2025-07-07- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 1 (July 7, 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: 2025-07-07- KSR - Hour 1
• Release Date: July 7, 2025

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1. 4th of July Celebrations Recap

The episode kicks off with Matt Jones welcoming listeners to another lively week in Lexington, Kentucky. The hosts share their personal experiences celebrating Independence Day:

• Ryan Lemon recounts attending the traditional Otwell Fourth of July celebration in Indiana, highlighting the parade with "15 fire trucks" and "people riding their horses down Main Street" at [01:50].

• Drew Franklin shares his patriotic trip to the American Southwest, including a memorable visit to Mount Rushmore where he describes an impromptu moment of lighting up the monument by playing Whitney Houston's "Super Bowl Anthem" [02:54 - 03:11].

2. The Lori Morgan and Keith Whitley Tent Story

A significant portion of the discussion centers around Shannon the Dude's encounter with country singer Lori Morgan at Panama City Beach:

• Shannon the Dude describes seeing Lori Morgan under a tent emblazoned with "Keith Whitley," prompting confusion and intrigue [03:38 - 07:03].

• Matt Jones expresses disbelief, noting, "Tell me Lori Morgan is she just on the bench on the beach hanging out?" [05:06].

• The hosts delve into the history between Lori Morgan and Keith Whitley, with Matt emphasizing the emotional weight of Whitley's song, "Tell Lori I Love Her," stating it's "one of the saddest songs of all time" [06:37 - 17:25].

• The conversation explores the unusual display of the Keith Whitley tent, speculating it might be a form of personal grieving or tribute by Morgan [25:23 - 25:36].

3. The Donut Eating Challenge

In a lighthearted segment, Matt Jones introduces a fun challenge involving donuts:

• Matt Jones announces a "10 donuts in 10 minutes" challenge for Ryan Lemon, sparking enthusiasm and humorous skepticism [09:52 - 11:04].

• Ryan Lemon contemplates the feasibility, humorously stating, "I probably could not, but I would give it a shot" [10:20].

• The hosts joke about logistics and potential consequences, including references to "Joey Chestnut" and "sugar rush" [11:00 - 12:25].

• The segment concludes with listener interactions and playful banter about the upcoming challenge scheduled for Friday at 10:30 AM [27:23 - 31:09].

4. Major Recruiting News: Quarterback Commitment

A pivotal moment in the episode is the announcement of a significant commitment for Kentucky football:

• Matt Jones shares exciting news about quarterback Matt Ponotowski committing to Kentucky, describing him as "one of the highest ranked quarterback Kentucky's ever had" [13:32 - 15:38].

• Drew Franklin elaborates on Ponotowski's impressive credentials, noting his achievements in both football and baseball, and his participation in the Elite 11 camp [14:25 - 15:00].

• The crew debates the impact of this commitment, emphasizing its importance amidst previous struggles: "This is a gigantic commitment" [19:00].

• Ryan Lemon highlights the collaboration between coaches Mingyon and Stoops to secure Ponotowski, viewing it as a testament to Kentucky's recruiting efforts [21:02 - 21:29].

• The discussion underscores the significance of defeating major programs like Oregon and Alabama to win Ponotowski's commitment, marking a turning point for UK football [22:18 - 22:39].

5. Sad Country Songs Discussion

The hosts transition into a heartfelt conversation about melancholic country music:

• Matt Jones reflects on the emotional depth of "Tell Lori I Love Her" by Keith Whitley, sharing his personal connection and the haunting nature of the recording [16:17 - 17:56].

• Shannon the Dude and Ryan Lemon agree on the song's profound sadness, with Shannon declaring, "There is something about that recording. It's sad," [17:42 - 17:09].

• The discussion touches on other sorrowful songs like "Whiskey Lullaby" and "Tears in Heaven," with Matt emphasizing the raw emotion captured in these tracks [26:30 - 27:04].

6. Listener Calls and Interactive Discussions

Engaging with the audience, the hosts take several calls from listeners, covering topics from recruiting skepticism to light-hearted banter:

• Caller Jerry criticizes the enthusiasm over Ponotowski's commitment, arguing that the recruiting class remains weak [29:33 - 33:26]. Matt encourages a balanced perspective, urging listeners to "take a minute to be happy" about positive news [33:04 - 34:02].

• Other callers discuss various aspects of UK athletics, including the importance of the transfer portal and the future of quarterback Cutter Bowley [38:40 - 44:09].

• The segment features humorous exchanges about the donut challenge, illustrating the hosts' camaraderie and playful nature [40:06 - 43:55].

7. Upcoming Events and Promotions

The episode concludes with announcements of upcoming events and promotional content:

• Matt Jones promotes a bourbon bottle signing event titled "La Familia," featuring former UK players, scheduled for Thursday, July 17th, at Gray Line Station in Lexington [34:02 - 35:56].

• A brief advertisement for Dutch Veterinary Services is seamlessly integrated, reiterating the message of accessible pet care [36:15 - 36:49].

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Notable Quotes:

• Ryan Lemon [01:50]: "It's a tradition like none other. The Otwell fourth of July celebration, the parade, you know, There are the 15 fire trucks, people riding their horses down Main Street."

• Drew Franklin [02:16]: "I had a very patriotic break. I saw Mount Rushmore. I'd never seen that before."

• Shannon the Dude [05:32]: "She's probably in her 60s."

• Matt Jones [13:32]: "Matt Ponoski, he is from Cincinnati. Top 10 quarterback in America. Would be one of the handful, if not the highest ranked quarterback Kentucky's ever had."

• Ryan Lemon [21:13]: "I love the fact that the two programs, Mingyon and Stoops had to work together on this to get this kid."

• Matt Jones [16:18]: "Thursday and Friday take too long before I know it. Great song. I gotta stop because I have to remember the podcast won't have the music and it might not sound as good. Acapella."

• Shannon the Dude [27:17]: "You don't need to regulate your grief."

