play better, the wide receivers need to play better.
00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:45.920
You know, maybe he needs to take more chances, maybe he's being a little too conservative.
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Like, go let your guys try and make some plays.
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You're gonna have to have some one-on-one contested throws.
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Now we we saw that in practice, so I don't know if he's not afraid to, you know, maybe he's not afraid to make those throws, but are we open enough to even think about making that throw?
00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:02.800
Is there, you know, a two-deep safety look where they're daring us to like throw over the top, right?
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I don't know.
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I I don't know.
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I I think we're gonna see more this week.
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This is why I like this game is so so it's so important.
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Even if we lose, did we come out and punch in the mouth and look like a team that's just like, you know what?
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Like, we're not the regular Kentucky team.
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Maybe they don't have the depth, but they come out and hang 27 points or something like that.
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That's what I want to see.
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All right.
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Speaking of saying, what specifically would you like to see Kentucky do offensively in the first quarter?
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Um I'd like to see us take a couple more shots early just to push push the field.
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Um, AM show that they could give up some explosive plays downfield, like I like push it.
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Like, I'm not gonna be mad if if we throw a pick trying to throw a 40-yard bomb, I'm not mad.
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You know, I'm not I'm not pissed about it.
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Um, let unless it's just a god-awful throw, right?
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Like if it's like a contested throw.
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I want to see us do that and establish the running game a lot a lot better.
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Like we have got to move the ball.
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Like, you know, we heard all things Baxter's better.
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Barnes was, I mean, did Barnes play more than like a couple snaps?
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Um, I mean, Jason Patterson seems like he's uh he's the best running back we have right now, and that's not a knock.
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Like he looked good.
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Like, I don't know why we necessarily got away from him.
00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:12.480
So let's see what happens.
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But I want to see us stretch the field a little bit more coming out of the game to put more pressure on AM because I think if you press press them a little bit more, it opens the rest of the game up.
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Um and uh and really try and like get some you know some explosive plays in the run game.
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I'm gonna make this simple.
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If Kentucky cannot run uh Saturday, can can they can't win, right?
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Yeah, that's what I agree.
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Yeah, I mean they're gonna have to they're gonna have to rush for a hundred and hundred and twenty-five to a hundred and fifty yards, I think.
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I mean, I'll argue.
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Unless Mitchie throws for like three unless Mitchie throws for like 450.
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You know, which and then let's come back and be like, yeah, Paul, you're stupid as shit.
00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:53.279
Like you said we had 60 rushing yards and won the game.
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And I'll be like, well, you know what?
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God bless the defense in the passing game.
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Maybe the defense scores three touchdowns.
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I don't know.
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Like, right?
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Like, I'm if you let's pretend he doesn't throw 400 yards.
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How many, how many carries should Kentucky realistically have?
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I don't I mean, I don't I don't know the number, it's gonna be more yards.
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But you you but all right, you touched on the fact that it's um well, my getting probably ball control, but you you do say we need in that probably 150 plus rushing yard um in that range.
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I'd say 125 to 150, but I said the same thing against Alabama, and we we would have been in that 125 yard rush range, we would add the exact same as before as the first half, right?
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And we are just non-existent.
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Yeah, is the fish three net?
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Yeah, about that.
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Is efficiency more important than total yard?
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It's a load of question.
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It depends on the game.
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If it's a defensive game, if it's a defensive game, yes.
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Um, because the efficiency is ball it it points to ball control.
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And if we ball control in a defensive slug fest and we can win the field position battle, yes, efficiency is gonna be a big thing.
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Um, you could win the game getting 275 yards that way, right?
00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:04.720
Um, you could have a lot of turnovers after swing the ball over the field, get 450 yards and lose by 20.
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I mean, it just depends on how the game goes.
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Can Mincy's legs be a be part of the equation?
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It needs to be.
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I mean, it needs to be because it was not fun.
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It was not, it was not, it was not fun watching the pocket always collapse.
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And like, I think the fact that like he needs to even capable, yeah.
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He's got he's got he's got some good motor in his legs.
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He's gotta do it.
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And I think we gotta implement that more more RPO into this because now maybe he's not an elite runner, but he's he's good enough that he's gonna he can pick up first downs, he can break plays, he can extend, excuse me, he can extend plays, and I think it's gotta keep the defense honest because if we're just lining up hand the ball off or dropping back, I mean you just tee up.
00:20:50.080 --> 00:20:53.120
Um, we gotta be three-dimensional in the offensive game.
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Um, and maybe even four-dimensional with with trick plays because we really didn't have a ran any real trick trickery on offense either.
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Um, I think you see, I probably I think you see some more of that this week weekend, maybe even early.
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Where I'm going is that if AM gets us in second and ten, third and eight all afternoon, I just don't see that path.
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Agree, disagree, push back.
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I mean, we were one and one for what 14 or something on third down.
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So unless that changes, unless that changes, yeah.
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It was I mean, how about we just get how just how about we just get like two third down conversions in the first quarter and let's go from there?
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There you go.
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All right, let's go.
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Kentucky's defense.
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Um they had stretches against Alabama where I we actually thought they played pretty damn well.
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What do you need to see from them Saturday?
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Play the same way, man.
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I mean, honestly, listen, like this is where it's like the tail of what AM offense shows up.
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I mean, they had 62 rushing yards last week against Arizona State, they only had 160, 67 yards passing or something like that.
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So they did not look good offensively last week.
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Um, now they're gonna get the same ashtune our offense got, and they're gonna have the same challenges, right?
00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.319
Like, this is a playoff team.
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But look, AM showed last year that they had offensive struggles too, even though they have Marcel Reed.
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And if they can keep him in the pocket, like they can if they make AM a little bit more one-dimensional.
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I think that this is like a team that had like AM doesn't have, I don't think they have the explosive wide receivers that you have to keep as honest.
00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:23.360
Um, I say that in this some guy's gonna go for 200 yards and they're gonna be like, what a moron you are.
00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:30.160
Um, anybody's capable of popping off, but they just they don't, I don't think that they have the explosiveness, like the one guy.
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Now they have a collective of guys that can beat you.
00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:38.880
Um, so defensively, the way we played last game, and our two top cornerbacks didn't even play like as many snaps.
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They may play this week.
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I think that defensively, that that team that showed up last week, if they show up this week, then they can single-handedly keep the game within striking distance.
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You know, we can rattle off what the talking points for our defense to to uh be able to do.
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Containing read, edge discipline, uh pressure without losing containment, tackling in space, limiting off our explosive plays, winning first down, creating third and long, obviously turnovers written on defense.
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Does Kentucky need turnovers to win this game?
00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.759
Yes, yeah.
00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:17.759
I think they need to get probably two.
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It's timely too, right?
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Because three and outs can do the same thing.
00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:24.480
Like we looked at that, like you we've seen that happen against Missouri.
00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:29.200
We saw it even happen against AM, like a couple, you know, what, 10 years ago when we played there.
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Um, you know, we had Darius West had the pick and score, and the defense just held him to seven points or you know, in regulation.
00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:38.480
And then we missed a field goal, and that was kind of the end of the game.
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But um, yeah, I think I think turnovers are gonna be key for us.
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Now, if we could keep doing it, now see it's trends, right?
00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:46.799
Like it's game two, first game, we didn't do anything.
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Second game, we looked havoc.
00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.519
We caused a lot of havoc.
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If we do that now in this game, now it's like, all right, now you have a now you have a trend.
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Now you have a ball hawking defense.
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And they kind of talked about that in the in this in the spring and the fall that we had ball hawks in the back, and everybody was like, ah, let's see.
00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:05.039
If that happens, then it's a then it's trendy, trendy there.
00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:11.920
Um, I think if Kentucky gets three is three plus in the turnover range, I think we're really like have a good shot to win.
00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:14.640
Now we have to be like plus two at least, right?
00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:19.200
Um, if we turn the ball over, we can't be turning it over on like the 20-yard line or a pick six.
00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.319
We can't do that shit anymore.
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That's back breaking.
00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:25.440
Um, but if we're plus two in the turnover category, I think we have a we have a shot.
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If we're again, it's probably we'll go minus three and win.
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Watch.
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Um, you know, I it's it I'm the I'm the I'm I'm gonna I'll jinx it, but like, yeah, I think plus two, then then we have uh we have a we're in it.
00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.000
We're in it.
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We're in it.
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All right.
00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:49.680
One other one factor that uh in doing my research for tonight, uh I didn't realize this until uh I came across this is the Jay Bateman factor, Paul.
00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:51.120
Interesting coaching angle here.
00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:58.000
Bateman spent the pre previous two seasons at AM with Mike Elko, their uh uh OC.
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Not Bateman.
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.400
Yeah, not Bateman.
00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:00.720
Sorry.
00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:02.240
I'm I don't know why I'm thinking about Black.
00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.200
Yeah, Bateman.
00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:07.600
Uh, how much does that familiar familiarity actually matter for today?
00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:11.039
It helps in terms of maybe some tendencies in players.
00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:12.559
Um, it's always interesting.
00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:15.840
Now, I mean, he helps a lot more on the offensive side of the ball.
00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:23.279
Um, now defensively, it probably could help a little bit because he's you know, his defense played against this, so he's gonna know tendencies that Marcel Reid has.
00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:24.640
Um, so you're gonna have that.
00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:32.000
There's gonna be more familiarity with with our with our staff, you know, on the defensive side than than the AM staff.
00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:36.640
I think it's a little personal for him because he wanted more control of the defense and he didn't have it there.
00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:40.319
Obviously, he left the playoff team, came to Kentucky, so that says a lot.
00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:43.360
Um, so there's some added motivation there.
00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:45.840
Um on the flip side, I don't know how much.
00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:54.799
I don't know how much, I don't know how much it plays into it, but I think schematically, I think schematically there will be looks that could benefit us because he will know those looks.
00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:58.400
But on the flip side, AM knows Bateman just as well.
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Different.
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The personnel they don't is different.
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And look what they do with it.
00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:11.120
So so why it's different, I think, for why why I would give advantage Kentucky there is because you have personnel and the tendencies of those personnel, right?
00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:14.799
In Kentucky, you have two games of tendencies under his offense.
00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:22.720
Now you have game tape for these guys, so maybe there's tendency other ways in different looks that you can find, but they're going to have tendencies based off you know off of that.
00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:26.880
And then offensively, there's a lot of the same guys on the offensive side of the ball for AM.
00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:29.440
So Kentucky's got a whole new team, like, right?
00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:31.920
Like they're there's their whole starting offense is different.
00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:34.400
Uh, I think like what 10 starters are new.
00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:36.960
Um on the defensive side of the ball.
00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:39.680
There's some some some guys, but it's a different look.
00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:43.600
Um, so I would give us a little bit of an advantage there, but I will it be enough.
00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:46.240
I mean, that that just comes down to talent and execution.
00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:46.880
All right.
00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:50.000
The Kyle Field Factor, Mr.
00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.559
Paul.
00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:54.559
First true road environment for this Kentucky team, and it's at AM.
00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:58.559
Uh, how much does crowd noise affect the offense?
00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.200
A lot.
00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.160
I mean, a lot.
00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:03.360
Um, I mean, it's the fourth biggest stadium in the country.
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Um, it's 102,000.
00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.960
Communication issue.
00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.920
Maybe it's more than that.
00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:12.480
Yeah, I mean, communication issue, false starts, and momentum.
00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.759
You feel momentum, right?
00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:16.240
Like you can that the avalanche kind of feel.
00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:18.559
Alabama was definitely feeling it in the first half.
00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:21.759
I think if we would have punched him in the mouth early in the second, I think we win that game.
00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:28.880
I think that's how tight that I know people are like it was a 28-point game, but I think the margins were so tight that if we would have gotten up on another score, I don't think they win that game.
00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.519
I'll just be honest.
00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:32.160
We would have got it to up two scores on Bama, I think we win that game.
00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.640
I don't think that there's a stone store chance in hell they would have won.
00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:36.319
Um yes, it's real.
00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.519
Yes, it's real.
00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:40.080
Um I and does it the cliche.
00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:44.080
But AM has had AM has had some stinker games there.
00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:48.559
Um last year, I think they were what losing 31 to 3 at halftime to South Carolina.
00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:50.400
Now they came roaring back to South Carolina.
00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.039
Sucked.
00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:57.039
Um, they they they've been a good team, but they've had some weird games that they've escaped from as well.
00:27:57.200 --> 00:28:00.240
At some point, your Houdini magic stops.
00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:02.080
Now, does it stop Saturday?
00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.920
I I probably not.
00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:05.120
I don't think so.
00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:10.880
Um, but even the game against Arizona State, it wasn't like that they were just beating the shit out of Arizona State the entire time.
00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:12.559
Um, so it'll be interesting to see.
00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:20.480
Like, I I don't know how I will report uh to you uh next week and let you know how it is because I this is my first time experiencing this.
00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.680
I've been to Tennessee.
00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:27.039
Even that wasn't even like a great atmosphere because it was raining, it was shitty, Tennessee sucked.
00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:28.960
I think it was Fulmer's last game.
00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:34.319
I think it was it Fulmer's last may have been Fulmer's last game or next last game, something like that.
00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:37.440
Um it wasn't a great atmosphere, big stadium though.
