♪ >> Now to go inside Kentucky sports, a little mix up from our inside Kentucky politics.

Stay away from that part and talk about some games that are in play.

And we've got our favorite sports cast him with a stick.

Gabriel, you know, and you've seen it.

You hear him.

Good to see you, sir.

Good to see you.

You know, there's a lot happening on the sports fraud.

And let's talk about the with UK, the the baseball, the bat and they are on fire and they're going to be in the Collegiate World Series talked about just a day.

Yeah.

>> They had flirted with it.

Actually.

We're about 3 innings away.

Back in 1988, all.

Wow.

Yeah.

And then a couple of regional titles but had to go on the road to play in the super regionals that didn't go well.

And you KET thinking if they could just hosted super regional.

Yeah, that's the trip.

That's the path to And it worked out last weekend.

♪ >> Yeah.

This the first time ever and so much excitement.

You know, we've seen news stories all week when you know, begin their little batting cages and they're like, I'm so excited because now I see what's possible for me.

You know?

Pretty exciting.

Yeah.

>> I've always said that she first about football, but I say about Kentucky baseball.

People couldn't wait to love UK baseball needed a of late Nick been John and his staff have given them reason.

Yeah.

What's the secret sauce this time around?

with with Nick, I really believe those 2 things.

He learned that a schedule better.

For instance, Kentucky's RPI is number one of the country's your that's got to do with the SEC.

But non-conference games are tough, but Kentucky has been successful.

The other thing is they worked the transfer portal as well as any team in America.

The last 2 years.

You can just pick and choose like a fantasy team.

But you've really got to get obviously, guys, you need positions you need.

But guys, you know, that are going to fit that.

Your style fit your ballpark, the future locker room 5th.

That culture.

And they've been a superb lay the last 2 years.

Yeah.

Well, we'll be watching them on Saturday, right?

Yes, let's let's hope it's good to hole in the nation.

Okay.

All right.

>> Let's move K years.

Got a new athletics director or tell us about this person and what they bring.

>> Kyle Moats brings Kentucky ties.

He was a UK for 14 years as an assistant ad that he left there was this is an ad at U of L. Then he went to Missouri State, Missouri, if you what used to be southwest Missouri he was was there for quite a And then the KU needed a new face.

And Kyle moves back to Kentucky.

And I know Kyle a little bit.

Did a nice job at UK and U of L. So it's a good move to good.

Get for UK.

Yeah, I mean, the president David McFadden said, you know, he's got you know, background and he's going to bring a lot to the program.

How cutting?

I think he's been his specially eyes and oversee everything right in the Missouri state.

But you talk about a challenging time.

>> For college athletics and I was on the show, as you know, long ago where we had Affleck's directors.

And yes, you know, talking about and I owe money the portal all that kind of the licensing.

So if you're in a you know, you've got to be on top of all that.

Is that getting easier to understand and navigate?

I mean, we had we talked about this what over a year ago, right?

I mean, so much was unknown.

But you didn't know what you're getting into is being figured out.

>> No.

>> Ashley, that because what Mitch Barnhart and then the others on your on your panel that night said is we need guidelines, right?

And you know, Barnhart has been accused of dragging his feet on nil and his response was.

>> I want to make sure we do things right.

So retrospectively, we don't break any Sure enough that happened.

You can write ballplayer broke some rules, but there still aren't the group they call guardrails guidance and schools in ad say they're working on it.

But how do you get 300 plus schools to agree?

It's like herding cats.

Yeah.

And whether federal action is needed to get those guidelines that does.

Yeah.

And you mentioned you said that not a little while ago.

So you're consistent.

Mister Gabriel and 2 SEC media days coming up.

Tell us about this.

Well, this is the first time talking about football.

>> The Texas and Oklahoma will have representatives have an army of media there.

It's in Dallas, of course, to to an attempt to cap the UTV.

Now Texas, a M's people are going to be there as well.

But when this Birmingham and had been for many, many years when Nick Saban and Alabama would show up the stands with come pouring in.

I can't imagine what it's going to be like when the Longhorn fans come point.

Yeah, it's not that far from Oklahoma either.

Yeah.

So this thing is turned into just an absolute zoo.

You should be some of us would go showdown.

Talk to coaches, filler, notebooks and cameras and come home.

the circus and it's on live TV.

>> Yeah.

Are you going?

I'm going.

Yeah.

I lived in Dallas and worked there for a couple Friends at that.

I have been for quite a while.

Yes, meetings because they're so crazy.

But I think I'm going to drop down there and check it.

I will go out and you come back and tell us all about it.

But to sew and NBA, I NBA icon has passed right.

And if people >> don't know him.

He is the the has been immortalized in the images on the NBA logo.

Yeah.

That was his nickname Jerry West.

>> Died on Wednesday at age.

86.

He been infirmed, obviously, but known as a tremendous player.

One of the all-time greats, tremendous front office person behind one week.

Renee, he traded a draft pick and ended up with Kobe Bryant.

Then he traded for Shaquille O'Neal.

So what?

>> Oh, my goodness.

Not a bad week.

Not a bad weeks.

Work, but he grew up in this tiny town in West Virginia, went to WVU just like my on in Fairmont West Wing in.

Well, I grew Jerry West fan fan and his nickname was Zeke from Cabin Creek and he played against UK 3 times in his career had double doubles each night.

>> Yeah, we're going to have to rename the segment.

2 degrees of did Gabriel because you know everybody or have some connection.

Okay.

Bengals mini camp.

I mean, we a lot of us love Cincinnati Bengal.

Sure.

Yeah.

>> And Joe Burrow's working his way back from yet another but he talked recently about the fact that they're trying to work in the summer with an eye on February, not just poor, all their energy and to mini camp.

I'm trying to just I don't need to pace themselves.

Yeah, but that that he has the experience of preparation and rehabbing injuries and all that.

But he also talked about the mortality that injuries bring not you know, and I explained, you know, not in the literal time, right?

Right.

But basically UC athlete who are always heard, always rehabbing at some point, especially if they're financially well off.

They've got to think, do I want to go through all this all over again?

A friend of mine retired early for the NFL because he blew is needed and did it again.

There's going to be another almost two-year process rights any time getting on with my life.

Yeah.

Yeah.

With the body cannot take so much right.

I mean, if you got.

100 million in the bank, yeah.

100 Million 1.

Whatever.

10.

Right.

>> To Gable.

It's always good to see you.

Have a back again soon.

It's a pleasure.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

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