2025-02-06- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 2 (February 6, 2025)

Introduction: Matt Jones’ Absence The episode opens with Drew Franklin, Ryan Lemond, and Shannon “The Dude” taking over the show in the absence of Matt Jones, who is undergoing a colonoscopy. The hosts extend their thoughts and prayers for Matt, acknowledging the anxiety that comes with undergoing anesthesia. Drew humorously notes, “I am under anesthesia. I live on anesthesia,” setting a lighthearted tone despite the serious context (01:55).

Team Performance and SEC Dominance The primary focus centers on the Kentucky Wildcats' basketball season. With a current SEC record of 4-5, the hosts discuss the challenges faced under Coach Mark Pope. Ryan highlights, “We’re still not playing, maybe not even playing our best basketball yet,” emphasizing the potential yet to be realized within the team (02:08). They compare Pope's first-year struggles to other coaches like Nate Oats and Danny Hurley, noting that initial difficulties are common even in historically strong conferences.

Shannon underscores the unprecedented strength of the SEC by stating, “Historically one of the best conferences ever. Do you take any consolation in that?” (07:27). The hosts marvel at the SEC’s depth, with Drew pointing out, “Bracketology has 13 SEC teams already in and one on the bubble. So potentially 14 out of 16 teams. That's insane” (08:56). This dominance is likened to the legendary Big East of 1985, suggesting that the current SEC might surpass it in competitiveness.

Fan Base and Social Media Criticism The discussion shifts to the passionate and sometimes fickle nature of the Wildcats’ fan base. Shannon remarks, “Kentucky fans are the most fickle fan base on the planet,” highlighting how social media can amplify criticism, especially on platforms like Twitter. Ryan shares a personal anecdote about encountering online negativity, contrasting it with a positive interaction at a Chick-fil-A drive-thru: “I have all these anonymous people that I will never see or never care about saying awful things. It's just a reminder that that app is full of filth and your real life is what you should pay more attention to” (05:23).

Player Spotlight: Amari Williams and Team Dynamics Amari Williams emerges as a key player under scrutiny and praise. The hosts discuss his potential to enhance the team’s defense and overall performance. Ryan mentions, “Amari Williams is about to go off again. He's just got a triple double about to,” indicating his critical role in upcoming games (12:07). They debate whether Williams should focus more on defense or continue his current offensive contributions, with suggestions that he needs to increase his minutes to maximize his impact (10:00).

Community Engagement and Events The hosts briefly touch upon local events, promoting gatherings like Kentucky Branded at the mall, which featured memorable moments like Paulie Shore’s unexpected appearance and on-air shenanigans involving Shannon (“...the OVW guys had a big fight in the middle of our show there one time in Kentucky, Brandon, just last time” 11:48).

Ask Anything Thursday: Audience Interaction The segment opens with the “Ask Anything Thursday” portion, where listeners call in to share hot takes and ask questions about the Wildcats. Notable interactions include:

• Caller Sam (14:21) discusses the return of the Tough Basketball Team (TBT) and suggests players like DeMarcus Cousins and Nick Wall for the lineup.

• Caller Gary from Orlando (16:37) expresses optimism about the team making it to the SEC tournament finals despite injuries and rough stretches. He emphasizes, “We don't have a coaching problem right now. We have a personnel problem” (16:10).

• Caller Brandon (18:37) hypothesizes that Travis Perry will achieve double-digit scoring before the season ends and questions why Matt Jones didn’t pick the Browns for Super Bowl predictions (18:59).

• Caller Jojo (19:10) critiques the team’s offensive strategy, suggesting that Amari Williams should develop a three-point shot to open up the offense (19:17).

• Caller Brian (22:09) inquires about statistical odds related to player achievements in losing games, prompting discussions on the improbability and significance of triple-doubles (22:16).

• Caller Ed (30:21) raises concerns about player injuries and how the SEC’s physical playstyle might affect the team's performance in the NCAA tournament.

Game Analysis and Strategic Insights A significant portion of the discussion revolves around recent games, particularly the matchup against Ole Miss. The trio analyzes Amari Williams’ impending triple-double, attributing it to strategic plays by Coach Pope. Ryan highlights the clever assist that secured Williams’ milestone: “Derek Willis kind of gave up so Isaiah could get the last rebound he needed” (35:29). This play exemplifies the team’s collaborative effort despite individual statistical achievements.

Player Achievements and Future Prospects The hosts celebrate individual accomplishments, noting that Jackson Robertson was named to the Iverson Classic All-Star game. They also discuss the importance of recruiting top talent, emphasizing the potential impact of securing high-caliber players like Nate Oats, who is considered a generational talent (39:18).

Closing Remarks and Final Promotions As the episode winds down, Shannon announces the upcoming Bourbon and Beyond lineup, praising the mix of headliners and supporting acts. The hosts wrap up by reconnecting listeners with promotional announcements, ensuring the community remains engaged with both the team’s progress and local events.

Notable Quotes:

• Drew Franklin on Matt's absence: “Matt is off today because he has his colonoscopy this afternoon. So everybody's keeping him in your thoughts and prayers” (01:55).
• Ryan Lemond on SEC strength: “Bracketology has 13 SEC teams already in and one on the bubble. So potentially 14 out of 16 teams. That's insane” (08:56).
• Shannon The Dude on fan base fickleness: “Kentucky fans are the most fickle fan base on the planet” (07:22).
• Ryan on online negativity: “It's just a reminder that that app is full of filth and your real life is what you should pay more attention to” (05:23).
• Drew on upcoming events: “We've had some great shows at Kentucky Branded. The dude that Paulie Shore showed up one day like he just got out of a dumpster” (11:48).

Conclusion This episode of KSR - Hour 2 provides an in-depth analysis of the Kentucky Wildcats’ basketball season, highlighting the challenges and potentials within a fiercely competitive SEC. Through insightful discussions, player spotlights, and active listener engagement, Drew, Ryan, and Shannon deliver a comprehensive overview that keeps fans informed and entertained, all while fostering a sense of community and resilience amidst the team’s ongoing struggles.

Transcript

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[Ryan Lemond]

We Are you under anesthesia?

