2025-07-28- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 2 | July 28, 2025

Host(s): Matt Jones, Shannon The Dude, Drew Franklin, Ryan Lemon

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Introduction & Sponsorship [00:00 - 00:57]

The episode begins with a sponsorship segment promoting Stockton Mortgage, highlighting their exceptional service with over 70,000 five-star reviews. Matt Jones encourages listeners to consider Stockton Mortgage for their home loan needs, sharing a positive testimonial from Joshua:

"They were super professional, always answered my questions I had and streamlined the process. I could not ask for better people to help me and my family get our first house." (00:00)

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UK Football Season Kickoff [01:05 - 03:27]

The hosts shift focus to the upcoming UK football season, discussing the excitement surrounding Media Day and Fan Day.

Shannon The Dude mentions plans to attend Media Day on Friday:

"Media day is Friday. Camp starts for UK football. We have asked UK to let us come Friday. Hopefully we'll get to do that." (01:05)

Matt Jones shares a personal anecdote about attending Media Day barefoot:

"One of my best Matt Jones stories is Media Day. You walking around barefoot on the field, carrying our little equipment, interviewing people." (01:36)

Drew Franklin adds details about the event and coaching changes:

"He’s talking at 9:30, so he'll be there. There's no Stoops this year." (03:00)

The team discusses the new assistant offensive line coach, Greg Frey, and the improvements expected in the offensive line, fostering optimism for the season:

"Everybody says the offensive line much, much improved going into the season. So if they can do that, I got my optimism high." (04:00)

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Bubba Thompson's Transition to Football [04:25 - 05:20]

The hosts reminisce about Bubba Thompson, a former player for the Reds, who has transitioned to become the quarterback for South Alabama.

Shannon The Dude reflects:

"And I said he was terrible. And I was like, Bubba, get rid of Bubba Thompson. Guess what Bubba Thompson is doing right now—he is the starting quarterback this year for South Alabama." (04:25)

Matt Jones expresses surprise and amusement:

"Went from the major leagues, you know, Russell Wilson never made to the big leagues and went to South Alabama football." (05:04)

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Baseball Hall of Fame Inductions [05:22 - 07:48]

The conversation shifts to the Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony, focusing on Ichiro Suzuki's induction.

Shannon The Dude questions Matt Jones about Ichiro:

"Did you know Ichiro is Japanese for the name for first son?" (16:11)

Matt Jones praises Ichiro's career:

"If you can't count up all of these hits from Japanese in the United States, he's the leader in world history." (05:31)

The hosts share memories of Ichiro's playing style and his impressive hit records.

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Nikola Jokic's Emotional Victory [07:48 - 10:05]

Shannon The Dude brings up Nikola Jokic and his unexpected emotional response to his horse's victory in a harness race compared to his stoic demeanor during NBA finals:

"He shows more emotion cheering for his horse yesterday than he did when he won the NBA finals." (08:30)

Drew Franklin finds it amusing:

"For a guy that doesn't show a lot of emotion, what is he like a three-time MVP, NBA champion... to cry at a harness race." (09:09)

The discussion highlights Jokic's hidden passion for horse racing and questions his enthusiasm for basketball.

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Listener Calls: Traffic and Movie Reviews [10:05 - 14:13]

Caller 1 shares thoughts on the new Happy Gilmore movie and traffic issues in Lexington:

"I live behind that new Kroger... it's pretty crazy." (11:00)

Shannon The Dude and Drew Franklin discuss the growing traffic congestion in Lexington, attributing it to rapid growth and the presence of horse farms limiting city expansion.

Shannon The Dude emphasizes:

"Lexington's like an island. Horse farms... the city just cannot expand." (12:25)

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Golf Stories and Caddy Discussions [14:13 - 27:12]

The conversation takes a humorous turn with discussions about golfing habits and caddies' roles.

Shannon The Dude recounts experiences with Terry Miners' caddies who assist players by moving their golf balls to better positions:

"The caddy goes ahead and throw the ball in the ground. That's a little bit of a Terry Miners move." (20:07)

Caller Billy shares his frustrations with caddies altering his game:

"They did not tell us this but the four caddies would go up to your ball and move it onto a better lie." (25:12)

The hosts debate the ethics and impact of such caddy actions on players' performances, intertwining humor and personal anecdotes.

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Upcoming NFL Podcast Collaboration [27:12 - 32:35]

Shannon The Dude announces an exciting collaboration:

"It's probably, like, 98% official, unbelievably, the NFL has hired Drew and I to do a podcast for them this year." (27:12)

The hosts express enthusiasm and apprehension about the new venture, discussing potential content and the integration of their unique style into the NFL framework.

Drew Franklin humorously notes his minimal football experience:

"One career catch. In our football pregame show, everyone just knowledge oozing from their radio is a football." (29:14)

They anticipate challenges in adapting to a broader NFL audience while maintaining their informal and engaging approach.

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Tributes and Tragic Events [35:00 - 36:38]

The hosts pay heartfelt tributes to Caleb Rice, a young athlete from Wayne County, Kentucky, who tragically died in a car accident:

"Caleb Rice... played football and basketball... it is very devastating..." (35:00)

Matt Jones echoes the sentiments:

"When you know a tragic event happens like that in a small tight-knit community, it resonates and everybody feels it." (36:26)

The segment underscores the community’s sorrow and offers prayers for Caleb’s family and friends.

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Derby Time Change Discussions [36:38 - 41:03]

The conversation shifts to the recent time change for the Oaks race at Churchill Downs, debating its impact on the local community and event dynamics.

Shannon The Dude explains:

"They continue to move it farther and farther back, now racing the Derby at like 6:36:45." (37:00)

Drew Franklin and Matt Jones discuss potential negative effects on nightlife and local businesses:

"People won't really have a reason to go out if they've eaten and had their fun there until late at night." (39:35)

The hosts analyze how the timing shift may disrupt traditional social events and economic activities surrounding the Derby.

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Final Segments and Closing [41:03 - 42:40]

In the closing segments, the hosts share personal golf stories, entertain listener calls, and wrap up with a promotion for Stockton Mortgage.

Shannon The Dude shares a memorable golf round:

"Over 7,000 yards... the best round of golf I've ever played. 98 on a championship course." (41:35)

The episode concludes with an announcement about an upcoming wing night event, promoting limited tickets:

"We only sold 75 tickets because we wanted everybody... to be an intimate affair." (42:35)

Stockton Mortgage sponsors a final advertisement encouraging listeners to utilize their services:

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Notable Quotes

• Shannon The Dude on Lexington Traffic:
  "Lexington's like an island. Horse farms... the city just cannot expand." (12:25)

• Matt Jones on Media Day Experience:
  "One of my best Matt Jones stories is Media Day... interviewing people." (01:36)

• Shannon The Dude on NFL Collaboration:
  "The NFL has hired Drew and I to do a podcast for them this year." (27:12)

• Drew Franklin on Jokic’s Emotions:
  "For a guy that doesn't show a lot of emotion... to cry at a harness race." (09:09)

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Conclusion

This episode of KSR - Hour 2 delivers an engaging mix of sports discussions, community updates, personal anecdotes, and listener interactions. From the excitement of UK football's new season and intriguing player transitions to heartfelt tributes and humorous golf tales, the hosts provide a comprehensive view of current sports and local issues. The announcement of their collaboration with the NFL adds an exciting development, promising more diverse content in the future. Sponsored by Stockton Mortgage, the show maintains its commitment to delivering valuable insights and entertaining conversations to its audience.

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Transcript

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[Ryan Lemon]

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

[Shannon The Dude]

Welcome back KE Sports Radio. Couple open lines, 859-280-2287 I got some other stuff I want to get to, but I'd love to talk to you. Media day is Friday. Camp starts for UK football. We have asked UK to to let us come Friday. Hopefully we'll get to do that. If not, I've just told them we'll just go to the Reds game cause they play Friday as well. So we'll do one of those two. But I'd like to go to media day because I haven't been in the last couple years. Are you excited about camp starting and UK football kind of officially kicking off this week?

[Matt Jones]

You know, I kind of admitted recently that I am kind of getting excited and sucked in a little bit. I knew I was the season got closer and closer and I always like going to media day. One of my best Matt Jones stories is Media Day. You walking around barefoot. Barefoot on the field, carrying our little equipment, interviewing people.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, I'll do it again. It's comfortable, although it's not comfortable now they got that new field. Yeah, it's not.

[Matt Jones]

It's at the time they had natural grass and you're walking around.

[Shannon The Dude]

They are. We do. Are they doing a fan day Saturday? So, so, so media day is Friday, correct? Fan day is Saturday.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I want to say the doors open at 10. I'm going to say that with a little hesitation.

[Shannon The Dude]

I think that's for those of you that are UK fans, that's a really good day to take your kids. Yes, it is, because the players play with the kids. And I would say, you know, it's a lot of them are really into it because they don't get to do a lot of interaction with fans. So I would say if you don't have something to do the Saturday fan day, I do think Ryan is a good thing.

[Matt Jones]

Always been a huge success. And, you know, the Kentucky actors a really good job of letting the players interact with kids and the families. Photos, autographs, whatever. It's a lot of fun.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, Confirmed.

[Shannon The Dude]

And maybe we'll get to know the players Friday. Maybe.

[Matt Jones]

I think, you know, it looks like we've got a chance to maybe get some players on if we go. If we decide to go out there Friday.

[Shannon The Dude]

We do, yeah. What about Mitch? Can I get him on?

[Matt Jones]

I didn't ask.

[Drew Franklin]

He's talking at 9:30, so he'll be there.

[Shannon The Dude]

So let's ask for Mitch.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Drew Franklin]

There's no Stoops this year. He's talking right now because he has a procedure later in the week. So we want to go and get his media out of the way.

[Shannon The Dude]

So Stoops is talking right now?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, just wrapped up probably.

[Shannon The Dude]

What did he say?

[Drew Franklin]

I've been trying to keep up with highlights.

[Shannon The Dude]

So he did his media day thing right now?

[Drew Franklin]

Yes. He can't do Friday. He's having a minor procedure. I think I saw a tweet that said it's something on his face and he doesn't want to do TV with a big bandage on his face. So Stoops was today, but Friday we'll have Barnhart in the two coordinators.

[Shannon The Dude]

Not head coach, but.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, the tight end coach.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, we have a new offensive line.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, the assistant offensive line.

[Shannon The Dude]

An assistant to the regional manager, Shannon of the offensive line.

[Ryan Lemon]

Got to go through him first before you get there.

[Shannon The Dude]

Wolf name.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I need to pull that up from somewhere.

[Shannon The Dude]

But I guess Drake Jackson got a job.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. Greg Frey.

[Shannon The Dude]

Greg Frey. So now we have two offensive line coaches.

[Ryan Lemon]

No, wait a minute. Didn't our main offensive line coach just get a major raise? Why does he need an assistant?

[Drew Franklin]

Assistant.

[Ryan Lemon]

Why does he need an assistant?

[Shannon The Dude]

Because it better be good. That's what you do with offensive lines.

[Ryan Lemon]

To fall down one time this season.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's what you do with offensive lines that have been killing it. You give them a raise.

[Ryan Lemon]

Killing.

[Shannon The Dude]

And then you give them an extra assist. And there's one quarterback. We know our offensive line has been killing it.

[Ryan Lemon]

You know, killing our Quarterback.

[Shannon The Dude]

So. Yeah, well, hopefully this guy helps. He's coached at a lot of different schools over the years. Coached with Stoops before.

[Matt Jones]

Everybody says the offensive line much, much improved going into the season. So if they can do that, I got my optimism high.

[Shannon The Dude]

By the way, this is a second. Do you remember a couple years ago me complaining on this show about a guy that played for the Reds named Bubba Thompson?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

And I said he was terrible. And I was like, bubba, get rid of Bubba Thompson. Guess what Bubba Thompson is doing right now.

[Matt Jones]

He's like an all star, driving for Uber.

[Shannon The Dude]

Quarterback for South Alabama. No way. Yeah. I don't know. But he is the quarterback. That dude that I used to complain about playing for the Reds. First of all, I. I'm clearly right if he's now the quarterback of South Alabama, that he shouldn't have been playing baseball. But is that not wild?

[Matt Jones]

That is crazy.

[Shannon The Dude]

He is the. He is the starting quarterback this year for South Alabama.

[Matt Jones]

Went from the big. The major leagues. You know, Russell Wilson never made to the big leagues and went.

[Shannon The Dude]

He went from the. To South Alabama football.

[Drew Franklin]

Arkansas has a receiver that's 30. He just retired from the MLB.

[Shannon The Dude]

South Alabama football.

[Matt Jones]

I kind of like it, to be honest.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's not on the.

[Ryan Lemon]

Like it.

[Shannon The Dude]

As long as he's not on the Reds. All right, a couple little things here. First of all, the Baseball hall of Fame was yesterday. Here's who got in. Ichiro.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

You like Ichiro?

[Matt Jones]

Absolutely, yes. If you can't count up all of these hits from Japanese in the United States, he's the leader in world history. Yep.

[Shannon The Dude]

If you were to count everything.

[Matt Jones]

Yep.

[Shannon The Dude]

He's got. It was interesting to see him. He looks the exact same in the face, except now he has gray hair. He looks. But it was kind of cool. I liked Ichiro. He was like. He was little and he would just hit. I always like lefties who, when after they hit their one hand falls off the bat and they almost look like they hit with one hand for some reason. I always think that's cool.

[Matt Jones]

They. You know, everybody thinks Pete Rose is the hit king, but Ichiro may be the best piercing. Ichiro.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

I just didn't know if you knew a different pronunciation.

[Drew Franklin]

He was correcting us.

[Shannon The Dude]

I thought maybe you were correcting us. Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

Did you see he uninvited the voter that didn't.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, he had the voter who didn't vote for him to come to dinner. And then he said, all right, invitation rescinded because the guy never would say who it Was.

[Drew Franklin]

He said it's expired.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. CC Sabathia made it in.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Actually oddly weird. Once had a lot of interactions with CC Sabathia.

[Matt Jones]

How's that happen?

[Shannon The Dude]

Remember there was a business thing. You remember? Well, he was involved in that. And so I ended and I. He was really nice. I really liked him. CC Sabathi.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

So congrats to him or some custom.

[Drew Franklin]

Jays to his ceremony yesterday.

[Shannon The Dude]

He did Billy Wagner.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Dick Allen, who I guess passed away. His wife gave the speech. But then for me, the highlight was Dave Parker, the guy who played for the Pirates and the Reds. He died, unfortunately, just recently, a month ago with complications of Parkinson's disease. But on his way, I guess before he died, he wrote a poem that he wanted his son to read at the hall of Fame ceremony. Okay. And you're probably thinking, oh, that's emotional and sad. That was not the kind of poem he read. Right. He. He was not interested in a sad poem, Ryan. He was interested in a. In a funny poem. And of course, now I can't put it up, but in it, he included it said lines like, I'm the prettiest, I'm the sexiest, I'm the cobra.

[Matt Jones]

I think that's gonna go along with his personality. That's why he wanted to go out. Want to be remembered, because that's the type of person.

[Shannon The Dude]

After you pass, would you. Would you have. Right. Appointment. Not be emotional or sappy, just be, like, fun.

[Ryan Lemon]

Absolutely. Yeah. It's going to be like one last heel OVW promo that I'm going to have you read to everybody.

[Shannon The Dude]

If I go before you get up and read it. And included the line, I am the cobra, which I thought was hilarious.

[Drew Franklin]

That. And I think he said something like, known for my rocket arm or something like that. Running over catchers.

[Shannon The Dude]

He was literally cut. He was. That's a good example. He was cutting a promo on his way out. So I thought that was kind of funny.

[Matt Jones]

I thought it was awesome. Like I said, yeah. T wants to be remembered. Remember me? Not. The guy was in a wheelchair with Parkinson's. Mermy as the player, the cobra. The king.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes. Then did you see Jokic? Nikolai Jokic apparently Sus the bat. Basketball season is over. He goes to Serbia and he starts horse racing. He owns horses. He doesn't race himself, but. And it's like harness racing. Right. It's like people sitting back and hitting the thing. And he goes. And his horse won, I guess a big race.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[Shannon The Dude]

Serbia yesterday. Did you see him Crying was he? He showed more emotion cheering for his horse yesterday than he did when he won the NBA finals. Like he's, he's bawling. Go look up the video. He's bawling because he's so happy that his horse won a harness race. And then they countered it with. When he won the NBA finals and he just walked off the court, he didn't even like smile. He didn't do anything. And then he cries. When his horse won the horse race, what did you think about that?

[Drew Franklin]

It was funny to see for a guy that doesn't show a lot of emotion, you know, what is he like a three time mvp, NBA champion. But this little harness track where it didn't look like that many people were there.

[Shannon The Dude]

It looked like the Red mile. There were 45 people at the Red Mile.

[Drew Franklin]

He gives that jockey the biggest hug. He's pouring champagne on him. That looks to be the happiest he has ever been.

[Shannon The Dude]

It's a fascinating video. You know, they always say that people are happier when their kids succeed than when they succeed. But could it be happier, Shannon, that you're happier when your horse succeeds than when you succeed? No.

[Ryan Lemon]

I think that's a little strange. I'd be a lot were happier for me than my horse out there. But he was not their own.

[Shannon The Dude]

I guess he was. I mean, this man must really love horses. Like really love it, you know, and.

[Matt Jones]

Reporters have said he doesn't really love basketball, doesn't condition in the off season, doesn't practice much.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, they act like he looks at basketball like I looked at law.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Like, well, I guess I just.

[Matt Jones]

Something I gotta do.

[Shannon The Dude]

Here we go.

[Matt Jones]

I'm 6 10. I gotta go.

[Shannon The Dude]

There's has to be no player that's been good that seems to hate what they're doing more than him.

[Drew Franklin]

And love something so random and like a harness racing. A fraction of the significance of his NBA career.

[Shannon The Dude]

American harness racing people, why don't they want him involved? Oh, they should be like begging him to come be part of American harness racing. Right.

[Drew Franklin]

Something with him. Set up a Serbia versus America harness racing. Bring Jokic over here.

[Matt Jones]

Anyway, Red Mile needs to do it.

[Shannon The Dude]

Nobody was happier than Jokic at the harness.

[Drew Franklin]

He runs out there onto the track and he looks to be the size of the horse as he's hugging everyone.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, I would pay to watch him do the hardest racing. Brad. Go ahead, Brad.

[Caller]

Good morning, fellas. I'm going to channel my inner Madison here. I've got two things for you. First off, on the new Happy Gilmore movie. It's one you gotta watch. But then I don't think it has that classic side to it. To where. Like the old one where you wanted to watch it over and over and over.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay, that makes sense.

[Caller]

But it was. It was. It was still pretty funny. And I know we're going back to an old topic here, but I actually live behind that new Kroger that's being built on Newtown Pike. And it's. It's a nightmare even getting out of our neighborhood. I tried to run the Publix the other day, and I couldn't even get through the cross on. On Newtown pike and Citation to get the Publix. It took me 15 minutes to cross that road in the stoplight. So it's. It's pretty crazy.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, well, I mean, that the city. I don't know. I appreciate the Colex is a great city, but I don't know what to do. There's too many. There's too many cars, too many people.

[Drew Franklin]

We have the Nashville problem on a smaller scale. We're growing too fast. And it wasn't built to hold all that.

[Shannon The Dude]

It was. It's clear we were not. And then you have the horse farms that will not allow it to expand. I mean, I think that's one of Lexington's biggest problems is we've got all this rich horse farms everywhere. And I understand you don't want to just run them over, but because of that, the city just cannot expand. And it'll lot of areas, which means it can only expand in a handful of areas. And that traffic, like there's only so much growth. I mean, it's that Newtown Pike, Georgetown Road. Those are the only places where this city can expand. And they don't have the infrastructure to hold it.

[Drew Franklin]

Lexington's like an island.

[Shannon The Dude]

Horse farms.

[Matt Jones]

You guys said it, man. And those areas that they can develop on, they cram so much into a small area that there's no room for the traffic.

[Shannon The Dude]

There's no. There's nowhere for people to go. And everybody wants to live here because Lexington is awesome.

[Drew Franklin]

And now we're starting to go up. Like, I know someone. We know him together. He's told he has to be out of his house soon. He's renting because they're putting in another high rise apartment. There's just gonna be more and more of those popping up. Yeah, well, we're not expanding, you know, the area.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. I mean, so. But you would you say we got to get like, tell these horse farms, get out?

[Drew Franklin]

No, that's the charm that's what makes you Lexington.

[Shannon The Dude]

It is. So we just say, I guess just have to eat it. Mike. Go ahead, Mike.

[Caller]

Yeah, man. I find us agreeing a lot more here, but.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, but let me just point about that. I genuinely believe that 90% of the people agree on 90% of the issues. And the 10% where we disagree is used to make each. Everybody hate each other. And I'm glad to talk about these things that affect people's lives where we do agree, Mike, because I think that's really what people care about the most.

[Caller]

No doubt. But the one point I wanted to make like you were talking earlier, which I know it's kind of funny, but it's really not because traffic's like that everywhere anymore. But like you said this. Hire some smarter people to plan this stuff because like Louisville for instance, when they close the bridge, well, they go to 265 where you have to go around and they cut it down to one lane. So they. Why do both at once? Thanks A lot better.

[Shannon The Dude]

I totally. And I agree you do have to hire smarter people. But Mikey, that means you probably have to pay them, which means you probably have to stop cutting the government. If you're going to pay people like good people go make money. So you're going to have to pay them. I mean these are, it's these things.

[Caller]

But I don't, I don't think it'd take a rocket scientist to figure out don't close everywhere out of the city.

[Shannon The Dude]

Very good point. Appreciate it, sir. Probably doesn't take a rocket scientist to, to do that. See, I like that. Ryan. We are agreeing on more and more things.

[Matt Jones]

And the one, the main artery from downtown out to the soccer stadium, don't close it down barrel.

[Shannon The Dude]

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[Matt Jones]

I think the funnest thing we do all year are the pregame shows at the KS bar. Yeah, just the atmosphere and the people and the show itself. It's a lot of fun.

[Shannon The Dude]

One person writes, the name Ichiro is Japanese for the name for first son. Jiro means second son and Saburo means third son.

[Matt Jones]

There you go.

[Shannon The Dude]

Did you know that?

[Drew Franklin]

I did not.

[Shannon The Dude]

Another person writes, matt, what do you think about scientists reporting that a dangerous alien ship is heading towards Earth and will be here in 2029?

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, what do you think about that?

[Shannon The Dude]

I don't believe that's true and I think you're making that up.

[Matt Jones]

How do they know it's a dangerous alien ship? Could it be a friendly alien ship?

[Drew Franklin]

I was reading on this last night.

[Shannon The Dude]

Is this what you mean? It's a real thing?

[Drew Franklin]

I mean as real as an alien ship coming for Earth can be. But I mean they didn't just make that up. There are things out there.

[Shannon The Dude]

What?

[Drew Franklin]

The places I go on the Internet. We get into some weird things and this alien spaceship is heading our way.

[Shannon The Dude]

There's not an alien spaceship heading our way.

[Drew Franklin]

I didn't mean there is. I'm saying it is being said on the Internet.

[Shannon The Dude]

By who?

[Drew Franklin]

Reddit?

[Shannon The Dude]

I was read it.

[Drew Franklin]

No, I actually did read a link about it. I don't believe it. But that is being passed around the Internet that some gigantic ship is heading for us.

[Ryan Lemon]

They have an ETA. Like they know it's going to be here by 2029. How do you know?

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, I will say this, okay, I've been reading alright so now a little sidetrack here. I've been on this kick about reading about the Aztecs and Montezuma.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

I read this book called you Dreamed of Empires. It's a novel. It's really good. It's weird. Very weird, but very good. And it's about, you know, I went like when Cortez and those people came to. To to off the coast of Mexico. You know that Cortez and the Tenoche Decline. Do you know any of that stuff from history?

[Matt Jones]

Cortez story sounds familiar. I don't know what the other he.

[Shannon The Dude]

Came from Spain with. And then they landed on the coast of Mexico and then the people in Mexico City, which used to be called Tenoche Decline, they met him and they didn't know what to do. And anyway, I've been reading all that. Point is they talked about how both groups, the people from Spain and then the Native. Well, I guess not Native Americans. Mexica was what the name of the Indian group. They both looked at each other like they were aliens because they had never seen anything like it. Like think about it. You're the, you're the, the Mexicans. And you see what are basically to you, white people.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

And you've never seen white people before and you're like aliens. What is this?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

And then the people who are sailing are like seeing all these headdresses and they see the city on an island and they're like, what in the world is this?

[Matt Jones]

Is this.

[Shannon The Dude]

And even though I don't think they're aliens, Shannon, that could be what would happen. Imagine we just look up one day.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

And like when the Mexicans see these ships, they didn't even know what ships were. They were only on canoes.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

And they said it looked like floating houses. That could be us one day when whatever comes here, Shannon.

[Ryan Lemon]

So it sounds like you're kind of coming over to our side. No, it's not going to be the Mexico's.

[Shannon The Dude]

But we, when we do it would have to be what it was like for them when they were like, what is this that just shows up.

[Drew Franklin]

I would be very confused. But if I'm not mistaken, I think the story I read said these are hostile people coming to kill us. So it might be a quick standoff.

[Shannon The Dude]

How do they know that? I have no idea.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm just repeating what I read.

[Shannon The Dude]

What did you think about Trump cheating at golf?

[Drew Franklin]

Remember I've read the Trump cheating at golf book, so I know more Trump cheating at golf stories than I need to know. So just add it to the list.

[Shannon The Dude]

That was good one, though.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

I have to say, I love the. You got and you got. When you get to a point, you're so powerful, you could have somebody go ahead of you and then casually throw the ball behind their back so that it lands to where you can hit it. And then you get out of the cart and go, well, look at there.

[Matt Jones]

Good shot.

[Shannon The Dude]

I did. It just happened to be right here. That. That's how you know you're powerful. Right. When you have people go ahead of you to make sure your ball is there.

[Drew Franklin]

There's a lot of. I can't think of the name of the book that Rick Riley wrote, but a lot of that. I think the Secret Service just keeps his golf balls in their pocket for that reason. If they see him in the water, they just kind of.

[Shannon The Dude]

Secret Service.

[Drew Franklin]

Everyone around, I think, is participating and making sure he's having a good day on the golf course.

[Ryan Lemon]

Who has that job? Like, is that a specific job or.

[Shannon The Dude]

Definitely.

[Ryan Lemon]

Is that part of the, you know, job description for Secret Service?

[Shannon The Dude]

There's. There are caddies at Valhalla that will.

[Drew Franklin]

Do that for the right price.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, no, no. There's caddies. I've seen it. There's caddies of a half. Somebody will give the Caddy a 50 and go. Make sure I get a good lie.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't need to pay 50 for that. I'll just.

[Shannon The Dude]

Terry myself.

[Matt Jones]

I have absolutely zero problem with strays.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm just saying maybe I played golf with Terry Miners and I saw 50 exchange hands before it started. And then all of a sudden you'd be like, wow, Terry, good lie there.

[Matt Jones]

What a break. Thought it went in the sand.

[Shannon The Dude]

Sure. Thought that was over there in the fescue. And then you go. Terry's like, we'll take care of you.

[Drew Franklin]

Like, you know, Terry, catching strays here.

[Shannon The Dude]

I'm not catching strays. I'm just saying that's a. That's a style I've seen before.

[Drew Franklin]

Okay, well, not everybody follows the USG rule book as closely as you.

[Shannon The Dude]

Listen, I can't. I'm not gonna act like I don't enjoy. I saw they showed later on in the day. He did my thing, which is like four foot putt. You tap it towards the hole, but don't really kind of drag it. You kind of drag it to the hole. I've done that. I've seen a lot. That's okay. I'm all right with it. But the having a caddy go ahead and throw the ball in the ground. That's a. That's a little bit of a. Again, that's a Terry Miners move. Shannon, if I was to call. If I was to. Terry hears this, you can look me in the eye and tell me he didn't do that. Noah, go ahead. Noah. Noah.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. Sorry. Hey. I just wanted to be able to give an apology to Ryan, specifically on Friday when you guys were over in here. Nicholas, still. I was the one who was backing the car when Ryan was out there trying to smash that watermelon in the lid with the bed liner.

[Shannon The Dude]

You almost. You almost hit Ryan with a car.

[Matt Jones]

And I didn't even know it was back there.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, you. I mean, the video. You came very close to running over poor Ryan Lemon.

[Caller]

Yeah, I had to head out to work early. That's why I asked you before if you could. If we could win the prize tickets before, if we had to head out.

[Shannon The Dude]

Early to change the rules so you could win tickets. I said no. And you decided to just go run over Ryan Lemon and return?

[Caller]

No, I was just in a hurry to. I need to take my client back to. Back to work.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay. All right. Well, I appreciate the call. I don't know if you. Did you see in the video how close you were to getting hit by a car?

[Matt Jones]

I didn't see it until the video. I had no idea we were out there trying to bang that watermelon.

[Shannon The Dude]

You came very close. He was out there banging watermelons. It happens. He watches American Pie. I will say the. What was the name of the place again? Custom fitting Kentucky customs and upfitting Kentucky customs and upfitting that bedliner they put on the football.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

You know what I'm talking about.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Football. They should sell that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's kind of cool.

[Shannon The Dude]

I think people would buy that. I've put it up in my house and every. Like, I think it's the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, you mean just sell the stuff? I was like, they do sell the football.

[Shannon The Dude]

Dip it in bedliner and sell it. I think people would buy that. I took the donut pretty neat. I. I think it's awesome. We'll be right back. T.J. smith, personal injury attorney. Call T.J. he'll make them pay.

[Ryan Lemon]

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

[Shannon The Dude]

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[Ryan Lemon]

The caddy outing thought I was lying.

[Shannon The Dude]

And the caddy is backing up that the trump throw the ball behind your back put it in is also a.

[Ryan Lemon]

Terr I don't like this Terry slander that's going on. I feel like we need slander Terry on here to defend himself.

[Shannon The Dude]

Listen, it's okay. I pick up 4 footers Terry pays caddies to throw him the ball back in the fairway. It's okay is it?

[Ryan Lemon]

It doesn't sound like it's okay.

[Shannon The Dude]

According to the Billy came in here all angry Billy, tell real quick what you said during the break.

[Billy]

Oh well speaking of cheating, I went to Pinehurst a couple of years ago.

[Shannon The Dude]

And we got okay wait a minute with the Pinehurst let me pick up.

[Drew Franklin]

That name you dropped.

[Shannon The Dude]

Okay.

[Billy]

Yeah so I went to Pinehurst couple years ago and we got a four caddy so they will go ahead of you to watch where your ball lands.

[Shannon The Dude]

And throw your ball back in the fairway.

[Billy]

Yeah and so they did not tell us this but the four caddies would go up to your ball and move it onto a better lie. They say for pace of play. You know all these amateurs come out here in the waste collection area and they just hitting into the sand and they don't make any progress. The caddy goes up and moves your ball to give you a better lie.

[Shannon The Dude]

He didn't tell us he's going to do this. Yeah. That's awesome.

[Billy]

Well don't touch my ball, okay? I'm trying to play around a golf don't give me a better lie good.

[Shannon The Dude]

Enough to not do you're gonna turn it. I say this with respect because you're probably about the same as me. You're not good enough to not move the ball.

[Billy]

Okay, well I mean the sport of golf is I mean about integrity And I don't cheat. I don't want to move my ball.

[Shannon The Dude]

Into a better line for everybody.

[Billy]

Let's test myself, see what I can score on a nice course.

[Shannon The Dude]

But you know what you can score on a nice course? Badly.

[Billy]

Well, I wouldn't say that. That's subjective.

[Shannon The Dude]

What did you shoot?

[Billy]

92.

[Shannon The Dude]

So you shot 92, but they move the ball. Yeah. So imagine what you would have shot otherwise. Yes.

[Billy]

Like, I don't know.

[Shannon The Dude]

And that would have made you feel better to shoot 105?

[Billy]

No, but it would have been all me instead of the caddy moving my ball into a better lie.

[Drew Franklin]

All right, you had a 91 or 93.

[Billy]

If you're going to do that, at least tell me. Don't, like, just go out there and.

[Shannon The Dude]

So you got mad at this person trying to do you a favor.

[Drew Franklin]

Could it have been you were so bad he didn't want to tell you because you'd argue? He's like, I got to speed this guy up. He's holding up the course well.

[Billy]

He was like, I do this to everybody. Like, you were not special. It's not like you're noticeably bad.

[Shannon The Dude]

Oh, you thought maybe he came up to you and was like, this guy particularly needs help.

[Billy]

Needs help. Yeah, I didn't want to say I felt bad. I didn't want that.

[Shannon The Dude]

So. Okay. Well, I would say to you it would be better for you to have a 92 than 101.

[Billy]

Yeah, but that 101 would have been mine, Matt. And now there's an asterisk next to my 92 because of this stupid caddy.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right, well, it's not like my Beth page black88, which is completely legit. And as you watch the Ryder cup, you can know Matt Jones shot 88 on this exact same course.

[Drew Franklin]

My biggest takeaway at all this is Terry didn't pay enough for the caddy of not telling him.

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean, you're obviously cheap. If the caddy's gonna go tell people, he should have had it in. All right, let me. I'm gonna say this now real quick, since Billy is in the room, some cool news. I don't. This is not an official announcement. So this is just like I'm giving my. Our audience a little heads up. It's not 100% official, but it's probably, like, 98% official. Unbelievably, for reasons that I don't really understand, the NFL I'm talking about, the National Football League has hired Drew and I to do a podcast for them this year.

[Matt Jones]

Nice.

[Drew Franklin]

I Always knew I'd get to the NFL.

[Shannon The Dude]

What a bizarre decision. I mean, like, the other podcasts are like, good morning Football, Ian Rapaport. I mean, they have like six podcasts. And now it's going to be me and Drew. I don't know. And we get to come. They're like, you all pick what it's going to be. You all, like, they're going to build us a studio. They are thinking about sending us to the Super Bowl.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, my.

[Shannon The Dude]

Why? I don't really know. This is not the official announcement. I'm just letting you all know we. I have a meeting to kind of finalize it this week where you have to pick out a name. Matt and Drew do it for you.

[Matt Jones]

Different.

[Drew Franklin]

We'll get some other ideas.

[Shannon The Dude]

But anyway, it's exciting. Billy's going to be producing. Mario's going to do some of the social media. But are you excited about.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, I'm very excited. I absolutely love the NFL. I'm still like you a little bit in the what?

[Caller]

Huh?

[Shannon The Dude]

Why? I mean, when they called me about it, I just thought they were like, wrong number. You mean the guy that played in Arkansas? Oh, you mean the Florida running back. Oh, the Australian golfer, Matt Jones. No, you. And, you know, I mean, I've met with the NFL people, like, they're, they, they, they're talking about. They're like, if you want to have on as guests, sometimes they're like, we can help you get players. What in the world am I going to say to these NFL players? But still exciting.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, they had to have seen my experience. I played tight end, fifth grade, West Broadway Bobcats. One career catch. You know, in our football pregame show, everyone just knowledge oozing from their radio is a football.

[Shannon The Dude]

I certainly feel that with me on espn.

[Drew Franklin]

I think they see us as like a Madden Somer all type.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, they specifically said to me, in all seriousness, they were like, we want a show for fans who aren't necessarily experts. And I said, well, I'm you or I'm me.

[Drew Franklin]

Look no further.

[Shannon The Dude]

You want somebody that's not an expert. Here you go. It's way too much work for me. But I can't say no, right? You can't say no. You got to do it. We will tape on Sunday nights after the games. So that's one of the things the four of us have to do, is we're going to have to trudge down to this studio on Sunday night after Sunday Night Football, which means we're probably going to watch the game sometimes, like together and so.

[Matt Jones]

And then record a show.

[Shannon The Dude]

And then record a show, like a reaction show immediately after it's over.

[Drew Franklin]

And then I'm up 6am Monday morning.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, I mean, I'm going to be pre. I don't even like the NFL. We'll cut that part out.

[Ryan Lemon]

Yeah, don't say that too loud.

[Shannon The Dude]

But no, I like it. I'm just saying, if you had told me 10 years ago that we'd be doing this, I would have thought you were crazy. I really would. I would have. Like, of all the sports, but, you.

[Matt Jones]

Know, obviously your expertise, you bring to the NFL expertise.

[Shannon The Dude]

None.

[Matt Jones]

You bought a book that one time.

[Shannon The Dude]

They did ask me. They were like, we want you to know the rosters. So that's something I'm getting Billy to help me. Like, we got to figure out. Like, how do we learn this?

[Ryan Lemon]

Flashcards.

[Shannon The Dude]

Jake Ferguson just signed a new deal with the Dallas Cowboys. Oh, I love Fergie. Ferg.

[Drew Franklin]

That's my guy.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's what I was going to say. He dates a cavender, which is what I know about it. So anyway, so it's exciting. Hopefully we'll have more details in the coming weeks. I'm excited for Mario and Billy that they get a chance to do this and like, you know. But the NFL is going to see what the word. Word technical difficulty means.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Have some of those.

[Drew Franklin]

They don't have many of those NFL films. The Sables, they didn't have many difficulties there.

[Shannon The Dude]

Technical meeting last week and they were asking about all this equipment and they said, do you have that? And the answer was no to everything. So they're having to bring in. I think there's somebody from the NFL coming to this studio. I never got this. I mean, so I'm excited about it. That's. This is an unofficial announcement. The official announcement will come when we have a name and stuff. They're going to take our video, Shannon, and put it on the official NFL Instagram and tick tock page.

[Drew Franklin]

45 million followers.

[Shannon The Dude]

45 million followers.

[Ryan Lemon]

Big time now.

[Shannon The Dude]

45 million followers.

[Ryan Lemon]

For all the analysis.

[Shannon The Dude]

Don't know what to wear. They said, just dress like you normally. And I was like, you sure you want me to do that?

[Drew Franklin]

The red hoodie on the NFL.

[Shannon The Dude]

All right, so anyway, Mark, go ahead. Mark.

[Caller]

Hello.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes, go ahead.

[Caller]

Hey, first thing, congratulations on that matter. It's. I'm not gonna say well deserved, but now it is.

[Shannon The Dude]

Thank you.

[Caller]

Oh, that's the way things. That's the way things are going these days. And, you know, kind of like Average Joe podcast And different things like that. But no, what I called about is I go back and forth between Cincinnati and Lexington lawful lot. And I personally think the traffic in Lexington is worse than Cincinnati. You haven't seen bad traffic in Cincinnati until they complete this bridge in about the next seven, eight years, everyone should just pretty much. If you have to cross the river, you should never move somewhere else.

[Shannon The Dude]

I agree. It's terrible. You're exactly right there. You said seven or eight years. I'll double that. They will. They'll be doing that. They'll be doing that when Drew's first born goes to college, I can guarantee you.

[Caller]

I'm not quite sure about that because it's, it's actually become an initiative with our infrastructure thing. So people are really pushing it big time because it's actually a safety hazard and it cuts down a whole lot of things. Hey, one last thing I want you talking about. I know you're a big Reds fan and you dump on some players sometimes. You know one of the players that you originally dumped on about four or five years ago.

[Shannon The Dude]

I know. Now I want him.

[Caller]

I want him now. I want him three times all star. Now we're trying to get.

[Matt Jones]

I agree.

[Shannon The Dude]

I dumped on him and now he's good. And now I would like him to come back to Cincinnati so I can go and get him his five syllables. I'm. I, I was. That was one. I appreciate the call. Most of them I've been right about. I was wrong about him and he's the number one trade piece everyone's trying to get.

[Matt Jones]

I started the Reds pregame show. They spent most of the pregame show talking about who could they trade to bring him back to Cincinnati.

[Shannon The Dude]

I would love to have a who Haney Neo back, but that might be hard to do. We'll take a break. 859-280-2287. KSI welcome back. Final segment, Kentucky Sports Radio, 859280, 2287. I will have a new interview today. Our friend Josh Hopkins. The actors coming in to talk today on the show. Yeah. In studio. He's in town. So we're going to talk about his acting career also, you know, he. Amongst the things I want to talk about, he was on that movie, the Alec Baldwin movie.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, he was on the set.

[Shannon The Dude]

He was one of the actors.

[Matt Jones]

Was he there when it happened?

[Shannon The Dude]

I think so.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, my.

[Shannon The Dude]

So I mean, we're going to talk about. I don't think he's talked a lot about it. I think we'll probably talk about that.

[Matt Jones]

I'M sure he'll want to talk about the Sare Spartans win the state football title.

[Shannon The Dude]

He, he, he probably will. 859-280-2287. All right. I do want to say one thing before I go to the phone. Prayers to the people in folks in Wayne County, Kentucky. Caleb Rice, a young man who had just finished his freshman year of high school, played football and basketball at Wayne county, died in a car accident this weekend. I've spent a lot of time in Wayne county in the last couple years. They've been very kind invited me. I've spoken at their school in events in Monticello. You know that is a very, very tight knit community and from what I understand this, this young man was beloved part of the community like I said played all the sports, played for a couple of statewide basketball teams and it is very devastating for anybody that age going to, going into a sophomore year of high school. So my prayers are to everybody there. I know it is, it is. I mean there are no words that can make it better but it is having a strong impact there and I feel a personal connection because of all my travels there in the last few years. So my prayers and I know everybody on the show Ryan for, for the family, friends and town with the passing of Caleb Rice.

[Matt Jones]

When you know a tragic event happens like that in a small tight knit community, it resonates and everybody feels it. I mean the, everybody's feeling the loss down there right now. So yeah, thoughts and prayers to everybody down there.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. Free Bird. Go ahead Free Bird.

[Caller]

Hey guys. Yes, prayers to the families down there. I got a lot of buddies down there in Wayne County. Matt. Didn't last year wasn't the Kentucky Derby and the Oaks race didn't it Excuse me, wasn't the time later also what they're yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Now they're racing the Derby at like 6:36:45. But this is going to be at least with the Oaks fully under the lights it's like going to start at like 8:30 or 8:40. So but yes it's gotten later over the years. It used to be at like five and it's they've continued to move it farther and farther back.

[Caller]

Well my question is what's an hour difference going to make?

[Shannon The Dude]

I talk to some guys. It makes a big difference. Like think so first of all, Oaks day the Oaks always ran at like six.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Right. So the Oaks, you know you could be out by seven and make a dinner. Right. If you wanted to. All the parties the derby would go later in the day but it's kind of a little unlike under talked about secret. That Derby night is kind of slow because it's. Everybody's exhausted. But the night in Louisville, the social night is Oaks night. That's when the parties are. That's when the big dinners are. That's when people are out until 4 or 5 in the morning. And I think now the worry is that with that race going off at 8:30, 8:40, people will just do what they do on Derby night, which is nothing. And that will, that will hurt the city.

[Caller]

I got you. All right. Thanks for taking the call, man.

[Shannon The Dude]

Y' all have a great listen. This is in the city of Louisville. This is all anybody's talking about. I was there this weekend. It's all anybody's talking about it. Jeff Ruby made a long post basically asking to create a community commission to work with Churchill Downs on these things. You know, there are some people are thinking, well, maybe that what used to be on Friday nights will now just be on Thursday nights and all the parties and the dinners will happen. Then there's some people are saying, well, maybe everybody will just wait and then do it on Saturday nights after the Derby. But it's a big deal. I mean, you could make an argument the Friday night before the Derby is the biggest social night in Kentucky of the year in every form, easily. And this moving of the race, whether it will ruin it remains to be seen. But it will certainly have an effect. Right.

[Matt Jones]

You know, right now, people show up at the party's dinner, what, nine, ten o', clock, they move that race back. Now that you're talking about midnight, by.

[Shannon The Dude]

The time people show up, barn, staple, brown. It's hard to do that party unless you started 10:30 or 11 at night.

[Drew Franklin]

You know, and those people are getting up for Derby the next day. And a lot. I think a big thing is people are now going to eat at Churchill Downs. I mean, you've already had your dinner and the race is over. High probability. You're just like, let's just go in and rest up for tomorrow.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's what really makes, I think the dinner people mess is they're basically like Churchill Downs. You are now taking everything.

[Drew Franklin]

People won't really have a reason to go out if they've eaten and had their fun there until late at night.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah. Now maybe people don't start going to it until 3 or 4 o' clock and maybe you get a lunch thing. I mean, I don't know, we'll have to see. But I totally understand why Churchill Downs did it. But I also understand why the city is frustrated. You know, I mean for me let's just use Ks bar. We sit there and wait on bated breath waiting for the times of the games to come out. Yeah, it really doesn't make much of an impact for us for football because we can make any time work in football. Noon we can do breakfast and then we can do a post game. 3:30. I love because we get both. 7:00 you can do a lead up. But in basketball the time of the game is a massive financial difference and we have no control. A 9:30 road game in basketball is not even in like for us. We've just lost the night. Yeah, like I would rather not. I mean when I see a 9:30 road game in basketball I'm like. Because that just means we're going to get nothing that night.

[Matt Jones]

Right.

[Drew Franklin]

And you're paying your staff later.

[Shannon The Dude]

Exactly. A seven o' clock road game, we can make that work. But a 9:30 road game for us or a 9:50, it's just death. And so like now imagine that times 20. And that's what it's like for them, for the Oaks and you know, it's.

[Matt Jones]

Such a powerful tool, the derby and the horse racing and Oaks. But they forget about the people that live there in that town. That's who met, why they made it this special with the people they're forgetting. You know, consider them when they make these decisions.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, Mike. Go ahead Mike.

[Caller]

Yeah, Matt. Just talk about being in New York black page and shooting that 88 on the.1 of the hardest courses ever. And of course the guys remember this. But you forgot to mention you took a mulligan on the first hole.

[Shannon The Dude]

It was just one mulligan. It was one mulligan and then I didn't take. Listen, I freely acknowledge, Mike, I don't play the cleanest rounds of golf always. That was the cleanest round. Shut up, Mike. I appreciate the call. That was just one drop after that.

[Drew Franklin]

Was it on the tee or on the T? Okay, that's a breakfast ball.

[Shannon The Dude]

It was on the tee and then I didn't, I didn't. I was in the zone. I wasn't playing the tips. I was playing though the next ones. Whatever you call those blues.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

So over 7,000 yards. I, I know I was there. And it's the best round of golf I've ever played. 98 on a championship course from the back playing everything.

[Drew Franklin]

And all mulligans aren't the same. I think you can get one off the tee your first swing of the day if you didn't warm up. Now, if you hit in the water from the fairway and then you're mulligan.

[Shannon The Dude]

But I didn't do that here. Stockton Mortgage. Tell me about it.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, there you go. Thursday, by the way, is the wing knot.

[Matt Jones]

Yes, it is.

[Shannon The Dude]

Excited about that?

[Matt Jones]

I am excited about it.

[Shannon The Dude]

Can try all the new sauces?

[Matt Jones]

I may pass on the hot sauces, but I'm gonna try all the other sauces.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I'm ready. Ready to get sauced.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

We only have only 75. We only sold 75 tickets because we wanted everybody, we want it to be an intimate affair. I mean, not that kind of intimate, but as intimate as you can be with chicken wings. So we'll be doing that. Thank you all very much. We will see you tomorrow. Right back here. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio.