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Matt Jones
Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio 859-280-2287. It is Ask Anything Wednesday also for everybody in the restaurant. And if you're here, remember, you make the predictions about the playoff games this weekend and the people that are the closest will have a chance to win up to $8,000 in prizes from KS Bar. So from now until Saturday, when you come in here, you can predict the score of the games. They're cutting them up right now for all the games and whoever gets the closest will be able to win cash prizes and happiness.
Ryan
He said there's three levels of prizes.
Matt Jones
Yeah, we're going to have prizes during the semifinal games and then the final game.
Ryan
That's awesome.
Matt Jones
So I think we're doing 2,000 on each semifinal game and then 4,000 for the finals. So it's always fun and just being here. So we'll, we'll talk more about it as the week goes on. But that starts today. So for Wings day, if you're here, you can start filling them out.
Drew Franklin
Got some bowling starting today?
Matt Jones
Well, there was one last night.
Drew Franklin
One last night. Two today.
Matt Jones
Yeah, actually, let's do that real quick. Do we have a Draft Kings today to do, Shannon? If we do, we'll do it right now.
Lavar Arrington
Let me look. I don't know.
Matt Jones
Thanks for being on top.
Lavar Arrington
I mean, I sent it to you.
Matt Jones
Well, but I you don't you look at your emails. Well, why don't you look at yours?
Lavar Arrington
You can see it just as easy as I can.
Matt Jones
All right.
Lavar Arrington
Yes, you do.
Matt Jones
We do. All right. So let's go ahead and do it. DraftKings bet 5, win 150 if you get it right? And bonus bets. It's DraftKings.com promo code is KSR. Let's do our two bowl game picks for today. Western Kentucky, the Hilltoppers. They. They. They have a bowl. The Boca Raton Bowl. The Boca Raton Bowl. They play James Madison. James Madison's a 7 1/2 point favorite. Of course, I have no idea who's playing for these teams in these games because they may have transferred, but who do you got?
Ryan
Well, of course I'm going to go with. With Western, at least to cover James Madison. They lost their coach and half the team went to Indiana. That's why that was last year.
Matt Jones
This is a new team.
Ryan
So Western Kentucky, they've played in this Boca Raton bowl before. I'm going toppers.
Drew Franklin
Way too many points. I'm going with the toppers. Also. You can't give the Hilltop or seven and a half in Boca.
Matt Jones
I was going to pick Western Kentucky, but Billy decided to take a vacation and not have the watch party at the bar. That signals to me no belief in the team. I will take James Madison because Billy went on vacation this week.
Drew Franklin
Situational play and.
Matt Jones
Exactly right. And then the art of sport, Los Angeles Bowl. I don't know what that means. The art of sport, Los Angeles Bowl. Cal. Unlv. Cal at one point this year hosted game day. Remember that? Early in the year. And then they finished 6 and 6. So UNLV is the three point favorite. I'm taking UNLV. They're ranked. A lot of people don't realize UNLV is ranked. I'm taking unlv.
Ryan
Yeah. Wasn't there UNLV played Boise State for that conference. Jimmy, we were going to go to that game.
Matt Jones
We thought about going to the game.
Ryan
Yes, I'm going.
Drew Franklin
UNLV also got two of their three losses for Boise. They lost in the regular season, too. They had a good year. So I'll go with the Rebels.
Matt Jones
All right, those are our picks tonight. One person writes mat back to the moon landing. Of course, if the moon is so easy to get to, why don't we go now? Because we got other things to do.
Drew Franklin
Good point.
Matt Jones
Why do what's. Why do we need to go now? What are we going to do there now? We've already been. Yes, we've been back. We went like 11 times. But we realized it cost a lot of money and people died. So, like, there came a point that the American government was like, we don't need to keep doing this. We've done it. We've got all the rocks. We've seen, all the sites. We took pictures. And like, people are dying on the, on the takeoff platform. So let's not go there anymore.
Ryan
It costs billions of dollars to go for what benefit? They don't have gas or any. Any resources.
Matt Jones
We already got all the rocks.
Ryan
You know, what, what benefit is there just to go to the moon? Just to make a footprint.
Matt Jones
Yeah. So I think, you know, people don't like when you waste money in government. What's a bigger waste than just sending three people to play golf on the moon? Shannon, that seems like a complete way. So we did it. It's been done. Now we move forward.
Lavar Arrington
Yeah, I mean, I'm not one of these people that don't believe that we didn't land on the moon. I can even believe that you can.
Matt Jones
Even believe that it even passes Shannon's approval.
Drew Franklin
Elon's on the Mars. We're going to Mars.
Matt Jones
Well, now I can make a case for Mars because, like, I do think something about humans is the human. There's a natural human instinct to go to what's next. Right. It's what led us to expand across the planet. I think there's an argument to go to Mars of like, let's. Let's do it because we can. Like, it's human. So I, I could see. I don't know if that's like, scientifically possible, but I could see why we would do it.
Drew Franklin
He's working on it. We need those Mars rocks.
Matt Jones
Okay, then go do that. Elon, get off Twitter. Go send us to Mars. You're good at that. I'm for that.
Ryan
They've sent probes to Mars and found there's really no benefit that it can help us there either.
Matt Jones
I mean, remember I told you this when we were driving through Utah? So I'm reading this book. It's about. There was a fire in Canada in 2016 at a place you all may not know it exists. I didn't know it exists. Called like Fort McHenry. And like, they. It's up in Alberta, Canada, and they produce like all of this kind of very, very cheap oil stuff there. It. It's like one of the richest places in Canada because everybody there makes like $200,000 mine in oil. It's like a blue collar place. Long story short, they had what was the deadliest fire in the history of North America there in 2016. And this, the book is about the fire, but they talked about how there are vast parts of Canada, vast parts of Canada, where they don't believe Any human being, Drew, has ever even walked. I just find that fascinating. Like, it's not that far away, but there are parts of the, like, forest where they said no human being has ever been. And they don't know that anyone will ever go.
