1 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: This is America's Trucking Network with Kevin Gordon. Welcome aboard, 2 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning in on this Tuesday morning. Hope everybody 3 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: had a great weekend. I'll tell you what it was, 4 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: kind of an interest and what not, a kind of 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: it was a very interesting weekend this past weekend, and 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: we finally got our Christmas decorations up. And we thought 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,159 Speaker 1: we were kind of late in terms of doing that 8 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: because we always, you know, driving around, you see people 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: that have already had their Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving. 10 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: I just don't I just don't buy into that. I'm 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: not into this early celebration because then by the time 12 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: Christmas comes around, you're pretty much tired of seeing the decorations. 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: A lot of people had their Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving, 14 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: which I think is a little bit early, but with 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: that weekend afterwards that generally when a lot of people 16 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: put their decorations up. But we were running well what 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: we thought was a little late. But then as we 18 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: started seeing some of the reports and talking to people 19 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: and listening and watching on Facebook, we're pretty much in line. 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: So don't feel too bad about getting our stuff up 21 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: the way we got our stuff up, which was a 22 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: lot of fun, big weekend as far as sports is concerned, 23 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: And normally I don't talk a lot about sports on 24 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: this program because after all, it is America's truck a network, 25 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: and so we generally stick to economic news because as 26 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: the reports from American Transportation Research Institute says that that 27 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: is one of the main concerns of you out there 28 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: on the road, that driving around and worrying about the economy. 29 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: And with my point has been along all along is 30 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: that what we're hearing from the spoon fed regurgitators of 31 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: the mainstream media is not what is going on, and 32 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,639 Speaker 1: that looking at some of these stories and reading between 33 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: the lines and seeing the positives in there, the headlines 34 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: don't always match what the story says. And so my 35 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: point on this program is to try to not try 36 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: to but to get the truth out so that people 37 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 1: know where the economy is, how strong the economy actually 38 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: is despite all the negativity from the spoon federalc urgitators 39 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: in the mainstream media. So again with that and said 40 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: I don't normally talk a lot about sports, but it 41 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: was very interesting weekends. Starting off from Friday, I almost 42 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: hit the trifecta this weekend in terms of teams that 43 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: I thought were gonna win. Anyway, Friday night here in 44 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: Cincinnati was a Crosstown shootout. Now, this is a game 45 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: between University of Cincinnati and Xavier University, my alma mater, 46 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: and Xavier won the Crosstown shootout. They were not expected 47 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: to win. They were, you know, watching the pregame information 48 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,119 Speaker 1: and you know, they have the panel it was the 49 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: show or the game was televised on TNT turna network television, 50 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: and the four panelists we're talking about, well who you 51 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: choosing tonight? Who do you think is going to win? 52 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: And all four of them thought, you see, was gonna win. 53 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: And on paper it appeared as though that they had 54 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: the stronger team, bigger team, better team, et cetera. However, 55 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: that's why you play the game. And you know they 56 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 1: were trying to downplay this, and you know, for those 57 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: of you who are not familiar with us, I mean, 58 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: this is a big game. And of course my alma mater, 59 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: Xavier on the Crosstown shootout. Now, just to kind of 60 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: give you a little bit of background on this, Zavier 61 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: University has a student body of six thousand students, you 62 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: see has fifty thousand. We are separated there, separated by 63 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: only three miles. A lot of these players in the 64 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: past used to play in these summer leagues around the 65 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: town and so the importance of this game was the 66 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: bragging rights on those during those games during the summer league, 67 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: which is kind of faded by the wayside. Before Xavier 68 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: University dropped football back in nineteen seventy three, that was 69 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: referred to as the Crosstown Shootout for the Xavier U 70 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: See football game every year and on par Xavier had 71 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: a pretty good record against UC. It's one of those 72 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: games kind of like the Ohio State Michigan game. It 73 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: really doesn't matter what the what the record is. When 74 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: you go into that game because of the rivalry, people 75 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: are playing a little bit better than what they normally 76 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: would pay play with a lot more intensity because they're, 77 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: you know, just because it's a rival. And leading up 78 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: to the game, Xavier's first year head coach head coach 79 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: for the first year, Richard Patino, who is Rick Patino's son, 80 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: they were interviewing him and they said, well, how are 81 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: you know, because the city really gets into this and 82 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: the of course the alumni that live in the city. 83 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: The Xavier alumni and U SEE alumni. It's kind of 84 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: a kind of a clash there type of thing. And 85 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: they were interviewing him and said, well, what are you 86 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: preparation for the game? And we don't prepare any different 87 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: for this game. Uh, it's just another game on this schedule. 