10.17: Big Games - Hour 2

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Six oh five here on a Friday morning. It is
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So we've got a big football game tonight, and I
did start the show mentioning that. In the last twenty
four hours, it does feel as if there's some buzz
within the Louisville fan base just realizing, hey, this is
a primetime spot for you on a Friday night. You're
not competing against other games. That are on and you
play the number two team in the country, which gives

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you a big opportunity, but also with that big opportunity
comes a big challenge. And Jeff Brohm's stat his record
against top three teams when he is unranked as a
head coach, or I guess I should say his team
is unranked as a head coach. It's one of the
more random. Can't really make sense of it, but yet

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it really impressive stats. He's three and ohero in these spots.
His team's unranked, he's got a top three team that
he's going up against. He's won all three of those games,
so clearly he's also within those game. I mean, I'm
pretty sure each of those three followed a loss was
the next game, and it was against the team they

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shouldn't have lost too, So that's part of the story
as well. I don't want to ignore that, but hey,
I don't want to look. I don't want to think
about Louisville losing to a really bad Boston College team
next week. But if it means they win tonight, I
think you would take it right. I mean, again, that's
a silly hypothetical because you never want to lose anybody,
but this is where his teams have typically shown up

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ready to play, taking advantage of these opportunities, rather it
be at WKU Purdue or here at Louisville. And I
guess now we see tonight if he can keep that
magic going and stay unbeaten in these spots. I've felt
all week as if they certainly are capable, right, I
don't worry about this Louisville team and their ability to

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play well, to play well enough to beat good teams.
Now again, Miami may be an exceptionally good team to
where they could play the best game ever and still
come up shore. That's how good Miami is. But my
thoughts on this team for Louisville, it's not as much
do they you know, even if they lose tonight and
it's not close, they still I think have the pieces
to where they could they could be a team that

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wins nine, maybe ten games. I mean, that would be
going unbeaten here on out, which would be tough to
see because again, you know, I think they have the
tools to do it. They should be undefeated, and they
really should be coming off of two games where they
weren't challenged that much. I mean, it's such a would
it could have should have thingen to say, understandably so.
But against Pittsburgh they spotted him seventeen points in the

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first quarter, and it was just with the quarter that
I thought was maybe the worst quarter you'll see from
a Jeff Brown coach team, especially on offense. Well, then
after that, all they did was come back and dominate
that game and win it by double digits. And then
against Virginia lost in overtime. Still can't believe Jeff decided
to kick the field goal in overtime and not go
for it, but he did. But if you don't gift

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wrap fourteen three points to Virginia, that game's not an
overtime win. You win it comfortably and you have momentum,
you're probably in the top twenty maybe so they've already
this year I think had a couple of instances where
you feel underwhelmed. One game you survived in one, the
other you didn't. But it's things that you know are controllable,

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and yet they couldn't get out of their own way.
That was a theme last year as this team got started,
never any and losing in South Bend at Notre Dame.
But they had like four or five avoidable mistakes, and
if they just eliminate one of those four or five,
they probably win at South Bend against a team that
at that time I didn't really think was very good.

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They end up playing for a national championship. So again,
it's all what it could have should have. You get results,
win or loss every game, and those are the ones
that really matter. But it tells the story of this team,
and I'm bummed to see that the second straight year.
This is a team that has shown that they could
score some points. They've got some talented pieces, they've got
a defense that's been great so far, but they also

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at any moment can have avoidable goof bite them and
maybe cost them a game. So with that said, yeah,
they could lose tonight and still have a really successful
season with what's left on the table as far as
just your your opponents, but they could also continue to
be a team that shoots themselves in the foot loose
to anybody. I mean, Stanford last year, that's the best

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example I could think of. So as a Louisville fan myself,
I'm excited just because of what the opportunity presents, but
also a really big challenge because Miami is legit. They've
always had talent, but now that they've got some continuity
with their coaching staff, I think Mario Christobal has done
a really good job. I'm not sure why he's become
somewhat of a punching bag in college football. And also

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Carson bek just gives them a quarterback that you don't
have to worry about, right. I mean, he's going to
be able to get the job done and at times
he's going to show why he was the starter for
a Georgia program that was one of the best teams
in the country every game he started there for multiple years.
So I'm sure the buzz, the anticipation will increase throughout
the day as though we get set for kickoff tonight.