00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:44.720
Uh so I am very interested to see the look of the stadium, how it feels, you know, get down field level, see what it looks like.
00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:46.160
Um, it'll be the biggest stadium.
00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.920
I mean, obviously, I've I've ever been in.
00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:50.559
So I think Nealan's not bigger, is it?
00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:50.960
No.
00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:53.600
Neal no, Nealan's not bigger.
00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:58.720
No, and I don't think it's bigger like this wise, like AM looks like, and it's right on top of you.
00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:00.799
So it's gonna be interesting to see how that looks.
00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:08.000
Um, you know, there's that cliche that you know, Kentucky or any team needs to score early to quiet the stadium.
00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:12.160
But seriously, how important, Paul, are those are are are the first five minutes?
00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:18.640
Important as long as you don't get, I mean, even if you get us give a score up in the first five minutes, we saw that against Ole Miss not a couple years ago.
00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:20.160
Um, it doesn't kill you.
00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.360
It's how do you respond?
00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:24.319
Um, I want to see how the defense plays in that, you know.
00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:26.240
Honestly, I would like to not have the ball first.
00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:28.080
I'd like the defense to go out and set the tone.
00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:30.880
I think that that would be a big, big thing for the defense to go out there.
00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:37.519
I'd like to see the defense force a, you know, not even a three and out, but force a punt, you know, get off the field, six, seven play, something like that.
00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:40.000
Um, and let's uh let's line it up and play ball.
00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:43.680
Um, I don't it's it's important because of like the how, right?
00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:50.799
Like if you go in that first five minutes and you're down 10 to nothing, it's you're you're in a wall, you know, world of hurt.
00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:53.279
But um so far AM hasn't done that.
00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.160
Let's see what happens.
00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:57.279
What's the worst thing Kentucky can do early Saturday?
00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.920
Turnover.
00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.799
Turn, I'm with you.
00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.680
Turnover.
00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:06.559
I think a turnover is less is more is more detrimental than if we than if we give up a score on a defensive drive.
00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:09.440
Um, you know, there's maybe they make a great play, right?
00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:12.319
Like, you know, someone makes it a great individual, you know, thing.
00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:18.799
There's a there's a lot of ways you can give up a a a scoring drive, just be like hats off the executed, and the defense isn't coming off the field with their heads hanging on.
00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:21.360
They're like, all right, well, good luck doing that to us again, right?
00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:23.200
Um, turnover would be really bad.
00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:25.200
I think a three and out would not be ideal.
00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:33.120
Like if we get the ball first to go three and out, like that's I don't think it's detrimental, but then it's like I think the defense has to get off the field and then it resets everything again.
00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:36.160
Um, but a turnover would be horrifically bad.
00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:38.400
Horrifically, horrifically.
00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:41.440
I wonder what a what's going on AEW tonight.
00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.080
I digress.
00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:44.799
All right, second half response.
00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:52.160
Um, I'm not going back into the Alabama game, but I do want to talk about what happens after Kentucky.
00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:56.720
Kentucky cannot disappear offensively for an entire half again.
00:30:56.880 --> 00:31:06.960
Again, uh, what adjustments do you want to see from Coach Stein if out or AM starts taking away Kentucky's initial game plan?
00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:08.000
I don't know, man.
00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:08.799
I I don't know.
00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:12.080
I don't it at that point, it's like, is the adjustments even gonna work?
00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:14.400
Um you know, can we push the ball?
00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.920
Do we have the wide receivers?
00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:18.160
Is the O-line just really good for a half?
00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:20.640
And then we just don't have enough forces because we don't have enough depth.
00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:27.519
Is the point you brew how much of this the second half is uh coaching adjustments versus simply playing?
00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:35.519
If your wide receiver, yeah, but if your wide receivers are getting open in the first half and they don't in the second half, that's more of a we the other team woke up thing.
00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:42.640
Yeah, um that's so I want to see, I want to see what our wide receivers do because I'm I'll be honest, they really haven't impressed.
00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:45.519
I mean, outside of Darby, no one's really been impressive.
00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:47.840
On the like Nick Anderson, DJ Miller.
00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.960
I mean, these guys have done.
00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.559
I do either of them have a catch.
00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:52.160
I don't even know if either of them have a catch.
00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.039
If they do, I don't remember.
00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:55.039
I don't think DJ Miller, I know DJ Miller doesn't.
00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.799
Well, if they do, it's not been a meeting.
00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.480
It wasn't a meeting for catch.
00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.279
Yeah, it was.
00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:01.039
Like Nick Anderson came from LSU.
00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:03.279
Like he had you had Nick Anderson, you had DJ Miller.
00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.480
These guys are big, lanky.
00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:06.319
Nick Anderson runs like a 4-4-40.
00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.600
Like, these are guys that should have it.
00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:10.960
Dere, uh, Derek Ferguson played it, it played at Arkansas.
00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:14.799
Another big guy, lanky that should be like these guys played at like elite levels.
00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:21.680
Like, like, like at some point, we're gonna find out really quick if if it's a quarterback problem or if it's a wide receiver problem.
00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:23.920
Um, if it's a wide receiver problem, that's a bigger problem.
00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:25.200
That's a bigger issue in my opinion.
00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.960
Because I think quarterback play can improve.
00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.960
Um, wide receivers is real hard.
00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:32.319
Like if you can't get open, I don't know what we're like.
00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:39.360
You could just play zone and or you know, press man and stuff, and and really just make the defense make it really hard for the offense.
00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:44.000
Three keys prediction time.
00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.960
All right, Paul.
00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:46.480
Give me your three keys.
00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.360
The Paul's.
00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:49.680
We gotta, we'll name this segment eventually.
00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:51.920
Paul's keys, the keys to the castle.
00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.400
I don't know.
00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:55.200
Your three keys to Kentucky, to a Kentucky win.
00:32:55.360 --> 00:33:01.440
To Kentucky win, win the turnover, but win the turnover battle, ball control, and special teams.
00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.640
Which one matters the most?
00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.480
I mean balls security.
00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.759
D, all the above.
00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:13.840
Yeah, D all the above, because we don't punt where the shit, it doesn't matter because then we have then the defense, then the defense gives up you know 250 yards.
00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:15.279
We're like, what a great defensive effort.
00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:16.480
How do we lose 30 to 5?
00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:21.759
How much did the our punt game suck really?
00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.799
It was terrible.
00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.680
It was terrible.
00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:25.759
That contributed to the freaking.
00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.720
Yeah, okay.
00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.759
That's why Stein.
00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:36.080
That's why Stein said we had 200 and some odd yards and and 200 and some odd yards in in uh like forfeited field position.
00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.279
Like, you can't do that.
00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:38.080
Oh shit.
