2025-07-24- KSR - Hour 1

Summary

KSR Podcast Episode Summary

Title: KSR
Host/Authors: Matt Jones and the KSR Crew (iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790, WKRD-AM)
Episode: 2025-07-24 - KSR - Hour 1
Release Date: July 24, 2025

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1. Opening Remarks and Light Banter

The episode begins with Matt Jones welcoming listeners on a sunny day in Lexington, Kentucky. He engages in casual conversation with co-hosts Drew Franklin and Ryan Lemond, sharing his experiences from extensive radio and podcasting sessions the previous day. Matt humorously expresses his frustration with the overemphasis on the Dallas Cowboys in ESPN coverage, stating:

"I just can't stand them because every single time something happens, it's cowboys, cowboys, cowboys."
(01:38)

Ryan empathizes, highlighting the persistent spotlight on the Cowboys and suggests a need to shift focus.

2. Dive into the TV Show "Gilded Age"

The hosts transition to discussing Matt's unexpected new interest in the HBO series Gilded Age. Matt admits embarrassment over his enjoyment of the show, comparing it to his previous disdain for reality TV phenomena like Love Island:

"This is more embarrassing than watching Love Island. I'm kind of into Gilded Age on HBO."
(03:39)

Shannon The Dude and Ryan express curiosity and amusement, with Ryan suggesting the idea of launching a Gilded Age podcast. Matt shares an interesting historical fact he learned from the show about the Statue of Liberty:

"The Statue of Liberty... France only sent us the torch initially. It stood in a park for six years because funding the rest was a challenge."
(05:22)

This segment blends entertainment with educational insights, enriching the conversation with historical anecdotes.

3. Kentucky Sports Updates and Analysis

The focus shifts to Kentucky sports, particularly basketball. Matt references a recent press conference by Coach Mark Pope, where Pope criticized the team’s defense:

"He said we couldn't guard anybody and that he was disappointed."
(11:58)

Ryan discusses the implications of this critique, noting the impact on the team's performance. They delve into player developments, highlighting prospects like Cam Williams and the ongoing recruitment efforts:

"We have a Cam Williams on the team and are actively recruiting another top-ranked Cam Williams."
(13:32)

A humorous yet critical analysis emerges as Matt questions the depth of the team's roster:

"If you're going to say this is a national championship contender, you gotta have three dudes."
(23:30)

The discussion emphasizes the necessity for standout players to elevate Kentucky's standing in the NCAA.

4. Caller Interactions and Discussions

Listeners engage with the hosts through calls, bringing diverse topics to the table.

Jake’s Call:
Jake inquires about basketball teams that could have won the title, specifically mentioning the overlooked COVID-affected team.

"I don't think we were one of the four best teams in 1998, but we won it."
(21:26)

Steve’s Call:
Steve introduces psychological concepts like cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias, prompting a brief foray into behavioral psychology. Matt and Drew humorously grapple with defining these terms, reflecting the casual and interactive nature of the show.

"Cognitive dissonance is like holding conflicting beliefs... I would just call that brain fog."
(31:16)

Eric’s Call:
A caller from southern Indiana suggests the possibility of hosting a remote show, highlighting the widespread Kentucky fan base beyond Lexington.

"We've done one before, but it's been a long time, so I'll see what we can do."
(41:34)

These interactions showcase the hosts' ability to handle a variety of topics while maintaining listener engagement.

5. Notable News and Updates

The hosts provide updates on recent sports news and personal anecdotes:

Antonio Reeves' NBA Deal:
Matt shares exciting news about Antonio Reeves signing a two-way contract with the Charlotte Hornets, emphasizing his potential impact on the team.

"He was the most efficient player on their team and went 29 of 29 from the free throw line."
(38:11)

Mark Stoops on ESPN:
A pivotal moment occurs when Matt cites Coach Mark Stoops' fiery response on ESPN regarding the competitiveness of the SEC:

"If he wants to take a crack at it, come on, strap it on."
(27:30)

The team praises Stoops for his assertive stance, which they believe signals his readiness to elevate the SEC's reputation in college football.

"That's a great drop right there. We could use that a lot."
(28:55)

6. Promotional Segments

Throughout the episode, Matt integrates promotional content seamlessly into the conversation. Notably, he mentions:

• WashablesOfAs.com: Highlighting Annabe sofas' machine-washable features suitable for families with pets and children.

  "Experience cloud-like comfort with high resilience foam that's hypoallergenic and never needs fluffing."
  (00:00)

• DraftKings Sportsbook: Encouraging listeners to participate in betting with a promotional code for bonus bets.

  "Download the DraftKings sportsbook. Use the code KSR for new customers. $150 in bonus bets."
  (35:01)

These segments are crafted to feel part of the natural flow, ensuring listeners receive relevant information without disrupting the conversation.

7. Closing Remarks and Future Plans

As the hour progresses, the hosts discuss future plans, including the possibility of touring the southern states for the upcoming sports season:

"We're touring the south this year, so we're going to go. Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama."
(42:00)

Matt expresses enthusiasm about exploring new regions, while Drew and Ryan support the idea, anticipating a refreshing change from their usual routes.

The episode concludes with a discussion on potential changes to the NCAA tournament format, advocating for a best-of-three series in the Final Four to ensure the best teams prevail:

"Having the championship game be two out of three would make financial sense and increase ratings."
(43:59)

Ryan and Drew agree, citing the excitement and fairness such a format would introduce to the tournament.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Matt Jones: "I just can't stand them because every single time something happens, it's cowboys, cowboys, cowboys."
  (01:38)

• Matt Jones: "This is more embarrassing than watching Love Island. I'm kind of into Gilded Age on HBO."
  (03:39)

• Matt Jones: "He said we couldn't guard anybody and that he was disappointed."
  (11:58)

• Matt Jones: "If you're going to say this is a national championship contender, you gotta have three dudes."
  (23:30)

• Mark Stoops: "If he wants to take a crack at it, come on, strap it on."
  (27:30)

• Matt Jones: "Having the championship game be two out of three would make financial sense and increase ratings."
  (43:59)

Conclusion

This episode of KSR masterfully balances sports analysis, entertainment discussions, and interactive segments, all while maintaining an engaging and conversational tone. The hosts' dynamic interplay with each other and their listeners creates an inclusive atmosphere, making the podcast both informative and enjoyable for a wide audience.

