WEBVTT - Sports Talk with Lance McAlister -- 11/14/25 0:00:02.640 --> 0:00:07.280 The following takes place between six pm and seven pm. 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:08.600 You want answers. 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:09.760 I think I'm entitled. 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:11.920 You one answers the truth. 0:00:12.160 --> 0:00:22.120 You can't handle the truth, truth, the truth. All right, 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:25.119 here we go, six ten, seven hundred WLW Welcome in. 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:28.120 It's rn L Carrier Sports Talk presented by Kelsey Chevrolet. 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:32.080 I'm Lance McAllister. The weekend is here. I'm here, you're here. 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:34.800 Let's do this. We've got ground to cover, half the 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:36.800 time to do it tonight, so let's get to the headlines. 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:40.080 Bengals and Steelers on Sunday. Bengals will be without Trey 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:44.720 Hendrickson and Shamar Stewart and samajp Ryan, all officially out 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:48.000 for Sunday. College football number twenty five you see host 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:50.640 Arizona for a noonkick tomorrow. Nippert in here on seven 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:54.840 hundred WLW. Tonight under the Lights, Louisville hosting Clemson in 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:57.760 acc play. The High School Football Tonight Show is underway 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:00.840 and setting up a big night of football around Ohio, Kentucky, 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:03.880 and Indiana. Catch it on Fox Sports thirteen sixty. Then 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.679 at six forty five, it is Saint X and Mohler 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:10.119 at Welcome Stadium. The high school football Tonight, guys wrap 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:13.559 up the night of action after the game. College basketball Tonight, 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:18.000 Xavier plays here, Musketeers at Iowa Joe and Byron setting 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:21.440 up at seven thirty here on seven hundred wil you 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:26.560 number nine Kentucky hosting Eastern Illinois seven o'clock ESPN fifteen 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:28.880 thirty you see announcing today this signing of six to 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:32.080 five guard Cayden Allen. The four star is the number 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:36.080 forty seven ranked nationally recruited by twenty four to seven 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:39.200 sports dot com. He chose the Bearcats over cal Georgia 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:40.640 Tech and ole Miss. 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:41.319 Hockey. 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.200 Cyclones are on home ice tonight's skating versus the Walleye 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:47.640 at seven thirty five. The Miami RedHawks are in Kalamazoo 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:51.960 to face the defending national champs and eighth ranked Western Michigan. 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:53.880 They'll drop the puck at seven. 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:59.240 Baseball red top catching prospect nineteen year old Alfredo Duno 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.640 blasted three home runs and drove in six last night 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.880 in the Arizona Fall League semifinals. The Homers traveled three 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:09.400 hundred and eighty one feet, four fifty three and four 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:14.400 fifty six. Holy cow. Congrats to Miami Field Hockey winners 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:17.920 today in the NCAA Tournament, beating number four Virginia in 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:21.160 Charlottesville to advance to the Elite eight for the first 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:25.440 time in school history. Miami Field Hockey's won eight straight 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:30.480 MAC tournament titles seventeen straight conference titles. 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We 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.680 must be talking about one man. That would be Jay Morrison. 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:34.240 How are you. 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:35.960 Hey? 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:36.400 Laughs. 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.000 There's not a lot of those Arby signs around anymore. 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:43.160 That's right, absolutely, all right. To take me back through 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.880 the week. How surprising was Joe Burrow's return to practice 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.720 some fifty seven days after tow surgery. 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:57.880 Stunning? I mean, it's a timeline alone, it was surprising 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.880 based on what the initial reports were. But then you think, okay, 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.560 if it's the piece of starting to get close, where 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:07.160 it's gonna leak out, and Jamar Chase had no idea, 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:09.960 Ted Carriss had no Ted Higgins, te Higgins had no idea. 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.080 They were all as fun as the rest of us were. 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.200 So it was it was really surprising. And it's pretty remarkable. 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.560 Maybe not because it's Joe Burrow and we know he 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.520 heals fast and he's gonna work his butt off to 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:23.640 get ready, but still, when they were talking mid December 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:26.320 and here we are in mid November, it's pretty impressive. 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.200 Jay Thanksgiving Night, obviously, it would be quite a stage 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:31.840 for the return of Joe Burrow against the Ravens. As 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.040 the week is unfolded and you've thought about it and 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:37.400 you've watched, does it does that feel realistic. 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:40.320 In his mind? It does? 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:40.760 I don't know. 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.120 I don't know that that's where the organization's gonna go 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.400 because I did. I ask him that in the press conference, 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.520 and he said it would be very meaningful to come back. 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:51.200 No one is history in Baltimore. The fact he's said 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.280 in the past how much he would love to play 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.800 one of those national TV games on Christmas or Thanksgiving, 0:08:57.200 --> 0:09:02.000 But it just feel timeline wise that more likely is 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.920 going to be Buffalo. Now we'll see, you know, Joe 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:08.200 Flacco's playing through a lot, and if something happens to 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:11.440 him where he's maybe diffy in that game, then that 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:13.640 maybe that could change. But if I were, if I 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.360 were laying a bet right now, I would say he 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:17.199 makes the return in Buffalo. 