2025-07-18- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 2 (July 18, 2025)

Hosts: Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin, Shannon "The Dude"
Produced By: iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)
Release Date: July 18, 2025

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1. Introduction and Host Updates (01:57 - 02:05)

With Matt Jones taking a week off, Ryan Lemon, Drew Franklin, and Shannon "The Dude" step in to host Hour 2 of Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR). They briefly mention upcoming topics, including the ongoing football season and community events.

2. Wild Eggs Scavenger Hunt and Giveaways (02:05 - 02:57)

The hosts announce the continuation of the Josiah scavenger hunt at Wild Eggs. Listeners are encouraged to find Josiah at the Wild Eggs location for a chance to win a $100 gift card. Additionally, the first five callers who text will receive a $25 Wild Eggs gift card.

Notable Quote:

Ryan Lemon (02:27): "If you know it, the first five people that text with their name, you're going to get a $25 Wild Eggs gift card."

3. Discussion on EA College Sports Football Game and Interview with Aiden Laros (02:57 - 11:19)

The hosts delve into the EA College Sports football game, highlighting an unusual "toughness" rating of zero assigned to Kentucky punter Aiden Laros. This leads to an exclusive interview with Aiden, where he humorously addresses the mistake and leverages it for positive publicity.

Notable Quotes:

Ryan Lemon (04:03): "So the first five people that text the text machine, and the first person to go find Josiah gets a gift card."

Aiden Laros (04:45): "I think it's personal. They forgot to put the nine in front of the zero."

Shannon The Dude (06:42): "They forgot to put the nine in front of the zero."

Aiden discusses his rugby background, the impact of the incorrect rating on his media presence, and his commitment to improving his toughness in future game releases.

4. Community Engagement and Events (11:19 - 10:34)

Aiden Laros mentions his involvement with the Scott County Humane Society, promoting upcoming events at Evans Orchard and Petsmart in Hamburg. These events aim to support fostered animals and encourage pet adoptions.

Notable Quote:

Aiden Laros (10:34): "I've really enjoyed helping out Scott Humane Society with the animals there. It's been a great, great opportunity to help out fostered animals."

5. Listener Calls and Sports Opinions (12:06 - 35:07)

The hosts engage with listeners through phone calls, discussing various topics:

• Cody's Call (12:11 - 14:58): Cody shares his late grandpa's formula for rooting for sports teams when Kentucky isn't playing, prioritizing Kentucky, SEC teams, and state teams excluding Louisville.

  Notable Quote:

  Cody (12:36): "After following that formula, I can easily pick what team to cheer for."

• Connor Wilhite Feature (30:28 - 32:19): Highlighting young talent, Connor Wilhite, a sophomore involved in multiple sports broadcasts and podcasting, showcases the future of sports media.

  Notable Quote:

  Drew Franklin (31:08): "Even if no one's listening or reading, just start something and be consistent with it."

• Larry's Insights (35:05 - 35:31): Larry discusses coaching strategies for Kentucky's football team, reflecting on past performance and future potential.

  Notable Quote:

  Larry (35:02): "I think we're better than we're giving credit for on the football team."

6. High School Sports Spotlight: Evan Hampton and Shooting Stars (27:36 - 29:47)

The hosts spotlight Evan Hampton from Owensboro High School, a leading candidate for Kentucky's Mr. Football. Initially committed to Louisville, Hampton flips his commitment to Vanderbilt, sparking discussions about recruitment and team dynamics.

Notable Quote:

Ryan Lemon (29:08): "This kid is from Owensboro, from Kentucky, maybe Kentucky Mr. Football."

7. KSR Golf Scramble and Woodson Bend Fire Incident (22:11 - 23:48)

Preparation for the annual KSR Golf Scramble at Woodson Bend in Somerset is discussed. The team reflects on a recent fire that destroyed a condo building at the golf course, expressing concern and solidarity with those affected.

Notable Quote:

Ryan Lemon (22:43): "Massive fire. They're lucky. It just kind of contained to one building and thankfully nobody was injured."

8. Coldplay Concert Kiss Cam Scandal (40:33 - 44:15)

The hosts cover a viral incident from a Coldplay concert where a married CEO and his HR director were caught in an embrace on the kiss cam, leading to widespread speculation about infidelity. The discussion includes potential repercussions and societal reactions.

Notable Quotes:

Drew Franklin (42:08): "She sat there and laughed."

Shannon The Dude (42:34): "You shouldn't cheat on your significant others and you shouldn't be doing that in your company."

9. Upcoming Events and Final Remarks (35:20 - 43:02)

Plans for next week's remote show at Kentucky Customs and Uplifting in Nicholasville are announced. The hosts also reflect on the week's topics, share humorous anecdotes, and encourage listener participation.

Notable Quotes:

Ryan Lemon (40:34): "The biggest story across the country, we ain't even touched on it till right now."

Drew Franklin (45:59): "This has been a lot of fun. Matt will be back on Monday."

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Key Takeaways:

• Community Involvement: The KSR team actively engages with local events, promoting initiatives like the Wild Eggs scavenger hunt and Scott County Humane Society's adoption events.

• Sports Insights: In-depth discussions on virtual sports simulations highlight player personas and community reactions, exemplified by Aiden Laros' experience with the EA College Sports football game.

• Listener Engagement: Through interactive phone calls, the hosts provide a platform for listeners to share opinions, stories, and gain sports-related advice.

• Emerging Talent: Spotlighting young individuals like Connor Wilhite underscores the growing trend of early involvement in sports media and broadcasting.

• Contemporary Issues: Addressing viral incidents like the Coldplay concert embrace reflects the show's commitment to covering a broad spectrum of topics relevant to listeners.

Overall, this episode of KSR Hour 2 offers a blend of sports analysis, community engagement, lighthearted banter, and timely discussions, ensuring an engaging experience for both regular listeners and newcomers.

Transcript

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[Shannon The Dude]

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

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, welcome back. It's Ryan, Drew and Shannon here on our number two of Kentucky Sports Radio. Matt will be back on Monday. He had a week off here before we get into into the weeds with football season. 859-280-2287 that's our Clark's Puppy Shop phone number. If you want to Call and get on board. We'll take your calls. Our Josiah scavenger hunt is still underway. I told you where he were. He works at Wild Eggs. If you go find Josiah at Wild Eggs, he's got a $100 gift card in his pocket. He's gonna give to somebody. First person to come up to him and give it to him. He'll give it to him. He'll give it to him. In the end, the first five people that can text the a vision glass text machine, which is my cell phone, so I'm not gonna give my cell phone number out. But if you know it, the first five people that text with their name, you're going to get a $25 wild eggs gift card.

