WEBVTT - 11-22-25 Sports Talk with Chick Ludwig 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:04.280 Six oh seven in the Queen City of Cincinnati. This 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:08.680 is Chick Ludwig seven hundred WLW Welcome to a power 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:12.600 hour of sports talk Shoeless. Joe Waddell is tonight's producer 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:15.880 and we're going all the way to seven o'clock, leading 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:19.599 right into the coverage of the UC Bearcats and the 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:26.120 BYU Cougars in a Big twelve football showdown NIP at Night. 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:32.600 Nothing beats that. Wow. Welcome. Great to have you along tonight. 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:37.080 And if it's okay with you, I want to start 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:41.800 with one of my favorite cliches. It's not how you start, 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:46.680 it's how you finish. And we saw that twice on 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:52.120 Friday night right here in the Queen City Elder Xavier 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:57.520 Division one Regional Final high school football playoff game at 0:00:57.600 --> 0:01:02.720 pay Corpse Stadium. The game won by the Xavier Bombers 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:09.760 forty two to thirty four. Elder Milma Mater held a 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:13.679 twenty seven to seven lead in the first half in 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:18.080 this game, and then all of a sudden, a litany 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:28.319 of special teams problems reared their ugly head and the 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:34.280 Xavier Bombers outscore my Elder Panthers thirty five to seven. 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:40.920 The rest of the way, bad snap, punt block, more 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:45.440 bad snaps. It was a struggle in the second half 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:50.320 for the Elder Panthers as Saint X scores twenty one 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:53.760 unanswered points to win this game once again, forty two 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:59.440 to thirty four. And still Elder was driving at the 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:06.240 end of this game, got down to X's twenty five 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:12.200 yard line. But what a fourteen yard sack and then 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:18.400 an interception did the Mighty Panthers in. It's not how 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:23.720 you start, it's how you finish. Elder finished great against Princeton, 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:27.760 overcoming that twenty three to nothing lead. But man, hats 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:31.240 off to really both teams. I am so proud of 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:36.639 my alma mater, the Elder Panthers unbelievable season. They were 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:39.840 twelve to zero for the first time in school history. 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:43.160 They finished twelve and one in Good luck to the 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:47.440 Saint Savior Bombers, who collide next week in the final 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:53.520 four of the state tournament with the Middletown Middies. We 0:02:53.639 --> 0:03:02.120 also saw the inability to finish the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.959 You see against Louisville last night at the Heritage Bank Center. 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:12.399 The sixth rank Cardinals. Man, did they start slow? Wow. 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:19.640 Louisville misses its first ten shots from the floor. You 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:23.680 see piles up a double digit lead early in this game. 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.040 They hang on and they're ahead thirty two to twenty 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:33.760 eight at halftime, and then the mighty Louisville Cardinals take 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:36.680 control with a forty six to thirty two advantage in 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:43.200 the second half. Mike kel Brown, junior freshman point guard 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:47.880 for Louisville outstanding twenty two points in thirty one minutes. 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:53.640 But the guy who killed did you see Bearcats last night? 0:03:54.120 --> 0:04:00.960 Former Xavier guard Ryan Conwell thirty four minutes. It's twenty 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:05.320 five points, eight of fifteen from the floor, five of 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:14.480 ten from the three point line. You see Freshman Sean 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:19.600 Abayev is going to be an outstanding player, but he 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:25.320 struggled last night trying to do too much twenty seven minutes, 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:30.080 twelve points, just four of sixteen from the floor, three 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:34.280 for eleven from three point range, one for three at 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:40.640 the foul line. Louisville killed U See in free throws 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:48.040 twenty four of twenty eight. Tough news for u See. 