Drew Franklin
It's crazy to think that my brain wonders that even did on our trip. Like, you look up or drive through these mountains, these big red rocks. It's like, I wonder if anyone's ever even seen.
Matt Jones
There's probably parts of eastern Kentucky. There are probably parts of eastern Kentucky, like, deep in the mountains, where there's a decent chance no one's ever gone there ever. Because it was. There was no reason to. And it was deep in there. I think that. Don't you think that's kind of fascinating? You could be on a piece of ground and go, no human has ever stepped here before.
Ryan
That's why the stories like that fascinate me. Like there's a heaven forbid, a plane crash or something they can't find.
Matt Jones
I mean, that story about with the Wichita State plane crash that we talked about on the trip, that blows my mind. Yeah, there was a plane crash where they just left all the stuff there because they can't get it out. And it was just easier to leave it there. And you can walk up to it if you want. And it's essentially. Except for the bodies being removed, it's essentially in the same state it was in 1973 when it crashed. That's amazing to me.
Drew Franklin
It's a big place, and we haven't touched much of it. I agree with you. I think there's big parts of Kentucky deep in the mountains.
Ryan
Oh, yeah.
Drew Franklin
Never been.
Ryan
Oh, yeah.
Matt Jones
So anyway, I don't know how we got off on that. Who's next? It's Ask Anything Wednesday.
Lavar Arrington
Andy.
Matt Jones
Andy, go ahead.
Caller
Oh, my. This is Randy Hard. How are you, Matt? Oh, you. I don't know if you remember me or not. I called in and I was pretty critical. I said she was gonna feel sorry because he run off. Cow. But after watching these games, I'm just gonna call in and apologize to you.
Matt Jones
Well, that's actually very nice of you. So you. So I vaguely remember this call. You said I ran off Cal and it was my fault and I would be sorry. So now you're willing to say, good.
Caller
To be honest, I still don't think.
Matt Jones
I ran off Cal. But now you agree that maybe a change was necessary.
Caller
Well, I still think you run him off. But, you know, it's worked out because we can and won. We beat Duke we beat Gonzaga and we beat Louisville. Who could complain?
Matt Jones
I totally agree with you. And don't you think I was talking with one of my friends about this last night. Let's say that Cal. Let's say we had this same record with Cal. Okay. Let's just say for sake of argument that Cal was here. We beat Duke, we beat Gonzaga, we beat Louisville. Don't you think, Andy, if that happened, our fan base still wouldn't be as excited because we'd be like, well, we're just gonna lose in March.
Caller
Well, it'd still be lingering. But before he let me go, I got one more thing. When my nephew there say, I'm pretty old feller, so I don't get on Twitter and social media and all that, he showed me that you put me on there. And to be honest, it kind of made me a little mad because I went up to the senior center and I would. Nobody play cornhole with me or anything. So I was just going to ask if you not do that again if I called back.
Matt Jones
Yeah, I don't know what you're talking about, but. And I also can't tell if you're being real or not. So you may be, but I'm being real. What picture of you did got put up?
Drew Franklin
I got Mario's tick tocks of the call, I think is what he means.
Ryan
Oh, oh, the video.
Matt Jones
Video of the call. Go ahead.
Caller
I'm sorry, what you say?
Matt Jones
Never mind. I appreciate the call. I'm not sure. But we didn't put his picture. But we didn't put his picture up.
Drew Franklin
Those are the call, though, I think, is what he's referencing.
Matt Jones
Yeah, well, if you call the show, it's going to be on the airwaves. I mean, like, so if you call the show, you just need to understand that it's going to be out there. I can't have you call the show and then keep it private. It's going to be, you know, by.
Drew Franklin
Its very nature, we don't have a picture of him.
Ryan
Your scenario that you said, you know what, if Cal was 10 and 1, I agree with you that fans, it.
Matt Jones
Wouldn'T be the same.
Ryan
We, we got the point where we were guarding our hearts because we kept getting heartbreak every March.
Matt Jones
If we were 10, one right now, a couple things. It's interesting. It's an interesting thought exercise. If we were 10 and 1, I do think there would be fans who were like, it doesn't matter. We're going to choke in March.
Ryan
Yeah.
Matt Jones
I also think the loss at Clemson would have Bothered people a lot more. We would have been like, see, we lose to all these teams like Clement. I mean, Clemson. Let's be real about Clemson for a minute. Lost to South Carolina last night, lost at home to Memphis, lost to Utah State. The only team they've played that's good that they've beaten is us. So now I don't think it's that big a deal because we beat Duke and Gonzaga, but I think if Cal had been the coach, we would look at that loss Drew differently, don't you?
Drew Franklin
That's the reason a lot of us wanted to change. I think I said as much. It didn't matter what he would have done in the regular season this year if we just run it back, would have completely been. Wait until the tournament. Could have. Outside of going undefeated, it would have.
Matt Jones
Been hard to get exactly right.
Drew Franklin
It would have been, we don't care. Prove it to us in the tournament.
Matt Jones
And if we. Let's say he just did here what he did at Arkansas, where they lost to Illinois, they lost to Baylor, they beat Michigan. I think people, if we had his record from Arkansas this year, people would be like, we stink.
Ryan
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Well, even in the games they've won to their credit, they've had big comebacks, but they went down early to Miami, had to come back, and that one went down big to Michigan. It's a lot of the things that people are upset about here, even though they end up winning those games.
Matt Jones
But this has been pure joy with. With Pope, because it's new. You know, there's something about being new that makes people excited, too.
Ryan
And like, you know, like I said, we were kind of protecting ourselves a little bit from that hurt. I think that. I think it's gone. I think people are like, opening back up, like, hey, man, that. That sense of superiority is back.
