Bleed Blue Primetime | Kentucky vs. Alabama: Time to Find Out What the Cats Have

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Welcome into Bleed Blue Primetime.
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It's number two, episode number two.
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Uh debut was last week and we're still doing this.
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Kevin here, Paul with me as always.
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And tonight we're adding some other some flavor to the show.
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Uh right here inside the Bleed Boon Bleed Blue Network.
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Lucas Witt joins us tonight.
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Lucas, glad to have you at the table.
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How you doing, brother?
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Pretty good.
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How about you, man?
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I'm good.
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Paul, how are you?
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Good.
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I'm uncomfortable with how small this camera makes Lucas actually like look.
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Because he's literally like 6'2, and he doesn't look 62 right now.
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There you go.
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Yeah, just set up a little bit.
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Why don't you why don't you stand about 10 feet from the camera to get the full give us the full effect?
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Get the photo effect.
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Yeah, yeah.
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All right.
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Good to see you guys.
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Um, we got a lot to talk about.
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A lot.
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Will Steinera is officially one and oh, Kentucky handled Youngstown State 45-13.
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Kenny Minchie threw for more than 300 yards.
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Four touchdowns.
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The offense put up more than 500 yards.
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And for one Saturday, things look pretty damn good in Lex.
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But there's always a butt here, right?
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But I don't know if it's a big butt, but it is a but.
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The redress rehearsal is over because Alabama is coming to Kruger Field.
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This isn't the Nick Saban, Alabama anymore, but let's not kid ourselves.
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The Crimson Tide still has Alabama talent all over that roster.
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They just dropped 48 on East Carolina.
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They've got a young quarterback who can hurt you with his arm and his legs.
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And we're about to find out very quickly just how real this Kentucky football team actually is.
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And somehow that's only part of the show, guys, because Michigan apparently discovered a new rule where if you don't like how the clock ends, you just put another second back on it.
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Then you got LSU absolutely embarrassed Clemson.
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Lane Kiffin has been in LSU for about five minutes, and somehow LSU and the SEC are already involved in a legal war.
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That could include a discussion about LSU's conference membership.
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I think that's gone.
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That's as of today, that is no that is no longer a thing.
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They doxed that.
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They exnated earlier because they capitulated last night on the NFL players.
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They're not playing, they're not on the roster.
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Well, that's what I get because I have a daytime job and I kind of tune out the rest of the world to focus on my IT stuff.
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But, anyways, let's start at home because Kentucky is one and oh.
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What did we actually learn about Youngstown States?
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Paul, um, forget a forget the opponent for a minute.
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What did Kentucky show Saturday that you think will translate against SEC competition?
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Official offensive efficiency.
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Um, that's the that's the that's kind of the thing.
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I mean, you know, I think I think everyone's everyone's gassed now.
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Like it, like the whole town's buzzing, right?
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Like you're you're starting to see it.
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It's interesting.
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Like I when I said on before the show, like I got things to say.
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It's real interesting, like the the the dynamic shift on social media right now in terms of like what's going on with uh with Alabama and its fans.
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Um, I you know, and look, I think that there's you know, you're seeing some some haters out there, um, like SEC Mike, who's not been very complimentary to Kentucky, no matter, you know, at all, uh, and now talking about like, yeah, they maybe they do have a shot to beat Alabama.
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Look, I get it, it was Youngstown State, but I think it just looks so effortless, effort effortless and flawless.
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Uh, and then when Stein was um when Stein kind of I I wouldn't say what, you know, kind of didn't he didn't just scoff at the defensive mistakes, but it's like, listen, it was communication, had nothing to do with talent.
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That's the that's an easy fix for us.
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We know exactly what what happened.
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I think everybody felt a little bit better.
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Now they got to go prove it, but you know, I think it was just the efficiency of the team.
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Nobody looked rattled.
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I think you know, the intensity that Stein showed.
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Well, when's the last time you've seen a coach run out on in midfield and you know, chest bump their player like on a defensive stop?
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I think you're gonna see that 10x this weekend.
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So I think it's just overall is just the look and the eye test that made the made everyone feel real excited about going into this game.
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I think everybody wanted to be excited.
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Now they really are.
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Lucas saying for you, uh, how did you do you how do you think this uh Saturday's performance does uh stack up against the SEC?
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Um offensive line play is elite.
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Like you don't allow a hurry, a sack, you know, like Minchie was perfect, you know, perfectly fine back there, you know, untouched.
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I think we did learn that you know the DBs are a question.
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Um, you know, the D line might be a question.
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Can we get the push that we need?
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Can we can we make you know Keylon um uncomfortable?
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And then, you know, when he is rolling out, can we have you know DBs?
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You know, I think the safety group I like.
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Uh we saw you know Castell play really well, but I think the DBs for the most part really didn't play well.
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Obviously, they were out, you know, their two best deep uh corners, right?
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But that's something that's gotta be improved.
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Um play with with an SEC level competition at rock receiver because the league's full of athletes and dudes um all over the all over the conference.
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Yep.
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Um same with Minchie, guys.
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Uh again, 301 yards, four TDs, no picks, four different touchdown recipients.
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And he pushed the ball vertically instead of living on five yard throws.
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Paul, did Minchie simply do what he was supposed to do against Youngstown State, or did we see something Saturday that has that changed your expectations?
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No.
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I mean, this is the week everybody, this is the week everybody now looks at everything, right?
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Um I'm not saying Kentucky's gonna win.
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I know a lot of people, like I think they can.
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I'm gonna pick them to win.
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I'm not saying like I'm not gonna go be like, guarantee Kentucky's gonna win, Obama sucks, right?
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No, none of that.
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Can they cover the spread?
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Yeah, I mean if they can win, they can cover the spread.
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I think they could listen.
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I think there's a world Alabama walks in here.
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I think there's a world Alabama walks in here and says, You thought we were done and beats the shit out of us.
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I think there's a world Alabama walks in here, Kentucky goes, You thought we were the same old Kentucky, beats the shit out of Alabama.
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I think there's a world where there's a fucking dogfight, and then there's a world where it it's a field goal at the end to win.
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Like, this is not one of those games walking into a traditional blue blood where I think like it, I think, I think it's when you see that 10-point spread, that's because the name of Alabama, Kentucky.
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If this was Georgia, Tennessee, it'd be a it'd be a four-point spread, four, four, four and a half, three and a half, something, right?
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Like that's what it would be.
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Um, I think that's where you're gonna look at that.
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This is the judge now, right?
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Like I there's a world where Kentucky loses and everyone goes, shit, like they're right there, right?
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Um, like you know, Indiana went and lost to Ohio State.
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Uh that was at Ohio State the year that they made the playoffs, and everybody was like, Well, you know, they did play kind of they didn't play particularly well, but they didn't get their asses, you know, absolutely run out of the horseshoe either.
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So um I don't think expectations have changed.
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I think this is just where now everyone saw the eye test.
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They're like, all right, everything we were hoping for looked the way it should.
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Now we go into this game and and you know, kick the ball and see what the fuck happens.
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Yep.
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Same for you, Lucas.
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Uh you you sold on uh Minchie's performance um heading into Bama.
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Um yeah, yeah, for the most part, because you see a lot of these young guys, like I don't know if somebody might want to fact check, but I don't remember there being a guy that didn't throw or have a turnover at quarterback, you know, in their first game.
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Like Minchie just looked comfortable back there.
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Like Levis threw an interception, um, you know, at ULM, um, when you know he came out um in his debut.
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Uh I think Leary threw one, you know, Vandergriff.
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But like I think it was important and and it showed me, you know, the poise and and that he had, you know, back there, and you know, he just looked comfortable um compared to some guys in their first you know appearance, like Levis, who was an unknown at Penn State, comes in and had a little little moment there early.
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And um, so yeah, I th it was something really important.
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And I think leading into Bama, you know, they're a lot bigger.
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Um, you know, their linebackers are gonna stress, you know, the middle of the field and the coverage, and um, you know, he's gonna have really, really small windows.
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So he's gotta capitalize.
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You know, he's he's gotta use his legs way more.
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Um, he's not gonna be able to just sit there the whole time and just you know throw.
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So yeah, that'll be that'll be important.
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Will Stein's offense looked like a Will Stein's offense.
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Kentucky had balance tempo, expl explosive plays, tight end involvement, and multiple contributors.
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Guys, we spent the offseason talking about what the offense was supposed to look like.
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Saturday was the first time we actually saw it.
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Paul, what was the biggest difference you noticed between this offense and what we've watched at Kentucky the last few years?
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We don't have another long enough show for that.
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Give me your short version.
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Give me your short version.
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We actually we we we actually didn't play like 1942 um Army Navy.
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The ball actually went vertical.
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Um you know, we had uh I we we had broken tackles.
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Um, we didn't line up in predictable, predictable formations.
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Um, I mean that nothing looks the same.
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It's so different.
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It's like watching, um it's like watching, you know, it would be like watching Mike Tyson fight me.
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It wasn't even close.
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I I would have nobody would be afraid.
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But I'm gonna tell you what, I would have looked real good going down in the first 10 seconds, but I'd have given it hell.
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I'd have swung hard and fell hard.
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Lucas, uh I you're a kiddo, but you've you've clearly have watched the cats the last few years, uh night and day, safe to say for you.
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Um I don't remember a Kentucky football team be as offensively geared as I've seen this Kentucky team.
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Like, you know, just the ability to come out and and fire on all cylinders from the from the get-go to the last minute.
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Um, just something I haven't seen.
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Um, you know, there was spurts in that that Levis first Levis year.
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Um the 18 year really, I mean, there was spurts, but that team was a real one of the best defensive teams in the country.
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So like this this team just from an offensive standpoint blows, you know, out of proportion what Kentucky football is.
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Probably, you know, and from those, you know, Randall Cobb years offensively, probably probably the best offense we've seen since that team.
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Um with Randall during the Randall Cobb years.
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Uh one, probably.
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One or two.
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Negative, but I've seen the highlights.
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I've seen the highlights.
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Uh, but like the defense, the defense parts, it's definitely gotta be worked on.
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And that's probably, I think if we look in five years, we're gonna have great offenses, and defense is gonna be, you know, up in the air.
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So we're just you're gonna have to make the pieces work.
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Um, and just you know, they're recruiting at a high level, so that that'll take care of itself.
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But for you know, the first couple of years, the defense will will kind of be, you know, in flux.
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Paul, the freshman for sure didn't did not look scared.
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Kenny Darby led Kentucky with 74 rushing yard or receiving yards in in the game data, while freshman Prince Gene also caught a touchdown.
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Those young guys look great Saturday.
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Are we comfortable relying on them when uh Bama is standing across?
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Yeah, I think though we're not relying on them, though, because you look at the tight end play and you look at where these guys are lining up in the backfield, wide out.
