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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back Stockyards Bank Sunday Morning Sports Talk. I'm Anthony
White along with Larry Vault, coming to you from Clark's
Main Street Market Studios and beautiful, beautiful majestic downtown Lexington, Kentucky.
We are now proud to be joined by associate head
coach Kyle Luogo of Skinners Winners. We can change the
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Luongo's Luongo Winners.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Yeah, yeah, a little tougher.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yeah. Good morning, Kyle. How's it going this morning?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Good morning guys. Yeah, I'm doing well. Thank you for
thank you for inviting me.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Wait, I want to tell you this off the top, Kyle,
you have huge shoes to feel because everybody from that
staff and program that has come on this show has
done a really good job and you also wind up winning.
And I know you're new here, but when you come
on this show, once you get up off the show,
you have to continue winning, which I'm sure you can
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help us do.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yes, yeah, that is a plan. And that was part
of the excitement to join this program and this staff
was the expectation is to compete for championships, and so
it was in a lot of ways a no brainer
in that regard of just wanting to be at a
place where the standard is high. So yes, definitely I
got to keep it rolling for him.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yeah, and Kat, what is it like, you know, coaching
with Craig and just what he does because all the
girls come in here are great. You know, we've we've
been to a lot of matches. We watch you all,
and he just turns out all American after all American.
What is it about that Craig that any other place
you've been around? What is about Craig you think that
brings a winning atmosphere here?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, that's a great question. Craig. Well, I think one
Craig just has a presence about his ability to teach
and train and coach, and so when he speaks like
he's bucks you in and so in a very good way.
Like the athletes are hungry for more from him, And
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I think just the desire to play, to play well,
and to honestly play well for him to a degree,
not that it's all about him, but I think just
because of what he has done and how he treats
the athletes, he's earned a lot of respect from them,
and so then they are very eager to do what
he shares and what he tells them so, And I
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think another thing that is really impactful and in terms
of getting athletes to buy in, is he just does
a really good job of making sure they know it's
about more than volleyball. And I know that's for sure
like cliche kind of to coach talk, but Craig really
does that well, where when we're in the gym, it
is we are deeply invested in getting better at volleyball,
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but there is a great balance of a lot of
care and effort into who they are. And I think
when the players feel that and they know it's and
it's not like I know, I should care about you,
so I'm going to try to do things that show
you that. But when they can tell it's real, I
think that just that just drives the performance even more
and the desire to kind of do what it takes
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to win. And so I think Craig just does a
really good, really good job of balancing the we're going
to work, but it's also like we're in this together. Kyle.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
I thought to your win at Louisville was maybe one
of the best Crigs had in his career, simply because
of the fact you had juggle people coming in and out.
I mean, you lose your setter after three sets, you're
down two to one. So Anton and I were talking
about that's like losing Madison Little or am I Grom.
You just don't come back on the road against the
top five team. And yet you did. But yet other
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players came in off the bench that game and were
so instrumental. Just talk a little bit about the depth
of this team does have.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, it's a really good point because you're right with
with most teams, when you go to your bench, like
it usually doesn't improve, Like it's more just like things
aren't going well, like we have to do something, but
like at that point, it's almost like in essence, the
game's already over. And so it is definitely a testament
to that we have actual depths on this roster. And
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it's not just like, you know, we have fourteen players,
but we have fourteen players who can actually go in
and make an impact. And that's not true of a
lot of teams. A lot of teams might have one
person they feel good about throwing in off the bench
where they feel like, hey, we're still competitive if this
person goes in, but we feel competitive if we haven't
even have to go three, four or five players deep
into the bench and so but you're right for them
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to perform the way they did in a match like that,
being down to one, and then even just the history,
the recent history of how that match has gone for Kentucky,
I agree that was that was a special win. I'm
sure incredibly memorable for Craig and this program. And I
guess beating lousbells all I know. And so we've got
to keep it going.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
And then even yet even yesterday's I'm watching and I'm
kind of thinking there's going to be a little bit
of a letdown. And I don't know if you and
Craig would say there was or not, but it was
hard not to but you kind of struggled, but you
kind of had to grind it out. But then I'm
looking on that status sheet, on that list of digs,
I can't really remember a team that he's had had
so many players that seem so good on defense at
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digging shots out, especially two big time hitters like Hudson
and Delay. Am I wrongways that happen all the time.
I just hadn't paid enough attention. Or does that make
this team a little different than some other teams.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yeah, no, I think we have some pretty special people
on the court. And yeah, the offense is always going
to garner a lot of attention because that's what anyone watching,
that's what's going to stand out, like the offensive plays
and of course like the blocks, but the ability to
extend rallies by digging what the opponent is trying to
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bring your way is huge. And Eva Hudson for being
as powerful and dynamic because she is is an incredible
defender and something she's invested a lot into developing Brooklyn
as well. Like, I think we used to kind of
tease her and she kind of tease herself of like
that that wasn't a strength of her game. And again
there's just a healthy ownership that it wasn't in a
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place that needed to be, and her standard for herself
is really high and so she also has improved a
ton in that area. And then when you surround those
two in the back row with defenders like Molly Brotherwoods,
Molly Tuzzo, Avisarofa, like, you just have a lot of
opportunities to extend rallies and give ourselves an opportunity to
score with our offense. And so it has definitely been
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an area that has become stronger than maybe we anticipated,
and so now it's a matter of us utilizing that
in a way that we can score more points.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Hey, Cale, we were talking earlier in this show after
the huge win over Louisville and Larry and I were
talking Nebraska a couple of weeks ago. I mean, the
schedule you guys made, it could hurt you in the
end because the record doesn't look good and we're not
accustomer losing here, so you know, a loss here or
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there doesn't really matter. But just to have such a
tough schedule, is that something that that you are accustomed
to or is this something you feel like you know,
when it's winning time, we will already be battle tested.
Or do you think that possibility it could hurt you
because you you may lose some matches just because it's
schedules so tough.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
It could definitely go either way. And so a big
part of it is what we believe internally as a
program and what like Craig's message is to our team
of why we're doing this, Like why not just schedule
maybe one marquee matchup and then the rest kind of
just feel like it's matches we can roll right through,
but you don't want to build a false sense of confidence.
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That's one of the most dangerous things you could have
in the sport, is like, hey, we're really good and
it's like, well, actually, we haven't really been exposed yet
or tested and so uh. And then even strategically, it
if you if if we feel we're good enough to
get the wins eventually, it doesn't really hurt you to
lose big matches early in the season. It might not
feel good, and it might, you know, record wise early
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on that look great, like oh wow, we're two and
two or we're three and four or whatever, but just
trusting that those wins will come and we will learn
things from those matches that if we were just rolling
through other opponents, we would then learn those lessons later
at a more critical point in the season. And so
I think our team appreciates that we get going in
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season and there's really there's no room for complacency, right
and we just have to keep pushing. And whether it's
a five set loss to Nebraska that was maybe in
some ways an encouraging loss for us because we knew
Nebraska is an early championship favorite or kind of like
the humbling sweep against Pitt where we that was a
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little bit of a wake up call for us of
we haven't arrived yet, and those things really help you grow.
So I think it's important how the coach communicates out
with the team because it could rattle the confidence of players.
But if they know why we're doing this, then hopefully
there's a lot of buying from them as well. And
we just know this is what we need and this
is what's gonna take and.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Can you make me feel a little bit better.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
So I've been a big fan of Skinners for a
long time, and I'm watching the Nebraska match. We're up
to zero, two sets, and I take the social media.
I'm on Twitter, I'm on Facebook. I'm calling if your team,
if your team is beating a number one team in
the country, raise your hand, and then can you talk?
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Can you talk to me about what may have went
wrong for them to rally off three sets and never
competitive sets. It's not like, you know, we we didn't
have an opportunity, but I feel like I must have jinxed.
This won't be one up to nothing two sets?