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:20.120 No Tray or Shamar this weekend. Does that make for 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:23.320 a big opportunity on Sunday for somebody like said Johnson. 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:29.679 Yeah, absolutely, He's he's really been impressive. And you know 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.560 he he had five pressures in the final three games 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:35.320 last year and he did that on twenty six snaps. 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:38.360 Joseph o Sis had a couple stretches of three games 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.120 this year with five pressures and it's coming one hundred 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.040 and eight, one hundred and twenty snaps. It's the thing 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.000 as good as said has been The thing that people 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:51.080 may forget is he had one padded practice since last 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:54.000 year's season finale before he stepped on the field to 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:57.080 play against the Bears, So he still doesn't have his 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:00.280 his sea legs, so to speak. And Darren Simmons using 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.920 him a lot. He played twenty eight snaps on special teams, 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:04.880 so I think that's going to kind of cut into 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.719 how much he's he plays on defense too. But I'm 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.880 really interested to see if he keeps getting pressure on 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.960 quarterbacks like this gonna is he going to start taking 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:17.040 some reps away from guys like Miles Murphy and Joseph 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:17.640 a Side. 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:21.240 You wrote an excellent story on Andre Josibaja must read 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:25.120 about and he's gone through clearly some challenging stretches this year. Jay, 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.000 How's he handled it and what's what's he's learned from 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:28.319 it all? 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:35.840 Yeah? I mean he's he's learned not put other people's 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:39.400 opinions and have those effects of value he puts on himself. 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:43.680 And he said he got just unbelievable online hate after 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:46.080 the Green Bay game when he had three drops and 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.199 then he had that really bad drop against the Jets, 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.800 where if he comes down with that their infield goal position. 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.439 They probably win that game, and it was really trying. 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:56.320 You know, people were saying he should be benched. He 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.760 got booed when he ran out when they announced the 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:02.200 offensive starters for the ship game. It's been really hard 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.040 on him, and it's tough to see because he's just 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.679 such a bubbly personality and so happy to go lucky, 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.360 and he works his butt off. He does everything right, 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:13.400 and it was just puzzling to him. Why is this 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:14.520 happening when I work. 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.640 So hard and then when the moments come, I. 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.280 Can't make it happen. And then he has that great 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:22.720 game against New England and not New England against the Bears, 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.720 and really that touchdown with fifty four seconds left should 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.840 have been a really special moment at game winner and 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:32.000 then the defense blew it. But it's still even though 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.400 he didn't win the game, he got his confidence back 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.760 on that touchdown pass and then that game as a whole, 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:38.760 with how well he. 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:40.560 Played first time around for Bengals. 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:44.160 Steelers, Tea and Jamar combined thirty three targets twenty two 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:46.520 catch He's got to figure Steelers trying to do something 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:49.280 different this time. It would seem to lead to a 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.439 third option like Andre being a big piece of the 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:53.400 puzzle for Sunday. 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:58.600 Yeah. Absolutely, if they're gonna double both those guys, it 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:01.720 is it's no effenc it's Tanner Hudson or it's Andre 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:05.760 Yoshibas and and I don't know what we'll see that. 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:09.800 It might be the Steelers have a lot of experience 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:14.640 in that secondary and maybe they they only go double 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:17.760 team on both those guys on third downs, but they 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:21.160 are they've got to do something. I mean, Jamar Chase 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.640 just lit them up, and you know Joe Flack is 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:27.280 going to keep leaning into that. So I'm interested to 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.559 see how the Steelers are going to approach this. 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.000 But I still think no matter what they do, Jamar 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:33.280 is going to get his targets. 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.280 Eight games still left, but nobody know. None of the 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:38.800 players seem to be shying away from the importance of 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.880 Sunday in terms of the playoff picture. The the M 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.120 word was used and kind of accepted this week. 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:44.640 It seems. 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:47.840 Yeah, it was surprising a lot of times they shy 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.000 away from that. They say it's not a must win 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:53.720 until you're actually eliminated from playoff contention with the loss 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:56.559 and Jamar leaned into a tea, leaned to and do it. 