2025-06-03- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR – Hour 1 (June 3, 2025)

Podcast Information:

• Title: KSR
• Host/Author: iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)
• Description: Matt Jones and the KSR crew bring you the latest in UK news and views Mon.-Fri. from 10 to noon.
• Episode: 2025-06-03- KSR - Hour 1
• Release Date: June 3, 2025

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1. Technical Difficulties and Crew Coordination [00:00 – 05:20]

The episode begins with host Matt Jones addressing unforeseen technical issues that disrupted the usual four-person setup of the show. Shannon, the co-host, explains that Ryan and Drew, intended remote participants from Lexington, were unable to properly set up their studio equipment.

• Shannon: "They are in a studio and they don't know how to set up a studio." [02:25]
• Matt Jones: "We have to deal with this show. I just want to be clear, like I. You." [02:52]

The crew humorously navigates the situation, highlighting Shannon's logistical strengths contrasted with Ryan and Drew's inexperience with studio setups.

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2. Celebrating Murray State Baseball Victory [05:20 – 11:55]

Despite the rocky start, Matt shifts the focus to a positive highlight: the recent victory of the Murray State baseball team. Matt shares his enthusiasm for college baseball, emphasizing the unpredictability and excitement of the NCAA tournament.

• Matt Jones: "Ryan and Murray State last night culminated with what was probably the most college baseball I've ever watched in a four-day period." [05:48]

Ryan Lemon echoes these sentiments, appreciating the energy of the games and the engaging crowd dynamics.

• Ryan Lemon: "The crowds what make these college games what they are." [07:52]

Drew expresses his growing fandom for the Racers, citing personal connections and player performance as factors enhancing his support.

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3. Attempting to Interview Murray State's Coach [11:55 – 20:50]

The hosts discuss the possibility of inviting Murray State's baseball coach, Dan Skerka, to the show. Despite initial setbacks and logistical challenges, they remain optimistic about securing an interview.

• Matt Jones: "We are going to have a contest starting next week where anyone can get the Murray State baseball coach on the show." [10:25]
• Ryan Lemon: "I can get him." [10:26]

However, Skerka expresses a preference to avoid interviews during transit, prompting the hosts to consider alternative arrangements.

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4. KS Bar's Temporary Closure for Renovations [20:50 – 24:52]

Matt announces that KS Bar, the usual venue for their shows, will undergo a two-month renovation period in June and July. This strategic decision aligns with historical low-traffic months and aims to enhance the restaurant’s facilities and menu.

• Matt Jones: "We are taking a two-month break of June and July to do some renovations and updates with the restaurant." [21:38]

The crew outlines plans to continue shows at different locations during the closure and introduces a summer contest for listeners to host the show from their homes.

• Drew: "I'm all about it. I want to go into someone's home." [22:37]

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5. Discussion on UK Football Season Tickets [41:17 – 44:53]

The conversation shifts to concerns about Kentucky (UK) football season ticket sales. Matt notes a lack of announced numbers and expresses skepticism about the current sales trajectory.

• Matt Jones: "I've heard absolutely nothing about any of those games even be sold out." [41:23]

Ryan responds with cautious optimism, hoping that excitement will build as the season approaches.

• Ryan Lemon: "I just kind of hope that as the season gets closer, they'll kind of get back on board." [44:53]

Drew adds that while there was a reported decline, it wasn't as steep as expected but still poses financial challenges.

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6. Listener Calls and Announcements [34:00 – 40:50]

The hosts engage with listeners, including a call from Bubba discussing sports memorabilia and participating in the upcoming home-show contest. Interactive segments like these bolster community involvement.

• Matt Jones: "We'll have a contest, Bubba. Just enter the contest and we'll do it." [34:03]
• Listener: "One person writes, Matt, I hope Bob in Jamestown wins the contest." [35:12]

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7. Magnus Carlsen's Unexpected Loss in Chess [36:00 – 39:53]

A segment delves into the world of chess, highlighting World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen’s surprising defeat by an 18-year-old. The hosts analyze Carlsen's reaction and the implications for his reputation.

• Matt Jones: "Magnus Carlson, the number one chess player in the world. He lost to like an 18-year-old." [36:00]
• Drew: "Sore loser. I mean, let's be honest." [36:28]

Shannon humorously suggests that engaging with professional chess players requires social skills that might be lacking due to the solitary nature of the game.

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8. Road Trip Snack Suggestions [46:00 – 46:48]

In a lighter moment towards the end, the hosts discuss favorite snacks for road trips, sharing personal preferences and nostalgic connections to specific treats.

• Matt Jones: "What are your favorite road trip snacks?" [46:00]
• Ryan Lemon: "Dots. So good." [46:35]
• Shannon: "How about some mingy beef jerky?" [46:43]

This segment adds a relatable and humorous touch to the episode, engaging listeners with everyday topics.

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Notable Quotes:

• Matt Jones: "If you're burned down on your high-interest loan, get up to 2% off your current rate and make no payments for 90 days when you refinance." [18:08]
• Shannon: "You are stuck in the past. Discover is accepted at 99% of places that take credit cards nationwide." [00:00]
• Drew: "I'm still learning as a new Racers fan. But their cleanup batter comes up and they say from Madisonville North Hopkins, Jonathan Hogart." [11:55]
• Ryan Lemon: "The crowds what make these college games what they are." [07:52]

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Conclusion:

Despite initial technical hiccups, the KSR crew delivers a dynamic and engaging episode filled with sports insights, listener interactions, and informative discussions. From celebrating athletic victories to addressing operational changes at KS Bar, the hosts maintain a lively and relatable dialogue, ensuring listeners are both entertained and informed.

