2025-08-26- KSR - Hour 2

Summary

Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) — Hour 2, August 26, 2025

Host: Matt Jones
Co-hosts: Ryan Lemond, Drew Franklin, Shannon Dawson
Live from: KS Bar and Grill

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Overview

In this lively episode, the KSR crew reconvenes at the newly re-opened KS Bar for a classic Monday hour of Kentucky sports news and banter. The team dives into the upcoming UK football opener, the perennial debate over improving the game day experience, quarterback Calzada’s prospects, SEC atmospheres, and the viral "Daddy" Nick Saban story. They also debate Dave Portnoy’s ban from Ohio State's field and relive an embarrassing post-game family fight in college football. The show maintains its light, sardonic tone throughout, with plenty of humor and good-natured ribbing among the hosts.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. KS Bar Re-Opens and Scheduling (00:57–01:35)

• Matt Jones announces KS Bar and Grill is open again after a three-month hiatus.
• "The moment this show ends... I flip it over and ESPN begins." (01:18, Matt Jones)
• The team jokes about Matt "going in naked" for ESPN production, Matt reassuring: "I'm going to go ahead and wear my clothes during the entire show today." (01:44)

2. UK Football: Game Day Experience & Weather (02:18–07:12)

• Expectations for upgrades to the UK football game day experience are low.
• Drew Franklin admits: “I have very little expectations that that has happened, but I’m hoping there’s stuff new. ... As far as any upgrades... I don't have a lot of faith in UK doing that.” (02:47)
• Ryan and Matt highlight perfect weather for the opener—“like 79 degrees for August”—and low ticket prices. (03:17)
• The conversation turns to failed traditions (the Big Blue Drum). They reminisce:
  • Drew: “We tried to make it a thing.” (04:08)
  • Matt: “We hit it and we said, yeah. We were like, all right. Drum.” (04:22)
  • The drum “only lasted a season or two. Did not take off.” (04:35, Ryan)
• Email marketing from UK is critiqued as not helpful—just shoes, not real experience improvements. (05:26)
• Critique of AD Mitch Barnhart's “old school” approach. Matt says:
  • “He thinks all fans are like him... You have to talk to people… I just don’t know how much of that happens with him.” (06:16)

3. Ranking Game Day Atmospheres: Football vs. Basketball (07:12–09:22)

• Kentucky’s football game day environment ranked near last in the SEC; basketball, by contrast, is “number one” for average experience.
• Matt: “Of the game day experiences, we’re probably 14th of the 16 now… In basketball, that’s not true.” (07:12)
• On basketball, Drew notes, “If you got Kentucky coming to your school, you circle that the minute the schedule comes out and you’re camping out.” (09:03)
• Matt: “On a game-in, game-out basis, Kentucky’s number one.” (08:34)

4. UK Football Season, Calzada & Bowl Hopes (09:31–11:38)

• Caller Bobby and the hosts discuss expectations for QB Calzada and the team’s bowl prospects.
• Bobby: “There is not a very long list of SEC quarterbacks that have beaten Saban... Calzada is one of them.” (09:38)
• Drew: “We run it, run it, run it, run it, and then he throws a bomb off play-action...” (10:18)
• Ryan: “Calzada did not throw a lot of interceptions at Incarnate Word... makes good decisions.” (10:42)
• Matt: “Ultimately, that’s all we can ask...” (10:53)
• Drew: “I’m pretty ready to just go back to hand it off if we have the offensive line to do it... win 22 to 21.” (11:09)

5. Nick Saban ‘Daddy’ Story (11:38–15:39)

• Discussion of Seth Wickersham's book claim that Alabama assistants call Saban “Daddy.”
• Matt: “If Ryan just looked at me and said, daddy, I would fire him on the spot.” (13:25)
• Drew: “I’m not calling anybody Daddy.” (14:01)
• General consensus: “bizarre,” “embarrassing,” and “funny to think of football coaches calling each other Daddy.” (13:11–14:29)
• “I think this story should be getting more attention.” (14:48, Matt)

6. Listener Calls: Optimism and UK’s Path to a Bowl (18:03–31:09)

• Callers weigh in on Calzada, the schedule, and the importance of optimism.
• Callers argue a path to six wins is plausible, but Matt cautions about being underdogs in many games (22:29–24:57).
• Matt: “Of Auburn, Vandy, Louisville… win one of the home games—Florida, Tennessee. … That’s the path to six wins.” (25:24)
• Ryan: “Kentucky’s 2 and 11 in their last 13 SEC home games. 2 and 11, that can’t happen.” (26:07)
• William calls in to invoke Scott Van Pelt: “Being optimistic costs the same at least to start the year... Might as well be positive.” (30:12, 30:54)
  • Matt: “You only get 12 football games a year... this been a long offseason. Maybe the most boring offseason I can remember.” (31:08)

7. Baseball Segment—Catcher Home Run Records (20:04–21:46, 27:12–28:26)

• Cal Raleigh’s record for home runs by a catcher and why catchers rarely reach 50 HR.
  • Ryan: “They don’t play as many games. They get a break, you know, every once in a while. Maybe that’s why.” (21:11)
  • Matt: “Only eight times in history has any player who’s a catcher hit 40 home runs in a season.” (27:51)

8. Dave Portnoy Barred from Ohio State’s Field (31:59–35:59)

• Barstool’s Dave Portnoy, a Michigan fan, is blocked from field access at OSU game; Matt contends this is incredibly petty.
• Drew: “It definitely seems soft.” (33:59)
• Matt’s media lesson: “If you really want something to not be a deal, ignore it. ... By being outraged, you made him much more relevant.” (34:21)
• Matt likens it to when UK banned Drew Franklin from postgame court access—only made the show more popular. (35:10)