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Yeah, yeah, it's tough, right obviously, it's the best three
out of five for a re and and things like
that happen. And I think when we look back at
a hid insight, the fourth set is where we really
had the opportunity to get it done because the fourth
set was tight late and that was where like, okay,
like third set maybe got away from us a little bit.
So now we're up to one. Fourth set is where
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you know, we're both in the twenties and we're like,
we have a chance to close this out, like, let's
not go to five. And those little things catch up
to you, whether it's poor execution on offense and we're
not crushing balls at them anymore. We're more than just
like managing swings and like kind of hitting the ball,
but we're not crushing the ball. And so those little
things against a top team, Like something I was always
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taught is like you have to be good over time.
You have to be good again and again and again,
and you'll touch great every now and then, but the
goal is to be good longer than the other team
can be good. And ultimately we were good for stretches,
even a lot of the stretcher in the match, but
for that back half of the match, we were not
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good enough and we weren't able to sustain that. And
so again, like kind of the prior question, like definitely
a learning lesson for us, a tough learning lesson could
almost a monumental win. But yeah, it was a reminder that,
like you have to sustain and we have to be
able to execute over and over again as the pressure grows,
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and we weren't able to do that at that time.
So I think we'll be better for it and we're
ready for them again.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Yeah, he jo, I know you work a lot with
the setters and we've kind of been a custom that
Madisonvilli played ever match ever said for four years. Mcgrone
played ever match ever said for four years. Now, all
of a sudden, there's you're you're switching setters around with
Avis throw off the start of the season and Cassie
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came in and started the season, Cassie got hurt, Ava
played really well. What's kind of like uggling with those
two and what's it like in practice? And will this
be something you see you think we see the rest
of the season where one may play this one, one
may play the next one, or how does that kind
of work?
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Yeah, that's a good question, And yeah, like Tintucky, Bobba
has been blessed with eight straight years of very clear
or great clarity of who the starting setter was and
an important position to have just great clarity and continuity.
And so the goal is not to continue to shuffle
it and switch on a whim or match my match,
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because in essence that's like that would be kind of
like the equivalent to a quarterback switching in and out,
and you don't really want to do that and potentially
disrupt the flow and the rhythm of the offense. And
so but obviously right now we're still working through finding
what's best and being most sensitive to how do we win.
And so I think as we keep going through, it's
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going to eventually iron its self out and it's gonna work.
It's going to emerge up who's going to be that person.
But honestly, they've handled it really well, you know, because
obviously that's not an easy position to be in. Like
even so you mentioned earlier, like Eva going in because
Cassie's cramping, and then we absolutely dominate Set four and
five like could not have had a better outcome, And
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so they they make it tough on us, which is
honestly to their credit. And the cool thing is, as
I work with them a lot, there's it's obviously a
healthy competition, but there's not. Yeah, they're they're just going
about in a really healthy way, and so I think
they're still celebrating one another's successes. Of course they still
want to be the one out there, but proud of
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how they deal with that, because that's that is a
challenging position to be in. And yeah, ultimately it would
make our jobs a lot easier if one of them
just truly separated from the other. But to their credit,
they're they're making it tough on us.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
And don't your other players. But kind of our Sunday
Morning favorite is Molly Bretzelwitz. I thought she would be
kind of an inspirational, fun player to have around and
all like it. I never thought that maybe she would
be quite the impact player that she's been for you
all and fill in the role that she has so well.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Yeah, Yeah, Molly is our household name in our at
our for my family as well, because she's our babysitter
and stuff. She's a go to, she's a go to
for our kids because again, we just really respect who
she is and she's just a great leader, a great communicator.
She cares deeply for this program and her teammates. And
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when we when we circle up after practice, it is
very common to hear people shout out Molly Bresiwitch for
not necessarily her performance or her play, but just what
she brings to the team. And I think that's just
a really cool thing. Like an identity for her is
she she brings a lot of leadership and enthusiasm for
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what we're doing and what we get to do. And yeah,
what's cool is it's translated into an oncred role for
her where she gets to go in and you know,
play defense, serve and I think she's making an impact
of extending rallies and getting part of that floor defense
that you guys mentioned earlier on of maybe that wasn't
the core identity of Kentucky volleyball before, but she's a
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big part of that being something that has been really
good for us so far.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
And Cale, we appreciate you for joining us this morning.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
I appreciate everything that you all are doing for the
university in our athletic programs and these young ladies.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
You guys are.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Doing a good job of these young ladies. Everyone we've
had on the show has been great. We appreciate you
for joining us this morning.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Of course, of course, thank you guys.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
All right, we look forward to talk to you down
the road. We will continue this show after this year.
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Speaker 4 (16:48):
Yeah, he's been a big, big addition to the to
the staff and it's fit in very well. And like
I said, he's kind of came in at a time
when they're and I don't know whether you say they're
struggling decide what they're gonna do, et cetera. Or they
got two players so good they.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Don't know what to do.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
It's really an interesting like say when Ava came off
the bench, Avias Rafa came off the bench against Louisville
and then Kentucky just dominated two sets. I mean that
was really really impressive to watch. And they both just
seem to play very well. I mean, Cassie is just
the true freshman, Avea is the rich art sophomore. But
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they both contribute so well's and that's what I love
about watching the volleyball team. They all truly seem to
just be happy for each other and it's just fun
fun to watch.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
I don't know why you sound surprised, because you were
here with me on the interview. Every question you ask them,
we all do this team?
Speaker 3 (17:46):
What about this? Oh you all do this other team?
They probably go to the bathroom. Yeah, So it's just
like I said, just such a and.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
In the SI D she let us know that no,
those are genuine because you see, I mean time I
try to turn the question, everything went back to know,
we do everything together, we're a team, We're a UNI.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Yeah. Yeah, that's we've been fortunate to have several of
them on with us and they that's just kind of
the motto of that team. That's one of the things
that Craig's been really really good at. And now I
didn't know that Molly bretsa which was the babysitter for Kyle,
so that's picked up today. So again, I don't know
where else you'ld probably see a top five team, and
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that's what they have that one of the players goes
and babies. It's the coaches kids. So again, there's a
lot of things about volleyball that are fun. They got
two home matches coming up in the SEC play this
week Wednesday and Friday, So if you get a chance,
get out and watch. If not watch on TV, listen
on the air if it gets on w LAP. Because
they're a really, really fun group to be around. And
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I really liked what he said about everybody that they're
talking about. I mean, in the defense they are playing
right now, just incredible, incredible athletes. They might be able
to go out and help you receivers learn a little
bit about making diving catches.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Larry Vaught, I know you have to go and we
got to go to a break here in the second.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
But is there any is there any way we can
get me and bowl Mark Stoops, anybody anwar Brad White
can get you to talk so glowingly about our football program.
You've been around for a long time, Larry Vaught, and
for you know what, because you haven't been out there
taking them lunths like we have. You should respect what
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they're doing out there. Can we can we get you
to talk glowingly about our football program? What was it
gonna take?
Speaker 4 (19:32):
I've never said I don't respect you, just usually asked
me who I think will win or something like that,
And again I want to I would love to see
them win Saturday. And the fact that South Carolina couldn't
stop the run certainly makes me feel a lot better
about the game going in.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
But I just still got to see it.
Speaker 4 (19:50):
This just show me one this show me one time here, Anthony,
then maybe I can swing over.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
We gotta go to break, Larry. No, We're not gonna
do that. That's that is Debbie down or Vaught. When
we come back, we will have a better optimistic, optimistic person.
We have Erica Jackson, former point guard for our women's
basketball team. We'll be back after this Year're listening Stockyards
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Speaker 1 (20:23):
Welcome back Stockyards Bank Sunday Morning Sports Talk. I'm Anthony
White all along at this point, but this hour of
Sunday Morning Sports.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Talk has brought you back country by boy Brin, So
that's always a good thing. And what else is a
good thing to have on?