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Conclusion

This episode of KSR seamlessly blends sports news, personal stories, and interactive segments to engage listeners. From celebrating national traditions and uncovering poignant tales of country music icons to introducing fun challenges and highlighting significant sports commitments, Matt Jones and his crew deliver a comprehensive and entertaining hour of content. Notably, the commitment of Matt Ponotowski stands out as a beacon of hope for Kentucky football, juxtaposed against lighter, more personal discussions that showcase the hosts' dynamic rapport.

Transcript

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[Shannon the Dude]

This is Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone, Kentucky Sports Radio Monday, July 7th. I'm Matt Jones here in Lexington, Kentucky where we are ready for another week. Everybody's here this week. You can give us a chat 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 lavish call TJ. I'll make them pay. Full house today, all five in the. In the building. We are getting close to where we're like all geared up for August. I'll be gone next week, but then otherwise we're here. It's, it's almost football season. I mean, it's coming. And guys, how was your, your fourth of July? Ryan, I saw you went to Otwell, Indiana.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's a tradition like none other. The Otwell fourth of July celebration, the parade, you know, There are the 15 fire trucks, people riding their horses down Main Street.

[Matt Jones]

You know anyone that lives there anymore?

[Ryan Lemon]

I think I know any. Like three people that I saw up.

[Matt Jones]

There, just went up there just to. Did you go by yourself?

[Ryan Lemon]

My parents, we went to jazz. Got my parents when the three of us went. So.

[Matt Jones]

That's beautiful. Drew, you went out to all those, the scenery in the American Southwest, which we'd been to before, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Badlands.

[Drew Franklin]

Badlands. I had a very patriotic break. I saw Mount Rushmore. I'd never seen that before.

[Matt Jones]

Was Trump on there yet?

[Drew Franklin]

He was not there yet.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

It was pretty impressive to see that. I Went and saw.

[Matt Jones]

Who are the four people on Mount Rushmore?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, you got.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute. Don't let. You saw it, Ryan. Who? Four people on Mount Russell.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right. Abraham Lincoln.

[Matt Jones]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

Theodore Roosevelt.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

George Washington.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

And the fourth one is John Adams.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think John Adams is on there. Who's the fourth one?

[Drew Franklin]

Which one did you. You said Lincoln, Roosevelt, Jefferson, and Washington. Those are the four.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, I said Washington, not Jefferson.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Yeah. So you didn't get Jefferson.

[Drew Franklin]

I had a cool moment. We had an Airbnb facing Mount Rushmore, but at night you couldn't see it. We were wondering if they, like, turn it on. It's because. Just pitch black. So I played Whitney Houston super bowl anthem on my phone. I'll show it to you right when he gets the end of her song. They lit up Mount Rushmore. We cheered like we did it on our backboard.

[Matt Jones]

They heard you. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

It's pretty cool.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, well, that's good. Why?

[Drew Franklin]

I also got to see two historic baseball teams. The Rockies hosted the White Sox. Not the summer of the Rockies.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, wait, you got the two worst teams in the league.

[Drew Franklin]

I went there. I went there on the 4th of July. I went for the fireworks. Sold out crowd for a team on pace to lose. 125 games and a team on pace to lose.

[Shannon the Dude]

They were there for the fireworks, clearly.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

That's kind of. It's kind of nice, though, to see the two worst teams play. I would. That's. That's kind of exciting. Shannon, what did you do?

[Shannon the Dude]

Went down to Panama City Beach, Florida, hung out with Lori Morgan. She was right next to me. I really wanted to go over and get a selfie, but other people were bothering her. And I don't know how you are when you see, like a celebrity. I don't want to go up and.

[Matt Jones]

Be like, I used to be the big. I used to be a big. Like, there's the celebrity. I want a picture with them. Now I feel like I'm imposing. I try not to do it now. There are some people I'll do it with. Lori Morgan's an interesting one, because I would have thought you could get a picture with Lori Morgan. Like, she didn't get asked a lot. Right. So you're telling me she gets asked a lot?

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, the way that I saw that she was. There was somebody posting on social media. And I'm going, well, that's right across from where I'm at.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, someone called her out for being at the what, a restaurant?

[Shannon the Dude]

No, she's just on the beach? Just sitting there, like on the beach.

[Matt Jones]

With everybody else posted on social media. Lori Morgan is at the beach.

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, does it change or mind if I told you that she had a giant tent on the beach that said Keith Whitley on the side of it? Like, it was probably his merch tent that he used when he was on tour.

[Matt Jones]

Hang on. Just hang on. Just. Now. Now this is getting dark. You're telling me Lori Morgan.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Who. How old is Lori Morgan?

[Shannon the Dude]

She's probably in her 60s.

[Ryan Lemon]

I would say she's older than me.

[Matt Jones]

You're telling me Lori Morgan, is she just on the bench on the beach hanging out?

[Shannon the Dude]

Yes, just with, like, a couple of friends now.

[Matt Jones]

So she's not like, selling merchandise.

[Shannon the Dude]

No, she's.

[Matt Jones]

So she's hanging out on the beach with her friends.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

And she's under a Keith Whitley tent.

[Shannon the Dude]

A giant tent that says Keith Whitley on it. I think she owns one of the houses right across from the condo complex.

[Matt Jones]

But that's really, really weird. Like, Keith Whitley is her.

[Shannon the Dude]

I agree.

[Matt Jones]

Ex boyfriend.

[Shannon the Dude]

She's already married three other men.

[Matt Jones]

She's also. Yeah. And she's. Is she married now?

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, he just passed away this year. This year. But, you know, she'd be married like five or six times. But it is sort of strange that Keith Whitley's tent.

[Matt Jones]

That's weird because when Keith Whitley died, they weren't together.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. And it kind of.

[Matt Jones]

I'm sorry, I can't skip over this. That's really strange. And like, when you say a Keith Whitley tent, is it like a tour tent?

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, you know, like if you would set, like.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Like when we're sell merchandise, like when.

[Shannon the Dude]

We do remote, you know, we have those big tents.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon the Dude]

It was about that size, but a little bit bigger. And it has his name on it. And I feel like that's calling attention to her. When you see, oh, Keith Whitley tent. That's got to be somebody related to.

[Matt Jones]

Whitney calling attention to something. That's really strange to me because that's how I knew.

[Shannon the Dude]

That's how I knew where she was. Oh, that's gotta be.

