2025-02-10- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 1 Release Date: February 10, 2025
Host: Matt Jones and the KSR Crew
Platform: iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)

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Introduction

In the February 10, 2025 episode of KSR - Hour 1, host Matt Jones and the KSR crew dive into a comprehensive discussion covering the recent Super Bowl, the UK vs. South Carolina game, the halftime show, and various other topics. The episode is rich with insights, humorous banter, and detailed analyses, making it an engaging listen for sports enthusiasts and casual fans alike.

Super Bowl Recap

The episode kicks off with an extensive analysis of the recently concluded Super Bowl. Despite high expectations, the hosts unanimously agree that the game was a blowout and lacked the excitement typically associated with such a significant event.

Game Analysis:

• Matt Jones criticized the game for its lack of competitiveness, stating, "I think the Super Bowl was an absolute dud. I think we should start Kentucky, South Carolina." [02:04]
• Renee Vacca highlighted the defensive struggles, noting, "They could not get a first down in the first half. They couldn't get past midfield in the first half." [03:05]
• Ryan Lemond emphasized the dominance of the Eagles' defense, saying, "The Eagles front four, I think, should have just shared the MVP award. They dominated them from the very beginning." [03:31]

Player Performances:

• Patrick Mahomes' performance was a focal point. Matt observed, "Patrick Mahomes is a human being and we don't have to act like he's made of magic anymore." [03:05]
• Herm Edwards, the Eagles' coach, was praised for his accurate game predictions. Matt shared, "He nailed it. And so now he's magic." [04:35]
• Ryan Lemond shared his personal experience with betting on the game, humorously recounting his near-breakthrough with a Titans parlay: "I lost $3 because Hopkins caught that touchdown." [05:20]

National Anthem and Halftime Show:

• The crew debated the merits of "America the Beautiful" versus the traditional national anthem. Matt expressed his preference, stating, "America the Beautiful, I am a strong believer. Should be our national anthem. It's better than the national anthem." [06:05]
• The halftime show was another significant topic. The hosts discussed Trombone Shorty's performance and criticized the involvement of celebrities like Harry Connick Jr.:
  • Matt remarked, "Harry Connick, he's just sitting there praying every year. Can they do something in New Orleans this year so I can get back on TV?" [08:54]
  • Renee Vacca complimented Trombone Shorty's integration into the show, appreciating the New Orleans flair: "I like Trombone Shorty. He's a New Orleans guy." [07:35]

Commercials:

• The hosts provided a lighthearted critique of the Super Bowl commercials, highlighting memorable ones and expressing frustration over certain advertisements:
  • Matt commented on the new score bug, "Why on the Super Bowl did they decide to debut a new score bug that looks like it was made on an Atari in 1984?" [10:26]
  • Renee Vacca appreciated the Little Caesars commercial featuring Eugene Levy, while Matt was confused by a mayonnaise ad parodying "When Harry Met Sally": "What was it for? What was the commercial for? Mayonnaise." [12:34]
  • Ryan Lemond praised Matthew McConaughey's Uber Eats spot, noting, "I liked Matthew McConaughey and the Uber Eats. When he's trying to name the Bills, he's like, Buffalo Bill." [16:01]

UK vs. South Carolina Game Analysis

Transitioning from the Super Bowl, the crew delves into the UK vs. South Carolina game, highlighting Kentucky's impressive victory.

Game Summary:

• Kentucky secured a decisive win by 23 points, demonstrating strong defensive and offensive strategies. Matt noted, "Kentucky wins by 23 a game. They had to win. Yes, right." [36:05]
• The game was characterized by high-efficiency offenses and a tightened defense, with Kentucky holding South Carolina to 57 points. Matt emphasized, "We just had to win that however we want it. We had to win." [37:34]
• Renee Vacca and Ryan Lemond commended specific player performances, particularly highlighting Garrison's standout game and the overall team dynamics when Butler was on the field.

Player Performances:

• Isaiah Briscoe received unexpected praise, with Damien Fishback calling him one of his favorite UK players. Matt expressed surprise, "I can't believe Damien Fishback said that Isaiah Briscoe was one of his favorite players in UK history." [40:01]
• The discussion touched on the contrasting styles of UK’s key players and their impact on the game, reinforcing the significance of versatile players like Briscoe.

Halftime Show and Commercials Continued

The hosts continued their critique of the Super Bowl halftime show and associated commercials, touching on the illusion used in the display of the Buick 88:

• Matt Jones and Renee Vacca debated how multiple people appeared inside the seemingly small Buick car, concluding it was an illusion possibly using mirrors or stage tricks: "They cut out the bottom of the car and they come up some stairs through the stage." [29:28]
• Ryan Lemond humorously suggested selling the Buick on eBay immediately due to its unexpected appearance in the show: "Telling to get it on eBay or something immediately." [35:53]

Additional Topics

Beyond sports and entertainment, the crew touched on personal interests and light-hearted banter:

Reading Habits:

• Matt Jones shared his enthusiasm for reading, mentioning books like "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" and "Martyr": "I've read a book two weeks ago named Martyr Martyr. Highly recommend to everybody." [24:53]
• The discussion highlighted the different ways people interpret art and literature, with Matt expressing feelings of inadequacy when missing symbolic meanings in performances: "I feel stupid... I don't catch any of these things." [26:51]

Celebrity Fan Base:

• The hosts joked about celebrity affiliations with sports teams, particularly criticizing John Hamm for his switch from Rams to Chiefs fandom: "You can't do that. You can't pick up Louisville." [33:28]
• Ryan Lemond referenced Paul Rudd as a loyal Chiefs fan, contrasting him with Hamm's perceived fickleness: "He [Paul Rudd] was there." [34:12]

Conclusion

The episode concluded with a preview of future discussions, including upcoming games against Tennessee and Texas. Matt Jones emphasized the importance of winning upcoming matches to maintain momentum: "We need to win one. All right, I want to win them both, but let's definitely win one." [39:06]

The KSR crew displayed a blend of insightful sports analysis, humorous exchanges, and personal anecdotes, making the episode both informative and entertaining for listeners.