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:52.200 With Boba Miller going out the last ten minutes of 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:55.039 this game. He played twenty five minutes, had nine points, 0:04:55.440 --> 0:05:00.680 but a hip injury and he just couldn't go. So 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:05.880 hopefully Baba Miller can get back and play effectively because 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:09.200 he is a tremendous talent. The one thing I really 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:13.479 liked about UC, you know, they played in stretches but 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:18.320 ran out of gas at the end. Nineteen assists on 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:22.919 twenty three made field goals, so that's a very positive sign. 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:27.000 I agree with Wes Miller. This could be a great team. 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.920 But man, they are a work in progress and they 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:33.279 have to be able to finish. But what a night 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.760 it was last night here in the Queen City with 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:40.440 Elder X, U See and the vill I was home 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:46.320 listening to the Elder X game and watching U See 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:51.039 in Louisville. How about you? Where were you last night? 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:55.040 I don't have any guest scheduled here in this power 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:59.160 hour of sports talk before you see and BYU. All 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:04.880 I've got is my computer, I've got my coffee, I've 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:08.560 got my computer. All I need is you. It's five one, three, seven, four, nine, 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.760 seven thousand and one, eight hundred, the Big One. But 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:21.160 what an experience for the SEINEX and Elder students playing 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.560 in an NFL stadium, pay course stadium in front of 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:30.320 twenty two thousand plus fans, an experience that will last 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:36.320 and memories that will last a lifetime. And I always 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.279 like to say it when it comes to the Greater 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:42.200 Catholic League the GCL, we fight like hell in high 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:47.919 school and then we become BFFs, best friends forever. So 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:52.520 much respect on both sides of the U of the stadium, 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:59.440 no doubt, but the ability to finish. And that's what 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:05.640 we're looking for tonight from the UC Bearcats against BYU. 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:09.760 It's what we're looking for tomorrow when the Bengals face 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.520 the New England Patriots at one o'clock at pay Corp Stadium. 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:17.800 And then it's what we're hoping to see from f 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:25.280 C when they collide with Lionel Messi and enter Miami 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:31.320 FC at five o'clock at TQL Stadium in the Eastern 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:38.920 Conference semifinals. Win or go home. Where were you last night? 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:41.760 Were you at pay Corpse Stadium for the high school 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:45.800 football game or were you at Heritage Bank Center for 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:50.680 UC Louisville. God, what a rivalry that goes back to 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:55.440 my childhood when both teams were in the greatest conference 0:07:55.560 --> 0:08:00.000 in the land, the Missouri Valley conference, the first conference 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:05.960 in America that embraced the African American athlete. It was 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:11.080 the finest, the best, the greatest, most competitive conference in 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:15.320 the land. And we're talking about what a weekend here 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:23.880 in the NATTI on seven hundred WLW, six't eighteen in 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:27.520 the Queen City of Cincinnati, Chick Ludwig, seven hundred WLW. 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:31.720 It's a power hour of sports talk and it's oh, 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:35.560 it's already Michigan week for US Buckeye fans. Wow. Uh, 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:38.520 but what a weekend here in the Natty. Last night 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:44.000 Elder Saint X uc Louisville. Man, let's not waste any time. 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:46.320 Let's go out to the phones. We got Steve in 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.160 Columbus kicking us off here. 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.960 Hi Steve, Hey, Chick, how you doing. 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:51.880 Oh fantastic? 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.359 Was at home and I was at home in Columbus 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:55.280 in my easy chair. 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:56.319 Uh. 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:58.600 For ten bucks, I got to stream the Elder Saint 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:02.600 X game and I DVR the U of L SINCI game. 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:07.319 So both of my teams lost last night. I was dying, 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:11.640 Uh watching the Elder sent a thorn in her side forever. 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:15.760 When the regional finals, it seems like, yeah, you know, 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:16.880 it's just. 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.720 So hard Yeah, it's just so hard to beat a 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:24.120 team twice, you know, in one season. So Elder got them, 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.600 you know, this year during the regular season on their 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.160 way to twelve and zero. But then in the playoffs, 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.920 you knew that Elder would have to face a sane 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.240 extra moler, you know, in the playoffs. 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:39.560 So it was so unusual for Elder to have two 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:43.840 I mean the long snapper. Basically, two snaps changed the 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:44.320 whole game. 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:45.760 It did, it actually did. 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:49.000 It's a shame. It's a shame for the kids. But AnyWho, 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:52.320 I'm on my way down seventy one now to see Bearcats. So, 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:55.120 oh gosh, I can win one of my teams win. 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:59.440 Oh fantastic, Steve Man, you're you're a guy after my heart. 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:04.080 And and how about tomorrow? Are you doing anything tomorrow? Yeah? 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.160 No, I gave up my back. I gave up my 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.439 bagwell tickets about twenty years ago, after that fiasco in 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:12.960 fifteen with the Steelers. Oh gosh, yeah, with the personal 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.520 fouls that that was enough. Emotionally, I can't take them. 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.400 So now I do my Seaton tickets with the bear Cats. 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:21.400 All right, Steve, Hey, I appreciate appreciate it man, Thank 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:25.959 you go CAATs. All right. Absolutely, Matt is in Western Hills, 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:27.080 my old stomping grounds. 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:31.600 Hey Matt, Hey Chrick, thanks for taking my call. First 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:33.880 of all, al sire, my friend Amen. 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:34.920 Yes, it was. 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:40.760 A tremendous matchup last night, and you mentioned how much 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.640 of an experience it is for the guys that get 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:46.840 to play in that game. I was actually fortunate to 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:50.240 be a part of the last uh, you know, regional 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.920 final when they had the doubleheader with Princeton and Xavier 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:58.240 an Elder played Col Raene What was that like twenty 0:10:58.280 --> 0:10:58.760 years ago? 0:10:58.960 --> 0:10:59.320 Wow? 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:02.640 And we got to play at Paul Brown Stadium and 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:06.000 it was tremendous. There was, you know, thirty thousand people 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:09.480 watching you play high school football. So it was amazing 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:13.319 to watch it again and see twenty thousand people see 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:17.640 a GCL South rematched to decide who goes to play 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.760 for the final four. And as far as the Cats go, 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:25.080 it was very encouraging to see how the team. 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.439 It's mostly new players, you know, with the exception. 