[Matt Jones]

And I'll look over who on social media posted Lori Morgan's at this beach for people who don't know Lori Morgan, because Mario's looking like, who are these people? Lori Morgan's an old country singer.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Who was dating Keith Whitley, a Kentuckian.

[Caller]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

He died. What would you say people, drunken, hearty drinking, drank himself to death. Has always been the story. I don't know if that's actually a technical Term, but. And in his. One of his final songs, he sings, tell Lori I love her.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Which is one of maybe the saddest songs of all time. And now that's 30 years later, she's sitting on the beach in Panama City with a Keith Whitley tent.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yep. And I'll screenshot the picture.

[Matt Jones]

So you, so you see it on social media and then you're like, well, I'm gonna go over there.

[Shannon the Dude]

Well, it was right across the street from my, my condo. I'm going, okay, there's these big beach houses. I started digging a little bit. And she owns one of those houses right across from the condo.

[Matt Jones]

Did you go?

[Shannon the Dude]

I went over there and I, I saw her.

[Matt Jones]

I go, I don't want to. So what'd you say to her? You just go up and go, hey, hey, Lori. I'm Shannon, the dude.

[Shannon the Dude]

I saw her from a Lover. Like she was 20. She was, you know, 20 yards away from me. But I didn't go up and bother her. I'm like, well, there she is.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that is. That is quite a story. That's a better story than anything I have.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I'm confused by this tent.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So he died in like 1990. Is the tent that old? Or did at some point after his death, did someone make a custom Keith Whitley tint?

[Shannon the Dude]

I don't gave it to her to.

[Ryan Lemon]

Use it to beat.

[Shannon the Dude]

Should have asked.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. And it's a.

[Drew Franklin]

That have to be like a 40.

[Matt Jones]

Year old bizarre story or someone mail you. And I'm a big Keith Whitley fan and I like Lori Morgan. That's a really bizarre story to me and I might have to take a while to process. Well, on the 4th of July, I went walking through Louisville. They had in Paris Town, which is a part of Louisville that they sort of created out of nowhere. Shannon, that was not a phrase I ever heard until about five or six years ago. They were like, this part of town is called Paris Town. And here's a Paris town hall and a Paris Town village. And I was like, you never called it that for a long time.

[Drew Franklin]

Bonjour.

[Matt Jones]

But Juma Pell Mateo went to Paris Town. And I saw, I didn't stay for it, but they had, they were having that night they claimed the national donut eating contest. Oh, I'm throwing the challenge flag on the whether it was national sponsored by Jeff's Donuts, which is a Louisville donut. Right. So I don't know if they get spot, but they were having it that night.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And you had 10 minutes to eat as Many glazed donuts as you could. And I went inside, you could pre purchase a donut just to see what people were eating. And it was a big, thick donut. Okay? So think about like the biggest donut you would buy over the counter donut. Okay. Glazed.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Now, I didn't watch the finals, but I was thinking to myself, just take us. Okay. Not professionals. Because you would have to sit and watch in the high. It was 94 degrees in the heat to eat big old thick glazed donuts. How many think you think you could eat in 10 minutes?

[Ryan Lemon]

In 10 minutes? You know, I'm a donut guy. I love donuts. But after about three or four, I get this, like, the meat sweats. I start sweating and getting sugar high. I'm gonna say I could probably only eat 10.

[Matt Jones]

Well, 10's a lot. I mean, that's one a minute. I mean, 10 in 10 minutes on those. I mean, those Jeffs don't know are thick. You think you could eat 10?

[Ryan Lemon]

If they've ever set it up. If there's.

[Matt Jones]

We're doing this, let's say. All right, so here's my.

[Drew Franklin]

They're our neighbor at KS Bar.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, they'll do this. I'm sure they would do this. Would you. Would you try. We would set it up outside of. Because, yeah, they're our neighbor at KS Bar. We'll set it up outside in the heat so that you can recreate the temperature. Would you, this week do the 10 donuts in 10 minutes?

[Ryan Lemon]

I would absolutely try it. Just eat the donuts? Yeah. I love this.

[Matt Jones]

You would do it for the food?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. I mean, if I tap out at 5, I still got.

[Matt Jones]

No, no, no. You have to put. Put your whole. No, no, no. You're not taking them home with you. If you don't eat them in the 10 minutes, they're done. This is not just a way for you to get 12 glazed.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, they're putting it on my plate. Don't I get to go box?

[Matt Jones]

I'm gonna see. So you think you could do it?

[Ryan Lemon]

I. I probably could not, but I would give it a shot.

[Matt Jones]

You give it a shot? Like a real shot? Yes. Ten glazed donuts in ten minutes.

[Ryan Lemon]

I would give it a shot.

[Matt Jones]

We're doing that. We're doing that this week.

[Ryan Lemon]

I would give it a shot.

[Matt Jones]

You. What do you think, Shannon? We're doing that this week.

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, let's do it. Anybody?

[Matt Jones]

Where's our remote this week?

[Ryan Lemon]

My house.

[Matt Jones]

Perfect. That's when we'll.

[Drew Franklin]

You can run inside if you need.

[Matt Jones]

Friday at the remote.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Some. You figure out how to get us the donut.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

You will eat 10 outside at your house.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

In 10 minutes, I'm gonna.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm gonna try. I don't say and I can do it, but I'm gonna try.

[Shannon the Dude]

Does anybody else think they can top 10?

[Matt Jones]

No way.

[Drew Franklin]

I. I was gonna add. I've done many food challenges in the past. I used to be good at this. I was gonna say five, and I thought that was gonna be difficult. You go with 10. Once you get two or three down, that's gonna start getting real hard.

[Matt Jones]

These are. These are thick.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, just to eat the 10 donuts, you're going to put on five pounds.

[Ryan Lemon]

Say I get sweat after eight. Two or three donuts.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, that may be a complete exaggeration. And I just made up five pounds. That's probably not how much you would put on, but whatever it is, it's going to. I mean, your stomach will explode.

[Drew Franklin]

Eight minutes in, you have already had eight donuts. You're telling me you could eat two more?

[Ryan Lemon]

Probably not, but I would give it one hell of a shot.