[Drew Franklin]

I am under anesthesia. I live on anesthesia. This is another Pope Pope quote from last night's coaches shows. I saved it for this hour so we can, you know, get maybe turn things around a little bit.

[Ryan Lemond]

Look at all this show prep. You did well.

[Drew Franklin]

You know we got the call at what, 8:30 this morning. So I had at least an hour to get ready for the show. Mark Pope last night on his coaches show. We got a lot left in the tank and we're going to be and you're going to be really proud. That's what I want to hear. You know, that's what I want to hear is that like, look, we still are not playing, maybe not even playing our best basketball yet. We still got a lot to go. We get our, all of our pieces back. We're still going to be that team that's going to make you proud, make a big run. That's what I want to hear.

[Ryan Lemond]

On Tuesday before 7:00, I was willing to commit to a four game winning streak. After Mississippi, I wasn't sure about that one. South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vanderbilt, they were so bad at Ole Miss, I'm not ready to get behind that. Almost made it my hot take. But they do have four very winnable games here. I know Tennessee is a big name but you thumped them in their own gym. Surely you could do it in Rupp Arena. So you know, if you win the next four, we can all take a big sigh of relief for heading to Alabama and feel like you're in a pretty good spot and just see if you can knock off, knock off Alabama and Auburn on your way out to the end of the regular season.

[Drew Franklin]

And Shannon, we know how this fan base is, man. They go on a four game win streak, we're all back on board. We're all like thinking, man, this team can go to the final Four, let's go.

[Shannon The Dude]

So I mean nobody in my opinion should be not on board right now. Like why would you not be? I mean I know that they've hit a tough stretch here losing four out of five but there's still a lot of basketball to be played and we've seen, you know, a lot of quad one wins. You still got plenty of them coming up. You got Tennessee, you've got Auburn. Missouri is going to be tough. So there's, I think there's still a lot of wins left to be had. Now you could, things could also go sideways quickly too. So you got to make sure you take care of business on Saturday. But I'm still very optimistic on how the season is going to end.

[Ryan Lemond]

I've seen people saying they would trade with Arkansas or they're one game behind this. Come on. Kentucky's the four seed in the bracketology right now.

[Drew Franklin]

Still a four seed in bracketology.

[Ryan Lemond]

Arkansas is on the bubble. I mean those wins in December and it was a while ago and I just said this, we're going the wrong way. Those wins have Kentucky still very good standing for the tournament.

[Drew Franklin]

But you got to win Saturday. You can't let South Carolina come here and beat you.

[Ryan Lemond]

Different conversation. If you lose South Carolina and then.

[Drew Franklin]

If Tennessee comes in and you beat them and you sweep the series with Tennessee, then you're right now you got Vanderbilt right after that. You should go on a streak week, maybe start playing some good basketball.

[Ryan Lemond]

If you beat South Carolina and then Tennessee beating Tennessee pulls them down, you could start dreaming dreams of getting back to the double buy because you could take Tennessee spot. It could be Alabama, Auburn, Florida and you, you'd still need to win a lot of games moving forward. But having two against Tennessee would be big for SEC seating.

[Drew Franklin]

Is it just our our always our high expectations, Shannon? We expect to win every game, not even taking into consideration how strong the SEC is this year.

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean we, come on, Kentucky fans are the most fickle fan base on the planet, right? I mean we had the greatest fan base. But also you lose a few games and I mean you start reading ridiculous tweets, which I was talking about on the pre show the other day, like Twitter's not real life. But you see all these, you know, takes that people have on Twitter going, okay, you know, we're going to give Pope one more year, but if he starts, doesn't start winning games like he should, then he's got to go. I'm like, we're already talking about that. You know. Now this is again, not the majority of the fan base, just a few idiots on Twitter. But it just goes to show you that, you know, we have those type of fans in our fan base.

[Ryan Lemond]

I had a moment yesterday where I was reminded of this. I was sitting at Chick Fil, a drive thru, waiting on my food, looking at my phone of people telling me I suck. And you know, all this BBN's dad for something I said about Reed shepherd. And it's just like, my goodness, this is awful. And the guy hands me my food, he's like, hey man, I really like you guys on ksr. I listen every day and I thought, all right, there's a human being in life that I've made eye contact with who said something nice. And I have all these anonymous people that I will never see or never care about saying awful things. It's just a reminder that that app is full of filth and your real life is what you should pay more attention to.

[Drew Franklin]

Exactly. Everybody gets, I'm included. We get so emotional over how some 20, 21, 22 year olds play basketball on a Saturday afternoon. It dictates how we feel the rest of the week. But then it's so easy now just to grab your phone. Pope can't coach, you know, and send that to everybody. You need to make. Take a deep breath, think twice. I went on a drive after Arkansas beat us the other night. I was.

[Shannon The Dude]

So where did you drive to? You keep saying you went on a drive.

[Drew Franklin]

Did you.

[Shannon The Dude]

Did you go?

[Drew Franklin]

Yoga girl's house? I went from yoga girl's house to my house.

[Shannon The Dude]

I was going to guess maybe Waffle.

[Drew Franklin]

House, but you know, Waffle House is increasing their egg prices.

[Shannon The Dude]

I saw that.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Because of the. The bird flu. And the cost of eggs is going to increase their prices.

[Shannon The Dude]

We need. We need more roosters. Right, Ryan?

[Drew Franklin]

To get those more roosters to make more eggs. Okay, now I'm going to give you a couple other stats while we're talking about Coach Pope, you know, because everybody's. What is Coach Pope's record right now? Four and five in the sec. Four and five. Okay. Do you know what Nate Oates record was his first year in the KSCC?

[Ryan Lemond]

What's that?

[Drew Franklin]

8 and 10.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's not good.

[Drew Franklin]

You know what Danny Hurley's first record was?

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, they were not good his first year?

[Drew Franklin]

6 and 12. Todd Golden, 9 and 9. And then Ultzelberger, the coach at Iowa State, 7 and 11. These are probably the four of the top coaches in college basketball right now for in the conversation. And they all struggled their first year in their conference. Should we take.

[Ryan Lemond]

They didn't have this conference either.

[Drew Franklin]

That's true. Historically one of the best conferences ever. Do you take any consolation in that?