88 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: We don't make any more emphasis on it more than 89 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: anything else. And a lot of the people that have 90 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: been here for a number of years and the sportscasters 91 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: and whatever said, you know, it's funny every time a 92 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: new coach comes in, whether it's for UC or Xavier, 93 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: they always say the same thing until after the game 94 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: and they say, I had no clue how big this 95 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: game was and the intensity and the rivalry, especially in 96 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: the student body and in the stands, and so from 97 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: that aspect, I think there was a little bit of 98 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: a surprise as far as Richard Patino was concerned in 99 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: terms of that. Now, what's interesting is that when I 100 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: was watching the game, we call it the Crosstown Shootout. Now, 101 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: the TNT sportscasters they were kept referring to it as 102 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: the Crosstown Showdown. I guess they're probably being a little 103 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: bit pc as far as that's concerned, a little politically 104 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: politically correct. I mean, because you know you can't well 105 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: you know, you can't have shots. You can't have shoot 106 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: it can't be a shootout for crying out loud. That 107 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 1: kind of kind of gives some sort of other connotation 108 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: to it, which is a load of crap, because if 109 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: you're going to do that, well then maybe you should 110 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: change some of the terms. You'd eliminate the shot clock, 111 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: don't talk about the three point shots, you don't talk 112 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: about the number of shots that a player made during 113 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: the game, and all that sort of stuff. But I 114 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: thought it was kind of interesting, just kind of an 115 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: a side note. So anyway, as far as the game 116 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: was concerned, Xavery won the game seventy seventy four, which 117 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: was very interesting. Xavier beat the Bearcats for the eight 118 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: sixth time in last seven meetings, which is very interesting. Again, 119 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: the team usually is on bragging rights, which is based 120 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: on bragging rights around the city. Forward Trey Carroll scored 121 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: a high career high thirty points as Xavier Musketeer has 122 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 1: defeated since Santy Baracats seventy nine seventy four in the 123 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: Crossdown shootout since at the Sintas Center of Friday Night, 124 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: Beat you again, bait beat you see, And somewhere in here, 125 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: I think I've got the note that Xavier has won. 126 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: Actually you See has not, And this was a home 127 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: game for Xavier, and the you See has not won 128 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: on x U's home court since two thousand and one. 129 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: So this is like because it's usually you know, home 130 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: and away. You know, one one year it's at you See, 131 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: one year it's at Xavier, and flip back and forth 132 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: and so on. So since two thousand and one, you 133 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: See has not beat Xavier on their own home court. 134 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: So that was interesting. It was bragging rights and so on. 135 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: This Trey Carroll and again they tried to downplay the 136 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: significance of this game and everything. But I think the 137 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: individual students themselves, even though some of them transferred in, 138 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: and I think they said at the beginning of the game, 139 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: only one player on either team had experienced the Crosstown 140 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: shootout before. And I don't know what happened as far 141 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: as Trey Trey Carroll is concerned, but he's a transfer 142 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: student in and I think he's going going to be 143 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: I think he's a senior, so he's only going to 144 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,679 Speaker 1: be here one year. But apparently he really got into 145 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: the motivation of this game again a career high. And 146 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: at the end of the game, you could just see 147 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: the excitement on his face and he was just so 148 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: excited and just running around the court and you know, 149 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: showing the Xavier shirt and everything. I mean, it was incredible. 150 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: And then the interview afterwards, what a great young man. 151 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: He said, well, what are you gonna do? Are you 152 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: gonna go out with your friends tonight? And he goes, no, 153 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: he isn't. Any point he turned around, he pointed, and 154 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: he says, my family came in for the game, and 155 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: my wife is up there because he got married in 156 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: the off season, which is interesting. And he said, I'm gonna, 157 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: you know, just go out to dinner with my family, 158 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: get get some sleep tonight and go to bed early 159 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: and so on. I'm not going to do anything stupid 160 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: and so on. But and the after game or after 161 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: the postgame interview, a couple of the people on set, 162 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: I can't remember the two, but apparently they had played 163 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: college basketball before and they said, well, that is a 164 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,959 Speaker 1: remarkable young man because he said he's not going to 165 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: go out and do anything stupid, which is certainly different 166 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: than what we did when we were in school, so 167 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: it was kind of interesting from that aspect. Also, going 168 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: into the weekend, we had the Indiana University OSU game, 169 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: both teams being undefeated, Big Ten Championship and a big 170 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: a whole lot on the line there, which was kind 171 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: of interesting, kind of interesting as far as some of 172 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: the backstory there, we'll pick that up on the other side. 173 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: I'm Kevin Gordon, America's Trucking Network, seven hundred WLW, one 174 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: hundred WLW. I started at the beginning of the show saying, 175 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: you know, I usually don't talk a lot about sports 176 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 1: on this program, again because it is America's truck in Network, 177 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: And if you missed any of that or missing their 178 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: previous shows, make sure you hit up that iHeartRadio app 179 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: brought to you Buyer Friends at Rust Truck Centers. But 180 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: this weekend was interesting from the standpoint that again we 181 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: had the Crosstown Shootout x U versus UC University of Cincinnati, 182 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: Miama Maters Avery University won that game seventy nine seventy four, 183 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: which was an upset victory. Then on Saturday, we had 184 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: the Big Ten Championship Indiana University High State University ranked 185 