00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:39.120
I didn't realize that one.
00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:46.559
It's 200 yards, 200 yards plus, like negative 200 yards plus in negative field position.
00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.440
Yeah, good job.
00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:52.160
That was that was but like the thing that I look at on the flip side, like I'm gonna, I'm not like this.
00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:55.519
Isn't like I'm I don't want to sound negative, like I don't want to be a negative Nancy.
00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:57.680
I don't want to just sound like I'm trying to like shit on Stein.
00:33:58.160 --> 00:34:00.319
Like, that's something that's fixable, right?
00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:04.960
Like everything we saw go wrong against Alabama can be fixed.
00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:06.640
Does it get fixed this week?
00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.519
I don't know.
00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:10.159
Like, if we can come out of this stretch, right?
00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:12.159
Like the first six games, three and three.
00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:15.920
Let's just say we beat South Carolina, maybe we lose to LSU, we lose today.
00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:22.480
We've losses to Alabama, LSU, Texas AM, and you have wins against two bad teams in South Carolina.
00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:27.039
You're coming out of that as a Kentucky fan, going, Meh, roll the F and dice against Oklahoma.
00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.719
They haven't looked worth a fucking piss.
00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:30.159
No, that was a bad to me.
00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:33.920
It was a bad bad, that was a bad loss against the like now.
00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:36.079
If you ask me, can we still go eight and four?
00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:45.440
Yeah, because if that that game, that's the game I think that that I want like if we look okay that this week, then like I think that that that Oklahoma could be a game we go steal.
00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:52.960
Because I didn't have us win like all the games up until LSU then would be right, we go into LSU like three and two, I think like that, right?
00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:56.000
Like and so it would set a four, one would be three and two, I'd be off by a game.
00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.879
I'll take that.
00:34:56.960 --> 00:35:01.759
Um, and then if you steal Oklahoma, now you got a lot of games down the stretch that you can win.
00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:10.639
Like it it's meaty front, but once you get past that that Oklahoma game, I think there's a lot of games down on the back half of the season that you can you know be a lot more competitive in.
00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:13.599
Are you you don't have to answer this question?
00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:15.119
I'll just look at your expression.
00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:20.159
Are you gonna is it possible that you'll carry a laser and point it in the eyes of them?
00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:22.319
No, absolutely not.
00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.759
Don't get me in trouble like that.
00:35:24.399 --> 00:35:30.239
I haven't had a laser pointer since I was like 12, 12 high school.
00:35:30.399 --> 00:35:32.559
That was like my high school would have been.
00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:34.799
No, it was definitely earlier than that.
00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.599
I remember those.
00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:37.039
I remember all the laser pointers and stuff.
00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.599
It was pretty cool.
00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:39.279
My mom probably still has one of them.
00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.079
I don't know.
00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:41.199
I I don't listen.
00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:43.279
The laser pointer I had wouldn't matter.
00:35:43.359 --> 00:35:44.319
It ain't going it.
00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:48.159
I'm I'm I'm up it like have you seen how big that stadium where the press box is?
00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:49.199
I'm in the stratosphere.
00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.919
We have to have oxygen.
00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:51.519
Oh, you're up that okay.
00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:53.919
Oh, you're I think the press box is at the top, right?
00:35:54.000 --> 00:36:04.960
Like you gotta like pump oxygen into the into the into there, you know, just uh and they have the you know, Texas, they have to have the gravity, like some you know, they have to have the command making or anything for high altitude.
00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:08.559
I do or I I don't as long as we don't sway and move, I'll be all right.
00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:11.359
So we have a pre-game meal though that I'm pretty excited about.
00:36:11.439 --> 00:36:14.399
If it's not barbecue, I'm really judging the F out of AM.
00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.759
So let's see what happens there.
00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.879
Kind of excited about that.
00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.799
So games is briefly.
00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:23.519
If it's like do we want to do a show like uh like a show Saturday night?
00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.319
I'm digressing.
00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.359
We'll talk about that later.
00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:27.279
Uh we might do a I can maybe do a live.
00:36:27.439 --> 00:36:28.799
I got a three-hour drive after.
00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:33.759
I was gonna say that's what I'm getting at is that you there's a window that we probably can maybe.
00:36:33.839 --> 00:36:34.639
Let's see what happens.
00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.519
Let's see what happens.
00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:37.359
I mean, maybe we could do something late.
00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:42.639
Um, that's if we win, if we win, it'll probably be I'll probably do like a three-hour live though.
00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:46.799
And if we lose, it'll be a three-minute one.
00:36:46.879 --> 00:36:52.079
Um our dependable three minutes.
00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.960
Um yeah.
00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:55.679
Yeah, let's don't get me started on your three.
00:36:55.919 --> 00:36:56.960
All right, finish this sentence.
00:36:57.119 --> 00:37:03.279
Kentucky beats Texas and AM if we score more points.
00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:06.239
All right, you know, I didn't think of that.
00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.519
I didn't think of that.
00:37:07.919 --> 00:37:08.480
No, I don't know.
00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:11.759
The I don't know the I don't know really like a great answer for that one.
00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:18.559
Um, because I think there's just so many, I think there's just after there's so many question marks after what happened last week.
00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:21.919
You know, if we can run the ball, if we can pass the ball, if we can block.
00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:25.279
Um, how much of that was schematic, how much of that was Alabama, I don't know.
00:37:25.359 --> 00:37:30.159
Um, that's why I think I think this is a game you learn a lot more about Kentucky than even against Al.
00:37:30.399 --> 00:37:33.839
If they would have won, obviously you're like, hell yeah, like look at look at where we're at.
00:37:33.919 --> 00:37:40.239
But I think coming out of the adversity and what happened, I think you learn a lot more about Kentucky Saturday than a lot of people realize.
00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.679
And that could be good or bad.
00:37:41.919 --> 00:37:44.879
Putting you on the spot, and I'll I'll I'll follow up.
00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.119
Okay.
00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.559
Score prediction, sir.
00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:51.279
I'm going to say I think out I think I think they win.
00:37:51.439 --> 00:37:55.599
I think AM wins 27 to 27-17.
00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.639
But I think it's close.
00:37:56.799 --> 00:38:03.279
I think it's like one of those, I think it's like I think it's like 21-14, something like that, 17-14.
00:38:03.439 --> 00:38:04.319
I think it's close.
00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:09.279
And then in the fourth quarter, we just we kind of run out of gas offensively or even defensively.
00:38:09.359 --> 00:38:11.199
And I think I don't think it's a blowout.
00:38:11.439 --> 00:38:11.919
I don't.
00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.879
I could be wrong.
00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:14.559
I can see a blowout happening.
00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:17.519
Like, I don't want to like I I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.
