2024-12-12- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 2 (December 12, 2024)

Hosted by Matt Jones and the KSR Crew from iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM), this episode of Kentucky Sports Radio delves deep into the tumultuous UK football schedule, team dynamics, fan engagement, and touches on broader sports topics. Below is a comprehensive summary capturing the key discussions, insights, and notable moments from the episode.

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1. Introduction to Hour Two

At [04:25], Levar Arrington kicks off the second hour of Kentucky Sports Radio, acknowledging the live audience at the KS Bar and Grill and introducing Matt Jones to lead the discussion.

2. Analyzing the UK Football Schedule

Matt Jones begins by dissecting Kentucky’s 2024 football schedule, highlighting significant challenges and opportunities:

• Challenging Start: The season opener against Toledo at home sets a tough tone, followed by formidable opponents like Ole Miss, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee within the first six weeks. Jones remarks,

  “What a brutal SEC start... five teams that are the hardest you play in the first five games.” ([05:22]

• Open Dates Concern: He expresses dissatisfaction with the clustering of open dates, particularly noting back-to-back open weeks leading to a month with no home games.

• Potential Positives: Despite the daunting schedule, Jones remains cautiously optimistic about the latter part of the season, suggesting a possible resurgence in the final stretch.

  “You do have a chance if you want it, if you want to be optimistic to go on a run to end the year...” ([10:28]

Ryan echoes the sentiment, pointing out the strategic placement of games like Florida’s late-season matchup, which could either be a boon or a detriment based on the team's performance by then.

“Florida being so late in the year was one of my immediate takeaways. It’s the latest it’s been since 1990...” ([10:28]

Drew adds that the schedule is perhaps the toughest UK has ever faced, citing past performance against teams like South Carolina and Vanderbilt to underscore the slim chances for early victories.

“I just don’t think there’s a lot of wins out there.” ([11:59]

3. Building Team Momentum and Coaching Decisions

Matt Jones delves into Coach Mark Stoops' strategies and the team's potential to navigate the grueling schedule. He questions:

“Can you get talent? Can you put an offensive line together from the portal?” ([13:04]

Drew and Ryan discuss the reliance on the transfer portal, noting previous successes and recent misses, emphasizing the uncertain outcomes of new player integrations.

4. Fan Engagement and Team Nicknames

A significant portion of the episode focuses on cultivating team spirit through nicknames. The hosts debate various suggestions from callers:

• Levar Arrington suggests “Mark Pope in the Blue Notes.”
• Ryan proposes “The Remarkables,” which gains partial approval.

Matt Jones expresses skepticism about forced nicknames, emphasizing the importance of organic fan-driven monikers to foster genuine enthusiasm.

5. Louisville Football Series and Future Prospects

Caller Joe raises concerns about the Louisville football series' future, citing historical home-team disadvantages:

“If you go back to 94 when the series got renewed, the home team is only 11 and 19.” ([32:19]

Matt Jones responds by analyzing the implications of potential SEC schedule expansions on the series, suggesting that while an eight-game schedule might preserve the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry, a nine-game expansion could jeopardize it entirely.

Ryan and Drew discuss the emotional and competitive significance of maintaining this rivalry, highlighting the tension between tradition and scheduling logistics.

6. Interlude: NBA and Entertainment Bits

Short segments touch on NBA updates, including draft picks and team performances, interspersed with light-hearted banter about current TV shows and movie nominations. Notable moments include:

• Discussion on DraftKings promotions and favorite NFL teams.
• Commentary on the Golden Globe nominations, with hosts humorously admitting unfamiliarity with many nominees.

7. Engaging with Callers: Personal Stories and Hypotheticals

Interactive segments feature callers sharing personal anecdotes and posing hypothetical questions:

• Joe discusses his experiences as a UK fan and explores hypothetical coaching decisions.
• Another Caller reminisces about past musical preferences and suggests fun nicknames, further fueling the nickname debate.

8. Closing Remarks and Upcoming Events

As the episode winds down, Matt Jones promotes upcoming events, including wrestling matches and future broadcasts, encouraging listeners to engage with the show both in-person and online.

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Notable Quotes

• Matt Jones on the UNCali football schedule:

  “What a brutal SEC start... five teams that are the hardest you play in the first five games.” ([05:22])

• Ryan on the potential late-season benefits:

  “Florida being so late in the year was one of my immediate takeaways... you could be 2 and 6 and people could have already checked out.” ([10:28])

• Drew on the schedule's difficulty:

  “This is the hardest UK football schedule I've ever seen... I just don’t think there’s a lot of wins out there.” ([11:59])

• Caller Joe on the Louisville series:

  “If you go back to 94 when the series got renewed, the home team is only 11 and 19.” ([32:19])

• Matt Jones on maintaining rivalry:

  “I’m pro playing Louisville no matter what... we need to play games that fans care about.” ([35:10])

Conclusion

This episode of Kentucky Sports Radio provides an in-depth analysis of the upcoming UK football season, addressing scheduling challenges, coaching strategies, and fan engagement efforts. Through lively discussions and engaging interactions with callers, the KSR crew offers listeners a comprehensive view of the team’s prospects and the broader sports landscape in Kentucky.

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For those who missed the episode, this summary encapsulates the essence of the conversations and provides valuable insights into Kentucky’s sports scene as discussed by Matt Jones and the KSR crew.

Transcript

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[Levar Arrington]

Welcome to hour two of Kentucky sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports radio hour number 285-92-802287 here at the KS Bar and Grill. Got a lot of folks in from all over. This is the holidays. I always like it. You get people coming in from all over the place. School starting to let out. I gave my Georgetown final exam yesterday. Mario enforced the no cheating rule and he brought me all of them here and I'm going to. I'm going to be grading papers over the next week or so, make sure all my students passed so he didn't Nobody was cheating.