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I know a lot of Louisville fans made the trip,
so hopefully you enjoy yourself in Miami, regardless of what
happens in the game, but hopefully you enjoy yourself, mostly
because maybe the Cards can pull off the other big upset.
But they are thirteen and a half point underdogs, the
biggest underdog spot they've been in since Jeff Brown's been
the coach here. But hey, I guess that's what happens
when you play the number two team in the country.

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All right, let's get an update of trafficking weather. We've
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If you want to be the house in your neighborhood
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I'll share. Also, when it comes to the big time
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already uh talking to folks around the city just basically
figuring out how certain business is, certain areas of blowvery
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are some of you that take pride in being one of,
if not the best house on your block for trigger treaters.
And it's not something I've ever really thought about, but hey,
you know, everybody, everybody's different. But if you want to
be the house every kid remembers on Halloween, Kroger is
offering some tricks and treats to help you become the

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ultimate stop for trick or treaters this year. Well done
Kroger as far as just setting that up. But as
you could expect, starts with candy. They say the classics
still have a lot of value. Reces, Snickers, kit Kats,
m and ms, full sized bars. That's how legends are
made on Halloween night. It is true, like I can
remember the house in my neighborhood growing up that gave

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out full sized candy bars. I also knew we had
to get there pretty early because they were going to
run out. But it's weird how that kind of stuff
sticks with you. Also, variety is key. Kids love sour
and chewy treats too, sour patch kids, nerds, the nerds,
spooky clusters, which, by the way, Nerd clusters so good.
Whoever created those? Thank you? And then non candy options.

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This is something I've not really thought about. It makes
sense here, chips, fruit snacks, granola bars. I gotta be honest.
You give me a granola bar. I'm walking away. You
give me a granola bar. That's a good way for
me to make sure I avoid your house on trigger
or toothbrushes. Yeah, I mean, look, I guess it's it's
the thought that counts. As far as just you know,

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giving giving kids something. Maybe you're maybe you want to,
maybe you want to make them remember you because you
want to. You want to remind them that they shouldn't
be just eating candy. They should mix. Mix, mix it
up a little bit, right, mix in some granola and
some you know, some fruit or something. Toothbrush is always weird?
Is that like a gap? I mean, I've heard We'll
hope so at least. Yeah, I mean, but is it

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more expensive to do that? I should get some really
cheap ones, Like if you load up and I'm just curious,
if you load up the uh, the box or the
bag whatever you have to give out and it's just toothbrushes,
I feel like that means I guess you can get
them in bulk and it would make crazy expensive. But yeah,
that seems like a joke and I'm not sure it
would be worthwhile. As far as do you get as
much you get enough labs? Is it funny enough to

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justify doing it? And I can tell you the answer
to that is no, But also keep it fun, not frightening.
Go funnier nostalgia for decorations instead of nightmare fuel. Yeah,
nightmare fuel would have kept me away. I was scared
as a kid of that kind of stuff.

Speaker 2 (09:16):
I see a lot of nightmare fuel nowadays. Though with
the white people decorate, it's on the uptick, I believe. Also,
this one's key. Treat the parents too, a small refreshment
station with I mean they're talking bottled water, coffee, how
about a cold beer. I know in my neighborhood it's
not uncommon to be offered a cold beer, and it's
appreciated by me. All right, let's get to a cookupdate
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Speaker 1 (09:43):
It's six thirty five here on a Friday morning. Thanks
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So he'll join us around seven thirty five. We've got
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seven o'clock. Our weekly chat with him, and then at
eight o'clock Mayor Greenberg going to join us. So we've

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been busy so far. We'll be busy the rest of
the way here on a Friday morning as we get
you set for the weekend. All right, So this is
probably something that I'm sure many of you are well
aware of. But the more money you make, the money
you're likely going to spend. And this again, I guess
that that's not everyone. Maybe some, Maybe there are those
that would are just so consistent with their spending and