Transcript

[Shannon]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Tuesday, June 3rd. I am Matt Jones here. It is a lovely day and you can give us a shot on the Clark's Puppet shop phone line 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254 and this dish is sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office called TJ will make them pay. Normally this is where I would say there are four people here on the show. But Shannon, we are all kind of in different places. And just a minute ago before you started you said Ryan and Drew are not set up. What does that mean?

[Shannon]

That means they are in a studio and they don't know how to set up a studio. And you know normally when we're at KS Bar they know how to set up that Comrex piece of equipment that we do the remotes on, but they don't know how to set up an actual board in a studio. They're in Lexington.

[Matt Jones]

Why did they go there and do it if they don't know how to set it up?

[Shannon]

That's a good, good question. I think it's a valid question. I don't know. It's a.

[Matt Jones]

See, this is Shannon. What we have to deal with on this show. I just want to be clear, like I. You. This is one thing I appreciate about you. You think about the logistics. I think that's a thing about you that I have always really admired, is that you understand and think about logistics.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I love those guys, but they don't ever think about the logistics. So they came into the studio. They know Billy's on vacation this week.

[Shannon]

Week.

[Matt Jones]

Right.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So Billy's on vacation, and he's the one that always sets it up. They didn't think about that, did they?

[Shannon]

I hear some heavy breathing on one of the lines. Are you guys there now?

[Matt Jones]

We.

[Ryan Lemon]

We've been here the whole time. We've been ready. We heard you guys ripping us from the.

[Drew]

This is. I feel attacked.

[Shannon]

You were not ready.

[Ryan Lemon]

We were ready. I heard the opening of the show.

[Shannon]

Back to Shannon.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, this is on you.

[Shannon]

You. I don't owe anybody an apology. We were trying to get set up. We were on the air, and I was like, go to the access, too. And nobody was there. Gus was. You can ask us.

[Drew]

All right, Ryan, we don't need access to.

[Shannon]

It's either or.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon. Which one is it?

[Shannon]

I'm not taking.

[Ryan Lemon]

We got connected during the opening jingle.

[Shannon]

Connected Then when I told Matt, you weren't connected.

[Matt Jones]

So to be fair, you weren't ready when the show started. You were ready during the jingle.

[Drew]

What we've learned is what Billy means to this company because no one in this building knows how to run the board.

[Ryan Lemon]

Low key. How important Billy is to what we know.

[Shannon]

It's Gus who had to save it. Gus saved this whole show today.

[Matt Jones]

Can I just say something, Shannon?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

They're just now learning that the person that connects them every time might be on vacation.

[Shannon]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

And that might have been something they should have considered when they came in today.

[Shannon]

Come here, guys. Who's to blame? It's not me.

[Matt Jones]

Is it. Is it. Is it Shannon's fault? Or is it. Is it Ryan's fault? He probably could have called me a little earlier. Yeah. Okay.

[Shannon]

There we go.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Billy's fault.

[Drew]

We didn't even know Billy was going on vacation.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Gets called to the principal's office. You probably could have called him. Just a little bit earlier.

[Ryan Lemon]

I didn't set up exactly. There was a button. The best guess. There's a button in there. Still not.

[Matt Jones]

Did you hear gas? Shannon, did you hear gas?

[Ryan Lemon]

We don't know what we're doing. We never had to do this before.

[Matt Jones]

Exactly.

[Shannon]

You co hosted the pre show with me yesterday.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's why we brought in the Comrex here. Just for this reason. Good planning on me and Drew's part.

[Drew]

It's all Billy's.

[Shannon]

Whose suggestion was that, by the way? Bringing the Comrex as a backup.

[Ryan Lemon]

That might have been me. That might have been.

[Shannon]

Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

There we go. All right, we'll stop here. We'll stop here.

[Shannon]

I'm gonna keep going.

[Matt Jones]

Word has been laid down by Gus whose fault it was. One point for Ryan Lemon. What? Negative one point.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

Really? What is this?

[Matt Jones]

I want to thank the Murray State baseball team for. For an awesome evening. So yesterday, I think because I was a little bummed that Kentucky had blown their game, I just decided I'm going to be all in on Murray State today. I put. I pulled out my Murray state jaw one shoes. Yeah. Or jaw. Yes. Jaw one shoes. You know what I did, Drew? I walked 13 miles yesterday. 13 miles. Think about that. 13 miles. Because just I was walking around and had stuff to do, and I thought, if I'm going to do all this stuff, I'll do it via walking around 13 miles in my jaw one shoes. Came home, watched Murray State. They did get up 12 to three with three innings left. And then in the eighth inning, it was 12 to 11. And I thought I was looking at the Kentucky thing again, but they hung on and won. And I have to say to you, not just because of Murray State, although Murray State's going to get the credit for it today. I think I'm kind of in Ryan on college baseball. At least the college baseball tournament. The college baseball tournament to me is like perfect excitement. You have powerhouse teams, but they can lose to random programs. It's exciting. It's double elimination. So it feels like a fluke. Doesn't get you out. The crowds are into it, are great stories. By the time you get to the end of the four days of tournament, basically, they're pitching dudes who haven't even played all year, most of whom look scared to death at the end of the games. I love it. Ryan and Murray State last night culminated with what was probably the most college baseball I've ever watched in a four day period. And them winning and getting to go to the super regionals. They now play Duke, a team we all can collectively hate. I had a wonderful time watching it last night.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, we should all be all in on in Murray State. And you're right, they're just good enough. They can hit a big home run, get a big hit, but yet there's still errors, there's still wild pitches, there's still crazy pickoff attempts and stuff that happened. But it's the crowd. You said it, man. The crowds what make these, these college games what they are. So, you know, I, I originally committed to be a Murray State racer, so I kind of feel like I'm part of the Murray State.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Shannon, tell him to hang on. Just. He doesn't get to act like he plays.

[Shannon]

He's trying to claim Murray State.

[Matt Jones]

Claim this. They, they are the reason I'm into this. And that game last night was a perfect example in any other form of sports. Drew, when it's 12 to 3 going in the seventh inning, you just turn on and move on with your life. But in college baseball you can't because at the end of the series they're pitching a guy who probably pitched at Rock Castle county last year, right? And he gets in there and anything can happen. They can score eight runs in a heartbeat. The Ole Miss guys all look like they just came from the Sigma new house. And they're, they're, they're sad, they're crying at the end of the game. And it's, it's just a, it was just great emotion. My jaw. One Murray State shoes felt happiness after it was over. And now, Drew, I think we need to accomplish something today and I want to see if our audience can do it. I would like to get the Murray State coach on the show today. Would, I think it would be, that would be a cool thing to do. Drew, do you think we can do that?

[Drew]

Yeah, I'm sure they're just traveling back today, probably by bus. Probably just sitting there doing a bunch of nothing.

[Matt Jones]

They're probably on a bus. They're probably in like Jackson, Tennessee right now, right? Wouldn't that be where they are?

[Drew]

Yeah, I would think he would do have plenty of time to call in. In fact, I expect we can get this done.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so this Shannon is what we want to do if you and I don't mean you. Shannon.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Anyone can get the Murray State baseball coach. First of all, what's his name? Ryan, you almost committed there. What's his name?

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, Johnny Reagan was the coach when I was there. He's long, long to Johnny Reagan.

[Matt Jones]

Do you know what. Do you know what the current coach's name is?

[Ryan Lemon]

I do not. I'm looking it up.

[Drew]

The Internet tells me Dan Skerka.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. Dan Skerka. That's right. Because I. Yes. Okay. He had that little kid running around the the field yesterday. His kid. And he had a skirk of jersey on Dan Skerka. If anyone out there and I know someone listening, I can find a way to have this happen. You can get it.

[Ryan Lemon]

I can get him.

[Drew]

How's already working the phones over here.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I will forgive you for being 45 minutes late to the show today. If you can get Dan Skirt. How can you get Dan Skerka?

[Ryan Lemon]

I know two guys that do like the Murray State play by play and the podcast.

[Matt Jones]

Of course.

[Ryan Lemon]

He does Murray State sports.

[Shannon]

Yep. He's an encyclopedia of connections.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. The compliment I gave you about always being ready. Ryan's compliment. He knows everybody knows the guy that does the Murray State play by play. You know the guy that does the baseball.

[Ryan Lemon]

Jeff Bidwell, former Paducah sports anchor. And then Dave Winder is a former Kentucky. Wesley. Wesley Murray State player who's now in like their administrative offices. I can get. I can get one of those guys if I track him down.

[Matt Jones]

All right, look at this guy. That's a good way for him to win me back.

[Shannon]

That's right. When you over in 10 minutes.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. He can win me back in 10 minutes. He can always suck me back in. If Ryan. If Ryan can't do it, hopefully someone from the audience can. Drew, I know you watched a ton of this this weekend. Are you with me on the how the college baseball how. It's kind of really exciting this time of year.

[Drew]

Yeah. And I'm. I'm like you. I'm all in on the Racers last night. You know, I'll be honest, I don't know the roster from top to bottom. I'm still learning as a new Racers fan. But their cleanup batter comes up and they say from Madisonville North Hopkins, Jonathan Hogart. So I didn't even know I have a fellow maroon on. So that just makes me like them even more. Will be followed them at the next stage.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, when you get to the NCAA tournament in basketball yes. You get like a Jack Golke and those kind of guys and they're interesting stories. I know it was against us. You do get that. But there are not like a ton of those guys. Part of the reason we remember their names is because you might have one every two or three years. But Shannon, you played college baseball, right? I mean, it's clear, first of all, their rosters seem to never end and they have, they have 45 pitchers and they'll come in because of the format of that series. They'll come in having only pitched like three games all season. And then they'll be in, in the eighth inning in the most important game of the year. And you can literally see them trembling.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And then you get this moment where they take a guy who's going to be drafted in the major league draft like in two weeks and they strike them out. Murray State had a picture where the, where the announcer literally was like, he basically said he can't throw anything, but he's hoping right now. That's basically what he said. Drew, you saw it. He was like, basically like he can't, but he's hoping. And then he got him out. And I was rooting for that kid so much. Shannon, I think it's like probably what people older than us say college sports used to be like. I feel like you see it, right?

[Shannon]

Yeah. You've gotten some really cool moments in the tournament so far. And you're right, you know, you got to go deep into your bullpen and you got guys that haven't thrown much all season and all of a sudden now they're put into a pressure packed point of the game where they've got to go in and get somebody out. And it's a, it's a tough situation for somebody like that on the bench all year.