[Drew]

He didn't catch any cheaters.

[Matt Jones]

He said, no cheaters, right? No cheaters. That's good. I got to congratulate. You know, I have in my class, I've got handful of football players, handful of basketball players, and the Georgetown college basketball team is now number one in America in the nai and one of the best players is in my class.

[Drew]

Oh, yes.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I told him, nice job, way to. Way to represent the gc.

[Ryan]

Do you think part of your instruction has helped get them on track?

[Matt Jones]

There's no doubt. I mean, the coach hasn't thanked me yet, but I think he probably thinks that I'm at least a small part of it.

[Ryan]

I was only a few steps into Rupp arena last night when a blue coat ran up to me and said, I saw Professor Mario running around here. So he's already known as Professor Mario.

[Matt Jones]

Professor Mario, he said. He. On the way in, I said, you're now a professor. He goes, I'm a TA Which I felt like that was good. He didn't want to step too far to start. But now my semester is over and now don't have to worry about teaching anymore until next year.

[Drew]

So when do you have to have this final graded?

[Matt Jones]

And it's flexible. They usually. They usually give me a date. I don't always get it in by then, but you know, what if they find a way to do it? I told you one time I had a dad yell at me because you.

[Drew]

Didn'T have it submitted.

[Matt Jones]

Was mad that I didn't have the grade in yet. He was like, we pay this school, blah, blah, blah. So I graded that kid's paper really quick so that he would find it today. Man, just leave me alone. Like, Kentucky plays Louisville today. Just give me a break. I'll grade your kids paper. He did fine. Just chill out.

[Drew]

Do you want Drew and Shannon and I to grade them?

[Matt Jones]

No, no, no. All right, I'll tell you what. You want me to ask you one of the questions?

[Drew]

Okay.

[Ryan]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

Here we go. Samson University is about to set up a women's soccer team for the first time. They already have a men's soccer team at the school, and they want to make sure they comply with all the Title 9 requirements for equal treatment based on gender when determining the budgets and facilities for the women's soccer team, what do they need to do to ensure they are compliant with all the legal rules?

[Drew]

Well, I would say go to title9.com title.com again. You. You said, I have my notes and I'd probably Refer to everything I took. I took good notes. Did you take.

[Matt Jones]

Good day. Okay.

[Ryan]

Is that title Roman numeral?

[Matt Jones]

Nine.

[Drew]

Yeah. Roman numeral. Roman numeral.

[Matt Jones]

I'll give you an easier. There are six types of intentional torts that can come into play in the context of sports. Name four of them and give an example of how they would come into play in sports. Torts, say again. You're set up to pass towards torts.

[Drew]

But again I go to torch.com and I took really good notes that day.

[Matt Jones]

I think my students will do better than you did on this one. Okay, so the UK football schedule came out and if you're Mark Stoops, you already knew the teams you were going to play, but you probably couldn't have gotten a worse order of playing them. I'm going to read you in order the schedule, if you haven't heard at home yet. We start the season with Toledo at home. Then we have Ole Miss at home, week two, Eastern Michigan, week three at home. Then we are open date after week three, then away, South Carolina away, Georgia, open date home. Texas, home, Tennessee at Auburn, home, Florida, home, Louisiana, Monroe at Vandy at Louisville. Here are the two things that stick out to me about it. Number one, I mean, what a brutal SEC start the five teams that are the hardest you play in the first five games. I mean, so like you have no chance to get a couple of. You know, we used to kind of play South Carolina sometimes at the beginning when they weren't good. And early in the year you might get Florida or Vandy and you could steal it. Not this year. Two open dates in the first six weeks of the year. I don't like that. I don't know why our open dates are so close. Why couldn't we get them spread out? That's kind of weird. We go a month without a home game. So we have our home games are bunched up at the beginning of the year and then in October and early November. But we go middle of September to middle of October with no home games and just a Ole Miss home, week two. I mean, that's a major game for them, whether they like, you can't go get blown out in that one. And then you go to South Carolina, go to Georgia, Texas and Tennessee home, back to back. Couple positives if you want to find them. We finally get a November home game against Florida. We've always wanted to make them come up here when it's cold. We finally get to do that for the first time in 20 years, probably. But what I look at Drew is I look at the schedule and see home Ole Miss, away South Carolina, away Georgia, home Texas, home Tennessee. And you sit there and go, if Mark starts oh and five in SEC play, I don't know how he keeps this thing going and keeps his fan base in. He's going to have to pull a couple upsets early in the year. But you do have a chance if you want it, if you want to be optimistic to go on a run to end the year with away Auburn, home Florida, home Louisiana, Monroe, away Vandy, away Louisville. You could make an argument that you could win all five of those games, but hopefully you're not two and five going into those games.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that stretch is the easiest stretch on the schedule. But you just got to wonder the state of everything around you when you get to that point. Florida being so late in the year was one of my immediate takeaways. It's the latest it's been since 1990, but you could be 2 and 6 and people could have already checked out when you finally get them on a cold day for sure. Another one that jumps out. Texas's first ever trip here is during a Keeneland weekend. There might be more Texas people than Kentucky people at that game. They travel well.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good point.

[Ryan]

It's the Arch Manning era. They'll be fired up. They're hungry from just missing out on the sec.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, there's going to be.

[Ryan]

They will take over this town on October 18th.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't think about that. That is going to be Keeneland week and there will be a gajillion people here that weekend. That's a good point.

[Ryan]

South Carolina, kind of a must win game if you want to do anything special. Even though they're going to be very good, it's after a bye week. I don't even know why we bother playing football after bye weeks at this point with Kentucky, it seems to always be a loss.

