16 and 0.

Every, every game that we went to, beginning with the Big Ten Championship game, was like, "Well, this is it.

We won't have to worry about this anymore." And, and every game they kept winning, and then it got better and better as it went on.

It's the most unexpected thing I've ever covered in sports, ever.

Before that, it had been Lamar Jackson.

I never thought a player from Louisville could win a Heisman.

Well, Indiana winning a national championship is even more unthinkable than that.

Yeah, yeah

So it wasn't even new

...

the problem, Dr. t- uh, Brian Curtice did an amazing video on this, and I watched it and I recapped it for an episode on my podcast here.

But, uh, one of the things was they were comparing like the actual specimen of one to like a drawing of another, then like a 3D rendering of it that didn't, and like none of them actually lined up properly for, I think, what was that? Cristan- like, uh, Cristatusaurus.

They were doing that for Cristatusaurus, so he was like, "You have three different comparisons to talk about this one, then you're comparing it to like no actual published remains of Suchomimus." I think that it was actually for Suchomimus and they were comparing them there, and then it was just like a, it was like a weird mess of how they did that.

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I said, you didn't watch the race very closely because if you watch it from the back and the moves in both of these triple crown races and fit through some very tight windows and one mistake and, you know, you run into the back of another horse and you're done.

Well, yeah, and even in the Belmont, if you watch the start of the race, Golden Tempo jumped out sideways.

It was like he turned right as soon as he came out.

And, you know, he had to be straightened out and get in, which is fine if it's not a...

If it's not the Derby and there's not 20 horses, then, you know, he's got time to straighten him out and get in.

The Derby, he took a risk.

I mean, it was all out.

But what about these teams moving forward? What can we expect? The last time I saw Kentucky in person in Madison Square Garden, they were headed to the locker room with their tails between their legs.

horse and

change.

Brad Cox did that before the Belmont this year with his rider for commandment.

Jose Ortiz was the rider on this one, and she doesn't really...

She said her instructions to him before the race were just good luck.

She said he's out there riding.

He knows the way he runs.

But what is it about Jose Ortiz that's allowed him to be such a good fit for this horse?

What does that process look like for you?

Yeah.

I, I think for, you, you know, for me, I'm blessed to have been here for almost 30 years now, or over 30 years, and so have, you know, gone through that trial and error.

And, and still, you know, I, I will just go into an area for the experience, you know, not, not being overly committed to shooting a deer, but just going for the experience.

Um, and so but when I'm looking at new places, I still rely on, you know, harvest data, um, that is available through most of these states and their websites.

Um, I know Idaho has a really great hunt planner, uh, opportunity.

You can actually needle it down into individual units to see what the, uh, harvest is, uh, what the effort is, um, percent four-point, percent five-point, so, um, four-by-four, five-by-five.

What is the situation, the ideal situation where you would like to actually do that, and you're willing to have the discipline to wait it out?