[Matt Jones]

So I know we have a lot of listeners who have connections to Murray State. Maybe you went there, maybe you, you know, somebody from your town has gone and played there. I don't think, you know, there are some Western fans drew that for whatever reason have a chip on their shoulder and won't root for Kentucky. I've never really understood that, but I feel like Murray State and Kentucky fans, there's no animosity there. Would you agree?

[Drew]

No, not at all. I'd say there's a lot of crossover fans in Western Kentucky that like both and never really have any head to head rivalries with them at any point. No losses. We remember. So why not root for him?

[Matt Jones]

Have we, have we ever lost to them? Ryan in basketball have we ever lost to Murray State?

[Ryan Lemon]

No. That's the big debate. We won't play them because they want to do a home and. Home, Remember, Murray State wants to do a home.

[Matt Jones]

No, but I mean, have we. Have we. We have played them at some point, I'm sure, haven't we? At some point.

[Ryan Lemon]

Man, I can't remember maybe before my time. They played. They play him in football a couple times at Kroger Field.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

They didn't play him in baseball.

[Matt Jones]

Have we ever played them in basketball?

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't remember ever playing Murray in basketball.

[Matt Jones]

You know, I don't. It feels like we had. We would have had to have played at some point, but I don't know that we have that. I mean, obviously we could look this up, but it's much better, Shannon, just to guess like this randomly.

[Shannon]

Right?

[Matt Jones]

I have. No. We were supposed to play him in the tournament and we lost to St. Peter's right, right.

[Ryan Lemon]

And then they. St. Peter's beat Murray the next game. But I don't think we've played Marion basketball, at least in the modern era.

[Matt Jones]

I don't. I can't remember it. So all the more reason. We don't have any reason to have any animosity towards football game was just last season. Yeah, it's still. Yeah, we played them a couple times in football. I think Max coached at Murray State, obviously for a year as I went.

[Drew]

To the Spanish or the foreign language festival there.

[Matt Jones]

That's also very important to the connection between the two schools.

[Ryan Lemon]

I. I have the SIDS phone number. I'm getting ready to call during the commercial break.

[Matt Jones]

All right, you take care of that. I'd like to talk to Dan Skerka, but I do want to thank Murray State baseball for bringing me back some, you know, some good post NCAA tournament joy with their win down in the regional last week. And you know, we're gonna. We're gonna pull them through against Duke this weekend. 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-774-5254. Gus already called Ryan out, but he's gonna make it up by getting the skirka. This is ksr.

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[Ryan Lemon]

That's very true. It kind of was.

[Matt Jones]

That is. That is kind of true. You said you have definitive proof of something, Shannon.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah. I've got the receipts. I've got the text messages that are time stamped on when I got.

[Matt Jones]

What's the time stamp?

[Shannon]

Okay. 1004. We're good. I don't know what that means. 1005 on two. Okay, so now I know where I can find you. And that's when I switched over to 2.

[Matt Jones]

2. And the show starts at what time?

[Shannon]

1103.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Drew can verify. When we put our headsets on, we were connected and could hear the jingle. So I texted Shannon, hey, we're good.

[Shannon]

The jingle, it's. It's Werewolves alone. It's a song.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. When the jingle starts, that's when you're.

[Ryan Lemon]

Because we were in the other studio trying to set it up.

[Matt Jones]

Right. Right. Shannon.

[Ryan Lemon]

Shannon didn't know how to do it. He didn't know what to tell me to do.

[Matt Jones]

It's true.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Drew]

No help.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Let me do everything.

[Matt Jones]

You're responsible, but okay. Did we get the Murray State coach?

[Ryan Lemon]

I've made contact to the Sid. The coach. They're in. En route back. They're trying to say that tomorrow morning would be better, but I'm not doing tomorrow morning.

[Matt Jones]

I know they're in route back. This is a chance to get the entire Kentucky fan base on board. I would love to have him. We got other things to do tomorrow. This is a. If they don't want to do it, that's totally fine, but I don't. I mean, I know it's short notice, but this would be the chance, Sid. I mean, Murray State, there's a huge Kentucky fan base that would love to root for you. Your coach is very, very likable. I've heard the interview after he beat Ole Miss the first time and last night, this would be. Wouldn't you agree, Ryan? A good to. A good time to do it?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. You got to kind of strike while the iron's hot.

[Matt Jones]

You got to strike while it's hot. I'm excited about it right now, Shannon. Tomorrow we might. There might be a story about zipper merging and we move on.

[Shannon]

That's right. Yeah. I mean, right now is a great opportunity.

[Matt Jones]

Right now is A great time.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. So I'm sure tomorrow morning would be better but we have other things do tomorrow morning so hopefully just let us know if you think if you can. I. I totally understand. A little update. I. We made this announcement yesterday. So we are taking at KS Bar basically a two month break of June and July to, to do some renovations and to do some updates with the, with the restaurant. Just historically, you know, if you just look at the bar, here's the way the sports bar in Lexington works. At least an independently owned one like, like ourselves, June and July are slowest months in general. You go back to when we opened in 2018. It's always been like that. But also we just have decided we need to do some updates to the, to the place in general. We need to make it, you know, we need to renovate some stuff, especially in the back in the kitchen because we have a small kitchen and that can get crowded on big game days. We also need to do some menu changes, etc. So we're going to use this June and July to do sort of a refresher update. We'll open back in August, you know, hopefully a couple weeks, if not earlier, before this football season. So I want to thank all of you that wrote support yesterday and we're looking forward to being back open. But because of that, in June and July we're going to do some shows different places because we always usually do them at the bar. So one of the things we're going to do is we're going to have a contest starting next week where Ryan, we can. We will do the show at someone in Kentucky's house over the course of the summer. Now do you like that idea?

