2025-07-14- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

KSR - Hour 1 | July 14, 2025

Presented by iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)

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1. Opening and Acknowledgment of Tragic Events in Lexington ([03:29] - [07:03])

The episode begins with Matt Jones introducing the hosts—Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin, and Sharon the Dude—for the Monday edition of Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR). The team immediately addresses a heartbreaking incident that occurred in Lexington the previous day:

Matt Jones [03:29]: "It was a sad day for our city when a man got pulled over by a Kentucky state trooper. The trooper got shot. Thankfully, he's okay, but then the man drove all the way out Old Richmond Road, shot four people. Two women passed away. Two men are severely injured. And then police officers came to the church and took him out."

The hosts express their shock and extend their sympathies to the victims and their families. They commend the swift and courageous actions of the Kentucky State Police and first responders who managed to contain the situation before it escalated further.

Ryan Lemon [05:23]: "It sounds like could have been a lot worse. So I think the quick response by the Kentucky State Police and the Lexington City Police also prevented this from getting worse. They need to be commended, you know, first responders, all these people that put their lives in danger for that."

Drew Franklin adds personal reflections, highlighting the emotional toll such events have on the community and recalling past tragedies in the same area to underscore the severity of the situation.

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2. Introduction to Swings for Soldiers Event ([08:30] - [26:18])

Transitioning from somber news, the discussion shifts to a positive community initiative—the Swings for Soldiers golf event held at the University Club. The event celebrates its 15th anniversary, aiming to support veterans through the Homes for Our Troops program.

Ryan Lemon [08:30]: "So we're live on location today at University Club Golf Course out on Leavestown Road for the annual Swings for Soldiers event. Fifteenth year they put this event on and the man behind it all is former UK star, former Boyle County Rebel. That's how I know him—Jacob Tammy."

Jacob Tammy joins the show to delve deeper into the origins and impact of the event:

Jacob Tammy [08:56]: "My wife Allison and I kind of drew it up at the kitchen table when we were living in Indianapolis... decided to partner with somebody. Homes for Our Troops is the best one. They just do a phenomenal job. We're super glad and thankful that we chose to partner with them."

Jacob shares heartfelt stories about veterans whose lives have been transformed through the event, emphasizing the importance of building accessible homes tailored to their needs.

Jacob Tammy [11:11]: "The mission is about building homes, rebuilding lives... each home is specially adapted for that person and what they need. This year's honoree is Will Thomas... We're going to be able to give him a brand new home with all the technology that he needs, the space to operate, where he can cook eggs for his kids, where he doesn't have to rely on someone else to help him shower, where he can be independent again."

The hosts and Jacob discuss the communal spirit of the event, including interactions with veterans who participate, and the long-lasting relationships formed over the years.

Drew Franklin [12:44]: "It's a fun day for a lot of the guys involved."

Jacob recounts the inaugural event, highlighting a pivotal moment that solidified the event's continuity:

Jacob Tammy [13:29]: "Chase looked at me and said, 'hey, man, that was fun. Next year, I'm gonna play golf.' Now here we are 15 years later."

The segment underscores the enduring commitment of the community to support veterans, showcasing personal dedication and the collective impact of the Swings for Soldiers event.

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3. Kentucky Football Updates and SEC Media Days ([27:33] - [36:42])

Post-break, the conversation pivots to Kentucky football, focusing on the imminent SEC Media Days and the team’s outlook for the upcoming season.

Ryan Lemon [27:33]: "SEC football media days start today... Players from Kentucky will talk on Thursday."

Drew Franklin shares his enthusiasm for the season’s prospects, discussing preseason polls, team strategies, and the anticipation surrounding key players and coaching decisions.

Drew Franklin [31:33]: "We have our preseason poll coming up, and Kentucky doesn't go until the last group on Thursday."

The hosts express a mix of anticipation and critique regarding the team’s media presence, particularly the absence of the quarterback from initial discussions.

Ryan Lemon [32:08]: "Why is he not down SEC media... I would get me more excited about the season if my quarterback was up there telling me, 'Hey man, we got this, we’re going to do this.'"

They delve into strategic aspects, including potential defensive tactics under new coaching strategies, and the importance of player conditioning.

Drew Franklin [33:16]: "With so many guards next year and so many bodies, I wouldn't mind him throwing it out there a few times. Throw teams off."

The segment encapsulates the blend of analytical insight and fan enthusiasm that defines KSR’s sports coverage.

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4. Donut Challenge and Charity Fundraising ([37:15] - [44:51])

A lively and humorous segment features Ryan Lemon's attempt at the Whiskey Thief Donut Challenge, aimed at raising funds for various charities.

Ryan Lemon [37:15]: "I ate the equivalent of 16 donuts."

The hosts engage in banter about the challenge's difficulty, with Drew and Matt playfully questioning the feasibility of consuming such a quantity.

Matt Jones [41:45]: "That's the moment that I said, you got no chance after seeing those donuts."

Ryan shares the aftermath of the challenge, including a bout of nausea and subsequent recovery, emphasizing the fun and charitable spirit behind the endeavor.

Ryan Lemon [43:40]: "Blue Nil is still going to donate $5,000 to the charities of my choice. And I’ve talked to Stephen Horn. I’ve got five different charities we're going to give a thousand dollars to."

The successful completion of the challenge highlights KSR’s commitment to community support and entertainment.

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5. Listener Interaction and Final Remarks ([37:03] - [45:49])

The show opens its lines for listener calls, fostering engagement and addressing audience questions related to Kentucky football strategies.

Listener Shannon Allen [38:56]: "Do you think with this coming team, with the Pope coming out with the focus on conditioning, are we going to employ more of a full-court press ala Patino when he played?"

Ryan and Drew respond thoughtfully, analyzing the potential shifts in defensive tactics and the implications for the team’s performance.

Ryan Lemon [39:17]: "I think he'll give it a little trial. Throw teams off."

The segment concludes with recaps of ongoing events, upcoming shows, and acknowledgment of contributors and listeners.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Ryan Lemon [00:33]: "Possibility means you have a chance."

• Drew Franklin [19:01]: "If I were in charge, I would have had the quarterback out there."

• Jacob Tammy [11:11]: "The mission is about building homes, rebuilding lives."