Transcript

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[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

Off Broadway.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome everyone. It is Kentucky Sports Radio Thursday, July 24th. I am Matt Jones here on another sunny day in Lexington, Kentucky. You can give us a shout out Clark's Puppet shop phone line. That's 859-280-2287. Had good calls yesterday. If you guys want to ask more questions, you can. I had a lot of positive feedback about hour two where we were just kind of going down memory lane reminiscing. Auto glass text machine is 772-774-5254 and this edition sponsored by the TJ Smith J. He will make them Pay. Guys, I did seven hours of radio yesterday and you're still here. I did two hours of the Matt Jones podcast and then three hours of ESPN and by the end of it I was out of things to say. Like Even the last 30 minutes of ESPN last night I was like, okay, yeah, Micah Parsons, you know, because literally the Cowboys have been the lead story all three night we were on and more Jerry Jones and it's like, I mean I'm just going to I hate the Cowboys now and I used to kind of the Bears were my team but I the Cowboys were kind of like a number two or three now I just, I can't stand them because every single time something happens, it's cowboys, cowboys, cowboys.

[Ryan Lemond]

Just got to keep learning more about them. It's not going away.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, they're not shows.

[Ryan Lemond]

Want to talk about? I caught your. I'd say it's probably 8 to 8:30 ish. I was picking up some food, leaving, leaving an event and caught you all. It seemed like you were laughing a lot at that, at that moment.

[Matt Jones]

I mean that's a good thing about, about working with Myron is as I do laugh a lot because they, you know, espn, like it's just like whatever, do your thing. When, when they, when they hand it to us, they do kind of do whatever. And so it ends up being fun. But. But I will say you can only laugh like when you get an hour seven of laughing, you're like, okay, I'm good. So I got home, I'm on my. I'm watching a show that I am embarrassed that I'm watching.

[Drew Franklin]

What is it?

[Matt Jones]

But I do kind of like, did you cave?

[Ryan Lemond]

Which one are you. Are you doing Love island now?

[Matt Jones]

No, no, no.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

I wish it was because we're some.

[Ryan Lemond]

Of the few people left on earth that aren't watching.

[Matt Jones]

This is more embarrassing than watching Love Island. I'm kind of into Gilded Age on HBO, which is about like 1880s social scene in New York. It's not even, it's not even particularly good. But for some reason I don't know why I play. I played one episode and now I'm like, I gotta see are they gonna let Mrs. Russell entered the social society of old New York? I mean Ms. Aster, it feels like she's going to at some point. And I'm gotta be the only male watching this show in the United States. I don't think another male is watching it.

[Ryan Lemond]

But you know, I've scrolled past it several times, but now I might enjoy that. Maybe we could launch a Gilded Age podcast.

[Matt Jones]

It'll just be me and you. Okay. I mean I think if we, if, if we were to do a Gilded Age TV club, it would be me and you and like 65 year old women. Those are going to be the only people watching it. But I have to tell you, right, it's a good like go to sleep, fall asleep watching Gilded Age.

[Drew Franklin]

If that's your guilty pleasure right now.

[Matt Jones]

You do you guilty though because it's not like it like with Love island at least that's like trashy. This is just old people are all Wearing those dresses where their butts go out.

[Ryan Lemond]

New York hadn't been built yet.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, no, I mean, that's kind of what I. One of the things I like about it is they talk about how the neighborhoods are built. Did you know that the Statue of Liberty. Here's an interesting fact that I learned on Gilded Age last night. And I looked it up, and it's true.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

The Statue of Liberty. You know what Statue of Liberty is, Mario? Right. Like, it hangs there.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's from New York.

[Matt Jones]

It's there in the ocean, and it's the woman, and she's holding up the torch. You may not have known this initially, France only sent us the torch. Okay. And they said, hey, we want to send you this present. We're going to send you the torch. And then they go, now you got to raise the money. We ain't paying for everything. Like, we're all pay for some of it. This is the torch. But you got to raise some money. And it set in a park in New York for six years because they couldn't raise any money because everybody was like, we don't need that statue. So they thought it was just going to be the torch. And then in the 1880s, all these robber barons came and, like, started making a lot of money. Money Got some money into it. And then France got the rest, and we ended up with Statue Liberty. But for a long time, it looked like we were only gonna have the torch because, Shannon, no one wanted the rest of Lady Liberty.

[Shannon The Dude]

It would be weird if we just had a torch there right now instead of the statue.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So think about that. Like, we take the Statue of Liberty for granted, but for a long time, France was like, you get the torch, now y' all got to do some.

[Shannon The Dude]

Stuff for yourself to see the torch.

[Matt Jones]

And then nobody you're. And then we were like, no. And then finally, we get a little money and prices, like, all right, we'll give you some more. But for a while, it was only the torch. Well, I thought.

[Drew Franklin]

I thought that. It's not my history books, but it seems like I thought France gave it to us as a gift.

[Matt Jones]

It's. That's not totally true. They started as a gift, but it was like one of these. We're going to help you help yourselves.

[Shannon The Dude]

Started here, you know?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, exactly. You teach a man to fish, or you hand put.

[Shannon The Dude]

You piece. The rest.

[Drew Franklin]

Exactly.

[Matt Jones]

You got an arm, Shannon. They were like, you can contribute a face, and then we'll give you the body.

[Shannon The Dude]

Exactly.

[Matt Jones]

But for a long time, we only had the torch because we were like, well, we're just. We're not. We're not into it yet.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, one. Spoiler alert. I just told you I'm going to start watching the Gilded Age.

[Drew Franklin]

Now.

[Ryan Lemond]

I know how this happens, but now, I never knew that. See, did it have that. Was it like to the elbow?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know.