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.360 Ted Carris leaned into it. They they they know what 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:01.800 it is, and it's really kind of stunning to think 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:04.240 about that. If they win this game, they're a game 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:07.760 out of first place, and if they lose, conversely, I 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:11.920 mean three games out seven to go, it would pretty 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.079 much be over, not just what they'd be one game 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:15.679 out of first if they win, they'd be three to 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:16.680 zero in the division. 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:21.200 This is setting up to be a really. 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.600 Really important game and it's tough place to play, but 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.400 the Bengals have done pretty well in Pittsburgh since Zach 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:27.520 and Joe Burrow arrived. 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:32.120 Jay Aside from Joe Flacco's playing career, I've said my 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.560 extent of working knowledge of him was just clips and 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:37.560 sound bites. Over the years, as the weeks have gone 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.320 on and he's talked more and you've been around him more, 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.640 what are your impressions of the Joe Flacco beyond just 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:45.800 the quarterback playing on the field. 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:51.760 Oh, thoroughly impressed, and just his manner, the way he 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.680 handles himself, the way I kind of wrote in that 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:59.000 Yoshi Vah's story where he saw Yoshi getting all those 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.280 hard questions, and when he interview broke up, he walked 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.680 over and said, hey, how are you doing and checked 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:05.280 on him because he knew that was a tough interview. 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:07.080 And then just when he sits up with there at 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:07.719 the podium. 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.840 You know, sometimes Joe Burrow's great on the podium, but 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.000 you see his eyes looking at the clock. 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:16.280 From time to time, and Joe Placo. 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:17.760 Never does that. He gives us all the time in 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:19.560 the world. It seems like he's kind of enjoying this 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.520 process too. Gives really thoughtful answers, and he's been a 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:23.280 joy to work with. 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:26.600 He's Jay Morrison Radium at Bengals Talk dot com, follow 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:30.160 him on x at buy Jay Morrison, and certainly listen 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:33.160 to the Growler podcast he does with Paul Dayer Junior. Hey, 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.560 I know it's a Friday night, busy weekend. Thank you 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:36.520 for making time tonight. 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:38.440 Hey anytime, Lamb. 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:40.160 Good talking to you, Right, good talking to you, Jay 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:43.280 Morrison checking in little Bengals and Steelers tonight. All right, 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.160 more ahead, how about a little Bearcats and Cardinals one 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:50.320 week from tonight they will toss it up and go 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:53.480 at Heritage Bank Center. We'll talk with Brooks Downing the 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:56.360 man behind putting those two teams together for the matchup. 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.440 A little bit later on some U see football and 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:01.680 basketball and so much more to squeeze in between. Now 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:05.160 and Joe and Byron at seven thirty tonight for these 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:09.680 Xavier Musketeers at Iowa, let's check news right on the news, 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.640 look at me time Management are now Carrier Sports Talk 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:17.680 presented by Kelsey Chevrolet seven hundred WW and Louisville. They've 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:21.600 met on the basketball court the hardwood one hundred times. Well, 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.600 buckle up for number one oh one. One week from 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.720 tonight they square off of the Hoops Classic and Heritage 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:32.400 Banks Center six thirty tip BDG Sports. Put it all together, 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.720 that's what they do premier matchups. Let's find out more 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.800 and welcome at our guy from bd BDG Sports. That 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:42.560 would be Brooks, Downing Brooks. How are we doing doing? 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:43.840 Great, Lance, how are you doing? 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:47.040 I'm fantastic, man, oh man. I mean these teams they've 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:48.960 matched up and squared off over the years in the 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.800 Missouri Valley and the Metro and Conference USA and the 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.520 Big East and the American Man, what how exciting it 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:56.520 must have been to get these two back together this. 0:15:56.560 --> 0:16:01.040 Time, like like Why were we've been having to do this, right? 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:03.720 I mean, that's way one hundred times. Why would they stop? 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:09.440 So this was really a no brainer and a tip 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:13.000 of the hats of the coaches. West has been up 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:16.760 for anything, and that's awesome if he rebuilds that Gretcat program. 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.040 And then Pat Kelsey, you know, heck, this is a 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:21.440 coming home party for him. So this was about the 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:23.120 easiest thing we had to convince him of. 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:23.440 Ever. 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:25.760 Yeah, you know, that's a great point because in this 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:27.720 day and age, you got it. You can have the idea, 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:30.280 but you got to have coaches who are interested in willing. 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:32.560 And I've heard Pat talk to me. Pat grew up 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:35.440 going to then Riverfront Coliseum. He knows that place like 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:36.720 the back of his hand. 