[Drew Franklin]

Wow.

[Ryan Lemon]

So Wild Eggs is, like, just blowing it up here today. No, you're ineligible.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm ineligible.

[Ryan Lemon]

You're ineligible. Ineligible to win. Employees of iHeartRadio are ineligible and Take Sports Radio. Ineligible to win.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay, well, my contract's up today, so I don't know. Maybe I'm not a boy.

[Ryan Lemon]

So the first five people that text the text machine, and the first person to go find Josiah gets a gift card. All right, now, Drew, you're a big fan of the EA College sports football game?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes. I've played it a total of one hour and 20 minutes, but I've enjoyed it.

[Ryan Lemon]

And the two things I hear the most is one, Chris Wilcox shoes are taped in the video game Jamari on Wilcox. Jamari and Wilcox. Thank. Chris Wilcox was a basketball player.

[Drew Franklin]

Maryland, I think.

[Ryan Lemon]

Was it Maryland when they beat Kentucky?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Was that the Sweet sixteen or the Elite Eight? What was it? What was. Steve Blake. Yeah. Was on that team. Joanne Dixon, I think Joanne.

[Drew Franklin]

Some people say Juan for short. You want to call him Joanne? Juan Dixon, if you want to make that two syllables.

[Ryan Lemon]

I was there, actually, at that game that. So Wilcox's shoes are taped, and then Aiden LaRosa's toughness ranking was zero.

[Shannon The Dude]

Has to be a mistake.

[Ryan Lemon]

Has to be a mistake.

[Shannon The Dude]

Somebody screwed up when they were doing the toughness rating there.

[Drew Franklin]

If it's not a mistake, he has to drive to EA headquarters and fight someone. I mean, that is just the most disrespectful thing you could do. So, like, if they made him a zero, because there's all these different criteria. Catch, run, block, pass, block, elusiveness. They put you zero there. Okay, whatever. But toughness, that's question. That's question on a man right there. I think it's personal.

[Shannon The Dude]

They forgot to put the nine in front of the zero.

[Drew Franklin]

90 90.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. Yeah, that's what it was.

[Ryan Lemon]

So joining us now to defend his self, defend his toughness, defend his manhood is Kentucky punter Aiden Laros. Aiden, how embarrassing was that? You go get the game. You're all excited and they have your toughness as a zero.

[Aiden Laros]

Yeah. How's it going, guys? Yeah, I. It came as a pretty big shock to me and the fact that I. I got a lot of DM for my buddies back at home and all over the place about it, it's quite comical. I just think it's a. It's a. It's a good joke. I don't see anything other than it being a mistake because I know I grew. I mean, I'm. I grew up playing rugby and from South Africa. You know, there's no, there's no question about my toughness in that sense. But yeah, I think it's good. It's been, it's really good media presence for me and it's been nothing but good, good publicity, you know?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I mean, pardon my take the number one sports sports podcast in America was talking about you. So even though. Guess it's a bit of a negative, getting a zero, lots of attention from this. Were you. Pardon my, take a listener beforehand. And did you hear that clip of them talking about you?

[Aiden Laros]

Yeah, honestly, I don't. I don't listen to many podcasts myself, but again, I had a couple friends of mine text me and they were like, I was listening to part of my take on the way to work and heard your name. Buddies that I haven't heard from in years. And so it's been good, actually. Good connection building from. From friends I haven't spoken to in a while because it's brought up a funny joke now. But yeah, it was, it was really cool to see that.

[Drew Franklin]

Let's. Let's set the record straight because they can still update these things. They're updating rosters every week, new downloads. This can be fixed. What is your toughness from zero to 99? And we will make sure they get the message and it is properly updated the next time they release one.

[Aiden Laros]

Yeah, you know, I'm gonna be. I'm gonna be. Be very confident about it and say a lot higher than that. But yeah, we'll see. Hopefully they'll. Maybe we'll. We'll see if they change it. But yeah, definitely. I reckon I'm the one of the tougher guy punters in the nation for sure.

[Drew Franklin]

88, 88. Good call it. 88, 88, 89, 90. Where you want to be. Where should we.

[Aiden Laros]

Yeah, yeah. Above 90 for sure. We should go from zero to 99.

[Shannon The Dude]

Listen, I know you're a tough guy because I saw that video of you taking those footballs off your chest a couple of days ago that was posted on social media. But I do want to have, I do want to ask one question just to test your toughness here. So would you rather fight one horse sized duck or. Or 100 duck sized horses? Which one are you going with?

[Ryan Lemon]

One horse sized duck.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's right. Let me Repeat it again. One horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?

[Aiden Laros]

I reckon 100 duck sized horses. Just because I can get a good kick in.

[Shannon The Dude]

There you go.

[Aiden Laros]

I can get the kick in there.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Aiden Laros]

At least they gave me the leg power on the game, so I think I could at least get the kick in for those.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's right. He could pick them up and punt them. That's exactly right.

[Ryan Lemon]

I do love the fact how you and Universe, I guess kind of leaned into this with the video that came out a couple of days ago showing you working out and saying, man, I got one year to get that toughness rating up and you're working out already. So next year's video game, you don't have the zero there beside your name.

[Aiden Laros]

Right. Especially with the, the new Happy Gilmore movie coming out. It definitely worked out well. It was a good, good time and I enjoyed doing that.

[Drew Franklin]

On a serious note, we'll talk a little real life football, not virtual football. You came here last year as an FCS All American, but set out the first three games. They went a different direction at punter, but then you stepped in, got the role and finished the year. What was that like last year? Having to come and sit for a little bit before you got your chance. And then you seemed to make the most of it once you became that full time starter.

[Aiden Laros]

Yeah, look, I obviously had trust in the coaches. They brought me here for a reason. I, I can't lie and say I wasn't upset, but I'm not a, I'm not a guy that does that sits and pouts. I, I kept working and made my way onto the field and I knew once I got onto the field I'd do what I, what I, what I came to do. And yeah, I've got a big year coming up this year. We've got a great team and super excited to show, show America what we've got and what I've got. Got to prove.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, Kentucky's had some kick ass punters. Max Duffy, Tim Mastay, I argue that maybe the toughest punter of all is a guy named Glenn Pakalak. So I guess you got, you got some people, you know, some tough guys ahead of you were also good punters. You can kind of emulate those guys a little bit.