• Ryan Lemon [43:40]: "Blue Nil is still going to donate $5,000 to the charities of my choice."

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Conclusion

This episode of Kentucky Sports Radio masterfully balances the coverage of serious local news with uplifting community initiatives and engaging sports discussions. From honoring the sacrifices of veterans through the Swings for Soldiers event to analyzing the future of Kentucky football, the hosts provide a comprehensive and heartfelt narrative. The inclusion of playful segments like the Donut Challenge further enriches the listener experience, reinforcing KSR’s role as a pivotal voice in Kentucky’s sports and community landscape.

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For more updates and to support community events, listeners are encouraged to visit swingsforsoldiers.org or follow KSR on social media.

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

All right, good morning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, grandpa's and grandma's, aunts and uncles Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin and Sharon the dude, here for this Monday edition of Kentucky Sports Radio. As always, Shannon. Kentucky Sports Rail, sponsored by the T.J. smith Law Office called T.J. what happens?

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Drew Franklin]

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[Ryan Lemon]

It'll work. And we have a fun day, a fun event planned for us. We're at the Swings for Soldiers golf event out here at the University Club. We're going to get to that in just a minute, but we have to start with the tragedy that hit Lexington yesterday. The tragic events in Lexington. It was a sad day for our city when a man got pulled over by a Kentucky state trooper. The trooper got shot. Thankfully, he's okay, but then the man drove all the way out Old Richmond Road, shot four people. Two women passed away. Two men are severely injured. And then police officers came to the church and took him out. Took the shooter out. So in total, what, three people died, three people were injured in a matter of 30 minutes. I mean, it was, it was a weird feeling to be in Lexington yesterday when that was going down. Drew, you were ended up kind of right in the middle of it out there at the airport. Yeah, it just, it was just sad and shocking to watch this unfold yesterday.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, very sad, you know, thinking and praying for the lives lost their, their families. Lexington was on high alert there for a few hours.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, it was.

[Drew Franklin]

Turns out Herald Leader has done some great reporting. The shooter knew everyone. Doesn't make it any less tragic. And for them to be at a church and that to happen just makes it truly sad. But just from my experience, I wasn't at the airport when it happened, but wasn't too far behind. I'm picking up my sister and she's in the air texting. They're not letting us land. There are police cars with lights everywhere at the airport, a helicopter above. I mean, we had a slight inconvenience, but there was just kind of like, what is going on at that point? Lex lax 18. And some of the local news had put out that had happened, but there was a lot of uncertainty there. And then, as you mentioned, all the details, just a sad afternoon and Sunday afternoon, Alexa, especially just involving a church. I mean, that there's no good place to die, but there shouldn't be a safer place than a church.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's exactly right. That's where I. It hits home. I think that it happened at a church. And, you know, like you said, a lot of the details are coming out. He was supposed to be in court, I think, today for, like, a violation of his parole. He was just released in January from jail on a. On parole that he violated the pro. He's supposed to have a court date today. I think there. Yeah, he knew the people, the victims. It's just. It's just. It's just so sad and shocking. But then you hear all the great stories that have come out of it. Like some civilians at the airport stopped and gave CPR to that state trooper.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I didn't realize that.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, yeah, that's. That those stories are coming out.

[Drew Franklin]

And thank God he's okay. I mean, it said Beverly Gunn and Christina Combs are the two people that passed. But, you know, could have been worse.

[Ryan Lemon]

It sounds like could have been a lot worse. So I think the quick response by the Kentucky State Police and the Lexington City Police also prevented this from getting worse. They need to be commended, you know, first responders, all these people that put their lives in danger for that. So just we needed to show our sympathy and condolences to the family before we switch gears and talk to Jacob. Tammy here in a minute. And the swings for soldiers, but just our thoughts and prayers to everybody involved yesterday.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, absolutely. We're going to have a fun day. I'm excited to be out here. But that was some tragic news to come through Lexington on a Sunday. So we're thinking of everyone involved.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, on that old Frankfurt, Old Richmond Road, that's where firefighter Brenda Cowan got shot and killed, you know, 25 years ago. So that that one road out there has been the site of two tragic events for our city. It just kind of maybe brings all that back A little bit. You know, it does.

[Drew Franklin]

And at first when they said Richmond Road, you're thinking kind of in the city. This is, this is pretty far out there.

[Ryan Lemon]

Right?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean that's still awful. But you know, at the time, as I said, we don't know details. We just know there are police cars everywhere. We've heard of state troopers shot and now there's a shooter in Lexington. It was very scary there for a while until we kind of figured out what's going on. Great job on all the reporting too, to let it.

[Ryan Lemon]

You're right about that. Yeah. Yeah. So our thoughts and prayers with the family and those people involved with that and with that we, we have a job to do. We have to do a show.

[Drew Franklin]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

So we're going to take our break. An early break. Shannon, come back. We'll have Jacob Tammy on. Talk about swings for soldiers and tell us this great event that's going on out here at the University Club. We'll be right back.

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[Ryan Lemon]

All right, welcome back. Ryan, Drew and Shannon here. Kentucky Sports Radio doing kind of a little of a reset now because we are live on location today at University Club Golf Course out on Leavestown Road for the annual Swings for Soldiers event. Fifteenth year they put this event on and the man behind it all is former UK star, former Boyle county rebel. That's how I know him. Jacob. Tammy. Jacob, this is a wonderful, wonderful event you've done. I can't believe it's been 15 years.

[Jacob Tammy]

Me neither, Ryan. Me neither. Now, we were discussing a moment ago about how that ages both of us. Going back to talking about the Boyle county days, too, when I first met you. A long, long, long time ago. But, yeah, 15 years, really just an amazing journey with this event. My wife Allison and I kind of drew it up at the kitchen table when we were living in Indianapolis and did some research across a lot of military charities. We knew we had a heart for our vets and wanted to support them in some way and did a lot of research, looked at a lot of different groups, decided not to do our own foundation, decided to partner with somebody. And yeah, I called the founder of Homes for Our Troops, a group based out of Taunton, Massachusetts, right outside of Boston, and I said, hey, my name is Jacob Tammy, I play for the Colts. I want to do an event for you. And he was like, what? So it was from that. From that point on, it's been 15 years. And since then, many people that are actually famous, unlike me, have jumped on board. Phil Mickelson has become a big supporter of the cause. Jake Tapper, you know, the news guy, there's a lot of folks that have really jumped on the Homes for Our Troops train over the years. So, yeah, we can. Homes for Our Troops, in my estimation is there's a lot of different groups that build houses for vets. There's. There's several different ones. Homes for Our Troops is the best one. Man, they just do a phenomenal job. We're super glad and thankful that we chose to partner with them. And yeah, here we are 15 years later, still running this event. And Tom, who I believe might come on with you guys later. Tom Landemeyer, the president, CEO of Homes for Our Troops is here today. He comes and joins us every year. He told us last night that we are the longest running event.