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:32.680 Of day there. I loved how they were playing defense, 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:37.320 closing out on shots, disrupting the passing lanes, and fighting 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:41.360 for rebounds. It was very very encouraging, especially playing against 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.160 the number of six team in the country and renewed 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:47.480 to rivalry. We need to play Louisville again. I miss 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:52.240 playing those guys in both sports. But I just really 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:57.000 enjoyed even though my team's lost last night, I really 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:00.679 enjoyed the sports. I got to watch the tenacity of 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:02.920 the teams that I cheer for. 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:05.240 And I hope you have a great weekend. 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:05.840 Chicks. 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:11.440 All right, Matt, Hey really appreciate it. And Matt is right. Gosh, 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:15.880 the Bearcats, man, they do play defense and holding Louisville 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.600 who was averaging over one hundred points a game either 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:23.040 what first five games so seventy four to sixty four 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:26.199 in favor of the Louisville Cardinals. I love that rivalry. 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:27.800 Mike is an Amelia. 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:32.880 Hi, Mike, Hey, good even Chuck class of seventy four. 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.520 I was at the game last night. You were a 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.439 couple of years ahead of me. But I told people 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:41.080 over the years, nobody could lead a Friday afternoon Elder 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:44.400 high school pep rally a chick lovewig leopard vest and 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:45.960 all in the leopard vest. 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:49.840 Oh my gosh, that is awesome. Mike, Yeah, yeah, appreciate it. 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:51.920 But what a great thrill for those kids, in fact, 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:54.319 my great nephews on the JB team, and for them 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.320 to be able to dress out and stretch out with 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.400 the varsity to be playing there on an NFL field. 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.200 Kudos to all the greater Cincinnati for showing out. You know, 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:06.160 the weather wasn't the best. And I'd like to know 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:08.880 the percentage of people just high school football fans. I mean, 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.600 obviously ninety nine percent might have been elder next, but 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:13.839 I know I saw plenty of people there that I'm 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.719 sure it was just to watch a great matchup, no. 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:18.959 Doubt, Mike. And when you know, when we heard that 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.079 the game was going to be at Mason and it sells, 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:24.400 you know, seven thousand seats within an hour, it just 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:27.920 it just made no sense for the OHSAA to send 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:32.080 that game originally to Mason, knowing that's how big it 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.480 was going to be. What was funny is I get 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:40.679 sent a reals video from Facebook about Dave Portnoy of 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:44.959 Bar School Sports here in Cincinnati. He stopped at Skyline, 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:47.959 he said, for the first time, and he's he's eating 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:52.120 a three way, you know, outside he's punishing that. But 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.920 he said he's in town for an epic high school 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:58.439 game Elder against Saint Francis, That's. 0:13:58.280 --> 0:13:58.840 What he said. 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:02.559 So but he got that, and uh, you know they 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:06.520 were at he was he was at Nippert against today 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.679 and uh last night he was wearing an Elder sweatshirt. 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.880 I was digging that, so uh but yeah, he got 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.520 it straight with Saint Axe and uh, but it was 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:19.760 awesome having dave Port and orient Town here from Barstool Sports. 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:22.720 Well, and I'm sure probably Bill Hemmerill mentioned again on 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:27.160 Monday on his broadcast, but as the previous caller just said, 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.200 if nothing else can really drill the point home the 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.800 importance of a long snapper, that was just a shame 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.640 because the points they put up. And actually, when I 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.000 told my brother, who's class eighty two that was with me, 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.120 after Elder intercepted that pass and they had the ball 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:43.200 up twenty seven to seven, I said, if we score now, 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:45.200 this game could be over even in the first half. 