[Aiden Laros]

Yeah, definitely. I think that being able to learn what they've done here at Kentucky and obviously put my own, put my own spin on it, I think that I've, I'm going to do something that people haven't done here. And yeah, I'm really excited to, to do that.

[Drew Franklin]

You're a part of last year's team when it didn't quite go as well as you all had hoped. And the talk ever since in the off season from a lot of your teammates and coaches is the culture in the locker room is a lot better. Even though you're a specialist and might not be involved as the offensive defenses, game planning and all that. Are you at least just in the building and in the locker room? Do you feel like you all have hit reset, you're in a good place going into next year?

[Aiden Laros]

Yeah, definitely. Obviously last year's past us, but I get around a lot of the guys. I know I'm a specialist, but I'm around a lot of the players. I'm really close with a lot of the team. I get out and hang out with a lot of the players. I've always been around people other than the specialists and I love the team this year. The new transfers are really down to earth and we just. It seems like a great brotherhood this year and I can't wait to get on the field with them because we're, we're getting there. We're getting there. Once, once the field, once the first game hits, we're ready. Yeah, well.

[Ryan Lemon]

And we appreciate it. We also want to plug you got a couple events coming up with the part of the Scott County Humane Society. You've got an event. Are they going to do it tonight at Evans Orchard or are they going to call an audible? If it's going the weather's going to be bad.

[Aiden Laros]

Yeah, I think tonight should work out if the weather's up to it. I've really enjoyed helping out Scott Humane Society with the animals there. It's been a great, great opportunity to help out fostered animals.

[Ryan Lemon]

So the Scott County Humane Society event tonight at Evans Orchard, what are the times of that tonight at the rain holds off 5 to 8, 5 to 8. And then you'll be at Petsmart tomorrow in hamburg from about 1 to 3 with dumpling is Dumpling one of the. I guess one of the dogs available for adoption you guys are talking about from the Scott County Humane Society?

[Aiden Laros]

Yeah, I think that's. That's if the. If the weather doesn't hold out for tonight.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay. Okay. All right, well. And we appreciate it, man. Get back to working out. Get that toughness number up for next year's video game. Just go clobber a few people this year, and they'll have to. They'll have to move that number up.

[Aiden Laros]

Yeah, I. Look, I really appreciate you guys having me. It was a good time. I can't wait to show the world what we've got. Is Kentucky football. Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Appreciate it, Appreciate it. That's Aiden Laros, Kentucky's pun of this year. And already I got text messages. The ladies love his voice. I mean, he's like. I got four or five text messages. Like, we could hear him talk all day.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay. I didn't know we were gonna go that angle out of the interview. I enjoyed hearing from. That's the first time I've. I've talked to him. I didn't do any of the interviews with him last year, but I didn't know this was. That was for the ladies.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, well, apparently they really enjoyed his voice a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

So jealous.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. You don't have to be a big tough guy to get the ladies. All you gotta do is have a good accent. That's all.

[Ryan Lemon]

There's Max Duffy proved that. Exactly. What you're saying.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you think is Aiden going to be on a KSR road trip here in four or five years? He's just going to follow the max path?

[Ryan Lemon]

Is he going to disappear in Seattle? We got to wait around, look for him again like somebody else we knew. 859-280-2287. That's our Clark's Pumping Shop phone number. We do have one caller if we go to break. Shannon, let's go ahead and get that.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay. Let's go to Cody.

[Ryan Lemon]

Cody, Go ahead. Cody.

[Cody]

Hey, gang. How y' all doing today?

[Ryan Lemon]

All right. How are you, Cody?

[Cody]

Good, good. Hey, I wanted to call in a common topic that comes up on the show is. Or a debate, I should say, is what team do we root for when Kentucky's not playing? And my late grandpa, one of the biggest Kentucky fans I know, shared with me his formula on who to cheer for, and I wanted to share with you guys.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, go ahead.

[Cody]

All right, real quick. So number one, obviously Kentucky, no if, ands or buts about it. Could be water polo. We're cheering Kentucky. Number two, SEC could care less. You know, whatever team in the SEC you pick. But it's sec. Then number three, we go State of Kentucky, excluding Louisville, of course. Then number four, we go whichever team is playing Louisville or Duke, and then we top it off with whichever team helps Kentucky the most by winning. So after following that formula, I can easily pick what team to cheer for.

[Drew Franklin]

All right.

[Ryan Lemon]

Appreciate it. Thank you very much. Appreciate the phone call, Cody. It kind of makes sense to me. Right?

[Drew Franklin]

Good code to go by. Even though I haven't had it written out like that, I think that's the same way I follow to.

[Ryan Lemon]

I kind of feel like I almost follow the Kentucky schools second. Not counting Louisville and SEC schools third.

[Drew Franklin]

That's true. I would probably flip those two on my list, but otherwise, I'm right in step.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, like Eastern, Western, Northern, Morehead. Somebody's playing Murray. I'm rooting. I'm pulling for them, even if they're playing against an SEC school. For sure.

[Drew Franklin]

Louisville aside, I don't have any interstate animosity. I know. Even yesterday, DJ Burns was like, it's awkward with the Murray Kentucky rivalry. Yeah, I didn't want to interrupt him, but. What. What are you talking about? What rivalry? I'm from Murray. You know, I guess being the big dog.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I think people.

[Drew Franklin]

Murray.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, people. Murray look at Kentucky like, they. They won't play us. They won't.

[Drew Franklin]

Hey, calm down, Murray. Calm down.

[Ryan Lemon]

Because that's been the big contentious. Kentucky wants to play Murray, but Murray wants a home. And home. Kentucky's like, we ain't coming there. If you want to play us, you got to come here.

[Drew Franklin]

Murray can do something in one hand and something else in the other on that. But overall, I like all Kentucky schools across the board, minus Louisville.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, we have the Open on right now, and you're anxiously awaiting because your draft Kings parlay could win you some.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm very superstitious of the bets, and when one's doing well but hasn't hit yet, I try not to talk about it.