[Ryan Lemon]

Wow.

[Jacob Tammy]

In Homes for Our Troops history.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's why. That's awesome.

[Jacob Tammy]

Yeah, it's really cool.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I've played in this a few times. I was telling Ryan during the break, I'm lucky to play a lot of golf. Scrambles. You all do it right here. Good gifts, you're friendly, you greet people on the road as they're pulling in, shake everyone's hand at the entrance to you club. But most importantly is literally the Homes for the Troops. Talk about kind of what it's like because, you know, veterans do get a home out of this when you actually get to hand those keys over and see the true impact it has other than the, you know, day of golf you get to do out here every year.

[Jacob Tammy]

Well, it's pretty incredible. So, you know, the mission is about and homes for our troops kind of tagline, building homes, rebuilding lives. And so, you know, when a guy goes out there and fights on our behalf and gives so much of himself. And in every case, I believe with. With all of these guys, they're all double amputees or worse. So we have veterans we've supported here in our family, we call it our swings for soldiers family. So if I refer to that, that's what I mean. So our family here, we've got paralysis, we've got double amputees, we've got some arms, elbow down, just all kinds of different things. And each home is specially adapted for that person and what they need. In fact, this year's honoree is Will Thomas. He currently lives in Houston. His home is going to be built Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he's from. And he actually got a home where he's at in Houston now from a different group. Somehow he got connected with some folks that were trying to help him. And he was telling us, sharing with us last night at dinner, sort of the issues he's having with it. And the cool thing is we're gonna be able to give him a brand new home with all the technology that he needs, the space to operate, where he can cook eggs for his kids, where he doesn't have to rely on someone else to help him shower, where he can be independent again and not have those issues that he's dealing with now. So that's just an incredible thing to get to help homes for our troops. Go do for Will.

[Drew Franklin]

I like it, but a lot of them will play out here. But those who aren't able. You've got that big mega golf cart, I call it. I don't know what anything that is, but you drive around, they still get to be a part of the day too. It's a fun day for a lot of the guys involved.

[Jacob Tammy]

It is, yeah. So we've got several of our vets that, that actually like can play and enjoy golf. And that's so much fun to see them go out there and do that. And then some other guys that aren't physically able ride around with me. They hate that every year we have so much fun riding around and, you know, they give me a hard time with my driving, etc. The golf cart, not the golf ball. But we. It's really been an awesome journey. In fact, you know, talking about the guys playing. Chase Matthews was our first honoree. Back in year one. Okay. And actually, his daughter was seven years old. She got married last week.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, wow.

[Jacob Tammy]

That talk about an event. We are old, right? So. Yeah, that's. But it's a cool kind of thing about how this event is just kind of, you know, you get down 15 years, that sort of stuff happens. It's amazing to think about, but Chase rode around with me that day, and I hadn't met him until the day of the event. By the time we were finished, he's kind of a quiet guy anyway, and I wondered if he had had a good time. We were leaving, and I thought, we probably can never do this again. I was walking to my car, and I thought, this has been an incredible day. But it was just, you know, starting an event. And, you know, that year we made. I made every phone call. We just drummed up the support, and we went and did it. And I remember being so exhausted and just like, you know, that was incredible, But I don't know if we can do it ever again. Well, as we're walking to the car, we're the last people leaving the course. It was my wife, Allison, and I, and then Chase and his wife Jennifer. And as that thought was in my head, Chase looked at me and said, hey, man, that was fun. Next year, I'm gonna play golf. And I sat down in the car, I told Alison, I said, well, guess we're doing it next year.

[Drew Franklin]

Next year.

[Jacob Tammy]

And so Chase did come, and he did play, and he's been here every year, and he's played every year since.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's awesome.

[Jacob Tammy]

Yeah. And so, really, I share that story a lot. I share it at the event a lot because it's not the power of words. First of all, he doesn't say that to me. We're probably not sitting here today. And just the impact that his encouragement to me that day gave us. And now here we are 15 years later.

[Ryan Lemon]

You mentioned we're going to have one of the families come on our show with us by the end of the day today. Tell us about them.

[Jacob Tammy]

Yeah. So this year's honoree is Will Thomas. I don't know if we'll be able to get him on, but Brett Bondurant is another. We had about seven or eight of the guys back here today. Brett, I think, is going to join us. Brett's just an awesome guy. He lives up in Indiana, is a Cats fan. So Brett always gets brownie points, being a Cats fan. So we've had. We've helped build homes in Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia. I Believe Illinois. So it's kind of all, you know, centered around Kentucky. But of course, there's not always a vet coming through the program in Kentucky. One of the great things about homes for our troops is they're trying to, they're finding these guys, the guys that applied to go through the program, they get accepted. You know, they really get to try to live where they want. Right. So we've had a lot of which is cool, like Will this year, he's kind of, he's moving back home to Tennessee. So that's, that's been really cool to see. But yeah, Brett, we were able to go up to his key ceremony. He, Brett was probably 12 or so years ago, so. But yeah, you guys will really enjoy talking to him. He's got wonderful families. Wife London and their kids. Two of his daughters are going to be here today too.

[Drew Franklin]

So beyond the scramble. Retired now. You keeping up with our cats. I know you got the hat on you. Are you a season ticket holder? Let's talk a little ball. You, you tell Gaydon what's life like for Jacob. Tammy post football these days?

