2025-05-16- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

KSR Podcast Episode Summary: May 16, 2025 – Hour 2

Host: Matt Jones
Co-Hosts/Crew: Lowe's Representative, Discover Representative, Shannon the Dude, Ryan Lemon
Broadcast Location: KS Bar and Grill, Lexington, KY
Release Date: May 16, 2025

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1. Impact of Tennessee Law on NCAA and College Sports

The episode kicks off with an in-depth discussion about recent legislative changes in Tennessee that could have far-reaching effects on college sports nationwide. Shannon the Dude emphasizes the gravity of the situation:

"In the state of Tennessee, the Tennessee State law preempts the NCAA. If Congress passes a federal law, it will override the state law, compelling Tennessee to adhere to NCAA regulations. This is crucial because if states like Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama adopt similar laws without federal intervention, it could jeopardize the integrity of college sports."
[04:46] Shannon the Dude

The conversation highlights the precarious position of the NCAA and the potential for federal legislation to restore consistency across states. Lowe's Representative adds:

"Nick Saban, as head of the commission, acknowledged the limitations of executive orders in resolving these issues. It underscores the necessity for congressional action to preserve the future of college athletics."
[07:08] Lowe's Representative

2. University of Kentucky (UK) Sports Performance

A significant portion of the episode focuses on the performance and future prospects of UK’s basketball and football teams. Shannon the Dude and Lowe's Representative delve into expectations for the upcoming seasons.

Basketball:

"I’m not expecting a Final Four, but Mark Pope should aim to make every game winnable. Last season against Alabama and Auburn, it felt like we were outmatched, but this year, if we maintain our health and roster strength, there's potential for improvement."
[07:53] Lowe's Representative

Football:

The hosts debate the realistic outcomes for UK football in 2025, considering the challenging SEC schedule.

"Best case scenario, there is a world where we could win eight games, but realistically, I anticipate a 5-7 or 6-6 record."
[11:40] Lowe's Representative

Shannon the Dude concurs but remains skeptical about key SEC matchups:

"I just don't see it happening, especially against teams like Alabama and Florida. Unless we can win at least one of those tough games, our overall record might suffer."
[12:43] Shannon the Dude

3. Listener Call-In: Language Use on the Show

Matt Jones fields a heartfelt call from a listener named Matt, who addresses the frequent use of the word "stupid" on the show and its impact on his young daughter.

"Earlier in the segment about kindergarten graduation, you said it at least five times. She literally put her hands over her ears and went, 'Why does he keep saying that?'"
[16:08] Matt Jones

In response, Lowe's Representative pledges to be more mindful:

"I will no longer say the word 'stupid' on purpose. And Shannon, if I do, you'll buzz it and give me a battle."
[16:31] Lowe's Representative

This segment underscores the show's commitment to fostering a positive environment, especially for young listeners.

4. SEC Track and Field Championships in Lexington

The episode transitions to discuss the upcoming SEC Track and Field Championships hosted in Lexington.

"The SEC championships are here this weekend, showcasing some of the best athletes who could potentially compete in the Olympics. With a pipeline like ours, the event promises high-caliber performances."
[26:18] Lowe's Representative

Shannon the Dude highlights the significance:

"With so many world-class athletes in town, it's a major event for Kentucky. If the weather cooperates, attendees can witness future Olympians in action."
[27:47] Shannon the Dude

5. Johnny Broom’s Vertical Leap at the NBA Combine

A lively debate ensues about Auburn’s Johnny Broom and his performance at the NBA Combine, particularly his surprising vertical leap results.

"Auburn's Johnny Broom jumped only 24.5 inches, one of the lowest totals ever recorded. It's concerning for his prospects as an NBA player."
[31:07] Shannon the Dude

Lowe's Representative critiques the emphasis on athletic metrics:

"In basketball, too much emphasis is placed on vertical jumps rather than a player's overall skill set. Johnny Broom undoubtedly has talent, but these numbers are disappointing."
[32:09] Lowe's Representative

The conversation touches on the broader implications of such metrics on athlete evaluation and draft prospects.

6. Additional Listener Interactions and Discussions

Prom Night Age Limits:

A humorous listener question about the appropriate age for attending high school prom sparks a light-hearted exchange.

"What's the oldest age you can go to a high school prom and it not be creepy?"
[36:25] Lowe's Representative

Both hosts agree that staying under 20 is generally acceptable, sharing nostalgic anecdotes about high school experiences.

Preakness Stakes Relocation:

Listeners express concern over the Preakness Stakes moving from Pimlico, leading to a critique of the venue.

"Pimlico needs to be revamped. Described as the 'trailer park of horse racing,' it's not up to par with other major tracks."
[43:22] Shannon the Dude

Tattoo Challenge:

In response to earlier discussions about best-case scenarios for UK football, a listener suggests commemorating the team’s hypothetical success with a tattoo. This playful suggestion leads to humorous banter about personal boundaries and the reluctance to ink the outcomes.

7. Closing Remarks and Community Engagement

The episode concludes with hosts encouraging listeners to engage with the show through social media and on-site events at KS Bar and Grill.

"Remember, all weekend long, take a picture of yourself here with the menu and text it to 772-774-5254 for a chance to win UK vs. Purdue exhibition game tickets."
[39:22] Lowe's Representative

This call-to-action fosters community interaction and rewards listener participation, enhancing the show's connection with its audience.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

1. Shannon the Dude on Tennessee Law:

   "If Congress passes a law, it will preempt that state law for Tennessee and the fed will say, Tennessee, now you have to follow the NCAA rules."
   [05:14] Shannon the Dude

2. Matt Jones on Language Use:

   "I have a three and a half year old daughter, she thinks 'stupid' is extremely naughty."
   [16:08] Matt Jones

3. Lowe's Representative on Best-Case Scenario:

   "I do think there's a world where they could win eight."
   [11:40] Lowe's Representative

4. Shannon the Dude on Football Optimism:

   "I just don't see it happening, especially against teams like Alabama and Florida."
   [12:43] Shannon the Dude

5. Matt Jones on Listener Feedback:

   "As a parent, we'd appreciate that. I'm proud of you."
   [17:12] Matt Jones

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This episode of KSR delves into significant topics affecting college sports, offers honest assessments of team performances, engages with listeners on personal and community matters, and maintains an interactive and responsive dynamic among the hosts and their audience. Whether discussing legislative impacts, athletic performances, or fostering a positive listening environment, Matt Jones and the KSR crew provide a comprehensive and engaging broadcast for sports enthusiasts in the UK and beyond.

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[Discover Representative]

Welcome to hour two of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Shannon the Dude]

What? All right, welcome back, our number two Kentucky Sports Radio.

[Discover Representative]

You guys take an hour or two off. What's going on?

[Shannon the Dude]

We are break, you know, just kind of chilling. Meeting some of the meeting and some of the fans shaking hands and kissing babies.

[Discover Representative]

Whenever you guys are ready to do a radio show, I'm here.

[Lowe's Representative]

All right.

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, we lost Drew. Drew and Abby are on the way to the Cincinnati airport in the monsoon. Matt's here. He's shaking hands, kissing babies. Okay, maybe kissing hands and shaking babies. I'm not sure what he's doing. So here you go. Here he comes. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the airwaves, Mr. Matthew Harper Jones.

[Lowe's Representative]

Why is he so unprepared, Shannon, to be able to. What are you doing? Like, he's sitting there saying, kissing hands and shaking babies like he. You were completely unprepared for that, Mom. You know, there were people here who had to leave. There was a couple people getting married and then they had to leave at.

[Discover Representative]

11 after the show. We got an hour.

[Lowe's Representative]

They're not getting married. They're not getting married here in the bar. And I just, you know, if you come all the way here because you're getting married and you wanted to stop by during your wedding weekend, I'm not gonna not talk to you. You know, during the break for a.

[Shannon the Dude]

Minute, did I hear him say they're getting married at Harper Hall?

[Lowe's Representative]

No, they said they are getting married somewhere else. We don't need to announce where their wedding is. Let them have their privacy. Rya. But nevertheless, yeah. And so then I, I got also a conversation about, you know, these folks, these guys back here make a really good. They kind of ask me the ramifications of the Tennessee law, and I, Tennessee literally can blow up the whole sport if they're not careful. Yeah, literally, they could blow up the whole sport. It makes it all the more important that the feds, the Congress passes their law because, long story short, in the state of Tennessee, the Tennessee State law preempts. The NCAA does that. If Tennessee says to their university, you don't have to follow the NCAA laws, then Tennessee doesn't have to follow it. Now the NCAA could kick Tennessee and Vandy out, but I don't think they'll do that, to be honest with. Maybe they will, I don't know. But federal law preempts state law. So if Congress passes a law, it will preempt that state law for Tennessee and the fed, the feds will say, tennessee, now you have to follow the NCAA rules. So it just, it's crazy to say this, but right now the two most important people to college sports are Ted Cruz and Cory Booker. We literally, they have to do something. And it's really the two of them because the rest of the Senate has basically said, you two, you can't. Cory Booker was a former college athlete, Ted Cruz a big sports fan. You two have to do it. And that's. And I hope they do because like they. It may be up to those two guys to save college sports the way we want it to be.

[Shannon the Dude]

Is there any chance that the state of Tennessee passes this?

[Lowe's Representative]

They already passed it.

[Shannon the Dude]

And then will other states follow?

[Lowe's Representative]

Of course they will. SEC states, I mean, if Tennessee gets to do whatever they want and the other states don't. The other state. You remember what happened when California passed the law allowing athletes to get paid, right? What happened? Within six months, everybody had that law because they wanted to compete. That will happen with this unless the con. Unless Congress passes something.

[Shannon the Dude]

That's why I wondered if Tennessee, if it passes, will Georgia, Alabama, some big time SEC states, if they pass, will pass it.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay. I mean, it's not anybody. When California passed the law to allow players to be paid, you remember Andy Beshear issued an executive order within like a month.

[Shannon the Dude]

That's right.

[Lowe's Representative]

Like it was a month later when they, remember Cal and them went up to there and we told that story. They snuck into the office, Cal and Stoops, like that's going to happen. So I just saw this story right before I came on the air. Dan Wetzel tweeted about it. But it is a potential like college sports killer. Unless Congress does something about it, which.

[Shannon the Dude]

I think they will, kind of puts him on a.

[Lowe's Representative]

It puts them on the spot. Yeah, it puts them on the spot. And that's why Nick Saban, you may have seen the interview with Nick Saban where he's the head of that commission and he said, I mean, I guess I'm the head of the commission, but I don't know why we even have the commission. This is not how we're gonna fix it. And he's right. They have to have legislation. Trump's commission cannot fix it. You cannot do this by executive order. You're gonna have to do it by Congress and hopefully, hopefully gets done, because I know that's what everyone listening wants to have happen.

[Shannon the Dude]

Absolutely.

[Lowe's Representative]

So. 859-280-22871, person writes, Matt, with UK basketball, I'm not expecting a Final Four, but I'm expecting Mark Stoops, or, excuse me, Mark Pope to improve this year and to make it to where every game Kentucky has a chance to win. I agree with that. I think we had a chance to win every game, except I felt like we played Alabama, Auburn last year. They were just on a different level. So this year I'd like to see us feel like in all those games we're as talented as the teams we play.

[Shannon the Dude]

I think that's it. You know, we want to play at that Final Four levels. And, you know, last year maybe we were. If we'd stayed healthy, everybody stayed healthy, maybe we could have got to that point.

[Lowe's Representative]

But didn't you feel like when we played Alabama, we really didn't have a chance to win those games? We played them three times and there was no game during those games that I really thought, yeah, we were going to win.

[Shannon the Dude]

They were just better than we were last year. Just had better players.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah. This year, I don't know that that'll be the case.

[Shannon the Dude]

This year, if you're looking at the sec, maybe Florida might have the only roster I might be a little scared of. Outside of that, Kentucky should be competing for the SEC championship.

[Lowe's Representative]

Another person writes, matt, you talked about basketball. You guys have been down on football this week. Let me ask you a different question about football. What is the best case scenario for UK football in 2025? Okay, good question. Let's say everything goes the best it could go for UK football this year. What's our record?