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I mean, Skinner played more of like a true wide receiver, really, than a true tight end.
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Um, I think when you're looking at that, that's where you're seeing the difference where you're putting Darby in the backfield, having to come out in motion.
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You're seeing the leak outs there, playing, you know, getting them isolated.
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You're they're they're creating.
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I think if one thing is true is that they are going to create mismatches.
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You're gonna have a linebacker sometime this week trying to guarding Darby.
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You're gonna have a safety on Willie Rodd.
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That's the thing.
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Like, I don't think we're depending on any one guy in this offense.
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It's the you know, and and Will Stein even said it is like, listen, the football guy gods are cruel sometimes.
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Because, you know, they got we got asked about Ferguson uh and and Anderson and was like, hey, like are you they blocked phenomenally, they were always in the game, and and and you know, sometimes it's cruel how they are um you know that that happens, and then the ball doesn't find them.
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So I don't think that that was you know, look, if they try and take that away, you still got two big wide receivers that are fast on the edge that you know didn't really do anything.
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If anything, our edge wide receivers didn't show anything.
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There's no take, they don't know even what they're looking for.
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Good point.
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No, and DJ Miller is another one.
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Like we've tried to force now.
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I will say he was wide open, and Lucas, you remember that play, right?
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Like yeah, he he checked down to Patterson, and we still had what an 18-yard gain, Lucas.
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20-yard gain, yeah.
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20-yard gain.
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Still good play, great play.
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But if he if he takes weight, looks what gives one more glance, it's a 45-yard touchdown to DJ Miller.
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I mean, when I say he was open, he's still running.
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He's still running.
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Still running.
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Yeah, he was that open.
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All right.
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Um I guess same to you, uh, Lucas.
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Uh offensively, freshman feeling good, right?
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These guys are stepping into the fire.
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Freshman-wise, Kenny Darby, Kenny Darby has the chance to be like, and this is not just saying, like, he has the chance to be one of the best receivers to ever come out of Kentucky, period.
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Like, he's that good.
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Like me and Paul watched him.
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Like, he's that good.
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You know, Prince Gene really impressed, showed, like, he has that like boost, like, he has that one dell step, you know, like where he can quit cut.
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Like, but Kenny Darby, I'm telling people, like, I mean, he's that dude.
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So, like Darby's probably one step below Malachi Tony.
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I mean, I mean, he's like, it's crazy, and people are gonna be like, what the hell?
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No, dude, do can play.
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So, like, like, get it, like, if you want to watch the film, he can play.
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So, uh, he's gonna be a great player for for Kentucky for many years to come.
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He's gonna have a lot of people on the portal come after him.
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So you gotta retain him and do your job and get him, get him, you know, in the long run.
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Uh yeah, two people in the chat.
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Thanks for hanging with us again.
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Um Libre Plump time every Wednesday night, 8 p.m.
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Eastern.
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Um, not to be a party pooper, there, but to me, there was like one caution flag to kind of bring up.
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Youngstown state did throw for 243 yards.
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Kentucky didn't force a turnover, and UK had 70 penalty yards.
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Paul, what's the one thing from Saturday that Alabama will punish Kentucky for if they don't clean it up?
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Everything.
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Um, the penalty yards I'm not as worried about.
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It really was later in the game.
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Stein talked about that.
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It was, you know, backups wearing, it was hot, it got a little sloppy.
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Um, I think we had two penalties before the fourth quarter, if my memory serves me correctly.
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It was just, it was we played real clean until the end, it got real sloppy late.
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So that's not I'm not terribly worried about that.
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Um, the secondary, obviously, we kind of talked about it.
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But like, look, Alabama's got a lot of talent, they got a really good coaching staff, you know.
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As much as people want to like talk about the board, I think he's like 125 and 20 or something like that.
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I mean, I I I maybe it's not that it's it's it's it's ridiculous, right?
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Um, so as much people like want to talk shit about him and say he's not, you know, he's not bad, he's not saving.
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Yeah, well, not a lot of people are gonna walk in and be saving, um, but he's pretty damn good head coach.
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So they're gonna look if we make make mistakes, they're gonna kill us.
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Um, so and but that's the SEC in general.
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I mean, look, even though you're mid-tier teams, same thing.
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If if Bama comes in here and gives up three turnovers, they're that they're gonna lose.
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Like, you are going to if you give this Kentucky offense three more possessions than you, you are going to get beat.
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Like, this Kentucky team is going to beat you.
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That they because like the thing is is like before we were like we stopped them from scoring, and now it's like, can we play the field position game?
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Now it's like, oh, we got the ball, now we're gonna go stomp on your throat.
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I think that's the biggest difference in in how the mentality is.
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I mean, Will Stein is con he is confident, man.
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I have never I have never seen a coach, and and Lucas has seen this too, like when we've been in the room with him, right?
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Like, he gets asked questions, and you just see him look of just like, did you really just F and ass that?
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And he doesn't, he doesn't say it, but he does respond in some questions with a little bit of a tone.
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He's just like, like, don't don't even think I play that game.
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He's like, I play to win, right?
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So, I mean, look, he was very complimentary of Alabama, said they had a great coaching staff, really good players, they do.
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Um, and if we make mistakes, they're gonna beat the shit out of us, and we're gonna have gotten really excited for nothing.
00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:14.640
Let's uh get into the meat and potatoes of tonight.
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It's it's the matchup, it's Bama.
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It's it's a big fucking game for us right away.
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Game two.
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Uh, an early opportunity for us to showcase ourselves.
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But let's not get ourselves.
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I mean, Alabama's opener deserves respect.
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The tide uh accumulated close to 500 yards, they controlled the ball.
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Uh Keelon Russell accounted for 342 yards.
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Guys, uh, let's establish this before breaking anything down.
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Does Kentucky have a legitimate chance to beat Alabama Saturday?
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Not to cover and keep not to keep it respectable, win the fucking football game, Paul.
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Yes or no?
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Just yes or no?
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100%.
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Okay, and Lucas, same for you, right?
00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:53.920
Hell yeah.
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Hell yeah.
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All right, let's talk about the matchup.
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Alabama's offense, Kentucky's defense, Keelon Russell.
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Uh did you do you attack the young quarterback, Paul, and risk letting him escape?
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Because I know this is Will Stein's Kentucky.
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It's a new coach, a new system, but uh Kentucky's defense over the last 200 years when it comes to running quarterbacks, we just seem to not figure it out.
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Well, we got better at it.
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We got better at it the last five four years.
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Okay.
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But still, uh again, do do you attack the uh the quarterback and risk letting him escape or make him stay in the pocket and prove he can beat you for four quarters?
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I you gotta you gotta do both.
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I mean, if you don't put pressure on him, he's got talent, he's an uber talented guy.
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I mean, look, I uh and and look, the thing that we're not talking about, a lot of people don't want to like a lot of people forget is Alabama might have the second best wide receiver, third, maybe third best wide receiver in the nation.
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I wouldn't say second.
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I mean Tony and the Ohio State kid are by far the two best.
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Uh, but he's definitely probably the third best wide receiver in the country.
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You don't want to let you don't want to give him tons of time.
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There's ways that you blitz and get get get pressure.
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I mean, Alabama's offensive line has a lot of question marks to it.
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I I think our our defensive line did really well against the run.
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They did really good containing uh Youngstown State's quarterback.
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Um he was a really big you know dual threat guy.
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Now they did roll him out a lot.
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Kind of hurt he hurt us more on on like throwing outside of the pocket.
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Now that's we yet to be seen if if the Bama kid's gonna be as elusive.
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And the other thing, too, is early in the game, and Lucas and I were watching this, you know, too, and notice like Bama's O-line in the first quarter looked ugly.
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Like he's a he is freak athletic.
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I will say that.
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Like it when you saw that, it didn't matter if you were a true freshman or senior.
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That dude just has that raw it factor, and he can get out.
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You give him get him in space, he's he can really hurt you because that all things are even.
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When you put an athlete in space, now everything's even doesn't matter if he's 18 or 22, now things are even, right?
00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:49.519
Um, and so you know, you don't overpursue.
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I think having Alex Safari playing a lot more is gonna help.
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You're gonna have a lot more gap discipline.
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Um, I think it's a you know, I think it's a it's gonna be a big game on our linebackers.
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When you look at that, it's you you're gonna look at like look look, we said said it all offseason.
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The D line is probably the best overall unit in terms of depth that we have, and they just have to go out and prove it.
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Like you rush the right way, you can stay in your rush lanes, you contain.
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And if you can put pressure on, if you can collapse the pocket, it's gonna be a long day.
00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:20.319
You want him to make a lot quicker decisions and you then just kind of tuck the ball and run, right?
00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:22.400
You don't have to think a lot, it's just like don't get hit.
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That's the only thing you're doing when you're running.
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Uh, not a lot of thinking involved in that.
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You want to make them think in coverage for sure.
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Lucas saying for you, how are how would you go about attacking uh their quarterback?
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Well, I mean, you gotta you know, you gotta contain, but you gotta keep, you know, when we talk contain, I I think people get lost.
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You know, your defensive line gotta and and DNs have to push, you know, between the the the guard and the and the tackle, you gotta those gaps have to be small.
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So, you know, you you can't, you know, fight.
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You really have to, you know, have a really good, you know, um move, you know, gain some space, and then push, push as far as you can and and get as close to the quarterback and make him feel, you know, just really rushed.
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You know, when he starts rushing throws, his, you know, um over the middle, it's gonna be it's gonna be hard.
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You won't you really want to force it over the middle to your linebackers and not really, you know, have him outside the pocket, because that's gonna be dangerous.
00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:20.480
But our linebackers are good enough, you know.
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It's a really good group that, you know, is unproven, but they have a hell of a lot of talent um back there.
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You know, Bo Barnes is a freaking monster.
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Uh just people haven't seen him, you know, at his full potential, but like it's there.
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Castell's there, Ty Bryant's there.
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So if you force that um, you know, over the middle, and you can also get deflections.
00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:46.240
Like Ty Bryant's really good at you know, reading deflections and getting picks.
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That's a lot of his picks from last year.
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Um, how those happened.
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Um, but like just contain um small, small windows for him uh running and just um you know, keep him in the pocket, and um you can really have a good chance of winning.
00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:06.480
Paul, how how important is it is uh the Krogerfield crowd early?
00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:10.000
Can Kentucky make Russell feel that this isn't East Carolina?
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Oh, yeah, 100%.
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I mean, we've proven this over and over again, which is funny why you know I'm seeing a lot of Alabama fans, like I'll be honest with you, the Alabama shit talking on social media and just what they're saying and how they're chirping and where they're making things up.
00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:24.080
It just mind boggling to me.
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Like, I feel like I'm talking to Louisville fans for the most part, which you know, I'm like, haven't you guys won like 47 national championships?
