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Matt Jones
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Ryan Lemond
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Matt Jones
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Ryan Lemond
It is Kentucky Sports Radio Friday, February 14th. I am Matt Jones here in Frankfurt, Kentucky at the Kentucky State Police Training Academy right close to off the interstate in Frankfurt, a very impressive place that I've never been to. And we are here all day. You give us a shout out. Clark's Puppet Shop phone line 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254. In this edition sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. If you call TJ he'll make them pay. We are here because the Kentucky State Police are encouraging you. Those of you that are listeners trying to figure out, okay, what am I going to do with my life? Why don't you consider becoming a Kentucky State Police officer. This is the training academy. You can learn more@join KSP.com Guys, I have been around, Ryan, the Kentucky State Police my entire, most of my life. You know, my mom was a prosecutor in Bell County. She worked with the state police forever. I see P.J. burnett back there who worked with my mom for a number of years. That was a surprise to get to see this morning. She, she loved him over the years. I won't compliment you to your face, but I, that's a name I've heard a lot. And you know, I would see the officers in our lives when growing up and you know, I never had been here. Which is where they learn all the things needed in a 24 week program to become an officer. And they gave us a tour earlier. Not only is this the place where you learn and there's all this, you know, know, all this equipment. I don't know that I realized they lived here. We went back to where they sleep in their quarters and Ryan, it was, it's been very cool to be here at the police academy.
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Drew Franklin
I, I didn't even know this place existed. And then you pull up and like now I'm, I'm way into it. I mean this is really cool. They've got 35 cadets here right now training and yeah, we just saw a couple of guys at their desk studying, getting ready.
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Ryan Lemond
Threw me off. Shannon. We walked in and I guess part of what they do when they teach is when an officer or somebody that does the training comes by, they like stand at attention, right? And you know, treat them with respect. But it shows my, I guess, arrogance that I thought they were doing that for me. I wanted to look at the guy and go, hey, it's Good, man. You don't have to worry about it. We're all good. And then I was like, oh, it's for those guys. Okay.
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Shannon The Dude
That is such a Matt Jones moment. They walk in and they're saluting. They think, like, they're bowing down to Matt.
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Ryan Lemond
They really stood up like that. And I was like, man, I got a hoodie on. You're totally good, but that's great. But very cool place here, Drew.
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Billy Rutledge
Yeah, I've been very interested in all of it. We got the tour. Probably gonna stay after and see more. And also, it just, you know, seeing the tributes to fallen soldiers, the statue out front to McNeely, it really gives you more of an appreciation, too. Not that I don't already have it, but seeing here and what everyone gives to serve it really makes you appreciate it.
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Ryan Lemond
Well, let me mention this because I think it's a very cool thing you guys do here in that room back there where the quarters are, they have the pictures of all the Kentucky State Police officers who have fallen in the line of duty at some point. But not just that. They have weights. Literally, like the kind of weights you would lift weights to train. That has the name of all of them. And the officer that told us about it said, we have these weights so that you, the trainees, are literally carrying the weights of those who've fallen before. What a strong reminder of what these folks do. And, you know, very symbolic, but also, you know, their pictures are all up. And I think probably a lot of times when something like that that happens, we talk about it in the moment. There's usually a great tribute. But it's easy to think that a few weeks later, we all move on with our lives. It's nice to see officers, it looked like going back to what, the 50s, 60s that were up there, going back a long time with their pictures up there.
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Drew Franklin
That's one of my biggest takeaways, is how they're honoring the legacy of those other officers that have fallen. Help blaze the path that they're on today. So, yeah, those. Those weights you're talking about, they said they never touch the ground. They will never allow them touch the ground. It's really kind of cool.
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Ryan Lemond
So let me tell you real quick before we get to game stuff. You can apply online for cadet class106.106. Shannon@join ksp.com you have until March 14th. Let me give you a little bit about what happens if you go to KSP. Your starting pay, $67,000, 500 a year. That's guaranteed raises that's good. They don't even have to get up for the Jerry Eve show.
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Shannon The Dude
That's right. What other job gives you a guaranteed raise?
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, the excellent benefits, including a retirement program. You get an office with a view, which is a Dodge Charger or a Chevy Tahoe.
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Shannon The Dude
So I don't have an office with a view.
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Ryan Lemond
Now you got that car, you drive it around all the time because you don't have to pay for the gas. The law enforce and then if you are an officer, they have the law enforcement accelerated program which is a 14 week academy. The regular academy is 24 weeks. We'll be talking more about that. But what, what a cool thing. I didn't really know what we were coming to today and so now it's really nice.
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Drew Franklin
When they gave us a tour of the barracks, they kind of said this used to be a prison. And then you can kind of see the cells. They're not divided. Those are the dorms that they, these guys stay in. It's really kind of a cool setup.
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Shannon The Dude
Can we put Ryan through the agility test later on today?
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Drew Franklin
Negative bench press.
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Ryan Lemond
Agility test. You have a bench press. You have to do sit ups for two minute intervals. Ryan, you're out.
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Drew Franklin
Oh, blowing up all over the place there.
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Ryan Lemond
300 meter sprint. Now, you surprisingly used to be able to run.
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Drew Franklin
Yeah.
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Ryan Lemond
You still.
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Billy Rutledge
No.
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Ryan Lemond
Okay. You have to do push ups and a 1.5 mile run. Yeah. I don't know how much of that I would pass, but I could do 50 miles.
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Shannon The Dude
I could, I could do that 50 times over.
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Ryan Lemond
Well, so, so yeah, we're here today. Nice to see all the officers here and some folks in the area. We are right in the midst of basketball season and getting ready. Tomorrow night, Kentucky goes to Austin. Texas plays their first true road game at Texas in the history of the school. They've played them twice, but never played them on a true road game. It's at 8:00 on a massive day of college basketball. We'll talk later. You know the number one in two teams in the country are playing each other tomorrow. But we will be the nightcap at 8:00 at Texas. No Jackson, Robinson, no Lamont Butler, at least Drew. That's how I interpreted Mark Pope's comments yesterday.