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: one and two. A High State was ranked number one, 186 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: Indiana was ranked number two. Very interesting game the Big 187 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: Ten championship and the national title on the line, and 188 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: of course then on Sunday we had the Bengals versus 189 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: the Bills. So but anyway, the Indiana game was it 190 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: was very interesting. I grew up, I mentioned before, I 191 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: grew up in Columbus, Ohio, so I do have kind 192 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: of a soft spot in my heart for them. However, 193 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: my dad went to Notre Dame, so we were big 194 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: Notre Dame fans growing up, and not so much OSU 195 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: only from the standpoint that you know, if OSU is 196 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: playing any other team, I'm for OSU until they played 197 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: Notre Dame or something along those lines. But you always 198 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: want your hometown team or your home state team to 199 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: do well, and so you know, it wasn't necessary a 200 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: cheer for Ohio State, and of course I always want 201 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: them to beat Michigan and that type of thing. But 202 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: this particular game against Indiana was unique in a lot 203 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: of instances. The fact that they were able to win 204 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: thirteen to ten, which was a low scoring game between 205 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: these two teams, which is very interesting. It was the long. 206 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: It was the longest, very long. I don't know if 207 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: it was a record losing streak. Indiana had not beat 208 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: OSU Ohio State University since nineteen eighty eight, thirty seven years. 209 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: They hadn't beaten them, and of course, you know, again 210 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: according to statistics and according to the strength of schedule, 211 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: and even though they were ranked number one and number two, 212 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: I don't think anybody was really giving Indiana any chance 213 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: of winning that game, simply because as an overpowering offense. 214 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: Now High State won the national championship last year. So 215 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: kind of in heart of hearts, you know, living here 216 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: in the living in the Tri state area around the Ohio, 217 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: Kentucky and Indiana corner there in southwest Ohio, you know, 218 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: we do have some a little bit of an affiliation 219 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: or so on with Indiana, and I was kind of 220 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,839 Speaker 1: hoping that Indiana would knock off OSU because they have 221 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 1: been getting a little cocky and so on. So I 222 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 1: was actually pleased to watch it, even though I knew 223 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: both teams were going to wind up in the playoffs 224 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: at college playoffs, you know, having Indiana win. And the 225 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: other thing too, is that Indiana has not won the 226 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: big Ten championship since nineteen sixty seven, fifty eight years, 227 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: Indiana has been one of these teams that has generally 228 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 1: a pretty decent record, but they have probably one of 229 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: the worst. I think they were saying that Indiana, in 230 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 1: terms of their record over the years, has one of 231 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: the worst in the Big Ten. You know, it's kind 232 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 1: of a so so program, never been very prominent and 233 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: so on. But the last couple of years, the new 234 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: coach there, his name escapes me now, but really built 235 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,719 Speaker 1: up the university there, built up the team, really made 236 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: an effort here, and it was a It was an 237 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: exciting game, it was very interesting to watch. But the 238 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: mere fact that they had not beat Ohio State in 239 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: thirty seven years and had not won the Big Ten 240 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: championship in fifty eight it was a huge day and 241 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: a huge thing for Indiana IU Indiana University. Then we 242 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: had the of course, we had the Bengals game, and 243 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: then about six o'clock Sunday night, they did these college 244 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: rankings and who was going to be in and who 245 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: was going to be out of the college playoffs, which 246 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: to me wind up being an absolute joke. It's a 247 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: twelve team field, and again I don't talk much about sports, 248 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: but you know, these kind of things that's on my mind, 249 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: these kind of things that are of interest to me. 250 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: And I've found over the years that if I find 251 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: something interesting, there's a whole lot of people out there 252 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 1: that find it interesting as well. So well, anyway, it's 253 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: interesting to me, and I thought that some of the 254 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: dynamics behind this. Now there's a twelve team that were 255 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: selected and all during the Ohio State Michigan or Ohio 256 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: State Indiana game and some of the other games. Let 257 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: me see, it was BYU and off the top of 258 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: my head, I can't remember off the top of my 259 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: head who they played. But there were all these games 260 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: that were coming down to some of these teams that 261 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: were on the bubble whether they were going to get 262 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: in or not. And it was interesting to see a 263 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: couple of these teams actually got blown out and even 264 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: though that they were still high ranked. And during the game, 265 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: they were showing all these people that were part of 266 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: the selection committee and they were sitting there with their 267 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: computers and their notes and everything, and they were making 268 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: their determination. Team football field playoff was announced on Sunday 269 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: and Notre Dame was left out and a couple of 270 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: other teams that should have been in there were also 271 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: left out. The Fighting Irish to ten and to two 272 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: were the first team left out of the field, and 273 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: Miami ten and two received the last at large spot, 274 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: moving up two spots to number ten after the twelve 275 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: person CFP selection committee ultimately decided head had results. The 276 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: Hurricanes defeated the Fighting Irish of course first game of 277 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: the season, twenty seven to twenty four in their August 278 