2025-07-22- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 2 (July 22, 2025)

Introduction

In the second hour of the KSR podcast, hosted by Matt Jones and the KSR crew from iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM), listeners are treated to a vibrant mix of local sports discussions, viral news stories, and community updates. The episode seamlessly blends engaging conversations with timely insights, making it a must-listen for Kentucky sports enthusiasts and community members alike.

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1. Local Culinary Spotlights

Butcher Town Grocery Bakery The conversation kicks off with excitement around Butcher Town Grocery Bakery, a local favorite that has garnered significant attention. Host Elahe Izadi shares feedback from listeners praising not just the biscuits but also the delectable wagyu pastrami sandwich with egg.

• Elahe Izadi [03:10]: "There are people telling me the biscuits aren't even necessarily the reason to go… they love the wagyu pastrami sandwich with egg."

Strip Club Juice Craze The hosts delve into the intriguing trend of strip club juice, a unique beverage offered near a local strip club. Despite initial skepticism about safety due to long lines, the consensus highlights its surprising popularity and quality.

• Matt Jones [04:19]: "I'm gonna go during the day when I went by at night."
• Elahe Izadi [04:44]: "It's surprisingly good. People drive out specifically to get the strip club juice."

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2. Air Travel Incidents Making Waves

Delta Flight's Close Call with a B52 Bomber A dramatic incident involving a Delta flight from Minneapolis to Minot, South Dakota, captures the hosts' attention. The pilot executed an abrupt 90-degree maneuver to avoid an unexpected B52 bomber, potentially saving all onboard.

• Elahe Izadi [05:31]: "A B52 bomber was doing exercises and… I had to jerk it to avoid it."
• Matt Jones [14:48]: "Dude's a hero, man."

Lil Nate's Turbulent Flight Experience Another segment highlights the viral TikTok sensation Little Nate, whose behavior on a delayed flight provided both entertainment and frustration for fellow passengers and the flight crew.

• Elahe Izadi [08:42]: "Lil Nate's got a flight to Denver and he's losing his mind with no end in sight."
• Drew [09:50]: "He's putting on a show… He's a big fan of himself."

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3. In Memoriam: Malcolm Jamal Warner

The hosts mourn the tragic passing of Malcolm Jamal Warner, renowned for his role on The Cosby Show. They reflect on his impact on their childhoods while navigating the complexities of his legacy.

• Elahe Izadi [10:26]: "It's hard to talk nowadays about The Cosby Show because we know Bill Cosby was awful."
• Matt Jones [11:02]: "Malcolm Jamal Warner was a pivotal part of my childhood."

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4. Sports Sponsorships and Partnerships

Kentucky Re-signs with Nike In a significant development for Kentucky sports, the university secures a new Nike sponsorship deal, expected to span 8-10 years. The hosts discuss the benefits and fan sentiment surrounding this partnership.

• Elahe Izadi [21:54]: "Kentucky reporting will resign with Nike for substantial amounts of money."
• Drew [22:11]: "Kentucky's one of Nike’s big college brands. Glad it worked out."

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5. Historic Baseball Milestone

Rich Hill's Record-Breaking Pitch The episode spotlights Rich Hill, a 45-year-old pitcher making history as one of the oldest starters in Major League Baseball since World War II. The hosts express admiration for his longevity and skill.

• Shannon [23:23]: "Rich Hill's pitching at 45 sets a new record."
• Matt Jones [23:56]: "He’s a legend. Throws a lot of junk and off-speed pitches."

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6. Kentucky Sports Radio (TBT) Highlights

Upcoming TBT Game and Team Analysis The crew discusses the upcoming TBT game, analyzing team strengths, player performances, and betting insights. They emphasize the potential for Kentucky to advance in the tournament with strategic plays.

• Elahe Izadi [29:18]: "Six o'clock tonight, it’s on FS2 now. Play Eberlin Drive, a former TBT champion."
• Drew [27:24]: "I’m betting on us to cover. DraftKings says 4.5 wins, and I agree."

Player Performances and Strategies Detailed discussions on player lineups, including key players like Archie, DJ Burns, and veteran DeAndre Liggins, highlight their contributions and the team’s prospects.

• Elahe Izadi [30:09]: "Is Archie our best five? Yes."
• Drew [31:03]: "DeAndre Liggins at 37 is still taking charges like a pro."

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7. Community Affairs: Fayette County School Board Conflict

The hosts address internal conflicts within the Fayette County School Board, where five members struggle to maintain cohesion. They discuss the implications of these tensions on the school system and community.

• Elahe Izadi [43:30]: "The five of them don’t like each other, so they brought in a team-building session."
• Drew [48:19]: "The board members are acting like little fourth graders. Do we need a school board for our school board?"

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8. Local Industry Spotlight: JBS Butcher Plant

JBS Hog Slaughter Operations An eye-opening segment reveals that Kentucky still hosts the only hog slaughtering plant within city limits, operated by JBS. The hosts discuss its impact on the local community and the distinct odors associated with the facility.

• Elahe Izadi [47:07]: "We kill 10,000 hogs a day at JBS on Story Avenue."
• Drew [47:34]: "It's in the middle of Louisville, and you can smell it from miles away."

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Conclusion

The episode wraps up with the hosts reflecting on the day's topics, from sports triumphs and community challenges to viral viral sensations and local industry insights. Their dynamic discussions provide listeners with a comprehensive view of both the sports landscape and the wider community issues affecting Kentucky.

Notable Quotes:

• Elahe Izadi [05:31]: "A B52 bomber was doing exercises and… I had to jerk it to avoid it."
• Matt Jones [11:02]: "Malcolm Jamal Warner was a pivotal part of my childhood."
• Drew [22:11]: "Kentucky's one of Nike’s big college brands. Glad it worked out."
• Shannon [23:23]: "Rich Hill's pitching at 45 sets a new record."
• Elahe Izadi [43:30]: "The five of them don’t like each other, so they brought in a team-building session."

This episode of KSR exemplifies the show's commitment to delivering engaging and informative content, blending sports enthusiasm with meaningful community discourse.

Transcript

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[Shannon]

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

[Elahe Izadi]

All right, so I'm getting a lot of feedback on this butcher town grocery bakery. But there. It's not necessarily. There are people who are telling me the biscuits aren't even necessarily the reason to go.

[Matt Jones]

Really?

