2025-05-12- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

KSR Podcast Episode Summary Date: May 12, 2025
Episode: KSR - Hour 1
Hosts: Shannon The Dude, Matt Jones, Drew Franklin, Ryan Lemond
Platform: iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)

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1. Mother's Day Celebrations at Boone Tavern (00:35 - 02:34)

The episode kicks off with Shannon The Dude sharing her Mother's Day experience spent with her mother at Boone Tavern in Berea. She reminisces about the restaurant's traditional offerings, such as "spoon bread" and "chicken in a basket," emphasizing the venue's nostalgic appeal.

Shannon The Dude (01:13):
"Got to eat spoon bread. Spoon bread. Yeah, I like spoon bread."

Shannon highlights the slight rebranding of Boone Tavern to "Crafted at Boone Tavern" and expresses her preference for the original name, appreciating the restaurant's enduring charm.

2. Weekend Activities and Navigating Lexington (02:34 - 06:25)

The conversation shifts to weekend activities, with Shannon detailing her ambitious eight-mile walk from Rupp Arena to Skyline on Richmond Road. She discusses the challenges posed by the lack of sidewalks and shares amusing encounters with locals who honked at her during her trek.

Shannon The Dude (03:29):
"From Rupp arena to Skyline out on Richmond Road with a detour to the sauna on next to campus."

The hosts exchange light-hearted banter about exercise routines and the enduring allure of Skyline, even during the sweltering summer months.

3. Traffic Congestion During Graduation Events (06:25 - 09:46)

Shannon vents about the severe traffic jams experienced during recent graduation events in Lexington. She recounts the frustration of being stuck in gridlock, expressing concerns over poor traffic management and the aggressive behavior of drivers.

Shannon The Dude (06:39):
"Friday's traffic was... the worst traffic I've ever seen. And it was everywhere."

Drew Franklin empathizes, noting the compounded issues when multiple graduations occur back-to-back, exacerbating the congestion.

4. The Zipper Merge Debate (09:46 - 19:40)

A significant portion of the discussion centers around the efficacy of the "zipper merge" technique in managing traffic flow. Shannon advocates for the method, citing studies that support its efficiency in reducing backups.

Shannon The Dude (10:08):
"There are studies that say the zipper method, the zipper merge is the quickest way for all traffic."

However, Matt Jones challenges this viewpoint, arguing that in real-life scenarios outside of controlled environments like merging lanes, the method can lead to increased frustration and potential conflicts among drivers.

Matt Jones (18:00):
"How do you make money? You got to have more product, more inventory."

Drew Franklin introduces perspectives from truck drivers who find the zipper merge problematic, especially when heavy vehicles cannot maneuver as swiftly as passenger cars.

5. Bill Belichick at Miss Maine 2025 (19:40 - 22:34)

The hosts delve into a quirky story about NFL coach Bill Belichick attending the Miss Maine 2025 pageant with his girlfriend and her father. They humorously dissect the unusual age dynamics and Belichick's participation in such an event.

Shannon The Dude (11:51):
"He is sitting next to her 49-year-old dad at the thing."

Matt Jones jokes about Belichick's willingness to comply with his girlfriend's wishes, highlighting the unexpectedness of the scenario.

Matt Jones (11:09):
"He will do anything she tells him."

The discussion extends to anticipate Belichick's upcoming appearance on "Good Morning America," blending sports with pop culture in their commentary.

6. Financial Shifts in NCAA and Impact on UK Sports (22:34 - 31:02)

Shannon addresses the financial ramifications of the University of Kentucky's (UK) transition to the LLC (likely a sports league or administrative body). She explains that the added $22 million budget necessitates adjustments such as increased ticket prices and potential cuts in coaching salaries.

Shannon The Dude (25:07):
"John Calperi to make $10 million... The days have seen an assistant coach making $2 million a year, you're just going to have to be a multiple national championship winner to get mega deals."

She predicts a downturn in the hiring of high-paid coaches and the possible elimination of less profitable sports programs, emphasizing the commercialization of college sports.

Drew Franklin and Ryan Lemond discuss the broader implications, including the potential increase in the number of basketball games to maximize revenue.

Shannon The Dude (30:17):
"It's a business."

7. Listener Calls and Community Engagement (31:02 - 43:38)

Throughout the episode, listeners contribute to the conversation with calls addressing various topics:

• Zipper Merge Experiences:
  A commercial truck driver criticizes the zipper merge, arguing it causes traffic jams due to heavy vehicles' inability to maneuver quickly. Shannon acknowledges his points and discusses the balance between efficiency and driver frustration.

  Caller (33:02):
  "The zipper merge causes the dang traffic jam."

• Pope's Brother and Personal Relationships:
  A caller named Gary humorously inquires about addressing the Pope's brother and shares a personal story about dating someone older than her father. The hosts engage playfully, contemplating how to refer to the Pope if he were a personal acquaintance.

  Shannon The Dude (39:21):
  "He's like, I'm telling us a lot about his brother."

• Harrison Twins' Appreciation for UK Basketball:
  Sue calls in to express emotional support for the Harrison twins, highlighting their deep appreciation for Kentucky basketball despite past challenges.

  Shannon The Dude (42:31):
  "To see them 10 years later get that love and feel it, that really made me happy."

8. Final Discussions and Wrap-Up (43:38 - 44:19)

As the first hour concludes, Shannon reflects on the Harrison twins' journey and the positive reception they've received from the UK basketball community. The hosts express optimism about future seasons and the evolving landscape of college sports.

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Notable Highlights:

• Community Engagement:
  The hosts actively encourage listener participation, emphasizing the importance of community voices in shaping local sports narratives.

• Balancing Humor and Insight:
  Shannon The Dude and the team adeptly blend humor with insightful analysis, offering both entertainment and valuable perspectives on local sports and societal issues.