[Ryan Lemon]

Also, I just jinxed you.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I haven't said it out yet. Loud yet. It's more about me saying it out loud. This goes back before I was 18. This was even my rule back then. When you start counting it before it hits, that's when you lose. But I will say I have a 20 to 1 parlay. We're looking. All right. I don't want to get too confident, but I'm feeling pretty good, kind of.

[Ryan Lemon]

Shannon, this is like the only thing Wow.

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean that's.

[Drew Franklin]

No, it's 11 legs. It's 20 to 1.

[Ryan Lemon]

11 legs, 21 still. Shannon, this is like the only thing to bet on right now in DraftKings with the major league baseball. I guess kids kicks back up.

[Drew Franklin]

Was talking about we got TBT tonight.

[Ryan Lemon]

Is it TBT on DraftKings?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I've already bet it. I'm all over that under 154 and a half. I made sure to get my bets in before telling anyone else. Now you all go bet all you want. Mine are locked in, but I have the under at 154 and a half and they're a 13 and a half point favorite. I took them to cover, but I like the under well, so if you.

[Ryan Lemon]

Believe Willie and the twins talking about they're putting emphasis on defense, you may want to bet the under in some of these games.

[Drew Franklin]

I think so. This is not financial advice. You do you gamble responsibly. Never bet more than you're comfortable losing. But I do feel like game one, they're going to be trying to save their legs. They're playing the worst.

[Ryan Lemon]

Shannon's got his phone out doing it right now.

[Shannon The Dude]

See la familiar 13 1/2 point favorite.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, bet that too. But I think defensively they'll do well and maybe it's a high and they score a bunch of points. But I think they might get a big lead in coast knowing there's bigger games ahead this weekend. So that's, that's my logic in my head.

[Ryan Lemon]

So go to DraftKings, bet on LA familia all weekend.

[Drew Franklin]

All weekend.

[Ryan Lemon]

Hit it up. So, all right, we'll take our break, come back, go Back to phone lines 859-280-2287. Ryan, Drew and Shannon, this is Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Ryan Lemon]

Samsung Galaxy S25 con Galaxy AI por cuenta nuestra equatro lineas po. All right, welcome back Kentucky Sports Radio. You tough enough? Are you tough? Aiden Laros, our UK punter. I enjoyed that interview. Talking to me about. I'm glad he's just kind of, like I said, leaning into it, having some fun with it. His ranking on the EA College Sports football game.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Sounds like he's got some good personality. I know he hadn't done a lot of media here at Kentucky, maybe he did at other stops but very comfortable talking to us. Seemed like a fun guy.

[Ryan Lemon]

So maybe should we all tweet EA College football is it. Was that what the.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know what their Twitter handle is. I think they got, I think they got lit up pretty good when that, when that first we should all.

[Shannon The Dude]

They're aware of what they did. They know.

[Ryan Lemon]

And maybe we say he should be a 98 and Larrell should be a 90.

[Shannon The Dude]

Give him a one at least. I mean not a zero.

[Ryan Lemon]

Not a zero. Alright, phone lines are open this segment if you want to call and get on board. 859-280-2287. We do have the winners in the Wild Eggs gift certificate giveaway. I forget how many people actually have my number. That didn't go very well at all. So. But I just did the first five. The first five people we got you, we got your name and number. So we got. We'll take care of you. And I don't know if anybody has found Josiah yet at Wild Eggs walking around with that hundred dollar gift card in his pocket.

[Drew Franklin]

At what point do you start thinking Josiah didn't show up for work?

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I did leave before he did this morning.

[Drew Franklin]

Is Josiah at home in bed with a Wild Egg gift card in his pocket, missing his shift?

[Ryan Lemon]

It's highly possible. Let me tell you what he did though. We're talking about Josiah. I know this is, this is a dad thing, but I guess it's an event now. When you want to ask your girl to be your girlfriend, you don't just assume it. You don't, you have to not only ask, you make it an event. And so him and he went and bought all these balloons, blew up all the balloons, hung balloons from his ceiling, all these candles, pictures of the two of them. And then he had these balloon letters, said will you be my girlfriend? On his wall. Did you know, it was a thing.

[Shannon The Dude]

Now it's like a proposal or something. It literally was hire a photographer for it.

[Drew Franklin]

Is this the example you set for him? How to treat someone exactly opposite?

[Ryan Lemon]

I went to him like, is this what I need to do to yoga girl? Do I have to officially ask her to be my girlfriend?

[Drew Franklin]

You're getting dating advice from your, your soon to be college age son.

[Ryan Lemon]

But did you know that's a thing? Like you know they're making an event when you ask them to go to prom. You know, it's a big promotion, big production.

[Drew Franklin]

Promoted. You're going to prom with me. Congratulations.

[Ryan Lemon]

So now you have to make it a promotion production to ask them to be your girlfriend.

[Drew Franklin]

See my era as I'm recently 40. When I was in high school, middle school, it was all about writing notes. We didn't have these Snapchats.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

All these ways to, to, to communicate. You would have to meet them at their locker between classes, pass them a note. Hopefully you would get one back. If not, you would go cry yourself to sleep in algebra. But it was always about passing notes. I felt like there was a lot of will you be my girlfriend? Will you go to prom?

[Ryan Lemon]

Please Circle.

[Drew Franklin]

We were all, yeah, we had to show off our penmanship. You know, you were getting judged by your handwriting.

[Ryan Lemon]

Not anymore.

[Drew Franklin]

Now kids these days are out buying balloons and this is too much. Just get back to pen and paper.

[Ryan Lemon]

He spent over $100 on this. Decorations for his room with candles, balloons. Imagine she says, oh, a big teddy bear. That's as big as me. A dozen roses, dude.

[Shannon The Dude]

What?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes, I'll send you the p. I'll tell you what, I'm going to tweet out the picture of his, of the setup in his room. This is the room that caught on fire. And so now he's got it set up to ask him to ask her to be his girl. And of course she said yes. So now even though after they've kind of been dating since they were freshmen in high school, she's now officially boyfriend girlfriend.

[Shannon The Dude]

Did he get her a ring? It feels like he got her everything else.

[Drew Franklin]

Are you sure this isn't a proposal?

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, I didn't see a ring.

[Drew Franklin]

My goodness. We just had, we had like a Pilot G2 ink pen, a five star notebook, loose leaf paper. And then if you really like them, you'd fold it real hard, get nice creases, maybe a new, some origami, and then you just pass the note off, wait for class to be over and then you'd find out if you had a girlfriend or boyfriend or not.

