Set 2: We Can Obs and a Big Kentucky Win (w/ Will Stein)

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2:10Will Stein, the Kentucky head football coach, going to join us later in this episode. A Taylor baseball is still going on. You would never know it, but it's still going on because football has taken over. College football has taken over. What is going on with Aaron Judge? What's happening with your New York Yankees? I haven't checked in lately. Yeah, you're saying baseball is still going on for me. This might be the final nail in the coffin. Really? Aaron Judge is likely out for the AL Wildcard series versus Boston, according to Brian Hock. This is from Aaron Boone. We're planning on him not being a part of that. Judge had a PPP injection in his right calf during their off day. He has a moderate grade calf strain. And Stu, if you're wondering what that music is, it's the music, the violins because the Titanic is going down. The band is going to play us on our way out. Right. You're saying you're incapable of winning a playoff series without Aaron Judge. That's ridiculous. It's baseball. It is over. Mikey, you feel the same way. It's over. You're Yankee, Fad.

3:11It's a dominated lefty pitching for the Red Sox. And who better not to have than your dominant right handed bat in the lineup. Right. What do you got Taylor? Do you hear that, Mikey? Well, that lady, she's singing. She's singing. Is that her? Wait, are they locked in? I haven't been paying attention to baseball. Uh, they're locked in the play the Red Sox and the opening rounds of the playoff. That's locked in already. There's like, there's very little wiggle room still where the Yankees have a sizeable lead on that first wild card spot. There's six games back against Tampa Bay. So Tampa Bay has an officially clinched the AL East. Yeah. Tampa Bay will probably put us out of our misery pretty soon. With this series coming up. All right. I like the spot. You're in though without Aaron Judd. Low expectations. You exceed them. I mean, why not? It's baseball. Anything can happen. Taylor has a faith in your baseball team for crying out loud. If my two choices are going to the Red Sox series with one of the best haters in baseball history, we'll not go into the series with one of the best hitters. Yeah. I'm probably going to always choose the one where Aaron Judges in the line.

4:14Well, that's obvious that you would choose that, but it does ship. Thank you. Uh, but it does shift expectations just a bit. No one's going to expect the Yankees to win. And that's when you can win. Who knows? Doesn't matter. Part of the thing is it's the Red Sox. Like, you don't want to lose to the Red Sox. And the fact that we have a built and excuse does not bring us any comfort when it's the Red Sox. Right. But imagine beating the Red Sox without your best player. How about that? Huh? Hmm. You can't even imagine it. You guys can't even imagine it. I saw Taylor try. He closes eyes. I can't either. I can't either. All right. I'm done. Let's get to the uh, we can observation. That's it for baseball. I definitely like kicking things off of B my Maikki.

5:18In 2019 I was fortunate some time back. combined with an ACL injury, his team didn't make the playoffs a year ago and it seems like we all forgot about him. Last week he returned to action for the first time since the ACL. Good, not great, but in week two everything changed. 3032 of 47 382 yards three touchdowns no interceptions and a win and just like that make no mistake about it. Patrick Mahomes is back. He's back. That's so scary. That's so scary. Right, but you know what I'm saying like I know he was back in week one, but that wasn't Patrick Mahomes. This past weekend that was Patrick Mahomes. Oh, back.

6:19There is no better compliment for a linebacker than saying he has a thick neck. Wow, Taylor put it on the pole. I think it was Robert Spillane from the Patriots that they were talking about. The Steelers could play the greatest show on turf and it's still be a 16 13 rock fight. It's true. Yep. They drag you into the mud. I mean, they really do. Where they like to play the mud. Put it on the pole to the Steelers like playing in mud and dragging you into it. JJ Wat calling TJ Watts is game a weekly tradition unlike any other. Also a couple of Watts cutting it up. What's up with that?

7:19I don't know. What do you mean? Why not have what called Watts game? What's up with that? Oh, I get it now. What's up? I gave you a real response. You had a funny joke. I gave you a real answer. I didn't have a funny joke. I had a joke. That was okay. You got the sound, man. Drake May is the Tom Brady of Mac Joneses. That's a little unfair to Drake May. It's your observation. It's yours. That's a bit much. I tried to take it out. You put it back in. I don't know how to pronounce this guy's name. Eli Raridon. I get it right. Proving all white tight ends. Look the same. Raridon. More like Commodon.