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:37.800 Oh. 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:41.560 Absolutely, I mean, you're right. It's so hard to schedule 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:44.480 these days, and there's so many different factors and the 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:48.160 conferences and the transitions and and then the net rankings, 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:50.800 and you're looking at all this data and trying to 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.400 figure out but at some point you go, hey, it's 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:54.600 Louisville and Cincinnati. 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:55.840 You're an hour apart. 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:58.680 You don't have to charter a plane. You know, this 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:01.400 is easy to do. Making a two year deal and 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:03.760 next thing, you know, it all falls into place. But 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:08.320 it is a hassle our group. We schedule probably someone 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:10.159 in the neighborhood of seventy five to one hundred and 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:13.879 twenty five games a year, all in November December, and 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.400 this was one of the easier ones we had were 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:19.200 able to get done this past year. Myself, Glynn Fister, 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:21.760 some of our friends there in Cincinnati, all pitching in 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:25.399 and jumping in because it's a natural rivalry that needs 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:28.840 to stay relevant and needs to stay current. And I'm 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:31.719 so excited about next Friday Night because not only are 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:35.160 they probably both going to be ranked now both undefeated, 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.640 Louisville's going to be top ten, and then you've got 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.840 just that Friday night excitement that goes into the weekend 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.760 right before the holiday. This thing's going to pack out. 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:47.720 I can't wait to see here at his Bank Center. 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:49.680 Well, and here's what I really love. You know, there's 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:51.719 a lot going on this time of year, holidays are 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:55.520 coming up, but you can't beat an attention grabbing matchup 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.359 in November that's gonna feel like a March matchup. 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.000 That's exactly right, because a lot of times it's one 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:04.680 thing to go out, and I applaud Cincinnati for keeping 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:07.679 the Dayton Series going that we got those two teams 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.000 together a couple of years ago right there at HBC, 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:12.959 if you remember, and they kept it going. Obviously they 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:16.640 played just the other day. But it's to have an 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.879 environment that's a neutral site that's going to have a 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:23.960 pretty split crowd because Louisville's you know, their fan base 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:28.720 is rejuvenated now with Pat Kelsey, they're coming up. Cincinnati 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:31.080 is going to show up because you also have two 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:34.160 marquee players in this deal that everybody wants to watch. 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:37.280 This mckel brown junior that went for twenty nine against 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:40.720 Kentucky the other night in that big win, and then 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:46.280 obviously Sean Baiev for Cincinnati, the other five star. I mean, 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:49.240 these are two pros that you're going to be entertained 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:53.239 by two top ranked teams, coaches that you know, like, 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:55.160 what's not to like about this? 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.840 And Brooks. This is a two year series, correct. 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.560 It goes back to Louisville next year. The plan is 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:05.280 to play it at Freedom Hall, where the Cards used 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:07.479 to play before they open the Young Center, be the 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:10.920 first time back in that historic building. And of course 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:14.399 Cincinnati fans know that well because in all those one 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:17.600 hundred games, they played a ton of them. They're at Freedom. 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:21.399 Hall for those listening who want tickets, want to be 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:23.560 there one week from tonight for the hoops class and 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:25.680 get Heritage Bank Center six thirty tip. 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:27.320 How do they go about getting tickets? 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:32.000 Log on simple to do either Heritage Bankcenter dot com 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:34.919 or even easier ticketmaster dot com, and you can take 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:37.159 out your seats. We still have plenty of good seats. 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:39.320 What happens this time of year, Lance is people a 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:42.159 little bit slow to transition to basketball, and then all 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:44.199 of a sudden you have a big game that pops 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:47.960 up and ticket sales late will come in hard and strong. 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:50.440 But there's a lot of really good seats left right now. 0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:53.600 If you go on again ticketmaster dot com. Games at 0:19:53.640 --> 0:19:57.920 six thirty pm next Friday night, November twenty first, at 0:19:57.920 --> 0:19:59.000 the Heritage Bank Center. 0:19:59.240 --> 0:20:01.360 Oh I love the six thirty start time. You can 0:20:01.400 --> 0:20:03.320 hang out downtown at the Banks, you can go to 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:04.800 the game. After the game, you get the rest of 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:06.560 the evening and hang out at the Banks and have fun. 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:08.879 A full night of basketball and finn You can't beat that. 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:11.400 It checks every Lance. 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:16.000 The Council Box, no doubt about it. Hey, Brooks, it 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:17.919 is great here in your voice. Congrats on all the 0:20:17.960 --> 0:20:20.440 success and reeling in this big one to present to 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:23.399