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Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones: "America the Beautiful, I am a strong believer. Should be our national anthem. It's better than the national anthem." [06:19]
• Renee Vacca: "They could not get a first down in the first half." [03:05]
• Ryan Lemond: "I have a spreadsheet with their odds, what I paid, what I lost." [05:14]
• Matt Jones: "Harry Connick, he's just sitting there praying every year. Can they do something in New Orleans this year so I can get back on TV?" [08:54]
• Matt Jones: "We've had conversations about this." [13:28]
• Renee Vacca: "I think he just pulled that out of his rear end." [33:16]
• Matt Jones: "If Kentucky were to stop playing sports, we don't all become Tennessee fans." [33:34]

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This summary encapsulates the heart of the February 10th episode of KSR, providing listeners with a clear overview of the discussions and insights shared by Matt Jones and the KSR crew.

Transcript

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[Renee Vacca]

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[Matt Jones]

Comedyoff broadway this is Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Monday, February 10th. I am Matt Jones here at the KS Bar and Grill on a Monday. We will be here Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. So you can come see us any day this week. We'd love to have you. You give us a shout on the Clark's Puppet Shop phone line. But not yet, not yet because I haven't opened it yet.

[Renee Vacca]

Got some talking to do.

[Matt Jones]

We have. It's Monday, Monday after UK game and Super Bowl. So we'll, we'll get to that later. A Vision Auto glass text machine is 772-7745254 in this edition sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. If you call TJ, he'll make them pay. All right, so guys, let's just start with this. Should we start UK South Carolina or Super Bowl? I will let the three of you decide which of those two topics we do first. It's up to you. So. So Ryan, you do the first.

[Renee Vacca]

Well, but we're getting ready. I said, man, that South Carolina game seems like it was a month ago. So I'm going to go super bowl.

[Matt Jones]

You're going to go Super Bowl. Shannon, would you like to start UK South Carolina or Super Bowl?

I think the super bowl was an absolute dud. I think we should start Kentucky, South Carolina.

All right, so that means it all comes down to you. You have to decide which one you want to start with. You're a radio pro. What do you think is the way?

[Ryan Lemond]

And I love both of these events, but I think the super bowl is still fresh. I mean, it hadn't been a full day since it's happened. So let's just keep riding that wave while it's on everyone's mind.

[Matt Jones]

So we're going to do the Super Bowl. Super South Carolina. Here's the thing about the Super Bowl. I think we can all agree the game was boring. So because the game was boring, I don't have a lot of game thoughts. I'll give a couple quick ones. It was, it was nice to see that Patrick Mahomes is a human. You know, like, I mean, it's always felt like he would win every game for the rest of time. He'd won 17 straight one score games. I guess that's still true because this wasn't a one score game. They got absolutely blown out. He looked, he looked like you out there, Ryan. And it was maybe, maybe it was nice to see that he's, he's a human being and we don't have to act like he's made of magic anymore.

[Renee Vacca]

They could not get a first down in the first half. They couldn't get past midfield in the first half. It was amazing to watch that the offense struggle the way it did.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I've always wondered what Mahomes would look like if he played for the Titans. And that was it. I mean, that offensive line, I mean, he wasn't good, the interceptions were bad, but he had no chance. That Eagles front four, I think, should have just shared the MVP award. They dominated them from the very beginning. That was actually very impressive to watch against the team that's so good on Sunday mornings.

[Matt Jones]

You know, we have Herm Edwards every week. And I've decided Herm Edwards is kind of becoming like the, the older black uncle that I never had. Oh, he's, he's my espn. Like, I love her like we. For someone I've only met in person one time, I feel like we're good friends. And every time he comes on during the breaks, he gives me like life advice. He'll be like, watch out for them ladies. They'll take your wallet and they'll smile and then you'll be like, where's my wallet? And then I don't know what that means. And I'll go, okay, Herm, that, that makes sense to me. He said when he came on our show on Sunday, he was like, here's the only thing to watch, Matt. He goes, you'll be A football expert. If you listen to this. First two possessions the Chiefs get, if the Eagles can rush four and get to him, game over. Eagles blowout. If we're they're able to protect and the Eagles have to send the blitz, Chiefs win. Blowout. He was like, that's the game. Just see if the Eagles front four can get to him without blitzing. And then they did.

[Renee Vacca]

He nailed it.

[Matt Jones]

And he nailed it. And it was a blowout. He called it. And so I feel like now he's magic.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Instead of. Instead of Mahomes.

[Ryan Lemond]

That was a good pick. And even like people that believe that Chiefs have comeback magic. It was so dominant. I mean, it was over. I mean really, if they don't get that flag, it could have been 140 early and it's really putting them away. I just. I knew the Eagles had a good shot. I mean, it's a one point spread. But to win it like that and to not even really use Saquon that much.

[Matt Jones]

I know he didn't have that big.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, absolutely nuts. That was how it played out.

[Matt Jones]

It was. It was. I stopped watching it. Halftime. I can't remember last time. I haven't watched the second half of Super. I didn't watch this because it was. It was over. Like, what was the point? You know? And I wasn't going to watch TV for commercials.

[Ryan Lemond]

I had 30 bets in, so I was pretty entertained.

[Matt Jones]

You did 30 bets?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

On DraftKings?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

So were you.

[Ryan Lemond]

I have a spreadsheet with their odds, what I paid, what I lost.

[Matt Jones]

So were you overall up or down?

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, here's. It's actually. This is a wild ride. When the fourth quarter started, over 30 was on the table.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, wow.

[Ryan Lemond]

I won two. And then I hit a parlay. My Titans parlay. 15 to 1. With a minute to go, Hopkins score with several hundred dollars in bets. I think I lost $3.

[Matt Jones]

That's all.

[Ryan Lemond]

That all because Hopkins caught that touchdown. But I mean, it was that. It keeps you entertained when you make that many.

[Matt Jones]

All that and you could have just given me $3.

[Ryan Lemond]

I wasted a Sunday building this spreadsheet. But shout out to the Titans, you.

[Matt Jones]

Got to have fun. You got to have fun. All right, so. So the game, we can all agree. Done. So we got to talk about, you know, ultimately, the super bowl is about all the other stuff.

[Renee Vacca]

Correct.

[Matt Jones]

Who. There's no sporting event that I actually care less about the game than the Super Bowl. I care about all the other things.

[Renee Vacca]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

So I wrote down the things I want to talk about in Order. Let's start with the America the Beautiful and the national anthem. America the Beautiful, I am a strong believer. Should be our national anthem. It's better than the national anthem. Do you agree with that?