8:20Commodon. I said it wrong. Let's try to get it. I get what you were trying to go for. Yeah, well, I wasn't. I was a cop here. I get common. Eli Raridon. Proving all white tight ends. Look the same. Raridon. More like Commodon. There you go. Thank you. I'll stick it's raridon. I asked you. And I said it. At no point. And I mean no point. Did I think the jets were winning that game? I hate them. Abby turned to me. Up 17, 7. And said to me, what's wrong? And I said they're going to lose. And she said they're up 10. And I said they've already lost. She was confused. Nobody was never in doubt. It could have been 24 to 7. Never in doubt. Nobody has ever deserved to lose a game.

9:22More than Aaron Glenn. With that clock management. He's terrible. I mean you get the jets in situational football. And you've got them right where you want them. I mean it is unbelievable. Hey red zone. I don't need you to be ahead of the main game feed I'm watching. Figure it out. Good call. I know a call. They're not synced up correctly. I understand that. And I don't understand why. But how do you want the red zone to figure it out? There's a reason they're not, right? It's 2026. There's no reason why I should be watching multi-view. And I'm watching the jets main feed. And then with sound, I'm watching the jets main feed. And then all of a sudden in the bottom right hand. I see a drop punt in the jets Packers game where I'm like, whoa, whoa, red zone. You got to slow down there. Maybe just have every game on red zone. Right. It's on like a little bit of a delay to kind of adjust for it. All right. So I go red zone only. If I'm watching the red zone, I won't watch another game.

10:22It will just be red. I don't do the multi-view. It's dizzying. It's confusing. I just go red zone or I go jets game. That's what I do. No. No. No. I have five games and red zone on. I essentially tape my eyelids open, put drops in them, and I just let football information flood into my brain. Right. And I guess with a jet game, it doesn't matter if it's a head or delayed because you know what's going to happen anyway, right, Mikey? Of course. Yes. 177. 177. If football started in the fourth quarter, Tyler Schuck would be the greatest of all time. He treats the fourth quarter like Blake Bordel's used to treat garbage time except he's winning or at least coming close to winning. I texted Tyler Schuck yesterday. He responded. Did you did you text him? Hey, big dog. You didn't say big dog. Then he's not coming on. You know what?

11:22I forgot to do it. I just. I started it with shock at an exclamation point. Is he coming on this week? He said, appreciate you still got. I remember the mother shuckers. Super Bowl radio row. Perhaps next week. Give me a buzz. How about that? Get a big dog. You'd be on this week. I'm sorry. I'll send you his number. You dropped. Start with a big dog. In the fourth quarter. And only the fourth quarter. You know what the T and Tyler Schuck stands for? Tom Brady. Yes. What a great guess. You know what the S and Tyler Schuck stands for? I'm trying to think of a quarterback that. Now, go ahead. Steve Young. I was just trying to. I couldn't get to see him. I'm sure. Yes. Baltimore Ravens got shocked.

12:23Ben Johnson should have saved some of those points from last week. For this week. Ben Johnson. Do it in the elements. Caleb Williams. Madden Curse. Forgot about that. Madden Curse. Geez. So cold. Yes. So cold here on the cart. Right. The C and Caleb stands for cold. And Curse. Every few years. Where we minded that Tyson Beijing is still on the bears. Special agent. Remember that run he had where you were like, man, is this guy something? And then like three games in your like, oh, no, he's nothing. I do remember that. He was he was there before the floaty was a thing. Otherwise, he might have one. James Winston not wouldn't the floaty. I mean, it's true. It's a war to lose right right now. It is correct. Yes. Oh, yeah.

13:23Right. It's been great. The only thing doubtful about Sam Levent was his ability to complete a pass. Lane Kiffin. Taking credit for the atmosphere. At Ole Miss Lane. This two gots is strong in you. Well done. Yeah. It was a win-win classic win win. Lane Kiffin. Before you took the LSU job, you should have made sure Trinidad Chameless would go with you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It would have been an ideal. Yes. Lane Kiffin. 13 and 26 against top 25 teams. Lane Kiffin is just SEC James Franklin. Wow. Still. Don't look now. James Franklin and Virginia Tech. They're kind of good. Well, we always do that with James Franklin. And I'm not going to look now.