[Ryan Lemon]

What was there a word you used? Like, because when I was growing up, we'd say, will you go with me?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I'd say that was probably. I don't remember exactly, but it was just. It was all about the notes. We weren't doing balloons. Maybe. Maybe I just wasn't doing. Maybe other people were doing balloons and I wasn't.

[Ryan Lemon]

But I did not have a girlfriend in high school.

[Drew Franklin]

I did. I wrote notes. We exchanged notes to my wife. That's listening. I'm sorry.

[Ryan Lemon]

Shannon had like 25 girlfriends.

[Shannon The Dude]

Of course. Yeah. There was notes going everywhere, coming from every direction.

[Ryan Lemon]

859-280-2287. That's the Clarke Plumbershop phone number. Now, on Monday, September 8th, we have our KSR Golf Scramble at Woodson Bend in Somerset. We've been down there for several years in a row. How many years in a row you think we've been down there?

[Drew Franklin]

That one's eight. Yeah. I was gonna say, at least.

[Ryan Lemon]

Every year we go down to Woodson Bend. Early in our KSR career, they almost kicked me. I was banned from Woodson Bend because my son stole a couple golf carts and drove around the golf course. We're staying there. But last this week, I think maybe two nights ago, one of their big condo buildings caught on fire and it destroyed it. I mean, it burned it down. It was a massive fire on the golf course at one of their condo complexes. So it was kind of eerie to kind of see that because we're going to be there in about a month.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. And I go there a couple times a year. One of my good friends, his family has a place there. I've mentioned it before, when we do shows, we use the J. Yeah, Seat of the J. We used to do a golf weekend and he was sending me this in real time, giving us updates. And just at a place I've been so many times and been in condos identical to that one. Luckily not that one. It's just crazy to see how completely engulfed in flames. I mean, that was a horrible fire.

[Ryan Lemon]

Massive fire. They're lucky. It just kind of contained to a one building and thankfully nobody was injured. I don't know if anybody was even home when the fire broke out. But it looks like one of those condo buildings that maybe holds like six condos, maybe four.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, they're. They're usually a four pack or a six pack seem together. Yeah, yeah. It just looks absolutely awful. I didn't. I did not see anything, as you mentioned, of, you know, people being in there or anything but just for a place that we're going to be soon and we've been many times to see it completely engulfed like that was.

[Ryan Lemon]

It was kind of take you back a little bit, doesn't it?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, absolutely. Everyone involved owns those. They're able to recover and hopefully have too many valuables and family photos. Yeah, that's the stuff that doesn't come back.

[Ryan Lemon]

859-280-2287 who's up next? Shannon.

[Shannon The Dude]

Bob and Jamestown.

[H]

Bob.

[Ryan Lemon]

Bob and James. And how you, Bob?

[H]

What are you doing, guys?

[Ryan Lemon]

What you doing, Bob?

[H]

Well, when it's the virtue is always older women. They've got. When you're in high school, they might have their driver's license before you and they're more experienced. When you're older, it's older women. That's been my, my key.

[Ryan Lemon]

Anyway, I've always wanted to know how Bob's dating strategy was in high school. He went after the, the milfs, it sounds like.

[H]

Oh yeah, I was in the, you know, in the drama club, you know, with the play. That's where all the, the better looking women were in Theatrical.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh yeah.

[H]

I was like stage crew. They have good parties. The best parties. Anyway, guys, have a good weekend and stay cool because it's going to be another hot one.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, Bob, glad you're doing well too. Yeah, I'm glad we get some dating advice from Bob. Date. The good looking women are in the drama club.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

Because they know how to party.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm retired from dating. That would have been good advice back in the day.

[Ryan Lemon]

You're the only married guy left right now. Although Shannon's kind of legally married. He's been with Sarah for like 45 years.

[Shannon The Dude]

Not true.

[Ryan Lemon]

Nope.

[Drew Franklin]

You're about to propose.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. You are.

[Ryan Lemon]

I got to ask her to be my girlfriend. I guess that's the thing I got to do.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I know where you can get some balloons. Just go to the room down the hallway from yours. Why don't I do. They're still fresh. Price take out.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's.

[Drew Franklin]

That whole. That helium is still good.

[Shannon The Dude]

She doesn't listen to the show, does she?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, then you ruined it or she'll.

[Drew Franklin]

Appreciate your saving money.

[Ryan Lemon]

Good point too.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, budget friendly.

[Ryan Lemon]

I left one part out of. I was kind of involved in the setup where he went to get her and my job was to light the candles. Keep in mind that's the room that caught on fire already once. So I waited till he's right on the corner and lit all the candles and we go in the room. He had like 30 candles.

[Shannon The Dude]

Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

Did he know you were going to tell the entire state?

[Ryan Lemon]

No. Everyone doesn't even know right now.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't even know if he knows what I know. If he knows what I do. We'll be right back. Kentucky Sports Radio. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney.

[Drew Franklin]

Call tj. He'll make him pay.

[Shannon The Dude]

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

[Ryan Lemon]

Dude, we had the best conversation during that commercial. It was the best, best off air conversation we may have ever had. We all, all three of us had a story.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, sometimes, sometimes I sit and as we're talking I'm like, I sure hope Shannon hit that mute button over there in Louisville. Like, I don't, I don't know that.

[Shannon The Dude]

This isn't every mic.

[Ryan Lemon]

Every mic's a hot mic. We won't tell you what we were talking about, but let's just say Bob and Jamestown's phone call kind of sparked some stories that we all were telling.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, that's.

[Ryan Lemon]

We'll just leave it at that. 859-280-2287. The Clark's puppy Shop phone number. If you want to call and get on board. I just got a picture of Josiah Wild Eggs.

[Drew Franklin]

So he is there.

[Ryan Lemon]

He is there. And he does have the gift card still in his pocket. If you know somebody lives over there, tell him just to go get this gift card. It's a 100 gift card in his pocket at Wild Eggs.

[Drew Franklin]

Matter of fact, you didn't say which location.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay, I'm going to tell it now.

[Drew Franklin]

You're going to reveal it. I'm going to multi. Wild Eggs.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's at the Hamburg location. He's at the. It's where he works. He works at the Hamburg location. I know that's the one.