[Renee Vacca]

It kind of stirs up some feelings inside you, doesn't it?

[Matt Jones]

It's just better. It's better. And if you think about it, it's just about. It's the. The. Oh, beautiful for spacious skies Waves of grain Come on. I'm in. Right there. And they bring out Trombone Shorty. First of all, I like to live in a country where there's a guy called Trombone. I got to tell you, Shannon, when his parents named him Trombone Shorty, they better be happy. Played the drum.

That's right. Yeah.

What if he wanted to play the clarinet? What happens then?

I feel like you've already been predetermined what you're going to do at that point.

And I. I never heard of him. Did you know who he was?

[Renee Vacca]

Still don't know who he is.

[Matt Jones]

What do you mean you still don't know who he is? He was on the thing.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah, but I know nothing about him.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, but you saw it.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All right. You know who he is now.

[Renee Vacca]

I don't know his history. Then I should say.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, I don't know his background. I'm just saying he. He brought out the trombone, and he did the whole New Orleans thing. I thought it was really good. It was kind of remind. I mean, it's not as good as the Marvin Gaye one, but I like Drew. He did his own. He and that woman. I don't know the woman's name, but they did their own unique thing, and I really liked it. Did like Trombone Short.

[Ryan Lemond]

I did also. He's a New Orleans guy. I like the New Orleans flare. That's such a fun city and a great place to hold the event. I like that they worked him into it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you gotta like a good. And by the way, he's gonna be at Bourbon Beyond. Shannon, he's part of. He's part of Bourbon Beyond. So now I'm gonna go see Trombone Shorty. Unfortunately, when you play next to a guy named Trombone Shorty, I'm gonna forget the other person's name. True. What was her name? Laurel's. Ingalls Wilder.

[Ryan Lemond]

Was that.

[Renee Vacca]

No, I don't think it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Was it slipping my mind. I. I played trombone, so Trombone Shorty was kind of out trombone.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think I knew that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Second chair at Browning Springs Middle School. I couldn't crack first chair. Nick Jones was Good man. Nick Jones was tough, but no, he was out there living my seventh grade dream. Yeah, but the. The woman, is she a Christian singer?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know, but she. But they were good. I like their whole thing. Then they have Harry Connick. I think there's a rule that when you go to New Orleans, you have to have Harry Connick. If you don't have Harry Connick, then you're not even in New Orleans. They bring him out. They just walked Master P out. But he didn't do anything, did he?

[Ryan Lemond]

No one said he didn't do anything.

[Matt Jones]

You were just like, there's Master P. I love when they bring the HBCU bands right here, dancing and. But Harry Connick, he's just sitting there praying every year. Can they do something in New Orleans this year so I can get back on tv? Shannon, Harry Connick. No person is on TV more with the city than Harry.

They hide them away and they roll them out anytime there's an event.

Like, he still looks like he did 35 years ago.

[Renee Vacca]

Hasn't aged a day, has he?

[Matt Jones]

You know, and he. What were the movies he was a movie star for?

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah, he was.

[Matt Jones]

What movie was he?

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, first, let's not forget he was on hey, Kentucky with Mat Jones. We met him at the derby.

[Matt Jones]

Was. I forgot when I interviewed him in my purple suit. Yeah, Derby. And I completely forgot.

[Ryan Lemond]

He looked just like he does now. That dude doesn't age.

[Matt Jones]

He does not age. But he was like. Was he an Independence Day?

[Renee Vacca]

Not sure.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he was.

[Renee Vacca]

He was on Will and Grace for a long time.

[Matt Jones]

He was in a movie where it was a horror movie, and he was like the surprising horror movie guy, I think it was. Maybe Dwight Yam was in that movie, too. Is there a movie called Panic Room?

[Ryan Lemond]

There is a Panic Room with.

[Matt Jones]

That's got a. I think it has Dwight Yoakum. No, maybe not Harry Connick Jr. But he's in a. He's in a movie where he's like a serial killer or something like that. Anyway, it was nice to see him again. The national anthem. Did you like the national anthem?

[Renee Vacca]

I did.

[Matt Jones]

Who was it? Jean Baptiste.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah, I've heard that guy. I wouldn't know anything. He's. He sings, but I've heard of him. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So he was. He was. He was good. They put Trump on during that. That was a good time to put him on, because you can't boo the national ant.

[Renee Vacca]

True.

[Matt Jones]

Right. So he got. He got. He got cheered.

[Renee Vacca]

Think about that. You're right.

[Matt Jones]

Well, no, I Mean, that's actually. If you were gonna put a president on, you should put him on during the national.

[Renee Vacca]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

And that was good. And he was, like, saluting. They showed Taylor Swift the crowd, I think because she's a Chiefs person. That didn't go. Really? No. And they didn't put her on during the national.

[Renee Vacca]

No, she didn't.

[Matt Jones]

I would have said, put me on during the national.

[Ryan Lemond]

Anth she grew up die hard Eagles and flip. That's a pretty easy boo for Philly fans.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, I didn't know she was a die hard Eagles fan.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, she. She grew up. Her and her dad were an Eagles gear. So that was a. That was an easy boo for the Philly people in New Orleans.

[Matt Jones]

Score bug. Why on the super bowl did they decide to. To debut a new score bug that looks like it was made on an Atari in 1984? Why did they do that?

[Renee Vacca]

You know, somewhere, all the people that have eyes on that. I can't believe somebody let that slide. Like, hey, man, maybe we need to tweak this a little bit. This not very good. Because they had to get approval after approval after approval.

[Matt Jones]

I thought their old one was good. Why did they switch it?

[Renee Vacca]

I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

Now, somebody said that maybe the reason is they did it to work on cell phone screens, that more and more people are watching the game, like on their cell phone, and it packed in and looked better on the cell phone screen. I have no idea if that's true, but otherwise it was awful. Don't debut new things at the Super Bowl.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't mind how they took away some clutter. The font was just really big. Maybe you take the font down a little bit with it being kind of transparent around the stuff, but it was. It was a lot different.

[Matt Jones]

I just felt like I was watching Tech Mobile. I wanted to watch the. You know, it feels like modern, and that was not modern. The commercials, I only got through the first half, so I. If there were ones in the second half, I couldn't get the ones that stuck out to me. They redid When Harry Met Sally.

[Renee Vacca]

That was a big hit.

[Matt Jones]

Did I hear, Shannon, you and Billy didn't know what Harry Met Sally?

I know what it is. I've never seen the movie, so I didn't really get the reference.

That's crazy. I mean, Billy I get because he's younger, but Shannon, Harry Met Sally, like, that was.

Came out when I was 6.

No, no. Yeah.

In 89.

And you were 6 in 89.

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's great time to watch it.

[Matt Jones]

I Thought everybody knew, though. That scene. That's a famous scene where she's, like, doing the thing and in the restaurant. Yeah, I guess they never heard that.

[Renee Vacca]

And the old lady says, I want what she's having. I mean, that's a famous scene.

[Matt Jones]

Sydney Sweeney. That was a good way to switch it.

[Renee Vacca]

What was it for? What was the commercial for?

[Matt Jones]

Mayonnaise.

[T-Mobile Representative]

That's right.

[Renee Vacca]

Mayonnaise.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know what that had to do with mayonnaise, but I think it was mayonnaise. What other conver commercial stuck out besides ours?

[Ryan Lemond]

There was one that spoke to me because it was Little Caesars and eyebrows. It was the Eugene Levy where his eyebrows go off his head and fly around, landing on random things. I love Little Caesars. I just felt like that was tailored to me.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, I'm with you. The seal is a seal thing was kind of strange, and it made me remember that seal existed. Yeah, we haven't seen him in a long time.

I looked up and saw seals face on a seal. I thought I'd overdosed on gummies again, but I was like, man, what a strange commercial that was.

Seal on a seal. Yeah, that's. Yeah.

[Renee Vacca]

Drew mentioned the flying eyebrows with the flying mustache for the Pringles commercial. I really enjoyed the breast cancer commercial because it showed boobs for, like, 30 seconds.

[Matt Jones]

We've had conversations about this.

[Renee Vacca]

Oh, that was my favorite.

[Matt Jones]

You are a grown man. Look, even Mario.

[Ryan Lemond]

Did you see Mario turn the camera?

[Matt Jones]

Turned the camera off and walked away.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nope, not using that one.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, Mario is 25, and even.

[Ryan Lemond]

He knows it's also the messaging in that one. That was pretty serious.

[Matt Jones]

That's a serious message.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah. Caught my attention.

[Matt Jones]

All right, back to what we were talking about.

[Renee Vacca]

What do you think of the last. Oh, you may have not seen it. You didn't watch second half. David Beckham and Matt Damon.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't see it.

[Renee Vacca]

That was a good commercial.

[Matt Jones]

Dunkin Donuts. How did Bill Belichick's girlfriend get in the.

[Renee Vacca]

No kidding.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, like, unbelievable to me, this woman who. Whose name I don't even know. Do you know her name?

[Ryan Lemond]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Do you know her name?

[Renee Vacca]

No.

[Matt Jones]

No. I have no idea.

She's got to get her name out there, because if they're not going to stay together forever, she's got to get her name out there, because I don't know what her name is. Is. But when that commercial came out, I was like, how did she get in the commercial? Do you think? Belichick said, let's put her in, like.

Man's got a lot of power. He can just say, mind blowing to.

Me that she ended up in the commercial. Like, that's like a picture you take at a friend's wedding, and then you might get to, like, not date anymore 20 years later, and you're like, oh, this is a picture of all my friends on their wedding day. And this person's in it, too. I wonder if that's going to happen. Like, he's gonna be 90s. Gonna be like, she ruined my Dunkin Donuts commercial.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know that she's ruining much for Bill. I just credit to them for knowing what's topical. I mean, they're one of the biggest stories outside of the actual game in the last couple weeks. And they got on it, too.

[Matt Jones]

I can't believe Shannon. She got on the commercial. I can't.

Well, I think Bill could probably just say, hey, if you don't put her in there, then I'm not gonna do the commercial. Like I said, the guy's got some power at this point.

Credit to her. I mean, she has gone from meets old man on plane to dating him to now being in commercials. Her next step, though, is she's got to make it to where we know her name because none of us know her name right now.

I just looked it up. Do you want to know her name, or do you want to know Jordan Hudson?

Jordan Hudson.

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

I got the first letter.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I don't know if I'm gonna remember that. I think I'm just gonna keep in saying Bill Bell. I could not believe she was on that commercial.

[Renee Vacca]

Drew and Shannon, I think it was got boss moved by Billicheck, probably said, yeah, you can have me, but you also want. You got to have her, too.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's packaged.

[Renee Vacca]

He knows the controversy around it. He's like, you know what? I don't care.

[Matt Jones]

He doesn't seem to care about it at all since he put her in the thing. Any other commercials?

[Ryan Lemond]

I liked Matthew McConaughey and the Uber Eats. When he's, like, trying to name the Bills, he's like, buffalo Bill. We need a team name. This does stuff like that. But I noticed, I don't know, that there was a single commercial without a celebrity. I get why they do it, but it's like, everyone like, all right, he's.

[Matt Jones]

In a movie, and there were celebrities that I kind of forgot existed. Like, there's Willem Dafoe.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Like, he's in a. I think he was in a pickleball commercial. And it seems like the whole cast of Schitt's Creek. I want to be careful how I say that. They were in, like, commercials the whole night. Did that show retroactively become the biggest show of all time?

[Ryan Lemond]

Felt like they were in, like, the first four consecutively, too. I thought they had completely taken it over right away, but it just show. I mean, there's. I mean, they're all fine, but it used to be a little more clever writing. Now it's like, how much can we pay Tom Cruise to talk about this or that? I did, like, Shane Gillis and all the Bud Light stuff.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I don't know if I saw that, but. Well, so that was good. And we did. We need it. We still got to talk about the halftime show. We had a commercial. And of course, we'll talk about UK Ole Miss no more. Ryan. We're going to take a break. 859-280-2287. This is KSR. Seal. I really. Shannon didn't know Seal was still alive. I mean, I didn't think he was dead.

Yeah.

But I just hadn't thought about him. When's the last time you had thought about Seal?

25, 30 years ago, maybe.

Yeah.

Back in the 90s, man, he was everything huge.

Kiss From a Rose was one of the biggest songs.

One of my favorite songs in the 90s.

Oh, you really like that song? I seen you as a kiss from a rose.

I was telling Billy, you know, because everybody was calling me a boomer, and I go, I'm such a boomer that back in the day, you. You had to, like, wait for the radio to play the song and try to catch it on your cassette tape. I had to do that with Kiss From a Rose.

I did that with the Knoxville pop station Top nine at nine. I would get it and get. I would put the. The cassette in and try to hit record to try to get Smells Like Teen Spirit on it or whatever.

So you'd always miss the first few seconds.

[Renee Vacca]

Always miss it.

[Matt Jones]

But then when you got it, you felt like you'd really done something. The movie Drew was copycat. The Harry Connick Jr. He's great in that. Like, he's really scary in it it. But he looks the same now as he did in that movie. Honestly.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. You can go back, like, 20 years. That dude just hasn't aged.

[Matt Jones]

He just doesn't age. And, Mike, everybody's mother loved Harry.

[Renee Vacca]

Oh, yes.

[Matt Jones]

Like, everyone's mother. I don't care who you are out there, Mario, you don't know this. Your Mother loved Harry. CONNIE jr. I bet she did. You ask, she'll say, that white boy got moves. You wait and see. I'm telling you, the, the. Everybody loves. Everybody's mom loves Harry.

[Ryan Lemond]

To your point, I watched the first half of my parents house. My mom wasn't really saying much like, oh, Harry Connick.

[Matt Jones]

Everybody's mom, Harry Connick Jr. It's just, it's just. It's just what it is. One person writes, Matt, Taylor Swift would have gotten booed at any point. People don't like Taylor Swift. Stop it. Lots of people do. Matter of fact, she made more money than anyone on the earth with her tour. I think people like it's. I didn't realize she was an Eagles fan. Plus, it's, you know, the super bowl, you got all these dudes, it's a woman, it's Philly, it's. Yeah, Philly's gonna boot. They boot Santa. So, I mean, of course they're gonna.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's why she was laughing. She knew exactly what they were doing.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. All right. So then you get to the halftime show. 20 seconds into the halftime show, Drew, I knew. I was like, well, Fox News has its content for the next two weeks. Like, you just knew this is going to be something that's gonna make people mad. What I thought about the halftime show was I realized that even though I've heard of Kendrick Lamar For 15 years, I didn't know any of his songs. I mean, I know the one song. Yeah, they Not Like Us. They Not Like Us. But then I guess the other songs were his great hits, and I didn't know any of them, Drew. Which made me realize Kendrick Lamar might be the most famous artist that I don't know that any of the music.

[Ryan Lemond]

He does got a lot of Grammys, got a lot of Pulitzer.

[Matt Jones]

Did you know those songs?

[Ryan Lemond]

Like Kendrick, he left off a few. I like. I don't think he did Swimming Pools or Don't Kill My Vibe Going Way Back. You. Do you recognize Humble?

[Matt Jones]

Be Humble. Recognize any of Be Humble? The only one I knew was the they, you know, the, the big song that's been out recently.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm pretty familiar with this catalog. But it was all about the one song last night. It was all about Not Like Us.

[Matt Jones]

So as I was watching it, I was like, oh, there's the American flag. I was able to figure that, yes. I was like, samuel L. Jackson is Uncle Sam.

[Renee Vacca]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

That's interesting. I don't know why that's happening. Then I became convinced I'd seen Serena Williams Yeah. You know, so that was an interesting moment because I was like, I know that Serena Williams. But they didn't seem to. Shannon. They didn't seem to act like it was Serena Williams. Like, she was only on the screen for, like, two or three seconds.

Because it wasn't.

It was. It was her. I thought it was her.

[Ryan Lemond]

It was her.

[Matt Jones]

It was her. What are you talking about, Shannon?

You talking about on the screen? Okay, I thought you're talking about, like, the performer.

No, Serena was dancing on. She was part of the performance.

Well, maybe.

You know that.

I guess I missed that then. Okay. I thought that was.

It wasn't Serena Williams.

[Ryan Lemond]

That was the highlight.

[Renee Vacca]

That was.

[Matt Jones]

The whole thing is that she was. That's classic Shannon making fun, and he's not even right. Serena. They. She was Crip walking in the. In the thing, and I. When I saw her, I was like, is that Serena Williams? But then they cut off of her, and I thought, well, that couldn't have been her. They would have kept the camera on her longer. But it was.

[Renee Vacca]

I. You know, they always have special guests. I think when they. I thought when they showed her, then the other guests were going to start coming out because she was like, the intro, but they only kept the camera.

[Matt Jones]

On her for, like, a second, like, two seconds. So I thought, man, you bring Serena Williams and then you just, like, act like she's barely there. That was kind of weird.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just a subtle nod. That was the. She was dancing on Drake's grave. So a little background. Drake used to be obsessed with Serena Williams. Like, he basically stalked her. And then Kendrick. Just another dig on Drake, made her part of her. Drake love Serena.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, see, I didn't know that.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's. That was the. That was the last. I think that was the kill shot on the beef with. With Drake was a. The super bowl performance after Kendrick said he's gonna do the super bowl, and then bringing out Drake's crush of many years to dance on him.

[Matt Jones]

So then Kendrick, like, does his thing, whatever. It's over. You get on social media, it's just people just blah. Basically, if you're over 35, chances are very high. You were like, I hate this. If you're under 35, it seems like chances are how you liked it. Although there are some people that didn't. But I feel like we have a version of this conversation every year, Drew, which is like, if you're my age, it's not for you. Like, they're not gonna. Generations have to understand the music that's popular now is never for you. I always say to older people, you remember how your parents were like, elvis is the devil. The Rolling Stones are the devil. Right? Like, that's how it works. And then when we were young, people were like, oh, this, Snoop Dogg and this and this. I remember my grandmother telling me, turn off Nirvana. They're whining like. Like, it's just. That's what happens. And now we're the age where we say, oh, this is terrible. But that's what it's. It's supposed to be for young people. It's not supposed to be for us.

[Ryan Lemond]

That was wildly the most popular song of the year last year and just won the Grammy. So it's hard to argue that no one would like that when it's.

[Matt Jones]

But it's the Mason for us, not targeted for us. So when I see, like, you know, the kind of people that yell at me on Twitter, like, it's not for you. And guess what? The super bowl is never going to be for you. You. We're old now. It's for them.

[Ryan Lemond]

You had Harry Connick, everyone.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's about. We get. We get Harry Connick. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call tj. He'll make him pay.

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

I mean, it is a good. Like, I. I don't care so much about the beef between him and Drake, although it does seem like he won because poor. I mean, I don't want to say poor Drake, because he may not even be a good guy, but, like, when they're singing the song about you at the super bowl, you know, it's. Whoa.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, then the crowd spelled out game over and lights.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, the crowd spelled out game over. Like, I. If I were Drake, I'd just take two or three years and just be like, I'm gonna be. I'm gonna be. I'm gonna take some time off, you know, maybe come back in a couple of years. Maybe people will have moved on because, like, you don't want. You don't want that, do you?

[Ryan Lemond]

And Everybody. I mean, LeBron was his boy. He's turned on him. He's been dancing with Kendrick. I mean, everybody has flipped on Drake.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, it seems like. It seems like a pretty bad. A bad thing to do. Okay, so you all. Ryan, you're not a reader.

[Renee Vacca]

Not at all.

[Matt Jones]

I'm a reader. I've read six books already this year. About to start myself. I really got. I've always been a reader, but I've really gotten back into. It's a good. It's a good. Matter of fact, I just finished a book called Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, which I do recommend. I read a book two weeks ago named Martyr Martyr. Highly recommend to everybody. Great book. Put that to the side. Sometimes you read a book and, like, you read it and you go, wow, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And you like it for whatever reason you like it. But then you read like a review of it and you go, oh, they saw a lot of stuff that I didn't see.

[Renee Vacca]

Like, do you like that, though? And somebody up something.

[Matt Jones]

I think it's interesting. I am not an artist, right. Like, so I don't draw or paint. So, like, there's a way artists think, like, about symbolism and stuff that I don't get always. You know what I mean? It's just not how my brain is work. So, like, I see a painting and I see a man with a whale, and I go, there's a man and a whale. That's cool. And then they'll be like, but the whale symbolizes man's eternal. Eternal look for God. And I'm like, oh, I didn't see any of that. Saw a man and a whale. So that happens with books and, like, TV shows. Severance, that we like.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

When you read the reviews of Severance, they're seeing things I didn't even think of. That gets me to Kendrick Lamar. When I saw it, I was like, well, I'm not really into his music, but it was fine, whatever. And then I like seeing people get angry. But then I saw somebody this morning who wrote all this, what all the symbols and all that meant. And I went, I didn't see any of that. And it makes me feel stupid, to be honest with you. Like, I was like, I know that's the flag, but did you know that, like, he was using the symbols from Squid Game? I didn't. Did you all know that?

[Ryan Lemond]

Didn't catch that one.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't catch that. Did you catch it, Shannon?

No. And I watched it.

I don't catch any of these things. Like, I. I feel like when. When people start talking about art like that, Drew, that's when I feel stupid. And so from once I read the thing, I was like, man, that performance had a lot of stuff in it that I didn't. Didn't realize.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I think even just talking about the Drake stuff with you all, there was a lot of, you know, innuendos and kind of inside Kendrick stuff to people to get. Like, that Buick is his old Buick.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, speaking of that Buick. Okay, that Buick. I'm glad you brought up the Buick.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's a big part of the show.

[Matt Jones]

That's the Buick I had. That's Larry's Buick. This is what amazes me about Larry. Okay. I know we haven't gotten to the UK game yet, and that's fine. When I was a kid, I love Larry, but I thought Larry was the most wonderful man, but kind of dorky. Right. Larry had two cars. A 66 Dodge that, by the time I went to college, every rapper had. Right. They would put hydro on it. And when Larry had it, I was like, look at this car. Yeah. And then it became the coolest car in the world. That Buick. That Buick was always like, that's what old people drive. And now it's in the Super Bowl. The Buick. That was his Buick. Slash my Buick that I still have. Not in a form necessarily that you would, would want, but can you believe.

[Renee Vacca]

That that's an 88 Buick in the Jack Harlow video Now on the Super Bowl.

[Matt Jones]

When did that Buick become cool?

[Ryan Lemond]

Kendrick's been big on that Buick for a while, but I remember when Harlow did it, you wondered when you should sell. I think now is the time to sell. Super Bowl. By the way, get that thing on the market.

[Matt Jones]

I'll, I'll put the Buick on the market. It was in a Jack Harlow video. It was just on the Super Bowl. Yeah. You're gonna have to come get it.

[Renee Vacca]

Come get it.

[Matt Jones]

But that 88, who knew the 88? And how did all those people get in the car?

[Ryan Lemond]

That was pretty cool.

[Matt Jones]

No, I'm serious. How did they all. I know they weren't all, like, literally in the car. Yeah, but where did they come from?

[Renee Vacca]

They were underneath, you know, that platform underneath.

[Matt Jones]

But I, I, you could, it looks.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like you could see through it.

[Matt Jones]

You could see to the other side.

[Renee Vacca]

It's all an illusion.

[Matt Jones]

You think it's all an illusion?

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah, they were all.

[Matt Jones]

But then wouldn't the people at the game have been able to see the illusion? I, I looked online. I didn't see anybody posting people coming from below because if you were at the game, presumably you would have seen it.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah, I think they probably had some, some bumpers or something that made you think, thought you were looking underneath the car, but you're really not. Like, you're seeing a reflection.

[Matt Jones]

So how do you think they did it?

[Renee Vacca]

Well, they cut out the bottom of the, of the car, and they come up some stairs through the stage, into the car, out the door.

[Matt Jones]

But how could we not see them come up?

[Renee Vacca]

Because, like, they've got it like the illusionist in. You should see that it's blocked off. Like they've got like mirrors or something where you think you're looking straight underneath the car, but you're not.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you think I'm like. We think we're looking under the car, but that's not what we're looking at.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

What are we looking at?

[Renee Vacca]

Like it's a mirror you're seeing behind you. You know, you're seeing the reflection.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. So you think the front of the car is a mirror that I'm seeing in the other direction.

[Renee Vacca]

The underneath of the car. The car that sits up like a foot off the ground.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And that's a mirror under the car.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm guessing not a real gap.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

It's not a real game.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And I'm thinking I'm looking under the car, but it's not.

[Renee Vacca]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Renee Vacca]

That's what I'm going with.