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they know what they need, they don't go above that
to where they could have a big time adjustment and
salary and it won't change sort of how they live.
If so, good for you. But most people, I would
assume if they end up in a situation where they're
making a lot more money annually, they're gonna probably have
added expenses because that's just how it is. But a
new report from Goldman Sachs reveals that even workers making
more than three hundred thousand dollars a year say they're

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living paycheck to paycheck. So I mean, I think we
over over use paycheck living paycheck to paycheck because it
could mean that without your paycheck, you're getting evicted because
you can't make rent. But like everybody to an extent,
lives paycheck to paycheck. I mean, I'm sure there are

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some that could not get paid by anybody and be
aoka for the rest of their life because they're just wealthy.
They're blessed, they're in that situation. But even if you're
making half a million and you live a lifestyle that
is consistent with somebody making that type of a salary,
you rely on that check and it's not to the
extent of again, I'm making half a milli year and

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if that if my paycheck is two weeks late, life
falls apart. It's not that, it's just that things become
a little bit more difficult. So we loosely use it
whenever it can really mean, I think of a variety.
There's different levels of it, obviously, but yeah, I mean,
I've never ended up in a situation where I've become wealthy,
probably never will, Obviously, I've made jumps in my life.

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Is someone who and most people do right like you whatever,
even if you are bouncing around from industry to industry,
changing your profession, If you know, whatever you were making
at twenty three entry level fresh out of college. If
you're in your forties now, you're probably making a lot more.
That's I mean, for the most part, that's how it's
always worked. But the you know, if you are somebody that,

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let's say in two years from now, you're doubling your
income annually, there's probably going to be more money that
you're spending whenever that's the case than you do. Because again,
that's just that's how people operate. So when I hear
that three hundred thousand per year, there are people that
are in that in that range, and they're also claiming
they live paycheck to paycheck. I mean, to me, that

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doesn't stand out the way it does others, because again,
paycheck to paycheck can be different things. But four in
ten Americans earning over three hundred k, even some making
over five hundred k now say they're living paycheck to paycheck,
according to this report from Goldman Sachs. So researchers call
this a lifestyle creep, where luxuries slowly become necessities as

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income rises. Yeah. I mean again, I just think that's
that's life. That's normal. You you know, whenever you have
the ability to improve, what what you know, you're quality
of life, the finer things. For some and you've done
it a long time, it does become a necessity to
you until it can't be a necessity anymore because you
can't afford it. But I think we see folks out

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there that just visually and sometimes the visual is all
a complete mirage. But people that you're maybe somebody the
visual and you know what they do, meaning you know
what type of job they have to where you have
a good idea of what kind of money they're bringing
in every year, and you probably see them living a
lifestyle that may be a little bit more luxurious than yours.
But that doesn't mean that they've got millions sitting in

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the bank. It could they you never really know. But yeah,
when I hear I mean there's probably people making I mean,
there are professional athletes that make a lot more money
than three hundred thousand dollars a year, and I bet
to an extent they live check to check to where
they're dependent. I mean, some would probably say they shouldn't,
they should be a little more wise with their money.
But when you have a lot of money and it's

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not because of one lucky lottery win or one lucky.
You know, maybe you want it gambling, whatever it may be.
But you make a lot of money because every every
couple of weeks you get a pretty big check that
leads to you making a substantial salary. You probably live
a lifestyle that is somewhat reflective of that to where
it becomes something it's dependent to keep that going. You

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need that check every two weeks or whatever it is.
I mean, I think I think before the I guess
economy was in the situation that it's in now, I
feel like there were still people living check to check,
where again, to an extent, they were dependent upon. Yeah,
if I don't get paid what I've been paid every
two weeks for the last five years, I'm gonna notice, Hey,

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I don't have the money here to to to to
pay these things that pay for these things that have
become in my you know, in that it's if it's
a necessity to you because you can do it, and
you you rely on it until you know you can't.
I'm sure there's many people that that's how they end
up with a lot of money, and then it's all
gone because they start adding things that they they believe
to be, you know, essential for them. But but you know,

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obviously nobody's got endless money. Let's get to a quick
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So I still don't know if I believe this number,
but I will say I'm now more I find it

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more believable because of where it comes from. Twenty two
million dollars. That is what the Lexton Herald Leader is
now officially reporting that the payroll costs for the Kentucky
basketball roster this year. I've always said that the number
that you hear about what players are getting bought for
essentially in nil is extremely exaggerated because it's a win win.
If the school looks as if they've got bags of

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money to throw out, that's going to make the best
players with the most value look at them a little
more seriously. Also, I guess the perception of you as
a player. If somebody's willing to pay that for you,
then you must be great. But this numb begain. This
has been rumored and nobody's ever outright denied it, but
their leader has folks that would probably be able to
get this information a little bit more than others. And

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I mean, let's just say it's not twenty two million,
and it's twenty million. I mean, that's still crazy to
think about, because there's belief that that's double, more than
double what anybody else paid to put a roster together.
And what I find to be fascinating is things we
continuously think about that we didn't used to think about
in college sports. If you're a fan and it's not

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your money, but if you're a fan and you know
that your program found a way to give out twenty
two million dollars to your basketball players, does that alone
add an element of expectations being higher? I get why
it would, but should it? Right? I mean, I don't know.
John Indiana. Last year, they were believed to be one

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of the big spenders in NIL right, Yeah, for basketball
for sure, and they were underwhelming, to say the least.
Their coach gets the boot, and I still believe that
they had talent and it just didn't really work out.
And now they're of course in a brand new air.
When you were when it was I mean, obviously Woodson
had to have a year or they were going to
be in trouble. Yes, But going into it was the
money any Was that something you thought about at.

Speaker 3 (18:10):
All in a sense that, yeah, I think it was
gonna The perception going into last year not only was
does Mike woods need to perform, but when you saw
how much money they spent on putting a roster together,
you thought that maybe they had the ability to put
something together that was going to work for Mike Woodson.
And because it didn't, the leash was already that much shorter.
It made you look even worse because you did have

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that expectation, all that money for this team and you
still can't win. I mean that's the reaction from a
lot of people, and I get that.

Speaker 1 (18:36):
I don't. I don't think I go there as much
as others because college sports, especially there's just there's back
and forth. You know, you better win. You paid all
that money, especially around here with the rivalry. But Kentucky
may end up being the best team in the country
this shear, they may win an actional championship. Personally, I
hope that doesn't happen, but who knows, right, And I
think they've got a good, good roster, but they overspent

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for a lot of players if they paid twenty two million,
and you know, but most schools end up overspending it.
And it's it's just how it works when it comes
to negotiating. So if you've got let's say John Alden
is the number one point guard in the portal and
everybody wants him, and I offered him two million dollars
and he goes elsewhere, and then I moved down the

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line to the second best point guard. That's that's Dwight Mitchell.
Well he now knows you missed out. You didn't get
the guy you wanted. Now you need me. Are you
gonna miss again? Are you gonna pay me, you know,
three million? And coaches, because it ain't their money either,
they'll go find it. I mean, so that's how you overspend.
Everybody is going to overspend for players. That's just the
way it is because right now, I mean, this is

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pro sports kind of, but players have more power in
college than in the pros because of just this free
for all with all the money. I mean, it's there's like,
you know, there's free agency season, there's collective bargaining in
professional sports, like there's more structured free agency. It's a
free for all in college to where the players of
all the power and there's no cap. So if a

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coach really wants a player, he'll go schmooze a donor
get a million added to it. And you know, a
guy that typically would have been a one point five
investment for you, maybe maybe they're getting more than three
because you lost out on this guy or that guy
and they've got the leverage. It's such a I mean,
I think I think more plus. I mean, some would
argue everybody's overspending, why are we paying money for these players?

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And you know, I'm sure some have that belief, but
they've opened up Pendora's box here and it's gonna be
tough to ever go back, and in fact, it'll never
go back to the way we were. But I do
think that there were more guardrail, some level of regulation
and some structure, it would it would benefit everybody involved,
including just you know, the product of college hoops and
college all college sports. Honestly, all right, let's get to

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Speaker 2 (20:43):
I know.

Speaker 1 (20:44):
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