[Matt Jones]

We're doing it. We're doing it at 10:30am okay, tell you what.

[Drew Franklin]

I'll go get the donuts.

[Matt Jones]

You'll get. You'll get the donuts.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't want Ryan to have to leave his house to get them. Mario lives over by me. None of us are close to it. I will personally make sure the donuts are there.

[Matt Jones]

Look at that. Drew will get the donuts. No, no, no. I already told you. Why are you switching it to Spalding? Jeff is the one that did it, and Jeff's is the one we had the other day. They're thick.

[Ryan Lemon]

They're okay.

[Matt Jones]

I want you. Because I want you to eat the big thick ones like you like you like.

[Ryan Lemon]

So if I. If I only get. If I only get five done.

[Matt Jones]

Now you're doing 10.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, there's no way I can probably do 10 in 10 minutes.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I know I didn't. I didn't come up with 10. You came up with 10. You're now, like, arguing with yourself. You're the one that said 10.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I think I maybe over exaggerated my ability a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

You got 10 and 10 minutes. That is Friday on the show, Joey.

[Ryan Lemon]

Chestnut dips it in water. Should I try to dip them in water?

[Matt Jones]

If you want to do that. That sounds gross in and of itself. No, eat it 10. I don't know. I didn't see water on the stage, so I don't think you were allowed to do it in water. Somebody if you were there at the Paris town thing, let me know what the winner got.

[Ryan Lemon]

What the winner got.

[Matt Jones]

I don't even know what the answer was, but I saw it and I thought, boy, in the summer, in this heat, I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm excited for Ryan to try it. I don't know if I'll go just glaze. You said variety 10 glaze.

[Ryan Lemon]

You realize I'll be done the rest of the show.

[Matt Jones]

I'll be over there like you after the colonoscopy, but just pre.

[Drew Franklin]

Sugar rush.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah, it'll be fun. We got another hour after the show. All right, so the big story Besides the 4th of July, Kentucky gets a major commitment. Kentucky gets the commitment from quarterback Matt Ponotowski. Pontoski.

[Drew Franklin]

Ponotoski, I believe.

[Matt Jones]

And that what I said.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, you're right on it.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Matt Panataski, he is from Cincinnati. Top 10 quarterback in America. Would be one of the handful, if not the highest ranked quarterback Kentucky's ever had. Committed. Not from the state of Kentucky. Cincinnati's close, but it's technically not in the state. So I think he passes that test. He is also a top baseball store star. He is the reigning Gatorade national player of the year in both football and baseball. Excuse me. Ohio player of the year in both football and baseball.

[Ryan Lemon]

As a junior he won that.

[Matt Jones]

As a junior he won Shannon, both of them. And Ohio's a pretty. Ohio's pretty good. He is coming to Kentucky. I'm not surprised because we'd heard this was going to happen. But this is a major, major get for UK football.

[Drew Franklin]

Huge get. He comes from Archbishop Moeller in Cincinnati that just puts out football products. They're a powerhouse, but they play in a difficult league in Ohio and he still won those awards. He was Mr. Football. I think they were runner up in the state championship. He had 4,000 something yards, like three interceptions and five touchdowns. Went to the Elite 11 camp earlier this summer and was the most accurate passer there. Didn't win the MVP award but still turned a bunch of heads and just added to his resume. I know it's hard to get really excited about UK football right now in the middle of all the motivated talk and the season ahead. But this is a gigantic commitment.

[Matt Jones]

I want to get excited.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, here's what I'm excited about this.

[Matt Jones]

We're going to take a break. We're going to have a minute to get excited. Ok. Because this is worthy of getting excited about. All the negative Nellies and cynical Cindy's, which I have been one at times and will one again. You should take a couple hours off because had they gotten this kid two years ago, we'd be doing a parade. So we shouldn't not do a parade right now because it is a pretty impressive gift for Kentucky. And we'll talk more about why and Lori Morgan's tent and Ryan's donuts. That's next here on KSI.

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[Matt Jones]

Was never good anyway. Tuesday, I get a little sideways. Wednesday, feel better just for spite.

[Ryan Lemon]

Be great on the podcast.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. Thursday and Friday take too long before I know it. Great song. I gotta stop because I have to remember the podcast won't have the music and it might not sound as good. Acapella.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, it'll sound great.

[Matt Jones]

You were gonna play Tell Laurie I love her. Oh. And I was like, are you gonna depress everyone?

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, no. We could do that next.

[Matt Jones]

I've never played that song. I've told the story of that song and then played it to probably 20 people over the years, some of whom don't even know country music. And they all say that's the most depressing thing I've ever heard. Like, because he recorded it right before he died.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. Unlike a tape recorder or something.

[Matt Jones]

Unlike a tape recorder. And the premise is, I may leave the earth, but just make sure Lori knows I love her.

[Shannon the Dude]

Oh, some deep stuff.

[Ryan Lemon]

You're right. There is something about that recording.

[Matt Jones]

We're married, by the way. I was wrong. Apparently they were married. They were separated, but married when.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's. It's haunting to hear because it's a tape recorder. It's a tape recorder and you can tell. It's like you just kind of feel like he's alone in a room by himself down the basement.

[Matt Jones]

That's the saddest song of all time.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's sad.

[Matt Jones]

Is there a sadder song than that?

[Drew Franklin]

Knowing how his life ended shortly after he sang it.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, you're a big music.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Sadder song than Tell Laurie I love her. With considering circumstances, etc.

[Shannon the Dude]

Be hard to think of one. I know Drew thinks that Whiskey Lullaby.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but it ain't like that.

[Drew Franklin]

Tell her she's the only girl for me.