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: thirty first opener, so they kind of made that the 279 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: determining factor as to whether or not Notre Dame made 280 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: it in. But what was interesting is that if you 281 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: go to the AP rankings, which is interesting, the AP 282 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: did their rankings at the end of the season, and 283 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 1: they had the number one, number two, number three team. 284 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: As far as who was going to be ranked, and 285 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: if you go through the top twelve, in my opinion 286 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: for the college National Championship game, it should be the 287 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: top twelve teams in the country, and you start off 288 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: with Indiana and then Georgia and Ohio State. But you 289 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: have you know, at the end you had number twelve 290 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: was BYU. Yet in the championship games, there's going to 291 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: be and I don't know why they did this. I 292 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: don't know the backstory behind this, but they put in 293 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: these lower tier teams James Madison and Tulane. Now, as 294 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: far as the college rankings, Tulane is number seventeen in 295 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: the country and James Madison is number nineteen. And so 296 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: if you're trying to have an interesting playoff situation, wouldn't 297 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: you want to put the people in there that have 298 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: the best chance of winning the overall championship. And I'm 299 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: you know, James Madison may be a good team. Tu 300 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: Lane may be a good team, but they're probably going 301 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: to get blown out and blown out big in terms 302 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 1: of their individual game. And so it was interesting to 303 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 1: see how this played out. Who they moved ahead just 304 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: remembered BYU wound up losing to Texas Tech thirty four 305 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: to seven Saturday, and so that was a blowout. And 306 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: in order to determine nowech Texas Tech made it into 307 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: the playoffs and the fact that they blew out somebody 308 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: by twenty seven points in a game that should have 309 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 1: dropped them out, because again, how good are they if 310 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: they were beaten by this team that is in the 311 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 1: top ten by twenty seven points? So college football rankings 312 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: have always been kind of weird. It's been kind of 313 00:17:58,040 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: a weird system. The way they had it set up, 314 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: they thought that we're going to do something good as 315 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: far as these playoffs were concerned, Add more games to 316 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 1: the schedule and so on. So you don't have a 317 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: situation where just the college football writers, the Writers Association 318 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:16,199 Speaker 1: or different AP of Associated Press did their rankings and 319 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 1: people would argue about who was number one, who was 320 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: number two, and so on. The playoff system is good, 321 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: but this time around it was I think screwed up. 322 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: And I think they screwed up royally because again, the 323 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: name of the game is number of eyes on the 324 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: TV sets. How many people are going to be watching 325 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: these games? And if the college rankings mean anything at all, 326 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: I mean, if the CFP college football people are going 327 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: to make the determination and who's going to play in 328 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,439 Speaker 1: the tournament itself as opposed to you know, the college 329 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 1: rankings itself, then why have the AP rankings on a 330 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: weekly basis or even talk about that and just say, well, 331 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: it's just going to be up to the CFP committee anyway. 332 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: That's that's my two cents worth in than that, And 333 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 1: of course that's been devalued because they've stopped printing penny. 334 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: I'm Kevin Gordon, America's struck in Network. Seven hundred WLW. 335 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 2: Here's your trucking forecast for the Try State and the 336 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 2: rest of the country and the Try State. Over nightclouds 337 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 2: increased the low down to twenty one, partly Sunday. Tuesday 338 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 2: high of forty three Claudie with rain Wednesday, then a 339 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 2: chance of rain mixing with snow by late afternoon, a 340 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 2: high of forty five. Thursday, mostly Claude, a slight chance 341 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 2: of afternoon snow a high of thirty three. Nationally, the 342 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 2: Pacific Northwest will see several days of heavy rain, while 343 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 2: snow falls in the Northern Rockies. A clipper system bringing 344 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 2: a period of snow across the Upper Midwest and Great 345 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 2: Lakes region through Tuesday, while a stronger clipper system expected 346 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 2: to bring heavy snow and high winds across the Upper 347 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 2: Midwest Tuesday, continuing across the Great Lakes Wednesday. 348 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: Seven hundred w l W. I'm Kevin Gordon. This is 349 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: America struck in NETW. America's Trucking Network supports the mission 350 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 1: or rece across America. You can hear us every truck 351 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 1: and Tuesday at five am and ten am Eastern on 352 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 1: REES Across America Radio, available on the iHeartRadio app. Search 353 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: the word rease Now that's wr EA TS for Rees 354 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 1: Across America Radio. And thank you to all our truckers 355 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: for supporting the mission of Reese Across America. Also, the Saturday, Saturday, 356 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 1: December the thirteenth is the day that the reef will 357 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: be distributed to the individual cemeteries around the country. And 358 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: again this is geared more towards the fallen soldiers in 359 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: terms of these reefs. Now, if you have not joined yet, 360 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: or if you've not entered or wanted to participate, or 361 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: you want to participate in the ref laying ceremony, you 362 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: can go to recacross America dot org and you can 363 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: check that out receacross America dot org. And on there 364 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: you can register at a cemetery near you. It's pretty quick, 365 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: it's pretty easy. It's Saturday morning. It's only about two 366 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: three hour period of time out of your day to 367 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: give honor to these fallen soldiers. And again, their motto 368 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 1: is that or what they say is that a soldier 369 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,479 