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.720 And then obviously what happened fourteen points, fourteen points before 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:49.840 we blink an eye. 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:53.000 That's right, and then Elder scores uh really right away 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:56.600 in the third quarter to go up thirteen. And but 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.080 you just had a queasy feeling when they missed them. 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:01.240 Oh yeah, you know the first extra point, you know, 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:05.360 and it was set six to nothing. But nevertheless, at 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:08.400 what a night, an incredible season. And I want to 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:14.840 congratulate my classmate Bruce Brosterman, whose grandson plays for Saint X. 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:19.840 Bruce a tremendous leader for Elder class of seventy two 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:23.360 on the board of directors. Uh for Elder, he does 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:26.560 wonderful things. But a grandson at Saint X. So I'm 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.840 sure Bruce was torn a little bit, but definitely rooting 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:33.400 for his grandson. But I'm happy for Bruce and really 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:36.600 the Bombers. And but gosh, what a great season for 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:39.479 our elder panthers ALTI or it was, yes. 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.160 Something to be proud of. And the tradition carries on 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:43.520 a Vincent and Regina all. 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.960 Right, well you better believe it. Great to hear from 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:49.400 you out in Amelia. I get out to West Claremont 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:51.440 every once in a while. Man, love it out there. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:56.400 The marriage between Glenn Esty and Amelia at wes Claremont. 0:15:57.120 --> 0:16:01.040 All right, flying the purple flag and Clairemont count all fantastic. 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:05.840 Mike, Hey, really appreciate it, Yes, sir, thank you. After 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:07.480 the bottom of the hour, We're going to get into 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:13.600 some Bengals talk and but before we do, it's my 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:19.960 cause my cleats time in the NFL. And I want 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.120 to give a big time shout out to a guy 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:25.360 that I am rooting hard for tomorrow in Bengal stripes, 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:31.400 and that is kicker Evan McPherson and his shoes will 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:36.040 carry the label Shoes for the Shoeless. And I was 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:41.960 informed about this organization on Thursday while I was at 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.400 Lebanon High School as a substitute teacher, and I was 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:49.320 so moved watching the videos calling up the website that 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:53.400 I made a donation Friday morning and Shoes for the 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:57.640 Shoelass an organization that started in Dayton ensuring that every 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:02.080 child can walk, play and learn with comfort and confidence. 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:06.040 And since twenty ten, Shoes for the Shoelass has been 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:09.680 putting brand new shoes and socks on the feet of 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:16.240 children in need across Southwest Ohio. Can you imagine the uplifting, 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:23.119 the confidence and the emotion of a kid in need, 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:28.719 in poverty getting a brand new pair of gym shoes. 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:34.520 Their mission is simple and powerful, meeting kids where they 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:40.360 are restoring dignity, comfort and confidence, one pair of shoes 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:45.520 at a time, and shoes for the shoeless. I invite 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.840 people to call up that website. Evan McPherson is going 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:52.359 to have shoes for the number four, the shoelass on 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:58.159 his cleats for my cause, my cleats. Tomorrow when the 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:02.359 Bengals face the New England paces at pay Corpse Stadium? 