00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:19.119
I can see AM winning by a lot.
00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:25.199
But I think 20 the way the defense played encouraged me, and the way AM's offense is played doesn't encourage me.
00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:27.279
I'm gonna say they win 27-17.
00:38:27.439 --> 00:38:34.079
Well, I'll I'll uh match your 17, but I've got AM 38, 38-17, is what I'm saying.
00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:42.799
I think the second half, uh I think the second half against Bama was a uh is a very uh telling scenario for this team.
00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:47.439
Are we gonna are we gonna give a 31-yard drive and a 16-yard drive for touchdowns?
00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:50.399
I mean, if you take those two out, that game looks way different.
00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.839
But that's the aspect of it.
00:38:51.919 --> 00:39:05.359
If we do, yes, but if we don't, like like I want to see a team, I want to see a team now go have multiple 60 or 70 yard drives on this defense for for like like do we actually have a really good defense that doesn't give up long drives for touchdowns?
00:39:05.439 --> 00:39:11.199
You know, maybe they give up 50 or 60 yard drives, but if it's field goals, that's a lot easier to beat when you go into three than seven.
00:39:11.439 --> 00:39:33.599
I think uh Sunday night round of shots, Travard alluded to this or he said it or alluded to it, that you know, it's just once you put the you keep putting the defense in that in the in the situation, uh second half, man, it just not only just physically wears you down, but it's like mentally you almost check out because you're like, oh shit, here we go again, here we go again.
00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:35.439
So yeah, 38 years old.
00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:37.039
It's stressful.
00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:41.759
It's stressful on on a on a on a defense when you keep putting them in those situations.
00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.960
Yep, yep.
00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:43.839
All right.
00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:48.799
That was our Texas AM Alabama.
00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:50.480
You want to talk about it anymore?
00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:52.159
Come on, one more, one more thing.
00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:52.879
Nope.
00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.679
All right.
00:39:53.839 --> 00:39:56.480
Uh let's talk college the the weekend.
00:39:56.559 --> 00:40:00.319
Uh, there are some pretty important key games.
00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:03.759
Gotta start with arguably probably the biggest one.
00:40:03.839 --> 00:40:11.359
It's a big game, top 25 wise, but it's also a very it's like uh this is made for TV.
00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.960
May for TV game.
00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:21.599
Yeah uh LSU at O Miss, Lane Kiffin going back to Oxford wearing the LSU covers colors, and it's TV.
00:40:21.839 --> 00:40:24.239
Uh who has more pressure with this game?
00:40:24.319 --> 00:40:26.799
Um I think that's a loaded question.
00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:33.839
I know Kiffin wants to say they do because LSU won seven games last year and they won 13.
00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:35.679
I think it's kind of mutual, right?
00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:40.879
Like this is old Miss saying we don't need you, and this is Lane Kiffin saying I was right to leave.
00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:43.039
So I think there's a lot of pressure on both, right?
00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:46.000
Like there's pressure for him to prove that he made the right decision.
00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:48.639
Now maybe he ultimately wins the national chassis.
00:40:48.879 --> 00:40:51.519
It was the right decision, but it doesn't matter because this is the first game.
00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:53.359
Um he is right in what he says.
00:40:53.439 --> 00:40:56.079
He's like, hey, they're returning two Eisman trophy contenders.
00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:58.079
Um, I don't know if that means they should win.
00:40:58.159 --> 00:41:00.399
I think it's a three, I think LSU is favored by three.
00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:02.000
Um let me see.
00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:06.000
Yeah, I think that I think that this could be a really interesting game.
00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:13.439
This is one of those games where Lacey and Shambliss, if they this is a lace if Lacey and Shambliss go off, that this could be a really fun game to watch.
00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:16.079
I honest I will I will tell you, I think Ole Miss wins.
00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:17.359
I think Ole Miss wins the game.
00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:21.439
LSU won uh one and a half favorite as of right now.
00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.559
I think LSU wins.
00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:26.399
Ole Miss uh LSU so at seven and eight.
00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:26.879
I forgot.
00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:28.480
Yeah, top two, top ten too.
00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:29.119
All right, yeah.
00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:31.759
Uh I'm gonna go with Ole Miss in that game.
00:41:31.919 --> 00:41:32.159
Okay.
00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:38.000
Uh does the winner uh does the winner too many games left for too many games.
00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:38.480
That's fine.
00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:40.159
Too many games, too many opportunities.
00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.799
Good point.
00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.919
Good point, good point.
00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:46.960
All right, another one, another one, whether you want to talk about or not, uh, but it is locally.
00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:49.119
Louisville gets uh pretty big measures.
00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:50.079
Low SMU.
00:41:50.319 --> 00:41:51.439
Louville SMU.
00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:56.399
Uh first of all, is right now is Louville legitimately a top 25 team to you?
00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:57.279
I don't think so.
00:41:57.439 --> 00:42:05.679
I know a lot of people got really excited about them and how they looked against Ole Miss, but I watched the whole game and Ole Miss looked like they were brain dead for half of the game.
00:42:05.759 --> 00:42:10.079
And then, you know, when they turned it on, yeah, but defensively they look like crap.
00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:13.919
Uh the secondary couldn't cover a cover a f uh, you know, a fly.
00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:16.239
Um look, if they win the game, then sure.
00:42:16.319 --> 00:42:21.519
I I you know then they are uh one and currently one and one and they're only a favor because it's a home game.
00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:24.159
Um yeah, can they sell it out?
00:42:24.319 --> 00:42:25.119
That's the other question.
00:42:25.359 --> 00:42:26.399
SMU is really good.
00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:27.759
I mean, they are really good.
00:42:27.919 --> 00:42:29.519
So um it'll be a good game.
00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:30.719
This is it's big, right?
00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:33.759
Both these teams gotta win if they want to have a chance at the playoffs.
00:42:33.839 --> 00:42:36.559
If Louisville loses, they're the it's they're done already.
00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:37.839
Seasons season's shot.
00:42:37.919 --> 00:42:39.679
They don't have enough, they don't have enough games.
00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:42.319
No, they don't play Miami, they don't play Miami.
00:42:42.399 --> 00:42:50.559
They could maybe still backdoor their way in if SMU loses a bunch of games, but now you gotta have to SMU's gonna have to lose two, and SMU doesn't play Miami either.
00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:53.359
There's not a lot of top end teams in the ACC this year.
00:42:53.439 --> 00:42:55.039
So I mean even Clemson doesn't look very good.
00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:56.799
Like Klemson looks like shit.
00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:59.839
Like Clemson struggled with South Georgia the other day, right?
00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:02.639
Uh now I know there was a weather delay and a lot of stuff, whatever.
00:43:02.799 --> 00:43:03.119
F it.
