2025-07-02- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 1 (July 2, 2025)

Hosted by Matt Jones and the KSR crew from iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM), this episode delivers a comprehensive overview of local Kentucky (UK) news, sports insights, and community events. Below is a detailed summary capturing the key discussions, insights, and conclusions from the episode.

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1. Local Community Events

Comedy Off Broadway in Lexington

• Event Highlights: Matt Jones announces the upcoming performances at Comedy Off Broadway in Lexington, featuring notable comedians such as D. Ray Davis, Last Comic Standing champion John Heffron, and Kentucky native Joe Deuce.

  Matt Jones [02:00]: "Comedy Off Broadway opened in downtown Lexington in 1987 and they're still bringing the best in stand-up comedy to the area 38 years later."

High Bramble Park Harness Racing Grand Opening

• Introduction of High Bramble Park: Matt introduces listeners to the new harness racing track in Woodford County, highlighting its recent construction and grand opening as part of the Woodford County Fair.

  Matt Jones [02:00]: "Welcome, everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. I am Matt Jones here in Woodford County, Kentucky, just outside of Versailles at the new High Bramble Park."

• Event Details: The park features 28 races scheduled for the grand opening on July 5th, along with gourmet food trucks, inflatables for kids, and performances by local Kentucky artists.

  Matt Jones [05:16]: "They have 28 races. That's a lot of races."

2. University of Kentucky (UK) Sports Updates

Introduction of Jesser to UK Basketball Team

• Jesser's Role and Impact: A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing the addition of Jesser, a 26-year-old YouTube star with 31 million followers, to the UK alumni basketball team. The hosts debate his potential impact on the team's performance and fan engagement.

  Matt Jones [08:38]: "Yesterday I get these little news alerts on my phone and a news alert comes that says YouTube basketball sensation Jesser to join LA Familiar for the TBT tournament."

• Audience Reception: Co-host Mario expresses excitement about Jesser's involvement, emphasizing his appeal to younger fans and the potential for increased exposure.

  Mario [09:39]: "I think it's a great addition. People are gonna be in those seats."

• Skepticism and Expectations: Another co-host, Ryan, along with listener interactions, express skepticism about Jesser's basketball prowess compared to seasoned players, leading to humorous bets about his performance.

  Matt Jones [32:20]: "I'll tell you who's good. I don't want him to be good. Kid going to Louisville's good."

3. Financial Strategies for UK Athletics

Mitch Barnhart's Interview Insights

• Revenue Generation: Matt Jones discusses insights from Mitch Barnhart's interview with CBS, focusing on UK Athletics' strategy to raise $20.5 million in revenue through public-private partnerships instead of increasing ticket prices.

  Matt Jones [21:00]: "Barnhart says public-private partnerships will be really important for us. We're going to take the area around our football stadium and create relationships with local businesses."

• Development Plans: The plan includes developing hotel, motel, lodging, restaurants, and shopping around the football stadium to generate funds and support the athletic programs.

  Matt Jones [21:00]: "They can partner and make it happen around the football stadium. There also can be restaurants and shopping."

• Community Feedback: The hosts express mixed reactions, acknowledging the necessity of the moves while lamenting the impact on traditional fan experiences like tailgating.

  Co-host [22:37]: "Fans are just taking more of our tailgate space away as more, you know, more and more of it just keeps disappearing."

4. Listener Interactions and Questions

Fan Questions and Discussions

• Attire for Kentucky Gonzaga Game: Listener Kelly inquires about wearing a hoodie with a checkerboard emblem to a Kentucky Gonzaga game, leading to a light-hearted debate on team spirit versus appearance.

  Kelly [26:24]: "I'm planning on wearing a hoodie down there, but the hoodie has the checkerboard emblem on it."

• Football Team and Bowl Game Prospects: Dallas asks about the football team's chances of making a bowl game, sparking a discussion on team performance and player contributions.

  Dallas [44:54]: "Do you think the football team is going to make a bowl game this year?"

5. University of Kentucky Basketball Lineup and Player Performance

Starting Five Predictions and Player Analysis

• Lineup Debates: The hosts delve into potential starting lineups for the UK basketball team, analyzing player strengths and recent performances. They discuss the roles of players like Jasper Johnson, Denzel Aberdeen, Muhammad Diabate, and Brandon Garrison.

  Matt Jones [46:02]: "I watched Jasper Johnson a little bit in the Team USA. I still think he's going to be really good."

• Player Development: Emphasis is placed on player development through training programs, with expectations for improved performances in upcoming games.

  Co-host [47:59]: "He's going to get better and better. He's going to get bigger and stronger."

• Comparative Analysis: The conversation includes comparisons to past UK stars, highlighting the potential for current players to make significant impacts.

  Matt Jones [48:37]: "That Brown kid, he's the best player on Team USA and he'll be the best freshman Louisville's had since Purvis Ellison."

6. Breaking News Segment

Verdict in Diddy’s Federal Charges

• Legal Outcomes: Matt Jones briefly covers the news that Diddy was found guilty on two of five federal charges related to prostitution, noting the dismissal of more severe charges.

  Matt Jones [29:36]: "P Diddy found guilty on two of the five counts in his federal charges."

• Implications: The discussion highlights the reduced severity of the verdict compared to potential maximum penalties.

  Matt Jones [30:21]: "He's in jail. That's a... could have been a lot worse."

7. Cincinnati Reds Performance Review

Chase Burns and Team Success

• Player Performance: The hosts review Chase Burns' poor performance in a recent game, discussing the implications for his future with the team.

  Matt Jones [41:08]: "He didn't have a good game. Only got one out the entire game."

• Team Prospects: There’s deliberation on the Reds' season prospects, emphasizing the importance of winning upcoming games to maintain positions within the team.

  Matt Jones [41:05]: "We can't lose them both. I might have to be back out on the Reds."

8. Reflections and Personal Anecdotes

Memories and Personal Stories

• Jimmy Swaggart Tribute: Matt shares a personal story about Jimmy Swaggart, expressing mixed feelings about his legacy and impact.

  Matt Jones [43:31]: "Rest in peace to Jimmy Swaggart. He had a very checkered history, but he also said the line... 'I have sinned against you, my Lord.'"

• Grandmother’s Memory: Recounting a childhood memory involving his grandmother and Jimmy Swaggart, Matt adds a personal touch to the conversation.

  Matt Jones [44:07]: "My grandma was very... she asked me when I was a little kid, do you think Jimmy Swaggart did that?"

9. Closing Remarks and Upcoming Events

Final Thoughts and Promotional Announcements

• Ticket Pricing Update: Matt mentions a recent increase in ticket prices for UK football and basketball, expressing concerns about its impact on fan attendance.

  Matt Jones [27:10]: "Fake David Beckham just let me know that UK raised their prices on football and basketball tickets today."

• Encouragement to Attend Local Events: The hosts encourage listeners to attend local events like the High Bramble Park grand opening, emphasizing community support.

  Matt Jones [39:31]: "Hope folks come out and enjoy this new facility in the Lexington area."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Matt Jones on High Bramble Park:

  "You can come join us today... it's on Pains Mill Road just past the Bluegrass Parkway." [04:18]

• Mario on Jesser’s Impact:

  "I think it’s a great addition... People are gonna be in those seats." [09:39]

• Matt Jones on UK's Financial Strategy:

  "We are going to create a commercial situation that basically funds these increased costs of UK athletics." [21:00]

• Listener Kelly on Team Attire:

  "If you saw the rest of my attire, you would know I've never really shied away from looking like a dork." [26:40]

• Matt Jones Reflecting on Michigan Swaggart:

  "Rest in peace to Jimmy Swagger... 'I have sinned against you, my Lord.'" [43:57]

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Conclusion

This episode of KSR - Hour 1 provides listeners with a blend of local entertainment updates, in-depth discussions on University of Kentucky sports developments, financial strategies for athletic programs, and engaging interactions with the community. Matt Jones and the KSR crew offer insightful commentary on the evolving landscape of UK athletics, the integration of new talents like Jesser, and the financial maneuvers necessary to sustain competitive sports programs. Additionally, the hosts' personal anecdotes and listener engagements add a relatable and community-focused dimension to the show.

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Comedy Up Broadway in Lexington welcomes d. Ray Davis June 20th through the 22nd, then catch Last Comic Standing champion John Heffron June 26th through the 28th. And don't miss Kentucky native Joe Deuce July 3rd and 5th. Comedy Off Broadway opened in downtown Lexington in 1987 and they're still bringing the best in stand up comedy to the area 38 years later. Call 859271 joke or visit comedyoffbroadway.com comedy off Broadway. Welcome, everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. I am Matt Jones here in Woodford County, Kentucky, just outside of Versailles at the new High Bramble Park. Harness racing has come to Woodford County. I had no idea this was here. Chances are you listening? You didn't know either. But you can find out by going on Pains Mill Road just past the Bluegrass Parkway. You can give us a shout on the Clark's Puppet Shop phone line, 859-280-2287. A Vision Auto Glass text machine is 772-774-5254. In this edition, sponsored by the TJ Smith Law Office. If you call TJ, he'll make them pay. We are on the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety KSR Safe Summer Driving Tour around Kentucky, and we're not far from Lexington. But I have to tell you some. It's always cool to get to know what's going on. High Bramble Park, a harness racing track being built in Woodford County. And by being built, it looks like might be finishing. Like today opens on Saturday as part of the Woodford County Fair. Ryan Lemon, you are hopefully, when the show is over, going to be riding around on one of these harness racing. I don't know. What do you call them carts?

[Unknown]

Is that a sulky?

[Matt Jones]

It's a sulky.

[Unknown]

That's. That's the proper term, a sulky.

[Matt Jones]

Is it really? Yeah. I did not know it was a sulky where you're going to be sulking around in just a little bit. How about this place just right outside of Lexington, close to Keeneland?

[Unknown]

Massive facility they're about to have out here. And like you said, you're driving down Versailles Road, 99% of people have no idea this is out here off Paines Mill Road. The first horse just got on the track a week ago because the weather kind of delayed their construction. So that's how new this facility is. They've got expansion plans coming up. A lot of horse barns up already, but they're gonna build horse barns in the back on the side. It's gonna be massive when they get finished.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so let me. First of all, if you would like to come join us today. A lot of you wrote me this ain't the easiest place to find. It will be because it will be on Apple maps, but it's not yet. So you can get it on waves. But what you just put in Payne's like P A Y N E, Payne's Mill Road and turn off Versailles Road and You will be able to find it. And then you just drive back here and here it is. And it's a beautiful facility. It opens on Saturday, July 5, starting at 12:30. It's free racing. You'll be able. Let me tell you what you can get set. All right, Tell me you can not only get free gourmet bites or some gourmet bites, not free food trucks. Kids can play with inflatables. And there are some Kentucky artists playing. George Moulton and then Kyle Eldridge and the Kentucky Cowhands, which is a good name. You know, we have the Appalachian heathens from Middlesborough on America's Got Talent. And now you got the cow hands here at High Bramble Park.

[Unknown]

Going to be a huge day Saturday out here for the part of the Woodford County Fair. 28 races they're going to have out here on the track.

[Matt Jones]

A lot of races. 28 races. That's a lot of races. Where are all these horses? Are they just going to have the Same horses race 28 times and see which one can hang in there?

[Unknown]

They're in the training room right now getting rubbed down and ice treatment and massage.

[Matt Jones]

They're going to need it. 28 races on Saturday. The Woodford County Fair is Wood. Woodford County Fair, leg of the Kentucky Proud series. You know, OVW wrestling. We've. We've done the Woodford County Fair a lot. It's always been a good event. And this weekend, part of the Fourth of July.

[Unknown]

We know, right. Really right now, Kentucky, the only harness racing that is active. Is it Red Mile?

[Matt Jones]

Is there none? I don't think that's right. There's other.

[Unknown]

There's like the. They said Marion County Fair has theirs and there's one down in Western Kentucky.

Close.

What was the.

[Matt Jones]

So then why'd you grow. Why'd you say it was the only. Was the man of War?

[Unknown]

Because the one at Redmouth, kind of the main harness in. In Kentucky. This one's gonna be like a rival facility. And I think this one's gonna be bigger and better than that one.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, a rival.

[Unknown]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Look at you starting the rivalry already.

[Unknown]

Well, you know, if Red Mile is running one right now, guess what? Hybran Park's coming.

[Matt Jones]

We're coming after you. Well, we got free coffee. We got free donuts here as well today. So come on out and see us. Just turn on Pains Mill Road. Ryan, last night I told you I drove. I drove from New York City back to Kentucky, which is a long drive and actually had to get back in time to do ESPN at 7 o' clock at night. So that was. Drove a little bit of it the night before. Went to Hagerstown, Maryland. Not the most beautiful city in the world. It is a city, but drove through massive rainstorms. West Virginia has been under construction since 1983 and is still under construction. They seem to never get it fixed. But pulled in, got here, did ESPN last night and now happy to be with you today.

[Unknown]

I was actually a little worried about you because the weather was so bad they canceled. All the lot of the flights in Philadelphia, New York were being canceled. And I thought. I thought you kind of flew up there. I didn't know you drove back for today.

[Matt Jones]

I was. I had other plans. But you know what? We had to make it to High Bramble park. So we did.

[Unknown]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

But. But it was. That's a beautiful drive, but it is not beautiful when it is absolutely pouring rain.

[Unknown]

You said you saw a couple accidents even?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I saw one. One bad accident. Guy crawled through the window to get out. I went over. It was. I mean, I. The guy looks like he's okay, so I can say it's funny now. He wrecks in front of me. He like, he tries to merge over. There's somebody there. So he kind of loses control of his car and he flips. And when you see it, I was like, oh, no. So it's pouring rain, right? And I'm. I'm about to pass it and the car's there and I'm thinking, well, I mean, you can't just leave the car. Like you got to be like a good citizen. He's in that car, he or she. And it doesn't look good. And it had a trailer on the back. So I pull over. But then it occurs to me when I get to the car, I'm going to have no idea what to do. Like there's going to be. I'm really not able to help the situation at all. And then as I'm walking up to the car, rain pouring down, dude, like climbs out of the. Of the passenger of the driver's window and. And he. He's fine except for the fact that he just wrecked his car.

[Unknown]

Right. Need to thank his guardian angel. Could sound like that was awful. That's usually when situations do end very, very badly.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so we have a lot of we want to get to. But first I want to bring Mario up here. Mario, I want you to come here because this is the first story I think is in. Undoubtedly I need a young person on the show Moment. So yesterday I get these little news alerts on my phone and a news alert comes that says YouTube basketball sensation Jesser to join LA Familiar for the TBT tournament. And lots of those words did not mean anything to me. I don't know what it means to be a YouTube basketball sensation and I don't know who Jesser is. But I've learned that Jesser is a 26 year old YouTube star with 31 million followers and he is going to play with the Kentucky alumni basketball team. Now you are also that age. Were you excited to hear about Jesser?

[Mario]

Yes, I was. I was surprised a little bit at first but overall, man, I'm excited. I'm really ecstatic to see him in a lot of familia jersey. It's going to be incredible.

[Matt Jones]

Now I'm going to guess 95% of the people listen this show either don't know who he is or if they do don't understand why he's on the team. So explain, to explain to old people what it is that Jesser. Why, why it matters.

[Mario]

Well, first, first of all, he's not a professional basketball player but he could ball.

[Matt Jones]

More reason to not be on the team.

[Mario]

He can ball a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Mario]

More than the average person, I would say.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. I would hope so.

[Mario]

I think La Familia's way of bringing him in was more of an exposure thing. They want to use his following. They know that you know him just being there.

[Matt Jones]

So he's not good at basketball.

[Mario]

He's not terrible.

[Matt Jones]

That's not a good sign.

[Mario]

He's not terrible compared to the guys on La Familia. He's. I'm not going to say he's.

[Matt Jones]

Is he as good as the Harrison twins? No.

[Mario]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Is he as good as anyone on the team?

[Unknown]

Probably not, no.

[Mario]

He's a level lower. I would say he's a level now.

[Unknown]

He did play in the NBA celebrity all star game. I saw him take Kane Brown to the hoop.

[Matt Jones]

Well, he took Kane Brown to the hoop. Okay. All right. So I mean, well, I didn't realize he took camera. Okay, sorry. Let me take it back. So what will he do on the team? Will he get to play? Of course. What do you mean of course? When they're up. You just said he wasn't good.

[Unknown]

They're up by 20.

[Mario]

I mean when they're up by 20, like they might throw him in for the Eli Mending, you know, he'll have, have, you know, the Elon ending.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's something different.

[Mario]

No, they. They'll. They'll have him elam ending. They'll have him in there. You know, they might sub him in. Who knows if he competes, Sean woods might play him.

[Unknown]

I don't.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. Okay. All right, so what is he famous for?

[Mario]

So he does. He's a content creator on YouTube. He does all sorts of videos.

[Matt Jones]

But, like, what. What does he do? Does he have a talent?

[Mario]

Content creation. He's creating.

[Matt Jones]

But that's not. But that's not a talent. What does he do in the content? He.

[Mario]

It's his personality. I would say little kids love him.

[Matt Jones]

I've heard that, but little kids love him. But I'm going ask you again.

[Mario]

What does he do and what does he do? He talks about stuff. It's really his personality. He has a, you know, a bright personality that, like.

[Matt Jones]

So you like him? Yeah, I like him. And you think it's a good addition?

[Mario]

I think it's a great addition.

[Matt Jones]

All right, now, Ryan, to you. Does it bother you at all that this is la familia, the Kentucky basketball team, and we have Jesser, the YouTube star?

[Unknown]

I asked you before we started, should I be embarrassed? I don't know who Jesser is.