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:09.040 Am I crazy to think that the Bengals, who are 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:12.600 at three and seven, the Steelers at six and four, 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:14.919 in the Baltimore Ravens at five and five? Am I 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:20.560 crazy to think that the Bengals have an outside chance 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:28.760 of winning the AFC North New England at home tomorrow, 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:33.840 then they go to Baltimore, in Buffalo, home with Baltimore, 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:39.239 then at Miami and home with Arizona and Cleveland. The 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:43.119 Pittsburgh Steelers are six and four. They're at Chicago tomorrow, 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:48.880 then home against Buffalo, then at Baltimore, home with Miami, 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:54.680 at Detroit, at Cleveland, and then home with Baltimore. Baltimore 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:59.560 faces the Jets, the Bengals and Pittsburgh all at home 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:03.640 three in a row, then at Cincinnati, home with New 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:08.320 England at Green Bay and Pittsburgh. Folks, there's there's some 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:13.359 losses in there, first, the Steelers and Ravens. Would it 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:19.439 be wouldn't it be just unbelievable if Cincinnati rises up 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:24.440 and makes another run and they will play tomorrow without 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:28.679 Joe Burrow And we will get into this after the 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:32.240 bottom of the hour a news break, but Joe Flacco 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:35.360 will be at the Helm when the Bengals kick off 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:39.480 tomorrow against the New England Patriots. It's a power hour 0:19:39.520 --> 0:19:43.840 of sports talk. The Chicksture's with you five one, three, 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:46.640 seven four nine, seven one, eight hundred the Big One. 0:19:46.680 --> 0:19:49.720 I've got my coffee, I've got my computer. All I 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:58.000 need is you on seven hundred WLW six point thirty 0:19:58.000 --> 0:20:01.480 four in the Queen City of Cincinnati, Nick Ludwig seven 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:06.360 hundred WLW, A power hour of sports talk, leading right 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:14.520 into coverage of the UC BYU Big twelve football game. Gosh, 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:17.479 when you're looking at the standings in the Big Twelve, 0:20:18.600 --> 0:20:24.800 it's amazing. There's six teams within one game of each other, 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:30.920 so it's it's an absolute battle in that wild conference. 0:20:32.160 --> 0:20:34.359 But this morning I was at a place called the 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:41.200 Sinci Sports Nation also known as Toca Soccer Facility in Milford, 0:20:42.119 --> 0:20:47.119 umpiring what's called some indoor cage softball. Okay, it's just 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:51.440 a pitcher, a catcher, a batter in an umpire and 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:55.480 having a great time doing it. All kinds of kids. 0:20:55.560 --> 0:21:01.840 They're practicing lacrosse. And then I'm umpiring some softball with 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:06.840 my buddy Keith Bush. Anyway, as I'm making my way 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:11.680 to the men's room, Okay, on the wall is this 0:21:12.160 --> 0:21:20.359 huge action photo of Lionel Messi and Lionel Messi's in 0:21:20.480 --> 0:21:28.320 town to face with his club Inner Miami FC, getting 0:21:28.359 --> 0:21:33.600 ready for Tamar's showdown with FC Cincinnati at TQL Stadium 0:21:34.800 --> 0:21:42.360 at five o'clock in the MLS Eastern Conference Semifinals, Win 0:21:42.640 --> 0:21:50.000 or go home, and Lionel Messi unbelievable thirty eight years old. 0:21:50.640 --> 0:21:53.880 He'll turn thirty nine in June. He signed a three 0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:57.640 year contract extension with Inner Miami in October of this year, 0:21:58.000 --> 0:21:59.919 and that'll keep him with the club until the end 0:22:00.040 --> 0:22:04.439 into the twenty twenty eight season. The deal includes a 0:22:04.560 --> 0:22:08.960 minority ownership stake in the club and involves other commercial 0:22:09.000 --> 0:22:12.240 agreements and endorsements, such as a cut of the new 0:22:12.400 --> 0:22:19.160 MLS streaming subscriptions, in revenue from Adidas kit sales, so 0:22:19.200 --> 0:22:23.520 his base salary is reported to be twelve million per 0:22:23.640 --> 0:22:29.520 year and then with this guaranteed compensation totaling twenty point 0:22:29.640 --> 0:22:35.360 four million. So Lionel Messi is the man. But it's 0:22:35.560 --> 0:22:41.639 FC Cincinnati's responsibility and goal to knock him out. Tomorrow 0:22:41.760 --> 0:22:47.360 at TQL Stadium is going to be absolutely insane. Now, 0:22:47.400 --> 0:22:50.000 is there anybody out there that's going to the Bengal 0:22:50.080 --> 0:22:54.080 game at one o'clock and maybe you'll leave just a 0:22:54.080 --> 0:22:56.679 little bit early if the game gets out of hand 0:22:57.840 --> 0:23:03.920 and head over to TQL for the five o'clock start 0:23:05.640 --> 0:23:11.920 of that MLS match. What an incredible day tomorrow here 0:23:11.960 --> 0:23:16.399 in the Natty And I want to give a shout 0:23:16.440 --> 0:23:21.400 out here Willie Cunningham saying Dan Hord's praises on Friday, 0:23:21.960 --> 0:23:25.560 and I want to chime in on that, because Dan 0:23:26.640 --> 0:23:29.840 Hoarde the voice of the Bearcats and Bengals. He called 0:23:29.960 --> 0:23:37.159 UC Louisville last night, he'll call byu UC tonight and 0:23:37.200 --> 0:23:42.920 he will call the Bengals and New England Patriots tomorrow 0:23:42.920 --> 0:23:47.240 at one o'clock. We are so blessed to have Dan 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:50.880 Horde is the voice of the Bearcats and Bengals right 0:23:50.920 --> 0:23:54.080 here in Cincinnati, looking forward to the broadcast to Night 0:23:54.160 --> 0:23:58.879 with Dan Tony Pike and the host moeger. 