9. Viral Family Fight After College Football Game (37:22–39:48)

• A Kansas State QB’s dad and brother fought after a game in Dublin, Ireland.
  • Drew: “A father, son fist fight. You don’t get that very often.” (37:22)
  • Ryan: “I mean, it was just. It was. It was awful. Both those men need to grow up.” (38:19)
  • Matt: “Can you imagine if Will Levis’s dad was fighting his brother outside of Kroger Field?” (39:12)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “He thinks all fans are like him... You have to talk to people that are not in your zone.” —Matt Jones on Mitch Barnhart (06:16)
• “We tried to make [the Big Blue Drum] a thing.” —Drew Franklin (04:08)
• “I guess you can just assume it’s not going to happen.” —Matt Jones on game day innovations (05:36)
• “I think this story should be getting more attention. ... I feel like I’m the only person that brought this up.” —Matt Jones on the ‘Daddy’ Saban story (14:48)
• “I’m not calling anybody Daddy.” —Drew Franklin (14:01)
• “Kentucky’s 2 and 11 in their last 13 SEC home games. That can’t happen.” —Ryan Lemond (26:07)
• “Being optimistic costs the same at least to start the year.” —Caller William/Scott Van Pelt (30:41)
• “[Banning Portnoy] definitely seems soft.” —Drew Franklin (33:59)
• “If you really want something to not be a deal, ignore it. … By being outraged, you made him much more relevant.” —Matt Jones (34:21)
• “[The Kansas State family fight] was so embarrassing. ... Both those men need to grow up.” —Ryan Lemond (38:19)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:57 — Show begins, live at KS Bar
• 02:18 — Tailgating, game day atmosphere, Big Blue Drum failure
• 06:16 — Mitch Barnhart and “old school” administration
• 07:12 — Football SEC environment ranking; comparison to basketball
• 09:38 — Caller Bobby: Calzada’s upside and bowl hopes
• 11:38 — The Nick Saban ‘Daddy’ controversy
• 18:03/21:46/27:12 — Listener calls: football optimism, game predictions, and catchers’ HR records
• 31:59 — Dave Portnoy banned from Ohio State’s field
• 37:22 — Kansas State post-game family fight

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Tone & Style

The hour is conversational, irreverent, and witty, with the hosts frequently teasing each other and poking fun at regional sports quirks. Matt Jones keeps a sharp edge, challenging assumptions while remaining light-hearted. Listeners are welcomed as fellow fans and media insiders alike.

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For new listeners:
This episode is classic KSR—part insightful breakdown, part soapbox, plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, deep local color, and healthy doses of skepticism about authority (in both sports and media). It’s essential listening for any UK fan seeking community and candid takes.

Transcript

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[Shannon Dawson]

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[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. Hour number two, Kentucky Sports Radio here live at the KS Bar. You could do better than that. There you go. Right at the KS Bar and Grill. We are, we have just opened after a three month hiatus. Yes. And folks here eating lunch. We appreciate all of them joining us. We'll here. So I'll be here today during the show and then from 12 to 3. The moment this show ends, Ryan, I flip it over and ESPN begins.

[Ryan Lemond]

You said earlier I was going to talk to you about this. They send you your production list at 11:30. You can't review it because you're doing this show. You're going to be just going in naked at.

[Matt Jones]

I'm not going to be naked. I'm going to go ahead and wear my clothes during the entire show today.

[Drew Franklin]

Thank you.

[Matt Jones]

You're welcome. I've got, let's see, segment one, Trey Hendrickson and the Bengals. And the Bengals.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Segment two, Darnell Rivas calls out the NFL Players Association. Don't even know what that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Wow.

[Matt Jones]

Don't even know necessarily what that means. Giants release Tommy DeVito figured that'd be a big one.

[Drew Franklin]

That was all over my feed this morning. The QB situation in New York.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

So ready.

[Matt Jones]

Should be, should be exciting. All right. One person writes on the text machine. Matt, with UK football starting Saturday, do you think there will be any changes or anything done by UK to make the game day experience more exciting this Saturday? I hope so. No, I mean I Do hope so. I don't know if they've done anything, but again, part of what you're going to have to do to kind of get this new era going in theory is that you would like to do all of that, right?

[Drew Franklin]

I hope so. I have very little expectations that that has happened, but I'm hoping there's stuff new. I will say I'm surprised by a lot of people getting excited about the tailgating. At least online. I'm starting to feel good about that early pre game scene being week one. But as far as any upgrades to the experience, I don't have a lot of faith in UK doing that.

[Ryan Lemond]

You know, people have had their tent spots reserved for a couple weeks after you drive over there and they're everywhere. So all those people show up and it could be a great environment. But are they doing anything new that I don't know yet?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, the game is at 12:45. The weather is supposed to be like perfect. Perfect, right. I mean the, like it's. It's supposed to be the best football weather you can imagine. Like 79 degrees for August. August. I mean, I. It's going to be about as good as you can be sunny. I mean, if you're trying to think of a time to go to a game. Tickets for those who, like, they're going to be relatively cheap. As the guy who called or who called earlier or maybe it was you that was sitting here said, hope springs eternal. Like, everybody is. I guess it wasn't you, it was the car. But like everybody is zero and zero now.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's right.

[Matt Jones]

So I mean, but as far as like, are they going to do anything new?

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't know.

[Matt Jones]

I haven't heard.

[Drew Franklin]

We're getting Dumas Walker. We're getting. All roads lead to Lexington. I don't know if they still have the big blue drum that only lasted a season or two.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's true. Whatever happened to the big drum?

[Matt Jones]

Did we have a drum?

[Drew Franklin]

We tried to make it a thing.

[Matt Jones]

What was the drum?

[Drew Franklin]

They rolled out a drum and then hit it. And then we were like, yeah. And then they kicked off. I think Art still did the first one.

[Matt Jones]

We hit it and we said, yeah. We were like, all right. Drum.

[Shannon Dawson]

Is that the thing they show off in the new video game?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah.

[Shannon Dawson]

Where they're beating the drum to go big blue.

[Drew Franklin]

EA Sports.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

The message that we didn't really get into.

[Matt Jones]

Wait a minute, We. We had a drum?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like those big huge bass drums. They rolled it out and before the game they Would have a former player come out and bang it and it lasted like maybe one season, did not take off.

[Matt Jones]

Why? What were people supposed to do?

[Drew Franklin]

I don't. We weren't sure. They'd bring it out and then it'd be like, boom.

[Ryan Lemond]

Everybody would clap and then it would be like, all right, disappeared on the next.

[Matt Jones]

Did you know there was a drum.

[Shannon Dawson]

Just only from that video.

[Matt Jones]

Only from the video, yeah.

[Shannon Dawson]

And I think they were supposed to go, go big blue and he's supposed to hit it on beat.