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Former UK athletes that can speak positively And you will
never meet a better person in the world. I was
gonna say, in this state, in the city, in the
world like our former University of Kentucky women's basketball point
guard Erica Jackson, which now you can call her Hall
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of Famer Lex and African American Sports Hall of Famer
Eric and Jackson.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
Good morning, Miss Jackson, Good morning, mister White. It's a
pleasure to have.
Speaker 6 (21:09):
You on here.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
How does it, Oh, it's not a problem. You woke
up this morning as a Hall of famer. Has it
has anything changed in your life or you just still
feel like the good humanitarian that you are?
Speaker 6 (21:25):
Oh? Man, you know, nothing's changed. You know, first and foremost,
you know, just thanking God for my ability and you know,
my my gift and my talent. Hats off to the
lash off people that put on a great event. And
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then the twenty twenty five class that that that I
am a part of with the other inductees. Man, it's
a heck of a class. And it was a great
night last night. And like I said, uh, you know,
I really not big on awards, you know, all that
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type of stuff, but man, it was a great night
with my family and friends.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
And you know, well I will say that you know
some notable names you did speaking of twenty twenty five class,
Uh Sterning War because I have a personal relationship with him,
Kill Samford, I played with him.
Speaker 6 (22:29):
J T.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Haskins, Shane Boyd, the late It was tough saying the
late Lonnie Dimery, William Green. There's you know, there's a
lot of Darnelle Burton that the class that you all
came in with is there's a lot of people that
I've known and as you have stated, they have done
a great job of putting on those programs or putting
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on these programs for the past couple of years.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
That it's been uh that has been in the works.
Speaker 6 (22:56):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
The one thing you have been recognized at this point.
You've been recognized by Faya County Public Schools in the
past year now on the Hall of Fame. What is
it about you that or how do you feel with
all these recognitions you're getting being that you and I
are the same age, so we've we've lived for almost
half a century, that you know, all these wars at
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this time of your life.
Speaker 6 (23:22):
And man, you know what it is great? You know
my mom RECTI peace to my mother. She always you know, uh,
you know, installed into knowing myself, of being my brothers
as well as just being a good person. She always
did that, you know what I'm saying. So I just
kind of take that with strife, take that with hand
in hand, and live by that. Just always be a
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good person, because zero dollars to be a great person.
And you know what she always emphasized being a servant,
being a servant to others. You know, how does that
hurt you? So you know, I just kind of take that.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
And I live by that.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
And I will also you know, we talk and one
thing I know, I do know that we finished college together,
but we didn't come into college together. I know you played,
you played in the Berni Bernadette Maddis the journey to
become one of the best basketball players to ever played
at the University of Kentucky.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
What was What was that like?
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Seeing as we didn't start college in the same time,
but we did finish college at the same time.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
Ye, man, it was great, Uh, Coach Madis, Coach Bernadette Maddicks,
that's like my second mother, you know. She she you know,
she took a chance coming uh, recruiting me and and
at a center out of Centerporter Community College, coming from JUCO.
And when I got there, Anthony, man, it was one
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of the best experience ever in my life, you know,
just being there learning from her. Uh, you know, she's
she you know, I'm definitely a student of the game,
but she's man. She she had, she's she's more than
a suit of the game. I can't thank her, you
know enough, you know, just you know, just you know,
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because you know, I was in Florida for two years
and I came back home and that was it was
a huge for me to come back home to play
in front of my family and friends, and you know,
and you know, I can't. I can't thank her enough
for that.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
Man, those are all great things.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
And I remember watching you all, and I remember where
Memorial Coliseum was, Like what where the program is now?
Because you you led to some of which was rare
back in the days, to winning seasons back to back,
winning seasons that hadn't been done very often. But now
the program is thriving. You know, there's a new Memorial Coliseum.
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How does the phillis a former player to see where
where the basketball team is now? Are the women's basketball
team facilities and how much it has grown. I'm jealous
of the things that the football team. I am extremely jealous.
But I mean you are Lexingtonian, you know, you're kind
of the fabric of women's basketball. Here is what is
your feeling on the transition to where we are now
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with our women's program.
Speaker 6 (26:11):
I'm kind of like you, I'm jealous. I kind of
wish you kind of had some of the stuff that
they have now. I mean, it's unreal. I mean, you know,
just even from you know, like walking from you know,
from the Memorial it actually really wasn't that far because
I stayed we stayed in Blazon House, so it really
wasn't that far. But I mean the apartments and you know,
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just the.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
Living is different.
Speaker 6 (26:35):
I mean, everything's different. Man, It's nice. I love it.
You know, of course, you know, you know, you just
got to keep up with everything. So you know, you
just like keeping up with the Jones. You got to
change the culture.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
You got to do it.
Speaker 6 (26:45):
You know, when you do that, you know, it makes
it nice.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
Did you all have the same type of quarters?
Speaker 1 (26:51):
I had never been Did you all have the same
type of quarters that the boys basketball team had back in.
Speaker 6 (26:58):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (26:58):
No, oh no, no, no, definitely different.
Speaker 6 (27:03):
It was different. Of course. The guys when I was there,
stayed in the Wildcare Lodge and you know, like I said,
we stayed in.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
And uh, I probably a little bit the inspiration that
you had to, like you said, do the things. I
know you said your mom is still from some core
values in you. You say, very well respected person, one
of the nicest and most beautiful people I've I've met
in my life.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
But uh, what else or who else can you or
the athletic? Was was your mother athletic?
Speaker 1 (27:36):
What else can you attribute to you being athletic as
well as being I mean a good person, anybody can
be a good person. But a lot of times, you know,
you and I want to we we witnessed a lot
of success at the University of Kentucky while we both
were there. But sometimes success goes to your head. But
you be an athlete, who do you attribute some of
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those things to?
Speaker 6 (28:00):
My mother was never an athlete. But I just come
with my family, uh where we're just come my family's hope.
You know, we athletic. I come from a family of athletes.
I can kind of contribute, just you know, as far
as with that, you know, with me being the only girl,
you know, I looked up to my older brother a
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lot because you know, he was good in basketball. And
then just from when you know, just growing up in
you know, uh in Woodhill, I was the only girl
on the court. So I mean just you know, the
people I just grew up with, that's all we knew
was basketball all day long.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
I will say this, I do I have heard stories
that you were one of the only girls on the court.
Do you just go up Do you just go up
to the court to say I got next? Or do
when you come up to the court, everybody know here
come to Erica and you want to run as a woman,
or as a girl playing basketball with the boys, especially
like you said that at the cup part at the
I guess you could say the hood. But it's tough
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to get a spot because everybody, you know, if you
lose a game, you might have to wait an hour
or two. Everybody's not willing to do that. So you
want a tough five. You came and they picked you up,
or or you have that much clout you can just
walk up here.
Speaker 6 (29:15):
But I got next, Well, it wasn't even that here.
The thing though, that's one of those things where or
we never got beat my little squad, we stayed on
the court. Oh I got next, man, we didn't lose.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
That makes sense. That makes sense.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
Like I said, my last thing before we get you
out of here, because I know you at the big
because I appreciate whenever someone was at church that can
come on with us to join the show. But I
did want to give you your flowers because I appreciate
the person you on the things you did. I'm sure
you appreciate a lot of people. Before we get you off,
let you, you know, show appreciation that anybody that helped
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you along the way, or just you know, just speak
to the community because you've done so much for the community.
And I know you're a woman of little words. You
don't have a lot to say, but I just want
to give you the platform to, you know, show your appreciation.
Speaker 6 (30:09):
Man, listen, Like You're right, I never have a lot
to say. I'm like one of them. Uh, I'm the
little small hinges.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
On big doors.
Speaker 6 (30:19):
Uh. You know I'm but yeah, like you said, man,
I don't I just you know me. I'm you know me,
I'm a people person. Uh, like I said, Uh, the
way the world's going going today, Uh, I think we
just you know, get back to humanity and just looking
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out for one another and loving each other and uh
and people like you and me, you know, we can
make it happen.