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Billy Rutledge
You, I would love to be surprised, but I'm not turning on my TV to tomorrow night expecting them to see them playing basketball.
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Ryan Lemond
So can we win in Austin with arguably if not our two most important. I think they probably are our two most important players. Can we win on the road in that environment, Texas is struggling. They've lost, I think, four straight games. They've lost at home to Arkansas, home to Alabama. Can we continue that streak tomorrow?
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Drew Franklin
That's. You said it, Tennessee. I mean, Texas is going backwards. They're not playing very well. And going into the season, I thought they were going to be a strong team in the sec. So even though Kentucky's going down there kind of shorthanded, we've seen them kind of rise to the occasion when they've had to play shorthanded.
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Shannon The Dude
And, you know, the last seven minutes of that Tennessee game you played without Jackson, Robinson and without Lamont were down.
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Ryan Lemond
Three with seven minutes to go against the best defense in the country with essentially the lineup you're going to have. And you're right, they win the game.
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Shannon The Dude
It'S going to be tough, especially on the road in that environment. But I think they can win tomorrow without them.
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Ryan Lemond
The road is what I worry about, because a version of that lineup played at Ole Miss and looked. Yeah, overwhelmed. I mean, they. They looked overwhelmed. And when the crowd got into it now, I don't know what the crowd is going to be like down there. I mean, I think had it been a normal. If they were good, I actually think the crowd would be wild since the first time we've been there. But they are really sliding, so I don't know what it's going to be like. I'm not sure.
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Billy Rutledge
I think Kentucky might have a good turnout. I went down there for the football game and had an absolute blast. And every Kentucky fan I ran into was already talking about how they were booked for the basketball game, ready to run it back. So I think Kentucky will have a good crowd. And you're right about Texas. They're going the wrong direction. They were supposed to be a good team this year. And I mean, what I've seen of them, I watched the whole Arkansas game. I mean, they played zero defense. Like, didn't even pretend to play defense. Yeah, Alabama scored 108 on them their last game at Austin. I don't know that Kentucky will score 108, but it's a. It's a good matchup. They don't force many turnovers. They don't rebound. It could be one where Kentucky can put up a lot of points even without Robinson and Butler.
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Ryan Lemond
So when Lamont Butler went out, it became clear that the scoring was not what we thought it would be. Ryan, I mean, it ended up being Kobe Braya at times directing the offense. Obviously, Trent Noah was in the game. They did a whole Lot of Amari Williams, like dribbling and they were. They didn't turn it over. That's good away. I mean, but it was a hodgepodge thing. I mean, what's the number you got to hit tomorrow? 75, 80. Can you get to that number without Lamont Butler and Jackson Robinson?
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Drew Franklin
Well, if Bray shoots the way he shot the other night, yes, he, you know, he's. A lot of this scoring now is going to fall on his shoulders.
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Ryan Lemond
He's not what we are now.
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Shannon The Dude
If Bray, I think it is like we cannot have a 1 for 8 shooting night from Bray and win the game tomorrow. You can't.
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Ryan Lemond
I kind of wonder. I do think on some level, Drew, you've brought this up all year, but especially with Robinson and Butler out, there's a part of me that's like, if Bray hits threes, we can win. If he doesn't, we can't. I mean, is that kind of what you think?
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Billy Rutledge
Yeah, I feel like Groundhog Day making these predictions. But yeah, Bray has got to play well. And I think they're to the point and this is why they beat Tennessee. The we're really the freshmen. Chandler, Noah, Perry. If you can get 10 to 15 points out of that group, they scored 20 against Tennessee. But if they can score just to help you out a little bit, help that cushion with Robinson out, I think you're in a good spot.
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Shannon The Dude
So if you're Texas, you just guard from the three point line out and let them have anything inside. I think at that point. Because if you stop down, if you shut down Brea.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. If you were playing defense against us, I mean, this would probably be true even if you had Butler and Robinson. But I think it's certainly true with this group. I'm saying y'all gotta beat me at the rim. Like, I'm never doubling. Okay. I'm never doubling. I'm making you not only beat me off the dribble, but I'm making you finish. Because we actually have a lot of guys that don't finish particularly well. I like OA a lot. Sometimes he'll dunk on your face, but he misses a lot of layups. So I'm probably. That's what I'm doing. I'm just saying you're not beating me from the three point line. And you know what? If you can get to the rim on me and finish, then that, then congrats.
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Drew Franklin
And I think the team that have had success against Kentucky have played exactly what you're talking about.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. And I don't it's weird to me that Tennessee doesn't play like that because they're great. But you're right. I mean, you go back and think about Ole Miss. That's what Arkansas did.
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Drew Franklin
Yes.
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Ryan Lemond
Arkansas said, all right, we got a lot of athletic guys. If you can score over them, congratulations. And we couldn't.
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Billy Rutledge
And I think that's what Texas will do tonight, which is a name we haven't mentioned yet. Andrew Carr will have to play well. He will, especially inside.
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Ryan Lemond
So he's only been playing like 14 minutes a game. Do you think that's just because that's all he can play?
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Billy Rutledge
It makes you wonder him, he looks so good earlier in the year. I mean, he had a great career coming into this with great numbers in the acc, so you know he's capable of it. But you just wonder how much that back issues lingering a little bit. But since he's been back, he still hasn't been to producing the way they need him to. So I think tomorrow night's game, he could be very helpful if he'd like to turn it on.
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Ryan Lemond
So we're here at this Kentucky State Police training Academy. You are sitting next to me, Shannon, going over this with you. When you think about coming to be a police officer, you think about, like, being an officer on the street responding to calls. But there are other things.
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Shannon The Dude
Yes.
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Ryan Lemond
Which of these do you think you could do?
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Shannon The Dude
Okay.
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Ryan Lemond
In addition to being a trooper, you could be an aircraft pilot.
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Shannon The Dude
Absolutely not. I would be terrified. You know, I don't even like riding commercial, let alone flying something.
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Ryan Lemond
You don't think you'd have more confidence if you were flying than when you go commercial?
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Shannon The Dude
Absolutely.
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Ryan Lemond
Scratch that.
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Shannon The Dude
One off.
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Ryan Lemond
Special response team. Not sure what that means, but sounds.
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Shannon The Dude
Important, like there's a riot going on.
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Ryan Lemond
Special response response.
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Shannon The Dude
I think I can handle some rioters.
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Ryan Lemond
Canine handler. I'm out.
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Shannon The Dude
I like dogs. I will work well with dogs. Canine cam over there. Yeah.
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Ryan Lemond
Here's the thing. I understand that, like, in police officers. Well, I know. I'm not gonna say I understand. They treat like you all treat those canines like they're like one of you.
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Shannon The Dude
They're an officer. Yeah. They have a badge.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. I mean, like, when they die, like they have a funeral for. I mean, it's.
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Billy Rutledge
I have his trading card over here. They even have.
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Ryan Lemond
What's the name?
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Billy Rutledge
Oh, it's Cam.
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Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. So I'm out on canine handler. You?
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Shannon The Dude
I could do that. Yeah. I love dogs.
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Ryan Lemond
Okay. Forensic or electronic crime investigator.
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Shannon The Dude
Oh, that's like some CSI type stuff. All Right.
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Ryan Lemond
That's the thing I think would be the yes for me. I'm not really out about Detective Jones. Do some Detective.
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Drew Franklin
You're in the lab doing that kind of work.
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Ryan Lemond
Do that kind of stuff. Crash reconstruction.
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Shannon The Dude
No, I don't know how to put anything back together.
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Ryan Lemond
Well, I don't think I could crash it.
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Shannon The Dude
I don't think I could reconstruct it.
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Ryan Lemond
I don't think they mean you literally put the car back together. I think they mean, like, you're. You're trying to figure out what happened by reconstructing the seat. But I don't think that you have to actually put it together.
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Shannon The Dude
I still don't think I would be good at that one.
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Billy Rutledge
You spent three days on that IKEA bed, so I know you can.
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Shannon The Dude
I can't put anything together.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. And then academy instructor recruiter, which is some of the folks that.
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Shannon The Dude
Okay, that would be fun. Yeah. Working with the up and comers, recruiting.
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Ryan Lemond
If you're an applicant, you must be 21 years old, but you can start the academy at the age of 20. So you can. You apply, but then you can actually start as long as you're finished at 21 Networks.
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Drew Franklin
You know, you've heard me tell the story. There was a time in my life I was going to be a Kentucky state trooper.
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Shannon The Dude
Officer Lemon.
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Ryan Lemond
Well, so, yeah, it'd be interesting if you were an officer, because I think, like, you would be good at interacting with the public. I'm not sure if you'd be good at the rest of it, but let's.
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Billy Rutledge
Start with making the bed. They got a pretty tight operation.
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Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
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Ryan Lemond
Okay. So at the bed, they give you your T shirts, and you have to fold them six inches. Can't be six and a half inches. Has to be six inches. Like the beds. That's nicer than my bed has ever.
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Shannon The Dude
Oh, my gosh. They would kick me out if they saw my bed.
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Billy Rutledge
The sheets pulled back 6 inches, 18 inches from the wall. Ryan, you got that? That's just starting your day.
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Drew Franklin
Yeah. Getting through the academy may be the hardest part. And then once I get through it, I want the dog. I'm the canine guy.
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Ryan Lemond
I don't think you just get to pet it and let it bark at you like you do your dog.
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Drew Franklin
Right. It rides around with you.
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Ryan Lemond
That dog is in a lot better, like, trained than you're yapping.
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Drew Franklin
This dog, they said, can sniff out cell phones.
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Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
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Ryan Lemond
What does that mean?
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Drew Franklin
Like, I guess they're the.
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Ryan Lemond
So you mean if we. If we were to hide Billy's cell phone in here to where he couldn't find it. Would the dog be able to find it? Oh, that's interesting.
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Billy Rutledge
It's amazing.
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Ryan Lemond
Maybe we hide Billy's cell phone.
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Shannon The Dude
You should do that.
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Ryan Lemond
I actually think that.
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Shannon The Dude
Can we do that?
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Ryan Lemond
Is that. Y'all don't want to do that?
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Shannon The Dude
Yeah, it'd be fine.
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Ryan Lemond
All right. We may do that in the second hour. I'd like to hide Billy and watch.
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Drew Franklin
Cam find it ready to show off.
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Ryan Lemond
And if Cam doesn't find it, Billy never gets his cell phone. 859280, 2287. We're gonna take a break. We are here at the Kentucky State Police Training Academy. This is ksr, who's scoring big in the NBA this season. Well, you are with all the ways to get in on the action at the Draft Kings Sportsbook, their official sports betting partner of the NBA. From monster slams to dishing the rock to cleaning the glass, get behind your favorite players and the prop bets you can make on DraftKings, the home of NBA player props. And here's something special for the first timers. New DraftKings customers bet $5 to get 150 in bonus bets instantly. Take it to the rack with the Draft King Sportsbook. Every point counts. Download the DraftKings sportsbook app and use the code KSR. That's KSR for new customers to get $150 in bonus bets. When you bet just $5 only at DraftKings, the crown is yours. If you have a gaming problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER18 plus Kentucky only eligibility restrictions apply. New customers only bonus picks power 168 hours after issuance. For additional terms, responsible gaming resources, see DKNG Co Audio.
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Matt Jones
Hey everybody. So when you get asked, what is Odoo? What comes to mind? Well, I'll tell you. Odoo is a bit of everything. Odoo is a suite of business management software that some people say is like fertilizer because of the way it promotes growth. But you know, some people also say that Odoo is like a magic beanstalk because it grows with your company and is also magically affordable.
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Ryan Lemond
Oh. But then again, you could look at.
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Shannon The Dude
Odoo in terms of how its individual.
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Matt Jones
Software programs are a lot like building blocks.
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Ryan Lemond
Whatever your business needs, manufacturing, accounting, HR programs, you can build a custom software suite that's perfect for your company. So what does Odoo? Well, Odoo is a bit of everything. Odoo is a fertilizer.
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Shannon The Dude
Magic beanstalk Building blocks for business.
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Matt Jones
Yeah, that's it. Which means that Odoo is exactly what every business needs. Learn more and sign up now@odoo.com that's o-oo.com.
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Ryan Lemond
Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio here. It's Valentine's Day. Hope you bought your significant other something for Valentine's Day. I know. You know, you can get the chocolate flowers. What else besides chocolate and flowers do people get? A lot, I guess, like jewelry. Oh, jewelry. It's got to be serious to get into the. The jewelry. Yes.
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Shannon The Dude
I just want to get flowers like a week ahead of time. Before the prices went up. $60, $70 for a dozen roses.
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Ryan Lemond
I remember.
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Shannon The Dude
Makes it look like I'm prepared. I'm already thinking about you.
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Ryan Lemond
I was in New York for Valentine's Day once and you know, they have those like little bodegas and on the day of the thing, like it's like $10 for a rose or something.
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Shannon The Dude
Yeah, you don't wait till the last.
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Ryan Lemond
Minute to get your flowers, which of course is what I do. So that's a problem.
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Billy Rutledge
I have to do that this afternoon. Abby, for listening. I've had it for a long time.
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Ryan Lemond
That's not. By the way, I was told, Brian, it's troopers.
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Drew Franklin
Yes.
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Ryan Lemond
Not officers. I should have known that my mom will be disappointed because she would always make that connection for me. It's, it's troopers, not officers. I always, like, the troopers are always. They got the hat like, they're always dressed to the nines and like, you know, it's, it's, it's, it's a. It's big time.
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Drew Franklin
Troopers are heroes, man. These guys risk their lives every day to keep us safe. So I'm, like I said, I've always admired them.
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Billy Rutledge
Wanted to be one statue outside for.
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Ryan Lemond
The 37 fallen troopers and highway patrolmen who've died in the line of duty in Kentucky.
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Billy Rutledge
Yeah, very detailed statue out there for McNeely. But with the, with the hats they were showing us, the uniform hadn't changed over the years, but the hats have changed a little bit. And a couple of guys are jealous that they had some cowboy hats back in the day.
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Ryan Lemond
They used to wear cowboy hats.
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Billy Rutledge
Maybe we could bring cowboy hats for.
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Shannon The Dude
Oh, wow, you got one of those.
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Ryan Lemond
You know, first check in Detroit, Colorado. There's a lot of this that would be hard for me, but I like that you go to join ksp.com and look and you can, you can check it out. By the way, speaking of going to Internet sites yesterday, you know, I went to the Google trends to see, you know, I like to. Sometimes when we talk about a topic, go look at Google trends and see, like, did people search it? Like, Kentucky was the number one state by far for search of that book. The wager I talked about was it really. Maybe you should start a book club. I feel like these, I feel like these authors need to, to. To. To give us a little something to promote their books pages.
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Billy Rutledge
Last night of Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow. I gotta tell you, that's a good recommendation.
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Ryan Lemond
Pretty hooked. Yeah.
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Shannon The Dude
I have to watch that or read the book. Read it. Yeah. Well, they got. I'm a movie guy, so they got like a movie version of it. I'd rather watch it than read it.
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Ryan Lemond
No, you gotta read it. Work. It helps your brain and, and helps you think.
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Shannon The Dude
My brain needs a lot of help.
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Ryan Lemond
I agree. 859-280-2287. Let's talk for just a second before we get the phones about the other big game Saturday. I don't know about you all. I'm excited about Auburn, Alabama. I mean, I think the three best teams in the country are Auburn, Alabama and Duke. I think then there's a group of like eight or 10 teams that are in the next tier of which, if we're healthy, I think we're in that group too. But they haven't had the number one and two teams play each other since 2008. If they're from and in the same state. It's only happened like five times in history. Memphis, Tennessee, Duke, Carolina a few times and that's it. Those are the only times the number one, the number one and two teams from the same state have played each other. You know, it's funny with Auburn being pretty bad at football the last few years and Alabama, you know, Saban's left. The football state is a basketball state. It's. They're saying maybe the biggest game in the history of the state of Alabama on Saturday. Are you excited to watch it?
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Drew Franklin
I am excited to watch it and I heard a guy say that on the Fine bomb show yesterday. This is the biggest college basketball game in the history of the state of Alabama. Number one versus number two. Completely overshadowing the Iron Bowl. Now is this basketball matchup.
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Billy Rutledge
It is the Iron bowl now.
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Drew Franklin
It is the Iron Bowl. Yeah.
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Ryan Lemond
Well, I mean, you also got two Drew huge personalities as coaches, right? I mean, I think Pearl and Nate Oates are kind of what you want. If you're at a school like that, you're trying to get people into basketball. You want huge personalities. I don't know if they like each other or not. I hope they don't because I feel like that would make it better. I don't know that I've heard they don't, but. And then they both play exciting styles. I mean, they're both fun to watch. The way they get up and down the court should be great.
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Billy Rutledge
Yeah, I'm with you. I don't watch them closely enough to know the relationship between Pearl and Oats. I hope it's nasty, though, because they're both fiery guys and I'm excited, you know, when Kentucky's at home and we make a whole day of it. Don't get to watch a lot of other basketball. I'm going to watch as much basketball as I can.
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Ryan Lemond
We're going to be on our pregame show at the end of it. So it'll the games from four to six, so we'll probably be on as the game comes down.
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Shannon The Dude
I think Auburn's been like the biggest surprise in college basketball this year. I knew they were going to be good, but not as good as they've been. They've just been dominating teams.
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Ryan Lemond
So who you got? The game is at Alabama, right? The game's.
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Shannon The Dude
I have to look. I don't know.