[Matt Jones]

So did they highlight the drum on the video game?

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah, yeah, like that's what they show.

[Matt Jones]

But we don't really do that.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't remember still have it. It never really. Never really got going.

[Ryan Lemond]

I don't remember seeing it at all last year. Now that I think about it.

[Drew Franklin]

Missouri has one called like Big Mo and it's a big thing and I think we tried to borrow from them and it didn't.

[Matt Jones]

It just didn't hit.

[Drew Franklin]

We. I don't know if we're a drum crowd. We're still trying to get Dumas Walker going.

[Ryan Lemond]

I got an email today from uk. It says, get game day ready. I thought, well, this might be the list of stuff they're going to do for game day. No, it's just an advertisement about UK shoes. Visit the UK shop to buy shoes.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, again, we've spent a lot of the off season talking about how it would have been nice to introduce people to the. To stuff and it would have been nice to do this and it would have been nice to do that, but really that stuff just didn't. Didn't happen much. And I guess you can just kind of assume it's not going to happen. Right?

[Drew Franklin]

We see. I don't like to give them credit, but you can turn on a night game at nail in or just about anywhere and it is just a different fan experience. It is here in Kentucky. That's just not a strength. Mitch Barnhart. It's been a few years, but didn't he say fans need air conditioning, place to sit in the water or something stupid like that? It's just being at the. Well, he's front line of trying.

[Matt Jones]

He's very old school and he thinks. I mean, he just thinks this is. Well, first of all, I mean, here's the thing about Mitchell. He thinks all fans. I've always known this about him, even when I talk to him, he thinks all fans are like him. Right? He believes this is what I like in a game. This is what people like in a Game. And I've said this a lot and it's no offense to him because I think he's done a really good job on a lot of stuff. You have to talk to people that are not the people that are in your, your zone and I just don't know how much of that, of that happens with him.

[Ryan Lemond]

Well, you said he only kind of answers his email. Well, who, who email.

[Matt Jones]

If you're, if you brag about not being on social media, well, I mean you're not going to know what a significant chunk of the fan base wants. So we have Missouri has the worst game day experience in the sec. Vandy does too.

[Ryan Lemond]

Pretty close. Yep.

[Matt Jones]

But we're probably after that. I mean we're probably of the game day experiences. We're probably 14th of the 16 now in basketball. That's not true. Not at all. In basketball, I would say. Where would you rank the Kentucky basketball game day experience in the sec?

[Drew Franklin]

I have a hard time rating it because every time I go to an away game it's the Kentucky game and they're just camping out in parking lots and it looks like the greatest thing ever. But I know when I'm not there with Kentucky, it is not.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I mean, I think kind of hard to get. I think that's a great point. If you were to say average game day experience, game by game, Kentucky basketball is one. If you were to say big game experience though, you can make an argument that Auburn or Arkansas, even Arkansas has a better big game. But then we've seen Arkansas games where no one's there. Like no one. So I think if you said game by game, Kentucky would still be number one.

[Ryan Lemond]

There's no doubt when it was a big game. Rupp arena is rocking it. It is the best.

[Matt Jones]

But when I see, I think it's the opposite. I think for an average game, Kentucky's the best.

[Ryan Lemond]

I think on a big game, there's.

[Matt Jones]

Nothing no better than Auburn. When they play Kentucky.

[Ryan Lemond]

Oh yeah, I've been down there. But Kentucky, when it like when the biggest games I've ever seen are Kentucky, the atmosphere in Rupping is just like the best ever. You know, like the Florida game in the 03, you know, games like that, the, the North Carolina game where Anthony blocked the shot, it's just amazing.

[Matt Jones]

I mean I want to say that's true and I think it's, I don't get me wrong, I think it's great. But like, you know, we were at Kentucky, Indiana in 20 in 2012. I've been to many Duke, Carolina Games. I've been to Michigan State. Michigan, right. Part of it's just the size of Rupp Arena. It just can't get as big. But I. But on a game in, game out basis, Kentucky's number one.

[Drew Franklin]

And some of these SEC schools you don't, or most of them, you don't get Kentucky on your campus. But every other year. And if you don't have much basketball history and when the SEC is down, you know, if you got Kentucky coming to your school, you circle that the minute the schedule comes out and you're camping out T shirts. I'm not gonna turn into Cal here. All that how he spills it. But that is the experience when Kentucky rolls into your town for basketball.

[Ryan Lemond]

Remember when we played at West Virginia? We all went to that game. We all like. My goodness, this is awesome. It was West Virginia, but the atmosphere was great that night because Kentucky was in town.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. 859-280-2287. Who's up next?

[Shannon Dawson]

Bobby.

[Matt Jones]

Bobby. Go ahead, Bobby.

[Caller]

Hey guys. Hope you all are having a good day. I am with Shannon. I think that we will make a bowl game. And to all the haters out there that talk about Calzada, there is not a very long list of SEC quarterbacks of beating Saban led Alabama teams that SEC quarterbacks have beaten. So he's one of them. So just something to think about.

[Matt Jones]

Yes. Remember, Calzada has played well against Alabama. We've had people say, we've had people say, hey, you know, can we not just have him be like he was in that game? What do you think the best of of Calzada will be this year?

[Drew Franklin]

We run it, run it, run it, run it. And then he throws a bomb off a play action for a touchdown.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Drew Franklin]

Or he gets the tight ends going. I'm not gonna say this is the year. But you have Willie Rodriguez, who looks like a freak. Josh Cattus, who's been playing every snap since he was a freshman. Maybe look at him. But we're not going to talk ourselves into a tight end year. But this would be a good year for how Calzada can really be helpful is get those guys going.

[Ryan Lemond]

And I'm not mistaken. Calzada did not throw a lot of interceptions at incarnate word.

[Matt Jones]

Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Like he's pretty active, makes good decisions. He does that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

They can do some magic then maybe once in a while.

[Matt Jones]

Hope so. I mean I, I remember the game. He played so well and he beat Alabama. He looked amazing. It's been a while, but I also feel like he gives us a shot, which is ultimately what our goal, you know, ultimately, that's all we can ask.

[Drew Franklin]

Even though he's got some swagger and he told us he's one and done and he wants to show off his cannon, I'm. I'm pretty ready to just go back to hand it off if we have the offensive line to do it, play defense and try to win 22 to 21. Because I was screaming, you think that crazy with our offense, you think that's.

[Matt Jones]

The best chance for Kentucky to win?

[Drew Franklin]

I just think that Mark Stoops is your coach. That's the way you got to do it. We saw what happened when he tried to go out get the flashy playmakers and turn the offense into something he's not used to.

[Matt Jones]

He's.

[Drew Franklin]

He's a ground and pounded guy.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. 859-280-2287. What do we think about the story that the Alabama assistants had to call Nick Saban Daddy?

[Ryan Lemond]

That's embarrassing.

[Matt Jones]

Have people seen this story? Yeah, have you all seen this story?

[Ryan Lemond]

It's embarrassing.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so Seth Wickersham is writing a book about quarterbacks, and in it, he's telling stories about quarterbacks. And there's two parts to the story. Part one is that the Alabama coach. Alabama's assistant. Let me follow this. Alabama's assistant is recruiting Arch Manning. Okay? Arch Manning. He's the guy. The assistant's on a zoom with Arch Manning, and he says about the Texas coach, Steve Sarkeesian. He's my best friend. I love the guy. I hope that he's able to stay sober, which is a really terrible thing to say if you think about it. I mean, like, I love the guy, but I hope he's able to stay sober. I don't know, Phil. Ethics is pretty rude. But when they get off the call, one of the other assistants looks at the guy who says that and goes, hey, dude, that was a jerk thing to say. Which good for that assistant.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, it was. Yep.

[Matt Jones]

And he said, sorry, Daddy's on me. And then Wickersham says, the Alabama assistant coaches are. Would refer to Nick Saban as Daddy. Thoughts?

[Drew Franklin]

It's hard to imagine Operation so Professional. Is that. That Saban, he's got guys called him Daddy Mario.

[Matt Jones]

You like that? You're going to call Saban Daddy? No. You're not going to do that.

[Shannon Dawson]

What about you, Daddy? Daddy Fat Stacks.

[Matt Jones]

I don't like it. I would. I've gone on the record as saying, ryan, please don't call me Daddy Fat Stacks. I don't like that name. I think it's terrible. But at least he puts fat stacks after of it. Because if Ryan just looked at me and said, daddy, I would fire him on the spot.

[Ryan Lemond]

We call you Uncle Matt, and I.

[Matt Jones]

Would ask him to pay back pay. We.

[Ryan Lemond]

We call you Uncle Matt. We're conversing with each other. We might say, hey, dad wants us to do this.

[Matt Jones]

Okay? There's a difference between dad and Daddy.

[Drew Franklin]

Daddy is. You don't need to call anybody.

[Ryan Lemond]

That's true.

[Matt Jones]

There's a difference.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Dad is one thing. Daddy is another.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm not calling anybody Daddy.

[Matt Jones]

Okay? That's different. And I think it's really funny to think of football coaches calling each other Daddy. You know, football coaches are all like, yeah, smack me in the head. Yeah. And then they're like, Daddy, though, wants me to get the player. I don't know. I don't know, Drew. I think that's bizarre. And the fact that it's Alabama, that's.

[Drew Franklin]

The thing you think of, like, probably the smoothest, most businesslike operation in all of college football. They're calling him Daddy behind the scenes.

[Matt Jones]

Do you think Nick Saban wants the out? Do you think Nick Saban wants the assistance to. To. To call him Dad? I don't think so.

[Drew Franklin]

I can't. He seems just too intense to want to be called Daddy. Like, I would expect him to be like, call me sir at every moment.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

I think I. I just have to say, I think this story should be getting more attention. Like, I. Like, I feel like I'm the only person that brought this up. It's in a book, and it's about Arch Manning. I mean, this has all the things you would think would be a big story. Arch Manning, Nick Saban, Alabama, Texas, they're going to play each other. I just.

[Drew Franklin]

Sark getting called out.

[Matt Jones]

Sark getting called out. Sark being called an alcoholic. A coach bringing up that he's an alcoholic. A coach who now coaches for Lane Kiffin saying, it sounds like you're the.

[Shannon Dawson]

Only ones who's read the book.

[Matt Jones]

Maybe I haven't read the book. This was online. I haven't. I mean, anyway, I just find it to be a little bit of a weird story.

[Ryan Lemond]

I agree with you. We call you dad. We don't call you Daddy.

[Matt Jones]

First of all, we. No, I don't call him dad. No one calls me dad. But you don't act like that's normal. I don't like when you put familial terms on me.

[Drew Franklin]

Can you picture, like, UK Assistance Calling Stoops Daddy. Like heck. No, it's like, I can't think of any coaching operation, them referring to him as Daddy.

[Matt Jones]

I, Belichick, might have some.

[Drew Franklin]

Patino. Probably had a few daddies.

[Matt Jones]

Take a break. Period back. Scare you. Sorry. Welcome back Techy Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-774-5254. One person writes, matt, do you think they will ask Nick Saban about that on game day? No, I do not. I do not think they will ask them that.

[Drew Franklin]

You don't think Pat McAfee will try to work one in?

[Matt Jones]

Well, now that actually might happen.

[Shannon Dawson]

What if you said, like, listen, Daddy, and then said something after that?

[Matt Jones]

Actually, no, you're right.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can see that.

[Matt Jones]

I. I could see him doing it.

[Ryan Lemond]

I can see it.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I could see him doing that. I think that was. That was a little bit. One person says, you remember, Matt, during COVID people were calling Andy Bashir daddy. Yes, they were. And I thought that was odd, but it was. It was women, which is still odd in that about the governor, but it's not the same as your.

[Drew Franklin]

Your boss, your direct paw. I mean, it's definitely weird not excusing it. I thought being in a football locker room is even weirder.

[Matt Jones]

The woman who started the, like, govern me, daddy thing, which I made, to be fair. I made fun of that at the time.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes, you did.

[Matt Jones]

I actually have gotten to know her and I like her quite a bit. And I still am like, why did you do this? She was like, well, he was on tv. I was like, you still. You. You shouldn't have done.

[Drew Franklin]

He was like, right in the head in that period. We're all going through some things.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes. He was like our father figure talking to us, helping us out.

[Matt Jones]

He was the governor. I thought he did a good. But, like, he was not. He was. Did you think he was your father? You're older than he is.

[Ryan Lemond]

I am older than him. I gotta admit.

[Matt Jones]

I see your father figure when you're older.

[Drew Franklin]

I don't think they were saying govern me, Daddy and the father.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think they were meaning it in a more sexual.

[Ryan Lemond]

Okay.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I don't think it was quite like you maybe meant. Or maybe you did. I don't know.

[Ryan Lemond]

I did say when you bought us all lunch yesterday. Thanks, dad. When you were paying again.

[Matt Jones]

But the DY does a lot of work in that sentence, you know, I.

[Ryan Lemond]

Should have said, thanks, Daddy.

[Matt Jones]

Do you want me to start doing this? Who's next? Shannon?

[Drew Franklin]

Matt.

[Matt Jones]

Matt. Go ahead, Matt.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. I heard you guys talk earlier about Alcaraz and the haircut, and I decided to call in towards the end of that, so hopefully I didn't miss this. Are you guys aware of the reason that he cut his hair?

[Matt Jones]

He said his brother screwed up his hair. Is that right?

[Caller]

That is correct.

[Matt Jones]

And yeah, he.

[Caller]

I guess he didn't fly his barber out from Spain. Probably seems like a long trip. But yeah, I just thought that was a pretty crazy story. And sorry I missed that towards the end. And I'll.

[Matt Jones]

No, no, I didn't say that. But I did hear that the reason he. Yeah, I appreciate the call, Drew.

[Caller]

He.

[Matt Jones]

The reason he. Alcaraz shaved his head was his. His brother screwed up his hair and so he felt like he had to shave it.

[Drew Franklin]

Think about his brother. I mean, if you just open the Internet, you're going to see that on most sports websites. His brothers created a big sports controversy here. Yeah, he did get a loud applause. And also was that Katie George from Louisville interview?

[Matt Jones]

Katie George is now doing the main court. Katie George is doing the. The interviews for the. For the US Open. Now.

[Drew Franklin]

He asked the crowd if they approved. They cheered. So he had a little bit of a moment there in the match.

[Matt Jones]

Katie George, by the way, is part of a nice piece of KSR tr, which is one year WDRB named its Louisville Sports Figures of the Year and it was three winners. The three winners were me, Katie George, and American Pharaoh. Wow. And American Pharaoh, of course, one of the legendary horses, Katie George is now doing US Open and etc. And then there's me. And so I, at first I was a little. I felt a little disrespect that I, I was tied with a horse.

[Ryan Lemond]

Horse.

[Matt Jones]

And I think Katie George was like a senior in college at the time or something. Now I think the horse and her have definitely passed me. And now I am the most embarrassing of the threesome that won that year.

[Drew Franklin]

She's on my television on the main Arthur Ash court at the US Open. And you've got Ryan calling you daddy.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, not nearly. Not. Not nearly as impressive. Cal Raleigh, the catcher for Seattle, got his 50th home run last night of the season. Here's what I found interesting, and I know you baseball guys will care about this. Most home runs ever by a catcher. Does that surprise you? He's. He is in his rookie, his first full season playing, has the most home runs in a season ever by a catcher.

[Ryan Lemond]

I didn't realize that that was the record for most home runs By a catcher, but he's obviously had a great season. What they call him? Big Pumper. What's his nickname?

[Matt Jones]

Big Dumper.

[Ryan Lemond]

Big Dumper.

[Matt Jones]

Because he has a big butt. That's why they call him that. They call him the, they call him the Big Dumper.

[Drew Franklin]

I was surprised they haven't had anyone get 50 home runs up there in Seattle since Griffey. I know 50 is a lot, but since Griffey I thought they'd have somebody, some power hitter.

[Matt Jones]

Shannon, I was kind of surprised. There's never been a catcher to get 50. And then I was sitting and thinking, well, who would it have been?

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

And I guess catchers, like power hitters just aren't catchers, right?

[Shannon Dawson]

Sure.

[Drew Franklin]

Why?

[Shannon Dawson]

Because usually a catcher is a big guy. You would think that would be your power hitter. So I was surprised to hear that as well. I didn't know that was the record.

[Matt Jones]

I guess the record was Johnny Bench.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'll say Johnny Bench or Mike Piazza. They don't play as many games. They get a break, you know, every once in a while. Maybe that's why that's true.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, it's probably.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that is a good point. Mike Piaza, that's. Yeah, that's one I would have thought. That feels like he, he was a big home run here. But I was surprised to see, I had no idea that he was the, he was the only one.

[Drew Franklin]

Didn't Pudge Rodriguez hit some bombs?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, Pudge Rodriguez, another Carlton Fisk, I guess is a dude who would hit a lot of home runs. Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

Trying to think other power hitting catchers, they're just not a lot of them out there.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, but Shannon's right there. They tend to be big dudes, so you would think there would be, there would be more than there are. Who's next?

[Shannon Dawson]

Justin.

[Matt Jones]

Justin. Go ahead, Justin.

[Caller]

Yes. I think one thing that I see a lot online is a lot of Kentucky fans think that we are just guaranteed to get to only two wins. Six wins is very possible. You're three small opponents. Then if we're going to be Kentucky football, we need to get back to beating Vandy. That's four. So then you just need two more between. And I'm not going to say we're going to beat Texas or Tennessee, so I'm not even adding them. So then you get your other two wins between either Auburn, Florida, South Carolina or oh, I can't remember the fourth one. If the O line plays the way that they're supposed to.

[Matt Jones]

But you just mentioned eight teams. I mean all those teams you mentioned except Auburn are top 25 teams. I mean to say, like not Mandy. Okay, so yes, not Vandy, but we're going to be Underdogs likely in eight of our 12 games. And if we're an underdog against Vandy, which is plausible, we'll be an underdog in nine of our 12 games. Now that doesn't mean they can't do.

[Caller]

We be Ole Miss on the road last year. From what I understand, they're not going to be as good this year because they don't have Jackson dart and their defense didn't improve. Auburn has been on a downslide.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, but hang on just a second. You can't sit there and say we beat Ole Miss last year and then act like Auburn didn't crush us last year. So like if you're going to use the analogy of we can beat Auburn or excuse me, we can beat Ole Miss because we beat him last year, then you have to say Auburn is Auburn 25 points better than us. I mean that's, that's you. You got to be fair. You can't just say, well, we beat Ole Miss, so we'll beat them. But let's ignore that Auburn and South Carolina blew the brakes off of us. This. We'll be right back.

[Drew Franklin]

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[Shannon Dawson]

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

[Matt Jones]

Welcome back. It is Kentucky Sports Radio, 859-280-2287. Text machine is 772-774-5254 KS Bar is back open and love to have you come out. We'll be here all week and then of course Saturday as well. One person writes, Matt, we lost 24 to 10 last year to Auburn. They didn't beat the breaks out off of us. We were up 10 nothing after the first quarter. Well, yes, but we were up to nothing after the first quarter. Didn't score again, rest the game. Auburn was awful. They were reeling that year and they won and now we have to go to their place when they are likely to be better. Now do I think we can win? Yes, I think we can win. Do I think we can win at Vandy? Yes. Do I think we can win? Do I think we have to act like that? We. I don't think you can make the case though. Hey, we beat Ole Miss. They're not as good this year so we should certainly be able to beat them this year and then ignore what happened in the games against South Carolina, Georgia you know, all those teams last year.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. I mean, you can't just look at the last year and Repeat it, especially 50 new players. But I will agree with them that of the ones we have the best shot at winning Ole Miss at home is one of the better opportunities. I don't think we'll beat Auburn on the road. Not just looking at last year, I think they improved the road game. I'm. I'm looking at Florida and Ole Miss both being in Lexington as chances to win one. You're not really predicted to. I mean, it's been hell, it's been two years since they've won a home SEC game. We got to win one this year. I think those are two that you're looking at.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. The path to six wins is when two of the three road games of Auburn, Vandy, Louisville, win one of the home games. Florida, Tennessee. To me, that's, that's the path to six wins. Two of Auburn, Vandy, Louisville, one of Florida, Tennessee. I'm not going to assume we beat Texas, Georgia or even Ole Miss. I mean, Florida, Tennessee or Ole Miss win one of those.

[Drew Franklin]

And Florida is coming here in mid November. They haven't done that in 35 years. They got quarterback concerns with Lagway, who's supposed to be this great thing, but his situation has been murky since he's been there. So even though it's Florida, I'm looking at that one as the one we need to take. Heck, one like four out of five against him anyway or whatever it is.

[Ryan Lemond]

Kentucky's 2 and 11 in their last 13 SEC home games. 2 and 11, that can't happen. But then you look at the schedule.

[Matt Jones]

This year, we are 2 and 11.

[Ryan Lemond]

In the last 13 SEC home games.

[Drew Franklin]

Beating Florida a few years ago is the last time we've.

[Caller]

We've won one.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, I knew that. But then when you say it, there's something about the way, like when, when you, when you hear it like that.

[Ryan Lemond]

That you sec home games, I think you try to kind of pull something out. Vandy's beat you two times. The last two times here on your own field.

[Matt Jones]

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[Shannon Dawson]

Adam.

[Matt Jones]

Adam. Go ahead, Adam.

[Caller]

What's up, guys? Jerry. Shannon. I would have thought Javi Lopez with the Braves. I know he had a 40 home run.

[Matt Jones]

I'm gonna read you. I'm read you the top catcher home runs ever. Cal Raleigh now has 52nd. Salvador Perez with the Kansas City Royals. How many of you would have gotten that?

[Ryan Lemond]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Then Johnny Bench with 45, Javi Lopez 43. Todd Hundley and Roy Campanella had 41. And then Mike Piazza and Johnny Bench had 40. Only eight times in history has any player who's a catcher hit 40 home runs in a season.

[Drew Franklin]

Someone wrote me that if you're a catcher, that's a great hitter, they'll move you to DH or outfit a lot too. So it might change the position.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. But go ahead, Adam.

[Caller]

Yeah, I think when you look at what is the best version of this upcoming season, I think it's. It's getting back to running the ball, you know, converting short third downs, not being in so many third and longs. And then we don't need Calzada to be a Will Levis, Andre Woodson, we need him to be more of a Terry Wilson and Steven Johnson. Just don't make, you know, don't make crazy mistakes and just manage the game.

[Matt Jones]

I agree with that. I appreciate the call. I mean, Will Levis won you games, but Steven Johnson and Terry Wilson worked with others to manage victories. Calzada is probably a more of a quarterback like that. Would you agree?

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah, but my big concern with him is that, you know, he's very open. This is my year to make the NFL. I worry he might try to do too much in circumstances. I mean, that's just me speculating. We haven't played anything yet. But if that, if he were going to, you know, hurt Kentucky, I think turnovers and trying to do too much. No quarterback says, yeah, I want to be a game manager. But he just needs to make the short, immediate throws. Something Levis struggled with a little bit. And then when it opens up to throw the deep one, you know, try to put it on spot.

[Ryan Lemond]

I did like what Stoop said on his coaching show last night about Calzada. You know, all the talk about Cutter had, it was not a reflection on Calzada. He said Calzada has been great, said Cutter just kind of exceeded our expectations. Kind of. He elevated himself by his play. But Calzada has done nothing wrong. It's just it was more of a praise to Cutter, not a knock on Calzada.

[Matt Jones]

That's good to hear.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah, it is.

[Matt Jones]

That's good to hear. And listen, all this talking in five days is going to be over. We're going to know if he's good or not. I mean we're, we're going to know when I do that post game show, that's going to start about 5 o' clock on Saturday. We're going to know a lot. I don't think we'll know everything, but we're going to know a lot. But we did win 41 to six last year against Ohio and then that didn't.

[Drew Franklin]

Well, our two. That was a little later in the year. Week one, the lightning storm, we were killing Southern Miss. Not probably to the level of this Toledo team, but still a respectable team. I mean, Bush Hampden showed in in game one. He can be ready to score some points. It didn't continue the rest of the year, but Ohio and Southern Miss, they piled it on.

[Matt Jones]

That's true. Who's next?

[Shannon Dawson]

William.

[Matt Jones]

William. Go ahead, William.

[Caller]

Hey, good morning, Matt. I wanted to call in a while ago, but In a Small World actually had dinner with one of your Aspen Institute classmates, Chris Johnson.

[Matt Jones]

Really?

[Caller]

In Mississippi?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. That dude. That's the nicest guy that might be the nicest person I've like. He's an awesome dude. I'm glad to hear you say. I'm glad you did that.

[Caller]

Yeah, yeah, we. I was working with the Mississippi legislature. But anyway, small world as it relates.

To the football season.

Always. Scott Van Pelt always says being optimistic costs the same at least to start the year. I just, you know, have no reason not to go into the season and be optimistic about, you know, I'm on Team Shannon making a bowl game.

[Matt Jones]

Might as well bet the over for.

[Caller]

The season and bet the cats to cover week one because why not, right? So just got to go into the season at least that may change after week one. But going into it, I think it, you might as well be positive because it costs the same.

[Matt Jones]

Totally agree with that.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yep.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call. Might as well be positive this week as much as we can. I mean, I'm, I'm going to try to be realistic about our win total, but in terms of being excited about the games, why not? We're going to play it. Why not be excited? I mean, I'm, I'm looking forward to Saturday morning. I mean, I'm looking forward to being in this place Saturday. I hope it has an electric atmosphere. I mean we're opening for breakfast. I hope people come. I want to feel excitement during the game. I'd love to see that stadium be rocking. You know, you only get 12 football games a year. We might as well enjoy them. I mean, this been a long off season. Maybe the most boring off season I can remember in sports. We might as well. Might as well enjoy this.

[Drew Franklin]

Get seven or eight where we really get to be a part of it. Here in Lexington, you know, the game days and the KS bar days, there's not quite as many.

[Matt Jones]

What do you think about Dave Portnoy? Dave Portnoy banned from being on Ohio State's field for the first. For the first game of the year for people don't know runs barstool. He works for Fox Sports and Fox Sports is doing the Ohio State Texas game. They are going to be doing their pregame show from the field. And Ohio State said Dave Portnoy cannot be on their field. He's a Michigan fan, talks a lot of trash about Ohio State. What I think is interesting about this. Let's. Let's. Let's say that ESPN were to put me on college game day. They wouldn't, but let's say they did. And Louisville said he can't be on our field. That's basically what you're talking about.

[Ryan Lemond]

It is.

[Matt Jones]

You think that's fair for Ohio State to do?

[Ryan Lemond]

I think each school has the right to approve credentials and disapprove credentials of anybody. So if you apply for Louisville and they know you're gonna be on game day on their field, I can see them saying, that guy ain't getting it. That guy's not getting a. You are probably the only person they would probably signal like.

[Matt Jones]

I think they would. They would let me on now when George was here. They wouldn't have left. No way. They would let. But don't you think that's petty? I mean, don't you think that, like. I think that's unbelievably petty to say, like, you know, that's part of his shtick. Are you so like Ohio State put.

[Drew Franklin]

Out something saying don't blame us. This is all Fox.

[Matt Jones]

I don't believe that.

[Drew Franklin]

For it to come out. I mean.

[Matt Jones]

I mean that the story came out last night and then Ohio State didn't put their statement out until this morning. If it really wasn't them, they would have jumped on it early and said it wasn't us. I. Whatever the case, I think they did damage control there too. I think it's not game.

[Drew Franklin]

No one watches that show, who cares? Would anyone know what Dave Portnoy said on Ohio State's field?

[Matt Jones]

Do you think it seems soft?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, it definitely seems soft.

[Matt Jones]

You think it seems soft, Shannon?

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah. I mean, come on. You're making a bigger deal out of this if you're Ohio State by doing that.

[Matt Jones]

I. I totally agree.

[Drew Franklin]

I think you act like you don't even care, that you don't even give them the opportunity to be that big. I'd be like, who?

[Shannon Dawson]

Right. Exactly. That's exactly what you're making a big deal about. It now everybody's talking about it.

[Matt Jones]

That it is one of the. It is one of the lessons that over the years I've had to learn and that people should learn all the time. If you really want something to not be a deal, don't ignore it. That's why I think so much outrage in society is fake. Because the reason they're outraged is for content and clicks. It's not because they're actually outraged. You know, it's because it allows them to feed the machine. Same thing with this. If you really want Portnoy to seem irrelevant, don't worry about it. You have, by being outraged, made him much more relevant than he would have been if you had just ignored it to begin with.

[Drew Franklin]

And if you're Portnoy, a content guy, we know if you're gonna play this, I mean, it's only gonna make you bigger and, you know, give you more confidence. You've got the school.

[Matt Jones]

He completely loves it. I mean, the best thing that happened to Drew's post game basketball recap show was UK kicking him out because we used it as a way to promote the show and it became a thing. Like, that's the. That was. If. If UK did not want Drew to get attention for his post game recap, they did the dumbest thing they could have done, which was by saying he couldn't go there. Had you just been standing there on the court, you'd have had to build it a different way. But by you being outside and us.

[Ryan Lemond]

Being like, people searched him out.

[Matt Jones]

People searched him out, wanted to come on, say, go get him, Drew. Like, and the worst the weather, the.

[Drew Franklin]

More people want to tune in.

[Matt Jones]

That's so dumb. Like, people and Ohio State's fallen for the same thing here.

[Ryan Lemond]

I would Drew, though, I think it's 100 Ohio State. They may have released that statement, but it was. It was them from the get go.

[Matt Jones]

Of course it was.

[Ryan Lemond]

Yes.

[Matt Jones]

It's ridiculous for them to act otherwise. 859-280-228, 7. We're here at KS Bond Grill. We'll take a break. Be right back. Kentucky Sports Radio. What song is this? Shannon. I don't think I know. This spring.

[Shannon Dawson]

She's got issues, huh?

[Matt Jones]

I had no idea that that was a song.

[Shannon Dawson]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

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[Ryan Lemond]

We made Noche Linda brisket last night, as a matter of fact.

[Matt Jones]

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[Drew Franklin]

I did. What a wild scene to a father, son fist fight. You don't get that very often.

[Ryan Lemond]

You don't.

[Matt Jones]

You don't get that lot. So for people who don't know, Kansas State's playing Iowa State, Iowa State beat Kansas State. After the game, the quarterback for Kansas State, the quarterback, his dad and his little brother get in a fist fight rolling on the ground outside of the stadium. Kansas State fans have to break it up. Kansas State fans are trying to basically make it to where their own players, brother and son and dad will not fight each other. They're rolling in the rain. It's a disaster. After it's over, the father. The father releases a statement saying, look, we just. You know, this is what happens in families. My bad.

[Ryan Lemond]

No, it doesn't.

[Drew Franklin]

No, it doesn't. I don't think I've had zero fist fights with my dad. And if I did, it would be my last fistfight.

[Ryan Lemond]

This was so embarrassing. Embarrassing for the team, the family, the quarterback. I mean, it was just. It was. It was awful. Those. Those. Both those men need to grow up.

[Drew Franklin]

Yeah. He said our bickering escalated. I Mean, I've bickered with people I haven't then rolled around outside of sporting event.

[Ryan Lemond]

Exactly.

[Drew Franklin]

Pull us off of each other.

[Ryan Lemond]

It's awful.

[Matt Jones]

Seems to really make you mad.

[Ryan Lemond]

I mean I've done some stupid stuff in my life when it comes to a dad maybe yelling at an official or yelling at a coach. But I'm not going to get into a fist fight with somebody in my own family over a football game. It's just awful.

[Matt Jones]

And in, in a foreign country.

[Ryan Lemond]

Shame on them. Shame on them.

[Drew Franklin]

For people didn't see it. It's not like they're having a little dispute. I mean it is taking a crowd to get them apart from each other.

[Matt Jones]

And then you do wonder like if the people that are Kansas State fans, this is their quarterback.

[Drew Franklin]

A good one.

[Matt Jones]

A good one. They pro. They probably knew it was his dad. Right.

[Ryan Lemond]

I'm sure they did.

[Matt Jones]

So imagine, you know, I'm trying to think of what the situation would be like. It would be as like, can you imagine if you walked outside and like Will Levis's dad was fighting his brother outside of Kroger Field and you were just there.

[Drew Franklin]

You can't even imagine that. But Kansas State just got that awful.

[Ryan Lemond]

The huge black guy on your program.

[Matt Jones]

Very angry about it, aren't you?

[Ryan Lemond]

It really kind of upset me. I mean I felt bad for the quarterback. I mean he didn't ask for any of this. He didn't sign up for this. His dad and his little brother get into a fight outside the game in Dublin. Ireland is trip of a lifetime.

[Matt Jones]

So what's the closest you've come to being if not in a fist fight? Something embarrassing with your, with your, with your sons in public.

[Ryan Lemond]

I got kicked out of that Coach Pitts baseball game one time when he was 8 years old. That was not maybe the my shot.

[Matt Jones]

But you weren't fighting with your kid. That was fighting on behalf of your kid.

[Ryan Lemond]

I was just yelling at the umpire and he said don't say another word. And I said, you know, don't touch him. That's it, you're out.

[Matt Jones]

Don't touch him?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Who was touching him?

[Ryan Lemond]

The first baseman kind of pushed the kid off the bag.

[Matt Jones]

So you were yelling at an 8 year old?

[Ryan Lemond]

No. Well, I was yelling at the official then when the official said don't say another word. So I yelled at my, my first baseman, don't touch him.

[Matt Jones]

What do you mean your first baseman?

[Ryan Lemond]

My first baseman pushed the kid off the bag when he was, when he tagged him. Tagged him a little hard. So it Kind of pushed him off the bag.

[Matt Jones]

So you were yelling at an 8 year old.

[Ryan Lemond]

I just said, don't touch him.

[Matt Jones]

Boom.

[Ryan Lemond]

Out.

[Matt Jones]

Hard for me to believe they would kick him out for that.

[Ryan Lemond]

They did.

[Matt Jones]

I mean, that explanation to me doesn't pass the smell test because I said one more word.

[Ryan Lemond]

Part said, don't say another word. I said, don't touch him. Boom, you're out.

[Drew Franklin]

Sounds like this umpire is your daddy.

[Ryan Lemond]

We're actually friends now.

[Matt Jones]

Are you?

[Ryan Lemond]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, it's time for our draft kicks. Pick of the night. You go to DraftKings. You can bet who's going to hit a home run. You can bet who is going to do the most strikeouts, etc. You know, again, we'll have football starting Saturday. The Reds lost seven to nothing. The good thing was they were down three nothing early. So I got to go to bed because I knew there was nothing. No way they were coming back for that. With Hunter Green pitching tonight, Clayton Kershaw goes against Nick Martinez. I don't like that matchup for my team. I'm. I'm going to be honest with you. Maybe our worst pitcher against their best pitcher or one of their best pitchers. Who you got?

[Ryan Lemond]

Not just one of the best pitchers, one of the best pitchers in the history of the game. This is a Dodger win. Sorry. Reds stink.

[Drew Franklin]

I'm going to go over. I was trying to pull up the number. They're both pitchers are just going to get absolutely knocked out of the park.

[Matt Jones]

Really?

[Drew Franklin]

Oh, yeah. Give me the over.

[Ryan Lemond]

What is it?

[Drew Franklin]

I'm gonna say over nine and a half. All right.

[Matt Jones]

Over nine and a half. Wow. Overnight, you think they're gonna get rocked?

[Drew Franklin]

Both sides are getting rocked tonight. High scoring game.

[Matt Jones]

All right. Interesting. What do you think, Shannon?

[Shannon Dawson]

Reds lose? Yeah, I think. I think the Dodgers.

[Matt Jones]

I'm gonna take the under. The Reds right now are not hitting at all. Did you see. However, I must say, even though we lost the behind the back double play by Hunter Green.

[Ryan Lemond]

I did see that. Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

That's one of the best defensive plays you'll ever see. Guy hits a ground ball. Hunter Green catches the ball behind his back and then. And then does a double play. I. That was one of the coolest things I've seen.

[Ryan Lemond]

And you know, he just. It was just a blind swipe. Those guys, they did a blind swipe behind their back. Oh, I caught it. The ball's right here in my glove.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Ryan Lemond]

Double play.

[Matt Jones]

Thank you, folks very much who came out here today. We very much appreciate seeing you, especially those of you that made a drive. We're here the rest of the week. Open tonight. Please come see us this week. It's glad to be back in the swing of things here at KS Bar. I'm on ESPN for the next three hours. Matter of fact, I'm just going to slide over and change the things to talk to that. Thank you, folks, very much. This has been Kentucky Sports Radio.