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Shannon The Dude
Welcome to our two of Kentucky sports radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.
Drew Franklin
Welcome back. Our number two Ketti Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. The text machine is 772-774-5254. Questions coming in for while over. One person writes, Matt, I think we should release the revenue information unless it puts us at a disadvantage. So follow the law unless it puts us at a disadvantage.
Billy Rutledge
Just gotta look out for yourself, then ignore it.
Drew Franklin
Okay. I mean, I understand that. One person writes, Matt, did you see that Donald Trump is going after your law school Duke? I did see that. They're going after the Duke Law Journal, which I was on. Hope they don't arrest me.
Billy Rutledge
You're gonna get a call.
Drew Franklin
You worry. I was on the Duke Law Journal.
Matt Jones
What's he going after him for?
Drew Franklin
I don't know. I think it's something about anytime they have something, it's usually about dei. But when I was on there, the Law Journal is the stupidest thing. Like I Law Journal is so dumb. You pick, like you, if you're in your top 20 or whatever in the class, you get picked and then your job is law professors from around the country write these legal notes or, you know, legal articles and then the students, we get to decide which one's published. How stupid is that?
Billy Rutledge
Save some fun for the rest of us.
Drew Franklin
Oh, it's awful. I hate it. I hated it. But like, you felt like you were compelled if you got picked, you were compelled. Like you, like, oh, it's an Honor. You got to do it. You had to write your own. I wrote about genetics in criminal law, basically. Do you have a gene that causes you to be violent? I was ahead of the curve on that.
Billy Rutledge
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Now that's like, what'd you learn? I argue that there are genes that make you violent, but you shouldn't include them in your sentencing because if you started doing that, we would never be able to stop. If you. It's out there on the Internet.
Matt Jones
They got published.
Drew Franklin
Yeah. It's under Matt Jones, Duke Law. I mean, I hesitate to go back and read. I wrote it. 20. Did you bold the most important syncope? I did. Another word, but it's out there. It's called free will and criminal law or something like that. But the thing I always thought was stupid is all these legal professors from around the country would write you and have spent all this work on something, and we were the most unqualified people in the world to pick it. And you want to talk about people who took themselves seriously. The people on the laws aren't. You would have thought we were curing cancer, Shannon, the way these meetings went.
Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Everybody, Gosh, they were so serious. I hated it. It was my least favorite thing that I did when I was in school. I hate to talk about this, but we have to. He's our friend. But it's also the news. Romel Bradley was arrested. Saw that two nights ago in Lexington. It looks like it was. He got charged with four or five different small things, including trespass. Riding a moped without a license.
Matt Jones
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Which I didn't realize, Shannon. That was a crime. A license. Yeah. I hated to see it. It's. It was like 2:45 in the morning, so I, you know, I'm there. I'm sure there is some story to it that is probably more complicated than ended up on that police report. I talked to Rama. You know, I text him yesterday. I was like, listen, man, we're going to have to report on this because it's our job, but, you know, I love you. And he said yes. And he. He said some other things I won't say, but I'm, uh. I was sad to see it, you know, I mean, you know, we love along with Woo. Mel's probably my favorite. I mean, he's a friend. Right. So I hated to see it.
Billy Rutledge
Me too. Love for Mel. Saw him not too long ago, Derby day, actually catching up with him. Disappointed to see the news. Don't know specifics. Whatever trouble he was getting into. I hope he's learned his lesson. And gets right back on the right track. Because Ramel's a good guy, doesn't need to be caught up in whatever happened there.
Drew Franklin
He did say he was like, I'd like to come on your show and talk about it. And I said, talk to your lawyer first.
Matt Jones
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Just don't. Just, you know, I was like, you need to just don't immediately come on here. I don't know that that's the.
Matt Jones
So it was sad. But, you know, everybody makes mistakes. Hopefully he learns from his mistakes.
Drew Franklin
And everybody makes mistakes. Oh, yes, they do. Do you know the next line?
Matt Jones
Oh, where everybody makes mistakes. Let's go make food.
Drew Franklin
Not exactly. Your sister and your brother and your dad and mother too.
Matt Jones
There it is.
Drew Franklin
So, so sorry to hear that. And hopefully that gets taken out of. I also want to recommend something this afternoon. The podcast will come out that I did yesterday with Josh Hopkins. So people know who Josh Hopkins is. Most of you. Actor, Kentucky fan from Lexington. His dad was a congressman. But I don't think a lot of people know that he was one of the actors on the movie set where Alec Baldwin accidentally killed the woman. He was one of the stars of that movie. He has never talked about that experience really publicly ever before. He did with me yesterday for about 30 minutes. And I'm not just saying this. I think it's one of the most powerful, interesting things we've ever done. It's going to be released tomorrow or today. It'll be on podcast and then we'll also be on YouTube. You can watch it. I highly recommend it. He gets emotional during it. He talks about what that day was like. He was on set when it happened.
Matt Jones
Wow.
Drew Franklin
And you know, Drew and I have been very good friends with him for a long time. I've never seen Josh like. Like he was yesterday. And you know, Mario and Billy are sitting in here. They don't even know who he is. And like, they're getting emotional.
Matt Jones
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Watching it. So that comes out today. Highly recommended. And then we talk about UK sports and he gets to show you what a die hard UK basketball fan is. But I appreciate him coming on and I think people will really enjoy it.
Billy Rutledge
I was already planning to listen to it because I like Josh a lot. I want to hear what you all talked about. But now that I know he went into detail about that, I'm very interested.
Drew Franklin
He also talks about, like, what it's like to be, you know, an actor when you first get started. And, and so anyway, I, it's, it's. We went long. We ended up Going like an hour and a half. But I do think people will like it. Brady, Go ahead. Brady.
Caller
Hello. I have first time caller who are. I start middle school this Friday. Do you have any advice?
Drew Franklin
So you're gonna be in sixth grade, is that right? Brady? Brady. All right, sixth grade. What advice would you have?
Billy Rutledge
The worst time I'm going to do kindness advice. Brady, you seem like an outgoing person. Sixth grade can be hard. Be nice to people. And if someone's off by themselves, go say hi.
Drew Franklin
Oh, I like that you say go.
Billy Rutledge
You know, you're going from elementary to middle. Brady seems like a good person. Be very friendly to everyone. Especially this. If someone's in your class, doesn't look.
Drew Franklin
Like usually you're probably gonna be going to school with some new people because other elementary schools will probably feed into a middle school. So. Yeah, I would say kids can be.
Billy Rutledge
Really mean at that age. You can be the nicer.
Drew Franklin
Be nice. This is also probably the time you're gonna start being interested in girls, right? Don't get taught.
Shannon The Dude
Pick up.
Drew Franklin
Don't get tied down too early. That's right.
Shannon The Dude
No, no, you see, I've given the opposite. I think you should pick out the prettiest girl you can find in class. And then, you know, it's the first day when you got. It's when you got to move in the very first day.
Drew Franklin
You don't wait till later. You're saying, get the girlfriend moment.
Billy Rutledge
Exactly.
Shannon The Dude
That way, you know, for the rest of the school year.
Drew Franklin
Well, I. I think I was living proof. You could go through middle school and never have a girlfriend and things can end up okay. Because I wasn't the most.
Shannon The Dude
That's your thing.
Drew Franklin
I wasn't the most handsome.
Matt Jones
Come on now. Your glasses.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, I mean, there was a lot of acne and glasses and braces and. But it's good for character.
Billy Rutledge
It is. My first heartbreak was my sixth grade girlfriend.
Drew Franklin
Really?
Billy Rutledge
For Valentine's Day, she got me a Glenn Robinson Bucks jersey and some nice.
Drew Franklin
Yeah.
Billy Rutledge
And I got her like a $10 gift card to Claire's or something. And then she dumped me shortly after. So maybe that was the reason.
Drew Franklin
But she knew.
Billy Rutledge
First heartbreak was in middle school you.
Drew Franklin
Couldn'T take care of.
Billy Rutledge
That's right.
Drew Franklin
Yeah. I think being an outcast in middle school builds character. You have to learn that you can't. When you're. When you're not attractive, you have to learn you can't just get by with looks in your life. You have to have a personality to be smart.
Billy Rutledge
Have you seen the Ears that were on the side of my head in sixth grade I had to have somewhere. Now yeah, the head has caught up with them a little bit. But in sixth grade it was pretty.
Drew Franklin
You and I both had big ears. I mean nobody has bigger ears than Dave Baker. But you and I were right there with him.
Billy Rutledge
I always say I looked like a car with the doors open coming at you.
Drew Franklin
Let's go to Terry in Shepherdsville. Go ahead, Terry.
Caller
Yeah. Gene Garber was the reliever for the Brace. Now what, what is he known for and why do I hate him?
Drew Franklin
I don't know. Why do you? I can't understand why you hate him.
Caller
He struck out Pete to end the 44 game hitting streak.
Drew Franklin
Actually I do. Actually now that you say that, I remember that, but I would have forgotten that. Yes.
Caller
I mean it's a 32 count and he throws him a fall on the way. Just throw right down the middle so he can hit it. But anyway, because they were up 16 to 4, they killed the rest. I just bet Kentucky on the futures line of minus four and a half wins and I don't like the odds I'm getting. And you only get 185 for betting 100. But you look at the schedule. Let's, let's, let's take the three easy teams, Tennessee Tech, Eastern Michigan. Okay, look at the rest of. You got to really look at the rest of the schedule. All you got to do, South Carolina and Vandy, you're not going to lose both of them. Again, that's not going to happen. The Vandy games away, but that's like a home game. So you just really got to beat either Ole Miss, Auburn, Auburn or Florida at home.
Drew Franklin
And you're exactly right. That's, that's the scenario right there, Terry, and I appreciate the call. You've got to find, I would even say you just, if you want to get to five wins, you beat Vandy and then you got to get one of those South Carolina, South Carolina, Ole Miss OR Excuse me, S.C. road, Auburn ON the road, Ole Miss, Florida, and I'd even throw Tennessee in there. Cause I don't think they are as good as they've been the last couple years. Again, I'm not saying we're going to beat any of these teams, but I'm saying if you're trying to get a path, Drew, that's how you get there.
Billy Rutledge
Right? Florida lost Lagway yesterday. Their quarterback, they might not be that good depending on what's going on there. But I have a confession. I bet over Four and a half wins.
Drew Franklin
I did it.
Billy Rutledge
I was under. If you'd asked me in April, I would have said, get out of my face. There's no way I would bet that I did it. I'm not in Ryan's canoe. I don't even know if they'll make a bowl game. But I think five is more likely than four. So I did it.
Drew Franklin
I want to get to five. I'd love to get to six. I'm still on four.
Shannon The Dude
Come on. I'm already there. I'm waiting on you.
Drew Franklin
I'm selling four. Cause I don't know what the fifth is. I think we have to win to get to five. I think the most likely fifth win is at Auburn. And I just don't know that I can pick.
Shannon The Dude
Just gotta shock somebody. One game, they can shock somebody. They've been.
Drew Franklin
You could just say, okay, can we shock Ole Miss? 10. Ole Miss, Tennessee, Florida and Texas at home. Can we shock one of them? That's what you're asking?
Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
Billy Rutledge
You beat Ole Miss last year in Oxford. They got worse and you got better.
Shannon The Dude
Do they have the best offensive line they've ever had? No. Do we?
Drew Franklin
Yes.
Shannon The Dude
Yesterday. There you go.
Drew Franklin
Come on. Teams always have the best offensive line we've ever had.
Matt Jones
Stuff. Teams always have one road game where they play great. Last year was it at Ole Miss. This year be at Auburn.
Drew Franklin
But. But what if it's like at Georgia and we play great, but we just can't win?
Matt Jones
That's okay. They're going to play just as good at Auburn. That's the game.
Drew Franklin
So our road games are at Vandy, at Auburn, at Georgia, at South Carolina. Schedule is. If we were really good. This is a schedule you want to. Because you've got the good teams at home where you could maybe win some. And you've got the not so good teams on the road, except Georgia. So this is a schedule that if you had a loaded team, you'd go, wait a minute.
Matt Jones
We can do something.
Drew Franklin
We can do something. Also Louisville. I'm not giving up on Louisville.
Billy Rutledge
Oh, we're beating Louisville.
Drew Franklin
I'm not giving.
Billy Rutledge
That's my fifth win in my bet. I think South Carolina's gonna be good. I'm a little worried about that one.
Drew Franklin
Kevin, go ahead. Kevin. Yeah. Remember that quarterback with the goggles?
Billy Rutledge
He could be, like a top pick.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, Kevin, go ahead.
Caller
Hey, Matt. I know yesterday you guys were talking about traffic and you sort of admonished yourself for bringing it up, and I think you need to embrace it again. That's what Makes the show great, all the things you talk about. But second of all, I got to push back on you guys. The traffic in Lexington is really not that bad. I was just up in Boston for a wedding. We had drove to Cape Cod. It took us 2 hours and 52 minutes to go 65 miles.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, but here's why I don't. You're right, traffic is worse in New York and Bost. But a, you have the option of public transportation, which we really don't. I mean, we have buses, but we don't have rail like they do in.
Caller
In.
Drew Franklin
In those places. And two, our population is like, you know, I mean, New York's got 8 million people. We have 400,000. Right. Like, it's so that when you consider the total population, I think our traffic is worse. And in New York, you don't even need to have a car if you don't want to. In Boston, it's a little harder, but, like, you can get around on their system. So that's what frustrates me about it. We have to have cars here. This city is not even compatible for walking. It's hard to walk in this city. Like, Louisville's much better about that. So that's why it frustrates me so much.
Caller
Yeah, exactly. And also, you guys got to stop. You're talking to me. And I was at 4 and 8, and now that's climbing the 6. You gotta stop.
Drew Franklin
That's good.
Billy Rutledge
Zach Calzada is 75 to 1 to be a Heisman finalist. If anyone wants to dabble in that.
Drew Franklin
Buddy, I think on that one, I'm gonna have to ask you to slow down.
Billy Rutledge
I didn't bet that one.
Drew Franklin
Okay. Shady Rays. If you need sunglasses, go to my friends at Shady Rays premium polarized sunglasses. They. They sent us some new ones. It's not my style, but the actual ability to keep out the sun is. Is great. Shady rays. Shadyrays.com One in Lexington, one in Louisville. Great replacement issue. Shady Rays, it's a Kentucky company. You want to help the ones that help in the bluegrass, they're place is right there off in Simpsonville off the interstate. Go to shady rays. Shadyrays.com we will be at Shady Rays here in just a couple weeks in Lexington. We will take a break and be right back. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Welcome back Tech Sports Radio. 859-280-2287. Text machine. 772-774-5254. One person writes, Matt, I saw you a few days ago. Why in the middle of the summer? Do you wear a hoodie and shorts? Well, I don't always, but, like, here's something I've always thought, why don't you dress the way you're gonna spend most of your day? So if you're gonna spend all your day inside, then why don't you dress the way you'd be comfortable inside?
Matt Jones
Only time you're outside is two. And from your car.
Drew Franklin
Exactly. So for me, I get cold from the waist up. I get hot from the waist down. Ah. So for the minute or two, I walk to my car. Why am I dressing the whole day, Shannon, for those two minutes. Yeah. See what I'm saying? Yeah.
Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Like in the winter, do you wear a coat in your house? No, no, no. You wear in the way that you're most comfortable.
Shannon The Dude
So that's why you're not going on your five mile walks.
Drew Franklin
Now, if you go on a five mile walk. Yeah. You'll end up sweating a lot. But I don't think it's. I mean, I'm walking from the car inside and the inside to the car, like, wouldn't. Why not be more comfortable in the room you're gonna be in?
Billy Rutledge
And it's just your. It's kind of your identity. Your hoodie guy. You have. I couldn't even begin to guess how many hoodies you have, but a lot.
Drew Franklin
I started giving those away, too.
Shannon The Dude
More hoodies or pair of shoes? Which one? More hoodies or shoes? And counting the shoes as one pair.
Drew Franklin
Shoes.
Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
Matt Jones
By the way, you need to swing by KS Bar.
Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
More.
Matt Jones
You have several boxes of shoes waiting on your.
Billy Rutledge
I think Monique's gonna throw them away if you don't get in there soon.
Drew Franklin
All right. I'm going there today to. Today is the day that the Cokes and the Pepsis come to make their. Yeah.
Matt Jones
Oh, here we go.
Drew Franklin
Make their case.
Billy Rutledge
You should have seen this guy with a masonry bit yesterday.
Drew Franklin
What's a masonry bit?
Billy Rutledge
Drilling into the brick.
Matt Jones
Drilling into the mortar of the brick.
Drew Franklin
Do you know how to do that?
Matt Jones
I learned.
Drew Franklin
I don't want you like, oh, it looks good. I got it. You can do it. Yeah, we got. Are you getting. Are you getting close? You got two weeks left.
Matt Jones
Oh, yeah. You'll. You'll see a big, huge improvement when you walk in.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, it looks good.
Billy Rutledge
Yeah.
Shannon The Dude
Working hard.
Drew Franklin
Are you excited about it?
Matt Jones
I think Drew and I have got it looking fantastic.
Drew Franklin
We redid the floors.
Matt Jones
Floors look good.
Drew Franklin
The floors I haven't seen yet. Do they look good?
Matt Jones
Yeah, it looks really good. You know, like, the added touch they added the floors, letting me be a surprise.
Drew Franklin
No, I know what they did. Okay. I know what we did. Yeah.
Billy Rutledge
You know the big wildcat in the back in the state.
Drew Franklin
Yeah.
Billy Rutledge
On the wall crutch is going to paint them blue. We're adding more blue to the place. There's like. There's more blue on the ground where it was gray. I ripped down the blue restroom sign. We're getting blue restroom sign. We're bringing in blue.
Drew Franklin
Got some new TVs to kind of update it. I'm excited about. So. So remember, we open August 26th. I will put on sale Monday. We're going to have a listener opening party.
Matt Jones
Nice.
Drew Franklin
Where you can get tickets. And you will. It'll be a set menu, but you will be the first. Like our. Will be training our staff with you. And it'll be like that will. That will be August. The. Let's see. Here are the dates. August 21st will be our listener opening party that you can buy tickets to. August 22nd is going to be our trivia final. All right. And then August 23rd will be our opening for friends and invitees.
Matt Jones
Nice.
Billy Rutledge
Ron's really excited to show you something. He hung up on the wall. That wasn't hanging up before from Fantasy Camp. That frame photo.
Drew Franklin
You did not put a photo.
Billy Rutledge
We have a Cal area.
Drew Franklin
We have a cow corner. You wait till you see Cal's corner.
Billy Rutledge
Cal's corner looks good.
Drew Franklin
You did not put me up in that jersey.
Billy Rutledge
It's way up real high.
Matt Jones
It's been behind you for years at the. At the stage.
Drew Franklin
That's true. It is.
Billy Rutledge
But Cal has his own place in the restaurant.
Matt Jones
Cal's corner.
Drew Franklin
I wanted to make up a pope corner.
Billy Rutledge
Well, it's just we have a disproportional amount of stuff right now, so it had to go somewhere, but we put it. I wanted to make it the to go station where you get to go, but they voted that down.
Drew Franklin
I didn't work. All right, Chelsea, Go ahead, Chelsea.
Caller
First time, long time.
Drew Franklin
Who are.
Caller
A couple things. I looked up the butt smacking earlier, and it's supposed to be an alternate high fiving. And the reason they did it in football is because they don't have pads on their butts.
Drew Franklin
Okay. I still think high five would be more, you know, less offensive, but. All right, I understand that. What's your second thing?
Caller
Second thing is I want to give a shout out to my boyfriend, Chandler. We actually met you a couple weeks ago on a random Monday. I like devilish brewing. And I was trying to Coax him into betting on knowing NBA players, and you try to take my bet from him.
Drew Franklin
Okay. All right. Where was this? Devilish brewing.
Caller
It's across from Green Lantern downtown.
Drew Franklin
I don't think. Are you sure you were talking to me?
Billy Rutledge
That doesn't sound like.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, I hate to tell you this, Chelsea. That might have been someone impersonating me, man.
Caller
I know where you are.
Drew Franklin
Okay. No, no, no. I know where you were. Yes, I was watching the end of that NBA game. You're right. You're right. I'd stopped in because I was. It was raining after my walk. You're exactly right. Okay, Chelsea, now I remember. Yes, I appreciate the call. Yes, I do remember.
Billy Rutledge
You off to breweries without us?
Drew Franklin
Yeah, I don't go to breweries. I was. I was doing a walk and it started pouring rain, and I had to run in somewhere to. To. Yes, she's right about that. I'm sorry.
Matt Jones
But I was concerned. For me.
Drew Franklin
What are you talking about? Shannon, this is for you.
Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Bryson D. Shambo complaining in his last tournament. It was a live tournament. He was complaining because when he would putt, after he would putt the crowd, there were guys in the crowd who would go, miss it, miss it. And he said, now, remember, live tour supposed to be, hey, we have fun, we play music. He said, that's too far. When people are rooting for you to miss it.
Shannon The Dude
Wow, what a baby. I mean, this is what golf needs. You need hecklers. And if it's after he putts, then what does he care? The ball is already. I mean, he's already made us putt, so they should see.
Drew Franklin
I'm with you. I. You. I don't think you should be able to talk in the swing.
Shannon The Dude
But after it's complete.
Drew Franklin
But after the ball has been hit.
Shannon The Dude
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Drew, why is it wrong for the crowd to say miss it?
Billy Rutledge
Wouldn't bother me. He looked a little whiny.
Drew Franklin
He.
Billy Rutledge
And not so much him. John Rom, who also complained about it. I think John needs to get away from the lift. He. Look, he just seems. Smash. Another team marker. Every time John Rom is on a live event, it seems he's throwing a club or yelling at someone or complaining or breaking a camera.
Drew Franklin
But I thought Bryson was supposed to be fun guy. I'm on YouTube. Look at me. Everybody needs to party. The whole point of the live tour is for. Is for roughnecks who are like, there's a dj.
Billy Rutledge
Play music.
Drew Franklin
Dj. Like, why can't somebody yell, miss it. And of course, now more people are going to yell Miss it. Because he's complaining. So now it's just going to happen more often.
Matt Jones
What a cry, whiny baby he is. That was ridiculous. Like, they don't do anything when you're shooting a free throw at a basketball game. They don't do anything. You don't yell at you. Come on, man.
Billy Rutledge
I have a hot take.
Drew Franklin
I'm.
Billy Rutledge
I love golf. I don't think it needs to be quiet to the golf ball.
Drew Franklin
Does it need to be.
Billy Rutledge
It doesn't need to be silent.
Drew Franklin
I don't claim to talk to me.
Billy Rutledge
I don't care.
Drew Franklin
I've never understood why we've decided golf and tennis have to be quiet. I think it'd be more fun if you could go.
Billy Rutledge
I mean, not maybe a intentional distraction, but if there's noise, oh, well, you're hitting the ball.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, I'm with you.
Matt Jones
I absolutely.
Drew Franklin
I thought he was supposed to be. Look how fun I am now. I'm not mean old Bryce and I'm fun. And he's sitting there going, don't say miss it. Well, if I ever go to a live tour event, I'm saying miss it.
Billy Rutledge
Yeah, we miss it signs at the next event.
Drew Franklin
Miss it. We'll be right back.
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Shannon The Dude
Now more of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Here's Matt Jones.
Drew Franklin
Welcome back, Techie Sports Radio. This is. Who is this?
Shannon The Dude
I think it's Billy Currington.
Drew Franklin
Billy Currency. John Michael Montgomery, they announced today is going to play his final show. Although I feel like country music singers do. Do like the final show.
Matt Jones
Farewell tour.
Drew Franklin
For five years straight, it's been on 15 final tours. But it is the final show for now. Yeah, the John Michael Montgomery at Rupp arena. And he is going to come on here tomorrow.
Matt Jones
Oh, nice.
Drew Franklin
He's going to come in studio. We will have John. Really Montgomery here.
Matt Jones
Very cool.
Drew Franklin
You lit up when I told you that.
Matt Jones
I mean, you know, in the early 90s, he was as big as a country star as anybody. I saw the concert, too. Like, Eddie is going to play and I think even Walker Montgomery is going to play.
Drew Franklin
Yeah. So family event. It'll be a big family that he'll be on here.
Matt Jones
That's very cool.
Drew Franklin
Tomorrow the, you know, remember how college basketball, they used to do the marathon to start the season? You'd have all those games. They're bringing it back. Yes, they're bringing it back. Field of 68, Jeff Goodman is the one who made it happen.
Billy Rutledge
Really good job.
Drew Franklin
All right. So here are the games. You give us a quick pick. Okay. 8:00am oh, I'm tuned in and betting heavy.
Billy Rutledge
I don't care who it is.
Drew Franklin
Queens and Winthrop.
Billy Rutledge
That's my kind of 8:00am game.
Shannon The Dude
Winthrop, Winthrop.
Drew Franklin
Winthrop. All right, then we go to 11am Bradley and Saint Bonaventure.
Shannon The Dude
Give me the Bonnies.
Drew Franklin
Bradley Braves taking the Bonnie.
Billy Rutledge
I'm going Bonnie's.
Drew Franklin
All right, then we go to 130. Murray State and Omaha.
Shannon The Dude
Murray and that they're going to roll.
Drew Franklin
Runners team. Yeah. Yes. Four o', clock. Drake. Northern Arizona.
Shannon The Dude
Not touching Drake. We're gonna go Northern Arizona.
Drew Franklin
Arizona. I was gonna take away from Drake. Northern Arizona. All right. And then at 6:30. High Point. Furman.
Matt Jones
High Point. Tubby's alma mater. Yeah. Go for their High Point.
Billy Rutledge
Gotta go Furman.
Drew Franklin
Nine o', clock, South Dakota State plays Miss Mary Mack. Mack Mac. All dressed in black, black, black with silver buttons, buttons, buttons all down her back.
Matt Jones
South Dakota State.
Drew Franklin
What was that team?
Billy Rutledge
St. Mary.
Shannon The Dude
I know who that is.
Drew Franklin
Mary Mack. Oh, oh, oh.
Billy Rutledge
Okay.
Drew Franklin
That's why I did the song.
Billy Rutledge
Yeah. I just got real. I didn't.
Drew Franklin
The song, Mary Mack. Yeah, Yeah.
Billy Rutledge
I just. I didn't put that together. I didn't have you singing that song. My brain wasn't ready.
Drew Franklin
South Dakota State, Mary Mac.
Billy Rutledge
I gotta go. Mary act after that.
Drew Franklin
Mary Mac. Right.
Shannon The Dude
With the fight song like that. I'm taking whoever they're playing, actually.
Drew Franklin
Well, the game is in South Dakota, so might need to. To take that. 859-280-2287 Text Machine, 772-774-5254. I'm hearing through the grapevine that we might see a Slovenian here this week.
Billy Rutledge
Be good. A Pope. Seemed pretty confident when Pope speak week or two ago.
Matt Jones
Yeah.
Billy Rutledge
Kind of been hoping we got some news soon.
Matt Jones
Yeah, he kind of indicated it was a week ago yesterday that everything's kind of in order. They still got to get the logistics. I think for him to get over.
Drew Franklin
You are assuming the basketball player. I was just saying somebody here in town. No, I'm just kidding. Yeah. It is supposed to be the basketball player.
Matt Jones
And Pope speaks very highly of.
Drew Franklin
How do we say his name?
Matt Jones
Andreas?
Billy Rutledge
Yellow Vic.
Drew Franklin
Yellow Vic. Okay. Yellow Vic.
Matt Jones
Like Pope talked like he might be a guy that pushed for get a lot of playing time.
Drew Franklin
Do you think, you think. You think he plays more than 10 minutes a game this year?
Matt Jones
Yes.
Drew Franklin
Yes.
Matt Jones
Yes.
Drew Franklin
What do you think?
Billy Rutledge
I'll say yes, but they're so crowded. If he is a little bit behind, it's going to Be hard to take minutes from anyone.
Drew Franklin
Shannon.
Shannon The Dude
Yeah, yeah, I'll say. I'll go over.
Drew Franklin
I'll go over. Because Brandon Garrison stays in foul trouble. So just that fact alone will make him end up playing a lot of minutes.
Matt Jones
Yeah. And Jaden. Quaint and still not quite 100%.
Drew Franklin
Yeah. Moreno though that is true. You do have the Moreno fact really good. I don't know. There is. There are going to be one or two players that are talented that just don't play. Yeah, that just don't play. Just. Just from a sheer numbers thing. And I don't know who it's going to be.
Billy Rutledge
Well, like the, like Hawthorne. There's great reports of him so far in the summer.
Drew Franklin
I'm assuming he's one that doesn't play.
Billy Rutledge
Yeah, but I mean that was a good get when they got him and he's doing good things. But he might be sitting on the end of the bench and Marino, if he doesn't leap. Yellow bitch. Some of these guys. That's a McDonald's all American.
Drew Franklin
You could have two guys who just don't play that would have played before for four teams. So who knows? Micah. Go ahead, Micah.
Caller
What's up, Matt?
Drew Franklin
What's going on?
Caller
So I know a lot of people are pretty negative about this upcoming football season. I'm kind of younger, so I, I started watching like the Benny Snell years. So I kind of only know our football season kind of going well and everything like that. I'm thinking about going to the Eastern Michigan game if you won't have a.
Drew Franklin
Hard time getting tickets.
Caller
Well, I mean, if we put up a good fight against Ole Miss, do you think a lot of people will go to that? Do you think it's worth a five hour drive for me or not?
Drew Franklin
Well, I mean, it depends. On what? Like when you do, do you not have the ability to go to one of the other games?
Caller
Well, I mean, I'm trying to pay off college, so I. Yeah, I understand. Kind of go to a cheaper game.
Drew Franklin
That'll be a cheaper game.
Billy Rutledge
And you get the whole day experience.
Drew Franklin
The whole day. Cause it's seven o'. Clock. I mean, look, the Toledo game is going to be. The crowd will be into it because it's the first game, the Ole Miss game. Assuming we beat Toledo, the crowd will be into it because it's Ole Miss. Eastern Michigan's more of a. We'll see. I do like that it's at 7 o', clock, so people have all day. It's a good weather day, mid September, so. Yeah. I think it'll be okay. The only way it would be a dud is if we get destroyed by Old Miss. But I would say to you, yes, it's worth it. I would look at prices. I don't think you need to jump on it. Cause I think you could get a ticket honestly anytime and you probably would be okay. But I would plan to go. I think it'll. I think it'd be fun. This, the fact that it's at 7 o' clock to me is why you would go.
Caller
Okay. All right.
Drew Franklin
Appreciate that. Appreciate the call. The game was at noon, Drew. I don't know that I would say it'll be good, but at 7 o' clock I think it'll probably be good.
Billy Rutledge
And if you don't have a ticket to it by the Ole Miss game, if Kentucky's like winning by 14 in the second half by quickly because if they do beat Ole Miss, I think it'll go up a little too. But between now and the Ole Miss game, I don't think it'll change much if, if it.
Drew Franklin
It'll all depend on Ole Miss. But I think it's worth the gamble to plan to come because you're right. Even if the Ole Miss game is competitive, people will want to come see it. And there's a buy right after Eastern Michigan. So you won't get him for another week.
Matt Jones
Yeah. You know, we as a fan base, they get. They go two and oh. Like you said, or play Ole Miss close. That Eastern Michigan game will still have a really good crowd.
Drew Franklin
I feel like it's going to be. That one's going to be tough for me because I'm going to be. That game's going to be going on and I think I'm going to be on a flight.
Matt Jones
Eastern Michigan game.
Drew Franklin
Yeah. And I don't think. I don't think South African television. Shannon will get the Kentucky Eastern Michigan game. I don't think it's going to be on one of the major stations, I guess on espnu.
Billy Rutledge
Unlikely.
Drew Franklin
Yeah. Well, maybe that's better.
Billy Rutledge
NEC Network.
Drew Franklin
If it was on SEC plus, I just assumed there was no way we would get it.
Shannon The Dude
Take your box with you. Just hook up the WI Fi, you're good to go.
Billy Rutledge
YouTube, TV. Don't you have that you can watch anywhere?
Drew Franklin
I don't know. It's. Yeah, I guess that's on your phone. All these words. Bob, go ahead. Bob.
Caller
Can we go back to the Braves a minute?
Drew Franklin
Of course.
Caller
Well, I become a super big Braves fan when they move from Milwaukee to Atlanta and in 69 it just broke my heart when the Mets just blowed them away. You know, they had, the Mets had Seaver and Kuzman and all those guys. But the Braves, you know, they had, they had Hank Aaron, they had.
Drew Franklin
Listen, you're talking about stuff that's way before my time. I mean I wasn't even. When you're talking about Milwaukee Braves and Hank Aaron, I was not around at that point.
Caller
There's people listening out there that can remember the, The Braves of 69, surely. I mean the Miracle Mets of 69. Everybody remembers the Miracle Mets well. They beat a great Atlanta Braves team, you know.
Drew Franklin
Okay, well, yeah, I mean, I'm sure that's true.
Caller
Felipe Elo was, was with the Braves then.
Drew Franklin
Your phone's breaking up, sir. Your phone's breaking up. I'm going to lose you there.
Shannon The Dude
Remember 69 minutes.
Drew Franklin
I've heard of them but, but I.
Matt Jones
Managed by a guy from my home county, Gil Hodges. The Miracle Mets.
Drew Franklin
Okay, we can't turn this into old guy. I mean, I know I guess I did a little bit of that when I was naming the 80. But we can't just be like, hey, do you remember the fiddle in five? Like we do have to, you know.
Shannon The Dude
Try to remember Sparky Anderson.
Drew Franklin
Nothing says summer like long days, clutch plays and firing off a few bets on the game at the DraftKings sportsbook. The Reds lost last night to the Dodgers. They did however have the bases loaded in the ninth inning.
Matt Jones
Chase Burns strike out last night he.
Drew Franklin
Checked out like 11. But he also gave up five runs. Yeah, so. But you know, he's. But. But tonight they've got. What is it Zach? Is it Tyler Glass? No. Versus. We got Lado. I'm thinking about going. I'm going to see how the dolo's been.
Matt Jones
Awesome.
Drew Franklin
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Matt Jones
Oh, wow.
Drew Franklin
And so he went in the building, he tried to go to the NFL office, and he got on the wrong elevator. And then when he got on the wrong elevator, because he had shot the officer in the lobby, he could hear people, like. And so he shot himself just in the stairway or whatever. But he was trying to go into the NFL offices and ended up just getting on the wrong elevator and going to a different floor.
Matt Jones
Could have been a lot worse.
Drew Franklin
Yeah. I mean, there were videos and pictures, I don't know if you saw this, of people in some of the office buildings there who had barricaded, like, they had taken all the furniture in the building and tried to barricade the doors.
Billy Rutledge
A huge pile, huge couches on couches.
Drew Franklin
Upon couch upon couches. And they were in there for like an hour, hour and a half because they, they, they, they, they couldn't know for sure. They did. For whatever reason, they couldn't find where he was. And so, I mean, that had to be, like, scary, terrifying, you know, I mean, that's a, I mean, it's a huge building. Thousands of people working there.
Matt Jones
Wow.
Drew Franklin
So think about how hard it would be as police officers to clear a building.
Matt Jones
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
That has thousands of people in, like, a street with all the people with thousands of people. Like, that's got to be just the logistics of trying to do that in the middle of a day in New York City has got to be crazy.
Matt Jones
And never know if they get the shooters even behind.
Drew Franklin
You don't know if he's by himself or he's got other people. So you literally would have to clear like every single office in every single hallway. I mean, that, Shannon, that would just be a huge undertake.
Shannon The Dude
Massive. Yeah. I mean, those police officers have to go through so much on a daily basis and then something like this happens.
Drew Franklin
And then the story was shot. It's so sad. He was an off duty police officer with two kids and an eight month old on the way. But, you know, I mean, the CTE thing, like, I don't. It feels like people hadn't talked about that as much, but this will unfortunately bring it probably back to the forefront. And you do still, like, you know, I don't know, man. We've talked about this a lot. It feels like football is safer now than it was 20 years ago, 25 years ago. But you still have a lot of people playing in a different era dealing with it.
Matt Jones
Yeah, 25 years ago. Those people that played before 25 years ago, now they're suffering from the effects of it.
Drew Franklin
Yeah.
Matt Jones
And we see it all the time.
Drew Franklin
See it all the time. Yeah, yeah.
Billy Rutledge
I mean, they've recently put rules in place, kickoffs, helmet technology. So many things they're doing now. But that doesn't help people that are just now getting to that stage where it's getting bad, that before they took.
Drew Franklin
Care of it, I saw a scientist on tv, like a brain person, say that the people who will have the biggest effect of the CTE are the people who played in the late 70s through about 1990.
Matt Jones
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Because that was when the rules were the wildest, the technology was the worst, and the mentality of play through it, that basically the. And that was when people started to get huge. Like if you go watch in the 60s and 70s, they're not as big, but they started getting huge in the late 70s and then steroids in the 80s and that was late 70s through like 90 to 92. This person was saying, those are the people who have the greatest effects of cte. Hit them.
Matt Jones
Yeah.
Drew Franklin
Bigger, faster, stronger, but with no understanding yet of what was happening.
Matt Jones
And the rules were like, you could hit helmet on helmet. I mean, it was just, you could.
Drew Franklin
Hit defensive receivers, you could go, you could lower your head. I mean, all the things that we're now used to, you could do all that. And people had gotten big because they weren't as big in the 60s and 70s.
Billy Rutledge
Now that we know what we know, when you go back, Even in the 90s and early 2000s and watch some of the highlights we'd celebrate of a big helmet, helmet hit or catching a guy not looking where you just lay him out. I mean, it looks kind of awful, I think. Like that Dickey Lyons Block we loved on. If you go back and watch that now, knowing we know you're like, oh, my God, is that dude gonna be. Remember?
Drew Franklin
I mean, what was it on ESPN they would do that? You got jacked up or whatever. Like, now people wouldn't say that. Like, they certainly wouldn't be a segment about it on there.
Billy Rutledge
The helmet. The helmet just. We look at it.
Drew Franklin
So we did it. Really. It's amazing how much. It's like smoking. How much our view on it has changed over the years.
Billy Rutledge
And I think about the. The perfect hit on Antonio Brown, who's clearly suffered from something. I mean, that was just a violent, vicious hit on his brain.
Drew Franklin
Jc, what's up? JC.
Caller
Yeah, guys with the NIL Collectives, you know, a major factor in, you know, money. I don't understand really, the fuss about revenue sharing percentage. Wouldn't it just be made up with the nil?
Drew Franklin
Well, it depends on. Depends on what the rules are. It depends on what the rules are. I mean, right now, if the rules are that the deals have to be legitimate, then it will make a big difference. If they say, well, you can just make up the difference by just giving money, then you're right, it won't make a difference. But if the. If the settlement is enforced and all NIL deals have to be like market value, then what you decide to invest in, JC will become very important because you can't just write a check for $1 million to guys if they enforce that settlement.
Caller
So you'd have to determine like a market value for a commercial for a coal mine.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, you would. And now if you're asking me, how do you do that, I have no idea. Like, I really don't know how they come up with it, but you're right, that's what they have to do. And this accounting firm they've hired, in theory, that's what they're doing. I'm with you. I don't know how you come up with it, but there have already been apparently, like a hundred deals that have been struck down by this group. So clearly they are striking some things down.
Caller
So, I don't know, clarify things a little bit. We have to wait for the. That. That law to change it as well.
Drew Franklin
Yeah, I mean, we just have to. I appreciate the call. And then also, you know, now it depends on what the final law ends up being. If you read Trump's executive order, it is very restrictive on what people make, which would mean the rev share decisions would be even more important. If you read what the Democrats want to do, it would kind of be a lot more player friendly. So we point being Ryan, we really don't know what it's going to be and it's going to be so hard for these administrators because they got to figure out what they're going to do with the money and they don't even know what the rules are going to be.
Matt Jones
I was going to ask you this yesterday after your Matt Norlander interview. Do you feel like he's on target with that 9 million to each one?
Drew Franklin
I think he's on target with what the caller said earlier, that we front loaded this year, will backload it next year and we won't really know what UK is going to do for two years. That's, I think that's probably correct. Long days, warm nights and cold cans are in hand. And that's what summer in Kentucky is all about. And our friends at Cornbread Hemp are helped here to help the good vibes keep rolling. Seltzers and four delicious flute flavors. Full spectrum gummies. Smooth balance, relaxation, it's all there. Cornbread Hip helps you soak up every second of the season. And right now, first time customers get 20% off when you use my code KSR. It's Cornbread Hemp.com KSR 20% off at Cornbread Hemp. John Michael Montgomery tomorrow.
Matt Jones
Nice.
Drew Franklin
You're very excited.
Matt Jones
I like him a lot.
Drew Franklin
What's your favorite John Michael Montgomery song?
Matt Jones
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Drew Franklin
You definitely should sing that for him tomorrow. We'll see you later.
Billy Rutledge
I got to sound like you're doing.
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Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 2 (July 29, 2025)
Presented by iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790 (WKRD-AM)
In this episode of KSR's second hour, hosts Matt Jones, Drew Franklin, Billy Rutledge, and Shannon The Dude delve into a variety of topics ranging from local sports discussions, personal anecdotes, listener interactions, and recent news events. The conversation is lively, engaging, and provides insights into the Kentucky sports scene and the community's sentiments.
UK Basketball Prospects and Betting Strategies
Drew Franklin leads an in-depth discussion about the University of Kentucky (UK) basketball team's upcoming season, focusing on their chances to secure five wins for betting purposes.
Caller Terry ([09:54]): Inquires about Gene Garber's role and expresses frustration over his decision to strike out Pete, ending a 44-game hitting streak.
Drew Franklin ([10:08]): "You're exactly right. That's the scenario right there, Terry," emphasizing the strategic paths UK needs to take to achieve their betting goals.
Billy Rutledge ([11:07]): Shares his betting experience, stating, "I bet over four and a half wins," reflecting a shift in his confidence regarding the team's performance.
The hosts analyze potential game outcomes and key matchups that could influence the team's success, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of upcoming opponents like Ole Miss, Auburn, and Florida.
Upcoming Games Picks
The team reviews the day's schedule, offering their predictions:
Advice for Incoming Middle School Students
Caller Brady ([07:25]): Seeks advice as he transitions to sixth grade.
Billy Rutledge ([07:35]): "Be nice to people. And if someone's off by themselves, go say hi." Encourages kindness and friendliness during the challenging middle school years.
Shannon The Dude ([08:23]): Adds a humorous twist by suggesting picking out the prettiest girl on the first day to secure a girlfriend for the rest of the year.
Traffic in Lexington Debate
Caller ([14:43]): Challenges Matt's earlier remarks about Lexington's traffic, sharing personal experiences from Boston.
Drew Franklin ([14:09]): Explains his perspective on Lexington's traffic compared to larger cities, citing the lack of extensive public transportation options.
Ramel Bradley's Arrest
Drew Franklin ([03:33]): Reports the arrest of Romel Bradley in Lexington, charged with multiple offenses including trespassing and riding a moped without a license.
Billy Rutledge ([04:59]): Expresses hope for Bradley's rehabilitation, emphasizing his positive character.
Upcoming Podcast with Josh Hopkins
Bryson Shambley's Complaints During Golf Tournament
Drew Franklin ([21:19]): Discusses Bryson Shambley's frustrations with crowd behavior during a live golf tournament.
Shannon The Dude ([21:52]): Defends the need for hecklers in golf, comparing it to fan reactions in other sports.
Billy Rutledge ([22:54]): Offers a contrasting opinion, advocating for a more relaxed atmosphere in golf and tennis, contrary to traditional silent etiquette.
New York Shooting Incident
Drew Franklin ([34:10]): Covers the tragic shooting in New York where an off-duty police officer with CTE attacked individuals in an office building, mistakenly attempting to reach the NFL headquarters.
Discussion Highlights:
The episode wraps up with hosts discussing upcoming events, such as a listener opening party and a trivia final, while highlighting future guests like John Michael Montgomery. The conversation seamlessly blends sports analysis, personal stories, and community-focused discussions, providing listeners with a comprehensive and engaging experience.
Drew Franklin ([05:15]): "He said some other things I won't say, but I was sad to see it, you know."
Billy Rutledge ([07:57]): "Be nice to people. And if someone's off by themselves, go say hi."
Shannon The Dude ([21:58]): "I love golf. I don't think it needs to be quiet to the golf ball."
Drew Franklin ([34:25]): "I don't know, man. We've talked about this a lot. It feels like football is safer now than it was 20 years ago, but you still have a lot of people playing in a different era dealing with it."
This summary encapsulates the key discussions and insights from the second hour of the July 29, 2025, episode of KSR, offering a comprehensive overview for listeners and those interested in Kentucky sports and community issues.