[Ryan Lemond]

Absolutely. I take consolation in that. I take consolation. And this team was put together in like four weeks. I mean, everything left. The schedule's unreal. Not just the SEC schedule. That was a hard non conference that they played really well. So yeah, I mean, I'm not that upset. I'm mad about Tuesday and Saturday. I'm the big picture. I'm still all right with. So long as it doesn't keep trending like Tuesday and last Saturday.

[Drew Franklin]

Shannon. Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean this is the toughest conference I've ever seen in my life. I mean, Ryan, you've. You've seen a few more years of college basketball than me. Can you even remember, like going even Farther back, the SEC being like this.

[Drew Franklin]

This not the SEC. There were some years where the SEC were lucky to get three teams in the NCAA tournament. Four or three or four team. Now we're going to talking 12 or 13.

[Shannon The Dude]

12 or 13. And you know, if you go to 500, I think even if you go what, 8 and 10. I think there's.

[Drew Franklin]

You're in the tournament.

[Shannon The Dude]

I think there's a good chance you're still in the tournament. So that just goes to show you the strength of the conference. And you know, I think Mark Pope has done a great job so far, you know, throwing all like you just said, throwing the team together as quickly as they did going in and playing in this conference. You look at Louisville, we were talking about them on the pre show earlier. You know, by saying that they're a good team, they're owing four against the sec so just showed you that it's a tough schedule. It's a, it's. It's really remarkable. I think what he's done the Last.

[Ryan Lemond]

Bracketology has 13 SEC teams already in and one on the bubble. So potentially 14.

[Drew Franklin]

14 out of 16 teams. That's insane.

[Ryan Lemond]

Really is.

[Drew Franklin]

So people like to point to the Big east in 85 when they had three teams make the final four. Who was it? Georgetown, St. John's and somebody.

[Ryan Lemond]

I wasn't born yet so that's going to have to be. We played it at Rupp Arena. I know what happened but I can't name all the teams.

[Drew Franklin]

It was Villanova, George Town and they played it at Rupp Arena. Everybody pointed that was the toughest conference ever. This one I think may surpass it. This has just been unbelievable.

[Ryan Lemond]

I do think moving forward from this year Pope will have to and again maybe didn't wasn't able this time but a little more priority on some guys that can defend. I know Butler and Amari Williams were two that he thought he'd have. Butler being out right now hurts him and just you know, he's not going to make any staff changes but someone needs to go all in on defense. A defensive minded guy. Mark Fox is over there. I know Georgia wasn't great when he was there, but they were considered a defensive team. I think he had him like top 40 or 50 several of his years. So I know Pope loves his offense but someone next season players and philosophy needs to be a little more focused on the defense.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, it's crazy. Shannon is like you mentioned, Amari Williams, Lamont Butler and Otega Allway. They were conference defensive players of the year. And yet our other guys, Jackson, Kobe, Ansley, Carr will never make an offense all defensive team. That's what's kind of crazy about it.

[Ryan Lemond]

And he might just need some athletes. I don't even care. Get a football player, someone that will see a loose ball and run through somebody to go get it. They're Missing that too.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, they better get it.

[Ryan Lemond]

They need a Lance Ware to just come in and they're bodying people that well.

[Drew Franklin]

Who is? They don't have a guy like. Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. They need an enforcer.

[Drew Franklin]

Amari would be the only one.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And I don't think he's going to do that. He's got to start getting more minutes. I mean we're here.

[Ryan Lemond]

We are.

[Drew Franklin]

We're in February. He doesn't need to just play 22, 23 minutes. He's. He's in condition of. He needs to play 30 minutes a game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, the drop off is just so big there. I know Garrison's flash and things. He's hit some threes. He'll be here long term and we'll turn into something good. But Amari is just much farther along than him right now.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Shannon The Dude]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemond]

I think it was our best crowd we've ever had. It was packed in there. Monster crowd before Big Blue Madness.

[Drew Franklin]

I think the, the, the young gal who knocked over all the glasses.

[Shannon The Dude]

Ah, see, thank you for finally acknowledging that you've been trying to say that I was the one that broke the glass.

[Ryan Lemond]

You.

[Shannon The Dude]

You just admitted it.

[Drew Franklin]

I think it was Shannon.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, you just admitted young gal that broke the glasses.

[Drew Franklin]

So yeah, that's Shannon I'm talking about. So coming out Kentucky Brandon on Friday. We'll be out there. It's out by the mall. All right, we'll take a break, come back. Go back to the phone lines. 859-28022, 8, 7, ask anything Thursday. Ryan, Drew, and Shannon. We'll be right back on Kentucky Sports Radio. All right, welcome back, Keggy Sports Radio. Ryan, Drew and Shannon, we gave our hot takes in the first hour of this basketball season. So if it happens, we can replay the audio and, like, people think we're really, really smart. Here's a couple more on the Avision glass text machine. My hot take is that Kentucky will win out the rest of the regular season.

[Ryan Lemond]

Whoa.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, that's a good one. That's. That would be.

[Shannon The Dude]

That would be 7 and 2 to close out, but went out.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. How about this one? If Kentucky does not see Arkansas in the tournament or lose to them, he thinks Cal retires because he'll never have the chance to lose to us ever again. Cal retires after this season just because he beat us. Now, here's one. I think Amari Williams is about to go off again. He's. He just got a triple double about to. So 8, 5, 9, 2 8, 0, 2, 2, 8, 7. And our friend Andy said he thinks Kobe Bray is going to have a game with eight threes.

[Ryan Lemond]

I would like that.

[Drew Franklin]

I would like that very much. That's going to be a win.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't think Cal will be at Arkansas too long. I never thought that. But I don't think he's petty enough to just retire because he's one and one and done. Yeah, it's not that much of an emphasis on that game.

[Drew Franklin]

So, Billy, our sports is walking around. Billy, do you have a hot take to add to this?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

What's up, guys? I. It has to do with my funky rooster brethren, Travis Perry. I think there's one game this year that Travis really matters. Like, I don't know if it's 10, 15 points, if it's 6, 7 assists. There's one game coming up where Travis Perry really makes a difference in a game.

[Ryan Lemond]

I like that he looked. He looks good against Ole Miss. I even said that's part of the problem, that Travis Perry looks like the best player right now.

[Drew Franklin]

His shooting. He's definitely got the confidence back, but he still made a couple bad turnovers.

[Ryan Lemond]

He did.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, that's the thing. You can get some good minutes out of him because why he's shooting the basketball now. But he made. Still made a couple bad turnovers.

[Ryan Lemond]

He did. But he hit his open three. He got a couple rebounds, had the team's only block shot. You tell me you're getting that out of Travis Perry. I'll take it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. All right. 8, 5, 9, 2802287. Who we got? Shannon. Go ahead, Sam.

[Caller]

Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. I was having conversation with a buddy yesterday that I'm excited for the TBT to come back around. And no, I'm not giving up on this regular season, but I'm excited for the TBT to come back and I'm interested to see, I guess, from the Cal era. What kind of players would you like to see on the TBT that maybe weren't on it last year? I know Willie has said he's coming. My take was Duran Lamb, so I'm sure Drew would like that. But I'm interested to see what you guys think.

[Drew Franklin]

All right. Appreciate Sam Drew. He nailed your two favorites, Willie and Duron. That's what he wants on the TBT team.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, don't forget my other favorite, DeMarcus.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, he's just floating around. Whatever international team wants him right now. He's just bouncing contracts, contract. He's still out there playing. You bring Wall and Cousins back on that TBT team and they might fill RUP Arena.

[Drew Franklin]

Can you imagine? And that's not a crazy thought that.

[Ryan Lemond]

That could happen now while still in good shape. He was trying to make an NBA comeback not too long ago.

[Drew Franklin]

And the guys that were on the team last year, they enjoyed it so much, they're going to tell everybody, hey, man, this is a lot of fun. We played good basketball and crowds were great. That could entice them like Waller Cousins to want to play next year because Bledsoe was on that team. Bledsoe obviously was here with those guys.

[Ryan Lemond]

Bledsoe, you're removed from playing for The Clippers, like 20 minutes a game went and played for that team with. The problem with the Cal era is so many of the good ones and the favorites are still in the NBA and they're not going to, you know, Devin Booker is not going to spend a summer in Lexington playing for tbt. So you got to go pretty far back. But it's been 15, 16 years for some of those guys. So then it gets to the point, well, how many of the ones that aren't in the NBA are still in shape but Wal and Cousins and Lamb headline that list for me.

[Drew Franklin]

Are there any recent guys that are not in the NBA that you would like to see play on the TBT team? They like to get some young guys.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I'd like to have Nate back. He was a lot of fun last year. I didn't realize how much Nate hated Louisville till I think he broke Both wrists, just so he could keep his Ls down. The whole time he was in that city, I enjoyed him. I don't know. I really. The three I named were the ones. I'm one. I like the ones they had. I mean, you know, can't have 30 people. Let's just run it back. Add Wall, Cousins, Lamb, Marcus, Tigg. He. He was supposed to play last year and ended up playing in the big three instead with Briscoe and his brother. Maybe he'll reconsider TBT this time.

[Drew Franklin]

859-280-2287. Who's next? Shannon?

[Shannon The Dude]

Gary in Orlando.

[Drew Franklin]

Gary in Orlando. How are you, Gary?

[Caller]

I'm doing great. I'll. I'll try to do it better than I did last week. I think last week, I. I don't know what. But I guess it was one of them deals where I was on my pills. I took my pills out of sequence or something. But anyway, here's my take on it. I'm just gonna ask that everybody relax. We don't have a coaching problem right now. We have a personnel problem. And one thing I like that he's doing. And it's been a rough stretch, but a lot of these guys, 6 through 10, are getting some playing time. And we've been in the middle of the season where we hit the wall. We had some guys get hurt. And I'm hoping that when the SEC tournament comes around, everybody's well. And then we get to the big dance. And I think when we get to the big dance, we're not going to play anybody in the first or second round that could compete in the sec. So that could maybe put us into the. You know how far we need to take it this first year to keep everybody smiling again. So I'll ask your take on that. And, Drew, I'm thinking about changing my name to Jim. I messed up last week as Gary in Orlando, and I know you like calling me Jim, so.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah.

[Caller]

Thinking about changing it.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, you should.

[Drew Franklin]

Thank you, Gary. Appreciate the phone call.

[Ryan Lemond]

Gary's never going to let me live that down. We were at, like, the Citrus forever ago. I don't know why I called him Jim. His name's Gary in Orlando. Everybody knows Gary in Orlando and called him Jim for some reason. He hadn't forgotten it.

[Drew Franklin]

I still have people that will reach out to me when Kentucky's playing in Florida or whatever and, like, hey, where's that place that that guy always says they go watch the games? I just send him Garen Orlando's Number say here contact Gary. I think they moved it. Used to be the BW3. Now they've moved it, I think somewhere. But there's still people that gather down there to watch the Kentucky games because of Gary puts together.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Drive some long distances to go meet him too. They have a great group that gets together, watch all the games. Good to hear from you, Jim.

[Drew Franklin]

Who's next? Shannon?

[Shannon The Dude]

Brandon.

[Drew Franklin]

Brandon. Go ahead, Brandon.

[Caller]

Hey guys, Big fan of the show. My hot take, Billy Art kind of almost stole my thunder. I think Travis Perry will probably have at least a double digit scoring maybe 10 points or so before the season's over. And I know you all already done the super bowl picks, but why didn't Matt Jones pick the Browns?

[Drew Franklin]

Thank you very much, Barry.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, actually Matt just had a hot take.

[Drew Franklin]

Betty did. Bet he's had a lot of hot takes today. Who's next? Shannon?

[Shannon The Dude]

Jojo.

[Drew Franklin]

Jojo. Go ahead, Jojo.

[Caller]

Yeah. First time, long time.

[Drew Franklin]

I appreciate the phone call.

[Caller]

Yeah. This is what I kind of think is wrong with our offense this year. When Mark Polt was at byu, his big man, kind of like Amari Williams is doing, always kind of distribute the ball at top of the key. But years past their big man could shoot the three pointer well. Mari Williams can't cheat the three pointers or don't. And that leaves us. The guy defended him, which is a big guy in the paint. They can pick up any kind of cutter that comes in. So I just feel like if Maury Williams, which I really love, could shoot the three pointers, it would open up the offense a lot more. That's all I got to say.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, thank you. You know they do Amari kind of initiates the offense. It's kind of been that way all year. And at least he's gotten away from trying to from the top of the key back somebody down and will lose the handle the ball, somebody steal it from him, they've got him. Quit doing that. But I mean the dude had what, 11, 10, 11 assists the other night. He can still. He's one of the best passing big men in the. In the game right now. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

So the caller's point. Pope did have a more of a shooter at center last year that still ran that high point, high post offense. He might go back to that moving forward. I don't know. I almost wonder if he knew jumping up in a level of competition like I got to get some defense because Mario is one of the first guys. He went out and got three time player of the year. So he sacrificed a better defender instead of an outside shooter because they had that Khalifa guy last year who couldn't guard much but would step out, make a couple threes a game for him.

[Drew Franklin]

I liked what Pope said a couple weeks ago that Amare is learning how to play in the sec. When he was playing at Drexel, you know, he could. He was the biggest guy on the field, on the. On the court, so he would get called for fouls just if he was breathing on somebody. Well, now he can go bang and knock people around and get away with it and not get a foul called on him. He's learned how to play that way.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I said this yesterday. It's almost like in the last two games, even though they're both losses, at least Amari, I feel like he looked around. It's like, wait a minute. I am the biggest, strongest guy out here. And he's starting to use that to his advantage more earlier in SEC play. It's almost like you want to wake him up. Like, you know, you've got 20 pounds of muscle on this guy. Why are you.

[Drew Franklin]

Take it to him.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, dunk it.

[Drew Franklin]

The Brandon Garrison. At least he's not shy about shooting a 3 when he's out there. To get to. Back to the caller's point about the big man shooting a three. Brandon, he'll crank one up for you.

[Ryan Lemond]

He missed his one trot Ole Miss, but before that, he had a pretty good run. We used to do the. No, no, no, no, no. But then he made three out of four for a stretch, so he's got it in him. Pulling up his stats now. He's missed his last three over the last four games, but I'd say looking forward long term. What the caller's saying. Garrison will stretch them more than Williams will.

[Drew Franklin]

Who's next? Shannon?

[Shannon The Dude]

Brian.

[Drew Franklin]

Brian. Go ahead, Brian. Hey, guys, how's it going? How you doing?

[Ryan Lemond]

Good, good.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, quick question for you. Would you guys know by chance what.

[Caller]

The over under would be if you.

[Drew Franklin]

Have a center have a double double and you lose? I would not. I would not know that. If you're center on, your team gets a double double but you lose the game?

[Caller]

I'm sorry, A triple double like Williams had the game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, yeah, that's. That'd be a.

[Drew Franklin]

Be high.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Those. Those would be some long odds. That's a slim chance of that. And they somehow managed to pull it off.

[Drew Franklin]

Appreciate the phone call. I mean, that's going to get lost in the fact that Kentucky lost at Ole Miss. What Amari Williams Was able to do get a triple double.

[Ryan Lemond]

That was really the only thing keep me entertained. I know they were. Kentucky was better in the second half, but none of us thought they'd come back and win. So down the final stretch, I'm just yelling for him to get that last assist. Then he hit away on a back door with like 50 seconds left to get it. So even though the game sucked overall, at least had a little fun watching Amari, you know, become the fourth ever to do that.

[Drew Franklin]

You could tell there in the TV broadcast, Jimmy Dykes got excited. As soon as he hit it, he's like, is that an assist? Is that one they're going to count that that's a triple. You know, you could tell he was getting excited just to witness it. That's something you just don't see all the time, especially at the college level.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, right before that, Amari had passed it to away for an open three and he missed it and started thinking, oh, it's not going to happen. Then he got him in that last min.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemond]

That's right.

[Drew Franklin]

Kentucky plays South Carolina. He and I, we don't talk to you, we don't talk that week.

[Ryan Lemond]

How's your jaw feeling this week with the Gamecocks?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, thanks for bringing that up. Appreciate that. I really thought I was going to have lingering effects for that, but I think it just, it wasn't displaced, it was just a crack, a hairline fracture and it healed up.

[Ryan Lemond]

So it's that iron jaw, you know, that's what it is.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, sure, right.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm actually worried about that guy's hand.

[Drew Franklin]

So probably he's still in a cast.

[Shannon The Dude]

So what if Darius Rucker Ryan came to you and said, you know what, you can come watch the Kentucky, South Carolina game with me, but you got to put on a South Carolina jersey and pull for the gamecocks.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, but you get to hang out.

[Shannon The Dude]

With Darius Rucker for like two and a half hours. What do you hurt? Come on, be honest. We know you're putting on that maroon or whatever shade of red that is.

[Drew Franklin]

Garnet, garnet, garnet.

[Shannon The Dude]

And you are. You know you're doing it, right? Come on.

[Drew Franklin]

I would probably do it and just have a Kentucky shirt under the South Carolina shirt.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, no, no. What if he said no? We're going to. Like, we're going to.

[Drew Franklin]

He wouldn't know. He wouldn't know.

[Shannon The Dude]

We're going to inspect you.

[Drew Franklin]

We're going to look at my UK socks and boxer shorts on 859-280-2287. Excuse me. There's a big game coming up on Sunday. Well, since we do a radio show, we can't call it what it's called, right, Shannon, Is that right or is that just an advertisement?

[Shannon The Dude]

No, I think we say it's the Super Bowl.

[Drew Franklin]

We. Okay. I think when you do a commercial, you can't call it the Super Bowl.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, you can't. Like, we couldn't advertise KS bar saying we have the super bowl on, but in conversation you can say, I mean.

[Shannon The Dude]

In the DraftKings copy here, it says, this ain't no little itty bitty teeny tiny bowl. It's a Super Bowl.

[Drew Franklin]

So maybe they changed the rules for a long time. You couldn't say it, I don't know. Say it on an ad.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, it says it right here. We've been saying it on ads for the last two weeks. But I don't like the copy, so you tell me.

[Drew Franklin]

So I think the Chiefs are, what, still a point and a half favorite over the Eagles.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let me pull it up on the old draft Kings app, I think. So I'm still. I haven't locked all the way in on doing my picks. I'm going to have an insane amount of prop bets. I get it.

[Drew Franklin]

That's what makes it fun.

[Ryan Lemond]

I make like a spreadsheet and print that out, have it in front of me. I'll have 30 bets on this.

[Shannon The Dude]

Still one and a half.

[Drew Franklin]

Still one and a half. Chiefs over the Eagles. Yep. See, my thought process was this is old hat for the Chiefs. They've been this be the third year in a row. They could win, they could do a three peat. But the Eagles, the last time they were there two years ago, they lost. So, like, they've been chomping at the bit, fighting, mad, hungry to get back. So that's why I'm going to Think I'm going to bet on the Eagles in this game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Leaning Eagles.

[Drew Franklin]

Leaning Eagles.

[Ryan Lemond]

I see a lot of people that like the Eagles also do Saquon two touchdowns. I haven't committed to Eagles or Chiefs yet but if I were doing Eagles I would also consider Saquon two touchdowns because they're going to beat the Chiefs. He's going to have to have a huge game.

[Drew Franklin]

DraftKings did have a prop bet this week. 35. It was like a 300 super boost. 300% super boost. Saquon 35 yards in the first quarter. I took it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I took that 35 yards in the first quarter. I think they did that like on Monday or Tuesday. Try to get people sucked in to start betting on the super bowl and things.

[Ryan Lemond]

My Tennessee Titans Parlays 15 to 1. DeAndre Hopkins and A.J. brown to score a touchdown.

[Drew Franklin]

You know it's probably going to happen.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's the only bet I've made so far.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Well, the reason I want to talk about super bowl there is a Lexington connection.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

The backup quarterback for the Chiefs is Carson Wentz. Carson Wentz married a Lexington lady. Madison Oberg from Dunbar High School got engaged at the Castle. There might be some other people that got engaged at the Castle.

[Ryan Lemond]

He copied off me.

[Drew Franklin]

He did copy off you.

[Ryan Lemond]

Even though his was first. I'm taking. I did that first.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, Carson Wentz spends a lot of time in Lexington during the off season with his wife's family. Hunts. They hunt. I think it's out in Woodford County. They go out hunting out there. They like. He likes to. He's a big outdoors guy. He worked out at Woodford County High School with Dane and Josiah and a couple other kids or local kids around here during the off season last year. So there, there is a Lexington connection that if you're pulling for, if you're looking for somebody to pull for, it'd be Carson Wentz and the Chiefs.

[Ryan Lemond]

So you're going against the Lexington connection by picking the Eagles.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, you know what, Carson Wentz was one time quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles. He was. Yeah, I just thought about that.

[Shannon The Dude]

Don't forget you got Darian Kennard on the Eagles as well.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he went from Chiefs to Eagles.

[Drew Franklin]

Totally forgot about him. Yeah. So there's a UK connection and a Lexington connection on Super Bowl. So if there's a. If there's one go to pick, you think you're going to make a bet that you would recommend, what would it be?

[Ryan Lemond]

I've been looking at my home's rushing Yards because in big games in the playoffs he takes off a little more than he normally does. You could get. It's in the low 30s. I'm trying to pull it up now. I lean that direction. Mahomes running rushing.

[Drew Franklin]

Shannon, what about you?

[Shannon The Dude]

Whatever the over under on touchdowns for Barkley probably take the over. I don't know what it is right now on DraftKings. I'd have to look it up.

[Drew Franklin]

But here's mine. Shortest touchdown run over under is one and a half. The Eagles, they get down there, they're doing the tush push. Push Tush push. Under one and a half. I think under one and a half is a great bet because of the tush push.

[Ryan Lemond]

And Saquon's been stopped on the one a lot this year too, I think.

[Drew Franklin]

There you go.

[Ryan Lemond]

More touchdown. Giving them off to the tush push the the Saquon. Two touchdowns is 3 to 1. 3 to 1 to answer your question, Shannon.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay, there we go.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's not really worth betting on Saquon to get one. That's the odds are crap on that it's two.

[Shannon The Dude]

So if it's two plus that feel good about that. He might get that in the first. Tough.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's also. I don't think this is on our friends at DraftKings but just for entertainment purposes. I saw online they set the Taylor Swift TV appearances at 11 and a half.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh my God.

[Shannon The Dude]

You know I like like when they do the college football national championship on espn if they have like different. Various cameras and stuff, you know like on different channels, like an espn. You if they just had a channel that only showed Taylor Swift that might pull better ratings than the game itself.

[Drew Franklin]

You may be right.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm just saying all the Taylor Swift fans, they'd all be watching that.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, just watch her all game long.

[Ryan Lemond]

She's also an Eagles fan. We got a lot of these people connections each side. She's grew up in Eagles. Oh. Huge Eagles fan.

[Drew Franklin]

Really.

[Ryan Lemond]

She knew Andy Reid when he was the coach of the Eagles.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow. So there you go.

[Ryan Lemond]

Darian Kennard, Carson Wentz, Taylor Swift Eagle.

[Drew Franklin]

The drama fly Eagles fly. 859-280-2287 who we got? Shannon.

[Shannon The Dude]

Let's go to Ed.

[Drew Franklin]

Go ahead Ed.

[Caller]

Hey guys, got a comment, two questions. Comment is my biggest fear has materialized because I was afraid of long term injuries. And what is the latest on Lamont and are the SEC style of play versus rough and physical? How's that going to work in the NCAA tournament? You think the referees are going to call a more Tight game, which would, like, really hurt SEC teams or you think they're going to let him play. Thank you.

[Drew Franklin]

All right. Appreciate it, Ed. That comes up every year. They go to the NCAA Tournament and they get some officials from the Mountain West Conference or something or whatever that aren't used to the physicality of an SEC team with how they play.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I don't know what to expect. And I haven't been able to watch many of the other SEC games this year. I know it. Tuesday night, Ole Miss was at Chris Beard. Defense. Get up in your grill. They're getting away with a lot of arm bars. That was really setting Kentucky back. That's a big part of the reason why Kentucky couldn't get in its offense.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, so many teams in the SEC are playing that way. Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Auburn, Alabama, they all. All play that way. And that's what's bothering Kentucky. A lot of times.

[Ryan Lemond]

Texas A and M, we're in this problem because of Texas A and M going to Lexington and playing football. That's when Butler injured is everything in that game.

[Drew Franklin]

That's true.

[Ryan Lemond]

So this. This funk we can blame on Buzz Williams style of basketball he brought to Lexington because that's what did Butler in.

[Drew Franklin]

So he. Ed was asking for a Butler update. You know, we talked about it in the first hour. There's really nothing official. Billy had a little. Little scuttlebutt. He thought maybe next week, even if he just plays a couple minutes, just getting him back on the floor, I think will be a lift.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I have Pope's quote from last night. So just. It's not our opinion, just straight from the source.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Ryan Lemond]

He says, I don't know. Right now we have to figure this out with the guys we have. That's the job. We have to figure this out with the guys we have. Said Butler is making progress.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I think that showed when he was leasing them.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's a complicated situation.

[Drew Franklin]

The pregame shoot around when he's running a little bit, trying to get his conditioning back. So I think that's. He'll be. I think he'll be there for March. Like I said, Matt is pointing at. Pointing at the game on the February 22nd Alabama game. So we'll look at that. Who's next? Shannon Freebird. Freebird. Go ahead, Free Bird.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. How's everybody doing? First of all, prayers up for Matt, and I'll be listening to the show on the road. And I know. Does Matt like. Like classic country music, do you know?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, he likes. Yeah, the old stuff. 70s, even up. Up to the 90s, like any of the new stuff.

[Caller]

You remember John Conley, don't you, from Versailles?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, yeah.

[Caller]

I'm on the backside of 40.

[Drew Franklin]

Very good.

[Ryan Lemond]

Freebird setting up his joke.

[Drew Franklin]

There we go. Set it up perfectly. All right. Appreciate it. Freebird. 859-28-0-2287. Who's next, Shannon?

[Shannon The Dude]

Mickey.

[Drew Franklin]

Mickey. Go ahead, Mickey.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. I saw something at the end of the game the other night. I want to see if anybody else saw it. Jimmy Dykes was seated right near the end of the table, right. Right by Coach Pope. And of course, he was talking about Williams close to the triple double, and Ole Miss was shooting some free throws. And Coach Pope called a guy over and talked to him about something, and we get the ball, bring it down into the court. They threw it over to Williams immediately, and somebody cut for the basket. He threw it to them, and there was the final assembly assist. I have to think that Pope knew that, and he called that play for Williams just so he could get that last assist. If so, I think that's a. That's a pretty good move on his part.

[Drew Franklin]

Appreciate the phone call. It's possible. That's very highly possible. I can see Mark Pope doing that and just wanted to give Amari a chance to get that triple double.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. And I agree with him. It looked perfect, and it was with 50 seconds left in the game.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't realize that part about Pope had gotten a whisper, but I knew it was in Amari's brain because he had been looking for a shooter that last minute.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, if you remember, when Isaiah Briscoe got his triple double, Derek Willis kind of gave up so Isaiah could get the last rebound he needed.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So they. Even the players knew about at that time, he.

[Ryan Lemond]

He intentionally missed a free throw, didn't he?

[Drew Franklin]

Is that what it was? I think he clanked it to Briscoe side. Yeah, that's right. That's what it was.

[Ryan Lemond]

Teammate of the year by Derek Willis.

[Drew Franklin]

So even the teammates knew that he was closing in on it. So you got to wonder. I'm sure the coaching staff probably. Somebody did probably tell him, hey, he needs one more assist for a triple double.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Sometimes you hear these players after they break a record or something, be like, oh, I had no idea. But I. I bet in most cases, it gets relayed to them or they look up and notice it. I don't know. I'm not out there, but I feel like. Like a. Like a Jody Meeks game. I believe he said he didn't even know how close he was. It's, I think coaches at that point, if you're looking for something like a triple double or truly huge milestone, there's got to be a little whispering going on. Like, see what he's doing over here. Let's try to get that, get that done.

[Drew Franklin]

The coaching staffs monitor absolutely everything on the bench. I mean, everything, minutes played, fouls, timeout. I mean, so, you know, they're monitoring that. They knew that probably pass it along.

[Ryan Lemond]

And something like a triple double, it's worth, it's worth going after.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, we'll take our final break. Come back. Our final segment, 859-280-2287. If you want to call we got to ask anything Thursday. Appreciate Free Bird mentioning Matt, keeping him thoughts and prayers. Got a big day today with these colonoscopy later today. So but you know, promoting it, fact, talking about it, bringing it up should encourage all of us to get that done as well.

[Ryan Lemond]

So he was going to call in, I think, but it just got dumped.

[Drew Franklin]

859-280-2287. We'll be right back. I welcome back Final segment, Kentucky Sports Radio. Ryan, Drew and Shannon is Matt is off today for his colonoscopy this afternoon. If you go to Twitter or X whatever you call it, Drew has put out the video of Derek Willis purpose missing the free throw to the side Briscoe was on so Briscoe could get the rebound. It's, it's brilliant. It's genius.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's even better than I remember.

[Drew Franklin]

Me too.

[Ryan Lemond]

See him flick his wrist in his shooting motion to spin it, put a little English on it to the left and it ricochets out towards Briscoe, who catches it. Here's his triple double. And then I found the quote after the game, Briscoe said, Derek looked at him and said, you need one more rebound. And he said, yeah. He said, I got you.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, you can tell when he's at the free throw line and it bounce. He kind of gives a little side eye to Briscoe just to make sure he, you know, size it up. What do I need to do here? And he shoots the free throw and it's perfect. Hits on the little corner, the elbow and kicks out right where Briscoe can get his 10th rebound.

[Ryan Lemond]

Another thing I noticed is Kentucky's up on Ole Miss 94 to 69 in Oxford, which is why he was able to do that. That, that looks like a happier trip to Mississippi there.

[Drew Franklin]

It's crazy that the triple double the last Two we've got are both men in Oxford, Mississippi. Dan Issel. That's what his scoring record was in Oxford, Mississippi, somebody pointed out to me this week. So a lot of. A lot of historic things happen down there.

[Ryan Lemond]

When you get back to having fun.

[Drew Franklin]

There, need to have fun.

[Ryan Lemond]

That taste of our mouth from Tuesday.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, 859-280-2287. Let's squeeze a couple more on before we get out of here. So who we got? Shannon?

[Shannon The Dude]

Logan.

[Drew Franklin]

Logan. Go ahead, Logan.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. Hope well. I hope Matt does well. Hopefully everything came out okay. But first off, my hot take. Regardless of where they end up this season, I think Kentucky makes the SEC tournament final. May get dropped by 25 in that game, but I think they'll make it. Secondly, a few years ago, I called in talking about how I taught my infant son how to clap by mimic while I was watching football games. And you guys kind of went on and talked about your earliest childhood memories. Well, ever since then, I've been looking for ways that I can bring him into my kind of game day for UK and just get him acclimated to sports. I noticed a trend that I've kept going. And after the results of Tuesday, Kentucky basketball and football is 54. 1. When my son takes a nap during any point of a Kentucky game.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, we know the secret. You just made it possible.

[Caller]

Yeah. So I'm obviously gonna have to sit down with him, maybe by. By a clipboard to make an example, but we'll have him. We'll have him locked up and ready for the next one.

[Drew Franklin]

Appreciate it. Yeah. If it works, do it. Drew, Especially going to March Madness. You want to do everything you can to help.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sounds like a new tradition forming of him giving his kid a melatonin at tip off every game we get that nap in so he can win.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't have a problem with that.

[Ryan Lemond]

No kids. Melatonin.

[Drew Franklin]

Absolutely. Any update on Nate Amit? Ament.

[Ryan Lemond]

Ament.

[Drew Franklin]

Ament.

[Ryan Lemond]

Now just still on track to visit. I mean, Louisville's in the mix. They got some competitors in there, but I don't. I don't know anything as far as where Kentucky stands. They're not in the lead, but they're in the hunt. And getting on campus will be huge.

[Drew Franklin]

And he's the last top 10 guy that's not committed yet, is that right? Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And if he gets him, that's a talent. That's big time. I mean, he's fourth, but this is a year that A.J. devon said it's number one. He'd be number one any year. I mean, that's. That's a generational guy. So in some years, who knows, maybe Nate would be the number one player overall. Pope could shut up a lot of people on recruiting if you could get him.

[Drew Franklin]

I did see where Jasper Johnson was named to the Iverson, what they call the Iverson Classic Iverson All Star Game.

[Ryan Lemond]

We didn't mention it, but he looked like he had a great. I wasn't able to go, but the Woodford county reunion on Sunday, where he brought overtime elite there, I saw the highlights. Jack, Zach and the crew were there, read their stories. Looked like a fun time out there at the new school.

[Drew Franklin]

I think he had 31 points and last year at the game he had like 35 points. So I think he likes playing in the Woodford county old gym over there, say so.

[Ryan Lemond]

And Malachi was there to see him. Pope, some of the players looked like a fun event after a little bit of a hangover after that Arkansas game last Sunday. But it was good seeing him back in Kentucky.

[Drew Franklin]

I did want to mention before we get out, Shannon, they announced a Bourbon and beyond lineup.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right. Did you like the lineup? Are you like.

[Drew Franklin]

I heard you going over with Billy on the. On the pre show?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. So some of them, I don't know. The headliners are Fish, Noah Kahn, Sturgill, Simpson, who we've played a lot on the show, the Lumineers and Jack White from the White Stripes. But really, for me, the best part of the lineups when you get further down the list.

[Drew Franklin]

Right.

[Shannon The Dude]

Cage the Elephant, Goo Goo Dolls, Jim Blossoms. A lot of great bands on there. Pat Benatar. Ringo Starr is going to be there. You fan of Ringo?

[Drew Franklin]

Ringo Starr?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's on like the fifth line of tiny font on there for Ringo. Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Blind Melon. I mean, I don't know what levels.

[Drew Franklin]

Bands like from the late 90s.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I grew up listening to Marcy, my.

[Ryan Lemond]

New favorite, Benson Boone.

[Drew Franklin]

Somebody said, I know that Benson Boone song. Somebody sent it to us after we talked about him yesterday. I know that song right now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Keep going.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know the word.

[Shannon The Dude]

Was that the twin song you were singing?

[Drew Franklin]

Don't Run. That's kind of what he does, doesn't he?

[Ryan Lemond]

A little bit. I heard it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

That sounded like Vincent. This will probably be my first Bourbon Beyond. I love several of the names on that list, even some that are way down there.

[Shannon The Dude]

It's a good lineup they've got this year, I think.

[Drew Franklin]

Overall, what are the dates of it?

[Shannon The Dude]

It is September 11th, 11th, 13th and 14th. It's four straight days.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll see who Kentucky's got football that weekend because it could make a huge weekend election that weekend. Well, the only thing I've got on my list we didn't get to was Jackson Robinson was named on the list for the top 10 small forwards. You know, right now he's our point guard. He's really a small forward. I just think he's a guy that just has been. He plays better when he's more involved with the offense, with the ball in his hands. I think he's kind of shown that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, offensively he's turned it on, but his defense needs to get turned on also. He seems to regress there. I don't know if it's because he's focusing more on being the point guard and running the show while Butler's been out, but he. He's been pretty bad in that department. But it was cool to be see him named as the finalist.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I thought so, too.

[Ryan Lemond]

The Dr. J Award, I think.

[Drew Franklin]

Is that what it is called? The Dr. J Award? So it's good for him. All right, tell us about Red State.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, let me tell you about Red State. Yeah, Red State. The delivery gods at doordash have opened up the delivery radius for our friends at Red State. So listen up, south side of Lexington. You can now order your favorite Red State appetizers, sandwiches, plates and sides via doordash. In addition, you've got friends and family coming over for football or basketball games. You can now order Red State's family platter and game packages on DoorDash. If you're more of a planner for game days, you can also email catering redstate bbq.com. that's red state bbq.com. use them for. For your football parties, your March Madness parties. Whatever you're doing, consider those big platters.

[Drew Franklin]

Be perfect for the super bowl party.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Sorry. A little shout out to our boy Matt. We did. Hated to dump on him all day, but he'll be better on the back end.

[Ryan Lemond]

He will.

[Drew Franklin]

This has been Kentucky Sports Radio. Ryan, Drew and Shannon. We'll see you tomorrow at Kentucky. Brandon.