[Jacob Tammy]

Yeah, yeah. Actually, yes, yes, yes and yes to those questions. I am a season ticket holder. I, I am tailgating. So I've got a son that's going to be a freshman at Boyle County. So we're kind of tied up with, with high school. We'll be going through the high school football thing on Saturdays though. Yeah, we'll be there for the home games. We have a little, a very small sort of tailgate that no one would ever pay any attention to. So we're just kind of hanging out over there in the corner and we just. But we really love going to the games and supporting the Cats and that's been a lot of fun actually since we've been back home kind of doing that. We love going to many baseball games, basketball games as we can. My kids are in that age where that's difficult. Saturday afternoons in the fall are kind of our easiest, you know, air quotes thing to get to. But with Luke and his schedule and then my daughter Lila and her schedule and then Ella is now doing things. When the third child starts doing things, it's like, hold on, you have things too, you know, so we're, we're in a great phase of life though.

[Drew Franklin]

A small tailgate. Ryan, just the all time leading tight end ever. Just turn the corner. Just a little bitty operation there.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, you know, we all, we all have a mutual friend, Jeff Klosterman. And Dr. K will send me pictures of you coaching on the field, like all football season. But you coach more than you coach football. But you coach other sports too, don't you?

[Jacob Tammy]

Yeah. So I helped coach Boyle Middle football the last couple years and youth before that, which was just been a ton of fun. I really loved it. Middle school was awesome because they're old enough to kind of do things, you know, and then, yeah, this year I think I'm gonna just kind of be a dad with football. But I do help with baseball as well. I love baseball as a player. When I first went to Kentucky, I was gonna be a two sport. I remember that got hurt, didn't end up playing baseball, but. So everyone thinks I don't live vicariously through the baseball teams I coach because they're like, oh, you played in three Super Bowls. You know, it's so great that, you know, you're not out here being one of those guys. It's like living vicariously for the kids. But it's totally false. I'm living my baseball dream through these kids 100%, so. But I've had a really fun summer team that I've coached for several years now. Coached with Canes this year with a really fun group and. And I help with Boyle Middle and may help with Boyle High School baseball a little bit. So I really enjoy that. It's a ton of fun.

[Drew Franklin]

You mentioned being a two sport athlete. I noticed, you know, doing my show prep. Your UK bio says you came to Kentucky as a defensive back and a wide receiver. Let's go back to then and how you went from defensive back to this great tight end that went on to play with Peyton Manning, the Music City Bowls, the great career, but a defensive back, that's.

[Jacob Tammy]

Yeah. So not only defensive back, I was kind of tall and I played corner. So I kept thinking I was going to get moved to safety in high school, but never did. They just left me out there at corner and, you know, I don't know, at some point, teams didn't really throw it to that side of the field very much. We had another good corner on the other side, Jeremy Brummel, you probably remember. So, you know, I did. I played corner in high school and played receiver. And then right there, I guess it was my sophomore year at Kentucky. You know, you have weird memories throughout your career in different parts of life. My freshman year at Kentucky, I was playing on the scout team as a receiver and Steve Brown, who actually I think is going to be here today, was a defensive coordinator. At the time I was playing scout team. I caught a Pass. I'm jogging back to the huddle. And he looked at me and said, hey, Tammy, he said, you're going to be a really good tight end one day. I'm like, well, first of all, a little bit disrespectful. I just caught a pass on your defense as a receiver. Okay. But second of all, okay, that's an interesting little nugget. I just remember that moment and it wasn't too far later. It's about, I guess a year later, Coach Phillips, Coach Ortmeyer, Coach Brooks came to me and said, hey, you know, we think you could be a, you know, a difference maker at tight end, a real, you know, stud there. And I said, okay. So I put my hand in the dirt for the first time that week. We went down and played at Tennessee.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yep.

[Jacob Tammy]

They tried not to get me killed by the defensive ends. They had a couple really good defensive ends that week. I blocked just enough to sort of sneak in there and then found my way out of there where they were really trying to get me and I think caught a couple touchdowns, which was like, after that, I thought, hey, they might be right. Maybe I can be a great tight end.

[Ryan Lemon]

I was at that game. That was the Jacob Tammy coming out party at Tennessee. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, they move you to tight end and you come out and have this monster game. Last game of the season.

[Jacob Tammy]

I wondered if I was just a sneak attacker, if we could keep doing it. So we were able to keep doing it, which was cool.

[Drew Franklin]

You mentioned Rich Brooks. He's one of Kentucky fans, all time favorites. A lot of people call him Papa. He's tweeting about his tomatoes and his golf scores these days. You in touch with him at all? Or any Rich Brooks memories that'll still make you laugh today?

[Jacob Tammy]

His Twitter is gold.

[Drew Franklin]

First of the best. The best.

[Jacob Tammy]

You got to get Rich Brooks on, on X. Sometimes I literally search his name just to like, just to go see what he's posted lately. But yeah, you know, not so much the last year or two, but definitely have kept in touch. Yes. And he, he gets back every once in a while. Just an amazing, amazing man. He, he was just the exact right fit for what we needed at that time. I'm super thankful to him. I mean, the story's been documented about, about me and him, but he, you know, I was his first recruit. Without him, I wouldn't have been able to come here. So it was just a incredible circumstance that led to that. And when he was hired, you know, the fact that he gave Me, an opportunity I was extremely grateful for and just. Just kind of blown away to this day at how it all worked out.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, we go back, we said to your Boyle county days. I gotta tell Drew. Best high school game I've ever seen in my life and see if I'm wrong. Caught a touchdown pass, ran a touchdown, threw a touchdown, ran an interception back for a touchdown and a punt return for touchdown.

[Drew Franklin]

Come on.

[Ryan Lemon]

In the state final. It was in the state finals.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a video game.

[Jacob Tammy]

Am I wrong, Drew? I think. Honestly, I think he's wrong. I don't want to say. I don't want to say he's wrong, but I think there may be some exaggeration there.

[Drew Franklin]

Although you say you forgot another touchdown.

[Ryan Lemon]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. There was at least four touchdowns four different ways in the state championship game that day.

[Jacob Tammy]

Seems exaggerated. I do think. I do. I think I caught one through for one, Had a pick something else. But that was. We had incredible run.

[Ryan Lemon]

Unbelievable.