[Shannon the Dude]

I'm gonna make people mad. Best case, there would be like six and six.

[Lowe's Representative]

Oh, come on. That way we could. I mean, I'm not saying we're going to do better than 6 and 6. But you think best case scenario is 6 and 6.

[Shannon the Dude]

I don't think they're going to win any of those SEC home games. So, I mean, you got to go win on the road.

[Lowe's Representative]

But you don't think we could win those SEC home games. You. I mean, we beat Ole Miss last year. You're telling me we can't Beat them this year. They lost a quarterback that was a first round NFL pick. We beat him last year. You just, you think it's impossible we could beat him this year?

[Shannon the Dude]

Not impossible, but I just don't think. I don't see it happening.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay, but that's not what. All right, Shane, I'm gonna go to you. Best case scenario.

[Discover Representative]

Yeah, just looking through the, the schedule here.

[Lowe's Representative]

The best case scenario. Let's go through best case. Through the schedule. You read me the schedule.

[Discover Representative]

Okay, so Toledo. Yes. That's a win.

[Lowe's Representative]

Best case is a win. Okay.

[Discover Representative]

Could they beat Ole Miss at home?

[Lowe's Representative]

They could.

[Discover Representative]

So I'm gonna go two.

[Lowe's Representative]

I'm with Eastern two. And beat Ole Miss.

[Discover Representative]

Eastern Michigan's three.

[Lowe's Representative]

Three. Gregory Easter, Michigan.

[Discover Representative]

Could they beat South Carolina on the road? Yes.

[Lowe's Representative]

Four. That's. I don't know.

[Discover Representative]

No, no, no, it's not.

[Lowe's Representative]

You don't think.

[Discover Representative]

But I think they're going to win that game.

[Lowe's Representative]

You're telling me, Ryan, there's no way we could win that game at South Carolina. It's just impossible?

[Shannon the Dude]

No, there's a chance, but that's what.

[Lowe's Representative]

Best case scenario means.

[Shannon the Dude]

I did. I don't think they're going to win at South Carolina.

[Discover Representative]

All right.

[Lowe's Representative]

I still don't feel like he knows what best case scenario means, but.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay, best case scenario, you win every game.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay, I agree with that. But I would say to you that there are reason within reason. I, I cannot see a scenario. We win at Georgia.

[Discover Representative]

Yeah. Texas.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah. Well, we play Texas here, gonna be very difficult to win that game.

[Discover Representative]

So we still got four wins so far.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yes.

[Discover Representative]

Tennessee at home.

[Lowe's Representative]

Tennessee at home. Unlikely. But could we win? Yeah, there's a world we could win.

[Discover Representative]

Okay, you got them at five. I got him at four. Kentucky and Auburn. At Auburn definitely could win. Yeah, I agree. So there's five for me, six for you. Home against Florida.

[Lowe's Representative]

I think Florida's gonna be really good this year.

[Discover Representative]

Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

What about you?

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah, Florida's really good.

[Lowe's Representative]

I think they're gonna be really good. Let me put it like this. Between Florida and Tennessee, I don't think we could win them both, but maybe we could win one.

[Discover Representative]

I'm gonna say that that's possible to win. So best case, I'm gonna give them away. Tennessee Tech is next.

[Lowe's Representative]

We're gonna win that. We'll beat Tennessee Tech.

[Discover Representative]

Vanderbilt on the road, I think is.

[Lowe's Representative]

Winnable on a best case scenario. Yes.

[Discover Representative]

And then at Louisville.

[Lowe's Representative]

At Louisville, best case scenario. Yes, you could win. Okay, so that's what? Eight? Eight.

[Discover Representative]

Yeah. I think you got Them at eight. I think I've got them at eight.

[Lowe's Representative]

I think best case scenario, there's a world where they could win eight. I do not think they're going to win eight. I think they're probably going to go five and seven or six and six. But there is a world, Ryan, where they could win eight.

[Shannon the Dude]

I'll take any bet you want to make right now.

[Lowe's Representative]

That's not what a best case scenario.

[Shannon the Dude]

You sound pretty confident they were going to win.

[Lowe's Representative]

Am I speaking a different language?

[Shannon the Dude]

Like the best case scenario, you're, you're beating Tennessee and Georgia and.

[Lowe's Representative]

But that doesn't mean I bet on it. If I was betting on it, I would bet on them winning five or six.

[Shannon the Dude]

You sound confident they're going to beat Vandy. Vandy's beat is two years in a row.

[Lowe's Representative]

You said that's a win. I said in the best case scenario it's a win.

[Shannon the Dude]

I just don't have a lot of optimism for the football team this year.

[Lowe's Representative]

Sir, let me ask you a question. Am I, I feel like I'm speaking French and he's speaking English and am I missing something about best case scenario? All right, all right.

[Discover Representative]

Like, is it possible, right? They could get to possible.

[Lowe's Representative]

You could win eight. You think it is impossible?

[Shannon the Dude]

Yes.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay. All right. Well, that's what you.

[Discover Representative]

If you believe last.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah, I mean you. So if we win eight, which again, I don't think we're gonna do, but if we did, what would you do?

[Shannon the Dude]

Walk in my box of shorts.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay, nobody wants that. Why does everything with you have to end up in nudity? Like. No, there's no one choosing to want you to be new.

[Discover Representative]

Can we tattoo the record of the season?

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay, that's a great one.

[Discover Representative]

8 and 4.

[Lowe's Representative]

If they were to go 8 and 4, could we tattoo UK football? Best case scenario?

[Discover Representative]

It's a lot of ink.

[Lowe's Representative]

It's a lot of ink. We'll put it. We'll give you a tramp stamp of UK football. Eight and four. No. Okay, so you're not that confident somewhere else.

[Shannon the Dude]

No, I do not want a tattoo.

[Lowe's Representative]

Inner thigh.

[Shannon the Dude]

No, not happening.

[Discover Representative]

So then you're not really that confident.

[Lowe's Representative]

So you're not that confident.

[Shannon the Dude]

I'm just not getting a tattoo, period.

[Lowe's Representative]

Sounds like you think there is a scenario where you could not get it.

[Discover Representative]

You just talked him into it.