[Matt Jones]

Let me ask you, be honest. How many people in here, when they heard the announcement yesterday, knew who Jesser was?

[Mario]

Hey, there he is.

[Matt Jones]

Two people. Three people. All right, so three people knew who he was. That's sort of confirms my 95% wouldn't. So, no, I didn't know either.

[Unknown]

Well, Sean woods was on the show yesterday and he hinted and kind of teased us. There was another guy getting ready to come out. So I was getting all these messages. I hope it's John Wall. I hope it's Boogie cousin. Hope it's Darius Miller, and It's a guy YouTube star that I've never heard of in my life.

[Matt Jones]

Okay? So.

[Mario]

I think it's gonna be great, man.

[Matt Jones]

You think it's gonna be great? I think it's gonna be great.

[Mario]

People are gonna be in those seats.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. So they offered. Just so you know, Law familia offered us to have Jesser on the show today. And I said I'd like to have Jesser on the show, but I'm gonna need some time to learn what to say to this person or. Or who he is. So we couldn't do it today. So when I have Jesser on the show, Mario, what in the world am I going to ask this kid?

[Mario]

You ask him. How does it feel to. To. First of all, you ask him, how did this happen? Like how. How did you.

[Matt Jones]

Well, do you know how it happened? You're the, you're the person that has all that info.

[Mario]

I know he has connections with Willie Collins.

[Unknown]

Yeah, they're friends.

[Matt Jones]

So apparently he and Time play video games together. Right?

[Mario]

They do videos. He's had them on numerous amounts of videos of that Jester has made.

[Matt Jones]

So, okay, they have a big. And then what else would you ask Jesser, since you're the one that told me to have him on?

[Mario]

Yeah, I would ask him, like, what's your goal, do you think? Are you here to compete? Are you gonna be like, like trying to obviously play? I know you. Everybody wants to play for this one million dollar prize, but like, so do you kind of get minutes?

[Matt Jones]

Let me ask you this. Is it good for UK basketball that he will be on? Do you think it will make. It'll get us.

[Mario]

Yeah, it's great. It's something different. It's something different that has. I was telling Billy earlier, I said, when's the last time we had a content creator suit up in a TBT tournament game?

[Matt Jones]

Hopefully never.

[Mario]

That's history though, man. I love it.

[Matt Jones]

It's history. Listen to you. It's history. Tournaments issued. It's been around for like four years and they're.

[Mario]

They're doing. They're killing it, man. They, they keep. They're.

[Matt Jones]

This is history. Do you feel it? Do you feel the history?

[Unknown]

No, not at all. Obviously they've got their squad. This guy goes PR and marketing.

[Matt Jones]

It's the greatest moment in UK basketball history to surpass the 2010 NBA draft to become the greatest moment in UK basketball history. Okay, well, I'm glad you're here to give us that info. And, and Ryan, this will be. I, I do think I, I saw videos last night on Tik Tok of kids excited that he's on it. And so if kids like it and, and it'll do, like make UK fans that are kids excited, then, then I'm fine.

[Mario]

I think you should watch some of his videos.

[Matt Jones]

I won't, I won't. But, but I saw one yesterday.

[Unknown]

He took a bunch of like elementary school kids and he played a bunch of senior citizens in a game of basketball.

[Matt Jones]

And he was like, actually now?

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Really? They had kids play senior citizens?

[Unknown]

Yeah, he was like in the middle of it and kind of commentating during the game.

[Matt Jones]

Well, to be honest with you, that does sound interesting to me. Who won?

[Unknown]

I didn't watch that much of it.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't get to the end.

[Mario]

There you go. You know what you can watch tonight?

[Matt Jones]

You know what you've won me over. Little kids versus old people in a basketball game. Sounds actually really fascinating to me. How old are we talking?

[Unknown]

They were elementary kids.

[Matt Jones]

How old were they senior citizens?

[Unknown]

Oh, they were probably in their 60s and 70s. They were a lot of more gray, but they were talking smack with each other.

[Matt Jones]

All right, now this sounds great. I've completely flipped on Jesse. Little kids versus senior citizens in a basketball game.

[Unknown]

Does he are. Most of his content surrounds basketball for the most part.

[Mario]

NBA 2K. You know basketball. Yeah, I would say that.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well. All right, well. So UK basketball continuing the tradition of being on the forefront of everything. Thank you very much, Mario. I appreciate it. Now that's not the only way in which. Yeah, give him a round of applause. That's not the only way. Mayo's gonna go ride around on a horse or on a horse. And. And Sussy Sulky. Sulky. You. Mitch Barnhart gave an interview yesterday that did not get a lot of attention that I think is actually very interesting talking about the future of UK sports. And I know sometimes talking about the like money and all that is boring. But I do want to talk about what he said because I was surprised by it and I think it'll be important going forward. We will do that here at High Bramble park in Versailles. This is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio here at High Bramble Park. Perfect day for a live show outdoors. Not too hot. We're under a tent. Got merchandise. Got food. Mario's about to get on a sulky. He is on a sulky right now. He's gonna take a ride around the. Around the track. That's kind of exciting, isn't it?

[Unknown]

Have you ever done that? You ever been in a sulky on a hornet rice?

[Matt Jones]

On a hornet race? No. Or a harness race? No, it's. I have not. Looks kind of fun. How fast do they go?

[Unknown]

That's it. That's pretty much it. You know, there's Pacers and there's Trotters. They're trying to tell me Pacers lead with their left leg and forearm at the same time. Trotters do opposite leg at a time.

[Matt Jones]

Like watching you act it out. So are these Pacers or are these Trotters?

[Unknown]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so they have both. They have both.

[Unknown]

They have both. I don't. That one looks like that's got to be a Tetrada.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. Though they're making some speed. Mario, when he, when he grew up in New York, I bet that's what he thought he would be doing at some point. 859-280-2287. Text machine. 772-774-52541. Before we go to the phones, I want to read one thing. All right, so Mitch Barnhart did an interview with CBS where they asked him about this whole Champions Blue thing that he started, the kind of new private entity that they're doing for UK athletics. And, and apparently a lot. He was kind of on the forefront of this, and a lot of colleges are trying to decide whether to copy. But let me give you. I want to give you some quotes that I think fans will find interesting. And maybe like Mitch Barnhart said, you know, look, we gotta raise $20.5 million in revenue to pay these players now. And it's different than what it used to be. And here's what they said. We are not going to our fan base and saying, hey, our expenses have gone up. We need more money. That is not fair to our fan base and frankly, it's not going to be viable in our state. Our opportunities because. Because of population are not as many. So they have decided to do, and he says public private partnerships will be really important for us. We're going to take the area around our football stadium and there are opportunities in that land space for us to do things, to create a relationship with local businesses that want to be a part of us business. Businesses can incorporate our football stadium itself. There are opportunities for hotel, motel, lodging. We don't have any on campus now. And they can partner and make it happen around the football stadium. There also can be restaurants and shopping. And this is a way for us to raise revenue in order to meet the new requirements, potentially hotels, motels around the stadium, restaurants and shopping. That land is owned by UK and basically UK athletics. And they're saying we will create a commercial situation that basically funds these increased costs of UK athletics. What do you make of that?

[Unknown]

I understand they have to raise this money somehow. I mean, they've got to do something. Right? But immediately I'm hearing fans like, man, they're just taking more of our tailgate space away as more, you know, more and more of it just keeps disappearing. Disappearing. That's why I go to the UK football games to tailgate, visit with my family and friends, and then go to the game, and they're keep taking it away from us.

[Matt Jones]

So what would be better? I mean, I will say I'm very skeptical. I think a hotel actually on campus will do really well. I mean, one of the odd things about University of Kentucky is our hotels are not really close to the campus at all. They're either downtown or they're out on the edges of town. That hotel next to KS Bar, that Holiday Inn, is like the only hotel.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

That's anywhere close to campus. So actually thinking having a hotel, I actually think that can really work. I'm very skeptical about how rather restaurants can work there for a variety of reasons. But what else do we want them to do if we don't want them to raise ticket prices? I agree with you about the tailgate scene, but I'll be honest with you. I think they already ruined that, and I don't think it's coming back. Like, I think they. The day they took that grass out, and they ain't gonna all of a sudden go, why don't we just start taking less parking spots and putting grass in? The day they took that out, they ruined it. If they're gonna ruin it, how about we at least make something for people to do over there? I guess I understand that. That's better than raising ticket prices, isn't it?

[Unknown]

Yeah. They've got to do something. And we've seen it work. Like, you know, the Reds have that kind of their little area close to the stadium. The Cardinals have something outside of Busch Stadium.

[Matt Jones]

But the problem for Kentucky football is. So the Reds have that area out of the stadium. But guess how many home games you have a year for the Reds?

[Unknown]

A lot more.

[Matt Jones]

81 home games. Then you have another 10 Bengals games. Now you're at 91 UK football games. The basketball arena is not in the same place. Right. So you. At Tennessee, the basketball arena and the football stadium are close enough next to each other. You can. But yeah, I mean, there's. At Como Stadium, there's eight games a year at most. This year there's only seven. He did say he wants to have more concerts like Tyler Childers, that they would bring in more and more Concerts. That's good.

[Unknown]

You know, I kind of. I love really what Kentucky's doing with their athletic complex, with the. The baseball field, the softball field, the soccer field, the football field all kind of there together. But there's not a lot of area for like, you know, student use that area for parking. You know, you keep taking that stuff away, it's just going to get kind of more and more of a lock jam during. On game days.

[Matt Jones]

What I took away from Barnhart's interview is that all of us with UK fans have to realize Kentucky, the university has a choice if they want to compete in sports. He's right. We're not a big enough state. Like, we're not Ohio State. We can't just. We don't have 20 million people that live in the state. Right. We have to figure out creative ways. I don't know if this will be what will work or not, but I do like that they're trying something. You know, what's our population of Kentucky? Just for. Just for comparison's sake, what's the population? It's like six, five and a half million, 4.5. Okay. Do you know what the population of New York city is? It's 8 million. Right. So that's one city that has almost double the population of us. If we are going to be able to compete, they're going to have to do things like this.

[Unknown]

You said it. They have to do something. And you don't want to raise ticket prizes and keep gouging there that our fan base, you know, donate more money, more money, more money. They have to do something. And maybe this may be the only option they've got.

[Matt Jones]

I do appreciate Barnhart, to me, was always behind on an IO. I do appreciate that. Now it's in. They are like, we're going to be the leader. We're not going to be a follower. And I actually think that's positive. Who's up next? Kelly. Kelly. Go ahead, Kelly.

[Unknown]

Hey. Had two quick fair. Two quick questions, one fair battle. So I'm going to the Kentucky Gonzaga game in Nashville, and I was planning on wearing a hoodie down there, but the hoodie has the checkerboard emblem on it.

[Matt Jones]

If it's all you got. If it's all you got, I'm okay with it. But if you could get.

[Unknown]

It's not. But it's the best quality that I have.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, well, you got to decide, do you want to have good quality or do you want to look like a dork? It's up to you. It's up to you. No, I'm just kidding. Listen, the checkerboard is fine. It's, it's, it's. Now that it's not the official uniforms, a shirt can almost be retro. So I'm good with it. What's your other question?

[Unknown]

If you. If you saw the rest of my attire, you would know I've never really shied away from looking like a dork. The other thing is. Right, right. The other thing is I. I root for the Cleveland Browns in football in addition to Kentucky. Both of those teams are probably going to suck this year.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Is it a fair or is this foul to adopt the Buffalo Bills as my second favorite team given that they have Hairstyn Walker and Davis?

[Matt Jones]

Well, I mean, you can root for those guys, but if you're good. My view is if you're going to adopt the new team, they got to stink when you adopt them. You cannot adopt a team when they're doing well. And the Bills are good now, so can you root for the UK guys? Yes, but you cannot be a Bills fan. You got to adopt the team.