[Jacob Tammy]

Four in a row and I guess five in a row. I was there for four of them, you know, and I was. I was extremely blessed. Like the first year, I didn't do anything. I was part of the first state championship team as a freshman. I did nothing. The people at Boyle in front of me and our group, like, really laid a foundation that was special. And so we were able to continue it. And then, you know, our junior and senior year and kind of. It's funny that sort of had transition to Kentucky. We had a rough first couple of years, but then the last couple years, we were really trying to like, lay a foundation for the next five years, right. The next decade. And we were able to do that to a degree, you know, 06 07. And that was a really special time for sure.

[Drew Franklin]

As a football fan, I'm a Titans fan. Not a lot of success there don't come from a high school like Boyle county. When the 0607 Kentucky football, you all, Woodyard, Woodson, Burton, we can name the whole squad. I did not think life could get any better than that run. You all heading to Nashville. Stoops has now brought in a lot of talent over his time. But you played with one of the most talented groups ever at UK with all those names I just named. What was that like, kind of bringing UK football to a peak there and at the end of your four years?

[Jacob Tammy]

Well, as a kid that grew up bleeding blue in every aspect, right? I mean, basketball and football specifically at that, you know, in the 1990s, if you were A kid in Kentucky, you loved the basketball cats and you loved the football cats. I mean, so to get to go live that out, like, it was an incredible thing for me to be a part of that group. You know, you mentioned Andre Keenan, Stevie, Dickie, Wesley, Braxton, Kelly, Trevor, Lindley, John. Like, all these guys, you know, you could just keep going for probably 10 more names. Like, there's so many of those guys really cared about the program. That was cool to me because I was from here. Yeah, I, you know, grew up dreaming at night of playing at Commonwealth Stadium, but not. Not all those guys did. But when we were here together, it meant just as much to them as it did to me that we give the people of Kentucky, the Kentucky fans, pride in our football program. So that was. Man, that was. That was special. And we were able to do that, you know, 07, arguably, we should have had an even better year.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Jacob Tammy]

Eats me a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

Still fun, though, right?

[Jacob Tammy]

But. But no, it was. Yeah. You know, eats it. My crawl. I think I fumbled against Mississippi State. Only fumble of my entire career. You know, looked at the replay. I hate instant replay, by the way. Anybody that follows me on X would know that. But at the time, I wish we had it. All right, I was down. Doesn't matter.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right.

[Jacob Tammy]

The ball's out. They got it. So, you know, still.

[Ryan Lemon]

Still eats at it.

[Jacob Tammy]

We can't have replay back then.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, but, you know, we opened a wound there.

[Jacob Tammy]

Right, Right. But we had a tremendous season. And the coolest part is people, you know, even to this day, that, you know, it comes up in conversation and talk about how fun that year was and how much fun they had as a fan. And so that. That was a special thing to be a part of.

[Ryan Lemon]

So we're at the University Club. It's Swing for Soldiers. It's part of the Home for Troops program. People listening. Is there a way they can help also? People listening today, right now?

[Jacob Tammy]

Yeah, absolutely. So you can go to swings foursoldiersspellitout.org swingsforsoldiers.org or h f o t usa.org so either one, there's different links. You can get right in there and. And donate. You can support the cause. You can support our mission directly. You can go support homes for our troops. We don't really care how you do it. We just want to help homes for our troops build. Build more houses.

[Ryan Lemon]

We appreciate it, man. Good to see you again.

[Drew Franklin]

You got to get out there and greet everybody.

[Jacob Tammy]

Thank you, guys.

[Ryan Lemon]

We'll take our break. We'll come Back live from the University.

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[Ryan Lemon]

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[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemon]

All right, welcome back. Ryan, Drew and Shannon here today. Matt is off this week, little vacation before football season starts. So we're going to get you through this week. We've got Myron Metcalf actually hosting tomorrow. Drew, so. So that'll be a lot. Tuesday with Myron, Tuesday with Myron instead of a Monday with Myron. Big thanks to Jacob Tammy, who just sat in with us. The Swing for Soldiers event going on out here at the University Club, part of the Home for Troops. Drew, that was awesome just to hear him talk about it and what they've done since he started this 15 years ago.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I've been out here many times. Usually have a team I play with every year I can't play. Glad the opportunity opened for us to do the show here. We've tried to do it in the past and schedules didn't align, but it is a great cause. A lot of UK personalities will be out here. I'm worried we might be a little too early before they could start hopping on with us. But Stoops usually plays in this. A lot of the coaches, former players, Jacob's old teammates. If we, if we see him wandering around, we'll drag them on. But just good to be out here, good to get out of the studio. It is a little event with you.

[Ryan Lemon]

So Jacob didn't invite me to play. He invited you to play. Didn't invite me to play. But he did say I could come back for the Tony's dinner tonight after the round.

[Drew Franklin]

I got invited to golf. You got invited to dinner. We all have our things right there. But that's another part I said how good this golf scramble is. They're having Tony's at a golf scramble.

[Ryan Lemon]

And it's like one of the only.

[Drew Franklin]

Events nobody's giving me. Tony. Tony. It's usually a pre wrapped burger. We have good barbecue at ours, but like a Tony steak and sides and all that. Yeah, they take good care of their golfers.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm coming. I'm coming back. So Corey Price has tweeted a picture of Jacob. Looks like in the T ball days. I need Corey though, to research the station a state championship. Jacob, Tammy caught a touchdown pass through a touchdown pass, ran for a touchdown, had an interception for a touchdown and a punt return for touchdown.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I think he made that up.

[Ryan Lemon]

No, I'm saying at least four of Those five he did in the state championship game. So maybe Corey can look that up.

[Drew Franklin]

Jacob even looked at you like you were making that up.

[Ryan Lemon]

Facts. I tell you what else happened that game. He got hit, turned upside down, and landed on his helmet. Straight down like a rocket to the ground with his helmet and still played.

[Drew Franklin]

You're turning that state championship into a cartoon here, but I'm loving it.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's the former winner of the LAX18 Player of the year award to present trophy. That was. It was. It was amazing run they had.

[Drew Franklin]

My favorite thing about Jacob, Tammy, is we're about the same age, and he's got the gray beard I got going on. We're in the gray beard era.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, it's good. Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Got a little gray in your beard to pull it off.

[Ryan Lemon]

Now, I've looked at the aviation glass text machine, which, of course is my cell phone. This week, somebody. I didn't see it, said, you got to ask him about the tight ends. Why don't they use the tight end?

