9.18: Brain Fart - Hour 1

a foreseeable future, exactly exactly. So again we were at you for the next three hours, taking you up until six o'clock. It'll be a really busy show. Today we have a rare Wednesday edition of the show where we will have not one, not two, but three guests joining us, which that's not a bad thing. In fact, I'm excited to have all of these guests on the show, or I wouldn't have them on the show.

they probably do. But there are, maybe there were, maybe there isn't anymore, just because of the ever changing landscape here that is the radio platform, But there was, I mean in the national level, which again we're not that. I mean, I'd like to think we reach people all across the globe, but you know, and and we do to an extent, but this is certainly not a nationally syndicated show. I mean, although it kind of is when it comes to streaming, because you know, you can listen anywhere.

But what I'm getting at is I would not do well with the producer that like their boss, which of course is not me, they were in charge of like getting a guest and guesting up going heavy. And I know you've you've produced any shows over the years, including this one, have you been like in charge of getting guests before? For a host, I've been semi in charge.

I had a big contact list of a former host that I used to work with in the mornings, and there were times if we were short on guests for a specific day, I may go down the list and reach out to a couple of people that may be interested in talking about what he was planning on talking about for that day. And that would be the extent of what I would do in regards to scheduling, see and that would you know that makes sense, And I know that if I ever asked you, In fact, you've

gotten us a guest or two before. It's just I never really throw it throw it your way because I've I always feel as if you're gonna have a guest on just to fill time and just because you feel like it's what you're supposed to do. I mean, everybody's different as far as their preferences as a listener and their preferences as a host. But I'll put it this way. This is the nicest way to say it without sounding,

you know, arrogant. I'm not good at having conversations on this platform with people that I genuinely don't have a lot of interest in what they're saying, if that makes sense. Now, sometimes it's just a conversation. They're a regular guests that join us that like, I feel like I'm just talking to my buddy, And you guys probably feel like when you listen to him every week, it's the same thing.

Maybe not to the extent because you're not conversing with them, you're just listening, but like, you know what you're getting when we bring in Kendrick Haskins, Kent Spencer, Zach Barnett, doctor Benn's, doctor McElroy, so Alex Kupper, so you know, you you know, those are guests that are regulars for the most part. But if I just had John come

in and say, here's who I've got today. We're gonna bring in you know, Joe something something and he's gonna tell us about the legal battle between a the ACC and Clemson in Florida State. He's a legal expert, and here's who he like. That might not even be a bad interview. I just don't know if I would be the best at that, and it wouldn't be fun to me.

So you know, there's different ways to do it. But I know, you know, there are people who now host that I've networked with over the years, not in this market but elsewhere that before they got a chance to host, they worked as a producer for a long time and it was just clear, Hey, every day they need to bring five guests on a three hour show, and they've got to be the one reaching out, they've got to be the one coordinating it. And uh, you know everybody's different, right,

everybody's different. I just you know, I I'm a control freak. That's honestly the best way to say it. I'm a control freak. So, like, what am I gonna do, John, if I ever get a different gig, if I ever move on and like I have, like I'm like part of a three man show where there's not really one host, it's just three.

I've been on the Radio rather be here. In the three different slots that I've had or the other stations that I've worked for, it's been just because they can't just go out and hire somebody. They don't have the funds to do that, or they're not going to make that investment. So that's when it hit me when I got the job here and I made this sort of my you know, this my full time job. This is

what I do, it's my livelihood. I left my other career that I that I had been in for you know, a little while there, I mean about ten years honestly, and I was so excited and just completely you know, in shock that I was going to be able to, you know, have this opportunity. It never really hit me until week of I'm like, oh yeah, I'm by myself. I got three hours I got to fill and you get you know, I can now do that and not a whole lot of trouble for me to fill the time.

Hopefully each time I do that, it's somewhat entertaining for you guys listening. But anyways, we have three guests today and I'll tell you those guests are in just a moment, but I do want to start with this because I've got I've made an observation of the last few days, and it's it's anytime I'm on the road now, it's consuming me to look for these converted businesses. And what I'm getting at is we were leaving lunch on Sunday,

my wife and I went and the kids. Of course, we went and watched some football on Sunday afternoon at a great establishment over in Middletown. And on our way out, right before we hit what is that? You can't think of what that road is?

got those funnels. You know, they're not sending funnels to you when you go to the McDonald's drive through and now they sell mattresses, and you know, I'm sure it's a nice I mean it's it's in a good area, a lot of traffic, a lot of people. It's actually connected to a shopping center, and I'm sure it's spacious. But I just, you know, I'm thinking to myself, you're not fooling me. He used to be a bank. Now you think you can just sell me a matt No, this is fraud. I mean it's not really. And I'm

just thinking, like, you know, why why not? Why not go get a different location, Like wouldn't you wouldn't you feel better off kind of being it. It's one thing like if I walk into John's home, I'm not gonna think, hmm, I wonder who used to live here. It's John's home. He's got you know, it's quite clear that it's his home. He's got pictures of his family hanging up, you know, probably wedding pictures on the wall, him and his lovely bride. He might even have a picture of me on the wall.

it's not a great comparison. But now when I'm driving around Louisville, which today and even Monday yesterday, not as much. I mean, I'm doing a lot of driving, a lot of running errands, just you know, I'm moving and shaking, and I'm now looking like, hey, that's that's now a you know, pay advance loan play. But you're not fooling me that used to be a KFC. I can tell like you can paint it. You can make some adjustments. You can you know, clearly rebrand. But like there are

certain businesses and really chain restaurants. Like I went into a deep dive on the internet earlier today. I was in the waiting room at the doctor and I just thought, you know what, like, I'm gonna look this up because now anywhere anytime I'm on Preston Highway, Shelbyville Road, outer loop, just making a place as I've been.

accountants to work with people to do their taxes. But I'm sitting here thinking, nope, no, I know I'm in a Long John silvers, like, you're not bowling me. I could still smell it, by the way, McDonald, Long John silver smells delicious. So I just if you were somebody that was going to start a business and you needed retail space, rather it be in a shopping center and

you could hide those a little bit better. But the if, the if the shopping center was built and you know, the far right tenant has that big I mean, they clearly put the they clearly put the drive through in place for the bank specifically, and now the bank's not there. They're slinging mattresses out of it. And I'm like, okay, you know, what are you gonna do with your drive through?

they all look exactly the same. So just like the example I'm gonna use here for food back in the day when they would throw pizza huts up, when pizza huts became a big thing. They all looked the same. They all had that same roof on it, right, it was a hut. So I know, buddy, I don't know exactly. I'm not super well versed in his industry and what he does, but he is a project manager for a

construction company that you know. They they got the bid to put in like all of the Drake Drake's restaurants, which by the way, they're popping up here in the area and they're expanding everywhere, I think, but they're all constructed and built to kind of be the same, even here at our Heart, Like we all don't have the same exact space. But every studio that you know that is relatively new, and I think we were one of the last to get in a new place, I believe,

within the iHeart world. And if you walk into a lot of them again when you first walk in, I mean, they're not they're not all the same. It's different retail spots, I mean, but when you get into a studio, they all look the same, like all of them, they're all designed the same way.

I guess more than anything, I'm thinking of like retail places, national chains that you know, when they started popping up, when they hit their boom and business was going really really well, they just started popping up, and you could tell before you saw the sign just by looking at the you know, you coming around the corner. You can't see the sign yet, but you can see the shape of the building, the color, the size. You know, hey

that's a Popeyes or something like that. So anyways, I if you can think of other retail maybe retail businesses, I think you guys know what I'm talking about. I'm not probably not describing it as far as just the terminology, but national chains that all look the same when you you know me, McDonald's an obvious one. They don't shut down very often, to be honest. Without down, a lot of them turn into dollar trees and stuff like that. That's a really good one because you know you can

flip that into probably something different. But like let me give you, let me give you a good example of like where it all made sense. And I'm gonna give them a plug here even though they don't they don't pay us to mention them, but people see me there enough anyway. It's like a known it's it's known that I'm a big fan of this place.

to be a Ryan's as well. That makes sense, right, you took what was already a big you know. And by the way, I'm sure those were built the same. And who in the first conversion that took place with Roosters here in louisvill where they're like, hey, here we go this this space is available, this Ryan's is shutting down. We could probably put our restaurant. We can take over that space and thrive, And then they see another ryan struggling not far away.

it's gonna be a little different. But I do want to let you know there is a really good update that I kind of feel like isn't getting a whole lot of attention, maybe because it's not interesting stuff. It's boring legal lawsuit stuff. But it does sound like there's there's a path for the AC to resolve the the you know, the issues that Florida State and Clemson have with their lawsuits. So really good ride up from ESPN's what's his name, total brain fart here because I've been

thinking about what old pizza huts have become. He covers the ACC for ESPN. Specifically, he joins us on the show, not like frequently, but he's been on many times. You're not gonna know you're not an ACC guy. You don't even need any botty contact list.

I might remember your first and last. I mean, that's an exaggeration, but like that's the way I feel like I used to be. Now I don't remember anybody's name.

top about Dion and even if they were. Dude, you're a head football coach at a major university and you haven't done anything good yet other than generate interest and viewership and make headlines. And I guess that's that's maybe that's maybe that's what he views success and that's why he's so pissed off that people criticize him because he doesn't understand, Yeah, your job's to win football games, man. Like so his latest claim as far as why Colorado

players are getting criticized is just insane to me. But again, like I shouldn't be surprised with anything. Also, Pat Kelsey, he talked last night at an event at the Fraser Museum that was called Operation Revival. It was base their way of introducing coach Kelsey to the local community. He did a Q and A and there's some clips of that I want to share with you guys, including his

comments on the rivalry, so we can certainly talk about that. Also, some big news in the NBA, and I know a lot of you don't give a damn about the NBA, and I get it. However, Woj retiring with a bunch of money left on his contract, a bunch of years

left on his contract, actually is it's big news. I mean, when you think of people who break news in the world of sports, I mean I think it's there's two people that come to mind, at least for me, and I'd say for most people, and that's Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski. And Schefter is more known because he's I mean, it's the NFL. It's a way more exposed. I mean, it's just a way bigger, way bigger sport and has

way more interest. And obviously he's in he's in front of the camera on ESPN a lot more than woje ever was. But I think Woj was arguably the best I've ever seen as far as he was gonna get it first, he was gonna break the story right like a lot of times. And here's the thing, like people who are in that in that in that industry, like I know you were competitive among your peers about getting it first, But I can tell you this first hand.

Nine out of ten people who just you know, are sports fans and will get the news when they get it, they don't care.

replace him, I would assume at ESPN. But what Woa's doing is wild. He's leaving ESPN as their senior NBA insider to go be the general manager of the Saint Bonaventure men's basketball program, and I think you could you could probably guess how this happens. He's in alum he went to school there, so that's that's why he's been very connected to his alma mater for ever since he graduated.

And now he's going to be the GM, which is essentially the role when you hear GM of programs now, whether it be college football, college basketball, or you know, college volleyball or whatever it is, they're in charge of nil like they're in charge of, you know, helping raise money and how the program can allocate that money to keep everybody happy, all that kind of stuff. So it is big news and I want to tip my cap

to Woach, don't. I don't think there's been anybody better as far as just like, I mean, he was so dominant at having all the biggest breaking news in the NFL from the NBA, I.

but I'll i'll say it in a different way. So anyways, hell of a run there for woe. And now he's getting in the nil space, which is kind of odd. But let's get to a quick break Alex Kupper gonna join us on the other side, help get a set for this matchup against Georgia Tech on Saturday, the Cards and the Yellow Jackets, and at five point thirty we're

gonna get a look from behind enemy lines. Is Chad Bishop from the Atlanta Journal constitutional join us to give his perspective on this matchup, talk a little a little bit about Georgia Tech.

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you can visit pet bloodbank dot com. We will be we will be joined coming up a little bit later on with somebody from Jefferson Animal Hospital who can talk a little more about this, this upcoming event that I know they are really excited about. All right, so we're efforting Alex Kupper. You can, you don't have to keep you can. I'm gonna I'll just text him John and tell him to call our number whenever he's when he's when he's available, which I'll just give him the regular

number and see if that works out for him. Some times that happens. I did throw it at him about an hour ago as far as what time we were going to be having him on today. So and look, he's he's got more important stuff to do. He's you know, he's Alex Cupper. He's moving, he's shaking, he's hustling, he's he's he's a big deal in the corporate world, former offensive lineman in the NFL. Also, of course at Louisville. He's now you know, he's got he's got stuff going on.

So for some reason we got to move him to you know, tomorrow or Friday week and we can.

honest with you, because it kind of is. It was nice to see what we saw against Jacksonville State in Austin, p But really, you know that you do what you're supposed to do. And even if you again, if you look looked great in that game, or you looked awful in that game, well if you looked awful, that would be really concerning. But there are other teams out there. I mean, look, this is not a shot at Kentucky. It's it's just the most recent example I can use Georgia.

You know, they they lost to a Kentucky team that who knows, maybe Kentucky ends up doing exactly what Auburn and Missouri did the last two years. Give Georgia a hell of a game and there in Georgia's first road game in the SEC and feel like, hey, we've got something special here, only to then not really do anything the rest of the way, finished with a losing record.