Speaker 3 (30:47):
We can keep it going.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
Those are wise words. I appreciate that. I'm gonna let
you get back to uh, get back to praising. Say
a little prayer for me. Say like you said, it's
a lot going on in the world, Say a little
prayer for me, man, and keep me keep me going,
you know, keep a smile on my face.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
Miss Jackson most defin, mister wife, I appreciate.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
You all right, thank you for joining us. We will
take a break and we will come. When we come back,
Bow and I we'll see where the where the bandwagon
is because the other two hosts on this show, it's
a co host on this show, are Debbie Downers. But
I think Bow and I still believe we'll continue that
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when we come back. You are listening to Stockyards Bank
Sunday Morning Sports Talk on news radio six thirty WLAP.
Speaker 5 (31:35):
This is Stockyards Bank Sunday Morning Sports Talk presented by
the Lead Troop Barge Radio Network on six thirty w LAP.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Welcome back Stockyards Bank Sunday Morning Sports Talk. I'm Anthony
White and I'm here with Bo Robinson thanks to Erica Jackson,
newest member of Lexington African American Hall of Fame, was
at church. Bow and she says she can come on
and talk to us a little bit. I like to
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give her, uh. I think I think she's really shy
and she I think when you give her credit or praises,
it makes her uncomfortable. So I figured, hey, let's get
her out here in front of one point three million
people and put her on the spot one point how
was it?
Speaker 3 (32:24):
One point five? How many? Lofty number of listeners?
Speaker 1 (32:28):
But no, so we do appreciate it for taking us
time this morning and takes us time away from the
big Will you are on her prayer list? I am
I need prayer bo.
Speaker 6 (32:37):
You do know that.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Well, I'm always thinking about you. Well, I appreciate it.
Stop thinking. Yeah, put your hands together. It is Sunday morning,
that's true.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
This is twenty years into this thing, so I haven't
been to the big House and the whole a little while.
Speaker 3 (32:53):
But what do you got for us? Bow over there?
What do I have for you?
Speaker 7 (32:57):
Well, we wouldn't say Happy birthday to the left legendary
nineteen seventy eight national champion Jack Goose Gibbons.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
The Goose is loose, Happy birthday Goose.
Speaker 7 (33:09):
Yes, who is in my mind, has been solidified as
one of the all time great Kentucky storytellers.
Speaker 3 (33:19):
Ah, I've never really been around him that much to
hear stories.
Speaker 7 (33:24):
I'm telling you, it is a real treat to listen
to Tom Leach and Jack gig Gibbons doing play by
play because Jack will put those little stories in and
even during the week when he's on the air with
Tom fun to listen to Jack Gibbons just go through
the old stories and playing for coach Hall, and you
always learn something new about Kentucky basketball when you talk
to Jack Gibbons.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Yeah, you're not a stranger, did Jack ever? No, like
anybody comes across, is the most important person you've seen,
the most important peep he's met.
Speaker 3 (33:53):
So I love that about him as well.
Speaker 7 (33:55):
Yeah, he's a lot of fun to listen to always
also too. Next Sunday at mccleoud's Coffee House on Southland Drive,
we're going to stay with the nineteen seventy eight National
championship team because Next Sunday McCloud's Coffee House, seventy eight
National champion and All American Kyle Macy with our good
friend author John Wong. They will be signing the book
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from the Raptors of Rupp. It's a great, great book,
dives into a ton of UK basketball history. It's going
to make a great coffee table book. Just make sure
you keep the coffee away from that book because you
don't want to ruin it. But Kyle and John will
be signing from twelve to two at McLeod's Coffee House
on Southland Drive next Sunday, does.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
The author sign the book if?
Speaker 1 (34:37):
Cause if Kyle is the star and I love John
John Wong's a getting a great guy. But if Kyle's
is the star, doesn't Kyle? But so the author brings
value to the book when they sign it, I would hope.
Speaker 3 (34:50):
So, I mean, excuse me, get all the autographs that
you can. If they're signing, go for it. Do you
have my autograph?
Speaker 1 (34:59):
Bo?
Speaker 6 (35:00):
I do not?
Speaker 1 (35:01):
You always tell him about all the autographs you have.
You never asked me for my autograph? It really, honestly,
it really does.
Speaker 3 (35:06):
Does that make you mad? I have never asked for
your autograph?
Speaker 1 (35:09):
No, I just thought about that. But you know it
really makes me even matter. Well, somebody that's really close
to me asked me for an autograph.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
But you know what I have that is much more
important than your autograph, my phone number, your phone out.
You know how many people who don't have that? Quite
a few. And there's people are upset that I don't
give it to them because I don't like people calling me.
Speaker 7 (35:29):
But I did ask you not too long ago that
when you played for the Raiders, if you had a
card out and you deal trading card and I believe
your answer was not that you know of No, I
do not, okay.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Because I was not there very long. I fumbled the
football and John Gruden said, get his ass out of here. No,
that's exactly what he said for And that was I.
Speaker 7 (35:53):
Think it was funny a couple of weeks ago when
I told you in a break we were talking about
John Gruden, and I said, I'm not necessarily on the
John Gruden bandwagon quite yet. And you said, man, do
you know who I played for in the NFL? Yeah,
And you said, I spent a couple of years trying
to get away from him. John grudens he's he's obsessed. Yes,
he's an intense obsessed individual.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
He leaves, We leave the facility in the evening, maybe
five or six, if you stay late for whatever reason.
He's there at two am, back there at four am,
maybe leave the midnight.
Speaker 3 (36:29):
Comes back.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
Sometimes they say he doesn't, but he's just so obsessed
with I don't know if it's winning or maybe he's
just perfectionist. But if that is uncomfortable when you leave
and your bosses there and you try to come in
early and your boss is there, that is an uncomfortable feeling.
Speaker 3 (36:43):
But that was the old John Gruden. Yeah, that's just
quite a year. It was twenty five years ago. Well,
speaking of bandwagon, where are we at? No, that's what
I need to know.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
I don't have has a Jack and Larry convinced you
to be a Debbie downer as well? Or you know,
even after talking to Josh Cattis today, like I got
a little hope man, like you know, we're using the
tight ends. We got a quarterback that we think can
make the throws and going to make the throws.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
Now, if.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Answer me this, if Mark Stoops comes on tomorrow and says, yeah,
you know, we don't know we're gonna do a quarterback,
I'm breaking I'm breaking something. I'm breaking the TV. I'm
breaking something. And this is not a knock on Jet Zach.
But now we got a young quarterback that we can develop,
work on their problems, and you know, Zach.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
Meg get an opportunity down the road.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
But if he comes on Monday and says that, like
like Cutter hasn't hasn't done, has done something to warrant
another quarterback battle, I'm breaking something both.
Speaker 3 (37:50):
I burn a couch. You got a couch. I burn
a couch.
Speaker 7 (37:54):
Hey, I'll say this. If Cutter is the starter, then
I have potential for hope. See how I cushioned that
a little bit potential for hope. You've been hanging around
Larry and Jack too long.
Speaker 3 (38:07):
Don't call me a Debbie Downer. Thank you for joining
us this morning.
Speaker 1 (38:14):
Thanks to Kyle Luango, Josh Kattis, Larry Valk, Jack Pilgrim,
Erica Jackson for joining us. Hall of Famer Erica Jackson,
Bob Robinson for playing the tunes and making me smile
a little bit today. I'm Anthony White and this has
been Stockyards Banks Sunday morning sports Talk on news Radio
six thirty of the Lap
Welcome back Stockyards Bank Sunday Morning Sports Talk. I'm Anthony
White along with Larry Vault, coming to you from Clark's
Main Street Market Studios and beautiful, beautiful majestic downtown Lexington, Kentucky.
We are now proud to be joined by associate head
coach Kyle Luogo of Skinners Winners. We can change the
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Luongo's Luongo Winners.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Yeah, yeah, a little tougher.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yeah. Good morning, Kyle. How's it going this morning?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Good morning guys. Yeah, I'm doing well. Thank you for
thank you for inviting me.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Wait, I want to tell you this off the top, Kyle,
you have huge shoes to feel because everybody from that
staff and program that has come on this show has
done a really good job and you also wind up winning.