[Drew Franklin]

I actually had that in my notes. There's actually question number two. Number one was, what's it like playing in a Super Bowl? Easy. Question number two is, when in the hell are we going to throw it to the tight ends? Should I go out to the road and chase him down and bring him back in?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Like you said, they literally take him out to the entrance to the golf course, and he greets every golfer that comes in and then rides around during the day on a cart filled with some of the veterans.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, they have this big, long road into U club, which is closed, by the way. Don't try to come out here. But he stands at the. At the little gate, and when you're pulling in, you have to stop. You shake Jacob's hand. He checks you in, talk a little bit. Usually has some of the veterans, you meet them, and then it's just the whole day. They do, like, American flag golf flags. Just a lot going on. Very, very, very cool event.

[Ryan Lemon]

They've got a silent auction going on in the next room right beside us. A lot of bourbon packages over there for the. For grads on the silent auction, are.

[Drew Franklin]

We allowed to bid even though we're not official participants? We're media.

[Ryan Lemon]

I can promise you. I'm gonna bid on some stuff over there.

[Drew Franklin]

Looking at these sandwiches.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Jimmy John just came in, loaded up the table with, like, 500 sandwiches.

[Drew Franklin]

So one other thing. Jacob in his little tailgate, I feel bad. I mean, this is like a legend. Like, he should have a. He should be on the wall somewhere inside the stadium. You're telling me he's just got a little bitty grill and just a couple. But I mean, maybe that's what he wants. Maybe he's low key.

[Ryan Lemon]

But I thought, well, I think he.

[Drew Franklin]

Is be like a throne he's sitting on and people are, you know, feeding him grapes outside the stadium.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's Jacob from Danville now. He's Boyle county guy. He's going to UK because he grew up a UK fan. That's who he is now. Not former superstar Jacob Tammy. He's dad Coach Tammy coming to support.

[Drew Franklin]

The Cats living through his little league baseball players.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, that's right. Our phone lines are open. 859-280-2287. That's 859-280-CATS if you want to call and get on board today. We got a lot of things going to be happening in the next couple hour and a half, but SEC football media days start today. Drew right down in Atlanta.

[Drew Franklin]

I was up at 6am Mondays are my 6am days. I was watching what do they call it, show with Peter Burns and Doring this morning. SEC this morning.

[Ryan Lemon]

Sure.

[Drew Franklin]

They were already wide awake down there at the Omni in Atlanta. Sanki already talked. I guess he was at nine something. I haven't seen any news out of Sankey yet, but we have Adam Luckett, Nick Roush down there. They'll be covering it for KS are Stoops and the and the players from Kentucky talk on Thursday. So we won't hear from them until Thursday. But it'll still be a busy week. Sankey probably said something newsworthy today. We'll get four coaches tomorrow. Four coaches all the way up until Stoops. But yeah, busy, busy week. As we're counting down till football. We'll get our preseason poll.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, right.

[Drew Franklin]

Preseason, all sec. All that'll be this week.

[Ryan Lemon]

But Kentucky doesn't go until the last group on Thursday.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I think they're actually during our show on Thursday because we're gonna have Adam and Nick call in, but they're gonna be literally with Stoops while we're on the air. Alex Hafari, Jordan Lovett and Josh Cattus also down there. So it'll be a ton of content. But the UK stuff will be later in the week.

[Ryan Lemon]

So that's just me as a fan. I would want to hear from Calzada. He's going to be our quarterback. He's the leader of the offense. Why is he not down SEC media.

[Drew Franklin]

Days since I have nothing against the three picks they have. Those are very true. Three of the most experienced guys on the team, veterans. Alex Afari has been playing.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yep.

[Drew Franklin]

Since he went to UK orientation, he's been on the field. Cat is same way. Love it. But I did think they'd send someone new of the. I thought they might do two returners, then one portal guy just to introduce maybe a Calzada. You've got Braun as a lineman getting a lot of attention, especially now. He's the highest rated guy on the video game that just came out with all these new pieces. I thought they'd send one but they. They gave it to all the returners, which. There's nothing wrong with that. Just I thought it might go a different direction.

[Ryan Lemon]

100%. Nothing wrong with the three guys. But just for me, again, as a.

[Drew Franklin]

Fan, we're trying to introduce him. We.

[Ryan Lemon]

He has yet to meet with us. You know, we don't know really a whole lot about him. I would get me more excited about the season if my quarterback was up there telling me, hey man, we got this, we got that. We're going to do this, we're going to do that. That's what I needed to hear. I think.

[Drew Franklin]

I agree. It could be the case with so many people wanting some positivity from how last year ended. Maybe they want some people that are on last year's team to sit up there and speak on how things are different.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

How the attitudes change. But yeah, if I were in charge, I would have had the quarterback out there. Just at least go ahead and start getting him out in front of the.

[Ryan Lemon]

Spotlight because the quarterback position the last couple years has kind of struggled a little bit. Vandergrift, Larry, Even Levis's second year. I think for this team to be good, Calzada has to be good this year. He's the leader in the face of our offense.

[Drew Franklin]

I will say I hope. Look at this guy. Look who's showing.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh my goodness.

[Drew Franklin]

The. The most famous band member of Alice Bluegown just showed up in our show.

[Ryan Lemon]

Cliff is here in the house. Shannon, playing golf.

[Matt Jones]

That doesn't surprise me.

[Drew Franklin]

With a tucked in polo.

[Matt Jones]

You're popped out of nowhere.

[Drew Franklin]

Your. Your bass guitarist is in here looking like a PGA golfer.

[Matt Jones]

Well, he's much better at golf than I am, I can guarantee you that.

[Ryan Lemon]

I thought he's gonna say he's a much better golfer than a bass player. He didn't say that. No, no, no, he didn't say that.

[Drew Franklin]

He didn't say that one thing on the football stuff. Put a bow on that I got the new video game that came out last week. I was a little late to play it, but I. I played a little bit on Saturday.

[Ryan Lemon]

I saw that.

[Drew Franklin]

It kind of made me excited. It's a video game. It was. It was made by nerds on a computer. It kind of got me excited for the season. And I know these virtual players have no impact on the actual players. What will happen. But still, Auto, the receiver might be the best football player of all time according to my one round of playing South Carolina.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, didn't you lose in overtime?