[Ryan Lemon]

On, on the outset, yes.

[Matt Jones]

Now I need more excitement about this idea. No, Drew, no. Before we start, I'm all in on.

[Drew]

Going to a random person's house. I expect you were part of our.

[Matt Jones]

Initial conversation about this. On the, on the, on the other show we're gonna do a. You can bring us to your house for a morning show. I'll explain how next week. But Drew, it will be a chance for us to go somewhere different over the course of the summer.

[Drew]

I'm all about it. I want to go into someone's home. I want to kick my shoes off, put my feet up on their couch. I want to drink their coffee, eat their bagels and just basically live in someone's residence for two hours while we do the show. I think that'd be fun to go to a stranger's house.

[Matt Jones]

WCW NITRO did this once. They had a contest, bring nitro to your house.

[Shannon]

Yeah. And WWF had a thing called in your house, which is what we're going to be doing basically.

[Matt Jones]

So we will do that next week, but because of that, but KS bar will be closed in June and July, move back in August. We're keeping for. Some people have asked because you've gotten to know our staff. We're keeping our managers on during this period and the folks that are, you know, we have a lot of people that work part time, they have other jobs or their students, etc. The handful of people that work regularly that we're helping them, they'll have other jobs within the restaurant community until we open back up. So, Ryan, Drew, I know you guys are like me, you're gonna miss everybody. But this is a best decision for the restaurant and also kind of trying to improve it. We need, as with everything, you need to kind of restart it a little bit. And Ryan, we're going to use this as our chance to do that.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I think we'll come back better than ever. Ready for football season. Head on with, you know, some improvements and things we're going to do at the restaurant. Kind of gets us back on, on the road like old school KSR during the summer where we're on the road doing across the state shows. So that'll be kind of fun to get back to that a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So we're looking forward to it, but wanted to make that announcement also for the trivia finals. We will still do that. It's one of these days in June. I'll announce the date. We will still do it. It'll likely be at the bar, but I will announce it when it happens. 859-280-2287. I've had somebody send me Skirk his number. What do you think, Shannon? Should I just call him directly or do we have to go through these?

[Shannon]

I'm gonna send them a text, say, hey, do you want to come on ksr? Pretty self explanatory.

[Matt Jones]

I feel like that's. I feel like that's probably what you. What you ought to do. Drew, we didn't talk about this yesterday, but Carl Towns and the Knicks end up taking a loss to the Pacers. Carl did not play well in the final game and has taken a lot of criticism of people trying saying they need. He needs to get gone. You saw the final game. We talked about how much we enjoyed Carl getting good publicity. Did it make you sad to see in the final game in New York or excuse me, in Indiana that it didn't really go well at the end and all the stuff people have said since then.

[Drew]

Yeah, I'm actually quite surprised that Knicks fans soured on Carl so quickly. Overall, he had great run in the playoffs. Even his last game. I still think he had pretty big double double. Just didn't shoot it well. I've been seeing some things like Brunson and Cat can't play together. I'm like did, did we not just watch the run that they just went on? So yeah, I've got a little defensive. My guy Carl. It was one thing to, to make the zesty jokes. I might have scrolled through those and have laughs here and there, but they seem to really be upset with how I finished that series.

[Matt Jones]

I don't understand. There are only four team. There were only four teams left. The Knicks hadn't been there since 2000. They get there and then they lose and everybody wants to break the team up. That makes no sense to me. Were there the most success you've had in 25 years, you should want to continue it. But people have such short term thoughts and memories. It drives me nuts. We'll take a break. Barry backs ksr. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney. Call tj. He'll make him pay.

[Shannon]

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

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. Text Machine 772-774-5254. I sent a text message to the coach just like you suggested, Shannon. I thought, I felt, I felt very powerful when we sent that Dan Skerka. I'll let you know if he responds. Now you have a response. Ryan, what is your response?

[Ryan Lemon]

This is from the SID really prefer to not have him do an interview on the bus. It would work out for tomorrow's show. At some point that will work best for us.

[Shannon]

Okay, tell him to stop off at a Buc EE's. Get off the bus.

[Ryan Lemon]

Amen.

[Matt Jones]

First of all, I think the bus. Wouldn't the bus be cool, Drew?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Like they're on the bus. Like, I think that's even cooler than a regular interview. They're on the bus. We can hear the excitement from the victory.

[Drew]

Can even pass the phone maybe. Maybe the star players sitting next to him pass the phone over. Let him get a moment on the radio.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's exciting. The bus. That would be so cool.

[Ryan Lemon]

You're getting the moment. You know, you're all caught up in the moment.

[Drew]

Could it be that they're partying too hard on the bus.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I could. I could excuse that if it's. That the party's too hard. You think the party's too hard at 10:30 in the morning?

[Ryan Lemon]

9:30 central time. Maybe they're still asleep.

[Drew]

Just one at Ole Miss.

[Matt Jones]

And then like where do we think they are on the bus. How do you get from Oxford to Murray? What's the.

[Drew]

Pretty short drive actually.

[Matt Jones]

Is it not very far?

[Drew]

No. I know a lot of people from my side of the state that went to Ole Miss. It's a lot closer.

