2.6: Chucky's Groin - Hour 1

that were born a man playing in women's sports. Also, there's an egg shortage going on Guantanamo Bay. I mean I was, I was a hard hitting newsman earlier. Now I get to talk sports, which I love doing it. Yeah, But but you know, we got a serious situation going on here because you know, I mentioned that I've been thinking about Chucky Hepburn's growing all day. It's been on my mind, and you know, here I am just concerned about a star player for Louisville that has helped this

program get back going in the right direction. Right. He's been instrumental. You're talking about Chucky. He would never Chucky is, without questioning, the best player on this team. He has been the most important piece to this team. And Pat Kelcey, you know, he's running the show and it's his revival, but his key piece is the one and only Chucky Hepburn, who is one of the best point guards in the country. And I don't know if this is all for nothing,

but let's just lay it out. So last night, Louisville wins, and I haven't given much thought about the game itself, just because of the of the worry. And I'll admit it, hands up, like I have no clue if he's dealing with something, if it was more just I mean, I'm gonna lay out the facts, but I also don't want people to think that my worry is in any way like me just not saying something because I'm not supposed to. But I have any kind of information. I don't know nothing.

I don't know if anybody really knows what's going on with him. But Louisville clearly would be a much different team without Chucky Hepburn. And they've had already a lot of injuries that we've kind of been able to forget about because they've played well and kind of rounded into form and really became a different version of themselves without Corn Johnson, without Case and Pryor so to know, you've

already had the bad luck with injuries. Hopefully that that bad energy with injuries is gone, but we shall see. But let's let's just back it up for those that maybe weren't locked in last night, and if you weren't totally get it at place was empty. I have never watched a Louisville basketball game on the road that was more empty than that arena last night. In fact, I think it looked worse than when Louisville had empty seats at the um Center many many many games during the

Kenny Paine era. So Louisville wins big, they put they put it on him in second half and actually ended up playing better well, I think they they kind of locked in and and in no way would anybody claim that Louisville's a better team without Chucky hepburn, that's nonsense. But when he went out and didn't come back in, that's when Louisville really put together a couple of big runs to kind of bury this Boston College team. And they go on and again win without without much trouble

at all. But about let's see, let me see if I can, if I can see how much time was left in the game when this happened. It was early ish in the second half, and and Chucky ends up going out and without watching closely, I initially thought that he got hit in his private parts, right, he got hit in get in the nuts, That's what I thought. And if you are a man, you know what that's like. I mean, even if you're not a man and you're a woman, you probably you know, maybe you're I'm sure

you have friends your husband like you. You know, it's something that will really you know, it'll it'll get and you need to kind of go recover kind of. You know, I don't know if it's walking off or what it is, but like I thought, he just accidentally took like an inadvertent hand or knee or foot something to the groin and he just needed to go to the bench because you know, got to walk it off, shake it off, whatever it may be. And he didn't seem like he

was really bothered. And then you know, he seemed to be kind of like laughing on the bench, and he stayed on the bench and he cheered on his teammates as they put together a really good run and of course, you know, buried that Boston College team and they didn't

need Chucky to come back in the game. But two things that have since, you know, worried me, and I don't know if I'd be as worried if it wasn't for the fact that, you know, Chucky's the most important piece to this team and we already have had two injuries and that doesn't really have anything to do with this. I mean, this is months later and I don't think any of these injuries have I mean, they're not related

by any means. It's just bad luck. So the worry is that we found out after the game that he he didn't come back in. But it was not because it wasn't because they just wanted to rest him, and

it wasn't because of you know, precautionary stuff. He didn't come back in because Pat Kelsey told us that the medical staff, the trainers, whoever it was, told him that that Chucky is unavailable, like he's not he's not cleared to go back in because of whatever it is he's dealing with that that had him come out of the game. I don't have any update. Well, we'll know more tomorrow that just.

were just perps about it. So again I learned that about you guys, and we're also learning about Pat Kelsey in his first year, and I think, deep down that was just the honest truth. I think he absolutely was just telling you the facts that he was told by the training staff that CHUCKI could not go, he wasn't cleared to play, and he didn't get any kind of update because you know, he was trying to finish the game.