And I know you're new here, but when you come
on this show, once you get up off the show,
you have to continue winning, which I'm sure you can
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help us do.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yes, yeah, that is a plan. And that was part
of the excitement to join this program and this staff
was the expectation is to compete for championships, and so
it was in a lot of ways a no brainer
in that regard of just wanting to be at a
place where the standard is high. So yes, definitely I
got to keep it rolling for him.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yeah, and Kat, what is it like, you know, coaching
with Craig and just what he does because all the
girls come in here are great. You know, we've we've
been to a lot of matches. We watch you all,
and he just turns out all American after all American.
What is it about that Craig that any other place
you've been around? What is about Craig you think that
brings a winning atmosphere here?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, that's a great question. Craig. Well, I think one
Craig just has a presence about his ability to teach
and train and coach, and so when he speaks like
he's bucks you in and so in a very good way.
Like the athletes are hungry for more from him, And
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I think just the desire to play, to play well,
and to honestly play well for him to a degree,
not that it's all about him, but I think just
because of what he has done and how he treats
the athletes, he's earned a lot of respect from them,
and so then they are very eager to do what
he shares and what he tells them so, And I
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think another thing that is really impactful and in terms
of getting athletes to buy in, is he just does
a really good job of making sure they know it's
about more than volleyball. And I know that's for sure
like cliche kind of to coach talk, but Craig really
does that well, where when we're in the gym, it
is we are deeply invested in getting better at volleyball,
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but there is a great balance of a lot of
care and effort into who they are. And I think
when the players feel that and they know it's and
it's not like I know, I should care about you,
so I'm going to try to do things that show
you that. But when they can tell it's real, I
think that just that just drives the performance even more
and the desire to kind of do what it takes
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to win. And so I think Craig just does a
really good, really good job of balancing the we're going
to work, but it's also like we're in this together. Kyle.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
I thought to your win at Louisville was maybe one
of the best Crigs had in his career, simply because
of the fact you had juggle people coming in and out.
I mean, you lose your setter after three sets, you're
down two to one. So Anton and I were talking
about that's like losing Madison Little or am I Grom.
You just don't come back on the road against the
top five team. And yet you did. But yet other
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players came in off the bench that game and were
so instrumental. Just talk a little bit about the depth
of this team does have.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, it's a really good point because you're right with
with most teams, when you go to your bench, like
it usually doesn't improve, Like it's more just like things
aren't going well, like we have to do something, but
like at that point, it's almost like in essence, the
game's already over. And so it is definitely a testament
to that we have actual depths on this roster. And
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it's not just like, you know, we have fourteen players,
but we have fourteen players who can actually go in
and make an impact. And that's not true of a
lot of teams. A lot of teams might have one
person they feel good about throwing in off the bench
where they feel like, hey, we're still competitive if this
person goes in, but we feel competitive if we haven't
even have to go three, four or five players deep
into the bench and so but you're right for them
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to perform the way they did in a match like that,
being down to one, and then even just the history,
the recent history of how that match has gone for Kentucky,
I agree that was that was a special win. I'm
sure incredibly memorable for Craig and this program. And I
guess beating lousbells all I know. And so we've got
to keep it going.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
And then even yet even yesterday's I'm watching and I'm
kind of thinking there's going to be a little bit
of a letdown. And I don't know if you and
Craig would say there was or not, but it was
hard not to but you kind of struggled, but you
kind of had to grind it out. But then I'm
looking on that status sheet, on that list of digs,
I can't really remember a team that he's had had
so many players that seem so good on defense at
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digging shots out, especially two big time hitters like Hudson
and Delay. Am I wrongways that happen all the time.
I just hadn't paid enough attention. Or does that make
this team a little different than some other teams.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Yeah, no, I think we have some pretty special people
on the court. And yeah, the offense is always going
to garner a lot of attention because that's what anyone watching,
that's what's going to stand out, like the offensive plays
and of course like the blocks, but the ability to
extend rallies by digging what the opponent is trying to
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bring your way is huge. And Eva Hudson for being
as powerful and dynamic because she is is an incredible
defender and something she's invested a lot into developing Brooklyn
as well. Like, I think we used to kind of
tease her and she kind of tease herself of like
that that wasn't a strength of her game. And again
there's just a healthy ownership that it wasn't in a
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place that needed to be, and her standard for herself
is really high and so she also has improved a
ton in that area. And then when you surround those
two in the back row with defenders like Molly Brotherwoods,
Molly Tuzzo, Avisarofa, like, you just have a lot of
opportunities to extend rallies and give ourselves an opportunity to
score with our offense. And so it has definitely been
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an area that has become stronger than maybe we anticipated,
and so now it's a matter of us utilizing that
in a way that we can score more points.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Hey, Cale, we were talking earlier in this show after
the huge win over Louisville and Larry and I were
talking Nebraska a couple of weeks ago. I mean, the
schedule you guys made, it could hurt you in the
end because the record doesn't look good and we're not
accustomer losing here, so you know, a loss here or
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there doesn't really matter. But just to have such a
tough schedule, is that something that that you are accustomed
to or is this something you feel like you know,
when it's winning time, we will already be battle tested.
Or do you think that possibility it could hurt you
because you you may lose some matches just because it's
schedules so tough.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
It could definitely go either way. And so a big
part of it is what we believe internally as a
program and what like Craig's message is to our team
of why we're doing this, Like why not just schedule
maybe one marquee matchup and then the rest kind of
just feel like it's matches we can roll right through,
but you don't want to build a false sense of confidence.
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That's one of the most dangerous things you could have
in the sport, is like, hey, we're really good and
it's like, well, actually, we haven't really been exposed yet
or tested and so uh. And then even strategically, it
if you if if we feel we're good enough to
get the wins eventually, it doesn't really hurt you to
lose big matches early in the season. It might not
feel good, and it might, you know, record wise early
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on that look great, like oh wow, we're two and
two or we're three and four or whatever, but just
trusting that those wins will come and we will learn
things from those matches that if we were just rolling
through other opponents, we would then learn those lessons later
at a more critical point in the season. And so
I think our team appreciates that we get going in
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season and there's really there's no room for complacency, right
and we just have to keep pushing. And whether it's
a five set loss to Nebraska that was maybe in
some ways an encouraging loss for us because we knew
Nebraska is an early championship favorite or kind of like
the humbling sweep against Pitt where we that was a
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little bit of a wake up call for us of
we haven't arrived yet, and those things really help you grow.
So I think it's important how the coach communicates out
with the team because it could rattle the confidence of players.
But if they know why we're doing this, then hopefully
there's a lot of buying from them as well. And
we just know this is what we need and this
is what's gonna take and.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
Can you make me feel a little bit better.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
So I've been a big fan of Skinners for a
long time, and I'm watching the Nebraska match. We're up
to zero, two sets, and I take the social media.
I'm on Twitter, I'm on Facebook. I'm calling if your team,
if your team is beating a number one team in
the country, raise your hand, and then can you talk?
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Can you talk to me about what may have went
wrong for them to rally off three sets and never
competitive sets. It's not like, you know, we we didn't
have an opportunity, but I feel like I must have jinxed.
This won't be one up to nothing two sets?
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Yeah, yeah, it's tough, right obviously, it's the best three
out of five for a re and and things like
that happen. And I think when we look back at
a hid insight, the fourth set is where we really
had the opportunity to get it done because the fourth
set was tight late and that was where like, okay,
like third set maybe got away from us a little bit.
So now we're up to one. Fourth set is where
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you know, we're both in the twenties and we're like,
we have a chance to close this out, like, let's
not go to five. And those little things catch up
to you, whether it's poor execution on offense and we're
not crushing balls at them anymore. We're more than just
like managing swings and like kind of hitting the ball,
but we're not crushing the ball. And so those little
things against a top team, Like something I was always
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taught is like you have to be good over time.