[Drew Franklin]

I know someone that lives across the street.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, you should call him. It's $100 gift card. 859-28022. I got a couple story but a couple high school kids. I want to talk. And we'll go back to the phone lines. One probably the leading candidate for Kentucky. Mr. Football. One of the leading candidates for sure is Evan Hampton from Owensboro High School. We know his family. Drew, you know his dad is Brent Hampton who's a official officiates SEC games. Game big. You know, he's one of the biggest officials in the country. His grandpa's grandpa.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

Who works the scores table at all the UK games. He was a legendary official back in his day. Also now up in Cynthiana and spends.

[Drew Franklin]

A mean pizza too.

[Ryan Lemon]

Pizza make great pizza.

[Drew Franklin]

I haven't had one yet.

[Ryan Lemon]

I had one.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, you got one.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes. I went to his house and he fixed it in his basement. Mac Whitaker was there and it was. It was a lot of fun.

[Drew Franklin]

I see him on Facebook.

[Ryan Lemon]

So Evan Hampton is the grandson and the son of Brent Hampton, maybe the best player in Kentucky for next season. He originally committed to Louisville. Did not commit Kentucky recruiting me did not commit to Kentucky, committed to Louisville. Well now he has flipped Shannon leaving Louisville and committed to Vanderbilt. How about that? Diego Pavia.

[Shannon The Dude]

How about. Yeah, how about Vanderbilt getting a commitment from Louisville from Owensboro.

[Ryan Lemon]

He's from Owensboro.

[Shannon The Dude]

Right. But I mean.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, a flip from Louisville.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's what I mean. Yeah, the guy that was going to be in and going to Vanderbilt, that's. That's something you don't see very often.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I want him to be a cat first and foremost. I was pretty disappointed. I don't know him but I didn't want him to go to Louisville. Knowing the family a little bit, the last thing I want to do is have them been their Kentucky fans. I want them Cards. So if you can't be Kentucky, I like that he left Louisville to go to Vandy. And it does show that Vandy's got a little bit of swagger right now. More than they normally will with Pavia. He was a big star at media days this week talking a lot of noise. Vandy's starting to flex a little bit in the conference. They're still down at the bottom. Kentucky also at the bottom. But Vandy is. If they, if there's anything as momentum, such thing as momentum around Vandy football, they have some right now.

[Ryan Lemon]

See that was my point. This kid is from Owensboro, from Kentucky, maybe Kentucky. Mr. Football. His family grew up in Cynthiana. They are right in UK's backyard. Didn't start commit to Kentucky to start with and now opens these commitment back up Lee's Louisville goes to Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt steals one from Kentucky right here.

[Drew Franklin]

And Rivals has him as a four star. He's a three on all the others but number one in Kentucky on Rivals which I guess I now I am somehow connected to. I don't know the exact word there but support Rivals decision on this Hampton ranking. But again I wish it were Cats, but at least it's not. The Cards did not want to see him wearing red.

[Ryan Lemon]

I agree. One more high school story to tell you about and then we'll go to the phone lines. There's A There's a dude in Scott county named Connor Wilhite. He is going to be a sophomore. Connor does play by play for Scott county basketball, Scott county football, Scott county baseball. I think he does Scott county girls basketball. He did it all these as a freshman with his own equipment, sets it up himself. He's a producer. He's the talent. He does stats, keeps his own scorebook, and he does his own podcast. He's had major, major superstars on his podcast. Tom Leach, Hikari Figs, Ryan Lemon.

[Drew Franklin]

Ryan Lemon. He got Ryan. Yes, he did.

[Shannon The Dude]

Big stars.

[Ryan Lemon]

Jim McKee. So Channel 18 did a story on him and I tweeted it out. I'll tweet it out again. I'll retweet it. But you need to go see it because people ask. I know they ask you guys too, all the time. How do I get started? How do I get, you know, I want to do sports talk radio. I want to do radio. I don't want to do tv. How do I get started? Connor's showing you how you get started in this day and age. You got to start early. And he's got his own equipment, sets it up. Scott County's giving him full access to do all these games. Just he's got an opportunity that most people don't even have after they graduate college, and he's doing it in high school.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, I don't have to go look Connor up because a couple nights ago I sit on the couch with my dad watching Alien x18 and I saw the feature on it.

[Ryan Lemon]

You saw the story.

[Drew Franklin]

I actually thought I should probably remember this kid in his name because I might be working with him one day, or at least if not with him, he'll be in the media room at a UK something or other. So I do need to put a little note in my brain about Connor, and it was impressive. I enjoyed hearing him. They interviewed him on 18, obviously, but he was doing like, Scott county football previews when he was 12.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, it's crazy how early you got to start. And you're right. That's exactly what you have to do. I did a little an interview with a journalism student over at UK this week, and they're asking for advice and I was like, well, one journalism school. That sounds cool. I didn't do that. You already got a pretty good head start there. But my big point is, like, even if no one's listening or reading, just start something and be consistent with it and over time, it'll grow. And that's exactly what he did when he was 12 years old. I doubt he was breaking podcast records with his Scott county preview, but he at least sat down and hit record and started something and stuck with it. And now three, four years later, he's featured on the news. And that's, that's exactly what it takes.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think it's a great story. And I, I've known Connor since he was a kid. Billy Hicks used to let him sit on the bench and he'd have his, you know, sport coat on and red tie and his glasses, sit on the end of the bench keeping stats and stuff. So Shannon, he will be probably our boss someday.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, yeah, I mean, that's right. And you got to just pick it up and go with it. You have so many more opportunities now than you did years ago with podcast. You know, when I started in radio, we didn't even know what a podcast was. You had to be an intern. And then if you were lucky enough, you got hired. But you know, just now anybody wants to start out to start your own podcast, there's a million, million of them out there. You got to find a way to cut through the clutter. But it's a good practice to get started.

[Ryan Lemon]

Here's a connection for all three of us. His, his older brother is Jack Wilhite, Left handed pitcher Shannon, who's committed to pitch at Evansville. Drew back in Arnold stomping grounds.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, nice. Yeah, watched Evansville play the Cats here. Here to go.

[Ryan Lemon]

They almost beat Tennessee in the regional last year.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right. 859-280-2287. Who we got? Shannon.

[Shannon The Dude]

Larry.

[Ryan Lemon]

Larry. Go ahead, Larry.