So I think that's the truth. But because of my worry and because I know how big of a hit it would be for this team if in fact, he is hurt and maybe misses some time, I'm overthinking it, right. I think it was an honest answer, but I'm thinking, get okay. That voice sounds like a voice of concern. It sounds like he's worried. And if he is worried, that that's, I mean, makes total sense. He should be worried. It's a star player. So I have no clue if

that's just I mean, it could have been. Maybe if Chucky came back in and played and finished strong, and he was asked and he was asked about and he knew Chucky was healthy and he was asked about it, maybe he would say the same thing. I don't know. I don't I have no clue. But I also heard his radio interview that he did after the game with Bob Bobono, and again he said really the same thing. But because I am someone who is paranoid and I worry more than I ever should about everything in life,

I worry about everything. That's just an issue. I got to get better at but it kind of still sounded like maybe he was worried. And again, that's all normal, right, I just want to know what's the status with Chucky and we haven't heard anything just yet. There will be a press conference tomorrow. Kelsey's media availability will be I believe around. Let's see. I know we got an email earlier about it from U of L sid the Lovely Dana Brown and uh yeah, Pat Kelsey's gonna talk tomorrow

at eleven am. So he'll be asked and we may not get any kind of an answer. He may say, look, he's he's he's a little sore. They're dealing with it. I'm not sure what's because coaches can always do what Kelsey does, even if they just want to use it as an excuse. I think he's just giving you the honest truth. But when it comes to injuries, you can always just say, hey, I know they're trying to get

him back healthy. I'm not exactly sure what the exact issue is because I'm not a doctor that kind of stuff. Like again, you can, you could do that if you want, And maybe some people would say, hey, that's weak. You know more, why don't you tell us what they don't have to. And really, as much as I would love to know, because I'm you know, it's my I would love to know if my team's gonna be okay or not, it's not really our business, to be honest with you.

So anyways, that's where we are. And I'm not gonna make it the entire S show today because that wouldn't be any fun. I want to have some fun. But to see the replay, you can tell this was a non contact thing that kind of tripped him up. And he, I mean he he kind of stopped in his tracks and and couldn't really do anything. And then he went back to the locker room briefly and then came back out and seemed to be in good spirits. I mean

he he was cheering on his teammates. At some point he cracked a smile, a little bit of a laugh. I don't know if maybe the fellows on the on the on the bench were giving him a hard time because maybe they thought also that he got hit in the in the you know what. But no contact at all, and just it just seems like kind of like a freak type of thing. And it may be absolutely nothing, but you can't you can't be surprised that that that

myself and other Louisville fans are are thinking about it. Austin, go look at the video that I just posted on on my Twitter, and again, we're not we're not doctors. We're not we're not trained. And by the way, even if you are a doctor, I don't even know if you'd be able to look at.

because the loss to Georgia Tech gets stunk, right. Nobody wants to lose at all, and you know that you're a better team than Georgia Tech, and you just you know they got you. So last night I thought Louisville actually came out worse in the game against Boston College than they did against Georgia Tech. Now, they they made a lot of shots, and clearly they ended up putting together overall a pretty good performance and they were able

to kind of run away with it. Again. You won eighty four to fifty eight eight in a game that really honestly could have been worse. I mean, Louisville was missing some shots there towards the end. They were only one of seven in their last eight shots, so or yeah, they only they only made one of their last seven shots,

I should say. So watching them last night and then having that worry about Chucky, it just kind of made me think back to how fun the season has been, especially once they got rolling in January, and you know, the last night evening. To me, Chucky even last night before he went out, was already was having a good game. Was five of ten from the floor to a four from three point range, had a few assists, and you know, didn't have a single turnover. I mean, he's one of

the best point guards in the country. We all know that, and it's been a hell of a ride watching him play. And I hope we get to watch him play on Saturday whenever they host Miami. And again, this could all be for nothing. Maybe maybe we find out soon, maybe we find out tomorrow. Oh he's fine, no big deal, he'd be He's good to go. They just wanted to They just wanted to hold him out and see if in fact, you know, they didn't want to have him

out there. And I don't. And that's where we need to reach out to our friends doctor Ben's and doctor macroy, because they could they could educate us and help us when it comes to these kind of things. If it is a groin strain, which I've seen some speculating that that's what they think it is. And again we're talking about people who you know, want to play doctor on the internet. And I don't say that to poke fun