[Ryan Lemond]

Or even to help your case for selling it. It's just a great car for your family. You can put 35 people in there.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon. I want to believe all those people had to sit in the car. Oh, yeah, I wanted to. I want to believe they were all in there and they all had to like climb over each other like it was a clown car.

Like that Coolio video. Was it Fantastic voyage where they just kept coming. Yeah, the video.

[Ryan Lemond]

Or like us pulling up to Seattle after the road trip.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

Ryan might be right, though. I think the mirror thing probably is what it is.

Well, I'd like if somebody knows exactly. That's a good guess. But if somebody knows exactly what it was. So all in all, did you enjoy the night?

[Renee Vacca]

You know, the game was kind of a dud. You know, there aren't. There aren't many Super Bowls that end that are blowouts. You know, I was thinking when your Bears won in 85, as I was like a blowout. There aren't many blowouts.

[Matt Jones]

When we were kids, though, there were a lot.

[Renee Vacca]

Seemed like there was, but it hasn't.

[Matt Jones]

Been in recent years. There haven't been a lot.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I loved it. Didn't look away. Didn't miss a commercial. Even when I went from my parents house to my house, I had to catch it on the phone. So I didn't miss a commercial. So I was obsessed with it. I wish it had been a little bit closer, but when it's the last day of football, I. I'm. I'm going to watch as much As I can.

[Matt Jones]

Tom Brady. He's. He.

[Renee Vacca]

I'll tell you this. He got better as the season went on. He. You know, he's not bad. Like Drew pointed out, he was really struggling there in the four in the second half. Trying to find something to kind of will the Chiefs division.

[Matt Jones]

Do you like that? He. When they were standing there and they would show. What's the other guy's name? Kevin Burke, head. Burkhart.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah, Burkhart. That's it.

[Matt Jones]

Kevin Burkhart. Did you like the. They had Bourbon street behind them.

[Ryan Lemond]

I thought, thanks for bringing that up. That was my big complaint.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

That was just unnecessary. Were we supposed to believe they were just standing there? Like, just show the booth. I mean, show the game behind them. Like, you do it.

[Matt Jones]

Clearly not on Bourbon Street. Do they think we're so stupid that we think they're on Bourbon Street? Because first of all, who. There was no one there. So if it was on Bourbon street, at least have a couple drunk people puking on each other. If you want me to really think it's Bourbon street, they were.

[Ryan Lemond]

They were overdoing it with that. Just put the camera with the crowd behind. Let's see the action behind them like most broadcasts do. That was a little much. They did too much with the graphics.

[Matt Jones]

Also, I have one more thing, and then we'll move to uk, the next segment. John Ham. Right. All right. So Jon Hamm. I like John Ham. Mad Men is a great show. He was funny on third rock. He's good when he hosts Saturday Night Live. He's stunningly handsome. Got nothing against John Ham. With that said, he grew up a Rams fan. Okay? He grew up in St. Louis. He's a Cardinals and a Rams fan. He introduced the Chiefs last night. Now, wait a minute. You spent your whole life a Rams fan. Now, his explanation is when the Rams moved to la, he wasn't going to cheer for him anymore. I will note, however, he lives in la, but he said, I just decided to pick the other team from Missouri, Kansas City, to keep my Missouri Connection challenge flag. You can't do that. You can't do that. If Kentucky tomorrow were to stop playing basketball, just say, we as an institution are done. You. We can't go cheer for Louisville.

[Renee Vacca]

Can't.

[Matt Jones]

You can't. I mean, you could pick something else up, but you cannot pick up Louisville. Shannon, that has to be like. That's against the fan rules. You can't do that. Right? Right.

Yeah. You got to stick with your team, especially if you're living out in la. You Got to stick with. With la. Right.

But if you, if they move and you decide because they move, I'm out. I accept that. But you cannot pick the other team in the state. Ryan, that's not acceptable.

[Renee Vacca]

I think he just pulled that out of his rear end. I think he was just trying to save a little PR on it by saying it's from Missouri. So that's why I'm chewing him. I'm cheering for him.

[Matt Jones]

But if I was a Chiefs fan, I wouldn't want him introducing us. Like, I don't want a guy who was a fan of another team until they quit.

[Ryan Lemond]

Could be why they lost.

[Matt Jones]

I don't. I mean, isn't Paul Rudd a Chiefs fan? Ye. Bring him out. Right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I went to the AFC championship in Kansas City, and they had Paul Rudd doing the drum and all the fun stuff. He's their famous fan and he was there.

[Matt Jones]

So that's my first knock on John Ham in his. He's like, you don't get to do that. You don't get to just switch and become a fan of the other team in the state.

[Ryan Lemond]

I grew up a Cowboys fan, but the Titans didn't exist, and they moved basically into my backyard. That's.

[Matt Jones]

That's, that's a little different to you. Yeah, there's a lot of people in North Carolina who were Washington fans, fans. And then when the Panthers came, they were like, all right, now I'm Panthers fans. I'm okay with that. But you can't. A team. If Kentucky were to stop playing sports, we don't all become Tennessee fans. We don't all become Louisville fans. You can't do that.

[Ryan Lemond]

And do you think Tennessee fans would want us talking about them coming out for their NIT championship?

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

Telling to get it on ebay or something immediately.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah. Really.

[Ryan Lemond]

Never gonna be hotter than it is. Right?

[Matt Jones]

This would be the time, wouldn't it?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I mean, it's not driving off that lot, so someone would have to go pick it up. But if you're gonna move it, this is the peak.

[Matt Jones]

This, this is a good peak time. All right, so let's talk UK and South Carolina. Kentucky wins by 23 a game. They had to win. Yes, right. They had to win that game. I thought they were one relatively comfortably. Right. Like had a six to eight point lead most the first half and then extended it right at the start of the second half. I think at one point it got cut to nine, but then they, they went on like a 152 run and brought it back. Had two kill shot runs, which is the new phrase I've learned this year of 10, zero runs or more. We had two. Generally speaking, if you have three, you certainly win. And if you have two, you win most the time. We did that, A lot of guys played well. Mari, Brea, Garrison with the big game, probably Garrison's best game. But for me, the story, Drew, is you see how important it is to have Butler, because when you have Butler, you can handle pressure. They tried to pressure, didn't work really. And then you can give pressure, you can actually make it to where it takes them a while. You just saw how important Butler is with that game. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just further proved what we already knew, especially defensively, how bad they were missing him. And it wasn't just him. Like, the other Kentucky players were more active and more engaged and getting up in the in their opponent.