You have to be good again and again and again,
and you'll touch great every now and then, but the
goal is to be good longer than the other team
can be good. And ultimately we were good for stretches,
even a lot of the stretcher in the match, but
for that back half of the match, we were not
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good enough and we weren't able to sustain that. And
so again, like kind of the prior question, like definitely
a learning lesson for us, a tough learning lesson could
almost a monumental win. But yeah, it was a reminder that,
like you have to sustain and we have to be
able to execute over and over again as the pressure grows,
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and we weren't able to do that at that time.
So I think we'll be better for it and we're
ready for them again.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Yeah, he jo, I know you work a lot with
the setters and we've kind of been a custom that
Madisonvilli played ever match ever said for four years. Mcgrone
played ever match ever said for four years. Now, all
of a sudden, there's you're you're switching setters around with
Avis throw off the start of the season and Cassie
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came in and started the season, Cassie got hurt, Ava
played really well. What's kind of like uggling with those
two and what's it like in practice? And will this
be something you see you think we see the rest
of the season where one may play this one, one
may play the next one, or how does that kind
of work?
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Yeah, that's a good question, And yeah, like Tintucky, Bobba
has been blessed with eight straight years of very clear
or great clarity of who the starting setter was and
an important position to have just great clarity and continuity.
And so the goal is not to continue to shuffle
it and switch on a whim or match my match,
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because in essence that's like that would be kind of
like the equivalent to a quarterback switching in and out,
and you don't really want to do that and potentially
disrupt the flow and the rhythm of the offense. And
so but obviously right now we're still working through finding
what's best and being most sensitive to how do we win.
And so I think as we keep going through, it's
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going to eventually iron its self out and it's gonna work.
It's going to emerge up who's going to be that person.
But honestly, they've handled it really well, you know, because
obviously that's not an easy position to be in. Like
even so you mentioned earlier, like Eva going in because
Cassie's cramping, and then we absolutely dominate Set four and
five like could not have had a better outcome, And
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so they they make it tough on us, which is
honestly to their credit. And the cool thing is, as
I work with them a lot, there's it's obviously a
healthy competition, but there's not. Yeah, they're they're just going
about in a really healthy way, and so I think
they're still celebrating one another's successes. Of course they still
want to be the one out there, but proud of
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how they deal with that, because that's that is a
challenging position to be in. And yeah, ultimately it would
make our jobs a lot easier if one of them
just truly separated from the other. But to their credit,
they're they're making it tough on us.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
And don't your other players. But kind of our Sunday
Morning favorite is Molly Bretzelwitz. I thought she would be
kind of an inspirational, fun player to have around and
all like it. I never thought that maybe she would
be quite the impact player that she's been for you
all and fill in the role that she has so well.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Yeah, Yeah, Molly is our household name in our at
our for my family as well, because she's our babysitter
and stuff. She's a go to, she's a go to
for our kids because again, we just really respect who
she is and she's just a great leader, a great communicator.
She cares deeply for this program and her teammates. And
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when we when we circle up after practice, it is
very common to hear people shout out Molly Bresiwitch for
not necessarily her performance or her play, but just what
she brings to the team. And I think that's just
a really cool thing. Like an identity for her is
she she brings a lot of leadership and enthusiasm for
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what we're doing and what we get to do. And yeah,
what's cool is it's translated into an oncred role for
her where she gets to go in and you know,
play defense, serve and I think she's making an impact
of extending rallies and getting part of that floor defense
that you guys mentioned earlier on of maybe that wasn't
the core identity of Kentucky volleyball before, but she's a
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big part of that being something that has been really
good for us so far.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
And Cale, we appreciate you for joining us this morning.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
I appreciate everything that you all are doing for the
university in our athletic programs and these young ladies.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
You guys are.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Doing a good job of these young ladies. Everyone we've
had on the show has been great. We appreciate you
for joining us this morning.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Of course, of course, thank you guys.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
All right, we look forward to talk to you down
the road. We will continue this show after this year.
Are listening to Stockyards Bank Sonny One is Sports Talk
the news Radio six thirty WLA.
Speaker 5 (15:58):
This is Stockyards Bank Morning Sports Talk presented by the
Lead Troop Borge Radio Network on six point thirty w LAP.
Welcome back Stockyards Bank Sunday Morning Sports Talk. I'm Anthony
White along with Larry Vaught. Stockyards Bank has been your
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any banking or financial needs. Larry Vok, thanks for Kyle
lu Wango for joining us. Pretty good stuff, man, Pretty
good stuff, young spunky guy.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
Yeah, he's been a big, big addition to the to
the staff and it's fit in very well. And like
I said, he's kind of came in at a time
when they're and I don't know whether you say they're
struggling decide what they're gonna do, et cetera. Or they
got two players so good they.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Don't know what to do.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
It's really an interesting like say when Ava came off
the bench, Avias Rafa came off the bench against Louisville
and then Kentucky just dominated two sets. I mean that
was really really impressive to watch. And they both just
seem to play very well. I mean, Cassie is just
the true freshman, Avea is the rich art sophomore. But
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they both contribute so well's and that's what I love
about watching the volleyball team. They all truly seem to
just be happy for each other and it's just fun
fun to watch.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
I don't know why you sound surprised, because you were
here with me on the interview. Every question you ask them,
we all do this team?
Speaker 3 (17:46):
What about this? Oh you all do this other team?
They probably go to the bathroom. Yeah, So it's just
like I said, just such a and.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
In the SI D she let us know that no,
those are genuine because you see, I mean time I
try to turn the question, everything went back to know,
we do everything together, we're a team, We're a UNI.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Yeah. Yeah, that's we've been fortunate to have several of
them on with us and they that's just kind of
the motto of that team. That's one of the things
that Craig's been really really good at. And now I
didn't know that Molly bretsa which was the babysitter for Kyle,
so that's picked up today. So again, I don't know
where else you'ld probably see a top five team, and
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that's what they have that one of the players goes
and babies. It's the coaches kids. So again, there's a
lot of things about volleyball that are fun. They got
two home matches coming up in the SEC play this
week Wednesday and Friday, So if you get a chance,
get out and watch. If not watch on TV, listen
on the air if it gets on w LAP. Because
they're a really, really fun group to be around. And
(18:49):
I really liked what he said about everybody that they're
talking about. I mean, in the defense they are playing
right now, just incredible, incredible athletes. They might be able
to go out and help you receivers learn a little
bit about making diving catches.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Larry Vaught, I know you have to go and we
got to go to a break here in the second.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
But is there any is there any way we can
get me and bowl Mark Stoops, anybody anwar Brad White
can get you to talk so glowingly about our football program.
You've been around for a long time, Larry Vaught, and
for you know what, because you haven't been out there
taking them lunths like we have. You should respect what
(19:27):
they're doing out there. Can we can we get you
to talk glowingly about our football program? What was it
gonna take?
Speaker 4 (19:32):
I've never said I don't respect you, just usually asked
me who I think will win or something like that,
And again I want to I would love to see
them win Saturday. And the fact that South Carolina couldn't
stop the run certainly makes me feel a lot better
about the game going in.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
But I just still got to see it.
Speaker 4 (19:50):
This just show me one this show me one time here, Anthony,
then maybe I can swing over.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
We gotta go to break, Larry. No, We're not gonna
do that. That's that is Debbie down or Vaught. When
we come back, we will have a better optimistic, optimistic person.
We have Erica Jackson, former point guard for our women's
basketball team. We'll be back after this Year're listening Stockyards
Bank Sunday Winning Sports Talk on.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
News radio six thirty WLAB.
Speaker 5 (20:13):
This is Stockyards Bank Sunday Morning Sports Talk presented by
the Lead Troop Barge Radio Network on six point thirty WLAP.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Welcome back Stockyards Bank Sunday Morning Sports Talk. I'm Anthony
White all along at this point, but this hour of
Sunday Morning Sports.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
Talk has brought you back country by boy Brin, So
that's always a good thing. And what else is a
good thing to have on?
