KSR - 2024-12-09 - KSR - Hour 2

Episode Date: December 9, 2024

Myron Medcalf and Billy Rutledge co-host today's edition of Kentucky Sports Radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Myron Metcalf, not Matt Jones. Filling in here on this Merry Monday is Matt and company make their way across the country, flying in from Seattle after that wild Kentucky game. So my goodness, that's a, what a comeback for the ages, as they say. Just one of those spectacular games. And we've had a few of them across college basketball, Kentucky. North Carolina was very good. Obviously, some good Champions Classic games.

I was in Vegas for Kansas Duke. And that thrilling game, I mean, we've just had some amazing games in the first month or of college basketball. And I hope that means, Billy, that we're going to get a great tournament, right? Like, I hope that's where we're all headed for a great NCAA tournament, that this will continue through March. Oh, yeah. No, like we talked about in the first hour, it's pretty wide open.

So you've got to think a lot of people are going to be at play. A lot of SEC teams as well. Myron, I do want to ask you, are you a superstitious person? Because the KSR guys, they tried to break the KSR curse over this road trip. They went to a witch, and she told them that they needed to burn a candle for 30 to 45 minutes. And as long as they didn't blow out the flame, it was going to break the curse. And then which the cats ended up beating Gonzaga. Do you think that played a factor in the cats getting the win over the weekend?

I don't know. I did see the video. Black folks don't do all that. I'm not, yeah, we don't know. We don't do all that. You go to a witch, no, I don't. Burning sage, your candles or anything like that. I ain't involved in none of that.

I could, had I been on the trip, I wouldn't have gone in. Like, I just, I don't want any part of, you don't want to mess with that kind of stuff. For me, that stuff can be real, man. Like, I don't, you know, believe what you want to believe. I just don't get involved. But I saw that they did that. And I don't know, is that going to be the tradition now? They got to go to a witch or somebody, a sage.

What do they call? I don't know what they call them. To break the curse every game, I don't know about that. But now, black folks don't do all that. I ain't doing all that. But I am somewhat superstitious, but I'm not Ouija board superstitious. I don't get involved in that. Yeah, I don't blame you.

I'm not going to New Orleans and getting the voodoo dolls out. I don't play with that stuff. No. I don't play with that stuff. I was watching, I remember, you know what, messed me up if I'm being honest with it? What's that? What's that? Mess me up was I was watching WWE wrestling.

And the Undertaker was in the ring. And Papa Shango came out. and he had like his, it was like a voodoo dial thing or something like that. And he starts doing it. And Undertaker starts vomiting in the rain.

Like he put a curse on him. Right? And I was a big Undertaker fan. Like to me, he was like invincible. And then Papa Shango was, was it Papa Shango? Maybe it was Kamala.

I don't remember what you. It might have been Kamala. It's like putting a curse on him and he starts vomiting. And I was like, yeah, I don't know. know what that is, but I don't want any part of it.

Sounds like it stuck with you since then. It did. No, it did. Let me tell you something else that stuck with me. And I want to get to the playoff at some point and some more calls. I went to the Waffle House during the Champions Classic, and I tweeted about it. I think a lot of people saw it. But, and even the Waffle House itself tweeted at me.

Oh, really? Which was amazing. Yeah, the Waffle House tweeted at me. And listen, I didn't book a hotel next to the Waffle House because, you know, I knew. Like, I didn't know it was next to the Waffle House. I just booked a hotel near the arena. And then my Uber pulls up, Billy, and I'm like, wait a minute. What is that around the corner?

That is a Waffle House. Like next door, right? And again, all you spoiled Waffle House people, you all don't feel what I feel because it's there for you. The closest Waffle House for me, seven hours away. But I get up the next morning, I go to Waffle House. I'm probably there about 8 o'clock, Billy. You know what I mean? Early, I just got a breakfast.

You know, I figured, okay, good nights, rest, get up, go to Waffle House. I come into Waffle House, all true story. I sit down, and I can already tell that they know I'm not a Waffle House person because I'm looking at the menu and she's like, what do you want? And everybody around me knew what they wanted. Like, they all called out, you know, know what I mean? Whatever you all do at Waffle House, you know, smothered bacon, you know, waffle.