[Unknown]

Can't root for the entire team.

[Matt Jones]

That's exactly right. Be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio. Here, Hyde Bramble Park, Saturday, 12:30. Bring your family. It is free and open to the public. The grand opening of the harness racing track here in Woodford county in Versailles. It's going to be a beautiful place. Already great. Mario and Billy have been riding around on a sussy. Yep, sulky, sulky. And it's beautiful day. Not too hot yet. Fake David Beckham just let me know that UK raised their prices on football and basketball tickets today. So the timing for me saying they wouldn't do that was not great, but I wasn't. I wasn't aware of that. So, I mean, some of that's probably to be expected. But if. We'll see. I don't know that raising tickets on football this year is the greatest decision in the world, but we'll find out.

[Unknown]

So I. When you tell them the story, I immediately start thinking, where are they going to do this? They want to build it by the stadium. Okay. Where.

[Matt Jones]

I can't really picture where it's going to be either. I mean, without just taking the entire. I mean, if it were my money. Okay, so if it were my money, having been in the restaurant business and in the restaurant business, I would not want to put a restaurant where they're going. I definitely would want to put a hotel, because I do think a hotel would kill it right there. I mean, I think a hotel just like when parents come and visit their kids, you know, just that football. But like I think a hotel there, the city could use a hotel there. Any. First of all, it's not enough to hotel rooms in the city to begin with. And then you put some there, I think that would kill it.

[Unknown]

You know, they had that hotel there at the corner of Waller and Nicholasville Road, but they closed many, many years ago. So you're right. There's really nothing around the area.

[Matt Jones]

It's a different city now than it was. Absolutely. You know, it's, it's, it's, it's a little bit of a different city. By the way, we do have some breaking news. This isn't this. I'm not this it. Okay. I was gonna not do that, but. Pup P. Diddy found guilty on two of the five counts in his federal charges. The two he's found guilty of prostitution related charges. But the more serious ones, the ones that could have kept him in jail for the rest of his life were Aing and a couple of the others he's actually found not guilty of. So probably for him a little bit of a win. Could have been a lot worse.

[Unknown]

Kind of had a cliffhanger yesterday. They came back, said that we've got a vertical for the five charges. Judge says get back in the delivery.

[Matt Jones]

Interesting. They said they had a verdict on four of the five, but then when they gave the verdict three, well, I guess they could have had a verdict on four and they were split on which one. Either way. He, he, he, he. He's in jail. That's a. But he got a lot less than he could have gotten if he had gotten the sex trafficking in the, the RICO. Okay, 859-280-2287. Do you have what I was going to play there?

[Unknown]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

I'll come back to this. Who's up next?

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[Matt Jones]

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[Unknown]

Hi. I just wanted to. I just wanted to call in and give you some background info on that jester that committed to la familia.

[Matt Jones]

Go for it.

[Unknown]

He, he started out as a 2k youtuber. He was playing the game 2k and kind of blew up and got his name out there. And now he's just a basketball content creator like Mario said. He, he, he plays 1v1s. He'll. He'll play in some 5v5 games and stuff like that. I've been watching him for years. I think he will surprise all of you. As in the tournament.

[Matt Jones]

No, I mean, I will say you don't think so. Well, I mean, he's playing against Duke. Like there's a difference between a guy who's good down at the YMCA or even a guy who's good in high school and Willie Collie style. Right, and the Harris.

[Unknown]

But he will hit the open shots.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, but I mean, first of all, he'll hit the open shot. Let's see if he'll hit the open shot when a 610 dude is flying at him with that. Like there's a difference between hitting the open shot and hitting the open shot. When Montrez Harrell is talking trash in front of 15,000 people, that's a different thing.

[Unknown]

I hear you, but I'm gonna call back when he averages 20.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, let me tell you something. What's this guy's name? What's this guy's name? John, this is Jake. Jake. I'll go farther if he averages 10 throughout the tournament. 10. I'll give you a thousand dollars.

[Unknown]

Whoa, that's a bed. I will take on that for sure.

[Matt Jones]

But if he doesn't. If he doesn't, you owe me $20. So I'm giving you basically 50 to 1 odds. Okay. Are you in?

[Unknown]

It sounds good. I'm in.

[Matt Jones]

All right, take his. Take his number there, John, because he's paying me my $20 when he doesn't average 10 points a game.

[Unknown]

You're money bags, aren't you?

[Matt Jones]

I just want your $20. It's. You're giving me free $20, so go ahead. All right, hang on.

[Unknown]

Maybe you should watch that video of him taking Kane Brown before you go spin off all your money on this sort of thing.

[Matt Jones]

Well, if he took Kane Brown, would you take that bet?

[Unknown]

No, I don't think he'll get 10 minutes a game, let alone average 10 points. Get you. Like you said it, these guys played in the NBA. Even Daron Lamb played in the NBA.

[Matt Jones]

Take the worst dude on la familia and he would come to your pickup game and wreck everyone that's playing. Okay, I don't know who our worst player is, but take the worst one, whoever it is, and he would wreck everybody.

[Unknown]

I had a guy during the break said he Jesser made a good video of basketball playing the Squid games. He took the Squid games and made a version of the basketball.

[Matt Jones]

Somebody did send me that. It's apparently 10 year olds versus 70 year olds. I am watching that. I do think that has the potential to be very entertaining. All right, but. So Bobby Bones. You know Bobby Bones, the radio host? Oh, yeah, definitely friend of mine, like Bobby Bones. But he did a video a couple days ago on his. He does a sports show where he ranked the five most annoying fan bases in sports. He had the Philadelphia Eagles, number four. He had the Yankees, he had Duke basketball, and he had Tennessee Football. And then he got to number one, and he said this.

[Unknown]

The number one most annoying fan base.

[Matt Jones]

In all of sports is.

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And they show up by the hundreds, and it's like a virus that takes.

[Unknown]

Over wherever they're going into.

[Ryan Seacrest]

And it's Kentucky basketball.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, man.

[Unknown]

And let's say there are 10,000 Kentucky basketball fans. If I were to do the math.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Unknown]

Oh, come by.

[Matt Jones]

Carry the one.

[Unknown]

Yeah, there you go.

[Matt Jones]

All right. So Bobby Bones, I have a mess. I have a message to Bobby Bones. You know, Bobby, I like you, but first of all, when you say hundreds of Kentucky fans, let's change that to thousands or tens of thousands. I know you're used to being in Arkansas where Collectively you have 40 to 60 people in the state who care about it, but in Kentucky, it's a different thing. Secondly, Bobby, you're a great radio host, but you also do stand up comedy. I've seen you do stand up comedy. I went. It was very nice. The 10,000 people six teeth joke is why we don't know you for stand up comedy and we actually know you for being a music dj. It's a very terrible joke. But let me just say this. There's nothing wrong and there's no reason for you to be angry that you got our coach after we wanted rid of him. You have him. That's nice. In his first year, he had gotten NBA draft picks for 15 straight years. Comes to Arkansas, the streak break. In his first year, he goes to Arkansas, and he ends up with less draft picks than Mark Pope, who replaced him at Kentucky. It is okay for you to be hurt by the fact that your programs are not as good as Kentucky's, but those shots, I will not allow. I would rank the five most annoying fan bases, but Arkansas would not make it because they're a fan base that isn't even on my radar because there's a fan base that we don't know anything about. So take Duke basketball. Yes. Tennessee football. Yes. You want to throw the Yankees in? Yes. You want to throw the Eagles in? Yes. Guess what? The common denominator of all those programs or franchises that matter, the one that doesn't is the Arkansas Razorbacks, which is why you're not on the list. Well done.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio here live at Hambrat High Bramble Park. You can learn more if you go to High Bramble Park. Learn more about the beautiful racing facility out here. And they have a lot of sponsors this weekend for the opening. It's at 12:30 on Saturday. Hope folks come out and enjoy this new facility in the Lexington area.

[Unknown]

Yeah, 28 races on Saturday, part of the county fair series, where it's like maybe some of the harness racers from across the state are going to come here and compete on Saturday right here on this track.

[Matt Jones]

One person writes, matt, you are wrong about Jesser. You're going to end up paying that bet. Kid can ball. Another person says, matt, I play with Daniel Orton pickup. He can't even get time on tbt and he. No one can score against him in our game. Jesser stands no chance. Mario, you're a Jesser advocate just like you're a Bronnie advocate. Can. Will he score more than 10 points a game? No. Okay. That's why I feel very confident.

[Unknown]

I don't think he'll play more than 10 minutes a game.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think that that's, I think that's very unlikely. Big weekend. Actually, big day today for my Cincinnati Reds. Okay. They have a double header today. They're down one nothing in the first game. It got rained out after the third inning. Play two games against the Red Sox. We got us. I'm sitting. I'm already schedule watching. All right, we gotta. We gotta split at least. If we win them both, that's great, but we can't lose them both. I feel like if we lose them both, I might have to be back out on the red. So we need to make sure we, we mean to make sure we at least win one of them today against the Red Sox.

[Unknown]

I'm glad you're talking about the Reds, because I did want to ask you how'd your boy Chase Burns do the other night?

[Matt Jones]

Didn't have a good game. Didn't have a good game. Only got one out the entire game.

[Unknown]

Didn't make it out of the first inning.

[Matt Jones]

Got a Reds hat on back there. Did you see the. The Red Sox broadcast says they think he was tipping his pitches so that he was doing something that let the Red Sox know what he was about to throw accidentally. So they showed the Red Sox would be like, in the on deck circle. They were whispering, and the Red Sox announcer said, we don't want to say what it is, but it looks like he's tipping his pitches. Terry Francona was asked about after the game. He wouldn't say yes, but he kind of insinuated we got to work on that with him. So maybe he was accidentally telling them what he was going to throw before he threw.

[Unknown]

Makes sense because it was batting practice, man, they were just teeing off on it. I think I saw a stat where he only threw one strike because they hit everything else that was a strike.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So. But this is a big, big deal. Cannot lose both of these. If we lose both of them, I might have to be back out, and I don't want to be out because they're a lot of fun there. I really enjoy them, but I might have to be back out.

[Unknown]

He's got a Reds purse right there, even. Look at that.

[Matt Jones]

You have a Reds purse. That's actually. That's actually very nice. I've. I've. I have enjoyed. I've enjoyed watching them this year so much. And the good thing is they're young. Even if. Even if it doesn't work out this year, they've got a couple more years. Like, they pretty much have everybody good, locked up under contract. They got a chance to be good for the next couple years.

[Unknown]

I did see Spencer Steer, I think was the Major League baseball player of the week because he hit three home.

[Matt Jones]

Runs in one game. Yeah, yeah. Spencer Steer been. Been. Been doing well, I. I never. So I have a rule of thumb. When somebody passes away, every single person deserves at least a minute of either saying something nice about them or don't say anything at all. So I'm not going to violate this, but I do have to note that one of my favorite things to say the person that said it passed away, Jimmy Swaggart, the minister when I was a child, the tele evangelist, who was. When I was a kid, you guys would know, was on TV all the time. Like, he was. It was like, when you thought of Evangelist, Billy Graham was number one. He was kind of the classy one. And then there was, like, Jim Baker and Jimmy Swagger and I was shocked, like, two years ago to learn that Jim Baker and Jimmy Swaggart were even still alive. I had no idea they're. Jim Baker is still alive.

[Unknown]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

But Jimmy swaggart passed away 90 years old. If you want, you can look. He had a very checkered history, but he also said the line that you've heard me do, that impression I can do, which I'm not going to do in front of everybody because it puts me on the spot. But the. I have sinned against you, my Lord. Which is one of my favorite videos of all time. Sorry to see, though. Even though he was a little bit of a crook and a con man, it was sorry to see that he passed away at 90 years old.

[Unknown]

You're right. There was a time a lot of us remember.

[Matt Jones]

Billy Graham, Jimmy, against you, my Lord. There it is. There it is.

