2025-01-29- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 1 (January 29, 2025)

Introduction On the January 29, 2025 episode of KSR, hosted by Matt Jones alongside Drew Franklin and Shannon from the KSR crew, the show dives deep into the latest University of Kentucky (UK) sports news, focusing primarily on the recent basketball triumph and upcoming events. Skipping past the initial advertisements, the hosts immediately engage listeners with insightful analysis and passionate discussions about the Wildcats' performance and future prospects.

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Key Topic: Kentucky’s Remarkable Victory in Knoxville

Historic Underdog Triumph The centerpiece of the episode is Kentucky's stunning 78-73 victory over Tennessee in Knoxville—a game that marked the third consecutive year Kentucky entered Knoxville as a double-digit underdog and emerged victorious.

• Matt Jones (02:38): "This makes it the third straight year that Kentucky has gone into Knoxville as a double-digit underdog and won. I bet that's never happened in the history of college basketball."

• Drew Franklin (03:58): "I can't imagine a time that could happen even twice seems very unlikely. Three straight years as a double-digit underdog... that's just an absolutely amazing job."

Team Performance and Player Contributions The discussion highlights the exceptional performance of Kentucky's five starters, each contributing in double digits, showcasing the team's depth and resilience.

• Matt Jones (04:17): "All five guys went in, said, look, it's us. And basically each of them did what they had to do to get the victory."

• Drew Franklin (05:32): "What makes this win even more impressive is that these are five guys from Oklahoma, Dayton, BYU... people outside of Kentucky were saying aren't talented enough. But they proved them wrong."

Coaching Strategy Under Duress Mark Pope, the head coach, is commended for his strategic acumen, especially under challenging circumstances without key players like point guard Lamont Butler.

• Matt Jones (04:17): "Mark Pope goes in without his point guard, Lamont Butler..., and still finds a way to secure the win."

• Drew Franklin (07:41): "Mark Pope had to adjust his game plan on the fly, and it showed in how the team executed defensively, forcing Tennessee to take 45 three-pointers."

Spotlight on Trent Noah: The Mountain Mamba A significant portion of the conversation centers on Trent Noah, whose standout performance earned him the nickname "Mountain Mamba."

• Matt Jones (08:06): "Lamont Butler says he'll be back soon. But players like Jackson Robinson and Trent Noah stepped up remarkably last night."

• Drew Franklin (12:03): "Trent Noah pulling up from the E, a shot he should not have taken, and drilling it... this kid is fearless."

• Nickname Discussion (13:27 - 14:02):

  • Drew Franklin: "I think 'Mountain Mamba' is the one. I think we put 'Angel Baby' to the side."
  • Matt Jones: "I'm going to call him Mountain Mamba. He looks 12 years old."

Player Highlights Other standout players were discussed, including Jackson Robinson's 17 points and 4 three-pointers, Amari Williams' 15 rebounds, and Kobe Braya's 18 points.

• Matt Jones (14:03): "Jackson Robinson had 17 points, hit the four threes... Kobe Braya scored 18 points."

• Drew Franklin (14:35): "Amari Williams had 15 rebounds and played excellently despite limited minutes."

Listener Interaction and Community Stories The hosts engage with listeners, sharing heartwarming stories and shout-outs, reinforcing the strong community bond among UK fans.

• Caller Kara (32:41): "I'm dressed for it."

  • Matt Jones (32:44): "I am going to make some shirts... But you understand, Kara, I can't call him Sweet Mountain Angel Baby."

• Listener Ryan (35:17): "I need to restock my bourbon cabinet after the game last night."

• Listener Sarah (43:16): "The Voice did so good last night. It was really fun to watch."

Praise for Coach Mark Pope Mark Pope receives extensive praise for his uplifting coaching style and ability to foster a positive team environment, likened to the beloved character Ted Lasso.

• Drew Franklin (44:08): "Mark Pope's relentless positivity is making a big difference in the sport."

• Matt Jones (44:02): "He is recruiting the best connections with the fan base and how he is as a person."

Upcoming Events and Promotions The hosts briefly touch upon upcoming games, particularly the Kentucky vs. Arkansas matchup, and promote a giveaway through Club Blue.

• Matt Jones (47:25): "Club Blue is giving away two tickets to the Kentucky vs. Arkansas game. Visit clubbluenil.com to enter."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Matt Jones (05:32): "All five guys went in, said, look, it's us. And basically each of them did what they had to do to get the victory."

• Drew Franklin (12:03): "Trent Noah pulling up from the E, a shot he should not have taken, and drilling it... this kid is fearless."

• Matt Jones (44:02): "He is recruiting the best connections with the fan base and how he is as a person."

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Conclusion The episode wraps up with a reiteration of Kentucky's impressive victory streak in Knoxville, the promising future of key players like Trent Noah, and a heartfelt appreciation for Coach Mark Pope. The KSR crew emphasizes the unity and unwavering support of the UK fan base, setting an optimistic tone for the remainder of the season.

Listeners are encouraged to stay tuned for the second hour, which promises further discussions on upcoming games, team strategies, and more community interactions.

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Final Thoughts This episode of KSR offers UK fans a comprehensive and engaging analysis of the Wildcats' recent achievements, celebrating both team dynamics and individual player milestones. Matt Jones, Drew Franklin, and Shannon deliver a rich narrative that not only informs but also strengthens the community spirit among listeners.

Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

It is Kentucky Sports Radio Wednesday January 29th. I'm Matt Jones here on my last day in a beautiful day in New York. We got Drew is in Lexington, Shannon is in Louisville. We are ready to go. Our Clark's Puppet shop phone line, 859-280-2287. Shannon tells me there's already people on the phone, but you can get on. It's gonna be a fun next three days. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254. In this dish and sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. You call TJ. Make them pay. First of all, you know, there's obviously a big thing happening Saturday, but we got to take a lot of time today, if not most of the time to talk about what happened last night. Kentucky WINS In Knoxville 78 to 73 in a game that makes the third straight year that Kentucky has gone into Knoxville as a double digit underdog. Double digit underdog and one on the road. Drew, I don't know, you know, I don't know the records against the spread in every college basketball game ever, but I bet you that one team has not beaten another team three straight years on the road as a double digit underdog. Drew, I bet that's never happened in the history of college basketball. It's just a guess, but I bet it hadn't happened.

[Drew Franklin]

I can't imagine a time that could happen even twice seems very unlikely. So to do it three straight years as an eleven and a half point dog, ten and a half point dog. Ten and a half point dog. That I'm going to agree with you. I don't think that could ever happen. And I feel like at this point, yeah, I feel like at this point Kentucky just keep making us the underdog. Why not? It's fun to do that.

[Matt Jones]

I would be shocked if that's ever happened and they get the victory. It is now five out of last six in Knoxville. We've gone ahead and we got Shannon a timeshare on Rocky. Rocky top now, as a matter of fact, I think we own the majority of it after a win that I think is as impressive a coaching job as as we'll see. Mark Pope goes in without his point guard, Lamont Butler. Starting power forward Andrew Carr plays one minute basically and then can't go. And he essentially plays five guys and then brings in four people, Rod and off the bench. Really only two of them that play significant minutes and then finds a way to get a victory. I said on the post game show last night, Drew, I think, you know, no offense to Brandon Garrison and Travis Perry, who played, but their contributions were a little more minimal. But seven dudes like each gave a big contribution. And the five starters were unbelievable. I mean, all five guys, you don't win without any of them playing well. All five in double digits. I mean, that was almost the epitome of a team win, where five guys went in, said, look, it's us. And basically each of them did what they had to do to get the victory.

[Drew Franklin]

It's crazy. Not just any five guys, these are five guys from Oklahoma, Dayton, byu, guys that a lot of people outside of Kentucky were saying aren't talented enough. Kentucky's going to fall. Those five went in with a bench of two kids that were in the Sweet 16 last year and beat a very good Tennessee team in an environment where Vols fans thought all day they were winning. They went in celebrating before tip off because they thought that game was over. And to have the performance they did with Kentucky just jump on them right away, that was amazing. It's one of my favorite games in a long time.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, let's just. Let's just focus on that for a second. Think about the people that went on the floor last night. Starting lineup from Oklahoma, Dayton, byu, fairly Dickinson and Drexel. And the bench, Oklahoma State, a guy that was on a Mormon mission, and two kids from the Kentucky Sweet 16 High School. I mean, that's who won the game last night. That's who went and beat a Tennessee team that was preseason number two or three. The number one defensive team in the country going in, by the way. By the way, they were number two coming out because we scored 78 points on them. And you go and win there, that's just an absolutely amazing job. And they had a bunch of different times during the game that they could have given it up. You know, they were up eight in the first half. Shannon, they come back. Terrible. Last three minutes, the first half, we're losing by three at halftime. Once again, start the second half, great. Go from down three to up six in the first segment of the second half. And then the lead kind of would go up to 8 or 9, come back to 3, go up to 8 or 9, come Back to 3. But Shannon, they would always make the plays they had to make. And then after a terrible sweet sequence where they get three, three offensive rebounds, they get four shots at it, they finally make a three. We're only up one and it looks like we're going to collapse. They go and hit a free throw or hit two free throws, play great defense on the next play and get the win on the road.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I mean, that is without a doubt in my mind the most impressive win of the entire season. I know they played without Crease and without Butler in the Gonzaga game, but that wasn't for the entire 40 minutes. And to be able to go on the road in a tough environment like that and do that against Tennessee, I mean, come on, man. How does that not get you excited about the rest of the season moving forward? Even if you don't have Butler, they do need them going forward, but this shows you they can win if they don't have them for the next couple of games.

[Matt Jones]

And on Brandon Garrison's expletive laden post game, post game locker room video, Lamont Butler says he'll be back soon. So that makes me feel better. But you know, we're probably gonna have some games where we don't have him. And you know, they, they played Jackson Robinson at the point guard. They played Amari Williams Summit the point guard, which made Drew my, my heart kind of flutter a little bit like, what are we doing? But he did an awesome job doing it. Amare had 15 rebounds, Jackson Robinson 17 points, Kobe Bray 18 points, and a diversity of game that we haven't seen going to the basket some. He had set. You know, Drew, we've talked about, he had 10 free throws on the year. He had seven free throws last night. He had as many. For almost as many free throws last night. Drew, as he shot the entire season leading into the game.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I think he was listening to KSR if we called him out on that day of the game. But I think, you know, you want Butler back, I want him back immediately. Same with Carr. But I almost think the offense just had their backs against the wall. There's like, well, there's not much of a bench. We got to do something. And maybe they found confidence in that. I think, you know, Robinson, I don't want him to be the point guard, but he's now done it in the second half against Gonzaga. Did well last night. You don't want to do it forever, but it seems like this group, when they get pretty limited, they, they play well together offensively.

[Matt Jones]

And we even beat the banked in three curse. Drew. We thought that would do us in, but we even beat the bank. Didn't three curse. They hit a baked in three and we still won.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, so let's talk about that because at that right before the banked in three, you couldn't convince me Tennessee was going to win that game. I mean, Pretty early in the second half, I was feeling great. I was already talking my talk with friends. But then when that banked in three happened, I considered turning off the TV and going to bed. I genuinely thought the banked in three has that much of a curse that that was the final moment. So maybe earlier in the game, Brea had one rattle and kind of bank in. Maybe that canceled it out. But the to have it a six time now, I thought that was the end.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know how that's possible that you could make it six threes in games. But we won this one and. And that's ultimately the most important thing I will tell you. Shannon. So I was at the Carolina Hurricanes were playing here in New York, right? So I went to the game and the plan was to watch it on my phone and I was going to have. I was going to watch it. But you know, I thought, to be honest with you, I thought we were going to lose. So I was like, I'm going to keep track of it, but whatever. Well, of course, obviously, when we're winning, you know what happens to me, right? Oh, yeah. I'm literally in the middle of Madison Square Garden, like pacing.

[Drew Franklin]

Did you find the showers in the locker room?

[Matt Jones]

I nearly went in and knocked Sebastian Ajo out of there and said, look, I got to be in the shower. I'm standing in the aisle at the end of the game, like pacing back and forth. The Canes destroyed the Rangers, so I got a double dip of wins. But I was freaking out. And I'm sitting there and you know how it is when you're like in an arena, the service would go in and out, especially on streaming video. And at one point, the three that Kobe Braya hit right after they had banked in the three Drew, it froze with the ball in the air, right? So. So no Kobe Bray shoots a three. And I don't know whether or not it's gone in. And I remember thinking sitting there, if that ball goes in, I think we're winning. If it doesn't, I think we might lose. And then when I find when it 30 seconds later restarted, it had gone in. And I actually think that the two most important plays of the game I said this last night. I think we're Trent Noah on the the loose ball, being a Kentucky player to finally go get a loose ball put in the basket because they were on a run that stopped it. And then I think Kobe Bray is three right after the banked in three. You know, when that three went banked in all Kentucky fans probably thought, well, there we go, we're going to lose. And then on the next play, he hits the three. For me, it froze in the air for a minute, but I thought actually those were the two biggest buckets of the game.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. The immediate response to the bank was awesome. It was so good to see Bray get going. Not missing a shot. But honestly, my favorite play of the game was Trent Noah pulling up from the E, a shot he should not have taken, and drilling it. I mean, you got to think about. That's right. I heard you say on show, love the Mountain Mamba nickname, but you got that kid not even this time last year. Didn't have a thought of playing for Kentucky. He was going to South Carolina. Didn't have an offer to pull up from the E on Tennessee's court. What, two hours from your high school? Are you kidding me? This kid is not afraid at all. And I love the effort on the loose balls, too. I kind of downplayed Noah needing to play more because I thought it was a Kentucky thing, but the effort he's shown and the willingness to just shoot with confidence. I think he does need more minutes, but.

[Matt Jones]

Do you like the name Shannon? Mountain Mamba. That was some guy on KS board. Sorry, I don't know which one it is, or I would give you credit. I think it's a perfect name. I think it hits. It hits. A perfect combination. I think people will like it. Are you Shannon Pro? Mountain Mamba? I am. I think most people seem to be.

[Drew Franklin]

I was telling Billy during the pre show, maybe too many syllables. Mountain Mamba.

[Matt Jones]

It's almost the song, right? I mean, you get the song and my. Yeah, I'm sorry. Here's the thing.

[Drew Franklin]

If you're Trent nowhere, though, why not shoot that shot? You're playing with house money. What's going to happen if you miss it? You're going to get benched. I mean, you've been on the bench the entire season, so why not shoot your shot? I'm glad he took that one.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I love it.

[Drew Franklin]

We've got nickname drama. We've got nicknames. I like Mountain Mamba, but a woman at the games from Harlan Kara, she's been workshopping a nickname all season. And I told her needs. It's a rough draft, but she's been calling him Sweeten Sweet Mountain Angel Baby all season.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not doing that.

[Drew Franklin]

I told her that. That needs a little work. I think Mountain Mamba is the one. I think we put Angel Baby to the side, and Mountain Mamba is It.

[Matt Jones]

What's the woman's name? What'd you say? Her name.

[Drew Franklin]

She texted me last night. Sweet Mountain angel, baby.

[Matt Jones]

Sure. I'm not calling another man Sweet Mountain Angel.

[Drew Franklin]

Come on.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not. I'm gonna call him Mountain Mamba. He looks 12 years old. There's never been a player who looked younger than Trent Noah. But I did this last night. But I just want to go through quickly the players and because I think they all deserve a shout out. Maybe Drew Amari Williams, best game as a cat. 15 beautiful 24 minutes. 24 minutes, 15 rebounds. I think, what, 10 points, 12 points, something like that. Played excellent. Had to bring the ball up for a little bit. I mean, that's got to be Amari's best game he's had, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, two quick fouls got him early in the half. And then at halftime he played 10 minutes and he still had seven rebounds and two assists. I mean, in limited minutes he still found a way to really help out on the boards. And I. They don't, you know, we're focusing on the threes and guys stepping up, but they don't win that game without Mario getting rebounds. Like overall, they still sucked at rebounding, but Amara was big and helping out.

[Matt Jones]

I thought Jackson Robinson was great. Obviously had 17 points, hit the four threes. Thought he played pretty good defense out on the perimeter. You know, he had to play points. Some he set up. If you go look at Bray, his threes and Almanor's threes and even Noah's three, a lot of times the play was set up by Robinson to get those guys looks that I thought he had an excellent, excellent game. Almanor hits the four threes. My man struggles at rebounding the defense, but if you make four threes, then you can play through that. And he ended up doing it. Kobe Braya, you know, his 7:3 game at at Florida against Florida is obviously a bigger scoring game, but in terms of his overall impact on the game, this was his best game, in my opinion, scoring 18 points, but only three of them on threes. He got to the line we talked about. I think he got a dunk at one point away. I thought played well.

[Drew Franklin]

Little.

[Matt Jones]

Little nerve wracking sometimes when he handles the ball. But he hit the four big free throws at the end that were important. And then we mentioned Noah, but let me throw Colin Chandler in there. Yeah, Stat line is nothing. He didn't score, but he played 15 minutes. It was 15 minutes through that. Unlike some of his other minutes where it stuck out that he's out there and you're like, oh, no. I actually thought he did pretty well. And surprisingly, I thought he played pretty good defense, which is why I think he played 15 minutes last night.

[Drew Franklin]

That's right. I actually owe the Chandlers calling anyone listening an apology. Even last night, I yelled at my TV a few times. Why is he in the game? And he shut me up just about every time. He had a great stop in the first half. They could have called a walk or three seconds. The guy did both. With Chandler defending him in not scoring. But it's nothing that shows up in the box score there. But Chandler prayed, played great defense, had a big deflection in the second half, I just. He had that open three I wanted him to make so bad that go in. But otherwise he played. He played well. And when a lot of people, myself included, were wondering if he. If he could play in that game.

[Matt Jones]

About great night to beat Tennessee like that, the Go Big Blue chant at the end, like, what if you're a Kentucky fan, especially if you're a Kentucky fan from the mountain, I mean, for those of us in the 13th region, there's not going to be too many wins. We like more than that. Winning at Knoxville, that was the game I always got to go to. I never got to go to games that were up, but my grandfather would take me, my mom then later would take me at Knoxville to the Kentucky game. We usually lost, but I always loved going there to win at Knoxville. And to have a kid from the 13th region make big plays, that was. That's gotta be one of the best 13th region Kentucky wins of all time. And then again, Mark Pope, man, I mean, that is a coaching win. Those players all played well. They deserve all the accolades. But to draw up a game plan, Tennessee had only allowed more than 70 points once, and it was 71 and we scored 78. That's the game right there. And to set up a defensive game plan where you make Tennessee take 45 threes, which is not what they want to do. They took 45 threes, dude. You can't ask for a better. A better result. 859-280-2287. We're going to take your calls first hour. I'm gonna want it to be mostly Tennessee. We will switch in the second hour and talk about what's coming Saturday because there's actually news on all that and the debate about, well, what should we do? I have strong thoughts about it, but let's talk Kentucky, Tennessee first. We'll take a break and be right Back this case.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

Come on.

[Matt Jones]

But Mountain mom is a good name. And those of you trying to say something else? No, that's the one. I'll give a. I give some positive marks to the Harlan Hammer. I like that. The Harlot Hammer, I do like. But I'm still going to go with Mountain Mamba. I think it's. I think it's the best one. One person writes. Matt, is there any chance you think Jackson Robinson should be our starting point guard? No. But here's what I like about having Jackson Robinson as a point guard, Drew, is that he is not scared to shoot and initiate offense. And Butler, I have felt like in the last few games, and it may be a product of his injury, has been very hesitant to shoot, especially from the outside, which makes him force it to the basket too much. Owe doesn't seem confident in his shot. And when you're a team that's going to shoot a lot of threes, you can't have your two guards not shooting. The good thing about having Robinson is he'll shoot. Then you get away and then you get Bray at the three. And all of a sudden you got guys out on the perimeter who their first look is to shoot three threes. And with. With Butler not shooting and away not looking confident, we haven't had that. So I do think Robinson maybe should slide into that backup role now.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I think we'll see more of it. Also, just think he as a player turned the quarter since that Georgia game. He looks like a completely different person. He almost look or may have been a little broken after that game. Pope even talked about how they got to build him back up. And then he turns around and what do you have, like 27 at Mississippi State the next game he said 22. Since then he's had 17. Since then, I think he has just found his his spot now that SEC plays rolling, and I think we're going to get more good Robinson games moving forward.

[Matt Jones]

If you go back and look at when we were rolling, making threes, Butler and away, both would just pull as soon as they were open. And neither guy has looked like he's felt like he could do that, which I think has led to some of our offensive slogs at points with Robinson. I think you're back to everybody feeling like they can be free, and I think that there is some advantage to that. But you do miss Butler's defense. You do. I mean, we were fortunate that the guards FOR Tennessee went 4 for 21 from 3, but that won't happen every single game. 859-280-2287. Who's up first?

[Drew Franklin]

Brent.

[Matt Jones]

Brent. Go ahead, Brent. Hey, man, what's going on? What's up, man? I was just. There's a way that Jack Givens talks.

[Drew Franklin]

To those players after the game that.

[Matt Jones]

Kind of goes unnoticed, but I think it goes a long way.

[Drew Franklin]

When Robinson started that game out yesterday, it took Me back to the talk.

[Matt Jones]

That Goose had with him after the Vandy game. And when I saw him come out like that, I felt real good. Second thing is, anybody knows me knows I love bacon. And frying this bacon this week is going to mean something different to me. And I'll hang up. Appreciate it. Let me say something about the post game radio. So, you know, Shannon, for a long time, the game ends. We have like an hour to hour and 15 minutes, and then my post game comes on.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And I used to kind of dread that. Hour to hour and 15 minutes. I'm gonna be honest with you. I didn't think the show was the most exciting thing in the world. And Cal was Cal. And those interviews, I think that hour and 15 minutes now is. Is, for the most part, really good, because he's right. Jack Givens. They've given Jack more time to talk, which I think he does a great job with. Then when he interviews the players, it's like Drew an uncle or a grandfather talking to the kids. Like, I love it. Like, I love the way he talks to the players. He pumps them up. Like, I just think he does such a great job with those interviews. And then Pope is so good to listen to. It's better at home than on the road because he's always kind of in a hurry on the road. But, like, you get a real breakdown of the game. And I actually, you know, for people who watch at home, I'm, you know, over the years, I haven't had the greatest relationship in the last few years with jmi, but I would say actually turn that show on when the game's over while you're waiting for us to come on, because I actually think it really is the way Jack and Tom and Pope, the way they're doing it this year, I think makes it a really fun experience. Leading into our car show after.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, Pope has been detailed about basketball. Anytime we hear from him, it's really awesome to know, like, oh, this is precisely what they're working on for the next game, because this team does X and we need to do Y. So I love hearing Pope any moment we get. But you're especially correct on the Jack Givens thing. Like, last night, he had Kobe Braya, and he said something like, I don't even know if I should say this to you, but I just want to say I'm very proud of you and Kobe. That means so much.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it was just like a sweet.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, it's just like a moment.

[Matt Jones]

Really sweet. It's really sweet. The Way he talks to the guys, especially on this team, I'm not sure what it is. Maybe he's connected more with these guys, but the way he talks to these guys I just think is really, really. The sweet is the best word I can use. And I, I really look forward to it. I commend those guys for. You know, this is not. We've talked over, this is not the most talented team in the world, but it seems like a family of guys that are really going, you know what if we collectively pull each other up, we can hit a higher mark. And I just. There's something really kind of nice and sweet about it. Who's next?

[Drew Franklin]

Cody.

[Matt Jones]

Cody. Go ahead, Cody.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, Matt and the gang.

[Matt Jones]

Thanks for having me on. Yeah, we just got like a minute.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

But you guys. Yeah, I'll be quick.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm gonna have to restock my bourbon cabinet after the game last night.

[Matt Jones]

Both from celebration and just stress. My goodness. Just the rebounding those last two minutes.

[Drew Franklin]

My goodness.

[Matt Jones]

So I wonder, you know the fan earlier this season that gave Kobe Braya their baby to like carry around the court. I wonder if they're looking back on.

[Drew Franklin]

That saying, you know, I was, I.

[Matt Jones]

Was maybe not a good move. He can't hold on to drop. That was a tough drop he had at the end and you know, that's if it was in his hands and. And it fell out of bounds. But they fought through that. But I thought to myself, and I appreciate the call, there was a play Amari had at Vandy where he was right under the goal. He dropped it. I thought it was a key play. We ended up losing. When Kobe dropped that one, I wondered if it was the same thing. But they held on and got the win. We're going to take a break. Be right back. Cats huge win over the balls. Kentucky Sports Radio. Great win in Knoxville last night. Five of the last six. I mean there's probably not been many times in UK history we've won five the last six. Like I said, I bet there's no time in college basketball. A double digit road dog has won three straight games in three straight years against the team. I bet that's never happened. I'm not. I mean not many teams play each other twice anymore in the modern day and I just bet that hasn't happened because first of all you'd have to be good to win. But then you also have to have been like thought of to not win, to be a double digit underdog. So I just, I don't think that's happened very much, I'm telling you. Yesterday, Shannon, you should have seen me there at the Garden. I mean, I went there to watch the Canes. I stand in there in the middle of the aisle. I try to buy seats on the end of the rows, but I was right in the middle. So I was in front of everybody. So I had to walk over them to then pace in the aisle. And the Canes were winning by a lot at the end, so it didn't matter. But like, everybody was. Had to be looking at me like, this game. Why they. This game is 4.0 Carolina. Why are you pacing?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, this guy looks like he wants this guy looks like he wants to be anywhere but here right now. Not even paying attention to the game.

[Matt Jones]

Like, he must have a bet on it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

What's he doing? And I'm standing there on my phone. We're trying to like, you know, probably.

[Drew Franklin]

The only person in Madison Square Garden watching the Kentucky game.

[Matt Jones]

No, I had to be the only person that cared. But I did care and got a double dip on those victories. We didn't get the KSR parlay. What? Cause OA didn't hit a three, Drew. I think we hit everything else, didn't we?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I really wanted Kobe bra props, but they weren't there. The OA3. I think it's been a long time since he had.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I worry. He seems nervous to shoot now. Granted, he takes it to the basket and he drew fouls last yesterday, but he. He doesn't seem like he wants to shoot.

[Drew Franklin]

Jackson Robinson had two in the first three minutes. I'm going. He's going to hit that over three. Three. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And then I think. I think we hit it all. Except the three. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, and double digits every game. Still very impressive for him, though.

[Matt Jones]

Every game. Said double digits in every single game.

[Drew Franklin]

And I think it's even like more than 12 every game. It's not even.

[Matt Jones]

That's really amazing. You got to give that kid a lot of credit. I tweeted out. So there's a new show Shannon on on Hulu called Paradise. I have not seen it. Don't know if it's good. Don't know anything about it. But James Marsden plays the president now. You remember who James Marsden is, right? Yeah. Yeah. Insanely handsome dude. He's everybody listening. Even if you don't know the name, if you look up his face, you've seen him in something. He was in like Sonic the Hedgehog. He was in the show with Christina Applegate on Netflix. What else he been in Anchorman 2? Yes. He's been in everything.

[Drew Franklin]

The Notebook. I'm a big James Marsden fan.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, a lot of people know. All right, so James Marsden. I've met James Marsden a number of times. He's like best friends with Josh Hopkins, the Kentucky fan. They both live in Austin, Texas. They're buddies. When I used to go to Austin and see Josh, he'd be there. Nicest guy in the world. He was also in the show. You and I like Drew so much. Jury duty, right? The. The Amazon show. Anyway, plays the President. In this show they have a scene where the President is a Kentucky fan, which, by the way. Well, let's play the scene. This is a scene from the new show on. I think it's Hulu. Is it Hulu or Amazon?

[Drew Franklin]

It says Hulu.

[Matt Jones]

Hulu. This is the new show from Hulu. This is James Marsden, who is a UK fan on the show, talking Christian Lightning. Well, don't do this to me.

[Drew Franklin]

Christian Laettner, Duke, he made the most famous college basketball shot of all time against us in the tournament.

[Matt Jones]

Single handedly killed me in every other.

[Drew Franklin]

Kentucky Wildcat fan that day.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I thought I'd been Latener. He says he thought he had been latenered and he says he killed me and every other Kentucky Wildcat fan. So, I mean, crazy to not only say he's a Kentucky fan to bring up the Leitner shot, say it broke his heart. So I knew, Drew, Josh Hopkins had to have a role in this. I knew he did. There's no way that it would be that specific. He'd be a Kentucky fan. And I texted Josh and Josh didn't say what, but he had some role in getting that in there. But it's kind of cool that this character is playing a Kentucky fan on this show that's out right now.

[Drew Franklin]

Isn't Is that definitely has Josh Hopkins all over it. Whether it's Marsden trolling him as a good buddy or, you know, Josh threw it out there. You know, Marsden's been on this show talking about Kentucky too. He's called in before to talk about uk. Do you remember that?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah. When I was gone. That's right.

[Drew Franklin]

So that's the first I've heard of that show. I'll watch it though. I like his stuff. And now you got the Kentucky angle. Why not check it out.

[Matt Jones]

So very cool. Kentucky. I mean, I wish it wasn't Lightner, but if he brings up Richie Farmer in season two, Shannon, then we're really gonna know that. That he's.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll know who's writing the script for that.

[Matt Jones]

Exactly right. Hopkins must get a writing credit on it. Who's up next?

[Drew Franklin]

Kara.

[Matt Jones]

Kara. Go ahead, Kara.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, guys. I'm dressed for it.

[Matt Jones]

I'm the one that came up with Sweet Mountain angel baby. And I just wanted to thank you.

[Drew Franklin]

Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

I'm. I'm gonna make some shirts and I just. But you understand. I can't. You understand, Cara, I can't call him Sweet mountain angel baby. You understand? Well, I think. I think the baby. I don't. I don't.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. Would it be better if it was.

[Matt Jones]

Sweet mountain angel man? No, I don't think I can say. I don't think I can say angel. I. I just can't call another man a sweet angel baby. I can say mountain, but I think the rest of it's probably not.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. Well, he's just a great guy.

[Matt Jones]

His family's awesome. He was beamed down on a little.

[Drew Franklin]

Cloud from God himself.

[Matt Jones]

And all of us, Mountain fox, we just love him. We just love him. Did you say he was beamed down from God himself?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

On a cloud. Yep. Wow. All right. I didn't realize.

[Drew Franklin]

He'll be. He'll be on a cloud.

[Matt Jones]

Are you from Harlan? I'm actually from Clay county, but I've.

[Drew Franklin]

Done some work with him on some things. And his family and I just adore them. They're great people. They're great.

[Matt Jones]

We adopt everyone in the 13th region. Sometimes we're not sure about Laurel county, but everywhere else is. Is part of our. Understand, so. All right, thank you very much. And for you, one sweet mountain angel baby. That's all you get from now on. It's math.

[Drew Franklin]

Thank you. We actually have another birthday shout out to give. Did you see Twitter? The hundred year old birthday boo?

[Matt Jones]

I did not.

[Drew Franklin]

She just turned 100 and she stayed up for the whole game last night. There's a picture of her with her balloons. So boo in Northern Kentucky turning 100 today, I think is worth the second birthday shout on the show. I retweet it.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you.

[Drew Franklin]

You're tagged in it too. But there's a cool picture of her.

[Matt Jones]

Another person wrote me and said Shannon, their 11 year old daughter, had to go to the hospital for some emergency and was about to go into the emergency room, like into a little patient thing and. And was like. Tried to get the doctors to wait so she could watch in the lobby. The last minute of the game, the doctors were like, no, you need to come now. And the 11 year old was like, I want to see it apparently she's okay. So that they told me I can tell the story because apparently she's okay. But she was like, I don't even want emergency room shows.

[Drew Franklin]

You how much different why our fan base is so special compared to every other fan base.

[Matt Jones]

That's exactly right. Who's next?

[Drew Franklin]

Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

Ryan. Go ahead, Ryan. Hey, Matt, you gotta turn on the.

[Drew Franklin]

Tony Basilio show from last night.

[Matt Jones]

Eight minutes in the first call. What is that guy? I heard the call. We. I wanted to play it on the air, but there's. There's some cuss words and it's, it's like impossible to hear the man just. This is Tony Basilio. That's the Tennessee postgame show. It seemed like he was just losing his mind on the air. The caller, right, he. He screamed for like three minutes. And when he gets done, it's quiet.

[Drew Franklin]

For a second and Tony goes.

[Matt Jones]

Gonna be a long night. I will give Tony credit. He lets that stuff go more than I can and sometimes he gets gold out of it. So I. It did seem like that last night. And second thing, could you give a birthday shout out? Annabelle got the one of the day. Annabelle and Boo. That's it. 859-280-2287. Let's talk about Commonwealth causes here for a second. Club Blue now, folks. Kentucky Arkansas is coming Saturday. We'll talk more about in the second hour. But let me just say something here about Club Blue. Club Blue, the official fundraising partner, the University of Kentucky is giving away two tickets to the Kentucky Arkansas game. Two tickets February 1st, 9:00. Two tickets now between now and Thursday at 6:00pm so here's what you got to do. You need to go to clubbluenil.com and click on giveaways right now. I don't care. Stop what you're doing because we're going to ruin the Arkansas team on Thursday. On Saturday, go to club blue nil.com Enter to win two lower level tickets for the game of the year Saturday night, Kentucky and Arkansas. Clubbluenil.com. all right, we'll take a break. We'll come back. 859-280-2287. More on the big win in Knoxville. It's KSR. Wasn't that delicious? So good.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Drew Franklin]

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 talk about books and cooking and Kevin Costner and still make more money betting on sports than you will.

[Matt Jones]

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. Welcome back. By the way, that paradise show, two things. One, James Marsden, Secret Service name. Drew is Wildcat. How about that?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, this is all intentional.

[Matt Jones]

Gotta be, gotta be. Secret Service name is Wildcat. What? By the way, I. What are. What, What. What's Trump's Secret Service name? Shannon, do we know.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

Do we know Biden's. What was Biden's Sleepy?

[Drew Franklin]

No.

[Matt Jones]

I'd like it if he was sleepy. That'd be a good one. What was Obama's had. How do I not know any of these people? Because, like, we know that's a thing, but do we know what they are? I feel like at some point I heard what Obama's was.

[Drew Franklin]

I feel like if we know. Like if we know the current president's secret name, I don't. I feel like that would be a security breach. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I found a list of Past presidents.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so read me the ones there are.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, man, these are awesome. Let's see. Biden had a couple.

[Matt Jones]

Start with the most. Yeah, start with the most recent, people.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, this is just on Wikipedia, so I'm just reading off. It says Secret Service code names, presidents. I'm going to trust it. Joe Biden was Celtic. Donald Trump was mogul. Donald Trump Jr. Was mountaineer.

[Matt Jones]

Why does Donald Trump get one?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, Jill and Hunter. Yeah, they're on there, too. I wasn't going to read all the families. I mean, all the. There's like, several.

[Matt Jones]

The families have the name.

[Drew Franklin]

Hunter was Captain. Jill was Capri. Jared Kushner is the Mechanic. Obama was Renegade. Renegade.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, that's right. Because his book. His book's name is Renegade. That's right. Okay, I knew that. What was George Bush?

[Drew Franklin]

Was Tumblr. I like Tumblr.

[Matt Jones]

Tumblr.

[Drew Franklin]

Sorry, which one did you just ask?

[Matt Jones]

I would. George W. Bush was Tumblr.

[Drew Franklin]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Who was quote, I got the whole list.

[Drew Franklin]

Just throw me a president. Keep going.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. What's.

[Drew Franklin]

Clint Clinton was Eagle. Eagle. Hillary was Evergreen.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, well, that's good. Good stuff. I don't. That's. I had. I don't know that I've ever even heard the other one.

[Drew Franklin]

Trying to find, like, the worst one on here. Like, there's got to be some really stupid ones I don't like.

[Matt Jones]

Who was Tumblr? I think that's a bad one. Who had Tumblr?

[Drew Franklin]

That was. Somebody had W, right? Yeah, that was George. Woodrow Wilson's wife had Grandma as the name. That was her. His wife. Edith Wilson's secret name was.

[Matt Jones]

You don't want to be Grandma as your. As your Tumblr, as your Secret Service name.

[Drew Franklin]

Why was Richard Nixon's. I don't know. Eyebrows?

[Matt Jones]

You're gonna have to reset. Get somebody to reset you. You're, like, three or four seconds behind.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, boy. I don't. This is a lot of buttons in front of me.

[Matt Jones]

All right, get Billy, because I. This. Shannon. Why does this keep happening?

[Drew Franklin]

Because we're in three different cities.

[Matt Jones]

I know, but, like, I. I'm on a piece of machinery from the twenties, and you and I are connected, and they are in a state of the art studio in three seconds behind us.

[Drew Franklin]

So, more importantly, what would yours be? Feathers.

[Matt Jones]

No, it would not be feathers, you jerk. I'm not gonna go by feathers.

[Drew Franklin]

That would be dude. That's obvious.

[Matt Jones]

Dude. No, yours. You definitely should be dude. Yeah, that's a good one, because I want mine to, like, sound tough. Law Dog.

[Drew Franklin]

Law Dog. All right.

[Matt Jones]

I like that one.

[Drew Franklin]

That's what Billy Gillespie used to call you, right?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he used to call me Law Dog. So for Billy Gillespie can name my Secret Service name. I'll go with Law Dog. Who's next?

[Drew Franklin]

Brad.

[Matt Jones]

Brad. Go ahead, Brad. Yes, I was hoping I'd be on.

[Drew Franklin]

In the second hour because I wanted.

[Matt Jones]

To talk about booing Caliperi. All right, well, why don't you hang on, then? Why don't you hang on, Brad? Because I don't want to get to that yet. Can I come back to you in the second hour, then? Yeah, sure.

[Drew Franklin]

I've been hanging out.

[Matt Jones]

All right, hang on, Brad. I'll come back. I'll come back to you. Who's next?

[Drew Franklin]

Sarah.

[Matt Jones]

Sarah. Go ahead, Sarah.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, boys and Law Dog, how fun is it to silence that ridiculous song? Like, the Voice did so good last night. It was really fun to watch.

[Matt Jones]

I love it. I love that they still play it at the end even when they lose, because Tom Leach made like, what are you doing right now? Yeah. Yeah, it was great.

[Drew Franklin]

So ridiculous. So ridiculous.

[Matt Jones]

You think that that would finally shut them up.

[Drew Franklin]

But I just think everybody could learn something from the way that Mark Pope talks about not only his players, but just, you know, everybody. Like, it's so uplifting just to even watch him talk about his players the way he did last night, even the way he does, like, when we lose. And so I think. I don't know, I just think that maybe we're not realizing just how special.

[Matt Jones]

He is as a coach.

[Drew Franklin]

And I think he's actually make a.

[Matt Jones]

Big difference in the sport and the.

[Drew Franklin]

Coaching occupation going forward. I just think we're really lucky.

[Matt Jones]

He has relentless positivity, right? He's like. He. I. Somebody compared him earlier in the year to Ted Lasso, and I think there's a lot of truth to that. Like, he has relentless positivity. I heard a guy, Sarah, on The field of 68, you know, they do a show every night after the game. Sometimes I turn it on, sometimes I don't. But when Kentucky wins, I'll watch it. And there was a guy on there who. I don't even know who he was, honestly, because they never said his name. Here's a little tidbit. You all should put the names of the people up there on there, because I like some of these people. I don't know. But he had this guy, and he said something I thought was really good. He said, you know, Kentucky fans love of Mark Pope is actually about more than basketball. And the guy said, I think, let's say in five or six years, it doesn't work out with Pope. He doesn't win enough. Whatever. He was like, I think Kentucky fans will still love Mark Pope no matter what, even if things don't work out just because of what kind of person he is now, if they work out, like, he'll be a hero unlike anyone we've had. And I kind of agree with that. Sarah. I don't see a messy ending ever with Mark Pope because I think, like, if it didn't work out, we'd all be sad, but we'd still really like him for the reason that you're talking about.

[Drew Franklin]

It's so interesting that you that you.

[Matt Jones]

Brought that up, because I actually had.

[Drew Franklin]

That thought as I was watching the interviews last night, and I'm like, gosh, he could suck next year, and we would all still love him just because of the person that he is. And it's like, you know, at first, nobody knew what to do. We don't know if he's going to win. We don't know how this is going to go. But, like, he's not turning back into a pumpkin. This is who he is, you know, and it's really great to watch it.

[Matt Jones]

And maybe people will learn from that, you know, I mean, he'll have to win. I appreciate the call, Drew. I think Drew's back. He'll have to win. But I think, like, the way he is as a person has made him get a grace, certainly with me, and I think it'll be with most people that, like, it's pretty astounding in this job, if you think about it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. And when he first got hired before I had any clue if it would work, I was even skeptical. I said, if it does work, if. But if it does work, it will be better than it could be with anyone else. If it does work. With his history at uk, we already have a little bit of an idea what a guy was. We didn't really know till he got here, but there was no name on the list that could reach a level that Mark Pope could reach just because he already had that built in with the connection with the fan base and how he is as a person. And now that he's got, what, six. Was it six or seven? Quad one wins? He has more than Hurley, Scott, Drew. All those guys combined that we were all shopping for last year.

[Matt Jones]

More than Hurley, Scott, Drew, and Cal combined. Think about that, Shannon. Quad one wins than Hurley, Scott, Drew, and Cal combined. I, I, I like, he could be the guy that is sitting in Joe B. Hall's seat in 30 years. No doubt, no doubt. Like that. Like he can be that guy if, if he, even if he doesn't win, I think people are going to like. But if he wins, there'll be a specialness that he can hit that I'm not sure any of these coaches could hit. Who's next?

[Drew Franklin]

Joe?

[Matt Jones]

Joe, what's up, Joe?

[Drew Franklin]

Quickly, Matt. Thank you Cass Daniels for not going to South Carolina and thank you, Trent Noel for not going to South Carolina. I just couldn't imagine either one of those young men in a Carolina uniform. And secondly, the big basket that Trent had, the two point basket, man, that might have been bigger than that three point shot that he hit because at the time we was really, it was really going bad for us.

[Matt Jones]

The crowd was into it. They were roll, I think next to the Bray at 3, which I think was the biggest shot. I think it was the second biggest shot of the game.

[Drew Franklin]

And lastly, Matt, they almost banked in a, a three point shot in the.

[Matt Jones]

First half from the corner.

[Drew Franklin]

So I don't know, I forget who it was but man, you don't see it from the corner very often back then, but they almost had one. So that's his gentleman. Y'all have a great day. Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, they gotta appreciate the call. We gotta have the worst luck on earth, but we overcame it and got the victory. All right, when we come back, we can do more on Kentucky, Tennessee, but we got to start talking about what's happening this week. I have some strong feelings about the, the stories and everything coming out with the cow and whether they boo all that. We'll deal with that at the top of the hours. Ksr.

[Drew Franklin]

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