I don't know what y'all do. I don't, clearly I hadn't been to the seminar and she knew it. You know what I mean? Because I was like, hmm, can you tell me about this? Can you tell me about that? I don't think she liked that. I don't think she liked it. I don't think she liked it.

Ricky Moody. Yeah. I think I was asking too many questions. I really do. I put, uh, I put Jodacy on the jukebox. You know, I put some old, some 90s R&B. The vibes. Maybe that also rub people the wrong way, but she came back to me and I still wasn't ready to order.

So I don't think, I think she was ready to say, sir, go back to wherever you're from. Because we don't do all this guessing at Waffle House. Finally, I ordered, you know what I mean? Because I was just so caught up in the moment, Billy, I was just so emotional to be there. So I finally picked my meal. And then all of a sudden, I'm sitting down at the counter. And, you know, this woman walks in. You know, someone who may be having some struggles.

They give her some coffee and she comes in and she sits down and all of a sudden, man, I hear something hit the ground so hard. And this woman had knocked all the napkins off the table and they're just everywhere. And someone goes, not again, Tina, right? So I'm thinking to my mind, not again. This is a recurring thing. All right. So mind you, I'm new to Waffle House. I haven't been here enough.

I don't know. I've mostly just seen the videos. Somebody goes, all right, go and get Big Larry. Who is Big Larry, Billy? I don't know, but now I'm starting to wonder. Big Larry. Did I come to Waffle House at the wrong time? Like, maybe I love Waffle House,

but I don't know if I'm ready for Waffle House. house because it's eight o'clock in the morning. All of a sudden, Big Larry is the manager. Big Larry comes out and he goes, Tina, get up, get out of here. You do this every morning. Every morning, this is just what y'all do. Tina sits down and knocks all the napkins off the table and then you just come out and go get Big Larry.

He says, get up. So now Big Larry and Tina, I kid you not, are in the corner of this Waffle House. screaming at each other, top of their lungs. Mind you, I don't even have my waffle yet. But I'm sitting here, Jodacy on the jukebox, waiting to get my meal, and I'm going, do I leave?

You know what I mean? Like, maybe I wasn't prepared to be at the Waffle House. Like, maybe this is not something that I truly understood was going to happen at 8 o'clock in the morning. They are screaming at each other in the corner. And I think people can tell Billy

that I'm sitting there and I'm like, you know what? He's not from here. I looked a little rattled, I think. You know what I mean? Like, I'm sort of like looking around, wondering if anybody else is rattled. In the other corner of the Woff House, true story 100%.

And maybe these people were there and they're listening. There was a Kentucky couple there. And they got, you know, maybe older couple. Maybe in their early 60s, late 50s. And they got on their Kentucky gear the morning of the game. And I kid you not, as Tina and Big Larry are screaming at each other in the corner.

And I'm sitting here rattled wondering, maybe I don't belong at Waffle House. Maybe I didn't go to the orientation before I came and I need to do that. This guy in the Kentucky gear is like, can I get some more coffee? He's not disturbed at all, Billy. This is just a normal Tuesday for him.

This does not rattle him at all. And I'm going, wait a minute. You're just ordering coffee as Tina and Big Larry are screaming at each other in this corner? And that's when I realized, Billy, that you can love the Waiwaxie, But you may not be ready for Waffle House. And I didn't understand that until my trip to Atlanta.

I do love Waffle House. I do not know if I'm ready for Waffle House. And I think that to me was my lesson on that trip to Atlanta for the Champions Classic because, you know, I was like, do I just leave? Do I just put my money on the counter and walk out? Because this is every day. And I don't know between me, taking so long to order,

Jodacy on the jukebox, the argument in the corner, I don't know if they'll have me back, Billy. Like, I don't know if they want me back because they could tell I was an outsider

and I don't know if they want that many outsiders at Waffle House. Yeah, honestly, it sounds like the tamest Waffle House experience I've heard of.

