2025-08-21- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) – Hour 2

Date: August 21, 2025
Host(s): Matt Jones, Shannon The Dude, Ryan Lemond
Podcast: KSR from iHeartPodcasts and Sports Talk 790

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Episode Overview

This episode of KSR dives into the latest changes at Cracker Barrel and the cultural reaction, Kentucky basketball updates (with focus on new coach Mark Pope’s approach and team dynamics), memorable Kentucky sports quotes and stories, evolving NCAA regulations and their impact, and plenty of local flavor—from community events and memories at KS Bar to calls about hypnotism and nostalgia for UK alumni charity games. It’s classic KSR: topical, irreverent, and brimming with stories from Kentucky sports and culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Cracker Barrel’s Rebrand & Nostalgic Branding

• The crew discusses Cracker Barrel’s major rebranding—removing the barrel and cracker imagery from the logo and moving toward a "modern" concept for new locations, particularly in cities.
• Matt Jones likens the move to “New Coke,” suggesting customers might eventually clamor for a return to the old brand:
  • “Now people will beg for the old Cracker Barrel like they did for the old Coke when they had New Coke. And it'll work.” (01:15)
• Team discusses how businesses like Chili’s or even their own KS Bar benefitted from a literal or figurative ‘reset’ and relaunch.

Timestamps:

• Cracker Barrel rebrand discussion: 01:15–02:54
• KS Bar’s relaunch and parallels: 01:46–04:50

Quotes:

• Matt Jones: “We just needed a reset... you could feel it last night, like, that energy. Last night we hadn’t had that in a while. Didn’t you agree?” (04:28)
• Shannon: “It felt like one of our opening weekends.” (04:30)

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2. Coach Mark Pope’s Approach: Player Meetings & Team Culture

• Discussion of Mark Pope’s claim that he meets individually with every player for 30 minutes each week—a total of around 7 hours.
• Questioning if that’s practical and if the players actually want such long sessions.
• Light-hearted speculation that Pope plays chess with the players; Jaden Quaintance has notably beaten Pope 5 to 1.
• Ryan: “When I played college baseball, the last thing I wanted to do...was to sit and talk to my coach for 30 minutes.” (05:45)
• Matt: “If Jaden is up 5:1 on [Pope]…Quaint must be good at chess.” (06:59)

Timestamps:

• Mark Pope’s meeting approach: 05:09–06:57
• Chess anecdotes (Jaden Quaintance): 06:36–07:08

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3. Classic UK Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Reminiscing about DeMarcus Cousins’ iconic line:
  • “This ain’t no spelling bee.” (07:10)
• Remembering the pop culture magnetism of the 2010 Kentucky team—Obama calling, LeBron and Jay-Z attending games.
• Discussion of Antoine Walker’s “Because there ain’t no fours,” and playful banter about famous quotes.

Timestamps:

• DeMarcus/Walker quotes: 07:10–08:16
• 2010 team, Obama call: 08:35–09:13

Quotes:

• Matt: “Obama called the team during the season… Looked at John Wall and said, ‘I’ve been watching you, son.’” (08:58–09:05)

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4. Letcher County Scandal

• Caller “Gino” brings up recent national news involving the Letcher County sheriff, accused of coercing sexual favors from incarcerated women in exchange for leniency. The crew discusses the gravity of the situation.
• Matt: “That’s not good…I think the story…was about the way they would exchange sexual favors for something. So pretty bad stuff.” (10:15)

Timestamps:

• Letcher County discussion: 09:32–10:58

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5. HS Football Consolidation & Hypnosis Skepticism

• Discussion of the final Christian County vs. Hopkinsville HS game before the schools merge; tradition vs. modernization.
• Quick detour into whether hypnosis is “real”—skepticism abounds.
  • Ryan: “I don’t believe in it either. Some people swear that it’s…a real thing. I don’t believe it.” (12:31)
  • Matt: “I believe that you can get into that deep meditative state…Do I believe you can…bark like a dog? I don’t.” (12:36)

Timestamps:

• HS Football merger: 11:34–12:11
• Hypnosis debate: 12:23–13:09

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6. Cracker Barrel Wall Décor & Urban Expansion

• Jokes about the memorabilia on Cracker Barrel’s walls and the experience of finding family photos there.
• Cracker Barrel planning pop-up stores in cities like New York—crew debates whether the rural “country” aesthetic will work there and marvels at tourist traps like Times Square Olive Garden.
  • Matt: “Who goes to New York and eats at the Olive Garden?...Drew and I have eaten at the Olive Garden in Times Square as like a joke.” (14:35–14:47)

Timestamps:

• Wall décor and pop-up ambitions: 13:13–15:01

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7. KSR Memories: Billboard, Lawyering Days, and Growing Older

• Matt shares personal stories about working as a lawyer:
  • Encountering the “Claw” billboard (with old photos), and how staffers he remembers as children now work at KS Bar.
• Story of nearly getting in a shotgun incident while filming a commercial in LaGrange.
  • Matt: “That was when that guy like pulled a shotgun…I was like, hey man, we’re good.” (30:31)

Timestamps:

• Claw billboard & law firm stories: 24:53–29:33
• Shotgun story: 30:26–31:13

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8. UK Alumni/Barnstorming Nostalgia & Charity Games

• Callers reminisce about the old “Cats vs. Cops” games and barnstorming tours, when ex-UK players would travel the state playing exhibition games.
• Matt tells stories of organizing such tours (with memorable tales of players goofing off with “stacks” of cash) and why those events generated so much local excitement.

Timestamps:

• Barnstorming stories: 31:19–34:56
• Gold Star/Stack of Money story: 34:34–34:56

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9. NCAA Rules: Should Pros Return to College?

• Discussion about whether former college stars who went pro (but didn’t make it) should be allowed to return to NCAA teams.
  • Caller Shane: “What if after they retire…they could come back and play college basketball?” (19:54)
• Matt and Shannon are open to the idea, noting NCAA’s inconsistency in allowing international pros to play but not American ones:
  • Matt: “The idea that a kid should...go to the NBA and he doesn’t make it, he has to go overseas; while the kids from overseas who’ve already played pro are allowed to come here and play college—how does that make sense?” (22:56)

Timestamps:

• Discussion of returning pros: 19:54–23:25

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10. UK Charity Games: Why Did They Stop?

• Caller Noah asks why UK doesn’t do NBA alumni charity games anymore. Matt explains it became impossible to insure NBA players, so agents wouldn’t allow it even for charity.

Timestamps:

• NBA alumni charity games: 40:59–42:07

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11. Community Notes & Trivia

• Mark Anthony calls in to criticize current Cracker Barrel food quality.
• Fun with the trivia game: guess the “real” ages of celebrities & local figures.
• Sister Jean turns 106; Jaden Quaintance passes his driver’s test.
• Brief chat about “dressing” (stuffing) and KSR’s panel muses on why it’s reserved for holidays.

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Notable Quotes

• Matt Jones (on Cracker Barrel rebranding):
  “They took the barrel and the cracker off the logo. So, like, what are you going to…what are you going to do?” (02:50)

• Ryan Lemond (on Mark Pope’s player meetings):
  “Do the players have that much to say?” (05:42)

• Matt Jones (on DeMarcus Cousins):
  “This ain’t no spelling bee.” (07:10)

• Shannon (on hypnosis):
  “I don’t believe in it either. Some people swear that it’s…a real thing. I don’t believe it.” (12:31)

• Matt Jones (on NCAA rules for returning pros):
  “If a kid leaves to go to the NBA and he doesn’t make it, he has to go overseas; while the kids from overseas who’ve already played pro are allowed to come here and play college—how does that make sense?” (22:56)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Cracker Barrel Rebrand & KS Bar Reset – 01:15–04:50
• Mark Pope’s Player Meetings & Chess – 05:09–07:08
• Classic UK Quotes – 07:10–08:16
• Obama Calls 2010 UK Team – 08:35–09:13
• Letcher County Jail Scandal – 09:32–10:58
• High School Football Merger – 11:34–12:11
• Hypnosis Skepticism – 12:23–13:09
• Cracker Barrel Wall Décor – 13:13–15:01
• KSR Billboard & Lawyering Stories – 24:53–29:33
• Barnstorming Tours/Basketball Nostalgia – 31:19–34:56
• NCAA Returning Pros Debate – 19:54–23:25
• Ending UK NBA Alumni Games – 40:59–42:07

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Episode Tone

The conversation is lively, conversational, and often irreverent, with signature KSR banter, nostalgia, and a healthy dose of skepticism on everything from coaching methods to hypnotism. The hosts shift seamlessly from breaking sports news to personal stories, keeping the vibe firmly local and relatable.

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For listeners who missed this episode, expect a quintessential KSR mix: Kentucky hoops analysis, behind-the-scenes restaurant and legal stories, small-town scandals, mascot memories, and just enough NCAA controversy to keep sports fans arguing until tomorrow.

Transcript

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[Ryan]

Welcome to hour two of Kentucky Sports radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones.

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back Techie Sports Radio 859-280-2287. Text machine 772-774-5254. Couple interesting theories here, Shannon. One person says Matt, now people will beg for the old Cracker Barrel like they did for the old Coke when they had New Coke. And it'll work.

[Ryan]

Maybe so if they actually, I mean.

[Matt Jones]

Like you're talk the last time we had a conversation about Cracker Barrel when we did the old outback versus cracker barrel at the 2016 Republican convention.

[Shannon]

Yeah, that's the last time we talked about that.

[Matt Jones]

Probably the last time like Chili's did that.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So like Chili's is doing pretty. Like Chili's is having a comeback because they kind of went away. I mean honestly, to some extent in, in a minor way, that's kind of what we did with KS Bar. We were like we're kind of going through this down groove where I felt like the food had slipped a little bit, like our service had slipped a little bit, like our, we just, it just the energy wasn't there. And I was like we can sit here and try to fix this on the fly or let's just go away for two or three months, fix everything, make the food better and then come back and then you get energy from, like, reappearing. I think that. I hope that worked for us. I know. I hear a lot more people say positive, positive things. We'll find out next few weeks, but I think that's probably the theory. Maybe that'll happen with Cracker Barrel. Like, they'll do all this and then everybody will go do it the other way, and then they'll be. Get excited about it.

[Shannon]

I think it's definitely going to work, what we're doing. I think we saw the excitement last night. But Cracker Barrel, though. You make it sound like they're going to rebrand everything. Rebrand the logo, rebrand the look.

[Matt Jones]

They took the barrel and the cracker off the logo. So, like, what are you going to. What are you going to do?

[Shannon]

Have the rocking chairs out front?

[Ryan]

Oh, yeah, yeah. They say they're still going to have that, but the CEO is acting like all this positivity is coming from their, their customers. And not one person in the comments section had anything positive to say. So I don't know where all this positivity is coming from.

[Matt Jones]

Well, people, people, look, see, that's also a personality type. Like, there are people who look for the positivity and, like, ignore the negativity.

[Ryan]

That's it.

[Matt Jones]

And then there are people like me who look at the negativity or the. But neither of them are totally right. You know what I mean?

[Ryan]

Like, reality.

[Matt Jones]

Neither of them are reality. That's exactly right. So you have to kind of find what that balance is. And some people don't look at any negativity. And I think that's a poor way to do things too, because then you can be deluded on what. You know what I mean? Like Cal. Cal ignored all negativity as. And if anybody was negative, it was because they were his enemy. Right? So he never really got an understanding of where the fan base was. Maybe the Cracker Barrel ladies like that too.

[Shannon]

Well, like you said, it's a good analogy with what you thought about KS Bar.

[Matt Jones]

I just thought we needed. So, like, I just thought we needed just a reset because, like, on the good days it was awesome, but on the bad, but on other days sometimes, and I was just like, we just need to reset, refocus. We needed to change some food items, which we did. I think they're a lot better. I think our burgers, boneless wings are a lot better. We got some new appetizers. We just needed a reset. And, like, you could feel it last night, like, that energy. Last night we hadn't had that in a while. Didn't you agree?

[Shannon]

It felt like one of our opening weekends.

[Matt Jones]

It did. And then we did that wings test a couple weeks ago and because we were going to try a new wing and then when we did it, we realized it didn't work, which is why I'm glad we did it. We were like, why are we changing this? Let's go back to what we had. That was good. So those 75 people. You're going to get something in your email that's a present for me because you taught us that what we did there didn't work.

[Shannon]

And I think we'll see another step tonight with the event tonight.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, a lot of people coming tonight. Hopefully looking forward to seeing everybody tonight. All right, 859-280-2287. I'm going to get to the phone real quick, but two things. One, Mark Pope says he's meeting 30 minutes with every player on the roster individually every week.

[Shannon]

Yeah, it's a lot.

[Matt Jones]

So that's like seven hours just of 30 minute meetings. Shannon.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

First of all, do you believe that?

[Ryan]

I don't know why he would lie about it.

[Matt Jones]

I agree.

[Ryan]

30 minutes, though, does feel like a lot every week, you know.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think you'd have 30 minutes worth of conversation?

[Ryan]

No, I think it's probably shaved down to more like 10 or 15. And that's probably how you can squeeze all these in in one week.

[Matt Jones]

So I doubt if anybody could do it though, it'd be Mark.

[Ryan]

Oh, could do it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Do the players have that much to say?

[Matt Jones]

But they, maybe they don't have to talk much.

[Shannon]

Yeah, I, I can say this. And Shannon maybe would agree. When I played college baseball, the last thing I wanted to do, the last thing was to sit and talk to my coach for 30 minutes. You're, you're get kind of get sick of them. You're in practice all day long. You're in film all day long.

[Matt Jones]

Well, Mark says, though, did you, I heard in an interview, one of them he did maybe with Matt Norlander, that he doesn't talk a lot in practice because he doesn't want them to get tired of his voice. He said. So a lot of his talk is in other times, the assistants do a lot of the direct coaching in practice. He does bigger picture stuff because he doesn't want his players to be like, oh, I gotta listen to this guy some more.

[Shannon]

I know. That's what I felt like when you said that. They're gonna, he's going to be there in 30 minutes. That's exactly what I thought. I go, I got to go sit and listen to coach tell me what I'm doing wrong for another 30 minutes. Yeah, maybe he plays chess with these guys for 30 minutes. Those guys play chess with him. And he's.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you missed this last week. But Jaden Quaintance is five and one against him, which, I'm telling you, is the thing that makes me the most excited about Jaden Quaint. We knew he was a great athlete. We knew he's like a elite, elite defender. When I heard that Mark Pope, who is smart. So I'm going to assume he's good at chess. If Jaden is up 5:1 on him.

[Shannon]

It says something that's pretty good because.

[Matt Jones]

Colin Chandler's losing in their series, and Colin Chandler's apparently a pretty good shame. Quaint must be good at chef.

[Shannon]

Well, and then he's still, like, just like 18 years old now.

[Ryan]

What would DeMarcus cousin say about this?

[Matt Jones]

Well, this ain't no spelling.

[Ryan]

Spelling be. Go out there and play basketball, say no spelling.

[Matt Jones]

That's all right. That's one of the great quotes. Like, if you think about, like, my favorite quotes from UK players, this ain't no spelling bee. Cause it's so DeMarcus. First of all, it's a great answer to what was happening during that week, which was people were saying, Cornell is what college basketball should be. Kentucky's not right. And it also into Marcus mind, like, what it means to be smart in college is a spelling bee. That's what I love about it. Well, that's another one. Play that again.

[Commercial/Announcer]

Hello, Mr. President, this is Demarcus Cousin.

[Matt Jones]

That's another great one. Hello, Mr. President, this is Demarcus Cousins.

[Shannon]

I got one for you.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Shannon]

Let me ask Antoine Walker, why shoot so many threes? Because there ain't no fours.

[Matt Jones]

There ain't no force. Although I think he said that in college or in the pros.

[Shannon]

Oh, he didn't. The pros.

[Matt Jones]

I don't think he said that at UK. I think he said that in the pros. Hello, Mr. President, this is DeMarcus Cousins.

[Shannon]

He's got two of the top quotes of all time.

[Matt Jones]

I love that so much.

[Shannon]

And then they lost the game that night.

[Matt Jones]

They did that was it. That was their second loss, or was it their first?

[Shannon]

It was their first loss.

[Matt Jones]

It was their first loss. It was after hoops for Haiti. That was when people were really mad. They were like, barack Obama's cost us an undefeated season.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

But, you know, so yesterday when I was on espn. I got him to do a segment about John Wall, which led me to kind of talking about that team. And we went back and looked like we skip over that. During the regular season, the president called the team. Yeah, right. I mean, Obama called the team during the season.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

Looked at John Wall and said, I've been watching you, son. Like, that's rock star team.

[Shannon]

Yeah. LeBron came to a game.

[Matt Jones]

LeBron, Jay Z, Lil Wayne, Drake and Magic Johnson all came to a game at RUP Arena.

[Shannon]

I think Mike Tomlin was there, the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach one time they all wanted to see this rock star team. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So crazy stuff. But. Hello, Mr. President, this is DeMarcus. On any other team, DeMarcus Cousins is the show.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Right. Anyway, Gino, go ahead, Gino.

[Caller]

Hey, Matt, it's been about a month since you talked about this, but I was wondering if you saw the interviews. It's good national news coverage, but the interviews with the ladies in Letcher county earlier this week about the.

[Matt Jones]

So this is. Is that the judge? The sheriff. Excuse me.

[Caller]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So the sheriff. And I guess there's more going on in the. Yeah. So there's. There's a couple stories have come out where women have said that the guy who got shot. Tell me if I'm right about this. I don't want to get it wrong. Gino. The guy who got shot allegedly required women in jail to give, like, sexual favors. Am I right about that?

[Caller]

Yeah, there's a lot more going on in the chambers than talking about issues.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, that's not good. I mean, that's. Yeah, I appreciate the call. I mean, this was. I think the story maybe was a. I don't know if it was cbs, but it was also like a British. Like a British news organization. Did. It went to Letcher County. The allegation is the guy who the sheriff shot, also the women that were in jail in Letcher county, he would either. I don't know if he has the power to let him out. But alleged. Well, maybe he did. I don't remember. But there was something. I didn't. There was something about the way they would exchange sexual favors for something. So pretty bad stuff.

[Shannon]

Yeah. I got several women. I read the story. It stepped up and said that.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you read it. What did it say?

[Shannon]

It said that the. The women. He had several women that have come forward to say that they did sexual favors for him to be lenient on their sentence or to let him out of jail. This judge. And often it would happen in his chambers.

[Matt Jones]

James Dobson, the Founder of Focus on the Family has passed away. When I was a kid, I remember they would play those videos at our church. Really remember James Dobson.

[Shannon]

Sorry, I don't.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, he was like in that whole evangelist era of that time. Well, rest in peace, Andrew. What's up, Andrew?

[Caller]

First time, long time.

[Matt Jones]

Who are. What's up?

[Caller]

I just had a suggestion for Ryan. This year is the last year for Christian County High School and Hopkinsville High School football game before they combine to go to the mega school, which is also an unpopular opinion of Christian County. I'd say about 75% of people ain't really looking forward to the combination of the schools. And then for Shannon, he was talking about hypnosis.

[Matt Jones]

So you're suggesting he should go? You're suggesting Ryan should go?

[Caller]

Oh, absolutely. I mean, it's the end of. The end of our era.

[Matt Jones]

You should do like Friday night football games. You would love that. Like, you just generally.

[Shannon]

I'm going to Woodford county game next week.

[Matt Jones]

Maybe we can do the ride Lemon game of the week. Find a sponsor. Yeah, he doesn't seem as excited about that. You're gonna wish you did it. Go ahead. What was your second thing?

[Caller]

Oh, it was just for Shannon. He was talking about hypnosis earlier. My parents took me to that stuff when I was a kid. That's the biggest shenanigans I ever did in my entire life.

[Ryan]

I'm with you. I don't believe in it either. Some people swear that it's. It's a real thing. I don't believe it.

[Matt Jones]

So I believe. I believe that you can get, like. You can go into like a deep. I don't want to say sleep. Like a meditative. A deep, meditative thing where your mind can kind of float and you're sort of like, you know, not in, like. It's hard to describe. I do believe you can get into that deep meditative state. Do I believe you can get to something where people then say, bark like a dog and you do it? If I'm with you? I don't believe that's real either.

[Caller]

And then I. I'm just disappointed that I ain't gonna be able to sit in Cracker Bar, try and figure out all the items that was on the wall.

[Matt Jones]

Well, they're gonna leave. They're. I think they're leaving the urine. Ignoramus. Right?

[Shannon]

The golf tea game, the golf team, the tea game.

[Ryan]

They're leaving that.

[Matt Jones]

They're leaving that.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Caller]

Yeah, but all the stuff on the walls, like, you just. Could you imagine being born in the 1920s and your picture ends up in a random cracker barrel.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. I appreciate the call. You wonder if they gave their likeness. You can't get rid of the urine. Ignorance.

[Shannon]

No. Yeah, that's a rocking chairs, fireplace. What about the country store? They're going to keep it.

[Matt Jones]

Like they're keeping the store, but they're going to make it like have other stuff. I also think, as if I read correctly, they are changing the logo everywhere but the design of the stores. The new, like the old ones are going to stay like that. Just the new ones in the cities are going to be the modern thing.

[Shannon]

They're afraid nobody will come if they have the country.

[Matt Jones]

They're doing a pop up store in New York to see how it goes. Because if you think about it, there are no cracker barrels in major cities.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

You ever seen one in a big city?

[Shannon]

No. They're always out on the road.

[Matt Jones]

They're always out next to the interstate.

[Shannon]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Like even in Lexington, the one is out next to the interstate.

[Shannon]

Both of them. One, you know, what's the other one on? Winchester Road. Winchester Road out there by the interstate.

[Matt Jones]

Ones in Newtown Pike. Right?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. So I think they're like trying to figure out, how do you put it in Times Square? Because, you know, like the most successful Olive Garden in America is in Times Square.

[Ryan]

Really don't make sense.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know who those people are though. Who goes to New York and eats at the Olive Garden? True. Actually I say that Drew and I have eaten at the Garden in Times Square as like a joke. But we died. We did eat there.

[Shannon]

Maybe that's why everybody goes kind of as a joke.

[Ryan]

The cheapest thing you can eat in New York City.

[Matt Jones]

It actually is pretty relatively cheap if you eat at one of those places. So they have a TGI Fridays in the middle of Times Square.

[Shannon]

Really?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Yeah. 859-280-2287. Draft Kings. My Braves lost last night 2 to 1, but so did the math. You're breaking 2 to 1, but so did the Mets. So that's, that's good. We're still on the game back.

[Shannon]

Hanging in there.

[Matt Jones]

34 games to go, but DraftKings, you can go make your bets. Let's see what's happening tonight. Since we don't have the Reds to bet on. Let's look. What do we got?

[Ryan]

NFL games, I believe.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so let's do an NFL preseason game. You gotta be a real degenerate to. To do this NFL preseason game. Steelers, Panthers Steelers are a four and a half point favorite. I'm taking the Panthers to win plus 200. Wow.

[Ryan]

Give me the Steelers on this one. I don't know why. I don't even know who their third string guys are gonna be.

[Matt Jones]

All third stringers.

[Shannon]

I am so anti Aaron Rodgers. I'm going with the Panthers. Nobody. He's on the team.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Well, either way we got the pants. Plus 200. Get some. Get some. Big money.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Go to DraftKings. DraftKings sportsbook. The Crown is yours. And let me read this little thing you have to read. Yes. If you have a game problem, come on here. Gameboy 18 + Kentucky only eligible supply bonus makes buyer 100 bar seven days after interest. Additional time response from gaming resources see DK Audio. We'll take a break. Right back ksr. Well, I haven't thought about this song in a long time. Fear is not here. Yeah. Is this live? Live.

[Ryan]

I alone I alone.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. That dude that. They were really popular for like a year.

[Ryan]

They played Bourbon and Beyond Fest a couple of years ago. They were really good.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. I can think of my friend Chris Thompson, rest in peace and I driving to UK or Middlesborough basketball games through the hills of eastern Kentucky. He loved live, so he's gotten his gray car. We just had to listen to live the whole time. So every time I hear live, I think of us driving like Everts for a basketball game.

[Shannon]

Did you get to play in that game?

[Matt Jones]

No, this was after I was already asked to be a manager. But I still was. I still wanted to go watch them. We go on a Friday nights. It's because I liked going to these towns. Like I liked going to new gyms.

[Shannon]

And you know, you were an all American clapper your final year.

[Matt Jones]

Say that again. Like you do the same jokes. Maybe during this free time you can come up. You can come up, Shannon, with new jokes.

[Shannon]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Right.

[Ryan]

Yeah. We need some new dad jokes for you.

[Matt Jones]

New dad jokes? These jokes, they're the same ones. One person writes. Matt. I thought you all had the best day of ask anything Wednesday callers in a long time yesterday. So did I. I thought they were great. Like the callers stepped up in the last couple days of really funny, interesting calls. I enjoyed that.

[Ryan]

I was great. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Who?

[Ryan]

Wendell Windows was a little.

[Matt Jones]

That one was a little different. All right, so tell me where we are tomorrow. We're in Louisville.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Volunteers of America.

[Ryan]

Yes, I have the address right here. It is at 225 E. Breckenridge St.

[Matt Jones]

225 E. Breckenridge State St, the new Volunteers of America facility. We're going to be there. Come on out. Show Kentucky fans there. My friend Craig's the May. The mayor is going to be there. We're going to be.

[Shannon]

Greg's going to be there.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Mayor Craig's going to be.

[Ryan]

Happy birthday tomorrow.

[Matt Jones]

Now, Shannon, can we just like, we, like, we love the volunteers in America. We're going to have fun tomorrow. But.

[Shannon]

You gonna say.

[Ryan]

I know what he's going to say. Hardy.

[Matt Jones]

No, they, they gave Billy yesterday a sheet of paper with all the times on the show and what they wanted me to say for each time.

[Ryan]

It's a very detailed itinerary.

[Matt Jones]

Very detailed Itera.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Probably what real radio shows go have.

[Matt Jones]

Every day, but we ain't doing that.

[Ryan]

Tell me you've never had ksr.

[Matt Jones]

Tell me you don't know ksr. When you say Matt will say this then, wow. So I said to him, hey, just give me some talking points, we'll be good. But like at 10:17, that's just, that's not what it was.

[Shannon]

A full production sheet for the two hours.

[Matt Jones]

You seen it, Shannon? Yeah, it's like three pages long. So Billy showed it to me and I just hand it back to him and said, tell them thank you, but we'll, we'll just do that. So normal.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Right. Because that's kind of.

[Shannon]

They have slots where you're supposed to interview guests too, maybe.

[Ryan]

I believe that was 11 o' clock to start.

[Matt Jones]

11 o'? Clock. Yeah, it was 30 minutes with Craig.

[Shannon]

30 minutes with Craig.

[Matt Jones]

I said, I'll give Craig three to five, which is plenty. And we'll probably talk about wrestling.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So, Shane, go ahead. Shane.

[Caller]

Hey, I was just wondering if you guys would think that this is like the coolest idea ever or the stupidest idea ever. But I was thinking after John Wall retired yesterday, and then y' all were talking about Patrick Patterson earlier today, it just hit me, you know, but college basketball is changing as, you know, like every year it changes and you know, from Ennis Cantor to not. Not being able to play back in 2011 and now yellow Bitch is. Was a professional and now he's going to be able to play Big Z. Same thing. And I was wondering about this, like, what if, what if professional players like the one and dones that came out, like John Wall, he, you know, what if they were made a rule and the NCAA are so stupid they would never even consider it? But I think it would be an interesting thing to talk about. What if after they retire Five years after they retire, they could come back and play college basketball. John Wall would be 39 years old, but some of the younger guys would have, you know, maybe they didn't make, like the Harrison twins or.

[Matt Jones]

Or Willie Collins example. Yes, I think they should. I think they. I think Jay Billis has been talking.

[Caller]

It would sell so many tickets. I mean, it would be incredible to go back and watch.

[Matt Jones]

These guys are real team J. Bill has talked about that, has been talking about this for years. Why not allow guys to come back, get their college degree and play.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Like, who does it hurt to have Khalil Whitney play be. Play basketball? Who does it hurt he get, assuming he's in college. Right. Like, what's. What's bad about that now? I mean, would you want to have an age? An age, Barrett? Maybe. But if somebody makes a decision and goes to pro, it doesn't work. Why can't they come back? You know, the yellow bitch examples. Perfect. He was a pro. He's getting to come here. Why should we punish an American player who's a pro when we let a foreign player do.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Why? What's. What's the reasoning?

[Shannon]

Is it something you think it's coming, then we see.

[Matt Jones]

What? I don't know. I think the caller's right. The NCAA will be hesitant to do it, but, I mean, I don't think you should let them play more than four years. But if they did not play four years and they have a chance and they have eligibility, then why not.

[Shannon]

Yeah. How awesome.

[Matt Jones]

What's the downside?

[Shannon]

Takes a roster spot from a. Another player maybe.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, but the kid could graduate from college. The product is better, and it'll actually make the basketball at the lower levels better because the kid that might have gone to Mississippi State will now go to Southern Miss or something like that. Right. I just. In a transfer. The. The idea that a kid should be able to come from. From Croatia after playing pro basketball and play college, but a guy that went to the pros and didn't get signed has to go to Croatia.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Like, think about that. I mean, that's the system we have. If a kid leaves to go to the NBA and he doesn't make it, he has to go overseas.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

While the kids from overseas who've already played pro are allowed to come here and play college.

[Shannon]

How does that make sense?

[Matt Jones]

It doesn't make any sense.

[Shannon]

Can you imagine if the twins came back for a second time?

[Matt Jones]

I mean, they're probably a little old. For what I'm taught, for what I'm talking about. But. But the principle is still the same.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Like, this is essentially a pro sport now. You've got the benefit of education. The TBT shows that these guys get more love doing this than what they do in their other stuff. Absolutely. So why not?

[Shannon]

Why not?

[Matt Jones]

I just don't. I mean, we. I just think rethinking that. I. I think the caller makes a good point. Why. Why wouldn't we rethink it now? Cause it's a different world. I like the. I like that idea. We'll take a break. Breakbacks. Ksr. TJ Smith, personal injury attorney.

[Shannon]

Call tj.

[Matt Jones]

He'll make him pay.

[Ryan]

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

[Matt Jones]

What is this?

[Ryan]

Akon.

[Matt Jones]

Akon.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

All right. So. So he. So Mario made fun of me last night.

[Shannon]

Yes, he did.

[Matt Jones]

So, you know, one of the questions I do in the trivia is I'm like, what is the age I give a person? And you have to guess the age, Shannon.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And you have to get two years one direction or the other.

[Ryan]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Does that make sense? Yeah. Yeah, of course. So I'll just do one here for you right now. Jason Kelsey. How old do you think Jason Kelsey is?

[Ryan]

Ryan, you want to guess?

[Matt Jones]

You have to guess 34, 37. So you get credit for 35 to 39. So you wouldn't have gotten that one.

[Shannon]

One of your choices was Shannon the dude Grigsby.

[Matt Jones]

You were on there last night. Yeah, that's why I asked you. That's why I confirmed you were 42. You were on there last night. That's when you got right. I'm sure. Jimmy Fallon. How old do you think Jimmy Fallon is?

[Ryan]

Jimmy Fallon. 50.

[Matt Jones]

He is exactly 50. Well done, Shannon. Fist bump through the. Through the screen. Linda Gordon, the mayor of Lexington.

[Shannon]

That's the one that surprised me.

[Matt Jones]

I was shocked by this. You. She's probably gonna be embarrassed. I'm saying this on the radio. I was shocked.

[Shannon]

Me too.

[Matt Jones]

By how old Linda Gordon is.

[Ryan]

I'm afraid to guess. I gotta go younger than what I would think.

[Matt Jones]

What are we gonna say, 58? I thought she was probably like early 60s. So we guessed she's 76 years old. She looks great for 76. She's 76.

[Ryan]

No, I would have never guessed that.

[Matt Jones]

I would have never.

[Shannon]

Good for her.

[Matt Jones]

I really wouldn't have. I would have thought she was in her 64. 76. When I did, I could. I don't think one person got it.

[Shannon]

Right because she doesn't look. It doesn't act it. Good for her.

[Matt Jones]

Good. Good for her. Then I also. So. So my point is one of them on there was somebody that like some people call ASAP Rocky. That's what some people call.

[Shannon]

What'd you call him?

[Matt Jones]

Well, there's other like his good friends call him A.S.A.P. rock.

[Shannon]

Oh, okay. So you're in that category.

[Matt Jones]

So. So when I read his name, Shannon, I hear this cackling from the back.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And it's Mario, who has led the entire back half of the restaurant to laugh at me saying as Asap Rocky. Which is what his friends call it.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Instead of A.S.A.P Rocky. Did you feel like an old man? Well, I'll tell you the other reason I felt like an old man. This is. Okay. You want to talk about when things hit you?

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

This was one of them. Last night. Last night this dude comes up to me. He's one of the new servers at KS Bar, student at uk. He goes, hey, I'm John Boss son. I was like, Johnny Baugh. My old. Like, I worked with him as a lawyer when I was practicing law. I was like, oh, how's your dad? Johnny Bar. I can't believe it. I'm like, you know. And then I said, Johnny Ball and I worked together in like 2008. And he goes, I was two.

[Shannon]

You probably remember him as a two year old.

[Matt Jones]

He was two and now he's working at my bar. Wow. Shannon.

[Ryan]

He was 2 and now he's almost 20.

[Matt Jones]

So I showed. So that led me to pill. That led me to put up. Find a picture of the claw.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So let me just say to people, some of y' all have seen this just right now. Google Matt Jones, Kentucky Law works or no. Excuse me. Don't do that. They won't come up. Go to Twitter, Twitter and put like KY Sports Radio Claw or something like that. I think that's how it comes up. K L A W. You'll find our old billboard. Okay. Is that what works? I'll read this ad while you're looking it up. You tell me if this works. Summer is calling and so for a better auto rate from UK Federal Credit Union, we're shopping for a new ride or ready to refinance. You can lock in a rate as low as 3.99% APR. Membership is easy and the loan application is a breeze. Save big odd interest over the life of your auto loans. With a rate as low as 3.99% APR, it's UK Federal Credit Union 3.99 APR loan subject to credit approval and loan requirements. Visit ukfcu.org for terms and conditions. Membership eligibility required. Fairly insured by ncua. Do you see it? Did that bring it up?

[Ryan]

I see a tweet from you that's got a picture of you looking like Paul Rudd.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, that was me being really fat in that picture. But that's not the one I'm talking about. There's a billboard. Corey Price or somebody will find it. But here's the billboard, Shannon. This was what our Billboard was in 2000.

[Ryan]

No, no, I've seen that before.

[Matt Jones]

Look, first of all, look how fat I look.

[Shannon]

Your true big face.

[Matt Jones]

But then that's Johnny Bar right there. That's his. And his son is now working. He's now working at KS Bar. Look at. I liked you. Excuse me. Ryan said the one guy. That's Brian Cook. He got his head like. He didn't even get his head in the picture.

[Shannon]

He needs to renegotiate his contract.

[Matt Jones]

Negotiate his contract.

[Ryan]

You got a great looking like me mug look on your face.

[Matt Jones]

You don't. If you get hurt, call the Claw.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that's right.

[Shannon]

Get your.

[Matt Jones]

Your white shirt. We all have white shirts.

[Shannon]

Yeah, you got your shirt sleeves rolled up a little bit. Looks like. Cross your arms.

[Matt Jones]

Look how ridiculous I look. Why did I think that?

[Shannon]

Did you get any business?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Shannon]

Well, it worked.

[Matt Jones]

Then there is still. I won't say where, but there's this billboard is still hanging. No place in eastern Kentucky.

[Shannon]

No, it's not.

[Matt Jones]

Occasionally somebody will drive by and take a picture of it. It is hanging off this like dessert. Because we could only afford billboards. Like we couldn't afford prime placement.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

So we like went to the billboard company and they're like, we can sell you 20 billboards in Eastern Kentucky, but only one is on a major road.

[Shannon]

And you took it.

[Matt Jones]

So we got the one on a major road and it actually got us a lot of business. And then we just took the other 19 and. And one of them is still up because I guess they've never sold.

[Shannon]

How have we never done a show at the base of this billboard?

[Matt Jones]

It's still up in. Well, I'll see if somebody can find it. But it's on like this country road. Wow. And you just turn around and there I am hurt. Call the Claw with me, Johnny Bruce. Anyway, that was. I was telling him. I was like, I almost got shot. Yeah, that commercial. Yeah. The one where I'm in front of the courthouse there. That was when that guy like pulled a shotgun.

[Shannon]

I remember you've told that story before.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, that was in a lagrange, of all places.

[Shannon]

And they have just had me shooting a commercial that day. One of your commercials. That day.

[Matt Jones]

They were shooting a commercial of me and Vanessa Cantley and her assistant was there, and he was like, cat calling her and making, like, really rude comments. And finally I was like, dude, shut up. Like, except I cussed. And he goes, oh, we'll see if you'll talk bad about me. And he drives off, and five minutes later, he drives up with a shotgun.

[Shannon]

Golly, man.

[Matt Jones]

And I was like, hey, man, we're good.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Everybody calm down. So be. And of all places, Lagrange. Like, that's not even. They shoot Hallmark movies there.

[Shannon]

I've heard you tell that story before. That's scary, man.

[Matt Jones]

Eric and Eric. Go ahead, Eric.

[Caller]

Afternoon, guys.

[Matt Jones]

Good afternoon.

[Caller]

Hey, Ry, do you remember when they used to do the Cats versus Cops down there in Tail City?

[Shannon]

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

[Caller]

Yeah, I used to go there when I was a little kid.

[Matt Jones]

I wonder.

[Caller]

I think they stopped that the year John Wall is here. I think they stopped it the year before.

[Matt Jones]

I don't know what you're talking about. What's he talking about, everybody?

[Shannon]

It was like a benefit charity game.

[Matt Jones]

Who versus who?

[Shannon]

Like, old, old UK players against, like, police officers.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay, Gotcha. All right. Anything else?

[Caller]

Yeah, Chuck. Hey, yeah, Chuck Hayes was there. I forget his name. Peterson. I think that's his name. Patrick Patterson. Met him. Couple guys.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, I appreciate the call. I didn't know they did that. Old UK players versus police officers. You know, these two little police officers couldn't have won. No.

[Shannon]

But, yeah, I think a lot of fans miss those old barnstorming tours and games. Remember, you did it for a couple years.

[Matt Jones]

I did it. My goodness.

[Shannon]

But I think fans love that.

[Matt Jones]

You want to talk about an absolute cluster? That's another thing, man. Like, I just jump feet into things. I don't really know what I'm doing. And when Romeo and Joe were seniors, Mel was like, nobody's doing a barnstorming tour. And I was like, I got it.

[Shannon]

We can do it.

[Matt Jones]

We can do it. And I scheduled, like, 10 dates around the state. Me, Ramel, Joe Woo, and Bobby Perry would get in my car. Joe would take his nasty shoes off and his feet everywhere. I drove the four of them around the state with. With Johnny, Bruce and Hubby. And then we'd have to pick up somebody for every game. So we had Brandon Stockton for a couple. We had a game in McCreery county, which was supposed to be Matt. Heisenbuttle but he canceled. So the turkey hunter just played and called himself Matt Heisenbundle. And Shannon. Nobody knew. The difference is no one knew. Like, he signed Matt Heisenbuttle's name, gave autographs. He gave autographs as Matt Heisenbuttle. We would get there, and me and Ramel and Joe. And the thing is, it was all cash. We didn't have a way to do credit cards. So at the end of the night, we just have this huge stack of cash. Be like, which, I mean, for the time, I'd never seen these stacks, like 5,000, 8,000, $10,000. And we just divided up and then literally just think about all these, like, $20 bills. And we just sit in the locker room and count them up and hand them up. And then Ramel and Joe, who got the biggest, as they would call them stacks.

[Shannon]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Because they were the main draws. They would then chase each other around like children and hit each other in the head with their stacks of money. Like, that was when I realized, you know, this, Ryan. How young, like, how much. Like, they're still kids. They're still kids. I mean, Ramel would literally just hit Joe in the back of the head with the money and be like, my stack's bigger than yours. And it was the same amount of money. That was a lot of fun. I had more fun doing that than. Than. I love those guys, Ramel. That's part of why I love him. Woo. Like, we had such a good time.

[Shannon]

Didn't one of the guys leave their stack at Gold Star Chili or something?

[Matt Jones]

We went to Skyline in Cincinnati and they were eating with their stack of $4,000 on the table. I was like, you're gonna get us killed.

[Shannon]

Exactly.

[Matt Jones]

You can't just have $4,000 like, just laying on a table.

[Shannon]

Hopefully owe you money too, huh? Doesn't some school still owe you money?

[Matt Jones]

Knock Central never paid me.

[Shannon]

There we go.

[Matt Jones]

Still mad at them. Probably not the same leadership now, but they're frustrating. Cornbread hemp is what? Cool. You're gonna have to start using it.

[Shannon]

I took a cornbread hemp last night. Try to get some sleep, because I could not go to sleep.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon]

How did they go to print with that one guy completely being blocked out? You can't see anything on his face.

[Matt Jones]

So much hair back then, like it was. Why didn't somebody not tell me about those bangs, Shannon?

[Ryan]

Well, I mean, I think they tried to tell you.

[Matt Jones]

My mom did.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Just didn't listen.

[Matt Jones]

I wish I had that. That was not a tough look at all. Okay, couple things here. First of all, Jaden Quiten's passed his driver's test.

[Shannon]

Good for him.

[Ryan]

All right.

[Shannon]

Got his driver's license.

[Matt Jones]

That's good, right?

[Shannon]

Good.

[Matt Jones]

Sister Jean is 106 years old today.

[Ryan]

Unbelievable. Way to go, sister.

[Matt Jones]

106.

[Shannon]

I wonder if she'll tweet today.

[Matt Jones]

She should. You gotta. She needs to tweet on her birthday, don't you?

[Ryan]

She's probably sleeping in today. It's her big day.

[Matt Jones]

106 years old.

[Shannon]

I didn't know she was still alive. Good for her.

[Matt Jones]

106.

[Shannon]

That's amazing.

[Matt Jones]

That is. That is quite an accomplished. May we all be so lucky.

[Shannon]

Amen.

[Ryan]

She's tight with the Lord.

[Matt Jones]

She clearly. Yeah, she's probably lived alone for a long time.

[Ryan]

No.

[Shannon]

Buy some.

[Matt Jones]

Her.

[Ryan]

She's probably got somebody with her.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but I mean, she probably. I mean, she was a nun, so she probably spent a lot of her life alone.

[Ryan]

Maybe, but at 106, I'm sure.

[Matt Jones]

Well, now she may not. Yeah, now she may not. Mark Anthony. Go ahead. Mark Anthony.

[Caller]

Hey, Matthew Ryan. Shannon. Hey. Yeah. No nuns live together at the nunnery, Matthew. That's all I know. And I was raised Catholic, so. Anyway, speaking about Cracker Barrel, they can put up, change the signs all they want to, but until they fix their food, they're not helping themselves.

[Matt Jones]

See, everybody keeps writing me and saying that the food quality has gone down at the Cracker Barrel. Is that true? I haven't been in years.

[Caller]

Terribly, terribly mad. Me and Ms. Boo stopped by there all just a few weeks ago to grab some supper. And I got the meatloaf and chicken dumplings, which used to be solid. And yeah, the meatloaf sucked. Absolutely.

[Matt Jones]

So you. You. Wait a minute, Shannon. He shouldn't get the meatloaf.

[Ryan]

No, no, no. The only reason you go to Cracker Barrels for the breakfast. I'm not going there for dinner, Uncle Hershey.

[Matt Jones]

You got a point.

[Caller]

But hey, Shannon put me in the breakfast group that I have on Friday. Tried it a few times and I tried the biscuit and gravy. They bring you a bowl of gravy that you poured out. It looks like a bowl of mashed potatoes. Goes like that.

[Matt Jones]

Maybe this is their chance. Maybe this is their way of saying, all right, we're re signaling, we're re getting the food going with. I've always thought the thing they did the best when they were rolling. I appreciate the call when they were rolling. Hash brown casserole.

[Shannon]

That's the best thing on the menu.

[Ryan]

Amazing.

[Matt Jones]

Still, that was always really good. I always thought the biscuits and gravy were good. They were good when they, when they were there, like the country ham.

[Ryan]

That's what I got.

[Matt Jones]

That was always pretty good. So I always thought they did those three things really, really good. And then I. They would do. I would like it because on non Thanksgiving you could get dressing.

[Shannon]

Yes. Billy Gillespie used to go to one on Newtown pike just for turkey.

[Matt Jones]

And I was wondering if you're going to say that Billy Gillespie ate at the one on Newtown pike like three times a week. And I'm and was told he ordered Thanksgiving every time he went.

[Shannon]

Yeah, the turkey and dressing was like always on a Thursday.

[Matt Jones]

Turkey and dressing and cranberry sauce.

[Shannon]

Yeah. I mean he was sitting by himself.

[Matt Jones]

Weird to want to eat Thanksgiving every week.

[Shannon]

Every week.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I love dressing. Dressing's good. I don't know why we got to the idea that we can only have dressing once or twice a year.

[Ryan]

Makes you want it more though.

[Matt Jones]

But it's so good. I think Billy was on to something on it.

[Shannon]

I was there and he'd be in the corner by himself.

[Matt Jones]

By himself.

[Shannon]

Yeah. And eat turkey and dressing. People.

[Matt Jones]

I wonder what Mark Pope's places remember John Caliper is heat by himself. Place was golden crowd.

[Shannon]

Yeah, that's right.

[Matt Jones]

He would eat at like 4 o' clock by himself at the Golden Corral in New Circle. Can you imagine walking in there and seeing John Caliper at the Golden Corral. Golden Corral with a big bowl of whipped cream. Yeah. He would eat. He would know. He would dip his food in whipped cream.

[Shannon]

That's right. I think Mark Pope's a lot like me. Can't stand to be by himself. I think he's a Guy that wouldn't go.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, okay, so you don't think he would go.

[Shannon]

I think with his wife or his daughters or assistant coaches. He's somebody, I think that's got a be social. Have somebody with him.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Peggy. Peggy.

[Caller]

Hey, good morning, guys. Just wanted to let you know that the crafts bought the country ham at the state fair and paid $10 million for it.

[Matt Jones]

Stop it. They did not pay.

[Ryan]

They paid ten and a half last year. They got it for a discount this year.

[Matt Jones]

$10 million, huh? And Ryan, I'll never understand the country.

[Caller]

Him thing, but go ahead, Ryan, check your messages. I left you a message because I'm in the opposite position. Position for you.

[Matt Jones]

She wants everybody to go away.

[Caller]

I had to take in a border where you lost one.

[Matt Jones]

Well, he'll read it. I appreciate it, Peggy. Thank you very much. Let's go to Noah. Go ahead, Noah.

[Caller]

Hey. Hey, Matt, got a two part kind of question for you. So a little bit similar to one of the other callers you guys remember like the UK alumni charity games that Caliperi would usually bring in like his recent former like NBA players and have matches they play together. It's like a UK charity event.

[Shannon]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

Say that again.

[Shannon]

Like when Cal would bring in some of his former players that played a couple charity games.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, they did a couple of those. Yes.

[Caller]

Yes. So with the kind of stuff from that, obviously right now Mark Pope has only from had one year. So obviously there's not a lot of fish in the pool together for it. But 1. Do you think this is something that Pope could be able to try to be like create for the future or is this something that like.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, it's hard. It ended up being hard. Like they did it that first year for some sort of raising money for some issue. I can't remember what it was, was it a flood or something? And then the problem, not the reason that did is it was they found the players couldn't get insured anymore. Appreciate the call. So the guy, the NBA guys, no one would insure them and so their agents would not allow them to do it.

[Shannon]

Right.

[Matt Jones]

And so that's why they ended up stopping doing it. So, you know, I, I, I'd love for them to do it, but I think it's probably like you're just worried about getting hurt and so that ends up not happening. All right, tomorrow we are at Daughters.

[Caller]

Of the American Revolution.

[Matt Jones]

It's not Daughters of the American Revolution.

[Shannon]

It's Volunteers.

[Matt Jones]

Volunteers of America in Louisville on Breckenridge Street. Come see us. They've got to have all kinds of things. See their new facility. We'll be there in Louisville. Great chance for people in Louisville to come see us. Those of you coming to the listener dinner tonight, we look forward to seeing you. And then for everybody else, hope you have a great day. It's been a wonderful afternoon. Hang in there. Night two will be easier than night one.

[Shannon]

I hope so. I'm gonna cry myself to sleep every night wondering what he's doing.

[Matt Jones]

And with that, why didn't he come home? It's KSR.

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