isn’t the season over?”

I realized how much focus and attention it would require for me (and her) to explain BYU admin’s prior financial attitude toward booster money, the influence of a new BYU President, the expectations of being in a new conference, Pope’s departure, transfer portal defections who followed Pope, KY’s hiring, KY’s NBA experience/connections, new NIL rules/collectives, BYU embracing one-and-done recruits, BYU landing previously unobtainable non-member players, the player development potential of KY’s hand-picked staff, a renewed focus on Euro talent … and by the time I got to that point, I realized how utterly exhausting it would be to have this conversation with her—who doesn’t care about much except the final score—and include all the proper context.

So I said, “I’m not sure, but let me know if you figure it out.”