[Shannon the Dude]

No, not get a tattoo. I'll work here at ks Borrow one whole day.

[Lowe's Representative]

That's not, that's. First of all, there are people that do that for a living. So that is not a. That Is not a word like that. You have to pay to be this unconfident.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. I'm not getting a tattoo.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay.

[Discover Representative]

We don't get to worry about it because it's not going to happen. Right?

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah. According to you, it's. There's no way we could win eight games. I. I think the likely scenario is five and seven or six and six. I think the worst case scenario is we win three and there's even a world you could win two and lose to Toledo.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yep.

[Lowe's Representative]

But I think three is the worst case scenario. But I do think Shannon 8 is a best case scenario. Yeah, right.

[Discover Representative]

We just talked herself into it by going game by game throughout the schedule.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah.

[Discover Representative]

I mean, if everything went right, I think it is possible if everything went.

[Lowe's Representative]

Right, Ryan would get a tattoo. But he's too scared to do that. And so that's fine. He always wants to get nude. Shannon. You notice that? Like it's always. There's no. Always wants to be in his boxer shorts. Who's next?

[Discover Representative]

Diane.

[Lowe's Representative]

Diane, go ahead.

[Matt Jones]

Hey, Matt. I've been listening for several years and honestly have never had any interest or notion in calling in until this week. And I just can't help myself.

[Lowe's Representative]

Let me guess. You're mad that I said children should not have graduation.

[Matt Jones]

No, but it is adjacent to that.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Earlier in the week you talked about overly used words with Mark Pope and beautiful. Okay, you're gonna disagree with me, but I have your word.

[Lowe's Representative]

What is it?

[Matt Jones]

Stupid. And I think I have evidence.

[Lowe's Representative]

You think I say stupid too much. Okay, you do.

[Matt Jones]

And I have evidence to back it up. I have a three and a half year old daughter. She's very smart and the word stupid to her is an extremely naughty word. But she loves when people say it. And there was a week recently, a couple, it's probably a month ago, you said the word every single day, Monday through Friday, at least once. She listens it to KSR with me in the car. And whenever you say it, she either bust out laughing or is just like cannot believe what she's hearing of them. Adult is saying that so she thinks there's no.

[Lowe's Representative]

Adults should not say the word stupid.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, no, exactly. And yesterday in the segment about kindergarten graduation, you said it at least five times. I lost. Stop counting after five. She literally put her hands over her ears and went. Why does he keep saying.

[Lowe's Representative]

All right, so what is your. What is your daughter's name? First name.

[Matt Jones]

Her name is Avery.

[Lowe's Representative]

Avery. I will for you, Avery. Because you think it's a bad word. I will stop try. I will try to stop saying the S word for things that I think are not smart because I don't want Avery to feel. To feel like I'm. I'm letting her down. So, Avery, I'll say it one more time to get it out of my system. I will no longer say the word stupid, at least on purpose. And Shannon, if I do, will buzz it and give me a battle.

[Discover Representative]

Okay, well, to say dumb instead.

[Matt Jones]

Avery, can you tell Matt you're proud of him? I'm proud of you. Okay. She got bashful on me, but we're proud of you.

[Lowe's Representative]

Well, thank you very much.

[Matt Jones]

As a parents, we'd appreciate that.

[Lowe's Representative]

I'm gonna do my best. I can't. I'm. Do my best, Ryan, to. To. Because I don't want. I don't want three and a half year olds to be disappointed.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah, that's. That's nice that you're gonna take Avery's advice and try not to say that word.

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[Lowe's Representative]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live at the KS Bar and Grill. Remember all weekend long if you're take a picture of yourself being here, you will. And you text it to 772-774-5254. At the end of that, I'll give someone tickets to the UK Purdue exhibition game. Good tickets, I think. I can't promise they'll be lower, but I think they probably will. Knowing where I'm getting these tickets, they probably be pretty good. That game is going to be quite an opening exhibition. I realized it's only 10 days after big Blue Madness. Like, they're coming in hot.

[Shannon the Dude]

Wow. Well, I guess we'll probably do pregame show. Maybe you have to do a postgame show for an exhibition game.

[Lowe's Representative]

I don't know about the schedule for the pre and post game shows, but.

[Shannon the Dude]

I do think that it'll be so much excitement.

[Lowe's Representative]

I do think that Shannon, I mean that that's going to be exciting playing a game like that, that early in the year. And remember, this is not. I mean, Purdue, they had a chance to be preseason number one too. I mean, they're going to be really, really good.

[Discover Representative]

We went from playing like Morehouse and athletes in action to Purdue and exhibition games. That's pretty awesome.

[Lowe's Representative]

That is a. That is a huge change. All right, now, you're not gonna like this question, Ryan, but this is coming from multiple people, so I gotta ask you the question. One person writes, I love Ryan Lemon. Let me press it by saying that this is not an attack on him. That usually means this is an attack, but this is not an attack on him. But I feel like his negativity towards UK football has risen a lot since Dane left. Does he believe that he has become more negative since Dane is gone? Or on the contrary, maybe he's just not as positive without Dane there?

[Shannon the Dude]

I'd say there's probably just a little bit of truth to both of those.

[Lowe's Representative]

But you would realize though, that would be. That's letting bias get it. Sure, but I mean, sure, like, like, but you shouldn't do that.

[Shannon the Dude]

No, but, yeah, as, as a, as a fan, I want Kentucky to win every game. I'm just trying to be honest. I could, you know, try to sugarcoat it and smoke up everybody.

[Lowe's Representative]

But why. But you did. I think it would be fair to say that during, like last year, you did sugarcoat it some. I thought. So Let me put it like this. I thought your opinion about UK football, generally speaking, was. You were generally just more positive than. Than me. Right. Like, Shannon has always put in the vibe in the most negative. Then Drew, then me. And you were always the most positive. And that's probably true of basketball, too. You've always just kind of been a positive guy.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

I never really thought you were positive because of Dane. I just thought you were positive. And then you were very positive about Dane, as you should have been.

[Shannon the Dude]

Sure.

[Lowe's Representative]

But now he's not there, and the guy that's always been positive is now sounding negative, and that's not usually your personality. So why is that, you think?