See, that's what I'm saying. I mean, that is just what you've got to expect when you go into these situations. Normally, I'm there at like two,

3 a.m. So the fact that you're there at 8 a.m. I'm sure it's a different crowd. But you just, you got to go in expecting that they have a guy named Big Larry in the back that's going to come out and handle any situation that needs to be handled. It's just, that's part of the Waffle House experience. And I can understand how you were, you know, taken aback because you didn't expect the Waffle House to be right next to your hotel. It was, you know, a magical experience for you that ended up being, uh, it was a, uh, it's like the, the cold plunge of, of, uh, of realizing what The Waffle House actually is. It's like being invited to a toxic family's Thanksgiving.

You ever had that happen? Somebody invites you over for a holiday. You're like, oh, great, I'm going to sit down, watch the game, hang out. And then there's like two couples screaming at each other in the middle of dinner. And you're like, I don't know that I should be here. That's how it felt to me, Billy. And the fact that Big Larry came out and said, you do this every day. So you mean to tell me Tina sits down, gets her coffee.

and just smashes the napkin thing onto the floor every single day. And this is just the norm. Nobody told me that either, Billy. How come nobody told me when I sat down? Listen, there's about to be a situation. Okay. And I don't know how you're built.

I don't know if you've been to the Waffle House enough, but there's about to be a situation because Tina is about to knock these napkins off the table. This ain't a hobby for Tina. Myron. I mean, this is what she does. Every day. Who's giving her napkins, Billy?

Can I ask you that question? If it's happening every day, stop giving her napkins, right? That should solve it. But her and Big Larry, I kid you not. And if anybody was there, they can verify. Are screaming at each other in the corner of this Welf House, the Kentucky couple is like, hey, when you get a chance, let me get some coffee. They weren't rattled at all, Billy.

The Kentucky couple that was in the back, that was just normal for them. And I was the one sitting there like, you know what? maybe there's more I need to learn before I go to Waffle House because if this is 8 a. 8 a.m., then the 1 a.m., I'm not, that's not for me. Oh, yeah, there's fist fights right next to the booth in which you're eating in. I mean, that is what Waffle House is. But I hope you're not deterred. I hope you try again and continue on at the Waffle Houses when you're near one.

Yeah, you all just didn't tell me the full story. So I kind of blame people I know from, because, You all would hint at stuff like this, but I didn't realize that the level of normalcy for you all was like Tina knocking napkins on the floor and Big Larry screaming at her. Nobody left, Billy. Nobody.

Oh, yeah, they're there for the food. If that happened in the Midwest, in the Midwest, they would close the restaurant down. Like in the Midwest, they would say everybody out, close the doors, we're going to sort this out. We will reopen at about 2 o'clock. Like, that's what we're. would have happened in the Midwest. They didn't close anything at the Wafel. So I learned a lot.

I learned a lot. And it was a good lesson. You just make sure you have that order ready next time. It can't have you going back and forth with the waitress about what you should get. That's definitely we can spot you from a mile away at that point. That she knew. She knew because, and I think I said, hmm, let me see. I think that's what I said. And she looked at me like you're wasting. space. Like nobody comes in here and doesn't know what they want. You know, and then, and then I did this too, Billy. All true story. I ordered, I don't remember what the combo is. What's that, what's that thing where you get the, the eggs,

the toast, the grits, and then a waffle. Okay, the all star special, okay? I ultimately ordered that. So she brings the eggs, the grits, the toast, right? And then I go, Okay, yeah, and I'm polite, you know, when you get a chance of the waffle as well, as if she didn't know that the waffle was a part of the All-Star Special. So then I get another look. Like, why is this person sitting at my counter? Like, you think out of all the All-Star Specials I've served in my life that I'm going to forget the Waffle? So I feel like, I don't know how this happened, Billy.

I got to be honest with you. I somehow got a C-minus at Waffle House. I don't know how to happen. But I felt like overall, like they were grading me, and I ended up with a C minus and just, you know, that's difficult. I feel like I'm there and I'm livid for her. I mean, honestly, you need to be prepared with your order next time. I should have. And that is the one thing.