Matt Jones
And let me tell you the one thing that I underestimated about our fan base, that the Pope era made me realize I underestimated that there's a fan generation that's one or two generations older than me. Your generation, Ryan, and maybe one, you know, six or eight years older than you, that really felt detached from the way Cal ran the program. The one and done thing, which never really bothered me, I actually kind of embraced it. I do think it turns some people off. And the whole, this is the biggest night in UK basketball history, and they don't come for the front of the jersey. They come for up for me. And all this. Drew, I think I underestimated how mad that made some people. And when we were winning, they were willing to overlook it. But the moment we started losing, that stuff came out and I don't know that I ever realized just how mad that made people.
Drew Franklin
I'm in the same boat. And I embraced it too. Heck, I was buying Devin Booker Sons jerseys. You know, I enjoyed the one and done culture as much as anyone. But since it's been over, I've heard former players you never really heard say that actually come out and mention the exact sentence, the quote of the biggest.
Matt Jones
Night in history that really made former.
Drew Franklin
Players, people that were quiet about it before, they've referenced it a lot more now that he's gone. So I think a lot of people were keeping it in too.
Matt Jones
I would go so far as to say if you played at Kentucky and you didn't play in the NBA, when he got out there and said this is the biggest night in NBA history, it made a mad. I mean those people got really mad and a lot of them never really changed their minds about Cal after that. We'll take a break. 859-280-2287. We are here at KS Bar. It's wings day. Dollar wings this is Kentucky Sports Radio.
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Ryan
No.
Matt Jones
It's like this store, they did, they sell like, they basically sell like luxury items for Women, but like for men who don't know what to get for Christmas, you can buy it for the women. They just started with this. And like in the first day they said just sales.
Ryan
Wow. Nice. It works. Advertising on this show works.
Matt Jones
It does. And, and that's what you want to hear. All right, so somebody. It's Ask Anything Wednesday. One person writes, Matt, I hate to ask this because I love Ryan. I think you pick on him too much. But you all were talking about how he coughed and hacked the lung up in the red state ad. I hear a cornbread hemp ad where I think he does it again and maybe even worse. Oh, there's people already shaking their head.
Ryan
Let's hear it.
Drew Franklin
There's people in here.
Matt Jones
All right, so I haven't heard this yet.
Ryan
I haven't either.
Drew Franklin
I'm amazed at how many heads are.
Matt Jones
Not like there's a lot of heads is so Shannon, you have it?
Lavar Arrington
Yeah. So first of all, two seconds in, you can hear breathing. And then about 15, 20 seconds later, you hear somebody go, so you heavy breathe.
Matt Jones
And then you hack along.
Ryan
Everybody assumes it's me.
Matt Jones
Well, you're the only person here during it.
Lavar Arrington
It sounds like you're breathing too.
Matt Jones
All right, let's go. Let's. Because first of all, you do heavy breath.
Ryan
I'm a heavy breath.
Matt Jones
I've learned over the years that when we hear, when you're listening, you hear somebody go, that's always him.
Ryan
Not always, but sometimes it's always you.
Matt Jones
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Ryan
That's a loud one. That's louder than the. That's a loud one.
Matt Jones
You just cough in the middle of it.
Ryan
I, I, I don't wear the headsets. When you cut these spots after.
Matt Jones
Yes, you do. You don't. So you, so that means you cough so loud it goes through the head.
Ryan
That could be possible.
Matt Jones
Here it is.
Lavar Arrington
One more time.
Matt Jones
Or bread. Give it to your family. That's loud. These people are paying good money and you're just every bodily function you can do.
Ryan
I'm gonna fart during the next.
Matt Jones
No, you're not. You're not gonna fart for court. Physical therapy. You just can't do that.
Drew Franklin
I actually think that we're gonna get to a point where clients are going to get upset if they don't have.
Matt Jones
Oh, that's right.
Drew Franklin
They're going to start requesting them.
Matt Jones
Yes. One person writes. Matt Guy called the Mark Pope show and asked about art. Alternate uniforms. Kentucky wears one uniform. That's not the denim because that's what we would all pick.
Ryan
Yes.
Matt Jones
What uniform would you want? I like the uniform that we wore in 2015 that we've stopped wearing. Just that white and blue. It's very basic, but I think it looks really, really good and we don't wear it anymore. Go look at the pictures of the 2014, 2015 home uniforms. I think those look awesome. I'd like to see those brought back. I. I think those should be our regular uniforms, to be honest. And then for a special game. Icicles. Give me the icicles from 95. I want the icicles. What?
Drew Franklin
Both of my immediate answers. So I got to think about more. I love the icicles. I had the Tony Delk icicle jersey with the shorts to match. I wore it everywhere. And then the ones you're talking about that the Harrisons and that team wore, it was just. It's really crisp.
Matt Jones
They're very crisp. Clean.
Drew Franklin
Font was just kind of. It's that subtle. Kentucky font wasn't a lot to it, but it looks great.
Matt Jones
And it was also a great two year run. Right. 14, 15 kind of celebrate that where this is the 10 year anniversary. Yes, it is. Of the 14 and 15 team. Be nice to pull it out for a game because I think those are maybe our best looking uniforms we've had. We also wore something like that in like oh three with Bogans and Fitch. They had that kind of uniform too. I'd like that. What about you?
Ryan
I love that look. You guys have taken the best ones. I'm not against wearing black once.
Matt Jones
One never win though. When we wear black, we. In neither sport. When we wear black, we never win.
Ryan
The one thing I don't like is that the, the silver.
Drew Franklin
I didn't love the silver. It's Michigan State.
Matt Jones
They only wore them one time.
Drew Franklin
2012. They wore them against.
Matt Jones
Oh, they did.
Drew Franklin
I think.
Matt Jones
Really? I didn't remember that.
Drew Franklin
I think there was a Gilchrist version that was for sale.
Matt Jones
I kind of like the silver for one thing. But the icicles. Do you think we'll ever have an icicle game?
Ryan
The fact that Mark Pope is the have an ice.
Matt Jones
I'm gonna tell you when. When that guy Comes here and he sells retro stuff on the thing. The icicle stuff goes immediately.
Ryan
Yep.
Matt Jones
Like the icicle stuff. I don't know how he gets the stuff, but when he does, people love the icicle.
Drew Franklin
Do you want to bring back the Billy Gillespie years where these shorts actually touch the ground?
Matt Jones
Dude, I watched, I watched the video of Jody Meeks.
Ryan
Yeah.
Matt Jones
Playing I can't believe how long the shorts were. Jody Meek was wearing them to his cab.
Ryan
Yeah, they were in the cab.
Matt Jones
They were in the cab. Like they were pants.
Ryan
Yep.
Matt Jones
Even the John Wall team is like that. If you go look, the John Wall.
Drew Franklin
DeMarcus Cousins team, there was a carryover to the calera. I remember they did a big unveiling of the new uniforms with Billy. They had mannequins as a big show and the shorts were so long and they went a little bit longer into the calories.
Matt Jones
It was unbelievable. And then I could switches with like even the Jorts team and then Anthony Davis kind of pulls them up a little bit and it's different. Who's up next?
Lavar Arrington
Let's go to Ryan.
Matt Jones
Ryan, go ahead, Ryan.
Caller
Hey, Matt. Hey guys, this is Brian actually, and I'm a first time caller, longtime listener, who are.
Matt Jones
What's up?
Caller
And actually my wife and I really turned into you guys through the COVID year. So basically every day we were renovating.
Matt Jones
Third jump, right?
Ryan
Yeah.
Matt Jones
Well, thank you.
Caller
We, yeah, we tuned into ksr. So anyway, and I'm really surprised. First time dialing, I got through it really surprised me. I was going to give twice and I was going to let it go, but that didn't happen. So anyway, hey, first thing, a movie, a Christmas movie. That is underrated. Do you got any of you guys like the movie Scrooge?
Matt Jones
I love Scrooge. Yeah, it's a little bit of a different generation, but I love Bill Murray and Scrooged is very good. That's a good call.
Caller
All right. And I got just a couple of random points I'm kind of. I'm Brian made over. So just so you know who you're talking to here. And so the second point I'd like to make. What if we paid Stoops a million dollars for each win that he got each year?
Matt Jones
I mean, in theory and I appreciate the call, but why would he do that? Okay, so he already makes $9 million. He's already agreed to a contract of $9 million. Why would he agree to only be paid a million dollars a win? Like he would have to have his best season of all time just to get the money he's already been promised. So, you know, I mean, I know I say this a lot, but. But contracts are all about leverage, and Kentucky didn't have the leverage the last time, and thus we end up with the contract that we had.
Ryan
I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't give up that money that's already been promised to me and written in my contract.
Matt Jones
You already said you wouldn't give up a million dollars for nil.
Ryan
Yeah, that's a lot. I got bills to pay.
Matt Jones
You say that, though. And if I said to you, ryan, I need you to take a 10% pay cut for the good of the show, I think you would do it.
Ryan
I would do it.
Matt Jones
So, I mean, isn't that what he's doing? If he did that, he'd take, like a 10% pay cut for the good of the program?
Ryan
Well, that was my argument yesterday. I think he would do it because he's investing in himself and in the program, try to get better players, win more games. I'll get that back in my next contract.
Drew Franklin
It has become a legal way for coaches to help their rosters on their own. I'm sure there's been times in the past where guys have given money out of their own pocket illegally. Now they've given you an actual avenue where if you were really wanting to help out your team.
Matt Jones
And I also think it means. And I don't think he would do it again because I think he learned his lesson. But he can't say, pony up again because people go, well, why don't you?
Ryan
Yeah, good point.
Matt Jones
Because you used to have the excuse of it's banned, and now you don't have that excuse anymore. Drew, like, now. It is what it is.
Drew Franklin
Maybe you could put out a dollar match program.
Matt Jones
No, I mean, somebody did that. One of those coaches. I can't remember who it was. There was a coach who just did a dollar match program up to a million bucks.
Ryan
Really? So not a bad idea.
Matt Jones
Not the worst idea in the world. I, you know, probably do something for goodwill, honestly. We'll take a break and be right back. KSR, welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Wings Day here. Dollar wings all day. The rain stinks, but otherwise things are good. Supreme Court has just announced that they're going to take up the TikTok case. You know, TikTok right now either has to sell or is banned in America on January 19th. The Supreme Court's gonna hear their. Their legal claim and somebody writes, matt do you think TikTok wins in the Supreme Court? I don't know. Like, I. I need to see what their argument is because we ban businesses all the time in America that are owned by foreign countries that, like, we. You know, we. Russian businesses right now, North Korean businesses, and we can. So I don't know what their argument is exactly, so I would need to read it. They say they have a first amendment argument, but I don't know what that argument is. If it's a Chinese company. Chinese company. I don't know that they have first amendment rights in America. So I need to see their argument. But it's interesting. It was bipartisan. To ban it or make them sit sail. Make them fail. It was a bipartisan. Both parties were for it. And then it seems like people have. Some people have changed. So I don't know. I mean, my view is, I like TikTok, but the reality is we are giving all. All of our personal information to China on a platter, and that can't be good. So I don't really. I have mixed emotions. I like TikTok. I like the videos. We now have 18,000 followers. I don't want to just lose it, but I also don't know if maybe our biggest adversary of the 21st century coming up needs to have all of our personal information. So I don't really know, Drew. I have mixed emotions.
Drew Franklin
First of all, good job, Mario. It's a good following.
Matt Jones
But, yeah, we have. Mario's built quite a following.
Drew Franklin
So much information. I mean, even I don't know what you do with it. But just the facial recognition stuff, all those filters, you're just giving them all that. I don't know how that works. That's above my brain. But they have everything they need to know about you on Tick Tock. You buying something on there you're agreeing to. They got the tick tock.
Matt Jones
It does worry me. I mean, I. You know, I mean, China's gonna be battling for world supremacy with America for the next 75 years. And if we. If they know something about every citizen in this country that has tick tock, I mean, when the government said we. You cannot use a government phone. You cannot have it on tick tock, that should worry people a little bit, Right?
Ryan
I didn't know that. But just hearing you say that worries me a little bit.
Matt Jones
So I don't know.
Drew Franklin
Think about the history books just centuries from now, like, they lost a chance. They were watching videos of what. Yeah, they started watching people fall down.
Matt Jones
We always live in the moment, but let's wait. Think about a history book in 75 years. Or it'll be like a history brain insert when it says, why did America lose its supremacy in the world to China? Because they did dances on Tick Tock and ended up giving that. Like, that would be kind of a sad way to see the American dynasty fall, wouldn't they?
Drew Franklin
Couldn't stop turning their faces into puppies, making facial expressions.
Matt Jones
So. Yeah. So I don't know. I think it's actually a very complicated issue. Who's next?
Lavar Arrington
David.
Matt Jones
David. Go ahead, David.
Lavar Arrington
Hey.
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Caller
Merry Christmas.
Matt Jones
Oh, my goodness. David, why did you scream? That was very loud.
Caller
Sorry, yeah, just.
Matt Jones
That was a little loud. Okay. Because you heard our ears. But Merry Christmas to you as well.
Caller
Thank you. I want to say, first of all, happy anniversary to Patrick Sparks. Today is the 20th anniversary of him shooting those free throws against Louisville.
Matt Jones
That. Did you know this is the 20th anniversary of the Sparks free throws?
Ryan
I didn't either. It was so good to see him back at Rupp. You know, he's been playing overseas. He doesn't get to come. He was there. Did the Y. Got to meet with some fans. He's in the. The video.
Matt Jones
Am I correct that he was banned, kicked off his Russian team for wearing flip flops? Was that him?
Ryan
I don't know. I love that story. If it's true.
Matt Jones
I think this could be wrong, but I think he played for a Russian basketball team. Look this up. And I think he got kicked off because he was. He wore flip flops on a plane.
Ryan
Really?
Matt Jones
That may be. If that's not true, then that's the biggest made up story in my mind because I've accepted it as true for 10 years. But I don't know. But go ahead.
Caller
I have a question. Ask anything today.
Matt Jones
Okay.
Caller
If this Kentucky basketball team was a.
Matt Jones
Movie, what would it be? Well, I mean, we got to know what the ending is, right? Like, before we can know what the movie for this basketball team would be, we need to see, do we win a national championship? Do we lose in the first round? Like, they'd be different movies based on the ending.
Caller
Right. But so far, it looks like I can't think of one right now.
Matt Jones
Okay, well, you know what, David? I'll be thinking about it as the season goes on. Okay?
Ryan
Okay.
Caller
Merry.
Matt Jones
Okay.
Caller
Merry Christmas.
Matt Jones
Merry Christmas to you too, David.
Ryan
It does have the makings of a Disney movie. If they end up winning a national.
Matt Jones
Title, without question, Pope comes back, you bring in these, you know, island of Misfit toys. You put them all together. It would definitely be one Disney or.
Drew Franklin
A Hallmark movie for the marks.
Matt Jones
You got to stop with the mark of redemption. Was I right about that?
Drew Franklin
You know I'm not, I'm not saying you're wrong. Google doesn't have a lot to back you up. I'm not really finding anything about it.
Matt Jones
The Google doesn't have everything.
Drew Franklin
I agree. Completely agree.
Matt Jones
Shannon. There's a lot of stuff that's not on Google. Right? Yeah. Like about the moon landing stuff in.
Lavar Arrington
Your mind that you know that's more.
Ryan
Directions to walk to the pickle fest.
Matt Jones
Was that not right?
Drew Franklin
I'm still effortless.
Matt Jones
If it's not right then that would be an amazing made up in my head if it came from nowhere.
Drew Franklin
Now he has played in Russia.
Matt Jones
Okay. So he's played in Russia.
Ryan
Okay.
Drew Franklin
I haven't seen kicked off for wearing flip.
Matt Jones
So first of all I think there's some truth to it because why would I just pick out that he's played in Russia of all countries.
Ryan
Yeah. And I'm assume he owns flip flopped and has been on a plane.
Drew Franklin
Look at that. That's three.
Matt Jones
Now we just have to put them all together. Who's next? Shannon?
Lavar Arrington
Matthew.
Matt Jones
Matthew. Go ahead, Matthew. I have a question for asking they.
Caller
Ask anything Wednesday with Luigi being charged.
Matt Jones
With terrorism, does that mean the government.
Caller
Cares more about rich people getting murdered than poor people getting murdered? Because never get charged with terrorism.
Matt Jones
Who charged him a terror? I saw him charged with, with murder, but I did not see a charge of terrorism. Was it, was it, was that true? Yes. There were 11 counts. I'm not saying he should be charged with terrorism. That might actually get, get, get to get, you know, taken off. But the reasoning would be if you kill some, if I kill you because you were sleeping with my wife, that's a personal thing. But if I kill you for a political cause. There are some definitions in some of these statutes of terrorism that might include that. Now my guess is that will end up getting taken out. I don't know that. But that's the difference. It's not rich or poor. It's what was the reason why you killed them. And if you're killing them for a political cause, that's different. So like think about on 911 that was for a political cause. That's why we use the phrase terrorism. Whereas like a personal. I just don't like you. That's different. But if he had medical history with them, would that not personal reason. But if he. But if he has a manifesto which I think he did that said I'M doing this because of these companies and what they do to us and blah, blah, blah. That might be how the prosecutors would switch it over. Again, I don't know, but that's just my guess. Okay, thank you. Thank you. And again, I don't know enough about it to know that's just a guess. Right.
Ryan
Was he finally extradited to New York?
Matt Jones
He got charged in the, I saw he got charged in New York. So I would assume that meaning was extradited. But, you know, there's another example what we were talking about, everyone has completely moved on from Luigi already. Like it was the most, it was the biggest story in the world. And now we haven't said another word about it. And this is the first I've heard of it in a week.
Drew Franklin
Personally, I've moved on to Patrick Sparks getting kicked off Flip Flops. I'm going to exhaust all efforts this afternoon to find if there's any truth in that.
Matt Jones
Somebody that happens, someone listening to this show knows.
Ryan
Somebody knows the answer.
Drew Franklin
Were they like slides or I don't.
Matt Jones
Know the form of flip flop. I don't know if it was a toe. I don't know if it had the toe thing or if it was, I don't know if it was a thong or not or if it was Muhlenberg guy.
Drew Franklin
So I don't know.
Matt Jones
Probably no thong for Mueller Bird guy. Yeah. Bourbon lovers, here's your chance to make this holiday season unforgettable. Commonwealth Causes has their ultimate bourbon collection. Drawing $20,000 worth of bourbon. Pappy Van Winkle, six bottles. Weller, six bottles. Blanton, single barrel, eight bottles. They're doing it. Tickets are limited for the drawing. It is December 19th. So what day is that?
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Tomorrow?
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Tomorrow, Tomorrow.
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Kee Sports Radio 859-280-2287. Ask anything Wednesday. Couple questions coming in. We still haven't found I must be wrong about the flip. I had Russia, I had Patrick Sparks, but I can't find anything about a flip flop.
Drew Franklin
Could have been a croc.
Matt Jones
Could have been a croc, but I still had nobody seems to have agreed.
Ryan
I do have a question for you when asking Wednesday.
Matt Jones
Yeah.
Ryan
Whatever happened to that town in South Carolina? There were the silicon. Silicon was hidden in the mountain. North Carolina, North Carolina.
Matt Jones
Still still an issue. Still an issue. They there I guess they that people the short answer is people don't know. They they think that you're talking about the floods.
Ryan
Yeah.
Matt Jones
They think that it survived the floods but they still won't know until they mine the product. And I don't know enough about the details but it's they feel better about it than they did before where all the Nate world silicon comes from.
Ryan
Yes.
Matt Jones
Yeah.
Ryan
You kind of scared me when you talk about the story there was there.
Matt Jones
Have been a few stories about it even since then. You can, you can read some of them.
Ryan
Okay.
Matt Jones
Along those lines, since we're doing education, one person writes Matt, how does the Supreme Court decide which cases to hear? That's a good question. If you so like if you were if somebody were to appeal to the Supreme Court, for instance, our referee friend appealed to the Supreme Court, I believe acquaintance. The Supreme Court meets all nine people if four of them so you don't need a majority, they just need four. If four of them vote to hear it, then they hear it. So it takes four of the nine to vote to hear it. So when you see the Supreme Court takes a case, it's because four of the nine.
Ryan
But they have to vote on every single case that gets. They do.
Matt Jones
And they turn down 95% of them. So they tend to only pick cases I think their standards of are national importance or if the law is different in different parts of the country and they're trying to unify it. So the law is the same everywhere. So they only end up taking like 50 cases a year.
Drew Franklin
4 of 9 seems odd whether well.
Matt Jones
The reason is used I think it used to be five of nine and then people would read into the fact that a majority took it to feel like they already knew what the result would be. So they took it down to four of nine. They want the minority to be able to still have their cases heard.
Drew Franklin
Very interesting.
Matt Jones
I think that's the theory. Who's up next?
Lavar Arrington
Elijah.
Matt Jones
Elijah, go ahead. A lot. I got two quick questions. After watching the SEC just destroy everybody.
Caller
So far this year.
Matt Jones
Yeah. What do you put our over under on SEC losses? Great question. And who gives Mark Pope his first loss? And referee. Great questions on both those. Let's start with. So The SEC went 8 no last night including a win. Florida beats North Carolina and then South Carolina wins against Clemson. The SEC now has more ranked non conference wins than any conference in history by six. Wow. So it's an unbelievable amount. In the last bracketology, 13 SEC teams projected into the NCAA tournament which would be a record by two over anyone else. So over under Kentucky SEC losses. If I were to set it at 6. What are you putting it at?
Drew Franklin
It's funny you say that. This morning I was looking at Ken Palm where he projects the score of every game on the schedule that's still ahead. He has him with six losses. I was sitting there thinking don't say six. Don't they say six, I'll go under six.
Matt Jones
So you would put five.
Drew Franklin
I found it interesting looking because he has the exact score for every game. Arkansas is Kentucky's third biggest blowout, I guess third easiest game he has according metrics on there. Now it's not perfect, but it's interesting to see that six is.
Matt Jones
To me, six is the number because I think they're going to go 12 and 6. I think that's going to be their record. If you make me pick one, I'll take under because I want to pick. Be positive. But I think they go 12 and 6. I think every road game is going to be hard and I think they probably drop one home game this year at home in the sec. And if I had to guess, I'm going to say Tennessee because I think Tennessee is going to be a very hard matchup for us because they are so physical and they play the style that we don't like. So I would say if you asked me who my first home loss would be, I'd say Tennessee and I would put it at 12 and 6.
Ryan
Yeah. You know, Western Kentucky played that way and we had problems with Western Kentucky. Tennessee is going to play that way.
Matt Jones
And some Louisville played that way.
Ryan
Louisville Played that way. Absolutely. I would probably go under. But like you said, this is a year where, you know, South Carolina just beat Clemson, a Clemson team to beat us. Missouri just beat Kansas. These are the bottom tier SEC teams that are make having these major wins. There's going to be some losses.
Matt Jones
Let me quickly go through here. Let's do one. Win or loss. Just say win or loss. Shannon, you're into Florida undefeated. We opened the SEC. Florida undefeated. @ home against Kentucky. At home against Florida.
Drew Franklin
Before you made this game, I was going to say we got to be careful. First one on the schedule. Florida is killing teams right now. I'm going to say we win that one. But Florida is very good and they're not talked about enough.
Matt Jones
I'm going to say when.
Ryan
I'm going to say win, but not loss.
Matt Jones
Loss. You're going to. You think we're going to lose the.
Lavar Arrington
First SEC early game. That's 11.
Matt Jones
11Am yeah, that's 11. All right. Kentucky at Georgia. When, when, when? At Mississippi State.
Ryan
Win, win.
Matt Jones
Surprising loss for me.
Drew Franklin
I'll go lost.
Matt Jones
8:30 at night. Saturday night. They're going to be going crazy. I'll take that as our first loss. A and M at home. When? When Alabama at home.
Lavar Arrington
Loss.
Matt Jones
I'm gonna say win. I think we get that one.
Drew Franklin
I say win.
Ryan
I'm gonna say loss.
Matt Jones
So that's your first home loss? Yep. All right. At Vandy.
Lavar Arrington
Loss. No, that's when?
Matt Jones
When, When At Tennessee. Loss, loss, loss. Arkansas at home. When, when at Ole Miss.
Ryan
That's the loss.
Matt Jones
I'm saying I'm going loss. That's a Tuesday night at. In Oxford. They ranked 17th. I'm saying loss.
Drew Franklin
I'll go win. I can't have them losing both Mississippi games.
Matt Jones
South Carolina home.
Lavar Arrington
When?
Matt Jones
When Tennessee home.
Caller
Loss.
Matt Jones
I'm going to take a loss. That's my fourth loss.
Drew Franklin
I got to go win.
Matt Jones
You're going to go win at Texas.
Ryan
Loss.
Matt Jones
When I'm going to say win? I'm going to say we go up there and we show Austin a thing or two and we get a win. What do you think?
Drew Franklin
I'll go win. Gosh, the schedule's so hard though.
Matt Jones
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
None of these. You feel great.
Matt Jones
Vandy at home at Alabama.
Ryan
Oh, I forgot about that one.
Drew Franklin
There's five.
Matt Jones
That's my.
Ryan
That's my sixth loss.
Matt Jones
I'm gonna say at Oklahoma. That's going to be my sixth loss. Is that Oklahoma? We're going to go lose back to back there. What do you got?
Lavar Arrington
I'll say when.
Matt Jones
All Right. Then Auburn at home. When we're winning that, that's going to be a wild atmosphere. That's going to be the last Saturday home game of the year. This place is going to be rocking. There's going to be naked people. Like it's going to be naked. There's going to be. I'm not saying they're just going to be naked people. They're going to be excited. I'm going to go. I'm going to go win.
Ryan
That's the last, last home day.
Matt Jones
It's not Senior Day. Senior Day is the next game, but last Saturday home.
Drew Franklin
Okay, you talk me into a win, but I hope the naked people sit down. They don't.
Ryan
Good point. Don't want naked.
Matt Jones
LSU at home on Senior night at Missouri. Last game of the year. I'm going to say when.
Ryan
When.
Matt Jones
So that's my six.
Ryan
I have him with seven losses.
Matt Jones
You now have them with seven.
Drew Franklin
I'll admit I picked two wins at Texas and at Ole Miss that I might have been lying a little bit internally. Thanks.
Matt Jones
So you know then how many losses do you have? You picked five. Loss.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, F5. But I mean, that is all those road games are going to be very difficult to win.
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Drew Franklin
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Drew Franklin
It was a pleasure.
Matt Jones
Shannon. Thank you very much.
Lavar Arrington
Yes, thank you, Ryan.
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Like it was say anything Wednesday.
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Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 2
Release Date: December 18, 2024
Hosts: Matt Jones, Ryan, Drew Franklin, and Lavar Arrington
Location: KS Bar and Grills, Kentucky Sports Radio (859-280-2287)
The episode kicks off with Matt Jones welcoming listeners to the second hour of the day’s broadcast. Emphasizing the interactive nature of the show, Matt introduces the segment "Ask Anything Wednesday," encouraging listeners to participate and engage with the hosts on various topics related to sports and beyond.
Playoff Game Predictions: The hosts delve into the excitement surrounding the upcoming playoff games, specifically focusing on the Denver Broncos’ visit to the Los Angeles Chargers. Matt Jones highlights the significance of the game with the potential for big playoff implications.
Matt Jones [02:18]: "It's the Broncos and Chargers Thursday only on Prime Video. Restrictions apply."
Listener Engagement and Prizes: To foster listener participation, Matt announces a prediction contest where listeners can predict game scores for a chance to win cash prizes totaling up to $8,000.
Matt Jones [03:44]: "Whoever gets the closest will be able to win cash prizes and happiness."
DraftKings Promotion: The segment features a promotional discussion about DraftKings, where the hosts make their game picks live on air. They discuss the Boca Raton Bowl between Western Kentucky and James Madison, along with the Art of Sport Los Angeles Bowl between Cal and UNLV.
Matt Jones [05:00]: "DraftKings bet $5, win $150 if you get it right."
Impact of Coaching Decisions: A significant portion of the discussion centers around recent coaching changes and their impact on team performance. The hosts debate whether previous coaching strategies were effective and how new leadership is influencing the team's dynamics.
Matt Jones [07:15]: "We've done it. It's been done. Now we move forward."
Fan Base Reactions: The conversation shifts to the reactions of the fan base to coaching changes, specifically addressing the departure of a former coach and the introduction of new coaching styles under Mark Pope.
Matt Jones [15:00]: "With Pope, because it's new. There's something about being new that makes people excited."
Uniform Discussions: The hosts engage in a nostalgic conversation about past and present team uniforms, expressing preferences for retro styles and debating the effectiveness of current designs.
Ryan [23:32]: "I love the uniform that we wore in 2015 that we've stopped wearing. Just that white and blue. It's very basic, but I think it looks really, really good."
Caller Randy Hard Apologizes: Randy Hard, a listener who previously criticized the hosts, calls in to apologize after witnessing the team's successful games, acknowledging that the coaching changes may have been necessary.
Randy Hard [10:53]: "After watching these games, I'm just gonna call in and apologize to you."
Discussion on Uniform Styles: Matt, Ryan, and Drew delve deeper into discussions about team uniforms, reminiscing about past styles and debating their merits compared to current designs.
Drew Franklin [24:20]: "I love the icicles. I had the Tony Delk icicle jersey with the shorts to match."
Supreme Court and TikTok Debate: Another caller raises concerns about the Supreme Court’s decision to hear TikTok’s case, sparking a debate on national security versus personal freedoms.
Matt Jones [30:00]: "We're giving all of our personal information to China on a platter, and that can't be good."
Caller Matthew’s Question on Team as a Movie: Matthew poses an imaginative question about what kind of movie the Kentucky basketball team would be if it were a film, leading the hosts to speculate based on the team’s performance trajectory.
Matthew [34:23]: "If this Kentucky basketball team was a movie, what would it be?"
Moon Landing and Space Exploration: The conversation takes an unexpected turn as the hosts discuss the moon landing, expressing skepticism about the necessity of further manned missions and debating the costs involved.
Matt Jones [06:01]: "Even believe that it even passes Shannon's approval."
Unexplored Territories and Historical Anecdotes: The hosts share intriguing stories about unexplored regions in Canada and Kentucky, pondering whether areas remain untouched by humans and sharing anecdotes about historical events like plane crashes.
Matt Jones [08:17]: "There are vast parts of Canada, vast parts of Canada, where they don't believe any human being has ever even walked."
Uniform Nostalgia: Further discussions reflect on the evolution of team uniforms, with hosts expressing a desire to return to classic designs and reminiscing about memorable uniforms from past eras.
Matt Jones [24:07]: "I'd like to see those brought back. I think those should be our regular uniforms, to be honest."
T-Mobile and Sony Electronics Collaboration: A segment highlights the innovative collaboration between CBS Sports and Sony Electronics, powered by T-Mobile’s private 5G network, which revolutionizes live sports coverage through seamless, high-quality footage.
T-Mobile [17:37]: "Using a custom built T Mobile private feature 5G network to power the live production, they deployed a 5G wireless camera system throughout the event."
Wasabi Technologies Spotlight: Lavar Arrington introduces Wasabi Technologies, emphasizing their role in providing affordable cloud storage solutions, especially for professional and collegiate sports teams.
Lavar Arrington [43:24]: "Wasabi is the world's hottest cloud storage company, becoming the go-to provider for professional and collegiate sports teams and leagues around the world."
Bourbon Raffle Announcement: The hosts announce a bourbon raffle in partnership with Commonwealth Causes and Club Blue, offering a chance to win premium bourbon selections to support UK Athletics.
Matt Jones [38:53]: "Commonwealthcauses.org Remember, they're partnered with Club Blue, so some of the money goes to UK Athletics Club Blue."
Final Thoughts on Supreme Court Case: Before signing off, Matt revisits the topic of the Supreme Court’s decision on TikTok, expressing mixed emotions about the potential ban and its implications for personal privacy and national security.
Matt Jones [31:31]: "I like TikTok, but the reality is we are giving all of our personal information to China on a platter, and that can't be good."
Randy Hard Apology:
"After watching these games, I'm just gonna call in and apologize to you."
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Discussion on Moon Landing:
"If the moon is so easy to get to, why don't we go now?"
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Uniform Preference:
"I'd like to see those brought back. I think those should be our regular uniforms, to be honest."
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Supreme Court and TikTok:
"I have mixed emotions. I like TikTok. I like the videos, but we are giving all of our personal information to China on a platter."
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Fan Engagement is Crucial: The interactive segments like predictions and listener calls highlight the importance of engaging with the audience to build a loyal listener base.
Coaching Changes Have Mixed Reactions: While some listeners and hosts acknowledge the potential benefits of coaching changes, others remain skeptical, indicating a divide in fan sentiments.
Technological Advancements Impact Sports Coverage: Collaborations leveraging technologies like 5G are transforming how live sports are broadcasted, offering higher quality and more dynamic coverage.
Concerns Over Privacy and National Security: The debate on TikTok’s potential ban underscores a growing concern over data privacy and the implications of foreign technology companies accessing personal information.
Nostalgia and Tradition Hold Strong: Discussions around retro uniforms and historical anecdotes reveal that maintaining tradition while embracing change is a delicate balance for sports teams.
KSR's Hour 2 offers a blend of sports analysis, listener interactions, and discussions on broader societal issues. The hosts adeptly navigate through topics ranging from playoff predictions and coaching impacts to technological innovations in sports broadcasting and national security concerns. Their engagement with listeners through interactive segments adds a dynamic layer to the broadcast, making it a compelling listen for sports enthusiasts and casual fans alike.
Note: This summary omits commercial advertisements, introductory and concluding remarks unrelated to the core content, focusing instead on the substantive discussions and interactions within the episode.