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Like, what the hell's going on here?
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Um, you know, I look we we've proven that this is a hard place to play.
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Kirby Smart's talked about it, he doesn't like coming here.
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It's like listen, this place, it's deceptively loud.
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You walk in, you're on the field, it doesn't look very big.
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It's really loud, and the cr and the crowds on top of you here, right?
00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:53.759
So it's it's it's very it's very different compared to some other places.
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Um, and you know, we've we saw Simmons come in last year, first road start, rattled him, two picks of the first.
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That's he doesn't get hurt.
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It's the same type of player, too.
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Like a guy who rolls out, and it was really freaking hard for him.
00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:10.080
And granted, the defense is probably better than last year, you know.
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Um, but it it's not by much.
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Go ahead, keep going.
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No, no, no, go ahead.
00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:17.759
Like, I mean, it's it's like we're playing Austin Simmons.
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That's that's the game plan.
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We made it really, really shitty for him.
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Like, and and you know, he got hurt, and then obviously Trinidad and then almost.
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The Heisman Trophy finalist comes off the bench.
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Um, but we made we made Simmons a living hell.
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So, like, if you can really take advantage of those first couple possessions and and get him boggled, then I think you're gonna have a really, really solid chance.
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We've shown time and time again big games that the crowd shows up and makes a difference.
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And it's happening, and you've seen it happen with not just new guys.
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I mean, you look at um, I mean, look at uh Beck with Georgia.
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I mean, a couple years ago, Carson Beck.
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I mean, he wasn't a guy that was coming in here with you know absolutely you know, no, no, no street cred.
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And look what we you know, we made his life a living hell.
00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:08.559
We've done it to Florida multiple times.
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Um, you know, we we've done it to we've done it to Louisville, we've done it everyone that comes in here on big games, especially early, when we know that there's still a chance, right?
00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:20.240
Uh the crowds really loud.
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I I I would not be surprised if this is what one of the loudest crowds we've ever had.
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Because uh Alabama can run it separate ways.
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Daniel Hill, EJ Crowell, uh Crowell both average over five yards per carry against ECU, while Russell himself led Alabama and Russell.
00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.279
Paul, what scares you more?
00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:43.200
Alabama's traditional running backs or Russell breaking contain.
00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.640
Russell breaking contained.
00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:47.600
I don't think their offensive line is that overly amazing.
00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:49.200
Uh we might be surprised.
00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:51.120
I mean, look, we we could get very surprised.
00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:55.360
Um, I when I say these things, I'm not trying to be disrespectful and talk shit or anything like that.
00:24:55.440 --> 00:25:00.799
It's just like, you know, based off what we've seen from last year and this year, and guys could get get better, right?
00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.680
Of course they can.
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If it's the way we expect it, I don't think they're gonna have a lot of success running.
00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:07.759
I mean, they're gonna get they'll they'll get some plays, everybody does.
00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:12.960
I'd much more I'd be much more worried about them spreading the field and then Russell getting in space.
00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:18.400
I don't think that Russell's prime Russell wants to necessarily be the guy who's running for 87 yards.
00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:25.200
Like if right you if Russell runs for 87 yards in this game, I think he almost has to rush for 100 yards to really kill us.
00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:32.240
I mean, he was the leading rusher for Alabama against East Carolina, and a lot of that was because he had to run for his life.
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He ain't facing East Carolina defensive backs and linebackers coming at him either.
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So the closing speed's gonna be completely different.
00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:40.480
Um, I'm not necessarily totally really worried about them.
00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:44.000
I think our run defense is good, so that's not something I'm overly concerned about.
00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:49.759
Um, it's definitely pass protection and and and in and getting out and breaking contain.
00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:52.000
Same piggyback off that, Lucas.
00:25:52.400 --> 00:26:02.160
Um, I mean, just like Paul said, like, and what we've been saying, if you just make him, you know, second chance, him running out, and think about it.
00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:09.120
You got you really do have a top five linebacker in Alex Safari that we saw for a couple plays.
00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:11.279
Bo Barnes is a freaking dude.
00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:13.519
He he can be a top five linebacker.
00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:15.680
Nobody said he has that type of talent.
00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:22.319
Like Will Stein went and recruited guys who at their their peak can be top players in the SEC.
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And just we just haven't seen it.
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So if you get if you get that showcase, I mean you can really, you know, um make Alabama to shit the bed because there's a lot of lot of you know really good players littered through the roster.
00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:42.880
And I think fans don't understand how good it was or how good of the gets were we got in the offseason.
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And you give a lot of credit to Stein.
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Stein is the man.
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Kentucky secondary gets reinforcements, guys.
00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:56.960
Terrion Nichols, Hasan Sykes practice this week after missing the opener, and Kentucky could get both starting cornerback corners back.
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Paul, how much does uh getting those corners back change your confidence level?
00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.799
Uh I mean it's a lot, you know.
00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:08.080
Um, I think I think one it's depth.
00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:10.319
I mean, you're not you're you're now going into guys.
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I mean, try and nichols has proven you can perform at an SEC level.
00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:19.759
I mean, the guys had some injury knocks, so hopefully he can stay stay healthy.
00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:21.680
Um, but I mean look, it helps.
00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:24.080
Yeah, they're big guys, they know how to play.
00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:30.720
Um, you know, they played a lot of football, so the defensive things that they throw out them, breaking contain, things like that, it's probably not gonna rattle them as much.
00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:35.600
Uh, they're gonna have a lot better communication in the backfield, um, you know, with the safeties and the linebackers.
00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.200
So uh it's gonna help.
00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:39.200
But if they don't execute, it won't matter.
00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:42.799
Uh, but I definitely think that these are two guys that we have to worry about a little bit less.
00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:57.039
And look, it was good for the like it sometimes it's good for a player to go in and have some breakdowns like you saw over the weekend that are backups because now there's game film on there, they know what they have to work on, and that can help them going into a game like this.
00:27:57.200 --> 00:28:01.759
Um, but uh getting experienced guys, there's there's nothing like that coming coming back.
00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:03.360
So um, yeah, it's gonna help a lot.
00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:08.960
Lucas, how you feeling about uh getting the guys back in the back uh secondary?
00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:11.120
I mean, I really like Sykes.
00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:13.680
Um, you know, it's a big help, like Paul said.
00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:16.000
I don't want to see any Tyron Nichols.
00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:17.519
Obviously, he was a really young player.
00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:29.200
I don't want to see him when we played at Ole Miss and some of the the BS, you know, he got hurt, but like his he there's some BS plays from Nichols, and I don't want to see that.
00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:31.120
Like, he's gotta show me growth.
00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.880
Um, he's that guy now.
00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:38.080
Like he's at a top of uh a cornerback roster in the SEC.
00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:45.600
Like this is his time, and and if he wants to be an NFL player, this is the game that he comes out and and he balls out.
00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:56.400
Like if you know, we saw uh Carrington Valentine, you know, that last year early he wasn't a draft pick, but over the season he he showcased that and become you know, he was one of the best corners.
00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:04.480
Obviously, he was inconsistent, you know, he had some some you know bad plays at times, but Carrington Valentine for the most part was a really good player.
00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:07.360
So I just think he's in the NFL, yeah.
00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:13.200
But you know, the growth um from Nichols and if he can if he can do that, he's an NFL player.
00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.000
All right, guys.
00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:18.559
Let's talk Kentucky offense versus uhlabama defense.
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Um, this is where we find out whether Youngstown State meant anything because Alabama only allowed two rushing yards against ECU.
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Two dos.
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Uh no dos Paul Kentucky ran for more than 200 Saturday.
00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:34.480
Alabama just gave up the two.
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Something's gonna give this weekend.
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Well, question one.
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Question one on the first run, we'll put it that way.
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Can Kentucky win this game if they can't establish I don't know.
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Um, maybe I I you we don't know, right?
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Like we don't know.
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I mean, does does Mitchie have a four and does Mitchie have 450 yard games in him?
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We don't know.
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We haven't we don't we've not seen this.
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Is part of kind of the great unknown why this is such an intriguing game for both sides.
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Um for both sides.
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I don't think that's a good point for both sides.
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It is because there's unknowns on both sides, and that's why I think a lot of people, if you're a Kentucky fan, you feel like you have a good shot to win that win this.
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Um and Alabama fans should be really uh into this game because it's gonna tell you know they're they think that it's just it's Kentucky and you know, blah blah blah.
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But anyway, I digress.
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I don't think we're gonna I I don't let me put this it's not that I don't think we will we won't struggle running the ball.
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I don't think that they're gonna shut us out.
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Our offensive line is way too damn good.
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There's a lot of big experienced players, SEC guys, guys that have played, you know, a lot of freaking football on our offensive line.
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Kentucky's getting for Kentucky to go and have a 200 yard game and then have like an under 100 yard game would be one hell of a of a of a of a mix.
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So no, I don't think I don't think I think we'll get more than two yards on the first rush.
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I think that they'll probably run for 100 to 150 yards.
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Uh, and if you're in that, you're you're you're in good.
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Because here's the thing we got four guys now.
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Our our whole stable of running backs is is back.
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Um and we had the extension of the run too.
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Correct.
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With the the passing game with Patterson, who was really good.
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Like Will Stein is really big on extension of the run, even with some tight end sets that we run.
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But like you're gonna see that a lot.
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A lot of we ran the ball for all intents and purposes for a lot of the yards that Minchy threw for.
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You, I mean, how many of those plays were at the line or behind the line of scrimmage?
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So you're gonna see a lot of those types of plays in the extension of the run game as well that opens the run game up.
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It's because it's so hard to guard.
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When you line up in traditional run sets and then you're throwing the ball out for those little quick, you know.
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I mean, how many of those little like weird motion sets did we run where a guy went one way and he runs and he does a flip over the defender and for you know to go against the grain?
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That's that's that's an extension of the running game.
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I think that's gonna be a really big thing for us this weekend, uh, making Alabama honest.
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And that's why our like this offense is so hard to guard against because you don't know where where it's gonna go.
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You could see it come out of the same set three times and then turn around.
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Next thing you know, it's 35 yards down the field, and you don't know what just happened.
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Paul, I'm all this is I'm digressing here, but if we want to do prime time at 9 p.m., I'm all for that.
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We'll talk about that later.
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Because you know I G A whatever that is happening.
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Um uh Lucas, are you comfortable putting this game on Minchie's arm?
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Yes, but I mean, you just gotta uh you gotta make I mean Will Stein obviously has a game plan, so like we're gonna you're gonna see a lot of different stuff.
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And Will Stein even talked about it, like he didn't hold shit back.
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Like, we were running stuff, but there's there's stuff that Will Stein can do that hasn't been seen in different formations.
00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:54.720
Will Stein might have eight things in a uh a play um that Alabama's not gonna be prepared for, you know, that they're gonna scheme through Thursday and Friday night and probably already have through practice.
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Like there's there's probably a lot of things that you know maybe he was, you know, telling the media, yeah, we're gonna we showcased everything and we're gonna have some stuff that we're holding to the chest.
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But I think I think if Minchie can find the running backs on check downs and the tight ends on short, flat, um, you know, you know, play action over the middle, I think that can be really good.
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But Alabama has one of the best linebackers in the country.
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Um, and he's a dude.
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I mean, Yontay Pierre, he had a pick six, like he's damn good.
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So, like, you know, that that's a challenge for um Kentucky.
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All right.
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If not nine, we'll just go past 60.
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Uh digress.
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Uh there I'm there's a rhyme and reason for that.
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Um let me let me bring in some uh uh comments quest guys.
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Uh big blue breakdown ass or says to me the key is how Kentucky is in coverage once uh Keelon Russell your thoughts, Paul is how Kentucky.
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I don't know what he means by that.
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To me, yeah, go ahead.
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Um interpret.
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Take a take a take a step.
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The key is how Kentucky is in coverage.
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I mean, oh no, no, he he follows up.
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Uh no, he did.
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Oh, he caught himself.
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Once he leaves the pocket.
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Okay, I see it now.
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Once he leaves the pocket.
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Yeah, yeah, there you go.
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All right, um, yeah, no, I think that that that's true, right?
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Like, how close to the line of scrimmage are are we?
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Do we have a spy on there?
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Like, where are the linebackers?
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Look, that also has to go with how Alabama is gonna line up, right?
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Like it Alabama's gonna run a lot more of a traditional offense, too, than than even Youngstown State that ran.
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So it's gonna be a lot more lineup and and best on best, and you win win a lot.
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They're not gonna have a ton of misdirection.
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Uh, they don't, you know, the eyes aren't gonna move, move as much.
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Um, so yeah, I I mean it's it I think that they're gonna probably put an emphasis on not make letting him beat him with his legs, especially on third down and and and long, right?
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Like we can't lose those downs.
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Um, we got to put them in third and and and long situations, not third and manageable, uh, because third and long makes it to where the playbook becomes a lot, you know, got a lot less plays on third and long.
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On third and short, you do a lot of things run the ball, hand the ball off, you know, extension of the run, play, screen pass, um, option, RPOs, all that.
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So um, I probably would think that, especially early in the game, that they're gonna have a linebacker close to the line that's gonna watch him and then see how it goes.
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Uh jump in, uh follow that up, Lucas.
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Um Alabama's gonna run a lot of, like Paul said, pro style.
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You're gonna see a lot of um trios.
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Um, you're gonna go tight end, a receiver.
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Um, that's really so really what Alabama's gonna do, they're gonna go that trio set.
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Um, um and and you're gonna have you know Coleman Williams um over there.
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You're just trying to mix it up for the defensive coverage and and and sneak him in a route underneath, um, delay his route.
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Um that you're gonna see a lot of that, but that's that's a uh game plan Alabama's used for a long time just to get him the ball.
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Um one thing to monitor, like he was the leader in the country in drops.
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Um me and Paul were watching, I mean, he had a drop, nobody within 15 yards of him, and he dropped it for CCU.
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So like he will drop the ball.
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Um, you gotta make him, you know, uncomfortable, and that's something that Kentucky can take advantage of.
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That's that's why he's not, you know, with Malachi Tony and Jeremiah Smith, because he he is inconsistent.
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You know, he's he's gotta develop, you know, the ability to be more consistent catching the ball if he wants to have a uh a long career in the NFL.
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But I think that's something important to to watch.
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Um, you know, tight end for Alabama, they're they're really big.
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Um, they're really good at blocking.
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Um, extension of the run game for them's probably gonna be important too.
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Um, because you know it it depends on where Kentucky shows and um, but yeah.
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All right.
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Um Paul De Stein, Coach Stein have to stay aggressive against Alabama if that even if that means taking some chances.
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Yeah, I think I think the aggressive, and he will, right?
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Like he's openly talked about this.
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I there's no conservative in him.
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Um he's gonna go for it on fourth down, and then you're gonna see you're gonna see him, you know, maybe you see a trick play come out of this game.
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Yeah, he's openly talked about if we can steal a possession, we're going to.
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Um, you know, he's very much a feel-of-the-game kind of guy.
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Uh, I think Kentucky's gonna be very aggressive in this game.
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I don't think you're gonna see them try and play field position.
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I think they're gonna line it up and try and shove it down down their throat, um, which is very different.
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When when I've said that, and you know, maybe we talk about that toward the end though, and his mindset in approaching games and teams, like he doesn't give a F what the logo is.
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He doesn't.
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That translates to your team before, right?
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Like, and I I think I mentioned I didn't mention this necessarily.
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I don't know if I tweeted it or not, but like Stoops would start, right?
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Like, we have a very tough opponent this week, Alabama.
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Everybody knows that they're this and that, they're so good, right?
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Like he's kind of putting Bama on a pedestal.
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Now it doesn't mean that the competitive juices weren't there and things like that weren't flowing, but it was it felt different, right?
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Like it was like maybe we have a chance, but it's Alabama.
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Will Stein's like, F that Alabama's got to come in and play Kentucky, right?
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It's a different way of thinking.
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And I think that that mindset, it's the same thing with Signetti, right?
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When the coach has that us against the world, we can beat anybody, we we are or we should beat anybody, it's contagious with the right group of guys, and it can make teams that maybe aren't more talented in terms of star power play up and above that level because the belief and execution in that belief is there at a level that a lot of teams can't match.
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Follow that up, Lucas.
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Um, like you talked about Cinetti, like it you saw it come out.
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Cinetti's over here game planning for Oregon, and he goes, Hey, let's do a team prayer.
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He's like, Oh shit, fuck it.
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Let's pray for Oregon.
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Like, that's that's the type of type of shit you will stine's like.
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He's like, like, we're coming to get your ass.
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He's dropped cuss words in three straight press conferences, by the way, and doesn't care.
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I'm telling you right now, in this 2026, coaches like Cinetti Stein.
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These, I mean, it it to me, it's refreshing.
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It is in the world.
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And this is it, this is the era it is.
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This is the era it is.
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If you want uh if look, Lane Kiffin, people fucking hate him.
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Lane Kifin is he's he wins, man.
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He's building some, he's building a damn program.
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And I like actually like you saw you saw you saw Dabbo Sweeney type style, which is a mark stoop style, get absolutely you know, that uh uh old school, right?
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So like yeah, so like that that it that stuff is getting filtered out, like and you're seeing the young guys win, um, the creative guys, um, and it's really good for the sport.
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Um, and you're gonna see a like uh Pete Golding at Ole Miss was a mastermind versus Over, like in some of the stuff he was doing.
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And yes, their defense was terrible, but offensively Ole Miss is a good thing.
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They're secondary looks like ours in the country.
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Oh, listen, if Ole Miss doesn't sleepwalk through that first quarter, that game is not close.
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They s they were sleepwalking, not maybe for the full whole first half, they were sleepwalking.
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And once they hit that gas boy, they look like a completely different team.
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Man, I'm telling you, man, uh college football as a whole.
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There's nothing like it.
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There's still nothing like it.
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Uh, I know they're we're paying players and it the it's a new era, but it's still the whole vibe with college football is so fucking amazing.
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All right, here's a here's a scenario, Paul.
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If it's fourth, fourth and two near midfield.
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Well, first of all, let me let me let me let me break let me preface this.
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Uh Kentucky cannot play Alabama scare.
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I think we are you gonna give me the same scenario as it was against Georgia?
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Four fourth and fourth and three from the from the 46.
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Um god damn it, you're we're on the we're wonder twins.
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Um, if it's fourth and two near midfield, you're probably gonna have to make decisions.
00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:51.599
There is no decision.
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Decision's done.
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He's made it.
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It's Wednesday, he's going for it.
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What are you talking about?
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He's not even this isn't even the this isn't the decision he's even worried about.
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You know, he's more worried about is like Darby gonna make me change some diapers before bedtime than he is about if he's going for it on fourth and two with any time left against Alabama at the 50.
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I'll tell you that right now.
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And I I and in Will Coach Stein, I will trust to get those two yards, figure out how to fucking get those two yards.
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That's that's awesome.
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All right, uh let's go.
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Three keys for Kentucky.
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Um, I say don't let Russell improvise.
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Minchy can't blink.
00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:34.159
Kentucky needs explosives, uh, and kind of a fourth Krogerfield has to become a problem.
00:41:34.319 --> 00:41:42.639
Paul, if Kentucky wants Krogerfield to become a legitimate home field advantage again, isn't this exactly the type of game where it has that?
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Shout out to Krogerfield.
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Go ahead.
00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:47.039
I think it's been an advantage.
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I think it's just been we've not coached to the advantage.
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Um there you go.
00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:53.519
We've seen it happen.
00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:56.079
I mean, look at what Georgia did.
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I mean, look at what we did with Georgia.
00:41:57.679 --> 00:42:30.480
I mean, look that that pick six still, I mean, look, there are plays against teams where you look at and where we are with Stein today, and you look at Ole Miss last year, if we QB sneak against Texas, um, if we if we go for it on fourth down, if that pick six against Georgia is an overturn, I mean, you can think of there are there are specific plays if Tennessee doesn't get that bullshit third down at the end of the first first half where they score a touchdown, if the face mask is actually called against Will Levis, think of all these plays, and Mark Stoops is probably still here.
00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:32.639
I mean, it's just and we could go with Cal, too, right?
00:42:32.879 --> 00:42:33.759
We can get the same thing with Cal.
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Right?
00:42:34.799 --> 00:42:43.359
If they call, if they call the shot clock violation and the and the foul against Trey Lyle, we win, we win a national championship and go on defeat.
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I'm telling you, that team would have beat Duke's ass.
00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:48.159
That team would have beat Duke like a rep like a bad stepchild.
00:42:48.399 --> 00:42:49.519
That game would not have been close.
00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:52.639
That game would they would have ran Duke out of out of Indianapolis.
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That would have been an ass whipping.
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I don't know.
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God damn it.
00:42:55.119 --> 00:43:01.519
If that if that if May doesn't, if May doesn't hit that shot in the Elite Eight, that team probably wins wins the national championship.
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If we don't run into two buzzall Yukon teams, I mean think about it.
00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:07.039
Like there are there are very things now.
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That's margins in national championships.
00:43:09.279 --> 00:43:10.000
That's bigger, right?
00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:11.039
I I understand.
00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:23.599
But when you're looking at like the margins with like even like in these Mark Stoops games, like you look at the is if the hands to the face penalty is not called against against Kentucky, against Vanderbilt, there's nine-win seasons, there's multiple nine-win seasons, eight-win seasons, ten win seasons.
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Now you have a different momentum.
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Not saying that that wouldn't have translated.
00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:29.359
I think Mark Stoops would have been a great head coach if this didn't change.
00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:34.000
I think Mark Stoops would have was building a team that may have been a playoff contender, and I all changed it.
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He was not going to adapt to it.
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So, yeah, we were so close.
00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:48.799
But when you think about it, yeah, but when you look at it, look at look at all these coaches that are coming here, and they they polled a lot of players last year about where is like in the SEC, where is a place that is underrated?
00:43:48.879 --> 00:43:50.639
And Kroger Field was the top one.
00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:53.679
I mean, all the Texas guys were like, Kentucky, every single one of them.
00:43:53.759 --> 00:43:54.399
Oh, yeah, been there.
00:43:54.480 --> 00:44:00.559
They some of these bigger Kentucky, Kentucky, like that place would they like it was like and then I don't even think it was fully sold out against Texas.
00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:09.839
Yeah, so it's been there, it's been, and I will say this as we have gotten better and gotten to taste, the Kroger Field crowd has risen to an occasion.
00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:16.319
Um, I actually was very concerned what it would look like against Georgia after South Carolina beat the shit out of us, right?
00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:19.199
And that crowd was ravenous.
00:44:19.359 --> 00:44:20.719
I think you're gonna see that again.
00:44:20.879 --> 00:44:27.279
I mean, this is the first time everyone's gonna keep pushing that air that like Stein's going to Stein's going to milk the crowd.
00:44:27.359 --> 00:44:30.239
I think you're gonna see a different in the side a difference in the sidelines.
00:44:30.399 --> 00:44:34.079
I think you'll see Stein ask for juice if he thinks that there's more juice to be had.
00:44:34.319 --> 00:44:36.480
So and and Kentucky is gonna love that.
00:44:36.799 --> 00:44:44.960
The students are already buzzing about it, like there is a Palpable buzz in Lexington and really and even farther in the fan base about this game.
00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:48.879
Um if they what's the over and under on couches burning Saturday?
00:44:49.359 --> 00:44:50.399
All of State Street.
00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:53.359
Every house.
00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:55.039
This lawnmower's up.
00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:56.000
Every house.
00:44:56.319 --> 00:44:58.079
I hope you have fire insurance.
00:44:59.359 --> 00:44:59.759
All right.
00:44:59.919 --> 00:45:03.279
Um next segment or talking point.
00:45:03.439 --> 00:45:04.559
The history question, guys.
00:45:04.799 --> 00:45:07.839
Alabama does lead the all-time series.
00:45:07.919 --> 00:45:08.639
I hate to say that.
00:45:08.799 --> 00:45:10.319
32 and 1.
00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:11.279
There was a one.
00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:12.159
We had a tie.
00:45:12.319 --> 00:45:14.480
Kentucky's last victory was two wins.
00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:18.480
That's why I said 32, 39, 2, and 1.
00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:18.799
Okay.
00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:21.679
There was a tie Kentucky's last victory was Tim Calch.
00:45:21.919 --> 00:45:24.480
And that famous four 34.
00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:25.919
Oh, yes, Craig Lee's.
00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.559
Oh, geez.
00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:27.279
We gotta, yeah.
00:45:27.439 --> 00:45:29.039
We gotta figure out uh I digress.
00:45:29.359 --> 00:45:31.519
We we gotta get former players on the on the show.
00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:33.519
David Bouvier last week, he'll be back.
00:45:34.239 --> 00:45:39.679
This is prime prime time is going to be a very hip cool show.
00:45:39.759 --> 00:45:45.759
Um last uh Kentucky win 40-34 overtime in 1997.
00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:53.519
Saturday, uh you can probably argue the David versus Goliath, uh, but how about this?
00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:58.239
Is this still Alabama in Kentucky fans' mind, Paul?
00:45:58.399 --> 00:46:01.519
Or has the mystique changed since Saban has left?
00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:04.239
I mean, yeah, I mean Nick Saban Nick Saban had an intimidation.
00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:05.679
Hold on, Paul.
00:46:05.759 --> 00:46:09.439
Until Nick Saban walks through the damn door on or into Crockingfield.
00:46:09.759 --> 00:46:11.839
I like how Lucas just cut you off.
00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:12.239
Yeah.
00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.839
I mean, I let him cook.
00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:14.879
If Lucas cooked.
00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:17.519
If we make Saban walk off the bus, I'm I'm good.
00:46:17.679 --> 00:46:21.759
But until then, yeah, we we got we we've been saying that too, right?
00:46:21.839 --> 00:46:24.960
Like, and I like Lucas and I talked about this in the press box at the game.
00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:26.480
Nick Saban's not walking off the field.
00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:29.599
Kellen De Boer's a really damn good coach, but he does not put ring the fear fact.
00:46:29.759 --> 00:46:31.439
That is no disrespect to Kellen De Boer.
00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:35.359
And maybe Kellen De Boer goes on to bring that fear factor, but right now he doesn't have it.
00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:38.719
Um, you know, Lane Kiffin walks in, you're you're worried.
00:46:38.879 --> 00:46:49.119
Like, like there are certain coaches that come in here that have what I would call the spurrier effect, where you're like, this guy wants to embarrass me in front of my wife, my kids, and destroy my entire lineage.
00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:54.480
And then and then give props to our day and give props to our punter at the end of the character.
00:46:54.799 --> 00:46:56.399
Kirby Smart's a little bit like that.
00:46:56.480 --> 00:46:58.960
Um, Lane Kiffin's a hundred percent like that.
00:46:59.119 --> 00:47:01.839
Um, those are dudes that like scare you, right?
00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:02.879
Um fair.
00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:08.639
I I I I now maybe Deborah is, I don't know, but he's not he ain't he ain't saving.
00:47:08.799 --> 00:47:11.359
Um, so I think the fear factor is a little bit less.
00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:13.279
It doesn't mean that they can't come in and kick our ass.
00:47:13.839 --> 00:47:17.519
Uh Lucas, you didn't cut Paul off there to interject.
00:47:17.759 --> 00:47:19.119
Um you know what?
00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:22.319
I let's give I mean let's give props.
00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:26.559
There's no voice to me like Paul's voice.
00:47:26.719 --> 00:47:31.279
Jay Hayes is probably number two, but feel free to cut Paul off every damn show.
00:47:31.359 --> 00:47:32.799
It's our show, it's not me.
00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:38.799
Hey, we and Paul have our uh our good combos, especially when we were walking on the field.
00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:44.079
We won't say on here, but we we we had some good uh combos.
00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:49.919
Uh like and even even like I don't know Tennessee.
00:47:50.719 --> 00:47:52.159
Lucas Mike Strops, by the way.
00:47:52.319 --> 00:47:54.799
Like he embarrassed, Lucas is a low-key assassin.
00:47:56.799 --> 00:47:58.559
Lucas is a low-key assassin, man.
00:47:58.799 --> 00:48:00.719
You say things and then Lucas turns a little bit.
00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:08.399
Uh like like Josh Hypel scared me.
00:48:08.559 --> 00:48:10.719
Like, he he's scary, he's intimidating.
00:48:10.799 --> 00:48:15.199
Like you could tell last year he wanted to embarrass Kentucky, and he did.
00:48:15.679 --> 00:48:21.919
Um, um, like other guys, you know, um throughout the country, there's there's not a lot.
00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:23.279
It's really the SEC.
00:48:23.439 --> 00:48:25.359
Um, that's why it's so good.
00:48:25.439 --> 00:48:27.679
Um, Ohio State, Ryan Day.
00:48:27.759 --> 00:48:30.000
Um, but like Paul said, we got a chance.
00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:38.159
Like Nick Saban's not walking off, you know, Bear Bryant's not Laura coming coming down from heaven, and like like we have a chance.
00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:42.399
And um it's a it's a great weekend to be a Kentucky fan.
00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:42.799
Absolutely.
00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:53.279
Um, and if you are even if you're just you know at home, like get some beers at home, get some popcorn, like load the fridge, have a have a day.
00:48:53.439 --> 00:48:56.799
Like, like this is a a weekend to be a Kentucky fan.
00:48:56.879 --> 00:48:58.239
This is why you're a Kentucky fan.
00:48:58.480 --> 00:49:04.319
While we're having our beers and drinks, kiddo, you gotta stick with Oh hey, I got my I got my LA.
00:49:05.359 --> 00:49:05.679
Sorry.
00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:07.919
Uh have a coke and a smile, man.
00:49:08.079 --> 00:49:08.719
Um, yeah.
00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:13.439
All right, let's uh so the injury reports out.
00:49:13.519 --> 00:49:14.239
Um go ahead.
00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:21.599
Michael Michael Carroll, um, their starter um on their O-line, one of their O-line starters is doubtful.
00:49:21.759 --> 00:49:27.279
Okay, uh he's uh yeah, so they're they're they're they might be down on an offensive lineman.
00:49:27.359 --> 00:49:29.199
I mean, their injury report's a lot longer than ours.
00:49:29.279 --> 00:49:30.960
We got three guys out, nobody plays.
00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:37.359
They got three, they got three key contributors out uh and a couple depth pieces, so they're not coming in here 100%.
00:49:37.759 --> 00:49:50.480
All right, we finished the uh kind of Kentucky Alabama narrative, and I'm gonna segue to uh other talking points uh in the SEC and and uh the college football world.
00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:54.079
But Paul, you've you you've been at the pressers.
00:49:54.239 --> 00:49:59.039
Chat me up on the Stein vibe uh heading in Saturn.
00:49:59.359 --> 00:50:03.279
I mean, the the aura this guy has, I mean, just doesn't care.
00:50:03.439 --> 00:50:07.839
Um, it's he is the youngest SEC quarterback or coach right now, right?
00:50:08.319 --> 00:50:11.599
Yeah, it's borderline arrogant, it's borderline arrogant.
00:50:11.839 --> 00:50:14.719
Um, it probably is arrogant in the right ways.
00:50:14.879 --> 00:50:16.319
He's not disrespectful, right?
00:50:16.399 --> 00:50:25.759
Like he doesn't disrespect the opponent, but he he does not like he you can tell he doesn't like questions posed of like, well, you're Kentucky and this is Alabama.
00:50:25.839 --> 00:50:27.439
And I think he's he's that way with anybody.
00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:29.039
Yeah, he doesn't like that.
00:50:29.279 --> 00:50:33.119
Um you can tell he has a demeanor of questions that he when he doesn't like.
00:50:33.279 --> 00:50:34.799
Um you can really tell.
00:50:34.879 --> 00:50:36.719
Um, he he responds very differently.
00:50:36.799 --> 00:50:38.719
Stoops was like that, but stoops was very different.