• Focus on Local Impact:
  The discussion consistently ties back to Lexington and the University of Kentucky, maintaining a strong connection with the local audience.

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This episode of KSR provides a comprehensive look into the intersection of local events, sports management, and community dynamics, all delivered with the engaging banter and expertise listeners have come to expect from the KSR crew.

Transcript

[Matt Jones]

Comedy Up Broadway in Lexington welcomes Ginger Billy May 9th through the 11th. Then from White famous catch Jay Pharoah May 16th and 17th and don't miss Rocky Dale Davis May 23rd and 24th. Comedy Off Broadway opened in downtown Lexington in 1987.

[Shannon The Dude]

And they're still bringing the best in stand up comedy to the area 38 years later.

[Matt Jones]

Call 859-271-Joke or visit comedyoffbroadway.com comedy off Broadway. This is Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Shannon The Dude]

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. Monday, May 12th. There'll be a full moon tonight. Maybe everywhere. Certainly here in Kentucky. You give us a chat on the Clark's puppet shop phone line. That is 859-280-2287. I'm along with Shannon manning the phones here. The A Vision auto glass text machine is 772-774-5254. This is sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. You call TJ will make them pay you. It was Mother's Day yesterday and I went and saw my mother in Berea. We went to the Boone Tavern.

[Drew Franklin]

Nice.

[Shannon The Dude]

In Berea. Got to eat spoon bread. Spoon bread. Yeah, I like spoon bread.

[Drew Franklin]

It's good.

[Shannon The Dude]

They have, you know when, when I was a kid go to the Boone Tavern because my parents really like it. They had a lot of old food. Now it's like regular food. But they have two old things. Like a hot brown. Yeah, they have like a real hot. Yes, they do the. And then they have something called like chicken in a bread, chicken in a basket or something like that, which is just chicken with like sticks.

[Ryan Lemond]

With sticks.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, it's not.

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean it's like from the yard. No, it's like fried things. Anyway, I ordered it and it's really good. The fried things work well within the mashed potatoes and green beans. It's like you're eating old school food. And then the spoon bread, which is hard to describe to people never had it. It's like cornbread but it's mushy kind of. Which doesn't sound like it'd be good, but it's really good.

[Drew Franklin]

Really good.

[Shannon The Dude]

And it was nice to be in Boone Tavern. You're going back in time. Although they're changing the name of the restaurant apparently to crafted at Boone Tavern, which I don't know what that's supposed to do. You think more people can be like, well, it's crafted little rebrand. I think they're rebranded work for so many years. I feel like it's it's worked. I like it. They were churning butter. They were doing all the things they do at Boone Tavern.

[Ryan Lemond]

And that was my mother' Sound like a fun one? I'm celebrating with my mother tonight. We're more Monday people.

[Shannon The Dude]

Are you a Monday? What's cheaper?

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, actually, yeah. Well, honestly, I couldn't get a Carson's reservation on Sunday because she's big Carson's fan. So, like, how about Monday?

[Shannon The Dude]

It's cheaper. It's like buying Easter candy. Shannon. Right after Easter. Thanks. It goes on sale.

[Matt Jones]

Valentine's Day is perfect. On the 15th of February.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's right. Drew loves you, but at a 30% discount.

[Ryan Lemond]

Everyone else's mom's good yesterday. I'm just making today all about her.

[Shannon The Dude]

I understand. Well, but it was good, a fun weekend. Ryan on Saturday, nothing to do. You know, I don't get a lot of. Because I do ESPN on Sundays. I don't get a lot of days with nothing to do. Didn't even really have anything on my mind. You know, I got trivia tomorrow night, but I got today and tomorrow to write the trivia. So it was all, this is just going to be enjoyment. The Canes were playing. I was nervous about that, but got up, decided, you know what I'm going to do today? I'm going to walk to Skyline from.

[Drew Franklin]

Your house in Lexington?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

That's not a short walk.

[Shannon The Dude]

So from. Just think about it. From Rupp arena to Skyline out on Richmond Road with a detour to the sauna on next to campus.

[Matt Jones]

Did you go to the sauna first? I hope so.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Don't take your post. Skyline. Hot gas in there.

[Drew Franklin]

Whoa.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, I went to the side of first, but that made me very sweaty for the rest of the walk.

[Matt Jones]

That's the only correct order for those.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, there is. That's the correct order. It ended up, you know, when you walk out, out on Richmond Road, you know, they don't have sidewalks. We've talked about this before. Don't have sidewalks. So you have to kind of do a little adventure walking there from the Shriners, which is not called the Shriners anymore.

[Drew Franklin]

No.

[Shannon The Dude]

You know, it's called, like, Easter Seals.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Crafted at the Shiners.

[Shannon The Dude]

Crafted at the Shiners. That's where I was trying, but went out there, then walked back. Uh, saw, you know, people honked at me. Hello. Like, I felt like I was the ksr. People were just kind of honking as I was walking down the road, as they were probably like, why is this man, six three with a hoodie on. Walking down Richmond Road. But I did and it was a wonderful day. Good exercise to get all the Shriners out. See or not, excuse me, the Skyline out. I don't need to get the Shriners out that we. That's okay.

[Drew Franklin]

That's a good example. Between you and me, I have a Saturday with nothing to do. I sleep in, take naps all day, don't do a thing. You go on a six mile walk to Skyline and back.

[Shannon The Dude]

I think it was more like 8.

[Drew Franklin]

Was it that long?

[Shannon The Dude]

I think when you consider the detour by campus and stuff, I think it was. I think I got my steps in, you know, I say, so it's gotta.

[Ryan Lemond]

Be three or four each way. I'm with you. That's more like an eight mile walk.

[Shannon The Dude]

It's more like an eight mile walk. And you walk by and you know all those houses on Fontaine on the way out there and Richmond Road on the way back, you kind of get to see how the other half lives.

[Ryan Lemond]

You see one pushing a dog in a stroller down Richmond Road. Or is that just one off?

[Shannon The Dude]

Back in the day it's interesting to look at some of those houses. You go wonder, okay, who lives back there? There's a house, I don't want to say which one because I don't want to. There's a house on Richmond Road that in theory you would think be a mansion. And I guess somebody just kind of let it dilapidate. Do you know what I'm talking about?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

And it looks like it should be amazing and it seems like they're fixing it up because there was. I'd be fascinated to see what that's going to look like because not very far from Cal's house. Right? It's. Or Cal's old house.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I think, you know, a lot of those older houses just kind of got outdated and people were in there were older so they didn't do any updating. But finally the family gets it and they can make a lot of money flipping those houses.

[Shannon The Dude]

I would think so. Yeah. So. So that was nice. And it was, it was a good temperature. Skyline. You know, Shannon, you go to Skyline on a Saturday night at six o' clock, you think it'd be crowded. But in the middle of summer, not as many people have the the in their DNA to go eat Skyline. But us true believers, Shannon, we still do that even if it's hot outside.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I'm more of a lunch guy for Skyline. But you know, if you want to.

[Shannon The Dude]

Do dinner or how do you do lunch at Skyline. Don't you want to go to sl sleep as soon as it's over?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, and sometimes I do. I'll take me a 15 minute power nap and then get right back to it. But.

[Shannon The Dude]

So, yeah, well, it was, it was a great weekend. And now we're ready to go for a new week. It is post graduation. I do need to say something however, to the city of Lexington. Y' all gotta do something about the traffic.

[Drew Franklin]

Amen.

[Shannon The Dude]

Friday's traffic was. I'm not. It wasn't Breeders Cup UK Tennessee concert night. Remember that?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh yeah, yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

That was the worst traffic this city's ever seen. And they considered ending the city's license to be a city. But this one was close. Friday I nearly committed six to seven assaults. That's the worst traffic I've ever seen. And it was everywhere. You couldn't get around it. No matter where you went, the traffic was. It was awful, right? I mean just absolutely awful everywhere. And I, it was infuriating all day.

[Drew Franklin]

Because like, you know, all the families, all these people that come in from out of town, they don't really know what to do. I think that makes it even worse.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, but why, I mean, why.

[Shannon The Dude]

Can I just ask you, why do they schedule graduation during rush hour? I mean like between.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think it's just. They just have them all day. So I mean. But starts early and goes all the way through the night.

[Shannon The Dude]

It only on Friday because Saturday.

[Ryan Lemond]

Saturday too.

[Shannon The Dude]

There was Saturday too.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, Saturday.

[Shannon The Dude]

The one that started at 6 and I don't know who those people are, but the one that started at 6, it was all out warfare. I mean there were people with, with shivs like, like stabbing each other and like, because they, because they couldn't get into the turn lanes and people were going to miss their kids graduation and the people trying to go home. And I ended up in the middle of it and I have never. Shannon been so frustrated. I honked and those honks were not nice honks. They were honk, honk.

[Matt Jones]

I know when you're trying to get out of traffic.

[Shannon The Dude]

I drove on media, drove on the median in the grass. I mean like we. It was just brutal.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, the high school graduations now are in two weeks and it's just as bad because they're back to, back to back. So all the people go to the early one, they're leaving when the second one people are coming in. That's what makes it even worse.

[Shannon The Dude]

It's, it's, it's terrible.

[Matt Jones]

You have zero patients. You are the least Patient person I've ever known.

[Shannon The Dude]

I would rather lie out without water in the desert than stand in a line of any sorts. I hate hate lines. Literally. I drive around. If I see a line somewhere, we're not going there. I went to get ice cream Saturday night. There was a line at graders. I said, you know what? I'll go eat Skyline again. I'm not standing in a line. And the traffic's even worse because you're trapped. You can't get anywhere, and I hate it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I'm gonna agree with Shannon. I think you're the most impatient person I know. You know, sometimes, especially if you're in your car, just turn on a podcast.

[Shannon The Dude]

Relax.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're just sitting.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'd already listened to all the podcasts. You're out of all podcasts. I was out of podcast. There were no more podcasts. I'd listen to our show a couple times on repeat. I'd listen to all the Bill Simmons's. I mean, I even. You know, I even listened to a Theo Vaughn on the plane. You were. I was. He kind of makes me laugh now. You know, I. Even though I think he's a goober, he kind of makes me laugh. But we're through with it all, and now we're here.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, good for you. Do not least cause an accident, not cause a fight. No. Road rage incident.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, when there's a big line of traffic, there's always one guy who's got to be the jerk trying to pass everybody. That's Matt. Matt's.

[Matt Jones]

That guy drives all the way to the front and cuts everybody off.

[Shannon The Dude]

I don't do that. But if I were to do it.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, you don't do that. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

[Shannon The Dude]

If I were to do it, there's some studies that say that's the right thing to do.

[Drew Franklin]

There are studies.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, there are. Look it up. There are studies that say the zipper method, the zipper merge is the quickest way for all traffic.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think Shannon's talking about passing, like a turning lane, going left. You just going all the way to the end and cutting over. Not so much. The zipper merge.

[Matt Jones]

That's not zipper merge.

[Shannon The Dude]

That is a modified zipper merge.

[Matt Jones]

Merge.

[Shannon The Dude]

That is a modified zipper merge. I don't think. You know, Then yesterday, I don't know about you all, but I was following Ms. Maine 2025 with Bill Belichick's girlfriend. Yes. She came in third. They had the Highest attendance for Miss Maine 2025. Shocking the fact that Bill Belichick was there sitting in A Holiday Inn in Portland, Maine is hilarious to me. I mean, do you think Shannon, he ever thought he would be at Miss Maine? At the Holiday Inn, the Holiday Inn Express, the full Holiday Inn. The Holiday Inn Express in Portland Bay.

[Matt Jones]

He will do anything she tells him.

[Drew Franklin]

Amen.

[Matt Jones]

Anything.

[Drew Franklin]

Yep.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes. It said in the story. This is the part I found the most interesting. There was a news story, like an AP news story about this. It said he was sitting in the crowd, quote, with her 49 year old dad.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, that would be so weird.

[Drew Franklin]

Are you kidding me?

[Ryan Lemond]

Dad can't be cool with this.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay, 49 year old dad, the dad is only a few years older than me. What is that conversation? He's sitting next to him. So clearly they have a positive relationship.

[Matt Jones]

It's probably a fanboy.

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean, I want you to think about that for a minute. He is sitting next to her 49 year old dad at the thing.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, Bill's old enough to be his dad then that's 24 year age gap there.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Unless he's a huge Pats fan. Maybe is And Maine, they love the Patriots. That would just. I couldn't go for that. That'd be so uncomfortable.

[Shannon The Dude]

And did you see the picture of the winning person and her in the background?

[Drew Franklin]

I didn't see that.

[Shannon The Dude]

They took a picture. You need to look up the picture. You have the winner, you have the runner up and then she's standing behind him looking like she's going to murder them. I'm not kidding. You go look up the picture. You see the picture?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, she.

[Shannon The Dude]

That stare. First of all, I've had that stare from women before. I know what that stare means. That stare is worth a million dollars. Whoever went and took that picture, they got the picture of a lifetime. They clearly framed it. Shannon, so she would be in the back of it. And the Holiday Inn, you know, at least if you stayed there, you get the breakfast the next morning. Continental breakfast, coffee. Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I also saw a clip of Bill talking to the other contestants when she wasn't around. I think some of the websites are trying to drum it up. Like he's sitting on him. But like what are they talking to Bill about? Like all the. He's kissing him on the cheek and saying hi to all the contestants. It's like that is just so creepy looking.

[Shannon The Dude]

Wow. He was talking to the other contestants.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I guess whether she's on stage, wherever she was. I mean I'm sure he was just being nice, but it's just the thought of like him having conversations with all these 20 year olds. It's just so bizarre.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm very disappointed she didn't win because can you imagine if she would have been in the Miss America pageant?

[Drew Franklin]

Biggest media circus ever for the, oh my goodness.

[Shannon The Dude]

It would have been Shannon. That would have been, that would be primetime television.

[Matt Jones]

Oh yeah. And speaking of must watch tv this Friday he's going to be on Good Morning America. Did you see this? Bill Belichick and Michael Strahan an interview on Good Morning America.

[Shannon The Dude]

Strahan is form. Didn't Belichick coach him as a defensive coordinator?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I believe so.

[Shannon The Dude]

Wait a minute, are you serious? So that's this former player is going to interview him on Good Morning America? Yeah, I might wake up before 9 o' clock.

[Ryan Lemond]

Will she be there?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah, yeah. She'll probably right behind me next to him.

[Shannon The Dude]

Dude.

[Ryan Lemond]

Is she going to tell Michael Strahan what he can and can't say to Bill Belichick?

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh my goodness. Now you got, now we know exactly where what we're doing next Friday. All right, well, 859-280-2287. Couple open lines. You can ask whatever you want. We're going to talk a little UK basketball. A past and present UK players kind of came together this weekend and it has me excited for the new season. We'll talk about it right after this.

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[Shannon The Dude]

Welcome back. Tech Sports Radio 859-280-2287. All right, so Shannon, I, I, I, I, I listened to the pre show a little bit on the drive in this morning.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

And you guys get calls and get people asking questions and I know part of it is we talk a lot more than you all do, but the calls especially this summer have gone down now. The listeners haven't. Our listeners are like I looked at the numbers yesterday. They're better than we've ever had in the spring. So I know there's people listening. So clearly people are scared. Shannon to call.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Because why do you think that is?

[Matt Jones]

Because you're going to cut them off before they can even get to their point.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right, so what if I do this? What if I promise from now through Thursday I won't cut people off? Well, not.

[Matt Jones]

Not that I'll cut people off for four days of.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, four days. Not that I won't cut people off, but I will let them make their point, okay, before they. I cut them off.

[Drew Franklin]

Even Bob and Jamestown?

[Shannon The Dude]

No. Besides him. I feel like you, first of all.

[Matt Jones]

Better at it, though. Really, too.

[Shannon The Dude]

But I feel like I'm scared. Like, I feel like I'm scaring people off because, like, you. You. You guys on the pre show get calls, right? We get some, but not as many. And I think it's because it. That has to be it. Right? But it has to be because, A, they have to wait a while, and B, because I cut them off. So what if I promise to, for the next four days, try to be better about it?

[Matt Jones]

Try to be better now. Not. Not going to.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, no, I'm gonna be better.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm gonna be better.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean, the fans out there can judge whether or not I'm doing a good job.

[Matt Jones]

We'll try to hold you accountable as we go.

[Shannon The Dude]

You all can hold me accountable, too, okay? If you think I'm not being patient enough, you all can call me out. Four days of. No. Ryan's looking, like, completely dumbfounded right now.

[Matt Jones]

If you prematurely appreciate the call. I won't. I won't hang up on him if.

[Shannon The Dude]

I have a premature. A collation. Okay. Premature coagulation, then you can. You can call me out on it.

[Ryan Lemond]

What if Shannon just mutes your mic while there's a caller? The power.

[Shannon The Dude]

Shayna can't cheat. 859280, 2287. So go ahead. Yeah, we already have one person ready to go in a minute. I will. I'm going to. I'm going to at least try to temporarily let you make your point.

[Drew Franklin]

To be fair to you, a lot of people think don't call anymore because they do have to wait so long sometimes.

[Shannon The Dude]

I understand.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

But I'm going to make them. Try to make them weightless, okay? Because I see how long they've been waiting.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'll try to make them wait less. We'll see. I'm not saying this is a permanent change.

[Drew Franklin]

Four days.

[Ryan Lemond]

We'll make it to tomorrow.

[Shannon The Dude]

We'll make it four days, and we'll see what's happened. The name of the thing, Drew, is chickens in a bird's ne.

[Ryan Lemond]

Chickens in a bird's nest.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's what they Have. That's what they serve. That's. That's what they serve in burritos.

[Drew Franklin]

I like your description better. Chicken on sticks.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, the nest is the sticks. You see what I'm saying?

[Drew Franklin]

Sure.

[Shannon The Dude]

Sounds like you're very excited about it. One person writes, matt, I'm a commercial truck driver. You're right about the zipper merge. It's the best thing. But the problem is there are people who don't want people to pass them, and they get arrogant about it, and that causes a problem. Ryan, I suggest you're one of those. I've seen you do it. You don't like people cutting ahead of you.

[Drew Franklin]

I've even kind of drifted over in the left lane to kind of block people from passing everybody a couple times.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, you. Because you don't want to have anyone even one second ahead of. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So they'll. They'll even go out in the grass and just to pass.

[Matt Jones]

I have strong thoughts on this zipper merge. I think it's complete bs. I know that they say that there's, you know, it shows that it actually works and helps the flow of traffic. Try doing that when you're in line for food. Try doing that when you're in line for tickets. Try emerging in real life and see if you don't get punched in the face.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, well, there's a difference between being punched in the face and it being more efficient, though.

[Matt Jones]

But I'm just saying if you got in line and there's a long line and then somebody came up to the side and go, I'm just gonna merge into here so I can get my tickets first. The only way that works in real life is in. In a car. That's it.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, that's a fair point. It really only works in a car, but I do think it works, and I enjoy being the one that does it.

[Drew Franklin]

Zipper merge on a. On, like on an off ramp coming in, like, if the ramp is backed up, the zipper merge, I think is the way to go. But when it's road construction and the line is backed up for a mile, you can't pass everybody. Go up to the front.

[Shannon The Dude]

You can. It's just.

[Ryan Lemond]

You can do anything.

[Shannon The Dude]

You can do whatever you want. It's just people may or may not like it. My mom is saying to try to do the non cutting off. I think she thinks that now I'm cut. So we'll see. I got Ralph on here. We'll get started.

[Drew Franklin]

Ralph's the rookie debut.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right. 859-28-02287. Go ahead, Ralph. Hello. Hello, Ralph. Go ahead.

[Patriot Papa]

Hey, listen, I'm not sure where Ralph came from that. My name is Patriot Papa and I would like to address. I would like to address the Belichick bias on the ksr. You know, Belichick, man, he's. He's getting a bad rap.

[Matt Jones]

So you should have cut him off.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right. I mean, I. But what does that mean, he's getting a bad rap? I mean, the thing is. What it is, right?

[Patriot Papa]

Well, it is, but I mean, somebody's got to stand up for the guy. He's living his best life. He's. He's, you know, in his senior years, he's coaching a college team, he's dating a college age girl, and it doesn't seem to bother him, it just seems to bother everybody else. And if somebody who's in a relationship with a younger individual, you know, I. I don't understand to some extent, but.

[Shannon The Dude]

You know, my issue is not with his relationship. For you.

[Drew Franklin]

All right?

[Shannon The Dude]

My issue. No, I got you. I appreciate the call. My issue is not with his relationship. He can date whoever he wants. My funny is the. Is the hilarity of seeing this dude who used to be the most powerful, you know, like, nobody can mess with me guy be sort of led around that he could date whoever he wants. I don't care. But it's the. It's the. I mean, this was a guy who had no time to ever be led around by anybody who now is completely taken over. That's what's entertaining to me about it.

[Ryan Lemond]

There are probably a lot of guys, especially closer to his age, that would pat him on the back for who he's dating.

[Shannon The Dude]

But it's the Patriot Papa.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, but it's the running a football program and having her cc'd on all the emails and on the sideline that makes it a little bizarre for a guy that was pretty stubborn and might be one of the best or could be the best coach of all time. It's just odd.

[Shannon The Dude]

Do you think Patriot Papa Shannon voted for bodies? Probably so, right?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I would say so.

[Drew Franklin]

No chance.

[Matt Jones]

Highly likely.

[Shannon The Dude]

You think there's anyone who puts Patriot in their name that then also voted for Biden? Do you think there's anybody who's like, I'm a Patriot, voted for Harris?

[Matt Jones]

Probably not.

[Shannon The Dude]

Probably not.

[Ryan Lemond]

What do you think, the age gap? He said he dates someone younger. How old do you think MAGA Memo is?

[Shannon The Dude]

Whatever his love interest is, MAGA Memo is a good name. Todd. Go ahead, Todd.

[Gary]

Morning, guys. How are you?

[Shannon The Dude]

All good. What's up?

[Gary]

Got two questions. One, did you all see Calipari and his partial mullet in that video online yesterday?

[Shannon The Dude]

I did. Is that from this year? Because the mullet was not. What was more most entertaining to me, it was his beard. I'd never seen him with a beard. Is that from this year?

[Gary]

That was recent. And I remember seeing him in a beard when he did his New Jersey vacation trip a couple years ago.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think it's video.

[Shannon The Dude]

And then what's.

[Gary]

Second, my more important question is with the athletic department going to the llc, do you foresee any impact on ticket prices coming from that? As a season ticket holder, I'm a.

[Shannon The Dude]

Little concerned, of course. Actually, let's talk about that in a minute because I, I had this conversation last night. I see a bunch of changes coming when it comes to that stuff, but we'll take a break. So that was an old thing.

[Ryan Lemond]

He was just at the Thunder game a couple nights ago. The clean face.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay, we'll be right back. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call tj.

[Sue]

He'll make him pay.

[Matt Jones]

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

[Shannon The Dude]

Welcome back to Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. Text Machine, 772-774-5254. One person writes, Matt, I have worked on these studies about. See, this is the great thing about this, right. People have worked on the zipper merge study.

[Drew Franklin]

I want to hear.

[Shannon The Dude]

And the reason the line is so long is because people don't zipper merge.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I don't know that that makes sense to me.

[Shannon The Dude]

I don't think it does either, actually.

[Matt Jones]

Because, I mean, you're cutting other people.

[Shannon The Dude]

But it wouldn't be as long because you'd be using two lines. But it's still probably the same amount of cars.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah. If I'm that line that's getting cut, my line just got longer because people keep cutting in front of me.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's. I think that's right. The Patriot Papa says, to answer Drew's question, I'm 56. My wife is 23, and we just had a six month old. Well, there you go.

[Ryan Lemond]

Congratulations.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, Patriot Papa, congrats on Bill Belichick and, you know, do double birds in the air to a lot of people. But the fact that he, you know.

[Shannon The Dude]

What were those words that just came out of your mouth?

[Drew Franklin]

Double birds in the air.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, you mean they flip people off.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's the other side of it that I think for me, she's making Billicheck seem Like he's incompetent and incapable of making decisions.

[Shannon The Dude]

I think that was. I think people are jumping to a conclusion on that. Like he's still coaching his football team.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

So I think he's probably. Probably fine. All right. To answer that guy's question, do I think ticket prices are going to go up? Yes. I don't know how. They cannot. They're stuck. They have added $22 million to their budget, $22 million to the UK budget, and that money is. They have to pay it. Right. Here's. They got to find a way to make the $22 million. So how are you going to do it? Well, one, the TV deals for each of these schools are going up, and they're going up by about 8 to 10 million dollars. So let's just do the math. That means of the 22 million, 8 to 10 is going to come from the new TV deals. So now we're still looking at 12 to 14 million that we got to find. Number two, there's no doubt. Ticket prices, K Club. It's going to go up. How can it not? It has to. There's just no way it can. Longer term, I don't. I think coaches are not going to make as much money. I think the era of coaches signing these crazy mega deals, you're going to have to be a multiple national championship winner to get mega deals. I think the days have seen, you know, an assistant coach making $2 million a year, I just think they're going away. I don't think they can do that anymore. I think the market is going to come down. I think they're going to add games in basketball. I think this is a big one. I think we're going to move from 31 to probably 35 games in the next five years. Because again, how do you make money? You got to have more product, more inventory. And football, I don't think they can make anymore unless they're going to expand the playoff. Why are they doing that? Money. And then they're going to have to add other games. I don't know how you can do it. Why are we playing Purdue in the exhibition? In part to make that an event where they can make money.

[Drew Franklin]

Sure.

[Shannon The Dude]

Right. I think you saw Val pose the other game. Probably the days of us playing the trances of the world, Ryan, for better or worse, are probably over.

[Drew Franklin]

Maybe over now.

[Shannon The Dude]

They may be over. So. But there's no way. The math is not math unless they raise ticket prices. The other thing is, I think the days of us building State of the art facilities every 10 years are gone, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

They're just gonna have to say let's make it work. The days of the recruiting game being who can build the nicest thing I think are gone because there's no way you can add $22 million of cost a year and not make it up somewhere else. So I just think a lot of the stuff that kind of got out of control in the last 10 years on the coaches, facilities, etc. Side is about to change on the other side. And I think you're going to start seeing that stuff come down, which is probably honestly how it should be. There was never a reason for John Cal peri to make $10 million and John Wall to make nothing. Now in the future, the future John Cal Peris will make seven and John Wall will make three. And why is that bad?

[Drew Franklin]

It's not.

[Shannon The Dude]

It shouldn't be bad. Yeah, it shouldn't be bad. John Calperi when he was in here deserved, but he deserved $10 million in the players nothing. No, no. And I think that's where we're headed.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think we're headed for the more games you mentioned too in college basketball. Mark Pope is even more spoken about that. He's a big proponent for it, which I'm for. He said, I think maybe at the NCAA tournament or sometime back in March he said he's ready for a 40 game schedule. So I think it's heading in that direction quickly.

[Shannon The Dude]

He is smart and he didn't. When I heard him say that, I thought to myself, well that means something like that's coming.

[Drew Franklin]

I want to ask you, you know, you mentioned it. Is there a possibility where some schools will have to eliminate sports?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes, program sports are getting eliminated. That's happening now. I don't think it'll be a ton of sports, but there will like there's one sport at Kentucky. I'm not going to say what it is because I don't want to like, I don't want it to get aggregated as a story of Matt Joneses sports going away. But there's a sport that's at UK that I, if I had to bet won't exist here in two years.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

And I hate it for those people. But it's again, do you believe in capitalism? If you do, then the successful has to like there's a subsidizing here at some point that happens with these other sports and it's just not going to keep happening. So I, I believe these players that make the school money deserve Money. I do believe that. I also think, though you're naive if you don't think that will have ramifications on the sports that don't make the school money. It just will. And that's life. And I wish sometimes life wasn't like that. But that's what life is, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

And so college sports is just becoming life. We've lived in a fantasy socialist college sports land. What's always been fascinating to me is college sports is in many ways socialism. And people who love capitalism have loved socialism when it comes to college sports, and people who love socialism have wanted capitalism in college sports, and now we're getting it. And college sports is just aligning with the rest of life now, which is the money talks and that's what happens.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's a business.

[Shannon The Dude]

It's a business.

[Ryan Lemond]

If the business costs go up, the consumer gets pay more.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's what it is now. And we just need to act like it. You know, we used to only play like three or four basketball games in December because, quote, they're out of class and people need to go home for Christmas break. That's. This is a business. Matter of fact, you could argue the kids should play more during Christmas break because they don't have class. True.

[Drew Franklin]

Take advantage of the people that are in town and never get all of.

[Shannon The Dude]

A sudden in December, rather than only playing on Saturdays, they're going to play Saturdays and midweek. Yeah, that's probably where the other games will come from.

[Drew Franklin]

If you're a business guy and you got a business model where part of your business is making a lot of money, the other part is not, you're going to eliminate that and invest more than one that's making you money.

[Shannon The Dude]

And that's what we're going to see. Gary in Orlando. Go ahead, Gary. Gary.

[Drew Franklin]

Hello?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes.

[I]

All right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Thank you.

[I]

Yes, sir. Thanks for taking my call. I don't know if you saw it, but Ryan McGee said he posted a picture of Belichick's girlfriend and he put the picture air her, Jordan. And it did not go over well in the Carolinas. He mentioned on his show Saturday. And secondly, I used to date a girl that, that I was older than her dad, and finally she got me to go have dinner with her parents and we're on our way over. And she said, how do you think this is going to go? And I said, well, it's going to go okay as long as he calls me sir. You guys have a great day.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right. Who knew? Gary?

[Drew Franklin]

Orlando's got jokes.

[Shannon The Dude]

Who knew we had so many dudes.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, Patrick Papa was one. I didn't expect Gary on Orlando to have a story either. Next, Bob is going to tell us.

[Shannon The Dude]

No Bob. I don't want to, but I don't want to know about Bob. We are two for two. So I guess if Bill said they're testing my.

[Drew Franklin]

So Jordan's dad's like, okay, I don't have to worry about grandkids.

[Shannon The Dude]

Right? Okay. And you need to make no jokes because I do not trust your filter. I trust Drew's kind of trust Shannon.

[Matt Jones]

I don't even trust mine.

[Shannon The Dude]

I do not ever trust yours. There are certain topics that you need to mentally say, I am not going to make jokes on because I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

Filters, no filter.

[Ryan Lemond]

I love. On Friday, you said tell the story without using this person's name, and he described the celebrity to a T. Who.

[Shannon The Dude]

Was in the moment. The most famous.

[Drew Franklin]

Never said her name.

[Shannon The Dude]

Nope. Mike, Go ahead, Mike.

[J]

All right, man, I'm gonna need Ryan's help to keep you from cutting me off here about the zipper merge now.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right, go for it.

[I]

Okay.

[J]

I've been driving truck for 27 years, sir. So. So I'm qualified. All right, but. All right, if you see a sign that says right lane close two miles and you get over, then nobody ever stops. The zipper merge causes the dang traffic jam. And that truck driver that wrote in and said that it was the right way, I don't know what's wrong with him. He must be one shorty short, flip flop wearing guy.

[Drew Franklin]

I take offense to that.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right, shorty. So okay, but. So you're saying to me, if no one zipper merged, there'd be no traffic at all. But then even in. But in your scenario. But in your scenario, when you get that two mile warning, if there are two lanes of traffic, they're still gonna have to merge over, so the zipper is just farther back.

[J]

No merges before it closes.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes, but. Okay, so let's just assume, sir, there are multiple. Let's assume there's a lot of traffic, right? On a two lane interstate, and all of a sudden these signs come up. People are gonna have to merge, and it's.

[J]

So the traffic backs up. It causes the traffic jam. And the reason it causes a traffic jam is because the trucks cannot take off fast. They're heavy, and every. A hole in a car cuts them off.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay, that's a good point about the trucks not being able to take off, because to be honest with you, sir, that's what I'd use. I See a truck and I go, this is where I can say I know, I know they can't. Yeah. So I appreciate the call. He's right about that. When I'm trying to figure out how to get over, I look for a truck because I know they can't.

[Matt Jones]

You know, they have a weakness. They can't.

[Shannon The Dude]

Exactly. It's. I know that that's the exploit. That's the part to exploit is the truck.

[Drew Franklin]

I've always wondered how truck drivers felt about that.

[Shannon The Dude]

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[Ryan Lemond]

Good call so far.

[Shannon The Dude]

Not cutting people. We got sue and a couple other people ready, so come on in. We'll take a break. Be right back.

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[Shannon The Dude]

Welcome back Tuckee Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. Text Machine 772-774-5254. What person writes Matt John Wall may not have made 3 million while UK, but he earned 275 million in his NBA career. So the woe is me mentality of Cal making 10 million is weak at best. No, that argument is weak at best because John Wall the 275 million was for what he did in the NBA, but what about what he did here? How many jerseys were sold with the number 10 on? Oh, there are still a ton of number 10 jerseys from when he said 11.

[Ryan Lemond]

11, 11.

[Shannon The Dude]

Same thing there are 10 and 11 jerseys, and they're all kinds of. John. No, but I'm serious. How many jerseys were sold everywhere? How much excitement was generated in UK basketball because of him? Yeah, and I'll just say. Let's say you're a plumber and you go, you know what? I'm not going to pay you for year one of your plumbing, because one day you're going to make a lot plumbing. That sounds ridiculous. Plus, like, take somebody like Tim Tebow. Tim Tebow's the perfect example. He never made a lot of money in the NFL, but don't you think he made Florida a lot of money?

[Drew Franklin]

Of course he did.

[Shannon The Dude]

And we take the guys on our team last year. I mean, those guys, none of them may play in the NBA, but did they not make this city and this, you know, university a ton of money? You either believe people should be paid what they're worth or you don't. And if you do, in America, we say you do. And so I think this is just like. And whether you agree with that or not, it's happening. It's the law. I will remind people it was nine. Oh. In the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, who is Patriot Papa, and Sonia Sotomayor, who is woke aoc agree on almost nothing, but they agreed on that. So, you know, it is what it is.

[Drew Franklin]

Is John Wall the guy that would have benefited the most?

[Shannon The Dude]

Tim Tebow.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, for. At Kentucky.

[Shannon The Dude]

At Kentucky. Well, John Wall was also really good. Right. I think a better example are dudes. Jared Lorenzens have a great example.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Shannon The Dude]

Jared Lorenzen's a great example of how not having nil kind of screws a person because he never made a ton of money in the NFL. Right. But he'd have made a ton of money.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Or a guy. Richie Farmer, who didn't have a program.

[Drew Franklin]

Richie Cash.

[Shannon The Dude]

Daniel.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes. Another one.

[Shannon The Dude]

Another example.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

You know, a guy who was beloved for Oscar. Yeah, right. Oscar. I don't know if he'll make a ton of money in the NBA, and he did actually make some money here. So those, to me, are the examples. I have a question before I go the phone about the. The Pope's brother.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Shannon's brother's doing a lot of interviews.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right. Pope's brother's doing a lot of interviews. Every time you turn on the tv, Pope's brother's talking to somebody. Question number one. Do you think the Pope's brothers should just lay off the interviews a little bit? Feels like he's kind of like, I'm I'm kind of Brother Pope.

[Matt Jones]

But this is about the Pope like, it is the Pope's brother.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's, like, telling us a lot about his brother. His brother may not want all this out there, right?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. We want the Pope to be sort.

[Shannon The Dude]

Of mysterious, like, holy.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Secondly, if you're the brother of the Pope, do you call him Pope, Father, Brother, or Bob?

[Drew Franklin]

He said, I'm gonna call him Bob. He said that in the interview. Because I'm still gonna call him Bob.

[Shannon The Dude]

Is that okay? If you're a Catholic and you believe the Pope is, like, God's spokesman on earth, can you call him Bob?

[Ryan Lemond]

Absolutely. He's still. I forgot which one's older, especially if it's the little brother.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, okay. I don't know which one's older.

[Ryan Lemond]

Did you see he said, I used to give him noogies? I think he should still give him a noogie. I think you should go to the Vatican and give him a nugget.

[Shannon The Dude]

Pick on your little brother.

[Ryan Lemond]

If he's a PO that never ends.

[Drew Franklin]

He gets. Nobody can call him Bob but the brother. Bob's the only one.

[Shannon The Dude]

What if. What if Ryan? What if Dante became Pope? All right, you're going to start calling him Pope. Are you going to call him Dante?

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, if we're going to be real, like, in public, I would probably call him Pope, but we're at the house grilling out burgers. Hey, Dante, get. Put some more mustard on there or something.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, you're going to tell him what to do?

[Matt Jones]

Order the Pope around?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes, if we're back in our private homes. Give me another beer, Pope. Give me another beer, Dante.

[Matt Jones]

That's not very Popely.

[Shannon The Dude]

I know. I don't know. I think it would be hard if you. If you. If the Pope is your friend, like, you were just hanging out.

[Drew Franklin]

They went to some pizza place in Chicago, said this is the Pope's favorite pizza place. This is where the Pope sat last time he was here.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay. If you're a customer, let's say it was our biggest customer at KS Bar, he becomes Pope.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Shannon The Dude]

I've been calling him Bob every time. Do I. Next time he comes in, I have to say Pope.

[Drew Franklin]

I think you do. You got to give me a little respect.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay?

[Drew Franklin]

Now, if he's a close personal friend or a family member, like Big Brother can say, that's still Bob to me. It's Bob.

[Shannon The Dude]

Bob the Pope.

[Drew Franklin]

Bob the Pope.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right, Sue. Go ahead, Sue.

[Sue]

Hey, guys.

[Shannon The Dude]

What's going on?

[Sue]

I have a couple things. I have a Couple things this morning when you talked about, when you was at your fellowship, you talked about Auschwitz and Hitler. I just wanted maybe during the dead season that you could go into a little more detail about some of that stuff.

[Shannon The Dude]

You mean, why didn't go to Auschwitz? But we talked about like, some. Some, you know, the steps that led along the way to it happening. Is that what you mean?

[Sue]

Yeah, yeah. It's just, you know, you know, some history on that. If, you know, I would like to.

[Shannon The Dude]

Hear something I do on my new show, the new podcast and show I'm going to be doing, which I'll talk about a little bit later, because that would be. It's kind of a longer form conversation, but yeah, so we'll talk about that at some point. Maybe not here, but how's that?

[Sue]

All right. And I have another thing. I like to go for it. I was looking at KSR this morning and. And I was reading about Aaron and Andrew Harrison, talking about. Talking about, you know, last, when they played in TBT last year and all the love that they felt from bbn. I. My eyes started watering a little bit on that because it was just so touching that how they appreciate us so much.

[Shannon The Dude]

I love that story. And sue, nice to talk to you. I appreciate the call. I love that story for two reasons. Well, what do we got over? We got a minute here. Okay. So the Harrison twins, I think, had a tough experience here, especially Andrew. I think the fans were hard on them and I wondered if they would have a connection to this school. I love that story because they said when they returned they felt that love.

[Drew Franklin]

Don't think they felt the love when they were here.

[Shannon The Dude]

I think sometimes it was hard for. Yeah, because the first year they struggled. Then when they came back, there were people who were like Playbooker and Ulis. And to see them feel that now, Agreed, I think is awesome because I like those two guys a lot and I think they liked it here, but I think they always felt like there were people who were like, why couldn't Tyler, us and Booker play? And to see them 10 years later get that love and feel it, that really made me happy, Drew. I was really glad to see that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. And they said they watched more Kentucky basketball last year than ever.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's awesome.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, that's.

[Shannon The Dude]

Exactly what we want. We'll take a break, come back hour number two. It's ksr.

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