[Matt Jones]

Braya played maybe the best defense of the year that I've seen him play.

[Ryan Lemond]

So I don't know if it's vocal or them just looking over there and seeing him or what, but it translated to all the other guys stepping up too. And even though South Carolina's the last offense in the sec, it felt good to see him hold A team to 57 points. I don't care who it is I like.

[Matt Jones]

And also I think it slides the players, Ryan, to their more comfortable roles. Right. So like Robinson can become a primary scorer. Oh, a can be a third guy. Then Brea gets maybe the worst Perimeter defender on the other team, which allows him to get shots off. Like, it just. Just. Everybody's just in a much more comfortable position when he's in.

[Renee Vacca]

Yeah, they just seem to move better. They just seem. Their offense seem to be more efficient. Defense. They tightened up. Yeah. You held A team under 60 points. I think it's a big reason. Because Butler was back. You score 80 and you hold a team under 60, and I think he's a big reason why the.

[Matt Jones]

The defense. I mean, I know South Carolina is owing nine in conference going into it now they're owing 10. I know they're not a great offensive team. Nevertheless, though, Drew, it was great to see us hold a team to 57. I mean, we've been letting bad offensive team score at least 70 to hold a team to 57. I don't care who it is. And even though they're. Oh, and 10, they're better than Owen. 10. Like, I'm not saying they're good, but, like, they shouldn't be owing 10. They should have won a couple games. Like, they're. They're better than you would think with that record.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. And their big guy, Murray Bowles, is very good.

[Matt Jones]

He didn't have a great game.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he led the SEC and field goal percentage going in, and they held him to like five for. So they did a good job guarding him. He still got 14ish points, but whatever. Didn't have a good night. It was just overall, in a game where you had Kobe Braya come back to life and a lot of other fun stuff. Offensively, it's just the defense gives us so much more comfort moving forward that they're not absolutely terrible like they were Tuesday at Ole Miss, and we just had to win.

[Matt Jones]

That was the ultimate thing to me. Like, we just. We had to win that however we want it. We had to win. And now we got Tennessee at home tomorrow night at Texas Saturday. The way I look at it is if you could win both those. Now we're cooking, but we get. But we need to win one. All right, I want to win them both, but let's definitely win one. You lose them both. Now we're kind of. I don't know. We're not. We're not bad, but we're not where we want to be. So my view is. Would love to go one and one, but if we go to and. Oh, watch out. The biggest surprise for me from the game Saturday is that Damien Fishback said that Isaiah Briscoe was one of his favorite players in UK history. He has to be the only person that I have ever heard Drew in the history of mankind say, one of my favorite UK basketball players is Isaiah Briscoe. And that's no shame on Isaiah Briscoe. It's just he was on a team with Monk Fox and Bam and Derrick Willis. And you would pick Isaiah Briscoe is just odd.

[Ryan Lemond]

I, like I was at Briscoe, but if you give me a pen and paper and tell me to write down my 30 favorite Kentucky players, I'm not sure I'm even going to get to him. It's. It was an odd pick to be a favorite.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, think about that team he was on. How many people in the state do you think have. Briscoe is one of their five favorite players on that team. It had Monk Fox, Bam Willis, Hawkins. Right. Isaac Humphreys, who a lot of people really liked. I just. That was one of the all time hit literally for like five minutes. I stopped paying attention to the game thinking, how does somebody end up with Ives? Briscoe was one of their favorite UK players of all time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Really? I remember. Remember Isaiah Briscoe for being a guard that shot 46 from the free throw line. Not exactly a fond memory.

[Matt Jones]

Were you surprised by that?

[Renee Vacca]

I heard him say that too. Kind of shook me for a minute because Fishback is from Bowling Green, so he knows a lot of Kentucky history.

[Matt Jones]

I forgot about that. So he looked at all those Kentucky players and he was like, Rex Mashburn, Tayshawn. Who? Wal Davis. Give me a little. That Briscoe like, I just, I just didn't see it. But shout out to Isaiah Briscoe for that being the case.

[Ryan Lemond]

He opened Bodega New Jersey. Maybe Fishback goes there when he's up in New York.

[Matt Jones]

He opened a bodega in New Jersey?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I'm a bachelor party. We tried to go. Go give Briscoe some of our business.

[Matt Jones]

Where in New Jersey?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know. I looked it up at the time. I couldn't tell you exactly where.

[Matt Jones]

See, I love the UK guys that have weird post careers. Isaiah Briscoe having a bodega in New Jersey's up there. It's not Shigari Alene doing salsa dancing for a living, which I don't think anything will ever top. But it's up there.

Ramel being a farmer was pretty shocking.

Ramel being a farmer was weird. That's true. I don't think I. When I. When I met Rommel from Brooklyn, I don't think I thought that man's gonna try to grow vegetables in Pikeville. I didn't see that on his bingo card, but he did.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's the La Placita Bodega.

[Matt Jones]

Where is it?

[Ryan Lemond]

In his hometown, I guess. Is that Newark?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, just, you know, the NCAA tournament, the East Regional is in Newark.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let's do a remote.

[Renee Vacca]

If we end up there, we have to go.

[Matt Jones]

We have to do a show at La Placita Bodega. Yeah, and we should invite Damien Fish back.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's probably a regular Shigari's up there and come dance.

[Matt Jones]

You know, that might be a show that would lead to my retirement. We. We take Damien Fish back, we go to La Placita Bodega, do our show, and invite Shigari Elleen for a salsa dance. Like, if all those things were to.

[Ryan Lemond]

Happen and then win the regional, we have.

[Matt Jones]

And then we win the regional and we go. You know what?

[Ryan Lemond]

What?

[Renee Vacca]

Doesn't get any better than that.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's it. I'm out. That would be a good way to.

[Ryan Lemond]

End the road back in the Meadowlands of Pope. I mean, it'd be full circle for everyone.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think they have the Meadowlands anymore, but whatever. That arena is in newark. All right. 85928, oh, 2287. We're not open the phones yet. I want to talk more about the game in Tennessee coming up. This is ksr.