2024-12-23- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR – December 23, 2024 – Hour 1

Introduction: A Call to Unite Against Hate (00:00 - 00:35)
KSR kicks off with host Matt Jones addressing a pressing societal issue. Emphasizing unity, Matt urges listeners to combat the rising tide of hate in the country.

Matt Jones (00:00): "The hate in our country is out of control and it's at an all-time high... Let's stop hate."

Main Discussion: Team Updates and Personal Stories (03:05 - 19:08)

1. Show Dynamics and Current Status (03:05 - 03:59)
Matt Jones welcomes listeners to the Christmas edition of KSR, noting the absence of team members Drew Franklin, Shannon, and Max Duffy, who are on vacation.

Matt Jones (03:05): "Drew is out on vacation. Shannon is out on vacation."

2. Trivia Night and Listener Engagement (04:03 - 05:35)
Drew Franklin discusses the upcoming trivia night at KS Bar before Christmas, encouraging listeners to reserve their spots while stressing the importance of commitment to attend.

Drew Franklin (04:51): "Tonight I'm hosting my final trivia of 2024. There are still a handful of spots for reservations."

3. Personal Touch: Finding the Perfect Gift (05:35 - 09:04)
Drew shares a heartfelt story about selecting a meaningful gift for his father. After numerous attempts with various items, Drew settles on pajamas, guided by his mother's insight. He reaches out to listeners for recommendations on quality pajama stores in Lexington.

Drew Franklin (06:50): "So, here's my question... In the city of Lexington today, where could I go to get my dad the nicest pajamas?"

4. Analyzing the Recent Basketball Loss (09:04 - 15:27)
Drew and Ryan delve into their feelings about a significant 20-point loss to Ohio State. They dissect the team's offensive and defensive shortcomings, particularly the inability to score effectively and guard key players.

Drew Franklin (09:01): "This will be your last chance. Come join us at KS Bar before Christmas here."

5. Listener Call: NCAA Tournament Prospects (25:19 - 38:05)
A listener named Cameron calls in to express admiration for the show and inquire about Kentucky's standing as an NCAA tournament team amid mixed performances.

Cameron (36:21): "Are you all considering this team an NCAA tournament team? Yes or no?"
Ryan Lemon (28:30): "I am not worried about it going bad... overall my view of the team is still very positive."

6. Spelling Contest and TV Personalities Banter (38:05 - 51:43)
The hosts engage in light-hearted banter about spelling skills and recognition of sports TV personalities. Mario struggles with recognizing well-known figures like Lee Corso and Chris Fowler, leading to humorous exchanges and a playful challenge for a spelling bee showdown.

Drew Franklin (30:04): "I'mma prove the doubters wrong... Ryan versus Mario Spelling Bee."

7. Nick Roush Incident Discussion (45:09 - 50:00)
A contentious topic arises when a listener questions Nick Roush's appropriateness in wearing a Louisville shirt at a Louisville volleyball game, given his wife's past association with the team. The hosts debate the propriety of such actions, reflecting on sports journalism ethics.

Mario (34:00): "No, absolutely not, Ryan."

Community Engagement and Final Remarks: Standing Against Hate (51:25 - 51:45)
As the show nears its conclusion, Matt Jones reiterates his earlier message, calling listeners to action against hate by visiting standuptoallhate.org and using supportive hashtags or emojis.

Ryan Lemon (51:29): "Join us in calling for a hashtag... Timeout against hate."

Conclusion: Holiday Cheers and Final Messages
The episode wraps up with festive greetings as hosts and listeners share their holiday plans, blend in holiday music, and promote community initiatives aimed at fostering positivity and unity.

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Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones (00:00): "We're on the same team in this country. Let's stop hate."
• Drew Franklin (04:51): "There's nothing worse than then we tell people they can't come because we have a spot."
• Ryan Lemon (28:30): "Overall my view of the team is still very positive."
• Mario (34:00): "No, absolutely not, Ryan."

Key Takeaways:

• Unity Against Hate: The hosts emphasize the importance of collective action to combat societal hate.
• Team Performance: A critical analysis of the recent basketball loss highlights ongoing challenges in Kentucky's sports performance.
• Community Interaction: Engaging with listeners through calls fosters a sense of community and shared enthusiasm.
• Humor and Camaraderie: Light-hearted segments and banter among hosts add a personable and relatable tone to the show.
• Holiday Spirit: The episode balances serious discussions with festive cheer, catering to listeners' seasonal sentiments.

This comprehensive summary encapsulates the essence of KSR's December 23, 2024, episode, providing insightful discussions, community engagement, and uplifting messages for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.

Transcript

[Matt Jones]

Listen, I'm going to get serious for a minute. The hate in our country is out of control and it's at an all time high and it's going to take us all to stop it. We're on the same team in this country. Let's stop hate. To regroup our team, we need to take a timeout against hate. Visit standuptoallhate.org to help and join me in calling for a timeout against hate by following at what's up with Hate or posting the blue square emoji. Stand up to all hate.org Where'd you get those shoes?

[Ryan Lemon]

Easy.

[Drew Franklin]

They're from DSW. Because DSW has the exact right shoes for whatever you're into right now. You know, like the sneakers that make office hours feel like happy hour, the boots that turn grocery aisles into runways, and all the styles that show off the many sides of you, from daydreamer to multitasker and everything in between. Because you do it all in really great shoes. Find a shoe for every you at your DSW store or dsw.com Thursday Night Football is on and it's only on Prime Video. This week. Keep the holiday celebration going as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Chicago Bears.

[Mario]

You're gonna love this.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Mario]

Like these are all things things that are possible.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Drew Franklin]

Two hilarious shows on New Year's Eve. And don't miss Brian Bates January 3rd and 4th. Comedy Off Broadway opened in downtown Lexington.

[Ryan Lemon]

In 1987, and they're still bringing the.

[Drew Franklin]

Best in stand up comedy to the area 37 years later.

[Ryan Lemon]

Call 859-271-joke or visit comedyoffbroadway.com Comedy Off Broadway welcome, everyone.

[Drew Franklin]

Kentucky Sports Radio Monday, December 23rd. I am Matt Jones here on a beautiful Monday morning in Lexington, Kentucky. You can give us a shout on the Clark's Puppet Shop phone line. It is 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254. In this edition sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. You call TJ. He'll make them pay. I've got Ryan Lemon here. Drew is out on vacation. Shannon is out on vacation. Max Duffy was supposed to join us, but I'm looking at the clock here and he's not here. Extra set of headphones, headphones there. Now, I know the Aussie sometimes has late nights, but it's, it's 10:04. I don't know where he is. And so I, we may see him running up here at some point, but the Aussie with a rare missing the call here this morning at 10:04.

[Ryan Lemon]

He'll make it, but it is kind of rare for him to see him not answer.

[Drew Franklin]

So, so here's the thing, Mario. If by 10, if by the second segment he's not here, then you just get to come in here and sit and we'll move you in. How's that? All right, Good. We got a nice crowd here this morning. This will be your last chance. Come join us at KS Bar before Christmas here. We've got a big day here today. Yes, you got, you got this. And then tonight I'm hosting my final trivia of 2024. You can call. There's still a handful of spots for reservations, but I would call sometime this morning to get your team. As I said before, don't call unless you're coming. There's nothing worse than then we tell people they can't come because we have a spot. We have a spot. And then the people don't show up. And then I want to cuss them out even though I don't know their name. You know, they leave their number. So sometimes I think about just calling them and leaving angry messages, but I haven't done that.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think you get a really unique, fun crowd. It'd be different today because the folks that are coming in for the holidays never get to do your trivia. They're home, been in the house for probably over the weekend. I gotta get out of the house. They're gonna come tonight to play your trivia.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. So this will be kind of a. Probably a different group. I've written most of the questions, not all of them. So here's what. I need everybody's help here for just a second. Mom, if you're listening to this, go ahead and turn off the radio. Being serious. Don't. Don't, like, turn it off right now. This isn't about you, but you'll understand. Just turn it off for about three or four minutes. Okay. Give my mom a chance to do that. Well, you'll understand why.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. All right. So I have my gift for my mom. I figured it out.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

She better have turned it off. But it's a. It's a re. It's. It's a really good gift. I had to get it delivered to Middlesboro. It gets there new Christmas Eve, hopefully. Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

Fingers crossed.

[Drew Franklin]

Fingers crossed. Don't shake your head. It's going to get there. I. They had guaranteed shipping. Don't be pessimistic. Okay. It was thoughtful. And this. And this was the only way to get it done. Larry is a hard person to buy.

[Ryan Lemon]

He is.

[Drew Franklin]

Gifts for.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, what do you get a man who doesn't do anything, who just likes. Who's just happy? Like, literally, I could get him anything and he would be happy.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

But that almost makes it too hard. Right. Like, if you can get somebody anything and they're happy, it becomes impossible to figure out one thing that you can get. Right.

[Ryan Lemon]

Right.

[Drew Franklin]

So I asked my mom, I said, what should I get? What should I get Larry? We probably have this conversation every single year. I've gotten him every form of hoodie, sneakers, hat. Like, I've tried everything that could relate to me that you could possibly get.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And he said, you know. And she said, you know the thing that would make him the absolute happiest? And I said, what? And my mom said, pajamas.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

Now, I can't imagine anything making me happy less than pajamas. But you know what? It's not about what I want. Right. It's about what he would want. Pajamas. But here's the thing. I've been fortunate. I've done pretty well for myself. I don't want to go buy him, like, Hanes pajamas from Walmart. Right. You know what I mean?

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, I get you.

[Drew Franklin]

I want to get him something nice. Yeah, right. I got my mom something nice. I don't just walk in with this raggedy old pair of pajamas and be like, here's some socks and underwear, Larry. But mom says he wants pajamas. So here's my question, and I want to use group think, okay? In the city of Lexington today, where could I go to get my dad the nicest pajamas? Now, he doesn't want one of those, like, silk Hugh Hefner models. Right. I know what he's gonna want. He's gonna want some warm cotton. No. I don't know what materials are good.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Just something nice. So where is the place in Lexington, Ryan? I could get the nicest pajamas. 772-774-5254.

[Ryan Lemon]

For a nice pair of men's pajamas.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't either. That's why I'm saying it. And I'm not. I mean, I know I can go get some cheap pair somewhere, but where could I get something nice? Something like.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, obviously you could go to Lazarus, Macy's, or JCPenney's and.

[Drew Franklin]

But is that where they have nice ones, Jason? I mean, is there Even still a JCPenney at the mall? There's still a JCPenney?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. At the mall.

[Drew Franklin]

Really?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes, there is.

[Drew Franklin]

By the way, I have not one clue what's at Fayette Mall right now. Like, you could tell me. I haven't been there in eight years. Do you know what's there? Clearly, you know JCPenney.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, just because I was there last night in the hustle and bustle and traffic and driving.

[Drew Franklin]

So you were getting, like, went through JCPenney.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, I like to park outside of JCPenney.

[Drew Franklin]

You like to go through JCPenney?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Get in and out.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, besides JCPenney.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So if someone knows, let me know, because I'd like to do that.

[Ryan Lemon]

So you want to get them. You just need to know where.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, that's what he wants. Like, I could get him a nice watch, but he's not gonna wear it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So, like, why don't I get him something actually wants.

[Ryan Lemon]

There's got to be some men's stores here in town that.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, somebody will know. Somebody will know the answer to that and let me know. So, 772-774-5254. I said that almost as a distraction to what we have to talk about start, which was that basketball game Saturday that was brutal. I mean that's a 20 point loss to a team that has really struggled to start the season. They did have Aaron Bradshaw back, which they hadn't had for a lot of the year, but really just almost like we were never in the game. I mean we led a little bit early, but then they got a lead and we just, I think we cut it to six once in the second half, but otherwise just beat. You know, I was sitting here watching it at the bar and this place was full, really good energy and I could just feel it here. People wanted to be excited, but they just couldn't get excited. I'm sure that's what it was like at Madison Square Garden too. A complete just, I mean we just got crushed both sides of the ball, couldn't stop them, couldn't score. I mean it's a pretty bad loss. So my question for you is how much does it mean? Does it matter or is it like, well, that's a fluke and that happens.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm in the boat where it doesn't change my view of the team yet, but it sure was a stinky way to go into your Christmas holiday to get your butt kick like that. But you go 10 minutes out scoring a field goal, you're not going to be hard to beat anybody.

[Drew Franklin]

Go 10 minutes.

[Ryan Lemon]

It was like over nine minutes I think without a field goal.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's going to be hard to beat anybody you get on a situation like that.

[Drew Franklin]

I, yeah, I'm a little more down on it than you are. I think a lot of my worries about the team sort of manifested itself. Now don't get me wrong, the amount of fan policing that occurs right now is just out of control. Like I'm, I'm with. I heard this Ohio State guy who was yelling about Herb street and by the way, I got some Herb street thoughts too. But the amount of. And he was talking about Herb street seems to want to police the Ohio State fans. The amount of self proclaimed fan policers online about whether you're too positive or you're too negative, everybody gets to have their own reaction to these games, whatever it is. Now I'm not on the negative. We stink side. For me personally, I think that's going a little far. But a lot of my worries about the team manifested itself in that game. You know, we really, really, really struggle to get shots off the bounce.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And these teams are learning. Just keep extending the defense out as far as you can. Push us as Far out as you can and make us beat you off the dribble. And we just. We can't. We just don't really have any guy except Butler who can really take their man off the dribble. And it makes it to where, you know, it just can go really long times without scoring. And then defensively, we just don't have a lot of guys who can just man who can do the same thing to them that they can do to us. Right?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So we can't get into our rhythm to do the thing we're best at, which is shooting threes. I mean, we only took 22 threes. And how many of them were open?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, a lot. Knock them down.

[Drew Franklin]

I didn't think there were a lot.

[Ryan Lemon]

There were four of 22.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Did you think we had a lot of open looks? I thought we had a lot of semi contested looks.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I guess. I'm thinking early in the game we got some open looks, just didn't go down and kind of get well in the second half.

[Drew Franklin]

I didn't feel like we got anything.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And when we did, it was like a semi contest. I thought the wrong guys were taking the wrong shots. And then our dudes tried to start beating their guy one on one and shoot contested layups, which did not work.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And it just didn't. It didn't work. Now, do I think this team is still good? Yeah, I definitely do. Do I think this team can still do really well this year? Yeah, but we're going to have some stinkers this year. I just think this is the first of. I think we're going to have three or four of these this year where we go play a team and we just get beat because we just don't have a guy who can bail us out of these games consistently.

[Ryan Lemon]

Do you let it creep in your mind at all that maybe they're not a good three point shooting team as we thought, or as good as we thought. Is it starting to creep in your mind a little bit yet?

[Drew Franklin]

You know, I mean, it's six or seven straight games, it's true. Where we haven't really shot the ball. Well, I think the bigger issue. I still think when they're open and they're in the flow, this team can shoot lights out. But I think we. I think our problem is one step before the shot. I think we're having a really hard time.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Getting looks and I think, you know, Pope's got two weeks now before the Florida game to figure out what are our counters going to be to this press, press defense when I'm in. By press I don't mean full court, I mean like up on you the minute you get the ball across half court. I just don't think we've had an answer for that yet. Against Gonzaga they ran some back door cuts that really worked. But nothing worked against Ohio State.

[Ryan Lemon]

No, you said we don't have the outside of the Butler. We don't have that guy that can beat you off the bounce. You know, on the other end, whoever Robinson or Braya was guarding, man, they were beating him off the brown of the mounts a whole game.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean they. It was clear you got to give their coach on the other side diebor credit. He would run, he would run, pick guys off picks until he got one of his best players. Usually it was the point guard, but it was also the. Was the other guy's name that was good besides the main guy.

[Ryan Lemon]

Moberly.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, one of those two dudes. As soon as Brea, Robinson or Carr or even Williams got on one on one to the best.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yep. And they get.

[Drew Franklin]

And they. And they got it every time. I mean they, their goal was get Butler or away off these guys, get anybody else on them and then one on one to the basket. And that was a real problem for us.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. I think we've seen now the last three or four games the blueprint of how to millie cause caused Kentucky some problems getting physical with him inside doing exactly what you just said. Just find out the guy who's going to have Brea or Robinson or some of those guys on him and just be.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean poor Brea. I don't know what you do about that because you need him to play because he's the only one that can consistently make shots. But he cannot guard anyone. So I'm not. Don't get me wrong, I sound much more pessimistic than I am. I still think we win every home game except maybe Tennessee. Do you believe that?

[Ryan Lemon]

They should.

[Drew Franklin]

And I still think we'll steal some road games.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

But if you go back and look at Pope. I said this before the season, but then we talked about it on the post game show. Go back and look at Pope at BYU and at Utah Valley. He has a very similar pattern, which is he will beat some teams that you do not expect him to beat. Like we did Duke, like we did Gonzaga last year. They beat Kansas on the road by 15. But then he'll throw out some clunkers like games that you go what where they lost to like Central Florida at home. By 17. I think Saturday was one of those, was our first like Pope Clunker where you go, what in the world just happened?

[Ryan Lemon]

It seemed like for the first time too that from the minute the game started they just didn't have it. Like there was just nothing there.

[Drew Franklin]

You know what it reminded me of that Pope game in the tournament last year against Duquesne. I believe BYU and Duquesne were maybe the first tournament game.

[Ryan Lemon]

Was it.

[Drew Franklin]

Because I think Drew and I were sitting there in Pittsburgh watching the day games at the time. I obviously didn't think Pope would be the coach, so I didn't care about BYU Duquesne, but it was on. And I remember Duquesne got up like 15 early in the game and the BYU just could not come back at any point. And that kind of reminded. Watching a decent amount of that game and it kind of. Ryan reminded me of the game we just saw right here.

[Ryan Lemon]

When they're shooting poorly from threes 4 of 22, going to 10 minute scoring drought without even getting a field goal. I mean they've got to find some answers. This is. What was it? The Clemson game? They had a long scoring drought also.

[Drew Franklin]

They did, but they, they were able to defend that Clemson team decently well. We just could not defend the athletes. And of course Aaron Bradshaw ends up having his best game as a player. As a college player, that was kind of a bummer too.

[Ryan Lemon]

Is your bigger concern on the offensive end or the defensive end?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, defensively I don't think we're going to get any better. I mean I just, I feel we're just, we're just. I don't think we're so really it's offensively because we're going to have to outscore these teams. Yeah, I mean think about how we beat Louisville. We beat Louisville 93 to 85. Louisville scored 85 points against us. We're just going to have to score in the 80s and 90s to win with this group. Now I think next year we're going to have some good defenders, but with this group you got to score in the 80s and 90s to win. So I'm a little concerned offensively because we're, I don't think we're going to get much better defensively as the year goes on. 859280, 2287. It is our Christmas edition here of KSR. Hey Ali, how are you? We're going to take a break and be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to talk about something serious for a minute, something personal. Right now in our country, hate is at an all time high. It's like we're going backwards and hate is winning. It's out of control. So many different people and so many different groups are facing too much hate. It's enough. We need to stop and regroup. We need to change the momentum as a team because that's what we are. Everyone in this country is on the same team, so act like it. And when a team can't get it together, what do they do? They call a timeout. We all need to call a timeout against hate. Let's think about what we say and do and when we see hate and when we see someone doing something or saying something that we know is wrong and hateful, we need to call them out. Visit standuptoallhate.org to help and join me in calling for a timeout against hate by following OTs upwithhate or posting a blue square emoji Congratulations to 3am Innovations on their first place win for Innovation in Community at this year's Unconventional Awards.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

For their unconventional thinking.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey guys, this is Matt Jones. Drew Franklin from the Fade this podcast. We got a great episode coming up. Picks in all the sports. Football, basketball, we do them all. But here's a preview of this week's episode. I've seen people in the gambling community kind of make jokes about Fade this and we just goof off and don't even talk about the games. Bring your records and set them on this table right now. All you out there that are spend two hours talking about the games and will in the last seven years and night games they've come in and haven't scored 20 points and you get too detailed. Bring your records right here to fade this. We'll we'll talk about books and cooking and Kevin Costner and still make more money betting on sports than you will. And this episode was brought to you in partnership with DraftKings. To hear more, listen and subscribe to Fade this on iheartradio or wherever you listen to podcasts, there's joy to be had in finding the perfect gifts for the ones you love. And Saks.com's holiday gift guide can make it easy. Whether it's surprising your hard to shop for sister with a Chloe bracelet bag or gifting your partner a memorable scent from Gucci that matches their personality, Saks.com's hand picked guide can help take the stress out of the holidays like adding instant cheer to your home with bright decor or giving yourself some comfort by bundling up a scarf coat from Tatem. Find gifts guaranteed to bring joy to everyone this [e-mail] Thursday Night Football is on and it's only on Prime Video. Breaking the tackle touchdown this week. Keep the holiday celebration going as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Chicago Bears.

[Mario]

You're going to love this.

[Drew Franklin]

Coverage begins with TNF tonight. Not a Prime member. Sign up for a 30 day free trial to stream the game. It's the Seahawks and Bears Thursday only on Prime Video. Restrictions apply. See Amazon.com amazonprime for details. Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. Rick, you're gonna play Christmas songs today? Apparently. What is this?

[Ryan Lemon]

This is Felice Navidad by Jose Feliciano.

[Drew Franklin]

So you. So you started with Felice Navidad, Started being multicultural Rick, right? Like sort of liberal Rick showing up here on the day before Christmas. That's right. I'm a man of many faces. You are. You are definitely a man basis. Well, Merry Christmas to you, Rick, by the way. Back at you, Matt. One person writes Matt Ryan mentioned Lazarus. There hasn't been a Lazarus in 20 years. Does he have any other old department stores he would like to go to?

[Ryan Lemon]

I didn't realize I even said that. I'm thinking that corner store. I know. It's Macy's, I guess. Did I say Lazarus when I was trying to talk about Macy's?

[Drew Franklin]

Are there any more doll hairs?

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't think so. Not in Lexington.

[Drew Franklin]

Any more doll hairs? You see doll hairs running around like the people.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, a lot.

[Drew Franklin]

There's still a lot. There's a lot of doll hairs. Mario, how are you?

[Mario]

I'm good. How you doing?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know. What do you think happened to Max?

[Mario]

I hope he's okay.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm a little concerned because, like, he would not usually be late and then he's not responding. So I hope he's okay.

[Mario]

That's not good.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, we may have to send you out to knock on some doors and make sure he's.

[Mario]

Sure he's good. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know what's what are you doing for Christmas?

[Drew Franklin]

Are you going to Florida?

[Mario]

I'm going to my girlfriend's house.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, you're going to your girlfriend's house.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

Wait a minute. Serious. Have you ever spent Christmas with her family before?

[Mario]

I have. I have.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, so here. Here' a serious question. Do they hang a stocking for you?

[Mario]

Yeah, absolutely. I get my own stocking with a lot of confidence.

[Drew Franklin]

You get your own stocking?

[Mario]

I do, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

What. What.

[Mario]

What do they give you gift cards? Like, how long have you dated this.

[Drew Franklin]

Woman, by the way?

[Mario]

Like, four or five years.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, wow. So when are we gonna just go ahead and.

[Mario]

You put me on the spot.

[Drew Franklin]

I know. Why do you think I brought you on?

[Mario]

I don't know right now.

[Drew Franklin]

What are we waiting on, four or five years? You're not getting any younger.

[Mario]

She's in school right now, so I'm waiting till she finishes up school, and then maybe, you know, we can see what happens after.

[Drew Franklin]

Would you invite us to your wedding?

[Mario]

Absolutely.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Mario]

You guys are going, right?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I don't know when it is, but I assume. I assume I will.

[Mario]

Yeah. You guys will get the invite.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. Well, good. What do you think of the game Saturday?

[Mario]

Disappointing. If I had to bring it to one word. Disappointing is the word. I was really expecting a comeback, guys. Like, I was.

[Drew Franklin]

You're the most optimistic guy. Mario walks around this bar. He walks around this bar ride, and he just, like, looks at tables and goes, we still got time. You ready? Here we go. Here we go.

[Mario]

I said that a few times on Saturday. I mean, when you look at it, Gonzaga game, we were trailing, so I was really expecting a good, good comeback. And pretty much with those. These tough games, like, we always start off slow. So, like, I was really expecting a comeback, and we couldn't get stops. That was the main thing.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you. Does that worry you, Ryan, that we. I mean, this is. Now. How many games in a row have we started slowly? I mean, not just Duke and Gonzaga, but even, like, Colgate, Western Kentucky. I mean, it's. It's. It's. It's become kind of a pattern.

[Ryan Lemon]

I. It does me just a little bit. Yeah, but they're not coming out of the gate, you know, firing on all cylinders. I think it was 21 to 20 or 20 to 20 or something like that. And then all of a sudden, they just went ice cold. And Ohio State will. Aaron Bradshaw. It's kind of when he started to take over, took over the game. And of all people, the guy that dominate the game is our former guy.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, everything that we thought he was going to be, you saw.

[Ryan Lemon]

He saw it. Yep.

[Drew Franklin]

You saw it. Like he hit outside jumpers and he was able to handle like all the things that we wished kind of had happened here. One person writes, Matt, does this make you agree with Cal that we got to go get dudes to be good? Maybe we were wrong to throw that away. No, we need, we need a couple more dudes. But like, Pope did the best he could to get a roster this year. I don't blame him. Next year they're going to have those dudes.

[Mario]

They'll have those dudes.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, next year they're going to have a couple of freshmen, probably three freshmen at least that can come in and immediately make impacts. And then you combine them with older transfer guys. Maybe another year of away some of these freshmen. Like that's. I think Ryan, how he would like to build his team, but he had to do something different this year.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, we should credit him and what he was able to build just in a short amount of time. These guys he's got right now. We saw again how valuable Lamont Butler is to the team. When he went out with foul trouble, Ohio State just kind of started to dominate and especially on the defensive end. There was. We had nobody on the perimeter to stop them.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you. Were you surprised, Mario? We can't, we couldn't guard them. I mean, we just could not guard them. They. They got whatever shot they wanted.

[Mario]

I wasn't really surprised. I've seen it like that through the, the past games that we were not known to be like a great defensive teams. At times we are though. Like at times we can break 68th.

[Drew Franklin]

In the country in Kim Palmer defense.

[Mario]

But as far as like last night, yeah, I wasn't surprised. We couldn't get a stop. That was the main thing. And I said it to you. I was like, we can't get. We can't guard.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Right now we're 10th in offense. Ryan 68th in defense.

[Ryan Lemon]

I didn't think they'd be ranked 68 if it feels like they'd be lower than that.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I mean, it's adjusted for schedule strength and stuff. We played some good teams, so that's probably part of. Part of it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Like you said, they still gave up 80 something points to Louisville in a win. I mean, there's still some defensive problems going on with this team.

[Drew Franklin]

I was told by somebody there that North Carolina had more fans at the game than. Than we did. Does that surprise you?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes. I thought it was all pretty Much all blue in there.

[Drew Franklin]

It was just different shades.

[Ryan Lemon]

Hobby dang.

[Drew Franklin]

But I mean I would have thought more Kentucky. Apparently. Kelly, Kentucky had a big crowd but Carol, it was, it was like Carolina, Kentucky. No. Ucla? No.

[Ryan Lemon]

Ohio State and North Carolina struggling. I'm surprised they had that much.

[Drew Franklin]

They got a bit, they got a big win. Yeah, that was a huge win for them. Who's up first?

[Ryan Lemon]

Got Cameron up first.

[Drew Franklin]

Cameron, go ahead, Cameron. Hey, Matt.

[Ryan Lemon]

First time, long time.

[Drew Franklin]

Who are. What's up? Hey, just a few things. You know, first of all, I, I've listened to you all for a long time, love listening to the show and I love the insights you all give on, on not only Kentucky basketball, but Kentucky football, other UK sports. So like I said, you know, I've loved listening to the show for a long time. And, and another thing, I went to Red State barbecue yesterday in Lexington and it was really, really good. You off because you're saying nice things but I just got like 30 seconds. Oh no, you're good, you're good. But yeah, I gave you all a shout out on Twitter. And, and also I don't know how this Kentucky basketball season in SEC play could go. We could, we, we could, you know, excel in it or we could be really, you know, it could go really bad. I don't know. It could go either way in my opinion. Are you worried at all? And I appreciate the call. Are you worried at all? It could go bad. I hear people saying like, do we even know we'll go 500 in sec? Do you worry about that?

[Ryan Lemon]

I am not worried about it going bad. Like you said. I think there's going to be some clunkers. There'll be some nights where they have trouble shooting the basketball like they did against Ohio State. But overall my view of the team is still very.

[Drew Franklin]

We have to protect this home court. Yeah, like that's going to be the key. We cannot lose at Rupp arena because we're going to lose some on the road. That's just going to happen. But you know, you could be 21 in 10 and be like a four seat or a three seat, like that's how good the SEC is. But we have to protect home court. We cannot lose games here at Rupp Arena. That's why that Florida game is going to be so, so important. We'll take a break. Be right back. Ksr. Welcome back Techie Sports Radio pre Christmas edition. We are off tomorrow. Wednesday, Thursday we are here at KS Bar. Friday we are in Glasgow. Yes. At the Don Franklin I one of the things I like to do on this show. We were trying to teach Mario things.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes, right.

[Drew Franklin]

Mario, tell people how you spell Glasgow. On the. On the official thing, tell people how you spelled it.

[Mario]

I spelled it G, L, A, S, S, G. How does the ending go? D. Yellow.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, let's see. I want to see. Glasgow.

[Mario]

G, L, A, S, S. This is how I spelled it. But I learned how it's correctly spelled. It's G L, A, S, S, G, L, O, W. That's how I.

[Drew Franklin]

You spelled it as Glass Glow. Like, it was like a part. Like. Like you go to a Glass Glow party. That was a lot of wrong letters. A lot of wrong letters.

[Mario]

But I learned. I learned.

[Drew Franklin]

So no second S. No second S.

[Mario]

And no L. That's why you have the comments. The comments.

[Drew Franklin]

They told me, you know, you and I. You know I love you, but we talked a little bit about your spelling.

[Mario]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Like, Nick Roush would win a spelling bee over you, which I didn't think that was even plausible.

[Mario]

I don't know about Nick Roush. I've heard about his spelling.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, but then I've seen yours, so we're gonna have to. We're on your spelling. Did you never. Did you never get. When you were a kid, were you never in a spelling bee or anything?

[Mario]

I never was in a spelling bee. As I got older, my spelling got worse. I was a lot better. Like, I was top tier spelling.

[Drew Franklin]

So do you like. Oh, you were top tier. So, like, I don't know about, like, I don't know how to spell every word, but sometimes I'll look at a word and I'll go, that just doesn't really look right. Does that ever happen with you? Like, did you look at Glass Glow and say, this town can't be named Glass?

[Mario]

No, I did not. I, I. Whatever was in my head was the correct version.

[Drew Franklin]

That's nice. So you just look at something, and whatever you think it is, that's what it is. So, Ryan, does it feel good that maybe you're not the worst speller on the show anymore?

[Ryan Lemon]

I feel I'm kicking some spelling ass with it with him.

[Mario]

And I'm a better speller than Ryan.

[Drew Franklin]

I don' oh, wait a minute. You really believe that?

[Mario]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, okay. You know what?

[Ryan Lemon]

Spelling bee.

[Drew Franklin]

I think Ryan versus Mario. Spelling bee's coming.

[Mario]

That'd be good.

[Drew Franklin]

I. I can't believe I'm saying this. My money's on rye. Your money's on rye. I've seen your spelling. All right, I'mma prove the doubters wrong. I mean, on TikTok, your spelling is not good.

[Mario]

I'mma prove the doubters wrong, Ryan.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, I'll tell you what. That's a. That'll be a post Christmas Ryan versus Mario Spelling Bee. I got Ryan Lemon minus 230 going into it. That's just Nick Roush. However, third place.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes, we could definitely take Nick Roush.

[Drew Franklin]

Speaking of Nick Rouse, one person writes, Matt, I turned on the U of L volleyball game this weekend, and KSR's Nick Roush, I think, was in a Louisville shirt at the U of L volleyball game. What do you make of that? Well, first of all, Nick, first. Did you watch any of the volleyball this weekend, by the way? I didn't see it.

[Mario]

I did not.

[Drew Franklin]

It was pretty exciting, I have to say, in a pretty amazing story. I mean, first of all, U of L, their best player got hurt in the semifinals. And then I think her name's like, Anna De Beer. And then they came back and still beat the number one team in the country, Pit. So that was in the crowds. You know, they had 21,000 people there. Then in the finals, though, they lost to Penn State, whose coach not only became the first female coach to ever win a volleyball title, but also is battling breast cancer. And so they won kind of in her honor, which I think is a really, really cool story. And they want it, you know, a road game basically, against Louisville for the national title.

[Ryan Lemon]

That was a great. That's the best story of the weekend to see that. The way the team celebrated around the coach, obviously still struggling with breast cancer even to this day. You know, you get during the game, so tough to win in your opponent's home floor. But they did it.

[Drew Franklin]

So Nick Roush, his wife used to play volleyball for Louisville.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yep.

[Drew Franklin]

So that's the backdrop. Now his wife doesn't play volleyball for Louisville now, but his wife used to play. She is not a coach. So here's my question for you. Nick had on a red shirt and he was on tv. He is claiming it didn't say Louisville on it, that it was just red. Other people are claiming that it said Louisville. No one has the screenshot. But here's my question for you. This set of circumstances, you cover Kentucky, you're a UK fan, you go to a Louisville game, but your wife played for Louisville, not on the team right now. Can you wear a Louisville shirt to a Louisville volleyball game if your wife played there?

[Mario]

I'm surprised he put himself in that situation. I mean, wearing red in that setting. And then I understand your Wife was a Louisville, you know, alumni or whatever the case may be. But still, you can't. You can't go in that setting and wear red.

[Drew Franklin]

So you're saying no?

[Mario]

No, absolutely not, Ryan.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think red's the one color you cannot wear. He could wear black. He could wear white.

[Drew Franklin]

Can he wear a Louisville shirt?

[Ryan Lemon]

No.

[Drew Franklin]

So we all agree. Cannot. Even if you're white. Well, what if his wife is a coach?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, so wife, the current coach? Yes.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Why? Former player?

[Ryan Lemon]

No.

[Drew Franklin]

No. Okay, so let me agree here was what I was gonna say. I don't think you can wear anything that says Louisville on it. You have to say, honey, I'm sorry. I have personal obligations. I support you. If you played. That's different. Yeah. I don't have a problem with him wearing red. But it can't say Louis. So he could wear red like it was like a Christmas sweater.

[Ryan Lemon]

It is Christmas season.

[Drew Franklin]

Would you be okay with him wearing a Christmas sweater? Yeah, that has the color. Is that okay?

[Mario]

Christmas sweater is okay. But if it's just a red, plain T shirt, no letters on it or no nothing on the T shirt, he can't wear it like that.

[Drew Franklin]

So you're going to look at your future wife and say, I don't care what you've done. I ain't a part of it.

[Mario]

She knows. She knows.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow. She knows.

[Ryan Lemon]

It does hit a little different because Nick's job is to cover UK football primarily.

[Drew Franklin]

He also apparently said it was the best atmosphere of any sporting event he's ever been to. Whoa. You got to slow down, don't you think? Like, he's got to slow down there, you know, I've been to good. I was at a Louisville. I said that Louisville, West Virginia football game, what, 20, 15, 20 years ago, that was at night, on a Thursday night, and that was an amazing atmosphere. But you can't say a Louisville game is the best atmosphere. Do you agree, Ryan?

[Ryan Lemon]

I think not. Like I said, in his position where.

[Drew Franklin]

He'S covering Kentucky football, get on Nick Roush here on Christmas. You can't be doing that. As Andy Beshear would say, who's next? By the way, we're 114th in the country in three point percentage. Madison is up next. That's not going to be good enough. Like, we. We're not. We can't.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, we can't.

[Drew Franklin]

We're going to have to be better than that if we're going to be really good this year. Madison, go ahead. Yeah. First of all, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you as well. I got a couple things. One, do you all, I know we.

[Ryan Lemon]

Lost to Ohio State, but do you.

[Drew Franklin]

All consider this team an NCAA tournament team? Yeah. Yes or no? Yes. And then of course we're. Of course we're an NCAA tournament team. I mean if you beat Duke and you beat Gonzaga on neutral courts, you are certainly should be an NCAA tournament team and I think a still highly seated NCAA tournament team. All right. And then second, how far do you think we'll drop in the polls? Do you think we'll stay in the top 25? Do you think we'll drop out? Why would you think we'd drop out of the top 25? We in the country last week we got beat by 20 points. I just wanted other teams lose too. Yes, we will stay in the top 25. Ryan, I would say we come in somewhere 10 to 12 maybe something like that. Would you agree?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I think the question would be do they fall out of the top 10? I mean it's going to be close.

[Drew Franklin]

Would you put us in the top 10?

[Ryan Lemon]

I think I still would. I mean you still beat Duke and Gonzaga who I still think are two of the best teams in the country.

[Drew Franklin]

And I do want to have some perspective when the season started, I think if we had told any of us you looked at the non conference, you said we go 11 and two, wouldn't we have all taken it in a second?

[Mario]

Absolutely.

[Drew Franklin]

I think we all would have taken it. We would have said we certainly would not have thought the two losses would have been Clemson, Ohio State and Ohio State. But I think we definitely would have taken it. And honestly for our resume beating the teams we beat would be better than if we lost to Duke and get Zaga Ryan beat Clemson in Ohio State. Your resume is actually better off getting those wins.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Your tournament resume to beat like I said, two of the best teams in the country. One basically on their home floor I think speaks volumes for your.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you think part of it bothers us because Auburn won by 40 last week?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, that definitely hurts Auburn. The the team that's everybody says the best in the country, best in the sec ran that Ohio State team off the floor the weekend before.

[Drew Franklin]

Did you like Mark Pope's post game comments where he said this is going to eat at me the entire Christmas break. He basically was like you can't lose like this and then go into a two week break. It's going to bother me the entire time we're going to come back and he said something like this will be the turning point of the year. Which I thought was a very bold statement from our coach coming out. Did you like that?

[Mario]

I loved it. I loved it, man. I mean, Mark Pope, he always is known to make adjustments on his end, but I, I feel like this is a good fuel for them, you know, Good fuel to their fire, you know.

[Drew Franklin]

Did you like that? You like coming out and saying, I mean, it's very different from wait till March and all the stuff we're used to. This is. I'm no lose sleep during Christmas over this.

[Ryan Lemon]

I want my coach to hurt when they have a loss like that. I don't want my coach to say, well, at least I get to go home to my dogs. I'm gonna go watch the Alaskan bush people show, you know, Alaskan bush people. I don't want to hear that. I want my coach to hurt it. That's what Stoops is good about, man. After a tough loss, you can hear it in his voice. I heard that in Pope's voice.

[Drew Franklin]

I thought that was the perfect answer for our fan base. Our fan base wants you to care as much as we do. I mean, I. Our fan base wants you to. Wants to think that it eats at you. Like it eats it. So I love that answer. I thought that answer. You know, we talk about what fans need to hear. I don't know if fans were listening to that at the end, but they should have because that is what they need to hear.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's after that butt whooping. That's exactly what I needed to hear. That my coach is upset and he's going to lose sleep over Christmas break.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemon]

Because I am too.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemon]

I don't think you can just pour.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemon]

I don't think you can.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

I'm going to talk about something serious for a minute. Something personal. Right now in our country, hate, hate is at an all time high. It's like we're going backwards and hate is winning. It's out of control. So many different people and so many different groups are facing too much hate. It's enough. We need to stop and regroup. We need to change the momentum as a team because that's what we are. Everyone in this country is on the same team, so act like it. And when a team can't get it together, what do they do? They call a timeout. We all need to call a timeout against hate.

[Drew Franklin]

Hate.

[Matt Jones]

Let's think about what we say and do and when we see hate and when we see someone doing something or saying something that we know is wrong and hateful, we need to call them out. Visit standuptoolhate.org to help and join me in calling for a timeout against hate by following hat's upwithhate or posting a blue square emoji.

[Ryan Lemon]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Mario]

You're gonna love this.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Drew Franklin]

Yes Is this another Christmas Rick jam? Is this Paul McCartney?

[Ryan Lemon]

This is Paul McCartney. Wonderful Christmas time.

[Drew Franklin]

Wonderful Christmas time. Different kind of Christmas jam between what Shannon plays and what Rick plays for the Christmas holiday.

[Ryan Lemon]

I like this one. It's a good choice. Rick Christmas song.

[Drew Franklin]

Shout out here at the bar. Allie Tucker is here. She's a former KSR writer, one of the 10 funniest people I've ever met. Like Abs. She's absolutely hilarious. She has a podcast about youth sports, right? What's it called? Youth sports. The S is a dollar sign. Well, go get it, Ali. She. She goes viral. Like she has these discussions about. About, like the future youth sports and they go viral online. So former ksr, also soccer coach here in Lexington.

[Ryan Lemon]

She did a great one with Ronnie Robinson from Franklin County. It's a great story, that. Great podcast. Good. Listen, while you're home, one person says.

[Drew Franklin]

Matt Nick Roushes named one of his kids Duke. Is that another strike? Yes.

[Mario]

Oh, suspect.

[Drew Franklin]

Sus. Sus.

[Ryan Lemon]

Very sus.

[Drew Franklin]

That is. That is it.

[Ryan Lemon]

We. They say Corey Price found the picture of Nick. The red shirt is a Bob Ross Christmas red T shirt.

[Drew Franklin]

So it doesn't say Louisville on it doesn't say Louisville.

[Mario]

He had a red hat on, but.

[Ryan Lemon]

He have a red hat on and a red flannel shirt over the Bob Ross T shirt.

[Drew Franklin]

I think that's. That's pretty sus. One person writes, matt, I'll take Mario in the spelling contest. Ryan can't spell his way out of a paper bag.

[Mario]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Ryan Lemon]

What? You don't realize I got third place in the Otwell Elementary Spelling Bee.

[Drew Franklin]

That was in 1961.

[Ryan Lemon]

Y. Yeah, I just don't remember the word that knocked me out. Gallbladder knowledge.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, that's fitting. I Like that one person writes, matt, I heard you on ESPN Sunday, thought you were very funny. Here's my question. With all the controversy between ESPN personalities, who have you worked with that you liked and who haven't you liked? Oh, wow. Good question. I don't have the, you know, Ryan Clark and Pat McAfee been going back and forth and Ryan Clark and Aaron Rodger. I don't have the pull to be able to say who I don't like, although I could give you a couple, but I won't do that. Who I like, obviously, Myron is number one. Dan Orlovsky has always been great to me. I think he's a really, really nice guy.

[Ryan Lemon]

Does a good Matt Jones impersonation too.

[Drew Franklin]

Jeff Saturday was always very nice to me. Love to talk to me about Jared Lorenzen. He was. I've talked about how Mack Brown, who's now been the North Carolina coach and now retired. I really liked it. Love Herm Edwards. Herm Edwards. I'm gonna have Herm Edwards. He offered to host during the summer. That dude is a character now. I mean, if you, if you don't listen to anything else. I do in the second hour every week of the Matt Myron podcast, turn on when we have her members on, because he is out. He is a trip. And he really likes us as well. So I. He's really good. Joe Fortinbaugh, pretty much most of the people I've worked with, Coach Ian Fitzsimmons, I like. I like Amber Wilson. So I've had a bunch that I've enjoyed.

[Ryan Lemon]

Are things better between you and Sal, pal?

[Mario]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Sal likes me now.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, we. He didn't like me for a long time. I'd say the person that now the most tension is with is probably Seth Greenberg, but it has nothing to do with my time at espn. It's the, It's. It's the whole Cal thing. Thing.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm trying to think of other guys.

[Drew Franklin]

But I've worked with a couple people who. Who. I wouldn't put Seth in this. Seth is fine, but I've worked with a couple people that. That suck.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

That are like.

[Ryan Lemon]

Have you done a show with Harry Douglas yet?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, yeah, I've done a bunch with him. Remember, he worked at my law firm in Louisville, so I, I like him. But there's a couple people on there that are behind the scenes, just absolute jerks. And like, you can. The produce. You can always tell how somebody is by whether or not the producers like, like them. And the producers will tell you who who is nice and who stinks. And some of them stink.

[Ryan Lemon]

Who was the guy that came up and got you said you're sitting in.

[Drew Franklin]

His chair field Yates. But that was like a misunderstanding. I don't dis. I don't dislike him. But, but, but there was a couple. Yeah, that, that, you know, I'm not going to play it because somebody will play. My boss already thinks I criticize ESPN too much. Well, let's talk about one of the ESPN people, people. I've only interacted with him once, but he was fine with me. But, Kirk, Herb street feels like college football fans are kind of turning on Herb Street a little bit. He. He went off on Ohio State fans. Did you see that? Went off on him. Said, you guys are being too mean to Ryan Day. Even if they lose to Tennessee, it's fine, you know, blah, blah, blah. And Ohio State fans, for a dude that played there, they have completely turned on him. And I read this article this week that basically somebody said they feel like Herb street has become a joyless figure, just lecturing fans left and right. Do you agree with that?

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I mean, he's been on Ohio State Homer forever because he played there. That's his team. He wants them to.

[Drew Franklin]

But he moved out because he said he moved to Nashville because he said the fans were too mean to his family.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Too mean to him. So I don't know, you can kind of relate to this more than anybody, where people kind of coming after you over the cow thing are coming after him now for the Ohio State thing.

[Drew Franklin]

It's tough because when you're one of them, people, like, get even madder. Yeah. So, you know, I have some sympathy for him from those few months of the Caliperi thing, but he also, man, he'll just go at those people. I don't know. Do you like Herb Street? He's been on TV for 20 plus years.

[Mario]

I don't even know who that is, to be honest.

[Drew Franklin]

Wait a minute.

[Mario]

I don't even know that I'm.

[Drew Franklin]

How do you not know who that is?

[Mario]

I don't know who that is.

[Drew Franklin]

What do you mean you don't know who that is?

[Mario]

Maybe if I see him by picture, maybe I'll recognize, like.

[Drew Franklin]

You don't watch tv, do you?

[Mario]

Not a lot.

[Drew Franklin]

See, your generation just baffles me. Like, your generation does not watch television.

[Mario]

Yeah, I don't watch.

[Drew Franklin]

You don't? Do you know who Lee Corso is?

[Mario]

No. He looks kind of familiar a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

Can you believe that? Do you know, you know, I know the big. The.

[Mario]

The big personalities.

[Drew Franklin]

But he's the biggest person. Herb Street's the big. He calls all the biggest games college. Do you know who Chris Fowler is?

[Mario]

He sounds familiar.

[Drew Franklin]

But you're a huge sports fan. How do you not know who these people are? Who's Troy Aikman?

[Mario]

No, I don't know who that is.

[Drew Franklin]

Tony Romo.

[Mario]

Now that sounds familiar.

[Drew Franklin]

That dude. Chris Collinsworth.

[Mario]

Are these all football guys?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Mario]

Yeah. Yeah. I'm more like basketball. Give me some basketball guys.

[Drew Franklin]

So I just named you the most Joe Buck.

[Mario]

I don't know who that is.

[Drew Franklin]

Don't know who that is.

[Mario]

No. Wow.

[Ryan Lemon]

I do not feel so old right now.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemon]

Don't you feel old right now?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, but look, you. I. I just said. What do you think? You don't know who Kirk Herbstreet is.

[Mario]

You're lost of words.

[Drew Franklin]

I am lost in words. It's one thing not to know Cole Kublick. Wow. All right, I gotta take a break. We will take a break. Come back hour number two. KSBAR is open. Kentucky Sports Radio. Hate has been winning for too long.

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