[Shannon the Dude]

I honestly think. I'm just trying to be honest about what I think. The football team.

[Lowe's Representative]

But you didn't think they were going to be good last year. Really? And you still kind of always would.

[Shannon the Dude]

Say, I think I predicted eight wins last year. Of course, they only won four.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah.

[Shannon the Dude]

I thought they'd win some of those SEC home games.

[Lowe's Representative]

So what do you think is the difference between what made you predict eight last year and what's making you predict for now? I mean, we only won four last year. Is that you think the. And you've. You've heard that the culture is much better.

[Shannon the Dude]

Culture's better. 16 starters gone from a bad team, though. Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

I mean, you might argue that if 16 starters are gone, when you stunk, there should have been 16 starters gone.

[Shannon the Dude]

So then the players we've got coming in, I don't know if they're as good as the players that left.

[Lowe's Representative]

So you don't think there's any bias towards it? No.

[Shannon the Dude]

I mean, there may be just a little, but not much. I just think this team, the football team, is going to struggle some this year.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay. All right. 859-280-2287. I don't. I have never thought of you as biased. I still don't. I know you were overly positive today, but I. You should be. Yeah, right. Like, just like anybody would with it with their kid. I am a little surprised at how negative you are this year, because usually this time of year, even when we stunk, you were generally pretty positive.

[Shannon the Dude]

I'm sure as the season gets closer, I'll talk myself into winning some more games. I just. The way the schedule is this year and what I see on our roster, it's just going to be tough, I think.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay, who's up next year?

[Discover Representative]

Mike.

[Lowe's Representative]

Now, Mike, go ahead. Have you guys been talking any about the SEC track and field championships that are supposed to be going on this weekend in Lexington? Yeah, I have not, but the SEC track and field championships are supposed to start today in Lexington. I don't know what this weather is going to do to the start of it or not, but I've Seen the track athletes, I've seen them walking around town for the last two days everywhere. But the SEC track and field is here. Has it been here before?

[Shannon the Dude]

No. Maybe years ago, but has been. It's been a while.

[Lowe's Representative]

We never had a facility, I think that actually qualified to host it. And then when they did the new one, now we can. Well, I was actually in the SEC championships in Lexington. I was an SEC record holder in 1971. Well, that was a long time ago. Yeah. So are you gonna, are you gonna go this weekend? Well, my teammate and I, Jim Green, who was a world record holder.

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

We're watching the weather, but we have so many world class athletes and I think that we need to be talking about it more. I definitely think that we need a better indoor track facility like they have at other SEC schools like Arkansas where they can actually have the neat indoors if needed. Yeah, well, they just got the outdoor one done, so I think it's probably gonna be a little while before they do the indoor one. But. But yeah, that's a very good point. I appreciate you calling, sir. We really do. There are people here in Lexington this weekend that will be in the Olympics.

[Shannon the Dude]

Sure.

[Lowe's Representative]

A lot of them because the sc, the sec, I mean, we have a pipeline of SEC athletes to the Olympics, more than any other conference. And they're all going to be in town. So if you, if the weather does get better, I do think if people can get out there this weekend, you will see people that will be wearing Olympic uniforms in 2028. Right.

[Shannon the Dude]

Coming up, even Kentucky track and field athletes. Some of those guys will be in the Olympics.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah. So that is all weekend. I'm not sure how the weather is going to change the schedule. We'll be right back. Ksr.

[Ryan Lemon]

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[Discover Representative]

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

[Lowe's Representative]

Welcome back Tucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. People seem to like that, the conversation. Ryan on the text machine. 772-774-5254. And some of them Woodburn says. Right. Does Ryan, will he go to a Nebraska game this year?

[Shannon the Dude]

Yes. Kentucky's off weekend. Nebraska host Michigan. So I'm going.

[Lowe's Representative]

That's cool. Yeah, that'd be a great environment.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah, I think so, too. Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

Good. One person writes, matt, you of all people should not criticize Ryan for being overly positive on football. You've been overly positive the entire Mark Stoops era and you don't Accept that Kentucky football should be a lot better. It is funny how time changes. When Mark was in his early years, if you remember, fans were mad because I wasn't positive enough. Remember, my thing used to be that I didn't think there was any way Kentucky football could ever go to the SEC championship. I didn't think there was any way Kentucky football could ever recruit. Well, there used to be people who say, heck, there was a guy on a message board a few days ago who said, I want UK football to lose because I like UK basketball more. Which is a really dumb comment. I didn't use the other word, by the way. Notice.

[Shannon the Dude]

Good for you.

[Lowe's Representative]

But. And now it said, I'm too positive. I think a lot of that stems, Ryan, from me doing that video last year where I said that there was a way for them to go to the playoffs.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

But I will stand by that.

[Shannon the Dude]

That was true at that time. It was true.

[Lowe's Representative]

Because again, let's look back at last year. We only won four games and we stunk. But let's look at who we lost to. Okay. We lost to Vandy.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

Should have won that game.

[Shannon the Dude]

Should have won.

[Lowe's Representative]

That's five. You're telling me we should have lost to Auburn.

[Shannon the Dude]

Should have beat Auburn at home.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay, now you're at six.

[Shannon the Dude]

Florida had that game.

[Lowe's Representative]

Had it seven. Right.

[Shannon the Dude]

South Carolina.

[Lowe's Representative]

South Carolina at home. That's eight.

[Shannon the Dude]

Should have won that.

[Lowe's Representative]

And if you remember what I said was there are eight winnable games on the schedule and then if you could shock somebody, we could do it.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yep.

[Lowe's Representative]

And we weren't. We were. We were there with Georgia. Yeah. So now that's easy to say. We lost all those games. But if you had that Will Levis team or even like the team with Devin Leary, you'd have had a shot in those games.

[Shannon the Dude]

Sure.

[Lowe's Representative]

So my comment that in theory, was there a way to make the playoff? Yes. And I said this. Missouri had the season a couple years ago that we wanted to have.

[Shannon the Dude]

That's right.

[Lowe's Representative]

Right. And last year, if Ole Miss had just beaten us, they would have had that season.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

But they lost to us. So my comment, I never. People take that video. That was one of Mario's first video he puts out and it still goes viral with fans. Give me a hard time about it. But the idea that it was there for the taking, I still stand by. It's just we stunk and we couldn't do it.

[Shannon the Dude]

I want to be clear. I hope I'm wrong. I want the Kentucky football team to win every game. Want to be very Successful. But we try to be honest on this show, try to tell us what we really think. And right now, I guess I'm still like, Missouri, you still got to show me.

[Lowe's Representative]

Speaking of being honest, Shannon, did you see Johnny Broom of Auburn's vertical leap at the NBA combine?

[Discover Representative]

Yes. Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

So Auburn's Johnny Broom, he jumped in the vertical leap 24.5 inches.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

Which is one of the lowest totals ever recorded at the NBA combine.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

In fact, at the NFL combine, Florida had a defensive lineman that weighed 457 pounds and he jumped 25 inches. So he jumped a half an inch higher than Johnny Broom at 457 pounds. And if you watch the video, it's kind of sad because Johnny Broom is really trying.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah, he is.

[Lowe's Representative]

Like, he does that thing where he keeps going up and he's like, all right, here we go.

[Shannon the Dude]

Get the momentum going.

[Lowe's Representative]

Come, Shannon, I'm about to hit big time heights. Here we go. And then he's like.

[Discover Representative]

Is that the noise that he made?

[Lowe's Representative]

And then apparently like somebody, one of the draft people or somebody online goes, learn to speak Chinese, man. Which is like really mean, meaning he's not going to be playing in America. You know, Johnny Broom was never a great athlete, but that was surprisingly terrible.

[Shannon the Dude]

I was very surprised. Dude was in the competition to win national player of the year with Cooper Flag. You know, it was going to be one of those two guys. And for him to have one of the lowest recorded vertical jumps ever, I thought he was more of an athlete, really did. Maybe that's why he didn't get recruited highly out of high school. You know, he went to Morehead State.

[Lowe's Representative]

What do you do, Shannon, if a 457 pound football player jumps higher than you in a vertical leap?

[Discover Representative]

Do you just quit, move to China, start playing there, say, that's it, I'm done. And he barely got over a piece of paper at that height.

[Lowe's Representative]

Dude, he was so good in college too. And in some ways, I mean, I wonder, like, you know, Jokic, what do you think his vertical leap is? It's probably 24 points.

[Shannon the Dude]

Probably not much more than Broom.

[Lowe's Representative]

I mean, it's probably not a lot.

[Discover Representative]

And it worked out pretty well for him.

[Lowe's Representative]

It worked out well for him.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

But it is kind of a, I think what makes the video so sad is how hard he's trying.

[Shannon the Dude]

He's really trying.

[Lowe's Representative]

He's swinging those really, he's swinging those arms and he really trying and it's just not happening for him.

[Shannon the Dude]

I, I, I wondered if, you know, he got hurt during the year maybe he was injured, maybe he's hurt. But that seems like kind of crazy. That's all the higher he got.

[Lowe's Representative]

And he got 24.5 on the first one, the one you see on video. He didn't even get that. Oh, he wasn't even able to get what he had gotten the first.

[Discover Representative]

So how much of that do you weigh into? You know, he's still a great player, but he can't jump. So do we take a chance on him or not? Like, you know.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah, I don't know. I mean, he's. I. It's going to hurt him. Yeah, I mean, it's going to hurt him because like, you know, I mean, if you're going to play like. Remember Jokic, Wasn't Yokage a second round pick? I think he was.

[Discover Representative]

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[Lowe's Representative]

I mean, I think Jokic was a second round pick. And as good as he is, I don't think people thought he was going to be good. He was a second round pick.

[Shannon the Dude]

They put so much emphasis on things like that. Like, you know, in football, how many times you can bench press, you know, 225 pounds. And now down to the vertical jump. In basketball, he puts so much emphasis on that rather than just being the player that he is.

[Discover Representative]

He was the 41st pick.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah. So Yokos is a 41st pick. Now obviously they got that wrong, but a lot of people say, well, why do you put so much emphasis on that? If you go and look at the second round picks, for every Yokich, there's 25 guys that don't make the leap. Right. So you might get one yoke. It's wrong, but then there's a lot of guys that stink.

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, would you draft him just based on that? Would you?

[Lowe's Representative]

I would not draft him, but I would put him on a G League team or something and see what can happen. Because you're right, his skill set is not athleticism. Them. But I do wonder that slow shot and he's not that tall. I don't know if that'll work in the NBA.

[Shannon the Dude]

What's he projected? Is he projected?

[Lowe's Representative]

I don't think he's projected to get drafted.

[Shannon the Dude]

He's not. Wow.

[Lowe's Representative]

Maybe second round, but I don't think so. Who's next?

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Bruce.

[Lowe's Representative]

Bruce. Go ahead, Bruce. Got a piece of news and then a question for the KSR Supreme Court.

[Shannon the Dude]

Your honor, court is open.

[Lowe's Representative]

The piece of news is yesterday, the Rainey brothers from Union county, the wrestler Jordan and Jaden, they committed to wrestle at Oklahoma State. They were the Highest ranked recruits that hadn't committed yet. And so congrats to Jordan and Jaden. Probably go down there. The. Yes. Probably the best wrestlers ever in Kentucky history. Yeah. Committed to Oklahoma State yesterday. Congrats to them. And what's your, what's your question? What is the number of years removed or the age for both men and women that it's creepy if they go.

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To a high school prom?

[Lowe's Representative]

What's the oldest age you can go to a high school prom and it not be creepy? Yeah. You see prom photos all the time on social media. You're just like, man, this dude is way too old. This woman's way too old to be going. You know what I mean? It's tough with high school because it's also those, a lot of those people that's 17 year old. So like, I don't know. I appreciate the call. It's. It's not very high, I would say.

[Shannon the Dude]

I wouldn't. I agree with you. I wouldn't go over 20. Because you figure if he's a 20 year old, maybe two years ago, he's a senior, his date may have been a sophomore. I can see that happening.

[Discover Representative]

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[Lowe's Representative]

It's too old.

[Shannon the Dude]

Point. Yeah, good point.

[Lowe's Representative]

You know, when I was in Middlesborough, I don't know about you all in small towns, but there was a parking lot where everybody hung out. Did you grow up in a small town? Was there a parking lot where everybody hung out? Ours was the Roses parking lot and the Roses parking lot. Everybody would drive around and. And there was a time when you were a senior in high school, you'd see the people that were too old to be in the Rose parking lot.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

You know what I mean? It's like you need to move on with your life. Rose's parking lot. That time of your life is over. And I would say 20 was about the age.

[Shannon the Dude]

So would you go to Rose's parking lot? You couldn't get out of the library. You spent a lot of time in the library on the beanbag chair.

[Lowe's Representative]

Nine o' clock on a Friday night. I wasn't in the library.

[Shannon the Dude]

Wouldn't be shocked.

[Lowe's Representative]

No. See, you've taken this library story wrong. When I was a senior in high school, there were a couple classes that my teachers felt like, you know, there wasn't anything left to teach me. So they would send me to the library to the beanbag chair to read, like novels and I would have to write stuff they were trying to keep me like challenged, challenged. It wasn't because I just was such a dork that I always had to be in the library. It was that they kind of middlesbrough ran out of classes for me. So they sent me and I would read like Gabrielle Garcia Marquez books which they couldn't sign to the regular school because they were kind of risque and they didn't want parents to get mad. But they knew that my parents would be okay.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. How often did you go to the Middlesboro City library then?

[Lowe's Representative]

Not a lot. Not a lot. I've had a social life. Thank you. You act like I'm just talk about Stockton Mortgage.

[Shannon the Dude]

Stockton Mortgage. You know we'd mentioned on my little funko bottle pop here Funko Pop doll. I got a Stockton Mortgage shirt on. That's because I'm proud to represent Stockton Mortgage. They're the number one lender in Kentucky. They're all over Kentucky. They're growing. They're even outside of Kentucky. Kentucky. So if it's coming up you're thinking about maybe making a move, maybe adding on to your house, maybe building a new house. Give Stockton mortgage a call. NMLS8259 equal housing lender. They'll be glad to help you.

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The rain has stopped outside and so now the day. The track will probably be going on here in a little bit and you can come out KS Bar and Grill. Remember all weekend long take a picture of yourself here with the menu.

[Shannon the Dude]

You said you got to take it with the menu.

[Lowe's Representative]

I mean I'd like you to have something to show it's now but I'm not going to be okay, you know. But you do have to have like yourself in it. You can't just like take a picture of food. I got to know what you because if you take a picture of yourself, at least know you're not just stealing somebody else's picture. You're doing it right now. I will know this is real because I'm in the picture.

[Shannon the Dude]

There you go.

[Lowe's Representative]

And so so I will know that that actually is a qualifying picture. We will take a break and send it to the text machine and we'll you have a chance to win UK tickets. We'll be right back. So.

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[Shannon the Dude]

Welcome back.

[Lowe's Representative]

Final segment here Kentucky Sports Radio KS Bar & Grill 859-280-2287 text machine 7. 727. 7 4, 5. 2254. People asking me a bit about the Preakness trifecta. Pick the Preakness. I think there's only, what, eight horses in it.

[Shannon the Dude]

Eight or nine.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah. My trifecta stuff doesn't work unless you get at least 12 to 14. It's just not enough for the payment to be worth what. So I. I mean, I'll. I'll bet on the Preakness, but it won't be. It's not the same payoff. You need a bunch. That's why the Breeders cup and the Derby are really the only ones that work, because it's the only races nowadays that have the amount of horses that. That. That. That you need.

[Shannon the Dude]

I want to bring this up to you. You know, with all this debate about moving the day to the Preakness in the Belmont, we talked about how the Belmont's name is at Belmont Park. This year. It's a different.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah.

[Shannon the Dude]

Next year, the Preakness is not even at Pimlico. They've moved. They're moving in next year to work on.

[Lowe's Representative]

Is it at Laurel or whatever.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yes, that's it.

[Lowe's Representative]

So next year, both the Preakness and the Belmont are at different tracks. I don't know if Saratoga is two years.

[Shannon the Dude]

Okay. Yeah. So they won't move the date yet. They'll move the whole race.

[Lowe's Representative]

That's amazing. I didn't realize the Preakness was moving, too. Pimlico needs it, though. Pimlico needs to be redone. It's. It's junky. It's disgusting, actually.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

Anybody. Have y' all ever been to the Preakness? It's disgusting. Like, it needs to be one guy.

[Shannon the Dude]

Described as the trailer park of horse racing.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah, it's just. It's just junkie like you. You. You. If I were to list for you the 10 best horse tracks in America, Pimlico might not be in the top 20. Like, it's. It's.

[Shannon the Dude]

So they're going to move it to. What'd you say? Laurel.

[Lowe's Representative]

Laurel's nicer now. They probably should have it there anyway, but they. But they don't. One person writes. Matt, you mentioned you read Gabrielle Garcia Marquez. I want to know, has Ryan ever read Gabrielle Garcia Marquez? Do you even know who that is? It's not a shortstop for the Guardians.

[Shannon the Dude]

She was married to Tom Brady.

[Lowe's Representative]

That was Giselle.

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, I tried out in Gabrielle. I have. I've never heard that. Author.

[Lowe's Representative]

Love in the Time of Cholera.

[Shannon the Dude]

No.

[Lowe's Representative]

Hundred Years of Solitude.

[Shannon the Dude]

No.

[Lowe's Representative]

Okay.

[Shannon the Dude]

She wrote those books.

[Lowe's Representative]

No, those are just words I wanted to say Shannon, that I. I thought would be nice.

[Discover Representative]

I'm with Ryan. I've never heard of her.

[Lowe's Representative]

Actually, it's a he.

[Shannon the Dude]

Gabriella is a he.

[Lowe's Representative]

Gabrielle.

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, Gabrielle.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah, sorry. The Canes made this Easter conference finals last night, which was fun. I'm wearing a cane.

[Shannon the Dude]

You are? Yeah.

[Lowe's Representative]

I pumped my fist. I'm getting to the point that the Canes are like, they're not going to be Kentucky, but they're probably second for me in terms of getting into. I know all the players I like. I've really gotten into it this year. I've always liked them, but I've really gotten into it this year.