00:43:03.279 --> 00:43:05.439
They haven't looked good at all for through two games.
00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:07.839
So neither of those teams play Miami.
00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:13.199
Um, FSU doesn't, I mean Norville's clock's ticking now that they fired the athletic director.
00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:16.639
I mean, like every game they he plays if he loses, that's just a ticking time.
00:43:16.879 --> 00:43:17.839
Now that's the other thing, though.
00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:26.079
If FSU fires their coach early, that's a team that could make some noise later and really F some teams up because they've got talent.
00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:28.319
Oh I just think Norville's a shitty coach.
00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:31.919
I just think Norville's a shitty coach, but they've got the talent.
00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:35.679
Let's segue to it's Florida State at Alabama this weekend.
00:43:35.839 --> 00:43:38.480
Um that's gonna be an absolute destruction.
00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:43.519
All right, so it is right now Bama.
00:43:43.919 --> 00:43:46.559
Do you consider them a uh playoff contender?
00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:56.079
I think they're a fringe playoff contender, but I think their light years gonna be light years better than if this game was in Tallahassee, I'd be like, that that's maybe this is in Tuscaloous.
00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:57.839
They're gonna beat what's the spread?
00:43:58.000 --> 00:44:00.719
They're gonna 20 and a half, I think.
00:44:00.879 --> 00:44:02.799
Not 19 and right now.
00:44:02.879 --> 00:44:05.599
Yeah, they're they're gonna beat the breaks out of FSU this weekend.
00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:07.839
Like they're going to beat the dog shit out of FSU.
00:44:07.919 --> 00:44:11.439
When you look at FSU's schedule after this, it's interesting.
00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:14.960
They've got Alabama, Central Arkansas, then Virginia.
00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:28.000
If they're gonna make a coaching change, maybe they make one this because they go Virginia and Louisville, like they have to win Virginia and Louisville to have any chance at a like their next three games Virginia, like Virginia, Louisville, and Miami.
00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:30.000
That's their next three games after that.
00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:34.960
So if they get beat if they get the shit beat out of them, I wouldn't be surprised if Norvell gets fired after Alabama.
00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:38.639
You're gonna make the move, you make the move that way before you where you have an easy game the next week.
00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:47.519
And then You try and see if you can regroup and get you know make a run at it because they only have one ACC loss, especially if, like you know, one ACC loss doesn't necessarily kill you.
00:44:47.679 --> 00:44:52.000
Why I say Louisville season's probably over is because no one's beaten Miami in that conference.
00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:55.119
I don't see anyone beating that Miami team in the ACC right now.
00:44:55.359 --> 00:44:57.279
Jeez, they're uh they're legit.
00:44:57.359 --> 00:44:58.639
They are and Louisville.
00:44:58.719 --> 00:45:05.599
If you look at Louisville's schedule, they don't play another top 25 caliber team the rest of this of the year.
00:45:05.759 --> 00:45:13.279
So this is like they go Wake Forest, NC State, FSU, Syracuse, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Pitt.
00:45:13.359 --> 00:45:18.719
Now, Pitt could be top 25 by the time they play them, potentially, but that's that's your that's their run.
00:45:18.799 --> 00:45:26.159
So if they don't win this game, I don't think they have a so-and-so chance of many unless they backdoor and then just somehow magically beat probably Miami in the ACC title game.
00:45:26.319 --> 00:45:27.439
I just don't see Miami.
00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:31.279
Like I think Miami might lose one game, but I don't think they lose any conference games.
00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:35.359
Another one uh out there in Houston at Texas Tech.
00:45:35.439 --> 00:45:37.519
Um Thursday or Friday?
00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:39.839
Uh that's uh Friday.
00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:41.599
Yeah, it's Friday.
00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:46.480
Yeah, there's actually a couple interesting games that you got Miami, Wake Forest, and Houston, Texas Tech.
00:45:46.559 --> 00:45:47.279
Two on Friday.
00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:48.879
Wake Forest has looked fairly good.
00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:53.199
My first road, first, I would say more first root true road test for Miami.
00:45:53.279 --> 00:45:55.759
I know they played uh Miami hasn't played a Saturday game.
00:45:55.839 --> 00:45:56.559
Let that sink in.
00:45:56.639 --> 00:46:00.639
They're gonna play three games and they're gonna, it'll be Friday, Thursday, Friday.
00:46:02.319 --> 00:46:02.879
Weird as shit.
00:46:03.119 --> 00:46:03.839
That is crazy.
00:46:04.399 --> 00:46:09.599
I don't uh it's that's an interesting game, obviously, um, in the in the Big 12.
00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:11.679
Uh Texas or the Big 12, yeah.
00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:13.199
Say wait, big 12.
00:46:13.279 --> 00:46:15.359
Uh Houston seven and a half.
00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:16.799
Either Houston or Texas Tech.
00:46:16.879 --> 00:46:20.960
I don't think I don't think Houston or Texas Tech have looked astronomically amazing.
00:46:21.279 --> 00:46:22.480
So it'll be an interesting game.
00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:24.079
Obviously, Texas Tech playing at home.
00:46:24.159 --> 00:46:27.599
Look if Sorce them Texas Tech losing Soresby was was was hard.
00:46:27.679 --> 00:46:31.199
If they if Soresby was their quarterback, I think they're a locked playoff team.
00:46:31.279 --> 00:46:32.239
Now it'll be interesting.
00:46:32.319 --> 00:46:39.039
Um, if Houston wins, now you got to put them in the conversation for a playoff team because the big the Big 12 is gonna be wide open.
00:46:39.359 --> 00:46:50.319
Uh you know, Georgia's, I don't want to go into this, but Georgia is is playing at Arkansas, and the reason why I'm bringing up Georgia is Georgia the team right now in the SEC?
00:46:51.839 --> 00:46:53.039
I think it's TBD.
00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:54.159
I mean, they haven't played anyone.
00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:54.879
Let's see what happens.
00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:58.319
I mean, look, I think you got to go the winner of the old miss LSU game, right?
00:46:58.399 --> 00:46:59.519
Like they'll have the best win.
00:46:59.679 --> 00:47:00.319
Yeah, right.
00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:04.399
I mean, so um Georgia really hasn't played anyone, so let's see what happens.
00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:05.519
Now they mean they should.
00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:08.639
I mean, they think they're favored to win the SEC, but let's see what happens.
00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:12.000
I mean, I want to see, like, you know, I want to see what happens in this old miss game.
00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:15.919
Um, I think old miss and uh or LSU could win the the SEC.
00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:18.159
Um, and uh Georgia still needs to prove it.
00:47:18.319 --> 00:47:21.439
Give me uh one upset uh this weekend.