0:24:00.000 --> 0:24:00.160 Oh. 0:24:00.680 --> 0:24:03.959 They hit the airwaves at seven o'clock when this power 0:24:04.000 --> 0:24:07.359 hour of sports talk is over. But man, looking forward 0:24:07.440 --> 0:24:12.200 to UC BYU. I'm headed to my brother Jeff's house 0:24:12.320 --> 0:24:16.920 in Westchester. We're gonna listen and we're gonna watch, and 0:24:17.359 --> 0:24:22.200 I'm expecting a huge U see victory tonight Senior Night, 0:24:22.680 --> 0:24:26.800 nip It Night. No better atmosphere in all of America 0:24:28.600 --> 0:24:33.399 than Nippert Stadium and the University of Cincinnati. Well, the 0:24:33.480 --> 0:24:40.800 talk all week here in Cincinnati regarding the Bengals. Will 0:24:40.960 --> 0:24:49.160 Joe Burrow play? It's all I heard about all week. Well, 0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:55.520 the answer is no. NFL insider Ian Rapaport reported it, 0:24:55.720 --> 0:25:01.320 and the team released a statement saying that Joe Burrow, 0:25:01.640 --> 0:25:08.760 franchise quarterback of the Bengals, will be inactive tomorrow against 0:25:08.800 --> 0:25:15.440 New England. He's on the injured reserve list. He will 0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:18.639 not be activated off that for tomorrow's game. He was 0:25:18.680 --> 0:25:22.160 listed as questionable, So he's going to miss the contest 0:25:22.760 --> 0:25:27.800 and Joe Flacco will start. And it seems like just 0:25:28.000 --> 0:25:32.439 yesterday Joe Flacco became a Bengal in the trade with 0:25:32.520 --> 0:25:39.399 the Cleveland Browns. It's already his sixth game tomorrow, and 0:25:39.440 --> 0:25:43.959 I really don't have any problem with Burrow sitting tomorrow 0:25:45.359 --> 0:25:49.440 or standing on the sidelines, hopefully because there's a quick turnaround. 0:25:49.800 --> 0:25:53.360 The Bengals play at Baltimore M and T. Banks Stadium 0:25:53.400 --> 0:26:00.720 against the Ravens on Thanksgiving Night. The Angles have lost 0:26:00.720 --> 0:26:06.119 seven of eight there. The defense is in is last 0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:13.360 in yards and points allowed per game. But Joe Flacco 0:26:13.480 --> 0:26:16.840 outside of last week and you know, it was a stinker, 0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:21.320 no doubt against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but he's still thrown 0:26:21.400 --> 0:26:27.960 for one and fifty three yards, twelve touchdowns and three interceptions. 0:26:29.320 --> 0:26:36.760 The bomber is Jamar Chase is out suspended for a 0:26:36.800 --> 0:26:42.600 game because of the spitting incident last week against Jalen 0:26:42.680 --> 0:26:47.639 Ramsey and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers do it again. 0:26:48.800 --> 0:26:53.480 They get under your skin, they push you over the 0:26:53.600 --> 0:27:00.760 edge emotionally. We see it all the time. They try 0:27:00.800 --> 0:27:09.679 to hurt you physically. They're dirty, but they win. And 0:27:09.720 --> 0:27:12.879 they're six and four. The Pittsburgh Steelers are atop the 0:27:12.960 --> 0:27:17.600 AFC North Baltimore's at five and five. The Bengals are 0:27:17.640 --> 0:27:24.639 three and seven. Can the Bengals show some history and 0:27:24.760 --> 0:27:28.280 turn it on again like they have the last few 0:27:28.359 --> 0:27:33.480 years the second half of the season. We're going to 0:27:33.560 --> 0:27:37.680 find out tomorrow against a team that's won eight straight, 0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:44.520 the nine and two New England Patriots, who are having 0:27:44.560 --> 0:27:47.840 an incredible season. I don't care if their record is 0:27:48.040 --> 0:27:53.560 or their schedule is softer. It's the National Football League 0:27:55.280 --> 0:28:03.000 and it's tough to win in the NFL. Five point three, 0:28:03.080 --> 0:28:06.080 seven four nine, seven thousands the number to dial one, 0:28:06.200 --> 0:28:08.680 eight hundred. The Big One would love to hear from 0:28:08.760 --> 0:28:15.679 you as we get ready for UC and BYU, and 0:28:15.720 --> 0:28:19.640 we're going to talk about it when we return. Chick 0:28:19.720 --> 0:28:27.760 Ludwig seven hundred WLW six forty six in the Queen 0:28:27.840 --> 0:28:33.400 City of Cincinnati, Chick Ludwig seven hundred WLW power hour 0:28:33.440 --> 0:28:36.880 of sports talk leading right into the BYU UC football 0:28:36.920 --> 0:28:41.200 game tonight. Shoeless Joe Waddell is tonight's producer. We're going 0:28:41.240 --> 0:28:44.400 all the way to seven o'clock and it's awesome to 0:28:44.440 --> 0:28:48.280 have you along with us. Hey, are you looking for 0:28:48.360 --> 0:28:54.160 a place to go after the Bengals? New England Patriots 0:28:54.160 --> 0:28:58.760 came tomorrow to celebrate a Bengals victory I've got the 0:28:58.800 --> 0:29:05.080 place for you. Wings and Rings in Milford. Fifty eighth 0:29:05.240 --> 0:29:10.600 nine is at Smeiser Road, smy so R Road, The Chickster. 0:29:11.200 --> 0:29:17.040 That would be me co hosting with Faux Rock David Folcher, 0:29:17.880 --> 0:29:22.920 number thirty three, the biggest, the baddest strong safety in 0:29:22.960 --> 0:29:26.080