Speaker 1: dies twice once when they take their last breath and 370 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 1: the other when their name is no longer mentioned. And 371 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: it's a beautiful cemetery ceremony taking these where hes, placing 372 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: them on the tombs, and what is done is the 373 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: wreath is laid and then that person's name is said 374 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 1: out loud by the person laying the wreath, and it's 375 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: really interesting. I'm not going to be able to participate 376 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: in it this year. We will be down when my 377 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 1: wife and I will be down in Nashville. We are 378 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: going to be attending the Tech Rodeo from Rush Truck 379 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: Centers and it's going to be a very interesting event 380 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 1: where they bring in all of the different technicians and 381 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: bodywork and people from the Bodyshop and it's going to 382 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: be this tech Rodeo that's going to be going on 383 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 1: over the weekend down in Nashville, the twentieth anniversary of 384 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 1: that three hundred and some thousand dollars in prizes, cash prizes, 385 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: and of course the overall trophy. So I'm really looking 386 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: forward to being down there and it's going to be 387 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: a very interesting event. Looking very forward to being there 388 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: and broadcasting from down there and doing the show from 389 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: down there. Of course, we'll have to record it because 390 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: you know it's during the day, and then of course 391 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 1: our show is at night, so I'm gonna have it 392 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: looking forward to a lot of fun. So anyway, that's 393 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 1: what's going on. I won't be there on Saturday, unfortunately. 394 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: I really wanted to really looking forward to being there 395 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: at the event. But again, if you want to go 396 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: to reescross America dot org, you can register, and I 397 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: think there's still time to sponsor a wreath. Even so, anyway, continuing, 398 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 1: it's gone on a little bit longer than I had expected, 399 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: but there's I just have a whole lot of thoughts 400 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 1: and so on about this that past weekend. As far 401 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: as sports are concerned, I mean, look at it. We 402 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: got college back, well college football, we got the overall 403 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: rankings in terms of this college football championship. In terms 404 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: of playoffs series that begins, I think it's I think 405 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: it begins this week. I don't know. I don't know 406 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 1: when it begins. I think it's December the thirteenth, is 407 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: what they said. So anyway, we got that going on. 408 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: Of course, Sunday afternoon we had the Bengals Bills game, 409 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: which you know, I again being you know, in the 410 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,479 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Greater Since a Northern Kentucky area, you want your 411 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: team to do well. You want them to do, you know, 412 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: be good on the national stage and so on. And 413 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: the Bengals it just this season. A lot of years, 414 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: it's this build up of we've got this talent, we've 415 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 1: got that talent, and every year it seems like they 416 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: just figure out a way of breaking our hearts along 417 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: the way. And yesterday it was no different. They started 418 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: off the game just on fire and we're really doing 419 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: very well against the Bills. But then being the Bengals, 420 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 1: it seemed like they kind of didn't quite finish the game, 421 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: and the Bills stepped up their game, come from behind victory. 422 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: I mean, it was incredible. They beat the Bengals thirty 423 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 1: nine thirty four, which going into the last five minutes, 424 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: I thought the Bengals had it sewn up. I mean, 425 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,959 Speaker 1: it looked like they were going to just absolutely go 426 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: away with the victory. But again they broke our hearts 427 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 1: and that's unfortunate. But what was interesting though, is looking 428 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,879 Speaker 1: at the different headlines from the different cities. If you 429 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 1: look at the headlines from the Cincinnati in choir, it 430 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: says Joe Burrow, Bengals falter, late and snowy loss to 431 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: Josh Allen and the Bills, and the coverage of that. 432 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 1: As far as the Buffalo Bills were concerned, they met 433 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: their headline. Josh Allen carries Buffalo Bills to huge win 434 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 1: over Cincinnati Bengals. Now, going into the game, the Bengals 435 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: were four and eight, four wins, eight losses, and the 436 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: Bills had the exact opposite eight wins, four losses, and 437 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: so again, on paper, it appeared as though that it 438 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: wasn't even going to be a close game. But the 439 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: Bengals made a game out on the Bill's home turf, 440 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: which was even more remarkable. But at the end, there 441 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: were a couple of missteps, a couple of things that 442 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: got screwed up. The Bengals kind of screwed up in 443 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: the end. Their defense didn't quite hold up, although there 444 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,640 Speaker 1: was a couple of really great plays on the part 445 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 1: of the defense where they actually were able to prevent 446 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: two touchdowns by fumbles. And then, of course Joe Burrow 447 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: throwing a couple two interceptions probably didn't hurt help the 448 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 1: game any either, especially when you throw it an interception 449 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: and it's run back for a touchdown. So again, but 450 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: it was an interesting game, was interesting to watch as 451 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: we were putting up Christmas decorations and doing all that 452 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 1: sort of stuff. It was kind of an interesting thing 453 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: to have that in the background and a little bit 454 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: of background noises we were going on. So anyway, that's 455 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 1: pretty much my weekend, and I hope you enjoyed listening 456 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: to that, and it's just something that was interesting to 457 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: me and I wanted to talk about it over the Actually, 458 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: last Friday we got the or actually it was it 459 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,160 Speaker 1: Thursday or Friday Friday, I believe it was, we got 460 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: the information the personal consumption expenditures key inflation measure. Now, 461 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 1: of course, the Federal Reserve is set to start a 462 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: meeting with their final meeting of the year starting today 463 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: and into tomorrow, so tomorrow afternoon Wednesday afternoon is when 464 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 1: they will have their press conference and determine or announce 465 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 1: whether or not they're raising or not raising. They're not 466 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: going to raise, interesting whether they're going to hold interest 467 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: rates steady or whether they're going to lower interest rates. 