00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:30.639
Uh it doesn't have to be any of the games we discussed, but what's uh what's one upset that would uh like reverberate in the college football world?
00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:32.480
UTEP, Michigan.
00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:42.799
Um, I mean honestly, if you're gonna talk about reverberate, well, I think Kentucky probably has the best chance of a reverberating upset.
00:47:42.879 --> 00:47:43.759
I don't like that.
00:47:43.919 --> 00:47:46.799
Uh I I don't know if Houston would be a reverberating upset.
00:47:46.879 --> 00:47:49.199
I think it would be an upset, obviously.
00:47:49.359 --> 00:47:54.000
Um, if I look at the other top 20, I mean, even if Louisville beats SMU, it's an upset, right?
00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:56.480
But I I don't think that would be like a shock.
00:47:56.879 --> 00:47:58.719
Yeah, but Louisville's at home.
00:47:58.879 --> 00:48:00.480
So to me, I don't think that's an upset.
00:48:00.799 --> 00:48:04.239
Yeah, I wouldn't think that that like it would technically it would be an upset.
00:48:04.319 --> 00:48:07.919
Um, but I don't think it would be a shocking upset, is kind of what I'm saying.
00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:08.319
No.
00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:11.919
Other than that, man, when you look through the schedule, I just don't see a lot.
00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:15.599
Maybe, maybe a Colorado State can bite BYU.
00:48:15.759 --> 00:48:21.119
The other upset, the other upset I think that is possible, I don't think it would be reverberating, but West Virginia and Virginia.
00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:23.919
I think that that could be a I think West Virginia could be Virginia.
00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:29.679
Now that they're ranked 25th, so I wouldn't count that as a reverberating upset, but I would put them on upset alert there.
00:48:29.759 --> 00:48:31.119
Um, and then you just don't know.
00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:33.839
I mean, there's a couple weird games, maybe Troy and Mizzou.
00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:37.759
Um, those that's a game like BYU Colorado State.
00:48:37.839 --> 00:48:40.079
That's another game um that could get interesting.
00:48:40.159 --> 00:48:47.439
But like if you look up and down like the the the slate of top 25 games, I just don't look and go, man, that's one that's like could get get here.
00:48:47.839 --> 00:48:50.079
I think Miami, Miami's another one.
00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:54.239
I would be shocked if they lose, but Wake Forest has looked pretty good.
00:48:54.399 --> 00:48:58.079
I could see Wake Forest giving them a better game in the first half than people think.
00:48:58.159 --> 00:49:01.519
Um, just because Miami kind of got to sleepwalk through the first two games.
00:49:01.679 --> 00:49:03.599
I just don't think that they can beat them, though.
00:49:03.839 --> 00:49:06.480
I have to ask um Indiana.
00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:11.599
Obviously, what they've done the last two years, what they did last year, remarkable.
00:49:11.759 --> 00:49:14.480
Uh they're there's they're still a good team.
00:49:14.719 --> 00:49:17.679
Uh do you see them right now?
00:49:17.839 --> 00:49:19.039
Where do you see them?
00:49:19.119 --> 00:49:25.279
Uh potentially uh in a position to defend the their national championship?
00:49:25.439 --> 00:49:26.319
Absolutely, they can.
00:49:26.399 --> 00:49:27.599
I mean, they're right there.
00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:29.199
I think whether they rank fifth now.
00:49:29.359 --> 00:49:34.399
Um their schedule, their the the Big Ten schedule is favorable.
00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:38.000
You know, they have some bigger games, um, but it's it's favorable.
00:49:38.239 --> 00:49:39.679
They'll probably get in the playoffs.
00:49:39.759 --> 00:49:40.960
Uhlikely.
00:49:41.119 --> 00:49:41.759
Highly likely.
00:49:41.839 --> 00:49:42.000
Yep.
00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:43.679
Highly likely they make the playoffs.
00:49:43.839 --> 00:49:44.000
Yep.
00:49:44.159 --> 00:49:47.839
Um, I mean, look, at this point, the only thing like at this point, you can't say anything.
00:49:47.919 --> 00:49:48.639
They won an 90.
00:49:48.799 --> 00:49:51.519
It doesn't matter what their schedule is, they won a F a national championship.
00:49:51.839 --> 00:49:53.279
Like that first year we got to laugh a little bit.
00:49:53.359 --> 00:49:54.879
Ah, you played two teams, you went oh and two.
00:49:55.039 --> 00:49:55.679
Good, two good teams.
00:49:55.759 --> 00:49:57.119
They came back and went 16 and 0.
00:49:57.439 --> 00:49:59.039
I mean shit.
00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:01.119
No, can't say shit.
00:50:01.199 --> 00:50:06.079
Um V as a as a f um just as I'm very tough as game.
00:50:06.399 --> 00:50:07.919
They had two really they had two teams.
00:50:08.079 --> 00:50:10.639
Well, obviously, Penn State kind of surprised the shit out of them.
00:50:10.719 --> 00:50:12.319
I guess Iowa played them pretty tough too.
00:50:12.399 --> 00:50:17.439
But I mean, Ohio State played the like took him to the mat and Miami took him to the mat, and they won both games.
00:50:17.679 --> 00:50:21.119
I mean, Miami probably gave them the biggest scare of anybody.
00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:24.319
Um, if it wasn't for that block pump, Miami wins the national championship.
00:50:24.399 --> 00:50:26.639
I mean, Miami played good enough to win.
00:50:26.719 --> 00:50:29.839
That was the that's why ball security and turnovers matter, right?
00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:38.319
Um, so that's that's that's the other thing with Miami where I'm like, ah, I think they're gonna be hard because I think they got that chip, they got that taste, you know, and you've seen that in sports.
00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:41.519
A team goes and gets close, even look at Indiana, right?
00:50:41.759 --> 00:50:46.799
Team goes, gets close, has a good season, comes back the next year, absolutely kind of dog walks everyone.
00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:52.559
I think you've seen that kind of that, especially out of like Malachi Tony, uh, and Fletcher, uh specifically.
00:50:52.799 --> 00:50:55.839
Um, that's that's my national champion pick, also.
00:50:56.000 --> 00:51:02.239
Um, but I think Indiana has a very good shot of getting of not only getting in, but winning games again.
00:51:02.399 --> 00:51:02.799
Yeah.
00:51:02.960 --> 00:51:06.480
All right, before we get out of here, uh quick basketball hit.
00:51:06.559 --> 00:51:10.000
And what I mean to say quick, it's quick, because we're at the top of the hour.
00:51:10.159 --> 00:51:20.399
Um, you know, what's the one Kentucky basketball storyline you're most interested in once we really start transitioning into basketball?
00:51:20.719 --> 00:51:21.279
Four-five.