[Shannon the Dude]

So I know you're going to try to go up and win an extra game. Will you go now in the next round of the championship series?

[Lowe's Representative]

I think I will. I'll go to one of them if they. They'll either play Florida, which is in Miami, or Toronto. I was saying, you know, I'll go if it's in Miami, but Toronto might be closer.

[Shannon the Dude]

Toronto's a lot closer.

[Lowe's Representative]

You think Shannon is closer? Miami or Toronto?

[Discover Representative]

Toronto.

[Shannon the Dude]

Six hours.

[Discover Representative]

Yeah, I would say Toronto.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah, Toronto is Toronto. Ontario is.

[Discover Representative]

I'll look at Miami while you're looking that up.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah, Toronto is. It looks like it's only. It's 574 miles. You think Miami's farther than that?

[Discover Representative]

Oh, yeah, Miami.

[Shannon the Dude]

Like 16 hours.

[Discover Representative]

Yeah, 16 hours. It doesn't say. Let me see, what's the mileage on it?

[Lowe's Representative]

Driving to Toronto is only eight and a half hours.

[Shannon the Dude]

I thought it was shorter than that.

[Discover Representative]

1093. Oh, so it's double to Miami.

[Lowe's Representative]

You would never think dou double the miles from Lexington to Miami as it is Toronto.

[Shannon the Dude]

So if they play Toronto, will you try to go there?

[Lowe's Representative]

I think it'd be hard to get a ticket there because if they're playing, they lose their minds about it, so. Yeah. But I might go up there for the atmosphere or something like that. That might be fun.

[Shannon the Dude]

You know, Toronto has the only nickname that's grammatically incorrect in all the professional sports.

[Lowe's Representative]

What do you mean?

[Shannon the Dude]

The Maple Leafs.

[Lowe's Representative]

Oh, because it's leaves.

[Shannon the Dude]

Uh huh. They're the Maple Leafs, not the leaves.

[Lowe's Representative]

What an interesting trivia question, huh? How did you know that?

[Shannon the Dude]

I don't know. Maybe I learned it when I was reading in the library. Read Gabrielle Martinez Fernandez in the library.

[Lowe's Representative]

Gabriel Martinez Fernandez?

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. Was that her name?

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah, he was. He was good. All right, who's next?

[Discover Representative]

He caught it a her again. Mike from Vegas.

[Lowe's Representative]

Mike Go ahead, Mike. Second time, long time. How you doing, guys? Love your show. Thank you. Couple of things. Couple of things. Can I be your caddy at your next event? And I have a possible tattoo option for Ryan if you guys choose to do the. The record thing with Kentucky this year. Okay. Based on Avery's kindergarten call earlier, the tattoo should just be stupid. No, I would. I wouldn't do that to you, Ryan. I appreciate the call. I would not. Okay, okay, okay. One more thing. I can't say that word. We can't say a word. And you did. I understand. So. So I gotta give. Appreciate the call. We only. You get two things. That's through. You don't get three. You get two.

[Shannon the Dude]

You can cut people off today. We're past that.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah, you could. Should have done it yesterday. I would have let you do all three things. Who's next?

[Discover Representative]

Judy.

[Lowe's Representative]

Judy. Go ahead.

[Shannon the Dude]

Judy.

[Lowe's Representative]

Judy. Judy. Judy.

[Matt Jones]

Hey.

[Lowe's Representative]

I don't know.

[Discover Representative]

I was.

[Lowe's Representative]

I look at Facebook right before I go to bed. Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Last night they had a thing.

[Lowe's Representative]

Otega.

[Matt Jones]

And it said that he's demanding to get more money.

[Lowe's Representative]

Don't. Let me tell you something, Judy. Don't believe Facebook. That's my advice to you about everything. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I got on there.

[Lowe's Representative]

I mean, all these people were bad about.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, wait.

[Lowe's Representative]

And I got on there and I.

[Matt Jones]

Said, oh, that's crap.

[Lowe's Representative]

Yeah. Is not demanding anything. I didn't see that. But, Ortega, here's what I can tell you about Otega. If he decides not to go in the draft, the deal he has with Kentucky is done. Okay. So he's either going to stay in the draft or he's going to go. But Otega and UK already have a. If he doesn't go in the draft. What? His deal is to come back. That's why Pope feels confident in his press conference talking about him being here, because they already know what. What it will be if he comes back. Yeah. It just.

[Matt Jones]

It just pissed me off.

[Lowe's Representative]

Thank you. You can't. You can't. You can't believe Facebook. You can't believe Facebook.

[Shannon the Dude]

No, you can believe it's on the Internet, but not on Facebook.

[Lowe's Representative]

DraftKings. Pick of the night. Go to DraftKings. Bet five. Win $300. Tell me, Nick. Celtics, big game. Game six. Knicks are up three, two. But if they lose, then they'll have to go to Boston for game seven. No.

[Shannon the Dude]

Tatum, what you got in the Garden Friday night? Nick's magic is back. Knicks win tonight without Tatum.

[Lowe's Representative]

If I could be anywhere tonight, I'd love to be at that game. Yeah, I mean I think that's gonna be one of the really great 1200 bucks for the back row.

[Shannon the Dude]

Would you pay that?

[Lowe's Representative]

No, but I'd love to be in there sitting next to Kylie Jenner and Timothy Chamolay or whatever. And Shamalay. Same thing. I think it would be awesome to be in there there. But yeah, it's gonna be in a crazy atmosphere tonight.

[Shannon the Dude]

I and I hope it's gonna be.

[Lowe's Representative]

The end of let's go. Jalen and Cat stop overpaying for sunglasses. Shady Rays Independent American owned company right here in Kentucky. Running, fishing, biking, golfing. Premium polarized shades. I wore them yesterday. They help protect your eyes and also keep the sun out. Grab a pair in Lexington or Louisville location or go to shadyrays.com thank you all very much for coming out. Good to see you. Rachel as well. All weekend. Take your picture here and send it to me. Somebody will win UK Purdue tickets. Enjoy your weekend too, sir.

[Shannon the Dude]

You too, brother.

[Lowe's Representative]

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