[Matt Jones]

I'm trying to think. You go through Memphis, right? You would go. How do you get from Memphis to Murray? Do you go through Nashville or do you go a different way?

[Drew]

I don't think you would go through Memphis. Maybe just through Nashville. No, not even really through Nashville.

[Matt Jones]

Here you have Memphis. I get. I mean there is a map. Shit. Google.

[Drew]

Google says it's a three hour and 40 minute drive. Just skirt past Memphis.

[Matt Jones]

Alright, so I guess Ryan, we. I mean if they just said no, I guess we shouldn't write again, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, maybe. Maybe he'll answer your text. Maybe coming a personal text from you. Maybe you'll convince him to go ahead and do it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. It looks like you go through Memphis, then you would go through Jackson like we said. Martin, Tennessee is that. I assume that's where UT Martin is.

[Ryan Lemon]

Right across the state line. Yep. Because you went to Murray State before they went way through Martin.

[Matt Jones]

You'd go through Jackson, then Paris, Tennessee. Did we have a UK player from Paris, Tennessee? Ryan? I feel like I know that from somewhere.

[Ryan Lemon]

I feel like you're right. Somebody came from Paris, Tennessee.

[Matt Jones]

Who did we have from Paris, Tennessee? I feel like we did. And then you go up through. Through Murray.

[Drew]

So they should be home pretty soon. He just calls when he gets home. It's a short trip.

[Matt Jones]

It would have been cool. But I'm not going to press it. We tried. I mean I still will wish you luck. I'm still gonna wear these shoes, Shannon. But it did. I will say this is deflated my excitement a little bit.

[Shannon]

Yeah. Could have had a chance to talk to the entire state of Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

That would have been cool.

[Shannon]

Can't do it on the bus though.

[Matt Jones]

The bus would have been much, much cooler than anything else. We have never. 859-280-2287 couple open lines. Give us a shout. We'd love to talk to you. We have never played Murray State, Ryan, in basketball, ever. Which is kind of amazing. That's kind of amazing that it's in the state and we have never played them.

[Ryan Lemon]

Somebody mentioned to be playing in a benefit game recent, not too long ago when Cal was here and like for a. Found for a fundraiser or something. But I don't remember that either.

[Matt Jones]

What do you mean a benefit game?

[Ryan Lemon]

A fundraiser game. I don't remember that. Somebody text.

[Matt Jones]

I have no memory of that. Drew, do you have a memory?

[Drew]

No, I don't know what that would be.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I. I don't know that I believe that happened. I'll tell you another thing. I don't believe that happened. Louisville had a recruit, Drew, that went on field of 68. What's the kids names?

[Shannon]

Oh, fru is his last name.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Trey Mitchell's not the recruit, he's the guy that played here. But there was a guy there. FRU goes on field of 68 and in the course of the conversation says Trey Mitchell told him that. That Louisville had the best fans in the country and that Louisville was the loudest place to play basketball. I don't believe Trey Mitchell said that. First of all, I don't think he would say that over Kentucky. Secondly, when Trey was here, Louisville was terrible. That was when Kenny Payne was here. So there were like 40 people at the games. Do you believe that Trey Mitchell told this random kid going to Louisville that Louisville had the best fans?

[Drew]

I do not believe this whatsoever. 1 Trey Mitchell wouldn't do that to us. I don't believe that at all. I think this is the case. This guy fru, he was playing over in Germany. I think maybe he had a conversation with Trey Mitchell. Trey was talking about Kentucky and he just associated Louisville as being in Kentucky with Kentucky fans. And it just got kind of combined. There maybe a slight miscommunication that that FRU took the wrong direction.

[Matt Jones]

That's also this kids in Germany.

[Drew]

Yes, Ananda.

[Matt Jones]

Fru. Okay. Why you could see that. Shannon, if you're in Germany, like you would just. I mean you barely even know what the states in Germany like. How many cities in Germany, Shannon, can you name just off the top of your head?

[Shannon]

Munich.

[Matt Jones]

Munich. All right, what else?

[Shannon]

It's probably about it.

[Matt Jones]

Can you get five?

[Shannon]

No capital.

[Matt Jones]

You can get the capital.

[Ryan Lemon]

Berlin.

[Matt Jones]

Berlin. Okay, that's two. All right, can we collectively get five in Germany?

[Drew]

Hamburg. Shout out.

[Ryan Lemon]

Hamburg.

[Matt Jones]

Three like our Hamburg, part of Lexington. Anybody else? Frankfurt. Frankfurt. Now we're up to four. Can we get five?

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm out.

[Matt Jones]

Going once, going to.

[Shannon]

Pretty impressive. I don't care what you say.

[Matt Jones]

What about where all the American military is we have a ton of American military in one city. Like, if you go to this city, I went to this city, there are probably 50,000Americans walking around because we have a military base there. You may know Stuttgart. Stuttgart has. Has like, a massive military base base. Anyway, if you didn't get it, if you didn't know any of the places, like, in Kentucky, you would think Louisville and Kentucky are the same place.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I could see that. And Trey Mitchell has already responded on Instagram saying that's what he say. That's no Cap. Is that what he said? No, no, no. Here it is. You know that's Cap. I think that means, you know that's a lie.

[Drew]

Yeah. No, Cap would mean he's telling the truth.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shannon]

You know. You know, K, N, O, W know that's Cap.