I'm not saying that's what happens with Kentucky, but you know LSU, you know they they struggle against Nickel State, and then they went in and beat South Carolina at South Carolina. Right after South Carolina just dominated Kentucky at Kentucky. And again that Kentucky team, you know you could, you could, you could make the claim, and it's not crazy that they were just as good as Georgia in that game. I mean, again, they didn't win, so therefore it's a loss,

not a win. But like as I've said throughout the week, I understand why Kentucky fans are doing the moral victory thing. And I wonder if that'll ever like fade away. Like I wonder if we'll ever get to the point where because if you look good in a game, you know you weren't supposed to win, and you looked your best as far as you know, it was the best performance of the season. Like you guys know, I'll pile on Kentucky when when necessary, when it's you know, when it's

when it's fair game. And look, I'm fine if people want to clown them for their coach being so conservative.

of sports radio. And he's now on First Take with Stephen A. Smith a few days a week, and he was ranting and raving about Kentucky not you know, they're in their decision to punt, so you know, you can look really good and know you weren't supposed to win and it'd still be a loss and feel good about your team. Like again, I would I if it was coming from a place of you know, being honest, I would,

I would do it. But I just I know that if if I was in the same situation it was Louisville where they were coming off a really really bad loss in dominant fashion, you know that they were on the wrong side of and then they were right there and they played, you know, neck and neck with the best team in the country that right now, really, if you just go the back the last three four years, George is the best program in the country and they may win the national championship this year, and if they do,

nobody's going to be surprised. However, you know you lost, still like I would feel good, Like I would, I'd be a liar to you if I said no, I'd be pissed and I'd and I'd hate my team.

I want to I've got a hot take I want to throw at you.

Kentucky head coach. I am am, you know, I try to I think this is an honest opinion that it's not coming from somebody that is, you know, being a homer towards U of L. I think Kentucky fans were more so losing their mind about Mark Pope being the coach than Louisville fans were about Pat Kelsey. But I can tell you hand up, I just never thought Louisville would be in a position where they would be making such an important hire and they would go with somebody

that you know, was not a candidate anywhere else. And although good coach like it, just I liked Pat Kelsey. And again I don't need to defend myself now, but you can go back and look at the shows we did whenever we first started talking about candidates when the job actually did open up, and I knew that Pack was the first guy that Josh here to talk to.

knew they were gonna hire somebody else. I had my preferences, right, Like I really really wanted them to go hire Jerome Tang. I wanted them to consider Eric Musselman, and they didn't do either of those things. But I would always say, no matter who it is, what am I gonna do?

gave me, you know, fear. I did not want Mick Cronan to be the Louisville coach because I just feel like that would have been like one He wouldn't do all the great things that Pack Kelsey's done up to this point to get us excited, because he's just an angry little man. And I can say that because he's smaller than me. But you know, like your point is correct.

Louisville fans Kentucky fans both acted like the world was coming to an end when they found out who, in fact was going to be taking over their basketball programs. But I'll give both Pat Kelsey and Mark Pope credit. Even if they did not do really well in their press conferences, Kentucky fans and Louisville fans still would have found They would have dug deep and found hope and belief that this will work out and they will support

it because that's what fans are going to do. But I also think both guys did a great job of really really knocking their press conferences out of the park. Now they don't win, none of that matters. But I think Kelsey and Pope both when because they knew. Like with Mark Pope, I think he really he really won over the fan base because he's one of them. Like he again, I we'll see what happens with Mark Pope.

None of these guys had coached a game, by the way, But with Mark Pope, I mean, I mean, you know, he's he could be there. Jeff Brown because he's somebody that like does get the job, like he understands, like he's one of you, just like Jeff Bram is with us. There's something that that Brom brings to the table at Louisville that Louisville could have the biggest budget in college football to hire a coach, but Jeff can give them something.

None of those guys that would demand that high price tag would right, Like no money can give you what Brom gives you because he's one of us. He played here, he's from here. He could coach at six different schools in the next ten years. He will still love Louisville football because it's part.

that's always going to be the case. But like if Louisville sucked for twenty years, people aren't going to games, revenues down. Like we saw what happened with Kenny Payne, like everybody still identified it as a big louis A fan. We just knew we were going through, you know, a really really disastrous situation.

John cares about this show. Not maybe to the same level that I do, but like it's not far from it. And that is something that like they could have And this is a good example, good little, good little uh segue here they could have the money to pay John or to pay somebody six times what they pay John. I'm not sure if they if they would have the same Giba damn about Coffee and Company. And that's something

I appreciate. So when I asked if he's okay, I don't want to insinuate that he's but he's he's in there just you know, raging, but like, you know, it sucks, and I you know, it happens, but you know, we'll be okay, we'll be all right, we'll make it work. We adjust on the fly, and you know, we'll see what Cup. We'll see what Cup's excuses. And by the way he had he knows like when I figure out what his excuses, I'm gonna let the listeners know just

because I feel like they're they're entitled to that. All right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side wrap at the three o'clock hour. A lot more to get into. We'll let you hear some more. PK had to say last night at they had event at the Fraser Museum and the mayor has proposed something that I think is a really like it's something that I read the headline and thought like, there's no way you'd be able to do that, but apparently you might be able to and

I will be all in on it. And it's in regards to the street racing arrests that have gone on here in the last last few weeks.

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