because look, I'm doing the same thing. I have no clue, but I'm just trying to figure out what it might what it might be, and it you know, what do I know, but that that is the type of injury given what we saw, that I could see being something that might happen, and that, you know, a groin strain, it sounds like can be can be mild, can be pretty severe. But it can certainly linger. I mean, groin injuries are are tricky because you can you can you can linger, you can play on it, or you can

have surgery. But obviously having surgery would put you on the shelf and you wouldn't be able to play for a long time. So who knows. And I already feel like I've I've given too much time even talking about it. But it's a big deal. I mean, totally different vibe for me last night when I hear Pat say in the press conference that he was told by the medical staff that Chucky couldn't come back in So we shall,

we shall see, but I will I will mention. I mean, this is something I mentioned on the on the show this morning. On has I would say that if they knew that they had something bad, we would know by now, like meaning if it was like severe to where he can't play anymore, he's out for the year, he's going to require surgery. Uh, And I look, you never know, but just the overall demeanor of him made it seem as if he wasn't like in pain, and he was

in good spirits. He didn't seem overly concerned. But he may not know what the issue is and again you got to keep in mind when he when he got hurt. However, it happened that no contact situation to where they stopped play and he walked to the bench, you know, it stopped him in his tracks and he couldn't He didn't run like he just he kind of gingerly walked over to the bench. And and and that's that's all we saw.

That's when it felt it. Seeing it live, I thought maybe he might see nothing. When I saw it live, right, I thought if anything. Once he came down, I thought, oh, he probably got punched down there and just watching Holly. He wasn't touched it, just only when he tried the quick action move to get him positioned for a rebound. That's when he seemed to react to it.

that's that's part of the process here. Maybe they're going to get some imaging done today and figure it out. But we'll find out, well, I know, I don't.

want to bring the good energy. Or almost to the end of the week. We got the super Bowl coming up here in a few days, and I hope Chucky's Growing's okay. It's coffee and Company again. We are fuel about Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven.

it's again. It's a perfect stupid funny really works with me.

I guess it speaks to ye my stupidity. But yeah, good, Yeah, there was so twenty one Jump Street came out in twenty twelve, and then they did twenty second Jump Street in twenty fourteen, rare comedies that actually, you know, both of them were good and in fact a lot of I mean, I this is good timing here, because I don't remember what how Oh yeah, we were talking this morning on the on the on the Morning Show on HAS that Justin Thomas is going to be in Happy

Gilmore too, and I love Happy Gilmore so much that I have a little bit of like a fear that, like, don't do anything to change how I feel about my favorite movie potentially of all time. And I'm trying to it because I'm gonna watch it, but I'm trying to just accept the fact that, like it's not what this is. You know, they're going to have some fun, It'll probably be okay, but like, just if I go in trying to compare it to the first one that I'm I'm I'm going to automatically be disappointed.

And this one, this is kind of the number There was a listener that sent in a link that showed all these comedies that had a sequel, and the number one on this ranker list was a movie that I oftentimes forget it is considered it it is a sequel, but it's but because of the whole the whole thing,

like it's kind of it's just different. And that's the National Lampoon's Vacation movies because the original Vaker, the original vacation was I don't remember which one it was, but was that when they go to Europe maybe, And then of course there was Christmas Vacation, but that's kind of like its own movie, but technically it was the second movie that had the family, the Griswolds, right, So that one, I mean, that's one of the best movies of all time,

Christmas Vacation. So there's that one. And then I don't know if I totally agree, but the second Austin Powers, like that was good, but I'm not sure if I would say that like it's as good as the first. But still it was a good movie. It was rather popular.

make me think that this is the same thing. They're just you know, kind of doing their own version of it. And you know, expectations were kind of low it was stupid funny, and Bob Saggitt was actually really funny in it.

And uh, then they later did the actual second movie with those two guys, and You're right, like there was some nostalgia that I had a few laughs, because you know, those two guys are really funny, But I remember not feeling any different about the original Dumb and Dumber after watching the second one that they did like twenty years later.