[Elahe Izadi]

That, like, the biscuits are good. But how about the wagyu pastrami sandwich with egg?

[Drew]

That sounds amazing. How about that was our next show in Louisville.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Going probably.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah. I don't know. They say that.

[Drew]

What is one coming up?

[Elahe Izadi]

Actually, there's one that says every thing at butcher town grocery bakery is good. I've never even had biscuits.

[Matt Jones]

Nice.

[Elahe Izadi]

So there you go. We may have just learned of a new place, Shannon, for us to. For us to. For us to try.

[Shannon]

I have my new spot.

[Elahe Izadi]

Have you drank the parking lot. The strip club parking lot juice? Why not?

[Drew]

Not intention.

[Elahe Izadi]

You were supposed to go get the strip club juice.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I went by. It didn't look like it was safe.

[Elahe Izadi]

What do you mean not safe?

[Drew]

I had a different experience. I drove by and there were five people in line.

[Elahe Izadi]

Dude, there's every. I've driven by it two or three times and I was like, I'm going to stop. And then the lines too.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you've got.

[Elahe Izadi]

This is you. This is a job. But by the end of the weekend, go get the strip club juice.

[Matt Jones]

I'm gonna go during the day when I went by at night.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah, go when it's not busy.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, definitely.

[Elahe Izadi]

You take your lady.

[Matt Jones]

I'll be date night, darling.

[Elahe Izadi]

It's time for some strip club juice. And it's got. It's. They've got multiple flavors. They do.

[Matt Jones]

You can mix big jugs of it. That's why they're.

[Elahe Izadi]

And then like make sure if you do it, video yourself drinking it.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Elahe Izadi]

Be nice to the people.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Elahe Izadi]

Okay. But this I. I have been told I kind of laughed at the strip club juice. But I've been told that it is surprisingly good. Like. Like legitimately. There are people in this town who get in their car and drive out there to get the strip club juice.

[Matt Jones]

Has to be. There's always people in line.

[Elahe Izadi]

There's always people in line.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Elahe Izadi]

I asked the woman at the McDonald's across the street. I was getting a diet Coke and I asked her, tell me about the strip club juice. And she said, honey, I wouldn't try it, but people love it.

[Matt Jones]

Why wouldn't she try it?

[Drew]

Yeah, what's she for?

[Elahe Izadi]

I mean, she works at a high end restaurant. Like, they can't be expected to do the. The strip club juice all the time. So I'm just saying.

[Matt Jones]

So out of the parking lot of the strip club is a safe place to get juice.

[Elahe Izadi]

I think you ought to try. Now, a couple things before. I want to talk for a second about Pope talking yesterday. Did you see, Shannon, the story about the Delta flight from. From Minneapolis to South Dakota?

[Matt Jones]

No.

[Shannon]

No, I haven't seen this.

[Elahe Izadi]

So a plane. I saw this on Tik Tok and then the story came out today. But I saw the video on TikTok a few days ago. The Minneapolis plane takes off on its way to. Is it Minnow, South Dakota? What's M I N O T?

[Matt Jones]

Minot?

[Elahe Izadi]

Is that what it is?

[Matt Jones]

I think so.

[Elahe Izadi]

Minot? Yeah, to Minot, South Dakota. It takes off and then they don't. The video doesn't show this, but apparently the plane, he has to jerk it to like almost a 90 degree angle. And the video, you see as he comes on afterwards, and he's like, folks, I'm really sorry about that. That maneuver, obviously that's not normal. He says a B52 bomber flew by us and didn't tell us. And I had to make that move to avoid it.

[Matt Jones]

My goodness. Wow. How scary is that?

[Elahe Izadi]

And so now the story came out today that there was a military. Is that right? B52. Isn't that. Is that a plane?

[Drew]

That was. I saw this.

[Elahe Izadi]

A B52 plane was doing exercises and I don't know if it wasn't on the radar, I don't know what, but like he literally looked up, saw it, and had to jerk it to get away.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, my goodness.

[Drew]

Big commercial aircraft.

[Elahe Izadi]

They say in the article that he may have literally saved everyone's life.

[Matt Jones]

He's a hero.

[Elahe Izadi]

Because we almost had. Think about that. A military plane hit a commercial airline.

[Matt Jones]

How awful.

[Elahe Izadi]

Again, I say this, Shannon, I feel like we keep getting more and More of this. And I don't know if it's just because on TikTok, these videos get up now and so we see it, we. Or does it just feel like there's just more of it now?

[Shannon]

It feels like there's more. I don't know about the numbers, if that's true or not, but that right there is terrifying. Imagine being on that plane. You know, you're on a big plane and all of a sudden it just takes a 90 degree turn.

[Elahe Izadi]

Took a 90 degree turn. And you listen to the guy. You can see the video of him going, yeah, I'm really sorry, but there was a B52. And he said, I just all of a sudden was coming right at us.

[Shannon]

Was that on its way up, like from the takeo?

[Elahe Izadi]

Was it like it was on the takeoff?

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

That's even more scary because I hate the takeoff. That's the worst part for me.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah, Well, I don't think it was like, at the tape beginning, but it was like as he was. He was not at cruising altitude.

[Shannon]

Yeah, yeah.

[Elahe Izadi]

Wow.

[Drew]

Yeah, I saw that too. Little clip. He's shaking up. He says something like, this has not been a fun day.

[Elahe Izadi]

You can hear his voice quivering. He's like, this is not normal. But I do want you to understand what happened.

[Matt Jones]

Dude's a hero, man.

[Elahe Izadi]

See if you can find that audio. Shit. Because the audio, I don't know, the. And the people in the plane seem relatively calm. Now. That's one thing on the plane. My second favorite thing on the plane is, did you see the guy, Lil Nate?

[Drew]

Well, I have not seen little Nate.

[Elahe Izadi]

All right, we can't play any of this, but if you want to be entertained, go to TikTok.

[Drew]

Wait, I have seen little Nate. I'm sorry I didn't place it upon the name.

[Elahe Izadi]

And go watch Little Nate. So Lil Nate's like, got a flight to Denver and the plane is not taking off. I guess it's delayed. I don't know why. And he is losing his mind. And there is like 20 minutes of video of this guy. I can't believe they let him go on and on and on.

[Drew]

He's put on a show.

[Elahe Izadi]

He. I cannot do it justice. I'm not even going to try. I'm just going to say to you, if you have like 15 minutes today and you have nothing to do with. Look up little Nate on the plane. It is. He is losing his mind. He is sitting next to a pilot who is just riding on the plane to, like, get to another place. And the pilot Is trying to calm him down. He will not calm down. He asked to go in first class. He asked for a phone cord. He gets up and says, I'm richer than you all. Can I have $10? Like, like it is insanity. And Drew, I, I, I found it to be one of the more entertaining things.

[Drew]

He's losing it at the end, though. He tries to play hero. He tries to convince the plane that he's doing them a favor. Like, he's speaking up on their behalf. And they're all like, no, please just sit down. Please show up. He's like, no, I'm going to get us out of this. And he's not getting anyone out of that. I think they're just delayed on the Runway.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah, they're just delayed on the Runway.

[Drew]

And he is, like, acting like he is going to save everyone on there by the end because I think he realized he knew he had messed up.

[Elahe Izadi]

Well, he had messed up. And it is.

[Drew]

He's a big fan of himself.

[Elahe Izadi]

Look at little Nate if you want. And it goes on and on, and it remains entertaining the whole time. Shannon's looking for the.

[Shannon]

I think I've got it here. I haven't listened to all of this.

[Elahe Izadi]

Well, listen to it and see and then let me know before we do it. Malcolm Jamal Warner passes.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, I saw that.

[Elahe Izadi]

Very sad. Died in the ocean in Costa Rica. Costa Rica drowned. How sad is that?

[Matt Jones]

Think he got caught up in a rip current or a bad current situation and 54 years old with his family on vacation and drown in the ocean.

[Elahe Izadi]

And it is hard with Malcolm Jamal Warner. It's hard to talk nowadays about the Cosby Show.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Elahe Izadi]

Because we know Bill Cosby was awful. Was. Was awful. But if you go back to the 80s, that show was a huge deal.

[Matt Jones]

Biggest show on TV.

[Elahe Izadi]

I mean, it was a huge deal. Huge. And you know, Malcolm Jamal Warner was like the kid.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, he was.

[Elahe Izadi]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Elahe Izadi]

I mean, you had a lot of great episodes. You had the one where he learns the value of money. You know, Cosby goes, you plan to have a girlfriend? And he says, for sure. And then he just takes all his money and says that his Gertrude Gautrell shirt that Denise makes for him, you know, and he wants a designer shirt. He can't afford it, so she makes it in the pockets all weird and all that stuff. Adam Sandler played his friend on there.

[Matt Jones]

That's right.

[Elahe Izadi]

Which a lot. That was Adam Sandler start. It was in television. But it was very sad to see that because Malcolm Jamal Warner, I feel like part of my childhood there, like.

[Matt Jones]

I said, 54 years old with his family on vacation at Costa Rica. I mean, how awful. My heart broke for the family because they had to be probably there when it happened, you know, watching it.

[Drew]

And those currents, the rip current. Rip tide, whatever the exact terminology is, those can be terrifying. You think you're in a safe area and you can be a good swimmer, but they are relentless. If they get ahold of you, very tragic.

[Elahe Izadi]

Can you name the names of the people, the actors and actresses on the Cosby Show? Oh, all right. So obviously there's Bill Cosby, who played.

[Matt Jones]

His wife, Phyllis Rashad.

[Elahe Izadi]

Not Phyllis. Felicia.

[Matt Jones]

Felicia Rashad.

[Elahe Izadi]

Well done. All right, so you got Malcolm, Jamal Warner. Who were the sisters?

[Matt Jones]

Lisa Bonet.

[Elahe Izadi]

Lisa Bonet. Now, can you name Sandra? No, I can't name Sandra either. Sandra would come and go.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, she would. She got married.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yes. Who can you name Vanessa?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, no, I can't come up with it. Do you know it?

[Elahe Izadi]

Vanessa was.

[Matt Jones]

On the tip of my tongue.

[Elahe Izadi]

It's on the tip of my tongue, too. Can you name Vanessa?

[Drew]

I don't know who was who, but I know wasn't Raven Simone one of the kids?

[Elahe Izadi]

Well, she was Olivia. She came later. She came on towards the end.

[Drew]

The only one I can name. I was a little young.

[Elahe Izadi]

What about Rudy? What was Rudy's name? Keisha Knight. Pull him.

[Matt Jones]

There you go.

[Elahe Izadi]

Go.

[Matt Jones]

That's it.

[Drew]

That's it.

[Elahe Izadi]

Who?

[Matt Jones]

Still to this day, the funniest scene I've ever seen on TV is when she's singing.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yes, I know what you're talking about.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, Laugh my butt off during that.

[Elahe Izadi]

Who is Vanessa? I know it. Look it up for me. So you've got the thing there.

[Shannon]

Yeah, it's like a minute and a half.

[Elahe Izadi]

All right, just play a little bit of it. Go ahead. This is the pilot coming on the right hand side.

[Drew]

You probably saw the airplane kind of sort of coming at us. Nobody told us about it. And so we continued. And air traffic, there's no radar here, so there the tower is controlled or, excuse me, the tower does everything visually. And so they said, report about a six mile, six miles from the airport.

[Matt Jones]

So we did that.

[Drew]

I think he realized that the spacing wasn't going to work. And he said, turn right. I looked over and there was an airplane which supposed to be on the right hand side. I thought it was a 1. A small airplane like the one you see at the airport right now doing touch and goes.

[Elahe Izadi]

And.

[Drew]

He said, turn right. I said, there's an airplane over there. And he says, turn left. And then by the time we read back to clearance, looked over and saw the airplane that was kind of coming on a converging course with us. And so, given his speed, it was a military. I don't know how fast they were going, but they were a lot faster than us. I felt it was the safest thing to do to turn behind it. So sorry about the aggressive maneuver. It caught me by.

[Elahe Izadi]

So he turns. He. They tell him to turn left, and he turns and sees a B52 and then has to jerk it back right.

[Matt Jones]

B52 coming right at you at a billion miles an hour. Dude, that's. That's good thinking right there. That guy saved a lot of lives.

[Elahe Izadi]

Clearly, people saw it out the window. Can you remember me looking out the window, Shannon, and see a B52 coming right at you?

[Shannon]

No, I can't. And that's why if I got the window, I'm putting the shade down. I'm controlling. This is my window.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not.

