10.16: Better, Not Bitter - Hour 3

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them a call five ooh to nine hundred pets. All right, I got some good news, and I'm sure you know this is something you guys have really been losing sleep about. You've probably been stressing about it. You might want to sit down because this might bring you know, some very just uncontrollable emotion out of you. I say that all very sarcastically. I hope you guys can pick up on the sarcasm there. But I'd come to you today in my vehicle that I did not have for twenty seven days.

So finally I got my car back and I missed it. I'm glad to have it back, But as we discussed earlier in the show, I still can't help but feel like a pit in my stomach about the whole situation. And when I think about it and I talk about it like it just it takes me to a place mentally I don't want to be at and I can't really control that. So I'm sure I'll get over it over time. But there have been some people that have sent in some, you know, some suggestions on how to,

you know, get over it. Many have just told me, know, sack up, grow up, get over it. I mean, that may be the best advice I've gotten so far. Others have told me to talk to a therapist. Maybe that's it, And it's not really that. It's not that deep, it's

not that serious. But I thought yesterday would be like the ultimate day where I realized because it was good for me to go to the store where this all happened, and I had to sign some documents, just I guess signing off that that you know, they me confirming via signature that they have in fact repaired any damage as

they that they caused from what they did. And I could just tell that the manager, who you know, was the person who did it, like felt bad, like I could just I could feel it, and I feel sad for her because she didn't mean to do it, and I'm sure she's probably been in trouble and like felt I mean, I know she felt bad. But here I am after not having my car for like a month, and I'm the one feeling bad, Like what like that?

It's just like it's it's it's got my mind and it's a pretzel as far as just how you know, But others have asked, like do I like if I thought about hiring an attorney to do what like they did fix it? I mean, if I went to Judge Judy, which would be awesome, and by the way, like I may actually for the first time have a chance to

go to Judge Judy because I love Judge Judy. It's it's a weird and random thing like when I when when I put it this way, like I watch more Judge Judy than I'd be willing to admit to you guys. I mean it's it's an unhealthy obsession where I just binge Judge Judy. If I got nothing going on, I'm going to fire up YouTube TV. I got them all DVRD, and I don't think it's as good. But now she's got her show Judy Justice on Amazon Prime and it's you know, it's it's where I get my fixed for

Judge Judy. So but but if I did, like what would be my like, hey, you owe me for like I didn't, like, you know, I didn't lose out on work.

do their best. I think to mean they could have done a lot better, but like they did fix it just took a lot longer than expected and they never really like nobody from the higher ups really seemed to care that, like the whole thing happened. So I just need to move on from it, and I'll probably never talk about it again after today, but it is something that here and there still I get asked about, so

I wouldn't be shocked. And I'm not kidding when I go to the game, because there are people who probably listen to this show here and there throughout the day. Maybe they listened a couple times a week. I mean, I think if you're not listening every day for three full hours, you need to re evaluate your priorities. But you know that's up to you. I can't control that, but i'd be willing to bed whenever we go to the game on Saturday. We're gonna I'm going with the

family again, my wife, and we're gonna take Moose. Like I bet somebody ask me about my car, because whenever I was you know, whenever I shared the story initially when it was just happening, I mean it was. I mean it's a story a lot of people probably didn't believe, but it was true for.

until I couldn't anymore. But like, it just was I was kind of embarrassed about how I handled it when you and I would just talk about it, because you know, John can attest to this, like I would get going on and I would just lose my mind, which I think most I don't know, I tell myself and I try to convince myself that most people would, but you know, I don't know. It was a learning experience for me. You know, I'm kind of an adult. I'm thirty six now.

I mean I kind of at times, you know, get I mean, this is this is what I do for a living, so I get to, you know, live a life that at times I don't really feel like an adult. I mean I say that jokingly, like I am a grown up who has children and whatnot, and you know there's some sarcasm here when I'm saying it. But it was one of those things where I'm like, this could potentially turn into like a real life grown up problem that it's going to inconvenience me, and I don't want

to deal with that. But you know, it is what it is. And again, I'm sure a lot of you right now are feeling much better about everything knowing that I got my car back. And again I'm being sarcastic, and I I'm not going to mention the name of that company ever again on this show.

I mean they could, like, they could have ruined my car, and you know, it could have been a lot worse for me, and they'd still would have been okay. Regardless of what I would have done, because I'm again it's it all comes back to feeling helpless about it and not really knowing like what what I can and do, you know, to get their attention, to make them make it right. So anyways, we'll move on, all right, don't

forget coming up on Saturday. We've got you covered for game coverage, I mean, the game itself.

and Doors of Central Kentucky and Jefferson Animal Hospital. And then as soon as the game ends, we'll go live for the louisvill Football postgame Show presented by alex Arwhite Lawyers to Distracted Driver dot com.

is the game where they clean it up. Doesn't mean that they won't. I hope they will, but I kind of feel like the last really, the last three weeks, the last three games, you have been opportunities for you to work towards cleaning things up, avoiding mistakes that seem pretty avoidable, and they haven't done it, you know, and that's just something that we have to acknowledge. Doesn't mean that they're terrible, doesn't mean that they are completely incapable

of playing clean football and just looking the part. When I say looking the part, I don't even mean from a talent perspective. I just mean from like an organizational standpoint. I mean doesn't mean they can't. It's just at this point you are where you are. I mean, when they played Georgia Tech in a game that they won, and they made winning plays. I remember on the postgame show and that following Monday giving Georgia Tech a lot of credit and Brent Key a lot of credit for keeping

you from playing clean football. And I still think that's true. Georgia Tech. They're they're a gritty team, Like I wouldn't be shocked if if they beat Notre Dame this weekend. I mean, I mean, it's going to be a big crowd there in Atlanta for them, and you know, that's the kind of game. I could see Georgia Tech pulling off the upset because I don't really think Notre Dame's

all that special. So I still think they're a gritty team that does a lot to make you have to beat them, But maybe not the way you want to write. I mean, they played Georgia within a score last year. He's knocked off a few ranked teams. But what I guess ignored was that, like maybe that's just Louisville, that they are a team that is going to make some mistakes and that is going to you know, commit some

silly penalties and whatnot. And again they took advantage of mistakes that Georgia Tech made and that changed the game, right, You being able to get a quick score because Haines King didn't realize that, you know, I mean, I don't know what he realized. He made a really bone headed mistake, and you know, Louisville was able to convert that into a touchdown in the end zone. Same thing when you block the field goal and took it to the house.

Like some would say that that's lucky. Clearly it's not a play you just bank on happening or I mean both those plays or plays you don't expect to happen. But you were there and you were able to really make an opponent pay for them not playing clean football.

And again, I'm not trying to take that went away from him, but it was a bigger sign than I realized at the time, because then you go to South Bend and you make a lot of avoidable mistakes and just keep shooting yourself on the foot and we're sloppy and it cost you.

was just bad. And you know, Jeff essentially said it after the game, and the Virginia game was a chance to go beat a team that you know you could probably still make similar mistakes and beat because you're better than them. And that's really what happened. I mean, if you believe that they turned the corner in a major way because they won, that's your opinion, I mean, don't. I didn't see it that way. Again, a win is

always better than a loss. But I still think they were They looked like the same team they'd been in previous weeks. They just you know, played a team that wasn't quite as good. And maybe their defensive communication was better because Ron English moved from the booth to the sideline and all that, but let's be real, they still at times made crucial mistakes at the worst possible times.

So doesn't mean they can't get it fixed. They just haven't yet, and I think six games in you just have to look in the mirror and acknowledge who you are as a team. So there's no better time to get it fixed than now, because a win here could could really, not only for the fans, not only for you know, the potential acc race, but I think for this group because they look, they know who, they know that they've come out and underwhelmed as far as just you know, mistakes that I I, you know, what do

I know? I've never played football in my life, doesn't mean I don't you know, doesn't mean I don't know the game and whatnot. And I'm sure there's many including you listening, that know it better than me. But let's be real, some of these mistakes they make are just ones that you should easily be able to avoid. You don't even need to know football to know that, but you just got to clean You got to clean it up.

And if they clean it up, I think they could get a real big boost because they would know, Hey, if we do in fact come ready to play, we're more disciplined, we don't hurt ourselves as much. We can go out and win every game left on the schedule. I'm not predicting that would happen, but like, if you can beat Miami at home, I think that means you can beat anybody left on your schedule. Now Clemson at their place, that's going to be a tall task because

clemson't doesn't lose many games at home. Although I'm really curious to see what happens in this Virginia Clemson game. It's gonna be on at noon, just like Louisville and Miami, but Clemson twenty one point favorites. I guess that's not surprising considering that Clemson has been on a tear ever since they lost to Georgia. But I'm now to the point where I'm just anxious. I want to see what this Louisville team, what they do with how they look.

The lines moved a little bit, though, I think it was three and a half, then four, and now we're sitting at Louisville plus five, so underdogs but not by a huge margin. But there has been a little bit of movement there, and that's that's really kind of what I expected there to be through throughout the week here. And it's really I think more so Miami than like Miami has clearly gotten more attention throughout this year than

Louisville has for obvious reasons. They're undefeated, they look like the best team in the ACC right now, despite having some close calls here as of late. But I just you know, and again I guess I should. You know, if Louisville does end up winning, I won't care what the national reaction is. But my prediction would be that it'll be that the ACC doesn't really have a great team, because despite that being their first loss, they could have easily lost to Virginia Tech, who people don't think is

any good. And cow was up, you know, twenty points nearly on him in the in the second half of that game, So just be prepared that that'll be the noise out there.

I don't think they were over the top. Now, again, as I've said before, and I probably should say it more, I'm never going to be somebody that says that if Louisville's not one of the twelve teams in the play and that means the season is a disappointment and it's a failure. And I got the since after they lost to SMU that there were people that thought that. And look, if you feel that way, feel however you want to feel.

I just think that's a very I mean, you're gonna be pretty miserable because even though the playoff has expanded from four to twelve, it's clearly much more of a realistic thing. It's still gonna be really hard to do. Like, it's not gonna be something that you can just say, yeah, we were all right this year, made the playoff and lost in the first game. No, I think you know, there's gonna be some real stiff competition for those spots. And let's be honest, the league you're in is not

one that's gonna be first or second in line? Do you get a second team in if you don't win your league?

As far as money line, there's no numbers just yet, but the total is sixty one and a half and the majority it's like it's fifty to fifty, well, fifty one forty nine as far as the bets on the over and under, but the money, there's seventy one percent of the money coming in on the over underwager for this to be over sixty one and a half, which I would you know, I would say if if you end up in a game where it's looking as if you know in the third quarter that the the over

is relatively safe, I would say, that's a good sign for Louisville. But we'll see, all right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side. We didn't talk about it yesterday, but there's an update to it, and that's Jerry Jones going on a Dallas radio show and really just making a complete he asked of himself, and we now have his excuse as to why he did what he did. And you know, billionaires rarely show much remorse, right because they they're not real relatable, they don't have

a whole lot of awareness. And he's really showing that. So we'll get to that and a lot more in these last thirty five minutes or so.

as his dad. And because of his upbringing, despite being very privileged and having a great life, he did miss out on opportunities to have self awareness, if that makes sense. Like he's not a normal kid, normal person at all, and that's not really his fault. So that's I guess what I mean when I say I feel bad for him. And anytime I say I feel bad for him, I instantly think, like, man, that sounds awful, because like this

guy's got everything. He's in the NBA playing for the Lakers because his dad, you know what I mean, Like, that's what it all comes down to. But here are his numbers in the preseason right now. He's played forty four minutes. He's scored four points, he has five turnovers, He's two of sixteen from the field, oh of seven from three. And I also try to put myself in Lebron's shoes because I would do anything for my kid and wouldn't care what anybody thinks. Now, I would try

to I would try to tell myself that. I would also understand when you think you're helping your kid, you may not. You may be putting him in situations to be made fun of her whatever. But as a dad, you may not even have that awareness because you love your kid and you'll do anything for your kid.

really helped him in that regard. And again I believe, I mean, I mean, I stand by what I said, but I also feel like when it's your kid, like you can get a little bit.

after the lost SMU. And it just reminded me, like, there can't be two more unrelatable components within college sports than fans online, especially those that are on there anonymously in this toxic world of Twitter. Those people and then parents of players who are going to take anything you

say about their kids performance personally because it's hard not to. So, you know, if my son ever plays high level sports in any way to where you know there's there's a fan base that's active on a social media platform, like I'm gonna know that's the last place I need to be, you know. So, I mean, it's nobody's fault. It's just

like it's it's like you did. Those those two sides just have to know we probably can respect each other, but just stay away, Like, cause I could tell you how much I love your kid and I'm glad he plays for u of L because he's great or place

for Kentucky, whatever it may be. But yet if like we watched a game together, or we're tweeting throughout a game together, like you're gonna hate me because any little thing I say that has maybe nothing to do with your kid, you're gonna probably take personal because that's what

a lot of parents do. So trying to give Lebron the benefit of the doubt because it is his son, you know what I mean, Like, and he's he's if you're gonna leverage what you've what you've done, and what I mean when I say what he's done, I mean he's put together a career that is up there as good as anybody that's ever played the sport. I mean, I still would put Michael Jordan ahead of him. But like, even if you don't like Lebron, you can't deny his greatness and the fact that he's one of the most

I mean, he's Lebron James. I mean, just he's Lebron. So if you are gonna leverage what you have built and established and you're gonna use that to help your child. I mean that in a way is understandable, but I think some of the lack of awareness from everybody involved has just been pretty pretty jarring, including Bronni himself, Like when he did the press conference after he got drafted and acted like he never even thought about playing with

his dad. Like what, Like, I know you're young and naive, of course, and you don't have any awareness, but like, don't insult everybody's intelligence, even if they don't have much of it. They would know that, Like, that's just a lie. But you know who he learned from, a guy who talks in front of microphones and cameras, who's done a lot of the same stuff. So it's just how it is,

all right. So Jerry Jones, he's crumbling. He is really having a hard time not making it clear to everybody that the Cowboy struggles with him being not only you know, the owner, but the GM and he's the one making all these decisions. And you know, there's always been criticism for the Cowboys, but it seems as if it's been a little louder this year than ever because they just paid Dack all that money and you know, it's not

going well. Well, he does, I guess a radio hit one with a show that's on one oh five point three the fan in Dallas, And this was a story that was probably I mean it was yesterday's news, but we didn't get a chance to get to it with everything else going on. But he essentially threatened to have the hosts of this show fired because they were asking him questions and really, you know, doing I mean quite literally just doing their job. Have you heard this, John, I.

Steady and go over it. But every now and then you do some right things and at the end of the day you add it up and the rights give you a better spot than the wrong.

You got a lot of money and you bought a team and you like play an NFL GM and everybody knows that. And that again lack of awareness in a major way there for him. But I love this story and what it's turned into because there's so many people defending these radio hosts who that is probably difficult to do because here's what's scary. He could get those guys

fired if he wanted. He's Jerry Jones. I don't know if their station has the rights to broadcast those games, but like you know, he could, and him just willingly saying that and making it clear, like I'll get I can get somebody else to be the person that's asking these questions. And I'm not kidding. I mean, that's just

that's that's being a bully, that's abusing your power. And these guys stood up with them, and uh, you know, everybody in the profession that is, you know, journalism, sports media, radio, even television all seemingly has the same reaction because I bet there's a lot of people that have in that industry that have dealt with something like that, not to the level of Jerry Jones on your own show saying basically without using you know, without saying it.

and what you and what direction you're going in. And I don't know anybody that's ever gotten super thin skinned and bothered by what a you know what a radio host, a blogger, a writer, a journalist, columnist TV. I don't know anybody body who's been from the inside, meaning a coach, a player, or a GM or an owner like Jerry Jones. You've never looked good doing that like coming after, because

here's the thing. One, it's a tell that you are insecure and you're worried about the wrong things instead of getting things fixed, You're worried about what people are saying. It's it's it's the ultimate sign that you're unraveling and you may not actually be fit to be doing the job you're doing. But you know, it goes back to any time there's struggles going on within a program and you hear rather be a coach making a snide comment,

or even an athletic director or even players. I think when they start talking about fan negativity when things are bad, you're cooked.

Like I think he did play football. I'm not saying he knows nothing about football, but like nobody would hire you to be a GM. You hired yourself is the GM because you own the team and you have an unlimited amount of money. Now again, you can't use that unlimited amount of money. There's a salary cab. But like he's in the belief that he's he's an accomplished and established GM when it's really not that way at all,

and nobody sees it that way. And then goes back to like fans, those guys they may be Cowboys fans. Maybe they really are, but and I don't know their situation, But like that, that's another thing that if you have a platform, whether it be to write, to speak, podcast, radio, TV, whatever, I mean, there are people that think if you're not shaking the pom poms leading the pep rally, you're not a real fan.

around here? It's Louisvil basketball. You think you think you know, I'm going on of my way to bring up that Louisville basketball was terrible under kiddie paying, Like it's it's it's part of the job. It's what I have to do. Well, what's that helping? It's not my job to help at all, Like, that's not what this is. That's not what I'm supposed to do. So again, it's looked bad for Jerry Jones here, but he's been criticized for, you know, a long time for making poor decisions as a GM and owner, and

I'm sure he won't change. But it was nice to see a lot of people defending those two hosts, who, you know, they probably got tougher skin than I do. They're probably a little more you know, secure about their situation because they're hosting. I mean, they're they're they're they're successful in.

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for WKU, not like a big fan or anything. But if I if I'm asked, hey, would you want them to win or lose? I would say win. But I do like them at plus one and a half, I know Sam Houston is a good team despite being relatively new to the FBS. But I think I may put a little something, a little small play here on the tops plus one and a half. Also FIU and UTEP that's a Conference USA matchup. No thoughts at all on that, but that in fact I think both teams think didn't didn't Indian open up against.

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to donate blood just like we do. So again, Pines for Pauls and people coming up on Saturday from ten am to two pm at the Jefferson Animal Hospital on Addol Loop. All Right, we're out of time, you guys. Enjoy Enjoy your evening. We're back at it tomorrow right here on Sports Talk seven to ninety