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Former UK athletes that can speak positively And you will
never meet a better person in the world. I was
gonna say, in this state, in the city, in the
world like our former University of Kentucky women's basketball point
guard Erica Jackson, which now you can call her Hall
(20:59):
of Famer Lex and African American Sports Hall of Famer
Eric and Jackson.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
Good morning, Miss Jackson, Good morning, mister White. It's a
pleasure to have.
Speaker 6 (21:09):
You on here.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
How does it, Oh, it's not a problem. You woke
up this morning as a Hall of famer. Has it
has anything changed in your life or you just still
feel like the good humanitarian that you are?
Speaker 6 (21:25):
Oh? Man, you know, nothing's changed. You know, first and foremost,
you know, just thanking God for my ability and you know,
my my gift and my talent. Hats off to the
lash off people that put on a great event. And
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then the twenty twenty five class that that that I
am a part of with the other inductees. Man, it's
a heck of a class. And it was a great
night last night. And like I said, uh, you know,
I really not big on awards, you know, all that
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type of stuff, but man, it was a great night
with my family and friends.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
And you know, well I will say that you know
some notable names you did speaking of twenty twenty five class,
Uh Sterning War because I have a personal relationship with him,
Kill Samford, I played with him.
Speaker 6 (22:29):
J T.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Haskins, Shane Boyd, the late It was tough saying the
late Lonnie Dimery, William Green. There's you know, there's a
lot of Darnelle Burton that the class that you all
came in with is there's a lot of people that
I've known and as you have stated, they have done
a great job of putting on those programs or putting
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on these programs for the past couple of years.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
That it's been uh that has been in the works.
Speaker 6 (22:56):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
The one thing you have been recognized at this point.
You've been recognized by Faya County Public Schools in the
past year now on the Hall of Fame. What is
it about you that or how do you feel with
all these recognitions you're getting being that you and I
are the same age, so we've we've lived for almost
half a century, that you know, all these wars at
(23:19):
this time of your life.
Speaker 6 (23:22):
And man, you know what it is great? You know
my mom RECTI peace to my mother. She always you know, uh,
you know, installed into knowing myself, of being my brothers
as well as just being a good person. She always
did that, you know what I'm saying. So I just
kind of take that with strife, take that with hand
in hand, and live by that. Just always be a
(23:44):
good person, because zero dollars to be a great person.
And you know what she always emphasized being a servant,
being a servant to others. You know, how does that
hurt you? So you know, I just kind of take that.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
And I live by that.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
And I will also you know, we talk and one
thing I know, I do know that we finished college together,
but we didn't come into college together. I know you played,
you played in the Berni Bernadette Maddis the journey to
become one of the best basketball players to ever played
at the University of Kentucky.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
What was What was that like?
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Seeing as we didn't start college in the same time,
but we did finish college at the same time.
Speaker 6 (24:24):
Ye, man, it was great, Uh, Coach Madis, Coach Bernadette Maddicks,
that's like my second mother, you know. She she you know,
she took a chance coming uh, recruiting me and and
at a center out of Centerporter Community College, coming from JUCO.
And when I got there, Anthony, man, it was one
(24:46):
of the best experience ever in my life, you know,
just being there learning from her. Uh, you know, she's
she you know, I'm definitely a student of the game,
but she's man. She she had, she's she's more than
a suit of the game. I can't thank her, you
know enough, you know, just you know, just you know,
(25:08):
because you know, I was in Florida for two years
and I came back home and that was it was
a huge for me to come back home to play
in front of my family and friends, and you know,
and you know, I can't. I can't thank her enough
for that.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
Man, those are all great things.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
And I remember watching you all, and I remember where
Memorial Coliseum was, Like what where the program is now?
Because you you led to some of which was rare
back in the days, to winning seasons back to back,
winning seasons that hadn't been done very often. But now
the program is thriving. You know, there's a new Memorial Coliseum.
(25:45):
How does the phillis a former player to see where
where the basketball team is now? Are the women's basketball
team facilities and how much it has grown. I'm jealous
of the things that the football team. I am extremely jealous.
But I mean you are Lexingtonian, you know, you're kind
of the fabric of women's basketball. Here is what is
your feeling on the transition to where we are now
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with our women's program.
Speaker 6 (26:11):
I'm kind of like you, I'm jealous. I kind of
wish you kind of had some of the stuff that
they have now. I mean, it's unreal. I mean, you know,
just even from you know, like walking from you know,
from the Memorial it actually really wasn't that far because
I stayed we stayed in Blazon House, so it really
wasn't that far. But I mean the apartments and you know,
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just the.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
Living is different.
Speaker 6 (26:35):
I mean, everything's different. Man, It's nice. I love it.
You know, of course, you know, you know, you just
got to keep up with everything. So you know, you
just like keeping up with the Jones. You got to
change the culture.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
You got to do it.
Speaker 6 (26:45):
You know, when you do that, you know, it makes
it nice.
Speaker 3 (26:49):
Did you all have the same type of quarters?
Speaker 1 (26:51):
I had never been Did you all have the same
type of quarters that the boys basketball team had back in.
Speaker 6 (26:58):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (26:58):
No, oh no, no, no, definitely different.
Speaker 6 (27:03):
It was different. Of course. The guys when I was there,
stayed in the Wildcare Lodge and you know, like I said,
we stayed in.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
And uh, I probably a little bit the inspiration that
you had to, like you said, do the things. I
know you said your mom is still from some core
values in you. You say, very well respected person, one
of the nicest and most beautiful people I've I've met
in my life.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
But uh, what else or who else can you or
the athletic? Was was your mother athletic?
Speaker 1 (27:36):
What else can you attribute to you being athletic as
well as being I mean a good person, anybody can
be a good person. But a lot of times, you know,
you and I want to we we witnessed a lot
of success at the University of Kentucky while we both
were there. But sometimes success goes to your head. But
you be an athlete, who do you attribute some of
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those things to?
Speaker 6 (28:00):
My mother was never an athlete. But I just come
with my family, uh where we're just come my family's hope.
You know, we athletic. I come from a family of athletes.
I can kind of contribute, just you know, as far
as with that, you know, with me being the only girl,
you know, I looked up to my older brother a
(28:22):
lot because you know, he was good in basketball. And
then just from when you know, just growing up in
you know, uh in Woodhill, I was the only girl
on the court. So I mean just you know, the
people I just grew up with, that's all we knew
was basketball all day long.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
I will say this, I do I have heard stories
that you were one of the only girls on the court.
Do you just go up Do you just go up
to the court to say I got next? Or do
when you come up to the court, everybody know here
come to Erica and you want to run as a woman,
or as a girl playing basketball with the boys, especially
like you said that at the cup part at the
I guess you could say the hood. But it's tough
(29:04):
to get a spot because everybody, you know, if you
lose a game, you might have to wait an hour
or two. Everybody's not willing to do that. So you
want a tough five. You came and they picked you up,
or or you have that much clout you can just
walk up here.
Speaker 6 (29:15):
But I got next, Well, it wasn't even that here.
The thing though, that's one of those things where or
we never got beat my little squad, we stayed on
the court. Oh I got next, man, we didn't lose.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
That makes sense. That makes sense.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
Like I said, my last thing before we get you
out of here, because I know you at the big
because I appreciate whenever someone was at church that can
come on with us to join the show. But I
did want to give you your flowers because I appreciate
the person you on the things you did. I'm sure
you appreciate a lot of people. Before we get you off,
let you, you know, show appreciation that anybody that helped
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you along the way, or just you know, just speak
to the community because you've done so much for the community.
And I know you're a woman of little words. You
don't have a lot to say, but I just want
to give you the platform to, you know, show your appreciation.
Speaker 6 (30:09):
Man, listen, Like You're right, I never have a lot
to say. I'm like one of them. Uh, I'm the
little small hinges.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
On big doors.