[Matt Jones]

772-774-5254. In the text machine, is there a song sadder than Tell Lori I Love Her? I don't think there is. I mean, there are songs that'll make you cry, but that one, I've always.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wondered about that song too. He, you know, if he did it in a tape recorder and just left it there, somebody had to stumble across and probably find it, you know.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I've heard mixed things about what happened in that when he recorded it and all that, but still very, very sad. All right, real quick, let's go back to quarterback. Kentucky football is right now at the lowest point since Mark Stoops took over. Even in the first couple of years, there was at least the excitement of what might be. Yeah, that's all gone. And you just two weeks ago or two and a half weeks ago, lost your head. Recruiter and lifelong friend of Stoop. So like you couldn't have been at a lower point. And since then they've gotten a number of commitments, some of which are impressive, some of which were lower rated, but they've at least shown life. But now to get at this point a four star quarterback who plays both sports that will uplift both sports and to get him over major programs, all of whom wanted him, when he's not very far away and has to know the perception of the program right now, I think is an amazing accomplishment. And I think for as much as we've criticized Mark Stoops and everybody, as much as they've gotten, you know, a lot of heat and I think a lot of it deserved. There should be a minute, Drew, to sit there and go, this is quite an accomplishment. Now I know you can say, well, he isn't here yet. He could always leave. That's true. You could say that about any commitment ever. And if you want to take the position, I will never care about anyone that ever commits because they might not come here. Fair enough. Then just skip recruiting season. But if you're going to care about recruiting at all, and I don't know how as a fan, you can't care about it at all, then you have to say this is a pretty amazing accomplishment from an embattled staff.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it's a remarkable get with just where he's ranked, what he's already done in Ohio and how as you Said he knows what's going around UK football. He's from an hour away. He doesn't. Maybe he's not a lifelong fan but he knows where things are right now and he committed to a coordinator who's still pretty unproven here. Last year did not go well in Hamden's first season even though he's a little handcuffed with the circumstances for him to make that commitment. It is a big get and it. I'm with you. I've. I've been as down as anyone on Kentucky football. But you have to be excited about this even though it is for on down the road a little bit.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean like this is the.

[Drew Franklin]

Biggest get since Tim Couch at quarterback.

[Matt Jones]

It is out of high school. Drew Barker is the only other one that had this ranking. But both those guys were from Kentucky. Yeah, right. You know I said the negative Nellies and the cynical Cindy's. I had a cynical Cindy send me. Eric said me something during the break that has the rankings of the quarterbacks history. That's fine. All of that's true. We're going to be have plenty of time to complain about it. But Ryan, I do think if you are going to complain about things you also have to acknowledge when somebody does something good, you can't just be like everything's bad and then something be balanced. And on balance this is an amazing pickup for uk.

[Ryan Lemon]

My two big takeaways. I love the fact that the two programs, Mingyon and Stoops had to work together on this to get this kid. They both had to work together. It's huge for both going to play both going to play both sports.

[Matt Jones]

Said he wants to get drafted in both like Kyler Murray.

[Ryan Lemon]

So I think both coaches kind of had to agree, you know, understand that this is what this kid's about. We want this kid. We have to agree to it. But the perception for both programs, they can pull out this type of kid especially for football, they're going to use that now to go recruit other kids.

[Matt Jones]

Huge. I mean this is a huge get and it shows some life.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, it does.

[Matt Jones]

And listen, a lot of recruiting now is money. But my guess is what makes this more impressive to me is this is not the case. Like some of the guys I think the staff has gotten, we just probably prioritized them more than other guys and gave them more money. That's my guess. Some of these three star dudes, these high three star dudes, we probably just offered them more than other good programs. But this kid was probably offered a lot of money by everybody.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, for sure.

[Matt Jones]

Right, sure. When you get to the top level, kids, to some extent, money is not even the reason. Basketball might be a little different, but in football, all these programs would have offered him a lot of money, which means he picked Kentucky because he wanted to come or wanted to come here. I'm going to assume he's going to come until he does.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, he had several offers, but the main three that Kentucky beat out in the end were Oregon and Alabama. I think we're all pretty aware of how they do art in football. And Arkansas was the other school, SEC football, but also just nearly won the College World Series. He was really considering them for baseball too. So in both sports you beat out some of the top programs that are in the country.

[Matt Jones]

It's a huge successful thing. And I would just say I looked at the comments when I posted it. Most were positive, but there were some. Oh, I see, 48, 39. Okay, fine. There's going to be plenty of time for that. But take just a minute to be happy. Right. Same thing happened at the end of Cal. There was a group of people that wanted Cal gone for so, so much that they couldn't even root the successes on. Yeah, you got to root the successes on. And then at the end of the year you evaluate where you are, but you got to take a moment to enjoy the successes. If you don't enjoy the successes, why are you even a fan? Why are you even a fan? I mean, if we beat Ole Miss, are you going to go 5, 4, 8? Like just take a minute and be happy. There are going to be plenty of time probably to be sad.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think it shows too. They can get big time kids without Vince, you know, can't.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. That's another thing you can. This is a big time kid from Ohio that you did not get.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think that's big.

[Matt Jones]

That is big. I didn't even think about the Ohio part. That's big. Yeah, that is big.

[Drew Franklin]

Also a lot of the criticism is, you know, stoops work ethic. Are they recruiting well over there? You can't still talk trash a little bit when they go out and get a commitment like this shows they are doing something.

[Matt Jones]

He stopped loving her today.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

My mom suggests. That's a good one.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know. I still feel like. Tell Lori I love her sadder, but that's a good call from my mom. Be right back.

[Ryan Lemon]

T.J. smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J. he'll make him pay.

[Shannon the Dude]

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

[Matt Jones]

See, I think it's the fact that it's like. I think the fact it's on, like, a tape recorder makes it sadder.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You know what I mean?

[Ryan Lemon]

Makes it more haunting.

[Shannon the Dude]

It's not produced at all.

[Matt Jones]

It's not produced at all.

[Drew Franklin]

It's kind of gently plucking those strings.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. It feels like he's just sitting there being sad.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And. And, like, just the words where he says, tell Lori I love her. Tell Lori I need her. What's. It's like, tell Lori I give anything I do just to see her. Oh, this one. See, that's. That's haunting right there, because it's like I'm in a terrible place, and if I could just see her. So I. So what? That's all a background to say, Shannon. It's so weird to then think there's a tent on a beach.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah. No. Somebody pointed out that it was, I guess, the anniversary of his death, so maybe she was honoring.

[Matt Jones]

She pulls the tent out for that.

[Shannon the Dude]

I don't know. I guess everybody's got a different way of grieving, so.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, that's true. You don't want to judge people's grief.

[Ryan Lemon]

I got to ask you a question. For you to switch subjects. The Keith Whitley Museum, like, was in, like. Was that Carter County? It caught on fire or something. Did they ever rebuild it, or. They.

[Matt Jones]

It's Elliot County, Right?

[Ryan Lemon]

Is it Elliot County? Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Didn't he live in Sandy Hook, where Rock is from?

[Drew Franklin]

Sandy Hook.

[Ryan Lemon]

And remember that museum we stopped in? We were over there.

[Matt Jones]

Well, it wasn't a museum. It was a restaurant. Yes.

[Ryan Lemon]

Kind of had all these memorabilia. It was like a museum.

[Matt Jones]

It was like. It was literally like a hamburger place. They just had a lot of pictures of him. You're. I love Keith Whitley. I love that hamburger place. But you're being very generous in calling it a museum. It was like a steak shack.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, but it was part museum for him. I remember he caught on fire.

[Matt Jones]

Did catch on fire.

[Ryan Lemon]

So I wonder whatever happened to everything.

[Matt Jones]

It was just pictures of him. It wasn't like. It wasn't. It was. It was picture. They probably have other copies.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah, they could reprint it. Just get a printer.

[Matt Jones]

Tears in Heaven. That's a good, sad song.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

A Warren Z. Von. That's a great one, Shannon. Keep me in your heart.

[Shannon the Dude]

I know that one.

[Matt Jones]

He sang that right before he died of cancer. And it was basically like, I know I'm about to die. Please just remember I'm here. You should see, he sang that on David Letterman like a month before he died because he was like David Letterman's favorite artist. And it's brutally sad. I'm not trying to bring the mood down songs today.

[Shannon the Dude]

That's what I'm playing, the sadness.

[Matt Jones]

So let's, let's, let's talk for the donuts just a second before I go to the phone. Tens a lot. Your, your girlfriend's trying to talk you out of it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yoga girl is begging me.

[Shannon the Dude]

She doesn't want begging weight.

[Ryan Lemon]

Do not do it. And she, if we, if I do it, she goes, make sure there's somebody there with the insulin standing by.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I'll get the insulin.

[Matt Jones]

But you don't, you don't have diabetes.

[Ryan Lemon]

No.

[Shannon the Dude]

You will after this though.

[Drew Franklin]

10:30 on Friday. I mean, you also can't get in the pool for 30 minutes after you eat.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. He can't. Make sure he can't get. We don't want the cramps. Is that true, by the way?

[Ryan Lemon]

I think it's a wife.

[Matt Jones]

Their whole lives. Is that, is that, is that a thing?

[Ryan Lemon]

I think it's an old wives tale. I really do.

[Matt Jones]

Who came up with it?

[Shannon the Dude]

An old wife.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. An old grandma. You boys just ate. You got to stay out of the pool for 30 minutes.

[Matt Jones]

No cramps. Well, I'm excited for you to do it. I think timing wise is not an issue. You have enough time. You don't need to scarf it down. The question just is, can you physically do it like you don't need to? Joey Chestnut. And just the question is just, can you physically hold that amount of food?

[Ryan Lemon]

I am going to say the answer is going to be a big fat no.

[Matt Jones]

Well, no. You have to go into the mindset that you can. Okay, you can go in like if you, if your mind tells you you can't, then you can.

[Ryan Lemon]

So I have to believe I can do it.

[Drew Franklin]

You like these big iced coffees in the morning?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I love them.

[Drew Franklin]

64 hours right there. You should dip it in that.

[Matt Jones]

What would make you to where you would feel more motivated if I gave you a financial reward?

[Drew Franklin]

What if Mark Stoops were there?

[Matt Jones]

What if I said. What if I gave you. What if I say I'll give you $200 if you.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, what about a per donut?

[Matt Jones]

No, I'm not doing that. That's $2,000. But what about if I said you get $200 if you do it?

[Ryan Lemon]

I think I'll be as wiped out as Shannon was on his walk and you gave him $5,000.

[Matt Jones]

Well, but I had to sponsor. I don't have a dough. If Jeff's Donuts wants to sponsor.

[Shannon the Dude]

Try to compare eating 10 donuts to walking 50 miles. Don't even start with me.

[Matt Jones]

If Jeff's Donuts wants to give us a grand to do it. But I personally will give you $200 if you do it.

[Ryan Lemon]

I will give it my best shot.

[Matt Jones]

You don't seem like. Are you rich now? You don't need $200.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, I absolutely need $200. You kidding?

[Drew Franklin]

I'll buy a lot of Jeff's Donuts.

[Matt Jones]

That would be a classic ride thing. He did it, got the $200 and wouldn't bought more donuts. Let's go to John. Go ahead, John. John, go ahead.

[Caller]

Yeah, Hello, Matt, how you doing? Can you hear me?

[Matt Jones]

Yes, go ahead.

[Caller]

Okay. Yes. How long is the. Your renovations going to last at the ksr?

[Matt Jones]

We are. We're scheduled right now to open. We're looking at August the 26th that week. But we're going to do some special things leading up to it, including some stuff for fans. Actually, I'll probably announce some of that later this week, like some early openings for people who listen to the show.

[Caller]

Okay. All right. Yeah. The quarterback slash baseball superstars. A good pickup for football team and. Well, good.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. I mean, I don't know how long I appreciate the call. It's at least probably. I mean, when does he play? Two, three years from now. I mean, it's going to be a while since enough. It also says for a quarterback, you don't commit unless you think Mark Stoops or Bush Hamden is going to be here and that's a long time to wait.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

It shows that they, they really are trying to turn things around there also. Not just with him, but I think he said it too. A lot of these guys have committed and there's been feels like 15 in the last month. They all talk about the culture at Kentucky and how it stood out. I don't know if that's a message that they're intentionally telling them to work into their comments or if they're really seeing something behind closed doors that looks. Makes the operation look a lot better than it's been.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I had one person right. Say they might chip in another hundred dollars.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh my.

[Matt Jones]

Now you're up to 300 getting.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's getting more enticing.

[Matt Jones]

No, no, you're doing it. This is not like. This isn't to talk you into it. You're just getting offered rewards free. Donuts Eat donuts like you're doing.

[Drew Franklin]

You already do that anyway.

[Matt Jones]

I've already said yes.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, I'm doing it. I'm going for it. I just. I need to get motivated to do 10.

[Matt Jones]

So if you were hungry, motivated, you said you could do 10.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I was exaggerating, I'm sure, a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

When you go to Jeff's. Because you go to Jeff's, do you get, like, two, three? How many do you eat in a normal sitting?

[Ryan Lemon]

One.

[Drew Franklin]

Come on.

[Matt Jones]

So now you just got to do nine more. It's nine more in 10 minutes. I've watched you on the show. You eat one in less than a minute.

[Shannon the Dude]

Like a week ago, before we left, when they brought them out, you ate two there.

[Ryan Lemon]

We had some at the standard break track the other Wednesday.

[Drew Franklin]

So you just lied to me.

[Matt Jones]

You basically eat two every Friday.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, but now I got to figure in eight more.

[Matt Jones]

Jerry. Go ahead, Jerry.

[Caller]

Matt.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yes. Talk, Jerry.

[Caller]

All right. Sorry, Matt. Hey, I mean, I'm excited to see this quarterback come here, but I've just learned over the years with these recruits the way they can. I'll be excited when he gets here.

[Matt Jones]

Why do you have to do the butt? I'm being dead serious. When it's negative, Jerry, you are always adamant to be negative. You're always quick to say things are bad. You're always quick to, like, if we lose a game, call and blast them. And I'm fine with that. Like, I know that when Jerry's on, there'll be some negativity, and I'm cool with that. But when something positive happens, why is your initial inclination within 1 1/2 seconds to say but and then something negative? Why can't you just take a minute to say, you've talked about culture on this show a lot. This is a good sign.

[Caller]

Well, well, when I saw that he signed yesterday, I wouldn't pull it up the 250 rankings for classes for that for next year with all these guys that they've had commit. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. For him. Yes. But this class is still ranked 44th.

[Matt Jones]

See, I can't do this. Call Jerry. I can't do this. The class doesn't. It has struggled, but you get a piece of positive news, and when you get one piece of positive news and the only thing you can say is negative news. I don't know how people can be a fan like that, Shannon. I don't like. If everything is negative, why do you watch it?

[Shannon the Dude]

Why would be a fan?

[Matt Jones]

I can't not take Donald Trump as president every day. Drives me crazy. With that said, you do have to be. You do have to say, okay, well the border crossings are down. The illegal. Give him credit for that. There's something right. Like you have to do that. I hate when people get so into their frame of mind that you can't say anything positive. Doesn't mean you have to. Like you can still think Mark Stoop should be fired, but you can say, well, at least it's good news. We got this guy. Why can't you do that?

[Ryan Lemon]

Dude, I don't get it either. It's been over. This program has been begging for some good news for over a year. You got it, man. You got this top notch recruit that most people in the country would want to have in Kentucky. Got him.

[Drew Franklin]

I think the answer on the Stoop situation is some people almost don't want him to have success.

[Matt Jones]

And when you're.

[Drew Franklin]

They just want it to be over.

[Matt Jones]

When you're in that point. I had this mindset with California that last year. When you're in the point that you're rooting for him to fail so you'll be right, that's a you problem. Right? If you want to be right so much that you'll cut your nose off your face, then that's a you problem. If you hate the president so much that you want there to be bad news so they get criticized, that's a you problem, that's not a them problem. And I there are some people like that with Mark Stoops and I think you're going in the wrong direction when you do that. When does the La Familia game start?

[Ryan Lemon]

Friday, April 18.

[Matt Jones]

Friday, April 18. That is not that.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't know why I said April.

[Matt Jones]

There's not one word there. That's correct. Friday, July, April 18th.

[Ryan Lemon]

I can't. I know exactly my mind did that.

[Matt Jones]

If it's when your mind did it, it did it 10 seconds ago.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I'm still on April football. The last time we had some good news. April of last year.

[Matt Jones]

Let me do this before the Dr. Ryan. I was hoping Ryan would like a contribute and Friday, April 18 was not la familia starts Friday, July 18 but Thursday, July 17 is a public bourbon bottle signing at Bespoken Spirits at Gray Line. All four Club Blue bourbon bottles will be ready for purchase and the players will be there to sign. That includes the Harrison twins, Archie Goodwin, Ansley Almanor, Duran Lamb, Willie Collie sign DeAndre Liggins. This said Keith Whitley, Khalil Whitney be.

[Ryan Lemon]

A heck of a gift.

[Matt Jones]

They get Friday, July 18, or excuse me, Thursday, July 17, the night before the first game at Gray Line station in Lexington. Come get Club Club Blue bourbon bottles and get them signed by the former players. That's a lot of people to get to be there to meet them. That is Thursday, July 17th at Gray Line at 6:00'. Clock. We'll take a break, be right back.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Techy Sports Radio. I'm not gonna play this song because it is a bummer, but it's a good one to listen to if you want. If you're ever in a bumming mood. If you want to be Warren Zvon, keep me. I'm telling you, that's like the saddest David Letterman appearance.

[Shannon the Dude]

If you want to be depressed, if you're already depressed, want to be more depressed. Listen to this one.

[Matt Jones]

Just play the playlist playlist we picked today. The most depressing. What verse writes Matt Jerry would be the. Who would win the Powerball and then complain about the taxes. Yes, it's a good example. That's a perfect example. That's exactly what he would do.

[Drew Franklin]

It's like when we've had contests in the past for something free that day doesn't work out or that's too far to drive.

[Matt Jones]

You win it, you win an award, you win a thing and then you go, I mean, where the seats at?

[Drew Franklin]

You're not throwing it.

[Matt Jones]

I hate when people do wear the seats.

[Shannon the Dude]

I always have the same answer facing the stage.

[Matt Jones]

Where the seats at? Yeah, people.

[Shannon the Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Can I have your Reds tickets? Where are they? You mean the free ones?