14:23Yes. Yes. Yes. No, but what I think happened with James Franklin when we took him out of Penn State, we took him out of the deep end and we moved him to the ACC, which is like the equivalent of like a kitty pool. Yeah, it is a kitty pool, right? Yes. And anyone could survive in the kitty pool. I did. I think. I don't know what I'm doing there. I'm not going to watch him. Not today, not tomorrow, only if they make the playoffs and I'm forced to watch him. But he's not making the playoffs. You haven't make the playoffs? Not this year, eventually. Okay. Because he's sitting in the kitty pool. Yeah. And he knows how to swim well enough. He knows how to tread water. That's all he does. Jamar Chase. Catch of the year. Mikey, you know what the sea in Chase stands for? Catch of the year. It was right there for you.

15:23Good. Yes. I was trying. I thought you were trying to sneak one around on me. Yeah. Now I wasn't just straight forward. I was trying to sneak one around to see the TV broadcast. When somebody dislocates their elbow, I promise you, we don't need to see it ten times enough. Why? You show it once. I get it. I see it. I see how gruesome the injury is. I don't, I do not need to see it nine more times. Don't. Okay. You missed it. Got to show it again. And again. Cam Ward leads the lead in extending plays just to still throw it at a bounds. He's so good at it. He's so good at extending those players. It is great to get rid of it. Yeah. If the point of football was to scramble away, create some time and throw it out of bounds, then he should have been the number one pick in the draft.

16:24It's great of it. No one better. The Titans uniforms are too good for them to be this bad. That was Philadelphia's first road win against the Titans since 1991. The House of Pain Game. You know what that means, Mikey? Oh, they were do. Yeah. You're on your game today, man. Jeez. I missed Steve, young. Well, I'll still set with myself. It's all right. Where else would you have gone there? I mean, it's... Steve Beganair. Steve Beganair. How could have been Marino or something? It's true. Superbull. Yeah. Superbull. Yeah. Yeah. Got caught in my thoughts. Carolina Panthers. Frisky. Yep. Panthers. Giving up 59 points last week. And three points this week. Tell it to weeks. Same with the Bears, I guess, right? I'm scoring 59 and scoring three. Tell it to weeks.

17:24Wow. Couple of tails cutting it up. Cooper Rush with a rare ability. To make Bejohn Robinson boring. Tell you, you know your road, your road's rake London here as well as Bejohn Robinson. I only chose one. I went with Bejohn because the B and B is on stands for boring. Steve, once I saw that typo there, I was like, he's going to read it no matter how I typed it. I should have went with a rare ability to make Drake, Bejohn Robinson boring. Mikey, I saw that typo coming a mile away. Bejohn Robinson with Cooper Rush is like putting a race car in a school zone. The Falcons will fix any defense. You know what the F and Falcons stands for, Mikey? Fixing defense. Yeah, you fixing any defense. You're getting an A today, man. Jack Strands.

18:24First NFL pass. Being a pick six. Only up from here. The saddest sign I saw this weekend was in that Atlanta Falcons game. A fan, a Falcons fan brought a sign that said, it's strand time. Re-evaluate your life at that point. Please do, yes. And that's in strand stands for sad. I love the idea of him like 50 years from now telling his grandkids, yeah, my first play. I threw a touchdown for the Carolina Panthers. I didn't know you played for the Panthers. I didn't. Nope. I didn't need my help either. Taylor, put it on the pole. If you're a fan holding a strand time sign, do you need to re-evaluate your life? It's strand time. I think it was we want strand. That's what the sign is. Whatever the sign is, just put it on the pole.

19:24Does that fan need to re-evaluate their lives? First matchup of coaches named Todd and NFL history. What are the tads of that happening? It was Todd Boles, a Todd Munkett, a couple of tads cutting it up. I skipped it. What are the tads? Well, what's funny? I think they're both named Todd Robert. Get out of here. Yeah? What are the tads? If the Buccaneers and Browns game never resumed, would anybody actually notice? I survived the pool pick. What time did that game end? It ended with like the 7pm window starting. It was after the witching hour. Well, yes. No, it was a 1 o'clock game. It was in the second half of the 4 o'clock games.

20:25I think it's when it ended. Yeah, it ended about 7pm, I think. It's crazy. Happens down here, though. Lightning. Yeah. Stupid. Ruben Bane. With zero pressures through two weeks, maybe the draft analysts were right about his arms. It's a game of inches. It's been close. And he's lacking inches. You're the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mike Tomlin calls today. What do you do? Hello, Mike. When? Yes. Today. Tomorrow. What? What are the tads of that happening, though? Mm-hmm. Going to that well. A little bit. A little too often here. I mean, I'm just saying Tom was not going to what's the T and Tom was stand for. I'm just saying Tom was not going to call the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That's not a team he wants to coach. I don't think. I don't think.

21:25But you have him calling the New York Jets. Move on. You have him calling the Jets. You have him. I don't think he's. All right. Who's he calling? Oh, I know he's calling. Who? Taxes. We'll sit. No. They can't get rid of him. We'll make it for him. Yes. They can't. North Carolina, maybe. They can get rid of him for him. No. North Carolina. Taylor wishes. North Carolina. Would you want Tomlin to be your head coach or your dumb with NFL coaches? I'd take it to anybody else. Really? Tomlin calls Duke. Yeah. Congratulations to the Bengals for finally giving Joe Burrow a defense. What's upsetting? Yep. NASCAR needs more fist fights. And even then, I'm not sure I'd watch. Close your eyes and just imagine how good Camario Taylor will look in a Miami hurricane's Jersey next year. Yeah. I'm not saying this about Texas A&M.

22:25Mike Elkos, my friend. They're not frauds. I'm not saying it. You said it. Oh, that's not nice. I know. We love Elkos. Yep. Not saying it. That's Taylor's observation. Texas A&M frauds. I said I wouldn't say it. Taylor said it. I'm not sure we're going to like Will Stein. Yeah. Let's see how he goes first. North Carolina. Clemson. Someone had to win. North Carolina. Just wanted it less. Davos Swinney. Celebrated that win. Like he beat. Want to bella checks. Patriot teams. Hey, Dad. Hey, Davos. You beat Billy Edwards Jr. Not Brady. Act like you've been there before. You were the one that was saying if you squint when you look at Billy Edwards Jr. What you'll see is Tom Brady. That was two weeks ago. You said that, Taylor. Yeah. I've had my eyes checked and I don't see it anymore. There I have to be honest. When I said I don't know if I'd watch NASCAR with fights.

23:26I do know. With certainty, I wouldn't. NC State did. What NC State does. We'll back. If you had NC State plus three and a half, I wouldn't blame you if you never bet again. It was that bad. Oh, wow. Oh, my God. We've never seen a team lose like that. We have never seen a team lose like that. Yeah. Really. Both of you have the same reaction. That bad. It was it was an ending that I immediately sent to everyone I knew when it hit social media. I was like, have you seen this? NC State just needed to take a safety. Dan Arlovsky wins that game. The rare game. Dan Arlovsky would have won.

24:29Mikey, you know what the O in Arlovsky stands for? Out of the back of the end zone. Yes. Stu, I have a stat that highlights how bad NC State's loss was. The team's with the ball and the lead in the final 10 seconds of a game. Right. 20 seasons entering today. Now I realize the reaction. 1046 and one. The only other loss was the Michigan Michigan State drop hunt. That's a bad beat, man. Oh, God. A tip of the cap to one how we rose. See, Dunn what happened? It's going on with how we done. Yeah. Retired. You know what they are and Rose stands for? What's hard? Thank you. The Raiders have two quarterbacks that are better than Justin Herbert.

25:37The Seahawks might do. I mean. I like to rely. I wouldn't blame Madison Beer if she called off the engagement. Yeah. I mean, she went into a thinking that she was going to marry a good quarterback. Yeah. Yeah. According to some people, he's still a good quarterback. Well, who? A lot of people still make an excuse. Are they really? Jesus Christ. Your favorite quarterbacks. Your favorite quarterback analyst, favorite quarterback is Justin Herbert. Chris, Chris Sims. Yes. Whoever. You like Dan Arlowski, his favorite quarterback? Well, no, I don't know if Chris Sims, I got to be honest. We haven't spoken to Chris Sims. We will later this week. I'd be nice to ask him. I think Sims is starting to question it. I do. I mean. So this quote was from Dan Arlowski yesterday on the Pat McAfee show. Jesus. It's a comedy of errors by everyone but Justin Herbert enough enough enough out of the

26:42back of the end zone. Where do you say it? McAfee. Yeah. Pat McAfee. More like Pat McAfee. Smart McAfee. I'll play that game all day. You'll win. Here's something to ponder. Did Tuwa make Mike McDaniel? Look good. No need to discuss that. Stash it away for a rainy day. Although I will say it's something I might want to discuss now. Think about. Death. Taxes. And us asking the question are the Raiders for real. A tradition unlike any other. They're two and a half. They have two quarterbacks better than Justin Herbert. For real?

27:42No. I like what they did in the off season. I listen on their way maybe. Right. For real. No. Not now. Too soon. Joe All four penalties. Max Krosby. Had him in hell. Speaking of hell. Orp Riles. Mikey. Those are the weekend observations. Kitchen and bathroom professionals know what goes behind the tile matters. That's why trade pros trust Fiber cement party backer board to keep tile firmly in place, resist cracking, and help block moisture. Chosen in over 40 million kitchens and bathrooms. Party backer board. What the best build on. Shop now at participating home depot, lows, and floor into core stores. For more information, visit jameshardy.com slash hardy backer.

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33:05My dad played here at Kentucky. My mom's a graduate of Kentucky. So blue ran in my blood up until I was 18 years old and decided to walk on at Louisville. I had a great experience there and played for Steve Crackthorp and Charlie Strong. It all comes full circle and ended up right back here at UK. So we're blessed to be in this position. But no one's giving you any sort of crap because you're from Louisville. You went to Louisville and now your coach in Kentucky. I mean, there aren't rivals. I get the text like I'm rooting for you every game, but one. I wish you just tell me that you're not rooting for me at all. I hate those text. I think those are just lame as hell. This is your first coaching job. Congratulations, you head coaching job. And I am wondering what is surprised you the most about being a head coach at this level? I might think just everything that you got to do on a day by day basis. All of the problems come to you. You know, when I was the offense coordinator last five years in my career, it was you dealt with the offense. You dealt with offensive recruiting. You obviously have relationships on both sides of the ball, but you know, you dealt

34:08with one side. And now I'm dealing with everything. You know, that's what leadership's all about is is problem solving being adaptable. And thankfully, I have great people around me and great players around me to help me coach. After SEC media days, you were asked, why is Kentucky going to win? And you said, because of me and then you go on the road and beat number nine, Texas A&M. And you said, I'm not shocked. This is what Kentucky football is supposed to look like. Where does that level of confidence that you have come from? Well, number one, my players, the way that they practice every single day and come prepared for meetings and have an intentional mindset to get better. That gives me a lot of confidence. I love my staff. We're extremely connected. There are guys that I love being around outside of football. And so I think it's just really the people in this building that give me that confidence. What happened to your team coach? I was so excited. I was watching that game. I thought you guys were going to win that game. And I'm sorry to bring up a bad memory here, but what happened there in the second half to Alabama? What did your team learn from that second half against Alabama?

35:11Yeah, I mean, the Alabama game, I think, we learned a lot to be honest. We didn't finish that game. We started off really well. We created turnovers on defense. We moved the ball on offense. Going up 17-13, going in a half time was huge. It was 17-16 with three minutes left and third quarter. We knew, and we know that we have great players on this team. It was just more or less finishing each play and not looking at the scoreboard. So that was the big focus going into this game, especially on the road in the SEC, Hossal environment. Truly having one play focus. And our whole theme last week was being the eye of the storm. And we knew there was a lot of chaos going around. A lot of people talking about us in a negative way, and it was just do our job. And that was what I was most proud of with our guys is they didn't let anything phase them. Sometimes I feel like you inherently do that on the road better because you're literally there with your squad. That's it. I'm only in the stands, but it's not like I, Alabama, Alabama game for me. There's 50 people that won in tickets.

36:11Right? Yes. I go to the end of it. Just me and my squad. So I do love going on the road in those moments. And we bunker down and came out with a big, big win. Coach, as a first time head coach, when you're taking over a program, how important is getting this kind of early win against a top 10 team where the players could actually see, okay, this works. What we're doing is leading to success. Yeah, I mean, I think it is big. It's, it's our ability to double down on our process, which I believe is a great way to do things. How we practice, how we plan, how we meet. But yeah, it was big for our guys. I mean, shoot, we're one-on-one in the league. I didn't overreact after two games here like everybody else. We just got back to work and had a great week of practice last week and put together another really good practice today on Tuesday and looking forward to another opportunity in South-O. Coach, so the trickiest thing for you, I guess you kind of answer this, but I am wondering

37:14as a first time head coach, and you talk about managing kids, is it fair to say because I coached at one point, not at your level, but I coached a women's lacrosse team that were the best in the country for two years. My daughter went to college, played lacrosse at Northwestern University, and for me coaching, one of the things that I found is all these kids are different, and you have to get to know each one of what makes each one tick. Have you found that to be an important part of coaching because these kids cannot all be coached the same, and I'm wondering how you go about doing that? I liked your subtle flex right there, the best team in the country. They were the ones who did it. Coach, they were the feet. I mean coach, they were the favorite. I mean coach, you college, a cry. In fact, if you want to start a program at Kentucky, I'll come be the head coach. I mean, that's right. I like that. No, but it's good to be right. You know, everybody's different. It hasn't changed. I mean, when I was playing, you know, before I was playing, everybody's different. And so I think that's the sign of really good coaching is being able to meet your players where they're at, but also push them the limits that they've never been to before.

38:17So it's never the same. This team this year is different than what I experienced at Oregon. Right. So I couldn't just rinse repeat everything that we did with Dan Laning here because it just didn't fit necessarily this year's team. So everything's different. But I think the number one factor that coaches have to continue to do is build connection with the players. Right. And not like that they have to like you or be your friend, but do they respect you? And do they know that like you love them unconditionally, not when they just make plays for you on the field and that they know that you have their back. Right. You know, yes, that's that to me is a major factor in developing a team. That coach is taking time out of his time to get to know me. That's important. Yeah. Exactly. Coach, you mentioned those relationships and you were at Oregon. How much of an eye are you keeping on how much Dave struggled going into this first three weeks? Listen, man, you got Dan Laning, you got Dante more, you got that squad, like they're going to be just fine.

39:17You know, in 2024, we barely beat Idaho. We should have lost the Boise State. We scored three special team scores in that game. And went on and went 13 and 0 on the big 10. So Dan Laning is in the elite coach. They have elite coaches and players and they'll be just fine. Coach, I love your quarterback Kenny Minchi. And you mentioned your time at Oregon. You're on a great run of quarterbacks, Bo Nick, Dylan Gabriel, Dante more. What did you see in Kenny Minchi to know that he would thrive in your offense? Well, you know, I think there's a lot of factors and in the portal recruiting, everything happens at like a rapid amount of a rapid speed. So it's hard to really know. Our offense, the coordinator Joe Sloan had a prior relationship with them through recruiting him in high school, which was I think big for us initially. And also Joe Sloan worked hand in hand with Mike Denbrock at LSU. So Mike's coach and Kenny at Notre Dame, there was some carryover in terms of just the

40:18relationships. And when you watch the tape, even in like the backup time that he did last year, Adosalth like throws that translated to our offense, you watch his high school tape. He was an elite 11 finalist, one of the top 10 quarterbacks in the country. To me, it was just an opportunity. Just like we all get opportunities in life. You all have on your show. I have here. It was Kenny's opportunity to come here and take it. And so I think he just need people that like poured in the hand, believed in him and hey, you're a guy. And so he's just he's taking it and and ran with it. And I think the best thing that happened to Kenny was honestly week two, not playing to his standard comes back in week three and has a really good performance on the road. So I'm excited about him and his growth. That's going to happen over this week and throughout the course of this season. Coach, when you were when you were Rambo next, coaching Bo next did and did you think he would turn into this at the NFL level because this is pretty special. 100% really 100% yeah.

41:18But the best player I've ever been around in my life. Guys an absolute free show. Oh yeah. And people don't realize he's six three two eighteen runs four five two, you know, and like has a cannon accurate. The smartest guy. I've ever been around in terms of football IQ, son of a coach, competitive, relentless. Yeah, I mean, they guys, this guy's the limit for Bo. In a in a weird hypothetical world, if you were picking number one in the NFL draft, would you pick B Don De Moore? Yeah, I mean, I love Dante. I think he's a free show too, man. Yeah, yeah. I think if he went out last year, I don't know if he would have passed up Fernando, but I think it would have been close once they went through the entire process. Right. So he's got all the intangibles. He can make every throw. He's an elite competitor and even better person. So yeah, I would definitely be choosing Dante as a quarterback for sure. All right. I'm going to try a game on you here. It will be quick, okay? Very easy. It's called Will or Will Not, okay? And I'm going to give you a scenario here.

42:20And you tell me if it's something you would do or wouldn't do essentially. Well, I may explain it to you with Simba Will or Will Not, okay? Okay. Catch up on steak. Will or Will Not. Will Not. Thank you. No, he's Jesus Christ. Oh, Mikey has one. Mikey has part where I live. Right. No, he's serious about. No, he's serious. I catch up on your steak. Oh, look at him. Oh, we're friends here. Will. We're friends here. Well, that's where I live. What's going on? This game is where I live. Yes, yes, yes. Did you have one for him? I've got plenty. You know, started talking. Yeah, let's go. I'm going to fall. Let's do it. Come on, Mikey. Pumpkin Spice Latte. Ooh. Pumpkin Spice Latte. Yes. No. Okay. Okay. I can't afford a wedding ordering a Shirley Temple tailor did that. Will or Will Not. No. Well, not. He's also a walk on him. We'll talk about that.

43:20He's giving walk even had a shrily. He's giving walk on a bad name, coach. You really? Yes. Go ahead, Mike. Peeing in the pool. Oh, that's a good one. Peeing in the pool. Yes. Come on. Yeah. I ain't even raised on that before. Sure. Well, peeing in a shower. I'm going to go to bed now. You're raising on that before Will being in the shower Yeah, yeah, of course Catch up on a hotdog Yes, really you'll get that mustard and relish. That's how I get wow. I love it. I got ahead Mike is that all right. I didn't know that was a question No, I never whenever you see like the cartoon catch up It's got like I'm great point All right, this one's a little harder now, okay international football games International football games. Yes, oh, it's a bad spot. You're putting it. I think it'd be fun for our guys You know, I just I don't know I don't know how that would work out but you know, I think depends

44:25I don't know if I want to go to Australia like something Nothing is Australia. That's just pretty far. Yeah, it's a far trip to play a football game Are you a golfer? Are you a golfer in the golf at all? Yes, all right tricked out golf cards will or will not Tricked out golf I mean I would say tricked out but like you know, I think it would be I Might have like a golf car. I don't have one now, but I think you could get one. Okay. Yes, you can get one You can get one for free coach if you want Like a full Book someone's like hey, we got a cool golf car. I'm like, yeah, yes, all right. I got my Plant based meat oh No, no, no, good at here Kentucky what are you talking about? Blaring music on a golf course will or will not Blaring music. Yes, because when you have a Card you got a Blair music out of it. Yeah, it's speakers the whole deal. No, no, all right

45:28I know I tell I do like music on a golf course, but I wouldn't say blaring it. Okay. Yes, that's fair coach I actually have a separate question and what there used to be a bit where People wondered if the San Francisco Giants and the New York Giants would hang out together because they were both giants when you took over Kentucky do you ever hang out with Willie Callistan? I mean What a Be like he's just a call you away He's like seven foot on like five nine. That's pretty funny. Mikey is right. He made a bad joke He's just a call you away last one will or will not we've enjoyed this very much We want to come up to Kentucky where big fans. I want to do the show From the sidelines of one of your games if possible a last one for you Kentucky will always be known as a basketball school will or will not you're gonna change that come on No, no, I think this is a great athletics department. I mean Craig Skinner's got our women's volleyball top three in the country We have some elite teams Nick Minjion our baseball coach

46:30Mark Pope love him and like I'm a giant Kentucky basketball fan. I think Kentucky's in elite school and an elite university and big blue nation is the best in the country and to me I think we can all go out there and have a lot of success We have a we have a busy schedule here coach. We have trips to make to Memphis I think we're going to Texas for a game We'd like to come to a Kentucky game. Are we invited? Would you welcome us? I guess is what I'm asking Yeah, that's it. Is that a will or will not? Yes, I'll send a Kentucky game will or will not All right, but you're not gonna let me call play right like that's going to for correct Well, it depends on what play you So I can give you like a menu of plays that we have. Yes, I think which one you like that's fine right give me five options And I'll just choose one. Okay, there you go. It's easy. All right. We'll get this We'll talk to your people your SID your athletic director and we'll make a trip to Kentucky coach We enjoyed this very much. Congratulations to you and good luck to you here the rest of your way the rest of the way here

47:34Your team is is a very fun team to watch. We enjoy watching Appreciate you guys go cats. You got them