[Matt Jones]

So he wrote, you know that's Cap.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Which means, you know, that's a lot.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Because when Trey Mitchell was here and that's when Kenny was there, and they.

[Matt Jones]

That was when Kenny Payne was there, they had no one at their games. Like, no one at their games. Can't be true. Who's up first?

[Shannon]

Let's go to Bubba.

[Matt Jones]

Bubba. How are you, Bubba?

[Drew]

I just got called in yesterday about.

[Matt Jones]

The Tommy Bannon no Hitter uk. Hey, I know you guys just mentioned about having a. At someone's house to show. At someone's house. Yes. We'll have a contest or something. Yeah, okay. Well, I've got a lot of sports memorabilia, and I think it'd be a great place at my base. Yeah, we'll have a contest, Bubba. I mean, I. I'm sure your place would be great, but we'll have some kind of contest or something to make. I mean, I don't. I. It's. It's. It's not about the. The memorabilia so much. It's just going to be like a cool. Like, we'll see where we end up going. And. And you should enter it. And who knows, maybe we'll be there with your memorabilia. But. But, hey. Okay. But then again, I would like you to come look at this, Some of.

[Drew]

This stuff, because I've got stuff signed.

[Matt Jones]

By Wawa Jones and Ralph Beard and.

[Drew]

A lot of old Kentucky memorabilia stuff.

[Matt Jones]

That you might be interested in looking at anyway. So I appreciate it. Just. Yeah, just enter the contest and we'll. We'll do it, Bubba. Thank you. Thank you very much. One person writes, matt, I hope Bob in Jamestown wins the contest.

[Ryan Lemon]

I kind of do, too.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew]

On the porch.

[Matt Jones]

If we know I'm not getting anywhere near that porch. I feel like that porch, Shannon, is. That is at least the side of misdemeanors.

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah. Things have gone down on that porch. Unspeakable things.

[Ryan Lemon]

We've done the show at people's houses. We did Josephine's house that one time.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. The woman in Louisville's house.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. No, I mean, it's. I think it would be. I think it would be fun. I'd love to do it in like a town or a county that we haven't been to before. I think that would be nice. But we'll have sort of a scientific. We'll have a scientific, you know, thing. Drew, did you see the video of the world chess champion, what's his name? Magnus.

[Drew]

Magnus, yeah. Carlson.

[Matt Jones]

Magnus Carlson, the number one chess player in the world. He lost to like an 18 year old. He lost to a kid and he kind of lost his temper when he lost. He like slammed his hand down against the board. He did shake hands and then he walked off in a huff. It's a great video. I mean, obviously I don't know anything about chess to know how he lost to this kid, but what did you think of the video?

[Drew]

Sore loser. I mean, let's be honest. A guy named Magnus that looks like that probably would have predicted that's how he would react. But I like that the. The kid and beat him. Just calm and cool and collected, just kind of stands up, keeps a straight face and walks with the scene behind him. Like a little walk off. But I guess Magnus isn't used to losing those. Being the best in the world.

[Matt Jones]

Obviously don't know a lot about chess. Was this kid good or was this just a random kid? Do we know?

[Shannon]

I would say if he made it to the championship, he'd have to be good to get there, but that's probably true.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but.

[Drew]

But I think he was the youngest ever to win whatever that was, whatever.

[Matt Jones]

Championship that is they said had not lost in three years. And then he loses to this. To this kid. He looks. I feel like, to be really good at chess. Shannon, don't you think you. You have to be a little bit off?

[Shannon]

Yeah, probably. So spending a lot of time playing chess, you probably don't get out and make a lot of friends unless you're, you know, chess buddies, I guess.

[Matt Jones]

I read a book this year called. What's it called? Inter Mezzo. It was by Sally Rooney. It's like a fiction book and it's very good. And it's a. One of the. It's got two main characters and one of the main characters is a lawyer, and one of the main characters is a chess player. And the chess player is like, they give him have, like, a heart of gold, but he's a little bit, like, socially awkward. And I would think, Ryan, if you're gonna sit, you're to be really good at chess, you're gonna have to stare at that chess board or that chess screen, like, all the time. And so I feel like you can't help but be a little awkward if you do that, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

I would think so. And they memorize all these moon. You know, I watch Queen's Gambit, so I'm kind of got behind the scenes on with the chess world, which was.

[Matt Jones]

Set in Lexington, isn't it?

[Ryan Lemon]

Absolutely. It was like the guy wrote it was from Lexington. But they. They memorize all these moves, like, possible center. They have them all memorized in their head. So Magnus obviously must have been caught off guard by this young guy. Maybe he underestimated his opponent a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

One of the cool things when you go to New York City that you can see is you can go Shannon, by these parks, and there'll be chessboards set up, and there'll be older men, usually African American men, who sit there and they just challenge whoever comes up to chess, and they just beat them, like, all the time. They just sit there waiting for people to come challenge them. And people will come up thinking they're going to beat them. And these guys, these just. These guys who are just sitting there in the park will just, like, take on all comers in chess. And I always think that's kind of cool.

[Shannon]

You should just walk up to one, maybe later today, sit down, and see how long you can last against a professional.

[Matt Jones]

Do you even know how. Do you know how to play loosely?

[Shannon]

I mean, not.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I know how the moves.

[Shannon]

Go, but I would not have no strategy.

[Matt Jones]

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Cancel CT mobile.com Welcome back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. 859-280-2287 Text Machine. 772-774-5254. Drew, there's people telling me we played Murray State in an untelevised exhibition game for tornado relief. Is that I. Was that Murray or Morehead.