[Matt Jones]

Awful.

[Ryan]

It's just I usually am the optimistic when we get made fun of as the season goes on this year my prediction is going to stink when it comes time to that point.

[Matt Jones]

Well, maybe. I mean we were very optimistic this year. Maybe we'll be pessimistic and it'll work out. But I think if you're Mark and I mean you already knew the teams you were going to play, but I don't think they could have bunched them up much worse for you here. Ryan, do you?

[Drew]

I think just in my opinion, this is the hardest UK football schedule I've ever seen. Just the way they're bunched up. Like Drew said, they don't play well after a buy. Don't play well. South Carolina has beat you the last two years. Vandy's beat you two of the last three years at home. I just, I just don't think there's a lot of wins out there.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think? I look at those first games, you know, take the two stinky teams out. I look at Ole Miss at home, at South Carolina and I look that, look at that and think, Ryan, you got to win one of those two. You have to, you got to win one of the two. You know, might be too much to ask you to win both, but you got to find a way to win one of those two games, right?

[Drew]

You absolutely have to win one of those two games. Because what's coming up, that gauntlet they're going through in October, you get, you.

[Matt Jones]

Get Georgia, Texas, Tennessee back to back.

[Drew]

That's as brutal as any schedule in America.

[Matt Jones]

You get basically three playoff teams. Yeah, I mean the SEC has three playoff teams and you're playing them back to back to back.

[Ryan]

I don't want to be sky's falling guy, but week one, Toledo, they went to Mississippi State, won by 24 last year.

[Drew]

Toledo is really good.

[Ryan]

You should beat Toledo. But that's not a pushover in week one of your non conference opponents, you used to have it in that spot.

[Drew]

I mean it's not crazy to say this team, there's records going to be worse next year than it was this year.

[Matt Jones]

Well, he can't survive that though, right? I mean, I look, I, I'm for it. I'm gonna write a post on KSR plus. Maybe today it might be, it might be tomorrow, but I'm gonna kind of write about where I hear things being. Because I have had a couple long conversations with people around the program and I, I am optimistic. Okay, so there were like three things I was worried about. Point one, here's what I'm. I'm gonna go from optimistic to, I hope to pessimistic. Okay. Okay, here's the optimistic point. I do think Mark is all in. There can be some complaints and I have complaints about what happened this year and maybe the all in this or not this year. But I think he got awoken and I think he's all in now. Whether that's going to work is a different point. But I. Some of my worries of what is he real? Does he really want this? I don't feel that way as much today as maybe I did a couple weeks ago. I'm hoping they keep a lot of what they have together. I do think it's kind of hanging by thread. And so so far, Danky is the only part of the thread that's come off. I'm hoping the rest of it stays. I think they have the money in the portal to go do something, but so do a lot of people. So are you going to be able to go get the guys that you need? The thing I'm more pessimistic about, though, is can you get talent? Can you put an offensive line together from the portal? It's basically what we're going to be asking. Can you go get five new offensive linemen and it work? I don't know. We haven't seen many teams be able to do that, Drew. We'll see if we're one that can.

[Ryan]

Yeah, he's got a lot of needs. And we thought they did well in the portal a year ago, so whatever they go out and get. I just don't know how you get people enthusiastic when they're staring at that schedule and a bunch of new pieces that many people aren't going to be expecting.

[Matt Jones]

Well, how do you even know? I mean, like. So I was looking at Adam Luckett. He had listed the guys that are going to visit. I mean, the reality is I don't know if any of these guys are any. I mean, how do I know if they're good? Like, you show me. We're going to get an offensive lineman from, like, Western Michigan. Is he good? I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. How in the world would I know that? You know, I saw that we're looking at quarterbacks. One of the guys that apparently we're looking at is the quarterback at Yale. I don't know. I mean, maybe, maybe not. I didn't watch Yale play. I have no idea. I think we are going to get a commitment from a guy who started two straight years at Arkansas, an offensive guard. I think he's going to be a commitment. Okay, that's good. He started two straight years at offensive guard. Looks like Arkansas fans really don't want to lose him. That's good. But I don't know. They weren't that good. So, like, it's hard. I don't know what they can even do to make me feel more confident. Because these guys they're bringing in, Ryan, I'm not going to know who they are, and I'm not going to know if they're going to be successful.

[Drew]

They had had so much success in the transfer portal up until last Year. Last year, these had some misses. They have to hit a home run this year. I mean, they have, but we won't know. I know.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, we're not going to, like, we've not, but we're not going to know if these guys are good. You told me last year, Brock Vandergriff, not you, but just in general. Top high school recruit came from Georgia. I thought, well, that'll work.

[Drew]

Absolutely.

[Matt Jones]

And it didn't work. So, like, how am I, you know, maybe the Yale guy is better. But there's no way to know.

[Ryan]

And what's scary is there's no way for Mark Stoops to know. I mean, they're really just going to have to hope, wish and pray that something pans out. They're gonna. They're watching film. They're gonna get what they think is the best option. But until next September, no one's gonna have any idea what it looks like. And for you to be a coach and have so much on the lot in this one year, that's not the scenario you want where you're just hoping it works out. But I think that's where they're gonna have to be putting all these pieces together from other schools.

[Matt Jones]

There's gonna be a lot of hope, right?

[Drew]

And they gotta get.

[Ryan]

We don't hope. We wish.

[Drew]

Two tackles. And so you just gotta hope they. The two tackles they go out and get are.

[Matt Jones]

You gotta hope. And then you gotta say, man, we gotta win one of those early games. Cause if this fan. Let's be real. If this fan base. If we're 2 and 5 and then basketball season starts, this fan base will. I mean, we know what they'll do. They'll go, well, this ain't working.

[Ryan]

If you're 2 and 5, you're probably going 2 and 7. With the games lining up after that.

[Drew]

Bye week, I couldn't believe it when I saw that schedule unveiled yesterday. Like, oh, my goodness.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, there.

[Drew]

I mean, there is no. Once you. Once you hit October, man, it's three.

[Matt Jones]

Playoff teams back to back to back.

[Ryan]

Ouch.

[Matt Jones]

Ouch is right. But I'll tell you what, at least you have the Emirates NBA Cup.

[Drew]

Okay? Tell me about it.

[Matt Jones]

It's going to the semifinals. Do you know who's in it?

[Drew]

The Atlanta Hawks.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, who else? That's one.

[Drew]

The Golden State Warriors.

[Matt Jones]

They lost last night.

[Drew]

The Los Angeles Lakers.

[Matt Jones]

Ned didn't even make the playoffs.

[Drew]

Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so you're terrible at this, but for everybody else, it's exciting. You have The Hawks. Yeah, the Hawks and the Rockets.

[Drew]

Oh, I just saw that.

[Matt Jones]

And then you have Milwaukee and Oklahoma City. That's who's in it.

[Drew]

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[Ryan]

One day everyone will learn. You just gotta be a little more patient with him. It takes him a little while to find his rhythm, but he's rolling and I'm.

[Matt Jones]

He's averaging like 12 and 9 this year.

[Ryan]

Yeah, we were ready for him to get on a better team.

[Drew]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Lisa]

What does Kaskali mean for Lisa, who has HR positive, HER2 negative metastatic breast cancer. I started taking Kiskali in 2020 and I intend to keep taking it as long as it keeps working for me. I have so much going on in my life. I'm a legal assistant, a minister, a grandmother. I love doing all these things and it's very important that I'm able to keep going. Individual results may vary. Kiskali ribociclib 200 milligram tablets is a proven prescription medicine used to treat adults with hormone receptor positive human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body metastatic in combination with an aromatase inhibitor as the first endocrine based therapy, Giscoli can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat, which can lead to death. It can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems and low white blood cell counts that may result in severe infections. Avoid grapefruit during treatment. Tell your doctor right away if you have new or worsening symptoms, including breathing problems, cough, chest pain, a change in your heartbeat, dizziness, yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine, tiredness, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, bleeding, bruising, fever, chills or other symptoms of an infection, a severe or worsening rash are or plan to become pregnant or are breastfeeding. These are not all the possible side effects. Kiskali is available by prescription only. Talk with your doctor and visit kaskali.com for more information for patients and providers, including full important safety information and patient prescribing information. That's kisqali.com.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live at KS Bar and Grill. Nice crowd here for lunch. You can come on out and join us. Volleyball game we'll start playing at 1:00. Kentucky Louisville. I have a lot of you asking about coming Saturday games at 5:15. What time's our pregame show start?

[Drew]

2:30-3:30.

[Matt Jones]

2:30-3:30. So I would say, you know, anytime. But like when we open at 11 to about 1 or 1:30 there'll be plenty of space to start getting crowded. Probably 2ish. That's just my guess. And then of course we play Louisville. That's going to be another one. If we win, I'll probably do the post game show here. If we lose, I'm going to go in hiding. But hopefully we get the victory. And what do you think the spread will be for that game, by the way?

[Ryan]

I'm going to assume Butler's back and that they're setting with that. I will say eleven and a half.

[Matt Jones]

That's interesting. Yeah, I was going to say like nine and a half. So what do you think it'll be?

[Drew]

I was going to say eight. You guys are maybe a little more optimistic than I am.

[Matt Jones]

Well, see, I don't really know. Louisville's hard to figure out. They have a couple big wins, but then they've got annihilated against some teams as well. The two SEC teams they've played at home, they've just gotten destroyed. So I Tennessee and Ole Miss.

[Drew]

Ole Miss beat them pretty, pretty easily.

[Ryan]

Pat Kelsey's quote.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So let's look at Pat Kelsey's quote. I feel like this quote, Shannon, was made by Ryan Lemon.

[Levar Arrington]

Let's hear it.

[Matt Jones]

They asked Pat Kelsey, they're like, you know, you just had to play. You just had to play Ole Miss, you had to play Duke, you had to play Tennessee and now you've got to play Kentucky this week. Do you consider that too stressful and difficult? And here was his quote. No, I mean I get a bunch of free sneakers, I wear sweatsuits to work, my kids are healthy and my wife is hot.

[Drew]

I tell you a great answer.

[Levar Arrington]

I love that answer, actually.

[Drew]

I love that Answer.

[Matt Jones]

I kind of like that answer, too. He's like, basically, like. It's not like I'm working in a. In a salt mine. You know, I'm actually. I'm a basketball coach, so. Yeah, it's okay. I kind of like that line.

[Drew]

I do kind of like that line. I. You know, this is the first matchup, obviously, between Pope and Kelsey. I want to not like him. You know, I want to.

[Matt Jones]

I, too, but I kind of like him.

[Drew]

I'm the same way.

[Matt Jones]

I think he's. Cause he's. I think it's because he's little.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And he's got those black glasses.

[Levar Arrington]

You just want to go up and give him, like, a little tickle.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. You just want to pinch his cheeks and give him a little noogie and say. And, like, just kind of lift him up. I don't know if any of you all read, but the book, he kind of reminds me of what Owen Meaney looks like in the book A prayer for Owen Meaney. You could put him on your shoulder and walk him around. I kind of. I mean, I'm sure at some point I'll hate him. I think I found it endearing when he walked around campus going, please come to the game, please. I just kind of thought that was. I've been part of trying to build a business. He's trying to build a team. I think it's kind of nice.