[Drew Franklin]

I did. Here's how accurate the game is. I'm playing South Carolina. I'm Kentucky playing against South Carolina. We gave up 14 points in the final minute and a half of the first half.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh boy.

[Drew Franklin]

So we had a little stoops ball. The game's accurate there but I recover an onside in the end. Stellato sends us to overtime. And in Kentucky football fashion, I fumbled on the goal line in OT and lost to South Carolina. Walk off field goal. Video game talk is boring. I know but the point of this is to say I had all of the emotions of Kentucky football this past Saturday playing that dang game. It did help me with excitement around just some of the new guys. I know it's a video game, it sounds stupid but it was a lot of fun throwing the rock from Calzada to law and some of the new players from the portal.

[Ryan Lemon]

Who's who. Who is the star running back for Kentucky?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, you cannot stop down. Actually I went pretty deep. I use my four deep. I like them all. Even Patterson had a long turn. But Dante Dowdell from Nebraska maybe the best player on the game.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's the man.

[Drew Franklin]

And I cannot wait to form all these opinions about these guys from from something created by EA Sports and then get mad at them in the fall when they're not as good. But I did have fun playing that over the weekend get starting to get the juices flowing. Media days that's out. You know we're under 50 days away from kickoff.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know is it any disrespect that Kentucky's the last team on the last day when most meeting people probably going to leave.

[Drew Franklin]

I think Stoops requests that he was last when I went. I went last year two years ago whenever I went he was last then it can't be a coincidence. They keep putting last I think most veteran guy there. I think he says I'm going Thursday put me in the back and they.

[Ryan Lemon]

Won'T announce the all SEC teams until after he's done, right?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. From experience, when you're that Thursday, a lot of people have already covered. The guys are there to cover by Thursday. That room that's just completely filled with reporters. It starts thinning out on that last day. So I gets on home.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's gonna be Lucky Roush and John Hale.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Everybody's got to save money on their hotel. They leave Wednesday night unless their coaches Thursday. So it'll be a smaller group for Stoops.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, we'll take our break, come back, go to the phone lines. Phone lines are open right now. 859-280-2287. That's our Clark's Pelvic Shop phone number. We'll take your calls, look at some Twitter feed. And I got to tell you about my donuts when we come back here on Kentucky Sports Radio. This is our Whiskey Thief song of the day. Our Whiskey Thief song of the week. Little Darius Rucker. Beers and sunshine.

[Drew Franklin]

I like Whiskey Thief and Sunshine.

[Ryan Lemon]

Whiskey Thief and Sunshine would be good, too. Puts me in a good mood. But then I gotta talk about my mic.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm gonna pull a mat. Pull your mic up. Do I need to reach over and do it like he does to you?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, dude, right there. There you go.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

So Corey Price and Leanne Clark found the box score from the Boyle county state championship football game against Rock Castle County.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, was it in the. It was it in Canton in the.

[Ryan Lemon]

Hall of fame 2001? I was a little off, but not far off.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, so tell me about this big game.

[Ryan Lemon]

Jacob Tammy against Rock Castle county, had two touchdown catches.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. All right, well, he's probably done that a lot.

[Ryan Lemon]

Threw a touchdown pass.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, I can believe that.

[Ryan Lemon]

And he also had an interception for touchdown. No. At Rock Castle was up 42 to nothing at halftime in the state championship game against Rock Castle County.

[Drew Franklin]

We mean, Boyle was up.

[Ryan Lemon]

Boyle.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

So I said he ran one back, had an interception back a punt return back. I knew he had an interception. I think he had a really long punt return. Maybe got called back. Maybe it was a touchdown and got called back. I thought for sure he ran for a touchdown to that day. Just, you know, it's what legends are made of.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I told. Told Jacob during the commercial he should hire you to just tell his stories from his past.

[Ryan Lemon]

But he did confirm him getting hit and coming down on his head.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, like a torpedo.

[Ryan Lemon]

Like a torpedo. He was up like six feet in the sky, and bam. Like a torpedo. Straight down on his head.

[Drew Franklin]

But the interception. Touchdown. Not Exactly. Interception, historically accurate.

[Ryan Lemon]

Not a touchdown.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. And the punt return. Touchdown. Not exactly.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think they got called back. I think he had one. He got called back.

[Drew Franklin]

I could tell by his face when you were really rattling off all these stats and he looked very conf. Just keep, keep talking about the legend of.

[Ryan Lemon]

The legend of Jacob Tammy, former LAX 18, high school sports zone player of the year. All right. 859-280-2287. Shannon says we got a caller. Who? We got Shannon Allen. Allen. Go ahead, Alan.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, how you guys doing? Long time listener, first time caller calling.

[Ryan Lemon]

Appreciate that, Alan.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, I just wanted to ask you guys, do you think with this coming team, with the Pope coming out with the focus on conditioning, do you think our defense is going to start employing more of a full court press ala Patino when he played?

[Ryan Lemon]

Appreciate, Alan, thanks for the phone call. I mean, I think they've definitely put an emphasis on conditioning, and Pope made no secret about it. A couple times he's talked to the media and said things, and you hear some of the players talk about how it's been rough here in the summer doing conditioning work. Whether that translates to a press, I don't know. I just think after one year in the sec, Pope realized we got to be in better condition and we got to be tougher. I think it was a kind of an eye opening experience playing one season through the sec.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it sounds like he's channeling the old Patino behind the scenes in summer conditioning. You know, there were some. Some rotten lemon like legend, like stories of throwing up in trash cans and how much they'd make him run. Some stuff that's hard to believe and we're starting to hear that now of what guys are having to do in these summer, summer weeks. As far as pressing, I would like to see a little bit of it. I don't know that they'll ever do it like Patino did. Just because the games change so much, teams can beat the press a little easier. You got more ball handlers on the court. You know, back at Pino days, there'd be guys that couldn't dribble on the floor now, players a little able to beat it better, but I mean, it would still work a little bit. I actually wanted to try it last season just for a throwback before they were so beat up. But now with so many guards next year and so many bodies, I wouldn't mind him throwing it out there a few times. Throw teams off.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's the thing. He's got the bodies to do it.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, definitely.

[Ryan Lemon]

My only hesitation would be not a lot of depth at point guard. And you need him on the floor this season.

[Drew Franklin]

Don't want him out of gas.

[Ryan Lemon]

So maybe that would be one reason. Maybe they wouldn't press as much because they need low on the floor as much as possible. But he's got five or six guards out there that could definitely put on a press if he wanted to.

[Drew Franklin]

Heck, yeah. It won't be the patino press that we all remember from those. Those. Those years, but I hope he'll give it a little trial.

[Ryan Lemon]

Pick him up full court, 859-280-2287. That's our phone number if you want to call and get on board. So it was about this time Friday. I was throwing in the towel on the donut challenge.

[Drew Franklin]

In fact, before you go on, Cliff here, you didn't hear this. He submitted a. A call during the break, even though he's here in person.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay, what was it?

[Drew Franklin]

Cliff just wanted to let you know how disappointed he is. You had headphones on as we were starting, but he's one of many.

[Ryan Lemon]

Thanks, Cliff.

[Drew Franklin]

So carry on. While you're looking him in the eyes.

[Ryan Lemon]

All weekend, people are giving me, you know, the sad eye look, like they were so disappointed in my efforts. I'm telling you guys. Shannon, Drew, I knew I was in trouble on the first donut. The very first one was so dense and so thick, and it took me so many chews to get one donut down. Shannon, I knew I was in trouble.

[Matt Jones]

I thought you knew you were in trouble the moment you opened up that box and saw how big those donuts were.

[Ryan Lemon]

That is true.

[Matt Jones]

That's the moment that I said, you got no chance after seeing those donuts.

[Ryan Lemon]

So a guy, Drew sent me a graphic, said that each Jeff's donut is equivalent to two regular glazed donuts as far as density and weight.

[Drew Franklin]

I can believe that.

[Ryan Lemon]

So in that case, I ate 16 donuts.

[Matt Jones]

No, no, no. You ate eight and a half.

[Ryan Lemon]

I ate the equivalent of 16 donuts.

[Drew Franklin]

I think eight and a half's a little exaggerated.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, I think I give it probably 8.

[Drew Franklin]

I would say 7. 8. 7.75.

[Ryan Lemon]

Because I crammed out the what was remaining into a ball. I thought I could cram it.

[Matt Jones]

I was wondering what you were thinking there in that moment, because the size of that donut ball that you rolled up was bigger than a softball. There was no way that was going in your mouth. So what were you.

[Ryan Lemon]

I was running out of time. You know, I tried to hit a game Winning three pointer at the end of the game, and this didn't work for me. I show you what else I should have done. Dip them in water from the very beginning. That helped. That's when I got my mojo going. Dante's yelling at me over the fence and got a little mojo going. I was dipping them in the water. Done that from the very start.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I think you should have to. I agree. The other thing, on a technicality, you know, you just had to have that in your mouth. I don't think you could. I think you could have just, like, reached down like a dog and just grabbed that big ball of donut and just had it, like, hanging out of your mouth. And I think that. Would that have counted? I think it might have. It would have been out of your hands at that point.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, but I still had a mouthful of donut from previous donuts.

[Matt Jones]

That's right.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

I couldn't get that down fast enough to get the new ball of donut goo in my mouth.

[Drew Franklin]

I knew you were in trouble when you were exactly on pace three minutes in.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Because you weren't going to maintain that first donut pace. So you were behind the math pretty early. You needed to. To get ahead of the pace.

[Ryan Lemon]

But I couldn't. That first donut was so dry and it was so dense and thick. I knew I was in trouble.

[Drew Franklin]

I told people you almost had it, but also never really had it. Like, you were close at the end, but at no point did I ever think you were actually gonna pull it off.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think, Shannon, two more minutes. Two more minutes. I think I would have got it.

[Matt Jones]

Well, yeah, two more minutes. But that wasn't the bet. And the bed. Let's not forget the bet already changed. The bet went from 10 donuts in 10 minutes to 15 minutes, and then Matt trying to make it 20 minutes. So, you know, the bet was what it was. You didn't win. You were close. The charity money was still donated, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah. Blue Nil is still going to donate $5,000 to the charities of my choice. And I've talked to Stephen Horn. I've got five different charities we're going to give a thousand dollars to. Five different.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, good. Do you already know who they are?

[Ryan Lemon]

Casa.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm always with casa. Christian Appalachian Project. I do their endorsements. And Matt just did their podcast. I can't name the name of the dog. I'm drawing a blank on the. There's a dog adoption fundraiser. Yeah, adoptions. Gosh. What is the name? I'm drawing a blank and then my church, Centerpoint Christian Church and the First United Methodist Church in Georgetown. Their preschool program, that's where yoga girl works.

[Drew Franklin]

The preschoolers.

[Ryan Lemon]

So the preschoolers get some.

[Matt Jones]

So you're like 500 different places. So everybody gets like $2, right?

[Ryan Lemon]

They get a thousand dollars a piece.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

We're gonna give away and, you know, big things. There's Club Blue and I'll stepping up and doing that for us.

[Drew Franklin]

People really want to know. We all heard this on the show. How was Ryan Lemon after the show? You know, there's been a silence since noon. What was life like? Afternoon Fairy tale options. Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

Fairy tale pet adoptions. Okay, I can tell you guys, after you left, I went up to my bed and laid down and my stomach started doing crazy things. I threw up. Oh. Took a two hour nap. Felt fine after that.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I got a text that night that said, you're at Drake's. You know, I have. I have little spies all over Lexington and I know where people are moving and shaking at all times. Why were you at Drake's at 9 o'? Clock?

[Ryan Lemon]

I didn't eat anything after the donuts. I didn't eat anything. Got a little hungry.

[Matt Jones]

I called you and you said you're eating lobster bisque.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, you tweeted about lobster.

[Ryan Lemon]

I bought it, but I didn't eat it.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

We ate it the next day.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Ryan Lemon]

So sure.

[Drew Franklin]

Interception return for touchdown. Huh?

[Ryan Lemon]

Thanks to everybody who donated. And big thanks to Club Blue Nil and fairy tale pet Adoption. I couldn't remember. All right, we're right back. Hour number two here in Kentucky sports radio.

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