[Ryan Lemond]

And just the torch.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't realize how. This is not what I thought we were going to be talking about today. There's this whole thing about. Do you know about the coming out party? Like now we say the phrase coming out.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

As like to mean, like, say you're gay. Right, Right. But it used to be that phrase was meant women were coming out on the market to meet me. And so a big thing in the show is when do they let these. There's a woman that, she's like 22 and she's like, I'm ready to come out. And your mother's like, not yet. And like they're. They're arguing about that. See, this is good entertainment, Ryan. And you're. And I'm also learning.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay, so coming out, it's like today's times. Like the limo pulling up on the Bachelor. That's them.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I don't know if we have. I don't know. I don't know if we have an equivalent now because I think, like, women now start dating, like when they're in middle school. But there was a time that they were like, you can't be lip locking with men until. And then you have a ball to introduce the woman to society. To society. It is kind of like a product. It feels a little cattley, but. But, you know, I don't know that women were getting full rights in the Gilded Age.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, I'm now can't wait to get home and binge watch the Gilded Age.

[Matt Jones]

Now you can see why it's a good comedown from being on the ESPN radio. You go from Micah Parsons to the Gilded Age.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm impressed you got a voice, to be honest, after seven hours, two more.

[Matt Jones]

Hours, and then tomorrow. Where is our. Where's our remote tomorrow?

[Drew Franklin]

It's in Nicholasville.

[Matt Jones]

Nicholasville. What's the name of the place, huh?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I'm getting right there to it. It is at Kentucky customs and uplifting. Kentucky Customs.

[Ryan Lemond]

We've been over this.

[Drew Franklin]

Upfitting, Uplifting.

[Ryan Lemond]

The third time he's done that.

[Matt Jones]

Kentucky.

[Drew Franklin]

I've got it written in my calendar. Uplifting tomorrow.

[Matt Jones]

Kentucky customs and upfitters. Upfitting, Upfitting. What do they upfit?

[Drew Franklin]

Like bed liners in the back of a pickup truck.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So I think they want you to try to smash a watermelon with a sledgehammer in the back of their.

[Matt Jones]

Me?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Gallagher, you want to smash some fruit?

[Drew Franklin]

I'll do it. They want you to do it.

[Matt Jones]

That'll be. That'll be fun. Yeah, I guess. Yeah. All right. Well, so that's in Nicholsville. What's the address?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, let me get right out.

[Shannon The Dude]

119 Howard Street, Nicholas.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to also give away tomorrow Nicholsville, because I'm feeling generous some UK basketball tickets to that opening game against Purdue.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, that. That's going to end up being a hot ticket. To get a hot ticket.

[Matt Jones]

One of those hot tickets, you'll get pieces of the watermelon that we smash, and you have a chance to win the tickets at Howard way, Howard Street, 1 Howard street in Nicholsville. And I got to figure. We got to figure out. Somebody needs to tell me where to eat in Nicholasville. I never eat Nicholasville except Brandon Crossing, but I know they've got to have better stuff.

[Drew Franklin]

Wait a minute, wait a minute. I think the new Long John Silver's just opened out there.

[Ryan Lemond]

I said it looked like there were 3 million people there on opening day.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute. So there's a new Long John?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes. And it just opened?

[Matt Jones]

Yes. And people and they're like, going bonkers for it.

[Ryan Lemond]

Could be one of the best relaunches we've ever seen.

[Matt Jones]

Is the last time I've eaten Long John Silvers. I mean, well, you got to go back a decade.

[Drew Franklin]

It's been over 20 years.

[Matt Jones]

Is there one in Lexington?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think there's one election anymore.

[Matt Jones]

Is there one in Louisville?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, yeah. Just open on Bardstown Road in Fern.

[Matt Jones]

So it's new, too.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, they're road and what? Just on Barstown Road. In Fern Creek.

[Matt Jones]

In Fern Creek. Right there next to Roosters and all that. Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

That area. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, well. All right. Well, Long. Why is Long John's coming back? I mean, I'm for it, but, like, is there been a yearning for it?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, yeah, I've been yearning for it. We may be able to get in. I mean, apparently the crowds have been insane. We may not be able to get into the Long John Silver.

[Matt Jones]

You're telling me you can't get into Long Johns?

[Ryan Lemond]

I saw a picture. It was insane. How many cars were there?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

People are just amazing. Like, you just take something away from them.

[Shannon The Dude]

Long John Silver want their frozen fish.

[Matt Jones]

What else do we need to come back. If Long John G's.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's coming back. They're coming back.

[Matt Jones]

But is it not coming back here?

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe one day, but not yet. Was it up Minnesota.

[Matt Jones]

I'm going to write what other Trying.

[Drew Franklin]

To think of Shoney's.

[Matt Jones]

I don't feel like they're going to be out the door. Did they still.

[Drew Franklin]

There's no every exit from here to like Corbin.

[Matt Jones]

And then it just went away. Yeah. Well, good to know about the Long Johns.

[Ryan Lemond]

And the Gilded Age.

[Matt Jones]

And the Gilded Age. Neither topics were things that I thought I would start about. What I thought I was going to start about is something that we haven't really talked about the last two days, which was Mark Pope had his. Had a press conference the other day. I'm starting to just rely on you, Drew. Especially now. You know, until we get into the season. Drew updates me on the things I need to hear from press conferences. So Mark Pope. The only thing I really saw coming out of the press conference is he said we. He thought our defense was terrible and that we were going to have to.

[Ryan Lemond]

Get in the scrimmage. Yeah, in the scrimmage.

[Matt Jones]

He said. He said we couldn't guard anybody and he was disappointed. What. What else besides talk a lot about.

[Ryan Lemond]

That, you know, we've kind of tbt's over. Unfortunately. I. I wouldn't form any strong opinions about the team defense in the first half against the La Familia. I'd say the other big update was even though we didn't get anything real concrete, he still seems pretty good about Yellow Bitch. I guess he just got done, so.

[Matt Jones]

It sounded like he thought he's going to.

[Ryan Lemond]

They have his transcripts now. Whatever he needed to do on that end with school, I guess he just completed. Now it's a matter of getting him over here. I guess I never thought about. About it, but to. To participate in summer workouts, you have to be in summer school. And I guess he just wasn't quite ready to have the workload to even be a participant.