[Shannon]

Look, I don't want to see what's happening out there.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah. Tempest Bledsoe.

[Matt Jones]

Tempest Bledsoe.

[Elahe Izadi]

Tempest Bledsoe. Andy. Go ahead, Andy. RIP Malcolm. Jamal Warren. Hey, just calling about the revenue sharing. I'm kind of in between Shannon and Mario's opinion on that. I'm kind of thinking 10, 8, or 11, 7 in basketball. Just. I don't really see the logic of taking Kentucky football and sacrificing great seasons for good seasons for Kentucky football.

[Matt Jones]

The number.

[Elahe Izadi]

I guess I really want to basically find out if what's. Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, Connecticut, St. John, all the top 10, whatever they're doing, I want to do just a little bit more, and that would probably be my number. That's a great question. I, you know, I appreciate the call. I think all these schools. All these schools need to tell their fans, right? I think in some of these conferences, all the conferences are agreeing together. ACC media day is today. There's a rumor that they're going to say today what every school in the ACC is doing, and they.

[Matt Jones]

Every school has to follow and that.

[Elahe Izadi]

They'Re going to have a. Every school's got to do the same thing. Sec, of course. Kentucky basketball was the one that vetoed.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, right.

[Elahe Izadi]

The SEC wanted to do that, and Kentucky basketball said no. No. Which makes you think. So back to the. Is it 9, 9 or 15, 3? If the football people at UK are not mad, then I don't believe it's 9. But if it's not, if we vetoed the 15, 3. Then clearly we're not doing 153 or we wouldn't have vetoed.

[Drew]

Yeah, we spoke up about cap and.

[Elahe Izadi]

Basketball, so it's got to be something in between.

[Drew]

And could it all just be situational right now where maybe in this transition football had so much locked in? So this one season, just because it's unique in the way the calendar worked out, it's a little heavy and then it'll get corrected a year later, we'll see. And also they'll have to check like the Big east, that's a little different. But if Duke is all in and they're just killing it, Kentucky will have to consider keeping up with that. You cannot just surrender.

[Elahe Izadi]

Andy makes a good point. What Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, what they do we kind of have to do too. We are on our own thing. We can't really do what the rest of the SEC does. We almost have to do what Duke and Kansas do, which is weird because we're in a conference that's different than theirs.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Elahe Izadi]

So it'll be interesting to see. We'll take a break. 859-280-2287 KSI.

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[Elahe Izadi]

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[Shannon]

Yeah. I didn't watch it a whole lot but I do remember him.

[Elahe Izadi]

I loved. I love that kid. All right. One little piece of news. Kentucky reports are will resign with Nike for substantial amounts of money. The contract was to end after this year. Expected to be an 8 to 10 year deal with Nike. They got a ton of money from Nike last time. You got to assume it'll be a ton again. You know I. Most schools are Nike but not all. Are you glad to see Kentucky back with the. With Nike?

[Drew]

Yeah, not surprised at all. Kentucky's one of their big college brands. Glad it worked out. I would have entertain the idea of Apex with Pope being back if we wanted to go back to that Apex. Yeah. Bring back some of those uniforms.

[Elahe Izadi]

We were Converse.

[Drew]

Well, Nike owns Converse now. So we're good, we're good there. But no, I think most Kentucky fans are pro Nike outside of political aspects there. But I think we all like Kentucky being a Nike brand. It's been good for them. So I'm glad they're continuing it.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah, I mean I guess they could have done Jordan Brand. You're not going to do Adidas because Louisville's that. I mean, you know, they could have gone way off the board and done something like Puma or something. But I think Nike makes the most sense.

[Matt Jones]

It's what Kentucky I think is known for being on the Nike team. So I'm glad they were going to resign with them. It's a lot of money.

[Elahe Izadi]

That's the good thing about being the basketball thing is that Nike wants to own the biggest brands.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Elahe Izadi]

In, in football and basketball they have Ohio State, they have Texas, they have Alabama. And then on basketball they have Duke and they have Kentucky and they have North Carolina which is probably what they, what they care about.

[Drew]

I remember this was years ago. I saw a Louisville player that had just graduated at the mall in Louisville and he was buying Nikes and I made a little comment because I knew him a little bit and he even said I could not wait to get out of Adidas. So I think the players even prefer it to. At least on their feet.

[Elahe Izadi]

I would, I would think that they, that they do as well. I mean why, why wouldn't you. It's. It's better. The Kansas City Royals is tonight. Shannon will start a 45 year old man at pitcher. Wow. Rich Hill they've called up to start 45 years old. He will be the third oldest starter post World War II in baseball history. The other two, by the way, were knuckle ballers.

[Shannon]

Charlie Huff, Is that one of them?

[Elahe Izadi]

Charlie Huff and then one of the Negroes. So this will be the, the oldest. No.

[Drew]

1.

[Elahe Izadi]

Ryan was like five days younger than Rich Hill. So this will be the oldest non knuckleballer to start in the major since World War II.

[Matt Jones]

I love it. I love the story. You know the, the, the Disney movie, the Rookie was about the old guy that ended up making in the big leagues with the Tampa Bay Rays. I believe so.

[Elahe Izadi]

How fast do you think a 45 year old can throw though?

[Drew]

45 can't go long.

[Shannon]

I would say he could throw upper 80s.

[Elahe Izadi]

Okay.

[Shannon]

And you could still get guys out throwing that speed.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, throws a lot of junk. Maybe throws a lot of off speed stuff.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah, well, 45, so you got to turn it on. Watch, watch grandpa, you know, go out there and throw him for him.

[Drew]

That's a Ron Lemon story. Ryan might dust off his glove and see if he can.

[Matt Jones]

I think I could still play center field behind me.

[Elahe Izadi]

45 years old.

[Drew]

Have you seen that? Reminds me, the Arkansas wide receiver this upcoming season is 30.

[Elahe Izadi]

They have a 30 year old.

[Drew]

30 year old at wide receiver.

[Elahe Izadi]

That's interesting.

[Shannon]

I mean, Van Wilder, how old was.

[Elahe Izadi]

That one guy you remember when Florida State had the quarterback who was like, yeah, balding and he won the Heisman? Chris Winky.

[Matt Jones]

Chris Winky.

[Elahe Izadi]

How old was he?

[Drew]

Couldn't have been near 30, but I'll look that up. I remember Winky.