And I asked, I want, I said the waffle when you get a chance, as if she didn't know. It comes usually a little after. Yeah, I mean, it takes a little longer than most of the stuff. I didn't know. It's just, you'll pick it up. The more that you go to, the more you go to. I thought maybe she forgot the waffle. And she looked at me like, how dare you?

How dare you come in here with your Midwest? In my house. Yeah. And think that I forgot the waffle. It just, it wasn't a good overall look for Midwest people. And I'm worried because I just wonder, like, are there Midwest people being blocked from that waffle house because of me? You know what I mean?

Like, are other people coming into that? almost like you know that episode with the soup guy you know no soup for you is that happening Midwest people now

at Waffle House because of my behavior I hope they don't take it out on them Billy well probably I hope I get another chance I mean I don't think you set the precedent

but I'm sure you didn't help you know so I wouldn't put the blame entirely on you should I go back to that same Waffle House at some point well that's a thing I mean they're They probably got your picture on the wall at this point.

They might. They might not want my business, but it just rattled me that they said, Tina does this every day. And that would shut the restaurant down in the Midwest. Right. And when there's severe weather in the South and then you hear that the Waffle houses are closed. That's when you know you need to start boarding up your windows and really getting to. That's right. I mean, if Waffle House is closed, then you should really, you need to take cover and be on the lookout.

Who is giving Tina napkins, Billy? If she's knocking the doggone thing off the table every day, who's giving her napkins? Isn't that the first thing you take? Like, if you got a kid, right, who's painting on everything, you take away the paintbrushes. So it's almost to me, if I'm being honest with you and I don't want to make any accusations on a show

or make any allegations, but are they setting Tina up? There's a part of me that wonders that, Billy. Is this a setup? Because you know Tina's going to knock over the napkins and is this just Big Larry likes to scream at Tina. And Tina likes to scream at Big Larry. All I know is the Kentucky couple that was in the corner

didn't budge. They asked for some more coffee. That was probably, you know, not even top 25 waffle house moment for that Kentucky couple. And for me it was number one. And I just learned that maybe the Waffle House

is for me, but there is a world, Billy, where maybe I'm not for the Waffle House. And that makes me sad. Keep trying. Keep trying, Myron. It makes me sad. It's a couple savvy veterans in the corner, though. It wouldn't expect anything last from Kentucky fans. Do I have to, yeah, do I have to go with Waffle House people?

Is that the way to go? Like, should I go with experience Waffle House people, you think? It would help. Yeah, it would help until you learn how to, you know, hold your own and get your bearings. I think any help would, I'm sure it would be great. Next time I'm in Lexington, I'm going to reach out to people. I want some Waffle House people to come with me to Waffle House. And you can show me the Waffle House etiquette so I don't fail the test the way that I think I did in Atlanta.

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Myron Metcalf back in the mix here on KSR with Billy. I think we had some, uh, we had to, do we have a, do we have a, radio thing or something. What happened, Billy? Yeah, I don't know. It looks like we broke the radio station, Myron. So I don't know if Big Larry had something to do with that or... Maybe.

Or, or, and this is, I got to really appreciate this. This is the love I lost, by the way, by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. And let me tell you something. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, they wrote that music where she left like this morning.

morning. Like that's the kind of music they left, Billy. They wrote the music where they came home to the house and all the stuff was gone. Right? Everything's gone. Her toothbrush, all her clothes. She took her pots and pans, Billy. Like, that's the kind of music they wrote. And if you don't know about Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and why it's so significant, that was led by Teddy Pendergrass,

who became an R&B superstar. But they wrote some of that music. But yeah, I don't know what just happened with the radio thing, but do you think the Waffle House heard what I said and maybe they got angry? And like, are they doing something to try to disrupt this? If anything, it was our breakfast sponsor, Wild Eggs, that probably didn't appreciate our conversation about Waffle House. And so decided to just take us off the air.

Hopefully we are still on the air. It's just the commercials that are having a tough time right now. So, you know, we'll continue forward. But I do appreciate you putting me on game, Myron, with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. I'll add that to the playlist for the next date night. Be careful. No, no, no, no, no, no.

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes is not date night. Al Green is date night. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes is it's over music. I can't add that to that playlist. That's what I'm telling you. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes is she left this morning, but she gave you a slight sign that maybe the window is still open. the door is still open, right?

Like, she's not answering your calls. She's not responding to your texts, but she liked one of your Instagram stories kind of thing. You know what I mean? So there's still a little door cracked open, but you got to go slowly. But now, you don't, if you're good in your situation, don't play Harold Melvin in the blue notes.

Because it's all like, you know, it's all about missing people and losing people. So that's not what you want. We got another call here. Yeah, yeah. Let's go back to the phones. Jared has been patiently waiting. What's up, Jared?

Jared, how you doing? What's up, Myron? What's up? What's made you happy? What made your smile? Well, let me tell you. What made me happy is moving in and finishing my move into my new apartment. Nice.

Congrats on that. Is getting a job offer today. Let's go. Oh, congrats. Congratulations on that. Congrats on the job offer. Hey, man. Isn't it beautiful when life starts to come together like that?

You got the apartment. You got the new job. That's a beautiful way to start the week, man. It's beautiful. What I wanted to say, what I've been waited on was, let me tell you, I remember my first UK game was when I was 15 watching John Wall beat UNC. And all I knew was Calipari basketball. But let me tell you, going into this season, I was really worried about Mark Pope.

After the Duke game, I thought, okay, okay, they got some skills. they can play. They can play some of these bigger games. But, you know, after being regaled from years of stories about UK Paul in the past, you know, the miracle in Baton Rouge, you know, witnessing my generation's version of that against Gonzaga, I'm blown away. I can't believe this team. Yeah. No, I appreciate the call. I think that's, you know, that's a reasonable response after that comeback on Saturday. And again, just imagine if you lose the Clemson,

well, you just don't play great, right? At the end of the day, that just wasn't, just didn't play well. And then the hangover of that bleeds into Gonzaga, where, again, some combination of you lose that game, maybe you're a little bit down, you don't have Lamont Butler, Kirk Creece, obviously, it's hurt in the game, you got to crisscross the country.

And again, I don't know if these guys talked about this or not, but the fact that that game started at 10, o'clock Lexington time, I just wonder what impact that would have had on that team. So, I mean, I think that was a remarkable, remarkable comeback. And you know what, man, this has been fun, man, to do this again on a merry Monday. And I got more things I'm going to talk about on the other side of the break, Billy, specifically a new way for the college football playoff, like in what I think should happen. with the college football playoff going.

A lot of drama with that this weekend. There's a lot of drama with it. Bam is out. Yeah, and you know, people are upset. Billy, people are upset. Is this a hard out, by the way? Yeah, yeah, let's hard out. Let's hard out right here.

Okay, we're out. We're out. We're out. We're out. That don't sound great, but, yeah, okay. Myron Metcalfe here on KSR, Black Jones, filling in for Matt Jones. Now, this is Teddy Pendergrass, Billy. You can add this to the playlist. Okay, I'll add this one. But anybody who adds this to the playlist,

I'm not responsible for what happens next. Because this is Teddy P. You know what I mean? There's Teddy Pendergrass. This is Teddy P. All right. Love T.K.O. I mean, this is a whole other thing.

This is when you're trying to send the message, it's you. You know what I mean, Billy? Like, you know, there's nobody. It's just you. And that's when you play Teddy P. And like I said, I'm not responsible for what happens. next, but this is a whole

different level if you put some Teddy P. You got to graduate to Teddy Pee, Billy. Like you just can't jump into Teddy Pendergrass, you know? But once you have enough, Al Green to kind of lay down, Al Green's that layer of concrete. I don't know anything about landscaping, but it's like you lay down that layer of concrete

and then now you start to build the house with Teddy Pee. That's how I would look at it, putting a little Teddy Pendergast on your playlist. Well, then I'll wait until we graduate from Al Green before Teddy P gets put in to the rotation. I can't just start with Teddy P.

You can't. You can. And I'm glad you realized that. You got to be in the right place with Teddy P. So I'll go over the list that I've talked about on the show. Harold Melvin in the Blue Notes, that's what you play. That's for you when she's gone. Right? She left, took her toothbrush.

She's out. However, there's still a little bit of a door open where you can make, you can come back together if you act right. That's what Harold Melvin is for. That's where you call her up and you just play Harold Melvin over the phone. You don't even say anything, Billy. That's what I would recommend Harold Melvin for. Al Green is for, you know what?

You just want to add some more love to the room. Al Green will help you with that. Teddy P is you just got to be ready for. That's all. Brace yourself if you're going to put some Teddy Pendergrass out. That's all I'm telling you. Well, if you're listening to Teddy P. or Al Green or Harold Melvin, hopefully you have a good pair of sunglasses on while you're listening to a mireen. I like that. Because you need to stop overpaying for sunglasses. Are you tired of buying expensive sunglasses only to lose or break them or worse? You never even wear them because you don't want them to get dirty. Meet Shady Ray's. Shady Ray's is an independent American-owned company that started right here in Kentucky. Shady Ray's has premium polarized shades for every activity. Running, fishing, biking, jam into Al Green, you name it from their tangle-free aviators that won't get to.

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Yeah. Our commercials stopped working there for a second. I think we're getting back on track, but we're, you know, we're having to do the old reboot, kind of blow into the cartridge. Hopefully it works here in a second. Yeah, like the old Nintendo. Hey, you know what? But be patient.

Everybody would try to work through some tech issues. So the college football playoff happened yesterday. By the way, were you mad about Alabama? No, I was thrilled. Not mad at all. I mean, they lost to Vandy and Oklahoma, Myron. I think we can go up postseason without Alabama. Yeah, I mean, I think that's what it comes down to, right?

I mean, as much as people were like, oh, the committee had to weigh this and they had to weigh that. At the end of the day, Alabama lost that game. I don't even think it was Vandy as much as it was Oklahoma, where they just weren't competing. It's hard to make a case. And I saw Greg Bernder, athletic director, said, we're not going to be. going to schedule anybody ever again. And I do think that is a real threat, though. And this is why I think we're headed to 16 teams.

I think the Big Ten in the SEC, and there were these reports before the season, I think they're going to say, give us automatic bids. We want four apiece, you know? And I don't know that the college football apparatus can stop them because they do hold all the cards and they do have all the power. So I think we will go to 16 teams. I think that will be announced soon. And I think that 16-team field will include automatic bids multiple for the Big Ten and the SEC.

You know, SMU, did they deserve it? Did they earn it? I don't know what that necessarily means. They played Clemson down to a last second field goal. You know, they lost to a BYU team that was top 10 in the country when they lost to them. So I get SMU being in. What I don't agree with, Billy, overall, is the automatic. bids and how that happens.

Because to me, okay, top four seeds get the automatic birth and the buy. I'm fine with the automatic bid to the five, to the five highest ranked champions. But I don't know that everyone should get a buy. Like to me,

what would be more fascinating is if you just seated the bracket based on where teams are ranked and then you give the buys to, the top four teams. If you want to add more juice

to these title games, which as good as some of them were, there weren't any stakes. Ohio State and Penn State were both going to be in the field. Everybody knew it, right? At the end of the day, Oregon and Penn State were both going to be, I mean, sorry, Oregon and Penn State, we're both going to be

in the field. Everyone knew that. And when it came to the SEC, Georgia and Texas, no matter what happened, we're both going to be in the field. So I think you know, is there a way to say, all right, the five ranked champions, you get an automatic birth, but the top four seeds will actually get the buy. Because then, let's say you're Penn State, now there's a lot more on that game beyond

just trying to get a Big Ten championship. Now, if you're Georgia and Texas, there's a lot more in that game because there's a world where maybe you lose, and I know that wouldn't happen necessarily this year, but there's a world where maybe you lose, but you still finish top four and you secure it by. What do you think about that, Billy, that possibility? I do like what you're saying. I think there does need to be some wholesale changes to this because Oregon is punished more for winning the Big Ten than Penn State losing because they'll take on the winner of Tennessee,

Ohio State, while Penn State can play SMU and Boise State in the first two rounds. Meanwhile, a Texas team that lost the SEC championship plays Clemson and then possibly Arizona State. That's a pretty easy road to get to that final four. So I think this is the first year of doing it. We've identified some of the issues and they'll change it. Do you think the SEC still goes to nine conference games after crying about extra losses here and there? Because I can definitely see them never scheduling a good non-conference opponent again. And that's why we may see the end of the Louisville game.

But do you still think it's inevitable that we go to nine games in the SEC? Well, let me, before that question, like Alabama didn't lose its non-conference games. Right. So like the games they scheduled, they won. You know, so like part of this being like, we're going to change our non-conference schedule. I mean, that's your choice, but that's not why you're here. You're here because you lost the teams in your conference at the end of the day. Like, that's what it is.

But I do think the SEC will go to nine. And I do think they will schedule, you know, Mercer and teams like that in the non-conference season. But I don't think that will happen without a 16-team playoff. What Greg Sanky can do is walking to that room. and say, give us four bids. And people can go, well, no, they're not going to get, that's not going to happen. Every time the college sports hierarchy has said, we're not going to give the SEC what they want, they've lost, right?

We're not going to expand the playoff. Nobody wanted to do that. Greg Sankey said, during the pandemic, we should do it. No, we're not doing that. Look at us now. We got a 12-team playoff, right? Oh, no one's doing expansion. Oh, that's just going to, no, we're against expansion.

Only the SEC is going to do it. Everybody expanded. So I think at the end of the day, Greg Sanky knows he has that power. So I think they will go to nine conference games. You will see, and this has to be the danger for the rest of college football, is if the big team in the SEC say,

okay, we're only going to play each other. Like those will be that. We'll schedule games against each other in the non-conference season, then we'll schedule a couple of cupcake games, and then we'll play a longer conference season and just ice out the ACC in the Big 12 and the group of five.

We'll just make it so that you guys got to play each other in order to have a chance to get into that top 12, which is why I think we'll head to 16 with automatic bids. People will hate it, but there's no way around it with the power that the SEC and the Big Ten both have. Like either listen to them, either go with what they want, or they can say, we'll do our own thing and shut all this down. That's not going to happen because we'll get a 16 team playoff. We got another caller. Yeah, yeah, let's go back to the phone lines. I believe Po has been patiently waiting.

What's up, Po? Poe, how you doing on this Mary Monday here on KSO? Doing good. Good to hear your voice. Good, good. What's something that made you happy, something that made you smile? We got a veteran team that can play. And that's not been the case in a long time.

We got a good coach that can make end-game decisions. That's not happening in a long time either. That's a big deal. That's a big deal. What else brings you here? Yeah, thank you guys. Billy, you've done a great job. Yeah, Billy's been great.

Thank you, Bob. I appreciate that. Billy, I loved your interviews with Sean Woods and Richie Farmer the other day, too. a few days you did them. Those were awesome. Yeah, they were great, and they were even better when they were on at the same time, weren't they, Po?

Oh, man, that was awesome. That was great. I totally agree with you guys, Myrne, about the the college football playoffs, the first round by us. That needs to be shaking out a little bit. Yeah.

But I wanted to talk about basketball. Well, one thing that Coach Pope said is at the first of the year, and I mentioned it after the Duke game, because I think we're a second half team. One reason is because Coach Pope said we might not be the best team right now, but we're going to be the best conditioned. And I'll leave you all with that, and I appreciate you.

I appreciate you let me have a little time on here. No, I appreciate the call. I mean, I think that was a different type of conditioning too, Billy. And I keep saying the same thing, but maybe people don't travel a ton. I travel a ton. And like that cross-country travel, if I can say the word, that's a lot, Billy. That's a lot on your body physically, right? And to go out there with a late start time, you know, that can make team sluggish.

And you have to be conditioned when you're shorthanded too, no Lamont, no Kirkcressa, at the end of the games, and you're down. And it takes, I think sometimes people forget how much energy it takes to come back in a game like that. Like, it just takes, and what you see in a lot of games, and you should watch for this across college basketball, you'll see a team down 12, 13 points, Billy, and they'll come back. And maybe they close the gap, maybe they tie the game.

In most situations, those teams lose because they've spent so much energy just closing the gap. and now you've got to find another boost of energy to actually finish the game. And I think that's the biggest challenge you have. And that's why that was so impressive. It was really impressive. Before we take a break, I just want to butcher a quote that Mark Pope has given this year that kind of relates to that.

He said something to the effect of everybody wants to be where you're at, but nobody wanted to do what it took to get to where you're at. And that's just it's a change in the mindset that we've seen in this team over the years. And I think that's part of the reason why they're able to have. have success when they face so much adversity like that my right yeah now he's he's he's got all the sayings like he sure he's um he could do a ted talk you know i mean like he's one of those people like just like philosophically he could do one of those so are we taking a break now yeah yeah let's take a break here and then we'll come back and wrap it up all right we'll take a break and we'll be back

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Yeah, it's been a lot of fun. And if your ESPN co-host ever just decides not to show up for a show, I'd be happy to join you sometime, Myron. Yeah, call me. No, I'm around. You know, I'm available. Bring me up to the big leagues. Let me know.

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you know, in the last month. I don't know what I'm supposed to tip those guys. You know, like, you know, you go to a restaurant, you know,

kind of what the range is, right? I don't know like delivery dudes or delivery people like that. What do you tip them? And I was really conflicted by it. And there's not like a real manual. So like if someone gives you a new refrigerator, right, what's the tip on?

Is there a, like, what do you do? Is there a manual? Well, I'm going through this situation right now. I just ordered a new washer, but I am paying them to install it in my house. Yep. Did you get that done as well? Okay. They installed it.

So is that not the tip in itself or am I expected now to give them more money for doing the job I've already paid for? Because I feel like I kind of feel inclined to give them. even more money. Yeah, I did tip. I mean, I didn't know what the standard was, though. Okay. Yeah. I think, yeah, I mean, because they are installing it.

They're bringing it off the truck. They're bringing it up the stairs. They're bringing it into the house. But there's no standard on like what you're supposed to give. Like, is that a. Well, first of all, they need to do a good job. They can't be bump in corners, right? They can't be like stepping on my dog.

I mean, it needs to be a good experience. And then really for me, Myron, it's probably more of do I have any cash in my wallet to tip these guys with? And if so, if it's anything less than a $100 bill, I'd probably give it to them. Probably wouldn't give them a 50 either. It's probably 20 is a standard. Or do you think that's too high? What did you tip? I tip 20 a guy.

Yeah. It was a three-man team. That seems right. Oh, three guys. Well, I got a, I got the whole package. I got oven, range, dishwasher, fridge. I got the whole such thing, right? So I did 20 a guy.

I mean, I didn't. I mean, that seems like a lot. I mean, it seems right, but, you know, you can't do the opposite. You can't give them 120 and say split it amongst yourself, boys. See, that's my thing. Is that going to cause a fight? And then here's the other thing I thought. There's three guys.

First off, who's the leader? Do I just give him all the money? But if I give him a 20, am I giving him the 20? or am I giving it to him with the expectation he spreads the love? I don't know. So then I just felt like, all right, everybody gets a 20. But then I was like, wait a minute, is that the standard? I don't even know.

If we had more time, I would ask callers, like what the standard is. Because I have no idea. And there's no real, there's no real manual to read or anything that shows you the standard in that regard either. So that's another problem. You know, a better question may be when do you not tip is now. That may be better, but I mean, we got so many things in this country. Can we get a standardized manual on tipping people and what that? Because I gave 20 a guy and I didn't know I wasn't sure.

It's only gotten worse, man. Over these years, it's only gotten worse. Yeah. But then I was like, do you tip at all? I don't know. You know, I don't know. I think you did the right thing because then they'd be talking about you behind your back. Oh, that guy doesn't tip.

Yeah, but I already got the fridge, though. I mean, it's not like a restaurant down the street where I'm going to see the same stat. It's, you know what I mean? Yeah, no. That sounds selfish. Maybe a little bit. Hey, man, it's been fun. Matt Jones and company back after this.

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