[Ryan Lemon]

Says people have text me that too, but it seems like to me it was Morehead. Did we play Morehead in a relief game?

[Drew]

I don't remember that. Kentucky playing Murray State.

[Ryan Lemon]

What was the game where the. The coal miner set in the front row?

[Drew]

That was the blue white game in eastern Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

That was the blue white game. They played that in Pikeville.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, that's right.

[Matt Jones]

Didn't they play that in Pikeville? I think they did at the Pikeville arena.

[Drew]

Definitely.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I mean, I don't. I guess it's possible they played a game against Murray State. They're saying it was the bam fox monkey. I just have.

[Drew]

I have no memory of that. If that.

[Matt Jones]

If that's true. I have absolutely no memory of that whatsoever. So I mean, I guess it's possible, but. 859-280-22871, person writes. Matt, what are you hearing about UK football season tickets. Are you hearing any numbers? No. And that. That's part of the worry for me, Ryan, about the football season tickets is they haven't announced any numbers that I've heard. I haven't heard. I mean, normally at this time they'll say, you know, season tickets are sold out, or this game is sold out. I mean, you have Texas coming to town, you have Florida coming to town, you have Tennessee coming to town, you have big games coming. And I've heard absolutely nothing about any of those games even be sold out, much less season tickets. Yeah, there are no official numbers, but I'm just. I'm just anecdotally kind of expecting it to be very, very low.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. My fear is that those games you just talked about will be full, but they'll be mainly full with opposing teams, fans in our stadium. I think Drew and I talked about the Texas game. That's during Keeneland. All those folks probably coming to Lexington for the first time. They'll probably flood Lexington, buy those tickets, go out to Keeneland that weekend. So it's going to be tough, dude. You walk in, there's a lot of orange in there for Tennessee, Texas, and maybe even Florida.

[Drew]

The Herald Leader had something at the April season ticket deadline. I think it said they were down like 13.12-13ish percent a couple months ago, which.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that would be not as bad as I would have thought, honestly. Yeah, it's only. If it's only 13 or 12%. I mean, that's not good, but it would be better than I thought. I mean, maybe it's just anecdotally, Drew, that people, when they renew, don't tell you, and when they don't renew, they do. But, I mean, I just. I don't want to say the person's name because they may not want me to do that, but I have a very close friend who's had season tickets for as long as I've known him. So we're talking 20 years who didn't renew. And I mean, that's renewing even through the Joker years. And I mean, that's. I feel like that's a very bad sign.

[Drew]

I know a lot of people like that, too. Heck, we heard from Jerry.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew]

Just recently. I would have probably guessed more than 13%. But at the same time, if you're a business and your Stock goes down 13%, that's pretty big deal. And people are going to be upset with you and need some good pr. So it's not a great decline.

[Matt Jones]

No. And at a time we need More revenue. Right. Like, that's at a time that we're adding $22 million to our budget for nil. So I mean, I guess that's a good point. If you're. I don't know what the football season tickets bring in, but let's say they bring in $30 million. If all of a sudden you take three, you know, 3.9% or, you know, $3.9 million out of that budget, you got to make it up somewhere. So I guess, Ryan, I mean, you connect with a lot of football fans probably even more than I do.

[Ryan Lemon]

What are you, what are you hearing right now? I think it is. They're kind of holding off. I just kind of hope that as the season gets closer, they'll kind of get back on board and get in on the excitement, like go ahead and get those tickets and go to the games. You know, maybe as this, as we, the summer progresses, we'll start hearing maybe some more positive things about that. I talked to a football guy today. He gave me a little, some positive news to make you feel a little better maybe about football. He said the offensive line will be better than people think. Like that kid from New Mexico State, I guess is legit. Like, he's really good farmers back at guard. The kid, a kid from Alabama, the other guard. So they, they're thinking, well, I guess that's good, Shane.

[Matt Jones]

It just depends on what people think.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

How bad.

[Shannon]

Expectation level of.

[Matt Jones]

Bad. Yeah, you know, that's true. Yeah. Who's up next?

[Shannon]

Kb.

[Matt Jones]

Kb. How are you, kb? Hey, what's going on, guys? Hey, real quick, Matt, did you say you went to Kaiser Slaughter while he was in Germany? I went to. What did you go to Kaiser Slaughtering or where'd you go out in Germany talking about the military people. I said Stuttgart.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, okay, never mind, never mind.

[Matt Jones]

I'm here at Kaiser Slot and so I don't know if you. I missed that conversation. You're in Germany right now? Yeah, yeah, I'm right here. I'm on Ramstein, so. All right, well, guys, God bless you, sir. I appreciate it. No, I got a quick question. I'm about to go on like a week long road trip and I, I know y' all are. Y' all go on plenty of those. So y' all are like the experts. Random question, but what is what yalls favorite road trip snacks? I guess what I'm torn between, but I didn't know what y' all. What was it? What were the pretzels we got in Iowa? What were those things dots. Remember that?

[Ryan Lemon]

Dots.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, dots.

[Ryan Lemon]

So good.

[Matt Jones]

That's the best thing I've gotten on a road trip. Those dots. Pretzels. Shannon, you got something. That was the one for me.

[Shannon]

How about some mingy beef jerky? I've always got some of that. Beef jerky's good.

[Matt Jones]

Gummy clusters.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

We'll take a break. Be right back. It's Kentucky Sports Radio.