[I]

Hey guys, how's it going? Enjoy the show. Nice to know that when Matt hangs it up, you guys will be able to carry on the torch. Real quick, I'm going to make a couple comments and try to tie it together on basketball and football. The Archie Goodwin interview yesterday was great. It just goes to show that Caliperi to me was more about his way or no way and relying more on talent than coaching. And if he would have coached these guys to their strengths and their ability, think of what more UK basketball could have had. And I'll lean that over to football with Stoops. The question I have with Stoops is have you guys noticed the past three years that to me on the sideline, the fire was gone in him. And I know with Benny Snell, Boone Williams, Bolden, they wouldn't have had anything without the big blue wall when you had Landon Young there. And Stoops is more of a Blue collar, get down dirty type of guy.

[Ryan Lemon]

Absolutely.

[I]

And with Vince. With Vince, he wanted the stars, you know, the recruit. Let's get these five stars so we can get to Atlanta. And to me, it kind of took. Not that it was bad. We tried that, but that wasn't Stoops. So I'm kind of having the open mind with this season. Nobody knew who Terry Wilson was, Stephen Jackson, these guys, when they came. We tried Vandergriff, we tried Leary. We had some success with Levis. But this team, to me, has more of a feel. Back to the old Stoops.

[Ryan Lemon]

All right, we gotta let you go. Appreciate it.

[I]

Having opened the mind.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay. Appreciate it. Thanks for the phone call. I think he said something a lot of people believe. Stoops maybe lost a little fire. But I saw that fire back yesterday. That's what I was trying to get to in our opening segment. I kind of saw it back in his eyes a little bit yesterday.

[Drew Franklin]

I love you in the SEC media days optimism you're carrying with you.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think the SEC media day is one of the most overrated things ever. But I saw something changed you yesterday.

[Shannon The Dude]

It did, yeah. If you have that much of a flip, in your opinion, it must have been really important.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, it wasn't him on the podium. It was him with Nick and Adam and Dick Gabriel and those guys. That's when I saw maybe a little that fire back that Larry was talking about.

[Shannon The Dude]

So Ryan Lemon's a believer again that we can say.

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm starting to believe a little bit. Why not?

[Drew Franklin]

How many games they're winning?

[Ryan Lemon]

I'm still at 4 or 5, but I used to be at 3 or 4. Now I'm up to 4 or 5. Shannon said 6. Yeah, I know it.

[Shannon The Dude]

You'll be on my side before the season starts.

[Ryan Lemon]

Let's get another phone call. Who we got? Shannon.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right, let's go to John.

[Ryan Lemon]

John, Go ahead, John.

[J]

Hey, guys, just to touch on the football thing, I think we sneak up on somebody more than once like we did last year against Ole Miss, and I think that pushes us over the six win or right after six win. The other thing is, I think it is so cool for these young guys, even the transfers that are on the basketball team right now, that they get to see and know, even the guys that didn't stay here very long, what it's like and what it means to this city for our sports team, specifically our basketball, what those people say. I mean, Willie's just enamored in being back here. Whitney said the same thing. Goodwin Said the same thing. With that being said, you know, basketball who. Season time is going to be phenomenal for everybody. I think we're better than we're giving credit for on the football team. One quick two questions, Ryan. Where is it going to be in. In Tate Creek for Wild Eggs? And Drew, what bottles do you need to complete Weller?

[Ryan Lemon]

All right. Appreciate it. Pretty phone call. The new Wild Eggs be at the Tate's Creek Shopping center there by the. The Kroger. Somewhere in that shopping center, I'm sure which location that's where it'll be. What about you, Drew? What? Well or bottles.

[Drew Franklin]

Do you know I'm chasing the. The Weller flight. I need the. I guess the. The white one. The craft. Your. Your perfect bourbon. Does any of this make sense to you? If I were to tell you see.

[Ryan Lemon]

Why you're talking a foreign language to me right now?

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, well, there's Weller.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

And there's different kinds of Weller.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

And they each have a different color label.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

And I'm trying to get the rainbow set.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, the rainbow set.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I have four of them. I don't have the white one.

[Ryan Lemon]

I don't know what you.

[Drew Franklin]

And it's a big get. I don't know why I was asking. That's a tough one to track down. I'm not looking for any favors there, but that's where I stand in my journey.

[Ryan Lemon]

8, 5, 9.

[Drew Franklin]

I had one more thing to add about.

[Ryan Lemon]

Oh, go ahead, go ahead.

[Drew Franklin]

He mentioned about sneaking up on somebody.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

When I was playing around on DraftKings last night when I hammered LA Familiar and got my little parlay that wink, wink, we're enjoying right now. I saw Kentucky's win total at four and a half. Almost hammered the over.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I said, you know what, Drew? Let's sleep on it. I thought about again this morning. I think I'm going to take the over.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Hang on. I'm not like. I'm not you talking myself into anything.

[Ryan Lemon]

Why not?

[Drew Franklin]

But at four and a half, you can surprise someone like Ole Miss. Like the caller said, when the other three.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I think I have not committed to it yet, but I have my finger approaching the button to bet the over on four and a half. I'm not drinking the SEC Media Days Kool Aid with you. In fact, don't even pour me a glass. I don't need the Kool Aid near me. But I am thinking about the over on the win total.

[Ryan Lemon]

There we go. Keep drinking that Kool Aid. It's going to happen. Keep, keep talking, Mark Stoops. It's going to happen. All right. Now we got to take our final break, come back our final set. We still not talked about what happened at the Coldplay concert. So we got to do that. Take a quick phone call if you want to. And we do have a winner. Somebody found Josiah. Somebody has won the $100 gift card from Wild Eggs. They found him at the Hamburg Wild Eggs. I just tweeted out the picture of the winner. Thanks for everybody participating. This has been a lot of fun. We'll be right back. This is Connecticut Sports Radio.

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[Ryan Lemon]

Welcome back. Final segment of what's been a good week here at Kentucky Sports Radio. Matt will be back on Monday. We're back on a remote next Friday at a bed liner place in Nicholasville. I'm drawing a blank on the name of it right now, but that's what will be next Friday. Let me tell you what it is real quick since I said it. It is at Kentucky customs and uplifting in Nicholasville.

[Drew Franklin]

Upfitting.

[Ryan Lemon]

Upfitting.

[Drew Franklin]

It is uplifting that we're going to be there.