468 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: And for all the talk that we've been hearing about 469 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: the Federal Reserve that they're you know that they're watchdogs 470 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: or stewards of the economy. That they have two mandates, 471 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: one to make sure that the job market is strong, 472 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 1: the others to make sure that inflation is down. And 473 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,640 Speaker 1: they've set a target of two percent, even though inflation 474 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,919 Speaker 1: over the years on average has been above two percent 475 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: except during the first term of the Trump administration. So 476 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: they've set the bar, in my opinion, kind of high 477 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: in terms of what their expectations are. But they've been 478 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: very stingy in terms of lowering interest rates. And the 479 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: thing that is interesting is that I was looking at 480 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: some headlines and so on, and I've been talking about 481 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: this for a number of weeks, number of months, even 482 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: that if you look at the overnight lending rate, which 483 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: is what the Federal Reserve controls, this is the overnight 484 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: borrowing that I certain banks need cash reserves or cash 485 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 1: on hand to cash checks or to give to different 486 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 1: their customers. If they're having a big, big weekend, you know, 487 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: transferring of money to like a you know, like a 488 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: grocery store or any kind of a store over the 489 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: weekend that is expecting a lot of cash transactions, they 490 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,639 Speaker 1: have to have a lot of cash on hand. So 491 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: this cash is available, but if the local bank doesn't 492 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 1: have that, then they have to borrow that from another bank, 493 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: And so they've got that overnight rate, which is that 494 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,199 Speaker 1: four point two five four point five percent, and so 495 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 1: but as a result of that, that also controls and 496 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: kind of starts affecting the credit card rate, what you 497 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: pay on your credit cards, what you pay in our 498 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: car loans, what you pay on your mortgage. Those interest 499 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: rates are all interconnected. You know, when one goes when 500 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: the overnight rate from the Fed goes up, then some 501 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: of these others go up. And of course your credit 502 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: card interest rate goes up, new car loans go up. 503 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: And what we're seeing in the housing market, and over 504 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: the last couple of last several months, I've been talking 505 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: about how in the rest of the developed world, Canada, 506 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: Europe and so on, that the interest rate is down 507 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: around one and a half to two percent, and here 508 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: we are at above four percent as far as our 509 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: overnight rate is concerned. And I think if you're trying 510 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: to stimulate the economy, which everybody says that if interest 511 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: rates are lower, people have more money in their pocket, 512 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: they're more inclined to spend money, they're more inclined to 513 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: expand the economy, and of course businesses tend to expand 514 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: as well. So again hoping that the Federal Reserve gets 515 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: in and through their thick skull to lower interest rates. 516 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: And by the way, there's some interesting well at least 517 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 1: a couple of places I know of where the interest 518 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: rate is a lot lower than what it is in 519 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 1: the United States. I'm Kevin Gordon, America Struck a Network 520 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: seven hundred Wlwright. 521 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 2: News Radio seven hundred WLW and iHeartRadio station Guarantee Human 522 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 2: seven hundred WLW HI hard rating. 523 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: Run a business and not thinking about radio. 524 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 2: Think again, because more people are listening to the radio 525 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 2: on iHeart today than they were twenty years ago. 526 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: So looking at this Federal Reserve and what they're meeting 527 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: later on today and then tomorrow. In terms of interest rates, 528 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: one of the things supposedly they pay attention to is 529 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: this personal consumption expenditures. Now, in the previous segment, I 530 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: was talking about interest rates, and I mentioned before that 531 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: we have our daughter lives in the Netherlands, and we 532 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: got to talk in the other day about you know, 533 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: interest rates and what their mortgage is and what our 534 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: mortgage is, and so on. And it's interesting that mortgage 535 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: rates over in the Netherlands are anywhere between three and 536 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: a half to four and a half percent, and yet 537 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 1: the interest rates here in the United States as of 538 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: the other day that I checked, was about six point 539 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: three six percent. It's almost twice what it is in 540 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: the Netherlands. And if you're trying to spur the economy, 541 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: if you're trying to spur people to buy equipment expand 542 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: their business, then why are our interest rates so darn high? 543 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: And it's all because of lion Jerry Powell and his 544 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: inability or ineptness as far as running the Federal Reserve 545 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: in terms of not understanding supply side economics, the fact 546 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: that he was too late and as Trump called him, 547 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: too late, I call him lion Jerry Powell. Trump calls 548 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: him too late Jerry Powell, because when you look at 549 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: the Federal Reserve's track record over the years, even back 550 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: during Alan Greenspan and some of the other people who 551 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 1: are in charge of the Fed, they always seem to 552 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: be running a little bit behind what the normal what 553 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: the economy is actually doing. And if they can't keep up, 554 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: and if they're supposedly the so called experts. Why the 555 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 1: hell are they always so wrong? I mean, let's not 556 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: forget that for the first year and a half of 557 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: increasing inflation three percent, four percent, five percent thereabouts, which 558 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: culminated in a nine point one percent inflation rate in 559 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: June of twenty twenty two, the fact that they kept 560 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: calling it transitory inflation, which meant that it was temporary. Oh, 561 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: this is just a blip on the radar screen. It'll 562 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: come down, it'll come down, it'll come down. Well, when 563 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: it got the nine point one percent, obviously it wasn't transitory. 564 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 1: And in March before that happened, they started raising interest 565 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: rates to kind of slow things down, kind of slowed 566 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: things down, took them too long to slow things down. 567 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: So again, the Federal Reserve has always been behind in 568 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,520 Speaker 1: terms of reaction, and sometimes they react too much in 569 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 1: one way or too much in the other way, whereas 570 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 1: a lot of times if they just you know, mind, 571 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: you know, just keep things steady instead of trying to 572 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: control things, things would be a lot better. But anyway, 573 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: that's again my opinion, and of course, as you know, 574 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 1: I have an opinion, I'm not afraid to use it. 575 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: Can inflation measure was lower than expected in September. Commerce 576 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: Department said Friday in a report delayed by the government 577 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: shutdown that gives further green light to the Federal Reserve 578 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: to lower interest rates. The Core Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, 579 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 1: which excludes volatile food and energy prices, indicated a point 580 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 1: two percent monthly rise, while the annual rate was two 581 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: point eight percent. The monthly rate was in line with 582 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: Dow Joon consensus, but the annual level was point one 583 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 1: percentage points lower. The core annual rate edged down from 584 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: two point nine percent in August. So again heading in 585 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: the right direction. Let's go back to Liberation Day, back 586 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: on April to second, and back then when the tariffs 587 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: were put into place, everybody was talking about this is 588 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: not everybody, but there was a bunch of people that 589 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: are talking about this is going to lead to a recession, 590 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 1: this is going to lead to high inflation, this is 591 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 1: going to do this, it's going to do that, and 592 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: the economy is going to go in the tank. Well 593 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: none of that came true, and yet they keep saying that, Well, 594 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: you know, it's just a matter of time. It's just 595 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: a matter of time. You know, at some point in 596 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 1: time you've got to look at what is instead of 597 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,319 Speaker 1: what you hope it to be. You know, when you 598 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,320 Speaker 1: have good economic your finger on the pulse, you should 599 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,720 Speaker 1: know what's going on instead of this hoping and wishing 600 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 1: kind of stuff that we're seeing, and especially from the 601 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: spoon fed reggitators in the mainstream media, because again, in 602 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: my opinion, they have been always trying to manufacture recession. 603 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:34,160 Speaker 1: In addition, the headline PCEE increase point three percent for 604 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 1: the month, putting the annual inflation rate at two point 605 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,600 Speaker 1: eight percent. According to the Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis, 606 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: both range readings were in line with the expectations, though 607 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,359 Speaker 1: the annual rate was up only one point one tenth 608 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 1: of a percentage point. But the core personal consumption expenditures 609 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:54,840 Speaker 1: is what the FED generally looks at. Now, again, you 610 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,439 Speaker 1: have the consumer Price Index, which takes a look at 611 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: everything in the economy, everything from avocados to zinc. Anything 612 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 1: that's in there A to z is reflected in terms 613 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 1: of what those prices have done over the period of time, 614 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 1: and they base that as far as the consumer price index. 615 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 1: Personal consumption expenditures, on the other hand, is what you 616 00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: do in the day to day business you know, in 617 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: the new day to day life, you buy gasoline, You 618 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: go out and you buy food, you go out and 619 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,440 Speaker 1: buy clothing, you buy all these things that are necessities 620 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,720 Speaker 1: or the things that you do on a regular basis. 621 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,279 Speaker 1: You don't, you know, every week, you don't go out 622 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,799 Speaker 1: and buy a refrigerator. Every week. You don't go out 623 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,000 Speaker 1: and buy a car. Every week, you don't go out 624 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: and buy a air conditioner or whatever. So these major 625 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:43,279 Speaker 1: purchases are yes, they're part of the inflation rate, the 626 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: consumer price index, but in terms of personal consumption, what 627 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:51,239 Speaker 1: you spend on a daily, weekly, monthly basis is what 628 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 1: is contained in that personal consumption expenditures because that is 629 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: the thing that people experience on a day to day 630 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,839 Speaker 1: basis terms of their own kitchen table discussions, their own 631 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:06,560 Speaker 1: kitchen table economy as to what is going on in 632 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,839 Speaker 1: terms of their own individual budgets. So again that's why 633 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:13,359 Speaker 1: it's such an important number. Goods prices serge point five 634 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,280 Speaker 1: percent of the month, as they say, and here Trump's 635 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: teriffs continuing to work their way through the economy. Service 636 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:24,279 Speaker 1: prices were up just two point two percent, food rows 637 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: point four, while energy was up one point seven and 638 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,399 Speaker 1: now those last two. If you're talking, I guess this 639 