So I'm hopeful that that's the same thing that happens here with with Happy Gilmore too, because the three movies that I feel like I can I've probably watched them more than any movies, and it's not even close, these three, And I don't know if I could actually recite them word for word. In fact, I know I can't word

for word. But if there was a movie where I could give you word, I could give you, you know, I could tell you what they're gonna say more than any other movie, it would be it would be these three. Mostly Happy Gilmore though, but there's Happy Gilmore, Dumb and Dummer, and Tommy Boy, Like, those were the three movies. I had them on VHS when I was a kid in the nineties, and I watched them religiously really really good stuff, and then this is actually, this isn't a sequel, and

this may be before your time. Like you if you have, if you've seen Tommy Boy with Chris Barley, Okay, yes it's been a while, yes, because you know that's where the age difference between us could get it, because I was like, when that movie became really really popular, you

were probably barely even born. So they also did another movie with Chris Farley and David Spade called Black Sheep, and it was an entirely different movie, entirely different characters, meaning like who they played, Like it wasn't the Callahans but the but it was still but it was it was basically the same thing. Like I don't know how you would. I don't think you can get away with that now. But yeah, both movies were good. I think Tommy Boy was better than Black Sheep, but it was

like they were the same. Like, for example, in King of Queens and in Seinfeld, Ben Steeler's dad Jerry Stiller, he's kind of the same guy when he's George Costanza's dad and when he's yeah, when he's arth there, like that's a very similar character Chris Farley was the same guy essentially in Black Sheep and Tommy Boy, and David Spade was the same guy in both those movies, but it was an entirely different story and you know, different.

So I feel like we were really dumb to eat that up because those two movies were both really successful. They came out around the same time, and I don't know. I guess it's not uncommon for two people to do movies, multiple movies together. I mean, that's really not that not that uncommon at all.

on Saturday Night Live. But as far as the movies where they made a movie and he was the main character, I don't really feel like there there was there was a whole lot.

I don't remember almost heroes. I think they. I think it was one of his last roles and he had a minor role and whatnot. But yeah, do you want to hear when we take you back to a traumatic moment in my childhood talk about it. Do you want to know how I found out that he died Chris Farley? Yeah, because I was I thought he was the funniest guy in the world. Again, I was obsessed with Tommy Boy, but when he passed away, I was Let's see how old was I. That was in nineteen ninety seven, so

I was nine years old when he died. And we were at the Winn Dixie, which they used to have wind dixiees around here.

and I'm like, what's going on? What happened? So yeah, I was very very sad because I it's kind of tragic. Oh dude, it was. It was, And there have been some really sad sad uh sad deaths with people who were legendary comedians and especially some SNL folks that that were great. And then you know, I mean Robin Williams, like that was the one of the saddest things ever.

I mean, I don't know, I'm not making in the SNL connection there, but just I'm thinking of comedians who made so many people laugh, brought so much happiness to and really, I guess could be an escape for somebody that's going through tough times in their life. They can watch their movies, watch their comedy and just enjoy it. And you never really know what people are going through.

And obviously Chris Farley had had some personal demons and uh, you know, he gosh, it's been not only is it crazy to me to think that that he's been gone that long, but also he was only thirty three, like he was he was four years he was roughly four years younger than I am now when he passed away, two years older than I am. Yeah, that's crazy.

So we didn't get any indication at least I didn't hear as to what was said by Earl Grant in the handshake line. You know, it looked as if Pat Kelsey was trying to have some dialogue and there was going to be no dialogue, and Earl Grant just had something to say and then he walked off. Don't know what it was, but if he was upset about something, it would have to be that Louisville didn't put in the walk ons at the end of the game. I

mean two things. One, if you don't want to get blown out and you don't want to get embarrassed, then you know, maybe don't suck. I mean, he's going to be out of a job after this year unless Boston College doesn't care, and I don't think they do care about basketball. I mean you see that. I mean they, by the way, they've never really cared. I was at their arena when Louisville played there five years ago, and I mean I've never been to a more lifeless acc environment.