[Ryan Lemon]

It's uplifting and they're upfitting. What's upfitting?

[Drew Franklin]

We'll tell you about it next Friday.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay?

[Drew Franklin]

We can't give spoilers. Why would people listen if we're already talking about it now?

[Ryan Lemon]

So the biggest story across the country, we ain't even touched on it till right now. What happened at the Coldplay concert? They had a kiss cam and they caught a dude and a woman in an embrace on the kiss cam and then they scattered like somebody just dropped a bomb on them. Come to find out. It's a married CEO of a company and his HR director. And he's married.

[Drew Franklin]

She's married.

[Ryan Lemon]

She's married. She's the HR director at his billion dollar company.

[Drew Franklin]

The head of HR and the CEO.

[Ryan Lemon]

In an embrace, a lovely embrace. She's kind of laying back on him. They got their hands around each other, fingers interlocked, and the kiss cam shows up on them. And you'd thought somebody was like threw hot acid on the way they scattered like that.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, even the lead, Seren Coldplay says they're either having an affair or they're very shy. He says that into the microphone.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, yeah, I went.

[Drew Franklin]

That popped up on my phone yesterday. I turned to my dad, I was sitting with him and I was like, sometimes you just know something is about to be everywhere. And the moment I saw it, I showed him, said, I'm showing this you now because he's not on Twitter and stuff. I was like, watch this now because this will be everywhere within the next few hours. And it was. If I open my phone right now, I bet it's three of the first things that pop up.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

And I see why. What an awkward, awkward, awkward moment. She bolted. It took him three to four business days to duck behind that wall. He did like a slow motion hide in the third character. Let's not forget her. She has also been spotted because she didn't turn around and hide. She sat there and laughed.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yes, she did.

[Drew Franklin]

She also works in HR for the company and just got promoted this week. So I don't think it's a secret around the company that the, the top of the top of the brand, there might be a little bit of infidelity.

[Ryan Lemon]

Shannon, how you think that conversation went when he went home and to his wife then last that night?

[Shannon The Dude]

Probably not too well. I mean this, the side piece chick just got a. I think she just got promoted as well to like that. That.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, she was hired in November.

[Drew Franklin]

Lots of promotions.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, promotion. You wonder how she got that promotion, huh? They did everything you shouldn't do. First of all, I mean, I'm going to assume they weren't the first couple that were shown on the kiss cam. So when you see there's a camera going around with kiss cam and you're cheating on your wife, maybe you shouldn't be, you know, interlocking arms.

[Drew Franklin]

Great.

[Shannon The Dude]

During that moment. Number two, if you just played it off and played it cool, nobody would have known the difference.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's true.

[Shannon The Dude]

Moved on to the next couple and nothing would have been said about this.

[Ryan Lemon]

So What? Yeah. What if she would have. What if she turned around and they kissed and kiss cam. Kiss cam moves to somebody else.

[Drew Franklin]

Nothing happens.

[Shannon The Dude]

Nothing happened.

[Drew Franklin]

Nobody recognizes the CEO of astronomer in the hr. Billion Dollar CEO went viral because of the way they scattered and all the new eyeballs that saw it started recognizing. If I were him, I wouldn't do that. You shouldn't. You shouldn't cheat on your significant others and you shouldn't be doing that in your company. He around other employees a double. No. No. But if you are going to do it and you're in that moment, I would have said we're high. I'm looking. Act like you're choking. And I would have saved her right there. And it would have looked even better for the company.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's true.

[Drew Franklin]

So Cheyenne's right though. How dumb to hold her during the kiss cam. You got to know there's a non 0% chance you're going to show up on the big screen.

[Ryan Lemon]

Unless that's the very first person people they showed. That'd be the only way they were.

[Shannon The Dude]

Absolutely.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, the I. I've loved the reaction of it. There's been a lot of great memes for one lot. Lots of great memes. But his wife changed her name on Facebook instantly. Like not even waiting for an explanation. She's done. Didn't. Didn't need any more evidence other than the clip from the Coldplay concert.

[Ryan Lemon]

859-280-28 said we're about out of time. So you want to squeeze one on real quick? Shannon, I'll let you take a pick. Who are you? Whoever you want.

[Shannon The Dude]

Let's go to Scott.

[Ryan Lemon]

Scott, Go ahead, Scott.

[H]

Guys, question. If we. If we take a loss to Louisville but we either beat Georgia, Texas or.

[Drew Franklin]

Tennessee, what team would you pick?

[Ryan Lemon]

Georgia, Texas or Tennessee.

[H]

Yep.

[Ryan Lemon]

Okay. Appreciate the phone call. Who you got, Drew this year?

[Drew Franklin]

Texas. They're probably national championship favorite. I'd love to beat Tennessee. I don't think Tennessee is going to have a great season. So if you can knock off Arch Manning in Texas at home in October, I think you take that.

[Ryan Lemon]

That's gonna be tough to beat any of those three, but if you got to beat one of them, I want to beat Tennessee, obviously. So I'm gonna take Tennessee. Hey, listen to Stockton Mortgage. They don't help you close on a house. They help you get home. That means guidance, support and loan options built around people, not cookie cutter solutions. Buying a home can feel kind of overwhelming at times, but not when you have Stockton Mortgage in your corner. Their team makes things simple, fast and human. No jargon, no pressure, just smart, real guidance. So visit them Stockton [e-mail] NMLS8259/al housing lender NMLSConsumeraccess.org all right, that's going to wrap it up for us here. Appreciate you guys kind of filling in. It's been kind of a crazy week with all the things going on with Drew's family. Mario's been off. Matt's been off. Shannon's been, you know, Shannon doing Shannon things. So it's been. It's been a lot of fun. Matt will be back on Monday.

[Drew Franklin]

Do we know where he went the days I was gone? Did you all solve the riddle?

[Shannon The Dude]

No.

[Ryan Lemon]

No. Is it the open?

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean, I don't know. I'm just going to guess. Austin could be, you know, high likelihood. I don't know that.

[Ryan Lemon]

Middlesboro just kind of hanging out mid seeing chain rock.

[Drew Franklin]

You and Middlesboro. I'll go New York. That's my guess.

[Ryan Lemon]

Well, we don't know and we don't ask. Don't ask. Yeah. TBT tonight at 9 o'. Clock. It's on FX1. No radio broadcast FS1. This has been Kenneducky sports radio.