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 1: is the numbers from September, because from September, when you 640 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,880 Speaker 1: look at October, November, and then so far this month, 641 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:44,320 Speaker 1: those prices have come down considerably. Food prices are down. 642 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,279 Speaker 1: I just saw the other day as far as our 643 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:50,280 Speaker 1: local store, eggs which had been up over three dollars 644 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,760 Speaker 1: for a dozen, are now being sold at a dollar 645 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 1: forty nine. So that's basically in line with where they 646 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 1: were a couple of years ago. When you look at 647 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,360 Speaker 1: things like eggs, when you look at things like beef 648 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,960 Speaker 1: when they're subject to drought, when you're subject to a 649 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,359 Speaker 1: bird flew, like the eggs, and you have to kill 650 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,360 Speaker 1: off flocks of chickens, well, if you don't have the chickens, 651 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,239 Speaker 1: the eggs aren't going to be laid. And if you 652 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: have drought conditions in certain parts of the world, certain 653 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,920 Speaker 1: parts of the air and the country, you're going to 654 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,280 Speaker 1: have less cattle. As a matter of fact, I've mentioned 655 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,240 Speaker 1: this before, the size of the herds in the United 656 00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,919 Speaker 1: States are now down at the level where they were 657 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 1: back in nineteen fifty seven I believe it was, So 658 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: it's back down to the level it was in the fifties. 659 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,359 Speaker 1: Our population has more than doubled since that period of time, 660 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: so you've got more people seeking a smaller quantity, and 661 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,759 Speaker 1: of course those prices are going to go up. So 662 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:48,919 Speaker 1: increasing the grazing, increasing the herds increasing, possibly the import 663 00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: of good beef from other areas around the country, around 664 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: the world, are the things that are going to keep 665 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:57,400 Speaker 1: those prices down. Now again, those are the factors that 666 00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,800 Speaker 1: need to be looked at. You know, if you've gotten 667 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,560 Speaker 1: natural occurrences and you've got a disease that goes through, 668 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 1: that should be factored in and have a weighted factor 669 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,799 Speaker 1: if you're talking about inflation and what that is doing. 670 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,040 Speaker 1: As far as the economy is concerned, personal income rose 671 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 1: point four percent for the month, while spending was up 672 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 1: point three percent. Income was point one percent percentage point 673 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,600 Speaker 1: above the forecas. So again they predicted what it was 674 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,240 Speaker 1: going to be and it was a little bit better 675 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 1: than that. Odds of a rate cut when the Fed 676 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,319 Speaker 1: convenes this week are at eighty seven percent. I've seen 677 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,520 Speaker 1: numbers around ninety percent. Now, of course, there's going to 678 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,399 Speaker 1: be a little bit of contention. This could be one 679 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:42,680 Speaker 1: of the most contentious Federal Reserve meetings, because there's a 680 00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,480 Speaker 1: faction that says that interest rates should stay the same, 681 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 1: while there's others that say it should be cut. Kevin 682 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 1: Gordon faction says it should be reduced at least a 683 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 1: quarter percent, if not a full percentage point. And then 684 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 1: of course they had the University. We may have to 685 00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: get into this tomorrow with the University of Michigan consumer survey. 686 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: Of course, they're down playing this. They keep talking about 687 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,279 Speaker 1: these consumer sentiment, consumer surveys and so on as to 688 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:08,560 Speaker 1: whether or not as far as the strength of the economy, well, 689 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,399 Speaker 1: it's interesting that they throw here a side note at 690 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,960 Speaker 1: the end, at the end of the story Consumer the 691 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 1: Michigan University of Michigan, the consumer survey came in at 692 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:25,080 Speaker 1: fifty three point three, up four point five percent from November, 693 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:29,279 Speaker 1: better than Wall Street's estimate of fifty two. So from 694 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:32,959 Speaker 1: that aspect in terms of these economy and what people 695 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 1: are perceived as far as the economy is concerned, that's up. 696 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,840 Speaker 1: We're seeing a lot of good economic news. And I 697 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,120 Speaker 1: thought it was interesting in one of the stories that 698 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,840 Speaker 1: usually there is a chart a companying the Personal Consumption 699 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:49,919 Speaker 1: Expenditures Index, which shows the personal consumption expenditures index from 700 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:53,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one up until the current date. And it's 701 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,040 Speaker 1: interesting when you look at twenty twenty two and twenty 702 00:39:56,120 --> 00:40:00,759 Speaker 1: twenty three, when those numbers were above seven percent, the 703 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 1: consumer personal consumption all above the four point range up 704 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,160 Speaker 1: until towards the tail end of twenty twenty three. So 705 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:13,680 Speaker 1: I guess with this narrative that we're now talking about affordability, 706 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,799 Speaker 1: I guess they want to forget what was done over 707 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,440 Speaker 1: the last four years and talk about that in terms 708 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:24,520 Speaker 1: of affordability as opposed to what it actually is. Interestingly enough, 709 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,560 Speaker 1: in terms of affordability, taking a look at oil and 710 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,120 Speaker 1: gas prices is kind of interesting that oil is falling. 711 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,400 Speaker 1: But on a side note, I want to mention the 712 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 1: fact that when you look at the national average for gasoline, 713 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,520 Speaker 1: national average is now below three percent or three dollars 714 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:45,279 Speaker 1: on across the board. Interesting in my neighborhood gas is 715 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:49,200 Speaker 1: at two dollars and sixty two cents, which the national average. 716 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,160 Speaker 1: If you look at that, we are actually at one 717 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,080 Speaker 1: of the low ends, at least in our county in 718 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:58,120 Speaker 1: terms of the entire country. Well, just some very good 719 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,520 Speaker 1: economic news there. So anyway, folks, We're up against glockhair. 720 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,520 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for red Eye Radio, a top the hour. 721 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm Kevin Gordon, America's Trucking Network seven hundred WLW