[Ryan]

As a big Louisville hater, I admit, when he had that comment last night, the little Grinch, to me, my heart grew three sizes that day for Pat Kelsey. I actually feel bad for him, what he's doing to get a crowd to those games, and they haven't been showing up.

[Matt Jones]

They just don't show up for him now.

[Ryan]

I hope he lose by 50 on Saturday, and I'll continue to make jokes, but I did like his comment last night. I got a little sympathy for him not getting the support he probably deserves.

[Matt Jones]

And I also. I like that he says, I get to where I get free shoes. I get to wear sweatsuits to work. Salute, man. That's. That's exactly why I got out of the law business. I got to do those exact two things. He said what he say? I have great kids, and my wife is hot. I don't have a wife, but otherwise, I'm in with him. So, I mean, I don't have kids either. Just for the record, I was. I wasn't saying I just don't have.

[Ryan]

Just the sneakers in the sweatpants.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So. So half of it. The other two Aren't me. But anyway, who's next?

[Levar Arrington]

Let's go to Joe.

[Matt Jones]

Joe. Go ahead, Joe.

[Joe]

Hey, guys, enjoy the show out here on the golf course. Listening to you guys. Golf Course 2 comments. Yeah, it's 40 and sunny in Louisville. Anyway, hey, a couple comments. We need Lamont Butler back for sure Saturday. But the other thing I want to talk about was Monday. You had a guest. You did a great job. But he played some music that is fantastic. It's called Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Yeah, I was at UK in the late 70s, early 80s, and we and our fraternity tried to get him to them to come play at our formal because we loved his music, the music. Teddy Pendergrass. But we weren't able to do that. But we did connect with a band in Nashville. They kind of reminded us of Carol, which is Jimmy Church. But regardless of all this, I think Mark Pope's got a. Got a. Got a great thing going here. So I think we should nickname the team Mark Pope in the Blue Notes.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay. I was wondering where you were going to make that connection. I appreciate the call. I had no idea where that was going. I don't like to give Nick. Nicknames come naturally. You can't force them. The only thing I know about Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes was the old Snoop Dogg song Doggy Dog World. He says, you're like Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, you'll never go platinum. And that's all I know about them is that line from Doggy Dog world in, like, 1994.

[Ryan]

I know we want the nicknames to be organic, but a blue coat approached me with one last night. I want to buy the panel.

[Matt Jones]

You know, it's not terrible. You know, I don't like nicknames, but go ahead.

[Ryan]

The Remarkables.

[Matt Jones]

No, Mark, I mean, I get it.

[Ryan]

Just. I'm just laying it out there.

[Matt Jones]

You want to call them the Remarkables?

[Ryan]

I didn't. I'm just. I told him I would bring it up on the show. This is me bringing it up on the show. I'm a man of my word.

[Matt Jones]

Since Devastation Incorporated. I don't remember one that has really, really struck me.

[Ryan]

What if they capitalize the mark when it's real?

[Drew]

There was a guy here during our pregame show that said he was going to do the away, away, away, away. Did he. Did he hear anything?

[Ryan]

I've been hearing it. I mean, it's not catching on, but there are pockets of it.

[Matt Jones]

It should catch on.

[Ryan]

It gets a little louder and louder each game.

[Matt Jones]

You did it. I don't understand why. What, here's what I. This is kind of the problem of Rupp arena because we were in Fort Collins, Colorado. We were at a restaurant. I wasn't even the one that started it. Someone else did. And, and everyone did it. Everybody, 50 people. But it's like it. Rup. There are just people who are like, I refuse to have any fun. Do not make me have fun. I paid these tickets and I intentionally paid to not have fun. And so you're not going to make me do it. And that annoys me a little bit.

[Ryan]

They got the little opera binoculars.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

They're wearing the Mr. Peanut hat and they're like, you know what this is? This is not for excitement. And I don't enjoy that.

[Drew]

Those famous pictures were. Some of the little ladies were crocheting during the game and that stuff.

[Matt Jones]

By the way, somebody just sent me a picture though, when that guy was standing up and cheering. If you look at the picture, one of the people side eyeing him the worst is one of my best friends. So he's got. I'm gonna have to yell at him.

[Drew]

Giving him the side eye.

[Matt Jones]

He's the guy giving him the worst side eye is literally one of my best friends and I'm gonna have to have a conversation with him. Is he becoming an old man?

[Drew]

Maybe he is.

[Matt Jones]

He may be the culprit. We'll take a break. Be right back. Here at KSR or KS Bar, it's Kentucky Sports Radio. T.J. smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J. he'll make him pay.

[Levar Arrington]

Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio, presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

This might be my. This might be my favorite Snoop song.

[Drew]

This one is.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's a little, a little under the radar. Not. And it's Harold Melvin without the blue notes is what they say.

[Drew]

You.

[Matt Jones]

Do you know this song?

[Drew]

I know this song, but I don't know who the blue notes are.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't either. I just know it from this, from this song. That's the only one that, that I know. 859-280-2287 I want to play you something really quick. Last night. Sometimes you forget when you're a Kentucky fan how cool it is for people to play against Kentucky, especially these small teams. Colgate had a player named Parker Jones, right? Parker Jones. He was one of the guys with like, hair everywhere. Like, he kind of had curly hair and it was flopping and he made some shots and he. After the game, he was the Colgate player in the press conference. And I think it's cool to listen because we get so wrapped up in the Kentucky basketball thing to listen. What it's like for a dude that plays at Colgate to get to play in RUP Arena. I thought this was a really cool. A really cool set of comments he made when he came in. Go ahead and play it, chief.

[Ryan]

First of all, this is pretty sick. I've never been in a press conference, so this is like just kind of high level for me. So I'm sorry if my answer isn't top level, but coming back in from halftime, I think we were all super ecstatic. Like, I mean, when you play a team like Kentucky, you kind of. At least personally, I dreamed of it in like, my backyard, like, thinking about like, Parker Jones subs in and he hits a three and then he comes down. Like all this stuff that I think about in my head and I don't know, like, being in this environment was really cool and just kind of surreal.

[Matt Jones]

That's really neat, don't you think? I love that. I mean, he says he's. He starts it by going, I've never been in a press conference before. Like, I just. I really like when people get to have moments like that.

[Drew]

And that's what's really cool when these teams come in. And that's why I love it when they played Georgetown or Kentucky, Weston or Transylvania to give these kids that moment of playing in a big time arena, in a big time atmosphere. I love it.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I was feeling it for all of them earlier in the game, but once they went up by 2, any goodwill I had for Cole Gates, I went out the window pretty quickly. Y'all stopped making shots, but no, that is cool. Hearing other.

[Drew]

Yeah, that Parker dude hit a couple of the big shots.

[Matt Jones]

He hit two of the biggest ones. A couple of them with somebody in his face. Before I go back to phones. Hey, Friday night, Shannon the dude wrestles in Georgetown at Country Boy. And then Saturday is our big pay per view show in Louisville. Try to come to one of them Saturdays right after the UK Louisville game is over. Friday night here at Country Boy. I'll be out there rooting Shannon on as he gets in the ring with his little tighty whities and gets beat up.

[Levar Arrington]

Who am I wrestling, by the way? It doesn't matter. I'll beat him up regardless.

[Matt Jones]

You'll beat him up.

[Levar Arrington]

Anybody in there?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but it's the return of Mr. Pectacular cash flow Certified. Like, they're all going to be there.

[Drew]

Big names are there.

[Matt Jones]

And for my purposes, we have an Investor coming into town from Britain. That so I hope it goes really well. Shannon, if you embarrass me and then I'm. I'm on, you're going to have to answer to me.

[Levar Arrington]

Oh, I'm going to make sure I tell them all about you. All the dirty details.

[Matt Jones]

You better say. Yeah, there's a lot, a lot to say. Who's next?

[Levar Arrington]

Jason.

[Matt Jones]

Jason. Go ahead, Jason.

[Joe]

Hey Matt, thanks for taking my call. I just have a comment and a question in regards to the Louisville football series. Basically this is a mind boggling fact in my opinion. If you go back to 94 when the series got renewed, the home team is only 11 and 19.

[Matt Jones]

Is that right?

[Levar Arrington]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

So the road, the road team has beaten the home more, won more than the home team in the UK of L series. I didn't realize that in football 19.

[Joe]

Out of 30 times. Yeah, the first four were in Lexington, if you remember, before their new stadium opened.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Joe]

But Kentucky, Kentucky won 8 out of 13 in Louisville, but only 6 out of 17 in Lexington. So maybe that offers a little hope for next year. But my question was about the series going forward and about all the talk that it might end. And I just wondered if you thought maybe could they do that on a bi yearly basis, do it once every two years?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, they could, they could. So here, and I appreciate the call here are the problems for the UK UofL series. First of all, as long as our season stays eight SEC games, we'll keep playing Louisville in football. I think that's fairly clear. I think there was a big movement to go to nine, but I actually think Alabama not making the playoff has now made people back off from going to nine. Alabama was one of the teams I believe that was the biggest against going and I think this will make it only bigger. So I think Alabama not making the playoff probably helps the Louisville series. Here's the other problem though. I think there's a really good chance they're going to create an alliance with the Big Ten in the SEC where they play each other every year, they basically pair the teams off. I think if we play an eight game SEC schedule, they could do that, Drew, and then we might still play Louisville. If however they do that and we have a nine game schedule, Louisville's gone. I mean that's just. Louisville's gone at that point. So that's the thing to watch. I think an eight game schedule with the Big Ten game, we might still play Louisville. But if it goes to nine and especially nine with a Big Ten game, the Louisville series is done.

[Ryan]

Yeah. And anytime Mitch Barnhart or Mark Stoops have been asked about it, which isn't often and hadn't even been that recent. But you can just tell by their tone that they feel like it should go away. If SEC goes to a nine team schedule. That's just the way they've ever talked about it. You can kind of feel like they think it'll go away. The Alabama thing is interesting because right now everybody's talking about how the strength of schedule doesn't seem to matter anymore. But I'm still in my back of my head cherishing these last few Governor's Cups. I feel like it's on, I feel.

[Matt Jones]

Like it's on life support. I think the, you know, I just, I just don't see them wanting to make the schedule significantly harder. And I just don't think it's going to happen. I mean, you see what happens this year. You, if you add they don't play Louisville and they play somebody else, they might have had five wins and they think that looks better. I just, I think it's probably, probably going to go away.

[Drew]

I'm sure. I'm like most fans. I would hate it that they would lose that series, but I completely understand it. I mean, I get it. Why they would probably have to eliminate it to if the schedule gets expanded like that.

[Matt Jones]

For my purposes, by the way, just for the record, I'm pro playing Louisville no matter what. I don't think this is a team that's ever going to consistently challenge for the playoff. We need to play games that fans care about. I think you play Louisville, people care about. I mean, look at this year. Our team was a disaster and we still went into that Louisville game with wanting to win with a good crowd. If we were playing, you know, more head that game, nobody's there, Drew. So I'm still pro playing Louisville, but I think it's likely in trouble.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. It's where it is at the end of the year as we saw a season ago or even this season. It can just change the way you look at things.

[Matt Jones]

Last year it definitely did.