00:51:21.359 --> 00:51:23.439
The four-five is gonna be the the the thing.
00:51:23.519 --> 00:51:35.519
That's gonna be how far the if if Malachi Moreno takes a big step, and if we have a you know, who's the four and and and if they can produce a lot, then I think this team who would who is the who could be the four?
00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:36.159
Who is the four?
00:51:36.399 --> 00:51:36.960
Usman.
00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:40.399
Um, I think he has the ability to be a really good four.
00:51:40.559 --> 00:51:42.639
Um, he's lanky, he's athletic.
00:51:42.719 --> 00:51:43.599
Can he take that step?
00:51:43.759 --> 00:51:45.359
Can his game transition to this?
00:51:45.519 --> 00:51:47.679
Um, he could shoot the ball, he could take people off the dribble.
00:51:47.759 --> 00:51:48.719
He's very athletic.
00:51:48.879 --> 00:51:54.799
Um, so I think those are if the four-five is is solid, this team could go very far.
00:51:54.960 --> 00:51:56.480
If it's not, we will show.
00:51:56.719 --> 00:51:58.319
I think the one, two, three is pretty good.
00:51:58.480 --> 00:52:00.319
I think we're I think we have a lot of depth.
00:52:00.480 --> 00:52:02.000
We got a lot of guys can beat you.
00:52:02.079 --> 00:52:04.319
We can put three guys on the full floor.
00:52:04.399 --> 00:52:08.719
We could, you know, McBride um also shot 40% from three.
00:52:08.799 --> 00:52:12.319
So we can put three guys on the floor that shot 40% from three last year.
00:52:12.480 --> 00:52:15.759
You know, I'll obviously think Zoom takes a step probably.
00:52:15.919 --> 00:52:17.919
Uh we'll um, yeah.
00:52:18.159 --> 00:52:19.679
So it's gonna be the four or five.
00:52:19.759 --> 00:52:22.319
And then tomorrow I just hope I don't die in the craft center.
00:52:23.359 --> 00:52:23.679
Why?
00:52:23.839 --> 00:52:24.559
What are you doing there?
00:52:25.279 --> 00:52:26.799
Media madness tomorrow.
00:52:26.960 --> 00:52:27.679
Oh, is it okay?
00:52:27.759 --> 00:52:29.519
Yeah, I'm 4 30 to 6.
00:52:29.679 --> 00:52:30.000
Dang it.
00:52:30.239 --> 00:52:32.719
Let's uh let's see if these old ass knees hold up.
00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:34.480
Hey, we're getting close, man.
00:52:34.559 --> 00:52:35.279
What are we at?
00:52:35.359 --> 00:52:38.319
When's uh when does basketball officially practice?
00:52:38.879 --> 00:52:41.759
Big blue madness is in two weeks.
00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:42.480
Two weeks, yeah.
00:52:42.719 --> 00:52:43.919
Madness is in two weeks, I think.
00:52:44.079 --> 00:52:44.799
It's close, huh?
00:52:45.039 --> 00:52:46.639
The night before the South Carolina game.
00:52:46.719 --> 00:52:47.119
Oh, yeah.
00:52:47.279 --> 00:52:47.839
So that's right.
00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:54.399
We've actually I've actually had some media conversations with some guys and be like, uh we might carpool at like 6 a.m.
00:52:55.039 --> 00:52:55.839
and just go.
00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:56.719
So anyway.
00:52:57.279 --> 00:52:57.839
All right.
00:52:58.079 --> 00:53:01.759
Uh we're uh rounding third and heading for home here.
00:53:01.839 --> 00:53:02.960
Uh last thing.
00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:04.799
Forget the final score for a second.
00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:07.279
What do you need to see Saturday night?
00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:11.599
Saturday, Saturday that will make you feel better about or actually Saturday night.
00:53:12.079 --> 00:53:13.279
Didn't we already talk about that?
00:53:13.439 --> 00:53:14.399
Oh, hold on.
00:53:14.719 --> 00:53:15.519
I thought we did.
00:53:15.679 --> 00:53:15.919
Okay.
00:53:16.159 --> 00:53:20.000
Uh to make you feel better about where the program is headed.
00:53:20.239 --> 00:53:21.839
I feel great where the program's headed.
00:53:21.919 --> 00:53:27.039
I not nothing, nothing uh that happens will change how I feel the program is headed.
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Nothing.
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I mean, you're looking at guys that are top, top five, ten players in the nation that are considering Kentucky.
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Um, you're looking at quarterbacks that are number one in the country that are considering Kentucky, right?
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Um, we got you know multiple four, five star guys that I think we're gonna land in this cycle.
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Nothing is going to change that for me.
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Now, can it change how the season might look?
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Yes.
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Look, the wins and losses in terms of how we recruit this year, and people get on social media and bitch and moan, oh, we probably lost all the recruits.
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No, they know what's going on, they know what's happening.
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Will it change could it change how the outlook for this year is?
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Yes.
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Will it change the outlook where I think the program's going?
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No, no, no shot.
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That that answer doesn't come that that answer doesn't come till year three.
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Um, but if you look at how he's recruiting right now, no, no way.
00:54:13.919 --> 00:54:15.759
Like we are bringing some dudes in.
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I know.
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I'm in in Stein we trust without a doubt.
00:54:19.599 --> 00:54:21.279
Um, but it's just a talking point.
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All right.
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Uh, I get to do my closing monologue.
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I like I like talk a little bit.
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Paul does all the talking.
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I'll set him up and he knocks it out of the park.
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Uh, it's gonna do it for Blee Blue Primetime.
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Uh, Paul with his insight.
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Um, Kentucky knows what happened last Saturday.
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We know what went wrong, we know what has to get better.
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Now it's about the response.
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And honestly, that is that's what I'm most interested in Saturday.
00:54:49.919 --> 00:54:54.960
I'm not asking Kentucky to walk into Caulfield and suddenly look like the best team in the SEC.
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I'm asking them to compete.
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I'm asking the offense to sustain drives.
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I'm asking Kenny Minchie to take another step.
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I'm asking the defense to keep fighting.
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And if AM lands a punch and they will, I want to see Kentucky answer because sooner or later this program has to start turning encouraging moments into complete football games.
00:55:17.679 --> 00:55:19.839
Saturday gives them another opportunity.
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Nash, I mean it's prime time during or not prime time, but during the day.
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They chose this game over SMU and Lowell.
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I digress.
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Uh, we'll find out what they do with it.
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Paul, Kevin, it's been this is bleed blue prime time every Wednesday night.
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Go cats, go big blue, peace out.
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Good night.
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You gonna say goodnight?
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See ya.
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I did peace out.
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Oh, yeah, no one can hear me.
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I'm on the pod.
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All right.