[Drew Franklin]

That's a day game though. I can't do day games.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So Marcia, she. Marcia was at the show on Friday, Correct. Marcia said, hey, I'm going to go to the Reds game Monday. Are you going to be there? And I said, you know, I'm not sure, but if I don't go, you can have my. So she wasn't even asking it. She was just going to say that she would say, hi, so I've decided to go tonight. So I text. She. I text her and said, okay, I. I've decided to go Monday, but if you want, you could have Wednesdays. She said, oh, I would love it. That's like. That's.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's the attitude to have.

[Matt Jones]

That's the attitude to have. They're free. Yeah, right.

[Drew Franklin]

And Marsha, of all people.

[Matt Jones]

That's right. We've got a bunch of people on here. I want to give them a chance. So this. Let's put the 30 second shot clock on. All right, Ready? Shannon? Gary in Orlando. Go.

[Caller]

Well, good after. Good morning, guys. Two quick stories. Years ago, all right? Mower High School, years ago, had Gary Fous as a coach. They contacted a friend of mine who was an assistant at a small school in Kentucky and said, come up and look at these kids. So he goes up and watch them play this game, and the kids never got in the game. And he went to Faust after the game, and he said, hey, man. He said, I came up here, and the kids never even got on the field. He said. I said, they were good enough to play for you.

[Ryan Lemon]

You feel it coming.

[Matt Jones]

I felt bad through one story. Shannon. I mean, I knew. First of all, I said, 30 seconds. When you get two stories, didn't you get him through one? And I don't even know the ending of that one. And most people listening don't even know who Gary Faust is.

[Ryan Lemon]

Now I want to know who the two kids were.

[Matt Jones]

Did they end up coming here playing coach Notre Dame?

[Drew Franklin]

All right, Gary, you can't be mad at Shannon, though. It's poor clock management.

[Matt Jones]

Greg, 30 seconds. Go.

[Caller]

All right, we got to focus on this athleticism for Mr. Ryan Lemon. He can do it. He can do the Donut Challenge, but he's got a practice. That's the secret of Joey Chestnut. He does practice. Okay, you gotta. We gotta work with Jeff. We gotta get you a dozen a day, buddy. You gotta start taking down a dozen real quick, real quick, real quick assist. I got. I got 10 seconds left. Go. What you got to say, Sam? Go Cats.

[Matt Jones]

Go Cats. There you go. Appreciate the call.

[Caller]

Awesome. Go Cats.

[Matt Jones]

All right, the kid even gets to go. You do need to practice, like, do throat exercises.

[Ryan Lemon]

My dad even sent me a text. Not a smart idea, Ryan.

[Matt Jones]

Smartest idea.

[Shannon the Dude]

I can hear it in his voice, too, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Smartest idea. 30 seconds. Mike. Mike.

[Caller]

Matt, listen. Hello?

[Matt Jones]

Go.

[Caller]

Matt, can you hear me?

[Ryan Lemon]

20 seconds.

[Caller]

Okay, so listen, I have it on good authority you've been given Mitch Barnhart a Lot of credit for being forward thinking, which is good. But I have it on good authority of a certain high net worth individual that might be an NBA owner came to the Kentucky Football Association Athletic Association. It offered to give them a lot of money.

[Matt Jones]

I wish the. I would wonder. I wonder where that was going. He did waste 10 seconds. Yes, that would have. I'd actually wonder what he was saying. Who could be a net owner that would want to give UK athletics money? Do we have any UK people who own a team?

[Drew Franklin]

Not owners. That's coming to mind.

[Matt Jones]

I can't think of who that would be.

[Drew Franklin]

Shannon, put him back on it.

[Matt Jones]

Isn't it? Listen, I gave him 30 seconds. That was intriguing though. Mark, 30 seconds.

[Caller]

Ryan, just take the donuts, put them in two stacks of five, flatten them with your hand, be done.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay. First, I don't like your little. Don't need to practice.

[Caller]

You don't need to practice.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Well I mean listen, that would be. Appreciate the call. That is I guess a good piece of advice. It's kind of gross, but. All right.

[Ryan Lemon]

I like that idea though. Mash them together.

[Caller]

All right.

[Matt Jones]

You're doing it either way. Okay. By the way, if you mashing the 200 is off the table. Lee, go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey, I hate to. I hate to Vince left, but I don't think it's the end of the world. I think with the transfer portal is more important. Plus if I believe what I read, I would want to be choosing my own wide receivers. If I'm the receivers coach or running backs coach, I wouldn't want Vince telling me here's the kid. You make it work. So I don't think it's that big a deal. I think we're gonna have a decent season.

[Matt Jones]

I understand that viewpoint. I actually don't think. I appreciate the call. I don't think that's a crazy viewpoint, especially the portal part. I think the portal is going to become even more important. It already is. Even more important than high school recruiting. All right, J Rock, 30 seconds.

[Caller]

Hello? Hello?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

Hey, Matthew. Matthew, you there? Hey. Hey, man. I want some red tickets, but I want to sit in the bleachers. Holla.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's why he's the best caller we have. He is the best.

[Matt Jones]

He is a good caller. I'm not. I. I agree. 859-28022. We got one more. Anthony. 30 seconds.

[Caller]

Yeah. Ryan, what's going on?

[Matt Jones]

Man?

[Caller]

This is heavy. Jones. Man. I think we need to really get back to the basics and really hit this transfer portal. Really hard because we're a fool if we think we're going to really look to the future with a freshman quarterback. I mean, did we forget about Cutter Bowley already? We had 20 losses the last three years. This program is in a lot of trouble.

[Matt Jones]

Listen, first of all, he's not next year. He's not starting next year. I appreciate the call. I mean, either Cutter Bowley or. If they don't think it's Cutter Bowley, they will get one out of the portal. Sure, he's not starting next year, but that doesn't mean it's not a good person to have. Right. Everybody always wants Cutter Bowley to play. I do too. Well, when did we get coded Cutter Bowley out of high school?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

I think you in a perfect world, you get somebody out of high school and then you get somebody out of the portal and you make that work.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's how you got to make it work.

[Matt Jones]

How you make it work. And they feel like they got their high school guy. We will take a break and come back. This is our number two Kentucky sports radio.

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