[Unknown]

I thought you weren't gonna do it.

[Matt Jones]

Sorry, I just. I forgot. Oh, I know.

[Unknown]

I was gonna say there was a time when one of those three guys had a. A show. We all watched it, man. We didn't have cable television. You had those three networks, and it was on. I remember sitting with my parents watching Jimmy Swagger.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. My grandma was very. My grandma was very surprised. She goes, I remember she asked me when I was a little kid, and you gotta remember I was like 9 or something. 10. And she looked at me and she goes, do you think Jimmy Swaggart did that? And, I mean, I didn't really know what that meant. At 9 or 10 years old, apologizing for it. He said he sinned against his Lord. I assume he probably did it, but rest in peace to Jimmy Swagger. Who's next? Dallas. Dallas. Go ahead, Dallas.

[Unknown]

Hey, man. What's going on, brother?

[Matt Jones]

What's up?

[Unknown]

Well, I was just wanting to know what do you think the starting five for basketball is going to be? And do you think the football team is going to make a bowl game this year?

[Matt Jones]

Because at one. So. I mean.

[Unknown]

Oh, my gosh.

[Matt Jones]

Does that surprise you?

[Unknown]

Yeah, I think we got some good transfers and guys coming in this year.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, I like the positivity. How many wins do you think we're gonna have?

[Unknown]

Lord, I'd say six and six. We'll barely. We'll make the. That Liberty bowl or something.

[Matt Jones]

Well, listen, if we make. If we're 6 and 6 with the schedule we have and make the Liberty Bowl, I think, honestly, that's a success, to be quite frank with you. I do think it's worth noting. I appreciate that they flipped a Receiver yesterday a four star receiver flipped from Auburn to Kentucky. I mean since Vince left you do have to say that the recruiting they've gone from two commitments to 12 in the course of. In the course of like a week and a half.

[Unknown]

I don't know who this guy is but I heard Tom Leach talk about this morning. Apparently you know Ole Miss wanted him. You know this is a guts as a player. This is guys, this is the best.

[Matt Jones]

Commitment they've got so far.

[Unknown]

I believe it might be the best commitment. That guy and the right tackle they got that came in from New Mexico State. Those may be the leaders in the transfer portal class.

[Matt Jones]

Let's talk about basketball for a second. Jalen Lowe. So Jalen Lowe said that he thought this Kentucky team had the lineup to be to play for a national championship. He said we will have the best backcourt in the country. Best backcourt in the country. And then he went through and said Trent Noah is the best shooter that he's ever seen in his life.

[Unknown]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Said he in all this playing basketball, nobody better than Trent Noah. So the question was what do we think the starting lineup would be? I'm still going. Jalen Lowe. I'm now switching. I had Jasper Johnson. I'm going to switch and go Denzel Aberdeen. I watched Jasper Johnson a little bit in the team usa. I still think he's going to be really good. He's probably a notch below where I thought he was. So I'm going to put him at like the six man and I'll switch to what you and Drew had with Aberdeen and then go away. Muhammad Diabate and Brandon Garrison, do you have any difference from that?

[Unknown]

No, I think until Jaden Quatin gets healthy that's the starting lineup. I think that's exactly who they go with. And with yellow bitch if he ever makes it back over here I think maybe he's going to maybe push for a starting starting position as well.

[Matt Jones]

In my hotel room I watched Jasper Johnson a part of both of his games and I love the kids athleticism. I think he's gone. I think he's going to be really good. I kind of think I. We'll see. He may want to be a one and done. He looks to me to be like a two year dude but he looks to me like a dude again. I've only watched a couple games but he looks to me like a two year dude that maybe is going to be more of a sixth or seventh man than I thought.

[Unknown]

Yeah, I think he's like I said earlier, he's going to get better and better. I think it's going to get bigger and stronger. You get him to uk, they get him on the workout program, he muscles up a little bit, he becomes that much more valuable as a player.

[Matt Jones]

I'll tell you who's good. I don't want him to be good. Kid going to Louisville's good. Kid going to Louisville is going to be a problem. I mean, that Brown kid, he's the best player on Team USA and he'll be the best freshman Louisville's had. I don't know. I mean, he might be the best freshman Louisville's had in since Purvis Ellison.

[Unknown]

He's that good.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. No, I mean he's, he's. Look, he's going to be a lot like all of those cow freshmen in the sense of he'll be inconsistent, he won't be good the end. Like, he'll have his moment, but like as far as a raw talent, that dude, that's the best freshman I can think of. Can you think of a freshman they had that's better? Donovan Mitchell, did he come out as a freshman or did he play two years?

[Unknown]

Eric Patino thought he needed to stay and he ended up leaving.

[Matt Jones]

Actually. Did Donovan Mitchell play one or two? Two. And he got. Yeah. I mean, certainly the best since Donovan Mitchell. I'll, I'll leave, but. But he's going to be good. I mean, I wish he wasn't, but he is. He'll be their best player.

[Unknown]

It looked like Jasper may have gotten hurt right at the end of the game.

[Matt Jones]

He had something on his wrist. You know, we're in Jasper Johnson country, by the way, over here in Versailles. That's exactly right. Yeah. So, yeah, he, he walked off the floor with ice on his wrist. So hopefully that's just a temporary. We'll see. I mean, they play again, I think tomorrow, so we'll see if he plays.

[Unknown]

They had a good game on 11 points in 11 minutes. Hit a big bucket right at the end of the first half.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it was like a 60 point win. But yeah, he played. He. His. If you want to watch him play his game yesterday, which I have to be fair, I haven't seen the highlights of that game. That was his best game so far. You can go to USA Basketball and all of those games are on there.

[Unknown]

He's going to be a superstar someday. We just, just pay attention to what he does because, man, this guy's gonna be a superstar.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, he's. Don't get me wrong, he's going to play a lot and be good next year, but I think I may move the starter to Aberdeen. We're going to take a break and be right back. We are here at High Bramble park and for sales it's Kentucky Sports Radio.

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