[Ryan]

And we love having the bragging rights and being at the end of the year you get those bragging rights for till you play again.

[Matt Jones]

Let me read you this question from the Text Machine. Matt, you're complaining about the RUP crowd. Why don't you rank Kentucky crowds home away, neutral, et cetera? Great question. Best Kentucky crowds by far, SEC tournament.

[Drew]

By far.

[Matt Jones]

By far. Not even SEC tournament. The best, second best SEC road game where we take over the stadium for whatever reason. When you get a South Carolina or Georgia and we get a huge block in there and then we win that, second best, third best neutral site where our fans can drive Atlanta, Indianapolis, Chicago, I think then you get a great one. Fourth best, something like we had last Saturday, neutral site, far away. So that fans who live but don't get to come to a lot of games, they go worst Rupp Arena. I mean, the problem is Rupp arena is the worst UK fan environment. I mean, does anybody disagree with that?

[Drew]

Well, for a big game, I feel like Rupp arena can be the best arena in the country.

[Matt Jones]

You think a big game at RUP is better than the SEC tournament?

[Drew]

No, but like when they, the North Carolina game when Anthony Davis blocked the shot, you know, for a big game, when Florida came in number one.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, the Tennessee game.

[Ryan]

The last several years since they've been good. It has been.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. Yeah. Like Alabama last year when we beat them by 30.

[Drew]

So for a big game, I think Rup arena is up there. But like for a game in November, on a Tuesday night, it lacks sometimes. Now we'll say this though. The crowds this year though have been definitely better. Been better than last year.

[Matt Jones]

So what do you think it'll be like? Like say Saturday against Louisville. That's a game. It's weird. That's a game where. If that was on, if that was in Nashville, I think we'd be insane. Will it be insane in rup?

[Ryan]

I still think it'll be insane. I mean, you have your regulars that have been going against for 50 years that just, they don't have the as much energy and passion as the guy who's been twice and has been drinking all day. That's why it's not a fair fight comparing Rupp arena to Nashville at the SEC tournament. Because it's a lot of people that don't go often. A lot of them are hammered. It's a lose and go home situation. You just go in there with so much enthusiasm, you don't know if it's the last game of your weekend. That one's tough to top.

[Matt Jones]

But I also think like you were talking about that Georgia State game the day after Thanksgiving. I think the reason that crowd is so good is it's people who don't normally go. Yeah, like they're home for Thanksgiving, they get given the tickets or whatever and you get a different set of people in there. I do think part this is not. I'm not trying to criticize the people that go. They pay a lot of money and they deserve to have fun. But I think you get used to it and you sometimes don't appreciate how special it is to other people. Yeah, I saw that with Mario the first time he had press credentials. He had never had them and things I took for granted. He's like, whoa. And it makes you appreciate. Well, you know, I shouldn't take this for granted. I think sometimes that happens with the home fans. It's just natural.

[Drew]

I totally agree with you. And I've already heard there's a big group of former players that are trying to get tickets to the game Saturday. You know, it's like they want to. They know what this rivalry is all about. They want to come just be a part of it. You know, I got my switch.

[Ryan]

We had another one of these Lexington speakeasies.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, this was when you were hanging at one of the speakeasies. One of the dungeons in Lexington.

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

You're right that it's no one's fault. But as someone who goes to every game, even I get it. Okay. We're doing our hunt brothers hunt cam. We're singing Dumas Walker. It's just a lot of when you go every single night, it's not a lot of surprises.

[Matt Jones]

No more Dumas Walker. Just something else.

[Ryan]

You don't. You don't like D Walker.

[Matt Jones]

I. I love the song, but like most like our students weren't even born when that song came out. You know, I. I get it. I went to the. To eat the sandwich, right? Yes, you did.

[Drew]

Slawberger.

[Matt Jones]

Sl. But I don't know.

[Drew]

Cotton eye Joe, some of those things.

[Matt Jones]

That one should have been retired a long time ago. It has been mony.

[Ryan]

Monies back. Although they won't show.

[Matt Jones]

I'm actually going good with.

[Ryan]

They need to show them on the screen.

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[Matt Jones]

Yeah let's all go down to Dumas Walker 859-280-2287 this is what you need to do to beat Louisville.

[Drew]

Go down the Dumas Walker.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan]

I like the Rams. Cover that. Well, 49ers lost, like, three or four. Rams just beat Buffalo. Might be a little of a hangover, but I think they'll cover the three whether they win or lose.

[Drew]

49Ers just, you know, they're snake bit this year, man, the injuries, and they can't. They lose close games. So, yeah, I'm going with the Rams to cover.

[Matt Jones]

Rams are my sneaky, sneaky, sneaky super bowl pick.

[Drew]

Yeah, you gotta be.

[Matt Jones]

Gotta be really sneaky because it's. It's unlikely, but. But if you were gonna do, like, some crazy pick, they would be mine. So I'm gonna take the Rams.

[Drew]

Be your sneaky pick.

[Matt Jones]

Be my. Be my sneaky pick. By the way, the Golden Globe nominations came out. I am almost. I was sitting there looking at them. I am certain you have seen zero. Not one of the shows that is on the list. And I would venture to say you haven't even heard of most of them.

[Drew]

Let's try it. Because I probably agree with you.

[Matt Jones]

Well. But that, you know, that's the one they do movies and television.

[Drew]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so let me go Best Motion Picture. Which of these have you seen?

[Drew]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

The Brutalist. Nope. Complete unknown.

[Drew]

Nope.

[Matt Jones]

Conclave?

[Drew]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

You saw one?

[Drew]

I saw conclave.

[Matt Jones]

Dune part two.

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Nickel boys.

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

September 5th.

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

All right, best comment.

[Drew]

I've not even heard of those. Those ones. I said no. Not even heard of them.