[Elahe Izadi]

I think he was like late 20s or something, wasn't he?

[Matt Jones]

He was old. I mean these players keep getting older and older. I mean our quarterback's pretty old we're going to have this year.

[Elahe Izadi]

But I mean Max was like 36 as our punter when he was here.

[Drew]

Yeah, I think Max was just shy of 30. But to be 30 playing wide out in the SEC. Yeah, that's pretty unique. Well, we'll see.

[Elahe Izadi]

Madison, go ahead. Madison.

[Matt Jones]

Hello, Matt. How you doing?

[Elahe Izadi]

Doing good. How many questions do you have?

[Matt Jones]

I got two. I know you all haven't heard from me for a while.

[Elahe Izadi]

Well, I'm glad to hear from you now. You doing okay?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I'm doing fine. Doing Panda.

[Elahe Izadi]

Okay. Remind people, because not Madison, we have new listeners that from back when you called a lot. Remind people how old you are, Madison.

[Matt Jones]

35.

[Elahe Izadi]

35 years old. So this is 35 year old Madison. Go for it.

[Matt Jones]

I got two things. One, with the 12 team we got. I think we got 12 teams in SEC and we're projected to finish 15 out of.

[Elahe Izadi]

Madison. There's not. There's, there's. If we were projected for 15th out of 12 teams, that would be bad. There are 16 teams and we are projected 15th.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think, out of the 16 teams that there are in the SEC, UK football goes to a bowl and then number two. How cool do you think it is for Mark Polk to face his former coach at St. John's and Rick?

[Elahe Izadi]

Well, it's going to be great. We're going to be at that game in Atlanta. That's going to be part of our KSR road trip this December. Yeah, I don't think we're going to make a bowl. We. I wasn't here when they picked. They picked Kentucky 15th out of 16. Was that unfair?

[Matt Jones]

Probably not. When you look at the roster and the other teams, I think that's probably pretty close.

[Elahe Izadi]

It's like my line in wrestlers, thank God for Mississippi, you know, because they were 6 16th Mississippi State. You think 15th is where we should be?

[Drew]

I think that's where just about everybody expected him to be. So I agree. I didn't go. But if I had a vote, unfortunately, I probably would have had us at 15th too.

[Elahe Izadi]

We're beaten.

[Drew]

Vandy, I said this while you're gone. I didn't drink the grateful Kool Aid with Ryan. I'm still in a low point, but I am leaning towards betting over four and a half wins on DraftKings.

[Matt Jones]

There we go.

[Drew]

I have it in my cart.

[Matt Jones]

There we go.

[Drew]

Haven't hit submit yet.

[Elahe Izadi]

The most successful preseason stats the last 5 years in picking wins. Okay. If you look over history, they've been the most dead on. They have Kentucky at 4.7 wins.

[Drew]

Right at it.

[Elahe Izadi]

Right at the number.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Elahe Izadi]

4.7 wins now. It's hard to win point seven of a game, Shannon.

[Shannon]

We've had teams on the ropes and then you lose the last quarter.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah, maybe. So do you. Do you think 15th was right, Shannon?

[Shannon]

No, no, I think they're a little bit higher than that. I wouldn't go too much higher, but I think they're going to be not. They're going to be bad, but not that bad.

[Elahe Izadi]

Mississippi State must be really bad.

[Drew]

I think worse than the 15th place is one person on any of the teams and it was our punter. All 13 on the third team. We didn't have anybody get recognition outside of him.

[Matt Jones]

Our zero toughness punter.

[Elahe Izadi]

But clearly they got his toughness wrong. If he's third team, he's going to be Good. We're going to have a good punter.

[Drew]

I agree.

[Elahe Izadi]

We haven't had a good. We haven't had a really good punter since Max.

[Matt Jones]

Right.

[Elahe Izadi]

So we're going to have a good punt.

[Drew]

He's going to get a lot of opportunities to show that Lego maybe on.

[Matt Jones]

The field a lot.

[Elahe Izadi]

He's going to get a chance. We might have be one of the first schools to win two time national punter of the year in like five years.

[Drew]

Maybe we just make this like a punter pipeline where you come win the Ray Guy.

[Elahe Izadi]

By the way, Max left. I still have his Ray Guy trophy.

[Matt Jones]

It's in your house.

[Elahe Izadi]

He couldn't fly, he couldn't take it back. So I have. If, if anybody wants the Ray Guy trophy awarded to our guy now make me, make me an offer. I've got the Ray Guy in my house. We'll take a break. Be right back.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Elahe Izadi]

Call tj. He'll make him pay.

[Shannon]

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

[Elahe Izadi]

Welcome back Techie Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. TBT tonight.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Elahe Izadi]

Six o'. Clock.

[Matt Jones]

Six o'. Clock.

[Elahe Izadi]

Play Eberlin Drive, a former TBT champion. They won this one year a few years back.

[Matt Jones]

And Archie's old team.

[Elahe Izadi]

Are we going to win? We're a 3 1/2 point favorite.

[Drew]

Not financial advice. I bet on us to cover. I will also add that I'm one in four betting the tbt. I should quit. But when I saw it was three and a half, I couldn't help myself this morning I thought that was a little bit low. We had a scare already. We're not going to shoot free throws that bad.

[Elahe Izadi]

Pretty good.

[Drew]

I just think for everyone that watched a couple days ago, War Ready was out of their mind. Wendell Green was hitting everything and Kentucky could not make a free throw. So if we just clean it up.

[Elahe Izadi]

A little bit, who is our best five? Because I only watched one half of one game. So who is our best five? It's Archie.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Elahe Izadi]

Is it Archie? The twins, Cantor and Burn.

[Drew]

Aaron is necessarily in it at the point for sure.

[Matt Jones]

Archie for he's getting a lot of minutes.

[Drew]

Yeah. So DJ Burns is playing for my team.

[Elahe Izadi]

So who's starting for you? You're doing Andrew.

[Drew]

Archie, those are a given.

[Elahe Izadi]

And Willie, those Andrew's now better than Aaron.

[Drew]

Well, it's just they don't really have a true point guard. They have several errands on the team.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah. Okay.

[Drew]

It's Just saying there's not really a natural.

[Elahe Izadi]

So Andrew and Archie and then who?

[Matt Jones]

You got to start Karen, I believe, in the middle, don't you?

[Elahe Izadi]

Cantor.

[Matt Jones]

Cantor, yeah. Karen Cantor.

[Drew]

Willie. I think Willie's a lock. Those are my three locks.

[Elahe Izadi]

So you would start Willie over? Cantor?

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Elahe Izadi]

Okay, so Antone with that.

[Drew]

No one else has a Willie in the. In the bracket.

[Elahe Izadi]

Okay. What about. Is it Burns or is it Whitney or Aaron?

[Drew]

This. This is my three. Where I'm kind of. This is where I would struggle.

[Elahe Izadi]

Burns, Whitney and Aaron.

[Matt Jones]

At crunch time the other night, he had Khalil Whitney on the floor.

[Elahe Izadi]

Why doesn't DeAndre Liggins play?

[Drew]

He's 32. How old is he? 35.

[Matt Jones]

He's definitely the oldest guy on the team in this.

[Drew]

He played for Billy Gillespie and he is still playing basketball.

[Elahe Izadi]

He did play for Billy.

[Drew]

So if he was 18 in 2008.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah. So if he was 18, he played one year for Gillespie. Right. So if he was 18 in 2009, then I guess that means he's 33. 34.

[Drew]

He did. He hit a corner three and he had a. Oh, he took a big charge. I was like, DeAndre Liggins still taking charges. This is TBT.

[Elahe Izadi]

What about Toronto? Lamb? Why he didn't. He wasn't in when I was watching.

[Drew]

I'm a little worried. Same with Liggins, about our legs and our conditioning.

[Elahe Izadi]

But I didn't see. Durant does not look to be in great condition.

[Drew]

It does not. But I think he went over two to start the whole tournament. But outside of that, he's been pretty money. So Duran, when he's open. We're counting on it.

[Elahe Izadi]

This is where we could really. Shannon, use Jesser.

[Shannon]

Oh, please.

[Elahe Izadi]

Is in a game like this, third game in five nights. Your legs are getting a little heavy. Maybe you throw in some Jesser and then things would happen.

[Shannon]

He could have made a great YouTube video out out there. That's what we need them for.

[Elahe Izadi]

We're still.

[Matt Jones]

We're still waiting on Duran and DeAndre to show up for our interview.

[Shannon]

Yeah, that's true.

[Drew]

They were busy.

[Elahe Izadi]

So. So I didn't. I just found this out. I think yesterday I did. We didn't talk about it yesterday. DeAndre Liggins and Duron Lamb just. Just stiffed you?

[Shannon]

No. No call, no show.

[Matt Jones]

They were the first guys we had at our TBT interviews. The first guys that probably. That was a mistake. Schedule. Those guys first.

[Drew]

Can I remind you, Ryan, when Matt was gone earlier this year, we had Duron and DeAndre scheduled just the two of them by phone. And that morning we said they're probably not going to be available. Liggins ended up doing it, but Duran stood us up that day. That's twice.

[Elahe Izadi]

So what is it? You're feuding with Mingyon? You're feuding with DeAndre and Duron Lamb, what is happening with you?

[Matt Jones]

I think Duron dislikes his. His pillow. I think maybe it's tough for him to get up.

[Elahe Izadi]

Team no sleep though. I thought he was sleep.

[Drew]

The problem is he stays up too late not sleeping. So 10am that's when he finally gets his nappy.

[Elahe Izadi]

Do you think we'll have a good crowd tonight?

[Drew]

Well, I want to add Liggins is 37. That's why he's 37. I just looked it up. That's why he's not playing every minute of every game.

[Elahe Izadi]

How old are we, Shannon? That Liggins is 37 years old.

[Shannon]

Still eight years younger than the Royals pitcher. I don't want to hear any excuses.

[Drew]

37, he's like LeBron out there.

[Elahe Izadi]

Wow, I didn't realize he was that old. Okay, so where would you think we'll have a good crowd tonight?

[Matt Jones]

I think it'll be really good crowd. They had a good crowd Sunday so I think it'll be a better crowd tonight.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yes. And then if we win, we probably play sideline cancer and it's at Memorial Memorial Coliseum. I actually think this team we play tonight from my very little research is better than the team we would play the next night. So I think if they win this game, they have a good chance of making the Final Four, I think.

[Drew]

Yeah, the path opened. You could say one seed has been.

[Elahe Izadi]

Knocked out because the Bayheim Group lost as well last night. The Syracuse team, Bam's Army, Bayham's army, which they've won the tournament before. They lost last night for to start.

[Drew]

The tournament, I think Kentucky had the fifth best odds. So there were four teams that they thought had a better chance. Now Kentucky's first. So I don't know if it's teams other out or we've seen a little.

[Elahe Izadi]

Bit of sample size, but you could argue this is the toughest game they have at least maybe till the finals. Although also in our path is best Virginia, which has Trey Mitchell.

[Matt Jones]

That's right, Trey Mitchell. Williams is on that team.

[Elahe Izadi]

Does anybody.

[Drew]

More like Trader Mitchell?

[Elahe Izadi]

Okay, so that's what I was going to say. Does anybody. Are they not happy that Trey Mitchell's playing for best Virginia?

[Drew]

When I saw he's playing for them I wanted him to call Sweet Memaw.

[Elahe Izadi]

Who?

[Drew]

Remember the Huggins?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah, that's right.

[Drew]

He needed to tell her first before anyone else. Because I bet Meemaw has a broken heart right now, seeing Trey on the other team.

[Elahe Izadi]

Well, I'm excited tonight. Six o'. Clock. It's on FS2 now. A lot of people may not even know. Do we is FS2? It's on my TV. YouTube TV. Does cable get FS2?

[Shannon]

I don't know if you got the right package. It does.

[Elahe Izadi]

Okay. People to be able to see it.

[Shannon]

What's on FS1 that's so important? Like a rodeo?

[Elahe Izadi]

It's. It's Saratoga horse racing.

[Drew]

Okay. They do nothing. They do well with horse racing.

[Elahe Izadi]

Saratoga horse race racing. So Instead, we're on FS2 tonight.

[Matt Jones]

And, you know.

[Elahe Izadi]

You might as well.

[Shannon]

Put like a frog jumping contest on FS1 horse racing on there.

[Elahe Izadi]

Really? Brenda. Go ahead. Brenda. Hey. Hey, Brenda.

[Matt Jones]

My fault for yesterday's call.

[Drew]

I had.

[Matt Jones]

My phone had died, like, right in the middle of the call, and I. I was pretty sad.

[Elahe Izadi]

Well, that's okay. What do you got for us?

[Matt Jones]

I was wondering if I could get Yalls opinion on the STLP project that.

[Drew]

Kentucky hosts every year.

[Matt Jones]

What's your opinion on that?

[Elahe Izadi]

I don't know what that means. What's the STLP project?

[Matt Jones]

It's called the Student Technology Leadership Project. It's where every county in Kentucky go competes to have the best project that either helps their community or their school.

[Elahe Izadi]

And.

[Drew]

And there are three levels you have.

[Matt Jones]

To get through to get to the finals. And I was just wondering if y'.

[Elahe Izadi]

All knew what that was. No, I didn't know about it. I'm gonna. Just a question. This is just a guess. Are you in the tournament?

[Drew]

I was, but it's currently.

[Matt Jones]

It has ended.

[Elahe Izadi]

Okay. Who won?

[Matt Jones]

I'm not sure.

[Elahe Izadi]

Okay, well, that's. That's unfortunate. All right. So you were in it? Well, it sounds like a great thing to me. I love that. You know, Kentucky does a lot of stuff where they bring people from around high schools from around the state, bring them together. I did that when I was in high school. How? I met one of my best friends at Governor Scholar. So. Yeah, I'm a big fan. Go S T L P project.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I was just. That's all.

[Elahe Izadi]

All right. Well, I appreciate it. I didn't know about it.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't either. Sound like a wonderful, wonderful project.

[Drew]

Some of our winners who are.

[Elahe Izadi]

Give me some winners.

[Drew]

Summit elementary School won the K through 5 project they killed Mystery history.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, they killed it.

[Elahe Izadi]

Mystery history. Okay.

[Drew]

Fair Dell Best 9 through 12 Project Paw Print. Russell High school with the best technical project.

[Elahe Izadi]

Good for you, Russell.

[Drew]

And then a camera. Middle camera.

[Elahe Izadi]

Camera K A M M E R.

[Drew]

E R. Yeah, that the the girls in Flight won. Best six through eight.

[Elahe Izadi]

All right, so that's a good cross section. You've got Russell which is in Eastern Kentucky. You got Fairdale and Cameron which is in Louisville. What was the other one?

[Drew]

We had a Boyd 2 Louisville's Boyd and Russell.

[Elahe Izadi]

Good for you. So we got span in the state with the ST LP project. It's very exciting. Let me tell you a little bit about DraftKings.

[Matt Jones]

Tell me about DraftKings.

[Elahe Izadi]

There's a 45 year old pigeon.

[Drew]

I'm betting on him.

[Elahe Izadi]

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[Elahe Izadi]

When I listen to the news, here's what I want to know why this story matters, who's at the center of it, and how the reporters uncovered it. And as a journalist, I want to make sure that's what you get too. I'm Elahe Izadi, co host of the podcast Post Reports. Every weekday, my colleagues and I at the Washington Post give you the context you need on the biggest stories. Health care tariffs, artificial intelligence. We've got you covered. Look for Post reports wherever you listen to podcasts. Welcome back, Techie Sports Radio. Long days, warm nights, cold cans. That's what the summer's about. Cornbread Hemp Good vibes Rolling. They got Infused Seltzer's four Delicious Flavors Organic Full Spectrum Gummies. Products are made with Kentucky grown hemp and all natural ingredients. Go to Cornbread Hemp. Use the code KSR for 20% off at checkout. It's cornbread hemp.com KSR 20% off cornbread hemp this is the good life. The Cornbread Hemp vs. Mitch McConnell fight continues to.

[Drew]

I know whose side I'm on. Go hemp. H E M P. Hemp. Hemp.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah. I'm told that there's like. That it's a whole thing. I don't really understand all the details, but on one side is cornbread hemp, and on the other side is Mitch McConnell. And they're like, trying to fight to get everyone else.

[Drew]

Listen, Mitch, you can come to my garage and get my cornbread seltzer out of my cold, dead hands.

[Elahe Izadi]

Like, you know, like a good, petty story.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yes.

[Elahe Izadi]

Do you know that the Fayette County School board, that they don't like each other?

[Matt Jones]

The new members don't like each other.

[Elahe Izadi]

So I have a friend that was on the Fayette county school. Yes. I've never paid attention to Fayette County School Board ever, but I had a friend that was on it for like a year. The story of how he ended up on it is one of the best things that's ever happened. And one day we'll talk about it, but he's not on it now, but he must have been the glue guy, because they're having problems. Apparently. Apparently there. There's only five of them, Shannon, and apparently they fight all the time. Apparently, the five of them don't like each other. So the school board paid to bring in a person to help them get along.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, my.

[Shannon]

Like a counselor.

[Elahe Izadi]

No, I'm not kidding.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Elahe Izadi]

This is in the newspaper. They paid somebody to come get help. The Fayette County School board have team building.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, boy.

[Elahe Izadi]

All right. Because the five of them, they're not. They're not getting along, and they're like, look, this is for the kids, Shannon. So he brought in somebody to do team building, and they were going to have a retreat where the five of them go off together and get to know each other. Right. See each other as more than school board members, but see each other as human beings. But one of them, Amanda Ferguson, says, I'm not going to your team building session. She says, I'm not interested. So they did a story and they said, amanda, why are you not going to the school board session? And her quote is, why would I go? No one speaks to me. Oh, wow.

[Matt Jones]

That's why you go. To build that connection so no one will speak.

[Elahe Izadi]

So I just want.

[Matt Jones]

Wow.

[Elahe Izadi]

I got nothing against the school board. I'm sure they're all wonderful people. I went to my friend swearing in ceremony, so I've seen some of them there, but the people that are in charge of your children's schools, A, fight so much, they need to have a session to go hash it out. And B, won't go, Shannon. Because they don't talk to each other like they're in a school cafeteria.

[Shannon]

When you first said this, I was wondering, is it divided up like three versus two? But it sounds like it's all five individually that don't like each other.

[Elahe Izadi]

It sounds like they just all personally can't get along.

[Shannon]

Five people and none of them.

[Elahe Izadi]

It's only five people, and they can't get along.

[Drew]

I need a reality show where they're in a house when. When school boards stop being polite and start getting real. Put all of them together, and I want to see all the drama.

[Elahe Izadi]

But how bad. Like, how bad could it be where she's like, I'm not going. They won't even speak.

[Shannon]

But that's the whole point of this. So they exactly need to go.

[Matt Jones]

So here's five adults in charge of our schools, and they're asking, like, acting like little fourth graders.

[Drew]

Do we need a school board for our school board?

[Matt Jones]

Do we need to go outside and hold hands? And they need one of those ropes.

[Drew]

Where they all hold on.

[Elahe Izadi]

So I texted my friend that was on it and was like, you were the glue guy.

[Matt Jones]

He was.

[Elahe Izadi]

You were the one that kept these people together, Shannon. And he leaves and it all falls apart.

[Shannon]

We gotta bring him back.

[Elahe Izadi]

We need to bring him back.

[Drew]

He's the one that talked to Amanda. They need him back.

[Elahe Izadi]

He was the only one that would speak to Amanda. So good luck to Amanda and the school board. Hope you all can find a way to get along good for Amanda for.

[Drew]

Standing up for herself. They're not going to talk to her.

[Elahe Izadi]

Maybe it's Amanda's fault.

[Drew]

Well, she said they won't talk to her. Almost like I've been interested in talking, but I'm not getting anything.

[Elahe Izadi]

Maybe she's not fun to talk to.

[Drew]

Well, she's the one that made a statement.

[Elahe Izadi]

Joe. Go ahead, Joe. Joe. Yes, Matt?

[Drew]

Down here in Butchertown, they still.

[Elahe Izadi]

We kill 10,000 hogs a day. Oh, you still. They still. You still kill the hogs. And I didn't actually know that. Is it one place that does it?

[Drew]

Yeah.

[Elahe Izadi]

This is the only packing house in the state of Kentucky. It's in city limits, and we kill 10,000 a day. It's on Story Avenue. What's the name of it? Or can you say JBS? JBS.

[Drew]

JBS down on Story Avenue. 1200 Story Avenue.

[Elahe Izadi]

I did not know we still killed hogs. And that's like Story Avenue. That's right in the middle of Louisville.

[Drew]

Right in the middle.

[Elahe Izadi]

This is the only packing house that's.

[Drew]

In the city limits in the state of Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

Wow.

[Drew]

It might be in the United States.

[Elahe Izadi]

Yeah, I didn't know that. I always kind of thought of, like, butcher houses being, like, way out of town. So. Have you been to this bakery?

[Drew]

No, sir, I sure ain't. I'd like to go to it, but.

[Elahe Izadi]

I try to find it so I can go to it, but, no, I've never.

[Drew]

I've never been to it.

[Elahe Izadi]

Well, thank. Well, thank you for doing. Go ahead. I had one more thing to say.

[Drew]

I got a lot of Louisville fans down there.

[Elahe Izadi]

I've been down there 35 years.

[Drew]

And you know what L L1C4 stands for?

[Elahe Izadi]

All right. I'm hesitant to ask, but I'm gonna let. Go ahead.

[Drew]

It's liars first, cheaters forever.

[Elahe Izadi]

There you go. All right. Well, thank you very much. I appreciate. Appreciate the call.

[Shannon]

Slaughter them like a hog.

[Elahe Izadi]

I love it. He was there working in the butcher house and was just like, slaughtering the hogs and then goes, hey, they're talking about us. Let's go in there. I did not know they still had it open, especially in city limits. Explains to me the smell in that area.

[Drew]

Yeah, we learned a lot on the show. I didn't know about Butcher Town at all. Now I know I need a biscuit.

[Elahe Izadi]

And that now Butcher Town is like an up and coming. Like they've redone it, But I didn't know they still slaughtered hogs there. Shannon, did you?

[Shannon]

I assume they did, just based on that smell you were talking about. Because it is a distinct smell when you go down in that area. In that area, you do.

[Elahe Izadi]

You can smell it.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah, it's that.

[Elahe Izadi]

Maybe that's why they have the biscuits. To offset the. To offset the smell. Edward. Go ahead, Edward.

[Drew]

Hey, Matt. Hey, guys.

[Elahe Izadi]

How are you? Good. What's up?

[Drew]

Hey, two quick things. So, first of all, school board people, PTA people, no offense to your friend, those are just extensions of children that were shoved into lockers when they were kids. So they want to create a different reality for today's kids.

[Elahe Izadi]

Okay.

[Drew]

Again, no offense to your buddy.

[Elahe Izadi]

That's okay. What's odd is he didn't even have kids. But go ahead.

[Drew]

Second thing, there's about a 20 minute gap where I had to go into a meeting, so I couldn't listen. So I apologize. But, Matt, you always keep it real. But I need you to be delusional with me for like one minute.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Elahe Izadi]

All right, quickly. 30 seconds.

[Drew]

Yeah. Going back to TBT. I love the games in Memorial. I really think the university is doing the fans a disservice. I know they can't do the rupture any different because of the donors, but they need to do an exhibition, some sort of scrimmage or game with the men in Memorial.

[Matt Jones]

That's all I got.

[Elahe Izadi]

I agree with you. I mean, you see it even with the TBT crowd and the TBT games are not even full and the crowd is just extremely loud. I'd love to have a game in Memorial, one of the exhibition games. I think it would be awesome.

[Matt Jones]

We did a blue white game last year, remember Memorial Coliseum?

[Elahe Izadi]

But it charged a lot of money too. I mean like if you had a regular game, do it. I think it would be absolutely awesome. If you're road tripping to the beach or commute to work in style, go the Don Franklin family dealerships. Over 6,000 new and certified pre owned vehicles. No matter your situation, Don Franklin has something for you. 27 dealerships across the state. There's one near you. It's Don Franklin auto.com. they got Chevy, Buick, Hyundai, Nissan, Chrysler, Charge, Jeep, Ram, Fiat, Kia, Mitsubishi, Ford, Lincoln, Genesis, Cadillac and Toyota. It's at Don Franklin driven by family. Take a breath. I'm on the radio tonight from 7 to 10. If you listen from 7 to 8, I might be narrating the finish of the TBT game to get ready cats by how many tonight?

[Drew]

At least three and a half. Please. We're winning more. What do you think, Archie game cats about 12.

[Elahe Izadi]

Watch out. DeAndre Liggins is like one more time 37 years old. We'll see you later. This has been KSR.

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