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Ryan Lemond
I think the game is in Tuscaloosa. So let's the Game's in Tuscaloosa. Who you got winning? They play again in two and a half weeks playing Auburn.
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Billy Rutledge
So I'm going to go Alabama and we need them to give Auburn a loss with Alabama's schedule, I mean, not that Kentucky can win the conference, but just to bring Auburn down a little bit. I think Alabama has more losses ahead, so I hope they'll help everyone else wins this game.
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Ryan Lemond
They're probably winning the sec, so, I mean, this is, this is like their SEC chance to win the whole conference.
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Drew Franklin
I know it sounds crazy, but I think Alabama is the best team in the country right now. I think they are playing so well. I mean, they, they've got it rolling. The fact it's on their home court, I don't think there's any way Auburn can sneak in there and win that one.
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Ryan Lemond
I think Auburn's better, but the game is at Alabama and I think that's going to make a difference. So I will take Alabama. What about you?
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Shannon The Dude
Auburn's only hit 100 points plus like two times this year. Alabama seems to be able to hit 100 points with ease. So I think Alabama wins tomorrow.
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Ryan Lemond
So three picks for Alabama, one for Auburn. Who's up first? Adam is up first. Adam. Go ahead, Adam. Hey, guys.
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Shannon The Dude
Along with the Kentucky game in Alabama.
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Ryan Lemond
Auburn Sunday is the 50th anniversary special of SNL. Question is, who's your favorite cast member and what's your favorite skit?
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Drew Franklin
Oh, I love this.
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Ryan Lemond
So first of all, I was. This was going to be a topic. Let's just hold off. I was going to start the second hour.
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Drew Franklin
Okay.
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Ryan Lemond
Because I. Because this is the 50th anniversary. I don't know if you've seen the list of people that are going to be there. It's like everyone you've ever.
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Shannon The Dude
Who's who of.
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Ryan Lemond
It's like everybody that's ever been on snl plus, you know, like massive stars. Basically everyone who's ever been on the show is going to be there. They also invited Peyton Manning. They brought their most. The people that are the host people, but like the most and Peyton Mannings. Wow. But he was great when he was on there. He did it like twice.
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Shannon The Dude
Justin Timberlake, I thought was really good when he guest hosted a couple times. So yeah, maybe he'll be back there.
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Ryan Lemond
Let's just put a, put a pin in that. Just. Just one second. By the way, on the. On Kentucky game against Texas, Drew said he thinks there's going to be a big crowd. I saw that they're expecting 25 to.
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Drew Franklin
30% of the crowd to be be Kentucky fans.
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Ryan Lemond
That would be an amazing amount of people to get into that arena.
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Shannon The Dude
Yeah, I mean Austin's a cool place to go hang out, you know, I guess for the weekend.
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Ryan Lemond
But I remember when I went, I went to Kentucky, Texas A and M a couple years back and I'd say 20% of the crowd was Kentucky fans in that game. So I mean it, I could see it, could see it do it. We're here at the Kentucky State Police Academy in Frankfort. We will take a break, come back, take your calls. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back. Kentucky Sports Radio, 8592802287 here at the Kentucky State Police Training Academy in Frankfort, you can learn how to be in Class 106 at the KSP Academy. Learn at join ksp.com you have until March 14th to apply. And we thank the folks out here for bringing us to to make sure people know that they can serve the state and get started on a big career here@join KSP.com Text Machine is 772-774-52541 Person writes Matt, when do you think is the last time UK was a lower seed in the SEC tournament than they will be in the NCAA tournament? Never.
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Shannon The Dude
Great question.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, never. But that's going to happen this year. I mean we're going to be, I mean, yeah, it's probably going to happen because let's say we go on a big run. I think the highest we could get seated is probably third in the NCAA tournament. And I don't think we're going to finish in the top three of the SEC unless Florida collapses. So and then anything from there. I mean we could go all the way down to a 10 in the SEC. I think we could go the most likely range is 4 to 10 somewhere. So I would say, you know, maybe there's a world we get a 4 in the SEC and a 4 in the NCAA. But I think there's a really good chance, Drew, no matter what, that we will see us have be a lower seed in the SEC than the nca.
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Billy Rutledge
Yeah, I think that's happening right now. They're a three seed in the ncaa. So I mean if they're going to win more SEC games to climb up the SEC seating, then they'd probably go up to a 2 or not going to be a 1. But I don't think they'd fall much farther from their ncaa.
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Ryan Lemond
I don't think there any way we could be a higher SEC than NCA that's amazing because I am sure, Ryan, that that's never happened.
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Drew Franklin
I was just thinking the years that they were seven or eight seed in the NCAA tournament, were we a higher seed? SEC tournament?
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. I mean, yeah, because there's just never a year where there's this many good SEC teams and then we won some big non conference games against Duke and Gonzaga and Louisville that helps our our NCAA seed. So yeah, I think this will be the first. I mean I'm sure that's happened maybe in the ACC in years past, but I know it's not happened.
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Shannon The Dude
Almost every game you play in the conference is a quad one game and they're talking about 12, maybe even 13 teams making the NCAA tournament.
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Ryan Lemond
I think there's a chance when the season's over. We played 18 SEC games and I believe I saw 16 of the 18 are going to be quad one. The only ones that will not be quad one are the LSU and South Carolina home games. But otherwise they're all going to be quite.
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Billy Rutledge
Just to show how weird the seating is. Like you have the school record most in history beating top 15 teams. But you've also lost to Georgia, Vandy, Ole Miss, traditionally the worst teams in the conference that you beat every year.
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Ryan Lemond
But they're going to make the tournament.
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Billy Rutledge
Just, just looking at logos and rankings. That just doesn't feel like the math. Doesn't math there. But that's how the year is.
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Shannon The Dude
You know, Matt, this conference is so balanced. They're 82 and 82 against each other. Did you know that?
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Ryan Lemond
I mean now Carl Ravage is even getting dunked on by Mark Pope. I mean even Mark Pope is mocking poor Carl Ravage.
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Billy Rutledge
How about our boy Jacob though with that question?
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Drew Franklin
That was Jacob's wanted to ask the question.
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Billy Rutledge
Yeah. So proud.
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Ryan Lemond
You have a lot of guts to get up there and say that. One person writes, matt, this team, because of Trent Noah is one of my favorite, if not the favorite teams that I have I've ever had for Kentucky. What are each of your favorite UK teams? Okay, so for me I'll just give a top five. This is not in a particular order, but if you're just telling me what are the teams that I like the most? Not the best, but I like the most. 92 the team that lost to Laetner 03 the Bogans and all those guys and how good that team was the one that lost to Dwayne Wade, 2010 Wal Cousins Patterson, probably 2015 that just because I really like those guys a lot and then I'LL maybe throw in 98 when we won the title with Tubby. That's. Those are the ones that stick out to me as just my favorite teams to watch and be around. Ryan, what about you?
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Drew Franklin
98 is my favorite. Like I said, I was. I was deep into it then. And that run they went on with, you know, Cameron and Jeff Shepard, Alan Edwards, Scott Padgett, that whole group, that was. That was the one I was probably the closest to. They're my favorite. But oh3 may be my second favorite. That team, that's the SEC season. That team, they just smothered people and just were tougher than everybody. They were a lot of fun to watch for me.
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Ryan Lemond
Drew a lot of. It's just like on a personal level, who I liked. So that's. But what about you? Any. What would yours be?
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Billy Rutledge
Yeah, mine are mostly on personal level, too. 96, probably my number one because I was that perfect age where, I mean, they're superheroes to you. And it was such a fun team. I went to the summer camp before they started that year, so I felt like I knew the guys even though I really didn't. And then more Recently, Wall cousins 2012 and then 2015, you know, I was still kind of getting started with KSR for a couple of those. And that's back when we had a little more personal relationship with the players. And it helped that they were all really good, too. So those are about four I love. Put them in order.
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Ryan Lemond
Fox, Monk, Bam, Willis, Hawkins team. Yes, I liked all those guys quite a bit.
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Shannon The Dude
93 was the first season I can remember watching from start to finish. So Roderick Rhodes, that's a great team. Rodney Dent, Travis for Javon ye. Yeah, the 96. Those teams just smothered teams. I mean, would be, you know, teams about 50 or 60 on the regular 2010, obviously with John Wall, then 2012, 2015 would be my top five.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, I liked last year's team a lot, too, to be honest. I mean, I know the ending stunk, but during the season, I really enjoyed that group.
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Billy Rutledge
If they had won some games, I was prepared to put them on my Mount Rushmore. I loved that group. It was just such a disappointing ending.
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Drew Franklin
I think the guys. Right. That sent that to you, though. This team is going to end up being the favorite for a lot of people just because the way they're like. Like you said, the land of misfit toys. Kind of a ragtag bunch. It was thrown together, a couple Kentucky kids playing. Well, I think a lot of people think fondly this Team.
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Ryan Lemond
Who's up next?
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Billy Rutledge
Richard is up next.
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Ryan Lemond
Richard. Go ahead, Richard. The boys can put it off Saturday. I know it's going to be tough down away from home. I'd like, I like if you all know anything. Injury update on all three of the guys. When did they think that they possibly could come back? Well, starting the show, Richard. I love you, Richard, but I wish you would listen to the start of the show before you call. Five minutes. I'm sorry. I know. Well, that's, that's okay. I appreciate the call. Robinson and Butler out. I suspect that they come back end of the year, maybe the last couple games of the regular season. I think Butler will be back before Robinson. Just listening to Pope. I think Robinson will be out, maybe close the rest regular season and then Kirk Reese is not coming back. Everybody's got to stop acting like, I mean, I, you know, if he comes back, it's a shock, but people still act like that's something that's going to happen.
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Shannon The Dude
Drew.
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Ryan Lemond
I don't get any sense that's the case.
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Billy Rutledge
And with his injury, I mean, if he were able to start running tomorrow, you still got a lot of conditioning to do, a lot of basketball you've missed. I also don't expect Butler Robinson for a while, but with them, I almost feel like it's keeping them on ice and just hoping you're doing well without them. And if it gets to a point like you got to play through it tonight, maybe they'll try them. But the hope would be to win games without needing them.
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Ryan Lemond
So if I were going to guess, this is just a guess, but I think they will look at it. I think they will, in my opinion, be out Saturday. I think they'll probably be out against Vandy on Wednesday and probably Alabama on the road. I almost wonder if Pope's just going to sacrifice that road Bama game and go. Yeah, I see at Oklahoma as a game I could see him coming back because that's one I think you want to win and you probably need them to go do. That's kind of. That's how I look.
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Shannon The Dude
So who do you think he's going to start at point tomorrow? You know, because when Robinson was out, Butler was in. When Butler was in, Robinson was out. So that's a good question. Now you don't have either one of them start.
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Ryan Lemond
Perry.
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Billy Rutledge
Yeah, I mean, I think you have to. Oh, Wade took over for a few minutes in the last game. That's the first time he's done it. You don't want to take him Away from his role, especially in a game like tomorrow where I think he's going to be maybe one of the stars.
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Ryan Lemond
With how they'll play, you know, I, I guess you'll go, I guess Perry O Way, Brea, Almanor, Williams.
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Shannon The Dude
And that's got to be cool for Travis Perry, you know, being a home.
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Billy Rutledge
I guess Stats had that as the second best lineup in the last month. Perry with the four other starters, not Perry with no and other guys. But when he's in the four starters, it's gone.
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Ryan Lemond
Well, I, I don't know that Perry will play more than 15 minutes, but I think if you're just talking about starting the game, Ryan, I think they might do that.
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Drew Franklin
Yeah. And I'm trying to think Texas, they've got a guard named Trey Johnson. It's really good. And they got, they got a Pope. But those guys aren't like Zakai Ziggler. That can just blow by Travis like he was doing in the Tennessee game. So maybe he can handle it.
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Ryan Lemond
I do.
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Billy Rutledge
But Travis Perry won't be near him.
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Ryan Lemond
Noah's gonna be playing a lot. Noah's gonna be playing a lot.
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Billy Rutledge
You know, be a Chandler game.
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Ryan Lemond
I think we'll also get a sense of how healthy Car is because if Carr is healthy, he's playing 25 or 30 minutes. If he plays 15, then that just tells me he's not healthy because they, because they need him to play a lot. If you want to score big in the NBA or college basketball this season, go to the Draft King Sportsbook. It's official sports betting partner of the NBA. There are a ton of college basketball games Saturday. Mario. We're doing a parlay, I would think, right? We're doing two parlays. There you go. So we have something special for the first time. New DraftKings owner bet $5 to get 150 in bonus books. Bonus bets at DraftKings, use my code KSR. For new customers, $150 in bonus bets. It's at DraftKings. The crown is yours. If you have a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER 18 plus Kentucky. Only eligible restrictions apply. New customers only. Bonus bets expire 168 hours after issuance. For additional terms, principal gaming resources, see DKNG Co/Audio. We are here at the. That's a big Kentucky State Police. Like, that's a big.
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Drew Franklin
That's a monster flag.
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Ryan Lemond
I mean, that's like.
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Shannon The Dude
Could you fold that?
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Ryan Lemond
No, but I know how to fold a flag. I can make the little triangle.
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Shannon The Dude
Oh, really?
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Ryan Lemond
I told you this story, haven't I?
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Shannon The Dude
I don't think so. I, I didn't know you knew origami, I think.
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Ryan Lemond
Have I not told you this story? I, I, I When I was in law school, I represented someone that had the death penalty and when they got executed, they were in the military. The military wouldn't give them a military funeral. So we went. There weren't many people and me and the guy that did the case with them, they asked us to fold the flag. I learned on the way practicing with the Skittles wrapper.
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Shannon The Dude
Good for you, man. That's really cool that you did that.
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Ryan Lemond
You want to talk about nervous?
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Shannon The Dude
Oh yeah.
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Ryan Lemond
Like with everybody watching and you try to do that. I don't think we did a perfect all right. But we did the best we could. So we'll take a break and be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Who's scoring big in the NBA this season? Well, you are with all the ways to get in on the action at the DraftKings sportsbook, their official sports betting partner of the NBA. From Monster Slams to ditching the rock to cleaning the glass, get behind your favorite players and the prop bets you can make on DraftKings, the home of NBA player props. And here's something special for the first timers. New DraftKings customers bet $5 to get 150 in bonus bets instantly. Take it to the rack with the DraftKings sportsbook. Every point counts. Download the DraftKings sportsbook app and use the code KSR. That's KSR for new customers to get 150 in bonus bets. When you bet just $5 only at DraftKings, the crown is yours. If you have a gaming problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER18 plus Kentucky only eligibility restricting supply new customers only bonus specifier 168 hours after issuance. For additional terms responsible gaming resources, see DKNG co Audio. Stop hitting snooze on new tech Upgrade the whole team@lenovo.com Unlock AI experiences with the ThinkPad X1 carbon powered by Intel Core Ultra processors so you can work, create and boost productivity all on one device. Win the tech search for business PCs@lenovo.com Lenovo Lenovo.
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Ryan Lemond
Ooh. But then again, you could look at.
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Shannon The Dude
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Matt Jones
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Shannon The Dude
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Ryan Lemond
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Shannon The Dude
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Ryan Lemond
So what does Odoo? Well, Odoo is a bit of everything. Odoo is a fertilizer.
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Shannon The Dude
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, that's it.
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Ryan Lemond
Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. See, I can't find the news you told me about. Are you making that up? It was on the Twitter. All right, I'll see if I can find it. My man here says that YouTube TV and CBS have come to an agreement to where they'll get your CBS back. But I can't find that online. No. Here we go. Okay, there it is. YouTube TV reaches extension with CBS to avoid March Madness blackout. So that's good. We'll be able to watch. Yes, shane in the NCAA tournament. I shouldn't have doubted you. Probably was on si.com my bad. I should have listened.
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Shannon The Dude
Yeah, smart move on both sides there. Yeah, nobody's gonna win in that situation if you don't have access to the games.
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Ryan Lemond
Radney Foster. Nobody wins, we both lose. Virgin. You probably don't know that song, but that was a early 90s country hit.
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Drew Franklin
Of course it is.
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Ryan Lemond
Yes. Kentucky State Police Training Academy here in Frankfurt. Learn more Join KSP.com to be part of Class 106. We got five people on the line. 859-280-2287. Let's go up. Who's up first? Justin is up next. Justin, go ahead. Justin. Hey, man. I'm headed to Austin this weekend. I'm in a tough spot.
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Shannon The Dude
I got free tickets by a staff.
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Ryan Lemond
Member, but I'm sitting In the parent section, coach section of the Texas area. How do I handle that?
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Billy Rutledge
What do I wear?
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Ryan Lemond
Well, first of all, this is. I've been in this situation. You get the tickets from Texas. You can't be obnoxious.
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Drew Franklin
Can't be.
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Ryan Lemond
You can't boo. You can't do that. But the expectation, you still wear a Kentucky shirt. You cheer softly but violently. Sort of like being in a car with Ryan. When things happen, you're going to be silent and violent and you're still going to. But you are going to cheer for Kentucky. But because they gave you the tickets, you can't be obnoxious. Do you agree with that?
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Drew Franklin
Yeah, you got to be a little bit respectful. You can still support your team where Kentucky and cheer. You just can't be obnoxious is the right word.
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Ryan Lemond
Also, Matt, I know you're a big fan of Austin. Where's a good spot to eat? When I get down there, there's a million different things I would say. You know, look up, I don't. It's been a couple, almost two years since I've been there. But look up the Mexican, Tex, Mex spots and you will, you'll, you'll, there'll be a ton. I mean, I really like those, the Torchy's tacos, but they got that here now, so you don't have to eat that there. You can get something, something there.
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Billy Rutledge
I was in Austin for three days and I think I forgot to eat. But I know a lot of people that went and got barbecue, did the two hour wait. Franklin's is the big one.
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Ryan Lemond
Don't do the two hour barbecue wait. It's good, but like it's not worth two hours waiting. And it's not that much different than what you can get. No one's.
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Shannon The Dude
Everybody thinks they have the best barbecue, right? No matter where you go. Memphis, St. Louis, Austin.
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Ryan Lemond
It's not worth two hours. I appreciate the call of waiting in line for it.
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Drew Franklin
So you're going to Austin this weekend? Valentine's Day weekend.
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Ryan Lemond
You gotta stop. I haven't been in two years. Kentucky is playing there, you gober. Who's next?
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Shannon The Dude
God.
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Ryan Lemond
And up next. First of all, I didn't ask you to laugh. Rick.
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Billy Rutledge
Rick. Like that was.
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Ryan Lemond
I couldn't help myself. Next.
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Drew Franklin
That was fun.
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Ryan Lemond
All right, go ahead. Ed is next. Ed. Go ahead. Ed. Hey, man. I was. A few days ago I was confident of the Tennessee sweep and Now I'm about 85% for the next game. Yeah, I mean, I'm going to pick us to win, but I'm not 100% confident. I mean, to be honest with you, I'm not going to be 100% confident for any game when our two best players not on the court. I mean, you know, I think it's, I think that would be true of any team. You know, take, take any team in the country and take their best scorer and their best leader off the court. Drew, it's going to be hard to win. And then you add that you're playing on the road. I mean, it's going to be hard. I'm. I want us to win. I think we will win, but I'm a lot more focused on. We got to make sure we beat Shannon's team next Wednesday night and rub this game. Are we the underdogs? It's not out yet, but I, I don't know. We appreciate the call. I. You think we'll be an underdog? I think it'd be pretty close.
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Billy Rutledge
The Ken Palm analytics had Kentucky winning by one. That's usually pretty close to the spread. So it'll be, it'll be a tight spread whichever direction it goes. With the injuries. I mean throw in your backup point guards not playing either. That's why you don't want to make excuses for Kentucky basketball. We keep a high bar no matter what. But to your point, any team in the country that had the injuries Kentucky has right now would be taking losses. They shouldn't.
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Ryan Lemond
There's no team that you can say who's your floor leader and who's your best scorer and you lose them and they don't. It doesn't have an impact. Yeah, that's going to be true of everything.
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Shannon The Dude
You're down three guards and you have a big man who is questionably healthy. So you don't even know you're down.
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Ryan Lemond
Your first and second string point guard and your best score.
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Shannon The Dude
Like you do that to any team. Doesn't matter who they are, they're going to struggle.
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Ryan Lemond
That's going to be very, very difficult to, to win these games.
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Drew Franklin
You can even say your first string point guard, your second string point guard and your third string point guard in Jackson. You're down three point guards.
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Billy Rutledge
Your three deep is gone.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. Who's next? Joseph is up next. Joseph. Go ahead, Joseph. Hey guys. I was seeing how you all felt about starting Brea at the one tomorrow because he said he's more comfortable taking shots. I mean I think they could do that for a hand, for plays like, I mean, I appreciate the call. I think you can put Brea Drew like you do with Amari where he's at the top of the key. But as far as bringing the ball up, I'm not sure that would be his strength. But yeah, there'll be plays where he plays equivalent of a point guard the way that Amari Williams does sometimes too.
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Billy Rutledge
Yeah, he looked a lot better when he had the ball in his hand. He won't be the full point guard but set the screen for Bray at the top when he can just take a step back and pop one. That's where he got a lot of his points. Gets Tennessee. I think we'll see the offense doing more of that.
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Ryan Lemond
I think you're going to see a lot of. Of. Of. It's hard to do it but Garrison, Williams, Carr pick and roll with, with. With Brea and let them pick their poison. And especially with Carr, he can roll out and shoot the three himself. And I think that's. That's a dangerous little weapon.
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Drew Franklin
I think they probably go point guard by committee. I think away, Brea, Amari, Travis Perry, they'll all probably take their turn doing point guard.
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Ryan Lemond
I will say when Garrison dribbles, when he plays that role.
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Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
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Ryan Lemond
Get a little nervous. I mean I get nervous when Amari does it, but he's done it so much, you know, I'm except. But when Garrison does it, he, he is definitely a dribble like Stanley from the office. He's dribbling it like 10ft in front of us.
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Shannon The Dude
How about, you know, you get maybe one dribble, no more. We don't need two dribbles from, from Garrison.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, I would. I'd be fine with a Garrison one and a half dribble.
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Shannon The Dude
Just no more than that.
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Ryan Lemond
Just no more than that. I'd be okay with that. Who's next? Knox is up next. Knox, go ahead. Knox. Hey, Matt, I just had a question for you. I was wondering what's your go to excuse for why you're still single on Valentine's Day? Thank you. Because I haven't found anyone that I would want to look at every day next to me. Yeah.
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Drew Franklin
I sit by you every day.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. But if I had to wake up next to you every day.
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Shannon The Dude
I do. On every road trip.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. With that.
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Billy Rutledge
With that.
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Ryan Lemond
With that little sprinkling of hair in 14 different directions and the various smells you emanate like. I don't know that I would.
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Drew Franklin
Snoring all night long.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah. I mean, you know what's. Everybody doesn't have to be silent.
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Shannon The Dude
The question was for you. I'll let you answer the question.
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Ryan Lemond
Yeah, happy and one day I might be married or I might not.
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Billy Rutledge
Maybe you'll meet somebody on the plane today.
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Shannon The Dude
Lots of love is hey, you're going to Austin. You never know.
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Ryan Lemond
I don't talk to any people on a plane that would never we are here at the Kentucky State Police Academy. Join KSP.com if you're interested in being a part of the next class. We will take a break and come back Hour number two this is Kentucky Sports Radio.
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