[Matt Jones]

I haven't heard of a couple of them. We'll go to comedy or Musical Honora. No Challengers?

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Amelia Perez.

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

A Real Pain.

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

The Substance.

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Wicked.

[Drew]

I've heard of it, but no, I've not. I've not heard of the other ones. Not even heard of them.

[Matt Jones]

You didn't hear of Challengers? It's about the tennis players. And it has Zenyatta. No, haven't heard that.

[Ryan]

Nothing about this. Myself.

[Matt Jones]

I saw a real pain. That's good. It's got the. The dude from. From Succession. The Culkin kid.

[Drew]

Oh, okay. He's good.

[Matt Jones]

And what's his name on Succession?

[Ryan]

You got Kendall Karen Culkin in real life.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but what's his name on the show? You got Kendall Shiv.

[Ryan]

Oh, my goodness. Almost said Norman, but that's not it.

[Matt Jones]

Nice job.

[Ryan]

What is his name? Roman.

[Matt Jones]

Roman. There you go, Roman. And then let me pull up. I want to get you the TV show.

[Drew]

Drew and I are over 10. One for nine.

[Matt Jones]

You. You haven't seen. All right. TV series day of the Jackal. Nope. Started that last night diplomat?

[Drew]

Nope.

[Matt Jones]

Mr. Mrs. Smith.

[Drew]

Nope.

[Matt Jones]

Shogun?

[Drew]

Nope.

[Matt Jones]

Slow Horses?

[Drew]

Nope.

[Matt Jones]

Squid Game Season two.

[Drew]

I will watch it, but I've not seen it.

[Ryan]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

Abbott elementary.

[Drew]

Nope.

[Matt Jones]

Bear.

[Drew]

Yes. Watched all that.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so you've seen one.

[Drew]

I've seen all the Bear.

[Matt Jones]

Gentlemen.

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Hacks.

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Nobody wants this.

[Drew]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Murders in the Building.

[Drew]

I know that show, but I've not watched it.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon. He's not up to date on what's cool.

[Levar Arrington]

Well, is it Squid Game Season two even out?

[Matt Jones]

No, but they went ahead and nominated it even though it's not. It is weird that you would nominate Squid Game Season two when it's not even out yet, based off of the.

[Levar Arrington]

First season, I guess.

[Matt Jones]

I guess they think it'll be good. Who's up next?

[Levar Arrington]

Dennis.

[Matt Jones]

Dennis. Go ahead, Dennis.

[Joe]

Hey, guys. How we doing?

[Matt Jones]

Doing good.

[Joe]

Hyper. Hypothetical question here. If Mark Stoops hadn't went through five coordinators, five years, which Liam Cohen is a big part of that happening?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Joe]

Do you think Bush Hampden would have been let go this year? And if he had a band, do you think he'd have went after Neil Brown?

[Matt Jones]

No and no. I don't think he would have been let out because I think Mark really believes in Bush Hampden. He thinks the problem was the offensive line and not Bush, and he didn't think there was a lot Bush could do. So, no, I don't think he would have let him go. I also don't think he would have hired Neil Brown. I think he likes Neil Brown, but those are two very strong personalities, and I would have been surprised if he hired Neil Brown. I don't think there's any ill will there. I just think I would have been surprised if that happened again. I think, you know, he brought Liam back twice. Kind of worked, kind of didn't. And I think he would have been hesitant to do that again.

[Joe]

All right, one last thing. I'll get off here. I'm like you, Matt. I hate it when people do nicknames that don't come naturally. For example, the unforgettables of 1992, I mean, that's. They. They try to nickname that basketball team when. When you had, like, roughs, runs and the Feeling five, that came naturally. And every time I hear you, every time I hear somebody say the Unforgettables, I'm like, that's just. It did not come natural. It's a stupid nickname. And so that's my take.

[Matt Jones]

There's a hot take. You should have saved that for the summer. I appreciate the Call. You should have saved that for Unpopular Opinion Day doesn't like the name Unforgettable.

[Ryan]

And Unforgettable texted me two minutes ago. He's not gonna like to hear.

[Matt Jones]

He's not gonna like that.

[Ryan]

What about the marksman for this?

[Matt Jones]

Okay, you gotta stop. You gotta stop all these Mark puns. Who's next?

[Levar Arrington]

Chase.

[Matt Jones]

Chase. How are you, Chase? Doing great.

[Joe]

How are you?

[Matt Jones]

Good. Got, like, 30 seconds.

[Joe]

Okay, sticking with the nickname trend, I think it's important that we do name this team. It's going to be a historic team.

[Matt Jones]

No matter what, win, lose, or draw.

[Joe]

It's Mark Pope's first year. I vote island of Misfit Toys.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. See, Again, I appreciate the call. Stop. We're not. We're not calling the island of Misfit Toys. That's not even nice. Like, that would be a mean thing to call them. The island of Misfit Toys. Like, I don't think they want to be called Misfit Toys. That's not even. Like, we're not. It's not even nice. Right?

[Drew]

I think we need to do this segment even more.

[Matt Jones]

Like, the Fighting hair plugs. Like, we can't. We can't do that. And of course, the fact you like it makes me even less likely for it to want to be there.

[Ryan]

I like Drew's, too.

[Drew]

The marksman. Remarkable.

[Ryan]

It's pretty good.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

I think we just need to pick between one of those two and call it a day.

[Matt Jones]

What is wrong with you? All right, tomorrow, Beer knows. In Southern Indiana, in New Albany, come see us. Get there early for a seat. It tends to get crowded. Always something fun that happens there. We're going to beat the. Well, almost cuss out of the cards on Saturday, and we got to get prepared. We'll see you later. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio.