2025-08-04- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Podcast Summary: KSR - Hour 2 (August 4, 2025)

Hosts: Matt Jones, Shannon "The Dude" [Last Name], Ryan Lemond
Presented by: Stockton Mortgage
Duration: Approximately 52 minutes

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1. Opening Segment and Condolences (02:51 - 05:00)

Matt Jones opens Hour 2 of Kentucky Sports Radio by expressing condolences for longtime listener Marcia Po, whose mother recently passed away.

[03:00] Matt Jones: "Prayers to our longtime listener Marcia Po. Her mother passed away last night... our prayers are with her and her family."

Ryan Lemond adds heartfelt sentiments about Marcia and her mother's frequent attendance at the show, emphasizing their place in the KSR family.

[03:41] Ryan Lemond: "They were big, big blue nation, KSR family. So it broke my heart."

Drew Franklin shares his admiration for Marcia, highlighting her unwavering support as a UK fan.

[04:17] Drew Franklin: "Marsha's one of my favorites. No bigger UK fan."

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2. Spotlight on UK Former Athletes (05:00 - 08:28)

Matt Jones transitions to discussing recent accolades for University of Kentucky (UK) former athletes, starting with Reed Sheppard's recognition by ESPN as the top second-year basketball player to watch.

[05:35] Matt Jones: "Reed shepherd was named by ESPN as the number one second year player to watch. Gonna be a big year."

Ryan Lemond humorously remarks on the expectations surrounding Sheppard and the Houston team's prospects with stars like Kevin Durant.

[05:46] Ryan Lemond: "Houston's gonna be a playoff contender. They have Kevin Durant... he better be ready."

Drew Franklin discusses Houston's strategic player acquisitions, reinforcing Sheppard's vital role.

[05:56] Drew Franklin: "Houston had one open spot... they went and got a forward, which solidified Reed's position."

Matt Jones highlights track stars Sydney McLaughlin and Makai Russell's victories at the World Championships, emphasizing Sydney's dominance.

[06:09] Matt Jones: "Sydney McLaughlin... she may be the most decorated athlete to ever come out of this school."

Drew Franklin concurs, recognizing Sydney as a standout compared to UK football and basketball players.

[06:32] Drew Franklin: "She's the best of the best at her sport."

Ryan Lemond shifts focus to Dion Walker, a promising lineman for the Buffalo Bills, noting his potential impact.

[07:17] Ryan Lemond: "Dion Walker has a chance to be a star... we all think he could be at the..."

Drew Franklin shares positive news about Harrison's injury recovery, boosting Bills' Super Bowl aspirations with UK players contributing significantly.

[07:53] Drew Franklin: "Harrison looked like he had a bad injury. Ended up being okay... they're a Super Bowl contending team."

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3. SEC Documentary and UK Football Portrayal (08:28 - 09:25)

Matt Jones introduces the upcoming SEC documentary series, expressing concern over its initial negative portrayal of UK football post-South Carolina game.

[08:44] Matt Jones: "First episode is a lot of us getting beat... might get some good UK football stuff with the Hard Knocks and negative UK stuff with the SEC show."

Shannon The Dude comments on the potential bias introduced by the documentary, especially when focusing on losses.

[09:04] Shannon The Dude: "If you're tracking the team, you better win that game. Otherwise, it's negative."

Drew Franklin hopes the documentary will shift focus from a past bad season to current prospects, mentioning upcoming features on Dane and Dion.

[09:25] Drew Franklin: "In the trailer, they've got Dane and Dion... a lot are in the trailer."

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4. Printer Sales Incident and Long John’s CEO Reaction (11:00 - 17:16)

A significant segment revolves around a caller attempting to sell printers to Long John’s via the KSR show. The CEO of Long John’s responded on LinkedIn, critiquing the caller’s persistence.

Matt Jones recounts the incident and shares his frustration with the CEO's dismissive LinkedIn post.

[11:18] Matt Jones: "He used airtime to name drop me... how many printers could Long John’s possibly buy?"

Shannon The Dude criticizes the pushy sales approach and the CEO's lack of professionalism.

[12:38] Shannon The Dude: "You don't call a radio show to air out your dirty laundry because of a business transaction."

Drew Franklin emphasizes the importance of tact in sales, reflecting on the CEO’s harsh response.

[16:07] Drew Franklin: "Persistence is powerful. Tact is priceless."

Ryan Lemond sides with the hosts, labeling the caller as a hustler and criticizing the CEO for talking down to him.

[13:17] Ryan Lemond: "He's a hustler. He doesn't talk down to people like that."

The hosts collectively agree on the inappropriateness of the CEO's reaction, concluding that the caller remains on the right side of the argument.

[16:19] Matt Jones: "So I'm now back on the caller side."

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5. Local Community Highlights: Little League and Gaming (33:21 - 35:46)

Matt Jones congratulates the Lexington Eastern Little League team for winning their regional game with a walk-off hit, expressing excitement for their advancement to the Little League World Series.

[33:21] Matt Jones: "Congratulations to Eastern Lexington Little League as they try to go to the Little League World Series."

Ryan Lemond introduces Mac Miller, the world champion of Scrabble from Lexington, who is defending his title.

[33:36] Matt Jones: "Mac Miller is the world champion of Scrabble and he lives in Lexington."

Drew Franklin and Shannon The Dude discuss the vibrant gaming community in Lexington, mentioning local establishments like Chaotic Goods and speakeasies such as Hell or High Water.

[35:08] Matt Jones: "They have people all the time... enjoy the community."

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6. SummerSlam Wrestling Event Review (36:37 - 38:07)

Caller Kyle asks for the hosts' thoughts on the recent SummerSlam wrestling event, deemed the most important sporting event of the past weekend.

Matt Jones shares his positive impressions of specific matches, notably Jasmine Roll's performance and John Cena's match, while expressing concerns over the event's length and Brock Lesnar's return.

[36:37] Matt Jones: "Jelly Roll did a good job... SummerSlam is too long."

Shannon The Dude echoes the sentiment about the event's extended duration but appreciates certain matches.

[37:33] Shannon The Dude: "I enjoyed it, but it was too long."

Drew Franklin comments on Jake Paul's unexpected competence in wrestling, enhancing the entertainment value.

[38:22] Drew Franklin: "Jake Paul is actually really good at it."

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7. Controversy Over Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle Ad (44:32 - 47:32)

A listener, Billy, brings up the backlash surrounding Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans advertisement. The hosts discuss the disproportionate outrage and its manipulation to foster division.

Matt Jones criticizes the overblown negative reactions, attributing it to societal manipulation aimed at creating discord.

[45:01] Matt Jones: "They're being manipulated to hate each other... while the rich take over the world."

Ryan Lemond humorously suggests conspiracy theories about American Eagle promoting the controversy for publicity.

[47:03] Ryan Lemond: "Maybe it was American Eagle promoting that to give more publicity."

Shannon The Dude defends Sydney Sweeney, expressing support despite the ad's backlash.

[47:10] Shannon The Dude: "I don't care about American Eagle."

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8. Listener Calls and Community Engagement (48:01 - 50:55)

Ashley, a longtime listener, shares her appreciation for the show, mentioning how it helped her through a tough year and recounting meeting Sean Woods at a remote event. She inquires about future events like Bourbon and Beyond and seeks recommendations for the best game of the season for her birthday.

[48:19] Caller: "I love the show. It got us through a really hard year... best game of the season?"

Matt Jones highlights his unavailability to attend the event due to being in South Africa and suggests Florida as the best home game of the season.

[48:38] Matt Jones: "I'll be in South Africa... I think Florida is probably the one."

Drew Franklin and Ryan Lemond discuss the potential of Florida’s basketball team, with Drew mentioning possible pitfalls despite initial optimism.

[49:03] Matt Jones: "Florida is the one this year."

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9. Community Events and Spotlights (31:00 - 36:19)

Matt Jones reflects on a recent Wings event held at KS Bar, noting the positive turnout and the testing of new wing flavors, which they decided to streamline based on feedback.

[31:00] Matt Jones: "Our wings are really good now. We tested something new and decided to stick with the original."

Ryan Lemond shares anecdotes from the event, including interactions with new attendees traveling from Louisville, enhancing the sense of community.

[31:46] Ryan Lemond: "A group drove from Louisville and some had never been there before."

Drew Franklin recounts a challenging experience as a server, illustrating the dynamics of working at a local bar.

[32:58] Drew Franklin: "Had a guy yell at me... got a week suspension."

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10. Closing Remarks and Final Ads (50:55 - 52:49)

Matt Jones wraps up the show by promoting local opportunities at KS Bar, inviting listeners to apply for positions as servers or cooks during the football season.

[30:57] Matt Jones: "From 10 to 2, we're interviewing at KS Bar for positions... call 859-280-2287."

The show concludes with advertisements for Albertsons and Safeway, Lenovo, LifeLock, and Ovelity, seamlessly integrated into the final minutes.

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Notable Quotes:

• "Prayers to our longtime listener Marcia Po. Her mother passed away last night... our prayers are with her and her family." — Matt Jones [03:00]

• "Reed shepherd was named by ESPN as the number one second year player to watch. Gonna be a big year." — Matt Jones [05:35]

• "Persistence is powerful. Tact is priceless." — Drew Franklin [16:10]

• "They're being manipulated to hate each other... while the rich take over the world." — Matt Jones [45:01]

• "If you're tracking the team, you better win that game. Otherwise, it's negative." — Shannon The Dude [09:04]

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Conclusion:

In this episode, Matt Jones and the KSR crew delve into heartfelt tributes, celebrate local and national athletic achievements, critique corporate interactions, and engage with listeners on diverse topics ranging from sports to community events. They balance serious discussions with lighthearted banter, showcasing their commitment to fostering a strong, informed, and connected KSR community.

Transcript

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[Shannon The Dude]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio, couple open lines, 859-280-2287. A lot of stuff I want to get through here in this segment. Let's start with this. First of all, prayers to our longtime listener and one of our and a caller that everybody knows on the show, Marcia Po. Her mother passed away last night. You all have heard her over the years. Probably, if she hasn't attended more remotes than anyone, she's in the top three of all time. And her, her mom passed away. And, and so our prayers, Ryan, are with her, her family and everyone. She, her mom and mom had been to our shows before.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. She's brought her mom to several of our shows. And, you know, people like Marsha become, you know, friends and then become part of our family. We feel like, you know, they were big, big blue nation, KSR family. So it broke my heart. I know Marsha was going through this.

[Matt Jones]

With her mom, but I was in my storage room and I noticed she Marcia and think about this for a minute. Over two years of our old summer tour that we would do. She would make a fo. She would take photos at all the stops she went to and make a photo album for me. And I have those from like two different summer tours. And you look back and that's those are such great memories. Some of them like 10 years ago. And she did that. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

We don't like to play favorites, but Marsha's one of my favorites.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. No bigger UK fan. No. Like front row women's games, front row of Big Blue Madness. You know, mad at the parking situation at UK football. Like, like that's and so her whole family we've gotten to know and prayers to all of them. Somebody we don't know but is famous. Probably somebody. I would think that Ryan at one point in his life had a crush on Lonnie Anderson.

[Ryan Lemond]

Passed away WKRP in Cincinnati. We watched it for one reason. It was because a Lonnie Anderson was on that show.

[Matt Jones]

That's the only reason you watched?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

It wasn't that it was a good show. Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Married to Burt Reynolds.

[Ryan Lemond]

I believe she was at one time.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. She was like, you know, she was 79.

[Ryan Lemond]

Was she 79? Wow. She was definitely. Probably one of the big sex symbols of the early 80s, late 70s, early 80s, for sure.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a little before my time. I kind of know her through Burt Reynolds and recognize the name and her picture. But I'm sure some. Some thoughts he can't say on here.

[Matt Jones]

From the old days. Angelina Jolie.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Of their era, wouldn't you think?

[Ryan Lemond]

Definitely.

[Shannon The Dude]

No.

[Ryan Lemond]

He was the biggest. One of the biggest male stars and she was one of the hottest stars. So we're a big power couple in Hollywood.

[Matt Jones]

Uk. I want to give a quick update on UK former athletes.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so we'll start. Reed shepherd was named by ESPN as the number one second year player to watch. Take a leap this year.

[Ryan Lemond]

No kidding.

[Matt Jones]

Big. Gonna be a big year. Houston's gonna be a playoff contender. They have Kevin Durant and Houston's coach has said, we're playing Reed. He better be ready. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Just recently, Houston had one open spot. People wondered if they'd get a guard or something else. And they went and got a forward, which pretty much solidified. Reed is, you know, you have a big on this team or count on you to keep us at the level we're at. Maybe even better with big Katie coming in.

[Matt Jones]

Sydney McLaughlin and Makai Russell, two former Kentucky hurdlers, both won their. Their events in the world championships. Sydney has now moved to. She wins the hurdles by so much. Now she just runs the regular 400. Wins that too. But two. Still the former track cats out here winning gold medals won the world championships.

[Ryan Lemond]

When we look back 20 years from now, she may be the most decorated athlete to ever come out of this school. You know, with all of our world Championships.

[Matt Jones]

I think maybe she already is.

[Drew Franklin]

I think so too.

[Matt Jones]

Right. I think if you're. If you're saying what former Kentucky athlete is the best at the sport they play vis a vis the rest of the world. I mean, she's number one. Right. No football player. No basketball player. I mean, maybe because not just she's.

[Ryan Lemond]

Number one, she's a world champion. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Best of all world. I mean, she's got. She probably. Probably is the best athlete to ever play here. Yeah. In any sport.

[Drew Franklin]

I think so too. Best of the best at her sport.

[Matt Jones]

Number one. Often forget the other Russell because of that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

She gets overshadowed, but then she goes and wins too. That was a very close. Like three people just by nose and she won.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, they became hurdle you for whatever reason, that coach over there became Hurdle.

[Matt Jones]

You with Florio's dad. That was the reason. Yeah. And then Dion Walker was named by the Buffalo Bills, their main fan site, as the best potential lineman that the Bills have had at his position in like a decade. Now, of course, I mean, we thought that too. So, like, he's got to actually go and do it. But that's kind of exciting.

[Drew Franklin]

Good to hear that. Also, good news from the Bills camp is Harrison looked like he had a bad injury. Ended up being okay.

[Matt Jones]

He's okay.

[Drew Franklin]

He's gonna be able to play. I. I'm a Titans guy, but it's going to be hard not to root for the Bills with those two on a Super bowl contender.

[Matt Jones]

So Super.

[Ryan Lemond]

And Ray Davis, they got three, of course.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, that's going to be a Super bowl contending team and they're going to have three of our guys playing big minutes while they're there.

[Ryan Lemond]

I hope for Dion Walker's sake he looks in the mirror and understands that he's got a chance to do this because I think he lost his focus and lost his drive and his passion here at Kentucky, so. So maybe he can get that back and be a star. We all think he could be at the.

[Drew Franklin]

With the Bill starting tomorrow, they're on Hard Knocks and those two, Harrison and Dion will be, I assume, heavily featured as two of their best tomorrow night. It's Bill's. Bill's year on there. Also tomorrow is the SEC documentary or.

[Matt Jones]

Docu series that was. I don't want to think about.

[Drew Franklin]

So a lot of football to watch.

[Matt Jones]

First episode apparently is about us in a bad way.

[Shannon The Dude]

Is it like after a loss or something?

[Matt Jones]

After the South Carolina game? That's the first episode that I think that I've heard that now maybe it's not. But like I've heard the first episode is a lot of us getting beat. And you know, a lot of people watch those shows and they'll only get through an episode.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, that's the thing.

[Shannon The Dude]

Like, when you're the team they're tracking and you allow them to bring in those cameras, you better win that game. Otherwise it's going to have a negative outlook on.

[Matt Jones]

So we might get some good UK football stuff with the Hard Knocks and then at the exact same time get some negative UK stuff with the SEC show.

[Drew Franklin]

Hopefully because Kentucky's season last year was so insignificant, they just blow right over it and go focus on Texas, all the other ones, because it was such a bad year. But in the trailer, Danes like sitting on a porch so it looks like Dane's going to be featured in a little bit. Dion Walker's driving three wheeler around town.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. In the trailer. They've got Dane and Dion. A lot. Well, a lot. I mean, they're in the trailer.

[Ryan Lemond]

I will definitely watch it and I hope it pisses off this UK football team this year. They go into the race.

[Matt Jones]

Why do we need to cut. This is a radio show. Why do you have to use salty language on the air?

[Ryan Lemond]

Because it's football and it's football season.

[Matt Jones]

I understand, but we. There are rules of society. Don't get me called in the office. I already got called in the office because of another diatribe. Oh. A couple of weeks ago. I don't need to get called into the office again because you can't have a potty mouth.

[Ryan Lemond]

You can say it the P word that way. You can't say the P word the other way.

[Matt Jones]

How do you know that's the FCC rule?

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, we take these tests every year. Don't you take that one?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, I've seen it for you. I don't remember. No, I take it, but I don't remember that word being on the test. But. All right. So you remember the caller a couple of weeks ago who called in and was like, I want to use this show to get someone to buy my printer.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

You remember that? He was like, I called Long John Silver and I tried to sell them a printer and they wouldn't buy or they haven't gotten back with me. So I'm on here saying, hey, Long John's buy my printer.

[Ryan Lemond]

I remember it.

[Matt Jones]

Remember that guy very well. Yeah. And then he called again twice. Twice in one show to try to get Long John Silvers to buy a printer. Now Long John's is going through. I mean, this is. If you are a Long Johns person, this is as good as it gets. Like, this is your renaissance.

[Ryan Lemond]

Renaissance.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, Nicholsville breaks the record for most money in a long johns. When I was in Middlesborough, they have a long johns now.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, I know.

[Matt Jones]

They used to. I thought it closed. It's back and it has new facade, like, new building. So Long John's on it. So this guy was like, hey, let me sell you the printer. Well, I noticed on LinkedIn, the CEO, or I say CEO, but the head of Long John's, whatever his job title is, goes on LinkedIn and basically writes, let me tell you a story about business. And it's. He's, you know, like CEOs. He's a little full of himself. Like, dude, come on. No one needs to read all this. Just make the fish. But he. He writes this long thing about how, you know, I met with this person a year ago and I thought about buying their things, and he was like, persistence pays off, but don't turn persistence into annoyance. And he's like, this man called a local radio show. Hey, Long John's didn't even mention the show. Come on, don't get too big for your britches, Fitch. Fish boy. All right, He. He can mention the story.

[Drew Franklin]

I saw the post. I read a post.

[Matt Jones]

He could mention the show and basically saying, because this guy called in, I'll never buy his printer. Ah. What do you think of that?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think he's. He's maybe missing a chance out on a great printer. This may be the best printer ever made.

[Matt Jones]

That's how you read the situation. He might be missing a heck of a printer.

[Ryan Lemond]

Could be.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I saw the LinkedIn post.

[Shannon The Dude]

What are they even printing out? What were they? The documents, their menus. Like, what are they printing on this printer? What's so great about this?

[Matt Jones]

It's true. I don't know that there's a whole lot you have to print. I mean, they're not fish.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's what they do. Not a publishing company.

[Matt Jones]

Well, but. So the guy who called in ended up not only not getting the sale, he is now ended up saying, basically saying, you will never have your printer sold here at Long John the Post side are you on. Are you on Long John CEO side, or are you on caller side?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm on the CEO. Even though his post was a little too, like, LinkedIn buzzwordy for me, it was like, let me tell you how not to do this. And he tried to flip it into, like, how to create a sale.

[Matt Jones]

He was trying to use the 50 Ways Sell printers to fish companies.

[Drew Franklin]

If I'm in his shoes and someone's calling in radio shows, calling me out for not answering the phone, I'm like, him not answering that phone.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, what about you?

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm on the caller side. He's a hustler. He's a salesman. He's trying to make a sale. Like Drew said, the CEO guy's talking down to him. You know, you don't talk down to people like that. Gonna come back to bite you in a booty one day.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, whose side?

[Shannon The Dude]

Is there anything more annoying than a really pushy salesperson? I don't think there is. I'm on the CEO side. You don't call a local radio show or our show not local. We're all over the place. By the way, we're not local. Don't call us radio show. You don't call radio show to air out your dirty laundry because of a business transaction that didn't work out in your favor.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. You certainly wouldn't go on a radio show and say you got upset at a restaurant for not being as good and then go on and talk about. You would never use.

[Ryan Lemond]

Never do that.

[Matt Jones]

No. All right. I was against the caller because he called twice.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And was not on topic. But the CEO has now flipped me back to the call. Yeah, I didn't like his post. First of all. I didn't like that he didn't say our name. But that's not the biggest thing. You were using this as a lesson. And I didn't like his hoity toity language.

[Ryan Lemond]

Amen.

[Matt Jones]

I didn't like that he was, like, talking down to the guy and trying to act like he was. Dude, you. If nothing else, you got free publicity from the guy.

[Ryan Lemond]

True.

[Matt Jones]

He. We were talking about long johns and you're gonna. I mean, if you don't want to buy his printer, I don't care. I'm with Shannon. How many printers does Long John Silver part like this? I don't understand the whole story. Like, how many printers could Long John Silvers possibly buy? I mean, seriously, I don't even know. Called and acted like he was about to make the biggest sale in the world.

[Drew Franklin]

I feel like $50 at Walmart could get Long John Silver as the printer they need.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I mean, that's another thing. Can he not just go and get his own. Why does he need you to get the printer with that said, I didn't like the way the CEO talked to him.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't either.

[Matt Jones]

So now I'm back on the sales guy side. So we're split 2 to 2 on this.

[Drew Franklin]

It did read like CEO Guy went to chat GPT and said, make the most business nerdy message.

[Matt Jones]

I hate when people use words like management and effectiveness, and it's like, just speak like a human being, you know? Yeah. So I'm now back on the caller side. Although if he calls twice again, then I'm back on the CEO side.

[Drew Franklin]

Persistence is powerful. Tact is priceless.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, do you have the thing? Okay, read. Read a little bit.

[Drew Franklin]

Would you like to know the first sentence?

[Matt Jones]

Yes.

[Drew Franklin]

There's a thin line between tenacity and tact.

[Matt Jones]

That sentence right there tells me I don't like you.

[Drew Franklin]

I get it. Cold outreach is part of the game. But last week, a Sales tactic caught me off guard.

[Matt Jones]

Uh oh, hate that.

[Drew Franklin]

And not in a good way.

[Matt Jones]

Hate to do that to him.

[Drew Franklin]

Wait, I'm now that I'm looking at closely, why did local radio show is italicized and nothing else is?

[Matt Jones]

If you're going to italicize it, name it. Yeah, like the whole point of italics is the name. You wouldn't italicize the phrase local radio show.

[Drew Franklin]

You think?

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute, hang on. You think maybe he was supposed to insert the name and he took it chatgpt and it never did?

[Caller]

Probably.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's what he was supposed to do.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Well it says he live listener used his airtime to name drop me. Not rudely, but clearly as a way to say I've been trying to get in touch with you. I was floored.

[Matt Jones]

He was floored.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, we've created LinkedIn drama.

[Matt Jones]

I will say buy the man. Just buy a stupid printer. I'll buy his printer and ship it to Long John's. How much could this printer even be?

[Ryan Lemond]

Local guy, support your local businesses.

[Matt Jones]

Tell me about Stockton Morgan.

[Ryan Lemond]

Stockton Mortgage is a local business. They're all across the state. They even do business outside of state. They're growing. They got Stockton offices all over the place. I pass one in Georgetown almost every day. So when you come time to maybe buy that new house, maybe do a cash out refinance, maybe do just a refinance on your house, you know the rates are still kind of high, but maybe you got one of those ridiculous high to rates from like the 70s. Go ahead and do it. Get it to get it done. With Stockton Mortgage they'll get you to the closing table and that's what it's all about. So Stockton Mortgage NLS 8259 equal housing.

[Shannon The Dude]

Who hasn't paid their mortgage off since the 70s? That would be like a 50 year loan.

[Drew Franklin]

Financing.

[Matt Jones]

You'd be way, way behind a lot of helocs. You're gonna have some interest rates to deal with. We'll be right back.

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[Matt Jones]

What is this? I don't. I've never heard this, but it sounds awful. What is it?

[Shannon The Dude]

Rednecker than you?

[Matt Jones]

Oh, this is redneck. Okay. Turned up. Oh, my goodness. I mean, this is so terrible. He said, my, my. I'm a little more. My collar's a little more blue. My truck is bigger than your truck.

[Ryan Lemond]

My town is smaller than your town.

[Matt Jones]

This is the most small, blank energy you could have in a song. No, seriously, if you're just my. Stop. My muscles are bigger than your muscles. It's like, dude, you know how you just live hardy. Isn't he also, like, a goober?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, I saw him live in concert. Unfortunately, it was not fun.

[Matt Jones]

He was with Morgan.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. He was all big on America.

[Matt Jones]

He was throwing beers and I'm more patriotic than you.

[Shannon The Dude]

I got a bigger bass on my wall. He says, I got a little.

[Matt Jones]

He's got more spit in his cho. That's good for you. Glad you got all that spit in your. Channel 2802287. One person writes, Matt, I love you, but just because you doesn't. Don't like a song doesn't mean it's not good. Yes, it does.

[Shannon The Dude]

What does to you?

[Matt Jones]

It does to me. Which is. Which is what this is. I mean, if the standard is somebody likes it, so I can't criticize it, then we wouldn't be able to criticize.

[Drew Franklin]

Anything in this room on this show. It's four. Oh, terrible song.

[Matt Jones]

Terrible song. Terrible. Apparently, people are saying the printer he wanted to sell is the thing that prints receipts. Oh.

[Shannon The Dude]

Ah, that makes sense.

[Matt Jones]

Like, when you order.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And so then it comes up.

[Ryan Lemond]

Gotcha.

[Matt Jones]

So I guess special receipt.

[Drew Franklin]

They're digital now. They're new. Why are they printing receipts? I got screens for that now.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you don't. You.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I don't know that, but.

[Matt Jones]

What are you doing?

[Drew Franklin]

Print receipts.

[Matt Jones]

Receipts to me, especially. Especially. Like, it's one thing when you're at a nice restaurant, but receipts at McDonald's, it's like, I don't. I. What am I gonna do with this?

[Shannon The Dude]

I love keeping receipts.

[Matt Jones]

What do you keep them for?

[Shannon The Dude]

I've got one on you with your big, bruised butt.

[Matt Jones]

It's a receipt.

[Ryan Lemond]

Different kind of receipt.

[Matt Jones]

Different kind of receipt. But I understand what you're saying. Let's do. I want to do this.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, you do.

[Matt Jones]

No, I want to go to Bill. Go ahead, Bill.

[Shannon The Dude]

Come on.

[Caller]

Oh, that's. That's a good. Speaking of two things, UK football, I think the quiet confidence that I'm seeing in Stoops. I like it. I think they're going to get back to some blue collar ball. And I think while the results on the field this year with the schedule may not be higher than normal, I think the quality of the play and the fire and the players is going to be better to watch. So I'm looking forward to that. Can't wait for three weeks to get here. And then second on that point.

[Matt Jones]

I'll let you make your second point. But on that point, there's nothing worse than watching a bad team. Ryan, that's also undisciplined.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Because it's like, it's one like, like, like with this Reds team this year, part of what I've enjoyed is while they have many deficiencies, I always feel like they're given their all and they make stupid mistakes and it drives me crazy. But they're likable and it feels like they, they like their manager doing. They're trying really hard and doing the best they can. Like Ricky Steamboat last year, when you watch a team stink and then they have those discipline issues, that's a terrible.

[Ryan Lemond]

They stink. You see some of your star players taking plays off. Man, that, that does affect everybody.

[Matt Jones]

That does affect you. Go ahead, sir.

[Caller]

Yeah, that's a bad product to watch. But last point is, you know, with bad donkey donk and all, a couple of the points you've made on the episode or the show today is that you got to remember and this, that this stat is irrefutable. Half of America has below average intelligence.

[Matt Jones]

Well, that is true. And I freely acknowledge that on most of these issues, I'm not in the majority. You know, people will write me sometimes when I express an opinion online that they don't like and they'll go, matt, most of your listeners don't agree with you. Okay, but does that mean I don't get to have the opinion?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Right. Like, I actually think the easiest thing in the world to do is to give the opinion that everyone else has. It's much more interesting to hear someone who has varied opinions. Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I think that's one reason why this show works. People may not agree with your decisions, but they like to listen to the show for the topics and the conversation that we have about these things.

[Matt Jones]

I heard Dave Portnoy once, he was talking about Clay Travis and they said, why don't you like him? Because he would. They were like, you all have the same views. And he was like, because he's boring. He said, take any issue. And I know exactly what he's going to say. Right. So the same thing is true, like in politics now There are people that. I don't care what Trump does, they'll defend it. And there's people that. I don't care what he does, they'll criticize it. Those people aren't interesting. What's interesting is something happens, and then you go, oh, I wonder what this person's take will be on this. And so, you know, with QK Sports, there are people who. And they're nice people, but they're going to parrot the Kentucky company line no matter what. How is that interesting?

[Drew Franklin]

And this is a big world with a lot of us. If we all believe the same things and like the same things, it'd be a boring place. We're all different.

[Matt Jones]

But with all that said, no one should. Like that.

[Drew Franklin]

I agree with that. The world should unite and no more badonadonks.

[Matt Jones]

That is the one thing that I think that I think everyone should agree. All right, fine. Shannon. Kentucky Joe.

[Shannon The Dude]

Joe, wake up.

[Matt Jones]

Joe. See, I knew it. No, this is what. This is what I get for even trying. Matt. Go ahead, Matt.

[Caller]

Hey, guys.

[Matt Jones]

What's going on?

[Caller]

I'm just sitting out in my garden in the day shine. Just finished my meditation. Enjoying the nature and being thankful. Ate a couple cornbread hemp gummies, and I got two things for you.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Caller]

All right. The first thing, I got to know more about this Courtney Cox house visit. Like, did you like, you know, throw a little game to Courtney Cox? Did you take the opportunity to, though you didn't.

[Matt Jones]

What you're talking about for people who don't know. Josh Hopkins and I talked about the Courtney Cox visit to her house. It was. It was amazing. She's got the best house I've ever been to. But it was also her birthday party, and I didn't know her, and it was her closest friends. That probably wasn't the time, Matt, for me to try to make a move. Not that it would have been successful.

[Caller]

I got you. I got you. I understand that, but I hadn't. I just. I. I mean, that had to been awesome.

[Matt Jones]

It was. It was one of the. It was. It was awesome. You're exactly right.

[Caller]

Okay. Have you ever heard of the Portland Pickles baseball team and the West Coast Premier League?

[Drew Franklin]

I saw this. I know what you're talking about. The Pickles.

[Matt Jones]

What did they do? Yeah, what did they do?

[Caller]

Well, okay, real quick. They had a thing where they picked a random person in the. In the stadium to come and hit, and a legit hit, and he got a hit and then gave him another chance and he hit a homer, and now they Gave him a one day contract.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I saw. That's awesome. Appreciate it.

[Christiana Amanpour]

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[Matt Jones]

Tj. He'll make them pay.

[Shannon The Dude]

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

[Matt Jones]

I mean, this might be the worst example. Like this is maybe even work worse than Truck. Yeah. Because he like takes shift and like makes it go a long time. Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

This is Kenny and.

[Matt Jones]

And this is Kenny Chess. You don't need to do this. Kenny.

[Shannon The Dude]

Chest straight too.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute. This. No, it's not.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yes, it is. It's with George Strait.

[Matt Jones]

Is he. Does he need money?

[Shannon The Dude]

I don't know. I'm just saying this was. This was 15 years ago.

[Matt Jones]

That disappoints me with George Strait. He's too good for this one person writes Matt. Would you consider Achy Breaky Heart one of those? Well, it's stupid, but it is great. And it was his first song, so he's trying to make it. I have a little bit more sympathy for that, but it is stupid.

[Ryan Lemond]

One of your go to karaoke songs.

[Matt Jones]

I do like it though.

[Drew Franklin]

It's a good song.

[Matt Jones]

It is. I don't know why I think that's different, but I do think it's different. Do you? What is it?

[Drew Franklin]

You can tell my arms to go back to the farm.

[Matt Jones]

He says, you can tell your ma who lives in Arkansas what a great line. Wow.

[Shannon The Dude]

Dog to bite my leg.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. You know, they were writing that. They were like, all right, we want him to say something about his master. What's. What rhymes with it. Arkansas.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, that's it.

[Shannon The Dude]

Brilliant.

[Ryan Lemond]

Let it down.

[Matt Jones]

She could have done it with other states, though. Or you can come get lucky with me in Kentucky. He could have done like he should have done when he went on tour, saying each version wherever he was.

[Drew Franklin]

Or tell your aunt Louise. Tell anything you please. I think in hindsight, this is a great song, right?

[Shannon The Dude]

That, like, who wrote that song? He may not have even.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, it wouldn't have been him. I wouldn't have think. 859280, 2287, by the way, all week long from 10 to 2. So from 10 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, we are interviewing at KS Bar for positions. We did a bunch on Friday, but Monday through Friday this week, 10 to 2 fierce. And being a server, a cook or whatever we are, we're filling the positions this week. So if you're. If you're interested, they'll just. You. You just have to go there from 10 to 2. Or if you call, I'm sure they will find a way to. To. To. To set up another time for you.

[Drew Franklin]

Fun time ahead. Football season. Good chance to make some money.

[Matt Jones]

We did our wings thing. It was good because we. We. First of all, it is so nice to have people make the trip and come.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sure.

[Matt Jones]

Like they were for everywhere.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Had about you know, 80 people. We left it as a small group. Everybody was very excited. It was fun. We. It was good because we tested something and we were like, that doesn't work. We're not going to do that. And so that's good to know. And we. Our wedges are really good. The new ones.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

And we decided we tested like a new kind of wing and we said, you know what? We like the other one better. The other one was good. We were going to try to have two different kinds, and now we're just going to go with the one that we have.

[Ryan Lemond]

So it was kind of cool. We saw some, you know, of our regulars, like you said, like some new people that drove.

[Matt Jones]

There was a group of people there that had never been there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, yeah. When they just tried to.

[Matt Jones]

One of them was kind of a story. They had a daughter who really wanted to come. She was like 15. And she came. And they came the day we. We closed.

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, no, I didn't know that part of the story.

[Matt Jones]

Driven from, like, Louisville. And they came the day we closed. And so I said, well, I'm glad you came back. And that was very cool. Nice of them.

[Drew Franklin]

So it was fun getting in there and just being in the bar again with people.

[Matt Jones]

You should have seen these dudes. They were working. They put Ryan and Drew hubby to work. I was kind of on the microphone talking, and these. These people were working.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, Drew experience, I believe. I don't think Ryan does it serving.

[Matt Jones]

But you could tell Ryan struggled carrying the plate there.

[Shannon The Dude]

If I weren't at the Reds game.

[Ryan Lemond]

I definitely didn't want to carry too many be fall on the floor.

[Drew Franklin]

As a former server, it kind of took me back. I was enjoying checking on my tables, running food, pre busing, getting drinks. It took me back to Mo Malone's days.

[Shannon The Dude]

I was the worst server ever. I worked at Outback Matt for like two months and I. Oh, really? I could not. It's not for me.

[Matt Jones]

You didn't know how to do the blooming onion?

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, I didn't cook it. I just couldn't.

[Matt Jones]

I wouldn't have been a good server because I would have smarted back at people, like, if they were rude to me. I've been like yeah. Shut up. Yeah. Oh, I'm sure. Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

I had a guy yell at me, some water got spilt on his $300 shoes. He said they were $300. It was water. And I kind of was like, all right, man, let's calm down. So I get a manager, she comped an appetizer and he wanted his whole bill comped. And that's when he's like, these are $300. And his bill was 150. And I said, you could give me one of those shoes. And I got a week suspension.

[Matt Jones]

Did you really? Yeah. You said you could. I had to hit him with it.

[Drew Franklin]

He was, he was being a jerk. It was a little bit of water.

[Matt Jones]

And I was like, well, give me one of those shoes. I like to give shout outs to local people who do well. Let's start with the Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Eastern Little League team. They won last night in their, their regional game on a walk off hit.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nice.

[Matt Jones]

You can see it. I tweeted out the picture. They had a walk off hit right at the end, won the game. They now moved to the next round. So congrats to Eastern Lexington Little League as they try to go to the Little League World World Series. You probably don't know who Mac Miller is, do you?

[Ryan Lemond]

Do not.

[Matt Jones]

Mac Miller is the world champion of Scrabble and he lives in Lexington.

[Drew Franklin]

Really.

[Matt Jones]

And he is defending his Scrabble world championship this week.

[Ryan Lemond]

Nice. We got to get on board here.

[Matt Jones]

I think we have an advantage in Scrabble since we speak English and the game is in English. So I think a lot of those other countries that don't speak English as their primary language, we probably haven't been. But I'm not trying to discount.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Mac Miller. So good luck to him. Which made me think of, you know, I think I said this the other day. I don't think people realize how big a community here in Lexington they have of people who like to play these games, like with the cards and the dragons and the tiles and all this stuff. That place, it's close to KS Bar. You know what I'm talking about?

[Drew Franklin]

Chaotic goods.

[Matt Jones]

It's called like chaotic nerds. And they're, they're there. And I'm not, first of all, I'm not disparaging these people. I have walked. That's on my walk now. I've walked by there all times of night, every night. And there are people there all the time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yesterday I walked by at like 6 o' clock and it was. There were. I don't have Any tables are in there.

[Shannon The Dude]

30.

[Matt Jones]

All of them were filled with people going, you've got my dragon. You've got my sword. You've got my. But they seem like they're happy.

[Ryan Lemond]

Sure. Enjoy.

[Matt Jones]

Obviously a social community there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

I may just walk in one day and say, teach me how to play the wizards or whatever, but it's always full. I had no idea that was as big as it is.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm like you. I drive by it all the time. I don't know what they're doing. Maybe magic, gathering Pokemon.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't know what the games are, but it is one of the more crowded places in Lexington.

[Matt Jones]

It seems on any given night, everywhere in there. And it's when I was there once on a Sunday night at like 11:30 walking by and there were people in there.

[Ryan Lemond]

Then they had the gaming convention every year out there at the Clarion. And it is massive. It is, you know, hey, Kentucky, you guys sent me there that one time. Just thousands of games and thousands of people sitting around playing these games.

[Matt Jones]

So that's a business that I think the city could use more of are places for people to go. My ferry will take out your wolf.

[Shannon The Dude]

Hey, KS Bar, you know what?

[Matt Jones]

Maybe we'll have game night. That's right. Let's go to Kyle. Go ahead, Kyle.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt. This is for you and Shannon. I don't know if you talked about it yet, but what are your thoughts on the most important sporting event of this past weekend? SummerSlam.

[Shannon The Dude]

Didn't watch it.

[Matt Jones]

I watched it. Appreciate the call. First of all, shot. Here were my takeaways. Shocked at how good or whether how good, but how well they did the match with Jelly Roll. When I heard Jelly Roll was wrestling, I was like, well, that will be a disaster. But all they did was just beat him up.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's good.

[Matt Jones]

But it ended up looking good. Jelly Roll, give him credit. Yeah, I thought he did a good job. So that was kind of good. John Cena and had a good, good match. They brought Brock Lesnar back, who I thought would never be back, because I guess everyone did see that. But he was part of that whole Vince McMahon thing, wasn't he?

[Drew Franklin]

He was caught up in the accusations there.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So I don't know how they. They got around that, but overall, it's too much. I don't know why they feel like they need nine hours of it now.

[Shannon The Dude]

I thought, okay, Wrestlemania, you get two nights, whatever. But SummerSlam, now they're doing two nights for that.

[Matt Jones]

Too much. Too much rest. I mean, That's. That's too much wrestling. But I did watch some of it and I thought it was. It was fine. I liked watching Gunther and whoever. CM Punk. That was good. I enjoyed it, but it was too long. And that was Shannon. It was where me and you went to WrestleMania. Oh, it was. It was out at the Met Life. The metal ads where. Yeah, yeah, that was. It was in the same place you and I.

[Shannon The Dude]

That was.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon The Dude]

Trying to get back.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm going to watch Sunday's replay today. I watched a little bit of Saturday. I don't get into current wrestling anymore, but the WrestleMania is Royal Rumble, Summer Slams. I'll turn on just for the entertainment.

[Matt Jones]

The thing that's infuriating, is that Logan, or is it Jake Paul? Jake Paul is actually really good at it. And like, you don't want a lot. You want to think, why is he doing it? But he's actually really. And he's. He basically carried jelly roll, Frog splash.

[Drew Franklin]

He did. From the turnbuckle all the way to the announce table.

[Matt Jones]

He's really good, right?

[Shannon The Dude]

Isn't he the wrestler and Jake Paul's the boxer? Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

How about that gift?

[Matt Jones]

Cornbread Hemp dot com. That is Cornbread hemp. You went to some, like, speak Easy, Cornbread Hemp thing, didn't you?

[Shannon The Dude]

It was the coolest thing I've been to in a long time. It's like an underground bunker in Louisville that I didn't even know existed. They just take you over on a trolley, drop you off. And there's an underground book.

[Matt Jones]

There's an underground bunker.

[Shannon The Dude]

Yeah, cobblestone. Like the entire thing was all cobblestone.

[Matt Jones]

And it doesn't have like a. You don't know. It doesn't have like a sign.

[Shannon The Dude]

No, no, it's just like a stone wall and then a door on the side of a street.

[Ryan Lemond]

And they've made it into a speakeasy.

[Shannon The Dude]

Well. Well, it was just a one night only thing, you know, so you could actually drink a THC seltzer in a social setting.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they have. They have those speakeasies now. Like, that's. That's.

[Shannon The Dude]

They're a big thing.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, they got it. They got like four of them in Lexington. I'm not about those bars that we've talked about. The little clubs that Ryan's in. They have bars here. We have to go in and be like, you know, hammer.

[Ryan Lemond]

Frank, but dunk a donk.

[Matt Jones]

And then they open the door and you can walk in. I don't.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't.

[Matt Jones]

I don't get invited. I don't know. I don't get invited any of them. So I don't know where they are. I just hear about them.

[Drew Franklin]

I went to one about a year ago when it first opened, and I'm in there taking pictures because it is cool. And the bartenders, like, don't post these, please. We're trying to keep.

[Matt Jones]

What is the point of that, by the way? What's. What's the point of having a bar that's like, no one knows?

[Drew Franklin]

Is it the novelty of it? Like, you walk in and you pull a book and the bookshelf turns and the bar is very nice and the cocktails are good, but pull a book in the book. Yeah, you go in behind the bookshelf. Yeah, it's pretty cool.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, they're everywhere in New York, but in New York, it's to keep people out.

[Drew Franklin]

I just would think in Lexington, like, the drinks are very good.

[Matt Jones]

Like, it's, you know, so get craft. Is there a name of one here?

[Drew Franklin]

Speakeasy. You got to find it on your own.

[Shannon The Dude]

There's one in Constitution.

[Matt Jones]

What's the name of it?

[Shannon The Dude]

Hell or High Water?

[Matt Jones]

Hell or High Water, huh? Okay.

[Ryan Lemond]

The one election that told me.

[Matt Jones]

Say the name of the one here.

[Drew Franklin]

Constitution. It's a good bar.

[Matt Jones]

Check it out. Where is it?

[Drew Franklin]

Close to Transy. Downtown and.

[Matt Jones]

But you can't tell me where it is.

[Drew Franklin]

I mean, I don't know the exact street, to be honest, but that's what it's called. I mean, if you Google it, you can.

[Shannon The Dude]

Next to the Yum Center.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I've seen that. I know. We're talking about 2802287. We'll take a break be right back.

[Christiana Amanpour]

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[Caller]

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[Matt Jones]

Oh, my goodness. Oh, who is this?

[Ryan Lemond]

Blake Shelton.

[Shannon The Dude]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

See, that's another one. Why does he need to do this?

[Shannon The Dude]

Well, he's got that one and the one Ryan was talking about earlier to back to the back to the back. Sweet.

[Matt Jones]

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[Caller]

Other.

[Matt Jones]

The Sydney Sweeney thing is the best example. There was an ad with her in jeans, right? And it said she has good jeans. And then all of a sudden there were all these stories about how people were upset about the ad. So I, Billy did it on the news. And so I was like, well, who's upset? And I couldn't find anyone upset. And the story about people up being upset was just random people on the Internet, a handful of people being upset, upset. And then everyone's arguing about it. And when you try to find who are the core people that were upset, I can't find them. And so clearly the handful of human beings, random people that were upset, got amplified so we could all yell at each other, and I'm. This annoys me to no end. They do this over and over to get us to all hate each other so we're not paying attention while the rich people take over the world. I'm. You think I'm kidding? I'm dead serious. They want us Arc to argue about Dr. Seuss and Sydney Sweeney and all this nonsense so then they can pass tax cuts so they have all the money in the world. Create AI So there are no more jobs, and we're sitting here yelling at each other about Sydney. Sweetie.

[Drew Franklin]

I can't imagine caring about an American Eagle ad. Whatever it is.

[Matt Jones]

Did you even know American Eagle still.

[Drew Franklin]

Whatever your life is. How could you possibly care about American Eagle?

[Matt Jones]

Did you know American Eagle existed?

[Shannon The Dude]

Whenever I go to a mall, I'll see it there, but I don't.

[Matt Jones]

You still them all.

[Shannon The Dude]

I mean, every now and then I will.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Okay. I didn't know. Other than that, where do you. I didn't know. Exist? By the way, don't shop there. I'm. It's not going to change my view of Sydney Sweeney, which is. I am a fan, and I wish her the best.

[Drew Franklin]

And it's good wordplay, good ad. She has good jeans. Get it?

[Matt Jones]

Jeans. Jeans.

[Drew Franklin]

Jeans.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Lots of people can have good jeans.

[Drew Franklin]

But if that affected you in any way, find a hobby.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think it did affect anybody. I think people just. I don't. First of all, I don't think people did show me a person in your life who was angry.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, conspiracy theorists might say maybe it was American Eagle kind of promoting that to give more publicity for their genes.

[Matt Jones]

Shock me. At all would make sense.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Would be smart. So I. That's one of those stories that I've learned to sniff out and go, are you. Are you people being serious? Ashley. Go ahead. Ashley.

[Caller]

Hi, guys.

[Matt Jones]

What's up?

[Caller]

I've been listening forever, but Shannon's never answered my call, so. Thank you. I have.

[Matt Jones]

That's good. Shannon finally decided to. He finally approved you.

[Caller]

I know. Thank you, Shannon.

[Shannon The Dude]

You're welcome.

[Caller]

I love the show. It got us through a really hard year last year. And I met Sean woods at one of your remotes, and that was, like, amazing. My first question is, are you all going to go to Bourbon and Beyond and see fish and two? What's going to be the best game of the season? Because I want tickets for my birthday.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So I'll be in South Africa. I would love to go. Yeah. Shannon will be there. I. It's a great Lineup, I would love to go but I will be in South Africa so I can't go. Appreciate the call. As far as best game, I mean best home game this year, Florida.

[Drew Franklin]

Florida's good. I just, it could all fall apart before you get to any. I say old.

[Matt Jones]

I thought we were talking basketball. Yeah, basketball.

[Drew Franklin]

Florida being national.

[Matt Jones]

I think Florida is probably the one because our, I mean Indiana.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. If you care about Indiana. Maybe because it's been so long. Well, North Carolina still Florida's defending champ in your number one competition in the.

[Matt Jones]

Sec, Florida's the one this year. If you were going to pick one.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think it's over one the number one choice because that's why I was going to say they got a lot of people back from their defeating rank them.

[Matt Jones]

Florida. I put North Carolina second. Just going to be earlier in the year and exciting. Probably the best first be the first really good home crowd of the season. So I'd probably do that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Is Indiana in your conversation at all?

[Matt Jones]

No, I don't care.

[Drew Franklin]

Are they even going to be good?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean I know you're going to care because it's the first time they've been here in a while, but I really don't care.

[Ryan Lemond]

Probably more excited about that game than the North Carolina game just because, I.

[Matt Jones]

Mean are they, I don't know, are they even supposed to be decent?

[Drew Franklin]

Well, it's hard to tell because last year they spent as much as anyone. They're supposed to be good. Then they sucked again. So I think, well, they do have.

[Matt Jones]

That kid that we wanted, Wilkerson.

[Ryan Lemond]

They got a new coach.

[Matt Jones]

Who's their scoop?

[Drew Franklin]

Lemons boy?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know.

[Drew Franklin]

You don't know who their coach Devry does your nose.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, the dude from West Virginia. From West Virginia, yeah. What are you going to do? Are you going to say to that kid, thanks for embarrassing mean well kid. You're talking about the kid that you said was coming to Kentucky that went to India.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh, that guy. I still stand by my information.

[Matt Jones]

Are you standing by your information? You still think he's coming?

[Ryan Lemond]

No, he, he wasn't that night, that night before he was coming.

[Drew Franklin]

That was a rough day for the KSR brand on the Internet.

[Matt Jones]

It was. You heard us on that very. I mean I love you, but that was a tough day.

[Ryan Lemond]

Swinging a miss.

[Matt Jones]

You know what happens. All right, we will see you tomorrow. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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