Speaker 6 (30:19):
Uh. You know I'm but yeah, like you said, man,
I don't I just you know me. I'm you know me,
I'm a people person. Uh, like I said, Uh, the
way the world's going going today, Uh, I think we
just you know, get back to humanity and just looking
(30:40):
out for one another and loving each other and uh
and people like you and me, you know, we can
make it happen.
Speaker 3 (30:47):
We can keep it going.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
Those are wise words. I appreciate that. I'm gonna let
you get back to uh, get back to praising. Say
a little prayer for me. Say like you said, it's
a lot going on in the world, Say a little
prayer for me, man, and keep me keep me going,
you know, keep a smile on my face.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
Miss Jackson most defin, mister wife, I appreciate.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
You all right, thank you for joining us. We will
take a break and we will come. When we come back,
Bow and I we'll see where the where the bandwagon
is because the other two hosts on this show, it's
a co host on this show, are Debbie Downers. But
I think Bow and I still believe we'll continue that
(31:28):
when we come back. You are listening to Stockyards Bank
Sunday Morning Sports Talk on news radio six thirty WLAP.
Speaker 5 (31:35):
This is Stockyards Bank Sunday Morning Sports Talk presented by
the Lead Troop Barge Radio Network on six thirty w LAP.
Speaker 1 (31:44):
Welcome back Stockyards Bank Sunday Morning Sports Talk. I'm Anthony
White and I'm here with Bo Robinson thanks to Erica Jackson,
newest member of Lexington African American Hall of Fame, was
at church. Bow and she says she can come on
and talk to us a little bit. I like to
(32:05):
give her, uh. I think I think she's really shy
and she I think when you give her credit or praises,
it makes her uncomfortable. So I figured, hey, let's get
her out here in front of one point three million
people and put her on the spot one point how
was it?
Speaker 3 (32:24):
One point five? How many? Lofty number of listeners?
Speaker 1 (32:28):
But no, so we do appreciate it for taking us
time this morning and takes us time away from the
big Will you are on her prayer list? I am
I need prayer bo.
Speaker 6 (32:37):
You do know that.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Well, I'm always thinking about you. Well, I appreciate it.
Stop thinking. Yeah, put your hands together. It is Sunday morning,
that's true.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
This is twenty years into this thing, so I haven't
been to the big House and the whole a little while.
Speaker 3 (32:53):
But what do you got for us? Bow over there?
What do I have for you?
Speaker 7 (32:57):
Well, we wouldn't say Happy birthday to the left legendary
nineteen seventy eight national champion Jack Goose Gibbons.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
The Goose is loose, Happy birthday Goose.
Speaker 7 (33:09):
Yes, who is in my mind, has been solidified as
one of the all time great Kentucky storytellers.
Speaker 3 (33:19):
Ah, I've never really been around him that much to
hear stories.
Speaker 7 (33:24):
I'm telling you, it is a real treat to listen
to Tom Leach and Jack gig Gibbons doing play by
play because Jack will put those little stories in and
even during the week when he's on the air with
Tom fun to listen to Jack Gibbons just go through
the old stories and playing for coach Hall, and you
always learn something new about Kentucky basketball when you talk
to Jack Gibbons.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Yeah, you're not a stranger, did Jack ever? No, like
anybody comes across, is the most important person you've seen,
the most important peep he's met.
Speaker 3 (33:53):
So I love that about him as well.
Speaker 7 (33:55):
Yeah, he's a lot of fun to listen to always
also too. Next Sunday at mccleoud's Coffee House on Southland Drive,
we're going to stay with the nineteen seventy eight National
championship team because Next Sunday McCloud's Coffee House, seventy eight
National champion and All American Kyle Macy with our good
friend author John Wong. They will be signing the book
(34:15):
from the Raptors of Rupp. It's a great, great book,
dives into a ton of UK basketball history. It's going
to make a great coffee table book. Just make sure
you keep the coffee away from that book because you
don't want to ruin it. But Kyle and John will
be signing from twelve to two at McLeod's Coffee House
on Southland Drive next Sunday, does.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
The author sign the book if?
Speaker 1 (34:37):
Cause if Kyle is the star and I love John
John Wong's a getting a great guy. But if Kyle's
is the star, doesn't Kyle? But so the author brings
value to the book when they sign it, I would hope.
Speaker 3 (34:50):
So, I mean, excuse me, get all the autographs that
you can. If they're signing, go for it. Do you
have my autograph?
Speaker 1 (34:59):
Bo?
Speaker 6 (35:00):
I do not?
Speaker 1 (35:01):
You always tell him about all the autographs you have.
You never asked me for my autograph? It really, honestly,
it really does.
Speaker 3 (35:06):
Does that make you mad? I have never asked for
your autograph?
Speaker 1 (35:09):
No, I just thought about that. But you know it
really makes me even matter. Well, somebody that's really close
to me asked me for an autograph.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
But you know what I have that is much more
important than your autograph, my phone number, your phone out.
You know how many people who don't have that? Quite
a few. And there's people are upset that I don't
give it to them because I don't like people calling me.
Speaker 7 (35:29):
But I did ask you not too long ago that
when you played for the Raiders, if you had a
card out and you deal trading card and I believe
your answer was not that you know of No, I
do not, okay.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
Because I was not there very long. I fumbled the
football and John Gruden said, get his ass out of here. No,
that's exactly what he said for And that was I.
Speaker 7 (35:53):
Think it was funny a couple of weeks ago when
I told you in a break we were talking about
John Gruden, and I said, I'm not necessarily on the
John Gruden bandwagon quite yet. And you said, man, do
you know who I played for in the NFL? Yeah,
And you said, I spent a couple of years trying
to get away from him. John grudens he's he's obsessed. Yes,
he's an intense obsessed individual.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
He leaves, We leave the facility in the evening, maybe
five or six, if you stay late for whatever reason.
He's there at two am, back there at four am,
maybe leave the midnight.
Speaker 3 (36:29):
Comes back.
Speaker 1 (36:29):
Sometimes they say he doesn't, but he's just so obsessed
with I don't know if it's winning or maybe he's
just perfectionist. But if that is uncomfortable when you leave
and your bosses there and you try to come in
early and your boss is there, that is an uncomfortable feeling.
Speaker 3 (36:43):
But that was the old John Gruden. Yeah, that's just
quite a year. It was twenty five years ago. Well,
speaking of bandwagon, where are we at? No, that's what
I need to know.
Speaker 1 (36:56):
I don't have has a Jack and Larry convinced you
to be a Debbie downer as well? Or you know,
even after talking to Josh Cattis today, like I got
a little hope man, like you know, we're using the
tight ends. We got a quarterback that we think can
make the throws and going to make the throws.
Speaker 3 (37:15):
Now, if.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Answer me this, if Mark Stoops comes on tomorrow and says, yeah,
you know, we don't know we're gonna do a quarterback,
I'm breaking I'm breaking something. I'm breaking the TV. I'm
breaking something. And this is not a knock on Jet Zach.
But now we got a young quarterback that we can develop,
work on their problems, and you know, Zach.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
Meg get an opportunity down the road.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
But if he comes on Monday and says that, like
like Cutter hasn't hasn't done, has done something to warrant
another quarterback battle, I'm breaking something both.
Speaker 3 (37:50):
I burn a couch. You got a couch. I burn
a couch.
Speaker 7 (37:54):
Hey, I'll say this. If Cutter is the starter, then
I have potential for hope. See how I cushioned that
a little bit potential for hope. You've been hanging around
Larry and Jack too long.
Speaker 3 (38:07):
Don't call me a Debbie Downer. Thank you for joining
us this morning.
Speaker 1 (38:14):
Thanks to Kyle Luango, Josh Kattis, Larry Valk, Jack Pilgrim,
Erica Jackson for joining us. Hall of Famer Erica Jackson,
Bob Robinson for playing the tunes and making me smile
a little bit today. I'm Anthony White and this has
been Stockyards Banks Sunday morning sports Talk on news Radio
six thirty of the Lap
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