[Matt Jones]

We learned from Big Z. I know we need whatever. You can start school, Shannon, at any moment. You can start school in November. You can just start school whenever.

[Shannon The Dude]

It's like a miracle. All of a sudden he's eligible. Yeah. In the middle of October.

[Matt Jones]

We. Apparently school doesn't start till Thanksgiving. All right. So.

[Ryan Lemond]

So then what? And then he's, you know, he goes player by player and there were specials and spectaculars.

[Matt Jones]

Are all the players special this year?

[Ryan Lemond]

So far, everyone. I think we're about a Thousand on how many are beautiful? All of them. And they're all extraordinary. Okay, but if you. There. He did say good things about Cam Williams. And even though he's new and still getting used to his level, he says he's taking coaching well. You know, See, he'll get frustrated a little bit at times, but he's like what he's seen with him that Marino. There's been a lot of buzz about him looking good too.

[Matt Jones]

Now, am I correct? We have a Cam Williams? Yes, but we're also recruiting.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's another Cam. We could have double Cam Williams down the road.

[Matt Jones]

Cam Williams on the team.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'll have to double check. I think the other Cam is a C Cam Williams. And then we have a K, Cam Williams.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

But yes, there is a high school Cam Williams. That's how he ranked.

[Matt Jones]

And we're going after him, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. 20, 26.

[Shannon The Dude]

Class include an entire team of the same name no matter what? Yes. Nothing at cams.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. I say if you have a Cam Williams, you. You get another one. I'll tell you a stat that blew my mind. Guess who the starting point guard is for Villanova this year.

[Drew Franklin]

Don't know.

[Matt Jones]

You know?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I know.

[Matt Jones]

So don't say Shannon. Guess who the starting point guard for Villanova. I'm going to say a name that's going to blow your mind.

[Shannon The Dude]

I have no idea. Who?

[Matt Jones]

Devin Askew.

[Drew Franklin]

Can he still be have eligibility?

[Matt Jones]

Askew is projected to be the starting point there. I'm. I'm dead serious.

[Drew Franklin]

He's still playing college basketball.

[Matt Jones]

He is projected to be. Devin Askew played during the Truman administration and he is supposed to be the starting point guard for Villanueva.

[Drew Franklin]

He's at a different school every year too, it seemed like what his eight school.

[Matt Jones]

He played here during the COVID year, didn't he?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Texas the year after. Not the one that ended short, but the following year.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, that is amazing to me that he is. That he is still in college basketball.

[Drew Franklin]

Amazing me that He's a Division 1 point guard.

[Ryan Lemond]

His teammate, Cam Fletcher is also still bouncing around.

[Matt Jones]

Cam Fletcher still.

[Ryan Lemond]

He's nearby. Is he at Xavier or. He was at Xavier. He's been hard to keep up with too.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. So he's been in Kentucky, Texas, California, Long Beach State and now Villanova 15.

[Drew Franklin]

Unbelievable.

[Matt Jones]

And this is what, his sixth year.

[Drew Franklin]

And he's rejected as the starter.

[Matt Jones]

Eligible.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know. I really don't know. He's been. It's been a different team every season.

[Matt Jones]

Wow. Anyway, 8, 5, 9, 2, 802287. That was your gilded age. Long John Silver's Devin Askew First Segment Text Machine is 772-774-5254. Nicholasville. Places to eat. Do you know Copper River Grill?

[Drew Franklin]

It's good.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Good.

[Drew Franklin]

It's good.

[Matt Jones]

What makes it so good?

[Drew Franklin]

It's kind of like a cracker barrel type feel. Got some country cooking in there.

[Matt Jones]

Say that.

[Drew Franklin]

So excited because I like it.

[Matt Jones]

It's kind of like a cracker barrel type.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, you know get like chicken with grape white gravy on it, stuff like that. I love that kind of stuff.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Is it Nicholasville where the canes has the. Was it ducks or what is it?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, the guy got geese at that cage.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. We shouldn't. Someone did. But we can, we can go check on that too.

[Matt Jones]

We'll take a break and be right back. It's Kentucky Sports Radio.

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back tech E Sports Radio. Apparently it was an hour wait through the drive thru at Long John Silver last night in Nicholsville.

[Ryan Lemond]

You gotta want it.

[Matt Jones]

What is. Wow.

[Drew Franklin]

Everybody wants those. One of those little crunchy things.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, the cracklings.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, those are the best.

[Matt Jones]

Good. Long Silver's has to be horrible for you though, right? It's got to be like the fattiest thing.

[Ryan Lemond]

A lot of fried.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean it's, it's got to be. I, I don't know. But it can't be good for you.

[Ryan Lemond]

I wouldn't think so.

[Matt Jones]

Can I brag on myself just a second? I had a physical yesterday and I had to get all the blood work and all that and did all that. They said they've only this place I go has only had records for me last 10 years. Said I'm the healthiest I've been in.

[Drew Franklin]

Good for you, man.

[Matt Jones]

Lowest, like, cholesterol. 18 pounds less than I weighed January 2024. So I just gotta.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, that's great for someone who's pushing 60. Congratulations.

[Matt Jones]

You need to slow down. So, yes, I may have readers now, but you know what?

[Drew Franklin]

You're in good condition.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. He was like. He was like. He also said, he goes, now with all. With your cholesterol and everything, he was like, you're doing amazing. He goes, you have a 1.7% chance of a heart attack in the next 10 years. And he paused, and he smiled, and I was like, is that good or bad? Oh. He's like, it's great. He was like, that's a very low number for your age. But I still felt like. Shannon, one at 1.7.

[Shannon The Dude]

You're saying there's a chance that's like one in 50. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

But then that means, Ryan, you must be really high.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm telling you, the best.

[Matt Jones]

But he was like, that's great. And I go, all right. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Best thing you do is you do all that walking, man. If we just did what you do walking, we'd all be a lot healthier.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. It's hot now, though.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, Today's gonna be smoking hot.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's. It's very hot. One person writes, Matt. I bet. I bet you don't know this. In Lexington, they still do coming out balls. They're called debutantes balls, and there's one in Lexington almost every weekend. What?

[Drew Franklin]

This is complete debutante balls.

[Matt Jones]

They still. They have debuts balls here. No, you don't. That's for, like, high school kids.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean, I just want to see. I'm not going.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's a married man.

[Ryan Lemond]

I just want to see what this event's like.

[Matt Jones]

So where are their debutantes? I don't know who's doing it. Do you know anybody that's debutante?

[Drew Franklin]

I've been in this town for 30 years. This is the first I'm hearing about it. There's debutante bowls every week.

[Matt Jones]

Not balls.

[Drew Franklin]

Balls every week in Lexington.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't think you can get order the bowl. Shannon did have you spent. Knew they did that.

[Shannon The Dude]

I've never heard of it. Nope. Didn't know a thing about it. Do they do that in Louisville then? If they do it in Lexington, or is this just a Lexington?

[Matt Jones]

There's a thing they have. I had a couple friends who did it. That's like. It's like a hot. I can't remember what it's called. What's the thing? Like, women, they get into it when they're, like, in high school or college and they like. It's like a high society thing. It's called something. It's called like, somebody will know. But it's. It felt like a cult when it was described to me. And it's like, I think for rich women to do. Okay, somebody will know. I don't want to. I can't. I want to say it's like civil society, but that's what I'm in. It's like, anyway. 8, 5, 9, 2.

[Ryan Lemond]

You're becoming a rich woman. You're watching gild age and you want.

[Drew Franklin]

You want a gown.

[Matt Jones]

I'm starting to sip tea. Let's go to Jake. Go ahead, Jake.

[Caller]

Hey, the other day, I was listening, you guys mentioned or you were talking about the teams that had a chance to win the title. The basketball teams that had a chance to win the title.

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Caller]

And you didn't mention one team that I feel always gets overlooked. I just wanted to know if you thought that Covid team could have won the title.

[Matt Jones]

No, I don't. I mean, I think that Covid team was very good. But I also think people are overlooking, like, it's one of those. I think we were coming on at the right time, but we didn't win the SEC that year. I don't think. Did we?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know. I think they did.

[Matt Jones]

They maybe tied for first.

[Ryan Lemond]

His quickly was player of the year and Richards was.

[Matt Jones]

Quickly was.

[Ryan Lemond]

Richards was right behind me.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, you gotta remember that's the tournament. What? Dayton was going to be the number one overall seed with OB top. And we probably would have been in a two or three seed. So, I mean, would we have had a shot? Yes. Would I say, me? I appreciate the call. I look back and I say, if you're one of the four best teams going in the tournament, you really have a chance to win. And I go back through my lifetime and say we were One of the four best teams definitively in 93.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

With Mashburn and those guys. 95.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

We lost Carolina. But I think by the end of the year, we're as good as anybody. 96. We won. 97. I actually don't think we were one of the four best teams in 98. But we won it. We really weren't, you know. Oh, three.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, for sure.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, four.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Right. With number one overall.

[Drew Franklin]

Number one seed.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, five.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

When Sparks bounce, the ball bounces on the rim.

[Drew Franklin]

Michigan State then I think you have.

[Matt Jones]

To Skip forward to 10, 12, 15, 70.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And then 11 and 14. We made a run to where we had a shot. But I don't know if we were one of the four best years.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I think that's very fair.

[Matt Jones]

Then I think we could have been one of the four best teams that first Oscar year if Khaled played the right people. And I'm. Obviously we lost to St. Peter, so it's hard to make that argument. Does anybody agree or disagree with any of those?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, I was just going to add the. The COVID year. I looked it up. They were eighth in the country when the season ended and they did win the sec. But as we talked about yesterday, that's right when the Hagan's thing happened.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. We didn't know he was going to.

[Ryan Lemond]

Be playing with the SEC tournament. If you had Hagan's on the team at his best. All good. I think they were a contender. But we had just had the Hagans thing the week before.

[Matt Jones]

At the end of this year, will we put Kentucky on that list? I've now given like nine times, 10 times in my lifetime that I think they've been one of the four best teams. Do you think? I don't think last year we were one of the four best. I think we were one of the 10 or 12 best, but I don't think we were one of the four best. Do you think at the end of this year we could be one of the four best?

[Drew Franklin]

At this moment? Right now, I don't think I'm ready to say that, but I think they could be by the end of the year. I mean, I think they're definitely top 10, top eight, maybe even. Are they top four? I don't know if I'm there yet.

[Matt Jones]

I think to get to where it's top four for me, for Kentucky. If you're going to say this is a national championship contender, J. Billis always says you got to have three dudes.

[Drew Franklin]

Right?

[Matt Jones]

Okay. You got to have three dudes and then you got to have supporting pieces. I think we've got the supporting pieces. I think Otega always is one of those dudes. Okay. I think Jalen Lowe is one of those dudes if he reaches his potential. Now if he doesn't, and I think that's, to me, the season comes down to how good that kid is.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Let's just assume he reaches it. Now you got to tell me who's the third dude. There's a lot of contenders.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, there.

[Matt Jones]

There are really is a contender. You know, Colin Chandler could be a contender. Aberdeen, Diabate. Get Brandon Garrett. I mean, you can think of a lot of contenders, but I gotta get somebody that I know is three. I feel good. We have two. So my question is to get from where I think we're a top 10 team to a top four or five. Who is that third guy? And somebody will have to do it. And Drew, I don't know who that is, but somebody will have to.

[Ryan Lemond]

For me, they need two guys to be good and one of them can be your third. And it's. If Quatin's hits his potential and comes back healthy and if Low pans out at point guard, I think they're going to be very good. I think they're still good. If those guys are not spectacular, but if they really pan out, they're going to be nasty.

[Matt Jones]

I agree. It's hard for me to put Quaintance though, as one of the three when he's not even playing right now. But if he's one, he's got the talent. We just have to have a third dude and we'll find out who that's going to be. We'll take a break. 859-280-2287. Couple open lines. KSR. Welcome back. Techy sports radio. A little slow on the phone today. 859-280-2287. They were blowing up yesterday. I mean, you can ask anything questions. Would love to. I was in a mood to, you know, since I've talked so much the last three days, I was like, hey, I'm going to talk to callers and you bet you got a call or else I will just have to keep blagging, blabbing. Junior league. That's what I was trying to think of.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And then there's something called cotillion.

[Drew Franklin]

Never heard that.

[Matt Jones]

I think. But Junior league is what I was thinking and I think they do like festivals.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Or pageants.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Am I wrong about that?

[Ryan Lemond]

This is not something I'm well versed.

[Matt Jones]

We're not really hiding. I mean, I am now because of guilted age. Like I'm kind of in high society now. But. But, but Generally speaking, I'm not. 859-280-2287. I want to play something before I go the phones. Mark stoops was on ESPN Sunday morning. Or not. Excuse me, not Sunday morning. ESPN's morning show. Unsportsmanlike. Right. Okay. And I guess they had him on there a day or so ago. And they asked him, you may have seen the SMU coach. The SMU coach who was like, said, you know, why is everybody act like the SEC so good? Only six teams have ever won the title since 1964. From the SEC. I'm SMU. I'm in the ACC. We're just as good. He was like, so. I mean, bring it on or something is what he said. And Mark Stoops was asked about it. And I gotta say, Shannon, this is the Mark Stoops I like. This is the Mark Stoop Stoops I like. That's a little saucy. Yeah, a little coming at you. This was Mark Stoops answer when this. When that was played to him on espn.

[Mark Stoops]

If he wants to take a crack at it, come, come on, strap it on. And come. Come try. Because I could promise you it's not easy. So I could tell you, you know, I think anybody with any common sense can look at college football and look at our conference and know what it's all about. I mean, there's nobody interested in going back. Everybody's pushing the investment from the schools, the recruiting, the coaching, you name it. I mean, do we really have to defend ourselves at this point? It's just ridiculous to try to compare them top to bottom to the sec. That's just a ridiculous quote.

[Matt Jones]

Look at that. I kind of love that. If he wants to come, what, Play, Play the beginning of it. Again, what's his line? Because I love it.

[Mark Stoops]

If he wants to take a crack at it, come, come on, strap it on. And look at that.

[Matt Jones]

If he tries to take a crack at it, come strap it on, Shannon. Now that, That's a Mark. That's a motivated Mark Stoops right there. Come strap it on if you want to crack it.

[Shannon The Dude]

That sounded very motivated and great. He's in the sec, too. Very grateful.

[Matt Jones]

He was. I loved it. I mean, that is. I don't know if we can back up that talk, but I love. That's the Mark Stoops I love sort of being a little swag.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's kind of uncharacteristic of him to comment on another coach like that. Usually that's something he'd say, you know, I'm focused on my team, my locker room, not worried about what other people are doing. But he jumped right in on that one. I like hearing that at a time when he's saying he doesn't want to make headlines. He's putting some good stuff out there.

[Matt Jones]

And he said it on National Radio. I mean, he didn't just say it here. He says that on espn, which means the SMU coach is going to hear that.

[Drew Franklin]

That's the Mark Stoops I heard down at the SEC media days that got me a little fired up and anxious, but for the season to start, because he has a chip on his shoulder, and I love it. That's when he's at his best, right there, when he feels like he's being disrespected. Like, he sat in front of you that one year and said, we just getting started, bro. I want to hear that kind of stuff from Stoops.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, I liked it. And I kind of wish we played smu, because I'd like him to go strap.

[Ryan Lemond]

Strap it on.

[Matt Jones]

Take a crack at it and strap it on.

[Mark Stoops]

He wants to take a crack at it. Come. Come on. Strap it.

[Matt Jones]

That's a great drop right there.

[Drew Franklin]

It is.

[Matt Jones]

We could use that a lot.

[Shannon The Dude]

Strap.

[Matt Jones]

If he wants to take a crack at it. Come strap it on. Although there's a lot going on.

[Ryan Lemond]

The helmet. Right.

[Matt Jones]

Interesting language, but nevertheless.

[Shannon The Dude]

Chin strap.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he was talking about a chin strap. Get a mark. I like that. When I. When. When the SPM producer sent me that, it made me happy. All right, Steve. Go ahead, Steve.

[Steve]

Hey, you know, I wonder why people like me here, Conservative. Why they are afraid to look at both sides of an issue. It's almost afraid, you know, be wrong.

[Matt Jones]

What are we referring to? Are we talking sports here? Are we. What are we talking about?

[Steve]

I was taught on general. I should approve. Okay. Cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias. You know, I'm talking about behavioral and why people refuse to attack their own beliefs, which I do all the time.

[Matt Jones]

Steve, with a little behavioral psychology here on a Thursday morning. Drew.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. I didn't know where you're going with that, but I want to hear more of it.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. What were the words you use there? Cognitive dissonance. And what's dissonance? And what was the other one?

[Steve]

Cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias. There's recency bias. We tend to look at things that happened yesterday more so, you know, a few weeks.

[Matt Jones]

Listen, Steve, I agree with you, and I have to say, Steve, when you started that call, I didn't know where we were going. I appreciate the call. I'm not even sure what the topic was, but I. I just. Like, he called in, he's got his thesaurus, and he's ready to go.

[Drew Franklin]

I. I can assure you, in my 58 years of living, I have never used those words. One time in my life, I looked.

[Ryan Lemond]

Over at you, that, that hamster was run on the wheel in your brain.

[Matt Jones]

Pretty fast trying to keep up. Do you know what cognitive dissonance means?

[Drew Franklin]

No. Cognitive is your, are your thoughts, but I have no idea what dissidence means.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Dissonance, no idea. So it's like, it's like what makes it. I don't know. When you hold sort of conflicting beliefs and then you try to kind of dissolve, you don't know how to handle that. It's cognitive. Like I have one belief and I also have the other. So there's a cognitive dissonance in how you deal with that.

[Drew Franklin]

I would just call that brain fog.

[Matt Jones]

For me, it's another scientific term. Yeah, they go, they go. And you know what confirmation bias is?

[Drew Franklin]

Confirmation is you're proving of something. So bias is one thing. You favor something over another.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So it's a confirmation bias would be like I believe X. So I'm only going to go read things that confirm what I believe. If there's something out there that doesn't confirm what I believe, I will ignore it and only deal with the things I believe. It's kind of, I think, a big problem with society now. You only want to read the things that you agree with.

[Drew Franklin]

So what was Steve saying?

[Matt Jones]

I don't know, but I, but I do know. I know that those are what those words mean.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

And I like that Steve said, I'm Shannon. I'm not sure what that had to do with me watching Gilded Age, but nevertheless, I did enjoy, like I just.

[Shannon The Dude]

Stepped into Psychology 101 class.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's exactly right, Eric. Go ahead, Eric.

[Caller]

Matt, I'm going to use your platform for more than sharing sports. I'm going to use it to try to, to get out, to touch a customer I've got out there. We're talking Long John Silver today. I've been trying to reach their chief technology officer for probably a year now, trying to provide some value to the restaurant, their IT stack. And I'm just hoping he's going to be listening. And Ken, if you're out there, check your LinkedIn. I'm here to make you a deal.

[Matt Jones]

I appreciate the call.

[Ryan Lemond]

What is going on here?

[Matt Jones]

When I did say I wanted calls, I'm not trying to like set up the technology for Long John Silvers. It was more just like I was wanting to have conversations with people, not trying to get you a job via LinkedIn to do long John Silver's technology.

[Shannon The Dude]

Kenneth really should check his LinkedIn though. He should there's no excuse for that, Kenneth.

[Matt Jones]

I. Now, by the way, I told you, I got LinkedIn. I've started adding all these people. Like, I had people. I had people all the time. Yeah. And I'm like, oh, I remember you. Let's connect. And now I'm connected with all of these people. But now I don't know anything to do with it. Like, I have it. I'm now connected. But now what you poke.

[Ryan Lemond]

Do you like, are there, like, pictures of kids. Children going to school on there?

[Matt Jones]

Like, I don't think in a business setting you're supposed to poke.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think there's any. I don't think there's any poking, you know, people will post. I just got a raise at the Hamilton Insurance Company, and it feels a little braggy to me, Shannon. You know, like, look at me. I just got a promotion, so I don't feel comfortable posting that. So I just. I really am not doing anything with it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I made a profile, like, 12 years ago. In fact, I think it says I still work for Tennis Channel as my employer, because it was around that era, you know, we were. We were tennis. But I got on there one time.

[Matt Jones]

Mario's on there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, it was like I had a friend or whatever. It's like, is Kathy good at PowerPoint? I'm like, I don't know. I guess.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

So it's like you endorse Kathy.

[Matt Jones]

I think the only person. Billy's on there and Mario's on there. But you're not, Shannon. You're on there, but you haven't done anything.

[Ryan Lemond]

Correct.

[Shannon The Dude]

I don't even know my login.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, yeah, I have one.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm on there.

[Drew Franklin]

After you mentioned it the other day, I got, like, all these requests. Wanted to. What do you call? Link up or whatever it's called.

[Matt Jones]

That was a different site.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're really bad at having a real job.

[Matt Jones]

That was your Twitter DMs. And by the way, those are not real people.

[Drew Franklin]

Really?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I know you think they don't think I'm attractive. I know you think they find you sexy.

[Ryan Lemond]

That cam is not actually live. But don't click.

[Matt Jones]

That cam is not live. And she. She doesn't want to exchange contact information.

[Drew Franklin]

But she thinks I'm funny and, I don't know, someone to hang out with.

[Matt Jones]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio. Looks like I'm not the only person that watches the Gilded Age. Apparently Nick Roush, Adam Luckett and Tyler Thompson all watch it. Who knew we could have a KSR plus Gilded Age group chat? I had had no idea the phone's.

[Ryan Lemond]

Blowing up with Gilded Age watchers in the company. Now I feel like I'm the, the, the, the odd one in the bunch.

[Matt Jones]

X machine. One person writes Madam, 37 year old male like you. I'm embarrassed. I like it, but it is kind of good. And it's hard to know who the good people are and the bad ones. Yeah, there's no, there's no great people. There's also one person on it who's a terrible actress and I think that makes it good. You have all these like famous people in it. You have apparently a lot of people from Broadway who've won Tony's. And then there's this one woman. I'm not trying to, I'm not gonna say which one? Meryl Streep's daughter. That's really not a good actress and she's gotten cast in one of the main roles and it's, she gets better. But the first couple episodes I'm like, did they get her from a high school theater?

[Ryan Lemond]

Maybe a little nepotism.

[Matt Jones]

She gets better. But like it's clear she's on there because she's a famous person's partner, Meryl Streep's daughter. And, and like it's. What was that? I, I, I, I'm not, I'm not gonna say who sneeze there, but she's just not as good as the other people in the cast and, but she gets better. Okay, she gets better.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I was looking at it looks like big name saw like Meryl Streep's daughters in there.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know if she's in it or not.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

I just, I, you know, that's cool.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's a big get for them.

[Matt Jones]

I want to give you just a couple piece of good news. Antonio Reeves signs a new, a new NBA deal. Signs with the, with the Charlotte Hornets and it gets a two way contract. They cut somebody to keep him. So he'll probably good chance he'll make the roster and Antonio get a chance to get some run.

[Drew Franklin]

Dude, we've said it from the beginning. He does the one thing that they want you to do in the NBA and that's to be a knockdown shooter. He can do that. And the chances he's gotten, he's kind of taken advantage of it.

[Matt Jones]

He went, he played in the summer league. He was the most efficient player on their team and yet only made five threes. So if I told you, he would have had a great summer league and only made five threes. He went 29 of 29 from the free throw line, which think about that means how many fouls he drew going to basket. That's a lot. He wasn't playing like that or didn't when he was at Kentucky.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm pretty confident no one even within the NBA watched more summer league than me. And I watched just about every second Antonio Reeves had the ball and he was one of the standouts on his team. And really the whole summer I figured he'd get another deal. He played for New Orleans in summer and then Charlotte came in and swooped him up. I thought he might stay in New Orleans, but there was no doubt he was getting an opportunity with how he played.

[Matt Jones]

I think he was like second team all summer league too.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, he was great.

[Drew Franklin]

Which, you know, good for him. Man.

[Matt Jones]

Who knew they did all summer league teams Shannon but Kyle Phillipowski, the. The Duke guys con canymple was the mvp. Kyle Filipowski and then Connor or Cooper Flag. They had like three of the top six players. Kobe Braya played really well in the summer league. A lot of our other guys didn't get a lot of run but those that he played really well.

[Ryan Lemond]

Jacob Toppins another one. When I was watching him, I'm like, man, this guy's hit another gear. I wish we had some of this at Kentucky.

[Matt Jones]

Worried about Rob Dillingham. I mean they gave him the ball a lot and he didn't have a great.

[Ryan Lemond]

He did not shoot it well. He. If he didn't lead the. The summer and assist. He was close. But the shot. I think he shot 20 something percent from the field.

[Matt Jones]

I'm worried. I'm a little worried about him because there was another dude picked in his class at Terence Shannon who played really well and I'm kind of one. You know, they said one of those guys is going to be in their rotation. If he gets past by second round pick in his own draft.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nothing was going in for him. He was so fun to watch though, the way he can just get where he wants. He's so tiny out there. The basketball looks like it's too big for his hands. But he was just such a great facilitator. I know he had a lot of assists, but he had some flashy passes where the guys didn't finish.

[Matt Jones]

The Houston Rockets, by the way, said that Reed shepherd will be in the rotation next year. So like Reed's getting his. By the way, I bought Rob Dillingham shoes.

[Drew Franklin]

He did.

[Ryan Lemond]

I love his logo.

[Matt Jones]

Just. I just feel like, you know, I owe it to him.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sure.

[Matt Jones]

Just get the get. If I'm going to have all these shoes, I got to have the UK guys shoes.

[Drew Franklin]

The one game I saw Reed play and he dominated. He had like 23, 25 points or something.

[Matt Jones]

Reed has a shoe too, right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Why are you doing that? Is. Does he have a shoe or not? It's not a. What's the difference? It has his name on it though, right? Well then what's the difference between a signature shoe and a different shoe with your name on it?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, Bronnie's got his signature shoes. Yeah, that's what Mario.

[Matt Jones]

He only buy Bronnie shoes. Eric, go ahead, Eric. Hey, Matt, first time caller who I. I'm from down here in southern Indiana, Rockford area. And I was wondering, you know There's a lot of Kentucky fans down here. If y' all ever consider doing a remote around here. Well, we do one every year in.

[Drew Franklin]

Owensboro, right across the river.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you said in southern Indiana, next to Owensboro. Okay. Like. So you're talking about, like, close to Evansville? Yes. Yeah. No, I. We. We've done one before, but it's been a long time, so I'll see what we can do. I think that. I think you're right. There are a ton of fans. Be nice to cross the river and get over there. All right. I appreciate the call.

[Ryan Lemond]

We did Henderson a couple times, many years ago, which is right at the.

[Matt Jones]

We're touring the south this year, so we're going to go. So we're. I'm looking at Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, that. Those states leading up to the game in Atlanta, so. Because we've really not done those states, so Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. We're going to come in December and people can figure out where they'd. Where they'd like us to go. But I think that'll be fun.

[Drew Franklin]

I think it'll be a good little trip for us. Do something different. Go down in the south, and you're.

[Matt Jones]

Going to be happy. It's not as much driving.

[Drew Franklin]

Amen.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

And packing. It's not snow boots and big jackets.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Nick. Go ahead, Nick.

[Ryan Lemond]

Hey, guys.

[Matt Jones]

I know there's been a lot of talk about ruining the NCAA tournament by expanding it by 79, 75 games. And obviously they would just be doing that for financial gain. Instead of that, what about making the Final Four in the championship? That's two out of three. I love it. I. I think having. I appreciate the call. I think having especially the championship game be two out of three or the Final Four, I think would be great. I don't think you can do that in the early rounds. I think people want that ability for the one and done upset. But I do think, A, best two out of three, if you had had, you know, Houston and Florida last year or Kentucky and Wisconsin in 2015, if you went two out of three and you could have a multiple game thing, A, you'd probably get the best team as the winner, but B, you would also get some excitement as people to watch those games.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I think, you know, with the best team being the winner. If my team were to lose, I think I could swallow it easier if we lost twice, but, well, they were just a better team. It would get away from the heartbreak of losing to a team you didn't think.

[Matt Jones]

Combination of doing the okay it's one and done to get the final four. You can still get knocked out, but then when you get to the final four, the best team of those four is going to win. Like last year. That would have been a great final four to have best two out of three. If you had had Auburn play Houston two out of three, Duke play Florida best two out of three or whatever, that would have been an awesome thing.

[Drew Franklin]

You know college baseball does it when they get to the final two teams they play two out of three and I love it. I love the fact they're playing three games. You got to win two out of three. Maybe you haven't won off night, you can still come back and win the next night. I love the idea.

[Matt Jones]

I think it would be, I mean I don't know. I say they'll never do it, but I think it would make financial sense to do it. It'd be highly rated, very highly rated. And if you. When you get a matchup that gets people going, people. I mean that was it. Again I was out of the country. But Duke lost to Florida, Right?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

If you had had that Duke Florida be two out of three, those games would have been massive.

[Drew Franklin]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

With Cooper flag and the way Duke.

[Ryan Lemond]

Lost choking at the end.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Them getting a second the next game would have been.

[Drew Franklin]

Ratings would probably be even higher.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. To me that would be a no brainer. Just think in history trying to think. I mean Kentucky, Wisconsin 2 out of 3. What if Kentucky beats Wisconsin and you could have had Kentucky Duke two out of for the title. May have been. You're not. You're telling me those would not been all time ratings?

[Drew Franklin]

Yep, it would have been.

[Matt Jones]

Or Duke Carolina the year they played each other two out of three. Duke, Carolina.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Almost every year the matchup something you.

[Matt Jones]

Would be absolutely awesome. So I. I'm with you. I think that would be a great thing to do. We'll take a break. 859-280-2287 come back hour two KSR.