00:50:38.799 --> 00:50:44.480
He was a lot more curt uh than than Stein is Stein has attacked for it, or at least with it right now.
00:50:44.639 --> 00:50:48.639
Um, he has that that cocky little arrogance, man, of like, I don't care.
00:50:48.799 --> 00:51:01.359
Like, I mean, you know, I I I was saying to some Alabama fans online today when they were kind of mouthing off, like, you know, you guys got your asses whooped by the by the worst P4 team in the history of college football.
00:51:01.439 --> 00:51:06.799
And that program came in and beat your ass on national television in the playoffs last year by 35 points.
00:51:07.119 --> 00:51:08.399
These things change quick, man.
00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:14.399
Like, if Indiana doesn't, and and look, Kentucky is one of those teams where they're like saying, Hey, Kentucky statistically could be one of those teams.
00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:16.639
It's like that next that next group that comes up.
00:51:16.719 --> 00:51:23.679
I I I dude, there is not a bone in my body that doubts the fact that Will Stein believes he's gonna bring a national championship to Kentucky.
00:51:23.759 --> 00:51:24.960
Not a not a bone in my body.
00:51:27.279 --> 00:51:28.079
Like embarrassed.
00:51:28.399 --> 00:51:31.359
And people were like off Florida State that week.
00:51:34.159 --> 00:51:34.960
All right, let's go.
00:51:35.279 --> 00:51:37.679
That game probably saved Norvell's job, too.
00:51:37.839 --> 00:51:39.039
Yeah, all right, Paul.
00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:44.879
Uh chat me up on what is the fucking scoop with S the SEC and LSU right now.
00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:46.639
This is this is cinema.
00:51:46.799 --> 00:51:47.919
I mean, my god.
00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:52.639
I mean, two were I think I think LSU blinked.
00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:53.759
I think LSU blinked.
00:51:54.079 --> 00:51:57.519
Um, you know, I it was the timing of everything.
00:51:57.679 --> 00:52:02.480
It was the they passed the rule, they were still gonna do it, they were still suing.
00:52:02.639 --> 00:52:04.399
Um, and so LSU blinked.
00:52:04.480 --> 00:52:06.319
I mean, I don't know how how else to put it.
00:52:06.399 --> 00:52:08.000
Um, it's cool that they blinked.
00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:09.359
I think that it's smart.
00:52:09.439 --> 00:52:11.599
It would have been really interesting if they got kicked out of the league.
00:52:11.679 --> 00:52:12.719
I think that would have been really funny.
00:52:12.879 --> 00:52:16.399
I mean, they were already throwing institutional control that word out around.
00:52:16.639 --> 00:52:19.359
Yeah, they were they were gonna make an example of LSU.
00:52:19.439 --> 00:52:20.480
I I know they were.
00:52:20.639 --> 00:52:26.079
Um, I think they're gonna make it an example of LSU because the NCAA has no balls and they lose everywhere.
00:52:26.159 --> 00:52:28.079
They're they like they have no institutional control.
00:52:28.239 --> 00:52:38.480
The NCAA, like to say that we are like the NCAA as an organization is anything but like an a glorified uh event organizing uh organization anymore is is a joke.
00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:40.480
They have literally no governing power anymore.
00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:44.239
Um and the SEC in these conferences hold the money and they hold all the power now.
00:52:44.319 --> 00:52:48.399
And I think that the SEC was definitely going to be like, no, you're not doing shit here.
00:52:48.480 --> 00:52:56.159
Um and uh they blinked, they're not on the roster, it's now off the table, and I think everybody kind of goes, I think everything kind of goes back to the way they were.
00:52:56.319 --> 00:52:59.199
It sounds a lot like they're everything's getting de-escalated now.
00:52:59.279 --> 00:53:05.199
Um, there's no reason that the the outcome is what they wanted, and now I think it's just move on and play football.
00:53:05.519 --> 00:53:10.719
In fairness, whether the big picture, you you you can't lose Ellish.
00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:13.839
You can't uh remove LSU from the SEC.
00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:18.639
I mean, there's a there's a couple teams I think they wouldn't mind if they jumped in the SECA, I'll be honest with you.
00:53:19.199 --> 00:53:22.799
I think they drool, I think they would have drooled to go get Miami.
00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:25.199
Yeah, but I I do think that's untouchable.
00:53:25.439 --> 00:53:29.919
I think my ever be a scenario where Louisville shows up in the SEC.
00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:34.079
No, I think I think there is a scenario where Miami ends up in the Big Ten.
00:53:34.319 --> 00:53:38.239
I think academically they fit in the Big Ten better than the SEC.
00:53:38.399 --> 00:53:41.839
I think that there's a world where Louisville goes to the Big 12.
00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:44.399
Um, I don't see a world where they end up in the SEC.
00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:45.919
I don't think Kentucky would ever allow it.
00:53:46.079 --> 00:53:59.519
Florida would probably bitch and moan a lot about Miami coming into the SEC too, but I don't know if Florida can keep I I think it'd be easier for a founding member like Kentucky to keep Louisville out because they they're not really, they haven't they don't they don't bring a lot to the table.
00:53:59.679 --> 00:54:02.960
Like they don't have national championships, they don't have the recruiting hotbed, right?
00:54:03.039 --> 00:54:06.159
Like there's not there's reasons like that Louisville doesn't fit.
00:54:06.319 --> 00:54:08.879
Miami brings you opens South Florida up even more.
00:54:09.039 --> 00:54:14.079
Miami has five national championships in football, their basketball teams coming on, their baseball team has four national championships.
00:54:14.239 --> 00:54:18.239
Um they're they're a lot more storied program winning at the highest level.
00:54:18.319 --> 00:54:21.919
Um I think they would bring somebody like even FSU if they got a good coach.
00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:23.359
I think they would talk about bringing them in.
00:54:23.439 --> 00:54:26.559
I think Florida would bitch more about FSU coming than Miami, though.
00:54:26.719 --> 00:54:30.799
Well, clearly, uh this day and age, uh geographically, it don't mean shit.
00:54:31.439 --> 00:54:35.679
I mean, how many freaking California teams are in the Big Ten or whatever?
00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:36.319
Four.
00:54:36.480 --> 00:54:36.879
Four.
00:54:37.039 --> 00:54:37.519
Yep.
00:54:37.679 --> 00:54:45.679
Um uh nationally, outside of uh Kentucky and the SEC, you know, they're big games this week.
00:54:45.839 --> 00:54:46.319
Oh, really?
00:54:46.399 --> 00:54:52.239
I gotta ask Paul, what was your take on that fucking beatdown with LSU over Clemson?
00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:55.199
It is is Dabbo classic.
00:54:55.519 --> 00:54:56.799
Nah, let Lucas jump in on this one.
00:54:57.279 --> 00:54:58.399
Lucas got things to say.
00:55:00.879 --> 00:55:02.879
Dabbo got his shit rocked.
00:55:03.039 --> 00:55:06.960
I mean, Dabo, like Dabo, I mean, he couldn't shit through a screen door.
00:55:07.199 --> 00:55:12.879
I mean, like, you know, like coming off the bus, like Dabo Dabo didn't know what the hell is.
00:55:13.279 --> 00:55:14.000
And visual.
00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:15.119
Sorry.
00:55:15.359 --> 00:55:21.199
Um, but like, it's just it's the power is moving in in college athletics.
00:55:21.359 --> 00:55:28.639
Like, I mean, there's a chance Dabo was in his home stretch, and I feel like, you know, Clemson could probably see that.
00:55:28.799 --> 00:55:36.159
Um, like his national title was in 20 uh whatever, um, 16, 17, one of those years.
00:55:36.319 --> 00:55:42.559
But like, when you have um like Trevor Lawrence isn't walking through um Clemson anymore.
00:55:42.719 --> 00:55:50.559
Like, those guys aren't are are going to the you know, Alabamas, the Georgias, the LSU's, and the Kentucky's A.
00:55:51.279 --> 00:55:53.119
But he's not using Tom.
00:55:53.279 --> 00:55:53.599
He's got a lot of things.
00:55:53.679 --> 00:55:57.359
Dude, Dabbo's not utilizing the transfer portal, and NIA he doesn't like any of it.
00:55:57.439 --> 00:55:58.799
Yeah, he's a dinosaur.
00:55:58.960 --> 00:56:00.879
He's gonna get his ass canned because of it.
00:56:00.960 --> 00:56:03.439
I mean, listen, if you're Clemson, you're a Clemson fan right now.
00:56:03.519 --> 00:56:04.799
How trapped do you feel?
00:56:04.960 --> 00:56:07.759
How shitty do you feel as a as a Clemson fan?
00:56:07.919 --> 00:56:15.679
I mean, listen, Dabbo, I know Dabbo went after a reporter saying, you know, uh, you got your questions, got 11 more.
00:56:15.759 --> 00:56:16.799
What if we win all 11?
00:56:16.960 --> 00:56:17.919
And literally everyone watches.
00:56:19.519 --> 00:56:22.159
You know what it reminded me of Joker comes see me when we're two and ten.
00:56:22.480 --> 00:56:23.919
That's exactly what it reminded me of.
00:56:24.079 --> 00:56:27.599
You know, when coaches start saying that shit, you know that they're on the hot seat.
00:56:27.679 --> 00:56:33.119
And and listen, I I don't think that I'll just be honest with you, I don't think there's a world where Dabo Sweeney is the head coach of Clemson next year.
00:56:33.199 --> 00:56:35.199
Yeah, I don't know if he makes I think he makes the whole year.
00:56:35.279 --> 00:56:42.480
I don't think they'd fire him mid-year for everything that he's done, but I think that this I I don't think that Clemson, I think Dabo's last year is this year.
00:56:42.559 --> 00:56:44.399
I don't think Clemson can afford for him to come back.
00:56:44.559 --> 00:56:45.599
Like I as a football player.
00:56:46.000 --> 01:03:36.399
I see uh uh a scenario where um you know a guy like um you know Napier at JMU gets a a chance back at a power you know uh five program where he can come back and and get his you know his his time because Florida it just didn't work out but um like those the like dabbo it it's time like hang hang the shit up man like I th I think what we learned Saturday when it comes to LSU LSU probably elite Clemson is passe they're they're not part of the national power conversation not anymore not anymore um not anymore but staying with LSU and Lane Kiff is Paul is Lank Hip and LSU potentially terrifying seriously yeah I mean obviously money is everything yeah I mean LSU is a lot more of a story program I mean here's the here is the question I mean is cle Clemson might be that bad though I mean there listen that was a storm for Clemson no matter what they're walking into an ass kicking probably either way then you have the weather and all this stuff and then you know you got the juice the juice is different and then they just got walking off the bus with Clemson no Living ain't walking no yeah no um I yeah I I think that it's I think it's a very interesting um uh eggs a very interesting conversation about where um where Clemson is and where they go from here they're they're they're powerhouse waiting to be you know re re get back but LSU's always been a sleeping giant when you get the right coach in there um I think he's gonna be really good there I think he's gonna be a problem um but look Kiffin also has those weird shit stinker games too man like he does like it's until Kiffin can get over that hump I mean let's let's let's face it he in all of his years and all the things that we've given Kiffin all the kudos for he's produced one team that went to the playoffs and he didn't even coach him so let's see what happens when they line up against another SEC team but let's let's let's give him props because that team to in fairness that was Lane's team that got to the but he didn't coach him to no fair it's fair but legitimately that was his it was yeah it was his team but he didn't get him to the semifinals of the he didn't get him within one game of playing for an adieu fair fair somebody else did and so I think let's see what happens when they line up and they start getting hit hit over and over again let's see how this team goes Lucas go ahead oh I don't even remember Livy Livy Dunn might not be getting off the bunts but did anybody see the uh the Sydney Sweeney ad that dropped today what the I gotta tell you right now Sydney Sweeney butt naked for a sports ad was not on my bingo card today I gotta tell you I I you'll never look at a tennis racket again seeing it between her butt I mean it's just this this is just the way I'm telling you man like this is send me that offline please we're gonna from a dude to another dude no we're gonna open the show with it next week it's gonna be ad sponsor I'm gonna slide in the DMs be like yeah I listen I'll play your ad for every show just sponsor us can we get her on next week for five minutes blue shoe um blue shoe going you know what blue blue blue in the spirit of blue look you know what I gotta show you what what are you showing Lucas close your eyes don't show anything inappropriate on a on a show oh my god it's not inappropriate it's blue shoe exactly what's inappropriate about it i'm uh i'm i'm in my last deck um the year of my fifth decade guys give give me some last year of your fifth decade yes and some trt that'll help we'll we we'll we gotta find sponsors man let's yeah it does john johnny said it doesn't matter who the coach is lshu's winning a national championship once once a decade or so just because of the talent in Louisiana my evidence ed orger on good good point I mean hold on he did have Joe Burrow he did oh I mean good god that LSU take oh jeez yeah Darby was going to LSU's from he's yeah he sounds like he's a Cajun too man yeah for a couple things real quick guys she is right and she's also right here because you know that's my significant other she no it worked we needed that sponsor Paul do your thing bruh bruh bruh and for the record aw is like kicking www we gotta talk we I want you on one of my aw I won't have anything to say I can tell you anything about a w not a not a link you know what you need to educate yourself because I don't have time my vice listen I got too many vices I'm trying to start a bus I'm working on starting a business right now I'm got got this I gotta I gotta babysit all you guys uh I gotta babysit all you guys in the media company I mean Lucas is a wild man we're having to keep him out of you know out of the clubs every freaking other day you know just crazy running up into players can you even get into a club right now shit I probably could you probably could he's way bigger in person don't let the video fool you like you you see him in person you're just like what's up Lucas I saw him this summer and what was the first thing I said to you this summer Lucas what the fuck happened to you why are you so tall yeah Lucas humor humor me right now please step away from the camera to give us a good visual of your I'm at see I'm in a recliner so it'd be like hard like just keep stand up I don't know like step back like hold on hold on or what are you using a laptop or a phone are they keeping it using a laptop so I'm having a you know you get the gist you get the gist uses about he's like 6'2 yeah yeah uh guys all right keep we're keep going we're we're kind of rounding third and heading from home here um sunday uh the sunday night game olmis Louisville Paul uh SEC Louisville local for here uh I I thought I actually enjoyed this game um low lost but did you come more and become more impressed with them or what not really I mean their plays were blown coverages it wasn't like they lined up and just smacked Ole Miss around I mean Ole Miss bitched them on offense for literally they got going it was over uh a lot of self-inflicted wounds by Ole Miss early on bad snaps plays were off they didn't look like themselves once they got going uh Louisville really couldn't do a lot um yeah Louisville had some big plays but they were broken plays things that I think that are gonna get um I think Ole Miss will fix but that's the early season risk you have of playing teams with talent um I don't think you're gonna know anything about Louisville because they like they they literally got the next 10 by 10 weeks are by weeks I mean that is the Kentucky comparing their schedule to ours Kentucky might be the second best team on their schedule like no joke not not even joking.
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Their schedule is butt cheeks they don't play they don't play Miami like they legitimately could get into the playoffs here with that schedule yeah I mean well not if we beat him but I mean I mean they could I mean they if they run the table they could I don't know if they're they're good enough to run the table I don't think keyholes is as good as people think they are or think he is um he did not look very good he made some really good throws when guys were open um olmus couldn't tackle with a shit by the way I mean their secondary looked really bad I mean that one play where he threw it and the guy went to the eye went went to the end line basically did a back you know sidestep backwards and both cornerbacks were like I'm tackling you and uh you know like you know like a clown right um almost like a zombie um and missed right um that was just an incredible thing so I mean you know when you have when you when you have clowns back in your secondary for a whole defensive game you make anybody look good the first quarter Louville offense or the fact that the Louvre cheerleaders couldn't fit in their freaking uniforms because those things were so tight.
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I mean them things were absolutely suffocating um Lucas was making sure to mention that in the uh group chat by the way is that an issue i i mean you know visually is that a problem TV time as they got you you think they look a little uh I mean uh it might be the problem with how much the the the girls at Louisville but uh I mean that was we're just getting I mean we're not crazy we're just shitting on Louisville like crazy I mean that's that that's that's being a little too shitty because uh there's nothing wrong with non-petite girls just no i hey listen I'm not even gonna go down that road that's just getting in trouble for me it works definitely we'll we'll yeah people are gonna think I did a derogatory thing when I went like the this and I'm just like I'm looking remembering like it I'll own it I remember it from no you remember it from back in the day how it kind of looked like that that's what I was going for but like it actually probably would catch the kids um it was just so bad man I don't know it was this thought wasn't derogatory at all but it was just definitely they were clown like they were clowning back there like crazy.
01:05:45.279 --> 01:06:13.759
Lucas stop taking us down a road where we have to defend ourselves Lucas don't care they don't give a shit all right real quick guys uh uh I don't want to go down the top 25 but it came out uh thinking feeling every anything that stood out for you or not Michigan is booty oh my god can we we we have to talk Michigan right the over I mean I'm taking Oklahoma by 20.
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First of all the the I think every national pundit just railed on that fucking game and how uh they jobbed out uh shit western western Michigan I mean bullshit it it's just it's how blatantly obvious where the home team gets the fucking benefit um I mean it's it's sad
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And rushing the field.
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Oh my god.
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And then mid yes.
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It's a team that just won a national championship, what, two years ago?
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What?
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Two right?
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Yeah.
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Two?
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That was embarrassing.
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That was embarrassing.
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That was really for the record.
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The Mac came out.
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The interesting thing is the Mac came out and originally said that they liked the transparency, and then came out yesterday, I think it was, and was like, oh, we reviewed it.
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This is bullshit.
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Exactly.
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It is.
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It was bullshit.
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It is bullshit.
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Um, it's bullshit, but you still can't let it happen.
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I mean, let's be honest, they run that plate ten more times.
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Does Michigan catch another one?
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Right.
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Um, but it's still bullshit that they had another second.
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The game was over, it should have been over.
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Western Michigan should have won.
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Uh, the fact that Michigan stormed the field afterwards, I think is an embarrassment.
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I think it's a total embarrassment.
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Um, that is something that to me is just an unbelievably embarrassing, shitty thing to do from a team like that, uh, with our program like that.
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If it was, if I'm a fan of that, I'm walking out of there pissed.
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Yay, we won, but my god, do we suck?
01:07:41.839 --> 01:07:50.079
Um, I think I think I I I have no nothing in me that doesn't think Oklahoma walks in there and just beats the shit out of them this week.
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All right, guys, we're uh winding down here.
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This is uh the bleed blue prime time rapid fire segment.
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Humor me, guys.
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I'm gonna throw you some uh takes and I need quick responses.
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Paul, even though I love your voice, I need short answers.
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Kentucky, Alabama, winner and score.
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Kentucky wins 34 to 28.
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All right.
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I'm I'm on my draft or fan duel for Saturday.
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Taking that.
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Uh same for you.
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Um, Lucas, winner and score.
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, okay.
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Minche over and under 250 yards, Paul.
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I'm gonna say under, but I'm not but like I think I think Minchie, I have him, I bet him 240 and two titties.
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Fair.
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That's what that was my bet.
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I bet him 240 and two touchdowns.
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Um, you actually get him at like plus 138 for two touchdowns and 240 yards.
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You get it at like like plus like 190 at like 240.
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Like, hey, you wanna you wanna look at the you want to know the lines real quick?
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How embarrassing this is, like how bad this is, and if you're a Kentucky fan, like if you're looking at this, like let me pull this up because this is actually really interesting.
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I looked at it and I was like, and the and dude, Nick Anderson's not even listed as a potential scorer, he's a starting one ride receiver, all right?
01:09:03.279 --> 01:09:05.039
Wow, that I thought was very interesting.
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All right, so you can get right now the line is 10 and a half, Kentucky plus 310, CJ Baxter at minus 115 to score a touchdown.
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Then the next one is Jason Patterson at one plus 155, Willie Rodriguez at plus 260, Kenny Minchie at plus 320.
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They just added Nick Anderson and DJ Miller in plus 320 for both.
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And you can get Kenny Darby at plus 425, and all the way, I don't even see, and Willie Rodriguez at plus 260 for passing yards.
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You can get Minchie at plus 107 at 200 at 210 yards, you can get him at plus 184 for two touchdowns.
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You can get rushing the ball, you can get CJ Baxter at plus 105 for 50 yards.
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Look at this Paul.
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Paul, look at all of them.
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Look at the screen.
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I came for the Lucas take on the UFL Two leaders.
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That's gold.
01:09:54.800 --> 01:09:55.519
That's gold.
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And then it's this is bookmark.
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Oh, yeah.
01:09:58.239 --> 01:09:58.639
Good job.
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All right, so to show you, like you are going to get like if you take Kentucky at baseline aspects, you can win some money this weekend.
01:10:06.159 --> 01:10:07.199
Um they might do that.
01:10:07.359 --> 01:10:12.559
If you just take the statistically, you might win a lot of money if you just don't pick an up, if you don't pick a winner.
01:10:12.639 --> 01:10:17.039
Um, but I I I don't I don't know if Minchie goes for over 250.
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I think he definitely goes for around 230, 240.
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But I think if he goes for 230, 240 and we rush for 150, 160, like we're good.
01:10:24.559 --> 01:10:24.720
All right.
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That's that's what I want.
01:10:25.920 --> 01:10:27.679
That's what I think is is a winning formula.
01:10:27.920 --> 01:10:31.599
Uh Lucas, you want to add that, Minchie, over and under 250?
01:10:31.760 --> 01:10:32.880
Yeah, I'll take the over.
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But I I think the points will be low, like I said, but I think you see a lot of just because we're gonna have to there's gonna be a lot of, you know, in in the field stuff, you're gonna have a lot more extension of the run game plays, just because you're not gonna be able to run it.
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Um I mean, you're gonna have, you know, have your chances, but I think you're you're gonna have to take um your your time with what you have and and and you know, check downs and all that.
01:10:58.880 --> 01:10:59.119
Fair.
01:10:59.439 --> 01:11:04.479
Keelan Russell over or under 50 rushing yards, Paul.
01:11:05.519 --> 01:11:06.960
Can I take the even on it?
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Do what you want.
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This is your show, bro.
01:11:10.559 --> 01:11:11.840
50 sounds about right.
01:11:12.319 --> 01:11:17.439
Um, I'm inclined to take the under, but I mean 56 yards and still going, eh?
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Like, I don't I will I'll I'll put it this way.
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If you ask me Alabama as a team over or under 100 yards, I take the under.
01:11:25.119 --> 01:11:30.559
Uh I don't know if that answers your question, but that's what I would I would look at that and I would take the under there.
01:11:30.720 --> 01:11:33.840
I don't know if it answered it either, but it's done.
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You oh, you see what I just saw in the group chat.
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What?
01:11:37.519 --> 01:11:40.000
Uh what?
01:11:40.720 --> 01:11:41.039
What?
01:11:41.199 --> 01:11:41.840
I missed it.
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What are you talking about?
01:11:42.880 --> 01:11:43.119
What?
01:11:44.000 --> 01:11:44.800
I'll send it to you.
01:11:45.119 --> 01:11:45.359
All right.
01:11:45.519 --> 01:11:47.039
In in what group chat?
01:11:47.119 --> 01:11:48.479
In it's in ours.
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In the okay.
01:11:49.679 --> 01:11:51.039
Not in the not in the big one.
01:11:51.119 --> 01:11:52.479
In the just the other, yeah.
01:11:52.720 --> 01:11:53.119
Oh, okay.
01:11:53.199 --> 01:11:53.439
Never mind.
01:11:53.679 --> 01:11:55.760
You said we texted too much in the one you're not in.
01:11:56.000 --> 01:11:56.800
All right, gotcha.
01:11:57.199 --> 01:12:04.159
Uh so uh again, um Lucas Lu uh Russell over and under 50 yards.
01:12:04.319 --> 01:12:04.960
Yeah, over.
01:12:05.039 --> 01:12:07.840
I'll take him over uh I'll take him over 60.
01:12:07.920 --> 01:12:10.399
I think he gets 65 somewhere in there.
01:12:10.559 --> 01:12:16.800
Um, I think passing wise, you're probably gonna see him, I would say, in the the 170 range.
01:12:16.960 --> 01:12:21.359
I think it's it's just gonna be they're gonna have to really grind, grind it out.
01:12:21.519 --> 01:12:27.199
Um, I think for him, it's it's gonna be a lot of learning experiences um for him.
01:12:27.279 --> 01:12:33.359
Uh, you know, uh for me, I'm I'm hopeful that Kentucky can force a defensive turnover through the air.
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Um and like I said, I really think that you know a linebacker can get a hand on it and and Ty Bryant gets an interception or Castell.
01:12:42.079 --> 01:12:44.880
I I really see that that's something I'm hopeful for.
01:12:44.960 --> 01:12:48.239
I I don't think you know he's gonna have a crazy day.
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I think he's gonna, if they're gonna win, he's gonna have a very mediocre type performance that barely gets them over the hump.
01:12:56.319 --> 01:12:57.039
Um, but yeah.
01:12:57.199 --> 01:12:57.519
All right.
01:12:57.679 --> 01:12:58.399
All right, guys.
01:12:58.559 --> 01:13:01.920
Uh final question before we shut this down.
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Saturday night if Kentucky beats Alabama.
01:13:05.519 --> 01:13:11.279
Paul, what changes about how you view Will Stein and the ceiling for this season?
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Nothing.
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Nothing.
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This isn't the game that changes me.
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This is the game.
01:13:16.399 --> 01:13:17.599
This is the game that changes.
01:13:17.760 --> 01:13:25.039
I don't think it changes well, it might change the ceiling a little, but I don't think it changes the ceiling astronaut or changes the season astronomically.
01:13:25.279 --> 01:13:26.960
When you're looking at like where it's going in.
01:13:27.119 --> 01:13:33.439
I think that I I've picked them to win, but if you know they end up going seven and five and not eight and four, I don't think anyone's kind of complaining.
01:13:33.599 --> 01:13:37.199
I think this is the game that sets up the game that makes it to go that changes everything.
01:13:37.359 --> 01:13:41.519
If you win this week and then you win next week, now you've changed the pendulum complete.
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Now you're in conversations that we didn't think we were gonna now.
01:13:44.079 --> 01:13:52.239
Now, like I like the difference the this week sets up the potential to have other questions during the year that you didn't think you have in this year, right?
01:13:52.399 --> 01:13:59.920
So if you beat Alabama, now you go into now you go into the Aggie Land and you go, Well, if you win that game, I feel listening we win this game.
01:14:00.079 --> 01:14:03.840
My whole thought process on AM after seeing them play changes completely.
01:14:03.920 --> 01:14:07.279
Now they might go beat Arizona, like like like they might go whip their ass.
01:14:07.359 --> 01:14:08.960
And then I'm like, oh, this is gonna suck.
01:14:09.119 --> 01:14:15.199
Um, but if they win this game and then somehow win next week, now you're having conversations about the season.
01:14:15.359 --> 01:14:18.639
Now because then it opens, the schedule opens a real big.
01:14:18.800 --> 01:14:24.960
Now you're looking down the barrel of like, oh fuck, like there's maybe one other game in this that maybe we really can't win.
01:14:25.039 --> 01:14:26.319
We can win all the rest, right?
01:14:26.399 --> 01:14:27.359
Um, that's fair.
01:14:27.599 --> 01:14:35.519
So it's it's exciting because it it it gives you the gate, it gives you the opportunity to potentially have the conversations you didn't think you'd have year one.
01:14:35.679 --> 01:14:36.960
Um, and it's gonna be fun.
01:14:37.039 --> 01:14:38.399
Like the party will be amazing.
01:14:38.479 --> 01:14:45.840
Um but if you win the next two games, we're talking about P words here, and that changes everything.
01:14:46.880 --> 01:14:54.239
As the producer of this show, let's stay one game at a time, and we because we got we'll have two points for I know.
01:14:54.399 --> 01:14:55.279
Oh, trust me.
01:14:55.439 --> 01:14:55.920
That's right.
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You don't if we win this game, wait till you see me on my bullshit next Wednesday.
01:15:00.000 --> 01:15:00.800
I cannot wait.
01:15:00.880 --> 01:15:02.000
I cannot fucking wait.
01:15:02.079 --> 01:15:03.760
Uh same for you, Lucas.
01:15:04.000 --> 01:15:07.760
Uh Kentucky beats if Kentucky beats Alabama.
01:15:07.840 --> 01:15:09.599
How does this change the ceiling for you?
01:15:09.840 --> 01:15:12.319
Um you're in the playoff contender.
01:15:12.399 --> 01:15:13.920
Like that's where that's where you're at.
01:15:14.079 --> 01:15:20.960
I was going to, I didn't want yeah, the bowl, uh all that bowl playoffs.
01:15:21.439 --> 01:15:24.399
You're you're probably top 20 coming into next weekend against AS.
01:15:24.800 --> 01:15:30.239
You're you're in the 12 to 17 range, like you're gonna be flirting in in that area.
01:15:30.880 --> 01:15:34.880
Um and you arguably are making Texas AM a little nervous.
01:15:35.039 --> 01:15:35.920
Maybe, maybe, yeah.
01:15:36.079 --> 01:15:42.000
All right, we are um 90 minutes and we're 90 minutes, and we'll we'll we'll shut it down.
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All right, guys.
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Uh that's gonna do it for us tonight on Bleed Blue Primetime.
01:15:47.599 --> 01:15:51.439
Lucas, great having you jump in uh with us tonight.
01:15:51.679 --> 01:15:56.079
Make sure you're following him on X at LucasWit01.
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And obviously, you'll be seeing plenty more of him around bleed neckwork.
01:16:00.479 --> 01:16:02.559
Kentucky took care of business week one.
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Now we find out something.
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Um, Alabama comes into Kroganfield Saturday afternoon.
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National tele national.
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Let's uh that's a forgot.
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I forgot to broke it.
01:16:11.760 --> 01:16:15.679
It hits different though, like it's the CBS 330 game SEC game of the week.
01:16:16.399 --> 01:16:17.279
It's different than the ABC.
01:16:17.679 --> 01:16:23.199
No, I know what I'm saying is when we were growing up, it was the CBS 330 SEC game, prime time game of the week, right?
01:16:23.439 --> 01:16:30.000
Now it's ABC 330, and we don't, it doesn't click in our brains the way it's like this is the primetime afternoon game.
01:16:30.159 --> 01:16:31.119
Yes, absolutely.
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Remember, do you remember how we used to like we went nuts?
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We're like, oh shit, Kentucky's got a 330 SEC game on CBS.
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When we got that spot, we were like, oh my god.
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Now it's like that now our whole fan base is like fuck, I wish it was at seven.
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Exactly.
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So again, uh Alabama, uh Krogerfield, Saturday afternoon, national television.
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SEC Nation is in town, right?
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Is that correct?
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SEC Nation is in town for this one, right or wrong, fair or foul.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Kentucky gets an opportunity, guys, very early in the Will Stein era to make a statement that would get the attention of the entire college football world.
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Nobody is asking Kentucky to live off what happened against Yonka's out state.
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Go prove it again.
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Only this time, do it against Alabama.
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And judging by what we saw everywhere else this weekend, Michigan getting an extra second from somewhere, LSU destroying Clemson while simultaneously fighting its own conference, and the rankings getting turned upside down, expecting the unexpected might be the smartest prediction anybody can make this season.
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You know what?
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That's that's a good point.
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We'll we'll add that to our next week.
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Next week.
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Next week from Paul Lucas and myself.
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Thanks for hanging out with us.
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More damn kitty.
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We'll see what Kentucky has Saturday.
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Be bamboo! Go, Kentucky, go cats.
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We'll see you next time on bleed brew blue prime doc.
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Good night, guys.
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Peace.
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Nice way to end the show.
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Nice way to end the show.
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In the stream, in the stream.
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All right.