And nobody cares about Boston College sports really in Boston, which is kind of sad. So if there's ever a team that's gonna get kicked out, some would say, well, no, they've got the Boston market.

in and they stayed aggressive. And again, like if you don't it's one thing to try to embarrass your opponent, like like, and I don't think Pat Kelsey was trying to do that at all, But we're in a world now where you have to beat really bad Like to be honest with you, if if Boston College wasn't the very worst team in the ACC, then there wouldn't have been such a need for Louisville to win by such a big margin and kind of keep their foot on

the gas. I mean they did put it. I mean, it wasn't like they were out there literally pressing and trying to run up the score, but they just stayed locked in for all forty minutes and you know, tried to compete to the end and win by as much as possible. And that's because Boston College is a team that when that thing tipped off yesterday, they were ranked two hundred and fifteenth in the net. Louisville has to beat those teams really bad in order to have any

potential positive movement with these metrics. So, I mean, that's just how it is. Like it's not personal, and Louisville jumped up one spot after beating a conference opponent on the road by more than twenty points. I mean, again, that just speaks to where the ACC is. So really all of it is is Earl Grant in Boston College's fault, if in fact that's what he was upset about. Somebody told me that they thought maybe maybe Pat was asking

about the injury to the Boston College player. There was I think it was a second leading score for Boston College that did not play because he was dealing with an injury. Somebody thought that maybe Pat was asking about that, and then Earl Grant answered and gave him, I guess, not a good update about the injury. But I've since

been told that that wasn't what was said. But again I'm the only speculation, and again it's just speculation to me, is that he didn't like that Louisville was shooting threes and really competing to the very end of the game. And I don't know if there's like a history there, but I will admit I totally forgot this. This was something that was talked about in Charlotte a the ACC basketball media days, but Earl Grant was at Charleston before

Pat Kelsey. I totally forgot about that. So I don't think there's I mean, again, they weren't on each other's staff. It wasn't like Pat got the Charleston job because well, I don't know. Maybe they did work together now that I look at it, because obviously Pat Kelsey was at Winthrop as a head coach and then he became the head coach at Charleston, So I don't know, maybe they

do have like an actual connection. I know they're familiar with one another, and obviously Pat Kelsey took over for Earl Grant when he got the Boston College job in twenty twenty one. But usually when you know you go through a transition, there's really it's not like you know you're gonna hang out for a few hang out for a couple of weeks help you get settled in on the new job. Like that's not really how it works at all. So yeah, I mean, look, Earl Grant is

not a good coach. Maybe he is, though, and he just does have Boston College like that could be it. I don't think there's really anything out there that would tell you that he's a phenomenal coach. But nonetheless, I mean, I don't know if, even if you are a good coach, if you could win at Boston College with the resources they have. I mean, they wear new balance. Sorry Jack Harlow, but like new balance, that's not a mean. New balance can can be stylish. I have some new balances myself.

But like when we're talking sneaker wars in college basketball, we're talking Nike. Indeed, is in maybe a little bit of under armour. Yep, new balance is not is not not a player in the game, and that's their apparel brand. So anyways, and Pat was a lot better at Charleston than Earrol Grant was, so like, maybe he has some animosity because the job that he did at Charleston, which, by the way, a lot of coaches have won there, but the job that he did at Charleston didn't look

as impressive. Whenever you know, my man p K comes in and wins the league, what two out of his three years there or something like that. All Right, we got to get to a quick break. Keep it locked right here. We'll talk some super Bowl coming up here on the other side. And I definitely want to talk about Mark Poe because it sounds like he was angry in the locker room after their loss on the road at all Miss. Apparently he was punching things. I don't

get mad, That's what I'm saying. Man, I don't know. I don't think he's that guy. Not that that guy, Pal, You're not that guy.

But when it comes to the matchup, I think you really you need to get off to a really good start if you're Philadelphia, and I don't mean get out to some huge lead, but what you don't want to do is have to play from behind, because then you're gonna have to really trust Jalen Hurts. And Jalen Hurts is trustworthy as a quarterback. He is consistent, does not

make a lot of mistakes. But where your offense is going to be able to, you know, really thrive, I mean, if it's going to thrive, I should say it'll be leaning on Sequon Barkley, the birthday boy who has had a phenomenal season and is clearly one of the best players in the NFL. But if you end up down ten or something like that, you could still you know, you could still rely on him, but you know, it's

just you're gonna need to. I just think the scenario where Barkley has the big impact and they are able to win, I think it's because he's he's making plays early and it's the Chiefs that have to come from behind. Now with that said, I mean the Chiefs are built to come from behind. Patrick Mahomes, I mean some of these stats out there about how successful he is not only with what he does individually, but also his team's winning him leading his teams from behind or in games

where they're down or it's tied. I mean he's clutch in a major way. And a lot of people claim it's because he gets bailed out by the Revs. I mean, in all seriousness, that's not why he's clutch. I mean he's had some calls go his way that shouldn't have. We all know that. But I mean the guy is phenomenal. So I just the more the closer we get, I actually start to think that the Chiefs are going to win, and I don't, and I shouldn't say that. I don't

give the Eagles much of it chance. But I guess what I'm doing mentally here is preparing for the worst and just hoping for the best. All Right, So Kentucky lost four or five after they're beat down at Ole Miss, and I think it's safe to save it to beat Then they lost by fifteen or something like that, and they were down twenty three at half. I believe it was so look, Ole Miss is a good team, and they were hitting a lot of shots. And Kentucky's without

Lamont Butler. This team still has a lot of good resume wins. But obviously I would say right now, just with it being four out of five that you've lost, fans are starting to worry a little bit, understandably so, And I don't think worry about missing the tournament, because, as we discussed yesterday, I really don't know if that's possible for you to miss the tournament, Like you could lose out and you certainly wouldn't want to do that.

Who would We'll never know. But I think they have such good wins at this point that losing out would probably still put them on the bubble. But they won't. They'll probably beat the hell out of South Carolina this weekend. They still play LSU, who's not that good, and then you know, we can't be shocked if they beat some of these really good teams left on the schedule, because you know they've done that before. Their win at Gonzaga. They win at Tennessee was without the guy that they're

still missing, which is Lamont Butler. So I didn't you know, I must have missed this yesterday. I didn't see it until the KSR post from earlier today with Nick Roush, and that apparently in the press conference on Tuesday night you could see Mark Pope has a bloody hand. And I don't know the specifics of of of what happened here, but apparently he was he was white hot. And I'll read directly here from KSRS as Pope described these moments as getting white hot. A well placed, flaming, white hot

tirade ca can effectively motivate players if used properly. And here's the quote from Pope. There were there may or may not have been some completely destroyed furniture in the locker room recently, A little coach p maybe that's just part of it. Pope said, it's got to be for a purpose. It can't just be an emotional release. That's not the most productive thing. We try and make sure it's always something that's really really personal and not just indulgent,

like an indulgent emotional outburst, it's not functional. That sounds I mean that Mark Pope is a very calculated guy, and I want to be able to say, hey, this guy, he's really starting to show that he's losing it, man, because he's not the guy if he thinks he's got to throw a tantrum and throw things in the locker room. His players they know that's not who he is. They're going to sense that that's not genuine and they're going

to think the guy's a fraud. I mean, I would like to be able to say that, you know, for the sake of the rivalry, but even though he's not that red hot guy, that's just you know, going to be screaming at people. That's just not who he is

as a person. And that's okay. Everybody's different. It does sound as if maybe it was just you know, frustration, and he probably was calling these guys out privately, not publicly, because again that's just kind of how he operates, it seems, but that they're not competing at the level that they need to compete at. So we'll see if if it works. I mean, I kind of can't really envision Mark Pope breaking furniture in a locker room, just because like that's

so not his personality. I mean, I've never even seen him angry, to be honest with you. I mean, I'm sure he does get angry, and if I paid close enough attention, I'm sure I could see him yelling at his players. It's just to me, he's been never too high, never too low in regards to like anything. But yeah, they'll they'll they'll have South Carolina on Saturday, and really that's the perfect game to kind of, you know, try

to bounce back. You've lost four or five, you're still without Lamont Butler and Kerk Crisa, who sounds like won't be back at all this year. So yeah, we uh, we'll see. But I wouldn't be shocked if they blow South Carolina off the off the floor on Saturday, just because they're that much better and it's the rare game that you have on your schedule where you're at home and You're not just playing one of the worst teams

in your league. You're playing a team that you know they're not god awful in the grand scheme of things, but they're they're not. I mean, they're not a tournament team. I mean they've taken they've taken a big step back this year. All Right, it's coffee and Company and we are fueled by Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety