1 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: He led Indiana to a perfect season and the school's 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: first national title sixteen to zero record, and now he's 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: going to be honored. This is exactly how our local 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,639 Speaker 1: heroes should be honored. Kurt Signetti, head football coach of 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: the Indiana University Hoosiers. He will drive the honorary pace 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 1: car at the one hundred and tenth Indy five hundred 7 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: on May twenty fourth, twenty six, going between one hundred 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: and one hundred and twenty five miles per hour on 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: the track. 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 2: Hope he feels the need for speed. 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 3: Yeah, this seems like the like a total no brainer 12 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 3: and like the easiest decision that the Indy five hundred 13 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 3: could have done. You've got this great coach, and let's 14 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 3: be honest, the Indiana Hoosiers this last year were the 15 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 3: greatest story in college football history, maybe one of the 16 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 3: greatest stories in the history of all sports. So incredible, 17 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 3: captured the nation. Obviously, all of us Hoosiers are totally 18 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 3: into it. The guy's right down the road in Bloomington. 19 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 3: Just makes total sense to have him drive in the 20 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 3: pace car at the Indy five hundred. By the way, 21 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 3: plenty of other sports figures have driven the pace car 22 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 3: in the past, people like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning a 23 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 3: Rod Emmitt Smith. So not uncommon for them to incorporate 24 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 3: somebody else from the sports world and bring them into 25 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 3: the sport of motor racing. 26 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: So Signette's going to drive a Chevrolet Corvette z R 27 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: one x. It's a high performance corvette built right here 28 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: in the United States. And this is when real leadership 29 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: gets noticed outside the usual spotlight, right. 30 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 3: I want to let you know that, I would say, 31 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 3: even today, because what's it been two months since the 32 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 3: National Championship Game, I would say probably three or four 33 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 3: times a week I still pull up that Fernando Mendoza 34 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 3: run from the National Championship Game where he got hit 35 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 3: at the two yard line and spun around and then 36 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 3: dove into the end zone. In fact, I've got several 37 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 3: versions of it saved on my phone with like different 38 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 3: music in the background, like the Titanic theme or that 39 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 3: Madonna song that they've done and started to use in 40 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 3: dramatic sports videos like this, like a prayer that's exactly it, 41 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 3: like whatever I need, like to get myself pumped up 42 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 3: a little bit. I just pulled one of those. 43 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: Up on my phone and watched that for your motivation, that's. 44 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 3: My motivation for it. And look, I'm not even a 45 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 3: lifelong IU fan, as you know. Look I grew up 46 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 3: outside of Chicago. And look, the only sports, the only 47 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 3: college sport you know, team outside of Chicago in that 48 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 3: area is Notre Dame because nobody. How can you root 49 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 3: for Illinois? They stink and have stunk forever. In fact, 50 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 3: stunk so bad that this year, when people thought Illinois 51 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 3: was good, they played Indiana. Indiana puts a sixty burger 52 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,239 Speaker 3: up on them and crushes them. So I'm kind of 53 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 3: late to the IU fandom. I'm a bandwagon IU fan, 54 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 3: proud to admit it, because it was so much fun 55 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 3: this year. And I mean, this is just my Indy 56 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 3: five hundred is lined up that I got Kurt Signetty 57 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 3: driving the car. I'm gonna be in the snake pit 58 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 3: having all the fun and craziness there, and then the race. 59 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 3: I'm more excited about this year's Indy five hundred than 60 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 3: I have been of any race in a long time. 61 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 2: So I'll see your Birthday weekend, don't forget it. 62 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 3: It's always my Birthday weekend, Memorial Day weekend, always my 63 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 3: birthday weekend and Indy five hundred weekend. So that's what 64 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 3: I want for my birthday. Me, me and you at 65 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 3: the snake pit early in the morning and then we 66 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 3: watched Signetti drive around the track and then we stick 67 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 3: around and watch the whole race. 68 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 2: Gonna be a week ray for me, please. 69 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: So Signetti's achievement, that's just not about football though. It's 70 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: a positive story that's transcending sports, and it deserves statewide celebration. 71 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: I think that they, Doug Bowles and his gang, they 72 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: did an excellent job with this choice this year. 73 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, real easy, simple choice, and it goes way beyond 74 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 3: the state. I mean, I mean, I mean that IU 75 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 3: team and Kirk Signetti captured the imagination of the whole nation. 76 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 3: I mean it's rare that you see the whole country 77 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 3: get behind one team. I mean, we saw the polling 78 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: before the National Championship game. The only state in the 79 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 3: entire country that was rooting for Miami was Florida. All 80 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 3: the other forty nine stations pocket. 81 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: Dade County, and there was a little pocket in South 82 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: Bend and a little pocket inslav. 83 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 2: Wesfia who maybe we're rooting for the Hoosiers. 84 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: Everybody else was, well, congratulations to him. That will be 85 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: an exciting day. I wonder if he's going to be 86 00:03:59,200 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: nervous about that. 87 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 2: That's a fast pace. 88 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: I mean it's on a track, right, but you're gonna 89 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: have some really high performance cars right behind you. 90 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 3: Casey, Yeah, Kirk Signetti is never nervous. Did you see 91 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 3: that man on the sidelines this year? 92 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: Will he be. 93 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: Doing the look back and forth on the track like 94 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: he did on the sidelines? 95 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 3: Ice water in his veins? Fernando Mendoza and that Penn 96 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 3: State game throws the touchdown and the receiver just barely 97 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 3: gets the toe in the end zone and it's good 98 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 3: and they beat Penn State. And they pan over to 99 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 3: Kurt Signetti and he's just got the death stare like. 100 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 2: He knew it was going to happen. 101 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 3: You know it was going to happen the whole time. No, 102 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 3: Kurt Signetti, I guarantee you he's not nervous. That man is, 103 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 3: I mean, ice water in the veins. 104 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 2: He drives fast. Just google him. Something else that happened quickly. 105 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: A meteor entered Earth's atmosphere yesterday morning, causing a huge boom, 106 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: and it could apparently be heard across Ohio and Pennsylvania, 107 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: even in parts of New York. It was a bright 108 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: fireball and it was visible to the naked eye, and 109 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: a lot of people got very nervous about this meteor. 110 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: Residents were panicking, they were calling nine to one one, 111 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: they were wondering what exploded, and then many people were 112 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: wondering if this was some sort of military or government activity. 113 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 3: Everybody goes straight to the number one conspiracy theory. Now, yeah, 114 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 3: these videos were trending on social media. I mean, that's 115 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: the other thing in the day's you know, current times 116 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 3: we live in. Everybody's got a ring doorbell camera, and 117 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 3: so there were tons of videos being posted on social 118 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 3: media from people's ring doorbell cameras where you could hear 119 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 3: this loud boom, and they kind of tracked it. Like 120 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 3: you said, it was across multiple states and across multiple areas, 121 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 3: and so I think that's number one fascinating. But I 122 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 3: am also fascinated by the fact that anytime something out 123 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 3: of the ordinary happens anywhere, immediately it's defcon one. And 124 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 3: this is a conspiracy theory. And these are the Iranian 125 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 3: drones that the FBI was warning us about. They're not 126 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 3: hitting California, they're hitting Ohio. Now it turns out, no, 127 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 3: that's just. 128 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 2: Just a natural wonder, not an ount crisis. 129 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: It's like every event has to have some government explanation. 130 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: Sometimes nature is just putting on a show. You know. 131 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: We are still just on a floating rock. We're at 132 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: the mercy of the cosmos. But this thing, it did 133 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: break the sound barrier. It created a sonic boom. It 134 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: rattled homes and windows, and the experts described it as 135 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: a several ton space rock traveling tens of thousands of 136 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: miles per hour. 137 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I again, everybody going straight to you know, 138 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 3: Defcon one and the biggest conspiracy theories out there reminds 139 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 3: me a lot of that. I see these types of 140 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 3: videos on social media a lot. It's somebody that's like 141 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 3: stopped at a train track and they're just recording and 142 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 3: all of a sudden. 143 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 2: This isn't normal, right. 144 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 3: You see these flatbuds come through carrying tanks or combes 145 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 3: or something like that, and the narrator's always this isn't normal. 146 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 2: What's going on. 147 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 3: They're building concentration camps in Texas and we're all going 148 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 3: to be housed. No, No, the military transports their equipment 149 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 3: by train every single day in this country. I guess, look, 150 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 3: it is the golden age of conspiracy theories, and. 151 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 2: Sitting on the edge of your seat, yeah, it's. 152 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 3: The golden age of conspiracy theories because some of them 153 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 3: turned out to have come true. 154 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 2: So I get that. 155 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 3: I get that, but that does not mean that every 156 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 3: single thing is a conspiracy theory. And I wish we'd 157 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 3: wait for more than just one random five second video 158 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 3: with a loud noise before people start going, you know, 159 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 3: out of their minds and claiming that these are Iranian 160 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 3: drones that are coming to the heartland of America. 161 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: NASA and the WESH National Weather Service they confirmed that 162 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: it was a meteor fireball event, not military activity or 163 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: any sort of conventional explosion. It was just the cosmos 164 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: you're listening to ninety three WYBC